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Kidney stones and its Prevention
Kidneys in the body serves as a filter to clean the blood / other fluids. This function is intended that the chemicals contained in the blood or other body fluids are not brought back by the blood and circulate throughout the body. Some dirt is filtered will be issued through the kidneys with urine. But some may lag and settle into kidney stones. If the sediment is not removed, will remain in the kidney or switch to the bladder.
Symptoms of this kidney stone disease among hip pain and aches. Sometimes, this disease does not cause complaints. The pain will come when the stones or tissue damage brought to the urinary tract to stuff it.
The shape and size of kidney stone itself varies. When the stone is rather large and clogged, the blockage can hold urine. If not treated immediately can cause swelling of the kidney that will cause pain intense. When to severe, the patient may experience vomiting.
Early Prevention
Kidney stone disease can be prevented as early as possible, namely by implementing a healthy diet and balanced. God has given fortune with various food sources that we can take the benefits to the body, whether it comes from animals and plants and water.
Some people there are only consuming food from animals and a number of proteins from plants. While others, there is a vegetarian (only eat from the plants only).
Such a diet should be abandoned. Source of food derived from animals and plants are equally important for the body. For that, we must balance the diet. Not lawful origin, but also need to consider kethoyyibannya (benefit) for the body.
To prevent the formation of kidney stones, some of the instructions below can be done:
1. Drinking enough water, approximately 8 glasses each day. The aim to produce enough urine to flush the chemicals that may be settled in kidney stones.
2. Not too much to consume foods containing calcium (milk, egg, meat, offal) and reduce food contains too much uric acid (kale, spinach, cauliflower, and processed melinjo).
3. Often eating a watermelon, because the fruit is more beneficial to the body especially the kidneys. The fruit is often referred to as a natural blood cleaner.
4. Note healthy teeth, because teeth are hollow or infection can affect the kidneys.
5. Do not heat processed vegetable spinach, because this is one of forming kidney stones.
6. If possible, consume mineral water.
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Vitamin D prevents fractures
According to a recent study, taking vitamin D supplements orally reduced over 65 years a 20% frequency of non-vertebral fractures. Vitamin D is fat-soluble vitamins group has a key role in the absorption of calcium and phosphorus, vital for healthy bones and teeth.
The study on Vitamin D and its impact on the decrease of bone fractures was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine of 23 March 2009, by members of the European universities of Zurich, Bern and Basel, and North American Harvard and Tufts University in Boston.
The authors of the study on the effect of vitamin D on fractures, made 12 randomized and controlled clinical trials on non-vertebral fractures and 8 trials for hip fractures comparing the frequency of fractures in participants who are leshuesos -strong-vitamins given vitamin D supplements, with or without calcium, with those who received only calcium or placebo.
The result is clear: With high doses of vitamin D (400 IU / day), we obtain better results in the prevention of invoices. High dose is 400 IU / day which was reduced by 20% the incidence of fractures. Read the rest of this entry »
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Osteoporosis, importance of sport for our health
The bones are composed of collagen and calcium. Collagen is part of the bones, skin, teeth, cartilage, tendondes, ligaments, and in less extent, connective membranes. Calcium is a mineral that is deposited in bones and is used when required for vital body functions.
As you age bone production decreases. The bones lose density and become thinner and more susceptible to fractures.
When, in addition there is osteoporosis, the natural mechanism accelerates. he good news is that the mechanism of bone loss can be slowed with muscular endurance exercise.
Walking and training of local muscular endurance slows bone loss and fractures that prevent correct posture.
In this sense not only important work throughout the body, but also give emphasis on toning the hips and wrists, as in falls are the two most likely to fracture.
“The problem for many in age of Osteoporosis “is to find suitable proposals for physical activity for them. Doctors advised: “Do yoga or swimming”.
Yet many do not like the yoga and swimming, among which carried the clothes for changing, drying her hair when you leave, take the check up and / or non grata fished some infections, brakes undertaken.
With skilled professionals who know how to watch his back, neck, joints and how to handle the intensity of work to begin very gently and avoid injury, with the containment necessary to feel heard and respected in their own fears (that he knows who suffered pain at some time).