Health Risks for a Grumpy

Emotional health is the key to keeping the body healthy. That is why, people who like the grumpy will have problems also on the body. What is it?

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Anger is a negative emotion. When people get angry, a lot of hormones that work, which ultimately affects the physical body. This condition can eventually lead to chronic diseases.

The worst effects of the anger is stressful. Stress is a dangerous thing that can lead to a dozen chronic diseases in the human body. The health risks associated with anger are all seriously. Heart patients have health risks that really fatal if tantrums.

Here are some health risks when your hobby angry, as reported by Boldsky on Thursday (14/03/2013):

1. Stress
Effect after the anger is stressful. After the anger subsides, the body will usually be more easily stressed and stress can lead to serious diseases such as diabetes, depression, high blood pressure and heart disease.

2. Heart Disease
Heart disease such as heart palpitations or rapid heart rate can be triggered by anger. If you are quick to anger, the heart rate may be high constantly makes you vulnerable to cardiac stroke.

3. Sleep disorders
When you are angry, hormones play havoc in the body. That's why the health risks of anger is a sleep disorder. If your body does not get a break, you become an easy target for many diseases. Difficulty sleeping can even make you mad.

4. High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is caused by many things, and anger is one of the main causes. When you get angry, the blood pressure is high for a while. But while high blood pressure can cause even more damage to the heart.

5. Respiratory problems
People who are vulnerable to respiratory disorders such as asthma harder to breathe when you're angry. Anger can trigger asthma attacks and leave sufferers breathless.

6. Headache
When you get angry, the blood vessels in the brain pulsing 'wild'. It can give pain in the head that 'evil' and sharp. Try to relax if you feel pain in the head caused by anger.

7. Heart attack
Heart attacks often occur when someone is emotional, excited or angry. Anger is one of the most dangerous causes that trigger heart attacks. That is why heart patients are forbidden to express too much anger.

8. Stroke
Stroke occurs when one or more blood vessels in the brain rupture. This can happen when anger makes your blood pressure go up very high. Cerebral stroke can kill or paralyze.

Living Healthy With Balanced Menu

Whatever we eat affects our bodies. Our eating habits everyday to determine the general condition of body and mind. To keep our bodies healthy and energetic we have to focus on just the right amount of nutrients your body needs. Obviously, a balanced diet will keep you healthy.

A healthy diet contains all the essential components for better health. Carbohydrates, minerals, fats, fiber, vitamins and proteins will make a healthy balanced diet. This component is consumed in the form of fruits, vegetables, cereals, minerals and water. Loss of one component could interfere with your healthy lifestyle.

How this component gives you better health:

Carbohydrates : Carbohydrates provide energy for our bodies. Of course, no one's energy can not work both physically and mentally. Especially if you are short of carbohydrates in the body of the fatigue life will hit you. Your daily diet should contain 50-60 percent carbohydrates.

Minerals : Minerals are necessary for proper functioning of the body. Daily consumption of minerals needed for our body can not manufacture its own minerals.

Protein : Protein plays an important role for the protein allows the body to perform routine functions. The right amount of protein in our body helping to fight some infections.

Fat : This is a big misconception among a limited circle of unhealthy fats. In fact, fat is essential for our body like other components. In addition, fat is also a lifeline to protect our organs such as the liver and kidneys.

Vitamins : Vitamin A deficiency can interfere with any of your health condition. Fruits, green vegetables, dairy, grains, wheat, vegetable oils are the main source of vitamins. In your daily diet, you should consume the right amount of fruits, vegetables, milk and eggs for healthy living.

Fiber : Constipation is one common complaint from all of us. Fiber is a nutrient that helps prevent your body from constipation. Sweet potatoes or yams, carrots and cucumbers are rich in fiber.

Water : Water is the main need of human life and the human body. Without water we can not digest our food. Dull skin, joint pain and other diseases are some of the results from the lack of a body of water we consume. So you need to consume 8-10 glasses of water every day.

A balanced diet is to eat the right foods at the right time and in the right amount. "Health is Wealth", and you do not need to change their anything to keep it safe but need to regularly perform a correct eating habits. Balanced diet is a bonus to live a healthy lifestyle.

5 Benefits of Napping Extraordinary

During the day after lunch, the temptation to put her head so strong. Eyelids suddenly felt heavy and suddenly the screen is no longer compelling. Better not resist this seduction nap, resting for a moment have many health benefits.

 
"When asleep, there's a lot going on in the brain. Brain right shows a much higher activity. Thing was weird because most people are right-handed left-brain dominated. But during the break, the right brain is the most active," said Andrei Medvedev, an assistant professor in the Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging Georgetown University

Medevdev explained that during daytime sleep, the brain did some mental tasks such as organizing and processing information. In addition, he also describes several other unique benefits as reported by Fox News, Wednesday (11/14/2012), namely:

1. Improve memory
A 2008 study found that a 45-minute nap can help improve memory. This increase occurred in the phase of slow-wave sleep or short-wave sleep as it usually happens at nap time.

