LACTOSE INTOLERANCE

If you have lactose intolerance, do not worry: you share this situation (which is not a problem) with a high percentage of population about 15% if you are in Spain, ranging from 1% in Sweden to 98% in Thailand.
As you know, this is the nutrient malabsorption inestinal level, whose symptoms abdominal cramps, bloating, flatulence, weight loss, malnutrition, diarrhea / constipation, rashes, ...
But what measures I can eating home? Because their calcium intake, especially important growth stages. Besides milk and other lactose-free products have been around a while in the market marketed, we introduce several links that you can give some idea:

• some nutritional advice

SALMOREJO! THE KING OF COLD SOUPS

Have you ever tried eating a cold soup in winter?
This dish is typical in summer, but why not take it in winter when it is so healthy? For example, when you invite people to lunch or dinner and you want to stay until the last moment fire slope and when you want to surprise, when you know it is natural and healthy, and when the great nutritionists recommend ...How wonderful it is to have a hand gazpacho!



Here I put a recipe that has saved me this weekend and has been a success:
1900 g of whole, peeled tomatoes
60 g of bread (4 slices becomes)
140 ml olive oil
55 ml sherry vinegar
12 g of salt (a teaspoon)
1 clove of garlic
You put everything in a bowl except the oil and salt.
Is crushed and passed through a chinois to make it finer.
At the end, add salt and oil slowly with the maximum blender to emulsify a bit.
Put in a tureen and above can add chunks of ham, egg, add color and very well accompany the soup. And Good use!

PHILIPS AIR FRYER, THIS IS REALLY AN INVENTION!

                                                      

Although still very recent in Spain, the Air Fryer is an appliance that has marketed a few months. A great invention for cooking at home. Take the same but with 90% less cooking oil. Want to know more?

Needless we found that changing eating habits is very, very difficult. The influence of culture, customs, family, social, is very strong, and the influence of the rush and taste of diners And although we have the Mediterranean diet, the fact is that in Spain obesity is already an epidemic and ... is a serious thing. With the diseases do not play. So although there is clearly nutrition education at all, Philips Air Fryer is a good thing: a fryer ... oil free. Fried foods (French fries, croquettes, chicken, ...) using a technology called Rapid Air. To learn more, click here.

FOOD GARNISHES: HOW GO WITH THE DISHES?

The fittings are intended to supplement the diet. It also highlights the main food providing more color or flavor in the dish. But ... Does the steak or fried egg have to always go with potatoes? ... Depends. A thousand ways to make a garrison, valid and healthy, but there are many nutritional factors that help you choose the most convenient.
The lining may vary depending if it is: a public holiday, the age of the people sitting at the table, food that usually consumed in the family and in place, prices, tastes, ...
An example: In first rice. The steak ... With potatoes?? Almost always the answer is usually not in this case. The most convenient is a vegetable, raw or cooked: salad, baked tomato, a bit of eggplant or zucchini, ... - because we have taken the carbohydrates in the first course, and yet there is nothing of vegetables . But, if we have taken first Jewish eg, the best for steak are probably some potatoes.
Nuts also may have a role, not only to take as a mid-morning or snack.
Fruits very well accompany pork and chicken.
The tempura fried vegetables or to accompany all kinds of meat and fish.
Not only fried potatoes: You can also submit cooked, mashed, baked, with various cuts, ...
And so almost all foods. It is not done daily ultra-perfect meal, but to feed your family in a healthy way: A little of everything and a lot of nothing.

WHO TALKS ABOUT BIG PROBLEMS... AND SMALL ONES

It is a joy, of course. It is known that the World Health Organization in step out of the health problems around the globe. In addition, such an organization has much to say also when ensure yours from day to day. For example, just published the five keys to improving food safety. And it's great because not only is the bird flu, but gastroenteritis ... we do not know why, affects average family.

These tips have many practical consequences, parenthetically we add clarification.

• Maintain cleanliness. (Keeping siginifica not let dirt installed in corners or dangerous surfaces).

• Separate raw and cooked foods. (In the fridge is where the greatest conflicts occur. Below crude up cooked).

• Cook all food thoroughly. (And reheat well).

• Keep foods at the proper temperature. (The cold, cold. The hot, hot).

• Use safe water and raw ingredients. (If the source is suspect ... suspicious).

HOME MADE. COOKIES!

Not sure what you're capable of doing something until you do. Cookies can be done at home. It's fast, no need to be especially skilled and ... Do you know anyone who does not like cookies? We do not. So hang this recipe and predicted total success in the next meal you organize. It can also be for any one day: do not wait for an extraordinary opportunity to try them. Did you try it?

     225 g flour
     1 teaspoon baking powder
     Butter 165 g
     2 eggs
     75 g brown sugar
     130 g chocolate to melt
     75 g hazelnuts
     salt

Grind the hazelnuts and chocolate. Meanwhile, mix remaining ingredients until dough is smooth. Added after chocolate and hazelnuts and knead again forming a loop diameter of about 5 cm. Cool in the fridge (half hour or more) and then cut the loop in half-inch wheels about. Place the cookies on the cookie sheet and I can cook. It takes about 8 minutes at 180 º C. Do not wait until it hardens too: it is preferable to take them out of the oven a little soft, because to harden a bit cool.

And tell me if you have something left over.

FOOD CRISIS IN AFRICA: WHAT CAN I DO FROM HOME?

I copy text from FAO: "While governments are currently participating in an international donor conference in Ethiopia designed to secure more aid for the Horn of Africa, FAO warns that efforts to prop up farmers and breeders, prevent aggravate the crisis and accelerate recovery, do not have the sufficient funds (...) ".
The text follows. It is true that world hunger is a reality aberrant. It is true that could be avoided and so much more. In this blog, I propose some measure we can take from our homes, because many just do much.
The issue of savings in the shopping cart, as we know, does not refer only to the brands of food products. Here are a few points that try to be practical, and are not so far from contributing to the unfortunate situation of Africa and of course, to care for healthy eating at home.

    Make a shopping list with foresight: calculates the space you have the fridge freezer., Not to overload them and maintain the quality of the food.
    Fresh foods are healthier. Cooking takes time, but not so much (do not be fooled!).
    Canned food scraps properly: try them out as soon as possible, with a good warming. It is very useful to have Tupperware in the kitchen.
    Do not cook like crazy. If you spend time, you'll know to calculate the amounts of yours without accumulating debris.
    Read the labels. We report on the nutritional value of the food, but also about life. Do not forget the snacks, confectionery industry, carbonated drinks, etc., (Products that are often lacking in the basket of almost any consumer) are deprecated. They are casual consumer.
    Freeze in small portions. So you can tease out the quantities you need without having to thaw more.
These are just some ideas. Surely in your case (in your home, after all) there are more things you can do. Solidarity with the Third World to be responsible with what is at hand.