Is it harmful to take more protein if you do regularly sports and gym?

High protein diet can be harmful to your health and it also does not help to get better performance of good muscles. Excess of the protein is more dangerous than the low protein food.

When the high amount of protein is broken down in the liver it produces ammonia that is poisonous to our body resulting physical unfitness.

It is harmful when you take above 2 gram per kilogram of body weight per day.

High protein diet makes vitamin B6 deficiency and also causes calcium loss. The uric acid amount can go up in your blood and the result is gout with unbearable pain.

Is homocysteine a risk factor for heart attack?

Homocysteine is an amino acid found in our body. But it is not a building block of protein or muscles. It is formed as an intermediate step in the production of methionine, another essential amino acid.

The production of methionine requires many B vitamins. If these are not enough in the blood the homocysteine level increases. This is a independant risk factor for developing plaque in the arteries, thus for heart attack and stroke.

Vitamin B6, Folic acid and B12 are necessary for the production, metabolism and excretion of homocysteine. These vitamins are also in low levels in many even in Western countries. I have seen this in several blood samples in Germany.

If the level of homocysteine is high the medicine is vitamin B complex tablets. It is not necessary to buy the costly tablet which contains only vitamin B6, folic acid and B12.

The reference values in the blood are 5 to 15 mg per litre blood. I have seen in a patient more than 170 mg and with B complex tablets we could bring it to the reference values within 8 months. As we see our food is very important for our health.

My husband bought vitamins to reduce homocysteine which is a risk factor for heart diseases, is it correct?

Homocysteine is an amino acid and for its synthesis, metabolism and excretion we need vitamin B6, B12 and folic acid.

Even in Western countries many are deficient in vitamin B6 and folic acid. The medicine to reduce the amount is vitamin B complex supplementation. It is not necessary to buy extra vitamin preparation with only vitamin B6, B12 and folic acid which are much costlier than the vitamin B complex tablets.

Coca Cola

What is coca cola?

Coca cola is a carbonated soft drink with phosphoric acid, caffeine, high fructose corn syrup, natural flavours and caramel colour. Light or diet or zero Coca Cola contains artificial sweeteners like aspartame and acesulfame potassium. The latest one is a new healthy soda diet Coca Cola, called diet coke plus with vitamin B6, vitamin B12, niacin and zinc!!!


Do you drink Coca Cola?

Yes I do, but very rarely.

Why do you drink very rarely?

I do not know whether everybody knows how to drink Coca Cola. If you want to enjoy the whole taste of coca cola, it must be drunk exactly at 4 degrees C which is always not possible in a hot country. More over, as a clinical toxicologist, I look very carefully what I drink because I have normally more facts than several others.

I have read so many positive things about coca cola in the internet, is it correct?

I have also read the good points given by Coca Cola, India, but there is always the other side of the medal. My duty is to give the correct information to help the people. In internet, one can write whatever he likes because there is no control about the veracity of the points or the truth. Moreover, there are several questions about coke which I want to answer.

What is the real picture of Coca Cola in the world?

There are two groups in the world, one says it is a devil’s drink and the other says the angels have brought them this wonderful soft drink. Both are beliefs as well as myths.

What is the truth about coca cola and osteoporosis?

Coca Cola contains 140 mg of phosphate per litre which can give problems for the absorption of calcium as well as calcium metabolism which can reduce the bone mass density. This is present as inorganic acid and reacts with calcium in our body to form calcium phosphate which is useless for the bone formation because we need only calcium molecules but not calcium phosphate. This decreases the bone mass density and the result may be osteoporosis. The dose makes the poison.

Do not forget, Coca Cola is not only the source of phosphorous, the modern processed foods contain a lot of it and the cumulative effect plays a negative role in our life.

Is there any relationship between phosphorus and hyperactivity in children?

I have seen in several cases, phosphate increases the hyperactivity in children and in some Western countries you can get also phosphate free breads which are baked extra for them in a particular day in a month. The mothers buy enough on that day and deep freeze it for their children. Coca Cola and other similar soft drinks are not good for such children and must be avoided.

According to a study in the Harvard School of Public health, the teenage girls who drank regularly Cola drinks had 5 times more bone fracture during the sports than the others who did not drink it.

Coca Cola and our teeth, is it dangerous or not?

