Changes in Skin Diseases Could Be Indicator presence

Skin problems are often a big problem, especially for women. But did you know that the skin may be indicators of a healthy body? Acne, moles and skin discoloration is an indication of problems to come.

Changes in the skin may be showing more than just a skin problem. Here are some skin problems that could be an indicator of health, as reported by Lifemojo, Saturday (09/07/2011):

1. Yellow skin
Has a yellow-orange color may be indicative of hypothyroidism, which is an underactive thyroid gland, causing elevated levels of beta-carotene (an antioxidant found in fruits and vegetables) in the blood.

Problems with the thyroid gland means that the gland is not metabolize antioxidants quickly, causing the accumulation of beta-carotene. Beta-carotene can also accumulate if you eat too many carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and drinking too much carrot juice. But along with the yellow skin, eye color if you also have a yellowish color, then it could be a sign of liver disease.

2. Pale skin
Pale skin can be a sign of anemia suggests iron deficiency sufficient to make hemoglobin, which is responsible for the transport of oxygen from the lungs throughout the body.

3. Dark lines in the folds of the palm of the hand
Dark lines on the palm or the deepening of pigment in the folds of the palm of the hand can mean adrenal insufficiency, endocrine disorders. Also known as Addison's disease, the disease mainly affects women and men aged between 30 and 50 years.

4. Brown spots on the shins
If the front of your foot along the shin started to develop brown spots or spider veins (spider veins) which finally started to bleed small then it is a sign of diabetes.

5. Purple spots on skin
f you see purple spots on skin, then it is a few broken blood vessels and can occur due to circulation problems or a lack of vitamin C. Purple spots typically are often mistaken for bruises.

6. Red rash on the butterfly-shaped face
Red rash butterfly-shaped usually on the nose and cheeks are often the first sign of autoimmune disease Lupus, which is a life-threatening disorder that requires prompt treatment. It could also be due to rosacea or dermatitis.

7. Pimple
Although acne is a common problem in adolescents, but in some women, acne can be translated as polycystic ovary disease (PCOS). Acne is the result of hormonal imbalance and can be managed with lifestyle changes and certain drugs.

8. Saggy skin
Saggy skin can become dehydrated signal. Proper hydration can naturally support the skin cells to prevent sagging. For optimal health, doctors recommend drinking eight glasses of water per day.

9. Swelling under the eyes
Swelling of the skin under the eyes may mean you eat too much salt, an action that can increase the risk of hypertension and high blood pressure.

10. Mole
Although most moles are harmless, they can develop melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. If you see a mole is flat or more color to pink, it's more likely to become cancerous.

No matter how small Inflammation Can Interfere with Iron Absorption

Giving iron supplements is one solution to overcome the anemia that figure is still high in Southeast Asia. But this solution is considered less successful, partly because of the presence of inflammation or inflammation is often overlooked.

During this time, the inflammation can affect the absorption of iron and only the visible inflammation triggered by infection. Therefore, iron supplementation in malaria endemic areas is controversial because some experts judged it can actually worsen the infection.

But the latest research in the Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia (Faculty of medicine) to prove, that mild inflammation and invisible (subclinical) can also inhibit iron absorption. These findings are considered able to answer why supplementation is often less successfully overcome anemia.

"I'm not saying it fails, but is generally less successful. One of them yes it was, it turns out there is inflammation of the invisible," said pediatrician from the Faculty of medicine, Prof. Dr. Ali Purbaya Arwin Akib, SpA (K) is a promoter in research to achieve The doctoral degree, when found in the Faculty of medicine, on Wednesday (06/07/2011).

Dr. Min Kyaw Htet, MMedSc, Myanmar nationals who conducted the study involving 1269 high school student in the area of ​​the Irrawaddy, Myanmar with an average age of 19 years. All the participants free of hemoglobinopathy, the trigger condition such as iron deficiency anemia in addition to Thalassemia.

The high number of penerita anemia or malnutrition, especially that caused by a deficiency or iron deficiency does not only happen in Indonesia. Other developing countries in Southeast Asia region is still experiencing, one of Myanmar.

It was recognized by Dr. Min, who several years ago was also involved in research on anemia of iron in the Thousand Islands. According to the number of anemic patients in Myanmar still reach 60 percent, higher than Indonesia, if viewed percentage.

"Myanmar and Indonesia have more or less the same conditions, both from diet and lifestyle. The difference of Indonesia's population reached 200 million while in Myanmar's only about 56 million people," said Dr. Min, after it passed in the session on the promotion of doctoral faculty of medicine on Wednesday, July 6, 2011.

