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How Smart Addressing Cholesterol
Some say that along with the better economic level, the opportunity for a good meal even greater. A good meal can be interpreted by eating food that tastes good. But the term good food in large cities turned out to be a tasty food, fried, fatty, and low in fiber.
Everyone would like to eat tasty. However, do not get too far because it is dangerous to health. Cholesterol which contained a lot of good food can increase the risk of diseases caused by disorders of blood vessels through the process of narrowing and blockage of blood vessels called atherosclerosis.
Agustin (39) realized that he was suffering from hyper-cholesterol, the term for high blood cholesterol levels, after checking his blood to a laboratory. Laboratory results showed the number 249 mg / dL which includes high cholesterol levels. He is not expected at the relatively young age already suffering hyper-cholesterol.
Not many people know that hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor causes of death at a young age. Based on World Health Organization report in 2002, there were 4.4 million deaths due to hypercholesterolemia or 7.9% of total deaths at younger ages. Read the rest of this entry »
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Water Good for People with Heart
Exercise in warm water improves physical function in elderly patients with both heart failure and older with heart failure and type 2 diabetes. Water has previously been assessed as inappropriate training for people with heart failure.
The background to the assumption is that the water itself is a pressure on the body and then transferred to the blood from the legs to the torso.
It is considered likely to create further pressure on the heart. Physiotherapy Asa Cider thesis has shown that bathing in the warm pool on the contrary, gives a reduced cardiac load, resulting in an improved pump function and a lower heart rate. Read the rest of this entry »
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How to Inject Insulin
Proper injection technique is important for optimum effect of insulin and the regulation of blood sugar.
Who needs insulin?
In type 1 diabetes, the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas damaged. Anyone who suffers from this type of diabetes therefore need insulin treatment.
Type 2 diabetes because the body’s insulin work for the poor, or the pancreas does not produce enough. Not everyone who suffers from this type of need insulin treatment, but if the change of diet and use of the tablets do not provide good enough results, it is necessary.
What types of insulin are available?
- Extra fast-acting
- Fast-acting
- Intermediate-acting Read the rest of this entry »
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Lose Weight Naturally – To Regulate the Metabolism
Nature can also help you lose weight. We tell you What the plants used to regulate the metabolism and relieve anxiety.
Getting plants or products made with natural extracts that promote weight loss or functions associated with the metabolism is much easier than it looks. However, not enough to know where to buy them, what matters is whether they work for your body.
The first thing to consider is the reason why those extra kilos have been installed in your body:
· For problems associated with the thyroid.
· By having a low basal metabolism does not process fats efficiently.
· For hormonal disorders.
· For nervous system.
· For constipation.
· For poor eating habits.
· For poor digestion (gas, inflamed stomach, intolerance to certain foods).
· For side effects from medications or other treatments.
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Diagnosis of Diabetes
An expert committee of the American Diabetes Association recently recommended a change in the names of the two main types of diabetes since the previous names generated confusion.
The type of diabetes known as type I, juvenile-onset diabetes or insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is now known as type 1 diabetes. The type of diabetes known as Type II, noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset diabetes is now type 2 diabetes. The new names reflect the effort to stop basing the names on treatment or age of onset.
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Diabetes and Pregnancy
About 1 percent of all pregnant women have a condition that causes fear, most often due to lack of information, it is the glucose intolerance induced by pregnancy.
Formerly known as gestational diabetes, the nomenclature was changed just to avoid psychological problems and insecurity in the pregnant woman. This is a condition limited to the period of gestation and can be corrected simply with a diet after delivery.
Although it presents only a small proportion of pregnant women, is the largest endocrine pathology during pregnancy. This disease belongs to the group of disorders linked to heredity. The ethnic factor is also present. The populations of India and Micronesia are more prone to this condition.
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