The value of the minerals and vitamins for the body

Chemical analysis of the human body has confirmed that about 95% of its weight comprised of the same four main elements that make up the earth and atmosphere: oxygen (64%), hydrogen (10%), carbon (18%) and nitrogen (3%).

The remaining 5% is distributed differently. The differences depend on the terrain and even vary from one individual to another in the same locality. In the latter case, these are slight differences in the content of salts and minerals can determine the health or conversely disease.

Human and animal body comprising at least 17 major minerals and vitamins 7 necessary for life and good health. They play an important role in human and animals.

Mineral salts. Without a proper balance of mineral salts that occurs in any disease, impaired general exchange. With the help of diet can regulate mineral balance. Most important are the sodium, calcium, potassium, magnesium and iron.

If a person takes food that is poor in minerals, he feels the need for salt which satisfies, podsalivaya food. Salt is not only the nerves turned stomach but gradually penetrates tissue, replacing potassium, calcium, magnesium, etc.. It then excreted by the kidneys, excessively overloading them.

Lack of nutrient salt in the diet may be associated with the wrong its preparation. Especially rich in minerals fruits and vegetables. Vegetables generally boil in a large amount of water, which absorbs most of their nutrients. Then the water is drained, cooked vegetables served to the table. So do not be. All vegetables should be cooked for a couple or perhaps a smaller amount of water.

The lack of mineral salts in the body leads to disruption of the osmotic pressure of blood and interstitial fluid, which interferes with the normal course of metabolic processes.

Sodium - the main osmotically active ion of the extracellular space. It regulates the acid-base status, contains liquid and regulates its distribution in the body, increases swelling proteins and increases the hydrophilicity of tissue. Sodium helps to maintain water and electrolyte balance. Deficiency of sodium in the body can occur in various pathological conditions involving elevated his release if it is not offset by the introduction of sodium chloride in a sufficient amount (severe diarrhea, uncontrollable vomiting, extensive burns with strong exudation, hypofunction of adrenal cortex, prolonged use of diuretics, etc. .) - As a result of developing hyponatremia. It is accompanied by dehydration. It appears thirst that can only use salt quench fluid. There have dryness and loss of turgor (elasticity) gauge, muscle weakness, decreased appetite, develop nausea, vomiting, hypotension, tachycardia, impaired kidney function (oliguria, anuria, azotemia rise), the central nervous system.

With an excess of sodium in the body can develop a hyper-natriemiya that manifests fluid retention, increased excitability of the nervous system (restlessness, muscle cramps, and so on. D.), Hypertension, decreased renal function, increased body temperature.

Among the foods richest sodium chloride include fish, especially marine, sausage, cheese, cheese, bread.

Potassium promotes the release of the body in the urine sodium and fluid, regulates intracellular osmotic pressure. It participates in the formation of acetylcholine that plays an important role in the transmission of nerve impulses and. Potassium increases the tone of smooth and striated muscles, affects the activity of several enzymes, has an alkaline action.

Deficiency of potassium in the body can occur with an overdose of drugs and diuretics glikokortikoidnyh hormones, frequent vomiting, diarrhea, adrenal hyperfunction.

Hypokalemia leads to muscle weakness pain, apathy, lethargy, atony bowels, nausea, vomiting, edema, oliguria, and expand the boundaries of the heart, arrhythmias, hypotension, dry skin.

Many contain potassium vegetable products (vegetables, fruits, especially apricots and raisins, berries), cocoa powder, from animal products rich in potassium most fish, beef, veal.

Hyperkalemia may occur in acute glomerulonephritis, hypofunction of adrenal cortex. It is manifested physical and mental stimulation, paresthesias of extremities, pale skin, decrease the hydrophilic fabric, increase diuresis and increased sodium excretion in the urine.

Calcium forms a structural skeleton framework affects the permeability of cell membranes, seals vascular walls is involved in the clotting process.

Calcium deficiency can develop when a lack of calcium in the diet (starvation, exclusion from the diet of dairy products), sweating, pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Calcium deficiency is shown by the following symptoms: weak bone growth, crumbling teeth, joint pain, sore foot cramps, tics or twitches, palpitations, brittle fingernails, tooth decay, tooth pain, cramps during sleep or exercise, pain in the forearms or biceps, numbness or stiffness, insomnia, heavy menstruation.

