Have you ever wondered how some people live to over 100 years old in a world where the average age of mortality is years much less than that? It is not luck as many would put it. These people have learnt the secrets of living healthy.
The secret is quite simple, a balance in everything. That is, balancing what you eat as well as activities you do.
keeping your body in top form requires that you keep it in a balance. A slight imbalance can result to disease. So, how can you apply this secret and have a healthy long life?
The first thing is to balance what you eat. This is commonly known as taking in a balanced diet. Ensure that your body takes in the nutrients it needs everyday for its functioning. The key here is nutrients and not calories.[...]
The thyroid gland is attached to your wind pipe and produces a hormone called thyroxin. It regulates the quantity of iodine in your blood stream. The thyroid gland controls the rate of metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins in the body. Deficiency of iodine in diet can affect thyroxin production, causing the gland to swell.
When it does not function properly, the gland may produce too much of thyroxin (hyperthyroid) or too less thyroxin (hypothyroid). Hyperthyroidism mostly affects women, about 2% compared to 0.2% men. Women are more prone to hypothyroidism as well with 2% as against 0.1% for men.
Both the conditions have many overlapping symptoms. But the early symptoms for hyperthyroidism may be as follows[...]
It is such a peculiar situation today that most people have to depend on sleeping pills to get their bodies to relax for some hours. However, you can use the simple techniques listed below to help you sleep well and stay healthy without the aid of medications.
1.First, if you fail to fall asleep within 20 minutes of lying down and relaxing on the bed, you need to get up and do some relaxing activity until you start actually feeling sleepy. Not being able to fall asleep could itself get you tensed. Try to make your room as cozy as possible with getting it into a cool temperature and get rid of any kind of distraction from your sleeping room like bright lights, television, or even computer. Try to soundproof your room as far as possible and make sure you like the comfort of the bed you are lying into.
2.Your eating habits could have to do a lot with your sleeping pattern. For example having drinks like coffee, colas, teas, and even chocolates could disturb your sleep. Any kind of caffeine and nicotine could be a stimulant cutting off your sleep. Similarly having alcohol before bedtime could kill your sleep and you might wake up in the middle of the night after its sedative effects have worn off. Similarly eating a large meal at night could cause indigestion while drinking too much of liquids can keep you waking up for urination as well. Hence it is always advisable to eat and drink right to help you get a good sleep[...]
Your unhealthy life pattern could be taking a heavy toll on your body and one of the more significant impacts takes place on your skin. The natural aging process gets perked up and even before you know it, you have got wrinkles appearing all over your skin. Proper basic care in time can help you to overcome this early aging of your skin even if you do not have time to go through the intensive skin care regime. Let us look at what simple steps can help you:
1. Shield Your Skin from the Sun
Most of the signs of pre-setting of aging like wrinkles, freckles, age spots, rough or dry skin can be hugely attributed to unlimited exposure to sunlight. If things get worse, you could even invite skin cancer for yourself. Hence it is important that you protect your skin well from the harmful rays of the sun – especially by avoiding sun rays from 10 in the morning to 4 in the evening. If you need to be out in the sun during these times you could use broad spectrum sunscreen lotions every two hours and even use protective clothing that can keep you cool inside. [...]
