Skipping breakfast, A Bad Food Idea for diabetics

Diabetes patients, who tend to skip their breakfast, face risk of dangerous blood sugar spikes, and lose their sugar control . 

Researchers have found, fasting until noon triggers major blood sugar spikes (postprandial hyperglycemia) and impairs the insulin responses of type-2 diabetics throughout the rest of the day .

According to researchers, pancreatic beta cells, which produce insulin lose their memory due to the prolonged period between dinner and the next day's lunch. In other words, they forget their vital role. Therefore, it took additional time after lunch for the beta cells to recover, causing small and delayed insulin responses and resulting in an exaggerated elevation of blood glucose levels throughout the day .

Combat Backpain

Back pain is one of the most common problems people face these days. It is commonly a message your body says to you, indicating you are becoming Lazy. Here is how you can avoid having a back pain.

Correct your posture
Crouching or bending forward on your chair or any unusual position is something which should be avoided. Sit straight, move often and keep your shoulders upright. A correct posture is something that can help immensely. Even Spider-man can get it if he continues to sleep cramped up without fighting crimes.

Loosen up the muscles
Back pain can result from stiff muscles. Loosen them by lying flat on your back and stretching each knee with respective hands towards your chest. Stretching the legs help in loosening up the muscles and help in the back pain.

Also, Lie on your stomach and try to lift both your lower limbs without bending your knees as much as possible.

Follow the below Excercise to get relief from Back pain

Warning signs of brain stroke

Many might have heard about your neighbors or relatives had an attack of stroke or died of stroke.
Some even consider that Stroke is a type of Heart attack !

So, for all those who have queries about stroke or don't know what it is, continue reading to know more about it.

Stroke is the loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain.
This could occur either due to ischemia (lack of blood flow) due to blockage or due to hemorrhage or due to blood Clot in the blood vessels supplying the Brain. However, an ordinary person is not aware of what stroke is, what it's manifestations are, what the immediate course of action should be and how stroke patients should be rehabilitated.


The Causes of Stroke are multi-factorial and no single factor can be the only cause. 
Diabetes & Hypertension, smoking, obesity, high cholesterol level, and heart diseases are the important risk factors of stroke.
Thus it is essential that you maintain a healthy lifestyle practices and take care of your health

Warning signs of brain stroke
Fainting attack: Before you get an attack of stroke, some people can experience sudden fainting attacks and momentary loss of Consciousness. Though this can be associated with other conditions, but it is very essential for you to be evaluated for its cause as one of the most common cause is vessel occlusion which can later lead to Stroke.

Natural Ways to Lower Blood Pressure

Adopt Power walks

Power walks the way you go !!

Hypertensive patients who went for fitness walks at a brisk pace lowered pressure by almost 8 mmhg over 6 mm Hg.

Exercise helps the heart use oxygen more efficiently, so it doesn’t work as hard to pump blood.

Get a vigorous cardio workout of at least 30 minutes on most days of the week. Try increasing speed or distance so you keep challenging your ticker.

Be salt smart

It has been found out that Hypertensive patients usually have family history of hypertension. This has been recently found to be due to family sensitivity to salt.

Watch for sodium in processed foods, That’s where most of the sodium in your diet comes from. Try seasoned foods with spices, herbs, lemon, and salt-free seasoning blends.

20 Chocolaty facts about Chocolate

 Chocolate is certainly the most popular confectionary flavour on the planet. We consume it with a passion, in extraordinary amounts but just how much do we know about Chocolate. Here are 20 facts that I find quite interesting.

 

Chocolates !! hmmm ......

1. Research studies show that chocolate was originally used more than 2,500 years ago, beginning in Central America. It was used ceremoniously and sometimes as a form of currency.

2. The name chocolate comes from the Aztec word xocalati meaning bitter water. Not surprising, considering they made a drink, by mixing cacao beans with chillies, achiote, cornmeal, and some reports suggest the inclusion hallucinogenic Mushrooms (probably helped to get over the taste).

3. More than 66 percent of the worlds cacao is produced in Africa and 98 percent of the worlds cocoa is produced by just 15 countries.

4. Women eat and crave more for chocolate than men.

5. Crave for chocolate can only satisfied by Chocolate only ( No Substitutes).

6. Chocolate produces the effects of a mild anti-depressant by increasing serotonin and endorphin levels in the brain. Most depressed women consume more chocolate

7. Chocolate contains a small quantity of caffeine emulates a mild amphetamine.

8. Although not scientifically proven, chocolate is believed by many, to be an aphrodisiac. The theory is supported by the fact that chocolate does contain among many chemicals the stimulants: caffeine, theobromine, and phenylethylamine.

9. Cocoa butter is a by-product produced from the crushing of roasted cacao beans, and although used in the chocolate making process, it is also used in a number of cosmetic products including massage oils and skin cosmetics. It is one of the most stable, highly concentrated natural fats known. It melts at just below average body temperature and therefore it is easily dissolved into the skin, making it the ideal foundation in moisturising creams and other such products.

10. About 40 percent of almonds produced in the world are made for chocolate products. Without chocolate, the almond is nothing!

10 Health Benefits of a Low Carbohydrate Food

Low-carb diets have been controversial for since a long time.

People believed that these diets would raise cholesterol and cause heart disease because of the high fat content

But after many human studies conducted on low-carb diets, low-carb diets come out ahead of the diets they are compared to.

  

Not only does low-carb cause more weight loss, it also leads to major improvements in most risk factor such as cholesterol.

The 10 Health Benefits of a Low Carbohydrate Diet are

1. More weight Loss with low carb diet

Cutting carbs is one of the simplest and most effective ways to lose weight. Studies show that people on low-carb diets lose more weight, faster, than people on low-fat diets, even when the low-fat dieters are actively restricting calories.

One of the reasons is that low-carb diets tend to get rid of excess water from the body.

Since they lower insulin levels, the kidneys start shedding excess sodium, leading to rapid weight loss in the first week or two.

In studies comparing low-carb and low-fat diets, the low-carbers sometimes lose 2-3 times as much weight, without being hungry.

Think of low-carb as a lifestyle, NOT a diet. The only way to succeed in the long-term is to stick to it. However, some people may be able to add in healthy carbs after they have reached their goal weight.

10 Home Remedies That Work

Want to calm a cough or prevent a cold? Here are some tips that work

We spend billions every year on over-the-counter health remedies for everything from canker sores to aching muscles, but in some cases there's no need to shell out a lot of money to find relief. All you need to do is check your cupboards for some surprising home remedies.

We spend so much money on medicines and visit to doctor for simple illnesses, Here are few remedies which can lessen your burden on healthcare expenditure

The 10 we picked are cheap, easy to find, and there's actual scientific proof that they work.

1. Honey. 

Just one spoonful can help quiet a nighttime cough better than over-the-counter cough syrups or suppressants.

Honey coats and soothes an irritated throat to help calm repeated coughing. It is recommended to take two teaspoons . But patients need to be cautious and be sure that their reason for cough is common cold
Also, honey does have a high sugar content, which may be harmful to people with Diabetes