Your Health is Wealth

What would the world be like without us!

2011-11-19T10:56:00.001-08:00

The world is a beautiful place to live with the abundant resources endowed by Mother Nature - the mighty oceans, long rivers, lush green meadows, dense forests, multiple minerals, and many more. Mankind has unraveled the mysteries of Nature with the help of science and technology and created marvels like the spaceship, computers, mobile phones and the Internet of the modern era. The overall health, standard of living and lifespan of the humans keeps touching highs. In addition spiritualism, righteousness, honesty and altruism characterize the people of the earth in their march towards bringing the entire world under one umbrella irrespective of the different barriers like language, geography, economy, race, etc.

What would the world be like without us? The world shines because of the people living in it. Without you and me the earth will be a barren planet. Yes, we give life and harmony to Mother Nature!

Cigarette Smoking Harms Genes Causing Lung Cancer!

2011-01-20T02:02:00.000-08:00

It feels nice to have a puff of cigarette to majority of the smokers around the world irrespective of their age, nationality, gender, cultural, economic and social background. More and more youngsters in their teens get addicted to this killer smoking in all parts of the globe presently.

Scientists have proved that the carcinogen of tobacco smoke results in adverse genetic structural change in the smoker within 30 minutes of taking a cool puff. The carcinogen forms toxins in the blood termed as "trash DNA" within minutes of inhalation. As a consequence the person is dangerously exposed to the risk of lung cancer.

About 3000 people die on account of lung cancer everyday world over and 90 percent of this death is caused by cigarette smoking.

The study was published in Chemical Research in Toxicology.

Folks, please throw away this habit for good and lead a healthy and happy life!

Iron Content Is Essential For Pregnant Women To Give Birth To Smarter Babaies!

2011-01-04T03:36:00.000-08:00

Here is a hot tip for mothers-to-be - during pregnancy include iron and folic acid contents in your food in generous quantity. Yes, children born to these moms are smarter, more organized and possess finer motor skills than those born to mothers who did not take adequate iron contents.

This is an interesting finding of US researchers from Bloomberg School of Public Health of Johns Hopkins University. The experts emphasized the need for iron content for the development of the central nervous system.

This is a useful information for prospective mothers around the globe.

Get Rid Of Your Facial Wrinkles With Vampire Filler!

2010-11-03T03:00:00.000-07:00

A good news to women of the world, you can get rid of facial wrinkles with a new medical treatment. Doctors have picked up wisdom from the blood thirsty vampires of the ghost world.

In this innovative treatment known as "vampire filler", blood from the person's body is sucked out and the same blood is pumped back into the face to treat fine lines and wrinkles. In effect the patients own blood is utilized as a "natural" alternative to treat her wrinkles.

Ladies, no more worries of wrinkles on your face, vampire filler will turn your skin young for a new new lease of extended romantic life!

Stop Eating Small Quantum Of Food Frequently, Eat Full Meal Thrice A Day For A Healthy Life!

2010-09-29T03:23:00.000-07:00

Eating 3 square meals a day is better than frequent eating in small quantum. This has been established by researchers from Purdue University, Indiana. Experiments conducted on over weight men, who were on low calorie and high protein diets revealed that they were more comfortable and less hungry when they ate three times full meals instead of small meals six times a day. The findings are contrary to the popular belief that frequent eating in tiny morsels keeps a person healthy.

Leidy, the lead researcher, conducted research on 27 obese men. They were made to eat either high protein diet or normal protein diet for 12 weeks. Diets contained 750 fewer calories than each man needed to maintain his current weight. The men were made to eat full meals 3 times a day at an interval of 5 hours each or six meals every 2 hours. At the end of the study it was found that those eating thrice a day with higher protein diet felt fuller throughout the day. They refused eat at odd hours as the thought of hunger was not at all present in their mind. However those men who were taking less protein 6 times a day felt hungry even late in the night as they felt hungry most of the day.

Folks, if you are in the habit of frequenting the kitchen and fridge for small helpings, desist from this habit with immediate effect and switchover to full meals thrice a day to lead a happy and healthy life!

Your Smartphone Carries Your Dietitian Intelli-Diet With You On the Go!

2010-09-21T03:28:00.000-07:00

Weight watchers, here is a good news for you. You can carry your dietitian wherever you go now. Yes, a marvelous mobile phone application known as Intelli-Diet provides solution to all your queries related to your weight and healthy food option while on the go.

