Adolescent:All about you!!

1. • ADOLESCENT TIME!!!!
     
     
     
     
     In the contemporary times, teenager fitness is something that has become a serious cause of concern for the society. Teenagers are not really living a healthy lifestyle. Earlier, people used to follow the idea of 'early to bed and early to rise.' But, now our youngsters neither go early to bed, nor do they wake up early in the morning. 
     
     In the name of adopting healthy eating habits, teens prefer eating fad foods that virtually have no nutritional value. They always get lured into trying unhealthy foodstuff, ignoring the fact that they are harmful for their body. Even in case of drinking, adolescents are trying liquor, instead of going in for healthy drinks. Infact, their eating and drinking habits are taking the shape of binge eating and drinking disorder. …
     
     
     So for you to have a interesting adolescenthood. Here are some of the things you need to do so that you will enjoy your adolescent life: hahaha:))
     
     
     Play sports. It is very essential for each one of us to do some sort of physical activity. Pursuing sports is not only a great hobby, but also a fabulous way to keep in shape.
     
     
     
     
     
     But teens tend to skip on this important aspect of their life, so as to hang out with friends. This is the point, from where youngsters deflect from their path of leading a healthy lifestyle. Engaging in sport activities is the best way to stay active. Physical activity keeps your muscles and joints strong, supports your immune system and improves cardiovascular health. Join a sports team in your community or at school
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     Limit your fast-food intake. Since your body is still growing, you want to nourish your cells with healthy foods.
     
      Fast foods are high in fat, sodium, calories and sugar, which will weigh you down and tire you out. Choose wraps, subs and salads instead of cheeseburgers, fries
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     Drink water. 
     
     
     
     
     
     Water keeps your body hydrated, boosts your metabolism and supports the function of your vital organs. Purchase a water bottle, fill it with fresh water and carry it with you throughout the day.
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     Avoid cigarettes, drugs and alcohol. 
     
     
     
     If you use these substances during your adolescent years, you will likely develop a habit that will carry over into adulthood. These substances alter the normal functions of your organs and can lead to severe illness or death if used excessively. Never smoke, drink or do drugs.
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     Choose health-conscious friends. It is easier to stay on a healthy path if your closest friends are healthy and active. Choose friends who play sports, eat healthy and abstain from cigarettes, drugs and alcohol.

WATERmore forever:))

"Water has no taste, no color, no odor; it cannot be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself. It fills us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses."ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY (1900-1944), Wind, Sand, and Stars, 1939

Water in the body maintain the freshness of them , help digestion and remove toxins. But, you know guys it appears many benefits derived from water, as well as freshness.

Many people are not aware of other nutrients to quench the thirst of water only. Water can cure various diseases by means of a simple and inexpensive. The following 10 benefits of water could we make the mold when it comes to consuming beverages outside of the water. Healthy Tips With Drinking Water:

Accoeding to health.yahoo.com:

1. Streamlining the Digestive System

Consuming adequate amounts of water every day will facilitate the digestive system so that we will avoid digestive problems such as ulcers or constipation. Burning calories will also be run efficiently.

2. White Water Helps Slow the growth of cancer-causing substances, plus prevent kidney stones and heart disease. Drinking water will make the body more energy.

3. Beauty Care  

If less drinking water, the body will absorb the water content in the skin so the skin becomes dry and wrinkled. In addition, water can protect the skin from the outside, as well as moisturize and nourish the skin. To maintain the beauty of anything, cleaning the body should really be considered, plus a glass of water 80-10 glasses a day.

4. For Fertility

Increase testosterone production in men and estrogen in women. According to research from a bacillus thrombosis research institute in London, England, if someone always showered with cold water the circulation and body feels fresh and fit. Bathing with cold water will increase the production of white blood cells in the body and increase a person's ability to attack the virus.

In fact, cold showers in the morning can increase testosterone production in men and estrogen in women. With so fertility and sexual excitement will increase. Also improves skin tissue, nails healthy and strong, not easily cracked. Well, for a lazy morning shower or bath lazy even to begin to change his habits

5. Healthy Heart

Water is also believed to participate cure heart disease, rheumatism, skin damage, disease Papas tract, intestine, and female diseases. Even today quite a lot of alternative treatment which utilizes the efficacy of water.

6. As a Drug Stroke  

Hot water not only used to treat various skin diseases, but also effective for treating paralysis, such as stroke. Therefore, the water can help strengthen back muscles and ligaments as well as expedite the circulatory system and respiratory system. 

