Are You Suffering From Chronic Constipation?Written by Dr. Rita Louise
Embarrassing as it may be, we have all suffered from constipation at one time in our life or another. According to National Health Interview Survey as many as 3 million Americans suffer from frequent if not chronic constipation. While constipation is not recognized as a degenerative disease or serious disorder, people who are constipated often feel bloated, uncomfortable and even sluggish. Constipation by itself is miserable enough, but sufferers often experience painful bowel movements that can become compounded by hemorrhoids that form due to straining.To understand constipation, it is important to understand how our digestive system works. When we eat, food is ground up in our stomachs so it can be digested. This “liquid” food passes into small intestine where nutrients are extracted. It then moves on to colon, where water is removed, allowing a stool to form. If too much water is extracted from stool as it passes through colon, it can become hard and difficult to pass leaving you constipated. There are a number of reasons why people get constipated. These include not eating enough dietary fiber, not drinking enough liquids (water), lack of exercise, ignoring “urge” to have a bowel movement and plain old stress. Other causes can include having a lazy colon that does not contract properly, causing waste materials to pass through colon slowly, food allergies that can cause colon to contract, or mechanical obstructions that inhibit movement of waste materials. Many prescription drugs and certain neurological disorders can also slow down movement of waste materials through colon. Constipation can also be brought on by an abuse of laxatives that over time can damage nerve cells in colon and interfere with its ability to contract properly. Fortunately, there are a number of things you can do to relieve chronic constipation naturally. Recommendations For Wellness Consume a high fiber diet made up of lots of fruits, vegetables and whole grains. If that is not possible, incorporate a dietary fiber supplement such as psyllium hulls, Natures Sunshine’s Nature’s Three or their Irritable Bowel Fiber into your daily health routine. Dietary fiber holds water and help to keep stool soft, while added bulk help to move stool through colon.
| | How to avoid Jet Lag using 3 simple methodsWritten by Ebe Heng
Too tired to go for meetings when you arrive in your destinations or worse -too tired to enjoy your vacations? Jet lag is effect of crossing one or several time zones really quickly, usually by plane. So, if you travel alot for business or are planning a vacation,this information will be invaluable to you. Because to be able to get most of yout trip, you need to have better sleep and an increased level of energy. Jet lag happens because our body temperature rhythm doesn't adjust to a new time zone as quickly as we'd like it to. Whenever you travel East, you are forced to sleep when you are not sleepy. Whenever you travel West, you experience feelings of drowisness and tiredness earlier than everyone else. If you are planning for a long vacation and want to spend your time enjoying it as much as possible instead of starving for sleep, or trying to force sleep at night, take following precautions to set your sleep clock up for journey well in advance: 1. Proper Hydration When you fly in a plane for 8 hour, you would lose a lot of water. You may notice that your lips get really dry during a long flight. This is because there's zero humidity in plane! And this means that water is literally evaporating out of you as if you were a puddle of cool aid on a hot summer day! Drink lots of water when you arrive at your new destination and don't stop drinking throughout day would immediately hydrate your body. And this would make adjusting to new time zone much easier for you.
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