How important is your health to you?

There is no shortage of health information available to consumers.  Health is a well communicated topic both online and offline, but Is its popularity reflected in your interest. Is your health important enough to generate sufficient interest in consumer health matters?  Are you willing to take control and responsibility?

Here is a lesson for you.

 

 

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Too much sugar in the diet has been associated with an unhealthy diet and consumers have been warned against sugary drinks. 

Overweight and obese individuals are especially at risk because they need to control their calorie intake to be a healthy weight.
 
A recent study found that the risk for type 2 diabetes is significantly increased with one serving of sweetened soft drink per day.

For the study, researchers collected data on consumption of:

1. Juices
2. Nectars
3. Sugar sweetened soft drinks
4. Artif...

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You want to be successful and you have a bright future.  May be you are well employed and even love your job. You may have the best family one can ever ask for, but how secure are you?
 
All those achievements can fall apart without good health. The question is, how important is good health to you?

Here is a video on a lesson to be learnt. 


 
 
Remember good health is as a result of prevention and not cure.

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For healthy eating, Canada Food Guide uses a rainbow to illustrate the importance of each food group.  The food group that is least important to a healthy eating pattern is 'meat.'

There is a good reason for identifying this food group as not being important as the other;  there are limits to its daily use.  There is a daily recommended daily intake for one's age and gender, following the guidelines will protect against over eating.

According to a recent study, too much processed meat i...
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 According to a recent study, people who wake at nights to urinate are less productive during the day, and that the  reduction in productivity is about the same as those with chronic conditions.

The study involved 385 men and 261 women with nocturia, they were  given questionnaires to complete on:

1. Work productivity
2. Activity impairment  

The study linked nocturia to a 24% drop in productivity.


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A person is said to have nocturia if he/she needs to wake at least once per ni...
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 There is another good reason for including a healthy diet in family planning. This time researchers linked Omega-3 to healthier babies and  reduced risk for premature delivery.

Omega-3 is present in oily fish and fish oil and is available as a supplement. Omega -3 is also present in some packaged food products that have it as an additive.

 In a double blind clinical trials study done on Omega-3 fatty acids, researchers found that mothers who took the supplement during pregnancy have healthie...
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Doctors were looking for reproductive factors that could help them learn about women's vulnerability to disease, it led them to a study.

According to the recent study, early puberty  is a risk for heart disease. The study lasted several decades and involved1,638 female children and 3rd generation participants.

The researchers wanted to know if reproductive factors were associated with body weight and heart disease.

Result of the study showed that early puberty was linked to higher body ...
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 Unhealthy eating is the #1  avoidable risk factor for diseases such as strokes. Fortunately it is also the simplest risk factor to modify.

For healthy eating it is recommended that a diet includes 2 servings of fish per week, also recommended is omega 3 & 6 fish oils.

According to a recent study 2 servings of fish per week reduces the risk for strokes, but not fish oil supplements. This is
another reason to place diet as number 1 and not rely on supplements.
 
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A recent study has linked exposure to mercury in the prenatal period to attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) in children.
 
For the study researchers looked at a group of infants born between 1993 and 1998. They compared ADHD behaviour in the children at age 8 with:

1. Maternal fish intake in pregnancy
2. Maternal hair mercury levels in the last month of pregnancy  

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 Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is a vascular disease affecting the arteries of the legs.

The arteries carry oxygen-rich blood to the cells of the body so they can function and keep the organs healthy.

In PAD there is a gradual build up of plaque within the arteries , these fatty deposits restrict the blood flow and can cause other organs to fail.

PAD can also be as a result of an embolism or inflammation of the blood vessels.

PAD can be serious if not treated early; it requires medical attenti...
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Your very first health insurance must be taking control of your health. This does not begin in the medical doctor's office but at home before the symptoms of disease develop.

 For everyone, it begins early in life with maternal health and safety and continues throughout the lifespan.

Believe it or not some lifestyle habits are avoidable and are therefore as a result of choice.

The choice to avoid them or make them part of daily living is the individual's.

The risk factors I'm referring to are:...