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In reaching that perfect health we have been exercising regularly and maintaining a good nutritional balance. But many of sudden death from heart attack to attack the athletes or people who we know to be true to maintain health. As if we woke up there was one missing link in our efforts to maintain health.
Modern medical world is now familiar with the term the Triumvirate of Health, which means the three main components of health. The three are: physical fitness, balance, nutrition and healthy sleep. Sport and keep the food menu is not enough.
Sleep
Sleep is often interpreted as non-active period of life. But do not misunderstand me, sleep occurs in the process of the active phases of life. This is why many societies in the world of sleep medicine specialists use the yin-yang symbol as the basic logo. This is to show the philosophy of sleep medicine which views the balance between wakefulness and sleep. The period of sleep is important for human quality in time awake. So sleep is important for health practitioners to assess the quality of life of sleep health.
William Dement, the father of sleep medicine, stated that more easily assess a person’s health by observing sleep patterns compared to assess the pattern of nutrition or exercise regime.
Sleep is not the safe, where nothing bad can happen during sleep. The world of medicine in the past were thought so. During sleep the patient appeared calm and away from pain. Though they are not. Various diseases like high blood pressure and heart diseases, other blood vessels has been known to be associated with sleep.
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As the weaker sex, you must really like wearing high heels shoes with high heels alias. No doubt, someone who wears high heels will feel more confident (PD) rather than just wearing shoes flat shoes aka saucer.
Therefore do not be surprised if you feel your calf like a crumpled, foot pain, and toes like it had been trampled by very loud. When the foot is grievous conditions like that, what should we do?
1. Stretch your legs
Stretch legs in the morning so that blood flow smoothly again. Try doing yoga movements to stretch, such as downward-facing dog pose. This position requires you to put both hands on the floor with a distance of about 1 meter from both legs, and buttocks stretched toward the ceiling, so that your body from side to form a triangle.
Other stretching techniques are easier to bend while trying to touch your toes with your fingers. Make sure both legs straight (knees do not bend section). Slowly, bend your body, and hold for five or 10 seconds. Repeat three times.
Another trick is to sit with legs stretched forward, and lift the leg to stretch. Toes tight and pointed straight ahead, then try to form the letters with your toes.
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Many people consider starting the day with a glass of fruit juice and vegetables is a healthy thing. However, it turns out health benefits of fruit juice is not as unthinkable. Under certain conditions, fruit juices are also storing dangers to health.
The scientists claim that fruit juices contain too much sugar that it can increase the risk of cancer. Even when processed and packaged, many substances in fruits that protect the body from disease, it disappeared.
Australian researchers have tried to reveal how effective of a variety of fruits, vegetables, and juices in preventing the development of colon cancer. They made a questionnaire to 2,200 people associated with their food daily. The research team later to track respondents over the past two years to see the pattern of disease progression.
The results showed that those who eat fruits and vegetables such as apples, cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli will reduce the risk of colon cancer. However, surprisingly, those who consumed fruit juice high risk for cancer.
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Unless you really know about yourself, so it can be overcome before the mood down and face down on the floor, you need the name Mood Booster. The good news, the mood booster that does not mean you have to book three hours at the spa, but can be obtained from the following simple case.
Water. Most of us do not know how hydrated our bodies. In fact, drinking water can help prevent stress, in fact, only half a liter of water shortage alone can raise levels of cortisol (the body’s hormone released during stress). You could say that horrific cycle: We feel stressed, so forget to drink enough water, and dehydration because the body makes you more stressed again.
In general, we are encouraged to drink between half an ounce to an ounce of water per pound of body weight us, every day. For example, if you weigh 50kg, that means 25 ounces of water every day, or about 750ml a day. Drink up! And more relaxed.
Laugh. YouTube videos. Doraemon comics. Or serial How I Met Your Mother. Anything that can provoke your laughter, quick get. According Mayoclinic.com, laughter can lower stress levels. With a laugh, oxygen intake increases, so that stimulated the heart, lungs and muscles and increasing endorphins that are produced by the brain.
Laughter also stimulated blood circulation, helps loosen muscles and fishing “stress response”, which raises heart rate and blood pressure, which produces a sense of relaxed and casual. Laughter is also healthy for the long-term health, improve the immune system and reduces pain the natural way.
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In Latin, called Ocimum basilicum basil. Basil from English, Ocimum means scented plants. The smell of fragrant basil essential oil comes from the womb.
Basil plants can be grown in any place and tolerant of heat or cold weather. Planted basil leaves in cold regions is wider and green, while the basil leaves in hot regions of small, thin, and pale green.
Basil leaves also contain components such as flavonoids nongizi and eugenol, arginine, anetol, boron, and essential oils. And eugenol flavonoids act as antioxidants, which can neutralize free radicals, neutralize cholesterol and are anticancer.
These compounds are also antimicrobial which can prevent the entry of bacteria, viruses, or fungi that harm the body. Very nice basil eugenol consumed by women because it can kill the fungi that cause vaginal discharge.
The content of arginine was able to strengthen the endurance of sperm and prevent infertility. Anetol and boron compounds are also very instrumental in securing the reproductive health of men and women.
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