How To Look Good Like Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria, an American actress, encourages women to eat healthy to look good. Last year, she divorced her former husband, following allegations that he had texting a family friend inappropriate messages for many months. However, this setback did not discourage her instead she is more determined to move on with her life. This 36 years old star has successfully release her new cookbook titled, Eva’s Kitchen: Cooking with Love for Family & Friends.

These are some of the secrets that she believes to good health:

• Eat good food, but warns you can have too much of a good thing
• Exercise
• Eat healthy
• Eat lots of vegetables
• Discipline

During her interview with Cover Media, she honestly admit that an abundance of vegetables is essential in any meal, something that she experienced growing up in Texas.

“I grew up on a farm; we had to cook and use ingredients like eggs from the chicken. The vegetables that we grew made things healthier,” she added.

Eva Longoria is someone that should be admired from both women and men for her fighting spirit and determination.

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Feed Your Children Top Brain Foods

Raise little brainiacs by working these foods into their diet.

Give them oatmeal

Serve a hot cereal for breakfast. Children who ate instant oatmeal performed 5 to 12 percent better on spatial memory tests than kids who ate sugary cereal or no breakfast at all.

Tip: Make the cereal with milk – protein starves off hunger, which increases concentration.

Serve salmon

Replace tuna sandwiches with salmon. Tuna is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for brain growth and function, but salmon has even more. Studies have suggested that children whose diet is high in essential fatty acids do better on reading and spelling tests.

Go nuts

Let them snack on unsalted nuts. Like salmon, they’re high in essential fatty acids, among other brain-boosting nutrients. Cashews are particularly good for developing minds; they’re rich in magnesium, which may improve blood flow to the brain.

Whip up some eggs

Whip up some eggs; they’re loaded with choline, a B vitamin that helps with memory development. An animal study showed a 30 percent memory boost in mice that ingested choline at a young age.

Is your child nervous about a test? Put a banana in their lunch box. Bananas have potassium, which can reduce anxiety, and B vitamins, which have a calming effect on the nervous system.

Feed them folate

Feed them foods high in folate, a B vitamin that may boost the brain’s ability to process information. Foods high in folate, also known as folic acid, include romaine lettuce, raw spinach, lentils, broccoli, oranges, and papaya.

Serve berry nice desserts

Serve blueberries and raspberries for dessert once or twice a week. They contain anthocyanins, which boost brain chemicals that influence memory and learning.

Tip: Serve fresh blueberries alone; heat destroys some of the health benefits, and protein may block their absorption.

Don't deny them chocolate

When you allow your children a sweet treat, make it chocolate, as long as it’s dark. Studies show it increases brain function, possibly due to the flavonoids it contains. Look for chocolate that is at least 70 percent cocoa.

Note: Children who eat out more than they eat home-cooked meals often have significantly higher blood pressure and cholesterol than their peers.

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Healthy Recipes for Toddlers

Make these toddler-friendly recipes that are delicious and healthy.

BLT Hamburger

Ingredients

1 tablespoon mustard

1/4 cup ketchup

1/4 cup light mayonnaise

1 1/4 pounds of ground turkey

Turkey bacon

Steps 

1. Preheat the grill to medium-high heat.
2. Mix mustard, ketchup, and light mayonnaise in a small bowl and set aside.
3. Form 1 1/4 pounds of ground turkey into four 3/4-inch burgers.
4. Wrap each burger with two slices of turkey bacon.
5. Grill until cooked through, about 6 minutes on each side.
6. During the last 2 minutes of cooking, toast the buns on the grill.
7. Put the burger on the bun, drizzle with mustard sauce, and top with tomato, onion and lettuce.

Make mini burgers for a kid-sized meal.

Fruit Salad with Couscous

Kids will love this for lunch or as a side dish.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vinegar

2 teaspoons of finely-chopped shallots

2 tablespoons orange juice

2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 cup blueberries and raspberries

1 cup chopped nectarines

2 tablespoons chopped almonds

2 cups whole-wheat couscous

Steps:

1. Whisk vinegar, finely-chopped shallots, orange juice, extra-virgin olive oil, salt, and pepper in a large bowl.
2. Fold in blueberries and raspberries, chopped nectarines, chopped almonds, and whole-wheat couscous.

Healthy Chicken Fingers

Ingredients

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1/4 teaspoon baking

1 egg

1 pound of chicken breast

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Mix flour, salt, pepper and baking powder in a shallow bowl.
3. Beat an egg in another shallow bowl.
4. Dredge 1 pound of chicken breast in flour, then in the egg, and back in the flour. Be sure to shake off excess flour.
5. Place on a baking sheet and lightly spray with cooking spray.
6. Bake for 15 minutes, turn them over, spray, and bake for five more minutes.

Make dipping sauce by combining the 1/4 cup spicy brown mustard and 1/4 cup honey in a small bowl. Dip and enjoy.

