Walau medis sekarang sudah semakin canggih dan mempunyai keakuratan yang tinggi terhadap penangan masalah penyakit jantung, Sayangnya, mayoritas masyarakat melupakan cara paling dasar untuk mencegah penyakit ini, yakni olahraga dan menjaga berat badan ideal.
Menurut para pakar kesehatan, seseorang yang sehat dan bugar pun tidak selalu dapat mengelak dari penyakit jantung. Oleh karena itu, kita perlu mengenali berbagai faktor risiko penyakit yang mematikan ini.
Dalam sebuah survei yang dilakukan oleh American Heart Association ditemukan bahwa 59 persen responden mengatakan tidak pernah melakukan aktivitas olahraga. "Seharusnya masyarakat semakin fokus menjaga berat badan dan lingkar pinggang," kata Dr. Donald M.Lloyd-Jones, ketua komite kesehatan jantung.
Menurut Jones, ada sejumlah faktor risiko penyakit jantung yang dapat dikurangi atau dicegah, yakni kelebihan kolesterol, diabetes, hipertensi, merokok, stres, kegemukan, serta kurangnya aktivitas fisik. "Pada kelompok responden yang lebih muda, justru kesadarannya paling buruk," kata Jones.
Sayangnya, penderita kerap kali tidak menyadari hal itu selama bertahun-tahun sampai terjadi komplikasi yang berbahaya, seperti stroke, serangan jantung, atau gagal ginjal. Faktor lain yang perlu diperhatikan adalah faktor keturunan. Oleh sebab itu perlu ada pengendalian faktor-faktor risiko.
Bergerak, Kunci Utama Kesehatan Jantung
Rahasia Badan Bugar Setiap Hari
Kunci utamanya adalah tetep olahraga.. walau hanya sesaat, sempatkanlah untuk berolahraga secara teratur.
Olahraga yang dilakukan 3-5 kali setiap minggu selama 30-60 menit sangat bermanfaat untuk kesehatan tubuh. Namun, ada banyak alasan yang membuat orang tidak berolahraga.
Berikut ini beberapa saran singkat berolahraga yang dapat dilakukan siang hari.
* Jalan kaki. Di kantor tidak ada tempat fitnes? Bukan alasan untuk tidak berolahraga. Anda bisa menggantinya dengan berjalan kaki selama 30 menit. Takut sinar matahari? Cobalah berjalan kaki di di dalam kantor. Dengan berjalan selama setengah jam, Anda bisa membakar 100-300 kalori, tergantung berat badan dan kecepatan jalan. Akan lebih baik bila Anda berjalan di tanjakan. Bukan hanya kalori yang dibakar, tapi bokong juga akan lebih kencang. Anda mau coba naik-turun tangga?
* Lakukan push up. Melakukan push up, sit up, atau squats sebanyak dua set, dengan masing-masing sebanyak delapan hitungan akan membuat perut lebih kencang. Lakukan gerakan tersebut di ruangan Anda. Untuk push up, kalau terasa sulit, Anda bisa melakukan push up di dinding.
* Naikkan intensitas. Kalau waktu Anda terbatas, naikkan intensitas latihan. Dengan begitu kalori yang terbakar akan lebih banyak. Sebagai contoh, jika Anda berjalan di treadmil dengan kecepatan enam km per jam selama 30 menit, yang terbakar 120 kalori. Namun, kalau kecepatan Anda naikkan menjadi 6,8 km per jam ditambah tiga persen kemiringan, kalori yang terbakar 185.
* Angkat beban. Supaya otot menjadi kencang, jangan lupa melakukan angkat beban di antara jadwal rutin olahraga. Agar hasilnya maksimal, naikkan beban latihan atau gerakan dipercepat. Kalau biasanya Anda mengangkat beban lima kg dengan 15 hitungan, coba angkat 6-7,5 kg dalam 8-10 angkatan. Sebaiknya Anda mencoba dari yang teringan. Bila sudah kuat, naikkan secara bertahap.
* Dibagi-bagi. Jika tidak bisa melakukan latihan sekaligus, tak perlu khawatir, Anda bisa menyicilnya. Misalnya lakukan 10-20 menit pada pagi dan sore hari, serta 20 menit pada siang hari.
ref:Kompas
Jarang Sarapan Pagi Bisa Renggut Keperawanan Lebih Dini
Baru aja googling, eh.. dapet info ini..
sepertinya udah lumayan usang sih artikelnya, cuman.. sepertinya agak menarik untuk di posting karena mungkin banyak juga yang belum membaca mengani artikel ini.. ok deh.. keep reading.
Sebuah penelitian di Jepang mengungkap, orang yang jarang sarapan pagi, berisiko kehilangan keperawanan lebih dini.
Tentu bukan karena jenis sarapannya. Masyarakat Jepang yang melewatkan kesempatan sarapan saat remaja, umumnya memiliki masalah dengan keluarga. Sementara remaja kerap menjadikan hubungan seks sebagai pelariannya.
Penelitian tersebut melibatkan 3.000 orang yang tidak memiliki budaya sarapan pagi selama mereka dewasa. Hasilnya, rata-rata responden melakukan hubungan seks pertama kali pada usia 17,5 tahun. Data ini dibawah rata-rata hilangnya keperawanan secara keseluruhan di Jepang yaitu pada usia 19 tahun.
Sementara mereka yang masa remajanya memiliki budaya sarapan pagi rutin, rata-rata melakukan hubungan seks pertama kali pada usia 19,4 tahun. “Remaja yang memiliki masalah terkadang menjadikan hubungan seks sebagai pelarian,” kata Kunio Kitamura, kepala Japan Family Planning Association, lembaga yang melakukan penelitian ini. Kementrian kesehatan Jepang juga turut membantu penelitian ini.
“Jika remaja melakukan hubungan seks pertama kali, mereka akan pulang larut malam. Paginya mereka bangun telat dan melewatkan kesempatan sarapan,” katanya.
“Remaja yang memiliki masalah terkadang menjadikan hubungan seks sebagai pelarian,”
Jepang merupakan salah satu negera dengan angka kelahiran rendah. Ini dikarenakan budaya hidup mereka yang pekerja keras dan lebih mementingkan karir.
Studi in juga mengungkap, hampir 40 persen pasangan suami istri, tidak melakukan hubungan seks lebih dari sebulan. Alasannya sudah terlalu lelah sampai di rumah dan mereka menganggap hubungan seks itu sakit.(afp)
Deteksi Dini 12 Kanker Sekaligus
JIKA umumnya deteksi dini kanker dilakukan lewat pemeriksaan penanda tumor tunggal, konsep terbaru menawarkan 12 penanda tumor dalam sekali pemeriksaan alias 12 in 1.
Siapa tak ngeri mendengar kata kanker. Penyebab kematian terbesar ke-2 di dunia dan ke-7 di Indonesia ini terus menjadi momok menakutkan. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) dalam World Cancer Report 2009 memperkirakan pada 2010 kanker akan menjadi penyebab kematian utama di seluruh dunia.
Kabar baiknya, kemajuan teknologi memungkinkan orang melakukan deteksi dini atas beragam jenis tumor atau kanker. Walau bagaimanapun, mencegah lebih baik daripada mengobati, kan? Prinsip ini juga dipegang dunia kedokteran saat ini yang sudah lebih mengarah pada upaya pencegahan penyakit ketimbang pengobatan yang menelan banyak biaya dan membuat pasien lara.
Sebagai konsekuensinya, pemeriksaan sampel darah di laboratorium klinik tidak hanya berlaku bagi si sakit, orang sehat pun dianjurkan melakukan tes darah sebagai langkah "waspada" dan deteksi dini atas kemungkinan terjangkit penyakit tertentu. Hal ini penting, terlebih kanker yang hingga kini penyebabnya belum diketahui secara pasti dan acap kali muncul tanpa gejala.
Disinyalir kanker berasal dari sel di dalam tubuh kita yang disebabkan sesuatu hal lantas tumbuh secara abnormal (sangat cepat dan tidak terkontrol). Sel yang mengganas ini dapat menyusup dan menekan jaringan tubuh sehingga memengaruhi fungsi organ tubuh normal.
Penanggung jawab laboratorium patologi RS Kanker Dharmais (RSKD) Jakarta Dr Agus Kosasih SpPK mengatakan, diagnosis kanker terbilang rumit dan tidak bisa ditentukan hanya dengan satu pemeriksaan saja.
"Untuk seseorang yang sudah 'dicurigai' terkena kanker, diagnosis ditegakkan melalui pemeriksaan dokter dan serangkaian tes patologi anatomi penunjang. Namun, bagi mereka yang sehat, silakan saja melakukan skrining alias deteksi dini kanker di laboratorium klinik," ujar Agus dalam temu media di Laboratorium Klinik Prodia Kramat Raya, Jakarta Pusat,Selasa (17/11).
Hingga kini tak kurang 100 jenis kanker telah ditemukan, dengan 14 jenis kanker tersering dialami. Antara lain kanker payudara, rahim, ovarium, prostat, hati, paru, lambung, kerongkongan, kolorektal (usus besar dan anus), pankreas, testis, kandung kemih, tiroid,dan endometrium. Kendati tidak semua jenis kanker dapat dicegah, angka kematian dapat ditekan melalui deteksi dini dan pengobatan tepat.
Dalam ranah deteksi dini kanker, pemeriksaan dini kanker payudara (USG atau mamografi) dan rahim (papsmear) belakangan populer di Indonesia mengingat gencarnya penyuluhan dan publikasi atas kedua jenis kanker terbesar yang menimpa para Srikandi Indonesia tersebut.
Teknik imaging (pencitraan) merupakan sarana deteksi dini yang umum dipakai. Sayangnya, teknik ini memiliki kelemahan yakni mahal, kurang sesuai untuk skrining populasi skala besar, dan diperlukan ukuran tumor tertentu agar bisa terdeteksi.
Untuk itu, pemeriksaan penanda tumor (tumor marker) menjadi pilihan lain untuk skrining karena bersifat non-invasif dan mudah dilakukan. Tumor marker adalah substansi yang dikeluarkan oleh sel tumor atau bagian tubuh lainnya sebagai respon terhadap adanya pertumbuhan sel tumor. Sebagai catatan, sebuah kanker dapat bermula dari sel tumor yang mengganas.
Melalui pemeriksaan sel atau cairan tubuh (misalnya darah atau urine),tumor marker dapat mendeteksi ukuran dan sifat kanker seperti agresivitas kanker serta respon terapi. Agus menegaskan, fungsi utama pemeriksaan tumor marker adalah untuk pemantauan, bukan diagnosis.
Pada pasien yang sudah positif kanker dan sedang menjalani terapi, dianjurkan melakukan pemeriksaan tumor marker 3 bulan sekali guna memantau efektivitas terapi. "Untuk orang sehat, setahun sekali juga sudah cukup," tukasnya.
Sejak ditemukan pada 1846,tumor marker telah mengalami perkembangan. Secara umum, orang biasanya melakukan pemeriksaan tumor marker konvensional, baik yang bersifat tunggal (single marker) ataupun panel (multiple markers).
"Kombinasi tumor marker atau panel tumor markerbertujuan meningkatkan sensitivitas deteksi sehingga bisa dipakai untuk skrining. Akan tetapi, hasil positif palsu (spesifisitas) berkurang dan biayanya relatif mahal," ungkap Marketing Communication Manager Prodia, Ampi Retnowardani.
Perkembangan teknologi di bidang proteomic dan protein chip (microarray) lantas mendorong terciptanya Biomarker C-12 Protein Chip, yakni suatu analisis paralel dari 12 tipe penanda tumor yang berbeda dalam 1 (satu) pemeriksaan. Konsep baru skrining kanker ini sudah hadir di Indonesia, tepatnya di laboratorium klinik Prodia sejak awal November 2009 ini.
"Dalam hal ini kami bekerja sama dengan HSC Medical Centre Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, dalam hal penyediaan reagen dan pemeriksaan untuk menentukan hasilnya," kata Ampi.
Biomarker C-12 Protein Chip merupakan konsep baru skrining kanker untuk mendeteksi beberapa jenis penanda tumor dengan hanya satu kali pemeriksaan. Dengan metode deteksi chemilumiscence, pemeriksaan ini mampu menganalisis secara paralel 12 penanda tumor, yaitu CA19-9, NSE, CEA, CA242, Ferritin, HCG, AFP, f-PSA, PSA, CA-125, HGH, CA15-3.
Dibanding pemeriksaan terdahulu, Biomarker C-12 Protein Chip memiliki sejumlah keunggulan. Di antaranya akurasi lebih tinggi serta lebih efisien dalam hal waktu dan biaya (karena dalam satu pemeriksaan diperoleh 12 hasil penanda tumor sekaligus). Selain itu, sampel darah yang diperlukan cukup 2 cc. Padahal, jika menggunakan pemeriksaan tunggal untuk 12 macam tumor marker biasanya diperlukan sekitar 10 cc darah.
"Jika Anda melakukan pemeriksaan tunggal untuk 12 macam tumor marker, biayanya sekitar Rp3juta-Rp4juta. Dengan Biomarker C-12ProteinChip, biaya bisa ditekan menjadi Rp1,5 juta. Kami juga memberikan potongan harga 20 persen hingga akhir bulan ini," beber Ampi.
Teknologi memang kian memudahkan manusia,dan Biomarker C- 12 Protein Chip sebagai terobosan baru layak dicoba,terutama untuk pemantauan terapi kanker. Bagi Anda yang sehat dan selepas melakukan pemeriksaan Biomarker C-12 Protein Chip hasilnya dinyatakan negatif tumor, bolehlah berlega hati, tapi harus tetap waspada.
Sebaliknya jika hasilnya positif, jangan keburu patah arang. Konsultasikan ke dokter untuk mendapatkan pemeriksaan lanjutan.
ref:okezone.com
Ramuan Madura, Simbol Keperkasaan Kaum Adam dan Hawa.
Kalau mendengar kata Madura pasti pikiran kita langsung tertuju pada hasil Garamnya, dan kalau baru-baru ini sih ya... Jembatan Suramadu.tapi lain cerita dengan yang sedang kita bahas disini sekarang, disini kita akan membicarakan sisi lain "Madura" dari sudut pandang dunia Herbal, yupss.. betul sekali, yakni Ramuan Madura..
Ramuan Madura merupakan olahan rempah-rempah tradisional yang alami dan diracik dengan resep ala Madura orisinil, yang diwariskan secara turun temurun sampai generasi sekarang.
Sedangkan bahan dasar dari ramuan tersebut biasanya berasal dari tumbuh-tumbuhan Herbal seperti jahe, ginseng, kunyit, asam, telur, madu, dan ada pula yang berasal dari ikan atau hewan lain, misalkan diambil minyaknya.
Karena bahan dasarnya yang alami itulah, Ramuan Madura hampir tidak mempunyai efek samping sama sekali. meskipun ada, kecil sekali efeknya dan tidak berbahaya.
Tapi kebanyakan aman dan tidak mempunyai efek samping, karena kebanyakan jamu-jamuan herbal tersebut sudah mempunyai ijin dari Depkes RI dan BP POM, jadi anda tidak perlu khawatir akan perijinannya.
Dari segi kualitasnya, sejak dulu sudah terkenal manjur dan tokcer. Silahkan klik dsini untuk membaca reviewnya di salah satu situs dengan ikon Luna Maya tsb.
Sebagian besar masyarakat sudah banyak yang tahu akan kualitas Ramuan Madura ini, baik di dalam negeri maupun luar negeri.
Bahkan sudah banyak negara-negara yang mengimpor Ramuan Madura ini.
Kebetulan aku kenal seorang teman yang sudah pernah mengekspor Ramuan Madura ini ke Malaysia dan Jepang.
selain itu juga banyak Produsen Ramuan Madura ini yang mengekspor produk-produknya ke Luar negeri.
Dengan bahan yang alami (Jamu Herbal) dan kualitas yang bagus, tidak heran bila Ramuan Madura ini sudah terkenal sejak ratusan tahun yang lalu.
Yang terkenal dari Ramuan Madura ini adalah Sari Rapet nya kaum hawa dan Jamu untuk Keperkasaan kaum adam. Dan satu lagi, misalnya bagi kalangan perempuan, yakni jamu Tongkat Madura yang dipercaya dapat meningkatkan kualitas fungsi seksual. Tak hanya itu, ada lagi beberapa jamu khas Madura lainnya, yang diperuntukkan khusus bagi kalangan perempuan.
erikut ini ada beberapa jenis ramuan khas Madura.
Tongkat Madura
Ramuan ini memiliki khasiat yang baik bagi organ intim perempuan. Tongkat Madura ini adalah sebuah ramuan tradisional yang berbentuk stick. Dibuat dari bahan-bahan akar dan tumbuhan terpilih. Ramuan ini telah dipakai oleh kalangan perempuan Madura sejak ratusan tahun yang lalu. Bermanfaat untuk menguatkan otot kewanitaan, menghilangkan keputihan, dan merapatkan organ intim. Selain itu, Tongkat Madura ini juga dapat menghilangkan bau yang tak sedap di organ kewanitaan, mengurangi lendir berlebih dan membuat otot kewanitaan semakin ketat.
Empot-Empot
Jamu tradisional Madura yang satu ini tentu sudah tidak asing lagi di telinga masyarakat Indonesia. Ramuan ini bermanfaat untuk merapatkan organ kewanitaan, dan dapat menimbulkan denyut-denyut istimewa dari organ intim perempuan. Selain itu juga, dapat mengurangi lendir yang berlebihan. Akan sangat baik jika diminum dan dikombinasikan dengan Jamu Rapet Wangi.
Rapet Wangi
Hampir mirip dengan khasiat Jamu Empot-Empot. Jamu tradisional khas Madura yang satu ini bermanfaat untuk merapatkan organ kewanitaan, mengurangi lendir yang berlebihan dan menghilangkan keputihan. Bedanya, jamu Rapet Wangi ini dapat membuat organ intim perempuan menebarkan bau wangi. Inilah kelebihan dari jamu Rapet Wangi.
Nah, jika anda merasa penasaran untuk mencobanya, ramuan-ramuan Madura ini bisa anda dapatkan dimana saja, di toko-toko obat ataupun toko-toko jamu di kota anda. Rasakan manfaat dan khasiat ramuan asli tanah air ini untuk kualitas fungsi seksual anda. Jaga dan rawatlah organ intim anda itu demi kebersihan dan kesehatan diri. Buatlah pasangan lelaki anda selalu bahagia berada di samping anda.
ref:berbagai sumber
Ramuan Alami untuk Keperkasaan Lelaki
Setiap lelaki akan merasa bangga jika mempunyai penis yang besar dan panjang. Karena pada saat berhubungan seks, jika penis tidak bisa tegak dan membesar (ereksi), maka bisa membuat pasangan akan merasa kecewa dan tidak puas.
Walau ukuran penis tak menjadi satu-satunya tolok ukur bagi kaum adam untuk membuktikan 'kejantanan' mereka, namun tak ada salahnya jika kaum pria mulai peduli dan melakukan beberapa usaha untuk meningkatkan 'performa' dari organ reproduksi mereka tersebut.
Adapun tanda-tanda dari ereksi yang normal, penuh dan keras adalah sebagai berikut :
1. Bila penis dipegang atau dipencet akan terasa keras.
2. Penis tidak bisa ditekuk karena kaku sehingga sering disebut kayu.
3. Bila digoyang, penis akan bergoyang dan bergetar lalu kembali pada posisi semula.
Seberapa keras ereksi tersebut jarang diperhatikan. Tetapi kadang ereksi menjadi terganggu karena kondisi tubuh yang kurang fit, maka ukuran ereksi dan tingkat 'kekerasannya' akan menjadi sangat penting artinya.
Beberapa resep tradisional di bawah ini mungkin bisa bermanfaat untuk meningkatkan 'performa' penis (zakar) :
~ Menguatkan Penis
Ambil daun jarak dan daun jeruk nipis, kemudian tumbuk hingga halus. Setelah itu di-borehkan ke penis selama 1/2 jam. Lakukan setiap hari saat bangun dari tidur.
Jika anda melakukan resep ini secara teratur selama satu bulan, maka membuat penis Anda akan lebih tegak, kokoh dan kuat.
~ Mengeraskan Penis
Sebelum berhubungan seks, oleskan minyak bulus pada batang penis sambil diurut-urut pada batang penis. Sesudah dioleskan biarkan beberapa saat supaya minyak bulus tersebut meresap dan melancarkan sirkulasi darah batang penis. Sesudah itu dibersihkan dengan air hangat.
~ Memperbesar Penis
Bahan-bahan :
1 Sendok makan adas pulosari
2 ekor lindung atau belut liar (bukan yang diternakkan)
4 - 5 pucuk benalu cemara (banyak terdapatdisisi batang cemara).
Cara mengolah :
Belut dipotong antara tubuh dan kepalanya dan diambil kepalanya saja. Panggang kedua kepala belut tersebut di atas api hingga hangus dan menjadi arang. Lalu digerus sampai menjadi bubuk yang halus. Adas pulosari dan pucuk benalu cemara ditumbuk jadi satu, kemudian disaring dan ambil sarinya saja, kurang lebih seperempat cangkir.
Campurkan bahan tersebut dengan bubuk kepala belut sebanyak setengah sendok teh. Sisa bubuk kepala belut yang lain dapat dipergunakan untuk hari berikutnya. Selanjutnya aduk sampai rata, lalu campurkan ludah basi (ludah yang diambil habis bangun tidur pagi hari) aduk yang rata, gunakan bahan ramuan ini untuk mengurut penis.
Caranya mengurutnya dari atas (pucuk) penis, arah mengurut menurun. Lama pengurutan kurang lebih 10 menit, bahan ramuan di atas untuk sekali pakai. Esok paginya buat ramuan baru. Lakukan cara ini sampai satu bulan penuh, biasanya hasilnya sudah nampak dan memuaskan, penis akan membesar dan kuat.
~ Memperkuat Daya Seksual
Bahan-bahan :
2 buah jeruk purut
25 butir merica hitam
Garam seujung kuku
Cara membuatnya:
Jeruk diperas dan diambil airnya. Lada atau merica hitam ditumbuk sampai halus. Ketiga bahan (jeruk, merica, garam) dicampur dan aduk sampai rata. Kemudian minum sampai habis dengan ampasnya sekalian.
Aturan minum:
Diminum setiap hari pagi siang dan malam selama 1 bulan maka kejantanan anda akan pulih kembali. Jika sudah sembuh anda cukup minum satu kali setiap minggu. Maka kejantanan anda akan senantiasa terjaga.
~ Untuk Menyembuhkan Impotensi
Bahan-bahan :
500 gram buah pare, 250 gram kerang hijau yang sudah di kupas, 100 gram cabai hijau, 100 gram cabai merah, 150 gram tomat, 6 buah bawang merah, 3 siung bawang putih, 3 iris jahe, 3 iris kunyit, 3 iris lengkuas, 2 lembar daun salam, 1 batang serai, garam dan gula pasir secukupnya, minyak goreng secukupnya.
Cara mengolah :
Setelah dicuci bersih, buang biji buah pare kemudian dipotong atau diiris kasar-kasar. Iris cabai merah, cabai hijau dalam bentuk menyerong. Tomat di iris kasar. Tumislah semua bumbu sampai setengah layu, masukkan tomat, pare, kerang hijau, besi garam dan gula pasir secukupnya. Aduk sampai merata hingga setengah matang lalu angkat dan siap untuk disantap.
Resep-resep tersebut di atas diolah secara tradisional dari bahan-bahan alami yang hampir tak memiliki efek samping. Nah, selamat mencoba.
raf:kapanlagi.com
5 Langkah Menyusui Yang Baik dan Benar
Berikut adalah tata cara dan langkah-langkah tentang cara menyusui yang baik dan benar sehingga manfaat dari ASI tidak sepenuhnya dirasakan oleh sang bayi.
Langkah langkah tersebut dibagi menjadi 5 bagian, yakni :
1. Persiapan mental dan fisik. Ibu yang akan menyusui harus dalam keadaan tenang, tidak tergesa gesa atau takut dan malu payudaranya yang indah nongol ke permukaan. Tentu untuk memperoleh suasana ini, perlu dicari lokasi menyusui yang pas dan terjaga privasinya sehingga terhindar dari tontonan orang. Minum segelas air sebelum menyusui merupakan salah satu cara untuk membuat sang ibu merasa tenang. Hindari menyusui dalam keadaan haus dan lapar.
2 Persiapan tempat dan alat. Sebelum menyusui perlu dicari tempat duduk/kursi yang nyaman dengan sandaran punggung dan tangan serta bantalan untuk menopang tangan yang menggendong bayi. Capek khan kalau tangan terus terusan menyangga bayi dengan tidak nyaman, yang ujung ujungnya mempersingkat waktu menyusui.
3. Sebelum menggendong bayi, tangan dicuci sampai benar benar bersih untuk menghindari ASI terkontaminasi oleh kuman. Lalu sebelum menyusui, tekan daerah sekitar puting susu diantara telunjuk dan ibu jari sehingga keluar 2 – 3 tetes ASI, kemudian oleskan ke seluruh bagian puting susu. Cara menyusui yang baik adalah bila ibu melepaskan kedua payudaranya dari pemakaian BH.
4. Susukan bayi sesuai dengan kebutuhan, jangan dijadual. Biasanya kebutuhan terpenuhi dengan menyusui tiap 2 – 3 jam. Setiap menyusui, lakukan pada kedua payudara secara bergantian masing masing selama kurang lebih 10 menit. Mulai selalu dengan payudara sisi yang terakhir disusui sebelumnya. Periksa ASI sampai payudara terasa kosong.
5. Setelah selesai, oleskan ASI seperti awal menyusui dan biarkan kering oleh udara sebelum memakai BH untuk mencegah lecet. Hal ini dapat dilakukan sambil menyangga bayi agar bersendawa. Menyendawakan bayi setelah menyusui harus selalu dilakukan untuk mengeluarkan udara dari lambung supaya bayi tidak muntah.
Bahan Alami Jadikan Kulit Anda Berseri
Memiliki kulit berseri dan bercahaya adalah impian setiap kaum hawa. Tak hanya dengan berbagai rangkaian perawatan di salon kecantikkan terkemuka, kulit berseri juga bisa Anda miliki dengan berbagai cara tradisional.
Konon bahan-bahan alami terbukti dapat memberikan nutrisi yang baik, hingga kulit tetap terlihat sehat dan terawat. Kulit yang cantik kini bisa Anda dapatkan melalui bahan alami seperti, kopi dan outmeal.
