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Are you planning to reduce your weight? That's why you are avoiding bananas? Well, I think this article is for you. Let's see the nutritional value of an average banana. Each average banana contains about 100-150 calories which come from simple starch, about 3.5 grams of dietary fibers, 12-15% vitamin C, very less amount of protein (about 1 gram), 50-55 milligrams of potassium and very less amount of cholesterol or fat. It's a good source of iron and vitamin B also.
Now I'm focusing on the benefits of banana.
- Banana contains a lot of fiber which helps to overcome constipation.
- Banana can be called as "Brain Food". Because, it provides sufficient amount of potassium to brain which keep oxygen level normal, and also helps to improve signals between cells.
- In cases of anemia it works as a remedy. It's rich in iron which stimulates production of hemoglobin,
- People who are suffering from heartburn, can have banana for its soothing effect, works as natural antacid.
- Banana contains tryptophan which stimulates serotonin production, triggers on elevating mood. Also triggers on sleep hormone which induce good sleep
- It has vitamin B, helps to calm nervous system.
- The people who have high blood pressure, I think banana is very good choice to maintain blood pressure, because potassium & magnesium in banana helps to reduce high blood pressure
- Water soluble fiber (pectin) in banana helps to decrease LDL cholesterol.
Have a good day.
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Apple is one of the healthiest fruits you can take. It's not only low in calories, full of some other health benefits. Let's see 7 of them at a glance.
1. Get a healthier heart
The phenolic compound found in apple skins helps to prevent the cholesterol that gets into your system from solidifying on your artery walls. When plaque builds inside your arteries, it reduces blood flow to your heart, leading to coronary artery disease.
2.Reduce cholesterol
The soluble fibre found in apples binds with fats in intestine, which is used to translate into lower cholesterol levels.
3.Stay away from all kinds of cancers
Scientists from an association for cancer research, among others, agree that the consumption of flavonol enriched apples could help reduce your risk of developing pancreatic cancer by up to 23-25%.
4.Avoid Alzheimer’s & Protect against Parkinson’s
A research performed on mice shows that drinking apple juice could keep Alzheimer’s away and fight the effects of aging on the brain. Another research has proved that people who eat fruits and other high-fibre foods gain a certain amount of protection against Parkinson’s, a disease characterized by a breakdown of the brain’s dopamine-producing nerve cells.
5. Beat constipation
Fiber found in apples can help you to stay away from constipation. Fiber can either pull water out of your colon to keep things moving along when you’re backed up, or absorb excess water from your stool to slow your bowels down.
6.Detoxification of liver
You consume toxins daily, whether it is from drinks or food, and your liver helps to clear these toxins out of your body. Many doctors are skeptical of fad detox diets, saying they have the potential to do more harm than good. Luckily, one of the easiest thing you can eat to help detoxify your liver is fruits, just like apples.
7.Boost your immune system & stay ageless
Red apples contain an antioxidant called quercetin. Recent studies have found that quercetin can help boost and fortify your immune system, especially when you're stressed out. Besides that, the antioxidants present in apples can help you to stay young.
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Surprised to see the post title? Did you think that beauty is only important factor for women? Nope, it's not in now a days. Beauty becomes important fact for both men and women. In corporate world people generally focus on your personality rather than other things, isn't it? It's not so hard to have good looking appearance, just you have to include some habits in your daily routine. So, start from now.
- You should apply moisturizer before using shaving cream. Moisturizer absorbs onto skin while shaving foams usually sit on top. Using dull blade or shaving with little cream can irritate, scrape and burn your skin. After shaving rinse with lukewarm water and then cold water to tighten pores of skin. Then apply after shave lotion. You can use aloe-vera gel as after shave gel. Aloe-vera gel is most effective skin tonic and conditioner also.
- Avoid using all purpose soap. Use lukewarm water and mild soap or cleanser to clean your skin. You should repeat cleansing process twice or thrice in a day.
- Apply sunblock cream or lotion at least 15 minutes before going outside. Use sunblock including SPF 20 or more. Use sunglasses and umbrella when going outside. If possible try to apply scrub 2/3 times in a week. This will remove dead cells from skin.
- Include trimming your hair from nose and ears in regular grooming routine.
- Try to wash your hair 2/3 days in a week with mild and herbal shampoo. Avoid the shampoo which contains harsh chemical ingredients such as alcohol. After shampooing use conditioner to maintain healthy and glowing hair. Avoid very hot and very cold water in washing, both are harmful for hair and scalp.
- Brush your teeth twice a day, at morning and before going bed. After brushing you must follow flossing and using mouthwash.
