9 Amazing Health Benefits Of Milk:

Here are 9 amazing benefits of milk for you. We can consider one glass of milk as a whole meal. This is because of presence of 9 major essential nutrients in milk, which reflects health benefits of milk. I am sure that your grandmother narrated a list of benefits of drinking a glass of milk. And I am here to tell you about the benefits of milk to prove that the wise women of your life were right. This is time to cut off cups of coffee and tea and replace them with a plain glass of milk.

If you are thinking that, I am going to tell you how milk internally strengthens you, then you are partially right. Milk has lots of properties that help you to beautify as well. Milk has lots of benefits that help to beautify your skin as well as your hair. If you don’t like straight milk then there are many alternatives for you, like yoghurt and buttermilk that have the same benefits as straight milk. So to know the amazing benefits of milk you are never going to skip it.

1. Milk is an amazing source of calcium
2. The risk of obesity is reduced by drinking milk
3. Milk helps in muscle growth.
4. Milk helps to glow your skin.
5. Milk helps in fighting against diseases
6. Milk helps you to overcome depression
7. Milk helps in hydrating your hair.
8. Milk helps you in strengthening your teeth.
9. Milk helps you in boosting energy.

1-Milk is an amazing source of calcium:

Calcium is not beneficial in protecting your bones from being brittle but it can also help in making your heart pump by contracting your heart muscles. Milk also helps in blood clotting and prevents you from bleeding after a cut. It helps to strengthen your bones, nails, hair, and teeth as well. Drinking a glass of milk on a daily basis reduces the risk of osteoporosis. Calcium from milk does not need vitamin D for absorption, this amazing fact is present only in calcium from milk sources.

2-Milk helps in loosing your weight:

It has been proven by studies that women that drink a glass of milk on a daily basis are more likely to lose weight than others that do not drink. Milk has properties that help you to feel full. This is another amazing benefit of milk.

3-Milk helps in muscle growth:

Milk also helps you a lot in improving the growth of your muscles. Proteins found in milk help to build your muscles. It contains essential nutrients that help your body to recover so athletes drink milk during their workout. An additional benefit of milk is that it prevents muscle soreness and replaces the fluid that was lost during the workout.

4-Milk helps to glow your skin:

Cleopatra took a bath with milk. She knew what she was doing. Your skin will glow and be soft when you are drinking a glass of milk regularly. Many vitamins in milk are very essential for your skin health. I am not saying that when you take a bath in a tub of milk then you will get this benefit, but if you are drinking at least 2 glasses of milk on a daily basis it will help you a lot.

5-Milk helps in fighting against diseases:

Research has proven that drinking milk prevents you from fighting against many diseases. Milk can lower your blood pressure and it reduces the risk of heart strokes. It helps to improve your eyesight and it can reduce cholesterol production by the liver. Many researchers have proven that drinking milk on a regular basis helps to reduce the risk of different types of cancers.

6-Benefits of milk to overcome depression:

There are many vitamins and minerals in milk and thanks to them. These vitamins and minerals are very helpful to reduce stress and overcome depression. If you have a hard day at the office and you are stressed then go and drink a glass of warm milk that will help you to overcome the stress.

7-Benefits of milk in hydrating your hair:

Thanks to proteins and lipids present in milk which help strengthen your hair. Calcium present in milk helps in preventing hair loss and promotes hair growth. Vitamin A, biotin, and vitamin B6 are present in milk and these are hair-friendly nutrients. These vitamins keep your hair shiny and soft.

8-Benefits of milk in strengthening your teeth:

As you know that milk is a rich source of calcium. Calcium is the main thing that your teeth need. Drinking milk can also help in preventing your teeth from decay and cavities. It is preferred to drink vitamin D fortified milk which helps in the absorption of calcium present in milk.

9-Milk helps you in boosting energy:

Benefits of milk are very great but did you know it has lots of benefits in boosting your energy. Because of this reason, athletes drink milk as a booster after their practice. After knowing a lot of benefits of drinking milk, what are you waiting for? Go and get a glass of milk and take advantage of these amazing health benefits of milk.

