Out with Fats!

Health-conscious individuals often shun pork because of its high fat and cholesterol content. Nowadays, improved breeding of pigs and better feeds have produced leaner and healthier port. Fat, of course, cannot be totally eliminated and it does increase the palatability of meat. To lessen the fat and cholesterol in pork, simply trim off all visible fats. Some people believe that port is even healthier than beef because its fat is accessible and can easily be discarded. Beef fat is marbled with the lean meat, making it difficult to trim off. Another way to lower fat content is to cook pork in ways that will eliminate the addition of oil or butter, such as boiling, grilling, or roasting. But if you really want something fried, then pan-fry in very little oil instead of deep-frying. The meat absorbs less oil this way. You can also use oils that are lower in saturated facts such as corn oil, peanut oil, canola oil, or soybean oil.

Much like beef, pork is a good source of quality protein. It also provides the body with fat used not just as a source of energy, but also as a source of essential fatty acids that help in the utilization of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K. Pork is a source of the B vitamins thiamin and niacin needed for normal digestion and the maintenance of a healthy nervous system. It is also a source of minerals such as iron (especially the liver) and phosphorous. One hundred grams edible portion of lean pork has about 17 grams fat. Loin chop or pork chop has a high fat content of about 50 grams per 100 grams edible portion and about 10 grams protein.

Diseases Caused by Lack of Vitamins

Foods have materials which make your body strong and healthy. Lack of these materials in your body may make you sick. These materials are called vitamins. See that you eat foods with vitamin everyday. Most foods have the vitamins all that we need.

Food Rich in Vitamin A. Vitamin A helps keep you safe from colds. It makes your hair glossy and soft. It makes your skin healthy. It gives you healthy eyes. Lack of Vitamin A leads to - slow growth, poor eyesight, dull eyesight, rough and dry skin.

Foods Rich in Vitamin B. Foods with Vitamin B give you a good appetite. They help in digestion and growth. They prevent beriberi. Beriberi is a kind of disease. This disease makes the bones weak. It may be caused by eating polished rice. Lack of Vitamin B leads to – slow growth, bone weakness, poor bowel movement, nervousness.

Foods Rich in Vitamin C. Vitamin C prevents softness and bleeding of the gums. It also prevents the loosening of the teeth. It helps keep you safe from colds. Scurvy is a disease which may be caused by lack of Vitamin C. Eating fresh fruits and vegetables will help keep you safe from scurvy. Lack of Vitamin C leads to – lack of blood, skin disease, weakness, weak gums and loose teeth.

Foods Rich in Vitamin D. Vitamin D builds and keeps strong bones and teeth. It helps growth. This vitamin is found mostly in fish. Vitamin D prevent rickets. Rickets is a disease of the bones. Sunlight helps keep you safe from rickets. Lack of Vitamin d leads to - soft bones (rickets), slow growth, badly formed bones, poor teeth.

Vitamin E and your Heart

In ordinary heart disease, the heart is deprived of the oxygen I needs and, and if the deprivation is serious enough, the heart could stop functioning altogether. A major cause of this disease is atherosclerosis, the hardening of the arteries, where cholesterol and other substances in the blood leave fatty and fibrous deposits on the coronary artery walls.

Medical research now suggests that vitamin E may be able to help guard against the atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease, and that is may alleviate the effects of the disease.

It has been found that vitamin E supplements increase the level of high density lipoproteins, which act like scavengers to remove cholesterol from blood vessel walls. And vitamin E also traps and neutralizes chemical substances called five radicals which promote the production of perodixes, which in turn foster the build up of deposits on blood vessel walls.

In other studies, it has been discovered that vitamin E may protect heart tissue against damage under low oxygen conditions, helping maintain cell function s and reducing cellular death. In clinical trials, vitamin E taken is combination with the mineral selenium, also offered significant relief from angina, a chest pain associated with oxygen deprivation of the heart.

If you have a heart, blood, or blood vessel disease, ask your doctor where you should take vitamin E supplements. Because vitamin E affects the functions of anticoagulants, such as warfarin and aspirin, you should inform you doctor if he has prescribed an anticoagulant and you are taking vitamin E.

Natural-source vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol_, like Squibb Natural Vitamin E, has been proven to the 36% more potent than synthetic vitamin E or disapha tocopherol.

Water to Drink

As we all know, water is very important to the life of everybody. Our body needs water. Water helps make blood. It helps keep the body at normal temperature. It melts our food. It carries off waste matter from our body. It also supplies our body with minerals.

Drink six or eight glasses of water a day. See to it that the water we drink is pure. Pure water is free from disease germs. Impure water may cause sickness.

Boil the water that you drink to make it safe. Boiling will kill the germs. If you use an earthen jar for your drinking water, have a clean cover for it. Do not dip a cup into the jar. Use the faucet.
If you deep drinking water in a refrigerator, be sure the bottles are clean and covered.

The government makes the water safe for use in the following ways:
(1) Water from a fiver is made to flow in a dam. The water is made to stand in the dam for many days. In this way the water is made clean because dirt and mud settles down.

(2) Then the water is made to flow in a filter where it is again made clean. The filter separates the dirt from the water. Before the water goes to the homes, chlorine is added to it. Chlorine kills germs in the water.