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Showing posts with label Healthy Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthy Life. Show all posts
Tips to Keep Healthy During Pregnancy
Maintain a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy is important for the baby remain healthy. During pregnancy will determine the growth and development of your baby later. Try these tips to keep healthy during pregnancy.
1. Control to the doctor regularly to check your pregnancy. Control should be done more frequently when the last months of your pregnancy. If you have a complaint or have any concerns on your pregnancy, check with your doctor.
2. Avoid materials or chemical substances that cause food poisoning such as insecticides, paints, materials that contain mercury (mercury) or lead.
3. Stop smoking if you are a smoker. Avoid become passive smokers because you are inhaling smoke from the surrounding areas, for example from your husband. Smoke from cigarettes would create some problems with your baby, such as the baby died in womb, babies get sick easily or slow in learning something, it can also cause you to have a miscarriage.
4. Drink a lot, especially water. Fluid that you drink is useful to help increase blood volume during pregnancy. Drink at least 6-8 glasses a day.
4. Drink a lot, especially water. Fluid that you drink is useful to help increase blood volume during pregnancy. Drink at least 6-8 glasses a day.
5. Consume nutritious foods for adequate nutrition for the mother and the baby in the womb. Consume healthy foods: rice or other carbohydrates, meat and other protein, vegetables, fruits and milk. Reduce fatty foods and eat lots of fibrous foods.
6. Wash your hands often, especially after handling meat during cooking or after using the restroom. Washing your hands will prevent the spread of germs and viruses that can cause disease. (dechacare)
6. Wash your hands often, especially after handling meat during cooking or after using the restroom. Washing your hands will prevent the spread of germs and viruses that can cause disease. (dechacare)
Healthy | Smart | Rich, at: 6/04/2012
Tips for Keeping Children's Health
Tips for keeping children's health. Maintain healthy lifestyle for children is one of particular concern for mothers, especially when the seasons are generally accompanied by a host of diseases. When the change of seasons is going on, the body adapt to the extra hard to face the weather changes from dry to rainy season. In the beginning, the air is hot and dry and suddenly become cold-damp. This condition, causing discomfort which also makes the body susceptible to disease. In general, the "pancaroba" will be preceded by rain that is uneven. This causes some areas are still dusty and hot tube.
Furthermore, dust and dirt that remained in the area easily flown by wind to other areas, and to be vectors (carriers) of disease. Children, especially toddlers are prone diseases in the transition seasons. If left unchecked, this will develop into adverse health problems.
Furthermore, dust and dirt that remained in the area easily flown by wind to other areas, and to be vectors (carriers) of disease. Children, especially toddlers are prone diseases in the transition seasons. If left unchecked, this will develop into adverse health problems.
A. Fever
Fever is one of the health problems that often occurs to children in the transition seasons. This is happening because in this transition season the children suffered a variety of germs (usually viruses) on a large scale. Fever is not an illness. But rather a sign that the body is building a defense against infection. More precisely, a fever can be a symptom of various diseases. Starting from a common infection to a serious infection.
Fever is one of the health problems that often occurs to children in the transition seasons. This is happening because in this transition season the children suffered a variety of germs (usually viruses) on a large scale. Fever is not an illness. But rather a sign that the body is building a defense against infection. More precisely, a fever can be a symptom of various diseases. Starting from a common infection to a serious infection.
B. Respiratory Diseases
One of the diseases in the transition season, preceded by a fever is a disease of the respiratory system. Fever that a symptom of respiratory disease is usually soft to moderate (37.4 to 39.4 degrees Celsius).
But in some cases of influenza in children, fever may reach 39.9 degrees Celsius. The early symptoms of respiratory disease is usually a cough, sometimes accompanied by shortness of breath or cough may also be accompanied by a runny nose, sneezing and the increase of body temperature.
One of the diseases in the transition season, preceded by a fever is a disease of the respiratory system. Fever that a symptom of respiratory disease is usually soft to moderate (37.4 to 39.4 degrees Celsius).
