Special diets are the best prevention and treatment for certain diseases.
* CONSTIPATION
A person who has hard stools and has not had a bowel movement for 3 or more days is said to be constipated. Constipation is often caused by poor diet[especially not eating enough fruits, green vegetables, or foods with natural fiber like wholegrain bread] or lack of exercise.
Drinking more water and eating more fruits, vegetables, and foods with natural fiber like whole grain bread, wheat bran, carrots, turnips, raisins, pumpkin or sunflower seeds, is better than using laxatives.It also helps to add a little oil to food each day.
A person who has not had a bowel movement for 4 or more days, if he does not have a sharp pain in his stomach, can take a mild salt laxatives like milk of magnesia.
* ACID INDIGESTION, HEARTBURN, AND STOMACH ULCERS.
Acid indigestion and heartburn often come from eating too much heavy or greasy food or from drinking too much alcohol or coffee.These make the stomach produce extra acid, which causes discomfort or a burning feeling in the stomach or mild chest. Some people mistake the chest pain, called the heartburn for a heart problem rather than indigestion. If the pain gets worse when lying down , it is probably heartburn.
frequent acid indigestion is warning sign of an ulcer.
An ulcer is a chronic sore in the stomach or small intestine, caused by too much acid. It may cause a chronic, dull sometimes sharp pain in the pit of the stomach. As with acid indigestion, often the pain lessens when the personeats food or drink a lot water.
If ulcer is severe, it can cause vomiting, sometimes with fresh blood, or with digested blood that looks like coffee grounds
Prevention and treatment.
Whether stomach or chest pain is caused by heartburn, acid indigestion, or an ulcer, a few basic recommendations will probably help calm the pain and prevent it from coming back.
* Do not eat too much.. Eat small meals and eat frequent snacks between meals . Eat mainly foods that seem calm and not cause pain.
* Notice what foods or drinks make pain worse and avoid them. These usually include alcoholic drinks, coffee, spices, pepper, carbonlateddrinks, and fatty or greasy food.
* Drinks a lot of water.. try to drink 2 big glasses of water both before and after each meals. Also drinks a lot of water frequently before meals. If the pain comes often, keep drinking water like this, even in those times you have no pain.
* Avoid tobacco . Smoking or chewing tobacco increase stomach acid and makes the problem worse.
TO BE CONTINUE.............
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Monday 31 March 2014
Friday 28 March 2014
Our Diet Impacts Our Health And Vitality
Whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and fish can optimise health.
Global health crisis;The incidence of chronic disease is higher than ever before. This can be attributed largely to the state of many of our diets that are woefully in adequate in nutrient whole foods.
* 90% of us don't eat the recommended 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables
* 70% of us admit to eating foods that actually contribute to poor health.
* Less than serving of whole grains is consumed daily; many don't consume that much.
* Some food processing steps have stripped protective lipids and steroids from certain whole grain products to increase their shelf life.
* Many don't eat fish due to concerns about the presence of heavy metals and contaminants.
The reality is that most of us have turned over wellness Pyramids upside down! we re getting too much of the wrong stuff and not enough of the right stuff.
The good news is that the problem and the solution both seem to be in the food we eat. Weight management, physical activity, and eating a nutrient rich diet that includes whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and fish can optimise our health and vitality.
Global health crisis;The incidence of chronic disease is higher than ever before. This can be attributed largely to the state of many of our diets that are woefully in adequate in nutrient whole foods.
* 90% of us don't eat the recommended 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables
* 70% of us admit to eating foods that actually contribute to poor health.
* Less than serving of whole grains is consumed daily; many don't consume that much.
* Some food processing steps have stripped protective lipids and steroids from certain whole grain products to increase their shelf life.
* Many don't eat fish due to concerns about the presence of heavy metals and contaminants.
The reality is that most of us have turned over wellness Pyramids upside down! we re getting too much of the wrong stuff and not enough of the right stuff.