Hypocalcemia is also observed in the absorption of calcium deficiency due to digestive diseases, as well as the use of steroids. As a result, they may develop osteoporosis, paresthesia, convulsions.

Hypercalcemia observed with an excess of calcium in the diet and drinking water, excessive use of calcium and calciferol. Hypercalcemia manifested by loss of appetite, thirst, nausea, vomiting, weakness, and sometimes convulsions, azotemia. Perhaps the deposition of calcium in the blood vessels and muscles.

Salts of calcium rich dairy products, vegetables, eggs, fish and meat.

To mitigate the adverse ratio of calcium and phosphorus, it is advisable to eat bread with cheese, cereal with milk, meat and fish dishes with vegetables and so on. D.

Hinder calcium absorption in the intestines of foods rich in oxalic acid - sorrel, rhubarb, spinach, beets, chocolate. Lactose promotes absorption of calcium and citric acid.

Magnesium is involved in carbohydrate metabolism, protein biosynthesis, decreases neuromuscular excitability. Magnesium ions increase the inhibitory processes in the cerebral cortex, and therefore have a calming effect. In addition, magnesium has antispastic effect, stimulates bile secretion and motility of the intestines, helps to eliminate cholesterol from the body.

With a deficit of magnesium is increased neuromuscular excitability, there jerking muscle tetany, anxiety, fear, auditory hallucinations, tachycardia, high blood pressure, irregular heart rhythm, loss of appetite, painful and cold hands and feet, irritability, poor coordination, processes for bones, loosening, or tooth sensitivity, nausea or dizziness, sensitivity to noise, insomnia, hyperactivity, strong body odor.

The excess of magnesium in the body leads to oppression reflexes enhance inhibitory processes in the central nervous system (lethargy, drowsiness), osteoporosis, paresthesia, lower blood pressure, disturbance of atrioventricular conduction, bradycardia.

A diet with a high content of magnesium is recommended that the tendency to raise blood pressure, hypertension, atherosclerosis, liver and bile ducts.

Magnesium is found in wheat, oats and buckwheat, butter, walnuts, beans and dried fruit, especially dried apricots. Many magnesium in bread from wheat flour.

Phosphorus and its salts are of particular importance in the processes of life. He is involved in the metabolism of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, building cell components, a number of enzymes, hormones and many other phosphorus compounds.

The need in the phosphor increases during pregnancy, lactation, and also for chronic gut diseases - enteritis, enterocolitis.

The greatest amount of phosphorus contained in the bran, cheese, legumes, tomato juice, meat, brains, beef liver, fish, eggs, buckwheat, barley, oats, walnuts.

Deficiency is rare, since phosphorus is supplied from various products and is commonly used in foods in a sufficient amount.

Iron. About half of the iron in the body exists in the form of hemoglobin - a substance which gives a blood red color. Iron is required for muscle proteins and is deposited as a reserve in the kidneys and liver. Hemoglobin carries oxygen from the lungs throughout the body.

About iron deficiency show pale skin and pale lower eyelids, which is a classic sign of anemia. Other symptoms of anemia: flat or spoon-shaped nails, rapid pulse, thrust to the ice, hair loss, general apathy, lack of stamina and vitality, inability to concentrate, severe menstrual pain, drowsiness, low vision, upset stomach and numbness in the fingers and toes .

Iron-rich liver, kidney and meat, bread, cereals, beans, nuts and green leafy crops.

However, high doses of iron toxicity, can cause pain in the stomach and constipation. No need to give drugs to children (even 3 grams can be lethal dose for a young child).

Chromium is involved in the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats, and also in the formation of insulin. High levels of sugar in the diet stimulate the release of chromium through the kidneys.

When processing of grain to produce white flour lost almost 80% of chromium. From brown sugar after its transformation into the white sand takes 9% chromium.

Symptoms of chromium deficiency: high cholesterol, intolerance to alcohol, symptoms similar to diabetes, hypoglycemia, excessive thirst, irritability, difficulty remembering.