But in some cases of influenza in children, fever may reach 39.9 degrees Celsius. The early symptoms of respiratory disease is usually a cough, sometimes accompanied by shortness of breath or cough may also be accompanied by a runny nose, sneezing and the increase of body temperature.
Prevention and Treatment
1. Keeping the child's food intake. Adequate nutrition, according to the age, weight and your child's activity will increase the body's immune system so it will not be easily attacked by diseases
2. Complete it with a multivitamin. This supplement contains a variety of essential vitamins (which can not be made by the body). When given correctly - the composition and the dosage adjusted to the needs of children - a multivitamin can help to improve the resilience of the body so the body will not be easily attacked by diseases
3. Make sure that any food and beverages that consumed by children is guaranteed to be clean. In addition, it should be more hygienic in processing and preparing food from home, persuade children not to snack in vain. [dechacare]
1. Keeping the child's food intake. Adequate nutrition, according to the age, weight and your child's activity will increase the body's immune system so it will not be easily attacked by diseases
2. Complete it with a multivitamin. This supplement contains a variety of essential vitamins (which can not be made by the body). When given correctly - the composition and the dosage adjusted to the needs of children - a multivitamin can help to improve the resilience of the body so the body will not be easily attacked by diseases
3. Make sure that any food and beverages that consumed by children is guaranteed to be clean. In addition, it should be more hygienic in processing and preparing food from home, persuade children not to snack in vain. [dechacare]
Healthy | Smart | Rich, at: 5/20/2012
World's Most Nutritious Food
Choosing healthy food is an option. Make changes, especially in what you eat, is one of the easiest ways to manage and control our health. In addition to providing the required energy, the food that you consumed each day also plays an important role in preventing various diseases.
There are many healthy foods that you can easily get in nature. Here are the 5 most nutritious foods in the world that you should enter in the daily diet:
There are many healthy foods that you can easily get in nature. Here are the 5 most nutritious foods in the world that you should enter in the daily diet:
1. Avocado
Do not misinterpret the fat contained in avocado. The fat in avocado is included in the monounsaturated fat group so it will not make you obese. Avocado actually lowers cholesterol. The researchers found that replacing only 5 percent of calories from saturated fat (butter or cheese) in monounsaturated fats (avocado) can cut risk of heart attack more than 30 percent. Other additional benefits, avocado are also high in beta-sitosterol, plant sterols inhibit cholesterol absorption from food, act as anti-cancer compounds (glutatin) and powerful antioxidants.
2. Beans
Beans is actually good for your heart because it is able to absorb cholesterol. This is beneficial for the body because it can remove cholesterol before it attaches to the artery wall. The study found that diets high in soluble fiber can reduce total cholesterol by 10-15 percent. A recent study showed that foods derived from grains that are included in the top group with the highest antioxidant level category.
Do not misinterpret the fat contained in avocado. The fat in avocado is included in the monounsaturated fat group so it will not make you obese. Avocado actually lowers cholesterol. The researchers found that replacing only 5 percent of calories from saturated fat (butter or cheese) in monounsaturated fats (avocado) can cut risk of heart attack more than 30 percent. Other additional benefits, avocado are also high in beta-sitosterol, plant sterols inhibit cholesterol absorption from food, act as anti-cancer compounds (glutatin) and powerful antioxidants.
2. Beans
Beans is actually good for your heart because it is able to absorb cholesterol. This is beneficial for the body because it can remove cholesterol before it attaches to the artery wall. The study found that diets high in soluble fiber can reduce total cholesterol by 10-15 percent. A recent study showed that foods derived from grains that are included in the top group with the highest antioxidant level category.
3. Blueberries
The content of antioxidants in blueberries, called flavonoids, or better known as anthocyanins which serves to ward off heart disease, cancer and age-related blindness and decreased level of of memory. Just as cranberries, blueberries are proven to prevent urinary tract infections because epicatechins antioxidants that keep bacteria from sticking to the bladder wall. In fact, the fiber in blueberries effective in warding off constipation.