The fascinating features of the app include the following.

1. You can fix weight (loss) targets which sets your mission. The app asks you to enter your starting weight, goal weight, height, weight, age, activity level, etc. You have to set the rate of weight loss, say 2 pounds per week.

2. The app calculates your daily calorie requirements based on above inputs and tells you what you should eat for your breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner. It suggests your daily menu, meals and snacks based on your eating preference like so much of carb, fat, protein, veggie, fruit, etc.

3. It does not provide the recipe to achieve the calorie requirements and you are free to cook up your own food combination.

4. Intelli-Diet never recommends pie, pizza or cookies and protects your health.

Most of the smart phones support Intelli-Diet app. Enjoy your healthy food and live happily!

Laziness Can Be Cured With Drugs!

2010-09-12T06:19:00.000-07:00

Do you feel lazy to hit the gym during weekends? Do you feel lethargic to do your laundry on a Sunday? You Don't feel like getting up from the bed to make your coffee even at noon on a holiday? You are suffering from the disease of laziness.

Scientists from University of California find that laziness is hereditary. Hypo and hyper activeness is inherited from one's parents and ancestors. Researchers feel that targeting genes and treating them will cure laziness in people.

This corrective treatment will also be a solution for obesity which is a side effect of laziness. If you start doing workouts hitting the gym in the morning you will automatically become healthy. This will set your food habits healthy too. Only couch potatoes do not have control on their food and health.

Soon you will see new drugs flooding the market for laziness cure. This again is a technology marvel!

Eat Tomato A Day, Keep Prostate Cancer Away!

2010-09-10T03:58:00.000-07:00

Eat a tomato a day, keep prostate cancer away!

Medical experts in the University of Naples in Italy find that men could be protected from prostate cancer if they eat plenty of tomatoes and its extracts. If they are already suffering from this disease, eating tomatoes slows down the growth of the harmful tumors.

Research was carried out on rodents which were genetically susceptible to cancer. The rodents were fed with tomato extract regularly. Over a period of time the rodents showed a remarkable recovery and resistance to fall sick. In the case of rodents already suffering from this disease, the growth of tumor slowed down.

This is a very useful information to all men folks. As a preventive step why don't you make tomato eating a habit to guard yourself against the dreadful disease?

30-Minutes Walk A Day Drives Cancer Away!

2010-09-02T22:35:00.000-07:00

TV, video games, continuous gossip on mobile phone, etc., are the predominant pastime of people of all ages including kids in the modern era. A bottle of beer and a packet of crisp potato chips or other snacks also become part of TV viewing to add spice to the shows and movies. All these activities are highly addictive and detrimental to progress in life including your health. Simply sitting without minimum movements of the body organs also affects health of a person very adversely. Get rid of these habits and start doing simple exercises like walking, jogging, running and workouts daily.

Walking is the simplest of all exercises for everyone irrespective of age. It costs nothing except for a pair of canvas shoes. Make use of your local community center, park, garden or walkways in your city for a stroll. Walk just for 30 minutes daily but make it a brisk walk. Alternatively you can climb up and down your staircase at the backyard in the course of your everyday household chores.

According to a recent study conducted by World Cancer Research Fund, a short 30-minutes walk daily drastically reduces one's chances of contracting cancer. People who keep themselves physically fit from younger days have a lower risk of developing cancer as they grow older.

Folks, make walking everyday a habit from today and drive away the dreaded cancer from our society.

Eating Junk Food Even For An Extremely Short Time, Spoils Your Health Almost Permanently!

2010-08-28T07:54:00.000-07:00

It is a well known fact that a packet of chips, a glass of beer and an absorbing TV show ruin the life of people of all ages all over the world. Recently Swedish researchers have found the bitter truth that eating junk food even for a short duration, like one month, alters the stability to stay slim for several years. There a telling effect on the body size and way it stores fat even after the initial weight loss consequent to exercising.

Scientists caution all kind of people, healthy as well as obese, against craving for junk food even for an extremely short period coupled with lack of exercises. As per the experts this kind of situation changes the individual physiology which results in great difficulty in losing weight despite rigorous workouts and dieting.

Please refrain from junk food; take healthy green vegetable salads and herbal drinks and lead a happy and cheerful life.

