Office Health Tips

You’ve spent the last 4 hours sat at your desk staring at a spreadsheet and rushing to meet a tight deadline. You’ve forgotten to take your morning break or even wander over to the water cooler to grab a drink. You do have a half drunk cup of coffee on your desk but you can’t remember making it so can only assume it is from last night when you were working late. Although you fancy a drink, you’re not yet that desperate. Ok, so this may be a little extreme but does any of it sound familiar?

If you work in an office chances are that at some point you’ve found yourself feeling drained and tired, even though all you’ve done all day is sit at your desk. Here you’ll find some great tips to help you stay alert and working to maximum capacity.

Category: Health tips - Pazar, Mayıs 1st 2011
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Natural Health Tips – Remedies | Beauty | Alternative And Holistic Health Tips

Natural health tips

In today’s world, factors like hectic lifestyles, busy schedules, poor eating habits and lack of adequate exercise are common to most people, right from children, to the elderly. Therefore, staying fit and healthy is quite a challenge, as more people are becoming susceptible to various ailments, infections, diseases and disorders. However, people are becoming aware of the importance of good health. This is probably why several individuals have started making a few basic lifestyle changes, to incorporate some natural health tips that are safe and can easily fit into even the busiest schedule. Some of the most commonly recommended natural health tips are:

  • Washing hands frequently with soap and water throughout the day, especially after spending time outdoors
  • Making sure that the living environment is free of disease-causing germs
  • Getting at least 8 hours of sleep a day
  • Eating fresh foods and drinking around 10 glasses of water every day
  • Staying active and getting at least 30 minutes of exercise, around 5 times a week
  • Cutting down or eliminating habits like smoking or drinking
  • Using natural health remedies instead of strong medication, to cure minor ailments like coughs, colds and so on.
Category: Health tips - Pazar, Mayıs 1st 2011
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Health Tips – Risks of being pregnant and diabetic

Like this article? Click the ‘Share’ below and share it with your friends. If you are pregnant and have diabetes, whether type 1, 2 or gestational diabetes, there are risks to you and your baby, according to Dr Abel Soh, Associate Consultant, Department of Endocrinology, SGH.

You may be at risk of:

  • having a large baby (weighing more than 4kg), which could mean a difficult delivery, or delivery by Caesarean section
  • having a miscarriage (if you have pre-existing diabetes) or stillbirth
  • aggravating existing diabetes-related problems of the eyes and kidneys developing high blood pressure and excess protein in the urine, a condition known as pre-eclampsia, in the later half of pregnancy
  • developing type 2 diabetes (two to three times more likely than other women) after pregnancy
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Vitamin B12 For Healthy Living

Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient that is commonly found in a variety of foods such as meats, fish, milk, eggs, and cereals. Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin and it is stored in the liver that assists the human body in many critical processes. This complex form of vitamin is considered unique among all because of the presence of the cobalt, a form of metal ion. The most common advantage of Vitamin B12 is its ability to speed up the metabolic activities and increase one’s energy level.

This vitamin ensures the smooth functioning of life processes and this is very important for maintaining healthy nervous system. The DNA production and red blood cells formation are regulated by proper intake of vitamin B12.Vitamin B12 is needed for tissue and cell repairs and this helps in the synthesis process of DNA. The deficiency of this vitamin can disrupt the body’s natural formation of red blood cells, which will eventually lead to anemia.

Category: All topics, Health tips - Çarşamba, Haziran 30th 2010
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