Dr. Min received his Ph.D. cum laude from the Faculty of medicine, after presenting his dissertation entitled 'The Role of Sub-Clinical Inflamation on hemoglobin response, Iron and Vitamin A Status of School Adolescent Girls Myanmar Anaemiac During Iron and Vitamin A supplementation'.

Dr. Min rate, iron supplementation is still needed to address iron deficiency anemia. However, based on research results, the presence of inflammation must be considered and if necessary be accompanied by vitamin A supplementation to relieve the inflammation.

Air Pollution Threatens Not Just Breathing But Can Damage the Brain

Not only can harm the respiratory tract, a new study finds that long-term exposure to air pollution can also cause physical changes in the brain, which eventually cause problems in learning and memory abilities.

The study also found an association between air pollution and higher rates of depression and anxiety.

Researchers find brain's hippocampus area of ​​the long-term exposure to pollution will have reduced the complexity of the cell, namely the changes that have been linked to decreased learning ability and memory capability.

"The results suggest exposure to polluted air could show a negative effect on the brain, which can cause various health problems," said Laura Fonken from Ohio State University, as reported by LiveScience, Wednesday (07/06/2011).

According to him, these results could have important implications and disturbing for people who live and work in urban areas with polluted air around the world.

Although studies have been published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry was conducted in mice, but researchers say it has the same effect in humans.

In the study, mice were given filtered air and polluted air for six hours a day, five days a week for 10 months, which is almost half the life span of mice. Polluted air containing fine particles such as those made by cars and factories.

According to the Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State University, the concentration of particles inhaled mice equivalent to what people breathe in some polluted urban areas.

After 10 months of study, rats underwent several behavioral tests. All rats were trained to find the hole for five days, but mice that breathed polluted air takes longer to learn where the holes were and are less able to remember where he was when tested.

In another experiment, rats were exposed to polluted air also showed higher levels of depression compared to mice who breathed filtered air.

Note the current Diet Calories from Drinks

When on a diet usually people focus more counting calories from food, but drinks also contain calories consumed. To note that the calorie intake from beverages.

Beverages are generally consumed during the diet and often contain calories is the milk and fruit juice, but many people do not realize the calorie content of the drink.

"Even though milk and juice have many important nutrients and become part of a healthy diet, but both have calories as well as from food," says Katherine Zeratsky, RD, LD a certified nutritionist from the American Dietetic Association, as quoted from MayoClinic, Thursday ( 06/16/2011).

As a general rule, adults should not drink more than 118 mL of juice per day and for the milk of 473-710 mL. And a better selection of drinks is water.

If the stomach is not quite full, so snacks of fruit and vegetables fresher for helping with. Fruits and vegetables will be much more filling than juice and contain fewer calories.

In addition to a diet program can be run successfully and healthy, then there are 5 strategies that can be done as follows:

1. Has a strong commitment
To lose weight takes time, effort and commitment of a lifetime. To make sure that you are ready to make some permanent changes and manage them well.

2. Find motivation from within
In order for a diet that could be successful it must be done to please yourself. Therefore find a strong motivation from within that drives you to keep running the program.

3. Make realistic goals
Make a realistic goal in losing weight is about 0.5 to 1 kg per week. If targets are too high and could not be accomplished demoralized that can derail a diet program.

4. Enjoy healthy foods consumed
One way to reduce calorie intake is by eating more plant foods. Try not to release the flavor of the food so as not to lose your appetite and still enjoy healthy food that is consumed.

5. Stay active in sports
One key to losing weight is to burn calories to reduce fat accumulation in the body. For that find favorite sport and try to make variations not to get bored. Besides losing weight, exercise is also beneficial to health.

Asthma Not Controlled Origin Sex Reducing Ability

Sexual intercourse requires less oxygen consumption that is not so much to think of people with asthma will be difficult to do so. But if done in a measurable, sex or other physical activity will not trigger a recurrence of asthma.

"When an attack is difficult. Boro-boro sex thinking, breathing alone can not. But beyond that, people with asthma are normal people. So did his sexual abilities," said Dr. Anita Ratnawati, SpKFR (K), a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation of the Friendship Hospital in talk show You Can Control Your Asthma at the Friendship Hospital, Rawamangun, Thursday (09/06/2011).

According to Dr. Anita, there are no studies showing that asthma affects libido or sex drive. Even if there are some people who increase their libido or precisely because of asthma, he suspected it was a fluke and will not happen to everyone.

Asthma does not affect your stamina during sex or other physical activity, origin completely controlled so as not to trigger a relapse (exercise induced asthma). Even according to Dr. Anita, people with asthma it is advisable to carry out physical activity, particularly regular exercise.

"In general, exercise will not improve lung function. But physical exercise proved to improve heart and lung fitness so that wheezing (asthma) did not deteriorate," added Dr. Anita.

