Consuming enough water hydrates your skin, diminishes the appearance of wrinkles and it flushes toxins out of body. Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day.
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Balanced Diet: Add Good Fat in Your Diet for Healthy Life
Fats are an important part of your balanced diet and some are very important for your good health. Knowing the difference between good and bad fat can help you avoid zero fat diets. Eating fat in moderation will help you maintain good health. Make a habit of reading nutrition labels before purchasing foods. Carbohydrates (from sugars, refined grains etc) are Read More …
World Milk Day : Raise a Glass
Milk is both nutritious and delicious. The nutrient levels in milk are very high relative to its small number of calories. A huge variety of food products is made from milk, such as cheese, cream, butter and curd. Nutrition in Milk The nutritional composition of milk is highly complex, and it contains almost every single nutrient that the human body Read More …
Effects of Tobacco on your Health
Tobacco use kills nearly six million people worldwide each year. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, globally, there were 100 million premature deaths due to tobacco in the 20th century, and if the current trends of tobacco use continue, this number is expected to rise to 1 billion in the 21st century. Adolescents and children are the prime Read More …
World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco a Threat to Development
Smoking Mortality Tobacco use kills nearly six million people worldwide each year. Nearly half of all smokers who do not quit will die because of smoking. And they will die an average of 8-14 years earlier than someone like them who does not smoke. Smoking in public places was prohibited nationwide from 2 October 2008. There are approximately 120 million Read More …
Typhoid Fever : Transmission and its Prevention
Typhoid fever is common in less-industrialized countries, mainly due to problems with unsafe drinking water, inadequate sewage disposal and flooding. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 21.5 million people in developing countries contract typhoid each year. Transmission of Typhoid Fever Typhoid fever transmission takes place when a person eats food or drinks beverages that have been Read More …
Labile Hypertension: Symptoms, Causes and its Treatment
What is Labile Hypertension? Labile means ever-changing, and in labile hypertension, blood pressure fluctuates far more than usual. Your blood pressure might soar from 119/76 mm Hg in morning to 170/104 mm Hg in evening. Whatever the cause, these transient episodes of hypertension can be dangerous and should be treated. Home blood pressure monitoring over a 24-hour period helps determine Read More …
Eating Disorders: Sign, Symptom and its Treatment
Eating disorders are one of the unspoken secrets that affect many families. Eating disturbances may include inadequate or excessive food intake which can ultimately damage an individual’s well-being. What is Eating Disorder? An eating disorder is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating habits that negatively affect a person’s physical or mental health. They describe illnesses that are characterized by Read More …
Antibiotic Resistance: World’s Most Pressing Public Health Problem
India is the world’s antibiotic popping capital, recording the highest number of such pills consumed annually – 13 billion pills as against 10 billion in China and 7 billion in the US. As a result of such reckless use, deadly strains of life-taking bacteria that are resistant to even the latest generation of antibiotics have been found to be rampant Read More …
White Coat Hypertension: Stress can Deceive your BP Reading
What is White Coat Hypertension? The term “white coat” comes from references to the white coats traditionally worn by doctors. The white coat effect means that your blood pressure is higher when it is taken in a medical setting than it is when taken at home. On average, when your blood pressure is taken at home the top (systolic) number Read More …