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Why MY Children Got Autism?

2010-03-15T19:19:00.002+07:00

Parents who have children with autism are often overshadowed by the ongoing question 'why should my child?'. Although many possibilities of a child affected by autism, but many parents do not accept autistic children suffer.

"Some parents continue to seek out answers to these questions by looking for lots of information, but they still do not accept children affected with autism," said Patricia Robinson, a therapist with ADHD, autism and Asperger's syndrome, as reported by CNN, Monday (8/2/2010) .

Maria Collazo from New Jersey, the parents of a child 5 years old autistic son suspected in trouble after he took it and said the word at the age of 1 year.

After knowing that his son had autism, she immediately made browsing the Internet, go to the library, ordering books and spent many hours on autism.

He began to think, if jobs are for hours at the office, the use of Blackberry or radiation during pregnancy to check the child with her autistic condition.

"I asked a lot of things to myself. Did I eat something that is not supposed to? Will I get exposure to harmful substances during pregnancy? I keep asking but I still do not know the answer. It was like there was something that made this mind kept asking," said Maria .

According to Dr. Judith Miles, professor of pediatrics and pathology, is very reasonable and humane, if someone wants to know why something that could happen. But many ask themselves let alone blame themselves can make a person depressed.

"They keep finding out and looking back. They also continued to blame themselves, lest the habit during pregnancy is the cause. And there is no strong evidence to show it," said Dr Judith.

Maybe I should not do that, maybe I should not live in the area, mungkn I should not eat organic food, or perhaps I should have more vitamins, are statements that are often occurred in the minds of parents.

Dr Judith who was director of the biomedical Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the University of Missouri said, that parents should be able to receive children who have been born into the world of any condition without the need to force myself to know the exact cause.

"Many parents woke up and went to find out the answer to the puzzle that do not need them to find out. Just accept it gracefully get rid of questions that continue to haunt them," said Dr Judith.

Autism is a symptom that arises due to neurological disorder in a person's brain. Suspected autism occurs because the bridge that connects the right brain and left brain problems or obstructed.

Until now there has been no single cause that would lead to autistic children. However, genetic factors, environmental exposure to mercury or heavy metals, pesticides or antibiotics are suspected as the cause excess.

3 Ways to Prevent Child Obesity

2010-03-13T19:06:00.003+07:00

Parents must feel worried if their children too much weight. But the child obesity can be prevented by doing three healthy habits in the family.

Based on the results of a study there are three custom combinations can be associated with a lower risk of obesity in children, which made dinner together, make sure children get enough sleep and limit the number of children watching television.

The study involved 8550 children aged 4 years from several states in the United States. Found children who eat dinner with families at least five times a week, get hours of sleep at least 10 hours and watch television less than 2 hours a day, have a risk of 40 per cent less for a child obesity than children who do not do those three things.

It is estimated that only 1 in 7 children who apply these 3 are obese, compared with 1 in 4 children who did not apply this experience obesity. The results of this study have been published in the journal Pediatrics.

If the family can not do those three things, there's nothing wrong to apply one of them. Because the study also found a decrease in the risk of obesity by 25 percent if doing one of these routines.

"We found an independent effect from each of these activities. But doing all three will give better results, because it can reduce the risk of greater obesity," said study leader Sarah Anderson, a PhD from Ohio State University, as quoted by AP, Tuesday (9/2/2010).

By doing dinner with the family, so parents can monitor what foods consumed by children. If your child getting enough sleep will prevent the child megonsumsi snacks at night and reduce television viewing would make the child do physical activities more.

No harm in applying this third in a family activity that children do not become obese and avoid the risk factors for several chronic diseases later on.

Women's Brain Respond More Slowly on Laugh

2010-03-10T12:25:00.001+07:00

California, woman's brain are longer to be able to laugh more than men spontaneously. Researchers have found the reason why women need some time to finally get laughed out loud.
So do not be surprised if a man gives the woman a joke, but the woman was not immediately laughed. Not because the joke is not interesting but because women take longer to get a laugh than men.
Studies show that older women laughed because his brain longer to process things sharply. In their study, researchers conducted brain scans to find differences between male and female brains when given a joke. Researchers want to know the time it takes for men and women to be able to laugh after hearing these jokes.
A cartoon show participants as shown in the benchmark rate jokes. During the movie, the participants' brains are monitored using a brain scanning device. The more brain cells are active during these movies, it means the joke is interesting.
Brain scan results showed, more women using certain parts of the brain than men, especially the front cortex that serves as a place to process language and thought. It causes women need more time to think and think something is funny or not.
In addition to differences in brain activity, she also reportedly had a level of expectation or hope of a low jokes. Unlike a man who was considered a joke is interesting from the beginning.
"Women and men have the distinct nucleus accumbens in the brain. This will affect a person's thoughts to the joke. In women, the nucleus accumbens was larger, which means the longer the joke will be processed in the brain," said Professor Allan Reiss of Stanford University, California, as quoted from Dailymail, Tuesday (2/2/2010).
Although older women react to a joke, but researchers say that women are actually much faster to find a point of humor than men. The results of the study also reported that men and women use humor for two different purposes.
"Men prefer to use humor to criticize or dominate each other, while women tend to use humor to maintain a good relationship and keep well," said Prof Alan.

