A degenerative joint disease is the degeneration due to the “wear and tear†of joint surface cartilage that is usually accompanied by an overgrowth of bone, narrowing of joint spaces, hardening of bone on joint surface, and bone deformation. Continue reading
When you speak of heartburn, you speak of a digestive condition that is very uncomfortable because of that burning sensation in the area of the chest. This is just called a “heartâ€burn because it happens in the upper area of the stomach. It is not influenced by your heart. It is caused by the reflux of stomach acid.
Pregnancy makes you gain weight and large girth. This makes your skin stretch up to a point to accommodate the building up of the mass. But after you give birth, your uterus goes back to its pre-pregnant state. This makes the stretched skin very loose afterwards.
Abdominal fat is always one of the hard targets in your body when you try to lose weight. It takes a lot of extra effort to get rid of all the fat in your body but it takes even more effort to eliminate the abdominal fat. There are so many equipment and diet plans that are being endorsed that promise to take away your belly fat forever.
Losing weight is great but what if you get a souvenir after all that effort like loose skin? It is very unsightly to see all that loose skin in obvious places of your body after you lose a significant amount of weight. When loose skin is left, all you can do is to have them surgically removed and aesthetically repaired so that you may have the reward of looking at your slimmer body without unnecessary skin hanging about.
You know that your body needs protein to repair and build tissue, maintain hormones, and support the immune system. If it just so happens that you are a body-builder or a very physical person who never runs out of physical activities to do, then you really need sufficient protein sources in your diet.
Protein is one of the macronutrients of our body that is needed to build and repair tissues. Most dieters opt for high protein foods because protein is known to also suppress appetite longer. Because of protein’s ability to repair and build muscle tissues, body builders eat a diet that is very high in protein as they go about their body building routines.
Generally, fats are needed by your body. Fat is required for the formation of vital parts of your cells and for cushioning the vital organs as well.  There are two kinds of fat—good (HDL) and bad (LDL). HDL means high density lipoproteins. These are what you should always take in so that your cholesterol level may be lowered and so that you may be able to have good circulation and a good storage of energy. LDL or low density lipoproteins are the bad fats that you should keep away from because these are the culprits when it comes to very poor health. Not only will you have undesirable curves, but also diseases of the heart, blood vessels, and liver, among others.
A healthy appetite is good but if excessive, could lead to significant weight gain. This is the common problem with people who are addicted to food or eating. Food seems to be too irresistible and too enticing to lessen or avoid. As a result, you exceed your normal body mass index (BMI). You are then prone to various diseases like those that affect the heart, blood vessels, liver, and pancreas.
A huge smorgasbord of ailments affects so many people from all walks of life worldwide. Of course, prescribed medications by Western physicians are continuously utilized to help treat or correct these conditions. But because of the need for holistic relief and betterment, alternative medicine is already included in most of the treatments of the health disorders. When the approach is said to be holistic, it means that both mental, emotional, and physical aspects. Some patients even entirely rely on these alternative medicine treatments to prevent any chemical impurities from entering their bodies that could possibly aggravate their condition.