PREVENT INSULIN RESISTANCE WITH MEDITATION

Prevent Insulin Resistance with Meditation

Meditation is the most popular practice in a variety of holistic therapies for health. In addition to stabilizing the emotions, various studies have shown meditation is also healthy body. 

In a study reported in the Achieves of Internal medicine, the practice of meditation transcendental can significantly reduce insulin resistance, lowering blood pressure and reduce heart rate disturbances. 

"We can use the relationship between body and mind to open the core intelligence that could bring psychological healing for diabetes and heart disease," said Dr. Robert Schneider, director of the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention the Maharishi University. 

In terms of reducing insulin resistance, Schneider noted, "This disease treatment can make a wealthy drug manufacturers. And we can do this by intensive exercise and weight reduction," said the author of Total Hearth Health. 

Insulin resistance is a situation insulin sensitivity decreased in lowering blood glucose levels by pressing hepatic glucose production and stimulates glucose utilization in muscle and adipose tissue. The result raises risk of heart disease. 

In his research, Schneider and his team studied 103 volunteers who had been diagnosed with heart disease. The average one-third suffer from obesity and a history of high blood pressure, and 9 percent had diabetes. 

They were then randomly divided into two groups. One group received training and practiced transcendental meditation twice a day for 20 minutes which lasted for four months. Meanwhile, another group received the materials of knowledge about heart disease. 

Transcendental Meditation is a form of meditation that brings us into silence until our minds totally not thinking about anything or collectively, the transcending thinking process. 

The researchers found that systolic blood pressure decreased to three points on the respondents in a group meditation. While the study group, systolic actually rose two points. 

Meditation also has a positive impact on heart rate, one measure of cardiovascular health. However, significant differences seen in insulin resistance. When compared with the levels of fasting insulin with sugar, they are in the meditation group is reduced to 0.75. 

The researchers say, the benefits are not limited to the type of transcendental meditation, but also other forms of relaxation, such as yoga, tai chi, and so on. However, according Schneider, currently transcendental meditation is the only method that proved useful in many different clinical studies. 

Meditation has many benefits for the body because it activates parasympathetic, part of the autonomous nervous system, which helps relieve fight or flight response, triggered by the sympathetic nervous system. 

While sympathetic system is activated by stress, the body will release certain hormones that make the body become resistant to insulin. While the parasympathetic system is activated, cells become more responsive to insulin. 

IMAGINATION CAN REDUCE PAIN

Imagination Can Reduce Pain

The pain in the abdomen in children it can be reduced only by imagination. The results of the research team at the University of North Carolina and Duke University Medical Center, USA, is set out in the journal Pediatrics and was quoted BBC News website on Monday (12/10). 

The research team asked the children to imagine the time was lying on a cloud for 20 minutes. The result, children who were admitted stomach pain lessened. The researchers speculate that 1 in 5 children often experience abdominal pain for no apparent reason. In this study, there are 15 of 30 children aged 6-15 are given the compact disc (CD) contains a "guide the imagination" and is used for eight weeks, while the remainder received normal treatment. 

The result, 73.3 percent of the 15 children who were given a CD claiming their abdominal pain decreased gradually. As there are only 26.7 percent of the 15 children who were not given a CD that claimed to feel less pain. Dr. van Tilburg Miranda who led the research team was mentioned, at least the kids now know how to reduce pain. 

"The kids have imagination better than adults," he said. Prof. David Candy, a child health consultant at Western Hospital Sussex, England, admitted often treat patients with treatment "hypnosis" and proved successful, but he has not tried to treat the imagination. "Pain in the abdomen is often experienced by the children so they had to not go to school," he said.

APPLES, FOR HEALTHY COLON

Apples, For Healthy Colon

In addition to genetic disorders, food consumed affects the incidence of colorectal cancer (colon). One of the food that proved able to prevent this cancer is an apple. 

Recent research shows, an apple or apple juice have a positive impact on the large intestine. Content of pectin and polyphenols found in apples much, are known to increase biological mechanism to produce compounds anti carcinogenic (anti-cancer) in the fermentation process. 

