Should You Drink Tea Regularly?

The answer to the above question is and affirmative “yes”, although there may be much opinion to the above question. But my personal belief is to drink tea regularly, especially green tea, which has enormous health benefits.

The answer of the above question is answered, but how much tea should a person drink a day to get the maximum health benefits of tea? In my opinion (which is opinion of majority of authorities and scientists and nutritionists) one should drink 4-6 cups (approximately 180-200 ml per cup) of tea everyday. Drinking 4-6 cups of tea can reduce incidence of cancers such as stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, skin cancer etc. To get the health benefits of green tea drinking tea on a regular basis is important, instead of drinking large amount of tea in a short time.

Is there any harmful effect (action) of tea?

The only negative effect of tea till date reported is insomnia. The insomnia due to drinking tea is due to presence of caffeine in tea, including green tea. A cup (approximately 180-200 ml) of green tea contains approximately 40 mgs of caffeine in compare to approximately 85 mgs of caffeine in a freshly brewed coffee of same quantity, according to the American Dietetic Association. Excess drinking of tea in short time, especially if drank during night time can lead to insomnia and inability to fall asleep. The concentration of caffeine in green tea (if consumed large amount in short period of time) can lead to insomnia and if you are already suffering from insomnia it is advisable not to drink tea after sunset to avoid the insomnia effect of caffeine present in tea.

Some Common Problems during Breast Feeding

Many problems may arise while breast feeding. Some of the problems that arise during breast feeding are technical (due to faulty technique of breast feeding, which may be due to some customs, traditions and taboos) and some of the problems are due to medical reasons. The common medical problems that may arise during breast feeding are mastitis (which is inflammation of the breast tissue), cracked nipples, inverted nipples or general health conditions like fever.

Mastitis: It is inflammation of breast tissue, which is generally due to infection and is characterized by swelling, redness and pain in the breast. This should be treated with appropriate antibiotics. General physician should be consulted for treatment.

Cracked nipples: This may arise due to improper and faulty techniques of breastfeeding, which causes soreness of nipples. The treatment of soreness of nipples due to cracking of nipples is keeping the nipples dry and warm, and regular washing with plain water. Nipples should not be washed with soap. Only medical grade and high quality lanolin should be used for drying and covering the nipples and other than human (self) milk nothing should touch the nipples. Instead of doing good the use of creams and lotions may actually harm and make the problem worse.

Inverted nipples: In some females the nipples (or a single nipple) may be drawn inwards instead of protruding outwards, which makes it difficult for the baby to suckle as the baby can not grasp the nipple and the areola for suckling. In most of the women with inverted nipples the problem gets solved during pregnancy itself as the breasts become larger during pregnancy. If problem does not resolve itself during pregnancy it can be solved by using mechanical device to pull the nipples from the inverted position.

Fever: During breast feeding period the mother may develop fever, which should be treated promptly by antibiotics, antipyretics and painkillers. Symptomatic treatment like breast support and warm compressions are also very useful. As a rule simple fever is not an indication to stop breast feeding, in fact breast feeding should be continued even if there is infection as the infection generally does not reach the milk. The milk flow should be continued in infected breast, so that infection is cleared up promptly.

Nutritive Values of Apple

It is important to know the nutritive values of apple to understand the health benefits of apple. Knowing the nutritive values of apple also makes it easier to for us to decide how much apple per day should we consume and how much is recommended daily by nutritionists and nutrition scientists and why.

The nutritive values of apple per 100 grams are given below:

Major components:

· Calorie: 60 (approximately)

· Water: approximately 83 grams

· Protein: 0.2 gram

· Total fat: 0.35 gram

· Carbohydrates: approximately 14 grams

· Dietary fibers: 2.7 grams

Vitamins:

· Vitamin A: 900 I.U. (international units)

· Vitamin B1: 0.07 mg

· Vitamin B2: 0.05 mg

· Niacin: 0.07 mg

· Pantothenic acid (B5): 0.06 mg

· Vitamin B6: 0.04 mg

· Folic acid: 2.8 mgs

· Vitamin B12: nil

· Vitamin C: 5.7 mgs

· Vitamin E: 0.32 mg

Minerals:

· Calcium: 6 mg

· Iron: 3 mg

· Magnesium: 5 mgs

· Sodium: nil

· Zinc: 0.04 mgs

· Copper: 0.04 mgs

· Manganese: 0.04 mgs

· Selenium: 0.03 mcg

· Potassium: 130 mg

· Phosphorus: 10 mg

· The antioxidant quercetin: 4 mg per apple in the skin part

One of the major health benefits of apple is the low fat content in apple, which is very useful for reducing body weight for obese or overweight individuals. As obesity is a very common health problem of modern day, the apple can act as an effective agent for weight loss, which many obese individuals want desperately.

