Dr Lejla Kažinić Kreho's articles
Food you should avoid during pregnancy
In the sensitive period of pregnancy not all ingredients are good for you.
Find out which ingredients you should avoid because they can damage your health and the health of your baby.
Avoid eating liver and liver pate because it contains a high amounts of vitamin A. High levels of vitamin A can cause miscarriage or congenital abnormalities.
Listeria is an infection that rarely occurs, but if it does it creates various complications in new-born babies. Therefore you should avoid non-pasteurized milk and soft cheese like gorgonzola or Stilton.
Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by parasites coming from meat, earth or cat dung. Be very careful when you are in contact with raw meat and if you have to pick up a dung after your pet, wear glows. Wear them also when gardening because these infection can harm your unborn baby.
Dietary Guidelines through Healthy and Happy Pregnancy
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It is important to choose a healthy and balanced menu in every period of woman’s life.
If you are preparing your body for pregnancy it is very important to start eating healthy!
The food you eat should help you deal better with your physical and physiological changes during pregnancy and fulfill the needs of your baby during breast feeding period and the needs of your body in the first weeks of motherhood.
In this period it is very important to choose healthy and optimal nutrients because everything you eat your baby eats as well!
In this article I will guide you through the first trimester of pregnancy.
Through this guide you will get acquainted with all important ingredients and food and it will show you how to create a healthy lifestyle that will help you enjoy more this precious life moments.
It will show you how food can improve your health and the health of your baby.
Make your own magic tonic, peeling and mask for a perfect summer complexion
With help of natural ingredients make first-class antiaging remedies which will give you a perfect summer complexion you have been dreaming of.
The tonic, peeling and mask which you can easily make alone at home will rejuvenate, regenerate and nourish your skin.
It will provide it with all the necessary care for hot, sun-filled days, when the skin is the most sensitive and when it needs regular and proper hydratation and protection.
The battle with menopause is won on the plate!
Hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, vaginal dryness, urinary tract infections, anxiety, lack of energy, joint pain...
These are some of the symptoms you must have experienced if you are in your forties.
Responsible for these symptoms is the hormone merry-go-round which occurs in perimenopause.
In some of the women the hormones will be enhanced, while others will experience milder problem so menopause for them will not be a significantly unpleasant phase.
According to the report in Journal of the North American Menopause Society, published in the summer of 2006, nine out of ten women experience some of about 20 symptoms typical of this life phase.
Discover the groceries rich in phytoestrogens
Phytoestrogens from food may relieve or eliminate numerous unpleasant menopausal symptoms.
Get to know those compounds and find out how to help yourself with food on your plate.
The largest quantities of estrogen are present in foods that are not special or expensive. Most of them are already stored in almost every kitchen.
They are: flax, chickpea, lentil, soy product, red clover and beans.
An exception is soy, which you may not have unless you are vegetarian or vegan.
Particularly useful are phytoestrogens from vegetables like celery, parsley, fennel and garlic.
Food for a seductive and attractive complexion
Skin, the largest antiaging organ which occupies an area of about 2 square meters, consists of millions of cells that are dependent on a constant supply of oxygen and nourishing nutrients.
Any change of diet, physical or mental effort, emotional changes, stress, genetic predisposition and hormonal fluctuations will lead to changes in the skin that will be clearly visible.
Therefore, it is logical that today's antiaging therapy is based on the skin and can visibly shave years off how one looks.
Natural lotions, creams and exfoliates play an important role in maintaining a good appearance of the skin from the outside.
But what’s of utmost importance is to take care of the skin from the inside and to wisely choose nourishing and high-quality nutrients which there will be abundance in the upcoming months.
Defeat thyroid disease with food in only two months
Fatigue, depression, putting on weight, feeling cold, goiter, poor hair quality...
These and many other symptoms have been linked with thyroid disease, which is the second most frequent disease of the endocrine system in the world after diabetes.
According to the World Health Organization, no less than 2 billion people struggle with problems linked to the improper functioning of this small gland.
Every year as many as 500 new cases are diagnosed in Croatia alone, women being more frequently affected than men.
Symptoms that are frequently attributed to the menopause or a chronic illness may in fact be signs of an abnormal thyroid function, whether hyperthyroidism (excessive hormonal secretion) or hypothyroidism (insufficient hormonal secretion).
One of the causes is the lack of iodine in the organism, followed by stress, lifestyle, genes, etc.
Three meals for a healthier thyroid – an example of a menu for one day
You are ready to modify your eating habits in order to strengthen your thyroid gland, but you don't know how to correctly combine the foods?
Then you may find helpful this example of a one-day menu printed in the book by dr. Lejla Kažinić Kreho "Hranom do zdrave štitnjače" (Food for a healthier thyroid).
These three meals perfectly balances foods which will provide you with nutrition, protection from inflammation, natural energy and an excellent taste you will relish whole day.
Defeat spring fatigue syndrome with food and help your body recover natural energy
During spring months, many of you will reach for various vitamins, minerals or other remedies because of the sensation fatigue, lack of sleep and headache.
I am frequently surprised at how many different natural remedies people use without thinking whether each of them is the best choice.
But did you know that it is possible to improve spring fatigue with food?
Hereinafter we will introduce you to foods that revitalize the organism and alleviate the symptoms of spring fatigue.
Spring fatigue is triggered by the change of seasons, when we leave cold winter and enter warmer spring. Known as spring fatigue syndrome, it is not an illness, but a set of physical and physiological symptoms, the most frequent of which is a drop in energy.
Your guide to alkaline foods
Our bodies digest almost everything that enters them.
The remains of food after digestion can be measured by pH.
It is determined by the chemical reaction of food eaten and by this method we can see if the food was acidic or alkaline.
As I mentioned, our bodies are naturally alkaline and we do not get pleasure from foods which are too acidic.
PH stands for the potential of hydrogen, which will indicate the acidity or alkalinity of certain foods, and that scale is from 0 to 14.
When food has a pH of 7, it means that it is neither alkaline nor acidic, and that the value is neutral.
All food that has a pH below 7 is acidic, while those with above 7 are alkaline.
The deadly secret of sugar
I’ve been writing books for years and I often offer commentary on the most common dilemmas presented to us through the modern technological production of food.
Above all else they always ask me, "what do you think, am I fat?" or "how can I lose weight?"
Clearly, body weight is today a very important social factor. Most of us want to have a socially acceptable body.
However, one in four people on this planet is obese, and one in five has heart disease.
Children are becoming increasingly sick, to the point where we are now starting to diagnose metabolic syndromes in the youngest of children even in outpatient clinics.
Mediterranean diet – the healthiest diet in world
You think the men from this region of Europe who took part in the Seven Countries Study in the late fifties knew they were eating Mediterranean style?
Surely not, but this famous research showed that they had a lower rate of cardiovascular disease than the American and the Northern European men.
The research not only confirmed the importance of the healthy diet for our health, but also of maintaining a healthy body weight, which is related to the level of physical activity.
Healthy Food: The Safest, Cheapest and Most Accessible Drug
This is a sentence worth emphasizing, and one I have included in my book which describes metabolic syndrome – "The 21st Century Diet".
Rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, Alzheimer’s disease, various psychological issues… all the aforementioned disorders are in direct correlation to that which you put on your plate.
Poor food choices can, in time, lead to your demise.