Food and health in these days a regional chain is emitting a series produced by the very interesting BBC titled the truth about food. It seems surprising that no serious studies on the influence of the power been made in health until now. Studies of Western medicine try to cure diseases through chemical compounds, surgery, and other physical and chemical methods. And this medicine has advanced greatly in the last century, so we managed to cure and prevent a huge range of diseases. MEDICINES and medicine for various reasons feeding is not linked to these studies except in some statistics about habits that try to explain the relationship between customs and ways of life and some diseases without really concrete conclusions. Big pharmaceutical companies are studying and marketed chemical compounds, scientists advance in the knowledge of DNA and stem cells, and all these advances have increased the quality of life of our generation in a way spectacular. Recently, some universities North American, as shown in the documentary that we said at the beginning, have attempted to demystify or reinforce myths about food.

FOODS that heal some of its results are reacted with diets and in particular about the slimming diets but we want to influence a particular outcome: the spinach. One of the studies conducted with older people who suffered from a disease of the retina called degeneration macular, he demonstrated that a diet rich in spinach improved the vision of great part of the sick by 30%. A carotenoid: lutein, vitamin A precursor was the architect. Can you imagine a doctor prescribing 250 gr. spinach every day? We emphasize this conclusion because we advocate that food is the foundation of good health, and that foods rich in vitamins, amino acids and minerals are capable of helping us to prevent and combat diseases.

FOOD miracle from the press, the official medicine, even from institutions such as the Ministry of health, are released messages that somehow degrade or discredit natural medicine. Wary of miracle food it is advisable. There are no miracles, clear that no, but a complement to food as rich as aloe vera and noni juice provides nutrients needed for health. And it does so in a natural way. There, we have explained on many reports, an insurmountable difference between the natural nutrients and vitamins achieved based on chemical processes. Our body recognizes organic compounds and assimilates them naturally. Good nutrition is an essential basis. It will help us on the one hand not to develop diseases which are based on the deficiency of some nutrient, and on the other hand will increase our natural defences. We should eat fruits and vegetables varied and in large quantities, but if we also ensure that our daily intake of vitamins supplements naturally we will be doing a great favor to our body. Original author and source of the article.

Howard Gardner defines intelligence as a The ability to solve problems or make products that are valuable in one or more cultures. The importance of the definition of Gardner is twofold: – First, it extends the scope of what is intelligence and recognizes the we all knew intuitively, and that academic brilliance is not everything. When function in this life is not enough to have a great academic record. There are people of great intellectual capacity but unable to, for example, choose good friends and, on the contrary, people are less bright in school who are succeeding in business or personal life. – Second and no less important, Gardner defines intelligence as a capability. Until very recently, intelligence was deemed innate and unchangeable. Was born intelligent or not, and education could not change that fact. So much so that in times very close to the mentally handicapped are not educated, because they considered it a wasted effort. In defining intelligence as a capacity Gardner makes a skill that can be developed.

Gardner does not deny the genetic component. Everyone is born with a potential marked by genetics. But that potential will be developed one way or another depending on the environment, our experiences, upbringing, etc. No elite athlete reaches the top without training, however good they are their natural qualities. The same is true of mathematicians, poets, or emotionally intelligent people. The nine multiple intelligences Howard Gardner adds that just as there are many types of problems to solve, there are many types of intelligence.

To date, Gardner and his team at Harvard University have identified nine different types: logical mathematical intelligence Intelligence Linguistic Intelligence Spatial Intelligence Musical Intelligence Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence Interpersonal Intelligence Intra-personal Intelligence Naturalist. Multiple Intelligences Howard Gardner in schools emphasizes that all minds are equally important. The problem is that our school system does not treat them equally and has focused on the first two of the list (the mathematical – logical intelligence and linguistic intelligence) to the point of denying the existence of others. However, it appears that the proposal to UNESCO for education will change this situation, because in each and every one of the powers referred to multiple intelligences.

Starting this Sunday, February 6, El Espectador reaches Colombian households with a new collectible work, English, developed by D.K., one of the most important British publishers in the world. It’s an innovative work by its visual presentation that through real-life examples, involving all kinds of situations, makes the task of learning English in a fun and agile matter. In the last census, DANE found only 4.09% of the Colombian population over five years spoke English. Among young university students that percentage becomes slightly higher, with 7.2%. And in a country where, according to the Ministry of education, half of teachers in basic education and media reach the basic level of performance in this area, learning English becomes a task necessarily self taught or in the best of cases supported by private institutions. The collectible that presents the Viewer is designed to be a tool both for those who zero start this second language learning for those looking to refresh knowledge. In a globalized world such as ours, with communication technologies that put us in contact with all corners of the planet in fractions of a second, nobody disputes the long list of social and labour advantages that implies the command of English.

But in recent years neuroscientists have been added to that list some unexpected effects on brain health. In November of last year, for example, a group of Canadian scientists from Baycrest s Rotman Research Institute found evidence that speak two languages could delay the onset of Alzheimer’s symptoms for up to five years among the population susceptible to this disease. Years ago, when reviewing the medical history of 132 patients with symptoms of mental decline this same group had discovered that those who were bilingual exhibited greater cognitive control and ease to concentrate than those who spoke one language. Another study in which is It assessed the performance school of bilingual children in Israel found that those who dominated a second language showed greater proficiency in reading achievement tests. Mila Schwartz, of the University of Haifa, said that the linguistic complexity of a language may offer certain advantages in the understanding of another.

These and other differences in the brains of bilingual children may begin to be observed in periods of only two years, as showed it a paper published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology by psychologists from the University of York, in Canada, and the University of Provence in France. There are definitely advantages for the bilingual when learning to read, I explained some time ago the psychologist Ellen Bialystok, from York University, at age four bilingual children have gone much further in understanding of symbols and their functions than monolingual children. The truth is that beyond these advantages are few who are they dare to deny the importance of speaking a second language. And, for those who para los que superan exceed this test, the professors Salim Abu-Rabia and Ekaterina Sanitsky, Department of special education at the University of Haifa, in Israel, have good news. After evaluating a group of bilingual students discovered that the learning of a third language is even easier.