The phosphoric acid can remove the calcium from the tooth enamel and the problem starts here. It is not only for coca cola but also applicable to all soft drinks which contain phosphate. Enjoy the coke like most of the Indian friends drink their whisky; close the nose and one very big gulp, the whole whisky, no, coke is inside. There are many persons throughout the world who take sip after sip during the whole day, thus keeping their mouth always acidic and this enhances the removal of calcium and caries is the result of this.

Attention, never brush your teeth immediately after drinking coca cola or other soft drinks which increases the loss of calcium.

The doctors and dieticians opine that a glass of Coca Cola will not do any harm, but the problem starts if one drinks a litre a day, believe me, I know persons who drink two to three litres per day, caffeine dependence?

One of alcoholic drinks which people, young or old, men or women, like in Western countries is Coca Cola mixed with Bacardi, rum or whisky and I have noticed people drinking eight such glasses in a party that means 8 x 400 ml = 3.2 litre of Cola in 4 to 6 hours. I have no idea about such habits in India and I must do the research when I come next time.

Coca cola and meat, which is the relationship between them?

This is a well known myth that coca cola can dissolve the meat. If you put a steak overnight in coca cola, it looks thick and funny next morning but it is not at all dissolved. The group against cola hears the word phosphoric acid and produced this myth.

The hydrochloric acid present in our stomach is much stronger and there is no risk with coca cola for our stomach muscles. But, drink less and enjoy, do not forget the 4 degree C, if it is too cold or too warm, it is a waste of money.

What is the truth about coca cola and diabetes?

If you are healthy and there is no family history of diabetes, there is no problem, but it is better to be careful with sugar. But in coca cola high fructose corn syrup is used to sweeten to reduce the costs since 1985. There are two dangers, the corn syrup may come from genetically manipulated plants; excess of fructose could be quickly converted into fat in our liver, causing increase in weight, obesity and this is a risk of type-2-diabetes. Moreover, fructose is metabolized in the liver and it has to do lot more than its normal work which is also too much for it if other risks like alcohol or environmental and other poisons are there. Drink less and enjoy and remember always the dose makes the poison.

Coca cola and more hunger can lead to obesity, is aspartame the culprit?

It is very interesting to see the quarrel between different groups; Coca Cola Company says there is no scientific study to prove the weight increase. Group of chemists and dieticians who accept the release of more insulin from the mimic sweetening effects of aspartame say that this has an effect on sugar metabolism. Reducing the blood sugar means increasing the hunger.

However, observation with colleagues showed that if they drink three or four glasses of Cola light, we have seen a drop in their blood sugar values, once the blood sugar is below 80 mg, the colleagues consumed more food than normal. There is no mechanism in our body to make the insulin disappear and it does its duty by reducing the normal blood sugar values to low level. With all the possibilities what coca cola and the different research institutes have, it is not a big thing to do proper research and find out the real side-effects, but nobody is willing or doing or even nobody is thinking of that. So, in this case you are your own judge, drink a litre cola light every day, note your weight before and after 14 days, if you are weighing more at the end, you can make your judgement for you. Nobody is interested in your health, only you have to save yourself!!

Is Coco Cola a medicine for diarrhoea?

The grandmother’s medicine for diarrhoea in Germany is Coca Cola and Salzstangen (wheat flour sticks with crystal salt). It is correct because of electrolyte, sugar and enough fluid at first thought, but there is no equilibrium between the high amount of sugar and low salt content. The adverse effect is the diarrhoea can become worse. Moreover, from 1985 there is only corn syrup fructose.

When I tell this to my patients, the immediate question is which is the alternative to have the balance between salt and sugar, it is very easy, take a glass of boiled and cooled water, add half a teaspoonful salt and five teaspoonful glucose and you have mixture which will do the best to you.

If it does not help, go to the doctor immediately.

What is Mentos Eruption?

The reaction between diet Coca Cola and mint flavoured candies result in a fountain which is called the mentos eruption. The ingredients of diet coca cola, caffeine, aspartame, potassium benzoate and carbon dioxide and gum Arabic and gelatine produced this jet effect. When such a reaction happens in our stomach the inner organs may get damaged because of the production of a large amount of carbon dioxide. But, the Coca Cola Company assures that diet coca cola and mentos candies are used throughout the world without any problem.

This effect could also be produced with other similar soft drinks.

Is Coca Cola an efficient spermicide to use in birth control?