"Apples are a source of fiber and antioxidants are good. Apples are also rich in pectin are effective as an anticancer substance in the large intestine," said the researchers. 

In laboratory research conducted by German researchers, Dr. Dieter Shrank, known components in apples can increase butyrate production, to prevent the formation of HDAC (Histonedeacetlyases). HDAC production decline will put pressure on the growth of pre-cancerous cells and tumor cells. 

Colon cancer is a cancer that is often encountered in Indonesia. Cancer is not just about the men but also women. Colon cancer risk increases in consumption of high fat and low in fiber, body fat, smoking, and lack of exercise.

YOUR BABY FISH CONSUMPTION INCREASE THE BRAIN'S ABILITY SON

Your Baby Fish Consumption Increase

The brain's ability Son 

Children preschool age that their mothers regularly consume low-mercury fish during pregnancy is more likely to have an intelligent brain compared with their peers, according to results of a study.

Some researchers found that among 341 children as much as three years old, those whose mothers consumed more than two servings of fish per week during pregnancy is usually better in tests of verbal, visual and movement development of the baby.

Conversely, lower examination rates among mothers of preschoolers that they have mercury levels higher in their blood during pregnancy.

Common among women who consume fish during pregnancy are more likely to have such mercury levels than the levels of mercury that mothers do not eat fish, so the researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

The discovery adds to evidence that fish is brain food, but underlines the need to choose low-mercury fish during pregnancy.

"It is recommended, for mothers who ate fish during pregnancy should take into account the nutritional benefits of fish and the potential risks from mercury," wrote the researchers, led by Dr. Emily Oaken of Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Fatty fish such as tuna, salmon, and Sardine contain omega-3, are important elements for the development of the child and the fetal brain.

The problem is, more fatty fish may be contaminated with mercury, a substance that is toxic metal for the brain cells, particularly in fetuses and young children.

The result was that pregnant women are advised to avoid certain fish altogether, such as shark, swordfish and "tilefish". All the fish had mercury levels so high because they eat other fish and long-lived, from time to time they accumulate mercury in their fat tissue. 

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What is less clear is how much benefit other fish that contain omega-3 compared with the potential risks. Current U.S. health officials recommend that pregnant women consuming more than 12 ounces, or an average of two servings of fish per week.

For the current study, Oaken team collected blood samples from 341 women during the three second semester and asked them how often they ate various foods, including fish. When their son was three years old, they undergo a standard vocabulary, visual skills and hand coordination and finger movements.

Overall, the researchers found, children who by their mothers ate more than two times per week to have test scores higher.

However, children who their mothers had mercury levels in the highest 10 percent in the study recorded rates worse than those whose mothers had lower mercury levels.

Only two percent of women who never eat fish during pregnancy had blood mercury levels that high, compared with 23 percent of those who ate fish more than twice a week.

According to Oaken team, the lower limit is to eat low-mercury fish can allow obtaining the benefits of stronger in fish consumption.

Fish with high omega-3 but relatively low mercury include canned tuna, which has less mercury than tuna "Albacore", and smaller fish such as salmon fat. White meat fish such as cod and haddock tend to have lower mercury, even has a low mercury levels, but have less omega-3 compared with the more fatty fish.

The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and Harvard. Some research fellow Oaken has received funds from food and supplements industry.

IS IT STRESS

Is It Stress

Stress is basically the experience of "fatigue" experienced by our bodies when to adjust to environmental changes that continue to occur. Stress has emotional and physical effects that can be positive or negative.

We see from the positive side, stress can give you the motivation and strength to get through difficult situations. While the negative side, stress can reduce the physical and emotional stability.

There are several examples that often cause stress such as: the fired from a job, family problems, pain, traffic, economic pressures and marriage.

