Eye Care Tips

Eye care- Tips to rejuvenate your eyes
 

We watch TV non-stop, sit glued in front of our systems, read in dim light and compromise on sleep!........ Stop!....... Now........Time to be nice to the organ that helps us perceive the whole world! Let�s give our vision the rejuvenation it needs!

Be it pollution, stress or examination tension, you have enough reason to be worried about your appearance. After all you don't want to be called 'Queen of dark circles' or Princess puffy eyes'. Fortunately, there are simple remedies to treat your eyes. You don't need to visit a cosmetologist or even a saloon. You can sit at home relax in your easy chair and take care of your eyes.

Eyes

When we talk about vision improvement, we mean relaxation and efficient use of eyes. Faulty vision always means that there is tension and stress in the eyes due to some wrong approach. If your eyes are tense, then the whole body is tense.With few tips on eye care, you can rejuvenate and refresh your eyes. Moisten your eyes with false tears eye drops or by drinking extra liquid and fluid foods. Blink more often, especially if you are working on a computer or any other work which involves lot of eye work.

There are six eye muscles around the eyes, and due to tension in them, the soft part around the eyes changes its shape. It can lead to short sightedness among youngsters in many cases. Also, if you are a middle-aged far sighted person, it could be a consequence of working in front of the monitor for long hours.

"The common advice given to cool and relax one's eyes is to place slices of cucumber over eyelids". A few drops of coconut oil massaged around the eyes helps get rid of dark spots.

When one does not have time for face packs, using an under eye concealer is the best option. A solution of Glycerine and lemon juice applied around the eyes removes dark circles. Also, cotton pads soaked in cold milk and placed around the eyes cools the eyes.

A mixture of saffron and honey applied around the eyes can do good. It is believed washing ones face every night with rosewater refreshes the eye. In order to remove puffiness from the eyelids and also for long eyelashes a thin coat of castor oil can be applied before going to bed. Baggy or puffy eyes can be treated by keeping ice cubes on them.

Most people tend to dose off while reading. However, those who wear contact lenses must ensure that they take them off before sleeping as this could lead to puffy eyes.

Eat Healthy: Green leafy vegetables are a must. Carrot is good for eyes. Ensure that your diet is rich in Vitamins A, B and C.

Drink plenty of water : Your system needs purification.

Use user friendly make up: Make sure you remove your makeup before your retire to bed.

Finally sleep : It is important to get eight hours of sleep. You will feel revitalized and this will reflect in your eyes.  Restful sleep for six to eight hours helps rejuvenate your eyes in a natural way.

Mostly we do not give regeneration time for the eyes. If your eyes are fixed for a long time in the same distance, they create tension in the muscles. You should stretch your eyes. With stretching, the blood circulation is enhanced and also the waste products are carried out of the muscles. Some easy techniques are given below.

Acupressure: Press your eyes on the lower pupil. Now look up and move your eyes in a semi circle. Stretch your eye muscles and at the same time apply pressure on your eye balls. This way you stimulate blood circulation. Afterwards, rub your hands and cover your eye balls with your palms. Then, visualize something black and see the change in your darkness, How dark is it? . The moment you visualize something black, the darkness becomes darker and intense. It is a sign that your eyes have become more relaxed.

Tap the eyelids: You can do this exercise in pairs. Tap the lids of your eyes with your finger. One person lies down and the other taps him/her on the eyelids. You can also do it for yourself. This exercise is very refreshing. Tap around the eyes on the bone ridge, starting from the forehead, then under the eyes, and then on the lids. Do it for 20 minutes.

Unfocused Vision: Normally when you look at people, you focus on them directly. This involves only one part of the eye. But there is a bigger part of the eyes which is responsible for peripheral vision. In this technique as you look, along with focus, you also become aware of the periphery.

Jump on the trampoline: Jumping on a trampoline for 2-3 minutes also helps improve eyesight. When you go up, look far away and when you come down, look near. This way, you stimulate blood circulation, you breathe deeper and your body gets more oxygen. This exercise works wonders with the eyesight.

some other helpful tips:

• Wear dark glasses if you need to be out in the sun.
• Apart from the harmful sun rays, dry air and cool breeze also affect your eyes and cause eye damages and eye disorders like cataract.
• When selecting dark glasses, make sure they are 100 per cent UV protected.
• When sitting in an AC room, make sure the blow is not directed straight into your eyes this leads to drying and sensitivity of the eyes.
• Make sure that you wear sunglasses while driving also because the sun rays can penetrate even through the windows of the car. Wearing substandard sunglasses will make the pupils dilate, allowing more harmful UV rays to enter the eye and cause damage.
• While driving motorcycle, always wear protective eyeglasses. If you wear a helmet, choose one which allows you to see and also shields your eyes.

