Benefits of watermelon seeds

Benefits of watermelon seeds

Who does not know the watermelon seeds? Almost all have to eat a light snack on this one. Apparently, although a small shape, but many nutrients are beneficial for our body health. Nutrients in watermelon seeds are able to ward off cancer, improve and / or prevent cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and reduce levels of bad cholesterol.

Watermelon seeds from sunflower seeds. Plants that come from Mexico and Peru since the year 1700 and then spread to many countries. Flower plants were then cultivated on a large scale in Germany, France, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Hungary and the United States.

Sunflower plants originally cultivated as an ornamental plant. Later watermelon seeds and used as a source of oil for cosmetic products. Sentra sunflower cultivation in the area of Central Java and East Java.

Watermelon seeds are a source of healthy fat (unsaturated), almost 90%, vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, proteins and phytochemicals, which is very good. In addition, sunflower seeds contain polyunsaturated fats (linoleic acid) and single (oleic acid), a type of fat that protects the heart. Clinical studies show that foods high in unsaturated fat better than low-fat foods, because of increasing HDL (good cholesterol) and lower LDL (bad cholesterol).

Ageless Secret Want to Know?

Ageless Secret

The answer is, eat tomatoes.

Often, people do not like to eat tomatoes. Usually, they are always separate the tomato found in food. In fact, besides tomatoes contain vitamin c which helps remove free radicals in the body, according to some experts, the tomato is also a powerful combat premature aging.

Some British researchers have found that adding the tomatoes are cooked into the food each day to improve the skin's ability to protect themselves from harmful ultraviolet rays.

Researchers at the University of Manchester and University of Newcastle found that adding five tablespoons of tomato paste on a daily diet of 10 volunteers can help avoid skin damage by providing protection against effects of ultraviolet light. The damages are premature aging and skin cancer.

In one study, researchers gave 10 volunteers as much as 55 grams of standard tomato paste which contains high levels of cooked tomatoes and 10 grams of olive oil each day, while another 10 participants are given only olive oil.

Tomato Seeds Prevent Heart Disease

Tomato Seeds Prevent Heart Disease

You like to drink tomato juice but often discard the seeds? Perhaps after reading this article that habit must be changed.

Based on research conducted by Rowett Research Institute in Scotland, found that the liquid or slippery yellow jelly around the seeds contained tomato mixture containing compounds or materials that are effective against stroke and heart disease.

When you drink tomato juice without throwing the seeds, then you have reduced the risk of blood clots around 72%, so you can be protected from heart disease.

Tomatoes contain:

1. Vitamin C

Contain antioxidants that are useful for helping dispose of free radicals in the body.

2. Tomatine

Efficacious anti-inflammatory, carotenoids and citric acid. If tomato rubbed on the face, the content of citric acid can help remove the dirt and grease, which can be used as a natural acne medication with just rubbed it gently on her face.

8 Stage Achieve a Healthy Pregnancy

Healthy Pregnancy

It feels so happy when you hear good news from the doctor who says you are pregnant. But apparently, the pregnancy for the mother is not easy. Women experience morning sickness usually occurs in the first trimester of pregnancy, swelling in the feet and face (or often called a moon face), to emotional changes.

 

Because of this, my mother who is pregnant should also keep the nutritional intake of food into the body. Diet and healthy lifestyle can help the growth and development of a healthy fetus in the womb of Mother.

Planning nutrition for pregnant women should refer to the RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance or Recommended Daily Intake). Compared to non-pregnant mother, the need for pregnant women will increase to 68% protein, 100% folic acid, calcium and iron 50%, 200-300%. The recommended food groups, which must include six protein-containing foods (animal-vegetable), milk and other dairy, breads-grains, fruits-vegetables that are rich in vitamin C, dark green vegetables, fruits and other vegetables.

Here are steps that must be food for the mother noticed the development of a healthy fetus.

Sleep disorders in children

Sleep is essential to human activities especially for children. Consider the needs of the child to sleep, because during sleep, infant brain growth reaches its peak. Not only that, muscle, skin, heart and vascular system, metabolism, and bone growth in his sleep. That's because children's body produces growth hormone three times more than when she awoke.

Referring to one study Sekartini et al in 2004-2005 in five major cities in Indonesia (Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Palembang and Batam), Rini reveal, as much as 72.2 percent of parents think sleep problems in infants is not a problem or just a minor problem.

The same study also revealed that there were about 44 percent of infants who experience sleep disorders such as frequent waking at night and sleep deprivation. "The baby is said to experience sleep disturbance at night when less than 9 hours sleep, woke up more than 3 times and duration of awakening more than 1 hour. During the visible always fussy baby sleep, cry and difficult to fall asleep again," said Rini.