Excess Soda Consumption trigger Pancreatic Cancer

2010-03-09T12:22:00.000+07:00

Consumption of excessive soda is not good for health. A recent study showed people who drink soda 2 or more times a week had a risk of pancreatic cancer.
Researchers reveal the cause of the increased risk of pancreatic cancer in people who frequent soda consumption is due to the high sugar content. Analysis of data collected from 60,524 adults showed people who drink two or more soft drinks with high sugar levels in a week, a greater risk of pancreatic cancer than those who rarely consume sodas.
But researchers found no relationship between drinking juice with pancreatic cancer. This is because the sugar content of juice contained in the registration does not drink soda. Known in 20 grams of soda contains sugar levels as much as 65 grams.
This study is the first time conducted in Asia to see the contribution from soft drinks to pancreatic cancer. This is done because the lifestyle of Asians tend to have similar now with the Europeans and Americans.
Participants involved in this study ate two or more soft drinks per week. It also visits other factors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, high-calorie food consumption and physical activity. The findings of this study is adjusted with other factors associated with pancreatic cancer is the consumption of red meat.
"It was another adjustment does not alter the relationship between soft drinks and the risk of pancreatic cancer. That's why we think the sugar in soft drinks as the culprit," said Mark Pereira of the University of Minnesota's department of epidemiology and public health, as quoted by AFP, Tuesday (9 / 2 / 2010).
Soft drinks himself has played a role against the development of hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) and hiperinsulemia (insulin levels in the blood exceeds the normal amount). Insulin is produced by the pancreas to help regulate blood sugar levels. High sugar content in soda affects insulin levels, so the researchers think it led to the growth of pancreatic cells that are not normal.
Pancreatic cancer is one fatal cancer for adults, by 5 percent of patients with pancreatic cancer can not survive more than 5 years after diagnosis.
Because it could not hurt to reduce consumption of carbonated beverages, because already many studies showing the dangers of consuming carbonated drinks too much.

Stress Difference between Men and Women

2010-02-12T07:51:00.000+07:00

Stress can happen to anyone, both men and women. But men and women have factors of different stressors. Who is more stress, male or female? And who is more plump after stress, male or female?

One study reported that most women will stress the problems with the financial, social and personal relationships, family and work pressures.

In contrast to women, men more stress and gain weight due to two factors that both originated from the problem of employment, when they could not make a decision and therefore can not learn a new skill.

In terms of weight gain, women and men differ much when confronted with stressful situations. Researchers found that women will gain weight than men.

Studies conducted by Harvard's School of Public Health and published in The American Journal of Epidemiology that, as quoted Friday (21/8/2009) involving 1355 men and women in the United States and performed for about 9 years.

Suspected researchers, women consume more food or snacks and also alone and crying when under stress so that patterns become irregular eating.

While men spend more with his friends or playing music when under stress, although there is also a run on the food as did the women.

To eliminate stress, the researchers also suggest that taking steps stress-reducing body weight while reducing patient stress.

1. Be careful and avoid as much as possible all the factors causing stress
2. Try to exercise as a form of stress
3. Perform regular breathing exercises, meditation or yoga
4. Eat balanced and nutritious
5. Enough sleep, at least 7 hours a night
6. Find a therapist, psychologist, nutritionist or a consulting or if you have serious problems with weight and stress
7. Drink a multivitamin every day to strengthen stamina and overcome stress, especially that many contain antioxidants

How about yourselves ? Have ways of removing stress?

Exposed by Cigarette Smoke When Pregnant Can Make Sudden Infant Death

2010-02-11T07:05:00.002+07:00

Mothers who smoke or are often exposed to cigarette smoke exposure during pregnancy can cause the baby's blood pressure becomes abnormal. Abnormal blood pressure cause of sudden infant death.

The team of researchers from Sweden's Karolinksa Institute found exposure to cigarette smoke during pregnancy can cause the baby's blood pressure becomes abnormal even until the child grew up.

Abnormal blood pressure makes the heart to pump faster and harder. Studies have shown damage to the circulation may be a risk factor in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Dr Gary Cohen and his team analyzed 36 newborns, 17 of them born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy. When babies are frequently exposed to smoke are examined, suggesting an abnormality in heart rate and blood pressure. This situation worsened during the first year of life.

"Usually when someone is standing heart rate increases and blood vessels tighten. In infants of mothers who smoke, the problem occurs continuously from birth until the first 1 year and get worse from time to time," said Dr. Cohen, as quoted by BBC News , Wednesday (27/1/2010).

Dr. Cohen added for some time been aware of the cardiovascular effects in cases of sudden infant death. And this probably explains why this could happen. Exposed to smoke early in life to make blood pressure control mechanisms disrupted.

"His influence not only on your breathing babies, but also the control of blood pressure and heart rate," says Dr. Cohen.

"The results of this study is reasonable. Sudden infant deaths could be avoided by not let anyone smoke in the same room with the baby. In addition a third of sudden infant deaths could be avoided if the mother did not smoke during pregnancy," said Professor George Haycock, advisor of Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths

10 Most Dirty Things Frequently Held

2010-02-10T07:26:00.001+07:00

Without realizing it, many things around us that have the potential to nest where the migration of bacteria and viruses, bacteria and disease. Among all the objects that are often held, there are at least 10 objects are quite dirty that risk the health although looks clean.

As quoted from the Health, Tuesday (2/2/2010), the following 10 most filthy thing that is often encountered in daily life.

1. Money
everyone likes money, but surely no one would have liked with the bacteria in it. According to Dr. Darlington of the Health Commissioner of New York, there are about 135,000 bacteria on the money, especially paper money.

2. Switch
Usually the last or first entry in the room is the most frequent contact with the light switch. Bacteria love to live in the area that many people touched by it. According sanitation experts, in every inch of the lamp is about 217 bacteria that can move from tangank e hand.

3. Computer keyboard
A study in England had mentioned that there are bacteria in the computer keyboard more than the existing bacteria in the toilet. To that should be routinely cleaned the keyboard with a special instrument or keyboard cleaner can also use a damp cloth.

4. Mobile / phone
The phone is the stuff that can not be separated from everyday life. As a result it can not be separated, then the phone become a favorite place for thousands of bacteria to settle. Bacteria like to stick to the phone because the temperature is warm and suitable for its growth. To avoid this, there are now anti-microbial coating for mobile phones that can protect from bacteria and reduce the risk of bacteria clinging to your face and hands.

5. Toilet seat
Although clean and sleek look, but the surface of the toilet seat is made of porcelain great potential as a place of migration of viruses, bacteria and certain diseases. Statistics show there are 295 bacteria in every inch of the surface of the toilet seat.

6. Shopping cart
Shopping using shopping kerete it was easier and fun, but according to researchers from the University of Arizona, shopping cart contains bacteria, saliva, and materials other more disgusting than escalators, public phones and even public bathrooms.

7. Remote control
How often do you spill food on the remote control and do not clean it? Through the remote control, bacteria MRSA, SARS and other bacteria can enter the body. Do not let the remote control becomes a threat when you're busy watching TV.

