Prevent Stroke with Know the Risk Factors

Stroke is a health problem in the world. It is estimated that 2-3 million people in this country have suffered a stroke. Although stroke is often associated with old age, in fact, more people are beginning 30-year-old who had a stroke. In addition to causing disability, a stroke can also cause death.


However, if you prepare yourself from now, you can minimize most of your risk factors. "This disease can be prevented," according to dr.Sutarto Prodjo Disastro, Sp.S, chairman of public relations and outreach Stroke Foundation of Indonesia on the show Living Control Cholesterol control.

Stroke is a brain attack which arise due to sudden interruption of blood flow due to blockage or rupture of blood vessels in the brain so that brain cells are deprived of blood, oxygen or nutrients, causing cell death in a short time. "If it is dead, brain cells can not regenerate or grow back, so be careful with stroke," said Sutarto.


Men do have a greater risk of stroke, but in recent decades to be the same chances in women. "Women tend to be more stressful because it has two roles, that is, career women and housewives," said dr. Ann Arieska Soenarto, Sp.JP (K), from RS.Jantung Harapan Kita Jakarta.
To help reduce the risk of stroke, try to do the following checks:



Check blood pressure

Many people who do not know they have hypertension, because these diseases have no symptoms from the outside. Check with your blood pressure at least once a year for control of hypertension is a non-negotiable in the prevention of stroke.

Check with cholesterol

There are many reasons why high blood cholesterol levels, including the diet, obesity and smoking habits. Lowering cholesterol is important, regardless of your age and health condition. The recommended safe limit is less than 160 mg / dl. Choose foods with low fat content.

Diabetes mellitus

Also remember that your blood sugar levels. "People with diabetes are usually very poor blood vessels so the risk of heart disease or stroke," said Ann dr.Arieska


A time to exercise self

Less body movement adds to the risk factors of stroke, but exercise at least 30 minutes a day, three times a week, can help cut the risk.

Other risk factors

Which is also a risk factor for stroke is an advanced age, stress, obesity, smoking, high fat consumption and heart disease, particularly heart disease with symptoms of heart rhythm disturbances.


The research data regarding the treatment of stroke is still not satisfactory despite a lot accomplished, the final outcome of treatment if not dead almost always leave the disability. Presumably the initial treatment / prevention of early and very useful, but must be accompanied by the introduction and understanding of stroke in all walks of life and community in society.

The signs of the emergence of a stroke

At early levels, communities, families and everyone should obtain a clear and convincing information that the stroke is a brain attack which simply has the five major signs that must be understood and very understandable. It is important that all people have a high vigilance against the danger of a stroke.


Signs of stroke:

1. Taste fool or sudden death or loss of feeling and weakness in the face, arm or leg, especially on one part of the body
2. Sudden confusion, difficulty speaking or trouble understanding
3. One eye or both eyes suddenly blurred
4. Sudden difficulty walking, stumbled and lost balance
5. Suddenly felt dizzy and a headache without known cause musababnya /
In addition it should be explained also the possibility of the emergence of signs of other follow-up that could arise and or have to watch out for, namely;
6. Nausea, hot and very frequent vomiting
7. Sense of sudden fainting, or feel a sudden loss of consciousness
Meanwhile, to avoid a stroke a person can do preventive measures include getting used to live a healthy lifestyle.

Here are 10 steps you can take to avoid a stroke.

1. Avoid and stop smoking.

This habit can lead to atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and make your blood to clot easily.

2. Consult blood pressure regularly.

High blood pressure can make your blood vessels having the extra pressure. Although no symptoms, check blood pressure regularly.

3. Control of heart disease.

If you have symptoms or cardiac disorders such as irregular heartbeat or high cholesterol levels, be careful because it will increase the risk of stroke. Ask your doctor for advice the best move.

4. Handle and control stress and depression.

Stress and depression can interfere with and even lead to physical casualties. If not resolved, these two things could cause long term problems.

