Why do so many people take their health for granted? Why do so many abuse their bodies by smoking, drinking too much alcohol, taking too many drugs (prescription and over the counter), eating unhealthy foods, and not getting enough sleep? I think it’s a common misconception in today’s world to think that a “healthy state” just comes naturally with little effort. Add to that all the stress and environmental toxins our bodies are subjected to on a daily basis, and what you have is a recipe for disaster. Maybe in a controlled environment where you have to forage the land for your food as our ancestors once did, free from today’s many health hazards this would be true, but it’s just not the case. It takes a conscious effort on the part of each individual person to maintain a healthy diet, and a little common sense to avoid the many unhealthy temptations. Sure it’s easier to fill your shopping cart up with unhealthy foods, but is the time and money saved from checkout to the kitchen table worth it in the long run. If people spent the time and money they so effortlessly do on maintaining their material possessions (cars, boats, houses, etc.), and put it towards becoming healthy we wouldn't have nearly as many health related problems in this country.
Being healthy is a life choice, and it starts with a healthy diet. The benefits are endless, but the consequences of neglecting ourselves of this most primal need (proper nutrients) is often deadly. You wouldn't pour water in your gas tank (or use it in place of the engine oil) and expect to drive very far, yet you're doing it to yourself every time you consume unhealthy foods (heavily processed foods, refined sugars and flower, artificial additives, chemicals...), and Americans are consuming these foods at an unprecedented rate...and no one’s thinking twice about it. Only when something becomes a headline on the 6 o’clock news does it grab the public’s attention, but once the dust clears its right back to poor diet choices and a general lack of health concern.
It would take only one expensive bill from the mechanic for you to learn your lesson, yet a single American will spend thousands of dollars on doctors visits, medications, and major medical perseguers, all of which could potentially be avoided but instead are looked at as being "just part of life". Pharmaceutical companies would love for us to live forever, so long as we’re taking a handful of their “latest and greatest” pills that promise to solve all of our health problems. The truth is these medications (over the counter and prescription) simply suppress the symptoms, without ever curing the problem. I guess it’s a clever pitch though to a naive public; eat as poorly as you want, just take our drug once your body begins screaming for help (with all its aches and pains), and everything will be ok.
The sad thing is that with all our knowledge in the fields of science and medicine, we are far from the healthiest civilization on this planet. With all of todays "wonder drugs" and "modern medical miracles", our life expectancy for what we consider a "healthy person" is 40-50 years shy of some of the healthiest civilizations ever documented. It's not out of reach though, a healthy diet full of fresh organic fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and minimally processed foods, along with exercise, and you’re on your way to a long healthy life.
Living with allergies can be difficult, some harder than others. Being allergic to both soy and dairy, I know this first hand. So with the hopes of educating others, I have created a very informative blog with a focus on living soy and dairy free, while maintaining a healthy diet. My belief in natural healing and natural cures is the driving force behind my desire to be as healthy as I can be...body and mind.
By: mike misakent
Advice on the Correct Ways of Breathing
Everyone understands the fact that oxygen is momentous for humans. That is one of the reasons that people breathe to provide oxygen to all of their organs. Without the availability of sufficient amount of oxygen, your brain, glands, nerves and other internal organs will never become able to perform optimally. It is enough to present the importance of oxygen that you can live without food for few days, but, without oxygen, no chance.
As mentioned that oxygen is momentous, so, you will have to take right steps to provide your body with the optimum level of oxygen. Remember, if there will be a blockage of oxygen to your heart, heart failure can be the result. So, you must understand the importance of supplying enough oxygen to your body and internal organ.
Breathing is the way to provide your body with the required amount of oxygen. However, there is a proper technique of breathing that can help you to supply the right amount of oxygen to your body. Here, you must be thinking that you already know as how to breathe as it’s just natural.
Well, the process of breathing surely occurs naturally, but, there are specific benefits that can be enjoyed after making some conscious efforts.
It is pertinent to mention here that there are lots of people who breathe in an unhealthy way. Actually, it’s all about maintaining a right posture while breathing. For instance, some people can have different types of jobs where they may have to sit in bad postures like slouched positions.
In these positions, supply of oxygen to their lungs can get hampered which can lead to shortened breaths. Those are the people who should be informed about the right way of breathing as oxygen is essential to purify blood stream and that can not done without going with a right breathing technique.
Apart from postures, people always remain in a hurry. It’s actually quite obvious as if you want to compete with the world, you will have to work faster. However, this should not affect your breathing technique or you will have to live with low vitality. So, you must always try to get relaxed and breathe properly and deeply. Don’t go for shallow and half breaths.
Also, you must make a conscious effort to find out as if you are breathing from nose or from mouth. There are some people who don’t ever realize that they breathe from mouth. You must shun this habit and must try to breathe through nose as it changes the temperature of air and purify it to certain extent.
So, the crux of the matter is that people breathe in an unhealthy way not consciously, but, unconsciously. When it becomes a habit, you will never be able to figure it out. However, if you think that you are not enjoying the best health and having a limited stamina or vitality, then you must review your breathing techniques.
In this regard, you can also join some centers to learn the correct techniques of breathing. Obviously, there is nothing as effective as having a live demonstration of correct breathing techniques.
By: Jim White
Everyone understands the fact that oxygen is momentous for humans. That is one of the reasons that people breathe to provide oxygen to all of their organs. Without the availability of sufficient amount of oxygen, your brain, glands, nerves and other internal organs will never become able to perform optimally. It is enough to present the importance of oxygen that you can live without food for few days, but, without oxygen, no chance.
As mentioned that oxygen is momentous, so, you will have to take right steps to provide your body with the optimum level of oxygen. Remember, if there will be a blockage of oxygen to your heart, heart failure can be the result. So, you must understand the importance of supplying enough oxygen to your body and internal organ.
Breathing is the way to provide your body with the required amount of oxygen. However, there is a proper technique of breathing that can help you to supply the right amount of oxygen to your body. Here, you must be thinking that you already know as how to breathe as it’s just natural.
Well, the process of breathing surely occurs naturally, but, there are specific benefits that can be enjoyed after making some conscious efforts.
It is pertinent to mention here that there are lots of people who breathe in an unhealthy way. Actually, it’s all about maintaining a right posture while breathing. For instance, some people can have different types of jobs where they may have to sit in bad postures like slouched positions.
In these positions, supply of oxygen to their lungs can get hampered which can lead to shortened breaths. Those are the people who should be informed about the right way of breathing as oxygen is essential to purify blood stream and that can not done without going with a right breathing technique.
Apart from postures, people always remain in a hurry. It’s actually quite obvious as if you want to compete with the world, you will have to work faster. However, this should not affect your breathing technique or you will have to live with low vitality. So, you must always try to get relaxed and breathe properly and deeply. Don’t go for shallow and half breaths.
Also, you must make a conscious effort to find out as if you are breathing from nose or from mouth. There are some people who don’t ever realize that they breathe from mouth. You must shun this habit and must try to breathe through nose as it changes the temperature of air and purify it to certain extent.
So, the crux of the matter is that people breathe in an unhealthy way not consciously, but, unconsciously. When it becomes a habit, you will never be able to figure it out. However, if you think that you are not enjoying the best health and having a limited stamina or vitality, then you must review your breathing techniques.
In this regard, you can also join some centers to learn the correct techniques of breathing. Obviously, there is nothing as effective as having a live demonstration of correct breathing techniques.
By: Jim White
Strengthen your Immune System, Immune System Booster
Strengthen your immune system so you have less time off this cold and flu season. Many will attempt to protect themselves with flu shots, high doses of Vitamin C and excessive hand washing. You can intensify your immune effect by adding exercise to your immune strengthening regimen.