It is totally false and it is impossible to kill all the sperms with a post coital douche, this matter about Coca Cola prevails in the internet even today and it is one of the myths. The excess fructose in the cola can only make yeast infection, an annoying difficult to cure health problem.

If it works in Africa, it is the pure luck of the woman and nothing to do with coke because shortly after intercourse the sperms are away from the reach of Coca Cola douche. Never try, you may be unlucky, you can become pregnant even at the first time. There are several other methods and devices for contraception and consult your doctor to select the right one for you.

What is E 211, is it dangerous?

It is a food additive, E 211 or sodium benzoate, in diet coca cola which is a controversial additive linked to hyperactivity in children and also linked to DNA damage. Coca cola has agreed to remove this additive as soon as a satisfactory alternate is discovered. This additive is present in some other cola drinks also. If it is not declared on the label, ask your local coca cola office to find it out

What about Kerala, India and coca cola?

Even in a country like Germany where we take drinking water from below 3000 meters, even this have traces of pesticides. It is the duty of the industry to use only water free from pesticide residues. The techniques and filters are available; mostly it is the mistake of the local management to control their own workers or to save money at the wrong ends.

Government of India has formed a committee to find the world’s first pesticide residue standards for soft drinks. It is great.

So many information, which is your final suggestion?

Drink three to four or more litres of fluid every day, 70% of that must be pure drinking water to excrete the wastes produced from your cells and to detoxify the environmental poisons from your body continuously. Two cups of coffee or tea a day, one to two glasses of fruit juices like apple, orange and pineapple or a maximum of one glass of soft drinks like coca cola or other beverages, I prefer here the fresh fruit juices. Tender coconut is a good alternative. Now and then surely drink a glass coke.

What our friends from Kerala do is also good, different teas with spices like Jeeragam, coriander etc. They are very healthy.

This information is from my book “Food and our Health – Facts and Misconceptions” published in March 2009. For more particulars visit www.aaronverlag.com

Food & Fertility: Food rich in vitamin B6, Folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium and zinc

Food rich in Vitamin B6

• Vegetables
• Whole grain products
• Nuts
• Legumes
• Fish
• Poultry
• Meat
• Milk

Plant food loses less Vitamin B6 than meat and milk during cooking. Milling reduces vitamin B6 and so white flour (Maida) has very little vitamin B6. All the processing techniques including freezing, cooking, canning etc. can make vitamin B6 loss.

Food rich in Folic acid

• Meat and inner organs like liver, kidney etc.
• Nuts
• Beans and legumes
• Leafy vegetables
• It is present in all vegetables in small quantities and it is very difficult to take the necessary amount from the food or from raw food. The loss in cooking is always very high. Here we have to think about the supplement.

Food rich in Vitamin C

• Citrus fruits like oranges, grape fruit and lemon
• Vegetables with dark green leaves
• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Strawberries
• Kiwi
• Spinach
• Cabbage
• Potatoes
• Tomatoes
• Capsicum
• Liver
• Oyster

Vitamin C is unstable. Losses occur from exposure to air, light, heat and copper.
Also dissolves in cooking water and is mostly wasted.

Food rich in vitamin E

• Edible vegetable oils such as sesame oil, coconut oil, groundnut oil
• Unprocessed cereals
• Unprocessed nuts
• Seeds
• Green leafy vegetables
• Fish
• Poultry
• Fruits and vegetables contain small amount of vitamin E

Vitamin E is relatively stable except at deep frying temperatures.

Food rich in Selenium
• Meats
• Seafood
• Poultry
• Eggs
• Nuts and seeds, particularly nuts from tropical countries including coconut
• Whole grains are rich in selenium

The problem is in most countries the soil is poor in selenium and the local food contains almost no selenium. That is why in most of the developed countries it is added in bread or in other food stuff. Or they must eat nuts imported from tropical countries. If nothing helps supplementation is the last step.

Food rich in Zinc

• Onion
• Garlic
• Nuts including coconut
• Milk, yoghurt and cheese
• Meat
• Liver
• Fish
• Eggs
• Seafood

Fruits and vegetables contain only little zinc. The vegetarians must be careful in their food. Nuts, pulses and milk and dairy products may be the rich sources.

Seafood contains poisonous metals like mercury, cadmium, lead etc. and one must be careful to eat them.

