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“세계 최고의 건강식품은 무엇일까.” 미국 인터넷매체 ‘허핑턴포스트’는 최근 의학 및 영양 분야의 유명 전문가들에게 의뢰해 최고의 건강식품 20가지를 선정했다. 우리는 일주일에 몇 번이나 이런 음식을 섭취하고 있을까.
●살구=칼륨, 비타민 A와 C, 베타카로틴, 리코펜이 들어 있다. 살구는 비타민 E도 풍부하게 함유하고 있어 간암 방지에 효과적이라는 연구결과가 있다.
●아스파라거스=비타민 A, B, C와 B6는 물론 철분, 칼륨, 칼슘, 마그네슘, 크롬 등도 풍부하게 들어 있다. 또한 글루타티온이 들어 있어 활성산소와 발암물질을 퇴치하는 데 도움이 된다.
●바나나=칼륨이 풍부하게 들어 있고 섬유질과 비타민 C, B6가 많다. 바나나에 있는 칼륨은 혈압과 근육에 대단히 좋은 작용을 하며, 비타민 B6는 혈당 조절에 효과적이다.
●바질=이탈리아나 태국 요리에 주로 쓰이는 허브의 일종으로 철분을 다량 함유하고 있다. 불안감을 완화시키며, 여드름의 원인이 되는 세균을 퇴치하는 데 도움을 준다.
●검은 후추=세균을 없애고, 소화기관의 활동을 돕는다. ‘농업 및 식품화학 저널(Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry)’에 실린 최근 연구에 따르면 검은 후추에서 톡 쏘는 맛을 내는 성분은 지방세포의 생산을 억제하는 것으로 나타났다.
●흑미=백미와는 달리 겨를 벗겨내지 않기 때문에 철분과 섬유질이 풍부하다. 비타민 E를 지니고 있고, 산화 방지작용을 하는 안토시아닌이 블루베리보다 많다.
●당근=비타민 A의 창고로 시력을 높이는 데 탁월한 효과가 있다. 섬유질과 칼륨, 비타민 C와 K를 비롯해, 면역체계와 피부를 보호하는 베타카로틴이 풍부하다.
●고추=매운맛을 내는 캡사이신은 당뇨병과 암을 퇴치할 뿐 아니라 살을 빼는 데도 뛰어난 효과가 있다.
●감귤류=오렌지, 자몽, 레몬, 라임 그리고 탄제린 등 감귤류에는 비타민 C와 포만감을 주는 섬유질이 풍부하다. 또한 여성들의 뇌졸중을 감소시키는 것으로 알려진 성분이 있다.
●마늘=유방암과 전립선암, 대장암 등 각종 암을 예방하는 산화방지제 덩어리라 할 만하다. 세균과 바이러스를 동시에 물리치는 천연 면역촉진제이며 심장을 최상의 상태로 유지시킨다.
●대마 씨=대마는 마약인 마리화나를 연상시킨다. 하지만 소화가 잘되는 완벽한 식물성 단백질의 공급원이다. 오메가3와 오메가6를 다량 함유하고 있어 심장병과 동맥경화증 예방 효과가 있을 것으로 연구가들은 보고 있다.
●히카마=중남미에서 자라는 콩과류. 섬유질이 풍부한 저칼로리 식품이어서 다이어트에 적합하다. 비타민 C와 K의 함유량도 높다. 미 국립암연구소(American Institute of Cancer Research)는 히카마 뿌리의 바삭한 식감 때문에 칩류를 대신할 건강식으로 추천하고 있다.
●키위=블루베리와 함께 슈퍼 푸드로 꼽히는 영양 만점의 과일이다. 비타민 C와 E, 칼륨 그리고 항산화제 루테인이 다량 들어 있다. 시력을 보호하고 시력 감퇴를 막는 데 효과가 있다.
●망고=섬유질과 펙틴, 비타민 A와 C 그리고 B6의 덩어리다. 면역을 촉진하고 시력을 보호하며 콜레스테롤과 혈당을 조절한다. 암 예방에도 효과가 있다.
●올리브=심장을 보호하는 불포화지방이 풍부할 뿐 아니라 올레오캔탈이라 불리는 화학물질이 염증을 방지한다. 염증은 관절염과 성인형 당뇨병의 원인이다. 올리브 속에 있는 폴리페놀은 인지기능을 높여준다.
●양파=콜레스테롤과 혈압을 낮추고, 심장발작이나 심부전 위험을 줄인다. 전립샘암에 걸릴 확률도 낮춘다.
●오레가노=피자 토핑에 쓰이는 허브의 일종. 오레가노 한 티스푼에는 같은 양의 생시금치보다 3배나 많은 노화방지제가 들어 있다. 뼈를 튼튼하게 유지시키는 비타민 K도 많이 들어 있다. 하루 한 숟가락을 섭취하라.
