Saturday, May 30, 2009

Cheers! diabetes can be prevented!!

1.Indulge in brisk walking (or other forms of physical activity) for minimum 30 minutes, 5 times a week.

2.Maintain an ideal body weight; or lose about 5-7% of your body weight ( if you body weight is more than desired). Even 2-3 kgs of weight loss can make a difference.

Scientific evidence conclusively shows that diabetes is preventable even in people who are at a high risk for developing diabetes.
  • When are you at a high risk of developing diabetes ?
  • You are overweight ; your BMI is more than 22.9.
  • Your parents or brother sisters or grandparents have or had diabetes.
  • If you delivered a baby whose birth weight was 3 kg or more.
  • If you have had diabetes or even mild elevation of blood sugars during pregnancy.
  • If you are physically inactive, that is, you exercise less than 3 times a week.
  • If you have high blood pressure.
Note: To convert your weight and height to metrics, note that 1 pound is equal to 0.45 kilogram and 1 inch is equal to 0.0254 meter. For example, a woman who weighs 120 pounds and is 64 inches tall also weighs 54 kilograms (120 X 0.45) and is 1.63 meters tall (64 X 0.0254). Her BMI would be 54 / (1.63 X 1.63), or about 20.3, which puts her in the normal range. Normal, overweight, and obese ranges for BMIs vary, but in general, a BMI of 20 to 25 is considered normal, 25 to 30 is considered overweight, and over 30 is considered obese. Using these ranges, up to 33 percent of the U.S. population should be considered obese. Obesity is more common in women than in men.

You can calculate your body mass index (BMI) by using the following formula:

Weight (in kilograms)
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Height (in meters) squared

BMI calculator

Warning: Smoking Causes Male Sexual Impotence


Smoking increases the risk of erectile dysfunction by around 50% for men in their 30s and 40s. Diabetes, high cholesterol levels and drugs used to treat high blood pressure are also important risk factors.

The damage caused by smoking to male sexual health also includes

1. Reduced volume of ejaculate
2. Lowered sperm count
3. Abnormal sperm shape
4. Impaired sperm motility

88% Smokers Unaware of Risks. 
Blood flow is the main problem-Circulatory or vascular problems are the most common physical cause of impotence. These affect the normal flow if blood into and out of the penis, resulting in lowered blood pressure in the penile arteries. 
Stop smoking have a healthy life.

What’s so great about turmeric?

Turmeric has been around for centuries, researchers are studying and discovering the health benefits in it and learning how turmeric may help with common anti-aging conditions. Adding turmeric to fatty food may help you lose weight, research suggests. Turmeric powder is used extensively in South Asian cuisine and in earlier days of south India it was used as a readily available antiseptic for cuts, burns and bruises. It is popular as a tea in Okinawa, Japan . It is used as anti-inflammatory agent, and remedy for gastrointestinal discomfort associated with irritable bowel syndrome, and other digestive disorders. Indians use turmeric in a wide variety of skin creams that are also exported to neighboring countries. Its is a healthy practice to use turmeric in food to lose weight