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A diet rich in antioxidant nutrients exerts an antiinflammatory to Slowing the development of diabetes, obesity and cancer, said today the president of the Spanish Federation of Nutrition, Food and Dietetics (FESNAD), Alfredo Martinez.

Speaking to Europa Press, Martinez explained that this is the conclusion of one of the key studies presented at the Second Congress of the FESNAD, held today in Barcelona, and stressed that the underlying claim in medical thinking, but now it has been found .

“Some foods have higher levels of antioxidants that prevent inflammation,” noting that this, in turn, “acts as a trigger diseases such as diabetes, obesity and dyslipidemia,” remarked Professor of Nutrition at the University of Navarra.

The researcher Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Faculty of Medicine, Boston, biochemist and medical doctor Barry Sears said at the conference the importance of anti-inflammatory role of the Zone Diet, which proposes the proportion of 40% carbohydrate, 30% protein and 30% fat with extra intake of Omega 3.

Inflammation is a normal process the body that helps prevent infection and heal injuries, but the inflammatory response may be increased so silent and out of control and lead to various diseases.

On the other hand, noted that diets moderate in protein and high in fiber are useful to lose weight, assuming that “not all weigh the same calories.” Some calories have thermogenic properties that help to lose heat and energy, and they have to satiety.

“And is that not all fats are equal,” he said, while pointed to the type of Omega 3, found in fish, which reduces the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

“Vegetables, fish and olive oil” reduce the metabolic syndrome, which causes hypertension and cholesterol, Martínez explained in a different order of conclusions.

Martinez presented the same study at the conference ‘Obesity and metabolic syndrome: dietary treatment based on specific nutritional components. “

In his view, a good diet does not depend on the quality and quantity of food consumed, but must take into account the distribution of nutrients in each meal to be appropriate and help to maintain metabolic balance.

Many times when we ask how our diet can cook and delicious but rich dishes are low in calories to keep those pounds from want.

This is clearly a challenge but of course not possible, first of all you have to control your appetite and ensure five times a day because it is very important not to overeat at certain times of day.

The first thing you can do is play with the seals of each dish that you eat vegetables is very important when dieting because it will be the ones who provide all the protein and nutrients you need for day to day trying to avoid or at least the vegetables consumed in small amounts compared with plants that can fill your plate completely.

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