Wizard Recipes

Fish is a very nutritious type of food with numerous dietetic qualities, easily digestible due to its high content of proteins, vitamins (A, D, E, B12) and minerals (Phosphor, Iodium and Potassium). More than that, fish contains the so called “good fat” which is non dangerous, high is no saturated fatty acids and also essential fatty acids like Omega 3 and 6, that cannot be synthesized by itself by our organism.

Advantages:

- decreases the risk of cardiac diseases

- the essential oils offer fluidity to the blood and diminish inflammatory effects, decreasing the risk or arthrosclerosis

- Omega 3 and 6 diminish psoriasis and poliarthritis symptoms.

- fish contains D vitamin, essential in Calcium absorption

- iron from anchovies and tuna is 30 times better absorbed than the iron from vegetables

- oysters have aphrodisiac properties, stimulating the estrogen and testosterone, assuring a high sperm quality

- fats contained in fish meat have a positive effect on HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol), increasing its quantity

- seafood have a low calorie content, being indicated for diets

Disadvantages:

-Shrimps are high in Calcium, but also in cholesterol

-All seafood may contain toxic quantities of pollution metals (Mercury), so be careful from where you purchase them.

-Fish that is consumed raw must be extremely fresh

-The fish skin shouldn’t be consumed due its high fat content

-Salty fish is contraindicated for high blood pressure or hepatic diseases.

Did you know that…

• Grated potatoes help your eyes regain their brightness? Potatoes also help reduce superficial burns of the skin, by rubbing the damaged skin with potato juice.
• Our organism cannot produce by itself Omega 3 and Omega 6?
• Each vitamin from the B complex has its functions, but cannot prove its efficiency if not administrated with the other vitamins from the B complex?
• Half of the mineral springs of Europe are located in Romania?
• Green leafed vegetables contain Iron and Calcium and mustn’t be boiled for too long, because they lose their nutrients?
• Vitamin C is eliminated from the blood after ~4 hours of being administrated?
• South America offered the world for the first time chocolate, vanilla, corn, tomatoes, potatoes and peanuts?
• If your sense of smell is very deteriorated you cannot tell the difference between potato and apple?
• You should boil the potatoes in their skin in order not to lose the vitamin C from potatoes ?
• Kiwi contains the most nutrients? It has more Vitamin C than an orange and  more Potassium than a banana?
• A few tablets of dark chocolate, consumed daily, have the same effect as aspirin? Dark chocolate reduces the risk of heart  and cerebral attacks?