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What is Unhealthy Diet and Its Effects on Teen Health

Sean — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:26:50 +0000

An unhealthy diet is a diet which do not provide necessary nutrients for the body and some times it may be referred to excess eating which causes number of chronic diseases like cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure, obesity and cancer. One of the major effects of the unhealthy diet is on children and it causes obesity and also diabetes in them.

The teens effected with the obesity due to unhealthy food have the substance called C reactive protein, as much as, ten times greater than the normal child which causes inflammation through out the body. Homo cysteine is an amino acid which is responsible for causing the diseases related to heart and blood vessels. It is 62 percent higher in obese youngsters than in those of normal weight children. Teens having obesity have more signs of oxidative stress that leads to inflammation, and an increase in blood vessel damage and stiffening.

Another disease that may be caused to the children due to unhealthy food is diabetes, which shows the symptoms like eye damage, circulatory problems and kidney failure to worsen as they age. Diabetes causes increase in the blood sugar levels because of a lack of insulin and this situation of raised sugars lead to high blood pressure, increasing the risk of heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney damage, etc.

World Health Organization (WHO) estimates show that there are 2.7 million deaths occurring due to a diet low in fruit and vegetable every year. Globally it is estimated that unhealthy diet is causing about 19 percent of gastrointestinal cancer, 31 percent of ischaemic heart disease, and 11 percent of heart strokes, so this tells the importance of the healthy food which leads to healthy living.

Benefits Of Personal Fitness Training

Sean — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:48:28 +0000

Physical fitness is totally required for good health and generally obtained as a result of exercise and nutrition.

Benefits of personal fitness training are:

Active individuals will have a longer life and improved quality of life.
Exercise nourishes the heart, vascular system and the respiratory system to fight against the adverse effects of cardiovascular disease.

Reduces the daily depreciation of the heart rate and the cardiovascular system.
Improves the ability to do regular activities with reduced effort and enhances the ability to do work at higher intensities easily.
Reduces pressure on the veins and the arteries of vascular system and decreases danger of a coronary event or stroke.
A suitable change in body composition decreases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity and also some significant alarming diseases.
Develops HDL Cholesterol (Good) and reduces LDL Cholesterol (Bad). Decreases the risk of cardiovascular disease and development of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).
Controls the body fat, increases cellular reactivity to insulin and controls blood sugar levels.
Improves the strength of all connective tissue, which makes individual less prone to injury.
Reduces the risk of osteoporosis and decreases the possibility of injury and breaks to bones.
Improves physique with a more toned look.
Develops strong abdominal and back, which provides better posture and decreases the possibility of back pain.
Individuals experience better mental health, enhances self-image and decreases stress and anxiety.

Difference Between Yoga And Exercise

Sean — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:01:15 +0000

Yoga and exercises are different from each other. Both have its own purposes to be performed. The basic differences between yoga and exercise are:

In the physical exercises, oxygen consumption is increased, but practice of yoga yogic exercises reduces oxygen consumption.
The respiration rate falls in yogic exercises as they are done slowly. In physical exercises, respiratory system is made to work hard as they are done quickly.
The temperature falls down in yoga whereas physical exercises increases temperature of body.
The metabolic rate will be less in practicing yogic exercises whereas it is increased in physical exercises.
Yoga practitioners require less food than people practicing physical exercise.
Yogic exercises activates parasympathetic nervous system while physical exercises activates sympathetic nervous system.
Yogic exercises helps in creating inner awareness, whereas physical exercises do not do.
Yogic exercises develop flexibility and the ability to adapt to new environment if practiced correctly and they help in developing stamina.
Yogic exercises help to coordinate the endocrinal secretions and balancing the reactions and develops positive attitude in life.
Physical exercises tend to develop toxins whereas yogic exercises help in removing them.
In practicing yogic exercises heart rate and blood pressure decreases but in physical exercise they increase as the heart is made to work hard.

The results of yoga might be slow, but they have long-term benefits compared to exercises.

Green Tea And Its Benefits On Health

Sean — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:17:08 +0000

Drinking hot beverages, especially tea is habit of many people. Most of the people like to drink tea at least for 4-5 times in a day. Tea contains high levels of antioxidants gives required oxygen to the different processes of the body. Antioxidants or free radicals enter into the body through external sources like exposure to sun, pollution, stress etc.

Tea releases the energy to the various processes of the parts of the body. With consumption of tea, metabolism and energy of the body increases. It is also provides with sufficient minerals and magnesium for growth of bone and for body development. Potassium present in help in heart pumping and in maintaining the fluid levels in the body.

Green tea prevents the growth of cancer. Green tea is inexpensive method of preventing diabetes and prevents bad breath. This cures the entire ache and reduces the inflammation associated with acne.

Green tea protects the brain and memory-robbing effects and helps in reducing the cholesterol. With consumption of green tea, you can prevent HIV infection in the body.