Effect of heat causes dilation of blood vessels, increase blood circulation and tissue oxygenation, thus preventing muscle stiffness, relieve pain and calm the mind. The content of ions, especially chlorine, magnesium, hydrogen carbonate and sulfate in hot water, helps the dilation of blood vessels thus increasing blood circulation. Also able to sterilize the skin pH of the water.

7. Relaxation effects  

Try standing in the shower and feel the effects in the body. Shower water that falls into the body feels like a massage and be able to eliminate fatigue because it feels like a massage. Some alternative medicine experts say, that contact with a fountain, a walk around the waterfalls, or rivers and parks with lots of showers, will get benefits of negative ions. Negative ions which arise due to water droplets collide it can relieve pain, neutralize toxins, combat disease, and help to absorb and utilize oxygen. Negative ions in the blood flow will accelerate the delivery of oxygen to the cells and tissues. 

Not only that if you experience muscle tension can be relieved with warm water bath temperature around 37 degrees C. While our aching feet are often recommended to soak the feet in warm water mixed with a little salt. Well, if you choose a shower at home try to bathe and enjoy the results. That said, the shower also produce negative ions.

8. Attenuate Agency  

Water also is eliminating impurities in the body that will be faster out through the urine. For those who want to slim down the body too, drink warm water before eating (making it feel somewhat satisfied) is one way to reduce the amount of food intake. Moreover, the water contains no calories, sugars, or fats. However, it is best to drink water at medium temperature, not too hot, and not too cold. Want skinny?, Drinking water only.

9. Body More Fit

Efficacy of water not only to cleanse the body, but also as a substance that our bodies need. We may be better able to survive food shortages less water than a few days. Therefore, water is a major part in human body composition.

10. Balancing the body.

The amount of water in the body decreases, the function of the body organs will also be decreased and more easily disturbed by bacteria, viruses. However, the human body has a mechanism in maintaining the balance of incoming water intake and expenditure. Thirst was on every person is a normal mechanism in maintaining the water intake in the body. Water body needs approximately 2 to 2.5 l (8-10 cups) per day. Total water demand is already included water intake from food (such as soup), beverages such as milk, tea, coffee, syrup. In addition, water intake was also obtained from the metabolism of food consumed and tissue metabolism in the body. 


9 steps of in drinking water: :)

Make it a Morning Ritual. I once read in a magazine article that many of us wake up dehydrated, and the first thing you should do before you do anything else is drink two glasses of water. I've now made it a regular morning habit, and it inspires the momentum to continue drinking more for the rest of the day.

* Add Some Lemon. Back in the early stages when I couldn't stand drinking water, I squeezed lemon juice into my water. well it is  effective guys better try it:)

* Keep it In the Clear. When your urine is clear, you are properly hydrated. When your urine is a dark yellow, you are definitely dehydrated. So you better observe your urine guys and you'll find out if you are hyrated or dehydrated!

* Think of How Pretty You'll Look. I don't know how direct the correlation is between having healthy, glowing skin and drinking a lot of water, but I'm not taking any chances. Whatever psychological trick keeps me hydrated!

* Do It Like It's Hot. If you're in the mood for a hot drink, drink heated water. Sometimes we just want the psychological pleasure that comes with having a hot mug cupped in our hands than the actual drink itself. Plus, coffee and tea contain caffeine, which is a diuretic and elevates the rate of water being expelled from your body via urination.

* Drink When You Have a Munchie Attack. Sometimes our hunger is thirst masquerading as fake hunger. Drinking a cup or two of water will make you feel "full."

*Take Baby Steps. Don't expect to go from zero glasses of water to the full 8 glasses overnight. Start with one glass of water in the morning and one glass of water at night, and build your way up from there.Take it easy guys.slowly but surely.right?

* Cheap cheap. Water at restaurants are FREE! water is free but be sure it is potable to drink to avoid also typhoid or diarrhea:)

* Always have a full glass of water near you when you are working. It will give you something to mindlessly sip on when you are brainstorming or need something to do with your hands. I myself, Im always have my bottle of water to me.

Well, water is also released by the body through urine and sweat. The amount of water released by the body through the urine of about 1 liter per day. If the amount of feces in healthy people spent about 50 - 400 g / day, water content of about 60-90% weight of feces or approximately 50-60 ml of water a day. 

