Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Breast provide for the baby turned out to provide a double benefit not only for babies but also for the MOM.......

Breast is a natural food for your baby. Breast contains the basic nutrients and elements, with the appropriate amount, for the growth of a healthy baby.

Breast give to your baby not only provides good for babies but also benefits to the mother.

Benefits for baby:

• Breast natural foods are provided for your baby. With nutritional composition suitable for the development of a healthy baby.
• Breast easily digested by babies.
• Rarely cause constipation.
• Nutrients contained in Breast very easily absorbed by the baby.
• Breast is rich in antibodies (immune substances) that help the baby's body to fight infections and other diseases...
• Breast can prevent dental caries because it contains the mineral selenium.
• From a Danish study found that babies given Breast served until more than 9 months will be a more intelligent adult. This is presumably because breast milk contains DHA / AA.
• Babies who are given exclusive Breast served until 4 months would reduce the risk of heart disease when they are adults.
• Breast also reduce the risk of diarrhea, respiratory infections lower urinary tract infections, and also reduce the risk of sudden infant death.
• Breast provides also foster bonding between mother and baby.

Benefits for mothers:

• Breast provide immediately after birth will increase uterine contractions, which means reducing the risk of bleeding.
• Breast provides also helps minimize the size of the uterus to pre-pregnancy size.
• Breastfeeding burns calories so that helps lose weight faster.

Some experts claim that the occurrence of breast cancer in women breastfeeding is very low.

Because so much benefit from the Breast WHO and UNICEF recommend that the mothers gave EXCLUSIVE Breast is only Breast without supplementary food until the 6-month-old baby.

So many benefits Breast given both to mother and baby. Breast Give your baby the greatest gift of welcoming her birth.

Apples Prevent Asthma

You're pregnant? If so, multiply was eating an apple. Do you know, apples are consumed by pregnant women can reduce the risk of unborn babies in asthma.

This is the result of research experts from the University Of Aberdeen, UK. In this research, they studied the eating habits of 2000 expectant mothers, and then see their child's physical condition for five years. The result is surprising. Pregnant women who eat four or more apples a week, then the risk of children had asthma, 50 percent lower than children of mothers who consume only one or less per week the apple of his. The results of this research were presented at the conference the American Thoracic Society, recently.

So far, the experts can not explain how the apple could produce such benefits. To be sure, several previous studies concluded, apples consumed by adults can improve lung health. These benefits allegedly derived from the content of antioxidants in apples.

"There may be other factors in the lifestyle of pregnant women who love to eat the apple, so that children avoid asthma," said Dr Graham Devereux, who led the study. "This research also gives the message to pregnant women about the importance of implementing a healthy diet and balanced."

Benefits of Vitamin E

You certainly know vitamin E. Vitamin E is one essential substance category, substances that are useful for the body but the body can not produce it themselves. Fortunately, getting vitamin E is not difficult. Vitamin E is contained in many foods and beverages that we eat everyday, for example vegetables, grains and fruits.

The main function of vitamin E is an antioxidant, which is a substance that can neutralize free radicals in the body. Free radicals are molecules that are unstable and very dangerous for the body, because it can cause changes in body cells that trigger the occurrence of premature aging and degenerative diseases such as cancer. In addition vitamin E has multiple functions, including stimulating the immune response and may prevent coronary heart disease, menstrual disorders, miscarriages and infertility.

Because of exceptional function, vitamin E as much as possible is consumed in sufficient quantities. Adults are encouraged to consume as much as 8 mg per day and special pregnant and lactating mothers about 10 mg per day. Although rare cases, vitamin E deficiency can result in an interruption in the red blood cells, and spinal cord. On the other hand, vitamin E is consumed in excessive amounts is not good because it can cause poisoning, although the resulting negative effects are not as bad as the excess of vitamin A. For the record, take vitamin E than 600 mg a day can interfere with gastrointestinal normality, so do not be excessive and not less.

Secret behind the green tea

Stay healthy with low cost! That’s the right choice for now. High prices of medicines and medical expenses caused us to find alternatives to maintain body condition. One of the alternative ways you can do is to consume green tea regularly.

Tea (Camellia sinensis) is now distinguished by growth location. This is what causes the familiar variety of tea, such as Chinese tea, Sri Lanka, Japan, Indonesia, Africa or tea. Green tea, like black tea, derived from the same plant. Name and his form became different because of the different preparations undertaken.

Green tea is processed in a special way. After picking, tea leaves will experience evaporation. This process will dry tea leaves, but not until the leaves change color. This condition causes the water to the brewed tea leaves still look light green. This process is then shown to maintain the nutritional content, such as Polyphenols antioxidants in tea leaves.

Want to know what ingredient in green tea is so healthy for your body?

1.      Antioxidants & Polyphenols

Japanese scientists believe that antioxidants and polyphenols found in green tea is a very useful material for health, which is able to reduce the risk of heart disease, to kill tumor cells, and inhibits cell growth of lung cancer, especially colon cancer, skin cancer cells. Besides these two substances can help smooth the process of digesting food through the stimulation of peristalsis and the production of digestive fluids.

2.      Fluoride

Fluoride classified as a mineral that can prevent the growth of dental caries, prevent gingivitis, and cavities.

3.      Manganese

Content of manganese found in green tea can help breaking down sugars into energy that helps maintain stable blood sugar levels.

4.      Caffeine

Levels of caffeine contained in green tea different from the caffeine contained in coffee. At tea contains caffeine, just as much as 3 - 5%. So if we are diligent to drink tea, then the body and mind will feel more refreshed. Caffeine has a positive effect on mental activity, and can improve the process of food digestion in the stomach. A good digestion will burn fat more efficiently.

If you're on a diet, this process helps businesses to reduce weight. Moreover, if the tea to drink when stomach is empty.

5.      Tannin

The results of the latest research on green tea shows that the tannin content of the class of compounds contained in green tea can prevent and treat kidney disorders. Meanwhile, the tea leaves are still wet compresses can be used as the affected skin insect bites, sunburn, or as a refresher for tired eyes.

Unfortunately until now, have not known how many doses of green tea should be consumed by a person in order to obtain optimal benefits of tea. However it is strongly recommended that everyone drink at least one cup of green tea, either hot or cold.