For physical activity did not lead to exercise induced asthma, persons with asthma who want to exercise should pay attention to FIT which stands for Frequency, Intensity and Time.

1. Frequency
Ideally sports for persons with asthma are not more than 3-5 times / week.

2. Intensity
The pulse is most easily observed indicator to determine whether or not heavy physical activity. Safe limit for persons with asthma is 60-80 percent of maximum heart rate. How to calculate the maximum pulse rate is 220 minus age.

For example, the age of 30 years, the maximum heart rate is 220-30 = 190 times / minute. So the safe limit for persons with asthma during exercise or other physical activity is (60-80) percent x 190 = 114-152 times / min.

3. Time
The recommended duration for persons with asthma when running heavy physical activity is 30 minutes, or if you already feel tired.

"Just like other physical activity, sometimes sex can also be the trigger asthma attacks or exercise induced asthma. Moreover, if done the same affair, because it certainly was pounding fear of getting caught," said Dr. Anita said, joking.

Recognize disturbances in thyroid gland

The thyroid gland may not be a special concern for the community. But there are some problems that can occur in this gland and if left unchecked can lead to chronic complications.

The thyroid is a gland located in front of the neck is shaped like a butterfly and is often easy to be touched. This gland produces thyroid hormones that stimulate the metabolic function of cells in the body.

"Thyroid disease is divided into two, dealing with the size of the gland (eg, enlarged) and disturbances in hormonal production (eg, excessive or lack of)," said dr Suharko Soebardi, SpPD-KEMD in a press conference Enhance Public Awareness Case Against Metabolic and endocrine to Prevent Chronic Complications resulting, at the Hotel Nikko Jakarta, Wednesday (08/06/2011).

dr Suharko said thyroid disease experienced by women more than men (up to 5-7 times as much) and represent the majority of endocrine disease.

Here are some disorders that can occur in the thyroid gland are:

Thyroid nodules
This condition occurs because of a lump in the thyroid gland. This lump can be numbered one (single nodule) or more (multinodul goiter). The lump that appears likely due to:

Cyst containing fluid
Adenoma or benign tumor degenerate
Slow-growing adenoma
Malignancies that can cause thyroid cancer (the case in small quantities)


"Most cases of malignancy is higher in males, and if the thyroid has been removed so he must take medication for life because nothing else can produce thyroid hormone in the body," he said.

Suharko dr said this condition is usually only found when someone is in the mirror and found a lump in the neck front.

Hyperthyroidism
This condition occurs because of an overactive thyroid gland produces hormones that amount circulating in the blood become excessive. The reason could be due to Graves' disease, an abnormal expense of TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone), thyroiditis (inflammation of the thyroid gland) and excessive iodine intake.

Symptoms include excessive sweating, weight loss, tremor, anxiety, tidaktoleran to heat, fatigue, decreased concentration, bulging eyes (like going out) and irregular periods or less.

Hypothyroidism
This condition occurs because the thyroid gland produces hormones in small amounts or low. The reason could be due to pituitary disease, drugs, destruction of the thyroid and severe iodine deficiency.

Presenting symptoms include depression, fatigue, tidaktoleransi to cold, dry skin and hair, increased cholesterol levels, heart rate decreased, the concentration decreased and the pain or vague pain.

"Usually people are not aware of the symptoms that arise, if heart palpitations are not considered, such as bulging eyes only realized if there is a friend of rebuke," said dr Suharko.

dr Suharko disclose this hormonal disorders can occur for a lifetime, although at certain times can return to normal hormone levels but no one knows the cause of these hormonal disturbances reappeared.

All Vitamins Can be Absorbed Body, Worse Can Poisoning

All the vitamins and minerals that are eaten by humans is never rejected aka body can easily absorb. But the risk is if the vitamins and minerals that enter it can make the most of poisoning.

Vitamins and minerals are in fact already widely available in food, but sometimes people take supplements to ensure adequate intake of certain vitamins or minerals.

To complement the vitamins and minerals that, when it sold a variety of micronutrient supplements to meet the needs. But as much as possible people should get these micronutrients from natural materials.

"Any supplements ingested can not be rejected so that all absorbed by the body, it could be at risk of toxicity or poisoning. But if the food is not," said Dr. Inge Permadhi, MS, SpGK Nutritalk event: Healthy Inspirations for Women of Indonesia in Hong Kong Cafe, Jakarta , on Tuesday (06/07/2011).

Dr Inge said if these micronutrients from food so if intake is sufficient, these micronutrients will automatically discarded so as not to cause poisoning.

"For that I suggest eating healthy food sources and also fresh," said Dr. Inge who is a physician nutrition specialist from the Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty of medicine.

