4th World Congress on Food and Nutrition

  When a sweet craving strikes scope is that like many other people reach for a piece of chocolate or dark chocolate. The chocolate has a rich history but a much lower nutritional value compared with dark chocolate. Choose a bar of chocolate that treats and sweetened with coconut sugar, honey, or dates. Raw cocoa powder can be combined with smoothies that are sweetened with honey or fruit. While we might normally turn to coffee, tea, or soda for a caffeine fix, it’s important to know that chocolate also has caffeine. Dark chocolate may suggest some health benefits but only if it’s consumed as part of a balanced diet. It can help from high blood pressure It can help prevent/improve diabetes It promotes healthy cholesterol levels It can help decrease the risk of cardiovascular diseases It can help alleviate inflammatory conditions The enormous health risk of chocolate is not certainly the cocoa bean content but the other additives found in commercial chocolates like sugar and...

Most of the people get confused and think that the fat they eat makes their body store fat is because of the reciprocally to describe both body fat and dietary fat. When it comes to weight loss, nutritionists often debate on the issue “ carbohydrates versus fat ” Body fat or adipose tissue is essential for survival.   Anyone with a body fat of 0% percentage would not be alive. When you cut your body fat level down to what’s called your “essential fat” the fat needed to maintain a healthy and functioning body complications arise. Many of the studies compare low carbohydrate and low fat diets by focusing on people with: obesity type 2 diabetes metabolic syndrome The researchers usually measure factors such as:   weight loss cholesterol levels triglycerides blood sugar levels When you have a good idea of what your individual caloric needs are, which you can learn by using a combination of your Basal Metabolic Rate and your activity level, this will become a lot eas...