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Probiotics, The Guard Digestive

2011-07-04T08:08:00.001-07:00

Hearing the word bacteria, what comes to mind is the germs that cause disease. In fact, like human nature, there are also good bacteria, which have beneficial effects for the body, among others, to nourish the digestive tract and boost immunity.

Our digestive tract is a nest of disease, this is because different types of microbes, viruses, and fungi flourish in this place. That's why we need a probiotic that one of its tasks is to suppress the number of pathogens (disease-causing bacteria).

Examples of good bacteria is Lactobacillus paracasei and Bifidobacterium longum. While E. coli and Salmonella pathogens included in the group.

According to nutrition specialist, dr.Fiastuti Witjaksono, gastrointestinal health is influenced by several things, including diet and lifestyle. "Foods that are high in fat and low in fiber, as well as stress, can lead to gastrointestinal disorders characterized by symptoms of constipation and constipation," said the doctor who practices at Semanggi Specialist Clinic.

Gastrointestinal tract is dominated by the bad bacteria affect health, such as decreased immune system, impaired absorption of nutrients, infection, insomnia, to colon cancer.

According Fiastuti, to keep the gastrointestinal tract, we need to always eat a diet rich in fiber, like fruits and vegetables. We can also consider eating foods that contain probiotics, such as yogurt. Condition, when it reaches the stomach, probiotics contained in yogurt must be alive. Therefore, consider well how the storage and presentation of yogurt or other products that contain good bacteria.

Another way to increase the number of good bacteria in the gut is by giving him food, that is prebiotic. So that probiotic bacteria, prebiotic food. As for the food which is a prebiotic such as asparagus, bananas, sweet potatoes, and onions.

In addition to foods that contain good bacteria, we can prevent constipation by drinking lots of water and do mild exercise, like walking. This activity stimulates the muscles of the rectum (the channel around the anus) berkontrasi so the dirt would be pushed out. So, your children are exempt from gastrointestinal disorders.

Fiber Prevent Preeclampsia

2011-07-04T08:07:00.000-07:00

FOOD fiber for pregnant women it could mean very important. Increase intake of fiber in the daily diet proven to reduce the risk of developing preeclampsia.

A study published the American Journal of Hypertension showed that pregnant women who increase fiber intake by 5 grams a day-equivalent to 2 pieces of wholemeal bread, decreased risk of preeclampsia is about 14 percent.

Dr. Chunfang Qiu and his team from the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, reported findings that high fiber intake before and during early pregnancy can significantly reduce the risk of preeclampsia among 1538 pregnant women that they monitor.

Qiu collect data on fiber intake in the next 3 months before and during early pregnancy of the participants who did not experience pregnancy complications. During the research, documented 64 participants suffering from preeclampsia.

From the analysis revealed that women who consumed at least 21.2 grams per day and 67 percent lower risk of developing preeclampsia than those who intake less than 11.9 grams of fiber a day. Researchers noted that every additional 5 grams of fiber a day mean intake may lower risk of preeclampsia by 14 percent.

This calculation is made after researchers considered other factors that could potentially lead to preeclampsia such as total energy intake, gestational age, race / ethnicity, number of pregnancies, and weight before pregnancy. In addition, women with the highest fiber intake triglyceride levels recorded 12 points lower and his HDL (good cholesterol) 2.6 points higher than women of low fiber intake.

Preeclampsia is a dangerous condition in pregnant women and the leading cause of premature birth. Preeclampsia is characterized by elevated blood pressure, swelling of the face and heel, and the presence of protein in the urine. Preeclampsia experienced one in 10 pregnant women. Infants of mothers who experienced preeclampsia and preterm birth mostly uninterrupted progress.

Create a Child Fiber Supplements

2011-07-04T08:06:00.000-07:00

Can be given to children who do not like vegetables and fruits. In addition to meeting the needs of vegetables, is also useful to stimulate a child's appetite.

IN THE MARKET is now being circulated foods fiber supplements. In fact, that for kids. "Actually, around an existing 95-fiber supplements for children in Indonesia, namely in the form of vegetable and fruit extracts. But, due to financial crisis, the product disappeared from the market. Perhaps because of imported goods, the price is expensive," said dr. Leman Mariani, Division Sales Manager Healthfood Pharos Indonesia.

