People are now well aware about benefits of choosing good food, that is having healthy eating habits, what food should we consume to what food we should not have. Yet with this information wide spread on Internet, we struggle in eating the right kind of food. Most of time we begin with healthy eating but over extended period of time we don’t maintain eating right food and we succumb to eating foods which are high on calories and low in essential nutrients. The reason behind the diversion from healthy eating is rushed lifestyle, ongoing stress, and the attraction of eating sinful food and easily availability and low prices of these foods. Thus we end up having more cholesterol in our body. Cholesterol is core component that turns into fats or is the adipose tissues in body. One solution  [...]

Common man has stereotype that vitamin supplements are company’s gimmicks for marketing and getting more customers. Most of the people think that food supplements have no use. one of the best counter arguments that common people give in against the supplements is that some years ago there were no such food supplements, vitamins supplements, or such products. Then also during those years people were healthy and lived much longer back then. They didn’t require any supplements! To reply to this counter argument, lets take in the picture of the situation of today. People of those years were able to get the required and proper nutrition of the minerals and the vitamins from the food which they used to eat. But today people are living fast life, where in people eat more of junk food, for they  [...]

People desire to lose weight. For that they skip meals and still they are not able to lose weight as they desire to. Skipping meals, or eating less and still weight is not getting less? Don’t you wonder as why is weight not getting lost from you? The very answer to these queries is the metabolism rate of the body. The metabolism principle of the body is not understood by all, which is very important to be considered when person is going on diet to lose weight. Whatever diet you follow its important to know one’s metabolism rate. To begin with metabolism is body’s rate through which person body turns the calories from food into energy. Metabolism rate is inherited, yet there are things which can affect the rate of metabolism. One of the biggest mistake that person on diet does is skipping  [...]

Running is one of the best ways to keep you healthy. A best workout, which can helps in keeping lungs, heart healthy. Also running is believed to be best for losing weight. Running is for everyone, not just for athletes. You can run over in some speed to some distance, running suits to people with different levels of fitness and their abilities. In parks there are tracks for people to jog and run. You should utilize those places. Running will help in building stamina. Basic requirements for running: You can’t run in uptight casual clothes, or in your gowns, in your tuxedo’s well for running you need to wear clothes which are loose, in which you are comfortable and feel at ease will running. And most important you need to wear right shoes for running. Shoes which are designed for the  [...]

Do you notice the contents of the food items that you buy? Do you read and heed when it is written added sugar. Do you keep a count of sugar in your diet? If you are not paying attention to these, then like most of the people you are calling for risk to your health. Because if you are not paying attention to these things, then you are consuming more sugar in the food and beverages when you eat and drink, because such foods have added sugar in them. It’s believed that excess of sugar is also one of the reasons obesity is caused and also causing some health problems. You must be wondering should you have sugar or not? Well it’s not necessary that you avoid sugar. Here am not discussing about people who have Diabetes, but people who are not affected with diabetes. Such people can have sugar.  [...]

RLS or Restless Legs Syndrome is a kind of neurological disorder which is characterized by an unpleasant sensation in the legs. Such sensations give out an uncontrollable urge to move while they are still. You feel that moving your feet will get rid of this unpleasantness that has gripped the feet. Sensations that arise from the RLS are described as – Burning Tugging Creeping Insects crawling feeling Such feelings are called paresthesias (or abnormal sensations) or the dysesthesias (or abnormal and unpleasant sensations). The sensations can get really annoying; they will first cause irritation and then get painful. Most paradoxical aspect of such a condition are the symptoms of restlessness which hit hard when you are sitting down or lying down for relaxing. A lot of people  [...]

Wheezing is the whistling noise which is seen during breathing. This happens when the airways get too narrow due to inflammation. It happens mostly when you breathe out and it is a symptom of asthma. Other asthma symptoms include cough, breath shortness, and chest tightness. The people who are suffering from asthma might face one or all three symptoms. Wheezing and asthma - the common symptom It is said that wheezing is one of the most common asthma symptom and this is the reason why a lot of asthma patients seek medical help. During wheezing, you hear a high pitched sound of whistle while breathing through the mouth and nose. In most of the cases, wheezing is a common occurrence which is heard during inhaling and exhaling. Such wheezing sound is happens when the lungs are narrow. This narrowing  [...]

Asthma is chronic respiratory disorder which occurs due to constriction of the bronchial passages of the patients. Air pollution often acts as trigger for asthma. When anyone gets asthma attack, the air ways get closed and hence there are problems of breathing, wheezing, and coughing. Such symptoms of asthma are mostly due to air pollution. Anyone having chronic asthma should make sure that environment which surrounds him is totally pollution free and this includes office and home. The people who are suffering from asthma should avoid going to the highly polluted places. Here I am blogging about some air pollution effects on the asthma patients – Aggravation of symptoms of asthma : Medical experts say that pollution aggravates the symptoms of asthma in the people who are already suffering  [...]

The rates of brain cancer survival are defined in the medical terms as percentage of the people with certain type and stage of the brain cancer who are surviving the disease for specific period after the diagnosis. Surviving of brain cancer is a different story for different people. There are renditions which might warm your heart and there are others which might shake you up totally. However, it is important to remember that the survival depends on a lot of factors like The brain cancer type Location of the brain cancer Tumor size Cancer grade Overall general patient’s health and the immunity levels The relative rates of survival There are different methods used for calculating rates for the different purposes. Relative survival rate considers percentage of patients that  [...]

Ionizing radiation is known to be carcinogenic and a lot of studies conducted all over have given enough evidences to support this fact. These studies include the survivors in the Japanese atomic bomb explosion, the people who receive radiation in very high doses for treatment of cancer, the people who are exposed to a lot of radiation at their work places (like uranium miners) and the people who are exposed to radiation in some accidents like the Chernobyl disaster. Most of the studies on the links between radiation and cancer involved the people from 4 groups mentioned above and it shows that there was a small increase in cancer risk contraction because of the increased exposure to radiation. Studies also say that the exposure to radiation is responsible for different cancer types but it  [...]

Myocardial Infarction is a medical term and it denotes heart attacks. It occurs when there is a decrease in the oxygen flow which contains blood to the different parts of a human heart. In such cases, if the flow of blood towards affected regions of your heart aren’t restored then the ailing heart muscle die. One way to delay or prevent such heart attack is to exercise regularly. If you wish to prevent a heart attack, then you should be exercising regularly. The fitness routine must include both cardiovascular exercises and strength training. But the patients of are already suffering from heart attack and are looking to start exercising for prevent further heart attacks must seek a doctor or else the problems might aggravate. There are plenty of benefits of exercising and hence people  [...]

Concussion is a brain injury which occurs due to accident directly to the head. During such accidents, the brain of the patient wobbles inside the skull and this leads to swelling and bruising of the brain tissues. Child can get concussion if they have had any accidents while playing any outdoor games or while running in the park. If any child has had any such accidents involving the head then he should see a doctor immediately. There are various symptoms of concussion in children and I am blogging about them here – Fatigue Concussion can cause trauma to the brain of the patient. When the head goes through any accidents, then the brain tissues swell and the pressure inside too increases. Signals are then sent by the brain to slow down in order to hasten the healing process. Thus the patient  [...]