Archive for January, 2010
January 22nd, 2010 | 
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Conventional wisdom says that apples are a healthy snack. A recent study supports it, finding that a component of the fruit, called pectin, increases levels of friendly bacteria in the digestive system.
Microbiologists from the National Food Institute of the University of Denmark evaluated the effect of apple consumption by feeding rats a diet of whole blocks in addition to products derived from fruit, as juice and applesauce.
The researchers then reviewed the bacteria in the intestines of rats to determine whether eating apples affected the levels of “friendly” bacteria, which are bacteria that are beneficial for digestive health and may reduce the risk of certain diseases.
The study findings appear online on January 20 in the journal BMC Microbiology.
“In our study, we found that rats who ate a diet rich in pectin, a component of dietary fiber in apples, had higher amounts of certain bacteria that could improve intestinal health” they said in a news release Editor magazine study co-researcher Andrea Wilcks.
Posted in Supplements and Vitamins | 
Tags: apple, bacteria, cell, digestive system, fruit, health, healthy snack, Microbiology, microorganisms, pectin | 
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Is postpartum depression? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only one type of depression, with more than six months duration and is characterized by symptoms such as pain, sadness or low self-esteem. This is reason for consulting a psychologist or a psychiatrist. It can be confusing because reactive, ie, activated as a result of some event, such as loss of a spouse, work, and in this case, after an abortion.
However, in the medical literature has described the “post-abortion syndrome” (also known by the acronym PAS). It refers to a pathological picture that includes a symptom complex physiological, psychological and spiritual, triggered after the completion of a procured abortion (voluntary). Therefore, affects mostly women who had abortions, but also true (to varying degrees) in all the others who have been involved in the incident.
The symptoms of this syndrome are directly related to the reasons for aborting, the time of pregnancy, the relationship between parents, the steps have been taken to make the decision and the influences that have suffered during the traumatic period of the decision.
Posted in Mental Health, Psychology |
Tags: Abortion, depression, mental, pregnancy, Psychology, women |
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When we sleep, our brain is still working and maximizing performance. Recent studies confirm that improves memory and even moments of genius occur during sleep.
According to research conducted by German scientists during sleep and the best ideas are born until the genie appears. The explanation is that neuronal activity is most effective and economical when we sleep deeply and long enough.
Sleep involves brain activity. Allan Hobson of Harvard Medical School (HMS) in Boston, USA, the “dream is caused by the brain and benefits.”
This is coupled to another theory on the role of deep sleep, which says that during the same neurons produce new contact areas that use energy. At this stage the body rejects the synapses or contacts that do not need and sets new, for which the brain needs to develop a synchronous activity, which is long in brain waves of deep sleep.