●파파야=면역을 촉진하는 비타민 A와 C가 들어 있고, 소화를 원활하게 한다. 리코펜과 카로티노이드, 크립토크산틴은 자궁경부암을 퇴치한다.
●파인애플=파인애플 조각 한 컵에는 1일 권장량의 130%에 달하는 비타민 C가 들어 있어 면역체계를 강화시킨다. 파인애플 주스는 염증을 줄이는 효소가 있어 혈전을 막고, 몸이 항생물질을 흡수하도록 돕는다.
●다임(Thyme)=다임 향료 한 스푼에는 1일 권장량의 7%에 해당하는 철분이 들어 있다. 비타민 A, C, E, K도 함유하고 있다. 다임에 있는 노화방지 성분의 오일은 실험결과 늙은 쥐의 지능을 높이는 것으로 나타났다.
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세계 각처의 크리스마스: Christmas Time Around the World
Christmas Time Around the World
There are only a few days left until Christmas, and Santa Claus and his many helpers have been busy around the globe. From London to Tokyo, from the Ivory Coast to Los Angeles, people are out enjoying the winter weather, shopping for loved ones, visiting Santa, and taking part in pageants in anticipation of the big day. This collection is a quick tour of many different Christmas celebrations. Merry Christmas, everyone! The next photo essay here will be posted on Wednesday, the 26th.
In this combination of two images the interior of Salisbury Cathedral is illuminated by trails of candles carried by choristers during the annual "darkness to light" advent procession on December 1, 2012 in Salisbury, England. The service -- which begins with the medieval cathedral in total darkness and silence before the Advent Candle is lit at the West End -- is one of the most popular services of the liturgical year. The annual advent service, which takes place over three nights and is seen by several thousand people, is a mix of music and readings during which two great candlelit processions move around the different spaces in the 750-year-old building which, by the end, is illuminated by almost 1,300 candles. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
A newly-decorated Christmas tree lit behind him, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Aaron Dunn hands his baby Emma to his wife Leanne, in their living room in Fountain, Colorado, one week after Dunn's return from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, on December 8, 2012. 1st Lt. Dunn had not seen his wife and baby since his unit deployed to the mountains of Afghanistan in February. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Eric Marshall sets up his Christmas lights on his house in Bagby, England, on December 17, 2012. Eric spends 3 weeks each year setting up the display which runs throughout December to the 12th night and raises funds for the local church. Eric has raised nearly £20,000 over the past 20 years when he started out with one Santa and sleigh. (Reuters/Nigel Roddis)
Michael Sciaraffo, costumed as Santa Claus, makes a toy delivery to a home in the Bell Harbor neighborhood of New York, on December 18, 2012. Using Facebook, Sciaraffo started a charitable enterprise to collect and personally deliver toys to children affected by Superstorm Sandy, dressed as Santa. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
A child reacts to a reveler dressed as a devil at the Old Town Square in Prague, on the eve of Saint Nicholas Day December 5, 2012. Revelers dressed as Saint Nicholas and a devil approached children on the streets as part of a tradition to determine if they had behaved well during the past year and depending on their answers, would receive presents, sweets or coal accordingly.(Reuters/David W Cerny)
People react to a snow machine as they gather to look at Christmas lights that adorn a house in Melksham, England, on December 8, 2012. The lights, a popular festive attraction, have returned to the town after a two-year absence and have raised thousands of pounds for charity for a local hospice, Dorothy House. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
A 14-foot Christmas tree appears to be crashing through the roof of a one-story house in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood, on December 20, 2012. Homeowner Patrick Kruger created the illusion of the tree crashing through the roof by cutting a 14-foot tree into two pieces and attaching the top six-foot section is to a piece of plywood that's bolted to the roof. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
A worker cuts a "Spanbaum" Christmas figure at the "Erzgebirgische Volkskunst Richard Glaesser" factory in Seiffen, Germany, on November 28, 2012. For several decades the eastern German region of Erzgebirge has produced wooden folk art of smokers, nutcrackers and pyramids especially used as decoration during the Christmas season. (Reuters/Tobias Schwarz)
Saint Nicholas is followed by his two assistants called "Zwarte Piet" (Black Pete) during a traditional parade in central Brussels, Belgium, on December 1, 2012. The Netherlands and Belgium are two countries that pride themselves on progressive laws and open societies, but critics say they are stuck in the dark ages when it comes to depictions of Santa Claus and his helpers. Saint Nicholas, or "Sinterklaas" in Dutch, brings presents to children on December 5 in the Netherlands and on December 6 in Belgium, and is always accompanied by at least one assistant dressed in 17th century costume who has a blackened face. (Reuters/Francois Lenoir)
Valery Kokoulin, 47, dressed as Santa Claus, rings a bell on his self-made yacht to mark the ending of the sailboat season, as the air temperature dropped to minus 23 degrees of Celsius (minus 9.4 degrees Fahrenheit), on the Yenisei River, outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, on December 7, 2012. (Reuters/Ilya Naymushin)