5. Eat healthy.

You may have heard it a thousand times, but it is important if you are disciplined to eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day. Avoid eating too much red meat as saturated fats can make the blood vessels to harden. Consumption of fiber can control the fat in the blood.

6. Reduce salt.
Since the salt will bind blood pressure.

7. Monitor your weight.

Having a body fat or obese increases your risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes, and all of them can trigger a stroke.

8. Exercising and being active.

Doing regular physical activity helps lower your blood pressure and create a healthy balance of fats in the blood.

9. Reduce alcohol.

Drinking alcohol can raise blood pressure, therefore reducing it means you avoid the high blood pressure.

10. Up date your knowledge.

By following the development of health information about many important things that obtained in order to avoid the likelihood or reduce the risk of stroke. Take care, including various hormone pills and hormone replacement therapy HRT could be expected to make the blood becomes thick and tends to easily agglomerate.

[Wow] Miniature Wonderland, the World's Largest Miniature train

Two brothers from Germany, Frederick and Gerrit Braun makes a train diorama complete with buildings and landscape area of ​​1150 m2. They make a diorama of buildings and banks on the Elbe, Hamburg, including in America, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Germany, and Austrian Mountains.

American diorama made setting the Rocky Mountains and Mount Rushmore, where four faces of former U.S. president 'on display'. While the diorama in Switzerland there is a mini Matterhorn, Scandinavia there is a 4 foot passenger ship in the fjord.
Since 2009 they made this diorama and is expected to be completed by year 2014 and breadth will increase to 1,800 m2 and the path along the 20 km. It was likely there would be new countries such as France, Italy and England.

Stunning diorama was passed by 700 to 10,000 train carriages. The longest train set size is 14 meters.
Knick-knacks diorama includes 900 signals, 2,800 buildings, 4,000 cars, red lights and more than 160,000 a scarecrow.

9 Healthy Facts You Should Know About Chocolate

What comes to mind when hearing the word chocolate? Food triggers fat but very tasty? Better to consider first sundries brown before you take the square off for the run to avoid foods rich in these benefits.

1. Amazing plants.

Brown is included in the category of dark-colored plants or vegetables that proved far more healthy than light-colored plants. This conclusion is obtained because chocolate contains flavonoids, which act as antioxidants. Antioxidants can protect the body from aging caused by free radicals, which can cause damage that leads to heart disease. Chocolate contains antioxidants in large quantities, almost 8 times the amount found in strawberry fruit. Flavonoids also help blood pressure to become more relaxed through the production of nitric oxide, as well as maintaining the balance of certain hormones in the body.

2. Bye-bye cholestreol.

Not as you feared, brown fat is a vegetable fat that will not increase cholesterol levels. People who eat brown fat would be much healthier than those who love to eat fat butter or beef fat. Even dark chocolate has been shown to reduce bad cholesterol by 10 percent. After investigation, it turns out chocolate contains stearic acid, neutral fats are digested more slowly by the body and absorbed less so that will not trigger blood cholesterol.

3. True blood-pressure.

Research has shown that eating a little dark chocolate every day can lower blood pressure in individuals who have high blood pressure.

4. Your heart will not break.

Chocolate contains palmitic acid and oleic acid in it. This substance is consistent in reducing impaired heart function. Population Mediterranean since ancient times often consume oleid acid contained in chocolate and olive oil to create a positive effect on heart health

5. Pimples is just a Rumour.

This is good news for you: chocolate did not cause acne. Skin health experts agree that acne is not caused by specific foods like chocolate, french fries, soda, or candy. The cause of acne is actually a buildup of dead skin cells in pores, the excess skin oil (sebum), and proliferation of bacteria that cause acne. None of these factors triggered by the foods we eat.

6. Good mood.

Sophisticated functions which you may already know is chocolate may reduce stress, because the smell can trigger the release of serotonine, a natural antidepressant in the brain. This is also aided by phenylethylamine, a substance similar to amphetanine that can increase the uptake of tryptophan into the brain which in turn produce dopamine. Impact of dopamine is the emerging sense of excitement and improved mood.

