We assume that ageing is natural and is accompanied by the body- weakening, Decrease in stamina and strength, with increased body fat levels. With Sufficient exercise, a positive attitude and with proper eating habits etc one could remain fit and lead a healthy life, in spite of ageing. Steps for preventing natural science of ageing and stay fit: 1. Exercise: It is proved that our body ages faster when we do not exercise. Our body wants us to run, walk and rejoice. Our body withers when we do not allow it to enjoy its freedom. Young male athletes lose 30% of their fitness level, after just 3 weeks of forced bed rest (without exercise). If just three weeks bed rest can do that much damage to the body, imagine how much damage our body gets if we do not do any exercise through out our life time. If we exercise regularly we shall shoe slow the ageing process. As the age advances, store of calcium in the body is slowly depleted, especially in women after menopause, and also not doing exercise. Men, who are leading sedentary life and also have poor calcium nutrition levels in the body, show depletion in calcium content in the body. It is called Osteoporosis (bone-weakness), which cause serious problems like bone fractures to a dowager’s hump.Regular exercises, such as walking extra help the bones to become stronger and less susceptible to injury. Exercise makes our heart and muscles stronger and makes the body more flexible, thus reducing the risk of injury from a fall. Exercise often keeps arthritis from progressing and also controls problems such as diabetes and high bold pressure. There is no age bar for doing exercise that is weather you are in 20 or 60 years of age. Exercise keeps you stay young for a long … [Read more...]
Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits and vegetables are the natural sources of vitmins and minerals. Eating them in the sufficient quantity is the best way of preventing many diseases. Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables: 1. Citrus foods: (lime, orange etc): Help us reducing body weight. The C vitamin present in these fruits acts as a scavenger and removes all the waste from the body and also acts as antioxidant- preventing cancer formation. It also increases the more production of endorphins which give good sleep and mood elevation in mind.2. Pomegranate: It is the queen of the fruits. It is good tonic for heart (especially). It decreases arthrosclerosis (hardening of blood vessels). It prevents the formation and storage of fat in the blood vessels, So that there are fewer occurrences of heart attacks and paralysis of the upper and lower limbs (hands, legs). It also protects the fetus in the womb of the mother, from brain defects. It decreases the signs and symptoms of menopause and higher blood pressure. It supplies 40% of the body requirement of Vitamin C and also contains 2 times more of antioxidants, it prevent cancer occurrence. 3. Seedy cereals: Green grams, red grams, Beans, Black grams and Soya beans contain less fat in the (if at all present it is unsaturated fat with out cholesterol). More fiber present in them prevents the formation of bad cholesterol (LDL) and thus prevents heart attacks and brain strokes (paralysis). For vegetarians, these provide good proteins. 4. Uncooked food: Is better than compared to cooked food: for example: Green vegetables, fresh fruit juices come under this category. They provide more ‘Beta Carotene’ an antioxidant which attacks the free radicals (cancer producing … [Read more...]
