Asthma is a chronic disease, characterized by the inflammation of the airways and associated with the obstruction of variable outflow. It manifests itself in the one or more of the following symptoms: difficulty in breathing, wheezing, cough and chest tightness. In children, the diagnosis of asthma is quite difficult because of its complex nature in [...]

Diverticulitis can be successfully cured and prevented if you modify your lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle means switching to healthy eating habits. If you start having whole grain and fiber rich foods, you will never have problem while passing stools. Fiber assists in digesting and facilitating bowel movements, which relieves diverticulitis patients. During diverticulitis, small bags are [...]

Fiber dense food helps our digestive system to work properly passing out the waste from our body. It is time that you should educate yourself about fiber dense foods that help our body to absorb the essential nutrients eliminating the unwanted. Fiber dense foods have different levels of fiber – from less to more. Bran [...]

There is no alternative to prevention. Women can nullify breast cancer by following a healthy lifestyle. Sedentary lifestyle piles up excessive weight, which is bad for the breasts. So exercise regularly and maintain your weight according to your BMI. Lifestyle modification like using olive oil for cooking, avoiding saturated fats present in butter and wearing [...]

What do we understand by alkaline food? Alkaline food contains certain minerals, herbs and vitamins that help the body regain its pH balance by re-energizing it. Obesity or excessive weight gain is bad for our body and it happens when our pH balance is disturbed. When alkaline food is consumed, the body gets back to [...]

Food additives are those substances that are added to food but cannot be used or regarded as food. These substances are added to the food at different stages. They have mainly three functions: cosmetic, processing aids and preservatives. It is assumed that there are about 3794 types of additives out of which 90% have only [...]

The focus has to be on the prevention rather than the treatment of disease. This can be successfully taken care of via surveillance and promotion of healthy behavior. Health science involves the study of the human anatomy and health-related issues, including the absence of fitness, and the application of assimilated knowledge to improve health. Health [...]

Physical, emotional, and mental fitness ensure longevity and quality life via the prevention of chronic health conditions and aging. Specific or task-oriented fitness training enhances performance in routine work. Athletes and fire fighters and police officials are trained to work aerobically and their endurance is built-up to a maximum. Even fire fighters and police officers [...]

Yoga is considered to be highly important for the mental and physical well being of human beings.When pregnant ladies prefer to practice yoga, there are various do’s and don’ts which they have to be aware of. The possible poses recommended for a pregnant women, without complications include the balancing poses which could be done with [...]

Many times you hear about calorie intake that can cause serious health problems. If you don’t know how many calories your body needs it’ll cause health problems. Calories keep you energised so a high or low calorie count as per your body needs will have telling effects. Before opting for a calorie cut understand how [...]