Coughs, colds, and the flu can get in the way of our lives and cause us to miss work and miss out on fun. It is hard to feel attractive and motivated when our eyes are red, nose is running, and we are feeling under the whether.
The Immune system is the main line of defensive energy for the body. It protects the body from invasion of infectious microorganism such as viruses, bacteria, and invading parasites. These organisms are present in our daily lives in food, water, and exposure to people and animals. Every time you eat or drink, these bacteria's and microorganisms enter the body.
Weakening of the immune system makes us vulnerable to every type of illness that affects humans. Some common signs of impaired immune functions include fatigue, lassitude, repeated infections, inflammation, allergic reactions, slow wound healing, chronic diarrhea and infections related to overgrowth of benign organisms already present in the body, such as oral thrush, vaginal yeast infections and other fungal infections.
It is not surprising, then, that research into colostrum was initially aimed at determining its value as a dietary or nutritional supplement. From this research, we now know that the same immune factors in colostrum that are so beneficial in developing the immune systems of infants also have beneficial effects on the immune systems of older children and adults. For people of all ages, colostrum is a safe, natural, and effective way to maintain immune system health and strengthen immune system function.
Natural health medicine is one of many tools available to complement a natural health lifestyle. Because it can naturally combine with normal body processes, to strengthen your immune system, you can become naturally resistant to numerous afflictions, waiting to invade. There are many people who have derived benefit from the use of natural medicine, to the extent that it has reduced their requirement for traditional and unpredictable alternatives.
Mushrooms have an immune substance that enhances immune response by helping the production of white blood cells. It brings vitality to the cells by increasing cellular metabolism, removing toxins and preventing free radical damage. Also mushrooms have been reported to significantly reduce stress and has shown beneficial in relieving joint pain and strengthening the skeletal and neuro-muscular systems of the body. The best kind of mushroom is shiitake.
Coughs, colds, and the flu can get in the way of our lives and cause us to miss work and miss out on fun. It is hard to feel attractive and motivated when our eyes are red, nose is running, and we are feeling under the whether.
The Immune system is the main line of defensive energy for the body. It protects the body from invasion of infectious microorganism such as viruses, bacteria, and invading parasites. These organisms are present in our daily lives in food, water, and exposure to people and animals. Every time you eat or drink, these bacteria's and microorganisms enter the body.
Weakening of the immune system makes us vulnerable to every type of illness that affects humans. Some common signs of impaired immune functions include fatigue, lassitude, repeated infections, inflammation, allergic reactions, slow wound healing, chronic diarrhea and infections related to overgrowth of benign organisms already present in the body, such as oral thrush, vaginal yeast infections and other fungal infections.
It is not surprising, then, that research into colostrum was initially aimed at determining its value as a dietary or nutritional supplement. From this research, we now know that the same immune factors in colostrum that are so beneficial in developing the immune systems of infants also have beneficial effects on the immune systems of older children and adults. For people of all ages, colostrum is a safe, natural, and effective way to maintain immune system health and strengthen immune system function.
Natural health medicine is one of many tools available to complement a natural health lifestyle. Because it can naturally combine with normal body processes, to strengthen your immune system, you can become naturally resistant to numerous afflictions, waiting to invade. There are many people who have derived benefit from the use of natural medicine, to the extent that it has reduced their requirement for traditional and unpredictable alternatives.
Mushrooms have an immune substance that enhances immune response by helping the production of white blood cells. It brings vitality to the cells by increasing cellular metabolism, removing toxins and preventing free radical damage. Also mushrooms have been reported to significantly reduce stress and has shown beneficial in relieving joint pain and strengthening the skeletal and neuro-muscular systems of the body. The best kind of mushroom is shiitake.
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) has been scientifically shown to kill all gram positive and gram negative bacteria. A small spray bottle of the tincture of the flowering tops can be used to spray the inside of the nose, killing any bacteria lurking there. Spraying tincture in your nose does sting a little and makes the eyes water, but don't dilute it - the alcohol is antibacterial to
By: John Adison
Ten tips for good health
TEN Tips for Good Health
Start your day with breakfast.
First thing in the day begins with the Breakfast fills your "empty tank" to get you going after a long night without food. And it can help you do better in any place. Easy to prepare breakfasts include cold cereal with fruit and low-fat milk, whole-wheat toast with peanut butter, and some fruit etc.
Get Moving!
It's easy to fit physical activities into your daily routine. Walk, bike or jog to see friends. Take a 10-minute activity break every hour while you read, do homework or watch TV. Climb stairs instead of taking an escalator or elevator. Try to do these things for a total of 30 minutes every day. Then you will be a healthy person.
Snack Smart.
Snacks are a great way to refuel. Choose snacks from different food groups a glass of low-fat milk and a few graham crackers, an apple or celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins, or some dry cereal. If you eat smart at other meals, cookies, chips and candy are OK for occasional snacking.
Work up a sweat.
Vigorous work-outs when you're breathing hard and sweating help your heart pump better, give you more energy and help you look and feel your best. Start with a warm-up that stretches your muscles. Include 20 minutes of aerobic activity, such as running, jogging or dancing. Follow-up some activities that help make you stronger such as push-ups or lifting weights. Then cool-down with more stretching and deep breathing.
Balance your food choices don't eat too much of one thing.
You don't have to give up foods like hamburgers, French fries and ice cream to eat healthfully. You just have to be smart about how often and how much of them you eat. Your body needs nutrients like protein, carbohydrates, fat and many different vitamins and minerals such as vitamins C and A, iron and calcium from a variety of foods.
Get fit with friends or family.
Being active is much more fun with friends or family. Encourage others to join you and plan one special physical activity event, like a bike ride or hiking, with a group each week.
Eat more grains, fruits and vegetables.
These foods give you carbohydrates for energy, plus vitamins, minerals and fiber. Besides, they taste good! Try breads such as whole-wheat, bagels and pita. Spaghetti and oatmeal are also in the grain group Banana, strawberries and water melons are some great tasting fruits. Try vegetables raw, on a sandwich or in a salad.
Join in physical activities at school.
Whether you take a physical education class or do other physical activities at school, such as intramural sports, structured activities are a sure way to feel good, look good and stay physically fit.
Foods aren't good or bad.
A healthy eating style is like a puzzle with many parts. Each food is different. Some foods may have more fat, sugar or salt while others may have more vitamins or fiber. There is a place for all these foods. What makes a diet good or bad is how foods fit together. Balancing your choices is important. Fit in a higher-fat food, like pepperoni pizza, at dinner by choosing lower-fat foods at other meals. And don't forget about moderation. If two pieces of pizza fill you up, don't eat a third.
Make healthy eating and physical activities fun!
Start your day with breakfast.
First thing in the day begins with the Breakfast fills your "empty tank" to get you going after a long night without food. And it can help you do better in any place. Easy to prepare breakfasts include cold cereal with fruit and low-fat milk, whole-wheat toast with peanut butter, and some fruit etc.
Get Moving!
It's easy to fit physical activities into your daily routine. Walk, bike or jog to see friends. Take a 10-minute activity break every hour while you read, do homework or watch TV. Climb stairs instead of taking an escalator or elevator. Try to do these things for a total of 30 minutes every day. Then you will be a healthy person.
Snack Smart.
Snacks are a great way to refuel. Choose snacks from different food groups a glass of low-fat milk and a few graham crackers, an apple or celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins, or some dry cereal. If you eat smart at other meals, cookies, chips and candy are OK for occasional snacking.
Work up a sweat.
Vigorous work-outs when you're breathing hard and sweating help your heart pump better, give you more energy and help you look and feel your best. Start with a warm-up that stretches your muscles. Include 20 minutes of aerobic activity, such as running, jogging or dancing. Follow-up some activities that help make you stronger such as push-ups or lifting weights. Then cool-down with more stretching and deep breathing.
