Carne à bolonhesa – usar com esparguete courgete/ rechear pimento/ courgette
- Carne picada
- Cenoura
- Courgete
- Cogumelos
- Tomate
- Sal
- Pimenta
- Folha de louro
- Queijo parmesão
Braz de frango com cogumelos:
- 1 chávena Frango desfiado (pernas frango cozidas ou assadas)
- 4 Cogumelos grandes
- 1 chávena Courgette em fios (para fritar?)
- 4 Ovos
- Sal e pimenta
Tortilha de feijão verde:
- Cebola, alho francês, feijão verde, ovos
Courgette chips com queijo parmesão
- Courgette às rodelas finas » fritar na Actifry
- Temperar com queijo parmesão ralado
Lasanha de courgette
RISSOIS – Actifry
Ingredientes:
8 rissóis de camarão congelados
1 fiozinho de azeite
Confecção:
Retirar a pá da Actifry e cobrir o buraco com uma forma – ex: forma de empadas, em alumínio
Colocar os rissóis na Actifry e regar com 1 fiozinho de azeite.
Programar a Actifry durante 20m ou até ficarem dourados.
Virar a meio do tempo.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Specific Carbohydrate diet
Fonte: http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/home/
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ has helped many thousands of people with various forms of bowel disease and other ailments vastly improve their quality of life. In many cases people consider themselves cured. It is a diet intended mainly for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, diverticulitis, cystic fibrosis and chronic diarrhea. However it is a very healthy, balanced and safe diet that has health benefits for everyone. The foods that are allowed on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ are based on the chemical structure of these foods. Carbohydrates are classified by their molecular structure.
The allowed carbohydrates are monosaccharides and have a single molecule structure that allow them to be easily absorbed by the intestine wall. Complex carbohydrates which are disaccharides (double molecules) and polysaccharides (chain molecules) are not allowed. Complex carbohydrates that are not easily digested feed harmful bacteria in our intestines causing them to overgrow producing by products and inflaming the intestine wall. The diet works by starving out these bacteria and restoring the balance of bacteria in our gut.
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ is biologically correct because it is species appropriate. The allowed foods are mainly those that early man ate before agriculture began. The diet we evolved to eat over millions of years was predominantly one of meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, nuts, low-sugar fruits. Our modern diet including starches, grains, pasta, legumes, and breads has only been consumed for a mere 10,000 years. In the last hundred years the increase in complex sugars and chemical additives in the diet has led to a huge increase in health problems ranging from severe bowel disorders to obesity and brain function disorders. We have not adapted to eat this modern diet as there has not been enough time for natural selection to operate. It therefore makes sense to eat the diet we evolved with.
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ was clinically tested for over 50 years by Dr Haas and biochemist Elaine Gottschall with convincing results. From feedback from the various lists and other information at least 75% of those who adhere rigidly to the diet gain significant improvement.
Legal/ Illegal list: http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/legal/listing/
The Science behind the diet
In order to understand how the diet works, it is important to understand the disease process occurring in the gut or, WHY the diet works.
"We must never forget that what the patient takes beyond his ability to digest does harm."
Dr. Samuel Gee.
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ is predicated on the understanding that Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and gluten therapy resistant Celiac are the consequence of an overgrowth and imbalance of intestinal microbial flora. By altering the nutrition we take in, we can effect the constitution of our intestinal flora, and bring it back into balance, healing our digestive tracts and restoring proper absorption.
The intestinal tract forms a rich ecosystem, comprised of over 400 bacterial species. Some are harmless, and others not. In the gut of a healthy person, these various communities of microbes compete with each other for scarce nutritional resources. Consequently, they exist in a state of balance, and the stomach and small intestine harbour only a sparse population of microbial flora. In the large intestine, each type inhibits an overabundance of the others, and this prevents the waste products and toxins of a particular type of microbe from overwhelming the body. The stomach and upper intestine are also protected by high acidity, and the action of peristalsis.