The greatest amount of chromium contained in the yeast, egg yolk, liver, wheat germ, and the cheese grains from raw grains in alcoholic beverages.

Iodine is a well-known regulator of the thyroid gland, which controls and regulates metabolism by weight. Iodine contributes to the formation of hormones, including thyroxine and triodtironin that control the rate of metabolism in the body, which is burned in the body of oxygen.

With iodine deficiency observed: chronic fatigue, poor mental performance, enlargement of the thyroid gland; goiter, irritability, weight gain, heart palpitations, high blood cholesterol levels, brittle nails, dry hair, constipation.

Sources of iodine: seafood, fish, seaweed fucus and other algae (seaweed).

Manganese is essential for normal growth and development, to create a natural antiviral agent - interferon - and contribute to the regulation of blood sugar. Manganese works as an antioxidant.

At deficiency of manganese appear the following symptoms: glucose intolerance, loss of tone or power cords, irregular heartbeat, decreased strength, weight loss.

Many of manganese in oats, wheat germ, nuts (particularly almonds and hazelnuts), whole grain cereals, pineapple, plums, beans, sugar beets and lettuce.

Selenium. A rare and very valuable to the body element. It is vital as an antioxidant and works in collaboration with Vitamin E. It forms a compound with an enzyme neutralizing free radicals glyutati-peroxidase, which works as an important antioxidant. Selenium is needed for the formation of proteins in our body, it supports the normal functioning of the liver and strengthens the immune system. Selenium - a component of semen. It helps rid the body of heavy metal ions, including cadmium and arsenic.

Selenium deficiency causes chest pain, hair loss, increases susceptibility to infections, there is degeneration of the muscles, developing eczema, cataracts, psoriasis, car-diomiopatiya, cystic fibrosis, arthritis, increased risk of cancer.

Sources of selenium yeast, garlic, eggs, liver and fish.

Silicon. On Earth, silicon - the second most abundant element (after oxygen). In humans, it is a vital part of all connective tissues, bones, blood vessels and cartilage. Silica also helps to strengthen skin cells, hair and nails, improves the synthesis of collagen and keratin.

Lack of silicon can cause a weakening of the skin tissue.

The greatest amount of silicon contained in root vegetables and other types of fiber, fruits and vegetables, brown rice, hard drinking water.

Zinc. Most of the zinc in the body is in the bones, but it is necessary to work more than eighty enzymes in the body and for the formation of red blood cells. Participates in tissue regeneration.

Zinc deficiency in children slows growth and reduces appetite.

Sources of zinc: offal and other meat products, mushrooms, oysters, yeast, eggs, mustard.

Copper. An indispensable component of many enzymes in the body involved in the formation of red blood cells. Copper acts as an antioxidant. Copper - stable minerals.

On the evidence of copper deficiency pale skin, visible veins, intestinal disorders. Sverhdefitsit can lead to bone fragility, graying hair, and low levels in lymphocytes - to decrease resistance to infections. Low levels of copper are rare 'because it is a common element.

The largest amount of copper found in the liver, crab, crayfish, oysters, nuts, whole grain cereals, lentils, olives and carrots.

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Good nutrition

In the chapter about the small Tibetan people of Hunza, we have seen an example of a healthy diet, and called it complete.

Applying the definition of "complete", we thus want to say that in the diet should contain all the elements, without exception, who make a full-fledged food and proper amounts, but no frills.

Ideally it should be a goal of each diet. This is always eager followers of natural therapy.

To achieve adequate nutrition, it is necessary to comply with the six basic conditions.

First. Getting just the right amount of food (people tend to eat more than the body needs).

Second. The diet must be observed equilibrium between proteins, fats and carbohydrates (usually proteins in our food anymore).

Third. Drink necessary amount of liquid (usually an insufficient number of drinking water and very little juice).

Fourth. Vegetables should be included in the food composition, together with those parts that contain mineral salts and vitamins (skin, bran, seeds), as well as some other important elements.

Fifth. The diet should contain a maximum of vitamins and mineral salts.

Sixth. Plant products must be obtained from the fertile soil in which there are all the natural elements, and not with the exploitation of depleted soils.

