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Remember the phrase,“an apple a day keeps the doctor away?”

Based on a research published by the European Respiratory Journal, one glass of apple juice a day minimize your asthma attack. A researcher said that phytochemicals in apples could be the reason for the effectiveness of apple juice. The phytochemicals could reduce inflammation in the trachea.

Now, doctors can diagnose a variety of heart problems using Ultrasound, MRI and CT Scan procedure.

Ultrasound

Your heart disease can be diagnose using Echocardiography (Ultrasound of the Heart). This test uses high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) to hep doctors measure the speed and direction of blood flow and to find out about the abnormal heart rhythms, coronary artery disease or previous heart attacks. It is simple, safe and painless procedure involving no radiation exposure.

CT Scan

Computed tomography, commonly known as a CT scan, is a heart-imaging test that uses CT technology with or without intravenous (IV) contrast (dye) to visualize the heart anatomy, coronary circulation, and great vessels (which includes the aorta, pulmonary veins, and arteries). There are three types of CT scans used in the diagnosis of heart disease: 1. Calcium-score screening heart scan (a test used to detect calcium deposits found in atherosclerotic plaque in the coronary arteries); 2.  Coronary CT angiography (CTA) (a test that can noninvasively detect “soft plaque,” or fatty matter, in the coronary artery walls that has not yet hardened but that may lead to future problems without lifestyle changes or medical treatment); 3. Total body CT scan (a diagnostic technique that uses computed tomography to help identify potential problems or diseases before symptoms even appear, able to detect aortic aneurysms and calcium deposits within plaque in the coronary arteries).

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a more sensitive scan that uses a powerful magnetic field, radio waves and a computer to produce detailed pictures of organs, soft tissues, bone and virtually all other internal body structures. Detailed MRI allow your doctors to better evaluate parts of the body and certain diseases that may not be assessed adequately with other imaging methods such as x-ray, ultrasound or computed tomography (also called CT or CAT scanning). MRI is clearer and more detailed than with other imaging methods. This makes MRI an invaluable tool in early diagnosis and evaluation of cardiac abnormalities asit quickly examine the structures and function of the heart and major vessels .

When I hit the number 40, I was stunned. 40 years old! I felt I was so old. Then I looked in the mirror. Nah I’m not that old. It’s more like being more mature than getting older.

The next day, I took some time to sit and think. And I made a list of what I’ll be doing with the newly age.

Now it’s been a few years from that day. And I feel healthy and totally happy. People ask me how I manage it.

Here are what I told them: (more…)

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• Steam your food instead of fry them.
• Skin your chicken.
• Replace chocolate bars with apples,oranges, strawberries or any other fruit that you like.
• Use smaller plates to help you reduce the portion.
• Dance, clean up the house, do some gardening…anything that can make you ‘move’ and not just sit down…
• Swimming…isn’t it tempting in such a hot summer like this?
• Make a note on everything you put into your mouth…it will be your food diary.
• Chew the food slowly.
• Drink more water. Remember, w-a-t-e-r…not soft drink.
• Read your food label, avoid those with too much fat.
• Don’t use pills.
• Turn a healthy habit into your lifestyle.
• Join some diet groups to get some motivation.

Happy WW!

For those who love this kind of exercise, you’re lucky. You must have a good memory.

Experts found that it boosts brainpower by building new brain cells in a brain region linked with memory and memory loss.

The tests they did on mice showed they grew new brain cells in a brain region called the dentate gyrus, a part of the hippocampus that is known to be affected in the age-related memory decline that begins around age 30 for most humans.

Yet, the effects in adolescent period remains unknown.