Heart Attack, Its Symptoms, Causes and Treatments:

 What is heart attack:

This blog is about heart attack and we will discuss different symptoms, causes, and treatment of heart attack. When something blocks blood flow from our heart then heart problems happens. This is because our heart does not get enough oxygen according to its needs. We can also say heart attack is a myocardial infarction. According to research, more than one million Americans experience a heart attack every year. We say this problem as myocardial infarction because ‘Myo’ means muscles and we say 'cardial' as heart and ‘infraction’ is the death of tissues of the heart because of a lack of blood supply to heart muscles. The death of heart tissues causes lasting damage to our heart muscles.

Heart attack symptoms:

Its includes the following symptoms:

• A heart patient experiences pain in the chest, arms, and below the breastbone
• A patient with a heart problem experiences pressure, discomfort, squeezing, and tightness in their chest.
• A heart patient also experiences a choking feeling, like heartburn.
• Indigestion is also a symptom in a patient with a heart problem.
• Severe sweating, indigestion, upset stomach dizziness, and vomiting, these symptoms are common in a heart patient.
• A heart patient also feels an uneven and fast heartbeat.

Symptoms of a heart attack may vary from patient to patient. These symptoms are most common in women with heart problems.

Angina is a symptom of heart disease. It signals a heart attack. A patient with a heart problem can feel this sensation normally during normal activities. Patients with heart problems may feel pain, pressure, a sense of fullness, and squeezing in the center of their chest. Angina is a serious condition and a patient should have to immediately consult a doctor.

Heart attack causes:

A constant supply of oxygen-rich blood is needed for our heart. This critical blood supply is given to our heart by the coronary arteries. These arteries become narrow when we have coronary artery disease and blood flow does not remain as constant as it should. When our blood supply is blocked, we have a heart attack. When proteins, calcium, fat, and inflammatory cells are grown up in our arteries and they form plaques. These plaque deposits are hard on the outside of arteries and they are soft on the inside of arteries. The outer shell of arteries is cracked, when plaque is hard and this is a rupture.

Platelets which help in blood clotting and are disk-shaped come to this area and form a blood clot around the plaque. Our heart muscles become starved for oxygen when a blood clot blocks our artery. This condition leads to a heart problems.

In some cases, a spasm in our coronary artery also causes a heart problems. Blood supply to our heart muscles is restricted during this coronary spasm. This coronary spasm happens when we are in rest condition and even if we do not have some serious coronary artery disease.

Blood is supplied to different parts of the heart muscles by each coronary artery. After a heart attack, our heart muscles heal quickly. Like skin, wound heart muscles take 8 weeks to heal, but the new scar tissues do not work as they should. So after a heart attack, our heart could not pump as much.

Treatment of heart problems: 

This is a severe condition and to prevent permanent damage and death we need immediate care. We should have to take medicines within 1 to 2 hours from the start of heart damage. This immediate medication limits heart damage.

• Aspirin should be used to stop blood clotting.
• Another anti-clotting drug used during a heart attack is clopidogrel. This medicine is also an option used to prevent blood clot formation in arteries. 
• Thrombolytic therapy is also used to treat a blood clot in our heart arteries. 

Stent placement, Balloon angioplasty, Cardiac catheterization, and Bypass surgery are some other treatments for preventing heart damage.

Kidney Failure, Its Symptoms, Causes And Treatment

 

What is Kidney Failure:

This blog is about symptoms, causes and treatment of kidney failure. If a person’s one kidney or both are not working properly then we say that person has kidney failure. We can also say that the person has renal failure. Our kidneys are located in the region of our lower back. Our kidneys remove toxins from our bodies and filter our blood. These toxins accumulate in our bladder and when we urinate these toxins are eliminated. different problems of kidney occurs when our kidney loses the ability to eliminate these toxins from our blood. Many factors are involved In kidney failure like:

• severe dehydration
• contaminated water with certain medications and environmental pollutants
• other acute and chronic diseases
• kidney Injury

When our body is overloaded with toxins because the kidney is not working properly. This condition leads to failure of kidney . If this problem remains untreated it can lead to death.

