You know, fashions come and go and new ones are continually created. In the food and dietary field, however, this is a problem: interest shifts cyclically on this or that diet, on one nutrient rather than another, or on a food that is initially considered ” good ”, then“ bad ”and then again“ good ”. […]
For decades the role of Omega-3 fatty acids has no longer been ignored. Very significant studies have recognized the beneficial effects of these “healthy fats” which involve various processes. First of all, protection from cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the most developed countries, and an aid for cognitive functions. The point is: […]
In my articles from time to time you find seemingly difficult terms like “nutrigenomics” and “nutrigenetics”. Here are some simple and immediate definitions that they can help you understand them. Nutrigenomics is a science that studies nutrition as a source of regulation of one’s metabolism and as a healthy response to the onset, in a […]
A food style that has been talked about on the web for years is the so-called Paleo Diet. It is so called because it is believed that traces the way in which Paleolithic man fed : we are talking about 2 and a half million years ago, when the construction and use of tools stone […]
Every woman goes through different phases in her life, each of which involves more or less important changes that require special precautions. The modification of the hormonal structure has a strong influence: even if the different phases can be very variable and therefore there is no precise age with which to classify them, after the […]
One of the achievements of modern medicine is the discovery of the preventive role of proper nutrition in the development of the most serious diseases, such as tumors. Even today the idea we have of the doctor is that of the “ savior ” who dispenses medicines for all kinds of problems. Fortunately, it is […]
