Pasta? It’s good for the diet! We explain how and why, and suggest a recipe from the Chef

Eating pasta while maintaining your silhouette is considered by most to be an impossible combination. In fact, if intelligently integrated into one’s diet, pasta is a food with excellent properties that boost our physical and mental energies.   The good energies of pasta dishes The latest studies have found that pasta, when consumed in the…

Tired of working in the summer heat? The best natural remedies against stress

Working in the summer is undoubtedly stressful, and our body suffers. Temperature fluctuations between office and street, a yearning to switch off, never-ending workloads, ‘swimsuit test’ anxiety, stifling nights and more turn the sunny season into a source of stress. Luckily, there are several natural remedies for stress. Summer stress: why we feel more exhausted…

Tecartherapy, what it is and why it represents the best physiotherapy in the treatment of trauma and inflammation

Physiotherapy has long been open to innovative therapies, providing they are scientifically proven and valid. This is with a view to improving the effects of treatments, giving relief and integrating a mindset of prevention. Tecartherapy is a rehabilitative and antalgic physiotherapeutic (ie capable of reducing pain) treatment which stimulates energy from within the biological tissues…

Risks and benefits of the sun: best tips for being in the sun and for maintaining healthy skin

The sun’s rays can be our body’s friends and enemies at the same time. The benefits of the sun are innumerable, but there are also risks to the skin if it is exposed without adequate protection. We all love to relax and “sunbathe,” but very often we underestimate the level of protection needed to best…

Rehabilitation and diet – how to recover quickly from a bone fracture and minimise pain

The nature of a bone fracture depends on various factors, but it can always be placed in one of two categories: fractures caused by trauma or spontaneous fractures of pathological origin (caused by illness). Bone fractures are more common among elderly people, for various reasons. Above all, the process of ageing makes the bones susceptible…

Use of Salt in cooking: choices that are good for health

Over the centuries, salt had such a strategic role in the conservation of food that, in Roman times, soldiers’ salaries could be paid in salt.  Indeed, the Italian  word for “salary” refers to payment for work. However, the excessive consumption of salt in the kitchen favours hypertension, osteoporosis (because it facilitates the excretion of calcium)…

Anxiety and Stress may increase in Spring: tips and natural remedies for a more relaxed life

Spring has finally returned: the days are getting longer and the sun is getting warmer. Unfortunately,  spring may also awaken unpleasant disorders  such as anxiety and stress, fatigue, irritability and headaches. These are some of the symptoms of “Spring Malaise”  that may affect mood and body and worsen chronic illnesses. Spring Malaise is a widespread…