Tips to prevent Piles

February 5, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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You can most easily prevent piles by maintaining a healthy diet and exercising regularly. Piles are exacerbated when you pass hard stools since they scrape the swollen skin and make it hard for the body to heal itself. You have to soften your stools to let them pass more easily and the best way to do this is to add fiber and water to your diet and minimize your intake of junk food. When you have softer, more easily passed stools, the little piles that simply accrue over time will go away on their own and you’ll never even notice they were there, let alone have them flare up or start bleeding. Exercising regularly is also a good way to keep your system going. Even something as simple as going on walks is a great way to keep your digestive system moving which means your body will have an easier time getting rid of the waste materials efficiently. If you work in an office and have to sit down a lot, make sure to take breaks and go on a walk sometimes, even if it’s just around the office or outside around the building. Keeping that area clean is another way to help prevent piles. Maintain good hygiene and let your body do the work it’s meant to do.

Tips to Prevent Ulcers

February 4, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Avoid stress at work. It’s a huge factor in ulcers, because you have no way to express anger in the workplace. If you gnash your teeth all day at work, consider changing jobs, joining a support group or seeing a counselor. Check your blood type. People with type O blood are 35 percent more susceptible to getting ulcers than those with type A, B or AB. If you are type O, you may want to pay attention to your lifestyle, especially your level of stress. Avoid taking aspirin or other analgesics on an empty stomach. Don’t drink coffee or take vitamin C on an empty stomach. Avoid highly acidic diets and pepper. Use common sense. Don’t eat six pickles for lunch on an empty stomach. Speak your mind. Learn to say how you feel without sounding harsh or being hurtful. Have a test to see whether you have the helicobactor pylori bacteria if your family is prone to ulcers. Eat healthfully and drink eight glasses of water a day. Eating lots of high-fiber foods will keep your digestive system in peak performance.
Exercise aerobically at least four times a week. Exercise reduces the harmful effects of stress and leaves you feeling relaxed and calm.

Simple Ways to Keep Your Eyes Healthy

February 4, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Do you eyes feel tired and sore by the end of the day? Modern life puts a lot of stress on our bodies and eyes are among the first things to suffer. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Learn simple things you can do for your eye health and your eyes will feel and look much better in only a few days. It is proven that UV rays can seriously damage your eyes, but good sunglasses can prevent this damage. When buying sunglasses, make sure that they block at least 98% of UV radiation. It is a common knowledge that working with poor light can cause eyestrain, but light that is too bright can do as much damage. The great invention of the 20th century computers is not so great from the point of view of health. Almost everybody feels discomfort in their eyes after peering at a computer screen all day long. This is because people blink about 25% less often then usual, while working at the computer, which causes eye dryness. I won’t advise you to blink more often it is almost impossible to control natural reflexes. One thing you can do, is close your eyes and count to 5 before opening them. Another thing is to look away from the screen and focus on some faraway object, as often as possible. If you train yourself into the habit, your eyes should feel much better at the end of your working day.

Tips to combat heat – Related problems

February 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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As we age, our ability to adequately respond to summer heat can become a serious problem. Here are some tips for helping older people avoid heat-related illnesses, known collectively as hyperthermia, during the summer months. The risk for hyperthermia is a combination of the outside temperature along with the general health and lifestyle of the individual. Health-related factors that may increase risk include. Age-related changes to the skin such as poor blood circulation and inefficient sweat glands. Heart, lung and kidney diseases, as well as any illness that causes general weakness or fever. High blood pressure or other conditions that require changes in diet. For example, people on salt-restricted diets may increase their risk. However, salt pills should not be used without first consulting a doctor. Heat stroke is an advanced form of hyperthermia that occurs when the body is overwhelmed by heat and unable to control its temperature. Someone with a body temperature above 104 degrees is likely suffering from heat stroke and may have symptoms of confusion, combativeness, strong rapid pulse, lack of sweating, dry flushed skin, faintness, staggering, possible delirium or coma. Seek immediate medical attention for a person with any of these symptoms, especially an older adult. Get the person out of the sun and into an air-conditioned or other cool place. Offer fluids such as water, fruit and vegetable juices, but avoid alcohol and caffeine.

Earwax And Treatment

January 25, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Earwax is made in the outer ear canal, the area between the fleshy part of the ear on the outside of the head and the middle ear. The medical term for earwax is cerumen. Earwax has many important functions. It helps protect the eardrum and ear canal by providing a waterproof lining for the ear canal, helping to keep it dry and preventing germs from causing infection. It also traps dirt, dust, and other particles, keeping them from injuring or irritating the eardrum. After the wax is produced, it slowly makes its way through the outer ear canal to the opening of the ear. Then it either falls out or comes out during bathing. In most people, the outer ear canal makes earwax all the time, so the canal always has enough wax in it. In most cases, nothing needs to be done to remove earwax from ears. Regular bathing is typically enough to keep it at healthy levels. Sometimes doctors will remove earwax from a person’s ear because it’s causing pain and discomfort or interfering with hearing, or to get a better view of the eardrum to check for problems. Removal takes just a few minutes and usually doesn’t require any further treatment. If there’s a sign of infection, the doctor may prescribe eardrops with antibiotics. But further home treatment usually isn’t needed after most removals.