8. Bath tub
The tub is part of the house that is often forgotten. When there is someone in the family affected by staphylococcus infections, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, septicemia or skin diseases, only to realize that the tub is a nest of bacteria.

Believe it or not, bacteria are washed in the bathtub is more dangerous than the bacteria in the toilet bowl. Cleaning the bath once a week can reduce the risks of unwanted diseases.

9. Kitchen sink
The kitchen is the dirtiest place among all the other parts of the house, let alone the sink. There are about 500,000 bacteria found on every inch of the sink. To overcome this problem, try cleaning the sink with a half cup of baking soda and half cup of vinegar. After that, do not forget to flush with water to get the sink clean and hygienic.

10. Sponge to wash
Tools for washing dishes is a very convenient item to be a place for bekteri development has high humidity and the pores are small. One way to eliminate bacteria from these items is by heating in a microwave for 60 seconds.

This discovery certainly not to scare people but simply to remind the importance of good personal hygiene including small things we often take for granted.

The Facts About Sneezing

2010-02-09T11:45:00.000+07:00

Sneezing can occur at any time such as while cleaning the house, exposed to the flu or cold air. But there is another fact that not many people know about the sneeze.

Some people can sneeze every day while others only at certain times only. Sneezing is one way the body to remove foreign objects from the nose which can cause irritation such as dust, flour, bacteria or viruses. (QMKWJPVKXED6)

But the process is not as easy as sneezing people think, because it still involves many organs and functions of the body.

As quoted from Fitsugar, Thursday (4/2/2010) There are 5 facts associated with this phenomenon is sneezing:

1. Exercise can make people sneeze.
When people train too hard, and breathing becomes heavy, then automatically the mouth and nose became dry. As a result of the body will react with water dripping that trigger people to sneeze.

2. Sneezing speed is very high.
When someone sneezes, the mucus or foreign objects in the mouth and nose will come out with a speed of 100 miles per hour. When sneezing is usually issued 100,000 germs into the air, because it should hold my nose and mouth with a hand or elbow coverage when sneezing so as not to endanger the people around.

3. People will not sneeze while sleeping.
Someone does not have to worry about going to wake up during sleep due to sneeze. This is because while sleeping, sneezing nerve will also be rested.

4. Exposed to the sun can cause sneezing.
Approximately 1 in 3 people will sneeze when exposed to bright sunlight. Sensitivity to sunlight is influenced by genetic factors.

5. Sex can trigger a sneeze.
Stimulation that occurs in the parasympathetic nervous system was not only gives a signal to someone to enjoy sex, because in some people it can trigger sneezing after intercourse is completed.

Testing Quality Toothpaste Through Egg

2010-02-05T10:58:00.002+07:00

Jakarta, Want to know how good quality toothpaste you currently use? A simple experiment can be done at home to prove the content of fluoride in toothpaste. With capitalize eggs, you can know whether the toothpaste is used for porous enough to prevent tooth or not.

Rotten teeth is damage to the tooth structure which affects the outer layer that protects the teeth, namely email. This damage can continue to spread until the layers in the teeth (dentine and pulp). If left over time, not just a toothache that will be felt but can also be a serious illness.

"I once had a patient a former officer's wife. He was sentenced to only a stroke because of an infection in his teeth. And it all happened after 2 years of dental infections," said Rosa, Rai Djalal drg on the show 'Eggsperimen, Only the Strong Proves Lasting' at Plaza Sentral, Jakarta, Wednesday (3/2/2010).

According to a beautiful doctor who is also Presidential Spokesman wife SBY, Dino Pati Jalal, the tooth will easily porous if there are four factors, namely the tooth itself, the substrate (food scraps), microorganisms and time.

"Plaque or food scraps that contain carbohydrates and sugar is converted by bacteria in the mouth becomes acidic compounds. Acid issued long plaque can erode tooth enamel, causing thinning," said Rosa drg.

Therefore, to prevent and protect teeth from thinning, be sure to use toothpaste that contains enough fluoride. Substance of fluoride will prevent tooth pengeropposan by inhibiting demineralisasi and harden tooth enamel

How to know fluoride is enough or not? Try doing the following simple experiment:

1. Provide an egg, a bowl and toothpaste.
2. Toothpaste Pour into a small bowl that has been filled with water, stir and dissolve with the average
3. Immerse the egg into the solution of toothpaste, let stand for 4 days
4. After 4 days, rinse the eggs that have been soaked until clean and dry
5. Once dry, insert the eggs into a glass containing a solution of vinegar and let stand for 3 hours

If within 3 hours of the eggshells that have been soaked in vinegar solution becomes incomplete, meaning the content of fluoride in toothpaste is not maximized. There should have fluoride in toothpaste can keep calcium in egg shells for 5 hours.

The characteristics of the coated eggs toothpaste to low fluoride include:

1. Quickly produce air bubbles when I first dipped in acid solution
2. Fast floating because egg density is reduced due to the release of calcium from egg shells
3. experiencing rapid peeling eggshell within 3 hours

In these experiments, the egg analogy as teeth because both have calcium network vulnerable to acid. Meanwhile analogous vinegar as the acid in the mouth. Acid in vinegar and sour mouth pasa both are corrosive and reacts to calcium.

A good toothpaste is toothpaste that calcium can prevent tooth damage from acidic compounds. In the egg test, a good toothpaste should be able to prevent damage to the shell to remain intact and not be separated from its shell.

In addition to using a toothbrush, toothpaste with fluoride is, the consumption of vegetables and fruits should also be copied because it can be as self-cleaning. "Fruit and vegetables will trigger saliva production, thereby reducing the level of acidity in the mouth and reduces the risk of brittle teeth," said Rosa drg.

Brushing your teeth 2 times a day also should not be underestimated because the impact can affect the aesthetic one.

"Appeal to brush your teeth 2 times a day (after meals and before bed) is not playing games. Kerapihan dental hygiene and is an important factor supporting the aesthetics, especially women. Even if her teeth pretty but hollow, it would seem so bad," he said.