Increased brain activity during sleep is also believed to be beneficial to learn a foreign language. The words or terms will be more memorable if often played while sleeping.

2. Increase productivity
Napping may protect the brain from the information processing that occurs in excess and help consolidate the newly learned information. This in turn will increase concentration and productivity in the workplace. Fact, previous studies have found an afternoon nap can reduce blood pressure.

3. Treating insomnia
Research has found that people who napped for 15 minutes feel more alert and less sleepy, even when the lack of sleep the previous night.

The effect can indeed vary in each individual, but a study in 2011 confirmed insomniacs nap makes so much more fit for total rest time longer.

4. Reduce stress
Want to cut as much as half of the stress hormone cortisol? Research shows that stress hormones dramatically decreased after a nap, especially if overnight sleep less soundly.

A German study found that when a group of pilots slept less than 7 hours a night before serving, kortisolnya levels increased significantly and lasted for 2 days. However, when it managed to take a nap for a while, cortisol levels decrease by half.

5. Preventing heart disease
A short nap for 20-40 minutes to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke. This conclusion is based on research conducted by Greek researchers.

Researchers found that people who nap at least 30 minutes for 3 times a week can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by 37 percent. According to this study, a healthy nap should be done between the hours of 1-3 day for no more than 45 minutes. If excessive, it has awakened with a 'heavy head'.

Characteristics Creams Containing Mercury

Characteristics Creams Containing Mercury

All ladies definitely want to get beautiful skin, but often we do not know that in a cosmetic product containing Dangerous materials, such as:
1. Mercury : It is definitely forbidden, too many damaging effects.
2. Hydroquinone : May digunaakan with max limit of 2% is allowed as a cosmetics-counter (OTC). Above it      should be supervision and prescription.
3. Retinoic acid acid : free must not have the doctor's prescription (not goods OTC).

For the cream of mercury, such as Ms. Rina wrote on the blog that the actual start creams has been good when passing through licensing, but then due to its many active ingredients plus a forged or without notification to the national authorities.


I am trying to help to identify the cream of mercury to the layman, characteristics cream containing Mercuri :

1. Generally facial bleach smell a bit hard (usually quite a bit smelly metal / given a perfume scent but I'll sting) it is suspect.

2. Creamy white-yellow. White for night cream, yellow to cream in the morning. Not all but suspect.

3. Specific traits rather shiny cream color. If we open the lid somewhat shiny surface cream / hologram.

Try dab in front of the mirror noticed there were lightning-flash stick in the face or not, it usually contains mercury. The sleek it: is mercury. Mercury is a metal that is why shiny. Nice creamy white color is not shiny hubcap.

4. Can make white skin in no time.
It is quite varied between 1-4 weeks depending on the number of mercury content in the cream. (The higher the mercury content faster yield of white on the face). Even as a result there is a very white face like (sorry) corpse, aka white.

5. Generally cause extreme itching in the beginning, depending on skin type. Hence some dg include "cream anti-irritant".

6. Skin more sensitive to sunlight, hot when exposed to direct sunlight.

7. Skin redness feels sore, usually 1-2 days early usage (different flavors pangs when wearing Peeling from a doctor).

8. Urinary tract disorders.

Creams containing Mercury Dangers use, namely:
1. Make damage to nerve disorders, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's cases, with the following characteristics: tremor (shaking), Insomnia (difficulty sleeping), disturbance of vision, ataxia (abnormal hand movements) Emotional disorders, senile, Depression, Disorientation space (Confusion & uneasy in the beginning).

2. Can slow fetal growth. Even menyababkan child has Autism.
Mercury that can not be wasted by the kidney, piled on the body, and into the fetus when the mother was pregnant. try googling about mercury and autism connection. Once blamed for immunization For preservative containing mercury, whereas the real mercury in cosmetic creams used the mother.

3. Result in miscarriage (fetal death and Infertility).

4. Black spots on the skin will blanch (though faded) and when use is stopped, spots that can / will arise again and getting worse (landscape).

5. Rebound effect (backlash) is a response against the skin will become dark / dull moment discontinued use cream.

6. For those who had been clean face will eventually arise spots are very severe (wide).

7. Can damage the skin layers below. So kl dg diagnostic lights illuminated, skin creams that use mercury will appear blue under it, because they will be dead skin cells. Furthermore bs cause skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma, melanoma malignum, etc.).

8. Damage to the gastrointestinal tract.

9. Damage to the kidneys which can lead to death from kidney failure. Consider water your urine smell after usage mercury cream, the smell of urine will be sharp. People who wear his usual mercury cream ngerasain pain. Because fatigue is not tp Because mercury is a heavy metal that accumulates in the kidney (renal located at the waist). The kidneys filter it is like milk. Mercury is like his batu2 gravel, kidney kl told to loud heavy metals such as mercury, lama2 his kidneys collapsed (kidney failure).

Hopefully it can be common knowledge that women are more thoughtful about cosmetic products. Not merely get instant beauty that makes the skin becomes damaged.

Tattoos Can Be Troublesome to Remove

People pondering a tattoo may want to consider the expense and discomfort of having one removed later on, experts say.