At that time, he continued, the fiber supplement is still a mix of vegetables and fruits. But now, fiber supplements are imported separately. There is a fiber from vegetable extracts, there is also a fiber from fruit extracts. Therefore, the results of research in the United States, each has its own function.

"When combined, even contradictory because vegetable serves to build the body's cells or building development and growth, while fruit serves to clean the remnants of metabolism."

Administration

Further described Mariani, time consuming vegetables and fruits associated with acid-base balance in the body. "In the morning, the body is alkaline, to better be given a fiber supplement that is acidic fruit. But the afternoon or after lunch, the condition of the body is acidic, it must consume vegetables that are alkaline. Thus, the chemical reaction to be neutral." That's because, he added, fiber supplements taken twice a day: morning before eating fruit and vegetables after a meal that night.

"It deals with the growth and development of the body. Do not build the body's cells better at night? Because, with sleep and rest, walked more optimal metabolism."

According to Mariani, supplement fiber from vegetables and fruits is recommended for children is given after one year olds. Once-daily dosing, both fruit and vegetables, if the child is aged 1-5 years. As for children aged over 5 years, giving between 1-2 capsules a day. So, be directly 2-2 or 1-1, depending on the condition of the child's body. That is,

"When the rainy season and the child's friends are a cold lot until the child needs a good immune system, then the dosage should be two in one meal for each supplement. But if everyday there's no nothing , then once a day is also enough. "

In any pain conditions, fiber supplements may be given. No matter if your child should also take prescription drugs. "It was just recommended to drink the medicine was given an interval of at least 3-4 hours."

For example, a fiber supplement drink fruit in the morning before eating. After that, half an hour later eating and two hours later to take medication from a doctor. While that is vegetable fiber supplement, "Normally for the little boy, right, eat in the afternoon. Well, after a meal should be given supplements. While the drugs taken before the child's doctor to sleep."

Functions

Vegetable fiber supplementation for children, said Mariani, aims to meet the need of vegetables in children. "Especially the kids who do not like to eat vegetables." Moreover, he added, fiber supplements can also stimulate appetite and make the children become more healthy because fiber needs are met. Also vitamins and minerals.

Even if the child's appetite is good, then the vegetable fiber supplementation is more to provide for the vegetable. What if your child is to eat vegetables? "I do anything well, really, because the function of each vegetable is different. Most of the food children there are only two or three kinds of vegetables or even just a kind. While the vegetable fiber supplements, the type can be up to 21 kinds of vegetables, lo."

Now, with the vegetable / fruit that many of these, whose function is different, then the advantages are also varied. For example, vegetable parsley, water celery, and asparagus also functions as an anti-allergy. "So, would not arise allergies." While fiber supplements add fruit functioning immune system of children. "Usually the children who frequent colds and fevers, we recommend taking supplements of fruit." In addition, it can also help facilitate digestion and bowel movement because there is an enzyme bromelain from pineapple and papain from papaya enzymes.

Extract Vegetable / Fruit Natural

Of course, Mariani said further, the purpose of fiber supplementation in children can be achieved only if the supplement is made from vegetable extracts strongly / natural fruit. That's because, the shape is usually not a sweet sucking tablets or syrup that is a solvent, sweetener, as well as substance preserved, but the form of capsules. "So, a natural fruit or vegetable is extracted at a cold temperature until it becomes a powder, then put into capsules. Of course, with the process and sophisticated manner performed in the United States and the ingredients were taken from a special farm that no pesticides and all that stuff. Even products vegetable and fruit fiber supplements to children has also been recognized by the FDA in there. That is, according to the needs of fiber per day is proportional to the body and is equipped with vitamins, minerals and elements of phytonutrients from fruits and vegetables. "

Because it is made from vegetable extracts / natural fruit, according to Mariani, the same as eating vegetables / fruits are natural. Moreover, it was, yes, the taste of vegetables / fruits. Indeed, he acknowledges, the original food better than supplements. But, as already described above, not all children like to eat vegetables. In addition, the purpose of fiber supplementation to meet the needs of fiber. While children, the food at only one or two kinds of vegetables. Well, by taking fiber supplements vegetables and fruit, then the need for fiber, vitamins and minerals in children can be met.

