Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Delicious foods may not be nutritious

Junk food is an informal term applied to some foods with little or no nutritional value which also has those ingredients considered unhealthy when regularly eaten or those considered unhealthy to consume at all. People are increasingly being warned against the effects of those foods and the potential damage they pose to the health damage. Junk food are high levels of refined sugar, white flour, trans fat and saturated fat, salt and lack of proteins, vitamins, fiber and other nutrients for a healthy diet. Fast food is more popular because it is inexpensive and resistant to spoilage. Consumers like this food because it’s widely available and require little preparation. Fast food is associated with health problems. Fast food increases blood pressure, effects of cholesterol, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, dental activities, cardiac problems and unhealthy lifestyle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_food

We all know about the bad affects of fast food but we are taking this food most of the time and we are becoming addict of this. Why this foods fascinates us and we are taking this food continiously????

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Say no to "Drugs"

Drugs are chemical that have a profound impact on the neurochemical balance in the brain which directly affects how you feel and act. Many people of the world now suffering by using drugs. Survey says, most of the people use drugs for fun and to get escape from their problems. They are trying to self-medicate themselves out of loneliness, low self-esteem, unhappy relationships or stress. This is a pattern that too often leads to drug abuse and addiction.
Marijuana, LSD, cocaine, caffeine, morphine, heroine, and pethidine are the common drugs uses by the addicts. Drugs cause increased energy, rapid heart rate and elevated blood pressure. They also produce racing thoughts and make you feel overly stimulated. Continued use of drugs causes rapid breathing irritability, impulsiveness, aggression, insomnia, weight loss, tolerance, addiction, infectious diseases, and collapsed veins, suppression of pain, depressed respiration and possible heart failure. These drugs can be affects to memory and impacts the ability to learn.

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/drug_substance_abuse_addiction_signs_effects_treatment.htm

People are not unknown about the affects of drugs and drugs are not a solution of any problem. So why people are not aware from this????

Monday, November 10, 2008

Smoking is an invitation to disease

Smoking is one of the most common forms of recreational use of drugs. Most commonly tobacco, is burned and the smoke tasted or inhaled. This is primarily done as a form of recreational drug use, as combustion releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotine and makes them available for absorption through the lungs. It can also be done as a part of rituals, to induce trances and spiritual enlightenment. The most common method of smoking today is through cigarettes, primarily industrially manufactured but also hand-rolled from loose tobacco and rolling paper. Other forms, though not as common, are pipes, cigars, hookahs and bongs. Smoking increases the risk of a range of diseases. This is a greater cause of death and disability than any single disease. Approximately five million people died worldwide for the cause of smoking. Smoking for lifetime increase the chances smoke related death and it will be in middle age.

Smoking can causes heart attack and stroke. UK studies show that smokers in their 30s and 40s are five times more likely to have a heart attack than non-smokers. Tobacco contributes to the hardening of the arteries which can then become blocked and starves the heart bloodflow, causing heart attack. Lung problem is also can be a cause of smoking. More than 2,00,000 people died in a year by lung cancer, bladder cancer, cancer of kidneys, cancer of pancreas, cervical cancer for smoking. Smoking is reason of emphysema and in pregnancy it can increases risk of miscarriage.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/medical_notes/473673.stm


My question is, what action should we need to take about this problem??