Oatmeal
Jenis makanan yang satu ini ternyata tak hanya sehat untuk jantung oatmeal namun juga sangat berkhasiat bagi kesehatan kulit. Caranya mudah, sediakan 5-6 sendok outmeal, madu secukupnya dan susu bubuk atau susu cair.
Campur seluruh bahan menjadi satu, jika menggunkan susu bubuk berarti anda harus menambahkan air, secukupnya. Aduk menyerupai bubur, kemudian oleskan pada kulit dan gososk hingga sel-sel kulit mati terangkat. Kemudian bersihkan tubuh dengan menggunakan sabun yang sesuai jenis kebutuhan kulit Anda.
Kopi
Kopi terbukti mengandung anti oksidan yang sangat tinggi, sehingga bisa membantu mencegah penuaan dini pada kulit. Berbagai manfaat lainnya yang bisa Anda dapatkan dari kopi, diantaranya bisa membuat kulit anda terasa lebih lembab, kencang dan bersih.
Untuk meraciknya, sediakan bubuk kopi dan garam secukupnya, kemudian seduh dengan air panas selama 20 menit. Dan gosokkan kopi tersebut ke seluruh tubuh hingga sel-sel kulit mati terangkat sempurna kemudian bersihan tubuh dengan mandi seperti biasanya.
sumber:okezone.com
Healthy Heart with Good Sex !!
MORE age, the greater the risk of men contracting various diseases. That said, his heart's performance by as much as 25 percent as we get older.
However, this does not apply to women. Cardiac performance women better, because the heart's ability to pump blood around the body remains good despite their age increases. In contrast, approaching the age of 70 years, his heart's ability decreased dramatically.
Sex, one way to make optimum cardiac performance. Intercourse not only meet the biological needs, but even this event through blood pressure can be controlled very well. Cardiac performance was not so heavily burdened.
Based on a study that was launched Biological Psychology from The Sun, diligent sex can lower blood pressure. Where is the blood pressure levels obtained when the heart is resting conditions after sex activity.
When intercourse, hormone testosterone, which acts as the nature of "masculine" men were also having a negative nature. These hormones can raise the hormone bad (LDL) that men are vulnerable to heart attacks and strokes.
While the hormone estrogen, which many owned by women can actually increase the hormone good (HDL). No wonder more often women have a heart attack or stroke than men.
Male stroke or thinking about high blood pressure usually mengalai erectile dysfunction disorder. Penetration of Mr. P was not hard and optimal. Partner satisfaction can be scarce goods every time having sex.
Well, if you want to avoid heart attacks and strokes. You should apply a healthy lifestyle. In addition, of course, diligent sex with a partner!
Brain stimulation with Movement
Gymnastics not only make the body fit. Gymnastics can also stimulate your baby's brain. Gymnastics popularly called brain gym can also be done while playing. Which parent does not want her to grow optimally developed. Therefore, to know the child grows optimally developed or not, every parent should know the milestones (stages) at each age child development.
"The parents should also note, that the growth-optimal flower will be supported by optimal brain growth," said psychologist from the Center for Child Growth Therapy YAMET (Foundation Medical Exercise Therapy), Tri Gunadi OTR (Ind.) SPSI.
Tri said, the fastest brain growth occurs only in the first year of life of children, and will not happen again. Therefore, do not ever wasted the golden opportunity.
At the time a child turns three years old, his brain has formed 1000 trillion or network connection, which is about twice as much relationship as adults have. This period is called the golden period or during the golden child. Since the gold is, should parents give brain stimulation in children.
Brain stimulation growth will impact the optimal developing in children. "Brain stimulation can be done in various ways. First, good nutrition, good macro-nutrient and micro-nutrients. Second, the brain games and sensory games and the third, with a brain gym or exercise the brain," he explained.
Brain Gym is a series of simple movement exercises to stimulate the brain in learning easy. In a fast exciting activities, and can increase the excitement as this exercise is very helpful in moving the limbs, coordinate movement, and skills.
"Brain Gym helps children to be able to utilize the full potential of its natural brain through movement and touch," he said when a speaker in the Smart Parents Conference held Frisian Flag.
It's important to learn in a variety of activities, such as learning to walk and run (do movement activities to think and move at the same time).
Gymnastics is also able to increase the attention (the activity carried out to focus on one thing and understand it). While the eye movement, brain, and body, also helps children to read more smoothly.
"Brain Gym enables children to learn without stress," he said. Tri explained, gymnastics is a very simple activities to stimulate children.
Movement in this exercise does not require materials or special place. That is, these exercises can be done anytime and anywhere. Not only stimulates the brain, brain exercise can also improve self-confidence. The results are also quick and can be explained in neurophysiological. This is what makes brain gym is very effective to handle children who have learning barriers and stress.
"Brain Gym is also recognized as one technique is best learned by the National Learning Foundation USA and is widespread in many countries," he said.
The movement in this exercise will also open parts of the brain is entirely closed or obstructed. Child psychologist from the University of Indonesia, Gisella Tani Pratiwi SPSI, said to stimulate the child choose the light and movement can be done while playing.
"Playing is something that is done without any coercion or voluntary, enjoyable, and fun. Therefore, do movements to stimulate children through play.
10 Fat Burning Tips for a Lean Sexy Body!
This is the 10 of Fat Burning Tips for you :
1) Reduce your carbohydrate consumption. Avoid refined carbohydrates and eat only good quality low glycemic carbohydrates, such as fruits and vegetables. Eat very few grains especially corn and wheat, and avoid eating carbohydrates close to bedtime. Leave at least 3 hours between a carbohydrate containing meal and sleep.
2) Do not eat large amounts of carbohydrates (especially refined carbohydrates) with fats. When combining macronutrients, you can eat carbohydrates and protein together, or fat and protein together. However avoid eating carbohydrates and fats in large amounts in the same meal if possible. Carbohydrates tend to increase fat storage, especially when eaten with fats. Be sure to include some form of fiber such as psyllium or bran to ensure good bowel function and elimination.
3) One of the most important fat burning tips is to eat enough fat! The body will try to hold onto it’s fat if your intake of fat is very low. This is a survival mechanism from our primitive past. Eat healthy fats in the form of EFA's (fish oil), olive oil, avocado oil, coconut oil, nuts, CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), almond butter, and even some organic butter. If you do consume animal fats, do so in the form of very lean meats like buffalo, or free range organic beef. Chicken and turkey breasts are good choices as well. Proteins can be considered fat burning food, because they cause your body to expend up to 30% of the caloric value of the food, in order to digest it.
4) Eat in accordance with your blood type and metabolic type. Your blood type indicates what foods react adversely with your immune system, and so should largely be avoided. Your metabolic type indicates what ratio of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins is best for your individual needs.
5) Do some form of fat burning exercises each day. Perform weight-training exercise to build lean muscle that burns fat. When doing cardiovascular exercise, perform interval training, in which bursts of high intensity exercise are combined with short rest periods. These strategies focus on brief intense exercise, which has been shown to elevate metabolism and result in more favorable hormonal effects than long duration cardio exercise.