Loneliness Increases Heart Risk

Living alone increases heart risk

Study found that adults, particularly older people living alone are more level to heart attack and other heart problems.

 

Danish researchers report that people who live alone face double the risk of serious heart disease compared to those living with a partner.

The study involved more than 138,000 adults between 30 and 69. Between 2000 and 2002, 646 participants were diagnosed with severe angina or suffered heart attack or sudden cardiac death, situations that fall within the classification of acute coronary syndrome. 

After analyzing the study data, researchers at Aarhus University Hospital Sygehus concluded that age and living alone were the two strongest predictors of acute coronary syndrome. Poorly educated and live on a pension were also associated with increased risk.

 

The study found that when living alone, women over 60 and men over 50 were twice as likely, compared with other subjects of the study, acute coronary syndrome. 

Single women over 60 comprised just over 5 percent of the study population, while single men over 50 accounted for just fewer than 8 percent. Still, single men over 50 accounted for two thirds of deaths from acute coronary syndrome within 30 days of diagnosis, while single women of the group of those over 60 made up 60 percent of all deaths. 

Living with a partner, having a highly educated and having a job were associated with lower risk of acute coronary syndrome.Divorced women also had lower risk. 

According to the authors, certain common factors among people who live alone may help explain the increased risk. These factors include smoking, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and fewer medical appointments. People living alone may also have less access to social support networks. 

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HealthDay HispaniCare 

DrTango

Media Appearances

Last October, I participated in a panel discussion organized by the Harvard Food Law Society in Boston. The panel included Drs. Walter Willett, David Ludwig, Robert Lustig, and myself, with Corby Kummer as moderator. Dr. Willett is the chair of the Harvard Department of Nutrition; Dr. Ludwig is a professor of nutrition and pediatrics at Harvard; Dr. Lustig is a professor of clinical pediatrics at UCSF; and Kummer is a food writer and senior editor for The Atlantic.
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Beat The Heat This Summer

SUMMER is one of the six seasons of the year. Every two months will make a season or Ritu. Summer is in between the 16th May to 15th July. The strength of the body will be lost during this period. People feel tired and exhausted during the season due to extensive heat rays of the sun, the watery portion (or Kapha) of the body of people, animals, plants, foods and the entire environment will become dry and the vata will become more in the body and the atmosphere. The skin will become dry and may precipitate skin diseases as eczema..

What to Drink and Eat: One must drink the juices Try out juices of grapes, watermelon, banana, jack fruit, lemon and pineapple during summer. Consumption of fruits and juices reduces body heat and benefits in controlling body temperature. This is to say foods and juices of sweet and cold and easily digestible must be consumed. The preparations of sugar, barely/green gram, sharbats, buttermilk with sugar candy are to be used daily to cool the body. One must take the food of white rice with meat soup of meat of animals reared in cold areas.

 

The juices of dry grapes, cucumber, kharjura with Dalchini, Cardamom must be drunk along with pure cold water kept in a pot or a freezer or these must be kept at night in moon light and used along with buffalo's milk. Water with parijatha flowers and usheera can also be used for drinking.

• One must not take foods of pungent, sour, dry and salty foods. Foods of rice with milk, sugar candy, butter milk, lassie are good for good health. Ghee can be used.
• Coffee and tea are not all good as they stimulate the central nervous system. Taking them on empty stomach is harmful as they mix with acid and circulated all over the body producing several diseases.
• Alcohol is a hot drink and must not be used during this season, either avoid it or drink it with plenty of water. 

One must spend time in a place surrounded by water and green trees, or mountains, with the family and children. Must sleep during day. Swimming is also advisable in a pond, lake or river. Stay exposed to moon's rays at night. Should wear light cotton clothes. Must have minimum coitus during this period. 

summer picnic point

Wear Pearls and flower garlands. Body must be anointed with sandal and usheera paste which cools the body. Cold-water bath is good for the body. Exercise must be limited. Avoid exposure to sun's rays especially during peak hot time.

Any changes in the environment of nature will have deleterious effects on the health of people. So one must adjust and adopt measures suitable for the particular season for maintaining good health. In this season satvic type of foods is advocated to promote and to preserve good health.

