2010年11月4日星期四

10 numerical indicators of your health self-test

1. Blood pressure: <120/80 mm Hg.
Cleveland, director of professional women's health, said Dr. Holly • Sark, lower blood pressure, better health. Blood pressure at or above 140/90 mm Hg is considered high blood pressure. The most powerful "killer" often "kills", high blood pressure, too, it is usually no obvious symptoms, once the delay has died, will lead to heart disease, stroke, kidney damage, vision and memory loss and so on.

In this regard, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University Department of Cardiology, the main Renhua Qi suggested, do the following to be effective in preventing:

First, the weight loss.Reduce heat, balanced diet, BMI body mass index to remain at 20-24.
Second, the limit of salt.Northerners the amount of salt can be first reduced to 8 grams per day, later reduced to 6 grams, Southerners can be controlled at 6 grams.
Third, the reduction of dietary fat.Total fat to less than 30% of total calories, saturated fat to less than 10%, 400-500 grams of fresh vegetables each day, fruit, 100 grams, 50-100 grams of meat, fish 50 g; eggs per week 3 -4 months, 250 grams of milk per day, 20-25 grams of oil per day, eat less sugar and sweets.
  Four-week three or four times, each time the movement of about 30 minutes.
  Five, the elderly should be increased social opportunities, to choose their own sports, painting, music and other cultural activities to maintain optimism.
VI, quit smoking, limit alcohol.Non-smoking men drink no more than 20-30 grams per day, women do not exceed 15-20 grams.

2. Fasting blood glucose: <5.5 mmol / liter.
Measured at least 8 hours of fasting blood glucose is the fasting blood glucose, once they reach or exceed 7 mmol / l, was diagnosed with diabetes. Not only can double the risk of diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease will increase, blindness and other risks.

Virginia, internal medicine specialist, said Wendy • S • Crane, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) test, can reflect the diabetic patients in the past three months, the average blood glucose. After a 45-year-old man after the check once every 3 years should be blood glucose. And family history of overweight people with diabetes should be checked earlier. In addition, the weight loss is an important preventive measure.

3. Total cholesterol: <5.2 mmol / liter.
Is a measure of total cholesterol in the blood of all the cholesterol and triglycerides, New York University Women Veronica • Heart Research Center, Dr. Goldenberg said, the higher the level of cholesterol, heart disease, the greater the risk. Ideal value of total cholesterol should be less in the 5.2 over 6.2 is high risk of heart disease.

Dr. Goldberg reminder, after 20 years of age should check cholesterol. Once the abnormal results, the best exercise more, insist on low cholesterol, low saturated fat and low trans-fat diet, cholesterol check once a year. Necessary, should take cholesterol-lowering drugs.

4. Bad cholesterol (LDL) <2.6 mmol / l, good cholesterol (HDL)> 1.3 mmol / liter.
It was the "bad cholesterol" metaphor of soup dumplings in the oil, its accumulation of the arteries become thin and more oil, "dumplings", it is easy to break. And it is the result of atherosclerosis, heart disease and stroke risk is the culprit. LDL levels should generally be controlled at 2.6 mmol / liter, diabetes or heart disease should be controlled at 1.8 mmol / liter.

HDL (high density lipoprotein) is called "good cholesterol", the name suggests, this value should be higher the better. HDL helps remove the blood vessels in the LDL. Female HDL is less than 1.3 mmol / l is a major risk factor for heart disease, but higher than 1.6 mmol / l would help to protect the heart.

Goldberg suggested that in order to improve HDL, should quit smoking, regular exercise, to monounsaturated fats (olive oil, etc.) to replace the saturated fat and trans fat, drink no more than 1 cup per day.

5. Triglycerides: <1.7 mmol / liter.
Triglycerides are detected in the blood lipids, blood is considered fat, high cholesterol it is "early warning signal." Triglyceride levels increase risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease (especially women). The level of 1.7-2.2 mmol / upgraded to the critical nature of higher than 2.3 mmol / L were at greater risk. Therefore, the best check once a year triglycerides, cholesterol, which is usually part of the examination.