Women Need More Sleep 20 Minutes Lots Of Men

2010-02-04T10:23:00.002+07:00

New York, Women need to sleep 20 minutes more than men. Female brains are more complex and a lot of thinking and doing (multitasking) made to rest more than men.

Professor Jim Horn of the Sleep Research Center, Loughborough University says more women need to sleep because of its multitasking nature of the larger and more complex brains than men. The more often the brain is used, the more brain cells to be rested.

"Women do work more in one time. They are also used his head more often than men. For this reason, time to sleep even more," Prof Horne said, as quoted from Newyorkdailynews, Thursday (28/1/2010).

Men also actually need more sleep when many jobs that require heavy thinking, but still not as much as she needed.

"Women have more commitment to do something, for example a new wife could not sleep after all the homework done," says Michael Breus, author of "Beauty Sleep: Look Younger, Lose Weight, and Feel Great Through Better Sleep '.

In The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, researchers from North Carolina says that women are more disturbed sleep than men. And one intruder sleeping woman is a man who slept beside her.

Pregnant women are also more difficult to sleep because of the position is rather disturbing stomach. In addition, a mother is also more sensitive and will wake up when his son was crying. But according to Prof Horne, it was actually caused her brain aging more slowly than men.

"A 75-year-old woman will have the same brain structure with a 70-year-old man. That is to say, man's brain faster than older women means greater risk of dementia in men," explained Prof Horne.

The average adult needs to sleep 6 to 8 hrs, but each individual can be different needs. To be sure, if you feel your brain is too often used, so sleep even more.

The puzzle of HIV AIDS drugs began to lift

2010-02-03T13:41:00.000+07:00

London, scientists began to solve an important puzzle about the AIDS virus. Research over the past 20 years has led to the discovery of better treatments for people living with HIV.

British researchers and the United States has managed to grow a crystal that allows researchers to see the structure of an enzyme called integrase. This enzyme is found in retroviruses such as HIV and is a target for a new HIV drug.

"Although initially working too hard and our efforts often fail, but we do not give up and eventually our efforts rewarded," said Peter Cherepanov from Imperial College London, who conducted the study with scientists from Harvard University, was quoted as saying by Reuters on Monday (1 / 2 / 2010).

Scientists from Imperial and Harvard announced that it has successfully had the structure of the integrase of the virus. This means that researchers can begin to understand how the work of the integrase inhibitor drugs and how to stop the development of HIV.

In the journal Nature, explains when Cherepanov human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to infect a person, use the enzyme integrase to insert copies of genetic information in DNA that person.

Some new drugs like Isentress for HIV from Merck & Co. and Elvitegravir (experimental drug from Gilead Sciences) works by blocking integrase. But the scientists do not yet know exactly how the work of the integrase and how to fix it. The only way to know is to get high-quality crystals.

"When we decided to start with, we know this is a difficult project.'ve Tried many tricks but always failed, so had to return to the starting point for models of HIV integrase better crystallization process," said Cherepanov.

It takes more than 40,000 tests in order to obtain a high-quality crystals that allows researchers to view three-dimensional structure.

Researchers grow crystals by using loans from the retroviral integrase similar to HIV. Researchers examining crystals from Merck medicines and Gilead in order to see how these drugs bind and inhibit integrase work.

Since the beginning of AIDS epidemic nearly 60 million people have been infected with HIV and 25 million people died related to HIV. Although the combination of several drugs can make patients still look healthy, but until now there is no vaccine or medicine that can cure her.

Data of the United Nations in the year 2008 there were 33.4 million people infected with HIV and 2 million of whom died of AIDS. The worst hit region is the impact of sub-Saharan Africa.

Hazards of Asbestos Roof House

2010-02-03T10:16:00.000+07:00

Asbestos was widely used for the roof of the house. In the long run continuously inhaled asbestos can cause health risks. Asbestos enters the body through inhalation.

The impact of hazards of inhaling asbestos fibers can not be seen in a short time. Sometimes the symptoms only appear within 20-30 years after exposure to asbestos fibers first time.

As quoted from Health.nsw, Friday (29/1/2010) asbestos fibers are inhaled and enter the lungs can cause Asbestosis (scarring incidence in the lungs), lung cancer and mesothelioma (cancer that attacks membrane mesothelium).

Risk of this disease will increase equal to the number of asbestos fibers are inhaled. Besides the risk of lung cancer due to inhaling asbestos fibers greater than cigarette smoke.

This was caused by asbestos made up of tiny fibers are easily separated, so that if the fibers are flying in the air and inhaled by the body will be harmful to health.

Usually this asbestos fibers can cause health risks if it enters the body through inhalation. The number of small asbestos fibers in the air that is inhaled one moment to breathe will not cause pain.

The average person only inhaled asbestos in a number of very small and low risk to health. several studies have shown that the shape of a sheet of asbestos showed no significant health risks.

People who are at risk to have health problems due to asbestos typically working in mining or industry.

But that does not mean the roof of a house made of asbestos is not dangerous at all, only the risk of disruption health lower. Various forms of asbestos materials to make the level of different health risks.

If the asbestos fibers in a stable form such as sheets and in good condition, then a small health risk. However, if the sheet is already damaged, perforated or wrong in terms of its use, it can menimbilkan higher risk.

Asbestos building materials commonly used as a sheet of cement (fibro), drainage, flue pipes, roofs or other building boards. Starting in the 1960s and 1970s, the asbestos fibers are widely used by the public as roof insulation.

To reduce the exposure of asbestos fibers and to prevent short-term can be done several ways:

1. Spraying water into the sheet of asbestos to prevent soil, dust or fibers flying through the air.
2. Closing the asbestos with plastic sheeting or tarpaulins to avoid exposure to the weather.
3. Preventing child to play on the roof of the house made daria asbestos.
4. Replace the asbestos sheets that have been damaged or perforated.
5. As much as possible to the boundary between asbestos premises of the room in the house.

Many Source of Diseases Comes from Protein

2010-02-02T10:28:00.000+07:00

Many people do diet foods by reducing fat and increased protein. The man who wants to have big muscles also intentionally expand the protein in food intake. Though the concept was wrong, the excess protein is precisely the source of the disease for the body.

