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Fruits and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet and the medical benefits of some fruit are great, especially bananas!

Nutritional content of bananas

Bananas contain an important nutritional element for the body, the banana is very rich in minerals like potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, and calcium. Bananas also contain vitamins, namely C, B complex, B6, and active as neurotransmitter serotonin in the smooth functioning of the brain.

Energy content of the banana is instant energy, which is easily available within a short time, so useful in providing instantaneous calorie needs.

Banana energy value of about 136 calories for every 100 grams, which altogether derived from carbohydrates. Banana energy value twice higher than the apple. Apples with the same weight (100 grams) contains only 54 calories.

Banana carbohydrates provide the energy a little bit slower than sugar and syrup, but much faster than rice, biscuits, and a type of bread. Therefore, many athletes now taking a rest break or a banana as a backup energy.

The major health reason of cleaning hands is to cleanse the hands of pathogens (including bacteria or viruses) and chemicals which can origin individual damage or disease. This is particularly significant for persons who handle nourishment or work in the health area, but it is furthermore an significant perform for the general public.

People can become contaminated with respiratory illnesses for example influenza or the widespread freezing, for demonstration, if they don’t clean their hands before moving their eyes, nose or mouth. Indeed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated: “It is well-documented that one of the most significant assesses for stopping the disperse of pathogens is productive hand washing.”

As a general direct, handwashing defends persons badly or not at all from droplet- and airborne diseases, for example measles, chickenpox, influenza, and tuberculosis. It defends best contrary to infections transmitted through fecal-oral routes (such as numerous types of stomach flu) and direct personal communicate (such as impetigo).

As you feel persons, exterior and things all through the day, you build up germs on your hands. In turn, you can contaminate yourself with these germs by moving your eyes, nose or mouth. Although it’s unrealistic to hold your hands germ-free, cleaning your hands often can assist restrict the move of pathogens, viruses and other microbes.

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Water is Source of life, provides ourselves with health and beauty. Helps you lose weight, serves our body to function properly and does wonders for our skin, It provides energy and harmony to our body. Water plays an important and vital role in our body. It makes up, on average, 60 percent of our body weight. Every system in our body depends on water, such as digestion, absorption and transport of nutrients and detoxification. Filters toxic and unusefull component, as well as dilutes accomodating the procedure of excretion from the body, control our body temperature accelerates the process of weight loss, helps to fight acne, cellulite, stretch marks, there are several advantages to our body through drink water.

Water prevent diseases such as:

Cancer
An insufficient intake of water raise the risk of suffering from bladder cancer and colon because fosters the concentration of toxic substances within these organs. Adequate intake of water diminishes the risk.

Infections
Drink five to eight glasses of water daily diminishes the production of kidney stones and urinary infections. In contribution, holds the mucous membranes of the respiratory system properly hydrated, and diminishes the risk of viral infections such as influenza. Water also would minimize the asthma attacks.

Gingivitis and other mouth diseases

Saliva, which consists antibacterial substances, decrease if not drink water. This favors the presence of bacteria that inflict gingivitis, cavities and other mouth diseases.

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Like members of other bodies, legs also deserve extra attention. Legs are also eligible to be pampered with a pedicure to clean up dead skin cells around the foot. A healthy and beautiful legs will surely add a sense of confidence and ready to carry the body wherever we go. Perhaps because of the many activities, health and beauty at the feet are usually neglected. Without realizing it, many problems emerged, ranging from smelly feet, dry skin foot and cracked, so that thickening of the skin called calluses or callus in medical term.

One of the causes of dry skin feet which are cracked due to dry skin types who really, congenital skin disorder, there is dehydration, exposure to air cooling, or exposure to dry weather continues, and exposure to chemicals (detergent, floor cleaner).

Tips for healthy and beautiful legs

1. Clean your feet regularly, as well as a shower or bath followed by cleaning the sidelines of the foot, then dry with a clean towel.
2. For those of you who have heavy work and direct contact with water, must be diligent in cleaning the foot.
3. Choose comfortable shoes, use shoe that fits and allows the foot to breathe.
4. Change socks periodically to avoid the appearance of fungi and bacteria that cause foot fracture. Wear cotton socks which absorb sweat thick
5. Do periodic checks of the condition of the foot to see if there are changes in the feet. Notice if your nails menbal, blanched or that could indicate a fungal infection and a cracked or torn in the skin of the feet which are the traits athlete’s foot.
6. Check with your foot to a foot doctor every time a health professional experienced leg pain.

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