How to fight the flu

Posted by iqko | March 10th, 2010 in International Health | No Comments »

In a human flu, the following symptoms are most often observed: fever, local pain felt in the skull, cough, throat inflammation, muscle pain, physical fatigue, anorexia. Eating certain foods can help fight the flu by strengthening the immune system. You can take this food :

Food to eat to combat bird No. 1) Ginger
Stomach pain? Nausea? Diarrhea? Ginger is a home remedy often used to relieve these symptoms. Some studies suggest that ginger may help fight against inflammation. Try adding freshly grated ginger powder or other food or drink soda ginger (such as Canada Dry, adding to your glass a few pieces of ginger if you want to enhance the taste of ginger) .

Food to eat to combat bird No. 2) Hot tea
Green tea and black tea ofrrent antioxidants that help fight against diseases. And breathe the vapor of tea can help relieve congestion. Add one teaspoon of honey and a little lemon juice to relieve sore throat. If the caffeine in tea bothers you, choose the versions of decaffeinated tea or herbal tea.

Food to eat to combat avian No. 3) Banana
Sliced, crushed or whole banana treats stomach gently. The banana is the food that will solve your problems if you have symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Bananas with rice, applesauce and toast foods are recommended by doctors to recover from a stomach flu (the another name for gastroenteritis or gastroenteritis) and to be ready for new foods solid.

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To spend the holidays in better health

Posted by iqko | March 8th, 2010 in Healthy lifestyle | No Comments »

Whether we realize it or not, the holiday season is always difficult to health. We commit many abuses, we eat less and we do not take enough rest. Such a situation requires a lot of difficulties in the organization. Yet it is possible to avoid abusing our body by applying some simple remedies. Here are the main ones:

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Abuse Support

Almost everyone eats too much during the holidays. Often foods are consumed more fat than usual. They tend to clog the liver. This applies, in particular, fatty meats, sauces too rich, fried foods, creamy desserts and sweets like chocolate. To enable the organization to get away and to prevent the liver is overworked, it is wise to use four specific plants found in light bulbs, such as BLACK RADISH in combination with artichokes, CHARDON MARIE and BOLDO.

Taking a light bulb in half a glass of water on an empty stomach in the morning, it significantly eases the work of the liver and avoids the feeling of heaviness and bloating after meals. These plants activate the liver and gallbladder, allowing them to better withstand the abuse. If necessary, you can also take a light bulb after a meal.

Alcohol

Do not consume some alcohol during the holiday season is almost antisocial. The opportunity there lending, many people clearly abusing alcohol. The plants mentioned above will therefore help the liver to fare better. But alcohol can also cause several deficiencies in the body.

We must therefore remember to bring the body certain nutrients that are destroyed by alcohol. This applies among other B complex vitamins, beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E and selenium.

Take 5000 mg of ginseng in the early evening will help more fans and keep the mind clearer e ginseng facilitates the work of the liver and can neutralize toxins. According to the British biologist and geriatrician Stephen Fulder it is now proven that ginseng accelerates the decomposition and elimination of alcohol.

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Secrets of Food Anti-Wrinkle

Posted by iqko | March 4th, 2010 in International Health | No Comments »

To preserve the signs of time, skin needs vitamins and minerals very specific. Small inventory of the best anti-aging foods.
Objective: Minimize the impact of free radicals

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Years pass, fatigue, stress, pollution, UV, tobacco … All these factors increase the production of free radicals, natural enemies of the skin which they accelerate aging. But the body knows how to defend. His weapons? Antioxidants, also called anti-free radicals, which are found in the diet as vitamins, trace elements, polyphenols …
Fruits and vegetables

Because they are rich in vitamin C which, besides its anti-oxidant, is involved in collagen formation, fruit and vegetables contribute to the brightness and tone the skin. To cover your needs for vitamin C, eat at least once a day a kiwi, a grapefruit, an orange, 2 clementines or drink a glass of freshly squeezed citrus. Also increase your consumption of fruits and vegetables rich in carotenoids, which are another way to fight against cellular aging. They are found in large quantities in tomatoes, carrots, Brussels sprouts, broccoli or red fruit. Finally, think of prunes, rhubarb, lawyers and bananas are rich in potassium, another known antioxidant.
Wholegrains