In order to reduce triglyceride levels, should lose weight, quit smoking, drinking 1 cup a day below, and regular exercise. If it is pure high triglycerides, total food should be limits, especially to avoid the intake of carbohydrates.

6. TSH: <4.0 mmol / liter.
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) may affect the secretion of thyroid hormone T3 and T4, in addition to help regulate metabolism, body temperature and heart rate in addition, will also affect the skin, hair, muscle strength, mood and brain function. TSH more than 4.5 mmol / l, indicating that the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone, helps the body to function properly.

Check the thyroid-stimulating hormone from the age of 35. More common in women with hypothyroidism may increase cholesterol and triglyceride levels, leading to an increased risk of heart disease and depression. If the TSH level higher, you have to take drugs. If all goes well, you can check for 5 years.

7. Body mass index BMI :18.5-24 .9.
Body mass index (BMI) = weight (kg) ÷ height (m) 2, is commonly used to measure the international level, and whether fat, thin, healthy body, a standard. British scientists had carried out up to 900,000 adults 57 survey, the results showed that BMI index exceeds 40 people, than the index is at 22.5-25 "healthy people", often short-lived about ten years.

Chinese adults, BMI index below 18.5 is underweight, increased menstrual disorders, fertility problems, anemia and bone loss due to osteoporosis risk. Healthy body weight BMI index 18.5-24.9, BMI between 25-28 is the overweight, over 28 is the obesity.

U.S. Mayo Clinic internal medicine specialist Stephanie • Fa Aobin suggested weight check once a year, or in weight gain or loss when the inspection. If you are overweight, you should control the diet, increasing exercise, is often the most important measure waist circumference. This is because, even though the normal BMI, waist circumference will increase crude type 2 diabetes, heart disease risk.

8. C-reactive protein: <1.0 mg / liter.
C-reactive protein (CRP) with high indicators means that the risk of heart attacks 2-5 times higher than normal. In addition, it is also of stroke, diabetes and certain types of cancer associated with mild chronic inflammation of the mark. Yale University School of Medicine Prevention Research Center director Dr. David • Katz suggested that in their risk of heart disease is not clear when, may wish to check the CRP. CRP is not a routine inspection checks, but would like to know their risk of heart disease and family history of the situation, it can carry out the inspection, the result of the doctor diagnosed a long way.

Katz suggested that if higher levels of CRP should be lifestyle changes, regular exercise and eat more foods rich in omega -3 fatty acids (salmon, walnuts, canola oil and flaxseed oil) to reduce inflammation in the body.

9. Height: 21 years of age most standard height.
In general, the age of 21 reached the maximum height. After 21 years of age should be measured once a year height, if height shorter than the age of 21, 3.8 cm, you should immediately do the bone density or spine X-ray examination. Sack said about half of the female life osteoporotic fractures occur. If you suddenly reduce the height, it indicates that bone density has begun to change.

Sack suggested, should be eat normal calcium diet, vitamin D, do brisk walking or playing badminton and other weight loss exercise. Alcohol and tobacco habits affect bone health. Necessary, prescribed medication.

Why kiss could induce passion?

U.S. scientists said they uncovered through a series of secret kiss of the excitement. Research shows that when couples are passionate kissing in the brain to secrete a particular chemical substances, making them feel excited, excitement and relaxation.

Some scientists have speculated that the release of the hormone may be stimulated by the saliva of the exchange of pheromones produced by the direct trigger. American professor of psychology at Lafayette College Wendy - Hill said, "This study shows that kissing is a very complex behavior, which generated a lot of hormonal changes and the resulting reactions are that we never thought of before.

Normally, we only consider kissing who, feeling how, but in fact the process of kissing many other things will happen. "Wendy would like to touch the lips from this simple behavior found in what happened in this process, could have produced such a strong emotion (emotional blog, emotional speak) reaction. Wendy handshake by the couple before and after 15 and kissing before and after analysis of the two hormones to study the relationship between hormones and kissing, the two hormones are oxytocin and examination of the factors. oxytocin is often considered socially relevant, the researchers predict it will cause kissing the level increased, but because it is a prime exam stress hormone, it will fall.

