Saturday, August 13, 2011

Dark chocolate good for liver

Dark chocolate which contains cocoa, was good for patients with liver cirrhosis. At least that's the conclusion from recent research that examines the potential health benefits of chocolate. Spanish researchers involved in the research, said dark chocolate could prevent the increasing of blood pressure in the abdomen that usually happens after the main meal.
Increased blood pressure as it could reach dangerous levels in patients with liver cirrhosis, and in severe cases, cause the rupture of blood vessels. Antioxidants called flavanols found in cocoa are believed to be the reason why chocolate is good for blood pressure. Therefore, the chemicals called flavanols that help to smooth muscle cells of blood vessels to relaxed and widened.

A study of 21 patients with advanced liver found that the group that his diet containing dark chocolate with a cocoa content of 85% experienced only a very small increase in blood pressure in the liver, or portal hypertension, than the group who were given white chocolate.

This study showed a clear link between eating dark chocolate and lower portal hypertension, and demonstrate the potential importance of improvements in the treatment of patients with cirrhosis. Damage caused by cirrhosis of the liver in the long term can cause a scar on the liver. Cirrhosis itself is caused by various factors, including infectious hepatitis and alcohol abuse.

Flavour therapy for dieting

Tongue was closely linked with smell. For example, if we got flu, the tongue did not taste good. So, if the sense of smell is compromised, your appetite will be disrupted.

Smells relate directly to the brain, emotions and creativity. Normally if the smell can remind us of something. It means we can set our minds through the smells, including regulating appetite. The smell of bananas, apples, and mint, for example, proved to be effective to curb appetite. They have a distinctive aroma that signals satiety to the brain gives us so that our appetite was reduced.

For inhalation scent effectively, sit relaxed. Close one nostril and inhale the smell of bananas, apples, or mint for 2 minutes. Then, do the same with the other hole. After that, breathe the scent with both the nose. The same could also do with tea-flavored bananas, apples, or mint. After brewing the tea, breathe steam tea in the same way. Then drinking tea warm. For more effectiveness, do not add sugar.

Saline solution for Laryngitis

When we swallowing food, we often feeling that our windpipe getting painful. Usually these symptoms are a sign we'll have a cold. In order that inflammation is not getting worse, you can use a simple way with salt solution.

The method is, dissolve half a teaspoon of salt into half a glass of warm water. And then, gargle with saline solution several times and drank the rest until they run out. Do it every time you wake up, after each meal, and when I went to bed. In this way too sore will heal in about 2 days. To speed healing, would be offset by a nutritious diet and get enough rest.

Vitamin B3

Frequently exposed to sunlight? Vitamin B3 and folium acid (foliumzuur) was able to protect the skin from allergy to sunlight. The trick, three days before the sun, you should eat foliumzuur tablets 5 mg and vitamin B3 200 mg three times daily. But natural is more better. Do not worry, vitamin B3 can be also found in wheat, eggs, nuts, and dates

Friday, August 12, 2011

Prevent tuberculosis with food

 Tuberculosis or TB is a disease caused by bacteria and mainly the lungs, although it can also spread into the circulatory system or other body parts. Symptoms of TB that often arise, including difficulty breathing, chest pain, weight decreased drastically, and can be accompanied by severe coughing blood, fever, night sweats and swollen glands.
If Tuberculosis is detected,avoid eating foods such as:

 - Saturated fatty and oily foods such as fried foods. Solution: Choose foods that are grilled, steamed, boiled, and sauteed.
- Trans fatty acids such as kukis, cakes, crackers, shortening and hydrogenated vegetable oil. Solution: Replace snacks with fruits. Choose foods low in fat and high in protein.
- Carbohydrates refinasi such as flour and sugar. Solution: Replace with high-fiber foods like whole wheat bread, vegetables, honey, and fruit.
- Caffeine and alcohol. Solution: Replace with water, fresh juice, low-fat milk, and green tea.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

9 ill-effects of abortion

Not the least danger behind the act of abortion. If not forced, for example mother's life is threatened, abortion should not be done. 9 ill-effects of abortion are:

1. The mother's life is threatened. Deaths from abortion can be caused by several things. Which mainly is bleeding that occurs when there is the baby left inside the uterus. The greater the age of newborn babies, the greater the possibility of bleeding.

2. Infection of the womb. Infections that are not content to kill, especially if the bacteria can continue malignant. But now many women who have had abortions be infected oviduct. Perhaps due to the propagation of infection from the uterine cavity with the oviduct, either left or right.

3. Difficult to get pregnant again. Usually women who had abortions difficult to become pregnant because of the oviduct cling to each other due to infection.

4. Abnormal Placenta. The placenta is attached over the damaged lining of the uterus can grow abnormally, or becomes abnormal, not in the usual place.

5. Risk of cervical cancer. Women who have abortions are at greater risk of cervical cancer taxable than women who do not have an abortion.

6. Risk of Breast Cancer. Women who had abortions two times greater risk of developing breast cancer than women who do not have an abortion. This may occur due to hormonal disorder of the body.

7. Torn cervix. May occur, if abortion is too coarse, the cervix becomes torn.

8. Perforated uterus. With the aging of gestation, the uterus lining gets thinner. Thin uterine wall easily broken due to equipment operation.

9. Anniversary Syndrome of mental disorders. Many women who had abortions, his soul becomes abnormal. There is a type of woman who does not easily forget the incident that made him feel guilty. In such a type of woman, most likely experiencing anniversary syndrome. Namely, always recalled the events that lead to guilt and sinful.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Preventing Wrinkles Arise

1. Always use moisturizer, especially for dry skin.

2. Use a cream that can slow the aging process, althought not yet found any things that really work wonders to be young again.

3. And the important, is to maintain or threat the skin. There are 3 ways to do, namely to clean with cleansing, skin retain moisture by using a
moisturizing cream and protects the skin from direct sunlight using sun protection cream. Sun protection cream should be used 1 or 2 hours before doing outside activities such as swimming, tennis, or shopping in a place exposed to direct sunlight.What about cosmetic surgery or a face lift? According to experts, this method can indeed eliminate the wrinkles on the face by pulling the skin around the face. But surgery is of course risky and require a recovery time of 2 to 3 weeks.