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Flavorings And Food Additives

§ January 13th, 2012 § Filed under General § Tagged Comments Off on Flavorings And Food Additives

To improve the taste and smell of food in the diet are widely used flavors: spices and seasonings. They do not contain proteins, fats and carbohydrates, but rich in flavor and aromatic substances. Flavors have pronounced physiological effect, caused by a reflex secretion of gastric juice under the influence of these substances through the organs of smell and touch to the food center. This increases the appetite, "In addition, flavorings are chemical stimulants secretory activity of digestive glands. It is well known, and the negative impact of these substances in the body. For example, excessive use of vinegar causes the breakdown erythrocytes.

To spice or spices include pepper, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves, ginger, vanilla, cumin, etc. are used as a seasoning salt, mustard and vinegar. Black pepper – dried unripe fruits of tropical plants family of pepper grown in the southern latitudes of the globe (India, Philippines, Java). Hot pepper flavor and its flavor due to it contains essential oil and piperine alkaloids. Cinnamon – bark of evergreen cinnamon (Cinnamomum ceylonicum) of the laurel family, dried and rolled into a tube. The aroma of cinnamon is due to the contained cinnamic aldehyde and acid.

Cinnamon is used for baking pastries, with the making of sweet dishes, sauces, marinades, national dishes. Pink – dried flowers unblown allspice from myrtle family. Used in the manufacture of cooking stews of meat, fowl, in marinades for mushrooms and vegetables. Vanilla – dried or dried unripe fruit of a tropical plant of the orchid family.

Pregnancy Complications

§ January 5th, 2012 § Filed under General § Tagged , Comments Off on Pregnancy Complications

Physiological complications of pregnancy (normal) is considered to be the result of a pregnancy, being in cephalic presentation (final position of the fetus in the uterus by the deadline set approximately 34 – 36 weeks), no complicated by signs of threats interrupt the ongoing 37 – 41 weeks. Pathological (or complicated) can be called a multiple pregnancy, and pregnancy in breech presentation (on these two points obstetrical reporting significantly changed over time, and even now opinions of obstetricians often can not match). Very frequent complications are miscarriage, as well as its perenashivanie (at the mother – placenta – fetus can lead to placental insufficiency, fetal growth retardation, its hypoxia (oxygen deficiency), which is also a deviation from the normal physiological flow pregnancy. Also to factors that could significantly complicate the pregnancy include intrauterine infection and development of immunological incompatibility between the mother's blood and fetal abnormalities by recent years has increased significantly due to the widespread introduction of reproductive technologies such as IVF. Accurate diagnosis is ultrasound. The frequency of complications in multiple pregnancy is significantly higher than in singleton, which does not relate it to the physiological, as previously thought.

The most frequent complications in multiple pregnancies are miscarriages, gestosis, anemia, placental abruption, placental insufficiency. Methods of delivery in twins depend on gestational age, location and condition of the fruit. For Caesarean section is necessary to resort more frequently than in singleton pregnancy. In triple cesarean is considered optimal. Pregnancy breech fetus at delivery in breech adverse outcomes occur in about 5 times higher than in the brain that do not different obstetric hospital is different (from 30% to 70%). To spontaneous birth in the case of breech ended successfully, the size of mother's pelvis must be normal, the child's weight – the average, the age of the mother – The classic triad of symptoms – swelling, the presence of protein in the urine, high blood pressure.

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