Five colors for weight loss.
the Institute of obesity advocates the diet of colors based in which pigments responsible for providing color to each food have a beneficial and specific effect on health.
Spain, April of 2013.- the proliferation of diets in modern society is essential to discern between those calls miracle ” and those that actually contribute to a balanced and moderate weight loss. In this sense, from the Institute of obesity is to highlight the importance that may have the correct application of a diet, highlighting, on this occasion, the advantages which is associated with the so-called diet of coloured.
Configured as curious diet that has been very successful, especially in the United States, where in places such as the Centre for the Control and prevention of diseases are produced the menus depending on the colors. According to this diet, the colors not only contribute to the external aspect of the meal, they are the key to a healthy diet, then consume daily, vegetables fresh fruits and vegetables of different colors, ensures the food intake of low calorie and high quantity of micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, fiber and phytochemicals), and will reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes, among others. For this reason, each time more nutritionists around the world are recommending incorporate foods of different colors in your daily diet.
The diet of the colours is based on pigments responsible for providing color to each food to have a specific and beneficial effect on health, so eating five-colored foods per day, ensures well-being and protection to the body.
Thus, the foods of blue – purple are characterized by containing high doses of antioxidants responsible for protecting cells from the body of the attacks caused by free radicals. They are ideal foods to maintain the youth and the proper functioning of the body for longer; in particular, they contribute to the proper functioning of the circulatory system, as well as to prevent various types of cancer. These foods include aubergines, berries, black grapes, blueberries, plums …
Red foods contain high doses of beta carotene, necessary to maintain the health of the skin. Its high cleansing power allows you to eliminate toxins from the body, and its high content of antioxidants is necessary to protect the cells. This type of food are strawberries, cherries, tomatoes, red apples or watermelon.
The green colour helps prevent cholesterol, improving circulation and preventing cardiovascular diseases. They contain high doses of fiber that facilitates proper intestinal transit. This group includes broccoli, the Kiwis, green leafy vegetables such as lettuce, cabbage, cabbage or apples.
White color reflects the antioxidant power of these foods that protect against certain types of cancer. They are also a perfect ally to reduce blood cholesterol levels, thus improving blood pressure. They are also a good reinforcement of the immune system, since they help to increase the body’s defenses and improve resistance against agents that can cause us some kind of disease. These foods include onions, garlic, turnips and leeks.
The yellow or orange help to keep bones and teeth strong, also provide a completely healthy skin and good vision. in this group include fruits such as peach, medlar, Orange, Mandarin orange, papaya, lemon, mango, pineapple; or vegetables such as carrot, pumpkin or yellow peppers.
Doctor Adelardo Caballero, director of the Institute of obesity, is Doctor ‘ Cum laude unanimously ’ for his thesis “segmental transplant of pancreas in the neck with microsurgery: a new experimental model”, in the Faculty of Medicine of the UAM, which has been awarded the special prize of the Royal Academy of medicine. Degree in medicine and surgery from the Complutense University of Madrid with 24 registration of Honor. Specialist in General Surgery and transplantation of organs, is currently attending physician of General Surgery and appliance digestive system of the Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; consultant in general surgery at the La Luz clinic in Madrid and at the children’s Hospital of San Rafael de Madrid.
Awarded the extraordinary degree award from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, performed his training post graduate in Israel, Sweden, Canada and the United States. It is also one of the pioneers in the use of intragastric balloons, for treatment of obesity in Spain. He has implanted more than 1,500 intragastric balloons in the past five years, with very good results. In addition, he has performed more than 1,000 interventions of Bariatric Surgery. It is one of the pioneers in our country in the introduction of the gastroplasty endoscopic POSE, method that allows a reduction in stomach without making any kind of surgical excision, avoiding scars.
