Showing posts with label Healthy Living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthy Living. Show all posts

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Make Infant Formula Milk To Be Overweight

A research shows that gaining weight infants in a faster time will make the baby vulnerable to disease, ranging from heart disease to diabetes.
The study found that healthy infants who consumed infant formula fortified with protein, vitamins, and various other nutrients will have additional body fat by 22 to 38 percent when aged five to eight years than those who ate only plain bottled milk.
Researchers from England, as quoted by the Daily Mail, Thursday, believes that babies consume excessive calories and their weight increases during growth of the most crucial.
A previous study showed that 20 percent of adults who suffer from obesity caused by excess nutrients or overweight in infancy.
The mother had been warned diwanti-enriched to provide nutrients for children are underweight, if they can not give milk. Today, doctors insisted that "fatten" the baby just need to prematurely born.
"This study supports the ASI program, because the milk the baby can not have excess food," said Professor Atul Singhal of the MRC Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, University College London, who led the study.
"And the findings will also be a concern that infant formula manufacturers to further improve their products," he continued.
The researchers studied a small number of newborns in a hospital in Cambridge, Nottingham, Leicester and Glasgow.
In doing that research scientists as well as the mothers did not know which type of formula consumed by infants, whether standard or special formula milk containing various vitamins, proteins, and minerals.
In the first study, which was followed by the 299 babies born in 1993 and 1995, milk-fortified infant formula of nutrients that are consumed during the nine months.
The second study involved 246 infants born between 2003 and 2005 was stopped early because there is evidence that links between nutrient excess and obesity are found in the first study.
Britain is one country with the lowest breastfeeding rates in Europe, with an average of one in three new mothers not breast-feed her child.
Meanwhile, a previous study also suggests that infants who consume formula milk initially and then move on to solid food much faster than suggested, namely six months, will become the fastest-growing child.
Experts believe the relationship between calories ingested and body weight are very robust in infants than in older children.
Breastfeeding is believed to be associated with weight more slowly, otherwise the formula will increase the production of fat cells of the body so the baby's weight will add up fast
READ MORE - Make Infant Formula Milk To Be Overweight

Sunday, August 7, 2011

7 Ways To Live Healthy

Health problems can occur anytime, especially if we are unaware of the symptoms and causes. Without we realize the lifestyle and unhealthy eating patterns is the primary causative factor. 

Although there are other causes that can not be avoided such as fakor genetic, environmental pollution. To stay healthy, there are many ways to get it. One of them, follow these seven tactics and get a better quality of life: 

1. Clean air, healthy lungs were
To avoid respiratory, breathe clean air and healthy. The trick? No need to bother looking   mountain air, the morning air was very good for your lungs. Also avoid the polluted air, such as cigarette smoke, fumes or dust. Clean home and work space regularly, including furniture, fans and air conditioners.


 2. Drink plenty of water Water
 is the best of any drink. Get used to drink 8-10 glasses of water per day. This habit will help maintain the smooth functioning of the kidneys and urinary tract. Strive to drink warm water at night and cool water (not ice water) in the daytime. Add a little lemon or lime. Besides good to freshen up, drink it also helps remove toxins from the body.


 3. Consumption of nutritious and balanced menu
 Choose a menu with adequate nutrition, balanced, and varied.Expand the consumption of green vegetables and fruits that contain lots of fiber and nutrients the body needs fiber. Avoid junk foods and processed foods, and reduce consumption of salt and sugar. One more thing, do not forget breakfast! Because breakfast can support our activities throughout the day.


 4. Balance between work, exercise and rest
 Working hard without a break had nothing in it for you. Get used to break regularly 7-8 hours at night, and do not often stay up or sleep too late. Try to use leisure time to exercise lightly or just relax the muscles joints. By exercising 2-3 times per week, for 30-45 minutes, enough to make the body fit and stamina.


 5. Control of brain Brain
 as well as our bodies, he also needs a rest. Do not give too much weight, because the brain also has a limited memory.Do leisure activities that make the brain work more relaxed, eg do a fun hobby, like painting, reading the latest novel or just listening to music.

 6. Go live in harmony
 Is a microcosm of human nature as a macrocosm must comply if he wants to stay healthy. Do it all as a prevention to always remember the sage advice to "make a well before any thirst." Use common sense! That's the key, do not sacrifice the pleasure of living by indulging ourselves through bad habits and risky. For example, drinking, smoking or using drugs. Try to live in harmony, as much as possible minimize the risk of psychological or emotional stress. 


7. Use nutritional supplements
 Only if necessary! Our bodies need antioxidants (beta-carotene), vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium. All of these substances needed by the body to enhance vitality and extend life expectancy. To obtain a lot of ways you can do. In addition to eating fresh foods, you can also consume a lot of health supplements on the market. Instead, the preferred use of dietary supplements as an alternative therapy course with emphasis on types of dietary supplements that have been researched and useful. 
READ MORE - 7 Ways To Live Healthy