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Tips on How to Get Children to Eat Vegetables

2010-04-29T06:33:00.000-07:00

When I was a kid, it was hard to convince me to eat veggies. There were days when I'd throw tantrums just because I didn't want to munch on greens. But no matter how big a struggle I put up back then, my mom was still able to get me to willingly eat my vegetables.

When I ask her how she did it, her immediate answer was that she led by example. Your chances of getting a child to eat green is to show them that you do it yourself.

She also pulled some slide of hand tricks on me by sneaking in veggies in my food. You won't notice the vegetables at all when they're finely chopped or pureed.

My mom said that it was easier to make me eat greens if I helped prepare the meal. Make your kids choose or wash the vegetable to engage them in the preparation process.

It's not easy to encourage kids to eat what's healthy for them, but hopefully with these tips, you won't have a hard time with your kids as my mom did with me.

By: Abbey Grace Yap

Learning More About The Atkins Diet

2010-04-29T06:27:00.000-07:00

Lots of fad diets have surfaced since people started caring about their well-being. One of the most popular of fad diets is the Atkins Nutritional Approach.

Commonly known as the Atkins diet, this weight loss menu plan is a low-carbohydrate eating plan that's designed to help the dieter shed off some pounds in a short span of time.

How does the diet do this? You can thank the first phase of the diet. It is during the induction phase where you induce a state of ketosis in the body. Ketosis happens when the body starts turning to other possible carbohydrate sources when there isn't any to be found in the usual places.

Most of the time, it turns to stored fat in the muscles for a carbohydrate fill, hence the weight loss. Scary thing about it, though, is that the Atkins diet has been noted to lower muscle mass too.

The funny thing about the Atkins diet is that the founder, Dr. Robert Atkins, was said to have died because of it. Quite a bit of controversy right there. In my opinion, I don't think healthy weight loss should mean muscle mass loss, so I'm doubtful about jumping the bandwagon.

By: Abbey Grace Yap

What You Eat Could Be Triggering Your Migraine

2010-04-13T14:57:00.001-07:00

Being a long time migraineur, I'm aware of what triggers the headaches and have already been informed of to avoid them as much as possible. But when I had just found out about the condition, I didn't know that my food choices could very well be triggering my migraines.

Which foods could trigger a migraine, you might ask? Here are some examples:

Processed meat, cold cuts to be more specific, may contain tyramine as well as additives like nitrites or nitrates, which can trigger headaches by increasing the flow of blood to your brain.

Red wine also contain tyramine which, again, can up blood flow to your brain and trigger a migraine attack.

Cheeses like brie, feta, and mozzarella have been noted to trigger migraine in some people. Again, we can attribute it to the tyramine content in this food.

Now, isn't it surprising that such food items that are a staple to other people's daily menu can actually start up a migraine attack?

By: Abbey Grace Yap

What Is Lactose Intolerance?

2010-04-12T14:48:00.000-07:00

Lactose intolerance can be a big deal for people who love dairy products. Why so? Because it brings up all sorts of ruckus in the stomach after having eaten foods that contain lactose.

What is lactose?

Lactose is the natural sugar that is found in most milk. Cow's milk, goat's milk, even a mother's milk contains lactose. And unfortunately, some people lack the enzyme needed to break down this sugar and use it as energy.

What is lactose intolerance?

The condition is brought about by one's inability to produce lactase, the enzyme that metabolizes lactose. The severity of lactose intolerance depends on whether you lack a little or a lot of lactase.

And unlike popular belief that lactose intolerance is an allergy to milk, it isn't. Milk allergies are triggered by even the slightest hint of milk, whereas lactose intolerance may not act up while your lactase level is still able to catch up with the amount of dairy you've ingested.

Symptoms may include gaseousness, stomach cramping, and diarrhea. Embarrassing, but it could be worse. For a proper diagnosis and to learn more about lactose intolerance, talk to your trusted physician.

By: Abbey Grace Yap

The Craziest Diets Ever Known To Man

2010-04-12T14:22:00.000-07:00

People have been dieting for centuries on end, and most people think that diets created in the past decades are ridiculous. Wait till you hear about how crazy other diets from the past century, maybe that'll change your mind.

