SCIENCE AND HEALTH FACTS

EATING A BALANCED DIET HELPS IN STAYING HEALTHY Eating a balanced diet implies taking the right classes of food in their right quantities. A diet refers  to the food we eat in a 24-hour time, or a month. a good diet promotes a healthy living. There are a lot of factors that must be taken into consideration when healthy eating is concerned! Such factors include: 1. WHAT WE EAT What we eat affects our health in a lot of ways. For instance, breakfast is a very important meal in a day and must be taken accordingly. This helps in controlling body weight and so on. Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel explain in the journal, Obesity that a big breakfast (one containing about 700% calories) is better for weight loss and also lowers the risk of developing a heart disease, high cholesterol and diabetes. the research also went further to stress that the rice we consume matters as well as what we eat. The most important part of healthy eating is the balanced diet. What w...

Migraine headaches are one of those headaches, which can occur anytime if exposed to trigger factors. In contrast to general headache, this type is one which occurs at a gap of certain time period, ranging from a fortnight to a month as well.  Generally speaking, migraine headache is a type, where there occurs a throbbing pain mostly on one side of head and this pain contrary to general ones can last for a much longer span of time and is more excruciating. Hence, one should be extra careful regarding them.  Migraine headaches can be divided into two categories:             Aura type: in this case a person usually gets a sensation some time before actual pain begins. This time period is generally half an hour to one hour. In this case, there are two types of feeling: A visual blurring happens. A person might have a blackout or may see variety of patterns, zigzag lines. This can also cause sense of dizziness. A person can suddenly feel a ...

Having a better butt is a part of beauty. This is because it adds to the beautification of an individual, especially the ladies. How can one (a lady) build a better butt? This can be achieved by a succession of exercises and or practices. such exercises include:     1. Booty Boot Camp: If you feel your "rear view" needs a makeover, the right fitness routine can help give you a lift. Can you achieve the "perfect" Brazilian beach butt seen on TV? That depends partly on your body type and genes. But most everyone can shape up to look better in jeans. These pictures show you the moves.      2. Meet Your Glutes The shape of the buttocks is defined by muscles known as the glutes. That's the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus, as well as the fat that lies over them. Walking, running, and climbing all work the glutes. Strength training that targets these muscles can help give you a tighter, more rounded look. Adding a few butt-busting moves t...

Symptoms You Shouldn't Ignore  By Kara Mayer Robinson   Most aches and pains aren't a sign of something serious, but certain symptoms should be checked out. See a doctor if you feel any of these things:    1. Weakness in Your Arms and Legs If you get weak or numb in your arm, leg, or face, it can be a sign of a stroke, especially if it's on one side of your body. You could also be having a stroke if you can't keep your balance, feel dizzy, or have trouble walking. Get help quickly if you suddenly can't see well, get a bad headache, feel confused, or have problems speaking or understanding. "Caught early, it is often reversible," says internist Jacob Teitelbaum, MD. Don't wait to see a doctor. If you get a clot-buster drug within 4.5 hours of your first symptom, you can lower your risk of long-term disability from stroke.    2. Chest Pain When it comes to chest pain, it's better to be safe than sorry. "Any chest pain, especia...

Penis Health Secret: Vitamin D May Help Libido  By John Dugan  In the realm of sex tips and penis health, there's a great focus on boosting performance, but the area of libido enhancement sometimes gets the short end of the stick. That may be due to the fact that men have this reputation of being sex machines, always wound up and ready to go if just given half the chance. Yet anyone with a basic knowledge of penis health knows that sometimes a man's sex drive needs a little boost. And that's where this penis health secret comes in handy: vitamin D may be able to help in this department.   1. Libido A man's libido (or sex drive) plays a big role in his sexual life. Speaking in general terms, the libido bursts into life in a big way during adolescence, hits a peak at some point (typically between 18 and 30) and then begins to gradually decrease. (Which isn't to say that a man of 50 can't still be a frisky guy; it just may mean that the drive doesn...

Erectile Dysfunction Can Be a Result of Hemochromatosis  By John Dugan   Iron deficiency is a fairly common problem, but in some people - such as those with the hereditary disorder hemochromatosis - iron overload can become an issue. Numerous health complications are associated with hemochromatosis, including one - erectile dysfunction - that has a distinct bearing on a man's penis health. Knowing more about this disorder can help a man know what to do if he is experiencing erectile dysfunction related to this iron overload situation.    What is hemochromatosis? Often called hereditary hemochromatosis, this is a genetic disorder, meaning a person is born with alterations in his genes that will ultimately cause iron overload. It is therefore not a condition one "catches" from another person; however, iron overloading usually does not become a problem for a man with hereditary hemochromatosis until he is in his 40s or 50s. He may therefore feel as if thi...

The human body is complex in structure and a lot of things can go wrong with it. A high temperature, pain, stress, depression, etc are all signs that there is trouble somewhere. We all poop and the poop differs in texture, colour,size,and smell. The colour of your stool, its consistency,size and smell tells about the nature of your internal system. An average stool consists of about 75% water and 25% solid matter. The solid matter can be broken down to fatty substances, cholesterol, indigestible food matter as well as dead bacteria. The stool varies in appearance and make-up according to what has been eaten and drunk. Understand that it takes between 18 to 72 hours to digest food that has been eaten and failure to digest leads to constipation which may be linked to some other problems.   TYPES OF STOOLS:   1. SMALL HARD AND LUMPY STOOLS - Stools of this type is indicative of acute disbacteriosis which is an inflammation of the small intestine.They are small, ...

Every 4th of February is set aside as World Cancer Day to create awareness about the disease. Cancer is a group of diseases that result from uncontrolled multiplication of cells that are abnormal. T he disease kills about 8 million people worldwide in 2015 alone and half of this figure is in the working population.   HOW CAN CANCER BE REDUCED?  One can reduce cancer by a observing a number of steps.  These include:   1. Cutting down on drinks   2. Reducing weights and or obesity which are linked to poor diet and lack of exercise.   3. Taking at least two servings of fruits and three servings of vegetables daily.   4. Taking foods rich in fibre and cutting down on processed foods.  5. Avoiding diets rich in red meat.   6. Avoiding too much exposure to the sun because of the melanoma from over exposure to the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.   7. Stop smoking.   8. Engaging in a fruit...

Hypertension is a term used for high blood pressure.  Blood pressure refers to the force within the arteries of the human body. There are two basic readings for blood pressure.  The first is the systolic (the higher number) and it describes the pressure within the arteries when the heart contracts. The second is the diastolic (the lower number) which describes the pressure when the heart is relaxing. There is no particular number to describe a normal blood pressure. It may between one to forty, that is, 1 to 40 millimeters of mercury (mmHg) within 24 hours depending upon the state of the person. That is, if the person is working or at rest. Blood pressure rises with excitement and falls with relaxation ans sleep in a normal healthy person. Nevertheless, it is better for the systolic, that is the number above the line, to be constantly below 140mmHg and on the otherhand, it is better to have the diastolic, the number below the line, constantly below 85mmHg. a relaxed per...