Healthy Cooking Vegetables

Here are tips how to cook vegetables for good nutrition to stay awake, although it should be in contact with high temperatures during processing.

Grilling. Skin vegetables will keep most of the nutritional value of vegetables. When grilling, vegetables must be accompanied by a high water content so as not to dry out. Vegetables from the roots is the best type for baking, such as potatoes, onions, or tomatoes.

Steaming. Process the vegetables by steaming is probably the best way to cook all types of vegetables. This method can maintain nutrition and vegetables ripen in a short time.

High Pressure / Presto. Cooking vegetables in a high pressure will condense the cooking time so that they can save nutrients. The problem is, if you are too old, even in a short period, vegetable will become mushy. Moreover, all the vegetable has a different texture and density, so make sure the type of vegetable and appropriate period if the high-pressure pans become your choice. As long as you can, avoid cooking vegetables with presto.

Sautéing. This is one quick way to cook vegetables on a flat pan with a little vegetable oil. Above the curved griddle also legal. But remember, when cooking vegetables with oil, fat soluble vitamins may end up with oil. It's good you do not discard the oil.

Cooking without water. This method is good for green leafy vegetables by relying on the water clinging to leaves after washing vegetables. This usually takes three to five minutes.

Boil. Boiling vegetables is the best way is not recommended because the risk of nutrient loss is very large. If you must use this method, add the vegetables only after the water begins to boil and cook briefly as possible. Tips for cooking with boiling:

1. Let the boiling water for approximately two minutes until the oxygen is reduced. Oxygen in water that cause, vitamin C in vegetables evaporate.
2. Never boil vegetables that are placed directly in cold water. It would only reduce the levels of vitamin C, 10 to 12 times.

Prevent Obesity In Children

According to WHO, one of the health problems faced by society of the 21st century is obesity in children. They have estimated that the number of children who are overweight will become more than 42 million by the end of 2010, of which about 35 million live in developing countries.

Obesity can increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, cholesterol, asthma, both in adults and in children. Obesity in children most often begins when children aged between 5 to 6 years and increase when growing up. Research shows that children who are overweight and aged between 10 to 13 years, will have a chance of 80% become obese adults. The results also indicate the occurrence of obesity in children is caused by excessive intake of food (junk food), unhealthy lifestyles and reduced physical activity in children.

As parents certainly do not want the baby having problems especially with his health due to obesity. Some things parents can do to overcome obesity in children.

* Do not get into the habit of children eat fast food (fast food)
* Pilihah white water as children's favorite drink, do not drink sweet or fizzy.
* Give your vegetables and fruits in your baby.
* Limit your child's activities in front of the television or computer a maximum of 1 hour per day.
* Make time for physical activity with children (a walk or play ball) at least 3 times a week

Maintaining Healthy Sperm

For the couple, the presence of children is one of the long-awaited. But not all the couple can be easily endowed baby. There are newly married straight month pregnant, some are waiting till the years. Bernie Zilbergeld, PhD, sex therapist and author of The New Male Sexuality mention that, often times the failure to get the baby through no fault of the woman or men are less good at making love, but because conditions are less healthy sperm.

It is difficult for lay people to know whether his sperm is healthy or not, need to research in the laboratory to find out. Nevertheless we need to try to keep our sperm health in several ways, among others:

1. For male smokers, stop smoking, because it is a lifestyle that is unhealthy and can cause impotence and decreased sperm health.
2. Do not consume alcoholic beverages
3. Avoid the use of underwear or pants that are too tight, use a little more loose pants.
4. Avoid using the water bath is too hot, so keep your testicles cool.
5. Consuming a multivitamin as an antioxidant like vitamin C, E, and beta-carotene. Eating lots of vegetables and fruit. It's also good if you take a multivitamin containing 20 mg of zinc every day.
6. Avoid prolonged stress.
7. Reduce consumption of soft drinks (soft drink).
8. Avoid eating fatty foods to excess. Increase fiber consumption.

Understanding Osteoporosis

As with iron, there are bones in your body that we too have thinning or commonly known as osteoporosis where the bone is thinning due to the lack of minerals and vitamins such as calcium and vitamin D.

Causes of Osteoporosis

Human bone continues to change, while making new bone occurs there is definitely a diuraian old bone. This process is referred to as the renovation process or the regeneration of bone. This occurs naturally in our bones. When we are young age, our body will make new bone faster than the destruction process. Humans have peak bone mass at age 30. Your bones might have osteoporosis depends on how much bone mass that can be found at the regeneration stage.

Symptoms of Osteoporosis

In the early stages of bone loss, usually you will not feel sick or show any symptoms. However, once a bone weakened by osteoporosis, it will display symptoms such as:

1. Severe pain due to the collapse of the vertebrate
2. Loss of height, from time to time
3. Body posture began to bend
4. Fracture (broken) of the vertebrae, wrist, hip or other bone

Treatment and Prevention of Osteoporosis
There are 3 important factors to maintain bone health throughout your life you are:

1. Consumption of calcium in adequate amounts
2. Consumption of vitamin D
3. Perform regular exercise