Archive for the ‘Medical & Medicine’ Category
Prevent Bacteria With The Consumption of Tea and Honey
January 25th, 2011 | 
Author: 
Recently, a study provides information on the efficacy of combining tea and honey. The mixture of tea and honey was effective to reduce bacterial pathogens (disease-causing bacteria) in the meat consumed daily.
A study revealed a mixture of jasmine tea and honey, or green tea and honey has a high microbial activity and the ability to kill harmful bacteria found in some foods and raw meat. This study was conducted in a liquid medium with the tea extract and honey is proven to reduce the bacteria listeria monocytogenes and E.coli 0157: H7.
Tags: 
The Danger of Joints Calcification
If we have sore fingers, we often pull the fingers until it create chattering sound. It is the same when the waist feels stiff; we straight twist until it creates chattering sound. The sore would instantly disappear after doing that. But is it true? Chattering fingers or joints can be a sign that someone is suffering from joints calcification or osteoarthritis. Unlike osteoporosis, which is a form of bone calcification, then osteoarthritis is a form of joints calcification.
The human body consists of 206 bones and 230 joints. Osteoarthritis is a chronic joint disease which is marked by degeneration on the joint cartilage and the bones nearby, which can cause joint pain and stiffness. Joints calcification will surely be experience by every person, especially for the people who aged more than 40 years old. However, it can also occur earlier.
Healthy Diet Prevents Heart Disease
Heart is the vital organ in our body. Its task is to distribute all the nutrients and oxygen throughout the body. Although the size of the heart is only a handful of our left hand, but its task is enormous because it must pump the blood throughout the blood vessels. In 1 day, heart is pumping as much of 7000 liters of blood in 100,800 times beat. Thing that need to be considered in order to reduce atherosclerosis (arteries blockage) is by eating heart-friendly foods, which is important to reduce the risk of heart disease.
The recommended food are: Eat fish that contain omega 3 fatty acids protein (consisting of DHA and EPA) regularly can lower the bad cholesterol (LDL) and increase good cholesterol (HDL) in order to prevent hardening of the arteries. This recommendation is according to researches since the 1970′s against the Eskimo people who consumed a lot of fish.