Capitol Hill police check an unidentified man dressed as Santa Claus with a metal detector as he enters the U.S. Capitol on his way to Speaker of the House John Boehner's office in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2012. The man was working with the group Catholics United, and wanted to urge Speaker of the House John Boehner to pass pending "fiscal cliff" legislation before Christmas.(Win McNamee/Getty Images)
A bundle carrying humanitarian supplies and gifts drifts to the ground off the shore of an island in Micronesia after C-130 Hercules crews from Yokota Air Base, Japan, flew them in for Operation Christmas Drop, an annual mission -- the longest-running U.S. Department of Defense mission in full operation, on December 18, 2012. The plane took off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to airlift the donated bundles to islands in need. Donations come largely from local communities in Guam, and include everything from fishing nets and canned goods, to toys and games. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse)
Icelandic philanthropist Einar Sveinsson, dressed as Santa Claus, speaks with a patient at the oncology ward during a visit to the Benjamin Bloom National Children Hospital, in San Salvador, on December 11, 2012. Sveinsson has visited the hospital prior to Christmas every year since 2001 to give gifts to the patients. (Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images)
Fireworks light the sky near a giant Christmas tree in Puerto Princesa city, Palawan, west of Manila, on December 1, 2012. The Philippines, a mainly Roman Catholic country, celebrates one of the longest Christmas holidays in the world, playing Christmas carols in shopping malls in September and putting up lanterns and fireworks early in December. (Reuters/Romeo Ranoco)
A police officer dressed in a blue Santa Claus costume holds a sack and cane in the Macacos slum after arriving by police helicopter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 20, 2012. The Pacifying Police Unit, or UPP, organized for Santa to visit the slum to hand out Christmas gifts to young residents. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
지구 종말 예언 맹신자들: Preparing for the End of the World
Preparing for the End of the World
December 21, 2012 marks the end of the 13th cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar, giving rise to rumors about the end of the world. Worries about a looming apocalypse are nothing new in human history, but 21st century reactions to the possible destruction of the planet (or human civilization) vary widely, from "preppers" who cultivate self-sufficiency, to groups offering prayerful wishes, to entrepreneurs who have found a growing market for their survival gear. Regarding tomorrow's fateful date, the descendents of the Mayans themselves appear to regard the milestone as simply marking the end of an era, not the entire world.
December 21, 2012 marks the end of the 13th cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar, giving rise to rumors about the end of the world. Worries about a looming apocalypse are nothing new in human history, but 21st century reactions to the possible destruction of the planet (or human civilization) vary widely, from "preppers" who cultivate self-sufficiency, to groups offering prayerful wishes, to entrepreneurs who have found a growing market for their survival gear. Regarding tomorrow's fateful date, the descendents of the Mayans themselves appear to regard the milestone as simply marking the end of an era, not the entire world.
Phil Burns demonstrates his air purifying SCape Mask at his home in American Fork, Utah, on December 14, 2012. While most "preppers" discount the Mayan calendar prophecy, many are preparing to be self-sufficient for threats like nuclear war, natural disaster, famine and economic collapse. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
A man shows the "Before Doomsday" application on his smart phone, in a Belgrade cafe, on December 20, 2012. From Russia to California, thousands are preparing for the fateful day, when many believe a 5,125-year cycle known as the Long Count in the Mayan calendar supposedly comes to an end. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Lu Zhenghai, right, walks near his ark-like vessel under construction in China's northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on November 24, 2012. Lu Zhenghai is one of at least two men in China predicting a world-ending flood, come December 21, the fateful day many believe the Maya set as the conclusion of their 5,125-year long-count calendar. Zhenghai has spent his life savings building the 70-foot-by-50-foot vessel powered by three diesel engines, according to state media. (AP Photo/ANPF-Chen Jiansheng)
A sky caiman vomits water on one of the last pages of the 12th-century Dresden Codex, also known as the "Codex Dresdensis", one of four historic Mayan manuscripts that still exist in the world and that together suggest modern civilization will come to an end on December 21, at the Saxon State Library in Dresden, Germany, on November 8, 2012. The documents enumerate the Mayan calendar, which will complete its 13th cycle on December 21, 2012 and many people across the globe are interpreting the calendar to mean impending global devastation and the birth of a new order are near. (Joern Haufe/Getty Images)
The Tunupa ship is seen as Bolivian priests make offerings in Lake Titicaca, 74 km (46 miles) away from La Paz City, in La Paz, on December 16, 2012. Sunday marked the first of six days of celebrations to commemorate the end of the Mayan Calendar on December 21, which some believe to be the end of the world, that indigenous Bolivians regard as the change of an era. (Reuters/Gaston Brito)
