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Recently it has been published in the journal  Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy  a study in which spectacular results of weight loss have been achieved by supplying green coffee extract to obese people.  The research involved 16 obese subjects (  here is the full report  ) and they were made to take different doses of the extract (in higher amounts than in other studies, close to one gram) and a placebo, without there being significant variations in feeding.  After 22 weeks, weight losses of about eight kilos were reached and 6 of the 16 participants went from being obese to having a normal weight.  Experts think that  chlorogenic acid You could be responsible for this beneficial effect. Although the sample is very small and more studies are needed, the results are promising, especially since the product is very economical.  We will have to pay attention to future investigations.  Update  :  As ofte...

Looking for whole foods I commented it the other day in the post of the nutritional pyramids, speaking of the integral foods - whole grain for the Anglo-Saxons-: In addition to the legumes, the vegetables and the fruits, the carbohydrates should be obtained from this type of food. Being made with the complete grain of the cereal, they provide fiber, vitamins, minerals and other very interesting nutrients, which are found in the husk - in the part of the grain that the refining process discards. They also have a low glycemic index, that is, they do not quickly raise the blood glucose level and are absorbed more slowly than refined foods. White flour is very attractive and practical for cooking, but it is little more than starch and only provides energy. Looking for whole foods In supermarkets there are no problems to find many and varied vegetables, fruits and vegetables (the quality is something else, it is a topic for another day), but you have to be almost researcher to be able to ...

Junk food: Bony, Pink Panther, Tigretón Yes, I know. The Bucanero is missing. But for some reason is no longer in the pack, for their strategy of children's pastry Bimbo have been left only with the three and the boring Red Circle (and go restyling that they have done), leaving abandoned the pirate cake. In this charming announcement of the time is the whole team (click to enlarge): I remember perfectly the four cakes as part of my childhood (the web that Bimbo maintains with this type of chocheces has its grace), especially the Pink Panther, not because I liked it more than the others, but because it was the only food I knew of that pink-perfect color. I think we all wanted children with relish, and we had our favorite. But we ate them from time to time, since the family economy did not allow for such wastage (which also fed the myth even more). Well, to the point. Which turns out to be the worst ... There are variations between one and another, but all three agree on something: I...

Junk food: Salty cookies We will agree that chopping between hours is not very advisable. But it is not easy to resist the temptation, especially when the brain claims "hydrates, hydrates" to the four winds. And the thing is complicated if the aspiring appetizer are salty cookies, which have the same property as the pipes: you know when you start eating them, but not when you're going to finish. In addition they usually come in attractive and bulky plastic boats, so that the control of what you eat is more difficult. Not to mention its forms, probably devised by malignant industrial or diabolic psychologists responsible for the product: friendly animals, small fish, little elephants or friendly striated wheels, which convey a childish and harmless image. Well, ojito, they come loaded. These are the ingredients (forgive the low quality of the images, things from the live show, although you can see something bigger clicking on it), to get warm: Our friend the glucose and fr...

Junk food: Donuts This post is one of those that hurt. All my life I have loved the Donuts, tender, with their sugar. Your ads have made history, since they have always been innovative. The mythical, Go, the wallet! Go, the Donuts! It is already a case that is studied in marketing schools. The one with milk, one double, one only, one cut, which made a parallel between coffee and Donuts was also very ingenious. And then they went to do something a little daring, recommending eating them in pairs, that maybe now it would even awaken the wrath of the most retrograde. But let's go to the heart. A look at the list of ingredients does not give too many clues. The sugar, the vegetable oil, the starch are evident ... so, first of all, little food, a lot of energy, nothing very healthy, but neither components that can frighten too much. But when looking at the nutritional values, comes the disgust: As expected, a lot of sugar, a fifth of the Donut is. And many fats, a quarter, of which half...

Junk food: sugary sodas Tail, orange, lemon, even passion fruit ... hundreds of flavors and colors for one of the least recommended modern "foods". Without entering to value their dyes and preservatives, all registered and duly authorized, although their long-term effects have not been studied. In any case they are not recommended because they have a huge amount of sugar, the biggest ally of obesity and decay. For example, these are the amounts of sugar per 330 ml can: Coca Cola, 37 grams; Pepsi, 38 grams; Fanta, 40 grams; Sprite, 36 grams; 7up, 36 grams; And the rest, similar. To be aware of how much this is, drinking a can of soda is like putting between five and six teaspoons of sugar between your chest and back. Simply absurd. Personally, I think the bad thing about a hamburger menu is not the hamburger, but the Coca Cola bucket (or Pepsi, or equivalent) that goes with it. It is usually at least half a liter, so calculate yourself. And I think we will one day be aware of ...

Junk food: Cereals for children All studies and reports confirm it: children are more obese every day. Some say it's because they do not move. Maybe they have some reason, but I think that above all is what they eat. Food increasingly processed, more refined, more based on carbohydrates and sugars. My child always has breakfast cereal ... it sounds good, right? For bad news: The cereals sold in these precious packages (and often include attractive gifts) often boast of having added vitamins and minerals, which in principle is positive but whose effectiveness is yet to be proven (from some studies it could be inferred that it is even better to avoid them). But analyzing its components, they are little more than starch and sugar. A lot of sugar. Too much sugar. And they look very similar to "real" cereals. For example, these are the basic nutritional macro-components (per 100 g of product) of the Choco Krispis, Frosties, Smacks and Honey Pops, taken from the Kelloggs websit...

Junk Food: Digestive Cookies I put the photo of a package of a well-known chain of supermarkets, but there are many other brands and they are all similar. This is one of the many foods that I want, because their image and advertising are deceptive: Name that sounds healthy (Digestive?), Natural symbols (wheat in the photo, green), but neither one nor the other . They do not lie, but you understand me ... Let's see its ingredients and nutritional value (click to enlarge). To begin with, the fiber that may have 11% wholemeal flour versus 51% white flour is anecdotal. In addition, they add palm fat, and it seems that a lot, which is reflected in that more than 10% saturated fat, a threat to your cholesterol. And 65% by weight are carbohydrates, of which almost 20% are sugars. Sure, it has glucose syrup and sugar. To give you an idea, for every two cookies it's as if you ate a teaspoon of sugar. In summary: Flour, fat and sugar. Like most buns and cookies, I advance. They are very ...

Whole wheat bread, what the draft of the new regulations says As I have been writing for years, in Spain the integral bread thymus is judged on duty, since we have been selling everything but truly integral bread (  1  ,   2  ,   3  ).  Even a tabloid TV program   dedicated a story to the subject,  clearly showing the existing fraud.  This is an absurd and important situation, especially taking into account that  dietary guidelines increasingly give more importance to whole grains  , even coming to recommend their intake quite abundantly and replacing partially or totally refined cereals.  But how are we going to eat them if it is practically impossible to buy them? Well, a few months ago we had good news (  1 ,   2  ,   3  ).  Apparently  the new decree on bread was being  cooked  , which included among other issues related to this food, the conditions ...