Nearly one out of five people with tattoos do think about having them removed later in life, according to dermatologist Dr. Jeffrey Orringer of the University of Michigan Health System.

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"The most common reason would be to remove a name of someone who is no longer involved in the patient's life," Orringer said in a prepared statement.

According to the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, people who want to get a tattoo should choose a licensed facility and a tattoo design that is simple and therefore easy to remove. They also advise people to put tattoos on parts of the body that can be covered by clothing in the workplace. Unusual or sensitive locations are more prone to scarring and are also more difficult for tattoo removal.

According to the Michigan experts, people considering tattoo removal should also be aware that:

• Laser technology can reduce the appearance of tattoos so they are no longer visible, with little or no scarring. 
• It will take more time -- and possibly more money and discomfort -- to remove a tattoo than to get it put on. Often, six to 12 sessions are required to erase all of the ink.
• Avoid areas of the body where it is more difficult to remove a tattoo, such as ankles, hands and fingers.
• Simpler tattoos that contain only a few colors are easier to remove.
• Darker colors are easier to remove than brighter hues. Colors mixed with white are also tough to remove.

Treatment options include lasers, one of the most common of which is the Q-switched, or quality-switched, laser; surgical excision; and dermabrasion, the sanding of the skin.

Laser removal of tattoos creates damage similar to small wounds. There may be crusting or bleeding in the area after treatment, and there are small risks of infection, scarring or discoloration of the skin.


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Stress At Works 'raises heart risk'

Having a highly demanding job, but little control over it, could be a deadly combination, UK researchers say.

They analysed 13 existing European studies covering nearly 200,000 people and found "job strain" was linked to a 23% increased risk of heart attacks and deaths from coronary heart disease.

Ilustration Stress At Works 'raises heart risk' (annespoor.co.uk)

The risk to the heart was much smaller than for smoking or not exercising, the Lancet medical journal report said.

The British Heart Foundation said how people reacted to work stress was key.

Job strain is a type of stress. The research team at University College London said working in any profession could lead to strain, but it was more common in lower skilled workers.

Doctors who have a lot of decision-making in their jobs would be less likely to have job strain than someone working on a busy factory production line.




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There has previously been conflicting evidence on the effect of job strain on the heart.

In this paper, the researchers analysed combined data from 13 studies.
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    The negative effect of workplace strain is much smaller than, for example, the damage caused by smoking or lack of exercise.”

Prof Peter Weissberg British Heart Foundation

At the beginning of each of the studies, people were asked whether they had excessive workloads or insufficient time to do their job as well as questions around how much freedom they had to make decisions.

They were then sorted into people with job strain or not and followed for an average of seven and a half years.

One of the researchers, Prof Mika Kivimaki, from University College London, said: "Our findings indicate that job strain is associated with a small but consistent increased risk of experiencing a first coronary heart disease event, such as a heart attack."

The researchers said eliminating job strain would prevent 3.4% of those cases, whereas there would be a 36% reduction if everyone stopped smoking.


'Unable to change'

Prof Kivimaki said the evidence of a direct effect of job strain on the heart was mixed.

He told the BBC job strain was linked to other lifestyle choices that were bad for the heart: "We know smokers with job strain are more likely to smoke a bit more, active people with job strain are more likely to become inactive and there is a link with obesity.

"If one has high stress at work you can still reduce risk by keeping a healthy lifestyle."

Prof Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: "We know that being under stress at work, and being unable to change the situation, could increase your risk of developing heart disease.

"This large study confirms this, but also shows that the negative effect of workplace strain is much smaller than, for example, the damage caused by smoking or lack of exercise.

"Though stresses at work may be unavoidable, how you deal with these pressures is important, and lighting up a cigarette is bad news for your heart. Eating a balanced diet, taking regular exercise and quitting smoking will more than offset any risk associated with your job."

Dr Bo Netterstrom, from Bispebjerg Hospital in Denmark, said other stresses at work such as job insecurity "are likely to be of major importance".

He said job strain was "a measure of only part of a psychosocially damaging work environment".


Source : BBC

Having A "Can Do" Attitude Could Help You Lead A Healthier Lifestyle

Having a positive "can do" attitude can lead to a healthier lifestyle.

The study which was conducted by Professor Deborah Cobb-Clark, Director of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, found individuals who believe their life can be changed by their own actions ate healthier food, exercised more, smoked less and avoided binge drinking. The study used data from the Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. 

Having A "Can Do" Attitude Could Help You Lead A Healthier Lifestyle
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Researchers analyzed the link between perceived control and the health investments from an economic point of view, rather than a psychological perspective. They used economic models to assess the numerous ways an individual's thoughts influence their health choices.

The study analyzed information regarding more than 7,000 participants' diet, exercise and personality. The results demonstrated men and women hold different views concerning the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. Men were more likely to want physical results while women were more interested in the everyday enjoyment of leading a healthier lifestyle.

"Our research shows a direct link between the type of personality a person has and a healthy lifestyle," she said. "What works well for women may not work well for men."

