Why Breathing Is So Important
Breathing is essential
You need to breathe fresh air all the time. It is essential for your survival. You can well live without food for a few weeks. Many people do this in a willingly act to abstain from food, called fasting. You can also survive without water for some days (which won’t be so good for your health). But without fresh air you will die after a few short minutes, or at least your brain will suffer severe damage. The reason for this is that the body, especially the brain, needs huge amounts of oxygen to function. And furthermore the body has no mechanisms to store oxygen.
So the oxygen in the air is absolutely necessary for your life. Fresh air is life energy. You breathe in to supply your body with fresh energy. And you breathe out to free your body of carbon dioxide. Read the rest of this entry »
Diabetics and Foods
Developed in 1981 at the University of Toronto primarily for diabetics, the Glycemic Index has become the compelling basis for a growing number of diets, such as the South Beach diet, among many others. The Glycemic Index has categorized various carbohydrate-rich foods according to the length of time it takes for each food to get digested and absorbed by the body. Foods that require the longest time to break down have the highest Glycemic Index rating. The rating indicates that such kind of foods can do the greatest harm for diabetics. On the other hand, foods that take the least time to break down have the lowest score or rating. This means that foods with low Glycemic Index ratings are good for diabetics. Foods with low Glycemic Index scores are also recommended for those who want to limit their intake of carbohydrates.
Good foods for diabetics undergo a slow absorption process. This condition allows the human body enough time to break starches and refined sugars down so that these compounds get assimilated properly. Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics have problems in digesting carbohydrates. The higher the ratings of these carbohydrates on the Glycemic Index, the more difficult it will be for diabetics to digest these foods, and thus the more difficult for them to expel excess sugar from their bloodstream. Diabetics would do well to keep distance from foods rich in carbohydrates; and they would do even better if they discrimate against those that are harmful for them over those that are not.
Health Food for a Lifestyle
Eating health food has become a trend in the past couple decades, but while it’s good for your body, many are put off by the high prices on health foods one finds when shopping in one’s local grocery store. Although it may have a good effect on your body, the exorbitant prices of organic food items at supermarkets can have a nasty effect on your wallet. There must be a way to eat healthy for a lower price, you think. Well, there is.
The first necessity is to stay away from the supermarket. Stores that specialize in health food are lower priced, better stocked, and the employees usually know more information about health food than would your typical supermarket clerk, leaving them able to guide you in the direction best suited for your health situation. Farmers’ markets, gourmet delis, and community agricultural programs are some other excellent ways to find cheaper prices on food that’s good for both your body and your taste buds.