QuestionThe treatment of coronary heart disease, cerebral new ideasAnswerAs China#39;s economy is growing, people#39;s living standard improves, intake of fat and cholesterol also increased, together with smoking, exercise and other lifestyle reduction, stroke, coronary heart disease, diabetes, the incidence of heart failure and death rates increasing year by year and the trend was younger. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease a serious threat to the survival of humanity, but also to the m...
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Once in a while a good title comes along and "Turn Off the Fat Genes" is one of those titles that just have to be written about. If you are not familiar with Dr. Neal Barnard's work, he has been writing about how to lose weight on a high carbohydrate diet for at least a decade now. I'm amazed, as you might be, that his work is not better known. There are a number of advantages to using a high carb diet and as many disadvantages to the low carb/ high protein diets. There is some great research in...
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Heart disease is a silent killer, According to the National Institutes of Health, it will kill nearly 500,000 people this year. If more Americans took control of their health, this statistic could be reduced by as much as 87%, that means 435,000 people would literally save their own lives each year. Your lifestyle, diet, and environment subtly and profoundly affect your heart -- by restoring or depleting over 30 essential nutrients. For optimum heart health, your body needs the correct balance o...
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Argh! Where are my glasses? I put them down . . . to do what? And when? As the daughter of an Alzheimer's patient, this inability to keep up with everyday items, like my glasses and car keys, drives me absolutely nuts! Absent-mindedness has always plagued me. Now, it keeps me anxious and guessing. Is this an early sign of Alzheimer's disease? Could I end up like my father, crippled with this disease? I decided to stop worrying about it and act! I searched the latest literature to see what techn...
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Turn Off the Fat Genes - A Book Review Once in a while a good title comes along and "Turn Off the Fat Genes" is one of those titles that just have to be written about. If you are not familiar with Dr. Neal Barnard's work, he has been writing about how to lose weight on a high carbohydrate diet for at least a decade now. I'm amazed, as you might be, that his work is not better known. There are a number of advantages to using a high carb diet and as many disadvantages to the low carb/ high prot...
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Everyone has the occasional bad night's sleep. But if the odd sleepless night is replaced by regular sleeplessness then you may be experiencing a form of insomnia. Insomnia is a common problem as highlighted by a recent Which? report that suggested in the United Kingdom "Up to one in four people report difficulty sleeping at least three times a week, and the problem is more common in older people." In the United States it's estimated that $2.4 billion is spent a year on insomnia prescriptions a...
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Were we all born with the same courage, self-assurance, boldness…there would have been no rule of the jungle, no need of shelter or refuge under artificial organizations like government, every individual and place would have been impregnable, the world would have never been what it is today. But since Homo sapiens are different from each other in innumerable aspects, each one of them cannot possess same nerve and confidence. Though the degree of these attributes vary from person to person, the...
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What is stress? Stress is your body’s reaction to events in your life, along with your mind’s reaction from your mental interpretation of the event. When you are faced with a stressful situation, your body and mind interprets the event. Then, the body produces a stress response to give you energy to deal with that particular situation and your mind is stimulated. Then the mind determines "fight or flight." The hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal glands produce stress hormones when you feel ...
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Many experts believe smoking is only about 10% physical addiction and a whopping 90% psychological addiction. Your body will recover fairly quickly from nicotine withdrawals (the worst symptoms usually abate in three days or less), but your psychological dependency on cigarettes can be much more difficult to defeat. One way to combat this is to do a bit of self-analysis before giving up cigarettes. Make a list with two columns. Label column one "Why I Started Smoking" and label column two "Wh...
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Depression and Anxiety are two different forms emotional disorders in human beings.. Depression is caused due to chemical imbalance in the nervous system of a person. Anxiety, on the other hand, is caused due to imbalance in the body system of a person. Basically, Depression is concerned with psychology, while Anxiety is concerned with emotional behavior of the patient. Depression and Anxiety are quite common among people. Usually, these types of disorders are seen in adults above 50 years of a...
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