Diabetic Foot Care Tips: Can't Afford to Ignore It!Written by Jasdeep Singh
Most of time, we focus on health or skin care completely ignoring importance of our feet. Foot care is equally important especially for diabetic people to avoid foot complications. Feet is one part of our body which is used most. Even then, we tend to ignore it until we don't come across some serious feet problem. Feet are made up of 26 bones, held together by tendons, ligaments and muscles and wrapped in skin.Some handy and valuable tips of foot care: a) Check your feet daily for cuts, sores, red spots, swelling and infected nails. b) Do not cut corns and calluses( hardened or thickened part of skin). Consult your doctor if you have developed corns and calluses rather than cutting them off using razor, corn plasters or some liquid corn removers. c) Make sure your toe nails are trimmed properly. Trim them straight across and smooth them using a nail file. d) If you are diabetic, consult your doctor. Diabetic patients are at more risk to developing foot complications and wounds which do not heal easily. There are three major problems which a diabetic person faces if he develops some foot disease.
| | Balanced Diet: Know More on Healthy and Nutritional Balanced Diet!Written by Jasdeep Singh
In this fast paced world, good nutrition may sound very simple but it is indeed really difficult to practice it. We eat too many processed foods or we tend to miss some meals. Some of us even smoke or drink alcohol. We also choose food on basis of taste. This not only make us overeat but also we ignore rich nutrient food items which we feel have bad taste. Foods lose substantial nutritional value during storage. There are many such factors which rob us of nutrients we need for maintenance of general well being.We all talk of balanced diet, but how many of us really know actual meaning of balanced diet? Balanced Diet is a diet which has adequate amount of all nutrients required for healthy growth and activity. Sounds simple! We have divided food into five groups on basis of their nutrient content which are most integral part of balanced diet. Group One : Wheat, Rice and Cereals. They are major sources of starch, carbohydrates, B-Vitamins and fibre. Recommended Servings : 6-8 servings daily. Group Two :
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