Balance your food choices don't eat too much of one thing.
You don't have to give up foods like hamburgers, French fries and ice cream to eat healthfully. You just have to be smart about how often and how much of them you eat. Your body needs nutrients like protein, carbohydrates, fat and many different vitamins and minerals such as vitamins C and A, iron and calcium from a variety of foods.
Get fit with friends or family.
Being active is much more fun with friends or family. Encourage others to join you and plan one special physical activity event, like a bike ride or hiking, with a group each week.
Eat more grains, fruits and vegetables.
These foods give you carbohydrates for energy, plus vitamins, minerals and fiber. Besides, they taste good! Try breads such as whole-wheat, bagels and pita. Spaghetti and oatmeal are also in the grain group Banana, strawberries and water melons are some great tasting fruits. Try vegetables raw, on a sandwich or in a salad.
Join in physical activities at school.
Whether you take a physical education class or do other physical activities at school, such as intramural sports, structured activities are a sure way to feel good, look good and stay physically fit.
Foods aren't good or bad.
A healthy eating style is like a puzzle with many parts. Each food is different. Some foods may have more fat, sugar or salt while others may have more vitamins or fiber. There is a place for all these foods. What makes a diet good or bad is how foods fit together. Balancing your choices is important. Fit in a higher-fat food, like pepperoni pizza, at dinner by choosing lower-fat foods at other meals. And don't forget about moderation. If two pieces of pizza fill you up, don't eat a third.
Make healthy eating and physical activities fun!
Take advantage of physical activities you and your friends enjoy doing together and eat the foods you like. Be adventurous try new sports, games and other activities as well as new foods. You'll grow stronger, play longer, and look and feel better! Set realistic goals don't try changing too much at once.
By: Shabari Nath
Is your health worth the risk or prevention?
* Prevention:
- Every one of us is responsible for the way of life being experienced by every person that weaves the details of his life as it pleases, and all reflect the way followed by the internal motivations and how to think.
But at the same time, we can not denial of the fact that "prevention is better than cure" and the word is synonymous prevention "protection and primary health care" is any action to be followed to protect the rights of the disease or to predict and reduce its implications. It is also concerned with the advancement of the level of human health and protection from infection or infectious diseases, both non-communicable diseases.
- What is the difference between the form of prevention in health and quality of life?
There is a big difference between the concept of health and quality of life, health is a part of all is one of the elements that determine the quality of life it is a tool and not an end. It is also the supplier of the resources of our daily lives to achieve an acceptable level of quality of life.
Health is not merely the absence of disease, but how to prevent it and here is the ability of humans to adapt to the challenges of life, but variables and control through the adoption of some of the methods in the personal life but in the environment around them.
We must not mistake the understanding of a healthy lifestyle that depends on the manner in which the deprivation of rights of many things, but is simply a way to keep us from serious diseases, and makes us live a happy life pleasant satisfied as long as possible, and we do not try to deceive death, but an attempt to live without pain or illness or suffering or anger because the long lifetime + the pain and the disease does not pay.
- The elements of healthy life:
- The equivalent of a healthy lifestyle:
- A proper diet.
- Exercise + movement.
- Air.
- Water.
- The light of the sun.
- Rest and relaxation.
- A positive emotional habits, such as: laughter, love and a spirit of optimism.
- A healthy environment.
- Human behavior itself.
- The role of genetic factors.
- Refrain from smoking.
- Will review in some detail some of these elements as follows:
- Genetic factor (genetic inheritance):
Possible that when a person inherits his mother's eye, smile, etc. But seriously ... the genetic extend much further, especially at the age of progress in the individual time to discover many of the inherited diseases, it is not easy or easy. The genetic factor is one of the important factors that contribute to the prevention of many diseases or predictable so that they can be remedied at an early stage
Diseases where the genetic factor plays a major role: breast cancer, heart disease, diabetes, blood pressure, some mental illnesses, such as eye problems related to the blue waters, oblivion, ... alcoholism and other diseases if the other was a member of your family and in particular class I (father - mother - brother - sister - son) suffering from one of these diseases are likely to inherit an existing, but can not say so at the same time. Because many of these diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, depression and diseases are controlled by genetic factors in addition to other factors and find that other factors are (especially those related to mental illness than) the pressures that are around us in the environment, support systems, to try to keep pace with changes. Those related to a bit of physical diseases are: poor diet, smoking, obesity, lack of exercise
* Those are some statistics for some genetic diseases:
- Breast cancer:
The proportion of inheritance of the disease from 5% to 10%, and predictable to those of their first-degree relatives (mother, sister, daughter) Oseben Oseben disease or cancer of the uterus and pelvis and colon. Higher than the proportion of infection than their first-degree relatives, and living with the disease from 6 to 10 times that of patients with no history in the family
- Prostate cancer:
Same thing for this disease, it has had a brother and father were from the disease here Vtaatdhaaf chance of infection and even the possibility of diagnosis at an early stage.
- Heart disease:
For heart disease, regardless of type, whether boy or girl, man or woman, family history, which involves the specific diseases, such as: heart disease, or diabetes, or gout, or high blood pressure or high cholesterol ratio. All this increases the likelihood of heart disease.
- Diabetes:
It is a disease in which genetics play a big role, if the father was suffering from diabetes (type I) the possibility of the son or daughter's injury in place by 1: 17, as well as Ms. pregnant before the age of 25, and the prospect of her child to inherit the disease represents a ratio of 1: 25.
- The blue water on the eye:
This disease is hereditary and is also detrimental to the vision of the eye, it must be continuously examined to detect the disease at an early stage and therefore are protected eye.
- Depression:
Is not the physical person is affected by the genetic factor, but the psychological state and mental well as genes, plays an important role of genetic factor in kind. Thus, depression is Etwarth members of the same family, where a person inherits the disease of depression if it is first-degree relatives suffer from it (the father, sister, brother, father, daughter) and the rate of transmission of the disease = 25%.
These are examples of some diseases can be genetic factor plays a big role in which opportunities prevention of these diseases or detect at an early stage increases the chances of raising the quality of human life to live a healthy life as long as possible, and here comes the role of the physician to conduct tests to reduce the incidence of these opportunities diseases. If there were patients in the family history for heart disease, you can avoid the injury by adopting a proper diet and exercise activity athlete. For breast cancer tests done in addition to monthly self-examinations and X because the medical intervention at an early stage of these diseases increase the chances of life.
- Diet:
Food can be either a cause of life or loss of rights, the use of an unbalanced diet and too many diseases because of the human person and thus affect the quality of life: cancer, heart disease, diabetes, strokes. Also, obesity is one of the problems related to our system of feeding the wrong, which in turn lead to the incidence of other problems including: high blood pressure, arthritis and heart attacks. Therefore, we must focus our attention not only on how much to eat, but also on the type, and these are some of the outlines of each person must be at least in the diet (food pyramid).
- Eat more foods that have fiber because they prevent infection with many diseases.
- Eat more fruits, grains and fresh vegetables.
- The intake of food for the four food groups food pyramid because many of the regulations repealed slimming group or two of these foods, but this is not true that the health or diet should be integrated so that it does not catch the human disorder and the person quickly becomes bored of the slimming effect, leading counter-productive and the most important thing of all is how to reduce these times and the number of meals eaten.
- Reduce the percentage of calories covered and this does not mean that the calculation of the amount of calories, but you have to note whether your food is high in thermal Sarath or low. In general, foods with a high proportion of fat is also high in portions, including: meat, cheese, whole milk, candy, alcohol and pastries.