The Vicious Cycle
When the balance in the gut is disturbed, an overgrowth of intestinal flora can result. Microbes migrate to the small intestine and stomach, inhibiting digestion and competing for nutrients. The gut then becomes overloaded with the byproducts of their digestion. This bacterial overgrowth can be triggered by overuse of antacids, reduced stomach acidity due to aging, weakening of the immune system through malnutrition or poor diet, and alteration of the microbial environment through antibiotic therapy.
The components of our diet, particularly carbohydrates, play an enormous role in influencing the type and number of our intestinal flora. When carbohydrates are not fully digested and absorbed, they remain in our gut, and become nutrition for the microbes we host. The microbes themselves must digest these unused carbohydrates, and they do this through the process of fermentation. The waste products of fermentation are gases, such as methane, carbon dioxide & hydrogen, and both lactic & acetic acids, as well as toxins. All serve to irritate and damage the gut. There is evidence that increased acidity in the gut due to malabsorption and fermentation of carbohydrates, may lead common harmless intestinal bacteria to mutate into more harmful ones. Further, lactic acid produced during the fermentation process has been implicated in the abnormal brain function and behaviour sometimes associated with intestinal disorders. The overgrowth of bacteria into the small intestine triggers a worsening cycle of gas and acid production, which further inhibits absorption and leads to yet more harmful byproducts of fermentation. The enzymes on the surface of the small intestines are destroyed by the now present bacteria, and this further disrupts the digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, leading to further bacterial overgrowth. As both the microbial flora and their byproducts damage the mucosal layer of the small intestine, it is provoked to produce excessive protective mucus, which further inhibits digestion and absorption.
Damage to the mucosal layer involves injury to the microvilli of our absorptive cells. These microvilli act as the last barrier between the nutrition we take in and our bloodstream. As our absorption is inhibited, folic acid and vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to impaired development of microvilli, while an abnormally thick layer of mucus prevents contact between microvilli enzymes and the carbohydrates we ingest. The small intestine responds to this spiraling irritation by producing more goblet (mucus-making) cells, creating yet more mucus. Finally, as the goblet cells become exhausted, the intestinal surface is laid bare, and is further damaged, and possibly ulcerated. As more carbohydrates are left in the gut, they cause water and nutrients to be pulled from the body into the colon, resulting in chronic diarrhea. Absorption is further hindered as diarrhea increases the rate with which food travels through the gut.
The Diet
"The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ is based on the principle that specifically selected carbohydrates, requiring minimal digestive processes, are well absorbed and leave virtually none to be used for furthering microbial overgrowth in the intestine. As the microbial population decreases due to lack of food, its harmful byproducts also decrease, freeing the intestinal surface of injurious substances. No longer needing protection, the mucus-producing cells stop producing excessive mucus, and carbohydrate digestion is improved. Malabsorption is replaced by absorption. As the individual absorbs energy and nutrients, all the cells in the body are properly nourished, including the cells of the immune system, which then can assist in overcoming the microbial invasion." The simpler the structure of the carbohydrate, the more easily the body digests and absorbs it. Monosaccharides (single molecules of glucose, fructose, or galactose) require no splitting by digestive enzymes in order to be absorbed by the body. These are the sugars we rely on in the diet. They include those found in fruits, honey, some vegetables, and in yoghurt.
Double sugar molecules (disaccharides: lactose, sucrose, maltose and isomaltose) and starches (polysaccharides) are primarily avoided on the diet. Some starches have been shown to be tolerated, particularly those in the legume family (dried beans, lentils and split peas only). However, they must be soaked for 10-12 hours prior to cooking, and the water discarded since it will contain other sugars which are indigestible, but which are removed in the soaking process. Small amounts of legumes may only be added to the diet after about three months. The starches in all grains, corn, and potatoes must be strictly avoided. Corn syrup is also excluded since it contains a mixture of 'short-chain' starches.