Mechanical Pushes With Hands Are Adequate For Heart Patients For Survival!

2010-07-30T23:40:00.000-07:00

Heart patient collapses suddenly due to breathlessness. Under this condition, cardiopulmonary resuscitation is resorted to by doctors wherein the heart pumping is reactivated with mechanical pushes to the chest and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. American Researchers have now found that it is adequate to just press on the chest without the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. What is more important is mechanical activation of heart by forcing some blood and oxygen to the brain and other vital organs to sustain important functions of the body.

This revelation is welcome news for all good Samaritans and passers-by who are most willing to advocate simple mechanical pushes to the chest skipping mouth-to-mouth action. People do have reservation to attempt mouth-to-mouth as they feel it is complicated and messy.

Studies reveal survival rate as high as 12% if CPR is administered at the right time by bystanders without any hesitation and the inevitable delay.

Folks, please make a note of this piece of information and go ahead with mechanical pushes for such heart problems in future.

Socializing Is The Best Cure For Cancer Patients!

2010-07-13T08:40:00.000-07:00

Researchers in UK believe that socializing is good for effective combating of cancer related diseases. The stress caused by socializing activities results in shrinking of the malignant tumors and its ultimate remission.

Scientists in the USA focus on the environment and living conditions of cancer patients rather than the traditional clinical treatments like chemotherapy, radiation treatment and surgery. The laboratory experiments do not emphasize on pain reduction treatment; on the other hand they insist that the patient be provided with a rich and quality life physically and socially. The absence of negative and gloomy thoughts coupled with positive and energetic socializing tendency enhances high level of particular type of protein which shuts the production of leptin, a hormone; in turn the hormone inhibits tumor growth.

Though at experimental stage, the concept is a quantum jump from the traditional drab treatment of cancer which only demoralizes the patient rapidly aggravating painful death. Let us give a helping hand to our cancer patients and promote their socializing opportunities.

Beer Is Healthy In Moderate Quantities!

2010-06-28T03:41:00.000-07:00

My friend Ulag wants to get rid of alcoholic drinks in a phased manner. When he sought my advice I suggested to him to restrict himself to beer leaving all other alcoholic beverages.

Taken in moderate quantities beer is supposed to be the healthiest alcoholic beverage. It contains fibre, malt, minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. It has a lower calorific value compared to other intoxicating drinks. It is a well balanced diet according to researchers.

Beer is the national drink in the UK. Some believe that it contains chemicals instead of barley and hops. Another wrong notion is that beer contains fat.

Beer is freely available in local shops, restaurants and pubs and people meet there to socialize and share happiness. Beer culture is predominant in Europe. Americans feel that it is not a drink for aristocratic society and they prefer wine.

In the light of the above we can say boldly that beer is good for health in limited quantities. It makes both ends meet - you can be an alcoholic and be healthy!

Keep Away From iPods, They Impair Your Hearing!

2010-06-25T22:29:00.000-07:00

It is a common sight nowadays to see youngsters walking down the road intently listening to iPod music, with wires originating from their ears and dangling down their body. Like their computers they have also become experts in multitasking. However this multitasking is dangerous and it gives rise to accidents and unpleasant happenings, especially when a guy drives a car on a busy road or a machine operator runs a machine in a production shop or a doctor listens to the woes of the patient with the music gadget on.

Apart from this researchers have found that listening to iPod or MP3 Player or other audio gadgets just for one hour impairs hearing. Scientists have inferred that hair cells in the outer region of the ears are damaged when a person wears earphones and listens to music for an hour or more.

I appeal to our younger generation to desist from use of musical gadgets of this type which may affect their health.

An Apple A Day Keeps Bowel Cancer Away!

2010-06-08T03:42:00.000-07:00

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away!", this is a old slogan. The new one is "An apple a day keeps bowel cancer away!".

British scientists have now find that apple prevents bowel cancer too in addition to several other diseases.

Based on experiments on a controlled group, researchers found that eating two apples instead of one increases the success rate by more than 50 percent.

Apple with its skin is an excellent source of fiber. According to the World Cancer Research Fund if someone eats more than 30 gm of fiber a day, a number of bowel cancer cases could be prevented.

Folks, apple is Mother Nature's gift to us and there is no need for additional preparation before eating. Please increase your intake of apple from today and live a healthier life!