The content of antioxidants in blueberries, called flavonoids, or better known as anthocyanins which serves to ward off heart disease, cancer and age-related blindness and decreased level of of memory. Just as cranberries, blueberries are proven to prevent urinary tract infections because epicatechins antioxidants that keep bacteria from sticking to the bladder wall. In fact, the fiber in blueberries effective in warding off constipation.
4. Broccoli
Broccoli is a cancer-fighting foods because of the sulfur compounds, such as sulforaphane. Consume more broccoli can cut a person's risk of breast cancer, lung cancer, and colon cancer. Sulforaphane has also been proven to be effective to kill bacteria that cause ulcers.
Broccoli is also the best source of calcium and potassium, so good for bones and regulate your blood pressure. Vitamin C and beta-carotene can also protect your eyes from cataracts and keep brain cells from free radical attack.
5. Dark Chocolate
Dark chocolate contains large amounts of flavonoids, an antioxidant. In fact, the content of flavonoids in dark chocolate more than any other food. The study found that antioxidants can increase blood pressure, prevent blood clots, slow down the oxidation of LDL cholesterol, and reduce inflammation. Some research suggests that eating 45 grams (1.5 ounces) each day can reduce heart attack risk by 10 percent. By consuming dark chocolate it will reduce insulin resistance, the main problem behind diabetes. [dechacare]
Broccoli is a cancer-fighting foods because of the sulfur compounds, such as sulforaphane. Consume more broccoli can cut a person's risk of breast cancer, lung cancer, and colon cancer. Sulforaphane has also been proven to be effective to kill bacteria that cause ulcers.
Broccoli is also the best source of calcium and potassium, so good for bones and regulate your blood pressure. Vitamin C and beta-carotene can also protect your eyes from cataracts and keep brain cells from free radical attack.
5. Dark Chocolate
Dark chocolate contains large amounts of flavonoids, an antioxidant. In fact, the content of flavonoids in dark chocolate more than any other food. The study found that antioxidants can increase blood pressure, prevent blood clots, slow down the oxidation of LDL cholesterol, and reduce inflammation. Some research suggests that eating 45 grams (1.5 ounces) each day can reduce heart attack risk by 10 percent. By consuming dark chocolate it will reduce insulin resistance, the main problem behind diabetes. [dechacare]
Healthy | Smart | Rich, at: 5/19/2012
Interesting Facts About Women's Breasts
Actually, there are many more shocking facts about breast cancer, who previously may never know. Here are healthy life facts: 7 interesting facts about women's breasts, as described in the Times of India.
1. The left breast is usually larger
It is rather difficult to see. However, generally the size of the left breast is always bigger than the right. The size and shape of both breasts may not be the same. In fact, the nipple also vary in size from each other.
2. There is a fine hair on the nipples
How this occurs in women? Women also have hair that grows in the breast, on the nipple area. In fact, blackheads and acne can also appear on your breast.
3. The average breast weighs about 0.5 kilograms
Each breast is 4-5 percent of body fat. Thus, 1 percent of the total weight of a woman's body from fat in the breast. Breasts can be enlarged when the female adulthood. But remember, women smokers tend to have sagging breasts than those who do not smoke.
4. More than 2 million women have fake breasts
5. Breasts become larger when aroused
6. Breast becomes uncomfortable when shaken
Physical activity such as jogging, walking, and aerobics can cause shocking the breast. Therefore, wear a bra with the right size to minimize the movement so that you can also reduce pain in your breast. Remember, the primary function of the bra is to protect the health of your breasts.
7. Breasts can change shape
It sounds a bit ridiculous, but facedown during sleep is believed to alter the shape of the breast. Important to always keep the sleeping position in the right conditions to maintain the firmness and shape of your breasts. The best sleeping position is to sleep sideways and use a pillow as a cushion to keep the breast form is maintained during sleep.
How this occurs in women? Women also have hair that grows in the breast, on the nipple area. In fact, blackheads and acne can also appear on your breast.
3. The average breast weighs about 0.5 kilograms
Each breast is 4-5 percent of body fat. Thus, 1 percent of the total weight of a woman's body from fat in the breast. Breasts can be enlarged when the female adulthood. But remember, women smokers tend to have sagging breasts than those who do not smoke.