That young children can not take the capsules, "No problem," Mariani said as he continued, "Is not the capsule can be opened and taken its contents? Gift can be mixed with honey, syrup or sugar water. In fact, mixed with milk was allowed. But for the vegetable, should not be mixed because of the smell of vegetables, so until the day even children do not like milk. "

Deficiency And Excess Fiber

Actually, explains dr. Sri Nasar, SP.A (K) of the Subdivision Nutrition and Metabolic Faculty of Medicine, Jakarta, fibers including the type of carbohydrate that is not digested in the small intestine, but in the colon. Large volume and becomes larger as it absorbs water to make a gut stretched and will stimulate the intestines to move. That is why, if children lack of fiber consumption, stimulated no bowel movements. As a result, often in children less current BAB aka hard bowel movements. PART Normally it once a day. But if less fiber, can be CHAPTER sometimes several days or even up to once a week. "

But on the contrary, because the fiber is to absorb water, so if too much fiber in the colon, it takes more water. Otherwise, the child could not bowel movement, because their droppings become hard or solid, sometimes even a blockages can occur. "So, lack of or most of the same fiber can result, the child hard bowel movements." Sri advice, everything should be a reasonable course.

In addition, fiber in the colon will be destroyed by bacteria and eventually form a gas. "So, if kids ate most of the fiber will form a lot of gas. Children can be bloated and it feels so uncomfortable." Worse, most children become full fiber first, until the other shall not be eaten foods. As a result, unmet nutritional needs. Especially if children are also malnourished. "It's different when kids are overweight, maybe it's okay."

The Natural is Better

According to Sri, however, the fibers are directly derived from natural foods will be better. Therefore, fiber supplements may remain the same with natural fibers. "It might have remained the same nutritional content. That is, if actually made from extracts of the substance itself, for example, fruit or vegetable juice. Not a factory-made from the fruit / vegetable or created by chemical reactions or synthetic."

Because, of course, will remain distinct taste, eat real carrot carrots with a meal supplement capsules. "Carrots must be chewed, children can feel the bite and there is a sense of the carrot, while the supplement did not like it. So, in terms of nonnutrisi, such as taste and aroma, texture, and consistency, it can not be equaled."

Indeed, Sri recognized, fiber supplements may be to replace the fiber from food, but can not fully replace the function of fruits and vegetables. Because, in the vegetable and fruit fibers not only exist, but also vitamins and fewer calories. Do not forget, food for the prime child must be a balanced nutrition.

Moreover, as revealed earlier, by eating naturally, eg, apple or mango, the child will know it's apples and mangoes. So, can enrich the child's tastes. "Because one thing is what can not be replaced. Until, if we do not foster the development of tentacle in children, as a result children do not know the taste of apples, mango, and others."

When Sahur, Drink Fruit blend

2011-07-04T08:04:00.000-07:00

Eating the right foods will make our body is not hungry and stay healthy when fasting. How to regulate eating? For the meal, said Dr. Samuel Oetoro, MS, SpGK, health consultant from Siloam Hospitals, shortly after waking up is recommended to drink the cool-temperate water. Then a big meal, such as rice, fish, and vegetables.

Then, 15-30 minutes after dawn, Samuel suggested that eating high-fiber foods, namely fresh fruits or fruit blend without the sugar mixture. Samuel suggested ahead of the Ruling blended fruit drink, not juiced. Unlike the juice, blended fruit skin and pulp still contains the whole fruit so the fiber is not lost.

"This fiber that serves to slow the absorption of food that is eaten at dawn," he said. The absorption in the body happens slowly it also slows the absorption of blood sugar levels. Conversely, if the channel does not have fiber, the absorption of food in the body going fast so will result in increased high blood sugar. "elevated blood sugar will go down well with the high quickly. As a result, the body limp before when breaking arrive, "Samuel explains. Complex carbohydrates can also do its absorption slowly. For example, brown rice or whole wheat bread. Vegetables and fruits were actually contain complex carbohydrates.