Professor Cobb-Clarke hopes the research will display the need for more targeted policy responses. Policy-initiatives should include having healthy choices as a default, rather than the option. This may increase the convenience of healthy options for individuals. Additionally, she believes there should be more of a focus on gender-specific policy initiatives.

"Gender specific policy initiatives which respond to these objectives may be particularly helpful in promoting healthy lifestyles," Professor Cobb-Clarke said.

Professor Cobb-Clark hopes the study would help inform public health policies on ways to combat obesity.
 


Source : Medical Daily

Five Ways to Ramp Up Your Metabolism

When it comes to your metabolism, age can slow you down, making it easier to gain weight once you hit 40. But if you aim to turn that around, experts offer a few tips to boost your metabolism and shed a few extra pounds.

One way to do so is by altering your diet, exercise,
and sleep habits, suggets Scott Isaacs, M.D.
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One way to do so is by altering your diet, exercise, and sleep habits, suggets Scott Isaacs, M.D., an endocrinologist in Atlanta and author of Hormonal Balance: How to Lose Weight By Understanding Your Hormones and Metabolism.

"Think of your body as an engine - your metabolism is the rate at which your engine runs," he explained to Health magazine. "By making adjustments to these three elements, you can actually make your engine rev higher."

On September 4, fitness blog FitSugar and Health magazine offer a few expert tips to get your metabolic engine burning -- at any age. The promise? You can drop ten pounds, or 4.5 kilos, in 21 days.

1. Eat early - "Breakfast triggers a process called thermogenesis, where the body signals the brain to activate the metabolic process of turning food into energy," Mark Hyman, M.D., author of The Blood Sugar Solution, told Health magazine.

2. Watch your sugar - "As we get older, it's crucial to pay attention to how much sugar we're consuming," stated Diane Kress, R.D., author of The Metabolism Miracle. "Too much messes with your metabolism by causing your body to store extra calories as fat."

3. Eat often - To optimize your metabolic burn, Hyman recommends eating small meals every three or four hours.

4. Work out, with intensity - "Not only does it affect your metabolism while you're doing it, but research shows you can keep burning calories up to 24 hours after you finish because your metabolism stays elevated," Isaacs stated.

5. Sleep well - Research suggests that people who sleep two-thirds of their usual amount (such as five hours instead of eight) eat an average of 549 extra calories the following day without even noticing. Doing this regularly means a lot of extra weight.

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Pot Smoking May Leave Mark On Teen Brains

Teenagers who frequently smoke marijuana may be setting themselves up for declines in intelligence and mental function that persist well into adulthood, new research suggests.

In a decades-long study of more than 1,000 New Zealanders, researchers found that adolescents who used marijuana at least four days per week lost an average of eight IQ points between the ages of 13 and 38—a pattern not seen among people who began smoking heavily only in adulthood.

Heavy pot smokers tended to show deficits in memory, concentration, and overall brainpower in relation to their peers, but these problems were more pronounced—and seemingly more lasting—among those who picked up the habit as teens, the study found.

Individuals who smoked heavily in adolescence had consistently lower IQs at age 38, even if they’d cut back in the previous year. By contrast, the IQ of the relative latecomers to marijuana was more closely linked with how much pot they’d smoked recently.

“The effect of persistent cannabis use on intellectual functioning is really confined to adolescents, [which] suggests that adolescents, in particular, are vulnerable to the effect of cannabis,” says lead author Madeline H. Meier, Ph.D., a psychologist and postdoctoral researcher at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina.
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An eight-point decline in IQ isn’t negligible, the authors say. Previous research suggests a drop in intelligence of that magnitude could, for instance, affect a person’s long-term career prospects, job performance, and income.

It’s reasonable to suspect that still-growing teen brains might be especially sensitive to the cumulative effects of marijuana, says Jeffrey Brosco, M.D., a professor of pediatrics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

“In the developing brain, neurons are growing and changing, synapses are forming,” says Brosco, who was not involved in the study. “When there’s a lot of change in any part of the body, particularly the brain, that usually means it’s more vulnerable to environmental influences.”

The new study, which was published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doesn’t prove that marijuana use directly impairs intelligence. It does, however, provide some of the strongest evidence to date of a cause-and-effect relationship.

The study participants underwent IQ tests when they were 13—before they’d ever tried marijuana—and again as adults, which provided the researchers a before-and-after snapshot of their intelligence. Earlier studies that found a link between mental ability and pot smoking have generally looked at a single point in time, raising the possibility that low IQ increases the likelihood of marijuana use, rather than vice versa, Meier says.

But Meier and her colleagues weren’t able to entirely rule out alternative explanations for the IQ declines seen in the study. For instance, although they controlled for alcohol and drug use, they focused on full-blown dependence (as opposed to more casual use) and therefore may have underestimated the effects of teen drinking.

“It’s hard to be dependent as a teenager, so you worry about [whether] you can be sure it’s the cannabis,” Brosco says. “Alcohol is well known to be a neurotoxin.”

