STAY YOUNG, STAY HEALTHY

It is always our dream to have healthy body and sound mind. All this desire is only in deaf ears. We can’t afford losing our satisfaction to the things we liked. We sacrifice our own wellness because the temptation to follow what is not healthy is more important than anything else.

We socialize with other people. Foods and drinks are all round us. But what kind of food we eat? What is the drink we take? The outside influence in the environment makes us blind to understand what healthy meant to us.

A healthy body can’t be realized by eating foods laden with fats and cholesterol. The muscles and joints are handicap without flexing its strength because of physical inactivity. The mind can’t give its potential because the kind of drink taken distorted and restricted the release of mental power. It dull the senses and clip its mental alertness.

To stay young and healthy is great sacrifice one is to take. If the foundation of complete change is weak, it is easy to crumble and the initiated efforts are useless. If the determination is come and go, the desire to stay healthy will never be realized.

What you can do about it? Are you willing to sacrifice simple pleasure to the tons of healthful benefits? Then you make your wrong move.

Many food specialists in health magazines were reiterating the importance of eating vegetables in our meals. It has been repeated million times in different periodicals the benefits it can give. Our level of intention wasted whatever efforts we started.

Any kinds of vegetables it may be green leafy of the yellow ones are enough to give the body the needed nutrients both vitamins and minerals. Vegetables with yellow color have enough beta-carotene compared to the others. Beta-carotene is chemical compound in vegetables acts as the anti-oxidant to fight the damaging free radicals. Free radicals are responsible for frightening diseases like cancers when the cells started to be unhealthy, dying and cancerous.

Many diseases are common to people that are overweight. Weight gain is the result of uncontrolled appetite to eat. Over-eating is not healthy option. Overweight is sign that there’s abnormal level of cholesterol in the arteries. A plaque stayed too long in the artery wall will narrow the passage of the blood to the different parts of the body. This was the reason heart attack and other cardiovascular disorder is the disease of adults.

Overweight gives too much strain to the heart. It has to work extra hard to be able to respond to additional burden in its function. Normal weight is the best option to take. It gives the kidneys certain space to work in effective manner.

Eating fish is the safest food for our health compared to meat and meat products. Fish contains essential fatty acid. Omega-3 and omega 6 and DHA are abundant. Fatty acid found to assists the cells to have flexibility and permeability in circulatory and nervous systems. It takes part in the enhancement of better skin structure.

Physical activity is one way of keeping weight in check. Muscles and joints have flexibility to stretch to its maximum strength. It is how important exercise to keep the heart muscles in better shape with enough strength and strong pumping structure.

Change the kind of unhealthful lifestyle you have now. With good eating habits it is your trip ticket to better health. Include fruits in your daily meal plan. Fruits are composed of many nutritional benefits. It has enough sources of vitamins and minerals and other helpful chemical properties that can aid the body to correct any nutritional deficiency.

Keep away from environmental inhalants and vehicle smokes. This is the culprit of the onslaught of the damaging free radicals to the human cells leading to the existence of many kinds of cancers.

Use your brain to maximum potential. Writing something as hobby may enhance mental power by exercising every fiber of it. This will help prevent mental deterioration.

Avoid eating contaminated foods especially those cultivated under the care of pesticides and other harmful chemicals. As much as possible, keep away the mind from many stresses of the day. Relax and have better composure. Deep breath or to do something for the mind to be occupied will help to release feeling of anxiety. Too much stress induces physical changes that will accelerate fast aging.

Exfoliate your skin to restore normal glow. Protect your skin from irritation and burns. With better skin care, it will not dry easily. This is to skin check visible wrinkles too early to appear and make the necessary prevention and other possible protection to avoid further damage to the skin.

Drink potable water that is safe and sure. Water is needed to quench the thirst and to avoid skin dehydration. Too much exposure to chlorine may aggravate body aging.

You can live longer if you have desire to stay healthy most of the time. Remember, to stay young you must stay in good health. Be healthy and happy.

 Reaching old age is a blessing to many of us because of the desire to stay healthy and fit. They sacrificed a lot controlling the urges to eat not healthy to body system. The rule of better health is not satisfaction to the food eaten but the satisfaction to stay healthy and in better health.  Reaching old age is a wonderful feeling of accomplishment that it can be done if only we intend to make it happen.

