Aspic: what is it? Aspic is a preparation that involves the use of gelatin. There are sweet and salty ones; the first ones are used as desserts, while salty aspics are appetizers or dishes. Aspic is a preformed food, whose aspect is defined by the structure of the container used. The fundamental concept for its…
Asparagus
Generalities Asparagus is a food of vegetable origin which can be classified in the group of vegetables. They are sprouts (shoots) of green or white color (depending on whether they are grown in the presence or absence of light), which require a fairly complicated cultivation. Developed asparagus could be described as a rustic rhizomatous plant,…
Sea Asparagus: Nutritional Properties, Diet and Cooking
What they are What are Sea Asparagus? Sea asparagus are herbaceous plants belonging to the botanical Family Chenopodiaceae – or Amaranthaceae, according to the botanical classification – and Genus Salicornia (or Queller); the most common species is S. europaea. This is a group of botanical species that are very similar to each other and almost…
Arthritis: Foods and Beverages to Avoid
Arthritis: different inflammatory states Arthritis is the medical term that defines the presence of inflammation in one or more joints. There are different forms of arthritis, with specific causes and characteristics. Arthritis is a common health condition that causes pain and damage to joints, bones and other parts of the body depending on the type.…
Obstructed arteries foods that help prevent
Why do arteries become clogged? When arteries narrow, and blood flow to the heart and other vital organs is restricted by blockage of the body’s “highways,” it’s called atherosclerosis. A chronic inflammatory disease of the cardiovascular system that occurs when fatty deposits accumulate along the walls of the arteries, which is why it is often…
Obstructed arteries foods that help prevent
Why do arteries become clogged? When arteries narrow, and blood flow to the heart and other vital organs is restricted by blockage of the body’s “highways,” it’s called atherosclerosis. A chronic inflammatory disease of the cardiovascular system that occurs when fatty deposits accumulate along the walls of the arteries, which is why it is often…
Clogged arteries foods that help prevent
Why do arteries become clogged? When arteries narrow, and blood flow to the heart and other vital organs is restricted by blockage of the body’s “highways,” it’s called atherosclerosis. A chronic inflammatory disease of the cardiovascular system that occurs when fatty deposits accumulate along the walls of the arteries, which is why it is often…
Pork Loin
Generalities Arista is the dialect term, which has now become an official noun, referring to the main ingredient of a category of recipes typical of the Tuscan region. It is a part of the back of the pig (trinomial nomenclature: Sus scrofa domesticus) to be cooked whole, as a dish roasted in the oven or…
Herring
Features, habitat and nutritional properties The herring, or Clupea harengus, is a pelagic “blue” fish of the Clupeidae family. It lives in large shoals that populate only the coastal areas of the North Atlantic Ocean (Iceland, Greenland, North America, northern Europe [especially Holland and Norway] etc.); curiously, during the fishing of herring is not uncommon…
Improving blood pressure by increasing arginine
Arginine and Nitric Oxide for the endothelium Arginine is a semi-essential amino acid and a precursor of Nitric Oxide (NO); the arginine/NO metabolic pathway plays a fundamental role in maintaining vascular endothelial function (inner epithelial layer of blood vessels) and positively influences the internal regulation of blood pressure. The right supply of arginine, therefore of…