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Essential Health Tips

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1. Move More
Make it a daily challenge to find ways to move your body. Climb stairs if given a choice between that and escalators or elevators. Walk your dog; chase your kids; toss balls with friends, mow the lawn. Anything that moves your limbs is not only a fitness tool, it's a stress buster. Think 'move' in small increments of time. It doesn't have to be an hour in the gym or a 45-minute aerobic dance class or tai chi or kickboxing. But that's great when you're up to it. Meanwhile, move more.

2. Cut Fat
Avoid the obvious such as fried foods, burgers and other fatty meats (i.e. pork, bacon, ham, salami, ribs and sausage). Dairy products such as cheese, cottage cheese, milk and cream should be eaten in low fat versions. Nuts and sandwich meats, mayonnaise, margarine, butter and sauces should be eaten in limited amounts. Most are available in lower fat versions such as substitute butter, fat free cheeses and mayonnaise.

3. Quit Smoking
The jury is definitely in on this verdict. Ever since 1960 when the Surgeon General announced that smoking was harmful to your health, Americans have been reducing their use of tobacco products that kill. Just recently, we've seen a surge in smoking in adolescents and teens. Could it be the Hollywood influence? It seems the stars in every movie of late smoke cigarettes. Beware. Warn your children of the false romance or 'tough guy' stance of Hollywood smokers.

4. Reduce Stress
Easier said than done, stress busters come in many forms. Some techniques recommended by experts are to think positive thoughts. Spend 30 minutes a day doing something you like. (i.e.,Soak in a hot tub; walk on the beach or in a park; read a good book; visit a friend; play with your dog; listen to soothing music; watch a funny movie. Get a massage, a facial or a haircut. Meditate. Count to ten before losing your temper or getting aggravated. Avoid difficult people when possible.

5. Protect Yourself from Pollution
If you can't live in a smog-free environment, at least avoid smoke-filled rooms, high traffic areas, breathing in highway fumes and exercising near busy thoroughfares. Exercise outside when the smog rating is low. Exercise indoors in air conditioning when air quality is good. Plant lots of shrubbery in your yard. It's a good pollution and dirt from the street deterrent.

6. Wear Your Seat Belt
Statistics show that seat belts add to longevity and help alleviate potential injuries in car crashes. .

7. Floss Your Teeth
Recent studies make a direct connection between longevity and teeth flossing. Nobody knows exactly why. Perhaps it's because people who floss tend to be more health conscious than people who don't?

8. Avoid Excessive Drinking
While recent studies show a glass of wine or one drink a day (two for men) can help protect against heart disease, more than that can cause other health problems such as liver and kidney disease and cancer.

9. Keep a Positive Mental Outlook
There's a definitive connection between living well and healthfully and having a cheerful outlook on life.

10. Choose Your Parents Well
The link between genetics and health is a powerful one. But just because one or both of your parents died young in ill health doesn't mean you cannot counteract the genetic pool handed you.

Follow these basic tips for healthy living and you can better control your own destiny

Back Pain

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Back pain is one of the most common human ailments, and it can be caused by everything from bad posture to a cancerous growth. The most common problems include muscle strains, arthritis and herniated discs. Back injuries are the leading cause of poor working mechanisms and work related disabilities. In fact, low back pain is the fifth-leading cause of trips to the doctor in the United States.

Although back pain is quite common and rarely life threatening, it's also possible for you to prevent most back problems with simple steps such as exercise and adopting new ways to sit and stand. Even if you've injured your back before, you can learn techniques to help avoid recurrent injuries.

Causes of Bach Ache

Backache usually arises from a spasm of the muscles that supports your back.
Due to strains and sprains.
Due to torn or strained of some soft tissue, such as a muscle, or ligaments.
Lifting unwisesly or bending over too sharply (and too far) in the garden or sitting in a totally unsuitable chair also cause backache.
Poor posture is one of the most common causes of backaches.
Some other causes are due to muscle strain, poor posture, arthritis, pressure on a nerve root, gynecological problems in women, fractures, tumours, bacterial and viral infection and bladder or kidney infection.

Preventive Measures

With a little care and attention, you may be able to avoid an aching back in the first place. Getting in better physical condition may help prevent back pain.

Excessive lifting
Lifting in a wildly dangerous way, with straight knees
Bending over to an extent that our spines can't cope with
Twisting our spines
Sitting in diabolically uncomfortable chairs
Riding in cars with truly terrible seats
Putting enormous strains on our spines by simply being overweight. People who are carrying too much weight are far more liable to serious back trouble than those who are slim.
Regular exercises that don’t strain your back can increase the strength and endurance in your lower back, allowing the muscles to function better. Consult your doctor about which activity is best for you.
Always maintain a good posture and a healthy and proportionate weight. Avoid being overweight.
In addition, following proper body mechanics in everyday activities such as standing, sitting, sleeping and lifting objects in a proper manner thus preventing backache.

Your Daily Back Routine Excersise Should be:

Knee to chest stretch:

Lie on your back on a firm surface with your knees bent and feet flat. Pull your left knee toward your chest with both hands. Hold for 15 to 30 seconds. Return to the starting position. Repeat with opposite leg. Repeat with each leg three or four times.

Cat stretch: Step 1:

Get down on your hands and knees. Slowly let your back and abdomen sag toward the floor.

Cat stretch: Step 2:

Remain on your hands and knees. Slowly arch your back away from the floor. Repeat steps 1 and 2 several times.

Half sit-up:

Lie on your back on a firm surface with your knees bent and feet flat. With your arms outstretched, reach toward your knees until your shoulder blades no longer touch the ground. Don't grab your knees. Hold for a few seconds and slowly return to the starting position. Repeat several times.

How Alcohol Effects the Human Body

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Irritates the linings of the stomach and intestine - This can lead to vomiting.
Increases blood flow to the stomach and intestines - This increases secretions by these organs, most notably stomach acid secretion.
Increases blood flow to the skin - This causes a person to sweat and look flushed. The sweating causes body heat to be lost, and the person's body temperature may actually fall below normal
Reduces blood flow to muscles - This can lead to muscle aches, most notably when a person recovers from the alcohol (the "hangover").

All of alcohol's effects continue until the ingested alcohol is eliminated by the body.

About Me

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Hi Folks,

My bacic intention of posting the messages is to share the information on Human Health. All information provided within in this Blog is no way intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice.