Diseases
A health watchdog group has reportedly claimed that substantial amounts of metals were found in the products from Hershey’s, Cadbury etc. The group has tested about 50 kinds of chocolate this year and around 35 of them turned out to be positive for illegal levels of cadmium and lead. It is a fact that excess amount of both these metals can cause severe damage to kidney, bones, liver and also neurological damage.
Studies are being conducted to prove that Vitamin B17 can help in the treatment of cancer. It is believed presently that amygdalin content in the Vitamin is a cancer-fighting agent. It is not widely available in the market as it is not much attractive to the pharma industries from the commercial point of view. From this, it is safe to assume that the life of cancer suffering patients is not much important compared to the earnings of the doctors and high-priced chemotherapies.
Drinking water, which we believe to be pure is actually a little hypertonic as it contains a lot of salts and sugars. The water we normally drink from common sources says taps, bottles etc contain enough impurities which affect tonicity of the water. Tonicity is the ability of a solution to draw or repel water from adjacent solutions when it is separated by a membrane. Hence, it is said that a 100% pure water can kill you.
Following are the healthy foods you can include in your diet to get rid of your habit. Dates are packed with tannins that helps you in detoxifying the liver. Besides, they are also rich in antioxidants. Carrot juice is rich in calcium, potassium and other essential minerals that help greatly in curbing the urge of drinking alcohol. Bitter gourd is known to relieve the symptoms of alcoholism. Even apples play an important role in eliminating harmful toxins from your body.
It is believed that drug-resistant infections are increasing due to excessive use of medicines such as antibiotics and anti fungus for treating not-so-harmful conditions like common cold. If this continues and no immediate action is taken, it will kill about 10 million people per annum by 2050. With such an excessive use, the immune systems of the human body build up resistance due to which the conditions become incurable.
Seriously, it’s not funny. According to a new research, sleeping beside a chicken on your bed can protect yourself against malaria. Scientists have found out malaria-transmitting mosquitoes avoid feeding on few certain animals such as chickens with the help of their sense of smell. They believe that the odor which is given out by bird and other species can protect humans from the risk of mosquito diseases.
Onychophagia, or nail biting, is one of the common dangerous habits which is known to affect people of all ages. It is not only ridiculed and embarrassing, but can also severely affect your health. The bacteria residing in the nails are almost toxic. It can affect your oral hygiene. Nail biting, in some cases, also symbolizes stress and it is also a mental disorder. The best way to get rid of this habit is to keep short nails.
As it turns out, our belly buttons are a lot like rain forests as studied by the researchers. A team of professional navel gazers studied the microbial contents in details of about 60 volunteers’ belly buttons! From all those 60 buttons, they found about 2.3k bacterial species of which about 1.4k were completely new to science. Conclusively, they have suggested proper cleaning of that region!
Hair is not just a style feature of your body or personality, they can also tell whether how healthy a person is. Losing hair from the very top of your head indicates that the testosterone content in your body is little high. Diabetes also observes severe hair fall. If you have thin and rough hair, it might be because you are having thyroid problems. The best way to prevent all of these is to get your daily dose of nutrition!
This is the worst season for all the easy cold-catchers as they have to extremely careful with they eat and drink as it can quickly trigger a cold and a stuffed nose. As of now, there are tons of home remedies and products available for treating a stuffed nose but what if it catches you while you are travelling somewhere? For such times, here is an instant trick - Push your tongue against the top of your mouth and simultaneously, push a finger between your eyebrows. Hold it for about 20 to 30 seconds and your nose will be clear.