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If you want to stay healthy and thin, do not be so many problems and just put into practice some ideas here are to prevent add unnecessary calories to your daily diet and, incidentally, will be helping to keep your family healthier.

First of all, you must be very careful with the consumption of salt in foods. It is not new to the fact that excess salt causes fluid and thereby retain feel a sensation of swelling. Not only that, but also run the risk of cardiovascular disease or be prone to hypertension.

Likewise beware of abuse with bouillon cubes, instead you can use herbs that will give you some delicious dishes and natural scents.

It also controls sugar consumption. If you are a person who likes to eat too much candy, then I suggest you opt for making your dessert at home using whole grains, fruits and fats like butter, not margarine or palm oil as they have high trans fat content are highly damaging to your health.

Tamarind is a healthy fruit known under the name indicates Tamaridus Scientific, which is native to warm areas of the planet. In ancient times, the Arabs used it for medicinal purposes. To achieve such benefits is not only necessary to consume the whole fruit, it is also possible to purchase all its virtues through the tamarind water, whose recipe you find this note.

Tamarind is a tropical fruit, consumed throughout Central America, Caribbean area, Africa and Asia. It was part of the diet of the Arabs, who used not only for food but also for medicinal purposes.

How does the tamarind?

* Mild laxative, cleansing the body.
* Diuretic.
* Reducer cholesterol and glucose.
* Diseases such as dysentery, gallstones.
* Protector of atherosclerosis.
* Hypotensive.

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Pineapple is a tropical fruit native to America. This addition to being very tasty and refreshing is considered a medicinal plant, which has properties and provides benefits to improve health.

Pineapple also known under the scientific name Ananas comosus, is a fruit of the bromeliad family of American origin.

The medicinal parts are the fruit and pineapple stem, from which you can get all their health benefits.

Characteristics of the fruit of the pineapple

* It consists of a rough skin yellow-orange. When this is ripe is more fibrous, very juicy with particular taste between sweet and acid. It is also very aromatic.

Medicinal properties of pineapple

* Increases digestion because of an enzyme called bromelain. It is digestive, increasing the metabolism of different nutrients.
* Improves protein digestion.
* It is a diuretic, because bromelain, which stimulates the kidneys to remove excess water and waste.
* Help to lose weight, it is considered a negative calorie food. This is because the body uses more calories to metabolize than the calories it provides.
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