Health EQ - Popular Health Issues - Facts and Preventions

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Popular Health Issues-Facts and Prevention

Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes Type 1 is know as
insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus, which is also called
juvenile-onset-diabetes. Type
1 usually occurs during
childhood or early adulthood.
It is related to infection and
immune response. While,
Diabetes Type 2 is usually
related to
over-weight, older individuals.

Why WALKING?
Why walking? Walking is an
exercise which has a low
injury rate. You can walk at a
pace as you like.

How humour (laugh) keeps
us well
In particular, laughter has a
role in stress hormone
reduction, improving mood,
enhancing creativity, pain
reduction, improving immunity
and reducing blood pressure.

Cardiovascular disease
and periodontal bacteria
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Older adults who have higher
proportions of four
periodontal disease-causing
bacteria in their mouths also
tend to have thicker carotid
arteries-a strong predictor of
stroke and heart attack.

Meditation may help lower
blood pressure
Transcendental meditation
(TM) may help blood vessels
relax. As it relaxes the mind,
also reduce the risks for heart
disease.

How does garlic lower
cholesterol levels?
Borek C. at Tufts University
School of Medicine, Boston,
stated that
antioxidant-rich aged garlic
extract (AGE or Kyolic), may
help reduce the
risk of cardiovascular and
Alzheimer's disease.

What are the blood
pressure-lowering herbs
in studies?
Garlic, ginkgo biloba and
more.

Supplements for
cardiovascular diseases.

HEALTH FOOD SUPPLEMENTS,
DIETS, AND RECENT MEDICAL
ADVANCES FOR AGE-RELATED
MACULAR DEGENERATION
Age-related macular
degeneration is a common
cause of blindness, affecting
about 15 million American. It
is the most common cause of
severe vision loss among
people over 60.

What are the health
benefits of drinking apple
juice?
Supplementation with apple
juice concentrate was
observed to attenuate or
prevent the increase of PS-1
expression in juvenile and
adult normal mice.

What are the seven
reasons to drink green
tea?
Taste good and it is cheap...?

What did researchers talk
about grape juice?
They talked about its health
benefits.

Bilingualism helps delay
onset of dementia
A study of 184 old people
in Canada suggests that
people who are fully
bilingual and speak both
languages every day for
most of their lives can
delay the onset of
dementia by up to four
years compared with those
who only know one
language.

Folic Acid and Brain
Folic acid supplementation
appears to improve
cognitive function,
particularly memory, among
older adults with poor folate
status.

Boosting HDL Levels
Reducing the frequency of
intake of sugar-containing
soft drinks, juices, and
snacks may be beneficial
for boosting higher HDL
levels.

How does selenium help
HIV? It may suppress the
progression of viral load in
patients with HIV infection

Hair Loss? Boldness?
Scientists have discovered
caffeine stimulates the
growth of tiny follicles in the
scalp in men who are
starting to lose their hair.

Which berries can lower
the cancer risk better?
Researchers did a
comparison!

Why is flaxseed meal
getting popular?
Is flaxseed meal same as
flaxseed oil?

Rett Syndrome
Gene therapy on Rett
Syndome has been shown
to be effective in animal
studies.

Men's Sweat and Sex
Androstadienone is found
to elevate female's mood.

Flaxseed

Why is flaxseed meal
getting popular? What is
its benefits? Flaxseed meal
was found to be more
beneficial on some chronic
conditions such as high
triglycerides and liver
steatosis than soy protein
meal, in a study of rats.

Flaxseed or Flaxseed oil,
which one offers better
health benefits? Flaxseed
oil alone in human subjects
had no effects on the lipid
profiles in some studies.

Why are lignans so
important in flaxseed?
ingestion of flaxseed rich in
lignans (matairesinol and
secoisolariciresinol)
improves glucose control
and insulin resistance.

What are the health
benefits of flaxseed oil?
Flaxseed oil has been
shown benefits on lowering
heart
diseases by reducing
cholesterol levels, high
blood pressure and slowing
down atherosclerosis.

How does exercise improve our health?
Nitric oxide (NO) is released locally by muscle vascular
endothelium and muscle fibers during exercise, contributes to
the blood flow response to exercise, and regulates
mitochondrial respiration.

Does L-arginine help lower blood pressure?
L-arginine is the substrate for the enzyme nitric oxide synthase
(NOS), which is responsible for the endothelial production of
nitric oxide.

What is the impact of high systolic blood pressure?
Studies have shown that systolic blood pressure is an
important indicator for cardiovascular diseases.

What is right-brain stroke?
With a left-brain stroke, patients may have difficulty
understanding words or speaking themselves. By contrast, the
symptoms of a right-brain stroke are much more subtle.

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