3 Easy Steps Away from Flu

3 Easy Steps Away from Flu | When the seasons change, the symptoms of flu is a disease that often occurs, especially if the immune system begins to weaken. As quoted from Healthmeup, here are 3 Easy Steps Away from flu, so you stay healthy and fit in all seasons.

3 Easy Steps Away from Flu

1. Do not sneeze at hands
When will sneeze, most people immediately shut the mouth with both hands. This is actually wrong? When you sneeze, it is not likely the bacteria will settle in hand and unknowingly be spreading germs if you then go back to touch your nose and mouth, or even someone else. If you do not prepare a tissue or the like, in a pinch you can sneeze into your elbow.


2. Inadequate water consumption
Water is not just relieving thirst, but also able to shift toxins and germs in your body. When you begin to feel weakened immune system, soon to consume enough water.

3. Healthy food
The best way to fight the flu is by eating foods that contain lots of vitamins A, B, C, and vitamin E. meet your daily intake of vegetables and fresh fruits. Researchers say that the phytochemicals contained in vegetables also helps your body fight the cold and keep you fit. In addition, use healthy cooking methods that able to retain nutrients in food that you consume.

Importance of Vitamin D for Smokers

Importance of Vitamin D for Smokers | In addition to bone health, recent research reveals about the benefits of vitamin D which is great for health, including preventing cancer. In a recent study revealed that: the benefits of vitamin D in protecting the lungs, especially for those who smoke.

In his study, Nancy E. Lange, MD, MPH, of the Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital studied 626 Caucasian men over a period of 20 years. The study assessed three time periods are completely different between 1984 and 2003. Pulmonary function of each participant was measured using a spirometer.

"Our results indicate that vitamin D may modify the damaging effects of smoking on lung function. This effect might be due to vitamin D has anti-inflammatory properties and anti-oxidants,"

said Lange.

This study has several limitations, including the observational information. Vitamin D levels are also likely to vary from time to time. Another limitation of this study involved only older men.

Alexander C. White MS, MD, chairman of the committee of the American Thoracic Society Tobacco Action, said: enough or not vitamin D levels in a person, should not overshadow the health risks and dangers associated with smoking. Those who smoke should be aware of the consequences of health problems that may be obtained.

The study is published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Health Benefits of Coconut Oil | Efficacy Coconut Oil

Health Benefits of coconut oil | Coconut oil have much health benefits for us, we can use this oil as fry oil or fish oil, and this coconut oil also can be use as drug.

In addition of benefits of coconut oil in cooking and curing, Coconut oil also have benefits as body health.

Below are many benefits of coconut oil in our life

1. Build Immunity
Lauric acid is the fatty acids that are beneficial to health. One source source of lauric acid found in breast milk.

In coconut oil also contained lauric acid, with lauric acid immune system will develop. Contained fatty acids are also easily absorbed by human body and energize the body directly.

2. Ideal body weight
Benefits of coconut oil for weight stability. Coconut oil can also help achieve ideal weight. Not only speed up your metabolism by stimulating the body's systems to burn stored fat into energy, but also can clean the digestion of waste materials that are hazardous.

3. Easy to digest
One other benefits of coconut oil is Easy to digest. Coconut oil is very easy to digest. This is because coconut oil contains the fatty acid content is low, which makes it easy to digest food, thus helping to reduce the possibility of storing fat in the body.

4. Anti-bacterial
Coconut oil is also known as an anti-fungal and anti-baketri. The content will help your body fight infections. So you are less susceptible to disease and, if attacked by the disease, coconut oil will fight bacteria.

5. Energy-producing
Triglycerides in coconut oil increases metabolism that converts fatty acids into energy.

6. Durable when cooked
Coconut oil is very stable for cooking, no need for purification. The content of coconut oil will not change at high heat and benefits remain the same as in the cooking process.

7. Overcome stress
Other benefits of coconut oil is overcome stress. Coconut oil is very soothing and it helps in relieving stress. Applying coconut oil to the head followed by a gentle massage helps in removing mental fatigue.

8. Overcome heart disease
There is a misconception spread among many people that coconut oil is not good for the heart. This is because it contains large amounts of saturated fat.

However, coconut oil beneficial for the heart. It contains about 50% lauric acid, which helps in preventing various heart problems including high cholesterol levels and high blood pressure.