Prevent Heat Exhaustion

What is heat exhaustion?
This condition often occurs when people exercise (work or play) in a hot, humid place and body fluids are lost through sweating, causing dehydration and overheating of the body. The person's temperature may be elevated, but not above 104 F (40 C). Heat exhaustion leads to severe effects on skin and body.

People with heat exhaustion may experience the following signs and symptoms:

Heat Exhaustion

• Heavy sweating
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Pale, clammy skin
• Thirst
• Rapid heartbeat
• Dizziness, fainting
• Nausea, vomiting
• Muscle and abdominal cramps
• Mild temperature elevations

Although heat exhaustion isn't as serious as another heat-related illness -- heat stroke -- it isn't something to be taken lightly. Without proper intervention, heat exhaustion can progress to heat stroke, which can damage the brain and other vital organs, and even cause death. Care should be taken to avoid heat exhaustion and keep the body cool. The below tips and techniques can be followed meticulously to safeguard from heat during summer seasons

Get out of the sun, drink plenty of water. Ideally you should have plenty of water at-least half an hour before you go out into the sun.

Eat more fruits and vegetables. This is because they have fairly high water content and good salt balance. Drink diluted electrolytes.

People who sweat heavily tend to loose a lot of potassium and sodium. There are many over the counter electrolyte packs.

Avoid salt tablets, alcohol, caffeine, smoking and do not bare your chest.

Do not suddenly go out into the sun from an air-conditioned room or do the opposite. Learn to acclimatise slowly.

Dousing your head and neck with cold water will help if it is hot and dry.

Use a newspaper, handkerchief or a traditional hand held fan to keep yourself in cool breeze.

Wear light and light coloured clothes. the preferred coloured is white because it reflects the heat. 

 

Use cotton or polyester blends because such cloth material can breathe.

Use an umbrella or a hat, preferably one that also shades the neck and is well ventilated.

Feet Care

How can we care our feet?

Our feet are one of the parts of our body most work during the day and the least pay attention, sometimes wearing heels too high, lasts too narrow or too sharp tips, all this can lead to irreparable injury. It is important to note that the time is ideal to buy shoes in the afternoon, also worth noting that it is very possible that we have one foot slightly larger than the other, so when buying a shoe to measure it in both feet, since it is possible that one foot will fit well but on the other you tight. Another point is that not everyone has the same type of foot, so we'll see the different types that there is to know with which we identify.

This is a type of foot that has the second longest toe after toe, meanwhile the third finger is about the same, while the fourth and fifth are smaller.

Polynesian or square foot:

In this foot almost all fingers are equal and are at the same height.

Egyptian Foot:

In this foot the big toe is the longest and the others follow in descending order by size, this type of foot is the most sensitive and therefore requires more care.

To take care of our feet is recommended to go barefoot in safe places on the grass, sand, carpet, among others, this is good because it activates the circulation and will help to perspire freely. When our feet are tired and sore we dip them in warm water for a few minutes which will cause them to relax.

GOODBYE The acne

 Acne Treatments in your hand

Today there are abounding treatments that can annihilate abscess from your face. But aboriginal things first.

Reasons for acne occurring

Currently eight of every 10 teenagers ache from abscess problems, but this botheration is not aloof teenagers, as there are abounding adults who additionally suffer.
The capital causes that usually account abscess are hormonal changes, so it is added accepted to accept abscess during adolescence, but as mentioned beforehand there are abounding adults who accept this botheration and if so is usually acquired by balance fat in skin.

How can you annihilate acne? 

Throughout this commodity we will present some treatments that you can balloon always of those annoying pimples.

In attention to the accustomed treatments we will highlight the abounding allowances of vitamin A, which is the best antidote to action acne-causing bacteria, so we accommodate in our diet foods affluent in vitamin A, such as carrots or orange, egg yolk, liver, etc.
In accession there are now abounding cosmetics such as soaps, creams, facial cleansers, etc. That will acquiesce you annihilate acne.

For corrective use, best consign able is that you ablution your face already or alert circadian with soap and bathe with balmy water. Never rub your face, because all you get is abrade the skin.

If instead you demand to abide to a analysis with arresting after-effects you get in a beeline time, we acclaim that you access the appointment of a dermatologist, to be him, to appearance you what the best analysis based the characteristics of your bark and the blazon of abscess that you suffer.