- Before going bed you should clean yourself, it's better to take hot water shower before sleeping. This will give you a fresh feeling and comfortable sleep.
Very simple tips, isn't it? But, if you follow the tips regularly, definitely you will get stunning attractive look. Take care.
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First of all, we must know the cause of acne. Generally acne occurs when oil glands (sebaceous gland) which are attached to hair follicles are stimulated at time of puberty by increased level of specific hormones. Sebum (oil) is natural substance which is secreted from sebaceous gland, it helps to protect skin. Associated with elevated oil production is one kind of change in the manner in which skin cells mature so that cells are predisposed to clog the pores or openings of follicles. The clogged pore gradually enlarges and produce bump. When follicle enlarges, the wall rupture with irritating substances and bacteria (which normally situated on skin) access into the deeper portion of skin and causes inflammation. As a result pustule is produced and deeper inflammation results in pimple or papule. When the oil accumulates melanin, its named as blackhead and if oil breaks through to surface, it is named as whitehead.
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Let's focus on the prevention of acne. Here's some tips for you, I think these are helpful for you.
- First thing you have to follow, that is- proper cleansing of your face. You have to wash your face to remove impurities, excess oil and dead cells. Use mild soap or cleanser and luke warm to wash face, try to wash your face 2 or 3 times a day. Please, avoid harsh chemical cleansers which will do harm if you have already inflamed skin.
- Always use oil free moisturizer. Before using moisturizer hydrate your skin. And one request to you, please, try to keep your hands away from your face without time of cleansing and moisturizing. You may ask the reason. Well, now focus on thinking that how many times you touch dirty things with your hands before touching your face. There's possibility to increase acne when oil and dirt on your hands transfer to your face. So, be careful.
- When acne occurs, try to avoid make up products such as foundation and blush. If you use make up products, then wash off carefully at the end of the day. And one thing, try to use organic and oil-free make up.
- Sometimes acne occurs due to having dandruff problems. Use medicated shampoo to keep clean scalp. Besides that, using harsh chemicals,oil or gel can drip on face and clog the pores and cause acne. You should be careful about using products on hair and scalp.
- Drink a lot of water, this will help you to wash off body toxins. Try to keep your bowel movement normal. Include a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables. Cut off oily spicy food and take fruit juice instead of soft drinks.
- Include exercise to your daily routine. Exercise helps you to avoid anxiety and maintain a good blood flow. Exercise is a good medicine for both mind & body and for skin too. Take a bath after exercise. This will help you to avoid bacterial attack due to sweating after exercise.
- Avoid excessive exposure to sun. Excessive exposure to sun can elevate skin inflammation, redness and blemishes. While working in the sun, put sunblock on your skin. Your sunblock must have SPF (sun protecting factor) 15 or above. Use sunblock before 15 minutes from going outside. Choose non-oily, alcohol free and organic sunblock.
- Keep yourself in jolly mood always. Good emotional state will give you a good health of skin. It is clinically proven truth.
Stay well, friends. Have a happy day with nice and glowing acne-free skin. :)
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We know that, calcium is one of the most important minerals which is required for well maintenance and development of our bones, teeth and nails. But, most of us don't know that excessive amount of calcium is responsible for causing adverse effect on our body. I'm here to serve you by providing some useful information about taking too much calcium supplements. Let's read the article carefully.
For growth and development of bones and regulation of nerve and muscle functions calcium is very much necessary. Calcium used to treat and prevent osteoporosis, reduce possibility of forming kidney stones, regulate blood clotting and muscle contraction. We can easily satisfy the demand of calcium by taking milk, diary products, leafy vegetables, broccoli etc. Generally calcium is absorbed in small intestine and before absorption it has to be broken down by digestive system. But excessive amount of calcium in body causes hypercalcemia and cardiovascular diseases.
Is It Harmful To Take Too Much Calcium Supplements?
Yes, it is harmful to intake excessive amount of calcium supplements. Let's see the following points to know the side effects of taking too much calcium supplements.
- Kidney Stones- Presence of too much calcium in blood causes hypercalcemia which is characterized by vomiting, anorexia, fatigue and persistent thirst which impacts on kidney dysfunction. And you must be careful to know that, this high level of urinary calcium is responsible for forming kidney stones.
- Prostate Cancer- Recent studies discover a link between intake of too much calcium and increased risk of prostate cancer. So, we shouldn't take calcium more than certain doses.
- Constipation- Too much calcium intake causes constipation and prolonged constipation causes pain, stomach ulcers and bloating.