- Cutting down on foods with a high proportion of fat and you have to take up the bread, cereals, rice and pasta instead of the food and the health of the province as well as it helps you lose weight.
- Avoid too much to take the egg yolk, liver, because of the high-cholesterol ratios.
- Avoid too much to deal with the brown and white sugar added to foods or sugar, as well as sweets.
- Avoid caffeine because it dealt with lead to osteoporosis.
- You have to deal with increasing the milk and water to that in which there is calcium.
- Avoid eating spices and condiments as they prepared to cause trouble, such as: black pepper, curry, recovered.
- Avoid eating fats: including butter and margarine.
- Avoid eating hydrogenated oils: they harm the arteries and to increase the fatty tissue in the body.
- Avoid eating white flour products such as pancakes, biscuits and chips because they are difficult digestion.
- Not too much salt.
- Avoid eating pickles and vinegar products because they are difficult in digestion as well.
- To avoid eating any processed foods, fast food preparation.
- Avoid eating yellow cheese because it is high fat.
- Every one of us is responsible for the way of life being experienced by every person that weaves the details of his life as it pleases, and all reflect the way followed by the internal motivations and how to think.
But at the same time, we can not denial of the fact that "prevention is better than cure" and the word is synonymous prevention "protection and primary health care" is any action to be followed to protect the rights of the disease or to predict and reduce its implications. It is also concerned with the advancement of the level of human health and protection from infection or infectious diseases, both non-communicable diseases.
- What is the difference between the form of prevention in health and quality of life?
There is a big difference between the concept of health and quality of life, health is a part of all is one of the elements that determine the quality of life it is a tool and not an end. It is also the supplier of the resources of our daily lives to achieve an acceptable level of quality of life.
Health is not merely the absence of disease, but how to prevent it and here is the ability of humans to adapt to the challenges of life, but variables and control through the adoption of some of the methods in the personal life but in the environment around them.
We must not mistake the understanding of a healthy lifestyle that depends on the manner in which the deprivation of rights of many things, but is simply a way to keep us from serious diseases, and makes us live a happy life pleasant satisfied as long as possible, and we do not try to deceive death, but an attempt to live without pain or illness or suffering or anger because the long lifetime + the pain and the disease does not pay.
- The elements of healthy life:
- The equivalent of a healthy lifestyle:
- A proper diet.
- Exercise + movement.
- Air.
- Water.
- The light of the sun.
- Rest and relaxation.
- A positive emotional habits, such as: laughter, love and a spirit of optimism.
- A healthy environment.
- Human behavior itself.
- The role of genetic factors.
- Refrain from smoking.
- Will review in some detail some of these elements as follows:
- Genetic factor (genetic inheritance):
Possible that when a person inherits his mother's eye, smile, etc. But seriously ... the genetic extend much further, especially at the age of progress in the individual time to discover many of the inherited diseases, it is not easy or easy. The genetic factor is one of the important factors that contribute to the prevention of many diseases or predictable so that they can be remedied at an early stage
Diseases where the genetic factor plays a major role: breast cancer, heart disease, diabetes, blood pressure, some mental illnesses, such as eye problems related to the blue waters, oblivion, ... alcoholism and other diseases if the other was a member of your family and in particular class I (father - mother - brother - sister - son) suffering from one of these diseases are likely to inherit an existing, but can not say so at the same time. Because many of these diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, depression and diseases are controlled by genetic factors in addition to other factors and find that other factors are (especially those related to mental illness than) the pressures that are around us in the environment, support systems, to try to keep pace with changes. Those related to a bit of physical diseases are: poor diet, smoking, obesity, lack of exercise
* Those are some statistics for some genetic diseases:
- Breast cancer:
The proportion of inheritance of the disease from 5% to 10%, and predictable to those of their first-degree relatives (mother, sister, daughter) Oseben Oseben disease or cancer of the uterus and pelvis and colon. Higher than the proportion of infection than their first-degree relatives, and living with the disease from 6 to 10 times that of patients with no history in the family
- Prostate cancer:
Same thing for this disease, it has had a brother and father were from the disease here Vtaatdhaaf chance of infection and even the possibility of diagnosis at an early stage.
- Heart disease:
For heart disease, regardless of type, whether boy or girl, man or woman, family history, which involves the specific diseases, such as: heart disease, or diabetes, or gout, or high blood pressure or high cholesterol ratio. All this increases the likelihood of heart disease.
- Diabetes:
It is a disease in which genetics play a big role, if the father was suffering from diabetes (type I) the possibility of the son or daughter's injury in place by 1: 17, as well as Ms. pregnant before the age of 25, and the prospect of her child to inherit the disease represents a ratio of 1: 25.
- The blue water on the eye:
This disease is hereditary and is also detrimental to the vision of the eye, it must be continuously examined to detect the disease at an early stage and therefore are protected eye.
- Depression:
Is not the physical person is affected by the genetic factor, but the psychological state and mental well as genes, plays an important role of genetic factor in kind. Thus, depression is Etwarth members of the same family, where a person inherits the disease of depression if it is first-degree relatives suffer from it (the father, sister, brother, father, daughter) and the rate of transmission of the disease = 25%.
These are examples of some diseases can be genetic factor plays a big role in which opportunities prevention of these diseases or detect at an early stage increases the chances of raising the quality of human life to live a healthy life as long as possible, and here comes the role of the physician to conduct tests to reduce the incidence of these opportunities diseases. If there were patients in the family history for heart disease, you can avoid the injury by adopting a proper diet and exercise activity athlete. For breast cancer tests done in addition to monthly self-examinations and X because the medical intervention at an early stage of these diseases increase the chances of life.
- Diet:
Food can be either a cause of life or loss of rights, the use of an unbalanced diet and too many diseases because of the human person and thus affect the quality of life: cancer, heart disease, diabetes, strokes. Also, obesity is one of the problems related to our system of feeding the wrong, which in turn lead to the incidence of other problems including: high blood pressure, arthritis and heart attacks. Therefore, we must focus our attention not only on how much to eat, but also on the type, and these are some of the outlines of each person must be at least in the diet (food pyramid).
- Eat more foods that have fiber because they prevent infection with many diseases.
- Eat more fruits, grains and fresh vegetables.
- The intake of food for the four food groups food pyramid because many of the regulations repealed slimming group or two of these foods, but this is not true that the health or diet should be integrated so that it does not catch the human disorder and the person quickly becomes bored of the slimming effect, leading counter-productive and the most important thing of all is how to reduce these times and the number of meals eaten.
- Reduce the percentage of calories covered and this does not mean that the calculation of the amount of calories, but you have to note whether your food is high in thermal Sarath or low. In general, foods with a high proportion of fat is also high in portions, including: meat, cheese, whole milk, candy, alcohol and pastries.
- Cutting down on foods with a high proportion of fat and you have to take up the bread, cereals, rice and pasta instead of the food and the health of the province as well as it helps you lose weight.
- Avoid too much to take the egg yolk, liver, because of the high-cholesterol ratios.
- Avoid too much to deal with the brown and white sugar added to foods or sugar, as well as sweets.
- Avoid caffeine because it dealt with lead to osteoporosis.
- You have to deal with increasing the milk and water to that in which there is calcium.
- Avoid eating spices and condiments as they prepared to cause trouble, such as: black pepper, curry, recovered.
- Avoid eating fats: including butter and margarine.
- Avoid eating hydrogenated oils: they harm the arteries and to increase the fatty tissue in the body.
- Avoid eating white flour products such as pancakes, biscuits and chips because they are difficult digestion.
- Not too much salt.
- Avoid eating pickles and vinegar products because they are difficult in digestion as well.
- To avoid eating any processed foods, fast food preparation.
- Avoid eating yellow cheese because it is high fat.
- Not eat more ice cream, potato chips and popcorn and soda.