Symptoms of kidney failure:

In its early stage doesn’t show some major symptoms. Research shows that about 90% of people with kidney problems do not know that they have this complication. Signs and symptoms of failure of kidney appear gradually. Symptoms of kidney failure includes:

• Swelling of our legs, feet, and ankles
• Difficulty in breathing
• Urine amount is reduced
• Fatigue and excessive drowsiness
• Unexpected pressure or pain in our chest

Early signs of kidney failure:

 It is difficult to point out the symptoms of early-stage kidney failure. We can hardly identify them. Its early signs may include:

• Difficulty in breathing
• Swelling in the legs and ankles that is caused by fluid retention due to damage kidney
• Decrease in amount of urine
• Irregular heartbeat

Urine color of a person with kidney problems:

Our body’s health can be estimated a little bit by the color of our urine. At an early stage urine color does not tell us about the functioning of the kidney until our kidney damage has progressed. But changes in urine color have the signs of some kidney issues.

 

• Dark yellow: Dark yellow color of urine is a sign that maybe we are dehydrated. We should try to avoid sodas, tea, or coffee and try to drink more water
• Pale yellow or clear urine: This is the ideal color of urine. Pale yellow or clear color of urine indicates that we are fully hydrated.
• Orange urine: Orange color of urine is a sign of bile in our bloodstream and also it indicates that we may have dehydration.
• Red or pink urine color: Red or pink color of urine indicates that our urine has blood In it which is caused by some foods such as strawberries and beets.
• Foamy urine: Excessive amount of bubbles in urine indicate that our urine has a lot of proteins in it; this is a sign of kidney disease.

Causes of kidney failure:

Several causes and conditions lead to kidney diseases. The common causes of kidney problems according to the National Kidney Foundation, diabetes and high blood pressure are the most common causes. Its other causes may include:

• Loss of blood flow to the kidney due to many factors such as heart attack, dehydration, heart disease, and severe infections or allergic reactions.
• Elimination problems of urine are also a cause of kidney failure and these elimination problems are caused by blockage of the urine passageways by some types of cancers such as cancer in the colon, cervical, and prostate. Other reasons for urine elimination problems are maybe kidney stones and blood clots in our urinary tract.

 

Treatment of kidney problems: 

There are many types of treatments for the kidney problems and these treatments depend upon the condition of kidney as well as causes of kidney problem. Its treatments include dialysis, kidney transplant, modifications in lifestyle, limiting alcohol intake, and changes In diet.

 Diabetes: its types, symptoms and causes

Hi everyone, this blog is about diabetes. Diabetes is a condition in which our body does not produce enough insulin or does not use it properly. Insulin is a hormone that helps cells to absorb glucose from the blood and to use this glucose in the form of energy. Another term used for it is hyperglycemia which also refers to high blood glucose or sugar level. This is a long-lasting (chronic) health problem that results in many other health issues such as blurred vision, it can affect nerves, kidneys, and many other body organs.

Types of diabetes:

Here are some types:

• In type 1 diabetes cells in the pancreas are destroyed, by the attack of the immune system and the pancreas is the place where insulin is made. The reason that causes this attack is still unknown. About 10% of diabetic patients experiences this type. 
• When our body becomes resistant to insulin and sugar level in our blood cells is increased. In this condition type, 2 diabetes has occurred.

• When our blood sugar is higher than normal, pre-diabetes occurs. But it is not higher enough for the diagnosis of type 2.
• It also occurs during pregnancy for a short period this type is called gestational diabetic problem. During pregnancy, insulin-resistant hormones are produced by the placenta which causes gestational diabetic problem.
• A rare condition of diabetic problem is diabetes insipidus. In this condition, too much fluid is removed by the kidney and results in causing diabetic insipidus.

