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Body Clock

<script type='text/javascript' src='http://track4.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2011050504394922'></script> Body Clock It is well known that Body Clock regulates our body temperature, blood pressure and our capacity to cope with stress and pressures. Our internal clock determines our energy and alertness in completing our daily tasks. We will have better performance level if we are early risers in the morning. Larks and early birds greet the dawn, and are fresh throughout the day. On the contrary, the people who don’t sleep until 2 a.m. lose their freshness and alertness. Larks are better than night owls. With our biological rhythm in proper order and good shape, we can hope to face the setbacks and stress in a better way. We will be soon worn out if we fail to obey our body clock. It has been righty said: “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man (or woman) healthy and wise”. Angels in the early morning may be seen the dews among. Stoopin

Obesity

Tom Harkin aptly remarks: “ Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic levels. Alarm bells are going off all over the place. But our government has done virtually nothing”. In othe countries also, an increasingly large number of people are afflicted with this disease due to very unhealthy life style.   About 5% of   Indians have this problem. The fact is that obesity increases the possibility of several dangerous diseases like heart stroke, diabetes and certain types of cancer. Obesity reduces our life expectancy. The question arises how to fight fat, so that we are able to live a normal healthy life. We have to keep in mind two most important things to fight obesity.The first is regular exercise.   Regular walking is the best, easiest and cheapest exercise. In fact, our two legs are our two doctors. Simply walk back and forth. “I simply find it restful to think of my body take me for a walk”. The sec

Pain Killers Harmful

A common misperception is that using lot of pain killers and medicine is not detrimental at all for our health. In fact, if we take pain killers on a regular basis, it is very harmful. We should analyse if it is okay. The truth is that pain medicines like paracetemol and codeine make us addictive and dependenent upon them. There are several good alternatives. Pain killers might give you only temporary relief, but they will have side effects too. Pain killer kills the symptom, but fails to cure the cause. The latest technique is Neurostimulation is very helpful   in blocking the pain receptors, and there are are no side effects. The second alternative is practicing Yoga. The importance of Yoga as a threpy has been established by lates medical researches. Millions of Americans practice Yoga daily. Next technique is just simple walking , and drinking plenty of water to cleanse our body. If we have acute back pain , we may take a pain killers for a few days only. This won’t make us addicti