The Health Benefits of Water

Water also called H2O has a multitude of uses.

Water is useful for cooking, drinking, bathing, cleaning, for agriculture and for livestock.

Water makes the garden grow.

Did you know that water has many health benefits?

For example water quenches the thirst; water hydrates the body and keeps it functioning at its optimum.

For persons who are overweight water is a best friend.

Here is a list of health benefits of water from the USNews.

Water:

-Keeps you hydrated.

-Makes you feel full.

-Flushes your system of toxins.

-Keeps your bowel movements regular

-Helps you sweat.

-Helps with exercise.

-Helps with calorie reduction.

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Keeping Healthy In A HighTech Age

Technoloy and healthcare are advancing in the same direction to keep you motivated about your health.

For example:With an android phone or an iphone one has a pedometer at his finger tips. Using your Iphone or android, a pedometer apps can add grahics and charts to help you track your distances steps taken.

Using your mobile, behaviour modification is available, by receiving text messages one can change their behaviour for a healthier lifestyle.

This is epeciallly effective for smoking cessation, weight loss, unhealthy eating and lack of motivation to exercise.

There are several health apps available including apps that count calories,calculate body mass index and record your diet and activity.

Many of them are available as Facebook apps that can be shared with friends.

Read more about these new high tech health tools.

TheSpec - Plug in, work out

If you want to spend little or no money, you can do-it-yourself and develop your own health toolkit or weight loss plan. These require a subscription to receive instructions.

The Weight Loss Plan

The Personal Toolkit.

Insect Stings Can Be Deadly

Protect yourself from insect stings and mosquitoe bites when travelling or going away this summer; it is advisable especially if you are travelling to areas where they are common.

More than 1/2 million people go to emergency departments each year due to insect stings; a small number die.

Malaria is a disease caused by mosquitoe bites, 30,000 international travellers fall ill every year due to it.

Recommendations

For those persons who have known allergies to insect stings the following are key recommendations.

-Consider an allergy shots

-Avoid all stinging insects including bumblebees.

-Be aware of factors that increase the chances of a serious reaction

The symptoms of a severe allergic reaction are:

-Tightness in the chest

-Swelling of the nose, lips, tongue and throat

-Dizziness and fainting -Loss of consciousness -Hives -Itching and swelling in areas other than the site

Malaria is a serious disease caused by mosquitoes bites, The World Health Organization has an action plan to eliminate it by 2015.

If you are travelling to a tropical country, take precautions to protect yourself.

The symptoms of malaria are: fever, vomiting and headache. These are guidelines for international travellers: Click here.

Recognizing A Brain Attack

The Chances of surviving a brain attack are greater if the time between the onset and the start of treatment is minimal.

Here are symptoms for you to recognize a stroke, knowing them could reduce the likelihood of the person being severely disabled, knowing them can ensure early start of treatment.

They are:

-Confusion and trouble speaking -Difficulty moving -Severe headache -Numbness of one side of the body -Weakness of the face, an arm or a leg -Visions and perceptions problems

If anyone you know is experiencing these symptoms, get them to see a health professional for treatment immediately.

Read about these symptoms in more detail/