The good news is that the problem and the solution both seem to be in the food we eat. Weight management, physical activity, and eating a nutrient rich diet that includes whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and fish can optimise our health and vitality.
Thursday 27 March 2014
Nutritional Keys For Lifelong Eye Health
Whole food nutrition, phytonutrients in particular, continue to draw attention at the crossroads between food, health, and disease. The amount of nutrients present in your diet is a critical predictor of your future health and risk of disease. This notion is gaining more traction against some sceptics as research backing it continues to mount.
Since the early days when nutritional science first began [around 1900] we have had an understanding that nutrition is important for vision. For the vast majority of that time, however, the only connection made was with vitamin A preventing night blindness.
Mother and grandmothers seemed to know this long before the scientists eventually proved them right. It turns out that vitamin A, technically known as retinol, is needed by the retina for both light sensitivity and colour vision, for several decades that relationship of nutrition to eye health seemed to be the only one science was willing to accept.
For more than a decade there has been a revolution in our understanding of the broader connection of nutrition to lifelong eye health and visual acuity. It is now well accepted and understood that eye is a unique organ faced with challenges that no other organ faces.
Like essentially everything else in the body,how well the eye deals with these challenges and provides us with the essential ability to see clearly, is know to be dependent upon a wide array of whole food nutrients that our diet are supposed to provide.
Science is now showing us which nutrients we need to protect our eyesight and what happens when we don't have enough of them. Here is some of the very latest science telling us about how to plan for lifelong healthy.
Eyes And Vision
Like everything else in the body, vision is nutrient dependent. A good diet promotes good long term visual health while a poor diet tends to undermine that.
In your plan to ripe old age don't overlook this key nutrition knowledge; when it comes to clear, crisp lifelong vision.....diet matter.
Probably everyone has heard the vitamin A is important for night vision. You may even know that vitamin C and E protect against clouding of the lens, or that the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin are particularly important to the health of the retina and may protect against age related macular degeneration[AMD]. But the latest vision health discoveries confirm omega 3 fatty acids may be protective against AMD. This powerful evidence reinforces the fact that diet is the strongest tool we can all use to help ourselves and our family live long, healthy, and fully functional lives.
The message is clear. Those sahealthmatas111.blogspot.comme whole food nutrients that may fend of chronic disease and maximize our physical and mental functionality throughout our lives may also protect and promote our most precious sensory system, our eyesight. My recommendations for everyone are simple. Make sure you eat as much fruit, vegetables, whole grains and fish as you can.
Since the early days when nutritional science first began [around 1900] we have had an understanding that nutrition is important for vision. For the vast majority of that time, however, the only connection made was with vitamin A preventing night blindness.
Mother and grandmothers seemed to know this long before the scientists eventually proved them right. It turns out that vitamin A, technically known as retinol, is needed by the retina for both light sensitivity and colour vision, for several decades that relationship of nutrition to eye health seemed to be the only one science was willing to accept.
For more than a decade there has been a revolution in our understanding of the broader connection of nutrition to lifelong eye health and visual acuity. It is now well accepted and understood that eye is a unique organ faced with challenges that no other organ faces.
Like essentially everything else in the body,how well the eye deals with these challenges and provides us with the essential ability to see clearly, is know to be dependent upon a wide array of whole food nutrients that our diet are supposed to provide.
Science is now showing us which nutrients we need to protect our eyesight and what happens when we don't have enough of them. Here is some of the very latest science telling us about how to plan for lifelong healthy.
Eyes And Vision
Like everything else in the body, vision is nutrient dependent. A good diet promotes good long term visual health while a poor diet tends to undermine that.
In your plan to ripe old age don't overlook this key nutrition knowledge; when it comes to clear, crisp lifelong vision.....diet matter.
