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The prevalence of childhood obesity worldwide increases to the point of being considered a public health concern. More often than not, overweight is the outcome of the regular Western diet ingestion, rich in industrialized high caloric density food.  Obese children and teenagers are five times more susceptible to be obese in adulthood than those who are not obese. A cafeteria diet is mainly a diet equivalent to the Western diet. This diet promotes overfeeding and overweight because of the deadly combination of artificial trans fats, refined sugars, and excessive sodium.     “The consequences of this diet during childhood can last ...

Due to COVID-19 pandemic dietary habits have been altered, spending more time at home can lead to a greater intake of food, healthy snacks can make a huge difference by the end of the day by keeping you at the bay of those extra calories that you don’t need. While breakfast, lunch, and dinner are the 3 main meals of the day, snackare also important not only nutritionally speaking but also physiologically. Snacking has always been a part of a regular diet, everybody eats snacks from time to time, even more now with the current worldwide situation in which we...

Learn how a reduction in dietary sodium not only decreases blood pressure hypertension but is also associated with a reduction of cardiovascular diseases. A modest decrease in salt - diet intake induces a healthy fall in blood pressure in both hypertensive and/or normotensive individuals, regardless of sex and ethnic group, the high sodium intake present in the standard American diet has a tremendous effect in the increase in blood pressure levels, as such, the consequences are: Recent studies have shown that a modest reduction in salt intake for four or more weeks causes a significant fall in blood pressure, however,...

Learn the nutritional power of Peru’s native plants and how others are trying illegally harvest these crops in other soils - and why they are not the same. Yacon is gaining popularity as one of the natural prebiotic aid foods, not only does it help nourish the gut but it has added benefits like zero to none calories and very little sugar. Also, we have Maca, this unique plant has been used since ancient Inca civilizations as a sacred food and as well as an aphrodisiac, nowadays in known, the Maca roots possess a wide array of health benefits like:...