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Do your fingers or toes constantly feel cold? Or do you experience a tingling sensation in your arms and legs?

If so, you could be experiencing peripheral artery disease, or poor circulation.

Poor circulation results when blood is restricted from flowing through your circulatory system. The circulatory system brings fresh blood to every part of your body, including your brain.

Decreased blood flow to the brain can cause many other ailments including but not limited to:

1. Decreased motor functions like walking, eating, talking, even breathing.

2. Limits to your ability to think clearly and make decisions.

3. The eyes can become weakened due to lack of oxygen and nutrients.

4. The liver and kidneys can’t remove toxins from the body.

5. Any amount of exertion can cause dizziness and breathlessness.  Read more...

Poor circulation can be caused by a number of factors, including kidney disease, diabetes, lung disease and heart disease. Find out how a lack of exercise, smoking and a poor diet can contribute to poor circulation with help from a professional bodybuilder in this free video on health and fitness.

Blood clots are a vital part of our body’s defense against the outside world. Blood cells and strands of fibrin combine to stop the flow of blood after a cut or scrape. If our blood was not able to clot a simple scrape or cut would lead to death.

Aside from the useful reason’s that blood clots there are many times that it can become problematic. For example, blood clotting in an artery or vein can be dangerous because the flow of blood can be obstructed. This can lead to either a stroke or heart attack.

A blood clot in the lung is likely to cause some sharp pains in the chest, inability to catch your breath, increase in heart rate, coughing up blood and a fever. Abdominal blood clots lead to major pain in the abdomen, purging and diarrhea. Artery clots in the arm or leg is often signified by sharp and sudden pains, swelling, tender or a bluish color to the skin. A blood clot in the brain can be indicated by a seizure, tiredness (as if you had the flu), problems with the vision and words not coming out right.  Read more...

Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart is not pumping blood as efficiently as it should and is not getting the required amount of blood to the organs in the body. Soon after the efficiency of the heart goes down the organs do not receive the right amount of oxygen and nutrients, and symptoms occur.

Symptoms of heart failure include:

Edema, irregular or rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, trouble concentrating, wheeze, nausea, coughing with phlegm that is white or tinged with blood, appetite loss or fluid retention that results in fast weight gain.

Symptoms are not always apparent while resting but will almost always show up during some type of exercise. Exercise tends to cause an individual to become fatigued and dizzy. The blood pressure goes down and the body attempts to make up for the lost blood volume by setting off hormone and nerve signals that are meant to increase blood volume by retaining water.  Read more...

For protein lovers, Celiac disease is one thing they wouldn’t want to inherit from the family genes. Fortunately, its treatment can also be ensured within the family and in the home.

Celiac disease is a digestive order that can run from one generation to another. The disease causes severe damage to the small intestines as a reaction to gliadin or a gluten protein, and results to inflammation and flattening of the lining of the small intestines.

The person with Celiac disease is unable to absorb gluten, which is a group of protein common in wheat, rye, oats and barley. Hence, the disease imposes a gluten-free diet for those who are affected. This proves to be a difficult task since gluten is the second most consumed ingredient next to sugar, and hence difficult to avoid. Also, it is difficult to monitor since some may not experience any symptoms. But already knowing that the person and his or her family are prone to the disease can provide a head start on how to mitigate the damages.  Read more...

Now urban legends are urban folklore that were created by stories weaved together and circulated around until most people have accepted them as truths. There are different kinds of urban myths and covers a wide range of subject matter. It’s not impossible to find that even diseases have their own folklore. A celiac disease urban legend revolves around tea bags containing gluten which can trigger the disease.

For those who do not know, celiac disease is a condition where the small intestines get inflamed due to the consumption of food containing gluten. Gluten is a protein commonly found in food made from wheat, barley, and rye. So such foods like bread, pizza, and pasta can contain gluten. The condition can be really bad in the long run. The inflammation that the disease causes in the intestines prevents the body to absorb the nutrients that it needs. So the end results would be malnutrition. Malnutrition itself can then cause more ailments.  Read more...

Lecithin is a compound which is the yellow-brown in color and fatty inconsistency. It occurs in animal and plant tissue and thank you but is sometimes used as is Eminem for a phospholipid that is the major component, phosphatide. It can be isolated from egg yolk or from soybeans from which it is extracted chemically were mechanically. It does not dissolve in water easily and is sold as a food supplement and for medical purposes.

Lecithin is found in living cells is a major component of the cell membrane regulates what enters and exits that cell. Scientists define lecithin as synonymous with phosphatidylcholine, a principle phospholipid found in the compound.

Normally we are able to consume Lecithin in the diet through soy, grains, fish, yeast, peanuts and egg yolk. It is also sold as a supplement in powder, capsule or granular form. But, this dietary supplement usually contains less than 35% of the primary phospholipid, phosphatidlycholine. Most of the manufactured supplement is derived from soybeans.  Read more...

One way to manage or lose weight is to cut calories. The types of food associated with the most calories are fats. Here are eight tips to help you eat a lower-fat diet.

Before we proceed to the tips, here is some food for thought. Your body needs a certain amount of fat each day for cellular function. Fats are important for the production of a whole host of enzymes, chemicals and cellular needs. The problem is that we often eat the wrong types of fats and therefore gain weight.

1. Start with dairy. There is hidden fat is cheeses and milk. If you drink whole milk, slowly step down your milk fat until you can drink skim milk. Or, choose soy milk which contains the protein and vitamins you need without the extra fat.

2. Exchange thick sauces and creams for broths. You eat broth in your soup. Use it as a base for marinating and cooking other foods. Instead of water, use chicken broth to cook rice and noodles. The broth will flavor them so there is no need to add butter or margarine.  Read more...

Edema occurs when fluid accumulates in bodily tissues and swelling develops. This fluid becomes trapped inside ‘compartments’ that exist in the soft tissues. The tissues that are most often affected are in the ankles, legs and feet. Rarely it shows up in the face or hands. Edema can happen to anybody but it seems to target pregnant women and older people.

Pitting edema can be singled out by applying pressure to the area that is swollen and checking to see if it is still indented after the pressure is released. Non-pitting edema will not leave an indentation behind when the skin is pressed on. Non-pitting edema can usually be found on either the arms or legs.

The doctor will test the swollen area by pressing on it as was described in the last paragraph. Fifteen seconds of pressure is all that is needed before the finger is removed to check for a dimple. There might be other tests to determine the exact cause of the edema. These might include urinalysis, blood tests, ECG (electrocardiogram) and an X-ray.  Read more...

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension is a condition that involves a more elevated than normal pressure in a person’s arteries. This means that the blood that is pumping through a vessel is exerted at a higher force. The blood is carried from the heart to all the other areas of the body. A normal blood pressure is known to be 120/80. Anything above 140/90 is thought to be too high.

The cause of high blood pressure is unknown in most cases. High blood pressure or hypertension is known as “the silent killer” because there are often no signs or symptoms and many people will be unaware that they have it. It is usually only caught on a routine physical examination and then closely monitored by your primary care physician. However, some people do have symptoms of this condition that are manifested in the form of blurry vision and general visual disturbances, nausea, severe, frequent occurring or persistent headaches, dizziness, and/or nausea.  Read more...