Nahrung und Fruchtbarkeit - Nahrungsmittel reich an Vitamin B6, Fol-Saeure, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selen und Zink

Nahrungsmittel reiche an Vitamin B6

Gemüse
Vollkornprodukte
Nüsse
Hülsenfrüchte
Fische
Geflügel
Fleisch
Milch

Gefrorene Gemüse verlieren weniger Vitamin B6 als Fleisch und Milch während des Kochens. Industrielle Verarbeitung verringert Vitamin B6 Gehalt und deshalb weißes Mehl hat sehr wenig Vitamin B6. Alle Verfahrenstechniken einschließlich das Einfrieren, das Kochen, das Einmachen etc. können Verlust des Vitamins B6 verursachen.

Nahrungsmittel reich an Fol- Säure

• Fleisch und innere Organe wie Leber, Niere...
• Nüsse
• Bohnen und Hülsenfrüchte
• Blattgemüse
• Es ist in allem Gemüse in den kleinen Mengen vorhanden und es ist sehr schwierig, die notwendige Menge von der Nahrung oder rohen Nahrung zu sich nehmen. Der Verlust, beim Kochen ist immer sehr hoch.

Nahrungsmittel reich an Vitamin C

Zitrusfrüchte wie Orangen, Grapefrucht und Zitrone
Gemüse mit dunkelgrünen Blättern
Brokkoli
Blumenkohl
Erdbeeren
Kiwi
Spinat
Kohl
Kartoffeln
Tomaten
Paprika

Leber
Auster

Vitamin C ist instabil. Verluste treten von Aussetzung zu Luft, Licht und Hitze auf.
Löst auch sich in kochendem Wasser auf und das Wasser wird meistens weggeworfen mit Vitamin C.


Nahrungsmittel reich an Vitamin E


Essbare Pflanzenöle wie Sesamöl, Sonnenblumenöl, Erdnussöl, Kokosnussöl...
Vollkorn Getreide
Unverarbeitete Nüsse
Samen
Grüne Blattgemüse
Fische
Geflügel
Obst und Gemüse enthalten kleine Menge von Vitamin E

Vitamin E ist auch in hohen Temperaturen ziemlich stabil.


Nahrungsmittel reich in Selen

Fleisch
Meeresfrüchte
Geflügel
Eier
Nüsse und Samen, besonders Nüsse aus tropischen Ländern einschließlich Kokosnuss
Vollkörner + Produkte sind reich Selen

Das Problem ist in den meisten Ländern, der Boden im Selen arm ist und die lokale Nahrung enthält fast kein Selen. Das ist der Grund warum in die meisten entwickelten Ländern es im Brot oder in anderen Nahrungsmittel hinzugefügt wird. Oder sie müssen die Nüsse essen, die aus tropischen Ländern importiert werden. Wenn nichts hilft, ist die Ergänzung die letzte Möglichkeit.


Nahrungsmittel reich in Zink

Zwiebel
Knoblauch
Nüsse einschließlich Kokosnuss
Milch, Joghurt und Käse
Fleisch
Leber
Fische
Eier
Meeresfrüchte

Obst und Gemüse enthalten nur wenig Zink. Die Vegetarier müssen in ihrer Nahrung achtgeben. Nüsse, Hülsenfrüchte und Milch und Milchprodukte können die reichen Quellen sein.

Meeresfrüchte enthalten giftige Metalle wie Quecksilber, Kadmium, Blei usw. Man muss vorsichtig sein. Notfalls vermeiden.

Ernaehrung und Fruchtbarkeit

Was sind die besten Nahrungsmittel für ein Kind zu bekommen?

Die folgenden ist die besten Nahrungsmittel für Frauen, die schwanger werden möchten:

Nüsse, Vollkornprodukte, Bohnen und Hülsenfrüchte können Ovulation fördern und Poliertekörnermehle und, Bonbons, Schokoladen, Kuchen und alkoholfreie Getränke verringern die Chancen für eine Schwangerschaft.

Vollmilch aber nicht leicht Joghurt ist gut, obwohl normalerweise tierische Fette nicht gut sind.


Obst und Gemüse?