Yoghurt
Finally, the SCD™diet relies on properly fermented yoghurt, and in some cases, acidophilus supplements, to help repopulate the gut with healthy intestinal flora. By increasing the population of 'good' bacteria in the gut, the overgrowth of harmful bacteria is put in check. As the competition for nutrition between the various strains of bacteria resumes, the variety of intestinal flora is brought back into balance. Yoghurt must be properly prepared by fermenting it for 24 hours. This allows enough time for the bacteria in the yoghurt culture to break down the lactose (disaccharides) in milk, into galactose (a monosaccharide). All SCD™diet yoghurt is homemade, as commercially available yoghurts are not properly fermented.
The Science behind the diet
In order to understand how the diet works, it is important to understand the disease process occurring in the gut or, WHY the diet works.
"We must never forget that what the patient takes beyond his ability to digest does harm."
Dr. Samuel Gee.
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ is predicated on the understanding that Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and gluten therapy resistant Celiac are the consequence of an overgrowth and imbalance of intestinal microbial flora. By altering the nutrition we take in, we can effect the constitution of our intestinal flora, and bring it back into balance, healing our digestive tracts and restoring proper absorption.
The intestinal tract forms a rich ecosystem, comprised of over 400 bacterial species. Some are harmless, and others not. In the gut of a healthy person, these various communities of microbes compete with each other for scarce nutritional resources. Consequently, they exist in a state of balance, and the stomach and small intestine harbour only a sparse population of microbial flora. In the large intestine, each type inhibits an overabundance of the others, and this prevents the waste products and toxins of a particular type of microbe from overwhelming the body. The stomach and upper intestine are also protected by high acidity, and the action of peristalsis.
The Vicious Cycle
When the balance in the gut is disturbed, an overgrowth of intestinal flora can result. Microbes migrate to the small intestine and stomach, inhibiting digestion and competing for nutrients. The gut then becomes overloaded with the byproducts of their digestion. This bacterial overgrowth can be triggered by overuse of antacids, reduced stomach acidity due to aging, weakening of the immune system through malnutrition or poor diet, and alteration of the microbial environment through antibiotic therapy.
The components of our diet, particularly carbohydrates, play an enormous role in influencing the type and number of our intestinal flora. When carbohydrates are not fully digested and absorbed, they remain in our gut, and become nutrition for the microbes we host. The microbes themselves must digest these unused carbohydrates, and they do this through the process of fermentation. The waste products of fermentation are gases, such as methane, carbon dioxide & hydrogen, and both lactic & acetic acids, as well as toxins. All serve to irritate and damage the gut. There is evidence that increased acidity in the gut due to malabsorption and fermentation of carbohydrates, may lead common harmless intestinal bacteria to mutate into more harmful ones. Further, lactic acid produced during the fermentation process has been implicated in the abnormal brain function and behaviour sometimes associated with intestinal disorders. The overgrowth of bacteria into the small intestine triggers a worsening cycle of gas and acid production, which further inhibits absorption and leads to yet more harmful byproducts of fermentation. The enzymes on the surface of the small intestines are destroyed by the now present bacteria, and this further disrupts the digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, leading to further bacterial overgrowth. As both the microbial flora and their byproducts damage the mucosal layer of the small intestine, it is provoked to produce excessive protective mucus, which further inhibits digestion and absorption.
Damage to the mucosal layer involves injury to the microvilli of our absorptive cells. These microvilli act as the last barrier between the nutrition we take in and our bloodstream. As our absorption is inhibited, folic acid and vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to impaired development of microvilli, while an abnormally thick layer of mucus prevents contact between microvilli enzymes and the carbohydrates we ingest. The small intestine responds to this spiraling irritation by producing more goblet (mucus-making) cells, creating yet more mucus. Finally, as the goblet cells become exhausted, the intestinal surface is laid bare, and is further damaged, and possibly ulcerated. As more carbohydrates are left in the gut, they cause water and nutrients to be pulled from the body into the colon, resulting in chronic diarrhea. Absorption is further hindered as diarrhea increases the rate with which food travels through the gut.