Tips For Healthy Heart

January 23, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Heart disease is a major health problem in today’s world . Our sedentary lifestyles and fatty foods place most of us at serious risk of developing heart disease at some point in our lifetimes. If your doctor says your risk of developing heart disease is higher than normal, or if your family has a history of heart disease, you need to be even more concerned. Heart disease is not to be taken lightly, lest you take a chance of leaving us all too soon. But there are measures that you can take to help control your heart disease risk factors. If you make an effort to take them, you can reduce your risk of heart disease by a large margin. Here are few tips for a healthy heart. Have your doctor check your cholesterol level regularly. If your LDL cholesterol level is too high, he might recommend a special diet, prescribe medications, recommend an exercise routine, or any combination of the above to lower your cholesterol and reduce your risk of heart disease. Exercise (with your doctor’s approval) for at least 30 minutes, three or more times per week. Cardiovascular exercise helps strengthen the heart and lowers the risk for heart disease. Limiting alcohol consumption and not smoking are excellent ways to help keep your heart and lungs healthy. Heart disease is much more likely in smokers than in those who refuse to “kick the habit”.

Medicinal values of water

January 20, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:
Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear nose and throat diseases.
METHOD OF TREATMENT
1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minute
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.
The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure (30 days)
2. Gastric (10 days)
3. Diabetes (30 days)
4. Constipation (10 days)
5. Cancer (180 days)
6. TB (90 days)

Shrink your tummy

January 10, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Eating healthy foods, lots of vegetables and drinking lots of water is a proven aid in shrinking your tummy. By eating regular salads with meals, vegetables in your sandwiches, and eating and snacking fruit on a regular basis is a good way to get vitamins and nutrients not to mention it is a lot healthier than eating junk food. So cut back on fast food, sodas, and anything with large amounts of fat, salt and sugar however it is ok to eat those foods occasionally, as the body needs to store fat. So keep an eye on your intake of food, and drink your water by the bucketful. There is also a lot of dietary supplements or drink replacements out there, they help extremely well in shrinking your tummy, however they are not to be used to completely replace food in your diet, use the drinks when your on the run, or don’t have time for a meal. Also a good way to shrink your however is having regular exercise each day, even if it’s only twenty minutes it all still helps. So try signing up to a gym and becoming a regular visitor, most gyms have personal trainers that can assign to you a work out that is going to help your trim and shrink your tummy.

Fruits to keep your skin soft and smooth

January 5, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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For sparkling teeth, mix one teaspoon of fresh lemon juice with one teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda and half teaspoon of salt. Use like toothpaste – once a week. Lighten the skin and smoothens rough edges of elbows and knees. Cut a lemon into two halves and rest your elbows in each half for 15 minutes. Or squeeze juice of lemon and apply on your knees. Peel a tomato and chop it finely before spreading on face. Work as an effective cleanser and gentle astringent to tighten pores. Squeeze juice of an orange and mix with a tablespoon of plain yoghurt. Apply on face, avoiding the eye area. Rinse off after 10 minutes and splash face with cold water. Run about 10 unripe cherries in a blender. Mix the juice with a tablespoon of dry oatmeal and use as a five-minute facial mask. For the body; mix cherry juice with a tablespoon of sea salt and massage over damp skin. Mash half a ripe papaya with two teaspoons of honey. Apply to areas of face that are prone to wrinkles such as between the brows and along the sides of the nose. Leave on it for 10 minutes.

Home face treatments

January 5, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Steep a pair of Earl Grey teabags in boiling water, run them under a tap and place over eyes for 10 minutes before night out. Use four bags of chamomile tea. Leave them to steep for 5 minutes then hold your face over the bowl. Freeze cooled chamomile tea in an ice-cube tray. When set, remove cubes and run over your face. Soak some gauze in cooled green tea and apply on skin the way you would a toner. Heat a cup of olive oil in the microwave for a few seconds. Massage onto dry areas of your skin. Heat enough olive oil to fill half a small clothes basin. Soak your hands in the oil for about 10 minutes, followed by the feet. Use it as a conditioner by leaving warmed olive oil on your hair for 15 minutes before shampoo. Remove all traces of mascara by dipping an overused mascara wand into some olive oil and use it to apply on your lashes the way you would mascara. Chop up a cucumber and drizzle a few drops of lemon juice in the mixture. Apply on your face. Soothe tired eyes by cutting two rounds and place them on the eyelids. Rub down hot skin with a mixture of chopped cucumber, olive oil and plain yoghurt.

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