Probably everyone has heard the vitamin A is important for night vision. You may even know that vitamin C and E protect against clouding of the lens, or that the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin are particularly important to the health of the retina and may protect against age related macular degeneration[AMD]. But the latest vision health discoveries confirm omega 3 fatty acids may be protective against AMD. This powerful evidence reinforces the fact that diet is the strongest tool we can all use to help ourselves and our family live long, healthy, and fully functional lives.
The message is clear. Those sahealthmatas111.blogspot.comme whole food nutrients that may fend of chronic disease and maximize our physical and mental functionality throughout our lives may also protect and promote our most precious sensory system, our eyesight. My recommendations for everyone are simple. Make sure you eat as much fruit, vegetables, whole grains and fish as you can.
Optimising Health through Nutrition In Every Stage Of Life
More than just a serving to provide fuel for everyday energy vitality, the impact of good nutrition on health continues to be validated and strengthen by latest science.We now have a much a better understanding of the role certain nutrient play in optimizing wellness. Research has also helped us understand and the impact of nutrition on both acute and chronic diseases. We know that both dietary excesses and deficiencies are linked to various health conditions.
Epidemiologic studies have shown that when certain nutrients are low in diet we are at elevated risk of disease. Conversely, when they are abundant, risk of disease is diminished. And to make matters worse, as we age we tend to absorb nutrients from food less efficiently. High fat diet are established risk factors for the development of chronic disease
Monday 24 March 2014
WITHOUT IT LIFE WOULD CEASE
Enzymes often hold the key to better health. They are considered the" missing link" in health rebuilding.In the delicate, elaborate electrochemical laboratory that is your body, each and every element is vital for smooth running efficiency.
Enzymes are tiny elements that may be even more valuable to body health than the other nutrients.
We know that enzymes are found in the living cells.
Enzymes enter into digestive functions,
* Help transform raw materials into body cells
* Store glycogen in the liver into body cells
* Change carbohydrates into fats
* Then transform protein into sugar and fats
* They work to help to dispose the waste products of digestion and
* Enter into every activity to help maintain life processes
"WITHOUT ENZYMES LIFE WOULD CEASE"
Every cell of the body has some 1000 enzymes. Every moment throughout your body, about two million biochemical reactions take place that require the use of enzymes for motility. A deficiency of anyone enzyme can create nutritional upheaval to weaken and break the chain of interrelated health .
Specially, enzymes are body catalysts that is, they speed up a biochemical reaction that would otherwise proceed at a much slower rate, if it would proceed at all.
Nature has placed enzymes into raw foods but most food are cooked. Therefore, when the temperature of cooking water or heat reaches over 40c, the enzymes are destroyed.
It is wise to eat as many raw food and vegetables as possible so as to obtain an adequate amount of enzymes. Many people do not eat enough raw food and if at all they eat, they dont eat them rightly and are thus enzyme deficient.
Many others need supplement to help meet the challenges of daily living. Enzymes should be part of the supplement program for improved health.
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Enzymes are tiny elements that may be even more valuable to body health than the other nutrients.
We know that enzymes are found in the living cells.
Enzymes enter into digestive functions,
* Help transform raw materials into body cells
* Store glycogen in the liver into body cells
* Change carbohydrates into fats
* Then transform protein into sugar and fats
* They work to help to dispose the waste products of digestion and
* Enter into every activity to help maintain life processes
"WITHOUT ENZYMES LIFE WOULD CEASE"
Every cell of the body has some 1000 enzymes. Every moment throughout your body, about two million biochemical reactions take place that require the use of enzymes for motility. A deficiency of anyone enzyme can create nutritional upheaval to weaken and break the chain of interrelated health .
Specially, enzymes are body catalysts that is, they speed up a biochemical reaction that would otherwise proceed at a much slower rate, if it would proceed at all.
Nature has placed enzymes into raw foods but most food are cooked. Therefore, when the temperature of cooking water or heat reaches over 40c, the enzymes are destroyed.
