This is very common in Asia, especially in countries where boiled rice is a staple. The Sinhalese term “beri-beri” means, “I cannot, I cannot,” and derives from the inability to perform even the simplest of tasks once the polyneuritis (nerve inflammation) caused by the deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine). Beriberi damages the nerves and …
Did you know that a healthy diet can reduce the risk of acquiring medical conditions such as hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes, high cholesterol (lipid) levels, coronary artery disease and obesity? All of these conditions can increase your chance of having a stroke. How does a stroke affect eating and nutrition? Stroke can devastate a person’s …
COLD SHOWER AND HOT SHOWER If a hot shower is what your body craves in the morning, you’re not alone. The majority of people crank the handle all the way up in order to feel the warm water all over their body. But did you know that cold showers should also have a place in …
Most of us have become conditioned to immediately picking up a bottle of cough syrup the minute we feel the sizzling sensation in our throat, signaling the oncoming cough. While these over-the-counter expectorants work well, we often tend to forget that just by consuming the correct foods, we can prevent many diseases and also eliminate the …
REASONS FOR HAIR LOSS Have you recently noticed your hair falling off while combing? Has your once healthy hair become a shadow of itself? This might be due to some of these reasons; ♀ Physical stress: Any kind of physical trauma, a car accident, or a severe illness, can cause temporary hair loss. …
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, refers to the pressure of blood against your artery walls. Over time, high blood pressure can cause blood vessel damage that leads to heart disease, kidney disease, stroke, and other problems. Hypertension is sometimes called the silent killer because it produces no symptoms and can …
Did you know ♀ that one hour of smoking Shisha is the same as inhaling more than 100 cigarettes? Shisha pipes use tobacco, sweetened with fruit or molasses sugar, which makes the smoke more aromatic than cigarette . Sometimes people assume smoking shisha is less harmful than smoking cigarettes. The truth is shisha is just …
Who else hates the word MENSES AND MENSTRUATION? I do !!!! But anyway lets talk about that time of the month called a PERIOD (nobody should call it menses please ). It’s important you pay attention to your period timing and occurrence so it doesn’t throw you off balance, nervous or leave you asking questions …
Have you recently noticed your hair falling off while combing? Has your once healthy hair become a shadow of itself ? This might be due to some of these reasons; ♀ Physical stress: Any kind of physical trauma, a car accident, or a severe illness, can cause temporary hair loss. This can trigger a type …
Ever heard of or experienced pre-eclampsia ❓❓❓ PRE-ECLAMPSIA also known as “toxemia” is a potentially dangerous❌ complication characterized by high blood pressure (the force❣ of blood against the walls of your arteries) that occurs mostly during pregnancy . Pre-eclampsia usually begins in about 20 weeks of pregnancy such that the individual have increased blood pressure …