Even good change can be a burden in our lives, these changes have caused stress. Does not change as much as we can not avoid stress, and therefore we need is to learn to deal with it. The fact that 75 percent of actual human populations have some kind of stress every week. So there is some kind of stress we experience such as:

1.     Stress survival

If the defense of life or your health is threatened or if you are under pressure, experiencing something unpleasant or challenging event. Your body releases adrenaline and you have a reaction to "fight or flight".

2.     Internal Stress

Uneasy at the thought of events beyond your control, the approach in a hurry and tension or romance problems.

3.     Employment and environmental stress

Neighborhood or workplace who bring stress. Can come from noise, crowds of people, pollution, conflicts or other interference. Deadlines, presentations, job security is another form of stress at work.

4.     Fatigue caused by stress and too much work.

In this section the stress is formed in a long time. Chronic stress can occur when you attempt to achieve too many things in too little time or if you do not use time management strategies efficiently.

Job stress can be harmful to health as smoking or not exercising. Whatever the source, stress can cause a response "fight or flight" that automatically affect all body processes and progress.

Adrenaline burst, blood pressure rises and muscles tense. In an effort to produce more energy in a very short time, the body increases metabolism of proteins, fats and carbohydrates and nutrients meant issued potassium, magnesium, calcium and amino acids.

Digestion slows down, resulting in the release of fat and sugar from the body joints, increased cholesterol and decreased levels of nutrients. Although sometimes you need a stress release adrenaline, the body is experiencing stress is not a healthy body, under the suffocating pressure, some functions did not work or work less effectively, the following summary of the stress reaction:

1.     Body and mind through the senses receive threats.

2.     Sensory organs are exposed to the threat of sending a message to the brain stress hormone, adrenaline is released.

1.     Heart beat faster, your breathing getting faster and blood pressure increase.

2.     Kidney increases blood sugar levels.

3.     Blood flow translated it from gas-trot-internal system to the brain and major auto.

4.     Blood vessels in the legs to improve his contract in case of a blood clot cuts or wounds.

5.     Enlarged eyelid so that we can see more clearly.

6.     After missing a threat or anger, the body relaxed again. The real facts of the Confederation of British Industry estimates that businesses lose 10.2 billion in 1998 due to loss of productivity due to stress, stress, especially if prolonged and intense, can increase the risk of a serious medical condition and can aggravate the condition. Stress is rarely cause disease but stress plays a role in immune crucial of a disease or how the disease spread more widely. Chronic stress can undermine including cardiovascular system, immune system and gastrointestinal system.

Chronic stress can cause or exacerbate the increased risk of heart disease, migraine, asthma and several other diseases:

1.     Cancer

Studies show that stress can make you more susceptible to a large number of cancer diseases. Once you are sick, stress can slow the healing process.

In another study, breast cancer patients who experience high stress levels the diagnosis and treatment have immune system weaker than in those who experience less stress. Women who are high stress levels have fewer natural killer cells that can detect and kill cancer cells.

2.     Heart disease

Heart work very hard when under pressure, both physical and psychological. Increased blood pressure, blood clotting mechanism to work with full force, the heart beat faster than usual and increasing metabolism levels. If you continue to do so for hours, then you are tired and if you continue to do so for hours, then you are very tired. If you continue to do so for years then you will be affected by heart disease.

3.     Immune System

When in stress conditions, depressed immune system so the body will become old disease. In an experiment are shown after 21 days in the area of stress, the immune system is depressed will stop working as it should be expected that due to the immune system is forced to work too hard and need to stop for rest.

Stress can even make you more susceptible to diseases common cold. Fortunately, we are not helpless victims. As we can fight other types of body pollution, we can reduce the effects of stress by taking concrete actions and positive.

To cultivate stress, you have to do something different that would change the situation causing stress or change the behavior of your reaction to the situation.

Here are some stress reduction techniques that can help:

1.     Frequently take deep breaths throughout the day.

2.     Conduct body checks before going to bed at night and when I woke up in the morning to find out where you are experiencing stress.

3.     Focus on goal setting and planning on a regular basis.

4.     Read books that make a positive and daily activities.

5.     More multiply laugh even in difficult circumstances.

6.     As far as possible to avoid negative influences from peers, the media, violence and others, all that can weaken us.