The tapeworm diet. This diet requires the user to ingest a pill that supposedly contains a live tapeworm. By doing so, you'll have the worm munch on the excess food and you'll be shedding pounds in no time. There wasn't much proof of the effectiveness of this diet though.

The vision diet. This diet requires you to wear blue glasses, supposedly to make your food look less appetizing because of the color change the blue glasses will make on the food. Aside from looking silly with the blue glasses, it apparently does nothing to curb one's appetite.

The Bible diet. This diet makes you eat only the foods included in Genesis Chapter 9, Verse 3 - all-natural, raw, and strictly vegan - with only 15% of the food you eat should be cooked. It's been proven effective, provided that you balance your protein, vitamin, and mineral intake.

How about that, do you still think the diets of this century are too weird?

Contributed by: Abbey Grace Yap

Supposed Diet Foods That Aren't Really Diet Friendly

2010-04-09T23:25:00.000-07:00

Part of being fit is being wise about the food we eat. Avoiding high-fat, high cholesterol foods are a must as well as eating foods rich in essential vitamins and minerals.

But what if your diet food isn't helping your diet?

Let me give you some examples of diet foods that actually bust your diet.

 Sushi - you may think that this dish is lean and healthy because it's made of seafood and doesn't require oil to prepare, but the truth is, the cream cheese, shredded cheese, and mayo included in the dish are loaded with fat too.

 Fat-free salad dressing - Fat-free doesn't always equate to healthy. Some nutrients need fat in order to be absorbed by the body. By using fat-free dressing all the time, you may actually be wasting precious nutrients in your salad greens.

 Ground turkey - many a diet gurus suggest using turkey meat instead of regular ground meat. But if you're not careful enough, you may end up buying ground turkey that still contains skin and fat which will still add up to your cholesterol count.

Are you surprised at how much fat your supposed diet foods still contain? I know I am.

Contibuted By: Abbey Grace Yap

Tips For Ear Cleaning

2010-03-25T13:14:00.000-07:00

Cleaning the ears is a taxing, but delicate thing to do. One wrong move and you could end up damaging your eardrum, which could lead to hearing difficulties. Considering how our balance is mostly dependent on our ears, I doubt that damaging any part of it is something we'd like to happen.

To avoid untoward incidents, you can try a technique that many doctors use to clean their patient's ears - the hydrogen peroxide technique:

Dilute hydrogen peroxide in water to create a cleaning solution.
Place one or two drops of the solution into one ear and wait for the fizzing to finish.
Let the solution drain out and repeat the process on the other ear.

An important reminder, though. Before you even try to do the said ear-cleaning technique, consult an ear, nose, throat (ENT) specialist to determine whether you have a perforated eardrum or any related ear problem.

The hydrogen peroxide technique should not, in any case, be used on someone who has a perforated eardrum.

If you have encountered any problem after performing the hydrogen peroxide technique even after you've been given a go signal, consult your ENT.

By. Abbey Grace Yap

Rheumatic Heart Disease

2010-03-17T12:26:00.000-07:00

Rheumatic Heart Disease - is an inflammatory disease that was caused by rheumatic fever in which the valves of the heart were totally damaged. All ages may affect this disease but it is mostly affect children ages of 5- 15. Though having rheumatic heart disease is not noticeable to everyone but it really damage the heart. When a child have rheumatic fever, it's fever may be appear after 2 weeks of having untreated strep throat infection. While having that sore throat, the child suffers to a painful swollen red joint, like knee, ankle, elbow or shoulder. These may be last a day or two. Short lived skin rashes manifested to its child skin, and sometimes child experience difficulty of breathing. In diagnosing this, doctor ask for throat culture, blood testing, physical examination including checking the inflame joint and the doctor will listen to the rhythms or murmurs if there is really is. After that the doctor will then prescribe for antibiotic to treat the strep infection, aspirin for joint inflammation and steroids if still needed by the patients. Then if this acute illness has gone away, patients need to take penicillin for possible recurrences. It is truly important to avoid the risk of damaging the heart valve when rheumatic fever occurs again.

