This video is an overview brief disclaimer for people who are currently on or thinking of following a diet/nutrition program.
Genetics
Your genes are the most powerful factor in dictating how your body will respond to particular stimulus. Genetics predisposes you for certain natural traits and attributes. This includes how tall you are likely to grow, how large your body will likely be, and other traits that relate to health such as your body’s ability to process particular proteins or possible defects in genes that may be linked to diseases.
X Factors
Aside from genetics, there are many other factors in your life that will have an affect on your health.
Physical Factors
This is closely tied to genetics and may include things like the size of your stomach and the development of your teeth. Physical factors may also be introduced by injuries or defects in growth that may adversely impact your health.
Environmental Factors
Environmental factors pertain to your surroundings. Things such as air, food, and water quality … Continue reading…
When you have braces, your are limited in the types of foods you can eat. However, you can still eat healthy by softening nutritious vegetables with a variety of ingredients in a large pot style meal.
This style of cooking can incorporate your favorite foods. Here, I will be using the follow ingredients:
Baby carrots (several large handfuls)
Skinless chicken drumsticks (3)
Whole kernel sweet corn (1 can, no salt added)
Russet potatoes (5)
Broccoli heads (few handfuls)
Yellow squash (1)
Rotini pasta
Liquid egg whites (16oz)
These ingredients were selected for their taste, consistency, and nutritional value. … Continue reading…
Holiday eating got you feeling self-conscience and fat? Worried about your fitness levels being lost? Me too! Wanted to kick my own butt a bit, so I threw together this quick legs workout and decided to hit the beach.
The goal of this workout is to help in developing speed, explosiveness, and anaerobic endurance.
Exercise list includes the following:
Warm-up Jog
Get those muscles warmed up and loosened for the workout.
Quick Stretch
Do which ever stretches you like to prevent injury and stretch out tight muscles.
Air Squats x 50
Gets the blood flowing to the larger muscle groups in the legs. … Continue reading…
Today I hit a major milestone in my orthodontic treatment and got my braces put on. The whole process took about two and a half hours. The pain level experienced was moderate discomfort. Here is a breakdown of the process of putting on my braces.
Removal of Spacers
Finally, I get to have these wretched things taken out! Even though they don’t cause as much pain as the couple days when I first had them put in, they have been a pain to have because I could not fully utilize my molars and they made my gums feel sore.
These were easily removed using what appeared to be tweezers. Painless removal.
Heat exhaustion is a multi-factor condition in which the body becomes weak and fatigued due to inadequate internal temperature cooling. This overheating of the body is commonly induced by external exposure to heat. As an essential part of fitness safety and performance, it is critical to follow precautions and monitor your body’s condition regularly during any physical activity. Let’s take a closer look at some of the symptoms, treatments, and preventive measures of heat exhaustion.
Symptoms
The symptoms of heat exhaustion may manifest themselves very quickly and often without warning. These symptoms include, but are not limited to:
Dizziness or lost of balance; This can be in the form of decreased coordination or focus. In severe cases, the ill person may have … Continue reading…
Delirium is the condition of abrupt mental confusion or significant lost of mental awareness. This condition can be caused by various factors including lack of blood flow to the brain, exhaustion, dehydration, drug influence, and lack of sleep. Delirium is usually temporary and most often exhibited by the elderly. More serious cases of delirium may be the result of physical damage of the brain from strokes or underlying diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease.
A nosocomial infection refers to infections that are contracted as a result of hospital or other medical service treatment. Commonly known as hospital acquired infections, nosocomial infections are often acquired by persons who have had surgical procedures performed. Other conditions in the medical space such as poor sanitation, mistakes by health care practitioners, or inadequate decontamination of equipment can lead to patients and other health care employees contracting an infection.
These incidents may lead to disease or even death and among the leading contributors to health care malpractice law suits.
Palpitation refers to the unusual consciousness of the heart beating. Have you ever woke up suddenly from a nightmare and feel your heart thumping? This alertness of your heart beating, at any speed or rhythm and for a varied lengths of time, is known as palpitation.
Palpitation can be caused by numerous elements including a sudden chemical imbalances in the body such as that of adrenaline, an under lying diseases such as high blood pressure or anemia, or a physical irregularity of the heart’s valves.
Homeostasis, in human physiology, includes the variety of internal processes that seek to maintain balance in the body. The body’s systems constantly monitor conditions throughout the body, including temperature and the amount of particular hormones and chemicals in the blood stream. Based on the status of these numerous signals, the body will respond accordingly and make adjustments in order to keep everything stable.
