Easy Diet Plan

Posted by MB3300 Thursday, October 1, 2009 0 comments



Before we jump off to a more elaborate dieting procedure, consider these 3 basic rules of a diet plan. Following these 3 steps may drastically change your eating habits and keep off unwanted diseases.

Embracing Fat (Butter)
Best way to get rid of fat, is really to embrace it! You would only store it, if there are too many total calories in your meal intake. For example, diets containing up to 50% fat of its total nutritional content are just as effective for weight loss as those that are low in fat. Fat is filling, and it adds flavor to our meals, thus helping us to cut off deprivation. Mark down your desired body weight, and consume half gram for every pound.

Kicking off the sugars
This is perhaps where one should start when considering to start up a serious diet plan, getting rid of the sugar content in our daily intake. An average person consumes about 20-25 teaspoons of sugar daily, and almost 80% of that  are from the sodas we drinks, baked goods, candy, breakfast cereals, and fruit drinks. Lean meat, vegetables, actual fruits, dairy product and eggs falls on the opposite side of the above, therefore, use this simple plan accordingly for a quick check

Preparing own Meals
Now this is a fact, the more we prepare our own meals, the lesser are the need for outside foods, such as fast food and restaurant cooked meals, that isn’t entirely healthy to begin with. We tend to extra careful when we cook something from scratch, we get to see first hand, how much of salt, oil, sugar and ingredients we add on.

Stay tuned for more healthy home cooked recipes.

Antioxidant Supplements

Posted by MB3300 Wednesday, September 30, 2009 0 comments




The following are the best know foods with antioxidants, consuming any supplement in the form of liquid, tablet or even a pill containing any or mix of the following, would do the trick.

  • Corn                     - 400 ORAC units
  • Onion                    - 450 ORAC units
  • Oranges                - 750 ORAC units
  • Broccoli tops        - 890 ORAC units
  • Spinach                - 1260 ORAC units
  • Strawberries         - 1540 ORAC units
  •  Blueberries          - 2400 ORAC units
  • Raisins                 - 2830 ORAC units

    The numbers indicate the amount of harmful molecules (aka free radicals) causing oxidative damage that can be rendered harmless by 100g of each food. In normal English it means, the numbers shows how each food and its content of goodness in ORACS that performs against the harmful oxidants by neutralizing it.

    Stem Cell Treatment

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    Stem cell treatment that has been present for almost 70 years now, is finally being practiced in the medicinal industry providing a second chance for patients who were once given a one way ticket. The immature state of the research is not to be taken lightly, scientists are still finding various risk free ways to grant people what they want, and therefore, researches are still being done aggressively.

    In recent years, patients who are diagnosed, receive stem directly from the internet, though such practice has been highly criticized as these unscrupulous organizations are placing patients in a high risk conditions that may leave them terminally ill while a huge amounts of payments are forked out from them. Adding to this is the strict regulatory actions that prohibits most countries from carrying out such procedures..

    What are stem cells?


    Stem cell are premature cell and the foundation to any blocks of life that can develop into almost any type of cell, be it skin, muscular or even blood. These renewable cells are unique in its very own way and largely found in embryonic stem cells. Therefore the concentration of such cells is found in abundance in embryos and fetuses. As we grow old, these cells do not deplete entirely, but they are stored in our bone marrow in small quantities.


    Stem Cell Therapy

    Most activities carried out under this heads toward the research department. It is still very vast therefore it is not considerable to carry out any treatment out aggressively without proper backing from firms and agencies that approve of such conduct. The experimental nature of this procedure it yet to have any proven or rock solid track record that may sight the feasibility of it being carried out, mostly on cancer related cases. The current phase carried out are mostly on replacement or renewable of cells or tissues that are ruined.



    Cells are mostly gathered from healthy donors, lists of tests begin thereafter to match the patient and it is later injected through the vein. As seen above, stem cells are used to stimulate growth in areas where current cells are dead. Before treatment, the patients undergo a series of chemotherapy on their blood cells.

    Established Procedure

    The only acknowledged treatment that is widely recognized is the blood cell transplant for treatment of leukemia, lymphoma and several other bloody disorders. Cord blood is an alternative to bone marrow for the treatment of leukemia; furthermore, stem cells are also available in skin and cornea.

