Arsip: August, 2007
Kiwi, the Natural Weight Loss
The kiwi fruit’s bright green flesh speckled with tiny black seeds adds a dramatic tropical flair to any fruit salad or simply, when you need a fruit-fix. Just wash and rub off the brown fuzz. You can slice kiwi, or peel it and eat it whole. Since kiwifruit contains a “tenderizing” enzyme that prevents gelatin from [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • August 30th, 2007
Exercise Helps Protect Against Heart Disease
How often you do exercise? Once a week, twice a week? Regular physical activity can strengthen your muscles and improve your endurance. But your heart, a muscle, can also benefit from physical activity. In fact, exercise helps protect against heart disease and reduces symptoms in people who already have heart disease. Exercise benefits the body in [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • August 15th, 2007
Omega-3 Fatty Acids For a Healthy Heart
One common form of cholesterol medication is Omega-3 Fatty Acids. Omega-3 fatty acids, in concentrated doses, can help control elevated levels of triglycerides, and omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to reduce the rate of death from coronary heart disease in survivors of heart attack. Fish, such as salmon, mackerel, sardines, herring, anchovies, albacore tuna, [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • August 15th, 2007
Low Back Pain Therapy
Back pain is one of the most common reasons people visit their doctor. According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 8 out of 10 people have some type of backache. Back pain can occur in any area of the back, but it is more common in the lower part, which supports [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • August 11th, 2007
A Simple Diet With Carrots
Have a problem with your body weight? If the answer is “yes”, and you’ve been tired of doing many things to lose weight, then you should try this one. Carrots. Why carrots? One of carrots’ fat-fighting features is their respectable fiber content, half of which is the soluble fiber calcium pectate. Soluble fiber may help lower [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • August 11th, 2007
Walking On Two feet To Save Energy
A study found that, our ancestors evolved to walk upright for the simple reason that doing so saves energy. But for decades some scientists have suggested we evolved to walk upright because doing so helped our ancestors conserve precious calories under harsh environmental conditions, when food was scarce. A mask worn by human volunteers and the [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • August 5th, 2007
Prevention of Stroke
Stroke (or cerebrovascular accident or CVA) is the clinical designation for a rapidly developing loss of brain function due to an interruption in the blood supply to all or part of the brain. This phenomenon can be caused by thrombosis, embolism, or hemorrhage (= haemorrhage). It is a medical emergency and can cause permanent neurological [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • August 5th, 2007
The Sweet and Healthy Honey
Honey is a sweet and viscous fluid produced by honey bees, and derived from the nectar of flowers. Honey is a mixture of sugars and other compounds. With respect to carbohydrates, honey is mainly fructose (about 38.5%) and glucose (about 31.0%). The remaining carbohydrates include maltose, sucrose, and other complex carbohydrates. Honey contains several vitamins, such as [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • August 2nd, 2007
Green Tea, Why Not?
The beverage green tea is a “true” tea (i.e., Camellia sinensis) that has undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Green tea has been used as traditional medicine in areas such as India, China, Japan and Thailand to help everything from controlling bleeding and helping heal wounds to regulating body temperature, blood sugar and promoting digestion. Nowadays, there [...]— Yessi Pratiwi • August 2nd, 2007
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