Tips to Overcome Excessive Sleepiness

We are all fond of hitting the bed during night and start dreaming the wildest of the wild dreams! But, there is another side to this sleepiness which is excessive sleepiness. Normal sleep is good but excessive sleepiness is harmful. It is excessive sleepiness during day time which causes more harm than good.

The excessive sleepiness in medical parlance is referred is referred to as Narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder marked by excessive day time sleepiness, onset of sudden sleep or sudden loss of muscle while awake.

Incidentally, Narcolepsy does not have a cure. However, changes in lifestyle, regular use of medicines and other therapies can improve the situation.

As suggested, some therapies like sleeping sufficiently during nights, practice of proper sleep hygiene and drug therapy can improve the condition of the patients suffering from excessive sleepiness.

The importance of proper sleep can hardly be emphasized for patients suffering from Narcolepsy. The Narcoleptic patients should invariably follow a sleep schedule and keep away from alcohol and sleep inducing drugs. They should also avoid working in shifts especially during night shifts.

Usually, Narcolepsy patients feel refreshed after a short nap. Taking short naps is one of the best techniques and is highly beneficial to Narcolepsy patients. Periodic naps in the afternoon and in the evenings will lessen the intensity of day time sleepiness.

The short naps will make the Narcolepsy patients wide awake and alert. These are some of the tips to overcome excessive sleepiness.

Natural Remedy for Treatment of Diabetes

Millions of people suffer from diabetes of one type or the other. In fact, diabetes is a life style disease. There is no cure for diabetes as such but it can be controlled.

Diabetes can be effectively controlled with proper diet and regular exercise. However, the markets are flush with a large number of alternative medicines promising efficient cure for diabetes.

However, there is no scientific evidence to suggest that these alternative medicines really cure diabetes. First and foremost, the best remedy for diabetes is to make changes in life style. Change in eating habits goes a long way in controlling diabetes. Regular exercise is a must for diabetics. Regular walking will burn the excess sugar in the blood stream.

Apart from the above change in life style, a simple natural remedy is to take about 5 to 6 ladyfingers (vegetables) and slice them vertically into several pieces. The pieces so cut may be allowed to be soaked in water in a small container overnight.

The following morning after brushing your teeth, the first thing you should do is to drink the water from the container removing the lady fingers. This is a natural remedy used by many oriental countries with effective results.

You can experiment with this method in addition to regular walking and proper diet. This is likely to show appreciable improvement in your sugar count and you can hope to keep your sugar under control. This is a simple and natural remedy for treatment of diabetes.

Exercise for beginners to loose weight

 

Increasing weight or obesity and over weight has become a world wide problem in most of the countries and every one is worried about it as the modern life style and fast paced life has given all possibilities to play with the natural requirements of body. We eat less but irregular and we let our body function lesser because we have a lot of things and facilities to make our works automatic without much of our physical involvement.

Every obese or over weight person wants to loose weight but where to start with is not clear and they often face problems of too much complicated prescriptions and planned advice, things look quite fizzy even before start which looses motivation to continue the plan of loosing weight. What a beginner wants is a simple step to follow initially which can really give good results. Walking is best for beginners and after a few 3 to 4 weeks start brisk walking and after anther 3 to 4 weeks when the body allows start running, swimming or rope jumping as you like. Don’t set a time frame of one or two months for loosing extra weight, take a time frame of around 6 months to get a proper shape and increase your work outs according to your stamina and resistance. Never let your body work beyond it permission.

You can gain weight faster than you loose in 10 days

Some one can really gain weight faster than he can loose some weight. In order to become obese or over weight you don’t need to get in touch with a doctor or any prescribed medicines. First of all start drinking carbonated soft drinks rather than drinking water which can add 150 calories to your diet and it slows down the metabolism as well. Take spicy food and add junk food to your diet once in a day. Take red meat every alternate day which is difficult to digest and results in extra fat to body. Take rest as often as possible and avoid walking completely even for your neighborhood distance. Eat ice creams, desserts and extra sugar to your meals.

Such meals will add some 1000 extra calories to your body every day and about 3500 calories increases 1 KG of body weight, so with in 10 days you can add 4 to 5 kilograms to your body very easily. So if you want to invite obesity, heart diseases, irregular blood circulation, improper body metabolism, joint pains, fatigue and finally a shorter life span adopt such disastrous meals other wise think what can keep your body and mind healthy.

Mission 10 days weight loss

 

Are you obese or over weight? If you can dedicate just 10 days, you can loose 4 to 5 KG weight with in 10 days. It’s very much possible. What exactly it takes to loose weight in 10 days.

Eat green vegetables only for first two days and make sure the food does not contain spice, try to add spice only to make the food eatable. Green vegetables especially spinach is abundant in fibers which cleans the stomach and detoxify the body. 

Next two days live on fiber rich fruits only like apple, grapes, orange, radish, carrot, etc. Eat whole fruit rather than taking fruit juice. Fruits add necessary vitamins especially for skin which revitalizes the entire physiological functions of body. 