Ask doctor online now to prevent this disease and save your child from this shocking effect. We may not know the future , only our Creator knows our future so we'll better to start inquiring for our health. Prevention is better than cure. Be careful for your health

Chlamydia

2010-03-16T12:29:00.000-07:00

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common sexually transmitted disease. It is an infection on genital tract that easily acquired through sexual contact. It is also known as "silent" disease because it's about three quarters women and for men it's about half have no initially symptoms. If symptoms do occur, they usually appear within 1 to 3 weeks after exposure.Women experience lower abdominal pain, nausea, back pain, fever and pain during intercourse or sometimes women experience bleeding bet. menstrual periods. For men, they experience burning sensation while urinating. Itchiness and burning sensation around the penis.In detecting this, couple will undergo for a urine exam. To prevent this, doctor prescribes some antibiotic. These antibiotics include a single dose of azithromycin or a week of doxycycline (twice daily) to cure this. Doctor also advises to abstain both partners in sex until the treatment were already done. This method is used to avoid reproduction of infection.

Like what I've said, "prevention is better that cure". It is more convient to ask for your doctor every disease that you had encounter rather that it is too late for you but it you don't have time why not ask doctor online

Leukemia

2010-03-15T11:47:00.000-07:00

What will you do if you found out that your having a leukemia? Are you going to continue living or you will just quit living?Leukemia is better known as blood cancer. It is mostly characterized by the abnormal production and multiplication of blood cells in the body, usually WBC. It was diagnosed by Dr. John Hudges.This disease is frequently heard in children, but surprisingly even adults can acquire this.As you have seen, it's signs and symptoms were already uploaded in the picture. In treating this, doctor advises to take some series of exam on the patients. These exams include chemotheraphy, radiation therapy and biotherapy , but if serious damage occurs to the patient, doctor advises to undergo for bone marrow transplant. Bone marrow transplant is a kind of procedure in which normal cells are restored because it was destroyed during chemotherapy and radiation therapy. In this procedure,the doctor replaced the old, destroyed marrow to a new one.

Having a leukemia, doesn't mean that it's already the end of the world, just remember that GOD has a purpose. If you do have it, consult a doctor or ask doctor online. It is better to cure that earlier rather than deciding to cure but it is already too late because it had already reached its final stage. Give time for your health and one's health.

Fighting the Plague of Breast Cancer

2010-03-12T10:55:00.000-08:00

As a woman, it is hurt feeling when someone is undergone for chemotherapy. According to the statistic, a no. of 99% of women are suffering to this devastating disease.Breast cancer is a kind of cancer in which there is lump or change of consistency of a breast tissue. It is characterized by a sudden change of size, texture , change in nipples and sometimes there's a clear fluid nor blood coming out from the breast. Eventhough it is a serious case in us women, it will be treated by undergoing to a mastectomy, in which both or neither one breast will be removed from its origin. After that procedure, the doctor will advise you to take a series of chemotherapy to prevent the growth and spread of cancer cells.Your doctor will also advise you to take some monoclonal antibodies to heal this. And with regards to psychological aspects, the patients will undergo for psychological testing to help the patients to recover from her lost. Family acceptance also needed to cope up the patients with this.

Breast cancer is a life threatening but somehow it can be treated,if we ourselves learn to ask our doctor personally or ask doctor online in order to seek advises and to cure it. Asking doctors nor ask doctor online is not a shameful thing, you only just proven that, you are just having time for yourself.

