Listen Up: How Noise Can Harm Your Hearing

Written by Jane Lake


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How Loud is Too Loud? Use this Decibel Chart to Gauge Noise Level Effects

Normal breathing, 10 dB - Just audible Quiet office, refrigerator, 50 dB - Comfortable Vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, inside a car, 70 dB - Intrusive, interferes with telephone conversation Average city traffic, alarm clock, 80 dB - Annoying, intrusive, interferes with conversation Electric razor, many industrial work places, 85 dB - Level at which hearing damage (8 hours) begins Subway, motorcycle, lawn mower, 90 dB - Very annoying Average portable cd player set above half volume, 95 dB - Repeated exposure risks permanent hearing loss Chain saw, subway train, garbage truck, 100 dB - Damage after 15 minutes exposure Inboard motorboat, power saw, highly amplified rock music, pneumatic drill, 110 dB - Regular exposure of 1 minute risks permanent hearing loss Thunderclap (nearby), jet engine (at take off), very loud nightclub, 120 dB - Threshold of pain Shotgun firing, air-raid siren, 130 dB - May cause acoustic trauma Chart Source: Canadian Hearing Society Foundation Noise pollution is increasing, with city noise doubling every decade. However, by limitingrepparttar noise that you and your children are exposed to, you can help protect yourself, and them, from future hearing loss. Copyright 2005 Jane Lake



About the Author: Jane Lake is a professional feature writer whose articles has appeared in Canadian Living, Exchange Business Magazine, Highlights, Modern Woman, and You. She is the editor and publisher of the popular craft site, http://www.allfreecrafts.com, and http://www.allfreeprintables.com which offers printable recipe cards, shopping lists and more.


The Danger of Curbing Hunger Artificially

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Clearly, appetite suppression “solutions” are not solutions at all. They are irresponsible and potentially damaging – even fatal – biological short cuts that underminerepparttar innate intelligence ofrepparttar 114361 human body. They also often renderrepparttar 114362 dieter weaker and in worse shape than before, particularly ifrepparttar 114363 inevitable post-pill weight gain leads to a bout of emotional eating and subsequent additional weight gain.

What is required is a rather dated staple of healthy weight loss: a healthy diet[iii][4]. This is, however, easier said than done particularly since, as noted above, in America only about 25% of women and 20% eat enough fruit and vegetable servings per day.

Within this rather complex scenario or problems and limitations, however, there are some pioneering companies that are enjoying critical acclaim from bothrepparttar 114364 medical andrepparttar 114365 weight loss fields.

These companies – and admittedly there are extremely few of them -- offer dieters a balanced meal supplement that can also be used as a meal replacement. This is of particular value to dieting business executives, university students, and other frenetically busy people who do not haverepparttar 114366 time to prepare balanced, diet-conscious meals.

Of greater importance is that these advanced solutions do not suppress hunger at all, nor recklessly denyrepparttar 114367 bodyrepparttar 114368 nutrients and vitamins required for healthy survival. Instead,repparttar 114369 body is givenrepparttar 114370 fuel that it needs via vitamin fortified, low-calorie, fat-free food that is well-balanced and nutritionally sound.

It will remain unacceptable, offensive, and disturbing to see so-called “diet solutions” that are little more than appetite suppressants that can -- and often do -- create much more harm than superficial, temporary good. It is expected that, eventually, such products will be exposed forrepparttar 114371 irresponsible items that they are, and banned fromrepparttar 114372 marketplace.

However, until that happens, it will be up torepparttar 114373 responsible nutrition companies in America to continue developing solutions that truly help dieters help themselves inrepparttar 114374 long term.

About Protica

Founded in 2001, Protica, Inc. is a nutritional research firm with offices in Lafayette Hill and Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Protica manufactures capsulized foods, including Profect, a compact, hypoallergenic, ready-to-drink protein beverage containing zero carbohydrates and zero fat. Information on Protica is available at www.protica.com

You can also learn about Profect at www.profect.com

[1] Obesity, which is caused mainly by unhealthy eating, is responsible for an estimated 300,000 deaths per year and all of them preventable.

[2] The remaining 8 amino acids are calledrepparttar 114375 “essential amino acids” and must be obtained through diet.

[3] This kind of diuretic weight loss, however, will come atrepparttar 114376 expense of muscle and not fat.

[4] In addition to diet, customized exercise plans are also proposed to aid and maintain healthy long-term weight loss.

References

[i] Source: “Physical Activity and Unhealthy Eating”. The Directors of Health Promotion and Education. http://www.astdhpphe.org/pubs_facts_physicalfactsheet3.asp

[ii] Source: “Potentially Dangerous Diet Strategies”. PDR.Net. http://health.yahoo.com/centers/weight_loss/30004

[iii] Source: “Weight Loss: What Really Works?”. WebMD. http://my.webmd.com/content/article/49/40236.htm

Copyright 2004 - Protica Research - http://www.protica.com

About Protica

Founded in 2001, Protica, Inc. is a nutritional research firm with offices in Lafayette Hill and Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Protica manufactures capsulized foods, including Profect, a compact, hypoallergenic, ready-to-drink protein beverage containing zero carbohydrates and zero fat. You can learn more about Protica at www.protica.com -- Information on Profect is available at www.profect.com

Copyright 2004 - Protica Research


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