Bacteria, viruses, and toxins are common foreign substances that the body’s immune system considers as harmful. The system reacts with biological defenses to avoid infections. Inflammation is the first automatic responses of the auto immune system.
An anti inflammatory diet is based on the theory that the body does not need fat and therefore reacts with [...]
Filed under: Dietary Health Tips on March 1st, 2010 | No Comments »
Many people are unaware that they suffer from bad colon health. A sign of good colon health lies in excreted stool. Excreting two or three stools each day is a good pattern. The lengthiest and the first stool should come in the morning, with a stool half that size later in the day.
Colon cancer is [...]
Filed under: Dietary Health Tips on February 23rd, 2010 | No Comments »
Found in Amazon rain forests, Acai berry is a small purple colored fruit. Natives settled along Amazon have used it for centuries for good health and energy. It’s high proportion of antioxidants, vitamins and nutrients have made it as one of nature’s best super foods. Antioxidants fight premature aging. Acai berry has ten times more [...]
Filed under: Dietary Health Tips, Digestive Health, Supplements on February 18th, 2010 | No Comments »
Tuberculosis occurs due to mycobacterium, which, after inhalation, passes to others through saliva droplets from the body of an infected person. Scientists are working to develop drugs to effectively treat and eradicate the disease.
Of late, scientists have established a new link between individuals with diabetes and tuberculosis. Diabetes affects the body’s immune system making it [...]
Filed under: Dietary Health Tips on February 2nd, 2010 | No Comments »
Good nutrition is the bedrock of lifelong health and should ideally start right from infancy. A balanced diet is essential to get all the nutrients needed for growth. It is also critical if one wants to maintain optimal health. Some basic foods that you should include in your daily diet are:
Grains - Prefer whole grains [...]
Filed under: Dietary Health Tips, Digestive Health on January 29th, 2010 | No Comments »
Thyroiditis literally means inflammation of thyroid gland due to autoimmune attack. It refers to Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, the most common cause of hypothyroidism in U.S, believed to run in families and associated often with diabetes and celiac disease.
Symptoms include fatigue, depression, modest weight gain, intolerance to cold, excessive sleepiness, dried coarse hair, constipation, dry skin, muscle [...]
Filed under: Dietary Health Tips, Digestive Health, Sleep Problems on January 25th, 2010 | No Comments »
Bacteria, viruses, and toxins are common foreign substances that the body’s immune system considers as harmful. The system reacts with biological defenses to avoid infections. Inflammation is the first automatic responses of the auto immune system.
An anti inflammatory diet is based on the theory that the body does not need fat and therefore reacts with [...]
Filed under: Dietary Health Tips, Nutrition on January 18th, 2010 | No Comments »
The apple cider vinegar diet is not a proper diet plan. It is a diet that is supplemented with adequate amounts of apple cider. The diet, is actually based on the weight loss properties of only one item. This diet does not prescribe any menu. There are no allowed or disallowed foods too. The diet [...]
Filed under: Dietary Health Tips, Digestive Health on January 15th, 2010 | No Comments »
Osteoporosis is a systematic degradation of bones through bone mass density reduction. Postmenopausal women are twice as likely to suffer from osteoporosis as men. Osteoporosis patients suffer from bone loss in hips, spine and wrists with high risk of bone fracture. Though primary osteoporosis is incurable, it could be controlled with medication, proper diet and [...]
Filed under: Dietary Health Tips, Exercise and Fitness on November 26th, 2009 | No Comments »
Osteoporosis is a chronic bone condition posing affecting both women and men above 40 years. For many years, researchers and doctors believed that vitamin K played a distinctive role in bone manufacture, helping in the prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Vitamin K is of two types - K1 and K2. While the former is [...]
Filed under: Dietary Health Tips, Nutrition, Supplements on October 13th, 2009 | No Comments »