Better, do not eat porridge at dawn. "Despite the delicious warm in the morning, but the carbohydrates in the slurry had turned toward the absorption of carbohydrates simplex food material so fast it will make a quick hungry."

Prebiotics Strengthen Heart Fruit

2011-07-04T08:03:00.001-07:00

THERE are many ways to choose to strengthen your child's immune. One can consider is to give foods contain prebiotics. Besides being very safe, prebiotics can grow good bacteria in the digestive system and prevent allergies in children.

Known as prebiotic food ingredients that can support the growth of beneficial bacteria in the digestive system. While proboitik itself is a germ or beneficial bacteria that live in the digestive system and maintain immune function.

"So it is a prebiotic food for the beneficial bacteria called probiotics or. Do not let the probiotic numbers decline in the body. Therefore, taking very good prebiotic in strengthening immunity, especially in the gastrointestinal tract. Practically, when both of gastrointestinal immunity, the immune in general would also be good, "said Dr. Zakiudin Munasir, Sp. A (K), Chairman of the Division of Allergy Immunology, Section of Child Health, Faculty of medicine / RSCM, Jakarta, Wednesday (22/10).

In addition to working to maintain the good bacteria, prebiotics are also indirectly able to balance the immune system while lowering the risk of allergies. Dr. Zakiudin explained, sufficient supply of prebiotics will make a better growth of beneficial bacteria. With this condition, the balance between T-helper lymphocytes that play a role in response to allergies and infections will also be achieved.

"That is, infections and allergies will be balanced. With good body immunity, allergies can be suppressed. Indeed, probiotic bacteria that will grow well if there is food (prebiotics) are sufficient. In other words, germs (probiotics) is functioning as an immunomodulator that balances the immune system., "he explained.

Source of prebiotic-up Zakiudin can be obtained from various types of food and fruits. Sources of natural foods such as wheat, onions, bananas, garlic, honey, and nuts. Some are in other forms or added to formula milk.

"One is a banana, but this fruit is also rich in potassium. But my child can not continue to be a banana, would have to obtain from other sources," he said.

Meanwhile, the Medical Marketing Manager Nutricia, Dr Ashari Fitriyansyah stated that the addition of prebiotic FOS (frukto oligosaccharides) and GOS (galakto oligosaccharides) with a ratio of 1: 9 in milk toddler can provide meaningful benefits for growth and immunity.

The results prove the unique prebiotic composition can provide many benefits ranging from increased growth of good bacteria and suppress the bad, strengthens the walls of the gastrointestinal tract with the acidity of the lower intestine and the pattern of short-chain fatty acids, such as lowering the incidence of respiratory infections and diarrhea and assist in the formation stool is soft and good movement of the gastrointestinal tract.

Fiber and Probiotics Boost Immunity

2011-07-04T07:57:00.000-07:00

ONLY people immune to either avoid the attack of the flu virus. How easy way to boost immunity?

Here are suggestions of Dr.. Samuel Oetoro, MS, Sp.GK, clinical nutritionist from Nutrifit Clinic.

1. consumption of yoghurt

This fermented milk known to contain good bacteria, Bifidobakterium and lactobacilli. Both types of bacteria are working hard to maintain intestinal health and stimulate the immune system. "Gastrointestinal good means a good body immunity. Therefore, 70 percent of the human immune determined from the digestive health, "he said.

2. Expand fiber
Fiber is a good mate of bacteria in maintaining immunity. The recommended amount of 25-35 grams per day or equivalent to 5 kinds of fruit and three kinds of vegetables a day. Other sources of fiber are cereals, nuts are not fried, whole wheat bread.

3. Add 2 cups water
Many eating fiber means having to add water consumption as much as 2 cups. If you drink 8 glasses of water a day, after mengasup lots of fiber, the consumption of water you now have 10 cups a day.

4. Avoid unhealthy habits
Unhealthy habits damage the immune system, including the consumption of too much caffeine, smoking, drinking alcohol, exposed to pollution. Toxic substances in unhealthy habits that will rob the effectiveness of vitamins and minerals your immune enhancer that has been exploited