Next two days; you can live like a king, eat what ever you want; add fish protein, potatoes, grains (avoid refined grains) and lots of salads. You can add some pickles to enhance the taste.

Now six days are gone; eat fruits, grains and vegetables for next three days but remember to avoid extra oil and spices. Start your day with lemon tea or soup.

Now one day is left. Eat your favorite meal but don’t eat as you have never eaten before. Drink lots of water every day apart from this planned meal and always keep your breakfast as the largest portion of your food, lunch lesser than breakfast and finally dinner should be very light just to keep you away from hunger. Avoid any junk food, dessert, sugar and processed food completely during these 10 days. This exercise should help you loose 4 to 5 kilograms; it can be repeated only after a gap of 15 days.

Why women are more prone to Calcium deficiency?

 

Old age brings weakening of bones and joints faster in women than men and it is common occurrence that a simple accident or injury causes fracture of bones which is not easy to recover from.  Women are more prone to calcium deficiency which results in weakening of bones and joint pains in old age. What happens to calcium reservoir of women and what is the reason of this deficiency? When a woman is pregnant and child is getting nurtured in her womb, development of child requires calcium to develop bones. During this growth phase of child calcium is supplemented from the mother’s calcium which is present in bones as reservoir. Some times if mother is not caring enough about her diet and not taking required amount of calcium in her diet during pregnancy the calcium present in her body is used and the bones become weakened. Women need extra care during this time and should consult to know the exact requirement of calcium and she can increase amount milk in her diet as well as she can take some calcium pills.

How to have a glowing skin?

 

Have you ever been flattered or attracted with a glowing and charming skin. Glowing and flawless skin speaks about the person irrespective of the complexion, even a black girl or boy with fresh and glowing skin looks beautiful. A glowing and flawless skin is indicator of good health but it needs extra care to keep you skin healthy. There are primarily three types of skins, oily, dry and mixed, whereas in some cases skin can be of extra oily or extra dry type. All types of skin and normal skin too need certain basic care.

Cleanliness: Skin is the largest organ of the body and is the most exposed portion too so it should be kept clean, fresh and odor free. Clean skin is protected from allergies, infections and pigmentation.

Moisturizing: All types of skin need proper moisturizing and the extent depends on the type of skin; like if skin is oily it needs less moisturizing and if it’s dry then moisturizing requirements becomes increased. Use moisturizer which contains least chemical proportions, prefer herb based.

 Vitamin E is essential for good health and glow of skin. Add Vitamin E rich fruits and proteins to your diet. Fiber rich food helps keep clean and problem free stomach which is also necessary for healthy and charming skin.

Why do women get stress?

 

Women generally have less resistance towards stress and they have quick reactive emotions against all situations in life. When she gets married she has her own world of dreams and huge expectations from her life partner. Today we are living in a world where every individual strives for the best; such conditions lead to lesser focus towards personal life and some times the rapid pace of achievements and changes in life make a husband unintentionally ignore his wife. Extra marital affair some times is also a result of increased stress in women. In other words women who fail to get proper attention develop stress.

Some times when women with out a child get stressed and it gets further saddened if she is under over expectations. Women need friendly husband and in absence of this attitude in her life partner she gets stressed. Unlike men women get stressed due to emotional reasons rather than due to status, achievements and financial reasons.

Why do men get stress?

 

Stress; a modern day devil is common to new generation especially people in middle age groups. Let’s see what are the common reasons causing stress in men:

Aspiration is the biggest motivator as well the biggest culprit which if not fulfilled gives stress to large extent. If the person is not able to reach his goals in life he gets stressed, especially if we talk about the career. Modern life style also has a great scope of stress, men with inferiority complex gets stressed quite often. Family related problems also cause stress in man especially during conditions when his wife and children are giving proper attention and respect to him. If a person is over burdened with liabilities or debt he gets stressed. Always avail calculated and affordable credit to avoid financial stress. 

A person needs support to relieve stress; he needs to talk to some one to share his feelings and requires emotional support. He should feel that some one is around him always. Meditation also helps relieve stress.

Asbestos and Lung Cancer

 

Use of asbestos has been permanently banned in more than fifty countries because it causes lung cancer and is not curable once affected. Asbestos is made of small synthetic fibers which can be inhaled while breathing and is very dangerous for all age groups. Asbestos is used in all types of buildings and houses very frequently due to its low cost and easy implantation. Besides houses it’s used in brake shoes and other industrial equipments. Controlled usage of asbestos is not possible so it needs to completely ban especially in developed countries like India. Indian government is also thinking about it very seriously and the usage will be withdrawn phase wise.

Small fine fibers of asbestos are inhaled with air which causes coughing and sometimes a person affected from this spits blood. It gets deposited in lungs and causes initially malfunction and pain and later on gets into lung cancer. People working in factories are more prone to such risk so people around the factory premise which uses asbestos should wear mask. This is the only available precaution.

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