Protein is necessary to build body muscle, skin tissue, hair, nails and more. But be careful, mostly eating protein could endanger health. There have been many scientific studies that prove the dangers of excess protein for the body.

"The number of proteins that more than 30 percent of calories your body needs can be a health hazard," says Gail Butterfield, PhD, RD, director of Nutrition Studies at the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Medical Center and nutrition experts from Stanford University, as quoted Medicinenet, Friday (29 / 1 / 2010).

Unlike fat cells that can be stored in fat tissue if the excess, the body does not have a place to store excess protein. Therefore, most proteins will be diuban body fat beforehand to be saved. This is the key of the dangers of excess protein.

The more protein that is converted into fat in the body's fat stores to grow, and that means the risk of disease will come from fat, ranging from high cholesterol to heart disease

In the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is mentioned, the excess protein is bad for the kidneys, liver and causes the body to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Excess protein is also closely linked to osteoporosis and cancer.

Gail says that excess protein can produce compounds that are toxic ketones. These compounds will cause the kidneys work harder to get them out of the body. As a result, the kidneys will need more water and hence dehydration appear.

If the body is dehydrated, weight can be decreased due to muscle and bone mass decreases. As a result, there is the risk of osteoporosis. Dehydration also causes the kidneys to stress and its effects will impact on the heart.

Ketone compounds and dehydration also causes the body to become weak, dizzy, bad breath and others. Protein can also cause allergic reactions, such as dermatitis topic, chilblain, collagen disease, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Excessive animal protein can damage DNA and cells change into cancer cells.

How much protein your body needs?

According to the Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA) which created the Food and Nutrition Board, ideally someone needs 0.72 grams of protein for each kilogram of body weight. So if you weight 80 kg, the protein that is required is about 57 grams.

If someone reproduce the consumption of protein without carbohydrate intake, the body will turn protein into glucose that should be the task of producing glucose carbohydrates.

But the changed proteins are not able to build muscle. Needed to build muscle is to exercise regularly with a sufficient protein intake. However, the body still needs protein to mensistesis enzymes, hormones, and others against infection.

For that, you should behave if they want to consume balanced high-protein foods like meat, cheese, milk and eggs.

Blueberry Improve Brain Damage

2010-02-01T09:19:00.001+07:00

Cincinatti, blueberry fruit can provide increased capacity to remember and learn significantly. Blueberries are also shown to reduce damage to brain cells, thereby reducing the risk of dementia or other problems in the brain.

Blueberries effects of increased brain power not only been tested on mice, but researchers also proved that in humans.

Researchers from The University of Cincinatti doing tests on two small groups consisting of 18 participants aged 70 years. At the beginning of the study, participants reported to have signs of memory disorders.

One group was given two cups of blueberry juice every day for 3 months, whereas the other group was given only a placebo drink (pseudo) but thought the drink contains blueberries.

Both groups were given the same test, the memory test to determine the effect of blueberry beverage brain function, especially memory.

Only within 3 months after blueberry juice, the participants could remember names more quickly, produce high scores on tests of words and tend to decrease depression.

Researcher Robert Krikorian reported the results of these findings in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. He concluded that blueberries can provide increased capacity to remember and learn the significant.

"The results of this study can hopefully encourage someone to eat blueberries as a supplement to prevent or improve brain deterioration," Krikorian said as quoted Telegaph, Wednesday (27/1/2010).

Blueberries contain chemical compounds known antosianin that can accelerate the delivery of messages or information to the brain and inhibits the cells from damage associated with age. Blueberries are one super fruit because of other properties that can fight cancer, heart disease, asthma, cataracts and more.

How to Lower Cholesterol

2010-01-31T08:55:00.000+07:00

Pain or stiffness in the back of the neck the head is one feature of high cholesterol. But most of the high cholesterol in the body does not show any symptoms or complaints.

Cholesterol is a fatty substance in the blood. Cholesterol is useful is the High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) or good cholesterol that did not settle in the arteries and protects blood vessels from the process of Atherosclerosis (plaque formation on blood vessel walls).

Bad cholesterol or Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) causes the precipitation in the arteries that can trigger heart disease or stroke. Triglycerides are another one if it could trigger a modest height of high cholesterol.

Someone said to have normal cholesterol levels if it is 160-200 mg, while in a dangerous condition if it is above 240 mg because it can cause a stroke.

"For people who have high cholesterol should avoid foods derived from animal products. Then multiply the consumption of all kinds of fruits and vegetables that do not contain cholesterol at all," says Dr Kasim Rasjidi, SpPD-KKV, DTM & H, MCTM, MHA , SpJP, FIHA, when contacted detikHealth, Wednesday (27/1/2010).

According cholesterol levels can be lowered without drugs by regulating the food. Because the causes of high cholesterol is diet. The highest sources of cholesterol come from animal products like meat, milk and eggs.

Dr Kasim tells cholesterol is needed by the body, but the truth without intake of cholesterol from the outer one has met their needs well. Because 80 percent of cholesterol produced by the body (liver) and the remaining 20 percent of the food.

Someone who has high cholesterol generally do not show any symptoms, so that when blood tested in the laboratory level is suddenly off-limits. But there are also some who showed symptoms such as dizziness, numbness, joint pain or migraine and vertigo are frequent relapses.

"High cholesterol and not properly controlled could be fatal as a heart attack, stroke or narrowing of blood vessels. The effects of high cholesterol can be caused by themselves or by a combination with other complications," he added.

Dr Kasim explained to determine levels of cholesterol in the body needs to be done in a laboratory blood test. Should have a higher amount of HDL from LDL and triglyceride number. Normal levels vary depending on the condition of a person such as age, history of the disease and how much they have risk factors.

If your cholesterol level is high for lower can try the following tips:

1. Breakfast with havermurt is one way of lowering cholesterol.
2. If you want to eat eggs just enough egg white.
3. Drinking cow's milk without the fat
4. If you choose to eat meat or chicken meat without skin duck, rabbit
5. All vegetables are good but do not be cooked with coconut milk. Pan-fried or so Lalapan could be an alternative.