7. Love, sex and magic.

Savor chocolate this one will definitely make your cheeks blush. Yes, chocolate does contain aphrodisiac, a substance that gives rise to a feeling like being in love and increase sexual desire. Name aphrodisiac comes from Aphrodite, the goddess of sexuality and love from Greece. In addition to chocolate, are also found in celery aphrodisiac, ginseng, lettuce, oysters and gingko biloba.

8. Smooth skin and shiny hair.

Catechins are a type of antioxidants in chocolate that affects the skin suppleness and softness. Catechins are also owned by the tea, but prosentasinya much smaller than that contained by chocolate. No wonder so many of today's chocolate to be the main ingredient of being able to moisten cosmetic products, to disguise fine lines, soothing, and combat premature aging of the skin. Brown is also able to make hair more radiant and sexy scent that is very tempting. Using a chocolate mask for hair once a month or chocolate shampoo once every two days will make your hair look fabulous.

9. Support energy and growth

Milk chocolate and white chocolate is rich in vitamins A and B12, which can contribute to the growth of teeth and bones, calcium and phosphorus absorption, red blood cell formation and muscle growth. Cocoa and dark chocolate also contain B-complex vitamins are very much needed to release energy and create the body resistance. Besides chocolate is also a source of minerals that are essential for normal functioning of the body. Dark chocolate is rich in magnesium are important for brain function is powerful and contains copper, iron, manganese and zinc play a role in the promotion of cell growth, tissue repair and absorption of nutrients

4 Activities for Brain Healthy

 

Like the body, the brain also needs exercise to develop. Given brain exercises regularly will undoubtedly remain sharp throughout the ages.
 

To remain in good mental condition, do this simple exercise for the brain as below on a regular basis.

1. Try new activities

Perform activities that require steps to memorize the complex will help train the brain, such as playing chess.

2. Reduce the use of your dominant hand

A good way to strengthen the brain is trying to focus your energy in performing the task accurately by hand, other than the dominant hand. Use the left or right hand if you move the mouse left-handed to your computer or write letters.

3. Always involve the brain

Try to train your brain to fill in puzzles or challenging the brain by reading a classic novel is difficult.

4. Video games

Try playing the type of video game that has been designed to help train your brain. Find video games that stimulate your brain by making you solve mathematical equations, calculate the speed, or drawing.

Bad Effects of Negative Self-Talk

 

What is self-talk? Self-talk is to communicate and talk to yourself. Self-talk is not meant to speak with words out of his mouth like when we talk to other people, but talking to thoughts inside our heads. Self-talk itself can be categorized into two types, namely positive and negative. Positive self-talk can improve our self-esteem, happiness, and motivate ourselves. While negative self-talk that can make us despair, fear, anxiety, and sadness.

Conscious or not, we do self-talk throughout the day and throughout life. Voices in our heads and our conversations with the mind was the one who inspires our actions in the situation. Agree or refuse, indecent or otherwise objectionable, or may not, be patient or anger, love or hate, all are examples of our actions, which usually begins with self-talk.

What are the adverse effects of negative self-talk?

1. Prejudice

What if I fail? What if not? What if he does not like me? What if I'm not accepted? When you are talking like this to yourself, then you're in the path of failure. Prejudice will only make you anxious about something that is not necessarily occur.

2. Stereotyping

Thinking stereotype or generalize everything. We put something or someone in the same category without regard to any individual. "All the guys just the same!", "All the joy, the same guy doang saucy girl!," All the girls just love his money! ". As a result of thinking like this, you will often feel paranoid about something and your social relations will be disturbed. You also do not realize that everyone is born unique.

3. Thinking in the extreme

Exaggerate things with words always and never. "I could never do that!". "I always fail!". "I've always hated people!". When you think extreme and does not correspond with reality, you will feel hopeless at doing something.

