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To be able to do our daily life tasks, for example commuting to work, doing housework, reading a book, etc… Our body requires energy, just as a car needs fuel to run. We provide our body with energy through nutrition, and the better the fuel, in this case the food we eat, the better it will work. An equilibrated diet consists of providing the calories needed through consuming foods that contain proteins, carbohydrates and fats in the proper amounts. For an average healthy adult person the recommended daily diet should be based on 40% carbs, 30% fats and 30% proteins. When putting together your diet you have to take into account your own metabolism, since for every person it varies slightly. It is very recommended to get an expert’s opinion to adjust numerous requirements to your own physiology, things such as: age, sex, body development stage, daily physical activity… We recommend a diet based on a majority of plant and vegetal based products and fewer products with animal or...

On a daily basis we hear that we need to workout, whether it’s on TV adverts or during small talk with our colleagues, it seems that doing some exercise is mandatory. But what's the reason behind these affirmations? Can regular exercise improve my life? What benefits does it have? What working out  means … The first thing that should know is that you shouldn’t start working out to reach a set goal, it has to become part of your daily schedule and remain there for all your life. Many people join a gym or start running a few kilometres a day to lose a few kilos or to get their dream body from summer. This is great, but what usually happens is that after reaching their objective they remove exercise from their lives. But even worse, many set doing exercise at the top of their new year’s resolutions, but drop out a few weeks after starting. You don’t need to wait for new year's eve or the next time you want to go to the beach to start getting in shape. Just take some spare ti...

Inagurating the blog The creation of this blog has several objectives: For the readers to get an overall knowledge about their own body. Understanding the importance of the different habits that lead to a healthy life. For the readers to understand, over time, the basic of medicine and allow them to become their own care takers. Get a basic understanding of nutricion and the impact it has on health. For us to learn more and become better professionals.