Showing posts with label Healthy Children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthy Children. Show all posts

Saturday, May 23, 2015

How To Prevent High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

Hypertension or high blood pressure is a disease caused by the rise in blood pressure in the blood vessels caused by constriction of the blood vessels, causing heap of other substances and fat. Factors causing hypertension such as heredity, eating too much salt, too fat (obese), too many mind (stress), and rarely exercise. How to identify a person exposed to hypertension or can not be done with blood pressure control. There are two kinds of blood pressure when the heart is contradictory, but the blood pressure when the heart beristirhat (diatsol) experience relaxation.
Blood pressure control using a tool called shpigmomanometer or better known by the name tensimeter. Normal blood pressure in the human body, usually about 90-120 for sistonik and 60-80 for diatsolik. When the blood pressure exceeds that figure could certainly have exposed hypertension. Hypertension can lead to the onset of stroke, kidney failure and coronary heart disease it is necessary to be cautious.
How to Prevent Hypertension

  1. Eating fruits that are rich in fiber
  2. High blood pressure diet
  3. Taking supplements of potassium / potassium 2-4 grams per day
  4. Eating foods that contain omega 3
  5. Diligent exercise
  6. Avoid overly stressful thoughts
  7. Stay away from foods that are too salty
  8. Reduce smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages

Carrots for Body Health Benefits

Carrots are included into the vegetables and is one of the vegetables that contain vitamin A are known to have very high. And this is some of the benefits contained in carrots:

1. Improve Digestive System
The soluble fiber in carrots can help the digestive organs to digestive system so as to prevent indigestion and to nourish the digestive organs.

2. Improve Eyesight
The content of beta-carotene and lutein in it useful to improve vision, especially at night.

3. Prevent Cancer
Type of carotenoid antioxidant content may decrease the risk of breast cancer by as much as 20% and can lower the risk of cancer of the uterus, prostate, bladder, and colon up to 50%.

4. Regulate Blood Sugar
High carotenoids in carrots can reduce excessive sugar levels and can regulate blood sugar levels to remain stable.

5. Healthy Lungs
Consuming carrots are very good for promoting lung health as it can protect the respiratory system and can help fight the bad side effects associated with air pollution and smoking habits.

Although the carrot has many benefits, but in carrots have a high natural sugar content so that people with diabetes are encouraged to consult with the health experts before taking it

Friday, May 8, 2015

Signs of Autism in Children

Autism is a developmental disorder on a person's nervous system caused by heredity and sometimes have been detected since the baby is 6 months old or also called disorders in mental abilities, so that patients with the disease tend to be slow in development and can not develop well as normal child his age.
In this article will explain the characteristics or signs of a child with autism, and the symptoms are:

1. Disorders Social Skills
Autism in general will find it difficult to interact with other people because they have the social skills disorders. On mild symptoms, the main feature is that commonly arise they look awkward when interacting with others and will feel alienated when assembled with many people. On the other hand, people with autism will tend to avoid eye contact.
 
2. Difficulty Empathize
For people with autism is difficult to understand the feelings of others so that they find it difficult to empathize. In addition, they are also difficult to recognize and understand body language and intonation of speech so as to communicate with them tend to be one-way because they talk more about himself.
 
3. Do not Like Physical Contact
Most children with autism do not like physical contact like a hug and touch. However, not all of them show the same characteristics as there is also an autistic child happy and often embrace those who are considered close to him.
 
4. Do not Like Sudden changes
In general, children with autism will get annoyed if there are changes that surprising as changing light conditions, temperature changes, scents, and sounds that all happened suddenly. The sudden change is believed to make them feel they are not disturbed because they can prepare in advance so it is advisable to tell him about everything that will happen.
 
5. Disorders While Talking
The next feature of autism can be detected by knowing a child's speech through communication, known to 40% of children with autism can not speak and some are only able to say a few words. Approximately 25-30% of people with autism can only say a few words and then speaking ability will be lost. Meanwhile, about 50% of them can speak after age rather large with a flat intonation of speech and formal, but they like to repeat certain words or phrases.
 
6. Like Repetitive Actions
And children with autism tend to like things that is certain that they were delighted to enjoy the same routine repeatedly and continuously. Introduce a new routine will be very annoying for them because of the repeated action become an obsession for children with autism.
 
7. Child Development is Not Balanced
And in general, a child's development is balanced and constant in accordance with the age at laluinya. However, development in children with autism is not balanced because their development in a particular field is fast, whereas in other areas it is too late.