The symptoms, treatments, and causes of each type of diabetes are unique.

Symptoms of diabetic problems: 

Some commonly observed symptoms of diabetic problems include an increase In hunger and thirst, weight loss, blurry vision, frequent urination, sores that don’t heal quickly, and fatigue.

Type 1 diabetes:

Increased thirst and hunger, weight loss, tiredness, blurry vision, and frequent urination are some symptoms of type 1.

Type 2 diabetes:

Type 2 can be characterized by an increase in hunger, increase in thirst, increased urination, tiredness, blurry vision, and sores that heal slowly.

Gestational diabetes:

its symptoms are not very common. During the 24th and 28th weeks of gestation routine tests for oral glucose tolerance and blood sugar are performed. This type of diabetic problem is mostly detected in these tests. An increase in thirst and urination is detected in very rare cases.

Causes of diabetic problems:

Each type of diabetic problems have different causes. The causes of type 1 diabetes are not exactly known. It is known that beta cells in the pancreas are mistakenly attacked and destroyed by the immune system. In some people, genes also play some role. Some other factors like lifestyle and genetics both are responsible for the cause of type 2. Obesity may also result in increasing the risk of type 2. Type 2 also runs In families. Genes are shared In family members and this results in an increased risk of type 2. Short-time hormonal changes occur during pregnancy which results in causing gestational diabetes. Women who are overweight and gain too much weight during pregnancy, have more chances to have this diabetic problem.

DASH Diet and its benefits in hypertension:

 

DASH Diet and its benefits:

This blog is about DASH diet. DASH diet is an eating plan which is used for the treatment of hypertension. As we know hypertension is a worldwide issue and it affects more than a billion people all over the world. Its number is increasing day by day. It is estimated that this number will be doubled in the next 40 years. Hypertension is due to high blood pressure and it affects people of all ages.

 It is a serious health issue, if it remains untreated it can also affect a person’s kidney, heart, and stroke. As we know that a healthy diet plays an important role in treating health complications, the DASH diet is designed to treat high blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart attacks in people. Potassium, magnesium, and calcium are present in rich amounts in a DASH diet. This diet restricts the foods which contain saturated fats, meat, sugars, and salt.

It is abbreviated as Dietary Approach To Stop Hypertension. Vegetables, fruits, lean meat, and whole grains are more focused on this diet plan. Research has shown that high blood pressure or hypertension is much less in people who eat a plant-based diet such as vegetarians and vegans. So foods of plant origin are recommended in this diet plan. Salt is restricted in this diet, about a teaspoon of salt is recommended per day in this diet which is about 2300 mg.

Other benefits of having a DASH diet:

• Beyond reducing hypertension, the DASH diet has a lot of other benefits such as it reduces the risk of cancer and it helps in weight loss. A normal person's blood pressure is between 120 to 80 mmHg i.e 120 mmHg is the diastolic pressure and 80 mmHg is the systolic blood pressure. While a person with high blood pressure has a reading of 149/90 mmHg. So this diet is recommended to balance this level of blood pressure. When sodium intake is restricted In diet so it helps to reduce the high blood pressure in the patient. Even if a normal person takes a DASH diet it reduces the systolic blood pressure by 4mmHg and diastolic blood pressure by 2 mmHg. We should always keep in mind that a decrease In blood pressure doesn't always mean that it reduces the risk of heart disease.

 

• This diet also aids in losing weight. Research has shown that people who are having a DASH diet experience weight loss. This diet mostly contains plant-based food and it cuts off sugary foods and high fats. So automatically it reduces the calories in the diet and results in weight loss.
• The DASH diet can also decrease the risk of cancer. Recent research has shown that people following this diet have a lower risk of cancers like breast cancer.
• Studies have shown that this diet reduces the risk of metabolic syndrome by up to 81%.
• The DASH diet also reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance is also improved by this diet.
• This diet also reduces the risk of heart disease to 20% and it lowers the risk of stroke to 29%.