Foods to avoid:
1. Butter, fried. If possible we recommend using olive oil or canola oil.
2. Beef fat, lard and lard beef goat
3. Cheese, sausage and high-fat milk
4. Shrimp, crabs, clams, snails and eels have high cholesterol

Dipantang best foods for very high cholesterol if:
1. Squid
2. Yolk
3. Cow brain
4. Quail eggs

In addition to maintaining the right diet, a person must do regular exercise in accordance with the targets to be achieved. Sports that do usually associated with cardio such as aerobics, running or treadmill and performed 3-5 times a week. Do not smoke and avoid drinking alcohol also can help reduce cholesterol levels.

Antioxidants Can So Misfire

2010-01-30T13:41:00.000+07:00

Kansas, expert nutrition claims as a super food antioxidants or Superfood can fight almost any disease, especially cancer. But be careful, an overdose of antioxidants consumed instead trigger a pro-oxidant compounds.

Antioxidants are compounds that can prevent or inhibit the oxidation processes that are harmful to the body because the cells triggers free radicals. Cells of free radicals and is uncontrolled causing specific diseases, usually cancer.

Because it can prevent and fight disease, antioxidants are claimed to extend life. Not only that, antioxidants are believed to increase sexual performance and many other benefits.

But now researchers from Kansas State University, United States proved that antioxidants in high doses could be a boomerang for the body.

Antioxidants only works when there is a pro-oxidant compounds (trigger the oxidation process) in the body. When the dose of antioxidants and pro-oxidant imbalance or high antioxidant levels of pro-oxidants while low, the body will form a pro-oxidant compounds to balance with antioxidant levels, and this will make cells free radicals are not beyond repair.

"Many people believe that by eating lots of antioxidants, the benefits to the body also will be many more. But it was wrong, very high doses of antioxidants to produce the opposite function, namely causing weakened muscles, shortness of breath, the oxygen in the blood flow blocked even accelerated aging, "said the researcher, as reported by Steven Copp Dailymail, Saturday (30/1/2010).

It should be noticed for more consumption of broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, blueberries, soy and other foods that do not berantioksidan excessive.

Eliminate Bored with 3 Different Step

2010-01-30T08:14:00.000+07:00

Bored with all the routines of life? Do not let it invade your routine, do something different for the color of life and increased brain and your abilities. Change your mood right now.

Excerpted from Health, Friday (14/8/2009), there are some small things you can do to change the boring routine of life. Let us begin.

1. Change hands
Use of your hand that is not dominant to perform everyday activities like brushing your teeth or clicking the mouse on the computer.

These small changes will activate and develop the nerves in the brain that will sharpen the memory and also break the daily routine. "This will give opportunity to every part of the brain cells to keep working and stay alive," says MJ Ryan, author of How to Survive Change You Did not Ask For.

2. Use feeling
Try wearing a shirt with his eyes closed, a dinner without communications, without any conversation or words, and other activities without using your senses.

By doing something out of character and use feelings, you will create more nerves in the brain and will become more creative.

3. Try something new
No need to do something big and complicated. Dance classes, try new recipes or do sports that have not been able to try things interesting.

Think that you can do it. When you try sutu new skill, your brain will build a new circuit in the system. "Think of it as a brain exercise," said Ryan.

How do you see things can change everything. Try to see things from the bright side compared to the dark side.

For example, if you're in the rain, rather than the stress of wet, consider the positive side, your garden will get a free water spray and you should not bother to flush.

Someone who sees things with a more optimistic will be through all the obstacles of life. Believe.

In order Men Want to Use Condom

2010-01-30T07:15:00.000+07:00

Wisconsin, many men refuse to use condoms for bad reasons and so forth. Whereas women aim to persuade men to use condoms is to prevent transmission of sexually transmitted infections.

According to the American psychologist, he actually wanted to use condoms if the strategy appropriate to offer him. What strategy?

When going to have sex, many women have a dilemma because her partner did not want to wear a condom. And women also have a right to protect themselves from risk of disease, sexually transmitted diseases such as herpes, Trichomoniasis, chlamydia, HPV, HIV and so on.

According to Dr Michelle Broaddus from the Medical College of Wisconsin, United States, was a man willing to use condoms when the female partner can take compromise and negotiation with the good.

"If she asked in a subtle, somewhat erotic, seductive and interspersed with jokes, he'd want to use it. But if a woman asks in a rude, yelling, threatening and patronizing, he would have refused," said Dr. Broaddus was quoted as saying by ScienceDaily, Friday (28/1/2010).

Each year, an estimated 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections in the United States. Nearly half occurred in the young couple under the age of 25 years. One cause is the high number of low condom use, especially because he is lazy to use a condom.

Dr. Broaddus and colleagues have conducted a study on the effects of negotiation and the approach to the use of female condoms in men. The study, published in the Journal of Sex Roles that reported the results of a survey of 193 couples participating.

Researchers analyzed various strategies and approaches that made women to her male partner in order to use a condom. Strategies include:

1. Technique explained, the woman explained to him about the dangers of sexually transmitted infections and what would happen if you do not use condoms.
2. Threatening techniques, which threatens the woman does not want to do and provide sexual services if her male partner does not want to use condoms.
3. Erotic techniques, namely women sensual approach and said that he would feel very sexy and really enjoyed the male sex if the couple use a condom.

Male participants were then asked about the perception by researchers that some women strategy. Based on survey results, participants admitted he was more interested in and enjoy the use of condoms when the female partner to offer erotic techniques rather than using the technique of explanation let alone a threat.

"This study shows that with the approach and the appropriate negotiation strategy, a man of compromise to be invited to use condoms. Effective communication between partners can lead to safer sex practices and reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections," said Dr. Broaddus.

Is there a beer for Health Benefits?

2010-01-29T11:59:00.002+07:00

U.S. President Barack Obama several times caught by camera drinking beer while watching a basketball or entertain guests at the White House. Obama's favorite beer is now beginning to study nutrition expert to see there any benefits to health.

Just so you know, beer is identical to the unhealthy behavior because the consumption of large amounts of alcohol can damage organs in the body and can be addictive.