In determining a healthy diet it should be noted 3J namely Number, Dates and Type. To determine the number affected by several factors such as gender, age, weight, height and also certain conditions. To schedule a large includes 3 meals and 3 meals a distraction (snack).

As for the type must include the macronutrient (carbohydrate, protein and fat), micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), fiber and water that the composition is based on the food pyramid.

Dr Inge explained eg for iron divided into heme iron (iron that easily absorbed) can be obtained from chicken liver, oysters, red meat and tuna, while the non-heme iron (poorly absorbed and need help in the absorption of vitamin C) can be obtained from soy beans and spinach.

As for calcium can be obtained from low-fat milk, cheese, fish, especially the bones can be eaten, broccoli and beans. For vitamin B can be obtained from dark green leafy vegetables (spinach, broccoli, asparagus), red beans and oranges.

"For vitamin D can be obtained from the sun, if we want to bask for a moment then can get vitamin D is enough. Vitamin D in is required in the process of absorption of calcium in the body," said Dr. Inge.

Conditions that Cause Death On Anemia Pregnant Women

Pregnant women are physiologically more susceptible to anemia or lack of blood. But this should not be taken lightly, because anemia can cause death in pregnant women during childbirth.

"According to WHO a person is said to anemia if the hemoglobin (Hb) less than 11 mg / dl of blood," said Dr. Inge Permadhi MS, SpGK Nutritalk event: Healthy Inspirations for Women of Indonesia in Hong Kong Cafe, Jakarta, Tuesday (07/06/2011) .

Dr Inge said the mother gave birth to will be injected something into his body to help stop bleeding after childbirth. But if the mother had anemia, injection did not react so that does not constrict blood vessels that make the bleeding continued.

If bleeding can not be resolved then it could lead to death in the mother. Even if he can survive after experiencing post-childbirth bleeding, he would suffer severe blood shortage and prolonged health problems.

Based on data from 2010 Riskesdas known that bleeding were the highest cause of maternal mortality which is 28 percent. And the main cause of this bleeding is anemia and chronic energy deficiency in pregnant women.

"The cause of anemia vary, physiologically during pregnancy the amount of fluid in the body will be more while the red blood cells remain thus causing anemia," said the doctor from the Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty of medicine.

Dr Inge said there are other causes of anemia such as:


Poor food intake such as nausea and vomiting often
Twin pregnancy
The period is close to the previous pregnancy
Reserves of iron contained in the body of the mother before pregnancy slightly
The existence of infectious diseases such as intestinal worms


Besides causing bleeding, anemia in pregnant women may result in the mother's own and also the fetus. In the mother can cause weight loss hard to ride, abortion (miscarriage), complications of pregnancy, childbirth, childbirth and postpartum.

While the fetus is conceived can cause low birth weight infants (LBW), premature babies, babies born with anemia and complications after birth, such as failure to thrive and low intelligence.

"All the nutrients in pregnant women is important, but there are some nutrients that need more attention are iron, calcium, folic acid, B12 and also protein," he said.

All these nutrients can be obtained from foods such as chicken liver, oysters, red meat, tuna, soy, spinach, broccoli, kidney beans, asparagus, oranges, nuts, low-fat milk, cheese.

"So the supposition that women should eat 2 plates were not true, because what matters is the most nutrients. If you want to add better multiply the protein that could help the growth of children in the womb and note the addition of weight," said Dr. Inge.

Dr. Inge said that for pregnant women who previously had a body mass index (BMI) is normal then the total weight increase of 11.5 to 16.5 kg, to mothers of underweight (weight less), an increase of 12.5 to 18 kg, for mothers who are overweight (overweight), an increase of 7 to 11.5 kg and for mothers who are obese, an increase of 6.8 kg.

New Mother Gave Birth to Baby Do not Exercise To Excess Milk is Not Sour

New mothers sometimes want to rush to lose weight by exercising harder. But you should not exercise too much for ASI (Air Susu Ibu), which produced no acid.

"If a nursing mother to do strenuous exercise or too much will form lactic acid in milk, so that the milk became sour taste that makes the baby would not breastfeed," said Dr. Inge Permadhi, MS, SpGK Nutritalk event: Healthy Inspirations for Women of Indonesia in Hong Kong Cafe , Jakarta, Tuesday (07/06/2011).

Dr Inge said nursing mothers sometimes want to quickly lose weight so that excessive exercise.

Generally, nursing mothers will produce about 750 cc of milk every day, this condition is also equivalent to the weight loss of about 200-500 calories per day. Which means in a week can reduce about 0.5 kg.

"So with breastfeeding actually help you lose weight naturally," says nutrition specialist from the Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty of medicine.

In addition, mothers who are breastfeeding must also consider the nutrients it consumes, because anything that enters the body of the mother will affect the milk like taste.

