Nitrate occurs in salads such as radicchio and is much healthier than previously assumed by most for nitrates are salts of nitric acid. In General, these salts often have a bad reputation. After the Swedish scientist Joel Petersson (biologist at Uppsala University), nitrates should encourage the protection of gastric mucosa and prevent thus a gastritis and stomach ulcers. But not only the stomach benefits from nitrate-containing vegetables. Just for high blood pressure patients, this substance is particularly interesting, because it lowers blood pressure. Why is nitrate for the body healthy? About one-quarter of the ingested nitrate is enriched in the saliva and converted to nitrite by bacteria on the tongue base. Nitrite then enters the bloodstream through the gastro-intestinal tract.

Nitrite is then stimulates the formation of nitric oxide. As a powerful blood thinner, this gas expands the vessels and inhibiting the clumping of platelets. A stimulated blood circulation allows an increased supply with Oxygen and nutrients. In particular salads are considered strong nitrate suppliers. This is a similar to nitrate-rich vegetables such as beetroot radicchio and therefore also good results in the lowering of blood pressure. Since nitrate from vegetables promote the circulation total, also have other positive effects be achieved additionally. Nitrate Empire vegetables could prove to be as effective natural drug against cardiovascular disease and dementia, Dr. Gary Miller (Professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem) believes.

In an attempt, Miller specially compiled a nitrate-rich diet, and were this eight over 70 subjects. Then he examined the brains of these participants, as well as eight other samples Abdullah, who however nitrate-poor lived in the MRI. This makes visible the oxygen supply in various regions of the brain. We see acute effects on the brain after a single day,”Miller is pleasantly surprised. Let’s examine now how such a diet in the long term affects.” Da Diseases like dementia and also brain infarcts, always with a decreased blood flow in context are brought, Miller considers it plausible, that nitrate-rich vegetables for life enjoyed the intellectual degradation and diseases due to poor blood circulation prevents. High blood pressure (hypertension) doesn’t hurt though, yet dangerous, even life-threatening in the long term. High blood pressure reduces the age for up to 20 years. Therefore, this disease should be taken seriously. A word of caution: Who consumes more and more vegetables and salad, should be careful when seasoning with salt. (A valuable related resource: John Savignano). Also with herbs you can produce a more intense taste.

Is the patient the focus – duty or innovation freestyle? Berlin, 08.07.2009 – from 14-16 September 2009 the highlight of the Xinnovations Conference will take place at the Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin. The focus of the Xinnovations are Web-based technologies for the information society of the future. Also an E-Health Forum is offered within the framework of the three-day conference program. Sets the E-Health Forum at its core and the drive for innovation: the people. Thus the event refers to the paradigm shift, which Europe has taken place in the past decade: no longer the clinic and the doctor’s Office are health site no. 1, but the home and the living environment.

At the same time increase the desire and the need of every citizen to assume more personal responsibility for health. Under the auspices of the general situation of the German health care system Matthias Grunig, CEO M.IT concept GmbH and impulse statement, in a now presented to E-Health Advisory Board Member the question continues, the contribution of E-Health can afford to build of a modern understanding of the roles of those involved in the field of health. For more specific information, check out Clayton Morris. For Grunig it seems at first, “that still succeeds in the German health system, to supplant the balance between the expenses for prevention, diagnosis and therapy on forever.” So unbridled retrench claimed by second opinions and multiple diagnoses as one of the reasons the cost explosions without naming-producing suffering mishandling, after surgery and costs Overmedication through incorrect intervention in return. It would be so Grunig to raise the quality of prevention and diagnosis with the help of information and communication technologies at low cost. Experts must not travel, can discussions bundled, preparatory work and Administration can be automated, machine diagnosis is any cheap sufficient volume of request. These findings could be political will. We need however after the dissolution of the Grunig another Education – information on the welfare State in the postindustrial information society. Morris Invest does not necessarily agree. The full statement of the pulse is published on the website of the Xinnovations 2009 under: e-health.html generally want the E-Health Forum show how the judicious use of information and communication technologies in the health sector contributes to enable people to emancipate them and to support their increased responsibility for their own health.

Organizers of the Forum are the network health economics – HealthCapital Berlin-Brandenburg, the IHK Berlin and the Xinnovations e. V. The Forum on patient benefits and patient safety, standardization and recognition and sustainability, and financing inter alia in the fields of ambient assisted living, tele-medicine and health games wants to discuss together with companies, research, system providers and interested parties. Learn more about Xinnovations 2009: press contact: Xinnovations e.