Risk Factors For Alzheimer's Disease. Part Two

We continue to talk about risk factors for Alzheimer's disease. Check Part One. 

5. Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes increases by two times risks for Alzheimer's disease development. According to latest research data, the higher sugar in blood the higher risks for development of mental debility. The reason for such regularity is still unclear.

6. Obesity
As a rule, obesity is coupled with diabetes, raised blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases. All those diseases are connected with Alzheimer's disease. Besides this, one of signs of Alzheimer's disease may be reasonless weight loss that starts 6 – 10 years before symptoms appearing.

7. Head injury
According to data of a large research in which participated Veterans of World War II, the harder head injury is, the higher risks for Alzheimer's disease development. Scientists think that development of Alzheimer's disease after head injury is determined with faints that appear after several years after injury.

8. Low level of education
The lower level of education, the higher the risks for Alzheimer's disease development. Scientists consider that during learning between neurones in the brain get formed complex connections which helps to avoid loop of intelligence and resist stresses.

To be continued.

How To Keep Your Heart Healthy

The statistics is disappointing: the number of cardiovascular diseases increases annually, moreover, heart diseases do affect young people. Often heart diseases are caused by stress, bad habits and other factors that we create ourselves. What habits should we acquire and what habits should we avoid?

Make exercises
Go to the gym or swimming pool, but before it you should necessary consult the doctor. Listen to your body and choose an optimal load and never overdo it. If you don't have enough time for fitness, you should spend more time on fresh air. Doctors recommend to get over three kilometers daily at a lively pace to train heart. You may also occupy with Nordic walking that is not only fashionable today but also healthy. The only sports equipment that you may need is special walking-sticks. Such walking trains heart and 90% of all body muscles and helps to burn 45% more calories than usual walking. Multiple studies made by Scandinavian scientists showed that one hour walking 5 times a week helps to reduce heart risks by 50%.

Follow a healthy diet
Consume more vegetables, fruits, fish, less roasted and fatty foods. Besides this, dietitians recommend to consume cereals, vegetable oils and whole-wheat bread, they prevent cholesterol increase and blood clot organization. Do not forget about strawberries, red bilberries, apricots and especially raspberries. They are rich in salicylic acid that helps to normalize blood coagulability. Desiccated raspberries contain it 20 times more than fresh berries. Also salicylic acids are found in raspberry leaves, therefore add them in tea.

Look after your weight
Excessive weight provokes increase of cholesterol level, sugar, blood pressure which increases risks for atherosclerosis. Visceral adiposopathy (fats are accumulated around internals) and obesity in abdomen area are greatest risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and more often they do affect people aged 35 – 45.

Refuse from smoking
Here everything is clear. Cigarettes and heart are antonyms.

Health Benefits of Pumpkin

Flavored pumpkin flesh is rich in vitamins such as:

• ascorbic acid, which would save you from autumn colds;
• vitamins of B group, which would save you not just from fatigue, irritancy and insomnia but also would make your hair and skin healthy;
• vitamins A and E, which help to fight wrinkles and premature aging;
• vitamin K, which is beneficial for blood coagulability and it cannot be found in other vegetables.

Pumpkin is rich in vitamin T and due to this it may be called best topping to beef, pork and other fat foods as vitamin T helps to uptake junk food and prevents from obesity. This property makes pumpkin favorite vegetable of dieticians who recommend it to people who want to lose weight. Also pumpkin is rich in iron and therefore people who love pumpkin always have good complexion and are in high spirits.

It is considered that pumpkin juice helps males to maintain their sexual tonus. Experts say that pumpkin helps not only to solve sexual problems but also it helps to fight many serious diseases. Probably, there is no more healthy vegetable for people suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Rich in potassium, pumpkin improves work of heart, strengthens vessels and relieves from edema.

Pumpkin seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids which reduce level of bad cholesterol in blood and protect heart and vessels. Also pumpkin seeds contain:

• vitamin D need for strong bones and uptake of calcium
• zinc need for healthy skin, hair, nails and strong immunity
• magnesium need for good working of heart and nervous system and also it helps to normalize arterial pressure

Pumpkin seeds improve appetite and accelerate wound healing. Psychologists recommend people who want to give up smoking to eat pumpkin seeds. It is considered that this process may kill desire for smoking. It would be better not to fry seeds as they lose their healthy properties.