Dr Inge said composition of a balanced nutrition for nursing mothers is:

High carbohydrate to replace the glucose that is used in making the lactose from milk
High protein to help the process of growing children, because of the growing children need protein
Getting adequate fluid intake to prevent dehydration in nursing mothers
Eating fruits and vegetables to get the intake of fiber, vitamins and minerals


"ASI should therefore be a source of DHA omega-3 consumption is high. DHA functions in growth and development of the nervous system including brain, retina development and function of vision," he said.

Another thing that must be considered by nursing mothers is to avoid:

Alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs
A strong spicy food because it can alter the taste of breast milk
Food that has been contaminated for example with harmful preservatives or food coloring such as rhodamine B
Foods that can make a baby be allergic to, if indeed the baby known to have allergies such as eggs, milk, nuts
The spicy food because it can make a baby into diarrhea
Consumption of coffee because it can make a baby to be sensitive and awake as well as reduce the absorption of iron contained in breast milk.

Seeing the Color Red Make Muscle Gaining Strength and Lively

Instinctively, human muscles become stronger and move faster when he saw all things red. If you do not believe, observe reflex when a wife slapping her husband who came home with red lipstick-stained shirt.

The above example may be too extreme, but it can be compared with the response when a student receives a report card that all red contents. Heart muscle will definitely work more quickly, thus beating very fast and uncontrolled.

Likewise, when a man ran into a pretty girl on the street and are interested to follow it. If the girl in the red dress, without realizing the man's footsteps will be faster than if the girl wearing a shirt with another color.

Andrew Elliot, a professor from the University of Rochester, New York, said in an instinctive movement of human muscle is influenced by the color red. In the concept of evolution, this tendency is useful to prevent people from danger.

When a person appears on the face, the red color often expresses anger is mounting. If you want to survive, someone who is dealing with opponents that his face began to redden his muscles have to move faster to get out or prepare to defend themselves.

"The threat in the form of a red color can trigger anxiety, making distracting and sometimes disturbing comfort. It all affects the physical and mental condition," said Prof Elliot was quoted as saying of Dailymail, Saturday (04/06/2011).

To prove this theory, Prof. Elliot conducted experiments on 46 students. Clutching a special tool to observe the strength of grip, the participants were asked to read tightly written a few words with a different color.

After comparison, the hand grip of the students tend to strengthen when reading the brightly colored red, especially bright. Volume during red reading is also higher than that observed when reading the text in another color.

Number of Wrinkles in the Face of Risk of Broken Bones Indicate

The appearance of wrinkles on the face not only berdapak on one's appearance, but also related to bone health. More and more wrinkles, brittle bones that tend to be more susceptible to injury particularly fractures.

Wrinkles itself is not a trigger of brittle bones, but experts from Yale School of Medicine revealed that the two are closely related. If true, then a variety of bone problems, including osteoporosis can be predicted more easily than the number of wrinkles on the face.

"We believe that the bones and skin have the same network structure. The relationship between the two would be more obvious in women who entered menopause," said one researcher, Dr. Pal Lubma as quoted from HealthDay, Sunday (05/06/2011).

According to Dr Pal, skin and bones together have the structure built by a protein called collagen. One of the functions of these proteins is to help maintain the density and the density of tissue-forming cells, both in skin and bone.

If the levels of collagen in the skin is reduced, the effect is skin becomes wrinkled and sagging inclined. While in the bone, causing thinning of collagen reduced so that bones become brittle and easily cracked or broken.

Research conducted by Dr Pal and his team showed, the examination of collagen in the skin can be used to estimate the density of bone tissue. Checking the skin certainly easier and safer than bone, because it is on the surface of the body.

In that study, Dr Pal involving 114 women at the age of menopause is between 40-50 years. According to data from the Arthritis Foundation, 50 percent bone loss occurs around menopause, so the character is considered to adequately represent the participants.

Dr Pal using a special instrument called a durometer to check the levels of collagen and wrinkles in 11 points in the face. Meanwhile, to observe the bone mass density, Dr Pal using the latest technology that is Dual X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA).

Do not underestimate Sweat Excess Sleep

Wake up sleeping in wet conditions are usually triggered by ambient temperature is too hot. However, various health problems ranging from drug side effects to cancer can also trigger symptoms of excessive sweating during sleep at night.

Excessive sweating during sleep fairly common and not infrequently to be especially disturbing because it makes sleeping so uncomfortable. In a study of 2267 people, 41 percent said they experienced this condition in the past month.

Some trigger excessive sweating during sleep, among others, as follows, as quoted from Medicinenet, Sunday (05/06/2011).

1. Menopause
Common complaint that the women felt at the beginning of menopause is hot flashes or red spots that feels hot. Most hot flashes that appear at night and trigger excessive sweating due to increased body temperature.

