Lifestyle Choices

So you’ve gotten your cholesterol measured, and you need to bring it down. Here are some of the best cholesterol-cutting measures you can take.

Cut meat intake. Most Americans get 13 percent of their total calories from saturated fat. Cardiologists would like to see that figure drop to about 7 percent. To that end, limit lean meat, poultry or fish to a 3-ounce portion (about the size of a deck of cards) no more than once a day. Only animal foods contain cholesterol and saturated fat. Therefore, the foods that drive up your blood cholesterol numbers most are red meats, the skin of poultry, whole dairy products and eggs. Fish, especially the white-fleshed ones, tend to be low in saturated fat. (more…)

The term deliberate self-harm is preferred to the commonly used “attempted suicide“. When we use the term “attempted suicide“, it is assuming that the motive behind the action is suicide. But in actual fact, motivation for suicide may not be present. (more…)

Here are a few hints:

• Do not be frightened. Many people do not want to take medication for high blood pressure because they “don’t want to take pills”. If such people are unwilling to actively take cont_rol of their lifestyle, eating habits and stress levels and in so doing get their blood pressure under control, they will simply find themselves spending a lot of time in hospitals and heart units. Blood pressure is and remains one of the biggest causes of heart attacks and strokes. There are many drugs that prevent the complications of high blood pressure or at least decrease them. (more…)

If my pharmacy tells me that I have to wait for couple of days for my drugs to arrive. I can’t wait to check up day by day. I do mind, not physically, but emotionally. I usually feel so much pressured to wait the drugs to arrive. I love my family so much. I feel so guilty for not taking care of them especially their health.

This doesn’t happen all the times. But I just can’t wait for one more minutes and sitting there seeing my family suffering. I do wish god bless all family health and happiness. (more…)

The current policy on vaccinations does not focus on preventing the spread of viruses. It is intended to prevent life-threatening illnesses that can arise from flu. Inoculations are intended for people who can succumb more easily to serious illnesses. Injections will only be used to check the spread of the highly dangerous viruses that might cause a new and deadly pandemic. (more…)

• There is no magic cure for colds or flu, but taking certain steps can help you recover more quickly:
• Make sure you know what you are suffering from — a cold or flu.
• Stay in bed or rest quietly for at least three days. Eat light meals and drink plenty of liquids.
• Take 3 g of vitamin C every four hours until you recover, because the virus cannot survive in the presence of a lot of vitamin C. (more…)

An allergen is something in the environment that can lead to an allergic reaction. Our reactions to a single allergen can vary greatly.

One person can develop a runny nose, another asthma and yet another urticaria (hives) from the same allergen. This happens because so many things can go wrong with the immune system. Genetic factors can also play a role in our reaction to an allergen. You can also react to more than one allergen. The allergen’s natural cycle can determine what your symptoms will be and their severity. (more…)

For convenience we can divide reactions into three groups:

Group 1: allergy

The word “allergy” is used today only for the hypersensitive reactions involving IgE. The reaction is usually swift and is potentially fatal. For example, someone with an allergy to shellfish could collapse right there in the restaurant. Hay fever and asthma are other examples. (more…)

The treatment of allergy depends on which allergen(s) are involved, the type of reaction you experience and your response to different treatments.

Avoidance

Avoiding the allergen that sets off an allergic reaction is desirable but seldom possible, especially in the case of house-dust mites. If you can’t avoid it altogether, you must at least try to reduce the amount of the allergen that you come into contact with. (more…)

Asthma is a group of symptoms that arise when the lining of the respiratory system becomes oversensitive to certain things in the environment. The tiny muscles in the bronchial tubes contract and this constricts the bronchi. (more…)

As this stage there is no cure for osteoporosis. Fortunately it can be reversed or at least halted to a great extent if you do not wait for too long.

In the treatment of osteoporosis the points mentioned above under prevention are equally important and they must not be forgotten. (more…)

Aspirin and its relatives have a very bad effect on some people with rhinitis and/or asthma. Unfortunately, recent research shows that paracetamol is not safe either. It makes asthma more likely to develop in those who do not yet have the disease, and increases the severity of asthma symptoms for those who do. (more…)

Bear in mind that keeping the pet will result in significant continued exposure however hard you try with the methods described.

Improve the ventilation in your house as this will reduce the amount of allergen in the air. If your house is tightly sealed against draughts at the moment, this will actually make a huge difference. Air the house regularly. (more…)

I had the worst experience of some sort eye disease. Monday I found some white spots rising from my eyelashes. On the bottom of these white spots, my skin gradually became redder and redder.

Wednesday morning, when I woke up, I almost couldn’t open my eye. It looked terrible, my eye looked like a mashed berry. When I rushed to bathroom, tried to refresh my eye, the horrible things happened. All these big and red spots started swelling; suddenly my eye is full of pain.

I flied to see my doctor right away. Friday I still hang at house, I already had two days sick leave. I just can’t wait to work.

Later my companion came for a visit. I haven’t known she had been suffering this sickness for years. She told me that once these little spots came on my eyes. They wouldn’t just been healed. Even for months, it could happen again and again. Was that terrible? (more…)

In theory your teeth should be the easiest parts of your body to keep strong and healthy — they are hard, resistant to damage, protected by the mouth, and most of us have been thoroughly brain-washed by toothpaste ads and dentist’s warnings. Yet in reality, teeth get an enormous amount of wear and tear, and they suffer more than the delicate eyes and ears which appear so vulnerable. (more…)

GLA

The amount of GLA required to have this effect is quite high. I recommend 200-300mg GLA per day, reducing to 150mg after three months if inflammation reduces and symptoms stay stable. Only 9-10 per cent of the oil in evening primrose oil is GLA so that means you need to take 3000mg of evening primrose oil, or six 500mg capsules per day. Borage oil contains a higher proportion of GLA and you can get single capsules which provide 250mg of GLA. One of these a day is an essential part of an anti-inflammatory strategy. Supplementing GLA has been shown to be more effective when the co-factor vitamins and minerals (vitamin B6, zinc, B3 and vitamin C) are also supplied. (more…)

Many disease processes involve inflammation, often characterised by swelling, redness, pain and heat.

These include all the `itis’ diseases — arthritis, dermatitis, colitis, nephritis and hepatitis, as well as asthma and others not often associated with inflammation, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s in which parts of the brain become inflamed. Inflammation also lies at the root of atherosclerosis, the common cause of thrombosis, heart attacks and strokes. In addition, it is an underlying cause of irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, now suffered by eight million people in Britain. (more…)

Depression Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

CBT works on the basis that there is a close connection between thoughts (cognitions), feelings and behaviour. The treatment focuses on patterns of thinking that are negative and examines their underlying dysfunctional beliefs. For example, a person who i_sdepressed may have the belief: “I’m useless”. The underlying belief could be: “If I am not as competent as my colleague, I might as well resign from my job”. While the person in distress likely holds such beliefs with great conviction, with a therapist’s help, the individual is encouraged to view such beliefs as hypotheses rather than facts and to test out such beliefs. Furthermore, those in distress are encouraged to monitor and record the maladaptive thoughts which pop into their minds (called “negative automatic thoughts“). (more…)

Wile drug treatments have demonstrated their effectiveness in treating biological symptoms such as poor appetite, interrupted sleep, low energy and psychomotor retardation, they have little effect on psychological symptoms, for example, pessimism, low confidence, feelings of hopelessness, guilt, self-hatred and the like. These should be addressed using psychological approaches. The most common approach is Supportive Psychotherapy. (more…)

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