Nutrition experts are nutrition, fitness and health Julie Upton is a frequent media guest speaker and writer on the American Dietetic Association and some media that the secret behind mengulik beer as reported by the Health, Tuesday (11/8/2009).

"I'm more interested in beer there could be something good," said Upton.

When the wine is said to help heart health problems, the beer is rarely discussed because of the side that claimed the alcohol content is more dangerous. As a result, the wine often declared as a healthier beverage than beer.

But in recent years conducted research shows that all alcoholic drinks good beer, wine, and other types of distilled beverages tenyata also provide health benefits.

Here are some reasons a person, including Obama, or even the doctors drank beer:

1. Beer low calorie drinks
Some beers have a low amount of calories by 64 calories per 12 ounce per bottle. Even for regular type has only 100 calories per 12 ounce per bottle. In a country that likes low calorie, beer became an excuse to drink, including by Obama of course.

As a ratio of one ounce of all types of distilled beverages or 4 ounces of wine contains just 100 calories. While mixed drinks are packaged to have a higher calorie of 250-500 calories. Many people's favorite beer when the summer is to mix half of extra light beer such as 64 mgd, Beck's Premier Light, Michelob Ultra Lime or occasionally mixed with half minumuman Diet &-up.

2. Beer contains antioxidants
Few people know there is the fact that beer contains antioxidants. Studies at the University of Scranton counting acid antioxidants in beer and beer most types of hardware such as lagers, light beer, and non-alcoholic beer also has antioxidants.

Based on these findings, some researchers put the beer has a lot of antioxidants to the diet patterns in the U.S. than wine. The researchers who conducted the study with giving beer to the animals that have high cholesterol found that dark beer or lagers types helps protect arteries from plaque deposits. The beer also contains antioxidants which help reduce inflammation of blood vessels associated with heart disease.

3. Beer is also good for the brain
Ethanol than is known to protect the cardiovascular and help reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes, in a recent study shows that there is content related to the nervous system. The researchers found alcohol could protect the protein needed to protect the brain or the threat of Alzheimer's.

But Upton underlines, beer can be a good long drink consumed safely and correctly. One glass for women or two drinks for men per day is still a limit of tolerance. Your hobby beer should also have no record of alcohol abuse or family risk of breast cancer.

Walking Can Reduce Rheumatism

2010-01-29T08:06:00.000+07:00

There are hundreds of rheumatic type. Inflammatory type of arthritis caused by uric acid, including the many types found in Indonesia. Moderate exercise on foot, proved beneficial to the patients of this uric acid.

According to the neurologist doctors from Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Dr Harry Isbagio Sp PD-KR, nearly 80 percent of the population have experienced back pain. That means 8 out of 10 people never get arthritis because the pain was included in the rheumatic symptoms.

"The scope of understanding the symptoms of arthritis is quite extensive. Pain, swelling, redness, joint dysfunction and surrounding tissue including the symptoms of arthritis. "All the distractions in the joints, muscles and tendons is called rheumatism," said Dr. Harry Isbagio in a seminar in Jakarta, recently.

Described, consisting of 150 arthritic the type. Symptoms and causes also vary. But there are four types of arthritis are the most frequently encountered in our society is caused by osteoarthritis Calcification, rheumatic arthritis that attacks the foreign tissue outside the cartilage, inflammatory arthritis, and rheumatism caused by thinning.

"About 50 percent of complaints joint pain caused by Calcification. Calcification is thinning cartilage tissue that serves as a bearing joints, "he said.

Bearings in the joints that wear out the friction that causes the bone that causes pain. Calcification is a process of degeneration that began at the age of 40 years. Degeneration process of different speeds on each person.

"Joint someone could start trouble at the age of 40. But there are those who reached the age of 70 joint fine. How quickly this process is determined by several risk factors, "he explained.

Risk factors include the quality of cartilage and excess weight. Good cartilage is more resistant to wear condition. Like a car tire if the quality is good then the joints are not easily wear out even the old worn.

On the second factor, the excess weight will give the network load on the cartilage in the knee joint. He menganalogikan truck tires are often used to carry heavy loads easier to wear than the tires that rarely carry the load.

Likewise with people who often strenuous, exercise, up and down stairs, and lifting weights. But too rarely exercise makes the muscles around the joints become mushy. This situation makes the distance between the joints together, causing friction between two bones.

Unfortunately have not found a cure for Calcification. Treatment can be given more to relieve symptoms. If the joint is completely broken to take joint replacement surgery.

Rheumatism in the productive age are usually caused by inflammation. This inflammation can be due to uric acid or other causes. Rheumatism because uric acid is often found in men aged in their 30s and 40s years.

This type, according to Dr. Harry Isbagio, occurs because the excess of the accumulated purine metabolism in the joints. This heap of pain in the joints.

Doctor Harry often meet public misunderstanding of uric acid. Patients often come to consult with a uric acid test results. "They asked why uratnya acid normal but the doctor diagnosed arthritis affected. They misunderstood about arthritis. Not all arthritis caused by uric acid, "he explained.

Autoimmune disorders such as lupus, including types of inflammation caused by arthritis. In this disorder are not immune function as a repellent bacteria, viruses or foreign substances that enter the body. Precisely immune damage healthy tissue, including tissue in joints.

Likewise with RA (rheumatoid arthritis). Including inflammatory disease that causes joints is still unknown. According to the Encyclopedia of Public Health, there have been indications that the genetic patterns responsible for this disease.

RA can strike people at any age, including toddlers. Inflammatory disease occurred in the synovial tissue found in joints. This network serves to produce joint lubricating fluid. In RA patients, this tissue to swell and show a lot of inflamed cells.

Warm compresses

If only the usual aches pains, Dr Harry advised to take medication of paracetamol. "These drugs are commonly used to treat pain and stiffness, and lots sold in the market," he said. First aid for sore pains can compress the sore area with a hot water bottle or a warm flannel. Highly recommended to rest the body aches pains when it felt very ill.

In particular, he reminded the public to be careful when choosing herbal medicine to overcome rematiknya. Some brands of herbal medicine was allegedly mixed chemicals. "National Agency for Drug and Food has issued a list of herbs mixed with chemicals. So people should be carefully selected herbs, "he advised. What the hell, might have to choose a trusted herbal medicine company.