Only 5% of the study participants began smoking marijuana regularly before age 18, and it’s not clear from the findings whether less-frequent users might experience similar declines in IQ and mental function. More research will be needed to determine the minimum dosage of marijuana associated with these problems, the authors say.

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Energy Drinks May Improve Heart Health

Contrary to popular belief, drinking energy drinks containing caffeine and taurine may actually improve health and boost heart function in healthy people, a new study reveals.

 

"With energy drinks containing both caffeine and taurine concerns have been raised of adverse effects on the heart. While caffeine increases blood pressure, studies suggest that taurine may stimulate the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum," Dr. Matteo Cameli, a researcher at the University of Siena in Italy and co- author of the study, said in a statement today.

Italian researchers measured the blood pressure, heart rate and left and right ventricular function of 35 healthy participants with an average age of 25, and found that the function in the left and right ventricles that pump blood to the body increased an hour after drinking an energy drink.

Researchers presenting at the European Society of Cardiology conference in Munich, Germany also found that consuming energy drinks increase diastolic blood pressure by 6 percent, but not heart rate and systolic blood pressure.

Cameli said that the improvement in heart function may be caused by taurine, an amino acid in many energy drinks that is known to stimulate calcium production in muscle.

"Our study was performed in young healthy individuals at rest. Future studies need to focus on whether such benefits persist after long term consumption of energy drinks, and what the effects are of consuming these drinks during physical activity," Cameli said.

"It will also be important to determine which of the effects are induced in patients with cardiac disease to further our understanding of the potential benefits or risks of energy drink consumption," he added.

However other experts warn that too much caffeine can make people sweat and experience heart palpitations.

"People are showing up in the emergency room and doctor's office after having these drinks and not feeling well," said W. Douglas Weaver, former president of the American College of Cardiology, according to Bloomberg. "Now we can see some of the physiological effects."

Source : http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/11761/20120827/energy-drinks-may-improve-heart-health.htm

Dark chocolate 'may lower blood pressure'

There may be good news for people looking for an excuse to munch on a couple of squares of chocolate after a review showed the treat could reduce blood pressure.

 

An analysis of 20 studies showed that eating dark chocolate daily resulted in a slight reduction in blood pressure.

The Cochrane Group's report said chemicals in cocoa, chocolate's key ingredient, relaxed blood vessels.

However, there are healthier ways of lowering blood pressure.

The theory is that cocoa contains flavanols which produce a chemical in the body called nitric oxide. This 'relaxes' blood vessels making it easier for blood to pass through them, lowering the blood pressure.
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    The 100g of chocolate that had to be consumed daily in a number of the studies would also come with 500 calories - that's a quarter of a woman's recommended daily intake”

Victoria Taylor British Heart Foundation

However, studies have thrown up mixed results. The Cochrane analysis combined previous studies to see if there was really an effect.

There was a huge range in the amount of cocoa consumed, from 3g to 105g a day, by each participant. However, the overall picture was a small reduction in blood pressure.

A systolic blood pressure under 120mmHg (millimetres of mercury) is considered normal. Cocoa resulted in a 2-3mmHg reduction in blood pressure. However, the length of the trials was only two weeks so the longer term effects are unknown.

Lead researcher Karin Ried, from the National Institute of Integrative Medicine in Melbourne, Australia, said: "Although we don't yet have evidence for any sustained decrease in blood pressure, the small reduction we saw over the short term might complement other treatment options and might contribute to reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease."

High blood pressure is both common and deadly. It has been linked to 54% of strokes worldwide and 47% of cases of coronary heart disease.

However, chocolate packs plenty of fat and sugar as well as cocoa so is not the ideal way of lowering blood pressure.
Dark or milk?

There has also been a warning in the Lancet medical journal that dark chocolate may contain fewer flavanols than you might think. Dark chocolate contains a higher cocoa count than milk chocolate so should contain more flavanols, however, they can also be removed as they have a bitter taste.

Victoria Taylor, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "It's difficult to tell exactly what sort of quantities of flavanol-rich cocoa would be needed to observe a beneficial effect and the best way for people to obtain it.

"With most of the studies carried out over a short period of time it's also not possible to know for sure whether the benefits could be sustained in the long term. The 100g of chocolate that had to be consumed daily in a number of the studies would also come with 500 calories - that's a quarter of a woman's recommended daily intake.

"Beans, apricots, blackberries and apples also contain flavanols and, while containing lower amounts than in cocoa, they won't come with the unhealthy extras found in chocolate."

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Foods to be the cause of acne

In addition to hygiene factors, stress and hormones, unhealthy foods most often the cause of acne. Of the many foods that cause acne, there is most often the culprit. What are they?

 
Acne is formed when the follicles under the skin clog up. Most pimples form on the face, neck, back, chest and shoulders. Acne can appear on the skin of anyone, but most often appear on the skin of adolescents and young adults.

Here are some foods that most often trigger the appearance of acne

Fried foods
Type of oil that you consume each day has a huge impact on the health of the skin. If you eat fatty unhealthy oils regularly, the body will be forced to use them to form new skin cells. The skin cells will not function properly. Finally, acne and other skin diseases can be realized.