For the growth and renewal of the body, maintaining the vitality needed to foods containing proteins, fats, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins.

Proteins - the building material of the body and the most important part of the cells that form the fabric of our body. They are involved in the formation of substances, without which the life of the organism is impossible.

Most of the protein found in milk, eggs, cheese and legumes, meat, fish, wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, rice, maize, millet, nuts.

Fats are of great energy value. They can be called fuel human body. Excess fat is accumulated in different parts of the body. Fats are also involved in many vital processes. Excessive fat intake has an adverse effects on the body. Vegetable oil is absorbed better than pork, beef or sheep fat.

Carbohydrates are actively involved in metabolic processes. However, excessive use of harmful for the body. Carbohydrates contained in cereals, and in vegetables, fruits and milk.

Water, sun and air, is essential to the human body. Without it, life is impossible. All processes in the body take place in an aqueous medium. With water in the body receives a number of mineral salts and other necessary substances. With water derived metabolic products.

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An example of a healthy lifestyle

What is meant by the word "health"? Health should be understood as a state of complete well-being and good health, as the sense of beauty of the body functioning and mental abilities. Health - this

when a person is always in a good mood, always cheerful and disposed to work and entertainment in equal measure. Health means not only the youth, but also old age should be brisk and cheerful, not impotent, succumb under the weight of various ailments.

Where nowadays to meet people with good health? 'Scientists have long agreed that "health" is a theoretical perfect the human condition, which does not occur in real life.

Yet there are such people in the world, however, only 15,000 people, of whom it can be said that he was completely unknown disease. It - Hunza.

I open this talented nation military doctor Mc Ka-Rison, performing their duties entrusted by the British authorities for Disease Control in the mountainous region Gilguta (near the northern border of Kashmir).

Through research, Mac Karison closely associated with

many small nations and tribes who lived between Tibet and China, Pamirs, Afghanistan and Pakistan today, and during their wanderings in this

the places he once encountered the people of Hunza. At first glance, it attracted them a nice, slim body and high efficiency, and all were healthy, except for some multiple bone fractures and inflammation of the eye.

It's pretty primitive and ochen poor people. No Westerner can not even think about how to lead a life similar to that which led Hunza, even at the cost of finding happiness and overall health. They live in mountainous areas, is almost completely devoid of fertile soil. Woods is not there, and every piece of land is under fruit trees. Meadows also not, so every inch of land is given for vegetables and potatoes. Cultivated land affected by water shortages: there is very little rain (just go for three or four winter months, when the temperature drops to zero and below). And the snow is very small. Therefore, the water in their weight in gold: it is collected, cherish every drop and use the system of channels through which water is delivered from a distance.

Cows there is a little more St. Bernard, skinny goats and sheep graze on the hillsides covered with stones. Under these conditions, the animals produce very little milk, and even less fat. Cow gives at least two liters of milk a day, and then only immediately after calving. Sheep and does not give milk, goat's - a little. The meat of these animals sinewy

and totally fat-free. People barely escape from hunger, especially in the winter months. In winter, they take refuge in their tiny stone houses with no windows (not to let in too much cold). They one opening which serves as chimney and allows the air ventilation. There was no furniture, the family lives together: sleep, eat, and beget offspring on the stone benches carved into the walls. Livestock "quartered" in the hallways.

A similar picture is able to scare the modern man, as a commitment to hygiene. But that's not all. Since, as already mentioned, in the vicinity of

no forests, then there is no firewood. Fire in the centers supported by twigs and leaves, it is cooked food, but not enough heat to heat water for washing and bathing. Therefore, people wash (and wash clothes), only cold water. Moreover, no matter from which to make soap.

And these people lived: no baths, no hot water and no soap.

No sufficient food of vegetable origin. In winter months, people are "vegetative" lifestyle, eating meager reserves

cereal (just beans) and dried apricots, and when spring comes, go to grass, collect herbs and vegetables, until there comes a time to first harvest. To complete the picture we say that the Hunza are illiterate, only members of the noblest families of the king and his entourage, who studied in Muslim religious schools, can read and write. This people have no poetry in their own language. He did not know neither sculpture nor painting or carving, or weaving skills that have reached a high level of their neighbors. Few a family of musicians who live among these people belong to a different tribe.

