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Archive of entries posted on September 2012

5 Most common causes of abnormal menstrual bleeding

Top causes of abnormal menstrual bleeding

An abnormal menstrual bleeding refers to an excessive menstrual bleeding that doesn’t follow a normal pattern. Including to this women’s health condition is spotting between periods. According to the Cleveland Clinic website, the average normal women discharge around 40ml of blood during hers period in four to seven days. Those who experience abnormally heavy menstrual [...]

What is soluble fiber and what are the best sources of it?

How much you need the soluble fiber each day?

According to the MedlinePlus website, dietary fiber is part of food, usually come from plants that are not affected by the digestive process. This because our body doesn’t have any enzyme to digest those fibers in result it almost isn’t produce calories. Only small parts of the fiber is metabolize in the digestive organs, the [...]

Foods need be avoided by those with soy lecithin allergy

Soy allergy symptoms and medications

According to Wikipedia.com, soy lecithin is an oily substance that naturally contained in soy bean. We use soy lecithin in various foods as part of its ingredients. The main purpose of add lecithin to several foods is because emulsification properties, this organic substance keep bakery dough from sticking and it helps to improve dough rising [...]

6 Best fiber foods for pregnant women

Best fiber foods list for pregnant women

Without a doubt, pregnant women need adequate nutrition both for the baby and herself. Nutrition experts recommend those pregnant women to follow a healthy and balance diet. One of the most suggested in pregnant women diet is fiber. According to mayoclinic.com, women should take at least 21 to 25 grams of fiber a day to [...]

All you need to know about citric acid allergy

Citric acid allergy symptoms

Citric acid can be found in various citrus fruits such as lemons, oranges, grapefruits, mandarins, limes, including clementines, pummelos, Satsuma, and ugli fruit. Naturally, those fruits with citric acid give tons of health benefit for human, it provide antioxidants and can lower kidney stones formation. For certain people who have citric acid allergy, the effect [...]