As the standards of health rise, more and more people resort to alternative medicine for their organic ingredients. Scientific researchers continue to discover and develop many plants so that they may be able to harness their health benefits.
Weight loss has become an obsession for most people. So many of them seem to endlessly find ways on how to lose weight but want to accelerate the process more each time. As sedentary living and high technology become more and more prevalent, people are becoming lazier and lazier. This laziness has caused the uprising of so many diets that aim to reduce a significant amount of weight in so little time. These diets were considered dangerous diets because they compromise your health just so you could lose weight fast.
Anorexia is an eating disorder that affects so many people from all walks of life. It is an eating disorder that may have been influenced by fashion magazines, demanding careers,  and music videos. It is quite saddening that people really aim to be thin at the expense of their overall well-being. So many anorexics die because of starvation and multiple-organ failure because of the body’s weak immune system.
Everyone dreams of eating everything that they want and never get fat at all. That would definitely be the day when everybody could finally give up strict diet routines. The main idea in burning fat is to increase the rate of your metabolism. When you are still young, your body is really active and your metabolism is always at its peak. But when you get to a certain age, metabolism slows down. When this happens, all that you eat just stays stagnant in your body and never gets used by your body for energy.
Food additives make food experience a lot tastier, more aromatic, more colorful or more nutritious. A well known food flavor enhancer is the monosodium glutamate or MSG. It is a food additive that is widely used in the whole world. Continue reading
The digestive system is a very indispensible organ system. With a normal-functioning digestive system, you can be assured that you receive the right nutrients that your body needs. In your GIT or gastrointestinal tract, you will find the bowel. This is the end part of your digestive tract where the food is absorbed (small intestines) and eliminated (large intestines). The large intestines serve as the last terminal for the food to transit your body. Water is absorbed and fecal material is formed here.
Ulcers can occur either in the stomach (gastric ulcer) or in the small intestines (peptic ulcer). Although gastric ulcers can bleed, peptic ulcers have a greater possibility of becoming bleeding ulcers. Getting an ulcer is not a pretty thing or an easy issue to deal with. With all the stresses that happen everyday, an ulcer could really be acquired by anyone. According to studies, males are more likely to develop ulcers than females. This is probably because they carry the burden of earning for the family. They also get involved in more physical endeavors than the women. Once you are afflicted with ulcers, then you are bound to a life of pain and discomfort. Symptoms of a ulcer are anemia, fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain, and vomiting. If it becomes a bleeding peptic ulcer, there will be blood in your stools as well.
Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid generally works as an antioxidant. It is popularly known to boost up the immune system of the body for protection from several diseases and infections. As they say, “Prevention is better than cure.†Most households have vitamin C supplements and regularly intake ascorbic acid pills in addition to the vitamin C that they get from the food they eat. Continue reading
Before pregnancy, women should have normal body weights. This is to ensure well-being of the pregnant mother and for the healthy development of the fetus. This is the same reason why couples need to plan for a pregnancy—not only financially or emotionally but more importantly, physically. Continue reading
The Perioperative experience encompass the three major phases of surgery—the preoperative, the intraoperative, and the postoperative phase. The Preoperative Phase extends from the time the client is admitted in the surgical unit to the time he is prepared physically, psychologically, spiritually and legally for the surgical procedure until he is transported into the operating room. Continue reading