Within eight to ten warmest months Hunza live outdoors. Sleep, work, play, marry, have children and die out. The whole family, including sons, their wives, grandchildren and great-grandchildren live together. Children from an early age can see everything that happens at home and in neighboring countries - from birth to death.

Can the reader imagine that he and his family could live in such conditions?

To complete the picture it should be said about a circumstance directly related to the 'genetic' health.

It is considered axiomatic that marriage between close relatives harmful effect on the physical and mental

rated health of each individual. Representatives of this nation, although steadily maintained for centuries prohibition to marry within the same family, and even a village, yet only marry with members of his small nation.

According to the oral tradition that is passed from generation to generation, not someone else's blood flows in the veins of the people. The only exception is the royal family, seized power in the country 300-400 years ago.

The whole nation has about a thousand large

families. It is easy to imagine the disastrous effect

They were to conceive of such marriages between members of a small nation, isolated from its neighbors not only by high mountains and deep gorges, but also a variety of customs and beliefs.

And yet, in spite of everything, all the representatives of the people have enviable health. Moreover, according to reliable scientific research, it is the only healthy and happy people all over the world.

As scientists understand who visited this nation, the expression "perfect health."

The first doctor who examined them, Robert Mc Kari-dream, was interested primarily in what we call the negative definition of health, ie the absence of diseases that are prevalent in the neighboring tribes of Kashmir and the Small Tibet. He was surprised that he met among

this nation no infectious diseases or rheumatic or spoiled teeth or mental illness. We were

only isolated cases of eye inflammation caused perhaps by darkness and dampness that prevail in the winter in their homes.

The greatest interest of the scientist was the fact that not found any of those diseases, which in old age are accepted by modern medicine for the "norm." In excellent condition teeth, eyes, even the far-sightedness, which begins to develop in the civilized

Peoples forty-five years - and that did not occur. Same

the case with heart disease, and multiple sclerosis with which our civilization has declared "normal and

inevitable "phenomenon in old age.

Get amazing results of his research, Mac Karison decided to study in detail the way zkizni this nation. During the second expedition, he lived with them in their homes and studied their way of life. Noting the excellent health of the people, he focused on the following three aspects:

1. High capacity for work in the broadest sense:

and at work, and while dancing, and playing games. This quality catches everyone's eyes. To Hunza go one-two hundred kilometers - it's like that for us to make a short walk around the house. They are easy to climb the steep mountains to pass someone a letter, and return home fresh and funny.

2. Cheerfulness. Hunza constantly laughing, they are always in a good mood, even when hungry and suffering from cold.

3. Exceptional resistance. "The Hunza strong nerves as ropes and thin and delicate, like a string" - says about them Karison Mac. They never get angry and do not complain, do not get nervous and do not show impatience, do not quarrel among themselves and with complete peace of mind to endure physical pain, trouble, and so on. N.

Scientists who visited this nation and studied his life and way of life, wondered what the reason for this health and

Happiness? Not whether it lies in the nature of power?

Compared to our classification it is a complete food, natural and free of harmful impurities. They eat poorly, but we can say right. These foods are low in calories, but it is fully consistent with the physiological requirements of the human body.

Mac Karison, investigate and describe their way of life, noted differences in the nutritional composition of the food in comparison with neighboring tribes, the residents of India and London. Therefore he

I experimented on rats. They are known in the art called "experimentation Kennels" -by the location of the laboratory.

The researchers divided the thousands of experimental rats into three groups according to three groups of people - "Whitechapel" (near London), "Hunza" and "Indians." All of them were kept in the same conditions, but given different food, in accordance with national traditions of each country. Group "Whitechapel" received the food consumed Londoners - white bread and various products made with white flour, jam, meat, salt, canned food, eggs, sweets, cooked vegetables, and so on. N. Rats "Hunza" received the same food, and that the people of this tribe, like rats - "Indians." Mac Karison examined the health of a whole generation of rats fed three different diets, and found out an interesting pattern.