4. More than 2 million women have fake breasts
More than 2 million women have breast implants. This number shows that many women consider their breasts. But in reality, not all women who have breast surgery are satisfied with the results obtained. Research shows that the average age of women using the implant are 34 years old.
5. Breasts become larger when aroused
Just as the penis, the breast will enlarge and become tense when aroused. It also occurs in the nipple.
6. Breast becomes uncomfortable when shaken
Physical activity such as jogging, walking, and aerobics can cause shocking the breast. Therefore, wear a bra with the right size to minimize the movement so that you can also reduce pain in your breast. Remember, the primary function of the bra is to protect the health of your breasts.
7. Breasts can change shape
It sounds a bit ridiculous, but facedown during sleep is believed to alter the shape of the breast. Important to always keep the sleeping position in the right conditions to maintain the firmness and shape of your breasts. The best sleeping position is to sleep sideways and use a pillow as a cushion to keep the breast form is maintained during sleep.
Healthy | Smart | Rich, at: 4/16/2012
Spices Boost Metabolism
Wealth of spices which are abundant in my country (Indonesia) is actually not only can be used for cooking, but also for healthy life. A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition showed that a mixture of spices in foods can increase metabolism in the body. Spices Boost Metabolism.
According to researchers, by adding a combination of various spices such as turmeric, cinnamon, garlic, and pepper into the food significantly helps reduce triglyceride levels and insulin.
"Antioxidants such as spices may be important in reducing oxidative of stress and thereby reduce the risk of chronic disease," said Sheila West from Penn State University and colleagues.
In the experiments, the researchers involved six men who have excess weight from 30 to 65 years old. In the first part, volunteers regularly consume chicken, white rice, cheese bread, and desserts such as biscuits. After about a week, the volunteers had switched to eating foods with spice mixture. Then the menu is processed into curry chicken, sandwiches with herbs and biscuits from cinnamon.
Furthermore, researchers took blood samples of participants before meal and every 30 minutes for nearly four hours later. They found that the addition of spices to significantly reduce the insulin response (21 percent) and triglycerides (31 percent), although no effect on glucose.
"This significant effect is likely due to the high concentration of phenolic antioxidants in spices," the researchers said.
They concluded that incorporate the spice into the daily diet can help to normalize impaired glucose before and after meals and homeostasis of fat while increasing antioxidant defenses. (dechacare.com)
According to researchers, by adding a combination of various spices such as turmeric, cinnamon, garlic, and pepper into the food significantly helps reduce triglyceride levels and insulin.
"Antioxidants such as spices may be important in reducing oxidative of stress and thereby reduce the risk of chronic disease," said Sheila West from Penn State University and colleagues.
In the experiments, the researchers involved six men who have excess weight from 30 to 65 years old. In the first part, volunteers regularly consume chicken, white rice, cheese bread, and desserts such as biscuits. After about a week, the volunteers had switched to eating foods with spice mixture. Then the menu is processed into curry chicken, sandwiches with herbs and biscuits from cinnamon.
Furthermore, researchers took blood samples of participants before meal and every 30 minutes for nearly four hours later. They found that the addition of spices to significantly reduce the insulin response (21 percent) and triglycerides (31 percent), although no effect on glucose.
"This significant effect is likely due to the high concentration of phenolic antioxidants in spices," the researchers said.
They concluded that incorporate the spice into the daily diet can help to normalize impaired glucose before and after meals and homeostasis of fat while increasing antioxidant defenses. (dechacare.com)
Healthy | Smart | Rich, at: 4/15/2012
Tips for Healthy Life
As a form of the process of growing and evolving, human beings need a healthy lifestyle to improve themselves in order to live longer with a healthy and independent. A better life also will be obtained if humans are able to meet the needs of his body with a healthy source of food and food ingredients are not contaminated with chemicals that can damage the function of their organs.
Talking about healthy life, this is not only focusing on healthy food source, but is also associated with healthy habits in life and not less important is the ownership of a positive mindset. Humans who look at life more optimistically, believed to greatly affect the mental condition that eventually free them from the burden of thinking that may be experienced so as to avoid the disease usually caused by the emergence of thought, stress, and anxiety in their lives.
