How To Lose The “Quarantine” Weight Effectively
Anna Cortesi – Dietitian & Clinical Nutritionist
by Anna Cortesi
2y ago
Any weight gain in quarantine (for some just a few pounds, for others a bit more) should not keep you worried as it can be easily lost if you just follow some day to day, simple and reasonable advice. I know it sounds cliché, but DON’T skip breakfast! Systematize your breakfast intake so that you gradually boost your metabolism and therefore your calorie burning ability, and don’t fall head over heels for the next bigger meals. Ideas for healthy breakfasts: A toast with wholemeal bread or lebanese pita bread, turkey, low fat cheese and vegetables Breakfast cereals, fortified with fiber (ry ..read more
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Are Weekends Destroying Your Diet?
Anna Cortesi – Dietitian & Clinical Nutritionist
by Anna Cortesi
3y ago
For the majority of people, weekends are days of relaxation. At the young age of school-going children and after-school students, this can be said to be a given, with the difference that they have to deal with their readings over the weekend. For the older who work they are the most common, though here we will find many jobs that do not cease to exist. For example, shopkeepers work on Saturdays, or waiters in cafes and restaurants also work on Sundays. For all these people, staying home and trying to get rid of the stress and stress that they face all week in their workplace and not only, it i ..read more
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Olive Oil Elixir of Life
Anna Cortesi – Dietitian & Clinical Nutritionist
by Anna Cortesi
3y ago
We all now know that olive oil is an important nutritional choice, which benefits to our body and health. That is why some people do not hesitate to call it “the elixir of life”! With high antioxidant properties and great nutritional value, olive oil should always accompany our daily diet. Its exquisite taste is an additional motivation for its consumption, especially when consumed in raw form. In this article, we will learn about some less known facts about olive oil. As a result, we will appreciate it even more and understand the way it is made, as well as its different production methods. E ..read more
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Aphrodisiac Foods for Valentine’s Day
Anna Cortesi – Dietitian & Clinical Nutritionist
by Anna Cortesi
3y ago
Valentine’s Day is one of the most loving (and costly) celebrations in the world because of the intensity of people’s overflowing emotions. Loving couples find just another reason to come closer and give an extra meaning to their love (or day). As we all know, love goes through the stomach first. Therefore, we must go for foods that to have a lot of fragrances, flavors and textures, dishes full of imagination and exciting combinations.  If you are planning a romantic dinner, then it would be good to have ..read more
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Balanced Nutrition as a Tradition
Anna Cortesi – Dietitian & Clinical Nutritionist
by Anna Cortesi
3y ago
It is important to know that our children are greatly influenced by our eating habits. So, even if we make sure that we provide them with healthy food choices, it is necessary for us to also adopt them. This is the right way to keep our child nourished throughout his or her life. However, although this is legitimate in theory, nevertheless the family meal structure and eating habits of previous generations, always seem to stand in the way of this effort. What Mistakes We Must Review In older generations, the idea that they had to feed children excessive amounts of food daily is wrong. The so-c ..read more
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Iron Deficiency: What are the Symptoms?
Anna Cortesi – Dietitian & Clinical Nutritionist
by Anna Cortesi
3y ago
Lack of iron can cause many problems to our body. Therefore, those of us who do not get the recommended amount of iron daily, might have symptoms that they need to understand and deal with immediately. Otherwise, iron deficiency can lead to even more serious health problems. Of course, your doctor or dietitian can recommend iron supplements in case there is an iron deficiency, beside nutritional changes. Sometimes our specific needs for iron are increased (eg. for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding). Below you can find some of the most common symptoms of iron deficiency: A general feeling ..read more
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Digestive Ulcer and Nutrition
Anna Cortesi – Dietitian & Clinical Nutritionist
by Anna Cortesi
3y ago
Digestive ulcer is a chronic disease that makes the daily lives of those suffering from it very difficult. Often the problem is exacerbated by eating, as opposed to other ulcers that a patient may experience. Of course, the correct diagnosis of peptic ulcer can only be completed by gastroscopy. As for its causes, they vary and include acidic food consumption, prolonged anxiety, smoking and the consumption of extensive medication.  Recent studies in the field of medicine that aimed to find the perfect diet for digestive ulcers hav ..read more
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Childhood Obesity and the Role of the Dietitian
Anna Cortesi – Dietitian & Clinical Nutritionist
by Anna Cortesi
3y ago
Many times the phenomenon of childhood obesity tends to be ignored in the family. In particular, parents are resting on the belief that their child will grow taller and lose  their unnecessary weight will disappear without any effort on their part. However, if the child is obese, it is not just wishes and hopes that with growth the child will achieve the ideal weight automatically. Therefore, it is necessary to have a targeted partnership with a professional wh ..read more
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Iron and Fiber in the Prevention of Diseases
Anna Cortesi – Dietitian & Clinical Nutritionist
by Anna Cortesi
3y ago
Many diseases are due to heredity and so, no matter how we try, we cannot escape the identity of our genes. However, proper nutrition and good health can benefit us and make us face any difficulty. If you are looking for ways to equip yourself against diseases and the unluckiness of inheritance, focus on increased iron and fiber intake. Iron and fiber can shield us and help us significantly improve our health. It is worth the effort and you will find that it is quite easy to get more iron daily. Let’s see how: First, we can replace white carbohydrates with whole grains. Although in the beginni ..read more
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Nutritional Trends and their Dangers
Anna Cortesi – Dietitian & Clinical Nutritionist
by Anna Cortesi
3y ago
Oh so many fad diets out there, that I don’t know which to pick for this article. Many people are in a hurry to taste the brand new fads out there, and they are even welcome these delicious innovations. However, a little later something new is again being seen in the public domain, and then the previous fad diet becomes history in our timeline. Some diets, however, seem to withstand the passage of time. And some of them, are very bad. Let’s get a taste of the nutritional trends that would be great to finally overcome, because of the dangers they pose: Paleo Diet The Paleo Diet claims that eati ..read more
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