Group "Whitechapel" had been ill all the diseases that affect people in London, ranging from children and ending chronic diseases and age-related illnesses. Group "Whitechapel" was quite nervous and

militant: rat bite each other, and even bite to death to death. Rats "Indians" for reasons of health and general behavior were similar to people who personified in these experiments. A rat "Hunza" stay healthy and happy and spent time in games and relaxation.

What can we learn for ourselves from these observations?

First of all, we see that food and not some mysterious force is the cause of this little surprising health of the people. Neither climate, nor religion, nor customs, nor a race do not have a significant effect on their health - just food.

Second, we learn that once again the food, not anything else of healthy people can make patients - only enough to remove from the diet of some nutrient

nye substance that most people consider unimportant. We also learned that large quantities of food and high calorie her little health. Not "malnutrition" causes diseases prevailing in the poor class of the world, and the composition of food intake.

Third, we learn that even morale could change for the worse if the diet lacks certain substances or they frills.

Rats of the "Whitechapel" living in peace and friendship

each other when they were deprived of wholesome food necessary for their health or when they overeat, become aggressive and devouring each other.

The qualitative composition of food greatly affects the preservation of health, safeguard against diseases and keeps you young. Depend on it, and mental health, emotional balance, lack of neuroses and other mental disorders.

At the dawn of human intuition told some ancient peoples, how to eat. Good nutrition reflecting the physique of man and has some influence on the formation of human character.

Now we try to analyze, clarify what the main factors are distinguished diet, underlying health of the people of Hunza, the diet that causes the disease, characteristic of the inhabitants of Calcutta and London.

1. Hunza consume salt in very small amounts (it is the only product that is transported).

Hindus believe that the habit of eating meat is detrimental to the person brings cruelty. The food of those who eat meat, a smaller number of vegetable proteins, minerals and vitamins, but it is much more seasoning and salt.

2. Hunza rarely eat meat and drink very little milk. They get protein primarily from wheat and barley (grain eating these whole grains), of bread that were prepared

tion of the same cereal, always with an admixture of bran. The seeds and husks contain protein, calcium and mineral salts.

The Indians also eat a little bread or no eat, the staple of their diet - rice, they eat refined. Fig contains little protein and mineral salts and vitamin there is no trouble, they have only a husk.

3. Hunza eat a lot of potatoes - also with the husk, which contains valuable proteins and mineral salts.

4. Hunza and Indians eat beans, which is rich in protein, but for the people of Hunza beans - one of the foods rich in protein and Hindus - the only product in their diet containing proteins. But it turns out that different legumes (beans, lentils, peas), of which a person gets proteins sufficient only if it consumes them in the full spectrum. If one of the legume species falls from the diet, the body is deprived of certain proteins that are important for health.

5. For the people of Hunza fruit - fresh or dried - the main battery. Even the bread took a more modest place in their meager diet than the different types of apricot they eat whole, including the skin, bones and oil droplets contained in the bones. In addition, the Hunza eat any greens, which are able to produce, including grass.

Indians eat fruit less than Hunza, and almost exclusively bananas, which are very high in calories but poor in mineral salts and contain scant amounts of vitamins. The Indians also eat very little of greens, especially those who live in big cities.

6. "English" diet. It contains a large number of proteins, much more than they receive Hunza. But most of what is contained in their menu is presented to them in a purified, "refined" and processed form, that is, with a lack of minerals and vitamins, such as sugar, canned vegetables, jams and so on. N. And besides, in the "anti-

gliysky 'diet included more and harmful elements that consume and our readers: White bread baked from flour, devoid of mineral salts.

Such poor nutrition caused in experimental rats a need for fresh food and mineral salts, that they began to eat each other.

It can be concluded that most people eat too much. Our food is not only to quench

hunger, but in modern life is considered to be an important and necessary. This is a big mistake.

It should make one more consideration. We have often repeated that the Hunza are very poor, there is little to eat, and in the winter months, almost starving, and because it is healthy.

It is through diet and almost fasting for a long period can avoid many diseases.

For good health are two important aspects: there should be little, only in accordance with the real needs of the body,

but the food should be a full, good-quality and easily digestible.

It should be remembered that it is not the quantity but the quality and composition of food determine the health and peace of mind. And the less we eat (even healthy food), the more chance we have come closer to the ideal of health and happiness.

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