And moderation in dealing with food is the ideal solution, each component of diet is important for building and development of the human body can not overlook the element at the expense of every other component of food necessary for human life, but moderation is the solution to any problem or face possible rights in the future.
- The practice of sporting activity:
Assist and contribute to the necessities of life and prosperity in human laziness in the absence of any effort is to use the car, elevator, computer ... etc.. In addition, in light of modern technology, there has been no human free time in order to exercise or sports activity is something that increases the chances of heart disease and many other diseases, we will not mention here, but we will mention the benefits that can accrue to you from the sports activity.
- Lowers blood pressure.
- Control the weight.
- Increase the proportion of high-density Allibobrotin level in the blood (an indicator of the ratio of good cholesterol).
- Limiting diabetes.
- Gain the flexibility of muscles and provide the body energy.
- Increase the efficiency of the work of blood vessels and to expand.
- Help you to quit smoking.
- Prolong life, as studies have shown that the low rate of mortality among the elderly who have a sports activity.
- Help to reduce tension and anxiety.
- Reduces the risk of colon cancer.
- Increases the force with muscle.
- Increases the force with muscle.
- Strengthen the tissue.
- Increase the efficiency of the heart, by increasing the body's blood pumping and prevent Altjltat.
- Increase the efficiency of the work of the digestive system because of the sporting activity more than the speed of blood circulation in the human body in the return of blood to the heart of the digestive system, which is in the process of digestion at the same time help the digestive system to restore normal
- Increase the efficiency of the respiratory system (lung) because it helps to enter as much as possible from the air to the lungs and with the least effort.
- Help to make use of oxygen and then distributed to the body's cells.
- Gain permanent rights of youth, strength, vitality and attractiveness.
- Earned the spirit of optimism and keeps him on the pressure.
- Helps to relax and sleep and mental processes to be better and the completion of work without feeling tired.
- Contribute to the upbringing of children in a healthy way to build bones and muscles and all the members of the body.
- Advised doctors to work in the sports activity to prevent the occurrence of stroke, kidney Hasawy, and to compensate the losses of calcium of patients who Ilasmon bed for a long time, and it is beneficial to the bones in the case of bone fractures, where Icassap flexibility, flexibility and return to normal.
- Gain rights of self-confidence.
You can practice many sports activities such as: walking, swimming, running, tennis, volleyball ... etc.. Or practice some exercises to give your body flexibility, flexibility, and if you have problems breathing or heart or bones or problems relating to aging, you have to consult a doctor first so that you develop a plan tailored to your needs in addition to that must begin gradually in the exercise of any activity Pushup or keep it with, say, three times a week for 30 minutes at a time and then gradually increase up to 60 minutes and you can start with five to ten minutes is also a possibility if you have a non-significant and that would lead to the desired results and should not be overly the exercise of any activity that Siardk of the harm and damage, that there will be periods of rest.
And any activity that requires a sports-specific fitness program to increase the flexibility of the body and fitness is not subject to any damage or injury related to fitness and any plan should include five basic elements (A, B to fitness):
- Flexibility.
- Durability, which depends on wind energy.
- Muscular endurance.
- Muscle power.
- Physical training.
- We can divide the sports activities of two types:
- The type depends on the use of wind energy.
- Depends on the type of anaerobic energy use.
- Activities that rely on wind energy: the flexibility of contributing to an increase in cardiovascular, which is where the effort of the muscle can convert fuel to the internal energy and the effort required to supply the heart muscle with oxygen and help this effort added to the heart muscle to strengthen and increase the efficiency and activity-dependent the wind power is found in: walk, swim, run, jump and ride a calf ... etc..
- The activities that rely on anaerobic energy: the energy-supplying the body muscles to carry out its operations through a chemical process does not require the presence of oxygen, and gain the object of these activities: flexibility, stamina, fitness, increase speed in the performance of the body moves and skills of many other physical object Although the activities of this kind of stressful, we find the following types: bowling, golf, weightlifting and volleyball.
- Smoking:
Are you ready to stop smoking? If the answer is yes, you are a brave person and deserves all the appreciation and respect for people can not Ijabbark to that, but in order to protect your health and maintain the elegant looks and be an example to those who Isgrunk age. Everyone knows you do not want to continue this bad habit, but the fear of weight gain is a real problem Twrqk not it?! But I think that the increase in weight than the lesser of the damage caused by cigarettes and the person Djanha smoker and non smoker. We see what are the reasons for weight gain. Three reasons:
- Because the nicotine in cigarettes that are helping the human and the loss of weight, leaving the cigarette disappear when the influence of nicotine.
- And that, when leaving the rights of smoking are held water in the body, leading to an increase in weight.
- To use the body more calories a result of stopping smoking and therefore the human need to eat more food, resulting in increased caloric intake and thereby increasing the weight of rights.
- The disadvantages of smoking:
- Increased heart rate.
- The body of approximately 4000 chemicals in cigarette per 40 cause disease, including cancer.
- Exposure to lung cancer and the proportion of women than men: 22-12
- Exposure to infection and diseases of heart attacks, strokes, chronic bronchitis and other lung diseases.
- The problems of passive smoking for non-smokers.
- How to overcome negative habit?
- Through the use of alternative health habits:
- Drinking lots of water and juices.
- Meeting with friends to avoid places where smokers are smoking.
- The practice of sport.
- Go to places where smoking is not allowed, including the cinema.
- Request support and encouragement from friends.
- Avoid exposure to the positions where the pressure and tension, and you have to postpone the idea of quitting smoking if you have problems to be overcome.
- Relaxation and sleep.
- Do not put yourself in a testing phase and you have a final and a one-time smoking cigarettes.
- You walk a lot.
- Avoid eating caffeine in any form whatsoever.
- Eat more vegetables and fruit.
- Consult a doctor if necessary so the body compensates for the nicotine dose used by the body to be addressed.
- Stay away from certain habits that you exercised during the Tdechenk of cigarettes, such as reading the newspaper to be rid of this habit
- Do not bother the increase in weight (mean excessive here) because that is normal with a commitment to a proper diet.
- When quitting smoking, we find that the body get rid of the effects of the handling of the last cigarette after 12 hours, and starts the heart and lung condition in the restoration of the natural ease with the return of breathing and the disappearance of cough associated with smoking as it reduces the risk of death from diseases related to this bad habit and the most important thing is actively contributing to purifying the air around us.
- The pressure of life and Alrahpk
Was in defiance of human life for many of the pressures and therefore result from the injury of numerous diseases, including heart disease, lung disease and nervous colon, neck pain, back pain, depression, insomnia, fatigue, leading to the adoption of the Rights of stimulant to increase focus. But the best solution is rest and recuperation for the shipment and the strength of why you Qguak, learning flexibility, and the propagation of the vitamins will help you to relax, get as much sleep as possible because it benefits your immune, you change in your lifestyle. The psychological treatment of any person who is good in the floor, the floor and kind words of encouragement here, the positive words, when people are encouraged in the harsh conditions of psychological words such as psychological treatment and reduce the impact of tensions and pressures that face and even prevent many infectious diseases such as stomach ulcers , high blood pressure, diabetes, mental illness ... etc.. There are simple and easy method can be performed by any human being to regulate the flow of energy to the body through massage (massage) it is one of the most successful ways to help the human to relax and rest.
- Environment:
Rights is the first official whether he wants to live a peaceful life or not, depending on his behavior towards the environment, which would result in improving the conditions of health and human well-being. The relationship between health and the environment, but a complex overlapping of the very health of rights derived from the environment within which they live and live among different variables and the multiple forms and types of environment that we live inside a bit:
- Agricultural environment.
- Industrial environment.
- Financial environment.
- Political environment.