Es gibt einige Hundert Phytoestrogene. Einige Hunderte die schwache oestrogenische Aktivität haben. Phytoestrogene konnten den weiblichen sexuellen Hormonhaushalt regulieren. Außerdem Sie haben Einflüsse auf die positive Geschlechts-Antrieb, Schwangerschaft und Wechseljahressymptome zu regulieren und auch helfen kann, Brustkrebs zu verhindern.

Die Nahrungsmittel, die in den phytoestrogene reich sind, sind Weizenkleie, Kohl, Blumenkohl, Brokkoli, Spinat, Hülsenfrüchte und Hülsenfrüchte.

Sind Fleisch- oder tierisches Fett nützlich?

Für Frauen und Männer die ein Baby planen, ist besser, vollständig tierisches Fett zu vermeiden. Nur Frauen dürfen Maessig Milch und Milchprodukte essen. Besonders kann eine fetthaltige Diät Verwüstung in den männlichen Geschlechtshormonen spielen und so, sein Sexualleben. Fettreiche Mahlzeiten verringern die Testosteron Konzentration.

Normalerweise fetthaltige Nahrung erhöht Oestrogene, dadurch auch die Fruchtbarkeit und leicht fetthaltige Mahlzeiten können sich vor Brustkrebs schützen.

Was ist das Verhältnis zwischen Vitamin C und Samenzellen?

Vitamin C kann die Samenzellen beweglicher machen. E ist ein Antioxydant der die Samenzellen vor dem Angriff der Sauerstoff-Freiradikale schützt. Einnahme von 1000 mg des Vitamins C für zwei Monate kann die meisten Umweltgifte vom Samen entfernen und es fruchtbar machen. Aber, es kann andere Ursachen für die Unfruchtbarkeit geben und richtig zu diagnostizieren ist wichtig.

Früchte, die im Vitamin C reich sind, sind zu Ihnen weithin bekannt. Wenn Sie Vitamin C Tabletten benötigen, fragen Sie Ihren Arzt, weil in der Überdosis dieses Antioxydant als Pro-oxydationsmittel auftreten kann.

Welche Rolle spielt hier Fol- Säure?

Fol- Säure ist für Sicherheit des Fötusses gegen Defekt des neuralen Tubes notwendig. Wenn Sie ein Baby planen sofort müssen Sie For-Säure einnehmen. Fol-Säure hilft nichts wenn Sie Schwanger sind.

Was sind die anderen wichtigen Sachen, die ich wissen muss?

3 bis 4 Liter Wasser täglich trinken. Es darf auch kein Eisenmangel vorhanden sein.

Sind nur Vitamin C und Fol-Säure wichtig?

Die anderen zwei wichtigen Vitamine sind Vitamin B6 und E, die die Hormonbalance herstellen. Mangel an Vitamin B6 und Vitamin E kann die Fruchtbarkeit negativ beeinflussen. Sie wissen bereits, das Nahrungsmittel im Vitamin B6 reich sind. Öle oder Fett, die in Vitamin E reich sind, sollten nur in den kleinen Mengen genommen werden. Es ist besser, Komplex des Vitamins B zu ergänzen, weil von unseren Studien wir wissen, dass viele, sogar in den westlichen Ländern, Mangel des Vitamins B6 haben.

Sind übermäßige Vitamine gut für Fruchtbarkeit?

Übermäßigen Mengen Vitamine sind nicht gut und dieses kann dir Fruchtbarkeit verringern. Weiter kann hohe Konzentration Vitamine Nebenwirkungen auch verursachen, z.B. kann überschüssiges Vitamin B6 neurologischen Schaden verursachen und Vitamin C könnte als Pro-oxydant auftreten und die Fruchtbarkeit verringern.

Sind die Austern eine gute Quelle des guten Zinks?

Ja. Austern sind reich an Zink. Jedoch ist es ratsam, Austern nicht zu essen. Austern enthalten giftige Schwermetalle wie Kadmium, Arsen und Quecksilber. Es gibt andere weit bessere Quellen des Zinks.

Was über den Mythos über Feigen oder Eier?

Diese sind normale Nahrungsmittel, nichts mehr als die, aber ihre Form hat nichts mit der Fruchtbarkeit zu tun und es ist nur ein falscher Glaube.

Viele pharmazeutischen Unternehmen sagen, dass Vitaminergänzungen dringend nötig sind?

Zu viele Vitaminen schaden nur. Fragen Sie ihren Arzt ob die Tabletten notwendig sind.

Was über Kaffee?

