HEALTHY FOOD REMEDIES TO INFLAMMATION

Foods with anti-inflammatory properties

Inflammation is a key to most of the serious diseases including heart diseases. Actually, inflammation is a natural process in a body which causes occasional pain in small measures, when a body's white blood cells fight and protect from foreign particles like bacteria and various viruses. But when inflammatory response starts to gear up and goes out of hand, it might bring havocking circumstances. Researches have succeeded to indicate the anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties in various foods. For the best regulation of inflammation, it is requested you to increase the amount of the list of foods included here, in your diet.

• Leafy green vegetables       
• Blueberries
• Cinnamon
• Garlic
• Carrots
• Pineapples
• Fatty Fish
• Onions
• Ginger
• Turmeric
• Cloves
• Grapes
• Walnuts

The factor reducing the risk of chronic inflammation is your eating habit. The components of a diet you intake posses different anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory properties which can prevent you from chronic inflammation. So, it is suggested to take account of the dietary components and nutrients contained in the foods you eat on a daily basis.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF VEGETABLE SOUP

In order to stay fit and healthy, vegetable soups are considered to be very beneficial. A healthy soup is low in fat, minimum salty and is fresh. Here are the health benefits of vegetable soup listed.

• Vegetables soups are combination of great nutrients and energy.
• Vegetable soups help to restore essential water balance in the body.
• Vegetable soups help to keep blood pressure in control.
• Regular consumption of vegetable soups helps in weight control as it contains low fat and less calories.
• Risk of heart diseases and cancers is found to be declined with a regular consumption of vegetable soups.
• Helps to digest our foods properly and provides energy to our organs.
• A soup chock-full of vegetables that includes a small amount of meat or poultry can provide a satisfying and healthful meal. Researches have shown that some compounds in chicken soup are anti-inflammatory and lessen the production of mucus which lessens stuffy nose and cough.

Advantages and sources of Vitamin D

We have been learning since childhood that vitamin D is one of the essential nutrients for our body and, sun and foods are the sources of vitamin D. But many people are unable to get enough of this nutrient. We know that the intake of vitamin D prevents us from rickets by helping to develop healthy bones. Not only this, but there are few other benefits of vitamin D. Here are the list of health benefits of vitamin D to human body:

• Boosting immune system : Since, vitamin D is one of the nutrients which helps to increase the immune system of the human body. low intake of vitamin D results in lack of immunity against cold, flu and other infections.

• Reduction of body fat : Vitamin D helps burn body fat by increasing insulin sensitivity. When your cells are more sensitive to insulin, your body will store less fat.

• Reduction of risk of heart diseases : To different numbers of factors influencing heart disease, low vitamin D levels is the another factor which increases the risk of heart disease. Low vitamin D levels can increase the body fat storage, obesity and high blood pressure, which are linked to heart diseases.

                            

Sources of your daily vitamin D dosage:

• Direct Sunlight
• Egg yolks
• Vitamin D rich mushrooms
• Vitamin D fortified milk
• Vitamin D fortified orange juices
• Vitamin D supplements
• Low calorie, fortified cereals
• Cheese and butter

New to humans: MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)

MERS is a respiratory disease accompanied by inimical health conditions like high fever, respiratory illness, cough and shortness of breath. MERS is a new type of disease to humans and was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012, and hence named Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). This disease can affect anyone from any age group. About 36% of the people suffering from MERS have been reported dead.

MERS is caused by a family of viruses called corona virus which contains variety of viruses ranging from their capability to stimulate common cold to deadly MERS in humans. This disease is often called atypical pneumonia since it is not caused by a usual bacteria or viruses from the group of corona viruses. The disease is transferred by close contact with an infected person. MERS is reported to emerge in middle east part of the world in the countries like Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE. The report published by World Health Organization (WHO) on June of 2015, has stated that the number of people infected from MERS, after the September of 2012,  is about 1321 in which about 466 have died in minimum. 

Also, according to WHO, Camel is the source of storing maximum number of these types of viruses but the role of camel and the mechanism of transmission of these viruses from camel to a human is still unclear.

Symptoms of MERS:

• fever
• cough
• runny nose
• shortness of breath
• some people can also suffer from nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, pneumonia and develop kidney failure

People who have weak immunity system, and previously been diagnosed with heart diseases, diabetes, chronic lungs infections and kidney diseases are at greater risk of being infected more seriously. To prevent the disease, it is requested to consult your physician as soon as possible if you find yourself developing the symptoms listed above, especially if you are travelling or staying in the countries in middle east of the world. 

The vaccines for treatment of MERS have not yet been discovered but medical care is provided to lessen the symptoms and relieve the signs. So, it is very important to take account on the precautions to protect yourself against the disease.

• Avoid the habit of touching your eyes, nose, mouth with unwashed hands because it is the great source of viruses and bacteria entering your body.
• Frequently wash your hands with soap and clean water.
• Avoid close contact, through any ways with the sick person
• For the citizens from outside the middle east regions, pay maximum attention in different issues including food and beverage consumption while travelling to these areas.