1 Spinach Potent Increase Cognitive Ability

Good news for You after a green vegetables, especially spinach. Vegetables that are included in the family Amaranthaceae is said to help improve a person's cognitive abilities.

For every 100 grams of spinach contains 2.3 grams of protein, 3 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of iron and 81 grams of calcium. Spinach is also rich in various vitamins and minerals, including vitamin A, niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, phosphorus, sodium, potassium and magnesium. Spinach also contains vitamin C and vitamin E.

In addition, in a study published in the journal Brain Research as quoted from myhealthnewsdaily in January and then found the fact that rats are eating spinach extracts, experiencing an increase in the release of dopamine in the brain after consuming spinach extract and vitamin e. for best results, make sure the spinach into the ranks of the types of food into your daily menu variations.

Spinach Overcome Blindness in old age

If you lack iron, eat plenty vegetable spinach. It's about things that we often hear during this time. But You see, in addition to address the problem of deficiency of iron, spinach can also prevent blindness?

A team at the University of Manchester believe that by eating spinach can protect eyes from disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or damage to the macula, a small section in the middle of the retina that set eyes look with sharp, which appeared in the age of information.

There is a fundamental fact that spinach and some other vegetables containing lutein, anti-oxidant which protects eyes with to produce pigment. The team plans to examine and test any further their theory.

AMD is the leading cause of blindness in the Western countries, and allegedly experienced by 12% of men and 29% of women over 75 years in the United Kingdom. AMD has also become a major cause of loss of sharpness of eyesight generally occur in people over the age of 50 years.

One of the kebuahan in the prevention of age is with lots of eating green vegetables. Lutein content can also be found in sweet corn, broccoli and kale leaves.

Lutein and zeaxanthin, formed the substance of oily layer of yellow pigment called macular macular disease suspected of protecting from AMD.

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0 Food Containing Carbohydrates

For most of Indonesia's population, rice became the staple food is always eaten every day. Rice as a carbohydrate is needed that helps the body get energy. Besides rice, there are other foods that also contain carbohydrates that are also a staple food of most of the population of Indonesia. You can try this alternative carbohydrates as a substitute for rice.

How Carbohydrate Content of Rice?

The content of carbohydrates contained in rice is a simple carbohydrate that is easy to break down into sugar in the body. Better carbohydrates are complex carbohydrates that break down over time, so it will keep you full longer. Carbohydrate needs of the general adult 1000 grams per day.

If you want to try alternative carbohydrates other than rice, a few foods that contain carbohydrates are :

• Corn

Maize is the staple food for the Madura and East Nusa Tenggara. Sweet taste makes a lot of people who liked it. Contain folic acid and fiber is good for the body. At certain areas, corn is made into rice corn. With practical ways you can try to eat it with boiled or baked.

• Sago

Sago became the staple food for people in Maluku or Papua. Sago plants usually grow in swampy areas in eastern Indonesia and is rarely found in western Indonesia. Shaped like a powder which will then be processed. Eastern Indonesia society is a process sago pasty, sticky form called papeda usually served with fish sauce, yellow.

• Cassava

Cassava is also one of the staple food in Indonesia. The roots of this plant can be a glut of food. Usually served with made into tiwul, fried or boiled.

• Tuber (Ubi)

Similar to cassava, sweet potato is also a root crop which contains carbohydrates. The type commonly found are sweet sweet sweet orange and purple. Orange sweet potatoes contain beta carotene and vitamin A will be able to prevent cancer. While the purple sweet potato has a beautiful color that can be used as natural dyes. Purple sweet good for preventing blockage of blood vessels and have antioxidant properties. There are several ways to cook sweet potatoes in a way that is fried, steamed, or created as a pie.

• Potato

Potatoes contain carbohydrates with a lower calorie and so are used to a diet program. Regular fries served with steak or other food sdaging. Way of processing can be done with baked, boiled and then pounded commonly known as mossed potatoes. Easy potato side dish of vegetables or combined with a companion.

• Oat

Derived from wheat and oats have cholesterol-lowering benefits to the body. Can be easily found in instant form and used as an alternate food in the morning. Commonly presented in a way that is brewed or boiled briefly like porridge. Another way is to add in the cake or bread.

• Pasta

Spaghetti, fettuccini, Fusilli, cocciolini or macaroni is some form of pasta that we usually encounter. Pasta is actually derived from the processed wheat flour and dried produce diverse forms. Commonly treated with roasted, boiled and then added the sauce like bolognaise or carbonara.

 Carbohydrate types

Carbohydrates alone can be divided into simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates. By consuming complex carbohydrates, the results you will feel full more slowly because of the breakdown of glucose more slowly. Complex carbohydrates characterized by low rates of GI (glycemic index). The lower the glycemic index means that the more complex carbohydrates.

Included in the category of low GI carbohydrates are pasta, corn, boiled cassava, and oats. At any rate are sweet potatoes, baked potato with skin, brown rice. There on the high GI of white rice and a baked potato without the skin.

Knowing the types of carbohydrates can help you that are dieting, in order to feel full longer, so help you diet. It also enables you to be careful with reducing carbohydrates in the rice if you were already eating a carbohydrate-containing foods on the sidelines of the main meals.

The research conducted shows that a diet rich in fiber and complex carbohydrates, can make a long life, reduced risk of cancer, reduced risk of heart disease, reduced risk of diabetes, reduced risk of digestive disorders, and increased overall health.

Moreover, in addition to rice eating carbohydrates such as corn, cassava, yams, potatoes, oats and pasta up, can be an alternative in order not to become monotonous.

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