Tip: A toddler should get between 1,000 and 1,400 calories a day, depending on size, activity level, and age.

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Chinese Restaurant Syndrome

The "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome" or also known as "MSG Symptom Complex"  or "MSG Allergy" is a condition often marked by nausea, dizziness, headaches, and a racing pulse which can happen to anyone who consumes food containing high quantities of monosodium glutamate (MSG).

Why the name "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome"? The symptom was first reported in 1968, by a physician who had eaten in a Chinese restaurant, hence created the name.

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) also known as sodium glutamate is a sodium salt from glutamic acid. It is commonly used as food additive and food enhancer. Trade names of MSG include Ajinomoto, Ac'cent, Vetsin and Tasting Powder.

Food with high MSG is mostly in fast food restaurants, from the fried chicken, salad dressing, sausages, fries to the dipping sauce. Canned food and soups, canned meat, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce and meat flavouring cubes for soups or stew also contain MSG.

Symptoms of  "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome":

• Headaches
• Dizziness
• Nausea
• Weakness
• Numbness
• Feeling Hot
• Pain in neck and chest
• Shortness of breathe
• Palpitations (fast heartbeats)
• Cold sweat

What to do? There is nothing that you can do as the symptoms are transient. However if you feel faint, put your head between the knees or lie flat on your back. When in doubt, please consult a doctor.

Prevention tips:

• Eat fresh food only.
• Avoid or, at least, minimise the intake of MSG in home-cooked food.
• Do not buy processed food and food containing MSG. Check the label and look out for other label names for MSG: E621, hydrolyzed protein, yeast extract, sodium caseinate, textured protein and glutamic acid and hydrolyzed vegetable protein.
• Avoid eating in places known to use MSG and food with plenty of MSG.

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Healthy Food Choices

You are what you eat! There is more and more evidence showing that diet is a factor in avoiding disease and maintaining well being. Moderation, variety and balance are the keywords.

• Moderation means not eating too much of a particular food.
• Variety means eating as wide a selection as possible from each of the five basic food groups.
• Balance refers to the harmony achieved by following moderation and variety and ensuring the calories consumed equals the calories expended.

The five basic food groups are:

1. Bread, cereal, pasta and rice.
These foods eaten by themselves are naturally low in fat. They also supply fibre, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.

2. Vegetables.
Vegetables provide vitamins and minerals and are rich source of fibre. They are also low in fat. Select dark leafy greens, deep yellow or orange vegetables and starchy vegetables like potatoes, yams or sweet potatoes.

3. Fruits.
Fruits are a rich source of vitamins mainly C. They are low in fat and calories. Select FRESH fruit.

4. Milk, yoghurt and cheese.
Milk products are the richest source of calcium, protein and vitamin B12. Choose low fat varieties to keep cholesterol and fat at a minimum.

5. Meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs and nuts.
The meat group are an excellent source of protein, iron, zinc and B vitamins, as are dried beans, legumes, nuts and seeds. Tofu, if processed with calcium sulfate and fish with edible bones also supply calcium. Dried beans, legumes and pulses supply calcium to a lesser extent. Remove visible fat from meat and poultry before cooking to reduce calories and saturated fat intake.

A sixth group, fats, oils and sweets consists mainly of items that are pleasing to the palate, but high in fat and/or calories. These should be eaten in moderation. This group contains many calories and little else nutritionally. The exceptions are vegetable oils, which contain varying amounts of Vitamin E, such as sunflower, safflower, cottonseed, corn and palm oils. Other oils contain Vitamin K; these are soybean and canola oils and to a lesser extent olive oil.

In a Nutshell:

• Eat a variety of foods.
• Maintain a healthy weight.
• Choose a diet low in fat, especially saturated fat and cholesterol.
• Choose a diet with plenty of vegetables, fruits and grain products.
• Eat sugars in moderation.
• Use salt only in moderation.
• If you drink alcoholic beverages, do so in moderation.

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Foods To Avoid

If you are suffering from these health conditions, avoiding certain foods may help.

Arthritis

• Avoid too much fatty foods.

Dental Caries

• Cut down on the amount and frequency of sugar and other refined carbohydrates.
• Do not give milk, fruit or other sugar-containing liquid to babies when putting them to sleep.

Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency (G6PD)

• Avoid broad beans.
• Avoid taking large doses of vitamins C and K.

Gout

• Avoid liver and other organ meats, legumes and poultry.
• Avoid excess alcoholic beverage consumption.

Lactation

• Avoid caffeine beverages, chocolate, alcohol, certain herbal teas, sugar substitutes.

Diabetes

• Avoid foods that are high in sugar content.

Migraine

• Avoid alcoholic beverages, chocolate, cheese and other dairy products, and salted, smocked, pickled and cured food.

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