It is wise to eat as many raw food and vegetables as possible so as to obtain an adequate amount of enzymes. Many people do not eat enough raw food and if at all they eat, they dont eat them rightly and are thus enzyme deficient.
Many others need supplement to help meet the challenges of daily living. Enzymes should be part of the supplement program for improved health.
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Realizing The Value of Water and Excercise
THE VALUE OF WATER!
Water is your most vital nutrient.Water makes up about 60% of our body weight. The national research council recommends approximately 8-10 glasses per day for women and 10-12 glasses a day from men.
You need water for several bodily functions;
* Every cell in your body depends on water to function properly
* Water is part of the chemical structure of compounds that form the cells, tissues and organs of the body.
* Water support your kidneys in their role in protein matabolism
* Water is also important for proper elimination. Constipation can often be avoided by simply increasing one s water intake
* Water provides satiety value and helps one to feel full. Scientific studies have demonstrated that people eat fewer kilojoules at meals when they make food choices, which have higher water content.
* Water is also known to help remove toxins from your system, keep the skin clearer, assist nutrient absorption, help reduce headaches etc.
USEFUL TIPS
* Have a glass of water upon awaking in the morning
* Drink water with every meal regardless of other beverages you may drink
* For every caffeinated beverage you drink, have a glass of water. Caffeine dehydrates, and can make you excrete more water than you take in.
* At home or at work, keep a glass of water nearby and drink from it often.
* Drink 250ml of water every 15minutes you exercise.
THE VALUE OF EXCERCISE
It is critically important to exercise in reaching your goal weight. No matter what your age, weight, physical limitations or current level of activity, virtually everyone can exercise in some way. Exercise benefits you physically, mentally and psychologically.
BENEFITS OF EXECERCISE
* Increase fat burning capabilities and metabolic rate during and after exercise.
* Builds cardiovascular endurance. Can help reduce risk of plaque buildup and heart disease
* May help increase HDL" GOOD" cholesterol and lower triglycerides.
* Improve flexibility
* Helps control appetite
* Can help reduce risk of colon cancer
* Help control blood sugar {glucose}levels, especially in those at risk of diabetes
* Help improve bone density and reduce risk of osteoporosis
* Increase energy
* Enhances mood and helps manage stress
* Promotes sound sleep
* Promotes better overall circulation
* Boosts self confidence
* Helps you achieve long term weight loss goals.
Water is your most vital nutrient.Water makes up about 60% of our body weight. The national research council recommends approximately 8-10 glasses per day for women and 10-12 glasses a day from men.
You need water for several bodily functions;
* Every cell in your body depends on water to function properly
* Water is part of the chemical structure of compounds that form the cells, tissues and organs of the body.
* Water support your kidneys in their role in protein matabolism
* Water is also important for proper elimination. Constipation can often be avoided by simply increasing one s water intake
* Water provides satiety value and helps one to feel full. Scientific studies have demonstrated that people eat fewer kilojoules at meals when they make food choices, which have higher water content.
* Water is also known to help remove toxins from your system, keep the skin clearer, assist nutrient absorption, help reduce headaches etc.
USEFUL TIPS
* Have a glass of water upon awaking in the morning
* Drink water with every meal regardless of other beverages you may drink
* For every caffeinated beverage you drink, have a glass of water. Caffeine dehydrates, and can make you excrete more water than you take in.
* At home or at work, keep a glass of water nearby and drink from it often.
* Drink 250ml of water every 15minutes you exercise.
THE VALUE OF EXCERCISE
It is critically important to exercise in reaching your goal weight. No matter what your age, weight, physical limitations or current level of activity, virtually everyone can exercise in some way. Exercise benefits you physically, mentally and psychologically.
BENEFITS OF EXECERCISE
* Increase fat burning capabilities and metabolic rate during and after exercise.
* Builds cardiovascular endurance. Can help reduce risk of plaque buildup and heart disease
* May help increase HDL" GOOD" cholesterol and lower triglycerides.
