August 31st, 2010 by ashish
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Increasing the amount of exercise that a person does is always recommended for a healthier lifestyle, and in the fight against many problems such as obesity, as well as lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and many others. A connection between exercise and other more dangerous diseases such as cancer is something that is not typically talked about (except for some recent literatures, and most doctors would not even make the connection). However, ongoing research makes it clear that there are links, and that a lack of exercise can actually increase the amount of risk of developing cancers. Consider this excerpt from the article (link to article):
A new research has suggested that thousands of cases of breast and bowel cancer could be prevented if people exercised regularly. Even doing 45 minutes of household chores could be really helpful, said the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF). Experts have said that more than 10,000 cases of cancer in the UK could be prevented if people adopted healthier lifestyle.
You can reduce your cancer risk just by making small changes, and this is highlighted by the fact that so many cancer cases could be prevented through something as simple as brisk walking,” she said.
What the article makes clear is that you do not need to go to gyms or do other intense exercises, even changes in your lifestyle and your habits can decrease the risk of developing some of these cancers. In today’s world, where the amount of exercise that a person does is drastically reduced, the amount of exercise that a person does is really important for their overall health.
August 30th, 2010 by ashish
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Vitamin E is actually a family of fat-soluble vitamins that are active throughout the body. Vitamin E can be used in a variety of ways to improve the overall condition of your skin. It protects your skin from ultraviolet light and prevents cell damage from free radicals. It allows your cells to communicate effectively. It also helps to protect against prostate cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
The need for more high-vitamin E foods is indicated when the person starts having digestive system problems, especially mal-absorption. Tingling or loss of sensation in the arms, hands, legs, or feet and liver or gallbladder problems. Toxicity symptoms for vitamin E includes intestinal cramps and diarrhea, fatigue, double vision, and muscle weakness.
Smoking, exposure to air, chemical pollution, and sunlight induce the formation of free radicals. These molecules, in turn, can age and damage cells over time.
Vitamin E can be found in everything from nuts, seeds, vegetable oils, leafy green veggies, fruits and whole grains.
Benefits of Vitamin E for Skin
- Acts as an antioxidant.
- Acts as a regulator for Vitamin A.
- Helps in anti-aging of skin.
- It can be used as sun protection.
- Treatment of various skin diseases can be done with Vitamin E.
- Skin cancer can be prevented.
- Reduces the appearance of stretch marks.
- Maintains the skin’s oil balance.
- Vitamin E can also help reduce wrinkles and make your skin look and feel smoother.
August 29th, 2010 by ashish
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Doctors and people in the health industry know that Vitamin D is vitally important to human health, with the lack of Vitamin D influencing many problems in the human body. At the same time, a large number of people in the world suffer from Vitamin D deficiency (projected numbers of 1 billion the world over). Considering the huge impact of Vitamin D deficiency, it seems more clear that providing Vitamin D in the form of nutrition tablets / supplements is necessary. This becomes even more important when one considers the results of this study (link)that considered the impact of deficiency of Vitamin D on various genes in the human body that can impact cancer (and bet many of you never thought that Vitamin D could have something to do with cancer – one normally thinks of Vitamin as health supplements, not connected in any way to dangerous diseases).
Scientists have found that vitamin D influences more than 200 genes, including ones related to cancer and autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis — a discovery that shows how serious vitamin D deficiency can be. Vitamin D deficiency is a well-known risk factor for rickets, and some evidence suggests it may increase susceptibility to autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes, as well as certain cancers and even dementia. With this is mind, the group looked at disease-associated regions of the gene map to see if they had higher levels of VDR binding. They found VDR binding was “significantly enriched” in regions linked to several common autoimmune diseases, such as MS, type 1 diabetes and Crohn’s disease, as well as in regions associated with cancers such as leukaemia and colorectal cancer.
Vitamin D is created by the exposure of the skin to sunlight, something that has reduced over a period of time. Vitamin D can also be found in some natural occurring foods such as fish liver oil, eggs and fatty fish such as salmon, herring and mackerel. In addition, Vitamin D can also be provided as supplements, and it seems to be important that health departments ensure that people are getting these supplements.