4. Living in the past

Always felt sorry for the incident or error in the past without trying to move-on. You keep repeating words like "Just yesterday I do not agree, must now do not like this", "I wish I could return the time" and so on. When you constantly say to yourself, you will never evolve in a positive direction because you just look back and bemoan your fate.

5. Limiting ourselves

Not confident that you can do greater things. "Well I can not possibly be, I'm not smart.", "I'm just doing the easy-easy Honestly." By limiting yourself like this, as if you did not realize that every human being was created to do great things. The problem is only the human mind alone.

6. Jump to conclusions

When we are in an uncomfortable situation, we will make assumptions and conclusions that do not necessarily occur. "He might not like me, I'm ugly", "I look like a fool when talking to him." Assumption like that would make us afraid or ashamed to do something.

7. Daydreaming

Daydreaming or fantasizing is thinking of something fun, imagination, and hope while we're awake. Actually daydreaming often used by writers, composers, novelists, filmmakers to produce ideas and works. But often many people who fantasize fun and when faced with how to realize their dreams, they will feel inferior (not capable), and re-imagining again. They constantly are in a vicious circle.

8. The words of others become part of us

Self-talk is usually greatly influenced by something that is instilled from the outside like parents, friends, or people who have influence. Thought they would become part of our self-talk. When thinking is a good thing then it will not be a problem, but when negative thoughts like "it's a difficult thing, you will not be able", "you do not deserve to use it" becomes part of your self-talk as well, then your mind is like not your own anymore.

Hopefully we can throw away all our negative self-talk and self-talk into positive
in order to avoid despair, fear, anxiety etc.

The Cause of Heart Attack in Adolescents

 Teens who consume too much sugar is unwittingly present in soft drinks and food at risk of heart attacks in young age. Reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association. If the food or drink instant mentioned "added sugar", it is not sugar alone that is used.

But also-calorie artificial sweetener that is added to food or beverages by manufacturers during processing. Recent studies of the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES) show 2157 adolescents aged 12-18 years, the average consumption of 119 grams of added sugar (476 calories) per day, or 21.4 percent of their total energy.

The American Heart Association recently recommended upper limit for added sugar intake, based on the number of calories that are needed throughout the day, their energy expenditure, sex, and age. For example, the right amount for an individual with the energy needs of 1,800 calories per day (average of a teenage girl 14-18 years of age may be in the range of calories) only require 100 calories from added sugars. An individual with the needs of 2200 calories per day should eat or drink no more than 150 additional calories from sugar.

Teenagers consume the highest levels of added sugar levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL), good cholesterol, lower levels. In contrast, triglycerides and llow density lipoproteins (LDL), bad cholesterol, the higher levels. Previous studies showed that the largest contributor of added sugar is to sweet drinks like soda, fruit drinks, coffee and instant tea.

Reduce the "addiction" you in the food and sweet drinks are tasty but heart damage.

Apples may help reduce cholesterol with delicious

 

Cholesterol is always associated with lots of delicious  food and lifestyle are indiscriminate. Meanwhile, to reduce cholesterol, we have struggled to hold appetite, exercise routine, even taking various drugs. However, if there is a nice way of course you will not complain anymore.

In previous studies, it is known that eating two apples a day can reduce cholesterol by 10 percent. With the addition of apples if the effect also will double? Seems so.

Women who ate 75 grams of apple every day for six months showed that levels of LDL-bad cholesterol, down to 25 percent. Not only that, the other component causes heart disease and stroke also decreased while HDL levels rose by about 4 percent. Even though every day, eating about 240 extra calories from four apples, the average weight of the women declined more than 2 pounds.

An added benefit would be obtained if you eat a fresh apple. LDL caused a decrease in antioxidant content of apples, while the slimming effect of fiber derived from fruit and apple pectin can reduce appetite so as not to overdo it. With a delicious taste and texture, four apples certainly not a tough problem for you. Come on, live healthier with delicious!