The Diet
"The Specific Carbohydrate Diet™ is based on the principle that specifically selected carbohydrates, requiring minimal digestive processes, are well absorbed and leave virtually none to be used for furthering microbial overgrowth in the intestine. As the microbial population decreases due to lack of food, its harmful byproducts also decrease, freeing the intestinal surface of injurious substances. No longer needing protection, the mucus-producing cells stop producing excessive mucus, and carbohydrate digestion is improved. Malabsorption is replaced by absorption. As the individual absorbs energy and nutrients, all the cells in the body are properly nourished, including the cells of the immune system, which then can assist in overcoming the microbial invasion." The simpler the structure of the carbohydrate, the more easily the body digests and absorbs it. Monosaccharides (single molecules of glucose, fructose, or galactose) require no splitting by digestive enzymes in order to be absorbed by the body. These are the sugars we rely on in the diet. They include those found in fruits, honey, some vegetables, and in yoghurt.
Double sugar molecules (disaccharides: lactose, sucrose, maltose and isomaltose) and starches (polysaccharides) are primarily avoided on the diet. Some starches have been shown to be tolerated, particularly those in the legume family (dried beans, lentils and split peas only). However, they must be soaked for 10-12 hours prior to cooking, and the water discarded since it will contain other sugars which are indigestible, but which are removed in the soaking process. Small amounts of legumes may only be added to the diet after about three months. The starches in all grains, corn, and potatoes must be strictly avoided. Corn syrup is also excluded since it contains a mixture of 'short-chain' starches.
Yoghurt
Finally, the SCD™diet relies on properly fermented yoghurt, and in some cases, acidophilus supplements, to help repopulate the gut with healthy intestinal flora. By increasing the population of 'good' bacteria in the gut, the overgrowth of harmful bacteria is put in check. As the competition for nutrition between the various strains of bacteria resumes, the variety of intestinal flora is brought back into balance. Yoghurt must be properly prepared by fermenting it for 24 hours. This allows enough time for the bacteria in the yoghurt culture to break down the lactose (disaccharides) in milk, into galactose (a monosaccharide). All SCD™diet yoghurt is homemade, as commercially available yoghurts are not properly fermented.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Sobre a educação dos filhos
Fonte: http://lifestyle.publico.pt/artigos/313190_porque-devem-os-pais-por-os-filhos-a-chorar
20.11.2012 Por Bárbara Wong
A ideia de fazer tudo para que os filhos sejam felizes, evitando que chorem, está ultrapassada. A teoria de disciplinar sem que a criança chore está desactualizada, diz Gordon Neufeld, psicólogo clínico canadiano que esteve em Portugal no final da semana.
“As crianças precisam da tristeza, da tragédia para crescerem. Precisam de ter as suas lágrimas”, defende. Nos primeiros meses e anos de vida, o “não” dito pelos pais ajuda a disciplinar, em vez de estragar a criança. “Estamos a perder isso na nossa sociedade, não admira que as crianças estejam estragadas com mimos. Afinal, elas são sempre as vencedoras”, continua o investigador que esteve em Lisboa a convite da empresa BeFamily, do Fórum Europeu das Mulheres, da Associação Portuguesa de Famílias Numerosas e da Associação Portuguesa de Imprensa.
Na conferência sob o lema “Vínculos Fortes, Filhos Felizes”, Neufeld defende que só se atinge o bem-estar através da educação e que esta deve estar a cargo das famílias e não do Estado. E para garantir o bem-estar de qualquer ser humano ou sociedade é necessário preencher seis necessidades.
A primeira é o “aprender a crescer” e para isso há que chorar, é preciso que a criança seja confrontada, que viva conflitos, de maneira a amadurecer, a tornar-se resiliente, a saber viver em sociedade.
A segunda necessidade é a de a criança criar vínculos profundos com os adultos, estabelecer relações fortes. Como é que se faz? “Ganhando o coração dos filhos. É preciso amarmos e eles amarem-nos. Temos de ter o seu coração, mas perdemos essa noção”, lamenta o especialista que conta que, quando lhe entram na consulta pais preocupados com o comportamento violento dos filhos, a primeira pergunta que faz é: “Tem o coração do seu filho?”, uma questão que poucos compreendem, confidencia.