- Environment, universities, research centers, scientific institutions.
- The media environment.
Environment - public and private sectors.
Environment - non-governmental bodies such as trade unions.
Environment - the competent bodies at all levels.
- Tools of the Environmental Health Department Main:
- The provision of health information system Albiiipz
- Identification and definition of environmental risk.
- Legislative framework for the law binding.
- Further action officer.
- Environmental health services.
- Education and professional training.
- General information, health-related education.
- Public participation.
- A scientific research and technological development.
- Air:
Can not live without any living organism is a vital element of air, you can live a few weeks without food, days without water, but you can not live only minutes without air.
And persons who suffer from problems in Tnevshm lack of access to adequate oxygen affects their lives, and similarly if Tnevsna way Khatipe the air up to the body's cells are not sufficient and therefore affect the operations of the body. There is a simple and easy way to get as much air as possible from the body needs to function efficiently.
When you wake up to take the same deep and repeated such a thing all day it helps to open the chest and lungs, so that the adequate Aisalhma air breathing lung surface is not only detrimental, but the whole body Vkonk fill only the upper part of the chest and the air because the air does not reach the lung, but only to each cell of the body's cells.
- There must be adequate ventilation of the house.
- Tried to eliminate the largest possible time between the green parks and because the air there is fresh air.
- Breathing through the nose healthier to breathe through the mouth because the mouth membrane heated Moisturizes and purifies the air inside of the body. The correct method of breathing is done through the chest and abdomen, the chest is not only leading to the feeling of weariness and fatigue, but causes anemia and infection of human breathing is not easy.
- The light of the sun:
Everything depends on our world in the light of the sun Without the sun can not life on the Earth's surface. The sun's rays destroy the harmful bacteria, and the body has been helping to reduce blood pressure by 8% in addition to the practice of sports activity, and reduce cholesterol, reduce blood sugar impact being such as insulin, and increases the white cells, and facilitate the process of breathing and make it deeper and slower . They also reduce the magic rays of heart rate, and increases the light of the sun from the blood's ability to carry as much as possible and transfer oxygen to the tissues of the body. The mere one-time exposure to ultraviolet light to sunlight increases the oxygen content in the blood and its impact will continue for several days. For asthma patients who find it difficult to breathe after taking a bath in the sun will find breathing easier and less powerless in the heart pulse rate. And more sunlight from the body's ability to produce material Alidrnabann, and gain the body calm and relaxed, especially those who suffer from stomach ulcers. But you must be vigilant against the sun and exposure to them often during the summer so as not to fall victim to sunstroke.
- Water:
Water is the best medicine on earth but is the most precious minerals, and water represents about 60% of the total composition of the human body and we can say that many of the cells within the human body swimming in the water. Carrying water, food and oxygen to the tissues and one of the means whereby the body get rid of harmful substances. When the man is assisted by a warm bath to relax and calm the nervous as well as it opens the pores of the skin. And drink water frequently very useful to prevent Bhsoat kidney infection, constipation, and avoiding the rights to be the same or the smell of urine is smelly, and we find that the body loses about 12 Cuba of water through sweat through the skin and lung of the more frequent that you drink water when waking up from sleep all day.
- And draw from the foregoing that there are determinants of health:
- The level of income and social status: not intended by the amount of wealth here, but how to distribute so as to enable individuals to take more positive steps towards health. No doubt that the higher the income level where there is potential that the person can maintain their health, and also the higher the social status as a positive contribution to the quality of human life, not here necessarily requires the availability of material capabilities, but we mean the high level of awareness and health education, maintenance health does not only require money in many cases, Valenzafp can be the basis for our health and the prevention of many diseases.
- Social support networks: that helps and encourages people to deal with the adjustment and attitudes and living conditions. The Specialist in the Social Affairs to work or school or university, psychologists, social institutions of the Ministry of Social Affairs.
- Education: is a combination of information and skills that an individual to cope with the challenges of life and unable to participate in the community for employment and other activities.
- And conditions of employment: the conditions of those on the economic stability and environmental health-related work.
- Elements of the environment: the protection of water, air and soil, to provide adequate housing, food ... etc..
- Health services: The provision of services in primary care and preventive health, including raising a child before and after birth as well as providing special services to lift the immune system, increased health education programs.
- Child-rearing to health: in the presence of positive paternity and maternity and the provision of vaccinations.
- Practice personal: the behavior of every person to be able to protect itself from which the disease through the many challenges confronting the development of capacity for self-reliance and problem-solving to increase the opportunities for support and promotion of health.
- Genetic factors: the capacity of a child born at the autopsy and the psychological and mental, which has evolved with the life cycle.
- Steps to a healthy lifestyle:
- You follow the following:
- Helping others.
- You have to be sensitive but not influenced by everything going on around you.
- All fresh food.
- Drink lots of water.
- Wear cotton clothing or any normal tissue of your skin can breathe through it.
- Avoid negative people and ideas.
- Learn how to laugh.
- Stop watch serious television news, especially if you are in a bad psychological state.
- Follow the diet balanced properly.
- March sport.
- Stay Thbora You do not slow the frustration of the results.
- Spend most of the time with those you love.
- Always remember you You are responsible only for the process of change is not waiting for others to make you such a step.
- Start by changing your thoughts to see the healthy life that they are not deprived of the things that you like to see this change as an adventure of discovery and the results you want.
- Far from everything, and a negative means frustration, whether in the form of ideas or people.
- In the end, we find that compliance with the law of natural health-based moderation in every and any thing is the simplest and easiest ways to prevent health and safe ... Think about that good?!
Five Things You Can Do Right Now to Improve Your Health
By: Lynn Jaffee
Everyone wants to be in the best best health possible. Sleeping well, having lots of energy and living a pain-free life are attainable goals for most of us. Unfortunately, there is so much confusing information available as to how we can be our healthiest, that it's hard to know where to start. Almost daily we hear about some new drug that can lower cholesterol, balance blood sugar, help you lose weight, decrease your blood pressure, ease your pain, or help whatever health condition you may have. We read about miracle foods, the perfect vitamin, tropical juices, and power drinks that are the answer to all your health concerns
Unfortunately, there is no miracle food and most medications only address the symptoms of disease; they rarely cure. Sure, you may feel better for a while, but more often than not, your symptoms return, or you need to continually take greater amounts of medications to obtain the same effectiveness.
What if there were a way to treat the source of your health problems? To make them go away and never come back. This may sound like a tall order, but it happens every day, and has been happening every day for thousands of years. An effective system of healing has been helping people like you feel their best for centuries. That system of healing is Chinese medicine.
When we think about Chinese medicine, most of us think about acupuncture, which is an important component, but acupuncture isn't the only thing that Chinese medicine has to offer. The ancient Chinese sages believed that the best way to stay healthy is through lifestyle and proper diet. Even when someone became sick, the first treatment would often be food therapy and lifestyle changes. Only if those measures failed, would they turn to acupuncture and herbs for a cure.
There are a number of life habits and dietary guidelines based on the teachings of Chinese medicine that are available to each of us. The following guidelines are simple enough, but can impact your health dramatically.
1) Eat according to Chinese food theory. Most people who are trying to improve their health give a considerable amount of thought to what they should eat. Unfortunately, as a culture, we tend to label foods as either good or bad, which has us eliminating whole food groups from our diet.
The Chinese look at food in a different way. Rather than getting bogged down in which food is good and which food is bad, they look at digestion as the key to healthy eating. The healthiest food in the world is useless if your digestion is poor.