So guys all I can say drink and drink water to achieve the  wellness in your body and to avoid different diseases and take note guys. WATER is FREE everywhere:)) just be sure it is cleaned and potable!

Processed food VS Natural food

Which do you prefer natural food or processed food??


Natural food are foods that do not contain any additives such as preservatives or artificial coloring. Natural foods has no legal definition but there are guidelines that suggest that the term should be applied only to single foods that have been subjected only to mild processing such as heating concentrating freezing but not chemically or severely processed. The concept of natural food is closely is related to the quality aspects of the foods. New scientific methods enable scientist to measure and detect impurities in food. The quality aspects of food are seen under the microscope, thus scientist could see the bacteria, microorganism and chemical residue. Therefore food are determined as chemically clear or not. Natural food guarantee a long and healthy life since they can prevent diseases and aging. This concept lays the belief that natural food are pure and free from the harmful and unwholesome components. Pure food are perceived as natural simple unspoiled and earthy but at the same time expected to be germ free, biologically cleansed and scientifically aseptics.

"We think fast food is equivalent to pornography, nutritionally speaking.  ~Steve Elbert"

Processed Foods are foods that have been altered from their natural state for safety reasons and convenience. They after include additives such as flavoring and texture- enhancing agents which may have little or no intuitive value. Preservatives are added or created during processing to extend the shelf life of commercially available products. Canning, Freezing Refrigeration, Dehydration and Aseptics processing.






Processed Food has been both a modern convenience and somewhat of a curse to the us. On one had, the ease of throwing something in the microwave or picking up a prepackaged meal has made our life easier. Just about any food we want we can have in 3 minutes or under with just a click on the timer. However, we are paying a price for the simplicity of processed food.  We have gotten away from the natural food that we are intended to eat







FACTS:
       Processed foods that may not as healthy as fresh food include canned food with lots of sodium,white breads and pastas made with refined white flour, high fat convenience foods like frozen fish sticks and frozen dinners;packaged cakes and cookies and sugary breakfast cereals. Processed meats might be some of the worst of these foods. Eating these meats may increase your risk of colorectal, kidney and stomach cancer. Processed meats include hotdogs bologna ham anf other packaged lunch meats.


POSITIVE SIDE OF PROCESSED FOODS:
      One healthy example of food processing is frozen veggies while fresh may be best,freezing veggies preserved vitamins and minerals and makes them convenient to cook and eat all year round. Fruit and veggies juice is also example of a healthy processed fooods. In fact some orange juices is fortified with calcium to make it even more nutritious. Another example is milk, also considered as a processed food because it is pasteurized to kill the bacteria and homogenized to keep fats from separating. 

Top 10 Foods to Lose Weight

choosy to food=eating disorder:))

"We are all dietetic sinners; only a small percent of what we eat nourishes us; the balance goes to waste and loss of energy."  ~William Osler

Eating disorder are prevalent on college campuses. Learn the warning signs,both for yourself and to your friends.Stick to healthy eating principles and reap the many benefits.Healthy adults especially college students consume three to four meals a day.This begins with a breakfast to fuel our bodies for the day. An ideal breakfast consist of fruits,proteins,dairy and grains.Well missing one of them or totally skipping your breakfast will leave you sluggish and unable to fully concentrate by lunchtime.You may be ravenous and overeat by then as well.Lunch and Dinner can vary,but they should contribute protein,fruits,dairy,vegetables and grains to your diet.You should spread your calories throughout the day eating a similar amount for each meal.Bingeing is hard on your body and can eventually lead to type 2 diabetes. Fasting is difficult for tour body as well. Small yet healthy snacks can keep us satisfied throughout the day and avoid binge eating.

Are you a pick eater? or lets say maybe you have suffer from an eating disorder? what do you think?

ANOREXIA NERVOSA

 is a potentially life threatening eating disorder in which individual refuses to maintain its normal body weight. Womens and girls are more prone to this disorder.So for you to be aware if you are anorexics here are some of its symptoms:

 

First is Restriction to the food intake. Individual tends to skip meals and just depend and intake diet drinks or some carrots or lettuce. Hahaha:) I have a friend of mine who keep on drinking such diet drinks. She keep on telling us that we should also drink that since it makes her "daw" more slimmer and sexy. Hello!!! Hindi kea yan tootoo--- I insist!!!They do not eat infront of other people.They manifest obsession to the food. They always think of what food they are going to eat next and how many calories it contains. Anorexic people have distorted body image. Although they are quite :thin: they see themselves as fat one... OMG!! as in o my goodness!hahaha. I think i manifest this symptom I always insist that  I am fat but my friends would just laugh at me because they know im thin....well it makes me delusional i guess. Be aware also guys that it can lead to a dry brittle hair and nails. Your skin may get yellowish and worst, it may dry.

