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Symptoms of high blood pressure

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BloodPressure Blood pressure has gotten an awful blow. Bloodpressure is important for flow. With no blood pressure, blood cannot shift from the heart to the distant parts of body and back. The heart provides the pumping force — every contraction of the heart's major pumping compartment, the left ventricle, , creates a surge of pressure that goes through every artery in the body. Stress-free and elastic arteries offer a strong resistance to each pounding of blood. Blood Pressure On the other hand, arteries that are stressed, thin, or stiff offer more resistance. This is a symptom of higher blood pressure, and it pushes the heart labor harder. The heart muscle can grow weaker over time due to this extra work which may endanger other organs, such as kidneys and eyes. And the persistent beating of blood against the walls of arteries makes them hard and narrow, and may pose risk for a heart attack or stroke. The majority of people with high blood pressure don'...

Are You Getting enough PROTEIN everyday ?

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High Protein Diet Proteins are the building blocks of the body 20 % of our body is made up of protein. With the combination of different 22 amino acids, our body makes 100,000 different types of proteins which perform different growth and repair functions. Hence our diet shall be protein rich. High protein diet means you should consume all the sources of 22 amino acids especially those 9 essential amino acids which body cannot synthesize. Benefits of High Protein Diet 1. High Protein diet is important for growth and maintenance of tissues. 2. Anti-bodies are made up of Protein which maintains our immune system. 3. Insulin is a kind of protein, which helps in regulating blood sugar 4. Protein is important for digestion, absorption and metabolism of food consumed 5. Protein provides resistance to infections and helps in healing wounds. 6. Isoflavone, a protein from Soy, helps balance the effect of low estrogen. By generati...

Tips For Weight Loss

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Tips For Weight Loss There are no proven ways for weight loss other than by reducing energy intake and increasing energy expenditure. The process needs consistency and persistency over a period of time, over 6 months or more. You can use Diet Kundali to choose different food combination to suit your weight loss program to match your lifestyle for reducing energy intake but without compromising nutritional levels. Diet Kundali Tips for weight loss: I. Medium to heavy physical activity/ exercise which will burn your 200-300 kilo calories shall be included in your daily lifestyle. II. Burn 200 kilo calories per day, exercise 6 days- a week, burn at least 500 kilo calories once in a week. III. Reduce energy intake 200-300 kilo calories by modifying your diet chart. Starving is a bad choice. IV. There should not be any nutritional deficiency while reducing calories from your diet. V. Choose food with low glycemic index, this is helpful diabetic diet as well. Limit...

Pregnancy Diet

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Pregnancy Diet A balanced Pregnancy Diet is very important right from the day you come to know this good news. In fact, healthy diet for should begin when you are planning the baby. A well-nourished mom has good reserves of nutrients that are needed for the growing foetus as well as her own health. A well-nourished fetus has good prospects on the way to good physical and mental health during his life. It is important for a new mother to get right pregnancy diet at right time. http://www.dietkundali.com/pregnancy-diet.html Nutrients requirement during pregnancy increases because of: • Growth of the maternal tissues, placentas, foetus. • The enlargement of the uterus, mammary glands. • Storage • Increase in maternal circulation blood volume Nutrients to look for in Pregnancy Diet The Following nutrients are important in Pregnancy Diet. 1. Energy requirement is 300-500 kilo kcals more (Normal – 1900-2000 kCal) during pregnancy because growth and physical  ...

Weight Management

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Healthy Snacks For Kids

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  Healthy Snacks For Kids Why it crucial to treat diet for kids discretely from that for adults? During the initial years, kids grow very speedy in social, physical, intellectual and emotional aspects. Kids are in growing phase up to age of 18; their immune system is not fully developed. Hence they are mostly exposed to infectious diseases due to inadequate nutrition, many of which can be successfully prevented or treated through proper nutrition. With adequate amount of nutrition kids become stronger, productive and realize their potential. Recommendations on Healthy Snacks for Kids: 1. As compared to weight, their energy requirement is higher than adults. 2. Kids are selective eaters, mostly skip meals. 3. Their diet mainly governed by the taste. They don't eat variety of food. Hence their snacks should be packed with nutrients      as well as taste. 4. Their food should be high in proteins, calcium because protein is important fo...

High Blood Pressure Diet

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The latest Global health numbers puts the spotlight on the growing problem of the non-communicable diseases burden. One in three adults worldwide has raised blood pressure – a disorder that is root for around half of all fatality from stroke and heart disease. One in every 10 adults has diabetes.  These numbers are alarming and rapidly growing particularly in low- and middle-income countries like India. Prevention is better than cure. So if one want to stay away from these disorders one need to follow major lifestyle and diet changes.  Following information will give you information on high blood pressure and its reasons and foods which can cure the reasons behind high blood pressure. What is high blood pressure? Our heart is a pump that supplies blood all around our body through blood pipes called arteries. Since blood has to reach to each and every part of your body, has to overcome different resistances and has to re circulate again, our heart pumps the causes...