Think of your digestive process as a pot of soup simmering over a low heat, say 98 degrees, the temperature of our body. If you add a 24 oz. frozen drink or ice cream to that pot of soup, it stops simmering, and it takes a long time for the soup to get back its warmth to continue cooking. The same is true of your digestion. When you eat or drink very cold foods, it slows your digestion and takes a lot of your internal energy to warm it up again. Eating lots of raw vegetables and fruits have a similar effect. Your energy is consumed in the digestive process.
According to Chinese theory, if you “predigest” foods by cooking them a little bit, they will be better digested and as a result, will be more easily absorbed and converted into the nutrients your body needs for good health. Ideal meals include soups, stews, and stir fries.
As for exactly what to eat, you don't have to look any further than your neighborhood Chinese restaurant for the answer. Eat lots of vegetables, a little protein, a little carbohydrate in the form of whole grains, a little fruit and small amounts of everything else. Drink warm tea or room temperature fluids with your meal.
2) Get moving. If such a thing as the fountain of youth existed, it would probably be in the form of physical activity. The benefits of a regular exercise program are endless, from improved cardiovascular health, better strength and balance, improved immunity, and relief from stress.
According to Chinese theory, moving your body also helps to move energy, which can get blocked, causing pain and illness. There is no one best way to exercise, but in order to avoid overdoing it, try to combine some vigorous movement that makes you breathe hard with one or more of the gentler forms of exercise. Yoga, stretching, Tai Qi, Qi Gong, or simply walking are all considered gentle and relaxing ways to move your body.
3) Get your stress control. There are really only two kinds of emotions: the positive kind that enhance your health, and the negative kind that drain your energy and make you susceptible to illness. The Chinese believe that the emotions are the cause of all internal illnesses. They may have something here, especially when we look at the negative impact of stress on our bodies.
Stress causes chemical reactions in your body, where certain hormones are released that can affect everything from your immune system to your digestion. Inflammatory conditions, arthritis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and even weight gain can be caused by the hormonal changes brought on by stress.
So how to get a handle on stress? We're all aware of the many methods, classes and exercises available to relieve stress. However, when you're overwhelmed with all the things on your “to do” list, one more class or exercise just becomes another stressful thing to do. The good news is that you can benefit from as little as three minutes of some kind of meditation. A couple of simple (and quick) fixes:
-Breathe in by expanding your rib cage and belly to a count of four. Hold to a count of seven and release by flattening your belly towards your spine to a count of eight.
-Visualize yourself in a favorite and relaxing place, which can be real or imagined. Spend a few minutes filling in all the details: what you see in every direction, sounds, smells, etc. By doing this, your brain releases the same “feel good” chemicals as if you were actually in that place.
4) Preserve your Essence. In Chinese medicine, your health and the length of your life is determined by something called Essence, or your essential life force. The strength of your Essence is determined by a combination of genetics, your physical constitution, and lifestyle.
One of the smartest ways to stay healthy is to preserve your Essence by living wisely, and not becoming run down. Some of the ways you deplete your Essence is by overworking, not eating well, skimping on the sleep, and trying to do too many things. Also considered depleting is too much partying, having too many children and having sex too often.
Wise living means getting enough sleep to rejuvenate your body. It means working, but not too hard. Exercising too much, studying and long hours in front of a computer screen are also considered overworking. Eating adequate amounts of the right kinds of food (see above) also protect your Essence.
5) Explore Acupuncture. Acupuncture is an ancient healing system that originated in China thousands of years ago and is still successfully in practice today. It works by addressing the source of your health problem--not just by relieving symptoms. Acupuncture works by balancing energy within your body, which may sound out there and new age. However, every cell in your body produces energy in the form of ATP. The Chinese just operate on the premise that your energy moves in pathways throughout your body. When people become ill or have pain, it's because that energy is blocked in some way or it's depleted. The goal of acupuncture it to restore or maintain health by unblocking or increasing the flow of energy.
The World Health Organization has identified over sixty health conditions that acupuncture can treat, from pain to mental health conditions to digestive problems. In addition, acupuncture is a great way to maintain your good health, too. Give it a try!
Everyone wants to be in the best best health possible. Sleeping well, having lots of energy and living a pain-free life are attainable goals for most of us. Unfortunately, there is so much confusing information available as to how we can be our healthiest, that it's hard to know where to start. Almost daily we hear about some new drug that can lower cholesterol, balance blood sugar, help you lose weight, decrease your blood pressure, ease your pain, or help whatever health condition you may have. We read about miracle foods, the perfect vitamin, tropical juices, and power drinks that are the answer to all your health concerns
Unfortunately, there is no miracle food and most medications only address the symptoms of disease; they rarely cure. Sure, you may feel better for a while, but more often than not, your symptoms return, or you need to continually take greater amounts of medications to obtain the same effectiveness.
What if there were a way to treat the source of your health problems? To make them go away and never come back. This may sound like a tall order, but it happens every day, and has been happening every day for thousands of years. An effective system of healing has been helping people like you feel their best for centuries. That system of healing is Chinese medicine.
When we think about Chinese medicine, most of us think about acupuncture, which is an important component, but acupuncture isn't the only thing that Chinese medicine has to offer. The ancient Chinese sages believed that the best way to stay healthy is through lifestyle and proper diet. Even when someone became sick, the first treatment would often be food therapy and lifestyle changes. Only if those measures failed, would they turn to acupuncture and herbs for a cure.
There are a number of life habits and dietary guidelines based on the teachings of Chinese medicine that are available to each of us. The following guidelines are simple enough, but can impact your health dramatically.
1) Eat according to Chinese food theory. Most people who are trying to improve their health give a considerable amount of thought to what they should eat. Unfortunately, as a culture, we tend to label foods as either good or bad, which has us eliminating whole food groups from our diet.
The Chinese look at food in a different way. Rather than getting bogged down in which food is good and which food is bad, they look at digestion as the key to healthy eating. The healthiest food in the world is useless if your digestion is poor.
Think of your digestive process as a pot of soup simmering over a low heat, say 98 degrees, the temperature of our body. If you add a 24 oz. frozen drink or ice cream to that pot of soup, it stops simmering, and it takes a long time for the soup to get back its warmth to continue cooking. The same is true of your digestion. When you eat or drink very cold foods, it slows your digestion and takes a lot of your internal energy to warm it up again. Eating lots of raw vegetables and fruits have a similar effect. Your energy is consumed in the digestive process.
According to Chinese theory, if you “predigest” foods by cooking them a little bit, they will be better digested and as a result, will be more easily absorbed and converted into the nutrients your body needs for good health. Ideal meals include soups, stews, and stir fries.
As for exactly what to eat, you don't have to look any further than your neighborhood Chinese restaurant for the answer. Eat lots of vegetables, a little protein, a little carbohydrate in the form of whole grains, a little fruit and small amounts of everything else. Drink warm tea or room temperature fluids with your meal.
2) Get moving. If such a thing as the fountain of youth existed, it would probably be in the form of physical activity. The benefits of a regular exercise program are endless, from improved cardiovascular health, better strength and balance, improved immunity, and relief from stress.
According to Chinese theory, moving your body also helps to move energy, which can get blocked, causing pain and illness. There is no one best way to exercise, but in order to avoid overdoing it, try to combine some vigorous movement that makes you breathe hard with one or more of the gentler forms of exercise. Yoga, stretching, Tai Qi, Qi Gong, or simply walking are all considered gentle and relaxing ways to move your body.
3) Get your stress control. There are really only two kinds of emotions: the positive kind that enhance your health, and the negative kind that drain your energy and make you susceptible to illness. The Chinese believe that the emotions are the cause of all internal illnesses. They may have something here, especially when we look at the negative impact of stress on our bodies.
Stress causes chemical reactions in your body, where certain hormones are released that can affect everything from your immune system to your digestion. Inflammatory conditions, arthritis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and even weight gain can be caused by the hormonal changes brought on by stress.