2. Idiopathic hyperhidrosis
Some people do have a disorder called hyperhidrosis sweat production idiopathic. The number and size of normal sweat glands, but can not function normally because of various things that are not known for sure why.

3. Infection
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infection that most often lead to excessive sweating at night. Other types of infection also increases the production of night sweats include inflammation of the heart valve (endocarditis) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

4. Cancer
The initial symptoms in some types of cancer characterized by excessive sweating, especially at night. Type of cancer that most often accompany these symptoms is lymphoma.

5. Side effects of medicines
Various groups tricyclic antidepressants or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are known to trigger excessive sweating adverse effects. Approximately 8-22 percent of users of this drug class experience excessive sweating during sleep.

6. Hypoglycemia
Blood sugar levels are too low, or hypoglycemia often trigger excessive sweating. People with diabetes who use insulin or antidiabetic drugs oats at night often have problems with this condition.

7. Hormone disruption
Excess thyroid hormone or hyperthyroidism can increase sweat production that accompanied the appearance of red blotches on the skin surface. Other hormonal conditions that trigger such symptoms include pheochromocytoma and carcinoid syndrome.

8. Restless legs syndrome
Neurological disorders characterized by restless leg syndrome (restless leg syndrome) is a sleep disorder that trigger excessive sweating. According to the study, 66 percent of people with this syndrome experience excessive sweating during sleep because his legs are too many moves.

Playing Hula Hoop Benefits Just Like Walking 7 km / hour

Swaying hips while hula hoop game is one of the most effective way to lose weight. Judging from the number of calories burned, this activity equivalent to walking 7 km / h like when you're in a hurry.

With these speeds, walking can burn as much energy as 210 calories in 30 minutes. If playing hula hoop provide equal benefits, then this activity is as effective for burning fat and slimming the body.

This is evidenced in a recent study by John Porcari, a fitness expert from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. In the course of a study involving 16 volunteers Porcari women, with ages varying between 16 to 59 years.

The volunteers are participants hula hoop choreography class, a kind of collaboration between the game hula hoop with the art of dance. In one session, Porcari observing the amount of calories burned and heart rate during 30 minutes of playing hula hoop.

In addition to find that playing hula hoop for 30 minutes can burn as much energy as 210 calories, Porcari also revealed that heart rate increases up to 151 times / minute. This shows that the hula hoop can also keep the heart muscle fitness.

Porcari The results will be presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine that was held this week in Denver, the United States.

Hula hoop fitness is a tool of a circle that played by shaking his hips. The diameter of a tool that is generally made ​​of rattan or plastic is varied, the greater are usually more easy to play even though its weight is also more severe.

At fitness centers, play hula hoops are usually included in the material provided in an aerobics class. Because of constant motion, playing hula hoop is very good to maintain fitness while burning calories, especially in the form of fat in the waist.

Anger Control If Not Want Shortness of Breath and Tingling

Screaming with bulging eyes do not necessarily indicate a person is really angry, because they sometimes can be made up. But if until shortness of breath and tingling, can be sure his emotions completely out of control.

We're very angry, a person may have a short breathing very fast or often termed a 'breath of hunting'. The direct impact that often accompanies this condition is shortness of breath for which the lungs are not strong enough.

Condition called hyperventilation syndrome (Hyperventilation Syndrome) is often mistaken for asthma, and not infrequently wrong doctor diagnose. And because it was triggered by psychological factors, this condition is almost never accompanied by damage to lung tissue and respiratory system.

Although not life-threatening illness as a real lung, hyperventilation syndrome can still lead to disruption if not addressed. One of the indirect impacts are caused numbness and tingling in some parts of the body.

Fast, shallow breaths and ongoing exchange of oxygen caused by carbon dioxide occurs very fast. Circulatory system is not able to keep up and become involved in the composition of biochemical imbalances in the blood.

Protein levels in the blood increases, on the one hand calcium levels dropped dramatically. One result of the lack of calcium in the blood is tingling and numbness, especially on the fingers of the feet and hands as well as some areas around the mouth.

Meanwhile, to handle it, some way could be done as quoted from Bangkokpost, Saturday (06/04/2011).

Do not panic, because in general symptoms of shortness of breath and tingling not life threatening. Try to curb your emotions and try to breathe slowly with more relaxed.
If it is difficult to catch his breath, grab a paper bag and breathe in it for a while. Make sure your mouth and nose closed to restrict the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
It is better to tell someone else, that this disorder is not asthma, and only appears when not able to control emotions. This step is useful to avoid panic in the people in the neighborhood.
Learn to control your emotions and manage stress, try to always face the problem with more relaxed.
Regular exercise can reduce the risk of hyperventilation syndrome, because the lungs are trained will be better able to tolerate a variety of changing conditions on the respiratory system.
When all of the above does not work, contact the psychologist to consult or go to a psychiatrist to get a stress reliever medication.