- Flatulence- Formation of gas in stomach or flatulence also happens due to intake of too much calcium.
- Interaction with other medications- Take advice of your physician before taking calcium, because calcium interacts with other medicines such as ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, tetracyclin etc. Excessive amount of calcium reacts with cardio-selective glycosides digoxin which is used to treat irregular heartbeat.
So, it's better for you to take physician's advice and suggestion before taking decision to intake calcium supplements. Stay well and have a nice day.
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When you suffer from depression, it feels like you can never get out from the darkness of depression. A good news for you, that is- "most severe depression is treatable". You can get rid from depression with right support and will feel much better.
Changes in lifestyle can help you to go far from depression. Here's some examples:
- Believe it or not, sleep has a powerful effect on mood. You will notice that, depression condition will be worse when you don't sleep for enough time. Sadness, moodiness, irritability and fatigue- these are the results of sleep deprivation. So, minimum 6-8 hours of sleep is badly needed for a man to maintain good health and mental condition.
- Nutrition is not only needed for your physical health, it also useful for your mental health. Foods must contain low fat, low cholesterol, full of minerals & vitamins. Taking nutritious food will help you to get rid from depression.
- Regular exercise is better than any medication used in depression. Exercise helps to improve important brain chemicals such as serotonin and endorphin which is responsible for growing new brain cells and connections as anti-depressive drugs do.
- Social support is one the most important things in treating depression. Connect your friends, family, class and groups regularly. Join voluntary works which give you mental satisfaction of helping people.
- Try to avoid extra stress in your world field. Maintain your works and responsibility to avoid stress. Avoid unsupportive relationships as much as you can.
In primary cases, physicians give medication to relieve from the symptoms of depression. Actually, medication along with psychotherapy is much effective for treating depression. In severe case, physician and loved one of patient need to guide for care until patient can take part in well decision making procedure.
There are different types of anti-depressive drugs. Here's general information about that types is included for you:
- Serotonin and non epinephrine re-uptake inhibitors (SNRIs) such as duloxetine, venlafaxine and desvenlafaxine. Patients who are suffering from liver diseases should avoid duloxetine.
- Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline, citalopram and escitalopram. These drugs may cause restlessness, insomnia, headache, jitteriness, digestive problems and decrease of sexual desire.
- Norepinephrine and dopamine re-uptake inhibitors (NDRIs) including bupropion. At high doses, it causes seizures.
- Tricyclic antidepressants
- Atypical antidepressants such as trazodone and mirtazapine. Both are sedating and for this reason one of these is prescribed with other antidepressants to help with sleep.
- Monoamine Oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) including tranylcypromine and phenelzine. These are prescribed at last when other medications fails to treat depression.
I hope these information will help you to keep yourself far from depression. Have a happy day with depression free mind.
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To maintain a healthy and active life we have to make a diet plan. Please, don't think about tasteless streamed broccoli and boring tasteless dry chicken. I would like to assure you that healthy food menu in this article is not tasteless and boring. This article will help you to do plan for a tasteful healthy diet. Let's see the tips-
- Fill up your diet chart with colorful fruits and vegetables : Green fruits and vegetables contain iron, potassium, zinc, calcium, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K which are very good for blood and respiratory tract. These are also good source of fiber.
- Cut up the unnecessary fats and fast food from your food menu. Fill up your food menu with healthy fats. Include monounsaturated fats from plant oils such peanut oil, canola oil, almond oil, olive oil and many more to your food stuff, You can take polyunsaturated fats (omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids) from salmon fish, herring fish, mackerel fish, sardines fish and many other fatty fishes. These oils are very useful for your health. Soya bean, sun flower, corn and flax seed oils are also the source of polyunsaturated fat.
- Take healthy carbs such as whole grain, cereals, corn, beans etc. Refined carbs such as bread, pasta, breakfast cereals are not healthy carbs. Healthy carbs break down slowly, maintain glucose level and keep insulin level stable. Avoid unhealthy carbs such as white flour, sugar, white rice to avoid quick breakdown, spikes in blood glucose level and imbalance of insulin level.
- Take different types of healthy protein food. Low protein food causes slow growth, decrease muscle mass, low immunity, weaken heart and breathing. It's essential for children and young people whose bodies are growing and changing day by day. Proteins found from black beans, garbanzos, lentils, soy milk are good choice.
- Cut up salted food stuff, sugary nuts and refined beans. Avoid cold drinks and all kinds of soft drinks. Take a lot of fruit juice instead of soft drinks.
Follow the tips and keep yourself healthy and nice looking. Have a happy day.