Honduran Ch'orti' of Mayan descent celebrate a point during a Mayan ball game against Guatemalan Quirigua in Copan, on December 18, 2012. This week, at sunrise on Friday, December 21, an era closes in the Maya Long Count calendar, an event that has been likened by different groups to the end of days, the start of a new, more spiritual age or a good reason to hang out at old Maya temples across Mexico and Central America. (Reuters/Jorge Cabrera)
Tourists have their picture taken next to a slab of stone counting down the days until December 21, 2012 at the Xcaret theme park in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, on December 15, 2012. Amid a worldwide frenzy of advertisers and new-agers preparing for a Maya apocalypse, one group is approaching December 21 with calm and equanimity: the people whose ancestors supposedly made the prediction in the first place. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)
Jeanie Nice and her husband Jeff Nice carry parts for a shelving unit into their barn on their farm in Kinston, North Carolina, on December 14, 2012. After completion of a government contact working in computers Jeff has spent most of his time on the farm tending to the livestock and general chores such as planting grass or keeping his equipment in working order. On the farm is a 200 yard rifle range where Jeff teaches hunter education and gun safety. (Reuters/Chris Keane)
Mike Holland reviews his stock of dry food storage in a trailer at the Holland family property in Warrenton, North Carolina, on December 13, 2012. Prepper Mike Holland lives with his wife, four children and three other men on their 13 acre property where they raise, chickens, turkeys, goats and a cow for milk. In addition to livestock they also have a greenhouse and a few trailers that house food storage including multiple freezers. Outside of food preparations Holland has ammunition and firearms, a safe room, security cameras and a military grade generator for power. (Reuters/Chris Keane)
Gendarmes drive on a road in Bugarach, France, in order to secure the area around the peak, on December 19, 2012. The Peak of Bugarach, the highest point of the Corbieres massif, in southwestern France, surrounded in legend for centuries, has become a focal point for many apocalypse believers as rumors have circulated that its mountain contains doors into other worlds, or that extraterrestrials will return here on Judgment day to take refuge at their base. Residents of the tiny southern French hamlet, are witness to a rising influx of Doomsday believers convinced it is the only place that will survive judgment day, December 21, 2012, as an era closes in the Maya Long Count calendar. (Reuters/Jean-Philippe Arles)
Bottles of wine with labels reading "the end of the world", on sale in Sirince, a village in western Turkey, on December 20, 2012. Believers in the Mayan calendar's doomsday prediction for December 21, 2012, are flocking to Sirince, a small village in Turkey's Izmir province, which some believe is the only safe haven from the impending apocalypse because the Virgin Mary is said to have risen to heaven from there. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
Farmer Liu Qiyuan sits inside one of seven survival pods that he has dubbed "Noah's Ark", in a yard at his home in the village of Qiantun, Hebei province, south of Beijing, on December 11, 2012. Inspired by the apocalyptic Hollywood movie "2012" and the 2004 Asian tsunami, Liu hopes that his creations consisting of a fiberglass shell around a steel frame will be adopted by government departments and international organizations for use in the event of tsunamis and earthquakes. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
This photo taken on December 11, 2012 shows farmer Liu Qiyuan posing with survival pods that he created, in the village of Qiantun, Hebei province. As people across the globe tremble in anticipation of next week's supposed Mayan-predicted apocalypse, this Chinese villager says he may have just what humanity needs: tsunami-proof survival pods. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
Liu Qiyuan looking out from one of his survival pods, in Qiantun, Hebei province, on December 11, 2012. Liu has built seven pods which are able to float on water, some of which have their own propulsion. The airtight spheres with varying interiors contain oxygen tanks and seat belts with space for around 14 people, and are designed to remain upright when in water. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
Patrick Troy, a force security instructor with Jay Blevins's preparedness group, poses with firearms including a M1 carbine rifle and an AR-15 rifle, on December 5, 2012 in Berryville, Virginia. Jay Blevins and his wife Holly Blevins have been preparing with a group of others for a possible doomsday scenario. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Jay Blevins and his wife Holly Blevins and their children Samuel Benjamin Blevins, 7, Elliana Grace Blevins, 9, and Evangeline Joy Blevins, 4, pose beneath one of their apple trees with survival gear including an AR-15 rifle and a hunting bow, on December 5, 2012 in Berryville, Virginia. Blevins and his wife have been preparing with a group of others for a possible doomsday scenario where the group will have to be self sufficient due to catastrophe or civil unrest. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
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