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close絞り込みを解除Make Yours a Healthy Bali Christmas
Make Yours a Healthy Bali Christmas — Overindulging and Bali go hand-in-hand but this holiday season a few slight dietary adjustments will allow you to feel better about yourself without that uncomfortable bloating feeling. Perhaps you already lost weight and wish to maintain or, you are just beginning your new eating program, the consumption of
Worried About Stroke? Here Are the Treatable Risk Factors
Worried About Stroke? Here Are the Treatable Risk Factors — The most important treatable risk factors for stroke are easily understood according to the Institute of Neurological Disorders — take them seriously and you just might live a long and healthy life: Start by getting your blood pressure under control: Hypertension is by far the
Coping With the Side Effects of Dialysis
Coping With the Side Effects of Dialysis — Dialysis is a lifesaving treatment for those with end stage renal disease (ESRD). However, with both peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD), there are occasions when a patient may have side effects from the treatment. These side effects can be mild or severe, depending on the patient’s
Light Exercise Might Lessen Strokes
Light Exercise Might Lessen Strokes — People who regularly engage in light to moderate physical activity – like walking four hours a week or swimming two hours weekly – might have less severe strokes than individuals who aren’t as active. As reported in Health Line, researchers examined data on 925 patients who were treated for
Supplement May Harm Health
Supplement May Harm Health — New research warns that a number of weight loss and workout supplements contain potentially harmful doses of a substance that has been ruled as unsafe. As reported in Medical News Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ban all athletes from taking any drugs or supplements that include higenamine, a beta-2
Weight Gain Linked to Sleep Loss
Weight Gain Linked to Sleep Loss — A recent study by Sweden’s Uppsala University indicates losing just one night of sleep could have an impact on one’s metabolism resulting in an increase in body weight. Previous epidemiological studies have shown that the risk for obesity and type-two diabetes is elevated in those who suffer from
Skip the Drink on World Heart Day
Skip the Drink on World Heart Day — This year the World Heart Federation (WHF) is asking people around the world to make a promise on September 29 … for my heart, for your heart, for all our hearts… A promise as an individual to cook and eat more healthily, to do more exercise and
Age-old Indonesian Herbal Drink Finds New Audience
Arief Springs, owner of Bali jamu juice bar Djamoekoe, is one of many chefs and restaurateurs taking jamu off the streets where it’s traditionally sold and into trendy new establishments. Visitors to Bali don’t need to look too far to find the ubiquitous herbal drink, jamu, sold on the backstreets of the island’s residential neighborhoods
Does the 8-Hour Diet Really Work?
A new diet program, otherwise known as 16:8, sees people eating for eight hours per day and fasting for 16 hours in a bid to kick their body into fat burning mode. Those who follow it likely eat breakfast at 10am, lunch at 2pm and dinner at 6pm and then have breakfast at 10am the
Natural Blood Thinners for Your Heart Health
Natural blood thinners are becoming popular as substances that reduce the blood’s ability to form clots with many of these ingredients grown right here in Bali. Million of people take blood thinners every year mostly those who have already had a heart attack or a stroke, since they can lower the risk of having a second one.
Myths and Facts About Erectile Dysfunction
Erectile Dysfunction — There’s a lot of misinformation about the causes and treatments of erectile dysfunction (ED). To know the facts, you may need to bust some myths along the way. According to WedbMd there’s plenty of myths on erectile dysfunction and the first starts with a man’s age. Myth: ED is a normal part
The Miracle of Baking Soda
The Miracle of Baking Soda — There is one ingredient in nearly every kitchen cupboard that can do wonders for your hair, skin and body. This inexpensive, multitasking item is nothing but baking soda! In fact, baking soda can help you look your best from head to toe. Teeth Whitening Baking soda is a
Australia’s National Cancer
Australia’s National Cancer — Of the 14,000 Australians who will be diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer this year nearly 2,000 are expected to die from it each year, based on 2016 data and according to Cancer Council Australia, two out of three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer before the age of 70. Melanoma
Heart Healthy Magnesium
heart healthy magnesium — Magnesium deficits have been linked with a long list of cardiovascular and other disorders: high blood pressure, heart rhythm problems such as atrial fibrillation, cholesterol-clogged coronary arteries, painful spasms of coronary arteries, sudden cardiac arrest, diabetes, osteoporosis, and more. But whether modestly low magnesium stores are the cause of these conditions
Blood Pressure Meds: When Stopping May Be Appropriate
What happens if through lifestyle changes you lower your blood pressure significantly yet you are still on blood pressure medication from years past? In short, it’s not always an easy answer. To make an informed choice about your need for ongoing treatment, you and your BIMC doctor will first need to review the cause (or
Heart Healthy Wonder Vitamin Discovered
Heart Healthy Wonder Vitamin Discovered — A study published in the journal Nature Communications indicates that when people consume a form of Vitamin B3 called nicotinamide riboside (NR) daily, it mimics caloric restriction, kick-starting the same key chemical pathways responsible for its health benefits. NR also tends to improve blood pressure and arterial health, particularly
World No Tobacco Day
World No Tobacco Day — Every May 31 WHO and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use while advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. Let’s start right here: Tobacco harms the health, the treasury, and the spirit of Indonesia. Every year, more than
The Health Benefits of a Simple Ocean Swim
The Health Benefits of a Simple Ocean Swim — It stimulates our body and promotes the feeling of wellbeing that surfers very well know. Living in Bali offers easy access to take the plunge and get healthy, from a lazy float to wave riding, an ocean swim has endless curative benefits! Let’s start with an immune
April 7: World Health Day
April 7: World Health Day — The World Health Organization was founded on the principle that all people should be able to realize their right to the highest possible level of health. “Health for all” has therefore been their guiding vision for more than seven decades. It’s also the impetus behind the current organization-wide drive
The Fantastic Health Facts of Fibre
The Fantastic Health Facts of Fibre — Multiple media outlets are once again running with a new medical research study on the health benefits of a high fibre diet and how proper gut bacteria can benefit overall health and prevent type-2 diabetes. According to New Scientist, Liping Zhao at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China
Seven Steps to Avoid Stroke
Seven Steps to Avoid Stroke — The chance of living a lifetime without suffering a stroke are more than in your favor by following these easy to follow lifestyle choices if you are serious about staying healthy. 1. Take High Blood Pressure Very Seriously High blood pressure increases your odds for a stroke up
The Happiness Health Connection
The Happiness Health Connection — Scientific evidence suggests that positive emotions can help make life longer and healthier; learn how to keep happy even on bad days and what better place to maintain a positive outlook than the beautiful island of Bali. Do happier people live longer and if they do what is the
Stick With Those Resolutions
Stick With Those Resolutions — It’s February and we at Health-e are checking in to see how you are making out with your December intentions to be a healthier person… well, let us weigh in with the ongoing science to keep you on track. The word is out, scientists estimate in a recent report that
The Health Benefits of Deep Breathing
The Health Benefits of Deep Breathing — Not just for those with lung issues, deep systematic breathing almost instantly reduces stress and blood pressure, strengthens the abdominal and intestinal muscles, aids sleep and promotes better blood flow while releasing toxins from the body. Out with the old, stale air and in with new fresh