Online Health Information about menopause, childrens health, mens health and other health issues

10 facts on fiber in diet

msmish — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:42:15 +0000

To help you fuel your health with fiber, here are 10 facts to help.

1. Fiber helps fights diseases. A diet rich in fiber can help to prevent cancer of the colon and heart disease. A diet high fiber helps the body to eliminate cholesterol by binding it in the digestive tract and preventing it clog the arteries.

2. Fiber can actually help with dieting and overeating. All high fiber foods will take longer to chew and digest, making you feel fuller longer.

3. Most popular fast foods don’t have enough fiber. If you regularly eat fast foods r lots of fatty food, you probably need to increase your intake of fiber.

4. Grains, nuts, fruit and cereals offer the most fiber. Dietary fiber is actually plant matter that we cannot digest. The best sources of high fiber are whole grains and concentrated grain products. Foods that are low GI such as multigrain bread, Broccoli and carrots

5. Children need fiber in there diet as well. Children that are 2 years of age or older should consume a regular daily intake of fiber. Kids are most receptive to fiber found in fruits, vegetables, and multigrain breads..

6. The more fiber you eat the more water you will need to drink. In order to keep fiber moving through your body, you’ll need to consume about 8 glasses of water a day.

7. Fiber does not disintegrate with cooking. The fiber found in fruits and vegetables aren’t just in the skin or in the peel it is found through the whole fruit or vegetable..

8. Your body can only tolerate a certain amount of fiber daily. The average adult requires about 50 grams of fiber a day. To much fiber can cause diarrhea and bloating, which can limit your body’s absorption of other key minerals and vitamins.

9. If you stick to foods that are low in GI it is not hard to get the right amount of fiber in your diet. If you eat fresh cooked or raw fruit, vegetables, and high grain cereals and breads it will not be hard to have a diet that has 50 grams of fiber in it.

10.A diet that’s high in fiber and water will help to prevent constipation as well.Adding fiber to your diet is an added way to stay regular.

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Men’s health issues

msmish — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:23:26 +0000

A healthy body and a healthy mind is essential, irrespective of the gender but the highly competitive world and the fast daily life has pushed people to the core of frustration that they ignore or refuse to give due priority to their health. Primarily, when considering the case of men’s health, there are two obvious reasons why problems arise in men’s health.

One is lack of awareness and another is they feel shy to disclose it to others and discuss over it.

Basically, the health issues that affect men can be broadly distinguished as follows:

Skin problems like eczema, pimples, and rashes. Men are often shy about discussing skin problems because they main be considered vain or metrosexual and they generally only seek help when it becomes too serious to ignore.

Body fitness is another problem that men are obsessed with. More than a strong and muscular body, they must realize that it is necessary to remain healthy and robust and take on exercises that only suit their body type and stature. A physician will be in a good position to offer help.

Hair loss is a very common problem among men of all ages and though there are many reasons behind it such as heredity, lack of vitamins and minerals and general good health, more importantly, anxiety and stress can cause hair loss.

Obviously, sexual problems are not discussed openly and this is one health issue that needs the advice and guidance of a professional medical examiner. There are many health magazines that discuss such issues and they can point you in the direction to find some kind of solution to this problem.

Obesity has become a great concern, thanks to fast food culture and this can lead to a lot of emotional problems among men. But there are scores of ways of improving and the internet offers millions of ideas to reduce weight.

Men’s health issues are many and varied but not incurable and there is a way out for each problem. It is important when dealing with men’s health issues that you seek professional help that is appropriate to the problem. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be fit, healthy and pimple, spot or eczema free.

Natural menopause solutions

msmish — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:33:03 +0000

Menopause is a combination of two words: menstrual and pause, which literally means that a woman’s menstrual cycle is pausing during this phase, and that her hormone levels are going to be irregular again, similar to how they are during early teenage development and pregnancy. The shift of hormone levels has been known to cause a lot of different side effects in women, and thus there have been several methods that have emerged to help women deal with their discomfort and pain. Natural menopause solutions offer not only the same effect as the synthetic methods of treatment, as far as success rate and rate of cost, but they have been proven to be easier on your body immediately as well as over a long period of time. Natural menopause remedies offer safer ways to deal with the side effects, without costing you a lot more money.