The results show that both men and women kissing will cause the exam levels fall, while the men will be elevated oxytocin, women will decline. This result is a large out of the researchers expected. However, Wendy and her research team believes that with the experimental implementation of the environment. The study was bland campus Health Center. Last year they carried out the experiment again, experimental environment with a romantic background music. Their experiments and research results will be announced shortly, which will further confirm the body kissing and close contact between the hormone levels. There are also studying other scientists the importance of first kiss. For a long time, first kiss is usually seen as the key to determining the relationship between behavior. Susan Albright Institute of American psychologists - those who adhere to this view is Hughes. Her "sex differences in romantic kissing," a book that women love to kiss as a way of future study.

Now, Wendy's found that there is a doubt that kissing behavior is caused by hormonal changes how. Obviously, the existence of which there are many psychological factors. However, researchers speculate that the presence of hormones in saliva, while the hormone is an important chemical messenger in mammals. Scientists have only started about 30 years ago to focus on this issue. In recent years, with the biochemistry and neurophysiology rapid development, as new areas of research - how emotion is generated, feeling or memory of how to stimulate emotions, how emotions affect our behavior, and so opened up the road.
The researchers also found that in terms of desire and passion, more of those hundreds of billions of nerve cells and interaction of thousands of messengers results. When the body receives signals of a kiss full of temptations, the brain's happy hormones -5-- the release of serotonin can make a person more relaxed and peaceful. At this time the cells were greatly mobilized the fuel - the production of adenosine triphosphate, but also provides the necessary energy for the body, making the heart beat faster.

United States Department of Neurology Gian Lafayette College - Jiesa further explained that in a couple's lips met before, contact the desires and expectations began to start the neurons in the brain. Stage into the kiss, touch and smell to enhance the stimulation of neurons, dopamine allows cells to produce the neurotransmitter dopamine. When the release of dopamine in the brain and spread, a sense of pleasure felt. This is why the happy couple in kissing the reason. It tasted of chocolate, or drug addicts "cigarette after a meal," the kind of experience satisfaction, the same mechanism is at work. So, a passionate kiss what would be deeply affected by it? "In good kiss, you will issue a groan, your brain will be an empty, because the speed of blood flow in blood vessels, reducing blood supply to the head. Then you can not think. "

Recently, in Berlin, Germany opened a "kiss" the Kepu Zhan, and a multimedia visitors into the tunnel to the exhibition hall, in the tunnel, people can see and hear the human body caused by kissing in an instant reaction: respiratory rate increased pulse accelerated, cell expansion, blood circulation increases, people might feel aroused. Visit is completed, visitors can also get some other knowledge. For example, according to the survey, the German daily average of two to three times to kiss, which estimated that they live to age 70, life will have about 76 days to use all the kissing. Reported that people frequently do not worry too much about kissing on the old, the face appears deep wrinkles, because people are different and lazy kiss, they kiss each will also mobilize all 34 facial muscles, which can prevent facial skin becomes lax. From a scientific point of view, a passionate kiss as the waves from the stimulus, the equivalent of 25 grams of chocolate, but will not make people fat.

Smart women lose weight at the weekend

Weekend, everyone doing it? Now, in my experience to the MM have to say that, by the way some small suggestions. In his own house to do some simple exercise bent precursor or flexibility to do the exercises. However, be prepared to try not to make the body feel pain Caixing Oh.

Ongoing exercise to lose weight for a long time, and if injured is the most terrible thing was. Therefore, we repeated as long as usual to do some simple body exercises can be done has been very good, as long as the purpose to achieve the degree of stretch to the body.

Even so, for those who do not have time to do the weekend sports person, how should we do? The MM method below we can make some reference.

I usually go out on weekends in the evening to buy things, by the way can take a walk, in the process to be consumed calories. However, to little attention to what ordinary movements of the time. I have thought a rest day on weekends, when sports, but for me, is not an easy task, even for many people can say, is not an easy task. Because of the weekend were also more lax lazy. So I chose to walk or jog, if and companion with the words, you can side-step with the thinking side of disheveled life issues.