6) This is a fat burning tip that’s a “no brainer.” Avoid excess alcohol consumption. Alcohol is a carbohydrate and too much of it lowers testosterone levels, which has negative consequences for burning fat. It also dehydrates your system, which will make it harder for body to properly regulate important functions that are critical to fat burning.
A glass of wine with your meal on occasion is ok, a six pack a night is obviously not.
7) Drink plenty of clean pure water. Water consumption has been shown to increase metabolic rate, and help cellular toxins out of your system. Water is also essential for the hormonal signaling processes that your endocrine system uses to regulate critical fat burning hormones like testosterone, and growth hormone.
8) Avoid the use of stimulants or appetite suppressors for fat loss. Stimulants can create imbalances in your neural chemistry and stress your adrenal glands. You might get a short-term effect but in the long term they can cause problems and even jeopardize your health in certain circumstances. Stick with sound nutritional practices.
9) Do use fat burning supplements such as green tea, acetyl-l-carnitine, cayenne, and hydroxy citric acid which blocks conversion of carbohydrates to glucose. Any list of fat burning tips should include these nutritional supplements, as they can be very effective in helping you turn on your fat burning metabolism.
10) Eat small frequent meals of fat burning food, throughout the day, spaced about 3 hours apart. This allows for full digestion, helps to keep blood sugar levels stable, and optimizes metabolism. Some people set one day a week aside to indulge in some sweets or other favorite food that they would normally avoid.
This may or may not work for you, so you have to experiment. This is best done on a weekend day like Saturday or Sunday, when you are most likely to be socializing. Even on this one day, do not get carried away, and when the week starts again, you should be back to your regular regimen.
Remember that when you reach your goal weight or bodyfat percentage, you must maintain a sensible eating program so as not to rebound and lose all that you have achieved. Try to eliminate food cravings so that you will be able to stick to a sensible plan and not feel deprived. Cravings are a sign of biochemical imbalances in your body. Get them checked out so they don’t sabotage your body composition goals and health.
Give these fat burning tips a try and watch the new leaner you emerge!
source:articlesbase.com
Stomach bugs lurk in sand
Kids who burrow in the sand prone to catching icky infections
Kids share their sand castles and beach tunnels with nasty germs including E. coli and Enterococcus.
Beach fun for most kids includes burrowing in the sand and being buried by friends and siblings. Parents figure that as long as the kids are within sight, they’re safe. But a new study shows that some pretty nasty bugs may lurk in those glistening, gleaming grains.
The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, found that digging in the sand raised the risk of diarrhea by 44 percent in young children — those under the age of 11. And kids who were buried in the sand were 27 percent more likely to develop diarrhea than those who weren’t.
Bonnie Shimp, who takes her infant grandson and a friend’s 6-year-old on outings to the Jersey shore, was sorry to hear that beach sand isn’t as benign as she thought. Shimp has many fond childhood memories of digging in the sand and being buried by her brothers.
“This makes you feel like you need to tell your child, ‘Don’t dig in the sand, just walk on it and go into the water,’” says the 53-year-old teacher from Pennsville, N.J. “Now, I would definitely think twice before letting them play in the sand.”
For the new study, researchers interviewed more than 27,000 people who visited seven beaches around the country between 2003 and 2007.
People who took part in the study were asked about their contact and their children’s contact with sand on the day they visited the beach and then, 10 to 12 days later, they were phoned up and asked about any health symptoms that had developed in family members since the visit.
A total of 307, or 6 percent, of the kids developed diarrhea. All of the kids got better on their own and none ended up in a doctor’s office, Heaney says. But even relatively mild cases of diarrhea can spoil the fun for a kid and put a damper on the family's vacation.
The beaches included in the study were all within seven miles of a sewage treatment plant. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that beaches far from such plants are safe, says the study’s lead author Chris Heaney, a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study was conducted in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency.
Other studies that have examined the bacteria content of sand at a variety of beaches that were nowhere near a treatment plant have found high levels of E. coli and Enterococcus bacteria in the top 8 inches.
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What Are the Risk Factors for an Asthma Attack?
Asthma Attack Risk Factors: Some Are Surprising, Others Are Not
A number of different asthma risk factors may increase your chances of developing an asthma attack. Some of the asthma risk factors are avoidable -- such as exposure to smoking and eating certain foods -- while others are not avoidable or modifiable, like family history. Finally, there are also a handful of protective asthma risk factors that decrease your risk of asthma.
Asthma attacks -- or any any acute change in asthma symptoms that interrupt a person's normal routine and require either extra medication or some other intervention to breathe normally again -- are more common among:
* Children 5 years of age and younger
* Adults in their 30s
* Adults over the age of 65
Additional asthma risk factors in both adults and children include:
* A family history of asthma
* A personal history of atopy
* A personal history of allergies
* Exposure to second-hand smoke
* Urban living, especially if there is significant air pollution
* Low levels of vitamin D
* Obesity
* Low birth weight
* Being born in the winter months
* Workplace exposures to chemicals or other substances that may lead to occupational asthma
* Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
* Sinusitis
* Antibiotic use in the first year of life
* Eating a lot of fast food
* Regular acetaminophen use
While there is nothing you can do about your age or family history, it is important to keep these above things in mind, along with maintaining a healthy weight and avoiding cigarette smoke.
On the other hand, the following things can actually reduce your risk of developing an asthma attack:
* Breastfeeding (lowers your baby's risk of developing asthma)
* Attendance at daycare
* Large family size
* Increased intake of fruits and vegetables
* Community resources such as economic development opportunities
* Eating omega-3 fatty acids found in fish
source:ashtma.about.com
Tips For Parents of Kids With Asthma
When you think about it, one of our most important jobs as a parent is to make sure our kids are positioned to be the best adults they can possibly be. Teenagers, especially, need to learn to make responsible decisions about their asthma. Consider these tips to help your teen with asthma.
* Responsibility: It is important to increase your child's responsibility as they get older. You cannot be there forever or every minute of every day. By increasing your child's freedom and responsibility in their own self-care, they will hopefully learn to take better care of their own asthma. This freedom and responsibility, however, needs to be tempered by supervision and restrictions as well.
* Difficulty: Some teenagers find it difficult to accept their asthma diagnosis.This can make parental guidance and support both all that much more difficult and important.
* Goal Setting: As your child enters the teenage years, they should actively participate in their asthma management plan. This would include peak flow monitoring, preventive medications, and rescue management. As a parent you should stress the consequences of not managing asthma appropriately. As a parent, you need to step back and let your child take control of their asthma, but be available for communication and intervention if necessary.
* Assume your child is a risk taker: Teenagers frequently stop their asthma medications or take them less frequently than they should. They also will resist monitoring peak flows as you and their doctor would like. Making your child's asthma action plan as simple as possible may help with this.
