Sugar Weakens Body Immunity

It is nothing new to us that sugar can deteriorate dental health and in excessive amount may also cause diabetes. One other deteriorating effect that sugar may give is weakening the body's immunity. How could that happen ? Lets learn a bit about phagocyte.

Phagocytes are the white blood cells that protect the body by ingesting (phagocytosing) harmful foreign particles, bacteria and dead or dying cells. They are essential for fighting infections and subsequent immunity.

Scientists found that body's capability to fight diseases and infection will be reduced parallel with the amount of sugar that enters the body. It is reported that sugar has significant role in weakening the phagocytes. 6 teaspoons of sugar is enough to reduce 25% of phagocytes capability to fight diseases. Imagine if you eat a Banana Split which contains approximately 24 teaspoons of sugar, that means 92% reduction in phagocytes' power.

Phagocytes will only recover its normal condition 5 hours after the sugar brought effect.

Short and Simple Tips, be Healthy from Head to Toe

Headaches : Fish (protein)
Eat lots of fish as fish oil helps to prevent headaches. So does ginger which reduces inflammation and pain.

Memory problems : Oyster
Oyster helps increase your mental functionality by supplying much needed zinc.

Cough : Red pepper
A substance similar to that found in cough syrup is found in hot red pepper

Breast cancer : Wheat, bran, cabbage
Wheat, bran, and cabbage help maintain estrogen at healthy levels.

Stroke : Tea
Prevent buildup of fatty deposit on artery walls with regular doses of tea

Insomnia : Honey
Use honey as a tranquilizer and as a sedative

Lung cancer : Orange, green vegetables
Good antidote is beta-carotene, a form of vitamin A found in orange and green vegetables

Asthma : Red onions
Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes

Ulcers : Cabbage
Cabbage contains chemical that help heal ulcers

Arthritis : Fish
Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis.

Diarhea : Apples
Crate an apple with its skin. Let it turn brown and eat it to this condition.

Upset stomach : Bananas and ginger
Bananas will settle an upset stomach. Ginger cures morning sickness and nausea.

Clogged arteries : Avocadoes
Mono-unsaturated fat in avocados lower cholestrol

Bladder infections : Cranberry Juice
High acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria.

High blood pressure : Olive oil, celery
Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure. Celery contains a chemical that lowers blood pressure too.

Bones problem : Pinneaple
Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple.

Blood sugar imbalance : Brocolli, peanuts
The chromium in brocolli and peanuts helps regulating insulin and blood sugar.

PMS : cornflakes
Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which helps reducing depression, anxiety and fatique.

Osteoporosis and Meat Consumption

Osteoporosis is a disease of bone that leads to an increased risk of fracture. Calcium sufficiency plays a very important role in preventing this disease. Here lets see how protein and calcium closely correlate each other.

Check out below calculation example..

If a middle aged man has 47 g of protein intake per day, he will also require 500 mg of calcium.

But, If he adds his protein intake to 95 g, he will require 800 mg of calcium a day.

Again, If he adds his protein intake to 142g a day, 1400mg of calcium would be necessary.

Consuming too much meat means much protein intake. Protein has the effect of reducing blood PH which means more calcium will be disposed through urine. How could that happen ? Because bones react to acidic environment by releasing its alkaline salt. Losing 2mg of calcium a day in 10 years can result in the lost in 15% of bone's inorganic substance.

Now you know why vegetarians are less likely to suffer from osteoporosis.

More Reason to Start Your Regular Exercise

Here are some more reason for us to start doing regular exercise..

1. It boosts the immune system

Our ability to fight infections tends to decline as we get older, but studies show that older people who get six hours of moderate exercise a week have an immune response similar to that of someone in their 20s.

2. It guards against Parkinson's

A Harvard University analysis of 48,000 men found that the most active were 50 per cent less likely to develop Parkinson's disease than the least active. Those who'd been vigorously active as young men cut the risk by 60 per cent.

3. It could slow prostate cancer

A 14-year Harvard study found that men over 65 doing at least three hours of running, cycling, swimming, etc, a week had a 70 per cent lower risk of being diagnosed with advanced or fatal prostate cancer.

4. It might fight Alzheimer's

An experiment at the University of California, using mice bred to develop Alzheimer's disease, found those given access to running wheels were better at puzzle solving and had 50 per cent lower levels of a protein in their bodies associated with the disease. A study in Honolulu found men who walked less than 400 metres a day had almost twice the risk of dementia in later life.

5. It may have more effect on heart health than obesity

A US study of 936 women with chest pain and/or suspected narrowing of the arteries found those who were over-weight didn't actually have a greater likelihood of being diagnosed with heart disease, but those with low levels of physical activity did.

Excessive Protein is Potentially Harmful

Do you know which organs suffer the most when we have too much meat in our diet? they are liver and kidney. Why ? Because the body of every living creature including human continuously produce unwanted substances that has to be get rid of. This unwanted substances lie inside the meat extract that gives us distinct taste of the meat.

Whenever we eat the meat, our body systems have to work to digest the meat and dispose those unwanted substances that come along with them so that it will not harm our body. Our kidney is the main 'organ in charge' for this job.

Kidney malfunction also associated with excessive protein intake which is again related to consumption of meat. Too much protein is harmful because the body does not have any place to keep the excessive protein. At this stage liver and kidney will work extra to shorten the processing time of the protein in order to push it out of the body through urination.