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Showing posts with label Cholesterol. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cholesterol. Show all posts

Stop Smoking, Please

Posted by Shisuka Thursday, October 29, 2009 0 comments


Stop smoking now means you could live a happy and healthier life. As you already know smoking is bad for everyone, not just the ones that smoke but the ones that breath in the second hand smoke. Second hand, smoke is harder on you then smoking. Forty-five hundred Americans start smoking every year. Why would they want to do this to them self I can’t truly answer you. Because once you get started, you cannot stop. You are hooked and that is not very good for you. Most people start at an early age in life, they are curious or they want to be cool. The biggest problem is most people lack education that helps them to see how smoking causes them to age faster.
 
The problems smoking can cause:
Smoking can cause many problems when it comes to your health not to think about the expense. Smoking can cause cancer, heart disease, and strokes, increase cholesterol and so on. Your heart is affected, since smoking causes your blood vessels to build up with cholesterol and fat. The results leads to harden of the arteries. Harden arteries mean that the blood flow will not pump fast enough to support the heart’s natural requirements. This starts blood clotting, broken blood vessels etc. It can also cause angina which will make you think that your having a heart attack but your aren’t its just not getting enough blood to the heart to make it pump right. Then it can cause you to have a heart attack, since smoking is a blockage so that there is no blood going to the heart.

Smoking can cause strokes or bronchiolitis. This disease is contagious, which most people do not realize it. The viral infection affects the airway, which affects breathing. The common cause of this contagious disease is smoking or second hand smoke. Smoking promotes bad breath, stained teeth, smelly furniture and clothes. You also get common colds and flu more often. You will start to cough and then you won’t be able to breath they even may put you on oxygen. In addition, smoking is so expensive now days. It is not worth it you will end up regretting it in end. On top of this, you get addicted to the nicotine once you are hooked your hooked.

Bronchiolitis is a common viral infection, which affects the respiratory syncytial. The condition causes inflammation. Once the inflammation accumulates the airway is blocked, since the nicotine consumptions and infections causes the airway to narrow, which the flow of air is obstructed.
 
Why is nicotine addictive?
You get addicted to the nicotine because of all the chemical put into the tobacco. It’s not so much as the nicotine that makes you sick it’s the chemicals that they put in the tobacco, that cause you to get the disease like lung cancer and heart disease. In addition, what ever you get from smoking. Nicotine or cigarettes have several chemicals incorporated into it to causes addictions, and finally death.
 
How can I quite smoking?
Once you are hooked, it is going to be hard to quite. You have to decide that you’re going to quite regardless of what it causes, such as weight gain or being on edge.

You have to pull up the will power to do this and stick to it. You can say I will have one now and no more, yet it don’t work that way. You have to find the way that best fits your needs and build the will power. You may want to consult with your doctor who can offer you helpful suggestions on stop smoking.

Grapes for Health

Posted by Shisuka Tuesday, October 6, 2009 0 comments


Grape has many health benefits due to chemical contained in it, one of whom is flavonoids. Flavonoid phytochemical compounds that provide color purple in grapes. Flavonoids can prevent LDL oxidation 20 times more powerful than vitamin E, which is known as a natural antioxidant.


World Health Organization classifies the types of wine for lowering unhealthy cholesterol, because it has high fiber in water (soluble fiber), just like as carrots, oranges, and apples.

Grape is really good for those who have problem in sleeping. A study in Italy showed that the Grape is melatonin, a hormone that helps to regulate the human biological time. Melatonin hormone will usually appear at night. Melatonin is also very effective to deal with hypertension. A study conducted by Frank Scheer from Harvard Medical School proved that the man who had intake of melatonin for three weeks will experience a decrease in systolic blood pressure significantly.

Grape is proven to help women in preventing the pain of breast cancer treatment. The doctors at the Institute of Cancer Research show that the antioxidants contained in grapes may protect against radiation fibrosis, the hardening of breast tissue around it due to radiotherapy effect which is extremely painful.

Shiuan Chen, PhD, from the Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, reported that grape juice successfully suppress the growth of cancer cells by preventing the synthesis of the hormone estrogen that plays a major role in the development of breast cancer.

According to research Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, ptrestilbene content in grapes showed a strong inhibitory power against breast cancer cells. The French researcher also found that in red wine, there is Acutimissin A that can inhibit enzymes causing cancer cells.

In addition to health, grape is believed to maintain the softness or smoothen the skin. Vitamin C and antioxidants can keep skin healthy, because it can fend off free radicals such as pollution and sunlight.

Vitamin C is known as the main body compounds required in many important processes, ranging from the producing of collagen (fibrous protein that forms connective tissue in bones), fat transport, electron transport from various enzymatic reactions, hyper healthy gums, regulating cholesterol levels, and trigger immunity .

In addition, vitamin C is required for wound healing and improve brain function in order to work optimally.

Lowering Cholesterol by Grapes

Posted by Shisuka Saturday, September 19, 2009 0 comments


Grapes are small round or oval berries that feature a semi-translucent flesh encased by a smooth skin. Some contain edible seeds, while others are seedless. Like blueberries, grapes are covered by a protective, whitish bloom. Grape grows well at altitude of 300 meters above sea level. In grapes contained a variety of vitamins A, C and B6, folic acid and minerals phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, potassium, selenium, iron and copper.

Grapes also contain fiber and a variety of flavonoids. Flavonoids can act lower cholesterol. Grape also contains resveratol, saponin, anthocyanins, quercetin proanthocyanins and that is anti imflamasi and anti-cell proliferation, which can prevent cancer, especially breast cancer and kelon.

Resveratol also suppress the production of amyloidal-beta peptides in Alzheimer's patients. Grape also contains water and carbohydrates, especially fructose and glucose are useful for stamina. Color, size, taste and physical characteristics differ amongst the varieties. Grapes come in a variety of colors including green, amber, red, blue-black, and purple. In general, whole grapes have a slightly crunchy texture and a dry, sweet and tart taste.

Antioxidants.

Grape contains antioxidants such as anthocyanin polyphenolic flavan-3-OLS. Content of more anthocyanins found in red grape. The presence of antioxidants in grape may help to prevent free radical damage to these cells causes many diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

Grape seed contains antioxidants, antrocyanidin, tannins and polyphenols which are useful to prevent cancer and heart disease. In the skins of grapes contain polyphenols (resveratrol) as an antioxidant that can prevent cellular damage from free radicals, such as cell wall damage blood vessels and help lowering blood pressure in people with high blood pressure. Another benefit of resveratrol as an antioxidant is to lower the risk of cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease.

Cataracts

Elegat acid content in grape could destroy the hydrocarbons, compounds which can cause cancer caused by cigarettes. Vitamin C, karetoniod, selenium and a variety of flavonoids contained in grapes have antioxidant capabilities. Various antioxidants can prevent cataracts.

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