* Improve flexibility
* Helps control appetite
* Can help reduce risk of colon cancer
* Help control blood sugar {glucose}levels, especially in those at risk of diabetes
* Help improve bone density and reduce risk of osteoporosis
* Increase energy
* Enhances mood and helps manage stress
* Promotes sound sleep
* Promotes better overall circulation
* Boosts self confidence
* Helps you achieve long term weight loss goals.
Sunday 23 March 2014
Healing Without Medicine
For most sickness no medicines are needed. Our bodies have their own defense, or natural way to resist and fight diseases. In most cases, these natural defense are far more important to our health than the medicines.
To help the body fight off or overcome a sickness, often all that is needed is to;
* Keep clean
* Get plenty of rest
* Eat well and drink a lot of liquid.
Even in a case of more serious illness, when a medicine may be needed, it is cleanliness, rest, and nutritious food are still very important.
Much of the art of health care does not and should not depend on use of medications. If people simply learned how to use WATER correctly, this alone might do more to prevent and cure illness than all the medicines we use and misuse.
To help the body fight off or overcome a sickness, often all that is needed is to;
* Keep clean
* Get plenty of rest
* Eat well and drink a lot of liquid.
Even in a case of more serious illness, when a medicine may be needed, it is cleanliness, rest, and nutritious food are still very important.
Much of the art of health care does not and should not depend on use of medications. If people simply learned how to use WATER correctly, this alone might do more to prevent and cure illness than all the medicines we use and misuse.
The most dangerous misuse of medicine
Here a few list of the most common and dangerous errors people make i using modern medicines.The improper use of the following medicines causes many death each year according statistics.Be careful!
*Chloramphenicol(chloromycetin)
The popular use of this medicines for simple diarrhea and other mild sickness is extremely unfortunate, because it is so risky. Use chloramphenicol only for very severe illness, like typhoid. Never give it to newborn infant.
* Oxytocin, Ergometrine and Pitocin
Unfortunately , some midwives use these medicines to speed up childbirth, or gives strength to the mother in labor. This practices is very dangerous. It can kill the mother or the child. Use these medicines only to control bleeding after the child is born.
* Penicillin works only against certain types of infections. Using penicillin for sprains, bruises, cold or any pain or fever is a great mistake. As a general rule, injuries that do not break the skin even if they make large bruises, have no danger of infection; they do not need to e treated with penicillin or any antibiotics.
Penicillin is dangerous for some people. Before using it, know its risk and the precaution you must take.
Kenamycin and Gentamicin
Too much use of these antibiotics for babies has caused permanent hearing loss(deafness) in million babies. Give to babies only for life threatening infections of newborn, ampicillin works as well and is much less dangerous.
* Combination medicines
Sometimes, two or more medicines are combined in the same pill or tonic.
Sometimes they do more harm than good. Do not waste your money on them.
Try to avoid
* cough medicines which both suppress cough, and loosen mucus to encourage coughing.
* Antibiotics combined with anti diarrhea medicine.
* Pain cures with two medicine doing the same thing.Such as aspirin with paracetamol.
* Injections of any medicine
The common belief that injections are usually better than medicine taken by mouth is not true. Many times medicine taken by mouth work as well or better than injection. Also, most medicines is more dangerous injected than when taken by mouth. Use of injection should be very limited.
*Chloramphenicol(chloromycetin)
The popular use of this medicines for simple diarrhea and other mild sickness is extremely unfortunate, because it is so risky. Use chloramphenicol only for very severe illness, like typhoid. Never give it to newborn infant.
* Oxytocin, Ergometrine and Pitocin
Unfortunately , some midwives use these medicines to speed up childbirth, or gives strength to the mother in labor. This practices is very dangerous. It can kill the mother or the child. Use these medicines only to control bleeding after the child is born.