7.     Learn to meditate or quiet every day.

8.     Give time to interact positively with people you love.

9.     Take the opportunity to do the things you love like singing, reading, exercise, whatever you like.

10. More physically active "sports".

NOISE RAISE BLOOD PRESSURE

Noise Raise Blood Pressure

Noise above 60 decibels can raise blood pressure, and therefore the risk of hypertension was highest among young and middle age.

Hearing the roar of cars, trucks, and trains continually, not only disturbing, but also can raise your blood pressure.

A study recently published by the journal Environmental Health show that they often heard the noise of traffic on a highway near their homes were far more likely to report that they suffer from chronic hypertension.

"Traffic on the highway is the main source of noise in the community," said research leader Theo Badin from Lund University Hospital, Sweden, in a news release.

"We proved that noise above 60 decibels can raise blood pressure among the relatively young and in middle age. This is a major factor related illnesses such as heart attack and stroke, "he said.

Voice conversation on the noise level generally reach 60 decibels, while the vacuum cleaner can be up to 70 decibels.

The researchers had surveyed over 24,000 adults living in Sweden. Research they do prove the existence of a link between hypertension and noise of traffic between 45 and 65 decibels, and the connection is much stronger due to the noise much higher.

Highest risk of hypertension among those who are relatively young and those in middle age. While in the oldest age group did not appear affected.

Many city dwellers experience traffic noise levels 55 decibels or more, experts said the research, and their numbers continue to grow.

THE DISEASE KNOWS STEVEN JOHNSON SYNDROME (SJS)

The disease knows Steven Johnson Syndrome (SJS)

Disease Steven Johnson Syndrome (SJS) these days are often reported in the media. This disease is a disease that resulted in a great tan that is usually caused by the effects of certain drug hypersensitivity.

Although the name of the disease has long been known in medical circles, but because the sufferer is rarely so little known to the public. SJS can occur because of immune complex in the body. When there is a bond between antigen and antibody called immune complexes, immune complexes that cause a reaction in the place where he settles, causing tissue damage. SJS is especially involving the skin and mucous membranes or mucous membranes specific organs.

In medical circles the name of this disease also known as Ektodermosis erosive pluriorifisialis, Habra type of erythematic multiformis, erythematic bulosa malignant, mukokutaneaokular syndrome, as well as a minor form of TEN (toxic epidermal necrolysis). 

Causes

The cause is not known. But from the various cases that occurred one possible cause is an allergy medicine, drugs are usually given systemically (directly through the bloodstream / injection).The types of drugs such originator other SJS are several types of antibiotics, antipyretic / analgesic and herbs. Moreover, it can also be caused by infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites, neoplasm, post-vaccination, radiation and food. For the case of unknown cause was 25-50% of cases. SJS disease mostly occurs in children and young men. Comparison of men to women is 2:1. But rarely found in children aged under 3 years. 

Symptoms and Signs

SJS symptoms vary widely from mild to severe. In heavy patients can experience a coma. Onset of acute illness can be accompanied by symptoms of high fever 39-40 degrees Celsius, malaise, headache, cough, runny nose and sore throat.

With these symptoms can quickly become severe. Steatites (inflammation of the mouth) is an early symptom and the most easily visible. In this syndrome seen any abnormal symptoms in the form of 3:

1.     Skin disorders, skin disorders consisting of erythematic (redness), vesicles (fluid-filled

bubbles) and bull (like vesicles, but it was bigger). Vesicles and then burst the bull so extensive erosion. In addition, can also occur pretending. In severe forms of these disorders occur in the body.

2.     Abnormalities of the mucous membranes in the orifice, which is linked at the mouth mucous membrane (100 percent) followed by abnormalities in the hole genitals (50 percent), in the nostrils and anus rare. Vesicle and the bull who broke into erosion and ekskoriasi and crustal black. Abnormalities that appear on the lips is black crustal thick. Abnormalities can also attack the upper digestive tract (pharynx and esophagus) and Upper respiratory tract. This situation can cause the sufferer difficult / not be too difficult to swallow and breathe.