Accndg to MedicineNet.com It is believed to be caused by a multitude of factors, including genetics, chemicals and hormones. Anorexa can lead to disability and worst death! The bones lose calcium and the heart, brain and kidneys can become damaged. The individual may "starve" themselves to death.

So friends and classmate if you feel you may suffer from this disorder better seek HELP NOW!
The overall treatment of anorexia, however, must focus on more than weight gain. There are a variety of treatment approaches dependent upon the resources available to the individual. Because of increasing insurance restrictions, many patients find that a short hospitalization followed by a day treatment program is an effective alternative to longer inpatient programs.

BULIMIA NERVOSA

 It involves eating and overeating and then purging oneself. It victims are generally adoloscents or young adults females with low self esteem and feeling of lack control. Victims are usually normal weight or overweight. Yes!you read it right more normal weight people are prone to have this disorder. Bulimic people are not as delusional as those with anorexic individual, in that they generally realize their true weight and tend to be aware they have a problem. They tend to believe that every one is focused on their weight or overweight and body size and judging them accordingly. They lose awareness of their intrinsic worth as human being as they worry about pleasing others.

When you’re struggling with bulimia, life is a constant battle between the desire to lose weight or stay thin and the overwhelming compulsion to binge eat.

You don’t want to binge—you know you’ll feel guilty and ashamed afterwards—but time and again you give in. It’s important to note that bulimia doesn’t necessarily involve purging—physically eliminating the food from your body by throwing up or using laxatives, enemas, or diuretics. If you make up for your binges by fasting, exercising to excess, or going on crash diets, this also qualifies as bulimia. How will you know if you are bulimic? Well  here are some signs and symptoms. First,Lack of control over eating, you have the tendency to eat and eat until the point of physical discomfort and pain. Going to the bathroom after meals frequently disappears after meals or takes a trip to the bathroom to throw up.




 

 May run the water to disguise sounds of vomiting.The bathroom or the person may smell like vomit. They may try to cover up the smell with mouthwash, perfume, air freshener, gum, or mints.There are people who are fond of eating bubblegums or candies after they take their meals.Maybe you are one of them?are you?hahaha.Disappearance of food numerous empty wrappers or food containers in the garbage, or hidden stashes of junk food and lastly He or She eat unusually large amounts of food with no obvious change in weight. However if you are not satisfied to those symptoms I enumerated here are some physical signs of being a bulimics:

• Calluses or scars on the knuckles or hands from sticking fingers down the throat to induce vomiting.
• Puffy “chipmunk” cheeks caused by repeated vomiting.
• Discolored teeth from exposure to stomach acid when throwing up. May look yellow, ragged, or clear.
• Not underweight – Men and women with bulimia are usually normal weight or slightly overweight. Being underweight while purging might indicate a purging type of anorexia.
• Frequent fluctuations in weight – Weight may fluctuate by 10 pounds or more due to alternating episodes of bingeing and purging.

How will you cure a bulimic individual?? First, Admit your problem-The first step in bulimia recovery is admitting that your relationship to food is distorted and out of control. Learn to accept that your bulimic and try to talk to someone it can be hard to talk about what you’re going through, especially if you’ve kept your bulimia a secret for a long time. You may be ashamed, ambivalent, or afraid of what others will think. But it’s important to understand that you’re not alone. Find a good listener—someone who will support you as you try to get better.Stay away from people, places, and activities that trigger the temptation to binge or purge. You may need to avoid looking at fashion or fitness magazines, spend less time with friends who constantly diet and talk about losing weight, and stay away from weight loss web sites and “pro-mia” sites that promote bulimia. You may also need to be careful when it comes to meal planning and cooking magazines and shows.

Seek professional help.The advice and support of trained eating disorder professionals can help you regain your health, learn to eat normally again, and develop healthier attitudes about food and your body.  

You know guys it is not always easy to know how much emphasis to place upon your weight. Consider it one part of who you are and not a sole judgment of your character. Your weight is never associated with your worth. It is one component of your physical Health.  No MORE No LESS:)))