What to Do if Someone in Your Family Has Had Breast Cancer
If someone in your family has or had breast cancer, you are at higher risk of getting the disease yourself.
"I draw out a family tree for three generations," says M. William Audeh, MD, a medical oncologist who works in cancer risk assessment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. And that means both branches: "Many women assume they should only be concerned about their mother's side of the family, but breast cancer risk can be inherited from either parent," says Dr. Audeh.
The breast cancer gene
Whatever you learn from your own family tree, you may decide to be tested for the BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 gene mutations. Far from every woman who gets breast cancer carries BRCA gene mutations, but those who do have one of the mutations (they’re more common to women of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, for instance, and a recent study suggested that U.S. Hispanic women are also at higher than normal risk) are three to seven times more likely to get the disease than women without alterations in those genes.
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* Should I Get the BRCA Gene Test?
* What Causes Breast Cancer?
Women with a family history of breast cancer will still need to be extra vigilant.
What You Need to Know About Breast Self-Exams
You know the drill: The breast self-exam (BSE) illustrations on those pamphlets usually show a woman with one arm up over her head, pushing the fingers of her other hand across her breast—in search of a lump or some other sort of change. Your ob-gyn may have talked to you about doing this every month at home, ideally at a time when your breasts don't feel tender or swollen.
BSE controversy
The truth is, even doing regular BSEs (without regular mammograms) may not protect you. A large study conducted in China by researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle made headlines in 2002 by suggesting that women who were taught to do regular BSEs didn't fare any better—or live any longer—than women who were not taught to do them. On average, they didn't find cancer any earlier. Still, many medical experts believe women should familiarize themselves with how their breasts feel.
Have you ever found a lump in a breast self-exam?
Dense breasts
BSEs can be tricky for women with dense breast tissue—which is common for younger women. "Mostly they don't know what they're feeling or are not confident," says Janet Wolter, MD, a medical oncologist and the Brian Piccolo Chair of Breast Cancer Research at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. "The breast is constructed like an orange or a grapefruit; you'll feel segments, and that's scary, but it's normal."
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More about breast cancer screening
* 3 Ways to Spot Breast Cancer
* How to Do a Breast Self-Exam
BSEs as you age
For premenopausal women, "the easiest day to remember to do a BSE is the first day of your cycle, when you get your period," suggests Julia A. Smith, MD, director of the NYU Cancer Institute's breast cancer screening and prevention program and director of the Lynne Cohen breast cancer preventive care program at NYU in New York City. If you feel something, wait two weeks and then do another BSE. The odds are it'll be gone—breast tissue often changes throughout the menstrual cycle, says Dr. Smith. But if the abnormality persists, you should see your doctor.
Older women generally have easier BSEs, because after menopause the tissue gets much softer: "If you put a Ping-Pong ball in there, you'd feel it right away," as Dr. Wolter puts it.
Stomach stapling may cut women's cancer risk
However, procedure didn't have the same effect in men, study finds
Women who have their stomachs stapled not only lose weight, they also may reduce their cancer risk by up to 40 percent, new research says.
In a study of more than 2,000 fat people who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs, Swedish researchers found women who had the procedure were less likely to get cancer than those who did not.
But for some reason, the surgery didn't have the same effect in men; there was virtually no difference in the cancer rates in men who had the surgery and those who did not.
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The research was published online Wednesday in the medical journal, Lancet Oncology.
A previous study has shown that stomach stapling surgery can prolong the lives of men and women by up to 10 years compared to those who don't have it. Two other studies have suggested women in particular benefit from a lower cancer risk after getting the weight loss operation.
Scientists have long thought fat people have a higher cancer risk, possibly because fat cells produce hormones that might lead to the disease. But doctors haven't been able to prove that losing weight in other ways, including dieting, reduces that risk.
"This is one more piece of evidence in a complex puzzle," said Dr. Len Lichtenfeld of the American Cancer Society, who was not linked to the Lancet Oncology study. "There seems to be a relationship between weight and cancer, but there is a missing link we don't understand."
Swedish researchers followed 2,010 obese patients from 1987 after they had their stomachs stapled, for about 10 years. Men and women were considered obese if they had a body mass index above 34 and 38 respectively. Experts say that a normal body mass index ranges from 19 to 25.
Researchers also tracked 2,037 fat people who did not have the surgery. For patients who got their stomachs stapled, most lost about 20 kilograms (44 pounds). In people who did not have the surgery, most gained a little over 1 kilogram (2 pounds, 3 ounces).
source:health today
Do You Really Have Food Allergies, or is it Your Hayfever?
I stopped eating my pears, but too late: before long I was having stomach pain and nausea, and that itching just wouldn't go away.
I experienced those same symptoms again.
Within the space of a year or so, I discovered that I could not eat apples, pears, nuts, coconut, lettuce, carrots, or just about any kind of raw fruit or vegetable. I suppose it was convenient on occasion, but more often than not, this problem was preventing me from eating foods that I truly enjoyed.
I got in the habit of telling people, "I'm sorry I can't eat that, I'm allergic."
It turns out that my high school biology teacher was basically correct. My problem was indeed caused by allergies - but NOT by food allergies. Food allergies are potentially very serious, even deadly reactions to foods. Most allergy experts say that the foods that people are most commonly allergic to are milk, eggs, wheat, soy, peanuts and tree nuts, and seafood.
People with food allergies must avoid the food they are allergic to altogether. For some foods, this means not even touching them or being around people who are eating them. Luckily, true food allergies affect a fairly minor percentage of people:
Experts estimate that only 2 percent of adults are truly allergic to certain foods. For those few people, food allergies can extremely dangerous: tiny amounts of peanut, for example, have been known to cause life-threatening reactions and even death in very allergic individuals.
My problem, it turns out, is something called "Oral Allergy Syndrome." It is now known that people who suffer pollen-induced seasonal rhinitis, often known as "hayfever," can suffer cross-reactions to fruits, vegetables, and even certain chemicals and synthetic materials. I say "weak" meaning in comparison with what happens to people with true food allergies. Certainly when I am suffering from eating an apple slice it doesn't seem weak or minor to me!
You may have never bothered before to find out exactly which pollens cause your allergy symptoms, but if you have OAS it may finally be worthwhile to do so. There are well-documented lists of which foods and other substances correlate to which pollen allergies, so if you know exactly what pollens you are allergic to, you can predict foods and other materials that are likely to cause you problems. Go to your doctor and ask for an allergy skin test, which is the simplest way to test for common pollen allergies.
Antihistamines can help with the symptoms, the same as they help with your other symptoms. In general, however, you will simply need to identify the foods that cross-react with your pollen allergies, and avoid them.
What is the prostate?