3.     Eye disorders, eye disorders is 80 percent among all cases, the most common is kataralis

conjunctivitis (inflammation of the conjunctiva). And the worst cause blindness. In addition to these abnormalities are also other disorders such as kidney inflammation, and abnormalities in the nails.

Patients who experienced SJS can develop complications of pulmonary abnormalities in the bronchopneumonia. Another complication fluid and blood loss, electrolyte balance disorders and shock. Blindness may also occur. 

Tips Preventing Disease Hit by SJS

Although infrequent, did not rule out any individual to be careful and alert to the possibility of this SJS disease. Because the majority of cases a trigger SJS disease is the drug allergies in everyday practice doctors and patients should remind each other if there are allergic to certain drugs will be given when drugs.

Quick question from a doctor about whether the patient is allergic to something very important to note that this crucial medication would be given to reduce pain patients. For example, if the patient is allergic to antalgin, then the doctor would not give medicines containing antalgin.

If the patient does not know what kind of medicine, at least inform the doctor who had suffered illness and had experienced symptoms after taking certain medications. Patients do not hesitate to say a lot of allergies, such as frequent sneezing because of dust, like the itching when eating certain foods. This helps doctors to be careful to give the drug even more so if the patient is aware of allergies to certain drugs.

What is difficult is that the patient never knew there was a history of previous allergies that a doctor is difficult to predict the possibility of allergic reactions. Reactions like this could happen. Usually the doctor will be careful with the skin test before giving antibiotics medicines, especially injections. However, this method still has limitations because not all drugs can be given skin tests molecular weight of the drug.

A negative skin test does not mean that 100 percent of the patients would not be allergic to the drug, because the tests carried out in a short time. We performed skin tests no itching, no bumps or redness at all, but when the drug was injected could have a reaction. Positive skin test indicates a patient is allergic so doctors will not prescribe them because there is likely an allergic reaction.

Another method that can be used to assess the presence or absence of allergy is to do a challenge test, which means that the person is given medication beforehand to see an allergy or not. If reactions occur, meaning the patient is experiencing allergies. Problems surfaced when the challenge test proved directly cause an overreaction and fatal. In this case such tests can not be done.

SJS basically not just happen because of drug injection. However, could also arise because the drug is taken. Cases so much going on and quite difficult for doctors to treat. One key word to remember is: SJS can be cured if the patient quickly came to seek help and reactions that arise are not heavy. The death rate is high not reach 3 percent-15 percent, but if it is exposed to potentially fatal SJS. To identify and alert it is always that you not until the disease Steven-Johnson Syndrome.

OSTEOPOROSIS

Osteoporosis

Bones support body functions in order to stay upright and sturdy. Like logs to determine the form of a tree, that's one of the functions of human bones. Bones also protect the organs and supporting muscles help us move.

Can we imagine if the foundation of our body is a sudden onset of porous that makes bones become more fragile broken. Bones can become so fragile and weak that a rather strong cough alone can make a broken bone. Porous bone like a big trunked tree and it has been eaten away by termites which later fell away. This picture about the bones that have been affected by osteoporosis.

According to the WHO definition of osteoporosis or bone loss is a disease characterized by low bone mass and micro architectural damage to bones so the bones become more brittle. Osteoporosis occurs as a result of the accumulation of soft tissue that is not adequate at the time of growth and maturation and the loss of bone mass later in life.

Osteoporosis can be about all the bones, only more focused on two major bones of the spine and pelvis because it often requires further treatment, disruption of activity walking, loss of height, severe back pain and spinal deformity so that the body becomes more bent.

To determine a person has osteoporosis, predict future events and broken bone evaluate treatment. WHO recommends examination of BMD (Bone Mineral Densitometry). BMD values indicating osteoporosis is a positive value of T score> -2.5 standard deviation. 