Types of fried foods most likely to cause acne include:
1. French fries
2. Donat
3. Fried chicken
4. Fast-food Chinese food
5. Mozzarella Sticks

Foods high in sugar
Did you know that sugar is toxic to the body and are directly or indirectly can cause acne. Sugar can suppress the immune system and impact on the body's defense against bacterial infection, which is one cause of acne.

Sugar also mmengganggu absorption of calcium and magnesium, which is a mineral essential for optimal skin. In addition, the sugar causes loss of tissue elasticity and function.

High-sugar foods that cause acne are:
1. Candy
2. Soda
3. Ice cream
4. Brown
5. Biscuit
6. Cereals

Foods high in carbohydrates
The most important carbohydrate is glucose, a simple sugar (monosaccharide) that are metabolized by almost all organisms. All carbohydrates eventually converted into glucose, which is then converted into glycogen for storage in the body.

The important thing to realize is the human body needs only a certain amount of glucose to function properly. When you eat carbohydrates your body needs more than that, the health problems like diabetes, and acne can be realized.

These high-carbohydrate foods that can trigger acne excessive ingestion:
A. White rice
2. Pasta
3. White bread

Negative Effects of Sleeping Pills

Sleeping pills are often the mainstay of insomnia sufferers. But be careful about taking sleeping pills. Abuse of these drugs can make you fall asleep forever.

Negative Effects of Sleeping Pills

Researchers from a sleep clinic in California revealed that people who get a prescription for sleeping pills five times higher risk of dying compared with non-drinkers sleeping pills.

The study was conducted on 10 529 people who have been prescribed sleeping tablets and 23 600 people who did not. Both groups of respondents have a range of age, health status, as well as the same economic status.

In comparing the two groups, the researchers revealed that people who take 18 sleeping pills in a year, the risk of death 3.6 times higher than those not taking sleeping pills at all. Meanwhile, taking the drug between 18-132 sleeping pill in a year the risk is increased to five times.

It is not perfect because of studies linking sleep medication with a high mortality does not mean sleeping pills as a single causative factor. But it never hurts to take extra care to doses of sleeping pills are consumed. Moreover the results of the analysis conducted by researchers from Canada in 2010 gave similar results.

Benefits of Outdoor Jogging

A little review about the benefits of jogging in the Outdoor area

For those who live in big cities, a fitness center is the last option for exercise. Although it is not wrong, but a study reported by The Telegraph (20/6), states that jogging in locations such as parks and forests can reduce the risks associated with mental health.

Researchers found the conclusion that running around on the site has a positive effect on the healing of patients with depression and anxiety.

Researchers say even when jogging in the forest to reduce the level of depression by 50 percent compared to those who spend the time to exercise indoors, like at the gym.

Study conducted at the University of Glasgow is presented that is not just jogging, but other forms of activity such as walking, running, or cycling at the site is overgrown grass and trees can reduce stress levels of the brain.

"This is not a serious mental health problems, but problems of a general nature, such as mild depression, insomnia, high stress levels or simply feeling unable to cope with the problem, â €? Said Prof. Mitchell.

10 Benefits of smile

A smile is a prayer, a smile had something good for other than beneficial relationship with the surrounding, because a smile is the closest distance between two people. Moreover smile also have a positive impact for our health.

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1. A smile makes you more attractive
People who smile a lot has its appeal. People who like to smile to make people around him feel comfortable and happy. People are always frowning, scowling, frowning and grinning making people uncomfortable around. Certainly a lot of smiling people who have many friends.

2. A smile can change the feeling
If you're sad, try to smile. A smile would make sense for the better. According to the study, a smile can trick the body so the feeling changes.

3. A smile can be contagious
Type the person's smile, he will make the atmosphere more cheerful. People around you will surely smile and feel happier

4. A smile will reduce stress and make the mind more clearly
Stress can be seen on the face. with a smile can eliminate facial fatigue, boredom, and sadness. When you are stressed, take time to smile.

5. A smile increases immunity.
A smile makes the immune system work better. The body's immune function works best when a person feels relaxed. According to research, flu and cough can be lost with a smile.

6. Smile lowers blood pressure
Do not believe? Let you record the blood pressure when you're not smiling again and record blood pressure when you smile when examined. Blood pressure when you smile definitely lower.


7. Smiles release endorphins, a natural numbing, and serotonin
A smile is like a natural medicine. A smile can produce endorphins, a natural numbing, and serotonin. All three hormones which are able to control pain.

8. Smiles make the young
Move many muscle smile. As a result of facial muscles trained so that you do not need to do a face lift. Secured with many smiles you'll look more youthful.

9. A smile makes you look successful.
People who smile look more confident, well-known and reliable. Attach a smile at meetings or meet with clients. Sure your colleagues will see you better.

10. A smile makes people think positive.
Try to do this: think about bad things with a smile. It must be hard. Cause, when you smile, the body sends a signal "life is good". So that when she smiled, accepted the body as a gift.

