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Couscous is a dish of Arab origin, whose main ingredients are grains of durum wheat. These combined with vegetables such as carrots and nuts like walnuts, makes this preparation ideal recipe to incorporate a diet to lower cholesterol.

Couscous is made based on semolina, among other grains. This is a recipe which enhances the flavors, aromas and colors of the different foods that make up carrots, walnuts and raisins. It also allows lower cholesterol, thanks to the properties of these same ingredients.

Recipe for couscous with vegetables and dried fruit
Ingredients for 4 serving’s

large 1 cup couscous.
* 1 carrot peeled and thinly sliced.
* 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts.
2 tablespoons seedless raisins.
1 teaspoon olive oil.
* 1 ¼ cup water.
Salt and black pepper to taste.
* Cinnamon to taste.

Preparation

* in a saucepan place the olive oil, then the couscous and walnuts.
* Cook until the couscous begins to brown.
* Slowly add water, raisins and carrots.
* Season to taste.
* Cover.
* Carry over high heat until carrots are tender.
* Remove from heat.
* Let stand for 10 minutes.
* Serve.

Observations

* this recipe for couscous with carrots and nuts do not contain saturated fat, and cholesterol and provides 3 grams of fiber.
* If you want you can season with curry, it gives you a different color couscous.

Remember that you lower your cholesterol meals that contain foods low in fat and high in fiber and antioxidants.

What can we do if we have in our fridge just a bunch of asparagus and parmesan cheese? Get this recipe may seem complicated but really is not if we find the perfect match for these and many other foods that may offer various possibilities for the summer. Therefore, we propose the development of some recipes, as well as simple to prepare, are healthy and nutritious by the strong presence of fruit and vegetables.

SPINACH AND STRAWBERRY SALAD

Ingredients for 4 people:

- 400 grs. of clean spinach shoots

- 2 cups of strawberries.

- A handful of walnuts

- Some 200 grs. feta cheese into cubes

- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds.

- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds.

- Olive oil, vinegar and a pinch of sugar.

Preparation: First, wash the strawberries and tools. Then, in a spinach salad dispose flat on a bed and he sliced strawberries. In a bowl, mix oil, vinegar, sugar, sesame seeds and poppy. Alina spinach and strawberries with the dressing and mix well. Decorate the plate with the nuts, you can substitute other nuts such as pine nuts or almonds. Furthermore, feta cheese can be replaced with blue cheese or fresh.

Many times have we heard that we are what we eat, and never more true this statement was to attack the problem head-depression because food acts directly on our mood. If we take a balanced Diet avoid mental imbalances and depression.

Our body is a perfect machine that depends mainly on the energy that will provide the food we eat, if they are balanced, meaning that the amounts are fair and necessary that our body needs and will enhance that there is no shortfall of the same and therefore that does not result in any kind of emotional. Read the rest of this entry »

Sports that are jumping up, trampling, tennis, squash, judo.
Crossing your legs.
High heels.
Smoking, abusing coffee, alcohol, spices, red meat.
The heat on the legs: heated floors, waxing, sauna, exposing her legs in the sun.

Sports “soft”: swimming, walking, cycling.
Balancing your diet and adding fiber, fruits and vegetables.
Wear loose clothing.
For occupations at risk, and for a plane trip, do not hesitate to prescribe low to mid-or stockings.
Finish the shower by a jet of cold feet and legs.
Elevate the foot of the bed of 5 to 10 cm.
Be treated, especially in spring and summer: homeopathy or herbal medicine to slow the progression of venous insufficiency.