When to Cook Your Vegitables

When to Cook Your Vegitables

By eMiracle   05:43:00   No comments:

The theory that your vegetables are healthier when taken raw is not always true. below is a list of some vegetables that are bioavailable or readily absorb able for your body when heated.

1. tomatoes:    A landmark study published in 2002 in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry first showed that a powerful antioxidant called lycopene is released from tomatoes when they’re cooked. The study found that heating tomatoes at 190.4 degrees for 30 minutes boosted levels of absorb able lycopene by 35 percent. Lycopene has been shown to help reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease and macular degeneration, a degenerative eye disease. In addition, a study published in The British Journal of Nutrition found that folks following a long-term raw-food diet had low levels of lycopene.
2.  carrots: These orange beauties get their gorgeous hue from carotenoids, a group of antioxidants. A study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that cooking carrots increased the amount of beta carotene, a compound that is part of the carotenoid family.
3. and spinach: This green leafy vegetable is packed with calcium and iron, which are more bioavailable when cooked. Spinach contains oxalic acid, which blocks the absorption of these important nutrients. The good news: Oxalic acid breaks down at high temperatures, so you can reap the benefits of calcium and iron.

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Letting Babies Nap in Car Seat Could Be Deadly, Experts Warn

Letting Babies Nap in Car Seat Could Be Deadly, Experts Warn

By eMiracle   00:49:00   No comments:

A new study as published on yahoo news By Agata Blaszczak Boxe(earlier published on LiveScience) has shown that Placing infants in car seats and other seating devices for naps may put their lives in danger.
 In the course of the study, researchers examined 47 cases of children under 2 years old who died while in device meant for them to seat, whereas the remaining deaths occurred in slings, swings, bouncers and strollers.
study author Dr. Erich K. Batra, of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center said "When the baby is asleep, and you don't have eyes on the baby, they should be 'ABC,'" meaning that they should be alone.
In a case included in the study, an 11-month-old baby died after being placed in a car seat with a bottle, to take a nap, while at an in-home day care. The seat's chest buckles were secured, but the lower buckles were not secured. When the child care provider checked on the child, 1 hour and 20 minutes after placing him the seat, she found that the baby had slipped down in the car seat, and a strap was pressed against his neck.
In the vast majority of deaths in the study, the child were either strangled by something such as a strap, or died because they could not get enough air due to the way their bodies were positioned. The time that had elapsed between when the children were last seen alive and when they were found deceased ranged from 4 minutes to 11 hours.
 The study didn't dig into knowing how common such cases occur. When Batra was interviewed by LiveScience he said "It is not like you are hearing about them every day, but I think it is important that people know that they do occur,"

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