The prostate is a small gland that only men have. The prostate is signaled to do its job by the male hormone testosterone, which can influence the behavior of the prostate gland and prostate cancer. The prostate completely encircles the tube that carriers urine from the bladder to the penis, called the urethra.
Prostate cancer happens when cells in the prostate begin to grow out of control and can then invade nearby tissues or spread throughout the body. The tumors that can spread throughout the body or invade nearby tissues are considered cancer and are called malignant tumors. Usually, prostate cancer is very slow growing. If prostate cancer has spread to your lymph nodes when it is diagnosed, it means that there is higher chance that it has spread to other areas of the body.
Am I at risk for prostate cancer?
Every man over the age of 45 is at risk for prostate cancer. Although prostate cancer can occasionally strike younger men, the risk of getting prostate cancer increases with age and more than 70% of men diagnosed with prostate cancer are over the age of 65. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer that men get in the United States behind skin cancer. It is estimated that there will be 189,000 new cases of prostate cancer and 30,200 deaths from prostate cancer in the year 2002 in the United States.
Although there are several known risk factors for getting prostate cancer, no one knows exactly why one man gets it and another doesn't. Some of the most important risk factors for prostate cancer include age, ethnicity, genetics and diet. Age is generally considered the most important risk factor for prostate cancer. The incidence of prostate cancer rises quickly after the age of 60, and the majority of men will have some form of prostate cancer after the age of 80. One of the sayings about prostate cancer is that older men (over the age of 80) die with prostate cancer not from prostate cancer.
No one knows exactly why, but prostate cancer is more common in African-American and Latino men than Caucasian men. African-American men have a 1.6 fold higher chance of getting and dying from prostate cancer than Caucasian men. Asian and Native American men have the lowest chances of getting prostate cancer.
When Asian men move to Western countries like the United States, their chances of getting prostate cancer rise. Men who live in the United States and Northern Europe have the highest rates of prostate cancer, while men who live in South America, Central America, Africa, and Asia all have much lower chances of developing prostate cancer.
There is some evidence that a man's diet may affect his risk of developing prostate cancer. The most common dietary culprit implicated in raising prostate cancer risk is a high fat diet, particularly a diet high in animal fats. Also, a few studies have suggested that a diet low in vegetables causes an increased risk of prostate cancer. Doctors and scientists aren't in full agreement as to the usefulness of eating these foods when in comes to decreasing prostate cancer risk.
A family history of prostate cancer increases a man's chances of developing the disease. This increase shows itself when a man has either a father or brothers (or both) with prostate cancer, and is even greater when his relatives develop prostate cancer at a young age.
Variations and mutations in certain genes may be responsible for some increases in prostate cancer rates in families. Men who carry mutations in genes known as BRCA1 or BRCA2 (these are genes implicated in breast and ovarian cancer in women) may have a 2 to 5 fold increase in prostate cancer risk. Men with high levels of testosterone or a hormone known as IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor 1) seem to be at a higher risk for developing prostate cancer as well.
How to Care for Your Liver
The liver is the major organ of detoxification and your health and energy are largely dependent on its efficiency. Every substance that is absorbed by the intestines must first pass through the liver before going on to the general circulation. It disposes of a daily dose of toxins produced internally from bowel contents, food, water and medications, and externally from the air you breathe.
When your liver is not functioning properly you will feel sluggish and possibly nauseous. Your liver can affect your eyes in many ways; for instance, bloodshot eyes may mirror the condition of an overloaded liver.
Poor liver function may be the cause of frequent bad breath, abdominal bloating, poor digestion, fatigue, headaches, unpleasant moods, coated tongue, sluggish metabolism, poor immune system, excessive body heat, sugar cravings, inability to lose excess weight and numerous other symptoms. On the long term liver problems increase kidney, heart, brain and cardiovascular stress.
Take good care of your liver and if you have been abusing your vital organ, use these six steps to fix the damage:
1.) That hot cup of coffee may do more than just provide a tasty energy boost. It also may help prevent the most common type of liver cancer.
The American Cancer Society estimates that 18,920 new cases of liver cancer were diagnosed in the United States last year and some 14,270 people died of the illness. Causes include hepatitis, cirrhosis, excess alcohol consumption and diseases causing chronic inflammation of the liver.
A study of more than 90,000 Japanese found that people who drank coffee daily or nearly every day had half the liver cancer risk of those who never drank coffee. UK research also found that medium-roasted coffee has higher antioxidant activity than dark-roasted.
2.) Buy milk thistle from your nearest chemist, as it is loaded with silymarin, which helps to patch up liver damage.
Silymarin is a potent antioxidant, at least 10 times more so than vitamin E. Antioxidants help scavenge free radicals, which are highly reactive substances that attack and may damage the DNA of healthy cells, resulting in premature aging and disease. Its major benefit is that it has been shown to protect and enhance the function of the liver.
The liver is the body's second largest organ, which is responsible for detoxifying pollutants and processing nutrients and fats. Specifically, milk thistle prevents the depletion of glutathione, which is a substance that is crucial for the liver's role in detoxification. It also helps promote the regeneration of new liver cells.
It can alleviate a host of ailments associated with the liver, such as hepatitis and cirrhosis. People who drink alcohol can benefit by its dietary inclusion; alcohol depletes glutathione, which milk thistle helps replenish.
3.) Hepatitis A could leave your liver in a very bad state. Although it is not a long-lasting or chronic infection, and nearly all people recover from hepatitis A within six months without any lasting health problems, the symptoms of hepatitis A may be uncomfortable and may disrupt daily activities. The average adult patient can miss up to five weeks of work because of the illness.
To protect yourself, get a Hepatitis A vaccination seven to 10 days before you travel throughout Africa, or if you plan to go to South America or Asia.
4.) Tests on rats show that protein supplements help repair damaged livers. "This may also apply to humans," says Professor Harihara Mehendale of the University of Louisiana, USA.
Body builders often take protein supplements in the form of whey protein to help them build muscles. Whey protein is derived from milk during the process in which milk is turned into cheese. Protein can be found naturally in regular dairy products, eggs, and soy, but the quality is not comparable to whey protein powder nor is it as easy to use. A whey protein supplement can provide the highest amount of branched chair amino acids, also known as BCAA, leading to your body building and retaining muscle.
However, extremely high doses of whey protein supplements could overload your liver and cause damage, so make sure you are taking the correct amount. You should never consume more than 30 grams of whey protein at one setting. You may also get better benefits of the whey if you consume the intake throughout the day, rather than all at one time.
5.) US research suggests that a daily helping of spinach will boost your liver's immunity to the effects of alcohol. If you can't stomach the thought of spinach, kiwi fruit and asparagus are also great sources of liver aid.
6.) Avoid liver disease by eating 200g of yoghurt a day. "It could reduce your chance of developing a fatty liver," says Anna Mae Diehl, a professor at John Hopkins University, USA.
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