What are 5 factors the influence your health? answers (200)

A: I call it the BF diet. My parents had a friend whose initials were BF. Whenever they went to dinner with him and his wife, my dad said that as soon as the meal was served, or even before, BF would ask the server for a box. Upon service, he''d literally take a knife and slice through what was on the plate and automatically take half of it home. Portion control. the rest is common sense: I switched from Ice Cream to Yogurt, a low-fat chocolate pudding or fresh berries & whipped cream. I eat cereal in place of meals if I''m not too hungry. I eat more salads. I''ve almost completely cut out fast...

A: Hi Karen, you"ll hate my answer.....because it has to be "it depends"...on how old he is, and what other health problems he has on top of the Alzheimer"s. For example, if he"s relatively young and very healthy in other ways, he is more likely to survive to the end stages than someone who is frail and has a constellation of other issues.  My mother in law was in her early 70"s when she got AD, and other than some arthritis, she was vigorously healthy, and doubtless would have lived to be 90 without Alzheimers. So...there was nothing...

A: For health, females need appx. 2000 calories a day & males need appx. 2500 calories - more is needed for exercise. Without sufficient calories, the body catabolizes it's own lean tissues for nutrition & preserves fat stores. Studies have shown that people can gain fat stores even on a semi starvation diet of 1000 calories a day - if it's composition is high carb, low fat. So obviously, calories aren't the key to fat loss. When you become insulin resistant, first the liver becomes dysfunctional by not converting as much glucose to glycogen, next the lean tissues become insulin resistant so calories go directly to...

A: 1. there are little people having intercourse inside your head and it causes migraines. simple enough. Its the only logical answer really, if you think about it. 2. I'd like to know, too. I never collapsed, but I wake up in the middle of the night with the same horror show symptoms. 3. I have heard that a lot of headaches can be a cause of lack of oxygen. I suffer chronic headaches and migraines. Lack of oxygen to the brain may cause you to black out and collapse. Just a thought. A neurologist should be able to explain it better, do you see one for your migraines?...

A: 1. Change your eating conduct (i.e. start eating smaller portions of food) up to that time if you ate a full plate of food try eating 2/3 of a plate instead. 2. o Substitute aspartame for sugar o Try intake 3 or 4 smaller meals during the daytime rather than 2 massive ones o Eat your main massive meal at midday near the other meals much smaller contained by content o Don''t eat bulky meals overdue in the evening as the body wont hold time to digest it so it ends up stored as fat within your body. o Balance your meals out during

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A: eMedicine has a chapter ‘Disorders of Taste and Smell’ [1].  This gives a large number of potential causes of gustatory dysfunction.  This is too large to reproduce here, but can be read via the URL below.   With regard to diabetics we found a number of studies which might be of interest.   A 2005 review [2] reported:   “This study reveals that diabetic uremic patients undergoing maintained hemodialysis exhibited a potentially higher risk for dental decay and xerostomia. Lower salivary pH and poor glycemic control may affect oral manifestations. Further research is needed to clarify the combined influence of diabetic...

A: Response from Dr. Young Hello and thanks for your post. Kidney disease (or it''s risk) is unfortunately not uncommon among persons living with HIV. Untreated HIV infection alone can be a risk; though other important factors, like family history, diabetes, or as in your case high blood pressure can also influence risk. It is great to hear that you''re feeling better and no longer thinking of end-of life. If you have (or had) stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD), I''d certainly avoid any use of tenofovir-containing treatments; it is tenofovir that is the only HIV drug that is linked to causing kidney injury. In our analysis of a small series of...

A: Cindy:You should be cautious with exercise initially post operatively. the firstmonth (presuming you are having an open procedure) should consist ofwalking. Start the first day you get home by walking to the front of yourhouse and as a few steps along the front to the edge of your property line.Do this three to four times per day, gradually increasing. By the end ofthe first week at home you should be able to walk about two blocks. At theend of the month you should be able to walk a mile or...

A: That a steady-state heart rate is obtained for each exercise workload. That a linear relationship exists between heart rate, oxygen uptake, and workload. That the maximal heart rate for a given age is predictable. That the biomechanical efficiency of the physical activity performed (i.e., oxygen uptake at a given workload) is the same for everyone. Unfortunately, it is often quite difficult to conduct a test that meets all the requirements for the four listed assumptions. For example, exercising at a given workload for only a few minutes can involve an insufficient amount of time for many individuals to achieve a true steady state. To...

A: A: To determine ideal body weight, individuals should not rely solely on a bathroom scale, height-weight tables, or percent body-fat measurements. Sound nutrition and exercise science principles, along with common sense, mandate that individuals should avoid setting ''hard and fast'' body-weight goals. Rather, they should strive for achieving a level of body weight that is compatible with a healthy lifestyle (e.g., sensible eating, regular exercise, etc.). All factors considered, the body weight that results from adopting such a lifestyle should ultimately be considered as the ideal union between an individual''s wellness level, genetic potential, and a state of...