Atkins Diet
Advantages: lose weight fast, eat a lot of meat Disadvantages: possible stomach kidney problems, lack of energy Recommended: yes There are so many diet regimens offered in the market today. Each one has its own unique characteristics. Some of them work and others do not. The Atkins Diet is not actually new. In fact, it has been around for many years now and you can say it is not the in thing anymore. The idea behind this diet is that you reduce your carbohydrate intake to the barest minimum. There are various stages in the diet. The first one is called the induction stage. This stage is where you practically starve yourself of any carbohydrate-containing food. The first day that I tried this, I felt myself shaking all over and I couldn t do much anything else but sit down on the sofa. You get used to it though. Gradually, your body gets used to the decreased carbohydrate intake. After a couple of weeks, you can gradually increase your carbohydrate intake. You must be very patient and disciplined in order for this diet to work for you. I had to learn the carbohydrate content of almost all food items while I was on this diet. You might also need to come up with a journal wherein...
Bipolar Disorder And Sleep
Excerpt The following is an excerpt from the book Bipolar II by Ronald R. Bipolar Disorder and Sleep How many hours do you sleep on average at night, and what is the quality of your sleep. are two of the first questions I ask every patient on the initial interview and all subsequent follow-up visits. While the hypomanic usually gloats over how little sleep he needs, getting by on 3 to 4 hours a night, the lack of quality sleep can wreak havoc on his mood and decision-making abilities. Sleep deprivation results in feelings of malaise, poor concentration, and moodiness, and even accidental deaths. In a revealing sleep study published in the September 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Judith Owens, MD, and her team of researchers from Hasbro Children s Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, followed 34 pediatric residents from Brown University over the course of 2 years to compare post-call performance to performance after drinking alcohol. During this time, the residents were tested under light call 1 month of daytime duty with no overnight shift, or about 44 hours of work per week and heavy call overnight duty every fourth night with an average of 90...
Causes Of Osteoporosis
It is a known fact that more bone is laid down more than it is removed in the early life of a person. An individual s peak bone mass is reached at the age of thirty, wherein the remodeling process starts, that takes away more bone than is replaced. Remodeling is the process involving the laying down of new bone and the removing of old bone. So it can be said that the process of bone loss begins in the early to late thirties. It is from this age to the onset of menopause that women lose a certain amount of bone every year. The average rate of bone loss in men, and in women who have not reached menopause, is actually quite small. However, after menopause, the bone loss in women accelerates to an average of one to two percent a year. It is after menopause that the level of the female hormone estrogen in a woman s body decreases sharply. Estrogen is a hormone that is important in protecting the skeleton by helping the body s bone forming cells to keep working. So after menopause, this protection can be considered lost as the level of estrogen decreases. Other causes of osteoporosis are heredity and lifestyle. Whites and Asians, tall and thin women and those with a history of...
Crohn S Disease - Symptoms And Treatment
Crohn s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract. The disease is also called granulomatous enteritis, colitis, regional enteritis, regional ileitis, ileitis, or terminal ileitis and it causes ulcerations of the small and large intestine. The disease can affect the digestive system anywhere from the mouth to the anus, but distinctively affects the terminal ileum as well as demarcated areas of large bowel. The disease is named after the American physician, Burrill Bernard Crohn 1884 1983 , who described the disease in 1932. Crohn s Disease Symptoms Crohn s disease symptoms may include: Chronic diarrhea disrupted digestion: It becomes difficult for the patients in the acute phase of the disease to eat and or digest food. Painful and debilitating inflammation Fistulas of the colon Hemorrhoids Lipid absorption problems Anemia: Persistent rectal bleeding may lead to anemia. Bruising of the shins. Fever, pain and psychological damage in many cases Crohn s disease in children may cause delayed development and stunted growth. Crohn s Disease Treatment Crohn s disease treatment may include medication, surgery, dietary advice and Helminthic therapy current research ...
10 Steps To Asthma Self Help
Managing asthma is not something your doctor can do for you all by himself. Asthma self help is an important part of treating and managing your condition so that it doesn t take over your entire life. Your doctor may prescribe both daily medication and medication to take in case of an acute asthma episode, but the task of minimizing risk of asthma attack and taking care of yourself on a daily basis is largely up to you and your family. Learning some key asthma self help tricks can help you keep your asthma under control so that it doesn t interfere with your daily life. Because asthma can be caused, triggered or worsened by so many things, there are many things that you can do to lessen the frequency and severity of the symptoms. Your doctor will offer important suggestions in addition to medication to help you manage your asthma. Think of those suggestions as a personalized asthma self help plan. A major part of asthma self help involves avoiding asthma triggers. Some ways that you can help yourself if you or someone in your family has asthma include: 1. The first and most important step in asthma self help is to follow your doctor s orders. Don t stop taking daily medication...