Fight Stress by Exercise

Severe stress or depression due to several things it could disrupt the lives and activities. But this problem can be overcome or resisted by exercising regularly.

One of the main benefits of exercise is the link between mind and body. If someone has anxiety and stress, the exercise can help to soothe and improve mood.

When one starts to feel anxious or a little stress, try to start moving and doing some exercises to get the motivation and reduce stress.

The study, reported in Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An International Journal in 2008 noted that the sport could be a potential tool to overcome the symptoms of anxiety.

In the study participants who regularly exercise have a lower index of anxiety than people who never exercise. This suggests that exercise may be an appropriate treatment for anxiety and stress.

The theory that there is exercise causes the body to react, including the brain. In response, the brain releases many hormones, including endorphins and neurotransmitters that affect mood, as quoted from mayoclinic, Friday (3/6/2011).

This chemical compound sufficient to reduce anxiety and depression with just one sport. And exercise can also increase body temperature that is associated with more positive mood.

In addition, by exercising regularly can allow time for the body to do meditation and put negative thoughts into more positive perspective.

To be able to obtain these benefits make exercise fun by doing sports are preferred. Sports that do not need heavy or too tight, but try doing a simple exercise every 3-5 times a week for 30 minutes.

Fear can aggravate the condition Dead Heart Patients

Heart attack patients usually have a fear of death. But the fear of death that can continue to give poor results in the healing process.

Researchers from London who analyzed 208 patients heart rate that high levels of fear of death can make heart conditions worse. This is because stress can raise levels of TNF-alpha chemical compounds.

Levels of TNF-alpha agents is higher in patients with heart attacks associated with inflammation in their blood higher. In the European Heart Journal study revealed high levels of chemicals that can aggravate health conditions.

"large inflammatory response known to damage the heart and increase the long-term risk of heart problems," said Andrew Steptoe of the British Heart Foundation, as quoted by BBC News, Friday (3/6/2011).

In addition to analyzing the emotional content of patients, the researchers also measured heart rate variability and cortisol stress hormones for 3 weeks after a heart attack.

Prof Steptoe who worked on this study reveals the fear of death is not just an emotional response, but associated with biological changes that occur during acute cardiac disorders.

Meanwhile, Dr. Mike Knapto as medical director of the British Heart Foundation said that the people who most suffered during heart attacks have levels of TNF-alpha is higher, so that the inflammation associated with a greater presence in the body.

"What needs to be done now is to help eliminate the fear of heart attack patients, so hopefully can give better results in the long term," said Dr. Knapto.

Hurry Drinking After Crying to Prevent Dehydration

When the cry of the body will lose some fluid, so drinking enough water after crying to avoid dehydration which can trigger headaches later. And consume water also can help soothe and relieve pressure

Crying is known can make a person feel relieved and better, this is because it was thought to cry can help remove the pressures that exist in the body.

When the crying tear ducts will issue a combination of water, oil and mucus into the eye. A few tears will run through a small hole in the side of the eyelid to flow into the nasal cavity, causing the release of snot.

Louann Brizendine, a neurologist at the University of California, San Francisco, said that when a person experiences physical pain, emotional anguish and frustration, the amygdala of the brain that are part of the limbic system (emotional brain) will get a signal.

If the stimulus or stimuli that got big enough, then the energy can move from emotional areas in the frontal motor strip. This condition would make a person sobbing when breathing while crying, as quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Friday (3/6/2011).

Sometimes this condition is also influenced by emotional factors, if he could control his emotions or control the tears that will not make it emerged sobbing.

In addition, the biological function of channels moved to tears in women greater than men, making women more easily cry. While the tear fluid contains a salt that can cause eye redness and blood vessels beneath the thin skin of the eye will swell.

Benefits to stop smoking in a matter of hours

Quitting smoking is a thing not easily done, especially to someone who is very addicted to nicotine. But if you successfully quit smoking, there are profits to be obtained within hours.

To achieve this necessary intention, determination and strong commitment and support from the surrounding environment. However, the results obtained will be far more satisfactory than the struggle waged.

Securities acquired from quitting smoking include a variety of issues including mental and physical. The following are effects that can be obtained if someone stops smoking, as quoted from Lifemojo, Friday (6/3/2011), namely:

Within 8 hours
Levels of nicotine and carbon monoxide in the blood are greatly reduced. This can reduce the risk of heart attacks and blood oxygen levels will rise to the normal amount.

Within 24 hours
Risk of heart attack decreases. All carbon monoxide and nicotine will be out of the body. And nerve endings begin to grow again so that restore its ability to improve the taste and smell sensors.

