Stimulate Metabolism with Exercise Approximately 60 percent to 75 percent of the energy liberated from food is expended to maintain the essential functions of the body. The energy to accomplish these functions is the basal metabolic rate (BMR) – the minimum amount of energy that the body expends to sustain life while at complete rest. [...]
Why Cigarette Smoking is Bad for Your Health Cigarette Smoking is directly responsible for 419,000 deaths from all causes in the United States. Smoking accounts for 30 percent of all deaths from cancer and 30 percent of all cardiovascular deaths. Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, 60 of which are carcinogenic (capable of producing [...]
Three Major Risk Factors for Heart Disease Although most heart attacks occur later in the life cycle (55 percent after 65 years of age), the processes responsible begin quite early, often before adolescence. Atherosclerosis is responsible for about 80 percent of all heart attacks. It is the result of interactions between genetic factors and lifestyle [...]
The Negative Effect of Diet on Weight Loss Weight loss attempts in the United States have emphasized dietary restriction with continued sedentary living. This combination has led to consistent failure. Weight loss with this method is temporary, and most of these weight watchers lose and gain weight many times during their life. The eating patterns [...]
How Does Obesity Affect Your Health The current perception of obesity is that it is a chronic disease like hypertension or diabetes rather than a simple failure of willpower. Data indicate that Americans once again are gaining weight. The number of overweight males has risen from 24 percent to 32 percent, and the number of [...]
Heart Attack Recovery – Medication You will have been prescribed either singularly, or as a combination, the following medications to support your body on its road to recovery and to act as secondary prevention barriers. These prescription drugs are designed to: -Balance out high or low blood pressure. -Lower cholesterol. -Deal with angina attacks (spray [...]
Common Health Problems Caused by Unhealthy Imbalance of Your Body Because all body tissue is made of cells, the negative effects they undergo from an unhealthy imbalance can be found anywhere in the body. Here we look at some typical stress-related health problems but there are many more that are generated or influenced by upsetting [...]