To that end, people are advised to eat healthy and nutritious because it's a very needed by the body, especially if the body in a state of fatigue or pain. To obtain a nutritious diet, this does not mean having to eat expensive food. Obtained food at affordable prices can be categorized as a health food recall foods made from materials that are not much use of chemicals derived from plants and fresh.
Getting enough sleep is also an alternative to creating a healthy lifestyle because when people do this, the muscles and brain during this work can be relaxing and resting. In addition, regular exercise can also help to reduce fat and cholesterol so that the fat deposits that lead to disease can be avoided. Do not to smoke, consume alcohol and caffeine are also able to protect the body from the obvious dangers of nicotine and damage the respiratory system of the human heart.
Healthy | Smart | Rich, at: 2/26/2012
Benefits of Drinking Water
Did you know that water has many benefits for pregnant women and their babies. Water helps prepare the body deal with various psychological changes in the body, from side effects and discomfort during pregnancy.
The benefits of drinking water are :
By drinking eight glasses of water per day, your body will get many benefits. But remember, drink mineral water or water that has been cooked to avoid things that are not desired.
Water that enters the body in sufficient quantities, will help eliminate unnecessary sodium and prevent urinary infections or Urinary Tract Infections (UTIS). This infection can cause the body to become dehydrated, especially the hormones of pregnancy cause you really need a lot of water. So drinking enough water will be very helpful.
Water is also needed to bring nutrients from the blood to the fetus in the womb, so it takes about one glass of water every hour. No wonder when the adequacy of drinking is also able to prevent you from being born prematurely in the third semester of pregnancy.
During pregnancy, blood volume in the body multiply and now reaches eight weeks of pregnancy your blood vessels running low. Now, water can help prevent hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Other effects, with much drinking you do not just avoid morning sickness, but was more visibly healthy skin and acne is not easy. In addition, water consumption is enough to help prevent the occurrence of constipation (constipation) and hemorrhoids disease. (dechacare)
By drinking eight glasses of water per day, your body will get many benefits. But remember, drink mineral water or water that has been cooked to avoid things that are not desired.
Water that enters the body in sufficient quantities, will help eliminate unnecessary sodium and prevent urinary infections or Urinary Tract Infections (UTIS). This infection can cause the body to become dehydrated, especially the hormones of pregnancy cause you really need a lot of water. So drinking enough water will be very helpful.
Water is also needed to bring nutrients from the blood to the fetus in the womb, so it takes about one glass of water every hour. No wonder when the adequacy of drinking is also able to prevent you from being born prematurely in the third semester of pregnancy.
During pregnancy, blood volume in the body multiply and now reaches eight weeks of pregnancy your blood vessels running low. Now, water can help prevent hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Other effects, with much drinking you do not just avoid morning sickness, but was more visibly healthy skin and acne is not easy. In addition, water consumption is enough to help prevent the occurrence of constipation (constipation) and hemorrhoids disease. (dechacare)
Healthy | Smart | Rich, at: 2/15/2012
Levels of Nicotine on Finger Nails to Predict Lung Cancer
An interesting study has been published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The study says that levels of nicotine are seen from the cut toenails to predict a person's risk of lung cancer. Researchers from the University of California San Diego; Harvard School of Public Health said the the study is trying to find out the number of cigarettes consumed ,through self reporting by patients can not accurately measure exposure to carcinogens (cancer-triggering substances) and to underestimate the adverse effects of smoking .
Therefore, the researchers tried to do research by using the pieces of the toe nails and found that in people who have the highest nicotine levels in its nail-risk 3.75 times more likely to suffer from lung cancer, regardless of smoking history report.
The scientists used a piece of the toe nails because nails grow slowly and over time, can provide a measure nicotine levels are more stable than saliva or urine. Chemical analysis of this kind is actually not new. Previously, hair analysis has been used extensively in the field of forensics and environmental science to detect exposure to toxic chemicals in the body. (medicastore/forum)
Healthy | Smart | Rich, at: 2/14/2012
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