Vitamin E, flavonoids, zinc, selenium, copper, manganese … Cereals are an important source of antioxidants. But they are concentrated mainly in their envelope. Therefore it is recommended to choose whole grains and prefer bulgur and brown rice pasta and white rice. In the morning, replace refined grains and enriched with oatmeal and stick with sourdough bread, rye … A flat, however, whole grains can irritate the intestines more sensitive. Better then not to eat every day.
The fish and white meat

Various studies have shown that wrinkles and dry skin would pair with a high consumption of red meat and sausages. Regular consumption of fish, ideally 3 times a week, seems to have a beneficial impact on the appearance of the skin. The seafood is indeed very rich in vitamin C, vitamin E and polyphenols but also trace elements such as selenium, copper, zinc and manganese. No question as to forgo meat. But opt for white meat. They are a source of cysteine, an amino acid with antioxidant properties.
Chocolate

Wealth of antioxidants, chocolate alone provides potassium, carotenoids and especially vitamin E, a vitamin essential to the fight against aging we are often deficient. To enjoy all these benefits without jeopardizing your online chew 2 squares of dark chocolate (60% cocoa minimum) per day.
Green tea

If it contains flavonoids, polyphenols, vitamins A, C and E known for their action against aging skin is primarily its high tannin content which makes a champion anti-aging. To enjoy its benefits, drink at least 3 cups a day, preferring tea leaves, whole or broken with tea bags.

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Yoga: an ancient wisdom

Posted by iqko | March 1st, 2010 in Healthy lifestyle | No Comments »

Yoga is a Sanskrit word, derived from another Sanskrit term, yug, which means “binding together”. Yoga is a broad term covering the idea of linking to unite the body (physical life) and mind into a single entity, so they follow a similar direction.

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Some authors go so far as to give the meaning “unity of opposites”, approaching, thus, the Chinese principle of Yin and Yang. The word yoga also has the sense of physical and mental discipline.

The origins of yoga

Yoga is a technique dating back more than four thousand years and is deeply in the Indian tradition. Originally, it was primarily regarded as a spiritual discipline. But soon, fans will realize it is also a source of health and peace, where a mixture of exercises spiritual, intellectual and physical, which is based on a philosophy.

This is the eighth century AD that Indian sage, Patanjali, undertook a synthesis of all the knowledge acquired over the centuries by yogis. The result was a book: the Sutras of Patanjali, a sort of code of Yoga, where he established the Astanga Yoga, Yoga or eight steps.
The role of Patanjali

This is the eighth century AD that Indian sage, Patanjali, undertook a synthesis of all the knowledge acquired over the centuries by yogis. The result was a book: the Sutras of Patanjali, a sort of code of Yoga, where he established the Astanga Yoga, Yoga or eight steps:

- Yamas, control rules and discipline;
- Niyama, principles of observance of a certain lifestyle (physical and moral cleanliness, contentment, self-study);
- Asanas, postures of the body with beneficial actions on the health and mind. These are asanas that allow, first, breath control and mind;
- Pranayama, breathing techniques which, combined with asana, the Yogi can have a near-total control of his body (and his mind);
- Pratyahara, detachment of the mind, which frees itself from the domination of the senses and matter;
- Dharana, concentration;
- Dhyana, meditation;
- Samadhi, the ultimate step of the spiritual journey of yoga, rather difficult to explain in a rational context. The best approach (and translation) appears to be the word “liberation”, recalling the state of grace, Christians, Buddhists enlightenment, or satori zen.

These eight steps form the framework of different yogas. In the West, and particularly in Europe, only the Hatha Yoga is practiced and taught. Indeed, it is the most concrete way, the closest and most accessible to the Western mind.

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Insect bites: First Aid

Posted by iqko | February 20th, 2010 in International Health | No Comments »

Insect bites are painful and sometimes dangerous as the insect but also the location of the bite. For a stopgap, it is best to take the right actions from the first moment but as far as possible to avoid bites.

The bites of mosquitoes and horseflies

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The bites of mosquitoes and horse flies are among the most common and harmless in our region each summer.

Mosquitoes and horseflies bite to eat, they suck blood and leave after their passage no sting or poison bag.

Unpleasant at the time, they are rarely dangerous unless allergies.

Generally, the mosquito and horsefly bite on areas with few chairs, where venous access is easier (ankles, wrists, behind knees …).

