Monday, April 13, 2009

Is there relation between fighting acne and food?

We can't say that there is certain food can truly prevent acne,but there are some foods help to reduce acne,good diet help to reduce acne.
To treat acne problems we need:(anti inflammatory,antibiotic,anti oxidants,vitamins , minerals and water)
so how we take these things from food(orally)?
1.foods which has anti inflammatory properties:1.essential fatty acids in oily fish, nuts,olive oil 2.garlic3.ginger4.whole grain cereals.
2.foods which has antibacterial properties(act as antibiotic):
onion,garlic,ginger,broccoli,red and green cabbage.
3.vitamins:1.vit A we find vit A in carrot, cabbage broccoli,pumpkin,apricot,egg and dairy products. 2.vit E in almonds,oats,green vegetables,whole grain cereals 3.vit c in lemon, orange,kiwi,tomato,broccoli...4.vit B complex in meat,whole grain cereals,beans..5.beta carotene in carrot,broccoli,grape fruits.
4.antioxidant:it acts as blood cleansing as it get rid of toxins.vit C,E,A and selenium are antioxidants.
5.minerals:1.ZINC :zinc is very important for skin health,wound healing and regulate activity of sebum.zinc is found in nuts,redmeat,pumpkin,sea food,wheat germ and dairy products.2.selenium:in yeast,nuts,onion,fish and turkey.
6.water:water is very important in treating all skin problems such as acne as it flushes toxins out of the body and hydrate the skin and the body.

To fight acne:
1.balanced and healthy diet
2.treat your face gently and clean it well with good soap to prevent oil from getting trapped in pores.
3. decrease fried foods and increase cleansing foods
4.drink plenty of water.
5.appropriate medication.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Ideas about decreasing fats in our diet.

There are simple things we can do to decrease fats in our diet:
1.decrease intake of fried foods and and increase intake of grilled,baked foods .
2.skimmed or semi skimmed milk ,low fat cheeses , low fat youhurt and low fat spreads can be used instead of whole fat diet.
3.poultry(skinless chicken and turkey),lean meat and plenty of fish (especially the oily fish such as tuna ,salamon and mackerel which are high in polyunsaturated fat)should be eaten.
4.if we make soup it is good to refrigerate it so fat will rise to the top then we can skim fat off before reheating.

If over weight both saturated fat intake and unsaturated fat intake should be cut down since unsaturated fats are not low in calories.

Friday, April 3, 2009

What we should know about fat?

There are many types of fats. (saturated,unsaturated <mono and poly unsaturated>and trans fats)the difference between them relates to the chemical structure of the fatty acids in each one of them.all of fats and oil contain certain percent of saturated or unsaturated fats so if the percent of saturated fats increase so it is saturated fat and if the percent of the monounsaturated increases so it is mono unsaturated fat.
saturated fat:
1. raises blood cholestrol levels
2.it is mostly of animal origin like butter and some of plant origin as palm and coconut oil.
3.it is solid at room temperature and has high melting point.
unsaturated fat :

1.tends to lower blood cholestrol.
2.found mainly in vegetable or plant oils
3.it is liquid at room temperature and has low melting point.

example of monounsaturated fats:olive oil.
examples of polyunsaturated fat
are sunflower oil and fish oil.
We should know that a product is a vegetable oil doesn't mean that it contains unsaturated fat,what this means?
coconut oil is a plant oil but it is very high in saturated fat.
palm oil is 50% saturated but appears to have little influence on cholestrol levels.

Trans fats:1. are engineeered from liquid oils through hydrogenation so they have been altered chemically to act like saturated fats.
2.trans fats raise cholestrol and can cause atherosclerosis.
80% of trans fats come from processed foods and 20% occur naturally in meat and dairy products.