Within 48 hours
This is a difficult time because of side effects will emerge such as abdominal pain and vomiting. But at this point also decrease the risk of lung damage and stop the risk of lung cancer.

Within 72 hours
Bronchial tubes in the body begins to relax so that makes a person could breathe more easily again.

Within 2 weeks
Lung function increases up to 30 percent return which improves blood circulation and makes it easier for people to do activities. Although sometimes found in withdrawal symptoms such as irritability, headaches and anxiety.

Within 1-9 months
Physical appearance will begin to improve, such as the pale gray color in the body is lost, reduce wrinkles, reduce cough, shortness of breath, nasal congestion and fatigue. Besides hair cilia in the lungs begin to function well in the clear mucus, thereby reducing the risk of infection.

Within 1 year
A person's risk of heart disease associated with smoking will be reduced about 1.5 times compared to a year ago.

Within 10 years
The risk of heart attacks and lung cancer will be reduced almost the same as someone who never smoked, and reduce the risk of other cancers such as mouth, throat, bladder and pancreas.

Refresh Back Brain with Easy Way

Saturated with the same activity every day can lead to boredom and lack of concentration. But at least there is an easy way to refresh the brain. Anything?

After doing a lot of work in one day you're likely to experience stress and the mind becomes dull. In fact, the same mind dangers of fatigue with physical fatigue.

There are some easy ways to refresh the brain. Following ways scientifically proven to effectively make the brain re-focus and concentrate to 25 minutes (for adults), as reported by Lifemojo, Thursday (06/02/2011):

1. Music
Soothing music is very beneficial for mental or mind. Clear your mind by just sitting and listening to music. Music will make you feel better.

2. Sports
Doing regular physical activity such as swimming every morning is a powerful way to make your mind calm. Physical activity can stimulate physical energy and clarity of thought in addition to all the health benefits.

3. Laugh
Laughter is the best medicine to ward off boredom. Sports, laughter and humor can release endorphins that improve mood and feeling happy.

4. Socialization
Humans by nature are social creatures. Interaction fellow humans seem to keep your mind fresh. Make contact with new people or calling a friend.

5. Sleep
A good sleep is the foundation for strong productivity. Minute nap can also be re-invigorating the mind and makes you feel better.

6. Smelling the fresh aroma
Smell the coffee, aromatherapy or other smells that fresh can easily restore the spirit and renew your mind.

7. Bath
Nice warm bath to help calm the mind and body muscles. Adding salt bath or a favorite fragrance into your bath will also make your bath more enjoyable activity.

Other Ways Relieve Pain Without Drugs Drinking

Taking medication it can relieve or cure a disease. But when you're always taking the drug, then there are some side effects that occur in the body. So how do I ease the pain without taking medicine?

"Every time you take (mengonsumi) whether it's drugs or prescription drugs without a prescription, then you will get some specific risks. If used regularly, then the risks will be more and more," said Sandra Kweder, MD, Deputy Director of the Office of New Drugs at the center Food & Drug Administration (FDA) the U.S. for drug evaluation and research, as reported by Menshealth, Thursday (06/02/2011).

Here's another way that could ease the pain without having to take medication, namely:

1. Cough, cough syrup with honey dressing
Honey quality and thick to be a substitute for cough syrup. Cough syrup and honey are basically doing the same, namely to 'cloak' that eliminates throat irritation. In fact, a study in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine found that a spoonful of honey is better than dextromethorphan (DM).

2. Frequent headaches, replace painkillers to sleep
Drinking painkillers is fine to do, but it's not advisable to eat them often. "Avoid drug compound (a lot). Strive not (taking painkillers) more than two weeks," explained Peter Goadsby, MD, Director of the Headache Center at the University of California at San Francisco.

According to him, focus on patterns of sleep can relieve headaches. Brain areas that contribute to headache was also involved in sleep. So by keeping a good sleep pattern can reduce pain in the head.

3. Stress and mild depression, replace antidepressants with a calming brain activity
To combat the depression consider not using the drug. Find other activities that can soothe your mind, like listening to music, sports or a trip with family.

4. Constipation, laxative replace by drinking 2 glasses of water before breakfast
The large intestine can be slow moving or not absorb the liquid for several reasons such as not eating enough fiber, lack of exercise, dehydration and certain medications. But get rid of the habit of using laxatives and replace it with drank 2 glasses of water before breakfast. This will help ease your bowel movements.

5. Flu, replace the antiviral drug with food or activities that enhance the immune system
No need to take medication, some foods such as ginger, garlic, chili, hot liquids, foods that contain zinc (nuts, beans, seafood, soy) can also improve the immune system that can relieve flu symptoms. In addition, exercise more.