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Cholesterol is a type of fat. Cholesterol is an important requirement of our body as it helps in performing and supporting many important functions like producing new cells. Where low Cholesterol results in lower production of new cells required towards growth and smooth functioning of body, high cholesterol increases the risk of developing heart disease and stroke.

The main reason for being diagnosed with high cholesterol is a result of eating wrong diet – A diet too full of saturated fats cholesterol. High cholesterol can also result from an inherited condition. Eating a healthy diet, continuing with physical activities and taking cholesterol-lowering medicines as prescribed by the doctor.

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Blood pressure is one problem, which affects 90% of us at some point or the other. So much so that we think of growing old and blood pressure in the same breath.

We shall discuss causes of blood pressure and what will help us to deal with it best. Blood pressure should never be allowed to rise, should never be taken casually.

Some of the causes of blood pressure may include, quality of lifestyle. Things like, eating a high-grain, high-sugar diet, lack of exercise, leading a sedentary lifestyle, and taking excessive stress.

Most of these factors are things we have control over. We can shift to a better diet, we can include exercises in our routine, we can avoid stress etc.

Avoiding stress is the most important factor to fight blood pressure. The more stress we take the worse the blood pressure situation gets. The best thing therefore, and first thing also is to avoid stress. Continue reading “Dealing with Blood Pressure”

So you’ve finally made the decision as caregiver to a terminally ill patient that you would like to go in for hospice care.

It must have been a difficult decision to make but you and all concerned have realized that the treatment has gone as far as it could. And now the patient would like to be in a place where there is warmth and caring, while they spend time with their loved ones.

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So many of us complain about not being able to sleep better. People are starving for a sound sleep. Some of us lose it over our sales targets and the impending presentations at the office, and some over a fight with a friend. It’s surprising that all of it lead to the same sleeplessness.

We shall discuss some techniques today, which will help us sleep better. First and foremost and slightly out of sync but not quite, is that through the day try not to hurt anyone verbally or otherwise, don’t be unreasonable, don’t lose temper, and avoid over reacting.

When we hit the bed our thoughts wander and go back to the happenings of the day. To sleep with a calm mind – calm thoughts are the secret. And calm thoughts can only result from a calm and peaceful day. So let’s learn to minimize complications through the day.

Nothing helps  From good music or PG Wood-house if our mind is not into it. So the first technique is to understand to control the mind and actions. If we are able to even understand this to begin with, we are on our way to good sound sleep. Continue reading “Techniques to Sleep Better”

I am not an expert on these matters I am about to write about; in fact anything I say here is just my own observations and thoughts; so don’t scream and shout if I am contradicting your own thoughts on the subject, in fact I would be interested to know what you think!

Continue reading “Your GP (General Practitioner) is the First Rung on the Ladder”

So many of us forget about the care of our feet.  Once we cover them up with socks, shoes, or slippers we forget about them.

Too, many people think feet are not important, or that they are not pretty, so why bother doing anything about them, until there is a hang nail, nails need cutting, or they ache.

Continue reading “Foot Care – Oh Those Poor Tired Dawgs”

The demon drink is a curse that so many people succumb to. It can be classed as a severe illness that is caused by the regular consumption of alcohol.

Once started on the rocky road of alcoholism there is no turning back and the only way to beat it is to stop drinking entirely. Alcohol causes drunkenness when consumed in quantities and people have different limits as to the amount they can drink before the effects of the alcohol hits them.

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How many of us must have heard our doctors say, You need to load up on fluoride in your drink, in your food, in your toothpaste, a high-fluoride mouthwash… or these ‘beginning cavities’ will develop, But it’s all in the past now.

Researchers have proved that fluoride is bad for health.

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Exchanging convenience for health is a bad bargain – no matter how we look at it or try to justify it. We are settling for all kinds of conveniences because of our lifestyle, which is increasingly becoming career centric. There are other reasons too which are responsible for it but the big daddy of all is having to go out to work.

In majority of cases these days both parents are working full time. And if they have children who need looking after, the best option that comes to one’s mind is a cra che. The cra¨che does its job. And treating raising children as a job hardly sounds like good idea. Continue reading “Exchanging Convenience For Health”

Kriotherapy is the latest addition to health and fitness. It may not be be entirely new but it is the first I have heard of it except or course for freezing bodies so they can supposedly wake up in a couple of hundred years time and resume their life.

It seems that freezing your but off in a room like an ice box for a matter of minutes  is good for you and the list of supposed cures from Kriotherapy is impressive “ it supposedly helps with sleep problems, relieves symptoms of tiredness and depression, regenerates and revitalises the body and aids recovery of physical injuries.

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