Beware if the stiffness, pain, and swelling began to attack the joints and the symptoms do not quickly disappear. Soon the doctor if the pain did not disappear until 2 weeks. Your doctor will diagnose carefully.

Rheumatism is a little difficult to diagnose because the symptoms resemble other diseases. "It takes experience to correctly diagnose rheumatic diseases," said Dr Harry who heads the headline Reumatologi the Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia.

Appropriate treatment of rheumatic target requires the correct diagnosis, given the rheumatic diseases consist of a hundred kinds. "Patients will rheumatic blood tests and x-rays to diagnose type rematiknya. After that could be decided upon the implementation of programs and duration of treatment, "he explained.

Handling of early rheumatoid better, thus preventing damage to joints that go on at the same time prevent the ongoing pain.

Maintaining ideal weight is one sensible step to reduce pain in the knee joint. Any burden of overweight and hip knee joints, and increase pain due to arthritis. Addition of excess body weight increases the risk of uric acid.

Mild exercise like walking is useful for arthritis sufferers because of uric acid. This is because walking burns calories, strengthens muscles and build strong bones without disturbing the joints that hurt.

To exercise should ask the opinion of the doctor or therapist, in order to learn the movements of the best. Advised to avoid exercise overload the knee. "Badminton, volleyball, tennis, jogging, martial arts should not be done. Especially when the rheumatism of uric acid that were recurrent. Standing too long will cause great pain, "he said

Women Lose 90 Percent Egg When Age 30

2010-01-28T11:06:00.000+07:00

London, Why do women aged 30 years and over is very difficult to get pregnant? Researchers have found the answer. Women lose 90 percent of eggs when entering the age of 30 years.

Women had been taking 90 percent of her eggs when she was 30 years old. Although still able to produce eggs at the age of 30 to 40 of the year, but the egg reserves continue to shrink rapidly.

Researchers said the body of choosing the best egg from its reserves. While female egg quality will get worse as you get older and the increasing difficulty in having a healthy baby.

Research carried out the University of St Andrews and Edinburgh University are the first of the decline in the number of ovarian reserve is so fast and hard seed fertilization menopause.

The results showed an average of 300 thousand women have eggs, but this number will decline rapidly than previously thought. At the age of only 30 years old female egg reserves 12 percent and 3 percent at age 40 years.

Dr Hamish Wallace in his writing the research tells us that this has been done to show the prospects of women's fertility rates.

"Our research shows that 95 percent of women at the age of 30 years had only a 12 percent maximum of ovarian reserve and at the age of 40 years, only three percent of the remaining," he said as quoted by the Telegraph, Thursday (28/1/2010).

Researchers say many women who think wrong by assuming they can still produce eggs and keep the level of fertility. However, this study showed a decrease in significant egg quickly.

Research conducted with 325 women using the data in the UK, U.S. and Europe of all ages to assess the potential of the egg cell reserves. Researchers then use these data to graph the average reduction potential of ovarian reserve throughout the life of women.

Dr. Wallace, who practiced at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital also said this research could help predict early menopausal women and egg freezing of ovarian cancer patients.

A study published in the journal Public Library of Science One also showed a big difference female egg cell. Some of the women there who have the egg up to 2 million eggs, but there also has at least 35,000 eggs. But the average woman has 300 thousand eggs.

This research is a warning to women not to late to plan a pregnancy. Because the fertility of women after the age of 30 years will fall drastically

Small Things that Make Age Over Long

2010-01-27T18:12:00.000+07:00

Who would not want to live longer? Longevity means an opportunity to enjoy a longer life. Perhaps you would expect, the little habits that you do actually lead you achieve a longer life.

The average human being is generally up to 60-80 years old. Very rare humans who can live to 90 or 100 years more, but it is not impossible you can achieve it.

Advances in technology, health, education, prevention and treatment of disease-specific treatment may be able to manipulate and make someone have a longer life.

But you'll be surprised to know that all that can be achieved only with simple habits and not so important what you might do every day.

Based on recent studies of longer life is quoted from Prevention, Monday (10/8/2009), there are 14 signs someone is likely to achieve longevity.

1. You were born when you were young mothers
Based on research from the University of Chicago, a young mother still has the egg very well to fertilization, which allows to produce healthier children, stronger and live longer.

2. Your tea lovers
More than 40,500 women and men in Japan involved a study of the effects of tea consumption showed the risk to health heart disease and stroke are lower than those who seldom consume tea.

3. You prefer to walk rather than ride a vehicle
The people who fit always put on foot, whether it was just for lunch or go to the mall. 30-minute walk every day will extend life, according to a study of 2603 women and men.

4. You avoid fizzy drinks
The researchers in Boston found that those who drink soda every day increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease and other metabolic disorders. Juice would be healthier for your body.

5. You have a strong leg
According to Robert Butler, MD, of the International Longevity Center-USA in New York City, those with leg muscles are weak not expected to live long because it is easy on the bones of complications.

6. You eat purple food
Fruits such as grapes, blueberries and other foods rich purple polyphenol very good for reducing heart disease, Alzheimer's and improve the ability of brain cells.

7. Including adolescents with your ideal weight and healthy
A study in the Journal of Pediatrics 137 involving African and American say that they are overweight at the age of 14 years and over have a risk of diabetes doubled during adult life.

8. You like your friends and frequently interact with them
"Good interpersonal relationships act as a contrarian stress and balancing your life," says Micah Sadigh, PhD, a psychologist from Cedar Crest College. Having people who support you will make you healthier physically and mentally. Those who stress resistance will have a weak body and can shorten to 4-8 years of age.

9. You love a challenge
"When you feel challenged to do something, your attention will be focused and the brain will have greater power, and that could prolong your life," said Robert S. Wilson, PhD, professor of neurological sciences and psychology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

10. You do not have a maid at home
Based on a study of 302 adults age 70 and 80 years, just by mopping, washing or cleaning the windows a few hours, one can membakanr 285 calories and reduce the risk of death by 30 percent.