Identify the cause of cramps and Tingling

National Institutes of Health (NIH), said, tingling and leg cramps may be a sign of a serious medical condition. If a change in habits and weight loss are not able to relieve the sensation, you may need to meet with the doctor to look for other causes and appropriate treatment.

Sitting in one position too long can cause tingling in the feet. Often, simply by changing the position or go for a walk will relieve these symptoms. Tingling in the feet can come from many causes, including disease, diet, and environmental factors. To learn more about what can trigger cramps and tingling, here is his review:
 

1. Circulation

Diabetic neuropathy is a complication of diabetes with symptoms of numbness or numbness in the feet or legs that can cause tingling and cramps in the legs. These complaints are caused by damage to the peripheral nervous system because the blood sugar levels are not controlled. Diseases and infections that cause inflammation of blood vessels (called vasculitis) triggers the formation of scar tissue in blood vessels, impair circulation and cause numbness and cramps in the muscles of the lower extremities.

2. Rheumaotid arthritis

According to the Merck Medical Library, rheumatoid arthritis of the ankle can cause tarsal tuneel syndrome. The pressure of the swelling will trigger nearby tingling in the feet. Try to keep your feet elevated up to relieve the symptoms. But in some chronic cases, your doctor may suggest surgery.

3. Injury

Tingling and cramps caused by trauma to nerve compression can occur after a person's spinal cord injury in an accident or a broken leg. The scar around the nerve and arthritis of the spine or legs may trigger abnormal sensation and muscle spasms year later.

4. Nutrition

Calcium is an essential mineral needed for muscle contraction and nerve transmission. Calcium deficiency can cause muscle cramps and tingling, but it may also indicate problems of renal failure, vitamin D deficiency and hypoparathyroidism (decreased function of the parathyroid glands).

5. Hormone

Disturbances in hormone levels can cause swelling in the feet and ankle (ankle), the upward pressure on the nerves. Swelling also interfere with blood flow to muscles, which causes cramping of the buildup of lactic acid and poor oxygenation.

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Breakfast each day, Can Reduce Risk of Diabetes

For some people, breakfast or eat breakfast do not become a habit. In fact, eating breakfast is the most important and highly recommended to be met due to health reasons.

The study showed that people who skip breakfast are more likely to suffer a setback levels of mood, memory and energy. Even these people are also more likely to experience weight gain, due to overeating at lunch or dinner.
 

A research study on the eating habits of volunteers involved in the National Weight Control Registry shows, individuals who consistently used to breakfast tend to decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes.

In research published in the latest issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers monitored 29 000 men for 16 years. In his analysis, researchers looked at patterns of diet, exercise, disease rates and other signs of health. The results show, there are about 2,000 participants who experienced pain during the study of type 2 diabetes.

Participants who did not eat breakfast regularly have a rate 21 percent higher risk of diabetes than those who ate breakfast regularly sacara. In fact, their risk (no breakfast) remained high after the researchers accounted for body mass index (BMI) and quality of each individual's breakfast.

Other studies also found an association between breakfast and spent the risk of type 2 diabetes. Although the relationship between the two is not yet clear, but some scientists suspect that eating breakfast helps stabilize blood sugar throughout the day.

Some studies show that eating foods in a larger amount of calories, especially carbohydrates, have a detrimental impact on blood sugar and insulin levels.

5 The act strange It Beneficial For Health

Maybe you've heard the use of leeches as a healing wound or disease on modern health technologies. Or other strange things. Here are five things at once is unusual uniquely beneficial to your health, at least according to Christopher Wanjek, author of Bad Medicine and Food At Work.

1. Vibration exercise
This exercise was initially considered a myth. However, the opposite has been a lot of exercise equipment that uses vibration in the training system. Induced vibration is believed to increase your mobility in the move. Machine vibration can accelerate the healing of muscle and bone density in patients with established osteoporosis. The drawback, no studies that address the levels of vibration and how much time a safe practice.

2. Running in bare feet
Maybe this time a strange thing if you run or jog barefoot. However, running with bare feet is very beneficial to the shins, knees, hips, and back. According to a study published in the journal Nature (2010), running shoes which appeared in the 60's can change the posture and the way humans walk.

3. Cleaning the tongue
Ritual scrape dirt on the tongue has been run since time immemorial by the Indians they called ayurveda. This is rarely done because you will feel choking, pain, or disgust smell a bad odor. However, dozens of studies conducted in western proves this is the most effective way to cope with bad breath, prevent dental caries, gum disease, and even colds.

4. Healing with the use of parasitic
For those of you who have allergy or asthma symptoms are usually more frequent use of eye drops, pills, or inhalants. However, the researchers gave the idea of ​​healing with the use of something that might be considered dirty and disgusting. They said the protection of a particular type of parasitic infection (hookworm) can cure allergies or Crohn's disease and multiple sclerosis.

5. Fecal transplant
This may sound very strange. On a stool or a transplant procedure is also called the faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), the doctor injects the feces of healthy people into the intestine of a patient through a tube-like instrument. This treatment is effective for patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), an infection causing severe diarrhea or other illness-causing bacteria-induced diarrhea. Prosedut FMT also known as bacteriotherapy, fecal transplants, fecal transfusion, or human probiotic infusion (HPI), by transferring bekteri "healthy" with probiotics into the intestines.