Eins bis zwei Tassen Kaffee oder Tee pro Tag können getrunken werdem.

Ist Trans-Fett gut?

Trans-Fett ist fast in allen verarbeiteten Nahrungsmitteln einschließlich Schokoladen benutzt. Sie haben keinen Nährwert, aber diese werden addiert nur die Lagerbeständigkeit der Nahrung zu erhöhen. Trans-Fett schadet die Fruchtbarkeit der Frauen.

Wie wichtig ist Selen?

Selen ist sehr wichtig die Freien-Radikalen zu beseitigen. Samen enthält sehr viel Selen.

Das richtiges Essen hilft in meisten Fällen eine Frau Schwanger zu werden

Morgen: Nahrungsmittel reich an Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin B6, Fol-Säure, Selen, Zink

Food and Fertility

What are the best foods for fertility?

The following are the best foods for women who want to become pregnant:

Nuts, whole grains, beans and pulses can promote ovulation and polished grains and flours and, sweets, chocolates, cakes and soft drinks decrease fertility.

Whole milk but not low fat yoghurt increases fertility although normally animal fats are not good.

What about fruits and vegetables in fertility?

Several hundreds of plants have phytoestrogens and these have weak estrogenic activity that means these help to regulate the female sexual hormone. These have influences on hormone concentration which positively regulates sex drive, reproduction and menopausal symptoms and may help to prevent breast cancer.

Foods rich in phytoestrogens are wheat bran, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, legumes and pulses.

What about meat or animal fat?

For both women and men, if they plan a baby it is better to cut completely animal fat except milk for women. Particularly, a fatty diet may play havoc in male sex hormones and so, his sex life. After sometimes of high fat intake, testosterone level comes down and that makes problems.

In women fatty food increases the estrogens levels, thus helps fertility. Normally low fat food can protect from breast cancer.

What is the relationship between vitamin C and sperm?

Vitamin C can give agility to sperm because it is an antioxidant which protects sperm from the attack of oxygen free radicals. Intake of 1000 mg of vitamin C for two months can remove most of the environmental chemicals from the semen and make it fertile. But, there may be other causes for the infertility and it is necessary to diagnose correctly and only this additive effects will lead to success.

Fruits which are rich in vitamin C are well known to you. If you need supplementation, first consult your doctor because in overdose this antioxidant may act as pro-oxidant, this is against our interest.

What about folic acid?

Folic acid is necessary for safety of the foetus against neural tube defect. It should be taken immediately as you plan a baby because these defects may occur in the early days of pregnancy.

What are the other important things that I must know?

Drinking 3 to 4 litre of water daily and taking care of iron status in the body and eating lean red meat are advisable.

What about the vitamins other than vitamin C and folic acid?

The other two important vitamins are vitamin B6 and E which influence the hormone balance and their deficiency results in reduced fertility. You know already which foods are rich in vitamin B6. Oils or fat which are rich in vitamin E should be taken only in small quantities. It is better to supplement vitamin B complex because from our studies we know that many, even in Western countries, have vitamin B6 deficiency.

Are excessive vitamins good for fertility?

Do not take excessive amount of vitamins and this may reduce fertility. Further, high level of vitamins can also cause side-effects. For example, excess vitamin B6 can cause neurological damage and vitamin C could act as pro-oxidant and reduce fertility.

Are the oysters a good source of good Zinc?

Yes. Oysters are rich in zinc. However, it is advisable not to eat oysters. Oysters also contain poisonous heavy metals such as cadmium, arsenic and mercury. There are other far better sources of zinc.

What about the myth about figs or eggs?

These are normal food, nothing more than that, but their shape has nothing to do with the fertility and it is only a wrong belief.

Many pharmaceutical companies say vitamin supplements are much needed, is it so?

Too much of vitamins will only do harm, try to take them from your food and if it is not possible consult your doctor.

What about coffee?

Some say for women decaffeinated and for men strong coffee, but one to two cups can be taken a day, tea or coffee by both.

What about trans-fat?

Trans-fats are used almost in all processed foods including chocolates. They have no nutritional value, but these are added only to increase the shelf life of food. These fats affect the fertility of women.

Is selenium very important?

Selenium is important because it helps to scavenge free radicals. Semen contains lot of selenium and zinc.

Next: Food rich in Vitamin C, E, B6, Folic acid, zinc and selenium