    Continuing Research

    Treatments that are still in the late research phase such as muscular and skeletal abnormalities, cardiac, liver, autoimmune and metabolic disorders, chronic inflammatory and mostly cancers. Though they are very much limited case-to-case basis, such treatments are offered.

    In certain countries, these researches are closely monitored and regulated as it requires termination of human embryos or even cloning to produce a stem cell line; the very basic of such treatment. Despite its successive rates, this procedure has its share of eye brow raising controversies.

    Considerations to be made

    For those considering such therapy should also take note of the following;
    • Elaborate studies ranging from clinical to research that has been carried out by other physicians.
    • Ethical certification from various government or independent committees supporting the practice of the service provider.
    • The service provider has approval from a range of divisions.

      Such claims are to be cautioned;
      • Claims based on patient testimonials.
      • Multiple diseases being treated using the same cell.
      • No documentation of treatment history, research, etc
      • No risk claims
      • Hidden costs with a huge price tag.

          HIV

          Posted by MB3300 Tuesday, September 29, 2009 0 comments




          HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus was first recognized on June 5, 1981. Since then, it has killed over 35 million people around the world. A quick primer on testing for HIV: The virus frequently resides in a sub group of lymphocytes knows as the CD4+ (helper cells). Blood and bodily fluids such as semen are high in concentration of these helper cells. HIV kills helper cells and a blood diagnostic will verify the amount of CD4+ cells per micro liter of blood. Fewer than 200 unit means the cellular immunity is lost and this leads to a diagnosis to AIDS.

          While the duration for symptoms of AIDS to surface is not generally known, there is an immediate period after the infection of between two to four weeks after exposure that people develop symptoms such as fever, skin rash, sore throats with enlarged glands, almost similar to other viral infections. Often during the primary HIV infection phase, doctors tend to misinterpret these signs as dengue.

          Generally is it advisable to give a window of 3-6 months between the initial infection and the development of detectable antibodies against the infection. Early detection is crucial as a host of retroviral treatments are available to reduce the disease’s morbidity.

          Get yourself checked if you have performed the following;

          1. Shared needles for whatever purpose it maybe, sharing needles should never be practiced.
          2. Exposed to bodily fluids i.e blood, semen, vaginal fluid, and breast milk through sex; oral, anal and vaginal.
          3. Suspect of being pricked by any forms of needle, or performed blood transfusion from any medical facility.


          Stay tuned for more HIV/AIDS related articles.

          The corporate working world has been taking its toll on many of us. Chasing the one goal in life, wealth, has been everyone's goal, people tend to put health as least of their importance, till something reminds them of where it should have been in the first place.



          Here are some of the tips to have a quick start towards a healthy lifestyle.







          1. Morning Tea – Consuming hot tea in the morning can slash the risk of kidney cancer by 17%. Try the Pu-erh tea (broad leaf tea) which is better than black or green tea at preventing DNA damage.

          1. Sleep Smart – Aim for a optimum time of 7-8 hours of sleep at night. Too much or too little of sleep doubles the risk of death from any possible cause.

          1. Postshower contacts – Lathering up with soap while wearing your contacts can expose your eyes to infection-causing waterborne microbes.



          1. Stay sexy with wine – Red wine helps your body to block fat absorption.

          1. Losing the lint – Taking a few seconds to empty the lint trap in your clothes dryer can prevent you from being a dryer fire victim.



          1. Do a neck check – Thyroids can be a cause of heart diseases, as it may increase the risk by 65%. Get yourself a blood check to take note its stage.


          1. Stretch – All the bad genes that are linked with diabetes, heart diseases and obesity can be activated if you sit for hours. Hourly naps in between, TV, books and internet are necessary.


          1. Steamed broccoli – Steaming broccoli increases its concentration of glucosinolayes, a compound that is found to fight cancer by 30%. Every other method like boiling, or frying, either kills or lowers the level.


          1. Skip the spray – The use of household spray detergents once a week can increase your risk of contracting asthma attack by 76%.


          1. Defense boost – 400 IU of vitamin D daily reduces the risk of an early death by 7%.

          1. Air freshener – Some air fresheners contain phthalates compound that may disrupt hormone processes.



          1. Lean back – You will strain your spine by parking your torso at a 90-degree angle. Reclining the seat backwards at 45-degree off vertical is advisable.

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