The most effective natural treatment is to have your hormone levels clinically tested, and based upon the results, adjusted with natural hormones to regulate the levels, and therefore reduce the severity and frequency of the side effects that you may be feeling. Common side effects include mood swings, hot flashes, anxiety and these can be very hard to deal with for both the woman going through menopause and her family that has to indirectly deal with the side effects as well. Natural hormone adjustments are safe, easy, and surprisingly cheap. They offer women the chance to get rid of the side effects, and live a normal life without having to pay a large sum to do so.

Natural solutions to menopause offer a safe way to regulate unbalanced hormones, in an effort to rid your body of unwelcome side effects that may plague your daily life, as well as your incredibly valuable sleep schedule. With the perfection of these natural remedies, the costs have come down, allowing more and more women to take advantage of their benefits.

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benefits of black cohosh – menopause natural remedy

msmish — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:07:09 +0000

So, you are a middle aged woman, and you start to feel the symptoms of menopause. Oh great, there is nothing you can do to defeat the symptoms and side effects now, right? WRONG! Black cohosh, a perennial herb native to North America, has been proven by several double blind studies, to work at controlling and suppressing the side effects that you may be feeling!
Derived from the root system of this flower, the black cohosh medication is a carefully formulated mixture that has been used by Native Americans to treat gynecological disorders for hundreds of years. Now, current scientists have conducted exhaustive studies to determine the effectiveness and the safety of the black cohosh method as a means of treating menopause symptoms, to discover and prove that it is very effective and completely safe. A study of 150 women who were either pre-menopausal or had already dealt with menopause was conducted and researchers found that 6 months of treatment caused no changes in LH, FSH, prolactin, estradiol, or sex-hormone-binding globulin. Meaning that the effects of black cohosh extract has been shown to be very effective at successfully changing the levels of estrogen in your body, without effecting the other hormone levels that are unchanged by menopause, and vital to your healthy living.
The black cohosh method of treating menopause symptoms has been proven a safe and effective treatment, though it is not for everyone and you should consult your physician before you start regularly taking black cohosh extract medication. The results have proven that you are able to effectively and safely regulate your estrogen levels, especially during menopause when you need them to remain constant the most, to cut back on the extreme nature of the side effects, and have a more pleasant time as you embark along the trail of your womanhood.

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menopause hot flushes – how to reduce them

msmish — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:29:35 +0000

There are certain things that may trigger hot flushes, by trying to avoid these things you may lessen the severity or frequency of hot flushes.
Avoid eating acidic foods, especially white sugar or vinegar.
Hot weather, hot tubs, spas or heated pools and hot saunas.
Repressed anger and stress.
Hydrogenated or saturated fats
Intense exercise or things that make you hot and or sweaty
Caffeinated drinks, chocolate, tea, coffee and cola
Cayenne, Ginger, pepper and other ‘hot spicey’ foods such as curries or chillies
Tobacco or marijuana usage.

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Menopause symptoms-Hot Flashes

msmish — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:03:38 +0000

The medical term for menopausal hot flashes is vasomotor symptoms.

What is a hot flush?

You will first notice a hot flash when your face and upper body begin to feel hot or warm. The skin on your face and upper body gets flushed or red because blood vessels close to the skin surface are expanding. You could start to sweat a lot, sometimes followed by a feeling of cold and maybe even shivering. Some hot flashes leave you with only a slight feeling of warmth or a pink tinge type blush. Other hot flushes may drench your clothes from all the sweating. Night sweats are hot flashes with sweating that happen during your sleep. They can be strong enough to wake you at night and drench the bed clothes. Hot flashes may happen several times an hour, couple of times a day or once or twice a week. You may be lucky and just get hot flushes for a few years or some women can experience them through their seventies and eighties.