So how to get a handle on stress? We're all aware of the many methods, classes and exercises available to relieve stress. However, when you're overwhelmed with all the things on your “to do” list, one more class or exercise just becomes another stressful thing to do. The good news is that you can benefit from as little as three minutes of some kind of meditation. A couple of simple (and quick) fixes:
-Breathe in by expanding your rib cage and belly to a count of four. Hold to a count of seven and release by flattening your belly towards your spine to a count of eight.
-Visualize yourself in a favorite and relaxing place, which can be real or imagined. Spend a few minutes filling in all the details: what you see in every direction, sounds, smells, etc. By doing this, your brain releases the same “feel good” chemicals as if you were actually in that place.
4) Preserve your Essence. In Chinese medicine, your health and the length of your life is determined by something called Essence, or your essential life force. The strength of your Essence is determined by a combination of genetics, your physical constitution, and lifestyle.
One of the smartest ways to stay healthy is to preserve your Essence by living wisely, and not becoming run down. Some of the ways you deplete your Essence is by overworking, not eating well, skimping on the sleep, and trying to do too many things. Also considered depleting is too much partying, having too many children and having sex too often.
Wise living means getting enough sleep to rejuvenate your body. It means working, but not too hard. Exercising too much, studying and long hours in front of a computer screen are also considered overworking. Eating adequate amounts of the right kinds of food (see above) also protect your Essence.
5) Explore Acupuncture. Acupuncture is an ancient healing system that originated in China thousands of years ago and is still successfully in practice today. It works by addressing the source of your health problem--not just by relieving symptoms. Acupuncture works by balancing energy within your body, which may sound out there and new age. However, every cell in your body produces energy in the form of ATP. The Chinese just operate on the premise that your energy moves in pathways throughout your body. When people become ill or have pain, it's because that energy is blocked in some way or it's depleted. The goal of acupuncture it to restore or maintain health by unblocking or increasing the flow of energy.
The World Health Organization has identified over sixty health conditions that acupuncture can treat, from pain to mental health conditions to digestive problems. In addition, acupuncture is a great way to maintain your good health, too. Give it a try!
Skin Care
* Skin:
- Given the nature of the skin net beautiful children, but the age of adolescence and youth and the indelible mark of this class and the charm of the net and begin the skin epidermis in the composition of grain and stains. And begin to widen the pores of the skin, allowing bacteria and microbes from the skin of the face and the invasion of the formation of fatty patches, and finally ... wrinkles.
We can not stop or prevent this process, but we can limit the spread quickly. , Through the survival of the skin clean, and drinking large quantities of water and protect the skin as much as possible from the sun, which is the main cause for the emergence of the effects of age on the skin (the inability of the skin).
* Skin problems:
- Acne:
Such a situation occurs at the stage of adolescence. Acne bacteria can become, and if one of these pills Bg remain forever and turn into patches of the face.
Drinking a large quantity of water, and work on the survival of skin and hair and hands clean, avoid touching the face grain or patches can be useful in the treatment of acne.
In cases of severe infection should consult a doctor can describe a few doses of antibiotics to reduce the growth of bacteria.
- Wrinkles:
The skin remains moist in the presence of fat in the infrastructure layer of the skin, and water in the middle class. The outer layer of the skin is a dead skin cells and any quantity of refreshments can not restore life to this class.
Although the facial creams with good value, as it protects the skin from the dust and the vagaries of the weather and the sun.
But to protect the skin from the drought, more should be the amount of drinking plenty of water or liquids in general, away from alcohol.
The best treatment for wrinkles is to avoid the harsh diet that exhaust all the fat in the skin, avoid prolonged exposure to the sun (sunbathing) because it makes the external layer of skin is very thick. Finally, smoking, exhaust Aloostron.
- Skin rash / inflammation:
Some types of skin rash or inflammation of the skin friction is the result of the sensitivity of Bmspb (ear earrings, gum paste in the materials). These expire at the end of substantiated cases of sensitivity. There are also cases of inflammation such as eczema and psoriasis.
There may also be sensitive so that the result of exposure to the nerve of some people more susceptible to any stress.
The conventional treatment in these cases is the cream Alasterod despite the fact that many people prefer other types of treatment such as acupuncture.
- Skin cancer:
Spread of the disease by more between the white.
The reasons for the spread of several factors, such as: entry into force of the ozone layer, and the proliferation of fashion russet skin.
Best advice is to avoid exposure to sunlight for long periods and, if necessary, must cover the skin well.
If you want to acquire the russet color of the skin does not do so on a regular basis or for a long time so as not to cause your skin to burn under the sun.
If you are exposed to sunlight for a long time during the sport or walking or in the sea where the sun reflected in the use of large must creams or various materials that reflect the sun rays (SPF 15 +) and ultraviolet A, B, despite the existence of a relationship between the burning of the skin sun and skin cancer, but there is no conclusive evidence that the articles that reflect the sun's rays and protects the skin which can protect from cancer as well.
- Given the nature of the skin net beautiful children, but the age of adolescence and youth and the indelible mark of this class and the charm of the net and begin the skin epidermis in the composition of grain and stains. And begin to widen the pores of the skin, allowing bacteria and microbes from the skin of the face and the invasion of the formation of fatty patches, and finally ... wrinkles.
We can not stop or prevent this process, but we can limit the spread quickly. , Through the survival of the skin clean, and drinking large quantities of water and protect the skin as much as possible from the sun, which is the main cause for the emergence of the effects of age on the skin (the inability of the skin).
* Skin problems:
- Acne:
Such a situation occurs at the stage of adolescence. Acne bacteria can become, and if one of these pills Bg remain forever and turn into patches of the face.
Drinking a large quantity of water, and work on the survival of skin and hair and hands clean, avoid touching the face grain or patches can be useful in the treatment of acne.
In cases of severe infection should consult a doctor can describe a few doses of antibiotics to reduce the growth of bacteria.
- Wrinkles:
The skin remains moist in the presence of fat in the infrastructure layer of the skin, and water in the middle class. The outer layer of the skin is a dead skin cells and any quantity of refreshments can not restore life to this class.
Although the facial creams with good value, as it protects the skin from the dust and the vagaries of the weather and the sun.
But to protect the skin from the drought, more should be the amount of drinking plenty of water or liquids in general, away from alcohol.
The best treatment for wrinkles is to avoid the harsh diet that exhaust all the fat in the skin, avoid prolonged exposure to the sun (sunbathing) because it makes the external layer of skin is very thick. Finally, smoking, exhaust Aloostron.
- Skin rash / inflammation:
Some types of skin rash or inflammation of the skin friction is the result of the sensitivity of Bmspb (ear earrings, gum paste in the materials). These expire at the end of substantiated cases of sensitivity. There are also cases of inflammation such as eczema and psoriasis.
There may also be sensitive so that the result of exposure to the nerve of some people more susceptible to any stress.
The conventional treatment in these cases is the cream Alasterod despite the fact that many people prefer other types of treatment such as acupuncture.
- Skin cancer:
Spread of the disease by more between the white.
The reasons for the spread of several factors, such as: entry into force of the ozone layer, and the proliferation of fashion russet skin.
Best advice is to avoid exposure to sunlight for long periods and, if necessary, must cover the skin well.
If you want to acquire the russet color of the skin does not do so on a regular basis or for a long time so as not to cause your skin to burn under the sun.
If you are exposed to sunlight for a long time during the sport or walking or in the sea where the sun reflected in the use of large must creams or various materials that reflect the sun rays (SPF 15 +) and ultraviolet A, B, despite the existence of a relationship between the burning of the skin sun and skin cancer, but there is no conclusive evidence that the articles that reflect the sun's rays and protects the skin which can protect from cancer as well.
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