Various kinds of Osteoporosis

There are 2 kinds of osteoporosis, namely primary and secondary. Primary osteoporosis, which occur about 80 percent of all osteoporosis which include:

• Osteoporosis after menopause, or type I. will usually occur at 15-20 years after menopause and is usually on the lever of the spine. This type is caused by decreased estrogen levels are drastic, the result obtained bone calcium goes down. In this type of osteoporosis, 80 percent of sufferers are women.
• Aging related osteoporosis, or type II. Occur in women and elderly men, also cause major complications of a broken vertebra and pelvic bone. This type of osteoporosis occurs because of imbalance between the decomposition of calcium and bone formation. Every day our body's calcium from the bone outline and then absorbed into the bloodstream. Body also took calcium we consume to reshape the bone breaks down due to the previous process. But after reaching peak bone mass density at the age of 20, bone decomposition process will go faster than its formation.

Idiopathic osteoporosis in children, middle-aged men and women premenopausal.

Secondary osteoporosis, decreased bone mass caused by specific diseases or malignant process or because of taking certain drugs (such as corticosteroid drugs and antiepileptic).

Women are particularly vulnerable to osteoporosis, where women are more often about four times than men. At the age of 50, 1 in 2 women will suffer a fracture due to osteoporosis. In the United States alone each year occur 1.5 million bone fractures because of osteoporosis with the details:> 300,000 hip fractures, 700; 000 vertebral fractures, 250,000 wrist fractures and 300,000 other fractures.

There are certain conditions which is a risk factor for osteoporosis, namely: a history of bone fractures under the age of 50 years, low bone mass, fracture history in the family, women, small body posture or thin, old age, a family history of osteoporosis, estrogen hormone deficiency due process of menopause, especially after undergoing surgical removal of the ovaries, vitamin D deficiency, taking certain medications such as corticosteroids, anti-spasm, antacids that contain aluminum, suffer from certain chronic diseases, low in the male hormone testosterone, bad lifestyle or inactive, Excessive alcohol consumption and low weight. 

Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment

Preventing osteoporosis is not difficult. Which clearly must begin now and do not do it after the late. Consuming calcium each day by consuming foods and beverages rich in calcium such as milk, cheese, and drink calcium supplements can be done to meet the need calcium in our bodies.

Calcium recommendations are: 

Age                       mg / day

0-6 months                          210

6 months - 1 year                     270

1-3 years                            500

4-8 years                            800

9-13 years                           1300

14-18 years                          1300

19-30 years                          1000

31-50years                           1000

51-70 years                          1200

> 70 years                          1200

In addition to consuming calcium is very important in maintaining bone integrity and health, we also have to meet the needs of vitamin D. Vitamin D helps the calcium absorption in the intestine to enter the blood circulation to the places where they are needed. The recommendation needs for vitamin D is 400-800 IU.

In addition, the hormone estrogen also plays a no less important with vitamin D and calcium. Although there are both content but no body or lack of estrogen then they will come out again through the kidneys and is not processed in our bodies.

Exercise with weight lifting routine and performed at least half an hour a day, three times a week proved to be very effective in preventing osteoporosis. And the most important also is to stop bad habits like smoking and alcohol consumption.

The principle is a combination treatment of osteoporosis. To be more complete treatment, should be maintained intake of calcium and vitamin D. Treatment is primarily intended to prevent workplace osteoklast cells (bone-absorbing cells) and osteoblasts strengthen cells (cells forming / building bone). These drugs can inhibit osteoclasts are cells that included the drug in the drug group anti-resorted like bifosponat. Meanwhile, to stimulate cells to osteoblasts is hormonal replacement estrogen, SERMs (Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator), parathyroid hormone. After treatment and should be evaluated by examining the BMD (Bone Mineral Densititometry) at least one year after treatment.

So the bone is one of the medical assets that are valuable to the body. Remove immediately bad habits such as exercising less, smoking, alcohol consumption and still meet the need of calcium and vitamin D. Remember, the earlier the better.