FIBROMYALGIA

2010-03-11T11:22:00.000-08:00

It is previously known as fibrositis. Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic syndrome or a form of generalized pain and fatigue of muscles and fibrous tissues that generally affects places of the body in which there is slight pressure that causes a lot of pain. As it seen it the picture, various signs and symptoms were practically visible. In order to prevent this, blood testing and x-ray are rendered in able to detect this after that your doctor will advice the following preventive measures:

1. Reduce stress levels by developing plans and avoiding overexertion and emotional stresses. Take time to relax.
2. Try to get enough sleep and reduce fatigue.
3. Regular exercises decrease the symptoms of Fibromyalgia. Walking, swimming, are the best.
4. Being active and practicing breathing exercises, maintaining a healthy lifestyle are very important.
5. It is recommended to use eye drops to relive dry eyes.
Remember that before doing this preventive measure, you should see your doctor personally or ask doctor online .
Let's take good care of our self.

2010-03-10T10:31:00.000-08:00

Community Acquired Pneumonia

Is an infection of the lungs in which a person who hasn't been hospitalized before acquired this certain disease. It is characterized by difficulty of breathing, fever, chestpain, chills, fatigue and most specially cough. In treating this CAP, one should ask doctor online or consult his/ her doctor personally. After that, the doctor then advises to undergo his/her patient to a series of exams that will test if you had acquired that disease. These test include X-rays, sputum grain's strain and blood testing. After these series of testings, if you are positive to pneumonia, your doctor will then give antibiotic. Antibiotic is used to kill the offending microorganism as well as the complications of pneumonia. If there's no improvement after all the procedures that your doctor used, the doctor will then decide if you are going to be hospitalized. Always remember that before jumping to a conclusion, it is much better to ask doctor before administering medicines. You may not even know if your suspected disease was really pneumonia, maybe it just a mere cough. It is nice to widen your curiosity, but sometimes curiosity often leads to a wrong conclusion. So better ask the doctor for better result of that.

Tinea Cruris - Fungal Groin Infection

2010-03-09T11:13:00.000-08:00

Tinea Cruris - Fungal Groin Infection

Tinea Cruris -is an infection that associated with itchiness and redness of the groin of a man. Mainly it is found at the crease between the top of the leg and the genitals but sometimes even the scrotum may also seems itchy. It needs a proper hygiene to remove this infection. First, you should wash your groin daily, then dry throughly. Second is change your underwear daily. Unchange underwear cause the fungi to multiply as easy as it is. Third, is to check if you have an athlete's foot. Remember that athlete's foot is also a fungal infection. Usually athlete's foot have a itchy and flaky characteristics so there's a possibility that these may spread to your groin if not treated quickly. And the last that is most important is, don't share towels with people. You might not know that one of them has a fungal infection and apply some antifungal medicine such as cream, a cream that has combined mild steroid cream. But sometimes due to serious damage of this infection, the said methods are not sufficient to apply with . If that comes, I suggest that you should ask doctor online for better treatment. You might know that it may leads to a serious problem. So better ask now before it's too late for you.

Ask Doctor Online

2010-03-08T11:51:00.000-08:00

The most trend now in health sector is the online doctor consultation. How was it really helps our society??These are the few question that was frequently asked by our beloved clients.

As we all know asking doctors online is a very trend in medical sector. Asking to a doctor online really make your life worth easier that ever. Let me talk about some reasons why we should go on ask a doctor online. First lets us discuss the advantages of this.

It is hassle free.
You can contact the doctor anytime you wanted.
Through their high tech gadget you can now easily get the result as quick as you can.
You can view the services their offer
You can consult your child without leaving at work
You have more time to your family

There is a well known site that pertains to ask doctor online. This site pertains to consultation that mostly us rely on . EasyhealthMd.com is medical plan provider that specializes doctor consultation. It's goal is to allow their members to have a real time webcam & telephone consultation with their expertise and knowledgeable doctors anytime and any place. Their portal absolutely connects to their doctors, in which you can assure that you will get your electronic medical records as fast as it can be. This is not only good at doctors online but it is also give a affordable plan. Their plan separates into two, One of which was intended to a bussiness and the other was intended to one's family. Their Corporate plan is worth as low as $12 a month and their Family Plan is as low as $40 per member of two adults and a minor dependent.

With the help of this useful site, I may say that I can really give the salute to this. It's not only a simple doctors online consultation but a medical site that is really focuses on the needs of each of us.,t's worth a silver that everyone should pay attention of.