For Better Circulation
If your feet are always cold and feel slightly numb and cramped from time to time, your circulation may need stepping up. Warm foot baths followed by cold ones often help.
When you are sitting down, make sure you do not cross your legs at the knees — this is definitely bad for the circulation. Instead, definitely cross your ankles occasionally.
If you are standing in one place for any length of time, try shifting your weight from one leg to the other every so often: standing still slows down circulation whereas moving the feet helps the pumping action of the leg muscles and heart:
One good exercise to do every evening when you come home is this: Sit on the edge of the bed on a sturdy chair and extend your feet so they are parallel with the floor. Lift them, one at a time, as high as you can… Then let both legs down. Repeat five times.
Pregnancy Myth
“Hair coloring during pregnancy is not good”. I did some research about it and found out that it is not true. Though the belief made some logical sense, I was so curious about it and asked my OBGYN who is not familiar with such beliefs. I asked her the question “is it unsafe to undergo hair coloring during pregnancy?”
She replied this “It is false, there is no known harmful effect in hair dyes that might affect the baby, but do take note, always follow instructions in the carton just like how you follow the instructions in your cook book, always wear gloves when handling hair color and try to wash immediately if the hair dye gets contact with the skin”
I really feel enlightened after she explained it to me, she’s so nice to remind some advices about the hair coloring, she’s like those roadside assistance that you can always rely on if you’re lost in the highway.
What You Should Know About Tetanus
I was looking for some insurance quotes online when I came across an article about Tetanus. Let me share your what I have learned about it.
When a disease can kill 60 to 80 per cent of its victims in spite of the fact that it is entirely preventable, it is not surprising that it has been called the “inexcusable” disease. Such is the case with lockjaw, technically known as “tetanus” which can be totally prevented by immunization. Each year in the United States, we are still seeing more than 100 cases of this deadly disease.
Tetanus is an acute infectious disease, caused by a toxin elaborated by a spore-forming bacterium that can lie dormant for years in soil and in animal manure. When it contaminates even trivial wounds, the injured tissues provide conditions that allow the spores to become active and produce the toxin that causes convulsive contraction of the muscles, often beginning as stiffness of the muscles of the jaw.
The toxin appears to travel along nerve fibers to the brain substance and, once there, is fixed in the tissue and cannot be neutralized by antitoxin.That is why patients not previously immunized against tetanus who have wounds suspected of contamination by tetanus spores, are given antitoxin in an effort to neutralize the toxin and prevent it from becoming fixed in the substance of the nervous system.
Unfortunately, the effectiveness of antitoxin in the treatment of acute tetanus is uncertain. It often has serious side effects, and its use is actually less important than other emergency and supportive measures.
The treatment of choice is prevention. Every man, woman and child should be immunized against tetanus.
Prevention of tetanus begins in infancy with three doses of DTP, which contains diphtheria and tetanus toxoid and pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine, usually starting at two to three months of age, the shots being spaced at four to six-week intervals. At periodic intervals thereafter, booster shots maintain immunity until adulthood, when renewal of immunity by booster shots is necessary only every 10 years.
There is concern recently about laxity in immunizing children because of diminishing funds in public clinics and about the older age group, who may have missed the benefit of organized protection through pediatric or military care. This is especially true of older women, who as a group, have tended to be overlooked in the area of infectious disease prevention.
If there is any question in your mind about your tetanus immunization – ask your doctor – don’t fail to have your shots.
The 5 Most Common Diet Mistakes
1. Not starting a diet. The “I’ll-start-tomorrow” syndrome is the main reason why people stay overweight.
2. Not staying on a diet. Cheating just once or just a little bit is often the first step in ruining a diet.
3. Omitting food categories from the diet. Many people give up breads and potatoes, for instance, but these foods contain carbohydrates needed-for complete nutrition.
4. Eating too much of one food category. Some high protein foods such as meats, eggs and cheese are high in cholesterol and calories too.
5. Skipping meals. This not only deprives the body of proper nutrition, but meal skippers tend to overeat at the next meal in compensation.
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