Millenium Health Tips

The little time we spend on planning and preparing a healthy and balanced diet, fast food and the tempting choice of snacks of all kinds are to reduce the consumption of fruits and vegetables, among other products essential. This is an increase of cholesterol, obesity and lack of nutrients. The intention to avoid these harmful effects is causing the rise of so-called functional foods, those that provide beneficial substances to the body, such as minerals or vitamins, which have been enriched, apart from its own nutrients.

Emerged in Japan in the 80s: with increasing life expectancy of the population, increased health spending, so it is proposed to help health through food. These serve to prevent various diseases, vitamin deficiencies and mitigate cardiovascular problems and even birth defects. (more…)

Alzheimer’s or called az-Zhai-me, a sort of disease decreased brain function is complex and progressive. Alzheimer’s disease rather than a kind of contagious disease.

Alzheimer’s disease is a condition in which the power of memory decline with someone so badly infected can not fend for themselves. Alzheimer’s disease rather than ‘childish old age’ is simply a process of aging. On the other hand, is a kind of health problem that is very painful and needs to be given attention.

Alzheimer classified into one of a kind nyanyuk (dementia) is characterized by a downturn in the conversation, Sanity, memory, considerations, changes in personality and behavior that are not controlled. This situation is very burdensome not only to the infected, even family members who care. Alzheimer’s disease that decreases the memory function is also explained intellectual and social functions of his penghidap. Usually, family members only come with people who are sick to see a doctor if they have not put up with symptoms of a sick person.

Until now, the real source of this disease is not known. However, he was not due to aging. However, scientists believe, he was associated with the formation and changes in nerve cells that normally become fibers.

Risk for Alzheimer’s, a disease that is synonymous with old people, increases with age. “Starting at age 65 years, someone has a risk of five per cent of this disease and this risk has doubled every five years,” said the expert Psikogeriatrik, Office of Medical Psychology, Faculty of University Malaya Medical Center (PPUM), Dr. Esther Ebeenezer.

Level of Alzheimer’s

Forgot put the car keys, took the tray of money, do not know to buy goods to the store, forget the phone number or dos drug is commonly eaten among some mild symptoms.

If the sick person forgot the sugar in the drink mix, salt in cooking or mixing means water is categorized as a simple level.

If the sick person is not able to do things like deal with the principles themselves, wrong with the situation around the house, does not recognize associates or immediate family members, he indicated that sick people are in a serious level.

Other signs

People affected by this disease can be aggressive, quick to anger and lose interest or hobby to interact ever interested. It is estimated that in about 1950 of approximately 2.5 million of the world population suffering from this disease. In 2000, people with Alzheimer’s disease is estimated to reach six billion people.

World Health Organization (WHO), estimates that more than one billion people over the age older than 60 years or 10 percent of the population suffering from Alzheimer’s (2003). This increase, there is more to do with the world’s population aging, increases a woman’s lifetime until the age of 80 years and 75 years for men. In addition, maintenance of better health, declining marriage rates, increased divorce and those who marry but not many children.

The sick who are in a simple and severe stages will show a strange behavior. Among other things, like the scream, gasp and follow wherever nurses to the toilet though.

In addition, people who are sick also hear the sound or whisper soft and seeing frightening images. All of this is indirectly given to the nurse mental distress because they had to take care of the sick ‘36 hours’ day.

People who are sick are also sometimes would walk over here without a cause, and their sleep patterns are also changing. People who are sick for more sleep during the day and awake at night.

In general, a sick man who was diagnosed with this disease have died from pneumonia or pneumonia. This is because, at that time a sick person can not perform any other activities.

The sad thing is that sick people do not understand what was happening to them and need help from others. The bad news is Alzheimer’s disease, can not be cured. However, the symptoms can still be controlled with medication.

The drugs were given at an early stage, can help patients such as cognitive memory, daily activities and behavior.

People at risk

* People with hypertension who reach the age of 40 years and over
* Person with diabetes
* Lack of exercise
* High cholesterol levels
* Factor descent – have families who suffer from this disease at the age of 50.

Want to boost your immunity? Do you massage and sing!

The singing and massage: good for your immunity!

Influenza A vaccine and are a major issue of this academic year, but that you be vaccinated or not, one thing is for sure is that everything goes better with a good immunity.

Good nutrition is beneficial to the immune system, the immune system consists of tonsils thymus spleen, bone marrow and lymph nodes that produce and store immune cells.

To help work properly, you need a diet sufficient caloric intake, protein (meat, fish, eggs, milk), vitamins (vitamins A, E, C, B6, B9, folic acid) and minerals (selenium, zinc , iron, copper, calcium …), and a sufficient sleep and too much stress.

In short, when one is happy and healthy everything is always better. And precisely on the immune system, can also help with pleasant two methods, drainage and singing … (more…)

The Clay therapy is the use of clay for medicinal purposes. Naturalistic used since ancient times, it treats many ailments today with this wonderful powder clay rich in minerals and trace elements.

Diluted in water used internally to relieve stomach aches and fatigue remedy, hot paste as healing poultice to relieve rheumatic pains, burns or wounds, or by purifying mask for beauty problems Skin: The use of clay are as varied as health benefits!

Softer, it is recommended to use white clay to relieve stomach problems, and your beauty masks. The green clay, for its part, is rather recommended for rheumatic pain and to treat varicose veins and hemorrhoids.

Some recipe ideas.

to relieve stomach problems: (more…)

Cholesterol is a type of fat that many people think they know, and yet can still reserve some surprising things.

There are many surprising things about cholesterol. Like most people, you’re probably thinking, imagining cholesterol fatty foods and heart disorders. Also read our article: Healthy Food for the heart, to keep the heart healthy.

While a high cholesterol (exceeding 240 mg / dL) is not good for your health. Each year, more than 6 million French take treatment against cholesterol. But if you think you’ve heard everything you needed to know about this waxy fat, there may still be some surprising things about cholesterol that you could ignore. Read also: How to keep a good blood cholesterol?.

You list 8 things surprising about cholesterol:

1) A high cholesterol is inevitable for some people
If you have cholesterol levels high, it may be partly due to genetics. But for some families, it is inevitable that the LDL (bad cholesterol) is situated in unhealthy areas. Read also: Cholesterol: lowering cholesterol levels in 8 boards. (more…)

According to a study published in the weekly Journal of the American Medical Association, women who use hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increase vulnerability for exposure to breast cancer but are also increase the possibility of becoming a victim of cancer ovaries. And even if the treatment is less than a term of four years.

HRT previously associated with an increased risk of breast cancer

In 2002 a major study devoted to the health of women was prematurely halted when researchers found that HRT increased the risk of exposure of patients with breast cancer. The increased risk was in effect that such experiences were no longer morally acceptable. Therefore, HRT has fallen out of favor in the fight against the symptoms of menopause, and a relationship of cause and effect, the number of cancers has also decreased in corresponding proportions. (more…)