Pretty and Healthy Life

Scientists from the institute of medical research in France, Inserm, found that older people and walked slowly almost three times more likely to die from heart disease and other causes compared with older age and run faster.

Alexis Elbaz, Research Director of Inserm told to Reuters Health that maintaining fitness in old age is important to help preserve life and muscle function",.

Study published by BMJ Journal has also shown, walking speed tests can be used to check the health of the elderly. Several previous studies correlated this slowly walk with an increased risk of death during a certain period, but did not show whether it was due to heart disease or other disorders.

Studies for five years, which was a series of Three Cities Study in France, involving over 3200 male and female healthy 65-85 year.  At the beginning of the study, in 1999, scientists assess the health of participants and calculate their speed while walking in the corridor.

Next five years, 209 participants died, 99 percent of cancer, heart disease 59, 53 due to infectious diseases and other causes. Overall mortality rate of almost seven percent.

The death rate in one-third of participants who walked at the latest (the man who walked 3.4 miles per hour or slower, and women who walk three miles per hour or slower) 44 percent higher than the other two-thirds of participants who walked more quickly.

Deaths from heart attack, stroke, and other related causes 2.9 times more common in one-third of participants who walked the walk slowly than the fastest. The increase in death rates from heart disease seen in men and women, not related to age or physical activity. Researchers found that there is no link between walking speed and other causes of death, including cancer.

Then, what is the connection between walking slowly and deaths due to heart disease? Possibility, expressed Elbaz, the same factors that increase the risk of heart disease such as hypertension and diabetes that also resulted in "silent stroke", makes people difficult to walk fast.

Apart from dreaming and frequent movements during the night, snoring is one of the activities that human body creates even when in deep sleep. It is a dysfunction in the body that is caused by certain mechanisms that seem to collide when the body is at its most relaxed state.

The muscles in the throat may partially close the air passage when they have become too relaxed. This obstruction coupled with the drive of wind that runs through this passage will result to vibrations we commonly know as snores.

Natural remedies for snoring are effective means of finding solutions. However, it must be considered that not all remedies can be very effective for all sorts of snoring causes. Thus, careful evaluation must be done before any assumption is made.

Weight loss and exercise issues

The general population is advised to maintain an ideal weight and body size. This is not simply to restrict us from enjoying the habits that we got so used to. But because this measure can greatly improve our health. One of the many benefits of maintaining an ideal weight is that it makes you less susceptible to risks involved in snoring.

Heavier individuals have heavier body mass. Thus, they have bulkier necks that contain excess muscles often causing obstructions during breathing. The throat can no longer accommodate extra tissues that may cause the blockages for the facilitation of normal breathing.

Improve your general lifestyle

Smokers and frequent drinkers are often more vulnerable to producing snores since the substances that they take encourage various body reactions that are well-suited for snoring.

Cigarettes can possibly modify the tissues of the respiratory tract in a way that the system is stripped off its protection from the harm of the chemicals found in cigars, tobaccos and cigarettes. Some studies say that the esophagus is lined with a specific type of cell that changes into another form once smoke from cigarettes pass through it. This will then induce the abnormal production of mucus that can add up to the obstructions.

Alcohol, on the other hand, can bring about relaxation on the muscles that further aggravate the condition. The muscles of the throat during sleep relax due to lack of control. This then creates the possibility that the muscles will interfere with the normal flow of air in and out of the lungs. Thus, the vibration that results to snores.

Change of sleep posture

The earliest method of reducing snores is by stitching a tennis ball on the pajama tops. This encourages the snorer to sleep on his side even when unconscious since the tennis ball is enough to remind him that sleeping on his back wont do any good. Realigning your body will help decrease the possibility of snoring since the tongue and the jaw will be kept from dropping back that cause blockages on the narrow air passage.

Most people advise of sleeping in a sideward posture to prevent the relaxed muscles to collapse. For snorers who can tolerate sleeping on their stomachs are much less susceptible to the likelihood of snoring since this posture is ideal for reducing the pressure on the airways.

Also, it is often advised that the your bed is elevated to 30 degrees since this height is known to lessen collapse of the tissues in the throat.