Easily recognizable, the mosquito bite causes severe itching instantly followed by the appearance of a very small localized swelling. The horsefly bite causes almost the same effect as a wasp sting (swelling without itching).

Pain and swelling usually go out spontaneously after a few hours as well for mosquitoes as gadflies.

First aid on a mosquito bite are to limit the effects of itching. Indeed, the main risk for a mosquito bite is to scratch until blood and increase the likelihood of infection. To reduce itching, many antihistamines are creams sold in pharmacies. When the bite becomes infected, the application of an antiseptic cream may prove to be necessary.

In preventative mode, anointed with a product containing citronella offers a good level of protection. The lemon acts as a repellent.

In countries where malaria risk is common, mosquito bites should be avoided whenever possible.

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Wine and arteries: what relationship?

Posted by iqko | February 16th, 2010 in Health World, Healthy lifestyle | No Comments »

The wine and other alcoholic beverages have been delivered to the honor because of their medicinal properties. The wine, or more exactly it contains alcohol, has a protective effect against heart disease.

The population of wine consumers are better protected than others. This protective effect was more marked in the elderly or people with metabolic syndrome (abdominal obesity + diabetes + hypertension). Keeping in mind that alcohol consumption has remained moderate.

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The protective effects of wine

Alcohol is primarily responsible for this protective effect, and as beer and spirits are also beneficial. However, wine is a product rich in various components, in addition to alcohol, and each year we discover new molecules benefactors in wine, particularly red wine. This indeed has a positive role in lipid metabolism, has anti-oxidant, vasodilator, decreases platelet aggregation and inflammation are the main factors of atherosclerosis. Those responsible for these effects are flavonoids that are also found in chocolate, tea and pepper, polyphenols (in particular procyanidins that are found mostly in the wines of south-west), resveratrol , quercetin and many other components being identified. The revestratol is a natural antibiotic that is found mainly in grape Tannat and Merlot, and lesser amounts in the Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon.

The real or supposed virtues of wine have little impact on French consumers are witnessing an annual decline in consumption, which was 43 liters per capita per year in 2007, an consumption three times lower than in 1960.

This disaffection for wine (but not distilled spirits, which, however, are up) accompanied by a debate on the supposed benefits of wine consumption or abstinence. For oncologists, alcohol has more disadvantages than advantages, and its consumption, the first glass, increases the risk of cancer disease. Whenever possible alcohol in all its forms, must be avoided.

This position is not unanimously, including the world of medicine, where alcohol, in small quantities daily (equivalent to 2 glasses of wine) has incomparable virtues to the cardiovascular system and metabolism due to its anti-oxidant qualities. Wine consumption also protect against the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Different effects depending on context

The effects of wine would be different depending on the food environment: a diet rich in omega-6 as Powered through the current increase production more carcinogenic free radicals that diets rich in omega-3. Similarly, among women, a diet rich in vitamin B12 (green vegetables) protect against the potential effects of wine on the risk of breast cancer. The association between smoking + alcohol is particularly harmful for cancers of the throat and esophagus, while the wine itself does not increase the risk. Finally there are many cases where one might think that the wine has a protective role against cancer, as in the case of prostate cancer.

The ideal is to consume wine in small quantities with meals, especially during a Mediterranean diet rich in vegetables and omega-3.

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Sleep and Memory

Posted by iqko | February 13th, 2010 in Healthy lifestyle | No Comments »

Sleep is probably a positive role in memory and learning skills. Some studies have shown that when one makes memorizing lists of words earlier in the day a group of individuals, and just before bed to another, we see that it is the second group it remembers best the next day.

We must therefore admit that sleep is a factor of integration of knowledge.

It is estimated that sleep would be a slow phase during which knowledge is reinforced and REM sleep serve to increase storage capacity, which explains that memory is better when there is a sleep phase after phase of learning. Finally, some experiments have shown that there is indeed an increase in REM sleep after learning.

The only certainty is that sleep time is sufficient aid to memory. To prepare a review should not only have the requisite knowledge, but you also sleep well.

The opposite is not true: he does not sleep well for accumulating knowledge, as have tried to make out the methods of learning “while sleeping”, now abandoned.

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Bacteriological Samples

Posted by iqko | February 12th, 2010 in Healthy lifestyle, International Health Partnership | No Comments »

You can search for bacteria or fungi in many organs. The most frequent charges are made in the throat and urine. The search for germs and antibiotic susceptibility testing are not performed routinely, but only if infection is severe or repeated, or if you suspect an outbreak with a particular germ.

