From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Understanding Appetite Loss

We usually talk about the increased appetite as a growing health concern. However, it’s counterpart-loss of appetite, is also becoming a growing health risk, specially among teenagers, and elderly. Let us have a look at the possible origin of this condition in today’s post. The pleasant anticipation of eating that we call appetite is controlled [...]

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Components of an Ideal Breakfast

A typical breakfast plan should consist of less than a third of the total of the daily calories, and should consist of approximately 500-600 calories. Most of the times, these can be provided by carbohydrates, and the fat content should be kept lower to avoid its deposition in the body later on. Moreover, a breakfast [...]

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Breakfast to Start Your Day

There have been many researches to highlight the importance of eating breakfast every morning in order to have a healthy start of your day. There are many studies that show that eating your breakfast daily can reduce the chances of developing hypoglycemic episodes (feeling fatigued, and loss of energy), development of binge-eating, and also it [...]

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Body Iron Requirements

Deficiency of folate, another B vitamin, can also cause anemia in pregnant females (who need extra folate for the developing fetus), in alcoholics, and in elderly people. Relatively rare types of anemias include thalassemia, and inherited disorder, and aplastic anemia, which may be caused by infection, exposure to toxic chemicals or radiation, or genetic disorder. [...]

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Types of Anemia

Continuing with our discussion on anemias, look at the type of anemias. We have already mentioned anemia due to iron deficiency in the earlier post. Other types of anemias are as follows: Hemolytic anemia: It occurs when red blood cells are destroyed more rapidly than normal. The cause may be hereditary or one of a [...]

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What is Anemia?

Anemia is the umbrella term for a variety of disorders characterized by the inability of red blood cells to carry sufficient oxygen. This may be due to an abnormality of a low level of hemoglobin, the iron, and protein-based red pigment in blood that carries oxygen from the lungs to all body cells. Symptoms of [...]

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