Diet tips

In planning a meal plan, the important thing is to try to cut down your ingestion of fat, salt and refined carbohydrates.

The problems associated with reduced carb diets
Its extremely popular, but it is truly safe and healthy for you?
Cutting out carbohydrates might mean missing out on necessary nutrients from healthy foods which must be part of any well adjusted diet, particularly those obtained from fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
Remember, one fact that is frequently overlooked, it is damned hard (though certainly not impossible) for vegetarians to take up a low carb diet.

Lycopene foods
(includes grapefruit, red peppers and spiny bitter gourd)

The nutrient lypcopene is a simple chemical compound and member of the same group of phytochemicals as carotene. It is the reason for the red colour of some types of food.

Usefully, unlike numerous other healthy agents, lycopene does not become less effective if subjected to heat, but is genuinely strengthened by cooking.

. Its most interesting medical value is that it acts as an antioxidant and appears to be an asset in the fight to lower the risk of developing cancer.

Lycopene is the most powerful eliminator of singlet oxygen, which is linked with aging of the skin. It is also believed to prevent the growth of diseases affecting arterial blood vessels.