Recent Articles
Safflower Oil
Good news for the health conscious people! New research has revealed that safflower oil is healthy and good for heart especially. Regular use of safflower oil for 16 weeks helps to avoid the heart diseases. In addition it also helps to regulate the insulin level, and diabetes caused in women who reaches to stage of post menopause.
This Finding is an advance step of research on safflower oil. Researchers discovered that fats on the abdomen area can be reduced with the use of safflower oil. Right after 18 weeks, researchers also concluded that its use for 16 weeks is also beneficial especially for the women. Sugar, blood pressure and high cholesterol level results in cardiovascular ailments. It happens due to a syndrome known as metabolic syndrome; it means various symptoms that enhance the chances of heart and its related diseases.
Head of this research concluded that people should daily use 1 2/3 ts of safflower oil. It’s the way to avoid the cardiovascular syndromes.
Martha Belury is an eminent figure of this research. He is also a professor at Ohio State University. According to him, “The women in the study didn’t replace what was in their diet with safflower oil. They added it to what they were already doing. And that says to me that certain people need a little more of this type of good fat-particularly when they are obese women, who already have diabetes. I believe these findings suggest that people consciously they get a serving of healthy oil in their diets each day-may be an oil and vinegar dressing on the salad or some oil for cooking, And this recommendation can be extended to every one”
What makes safflower oil healthy for heart? Actually it contains linoleic acid; linoleic acid is poly unsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) which is useful to prevent the cardiovascular ailments.
This research has appeared online and researchers have planned to publish it in “Clinical Nutrition”-a famous Journal.
Menstruation
Menstruation is a monthly bleeding that women have. It is also known as menses, menstrual cycle or periods.
Image by flickr
Menstrual blood is combination of blood and tissues from the uterus of women. This blood flows from the uterus to the cervix and then it comes out of the body through vagina. The menstrual periods last from three to seven days maximum.
Menopause
Menopause is the point when women stop having menstrual periods. Menopause is not a disease. It is just a change in the phases of women’s life. Many women experience symptoms of menopause. Menopause decreases the bone density and the raises the cholesterol level in the body which may cause heart diseases.
Types of menopause
Following are the types of menopause
2. Perimenopause
3. Surgical menopause
- Premature menopause
The average age for menopause is 51 years. The common age at which women experience menopause ranges between 48- 55 years. If a woman get menopause younger than the age of 40 years, this is known as premature menopause. And it is considered as late menopause if the menstrual periods continuous up till the age of 55 years.
Japan’s Disaster
Earth quake and Tsunami victims of Japan are suffering from many ailments. Radiation emissions from the Fukushiama Nuclear Power Plant have caused bone- marrow diseases. Almost 10,000 people have been expired since last week.
Japan has asked European bone-marrow transplant centers to remain alert in order to treat the people who have become open to the elements to radiations. This plea was made from the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EMBT), which is situated in Spain.
In a response, EMBT has requested its 536 centers to standby for the treatment of victims. Currently, EMBT has round about 2,500 doctors, who are specialized to treat the patients of bone-marrow disease. EMBT had also treated to the victims of 9/11. President of EMBT said, “Group’s nuclear accident committee has been practicing training and education and selecting centers of excellence in Europe that could respond to a general emergency in Europe or the World, such as could potentially happen in Japan”.
EMBT is also helping victims of Japan through World Health Organization. Most of the patients need bone-marrow transplant while others require simple antibiotics. Head of EMBT said that currently they are treating 200 patients, it is expected that the number may rise in the coming days.
Yoga And Stress Management
The word yoga is derived from a work yoke, it means to bring together. Bring together the mind, body, soul and spirit.
The American Council on Exercise researched about the physical benefits of yoga and found that regular practice of Hatha yoga can increase the flexibility, muscular strength and balance of the body. The average flexibility increases by 13% to 35% in eight weeks.
What is yoga?
Yoga is a scientific method of physical and mental fitness. More than three hundred years ago it was originated in India. The purpose of yoga is to achieve the highest potential and to experience the good health and happiness. Yoga can help to extend healthy and productive years of life and it also improves our living conditions.
CFS – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Friday, February 18, 2011 a research was conducted that suggests that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can be best treated with exercise and cognitive exercises. These two therapies will have a positive effect on this disease. The research professor DR. PETER D. WHITE said that patients who received these two therapies report less fatigue and performs better than the other patients.
Thursday, February 24, 2011a study revealed that abnormalities in the central nervous system cause of CFS and Lyme disease. The study analyzed 43 patients of CFS also had Lyme disease and were caused due to abnormalities of proteins in the central nervous system.
Chronic fatigue syndrome or CFS is a disorder that is caused excess of fatigue which is not even improved by bed rest and it gets worse with the passage of time. People with CFS often can’t function much as they use to do before this illness.People also complain about the symptoms of this disease including weakness, muscle pain, insomnia etc.