* Penicillin works only against certain types of infections. Using penicillin for sprains, bruises, cold or any pain or fever is a great mistake. As a general rule, injuries that do not break the skin even if they make large bruises, have no danger of infection; they do not need to e treated with penicillin or any antibiotics.
Penicillin is dangerous for some people. Before using it, know its risk and the precaution you must take.
Kenamycin and Gentamicin
Too much use of these antibiotics for babies has caused permanent hearing loss(deafness) in million babies. Give to babies only for life threatening infections of newborn, ampicillin works as well and is much less dangerous.
* Combination medicines
Sometimes, two or more medicines are combined in the same pill or tonic.
Sometimes they do more harm than good. Do not waste your money on them.
Try to avoid
* cough medicines which both suppress cough, and loosen mucus to encourage coughing.
* Antibiotics combined with anti diarrhea medicine.
* Pain cures with two medicine doing the same thing.Such as aspirin with paracetamol.
* Injections of any medicine
The common belief that injections are usually better than medicine taken by mouth is not true. Many times medicine taken by mouth work as well or better than injection. Also, most medicines is more dangerous injected than when taken by mouth. Use of injection should be very limited.
Friday 21 March 2014
Right and Wrong use of Modern Medicine.
Some medicines sold in pharmacies stores can be very useful.Others are of no value.Also,people sometimes use the best medicines in the wrong way,so that they do more harm than good.To be helpful,medicine must be used correctly.
Many people,including most doctors and health workers,prescribe far more medicines than are needed and by so doing cause much needless sickness and death.
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Many people,including most doctors and health workers,prescribe far more medicines than are needed and by so doing cause much needless sickness and death.
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Sensible and Limited use of Medicine
A few modern medicines are very important and can save life.But no medicines is needed for most sickness.Our body itself can usually fight off sickness with rest,good food,and perhaps some simple home remedies.If diet is wrong,medicine is of no use.If diet is right,medicine is of no need.
People depend on medicine they do not need forgetting that,there is no medicine that does not have some risk in its use.
Three common health problems for which people require medicines they do not need are[a]The common cold,[b]Minor cough and[c]Diarrhea.
The common cold is best treated by resting,drinking lots of liquids,and at the same,most taking aspirin,tetracycline,and other antibiotics do not help at all.
For minor coughs or even more severe coughs with think mucus or phlegm,drinking a lot of water will loosen mucus and ease the cough faster and better than cough syrup.Also breathing warm vapour brings greater relief than depending on cough syrup or other medicines that we do not need
When some medicines are used too often for minor problems,they loose their power to fight dangerous sickness.Medicines are often used too much,both by doctors and ordinary people.This is unfortunate for main reasons.
1.It is wasteful
2.It make people depend on something they do not need and often cannot afford.
People depend on medicine they do not need forgetting that,there is no medicine that does not have some risk in its use.
Three common health problems for which people require medicines they do not need are[a]The common cold,[b]Minor cough and[c]Diarrhea.
The common cold is best treated by resting,drinking lots of liquids,and at the same,most taking aspirin,tetracycline,and other antibiotics do not help at all.
For minor coughs or even more severe coughs with think mucus or phlegm,drinking a lot of water will loosen mucus and ease the cough faster and better than cough syrup.Also breathing warm vapour brings greater relief than depending on cough syrup or other medicines that we do not need
When some medicines are used too often for minor problems,they loose their power to fight dangerous sickness.Medicines are often used too much,both by doctors and ordinary people.This is unfortunate for main reasons.
1.It is wasteful
2.It make people depend on something they do not need and often cannot afford.
Wednesday 19 March 2014
do you know?if your diet is wrong,medicine is of no use...if diet is right.medicine is of no need...aired your view on it.most of the health crisis we face nowadays is as a result of what we feed on..you are what you eating, at the same time.,you are as good as what you eat.According to word health organization,we are to consume 5% of carbohydrate,15% of proteins,30% of fruits and vegetables and50% of whole grains..the questions is,how do you eat?do you eating accordingly or the other way round?
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