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The aging process is always accompanied with an increased incidence middling lack of vitamin B6. This may be related to the changes that occur in the elderly, and affects the metabolism of vitamin B6. Although mechanism so far can not be explained, some research that had been doing experimentally, demonstrate a link between vitamin B6 status with immune responses and cognitive capacity on elderly.

Another advantage of banana is the contain of its energy that is instant energy, which is easily available in a short time, so it is useful to provide an instant calorie needs.

Banana’s carbohydrate is a complex averarage carbohydrate and it is available in stages so as to provide energy in a not too fast time. Banana’s carbohydrate is a energy reserves that is very good to use energy use and can be quickly available to the body.

Do not underestimate the health problems that seem trivial. Like when your waist size increases, although you have ideal body weight. The waist size can predict a variety of health risks like heart disease and diabetes. Detecting the disease through the waist size is considered quite effective rather than by measuring the body mass index. Measuring the waist size is very easy. Put the meter that is often used by the tailor around the waist.

If the waist size touches to 35 inches on women and 40 inches on men, or more, then it should need to be cautious because it would be dangerous. A woman that has waist size more than 35 inches is indicating the risk of metabolic syndrome. A set of conditions that increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease. Even when you have an ideal weight. Fat belly with a waist size of more than ideal could suppress the fat in the lungs. Especially when you bend the waist, it will make it hard to breathe.

To overcome this, do the exercise regularly to burn calories in the body. There should also need to control the heart beat routinely after doing the exercises. Besides exercising, change the carbohydrates that are high in sugar such as white bread, sweets and biscuits with low carbohydrate calories.

Have you ever heard the term about simple and complex carbohydrates? Well, sugar is a simple carbohydrate. It is called that way because it is soluble in the water and instantly absorbed by the body to convert into energy.

Generally, there are two types of sugar: a monosaccharide and disaccharide. Like its name, mono which means one, it was formed from one molecule of sugar; ‘the members are‘ include glucose, fructose and galactose. While disaccharide formed from two molecules of sugar. ‘The members are’ consisted from sucrose (a combination of glucose and fructose), lactose (if it is divided will become glucose and galactose), and last is maltose (two glucose combination).

The more sugar molecules gathered, then it will form a complex carbohydrate. More number of molecules, more complex the carbohydrate is. So it is clear now, right?! Any source of carbohydrates that you eat it must be containing sugar.

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