Prediction of Health Through Tongue | Health Prediction

Prediction of Health Through Tongue | Chinese researchers have developed software (software) that can predict the state of health by analyzing the image on one's tongue. Researchers claim, these findings could be a unique step towards the prevention of a disease.

The emergence of the idea of ​​creating software for Prediction of Health Through Tongue is derived from ancient Chinese medicine is based on balance and energy flow in the body.

The research team say their software is able to classify the status of 263 patients zheng gastritis (stomach inflammation) and 48 healthy volunteers who participated in the research. Patients with gastritis were classified according to intensity of symptoms and what kind of bacteria that cause gastritis.

"Knowing your zheng classification can serve as a pre-screening and preventive treatment helped. Our software helps bridge the gap between Eastern and Western medicine. Due to an imbalance in the zheng can be a warning for you to go to the doctor,"

said Dong Xu, chairman of the division of science computer of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Missouri (MU).

"In this year, with the" Prediction of Health Through Tongue which aims are: to make an application for smartphones that will allow people to take photos of their tongue, and learn about zheng their status," said Xu.

Other studies from PubMed said that, the pattern of hot and cold in China was associated with differences in treatment track, where the protein is broken down in the body.

"Zheng hot and cold temperatures did not refer directly to the body. Instead, it refers to a set of symptoms associated with the state of the body as a whole,"

said Xu of the Bond Life Sciences Center.

"Our software is able to classify people based on their status zheng," said co-researcher, Ye Duan, professor of computer science at MU.

"We will continue to work on this software and hope to increase the ability of this tool so that eventually everyone will be able to use this tool at home by using a Webcam or applications on the smartphone. It can help to monitor the status of their zheng and get early warning about progression of the disease, "

said Ye Duan.

Source: detik[dot]com

Heart Attack Grill strikes again

Heart Attack Grill strikes again | The Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas, NV was the site of an actual heart attack in February, and on Saturday, a woman collapsed as the result of the second heart attack at the aptly named restaurant.

A sign on the door at the Heart Attack Grill reads, “Caution! The woman was eating a Double Bypass Burger when she suffered the apparent heart attack. The largest burger, the Quadruple Bypass Burger, comes in at 9,993 calories, which is a newGuinness World Record.

A place like the Heart Attack Grill is sure to attract criticism, especially after multiple patrons have had actual heart attacks while dining in the establishment.

Owner Jon Basso told KVVU-TV that the patron, believed to be in her mid-40s, was eating a Double Bypass Burger when she suffered an apparent heart attack.

Basso said the diner was also drinking alcohol and smoking before falling onto the floor unconscious.

The quadruple burger touts 9,983 calories -- a Guinness World Record.

"We attract an avant-garde clientele -- thrill seekers, risk takers," Basso told the Los Angeles Times.

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2050, Number of Senile People Up Triple

2050, Number of Senile People | World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, the number of people with dementia or dementia throughout the world will be tripled by 2050. WHO says, as many as 35.6 million people worldwide are currently living with dementia.

The UN health agency says, that number will double to 65.7 million in 2030 and reached 115.4 million in 2050. This report published by WHO in Dementia: public health priority.

WHO said the share of cases of dementia in poor countries and the middle will increase to 70 percent in 2050, given the growing elderly population.
Dementia is caused by various diseases of the brain that affects memory, thinking, behavior and ability to perform daily activities.

"We need to improve our ability to detect early dementia, and provide medical care and necessary social," said Oleg Chestnov, assistant director-general of noncommunicable diseases and mental health from the WHO.

"Much can be done to reduce burden of patients with dementia. But unfortunately, many health workers are not adequately trained to recognize symptoms of dementia," he added.

WHO noted that only eight countries worldwide that have a national program to cope with dementia. In fact, dementia is a public health priority.

WHO is also highlighting still a lack of information and understanding about dementia, as well as the strong stigma sometimes makes patients delay seeking medical assistance.

"The low public understanding of dementia and the stigma must be overcome," said Marc Wortmann, Executive Director of Alzheimer's Disease International.

Meanwhile, Shekhar Saxena, head of WHO's mental health department revealed that the prevalence of dementia will explode in this century, along with the length of one's life expectancy.

"Those aged over 65 years, 1 in 8 of them will have dementia. While those aged over 85 years one of 2.5 people will develop dementia," said Saxena.