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Next Wednesday will begin nutrition talks scheduled by the Department of Health, Social Services, Senior Citizens, Women and Immigration, within the activities planned for the month of May by the Department of Women of our City, the month dedicated to health.
These will take place every Wednesday in May at the Day Care Center "Pedro Hernández Caballero, from 18:00 to 19:00, to be taught by Carolina Pérez Iglesias, Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, specialist university "Nutrition Geriatric and Gerontology."
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS NUTRITION IN HEALTH MONTH IN SEWER
FIRST:
WOMEN AND OBESITY
Obesity has become a major public health problem in all developed countries.
In women takes a slightly different connotations because, apart from its greater prevalence, low socioeconomic status is a risk factor only in women.
Besides being a cardiovascular risk factor in women, is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and endometrial and ovarian polycystic ovaries and infertility.
In women, weight control has a strong aesthetic motivation and emotional components important to food.
On the other hand, women consume more drugs (contraceptives, painkillers, migraine, anxiety, antidepressants), which appear to promote obesity.
It remains to clarify their role in the pathogenesis of obesity by cyclical hormonal changes, pregnancy, oral contraceptives and menopause.
Be aware that we are part of this risk group is the first step to avoid becoming overweight.
SECOND:
WOMEN SALT AND HYPERTENSION
The Ministry of Health and Social Policy to the Council of Ministers a report detailing the measures outlined in the plan to reduce salt consumption in Spain is an average of 9.7 grams per day double the amount recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The aim is to reduce the intake to 8.5 grams per day in 2014 to prevent high blood pressure, cause of many deaths in our country for heart disease.
To follow a healthy diet, WHO set a limit of 5 grams per person per day.
However, it is estimated that 87.5% of the population consumes more salt than recommended and that it is a majority ingested through food.
A reduction in salt intake in the population from 10 g / day today to prevent 5g/día each year about 20,000 about 30,000 strokes and cardiac events, according to estimates.
Although men are more likely to have hypertension, this disease is highly prevalent in women especially after menopause established by the lack of estrogen plays a protective role.
THIRD:
WOMEN Nutricosmetics
The properties and functions attributed to food and plants growing beyond the human nutrition.
Some of them with interesting extracts are obtained potential functions in the field of cosmetics for the care and protection of skin and hair.
A recent essay focuses on certain components of the blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) with anti-wrinkle effects.
Other research centers are looking through the consumption of foods and plants, or topical use, an increase in hyaluronic acid production by skin cells, as it plays a key role in regeneration and skin health.
The woman, a large consumer of these products must have sufficient information so that the hype of these products not to buy products bearing ineffective and can be replaced by the daily intake of fresh fruits that contain equal or greater proportion of active ingredients.
FOURTH:
WOMEN OF FRUIT JUICE AND DRUG INTERACTION
Summer is a season of the year in which more drinks are consumed.
For this reason, those who have taken certain drugs know their purpose if, at the same time, consume certain juices.
This interaction is of special interest within the broad range of positive and negative combinations that exist between food intake and medication.
The components of some fruits and their juices hamper the activity of various drugs such as anticoagulants, which slow the clotting of blood and prevent thrombosis and embolism.
The major complication of such drugs would be bleeding.
It should be noted during these hot months that hydration can have a negative influence on the effect of the drugs taken, the woman as homemaker who cares for three generations, should know the incompatibilities for their proper management.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla
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