The throat swab

The throat swab is a review of current practice for the isolation of germs, especially in children, in cases of angina, to search for the streptococcus that can cause heart or kidney complications. However, some doctors would go and deal systematically as angina.

The urethral

The urethral (named after the excretory duct of the urine, urethra) must be the morning after the first void. It is useful if you suspect a sexually transmitted disease, to isolate the causative agent of urethral infection.

In women, gynecology is the sampling done by the doctor before the gynecological examination.

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Signs of stress

Posted by iqko | February 9th, 2010 in Healthy lifestyle, International Health | No Comments »

The reactions to stressors may be manifested by nervousness, irritability, insomnia, fatigue, headaches, anxiety. But the answer is sometimes a more acute when there is abdominal pain, myocardial infarction, hypertension, and even tumors.
Two main systems involved in these reactions

The nervous system: its stimulation leads to the secretion of hormones, catecholamines, and particularly one of them, adrenaline. This reaction is very fast and very brutal.

The endocrine system at a much slower response, it secretes cortisone.
The implementation of these systems may induce cardiovascular, digestive and metabolic

The cardio-vascular events are characterized in particular by accelerating the heart rate and increased blood flow. The release cortisone will result in a malfunction of the immune system or certain stomach ulcers.

Stress has an action whose significance we are not yet well known, the mechanisms of host defense, immune resources. Studies show that highly stressed individuals (death of spouse, unemployment ,…) have a significant decrease in blood lymphocytes, cells responsible for producing antibodies. Therefore, being under stress makes it more vulnerable to infections. You can easily notice about yourself: when you are wrong in your skin, you catch the flu more easily, sore throat or sinusitis. Conversely, if you’re fit, you will not be affected by viral infections, even if everyone around you is sick.

Heart disease, respiratory, digestive, but also anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, headaches, infections, not to mention accidents more common among people anxious in fact, it would go around talking to the pathology of stress symptoms, and is true that it by changing the nervous and hormonal balance of the body can cause many diseases.

But this does not mean that stress is the universal cause of disease: it would be too simple, and it is completely false. Influenza, for example, is caused by a virus, but the decline in natural immunity caused by stress makes them more sensitive. Similarly, we now know that the head of the ulcer of the stomach, while the stress has long been alleged, is actually a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori: the stress is not the cause of the disease at most a contributing factor.

It is especially important to realize that it is illusory to try to cure diseases one by one, without taking into account the situation where you are. If you have recurrent headaches, it is perhaps not necessary to constantly dangerous and expensive drugs. It is often useful to resolve the conflicts of daily life, sometimes the cause of this headache. Please talk to your doctor: you will see that many diseases disappear like magic when you feel better about yourself.

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Food Additives: beware!

Posted by iqko | February 6th, 2010 in Healthy lifestyle | No Comments »

If food additives are not inherently dangerous when consumed in small doses, chronic overdose but can cause health problems more or less disturbing.

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Who are food additives?

Food additives are added to food products in very low dose.

These composite products in most cases of simple molecules used to fulfill many objectives:
- Emulsifier;
- Color;
- Conservative;
- Flavor

The use and labeling of all food additives are regulated by an EU directive from 1989 (89/107/EEC). This directive makes clear what a food additive, “any substance not normally consumed as a food in itself and not used as a characteristic ingredient of food, it has nutritional value or not, whose ‘deliberate addition to food for a technological purpose in the manufacture, processing, preparation, packaging, transport or storage of, or may reasonably expect to be him or a derivative thereof, directly or indirectly a component of that food. ”

In the vast majority of cases, food additives are naturally occurring.
A specific coding

For more transparency to the consumer, each food additive is classified in one of 23 categories that comprise the Codex Alimentarius whose common encodings are:

- E1xx: colors;
- E2xx: the Conservatives (the vast majority of food additives);
- E3xx: antioxidants;
- E4xx: agents including textures are found but also emulsifiers thickeners (modified starch mainly), gelling agents and stabilizers;
- E5xx and superiors flavor enhancers, sweeteners and acidifying.

In these conventional additives used to preserve food longer and keep them appetizing added more recently of nutritional additives such as Omega 3.

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