Use Phentermine Judiciously

Phentermine although is approved by most of the controlling authorities of world including the USFDA, should be judiciously as there are several disadvantages of using Phentermine, which only become more serious if not used judiciously under expert medical supervision. Proper and judicious use of Phentermine can be of great help for highly obese persons in managing body weight as Phentermine is a good appetite suppressant drug and help enormously in reducing to total calorie or food intake by obese persons. But to get the best result of Phentermine in weight loss, it should always be used along with exercise and dieting. Phentermine is not used for maintaining body weight to normal after losing it; it is only used for short term (maximum 2 to 3 months only) for losing weight by highly obese persons.

Phentermine is an approved drug (USFDA-United States Food and Drug Administration also approved short term use of Phentermine for management of obesity) for treatment of obesity. United States Food and Drug Administration approved Phentermine for use in management of obesity way back in the year 1959 and since Phentermine is being used for this purpose. Phentermine was mainly approved by FDA as an appetite suppressant, the property which is used for weight management.

Phentermine, being in the amphetamine group is grouped along with amphetamine and is classified as “controlled substances” which is strictly regulated in some countries. “Controlled substances” are the drugs or substances which can cause addiction if used frequently or for long duration. Being a drug of amphetamine group Phentermine also has some addiction liability if used without medical supervision and for long duration.

Phentermine for athletes:

Phentermine is one of the banned substances in the field of sports. WADA or World Anti Doping Agency has included testing of Phentermine in doping tests. So athletes and other sportspersons should not use Phentermine. The performance of an athlete can improve after taking Phentermine, although the performance enhancing property or improvement of endurance or stamina is short lived and deterioration of performance or stamina occurs afterwards. So for athletes Phentermine can cause deterioration of performance in the long run, as performance enhancing property of Phentermine is short lived. Athletes should never use Phentermine as it has deteriorating effect on long term athletic performance and other disadvantages like addiction liability. Phentermine can destroy carieer of an athlete id caught in dope test.

Phentermine use by students for study before Exams:

Phentermine allays fatigue. It also causes improvement in attention, wakefulness and postponement of sleep deprivation induced physical disability and this property was being used by some students for studying before examinations. But Phentermine should never be used for studying before exam as it has addiction liability, many side effects (some of the side effects are potentially serious) and many more disadvantages for routine use to remain alert and wakeful. The wakefulness and alertness after using Phentermine may also be accompanied by restlessness; tremor, anxiety, agitation etc. and none of these side effects will be beneficial for study and concentration purpose before examinations.

Know about Colon Cleansing

What is colon cleansing and do we need colon cleansing?

Before deciding if we need colon cleansing or not, it is important to know what colon cleansing is? Colon cleansing is basically part of alternative medicine (not the mainstream medicine or commonly known as allopathic medicine or Western medicine). Colon cleansing is removal of fecal waste materials, toxins (most of which are not identified), from colon and gastrointestinal tract. Colon cleansing may be done by taking medication or colon cleansing agents orally or by using colonic irrigation in the form of enema.

Oral colon cleansing agents use generally herbal products like dietary fibers, laxatives or some food supplements, whereas colonic irrigation technique use enemas. The enema for colon cleansing generally contain herbal products which is claimed to help in the cleansing act.

The practitioners of colon cleansing and other alternative medicine believe that the gastrointestinal tract is a harbor of pathogens and parasites, especially in the walls of intestine (mainly colon) and in the feces and due to this dirt many non specific symptoms develop and cause the individual’s general ill health. This dirt may also contain toxins which may harm the general well being or health of people. If oral preparation is taken it may interfere with absorption of certain drugs taken for some other illness.

What complications may arise if colon cleansing is used?

Like any other medication and medical procedure, colon cleansing products also carry some risk of side effects and complications. Excessive use of colon cleansing may cause disturbance of the balance of normal intestinal flora. Due to improper use of colonic irrigation it may cause serious although rare complication like gastrointestinal perforation and infection of GIT (amoebic infection) due to improper sterilization of the equipment for inserting enema. Excessive use of enema may cause electrolyte imbalance.

There are many sites in the net which gives reviews of different health products like colon cleansing products. Some of the sites give honest health product reviews, but you should be aware of the sites which are meant only for advertising.

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