BACTERIA IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT

Our body is the storehouse of all kinds of bacteria it may be good or bad, helpful or destructive. Bacteria largely concentrated in the area of digestive system because of the food we eat. Other places where the germs flourish are on the mouth and lungs.

Echerichia coli cause food-borne illness those that has relation to the food we eat.   Many have died due to kidney failure and bloody diarrhea. The intestine is the center of the infection.

This bacteria commonly found in undercooked, contaminated meats we eat. Other sources of the infection are from raw milk (not pasteurized) and drinking contaminated water from sewage facilities or septic tanks as the repository of all kinds of bacteria.

The germs are found in animal meats especially ground beef. It can be transmitted easily especially if the food is not thoroughly cook or raw meat. The germs lived in the intestines of healthy cattle.

The germs were harmful because it manufactured deadly toxins. Bacterial infection will cause other health conditions to appear if not treated immediately. There will be blood pressure, seizures, paralysis and blindness.

There are many points we can prevent the transmission of the germs into our body by doing the following:

 -Ground beef should be cook thoroughly.

-Don’t eat slightly cooked raw meat, the favorite menu to some people.

-The meat has bacteria. It should not contaminate the kitchen before the preparation of daily meals.

-Ready-to-eat foods should not be mix with raw meat.

- Hot soapy water may help to kill germs in the counter and kitchen utensils.

-Wash the plate thoroughly before placing cooked menu.

-Before the preparation of a menu, wash the meat properly to reduce bacteria concentration.

-Don’t drink raw milk of any kind. It’s better to drink pasteurized milk and juices.

-To kill the pathogens in the juice concentrate, it is recommended to heat it first before you consume.

-Contaminated fruits and vegetables as possible carrier of bacteria. To remove dirt and other contaminants, wash it in the flowing water before cooking or eating some of raw vegetables as salads, etc.

-In the absence of spring water, drink water disinfected with chlorine, the safest. Mineral water will do and the best.

-Take a bath in clean river. Avoid swimming in dirty pool.

Be healthy conscious. Protect your body with better personal hygiene for germ prevention. Be cautious in eating foods with ground beef especially burgers, E. coli can be prevented. Treatment of E. coli infection with effective antibiotic is the only preventable solution to get rid with the infection but with the supervision of medical professionals.

PROPER USE OF ANTIBIOTICS

Use of antibiotics has its own limitation. Abuse of taking this drug can do more harm to the body. Use of antibiotic should be under the supervision of a doctor in order to monitor its frequency of application, the dosage being used, the interaction of the medicine during the duration of the treatment. This kind of monitoring is an assurance that the drug is dispense in accordance to its instructions.

Antibiotics was the principal drugs we used when it comes to infection. It was used before and after infection. Levels of application depend on the degree of infection. This drugs can save lives.

Antibiotic is not effective when it comes to treatment of viral diseases like cold, flu or sore throat. The effectiveness has limitation when the bacteria become resistant to any treatment.

Ordinary infection can be treated effectively but for those disease that are very complicated to treat, other kinds of antibiotic will be used. There are many kinds of antibiotics depending on drug properties for specific purpose to treat infection that cannot be cured with ordinary antibiotic.

Antibiotics is not the solution of everything. It is most beneficial for the treatment of accidental cases where antibiotic is necessary in order to avoid infection. Its effectiveness depend on doctor's prescription indicating the duration of its usage and the degree of its application. If the doctor has instruction to take the medicine based on schedule then it should be followed. The purpose is to control the germs to re-group and multiply again and becoming resistant to any application, making it hard to eradicate them. Patients should be more serious in the degree of the treatment.

There are some ways we can do to avoid being infected easily in our day to day activities. Observing good hygiene is a must. Wash hands before and after meals. Taking a bath daily if possible. Avoid areas having dirty environment. Disinfect it immediately with any solution to kill the germs.

In doing a dirty job, use gloves. Cleanliness are one of the control measures to avoid infection. We should not be dependent with the use of antibiotics if the degree of infection can be manage by using soap and wash it with warm water. Application of disinfectant will follow.