E dá um exemplo: Qual é a principal preocupação dos pais quanto à escola? Não é saber qual a formação do professor ou se este é competente. O que os pais querem saber é se a criança gosta do docente e vice-versa. “E esta relação permite prever o sucesso académico da criança”, sublinha Neufeld, reforçando a importância de “estabelecer ligações”.
E esta ligação deve ser contínua – a terceira necessidade –, de maneira a evitar problemas. Neufeld recorda que o maior medo das crianças é o da separação. Quando estão longe dos pais, as crianças começam a ficar ansiosas e esse sentimento pode crescer com elas, daí a permanente procura de contacto, por exemplo, entre os adolescentes com as mensagens enviadas por telemóvel ou nas redes sociais, muitas vezes, ligando-se a pessoas que nem conhecem, alerta o especialista.
O canadiano recomenda que os pais estabeleçam pontes com os seus filhos. Quando a hora da separação se aproxima, há que assegurar que o reencontro vai acontecer. Antes de sair da escola, dizer “até logo”; à hora de deitar, prometer “vou sonhar contigo”.
Mas a separação não é só física, há palavras que separam como “tu és a minha morte” ou “tu és a minha vergonha”. Mesmo quando há problemas graves para resolver, a frase “não te preocupes, serei sempre teu pai” ajuda a lembrar que a relação entre pai e filho é mais importante do que o problema. Hold on to your kids é o nome do livro que escreveu e onde defende esta teoria.
A importância de brincar
A quarta necessidade a ter em conta para garantir o bem-estar dos filhos é a necessidade de descansar. Cabe aos adultos providenciar o descanso e este passa por os pais serem pessoas seguras e que assegurem a relação com os filhos.
As crianças precisam que os pais assumam a responsabilidade da relação, que mantenham e alimentem a relação, de modo a que elas possam descansar e, nesse período, desenvolver outras competências. Uma criança que está ansiosa pela atenção dos pais não está atenta na escola, por exemplo.
Brincar é a quinta necessidade a suprir. Não há mamífero que não brinque e é nesse contexto que se desenvolve, aponta Neufeld. E brincar não é estar à frente de uma consola ou de um computador; é “movimentar-se livremente num espaço limitado”, não é algo que se aprenda ou que se ensine. E, neste ponto, Neufeld critica o facto de as crianças irem cada vez mais cedo para a escola, o que não promove o desenvolvimento da brincadeira. “Os ecrãs estão a sufocar a brincadeira e as crianças não têm tempo suficiente para brincarem”, nota o psicólogo clínico que, nas últimas semanas, fez um périplo por vários países europeus, tendo sido ouvido no Parlamento Europeu, em Bruxelas sobre “qualidade na infância”.
Por fim, a sexta necessidade é a de ter capacidade de sentir as emoções, de ter um “coração sensível”. “Estamos tão focados em questões de comportamento, de aprendizagem, de educação; em definir o que são traumas; que nos esquecemos do que são os sentimentos. As crianças estão a perder os sentimentos quando dizem ‘não quero saber’, ‘isso não me interessa’, estão a perder os seus corações sensíveis”, diz Neufeld.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Tantra
A energia sexual é um desperdício se ficar confinada ao sexo, mas pode tornar-se uma grande bênção se se transformar essa qualidade: o sexo pelo sexo. Use o sexo como uma comunhão de amor, como um encontro de duas almas, não só de dois corpos. Use o sexo como uma dança meditativa da energia de duas pessoas. E a dança fica muito mais rica quando homem e mulher dançam juntos e o sexo surge como o rematar da dança: duas energias que se encontram, que se fundem, que dançam, que desfrutam. Use-o como um trampolim. E quando atingir o clímax do orgasmo sexual, torne-se consciente do que está acontecendo - o tempo desapareceu, a mente desapareceu, o ego desapareceu. Por um momento, há um silêncio absoluto. Este silêncio é a coisa real! Osho
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