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Some foods that are familiar with our daily life, turned out to be the cause of why our stomach becomes stretchy. The distended stomach is often only happen temporary, due to a sense of bloating after eating these foods. The worse thing is that if the content in these foods can cause health problems if consumed too much.

Here are three types of foods according that according to the experts, could cause our stomach distended: Popcorn, snack that is made from corn is actually quite healthy, because of having high fiber and low calories. What makes it unhealthy is when you ask for additional saturated fats like butter or salt, like when bought it at the cinema. High salt levels can make the stomach bloating because of water retention.

In a long time, the combination between salt and fat can increase the cholesterol, which later lead to the risk of heart diseases (such as heart attack or stroke). Soy Sauce, As for information, one tablespoon of soy sauce containing an average of 1000 mg of sodium. This means that the salt content is quite high in the soy sauce.

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Seeing the various nutrients content in red beans, then it can be described about its various advantages, which are:

• Preventing the bad cholesterol and facilitate our digestion (anti-constipation). Its high fiber content of is fermented in the large intestine and produced short-chain fatty acids, which can inhibit the synthesis of the liver cholesterol. Not to mention the content of Omega-3 and Omega-6 which are also will be helpful;

• Preventing the risk of diabetes because red beans has low index of complex carbohydrates and they are also slowly digested;

• Assisting the maturation of red blood cells, helps the synthesis of DNA and RNA, and lower the levels of homocysteine in the arteries (thus reducing the risk of heart disease) with the content of foliate and vitamin B6;

• Assisting the diet because its fiber will make you feel satiate and also has very low calorie. Moreover its concerning protein content would be useful for the development of muscle mass;

• Maintaining the function of the nervous system, carbohydrate metabolism, and prevent the disease of beriberi with the content of thiamin;

• Assisting the metabolism of amino acid, fatty acids, lipids, gluconeogenesis, synthesis of the neurotransmitter, histamine synthesis, synthesis and function of hemoglobin as well as maintaining the health of the skin with vitamin B6;

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Hypertension, this disease occurs when the systolic blood pressure is more than or equal to 140 mmHg, while diastolic blood pressure is equal to or more than 90 mmHg. The patient is usually experience symptoms like headache, floating, tingling, head feels heavy, vomiting and nosebleeds.

Foods that need to be avoided: For patients with hypertension, should avoid eating foods that containing high salt and sodium, such as meat, hot sauce, shrimp paste, dried meat, dried shrimp, sausages, cheese, butter, chocolate, canned fruit, peanut butter, macaroni, instant soup, MSG, tomato sauce and ketchup. Patients should consume a lot of vegetables, fruit and grain.

Diabetes Mellitus, when a person’s glucose level is more than normal limit, which is 200 mg / dl, then it can be said this person is suffering from diabetes. The patient will usually experience excessive thirst, so he often drink, often feel hungry, frequent urination, feeling sleepy, fatigue and weight dramatically dropped. The patient will also experience symptoms of tingling, whitish, blurred vision, itching on the skin and around the genitals as well as impotence or erectile dysfunction on men.

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