Diabetic neuropathy is one of the causing factor of amputation, where it affect between four to 10 percent of diabetes sufferers for five years, and 15 percent of patients had been suffering from diabetes for at least long 20 years.
Molecular structure of alpha lipoic acid.
Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) is also known as a universal antioxidant because of its powerful antioxidant effect.
27-03-2009 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Diabetes, Dietary - Nutrition
A person can live a few weeks without food. But without water, even the toughest person can only live just for 4 to 5 days.
Water has the following functions:
- To transport nutrition to the whole body through the bloodstream and the spleen system.
Water is needed by our body to transport all the nutrients from the food we eat to our whole body. Without water the nutrients cannot be sent to where it is needed.
09-01-2009 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Dietary - Nutrition, Tips
Pain in the Gut
A sick feeling washes over you: nausea, stomach cramps, headache and fever. Vomiting and diarrhea may soon follow. The symptoms are familiar to anyone who’s had the flu, but there may be another culprit – food that’s gone bad.
Food-borne illness, or “food poisoning”, usually comes from eating food tainted with bacteria or their toxins. Other types of microbes like viruses or parasites can also be behind food poisoning. People have long known that raw meat, poultry and eggs can harbor disease-causing microbes. But in recent years even fresh fruits and vegetables have caused headline-making outbreaks of food borne illness.
14-12-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Dietary - Nutrition
Drinking milk daily helps to prevent osteoporosis.
Calcium is the mineral that is required for teeth, muscle, nerve and also bone health. Adequate calcium intake helps to prevent osteoporosis, the thinning and brittleness of bone problem.
Though osteoporosis is more significant among elderly women, yet men are not exempted, though they are in lesser percentage.
Menopausal women are suggested to take around 1000 milligrams (mg) of calcium daily. Beside muscle rigor, calcium deficiency also will increase the risk of sleep disruption (difficulty to sleep or often waken up or not asleep).
30-08-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Dietary - Nutrition, Osteoporosis
Healthy foods for a healthy life.
People seem to gain weight easily but have a hard time taking it off. Healthy eating can play an important role in helping you avoid excess weight. Here are some tips to help you avoid mindless eating:
- Be aware of the size and shape of containers. It’s the amount of food that counts, not what it looks like.
- Serve food on smaller plates and bowls. Empty plates and bowls cue some people to stop eating.
31-05-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Dietary - Nutrition, Obesity, Tips