If you can take into account the weight loss as part of their lives, and that success is not far away from. Many people will side to side of cake crazy enough to think of successful weight loss, right? So be sure to insist on jogging Oh, once you start losing weight start jogging have been put on the weekend agenda. If we can properly correct therun, can slim down. Just a little bit hard to do, life is all changed, oh. This depends on each person how to manage their own life.

Running to lose weight is to be methodical, waving their arms a certain way is too essentials, and the elbows and shoulders shaking as the center of the body, feeling his strength began to consume the time to put your hand to level with the waist position relative to running . There will be a an instant feeling of a lighter body, it is easy to put up a speed raised. Running elbow according to the pace of swing, while movement on one side and girlfriends to his new weight loss success stories and share with everyone. Oh, so efficiency is very good.
Recently this season, weekend, then jogging, you can feel the breath of spring.

Teach you how to detect periods normal?

Women grow older, there will be a series of physiological changes, generally the time menarche girls around the age of 13, then, how to determine your menstrual normal?

1, the menstrual cycle.Woman's menstrual cycle is usually 28-30 days, but it was also to a period of 30 days, it was even 40 to the first period. As long as there is regularity, which is roughly the same menstrual cycle the first time, all is normal. In addition, the menstrual easily affected by many factors, so after 3-5 days in advance or wrong, is normal. If the menstrual cycle is 20 days, the next 40 days, separated by the number of days a lot, and often appears to be the case that, or even 1-2 days of menstruation, after 10 days again for 1-2 days, lost cyclical, which is not normal, called irregular menstruation. It should be noted, girls menarche, due to ovarian just the development, function is not perfect, so there will be disorder, not the law, this is not a pathological phenomenon, not fear and anxieties, over a year or two ovarian maturation, menstruation fate to normal.

Calculated according to the menstrual cycle, ovulation method, also known as the calendar method. Menstruation and ovulation are subject to the pituitary and ovarian hormone showed the impact of cyclical changes in cycle length between the two is the same, is a monthly cycle, ovulation occurs in the middle two periods.

2, the menstrual period (also known as menstruation.)Woman's menstruation is about 3-5 days, 2-8-day are not uncommon. The first day of the general law of passing much blood, and the second, three days more, and then gradually decreased until the blood clean. This is because the first day of the endometrium has just begun, and the second, three-day increase in endometrial shedding, also increased the amount of bleeding, uterine stimulation, strengthening the contraction of the reason a large amount of blood discharge. Some people clean blood after a little over a day or two again, like "the blood back", this is not the disease, but a normal phenomenon. However, some women's menstrual period up to 10 days, or even 20 days, endless dripping menstruation; some very short period, only "flash" that is over. These two phenomena are not normal.

3, by the blood.Vary the amount of menstrual women, individual differences, typically 20-100 ml, an average of about 50. 3-5 times a day for normal menstrual sanitary napkin or paper, even if it is normal. If by the blood too much, change a sanitary napkin or paper quickly and soaked through, and even blood drip down along the thigh, which is not normal. Menorrhagia, may be psychological stress, environmental changes, malnutrition, and metabolic disorders caused by factors such as dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Anemia caused by excessive blood long-term, it should be immediate early medical treatment, identify the reasons for treatment. Of course, it may be due to the uterus, ovaries are not normal or systemic disease, caused by menstruation is too small, this situation is not normal to timely medical treatment. Adolescent girls with menstrual flow into the more common and more. The main reason is in puberty, ovarian function is still indicated full maturity, a part of this time period are anovulatory in nature. There is no ovulation there is no corpus luteum, there is no corpus luteum to the lack of progesterone. Therefore, in the proliferative endometrium and not only to improve the secretory phase, resulting in incomplete endometrial shedding of uterine contractions, resulting in excessive menstrual flow. If we do not draw attention to this situation, over time, can appear pale, fatigue, dizziness and other symptoms of anemia, should medical treatment.

4 blood color.Normal blood is dark red blood mixed with spit off a small piece of endometrial, cervical mucus, vaginal epithelial cells, blood is not frozen, so no blood clot. If the blood thinner such as water, only a little pink, purple or black, you are not normal. If the blood clot is completely not normal, may be another site of bleeding, early treatment should be to ensure good health.