FMT in principle is an effort to restore the flora colony by introducing healthy bacteria flora through an infusion or injection of feces from a healthy donor. This procedure can also address other diseases, such as colitis, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, and some neurological diseases.

6 Complaints Body When You Lack Sleep

Still regard sleep as a regular ritual? If so, be careful, because the body can demonstrate to us if we continue to let the quality of sleep deteriorates. Because there are at least six health risk if we are threatened by lack of sleep.

1. Long for junk food
When we are sleep deprived, a key regulator of appetite impaired. As a result we want foods that are high in fat and high in carbohydrates. This will make the number of calories in the body rise dramatically. A research has shown, after lack of sleep for two nights in a row, respondents had the urge to eat for longer than usual. For the hormone that triggers appetite, namely ghrelin, increased and decreased appetite-suppressing hormone, leptin is.

If it is left continuous, we will be overweight. And is increasingly confirmed by a University of Washington that found that respondents have enough sleep, 7 to 9 hours each night, have an ideal BMI value.

2. We become a magnet for germs center
People who sleep 7 hours at night, going 3 times more susceptible to flu. This is the result of the JAMA study. In fact, other studies concluded that men who sleep less and be given the flu vaccine, has delayed the formation of the immune response against the disease is seasonal. Newly formed immune, 10 days after vaccination. The formula is only one to explain this situation, the sleeping form of our immune system.

3. Body to process sugar more slowly
University of Chicago concluded in their study, short sleep time will make the body resistant to insulin. This makes it hard to be processed glucose in our blood vessels, so we are likely to develop type 2 diabetes.

4. Suffered a prolonged stress
Still from a University of Chicago, the lack of sleep makes the hormone cortisol to rise sharply. This is the hormone that causes us to know how unpleasant stress. Increase in cortisol occurred from the afternoon until the evening, which makes our heart rate increases, increased blood pressure, and blood sugar to rise. This means that we are at risk of developing hypertension, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

5. Our brain becomes foggy
When we are sleep deprived, the brain attack "thick fog". Even Walsbelen Joyce, PhD, an expert on sleep hygiene, storytelling, this fog is hard to make us feel good. "Because sleep and emotional control on the same brain area. So when we are sleep deprived, then automatically we have to make yourself become easily depressed. "

6. Make us look older
Lack of sleep also makes the blood flow slows down, even for those under our skin. So no wonder if the eye bags easily formed when we are sleep deprived, and this is certainly not something that can enhance our appearance.

"Even worse, lack of sleep increases the hormone cortisol also slows the production of collagen. If this happens, say welcome to the wrinkles, "says Jyotsna Sahni, MD, health expert bed of Canyon Ranch, the United States.

See the full list of complaints bodies when we sleep, we would not want to create a body to complain again. Because of that, do an easy trick to sleep soundly.

* Slowly, go to bed 15 minutes earlier each night.
* Turn off the lights an hour before closing his eyes, and try to relax. If music can calm down, feel free to enjoy it while turning a blind eye strain.
* Do not place the television or computer in our room.
* Do the meditation or stretching the body, 30 minutes before actually sleeping.

Direct Sleeping After Eating, Apparently Dangerous

Often hear the advice "Do not sleep immediately after eating"? Some say the rapid fat later. First, my grandmother said, "After eating straight to bed, you climbed into the chest rice ngerendem lungs. Later his chest felt hot."

I think it's just a myth. Science has also confirmed what my grandmother said, of course with a more scientific answer. Well, what are the dangers of sleep immediately after a stomach full of food?

Burning sensation in the chest
When the body's sleep and rest, the digestive system it will actually work harder. Straight to bed after eating can increase stomach acid levels and trigger heartburn. Sometimes it can also cause a burning sensation in the abdomen, chest, and throat.

Weight gain
Eating late at night before sleeping harmful because it causes the body to accumulate more fat. So if you wake up hungry at midnight, healthy snacks like fruit and salad is recommended for consumption rather than food such as cakes, pizza, noodles, or rice once.

Heat sense Throat
The occurrence of acid reflux. Gastroesophageal reflux diseases (GERD) or acid reflux is not to close the valve between the stomach and esophagus. This allows stomach acid to creep into the throat and cause the burning sensation of the throat.

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Stroke
The results of a study conducted University of Ioannina, Greece, found that behavioral sleep immediately after eating can increase the risk of us having a stroke. Study involving 500 healthy people found that respondents who had the longest interval between eating and sleeping have the lowest risk for stroke.

There are two theories that could explain these results. First, acid reflux happens when we get to sleep after a meal may increase the occurrence of sleep apnea or breathing stops during sleep which can cause a stroke.

The second theory suggests, a stroke can occur due to the hard work of our digestive system which affects the increase in blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels which in turn could trigger a stroke.

When should we be able to sleep after eating? The best is 2 hours later.