4 Foods Anti-Cancer Prostate

4 Foods Anti-Cancer Prostate - Food can be a source of disease or drug. Especially for guys, if you want to stay away from the risk of prostate cancer, you should multiply the consumption of the following 4 types of food.

Prostate cancer is cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. This occurs when prostate cells mutate and begin to grow out of control.

These cells may spread from the prostate metastasis to other body parts, especially bones and lymph nodes. Prostate cancer may cause pain, difficulty urinating, erectile dysfunction and other symptoms.

The number of prostate cancer vary widely in the world but rare in East and South Asia. It often happens in Europe and the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is rare in most Asian men and most common in black people and people central Europe.

Knowing what foods are good and not for health is the key to fighting this disease. Moreover, almost the majority of cancer caused by the wrong diet. Quoted from AskMen, Friday (2/10/2009) The following four best food in preventing prostate cancer.

1. Tomatoes
Cancer-preventing foods are foods that contain antioxidants, and one of them is a lot of tomatoes contain lycopene. Lycopene is a carotenoid pigment that gives color class red in tomatoes and also have antioxidant effects. A study in 2007 mentioned that tomatoes can increase the flow of blood vessels in male reproductive organs and reduce the risk of prostate cancer. So, do not forget to put tomatoes in your daily menu.

2. Broccoli
Sulforaphane Content of existing active compounds in broccoli can prevent the formation of cells that are not controlled (cancer) in the male prostate gland. According to the researchers, the compound Sulforaphane is the best they ever find in the fighting and killing cancer cells, including prostate cancer. Eat in a raw state or not too mature for the content of the active substance is not much missing.

3. Soybean
Soy has long been known as foods that have high antioxidant. Content of antioxidants in soy is genistein, daidzein and glycitein are all classified in a group called isoflavones. All food derived from soybeans are very healthy. Soy milk, tofu, tempeh and other soy foods can combat the possibility of cells turn into cancer. From now on, multiply the consumption of soy instead of meat.

4. Flax
Ramie (Boehmeria NIVEA) is a plant commonly used to make fabric, namely linen. This plant is rich in omega 3 and lignans, which is also an antioxidant compound. Unfortunately only a few studies have examined the advantages of this plant, whereas the content of lignans that there are many in this plant is also an antioxidant. Hemp can be found in the starchy and grains such as cereals.

Although the four food is called as a food anti-prostate cancer, but in general also can prevent other types of cancers such as breast, pancreas, liver and others. Do not forget to eat these foods if you want to stay healthy.

Half Europeans Overweight

Half Europeans Overweight - Nearly half of adults in European Union countries suffer from overweight or obese. Figures obesity in these countries more than doubled compared to 20 years ago.

UK ranks first as a country that has the highest population of obesity followed by Ireland and Malta are a quarter the population is obese.

The experts this week to do "special meeting" to discuss the alarming trend. The European Commission and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which launched the report Health at a Galnce Europe in 2010, says the key to preventing this obesity epidemic is to implement healthy eating in children.

Currently, one of seven children in the EU are overweight or obese and this trend is likely to increase. Children who suffer from obesity threatened chronic health problems later in life. Diseases associated with obesity conditions include heart disease, diabetes, some cancers, arthritis, asthma and die young.

According to the OECD report, the UK 24.5 percent of adults suffer from obesity, in Ireland 23 per cent, 22.3 per cent of Malta, Iceland and Luxembourg 20 percent to 20 percent. Meanwhile, European countries are included in the group quite well, in the first place is the population of Romania obesitasnya "only" 7.9 per cent, Switzerland 8.1 percent, Italy 9.9 percent, Norway 10 percent, Sweden 10.2 percent.

Detail Picture of Delivery Process | First in World

Detail Picture of Delivery Process - For the sake of scientific progress, a mother from Berlin, Germany, the process of childbirth in the MRI scanner (magnetic resonance imaging). The results for the first time in the world resulting MRI image of a baby birth process.

The team of doctors consisting of gynecologists, radiologists and engineers collaborated over two years to create an open MRI machine that can accommodate pregnant women in childbirth. As is known a conventional MRI machine is shaped like a long, narrow hallway.

With this special MRI machine experts hope will produce a more detailed description of how a baby through the birth canal to help understanding whether or not a woman to undergo delivery by cesarean section.

"For the first time we can see a picture with a clear mechanism in normal vaginal deliveries. Already the obstetrician decades trying to understand the complications that cause the baby not be born normally, such as the pelvis is narrow or there are no openings," said Dr.Manny Alvarez, expert content from obgin and reproductive sciences department at Hackensack University Medical Center, USA.

He said, various tools such as ultrasound or x-rays to measure bone in the pelvis that is used is very minimal.

"Now the doctor can get an explanation of why a woman could give birth to babies with substantial weight while others do not. The doctor also can determine the cause of abnormalities of dystocia shoulder that occurred due to the baby's shoulder hit the hip bone," he said.

A spokesman for the Charite hospital, the meeting place of birth in the MRI, said the delivery process went smoothly and now the mother and baby in good health.

MRI machines work by using magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of organs and tissues. Doctors usually use this tool to help diagnose disorders such as nerve, spinal cord injury, or tumor.

How to Improve Sperm Quality

How to Improve Sperm Quality - Attempts to have children do not have to focus on the women. Fertility men also need to be considered, especially about the number and level of mobility of sperm.
Many ways you can do a man to produce healthy sperm. So, help your partner to change behavior and become more healthy diet.

Lifestyle
Alienate man from alcohol had a positive influence to increase the number and mobility of sperm. Clothing also affects. Pants are too tight or less influential both for the quality of sperm production. Besides bathing in the hot tub habit apparently also needs to be reduced, because less good for the testes.

Food
In addition to lifestyle, diet had a big hand. Organic foods are free of pesticides and chemicals can reduce sperm count. While foods with these nutrients can improve fertility in men:

Zinc
Oyster known as food stimulating passion. Eating oysters can boost your mood became more romantic. Oysters contain zinc which can encourage better fertility in men, according to research from the University of Michigan. Other foods that contain zinc are meat, liver, legumes such as beans, long beans, beans, peas, and ginger root.

Calcium and vitamin D
BabyCenter.org report the results of research from the University of Wisconsin that calcium and vitamin D increase the fertility of men. Foods that contain calcium include milk, cheese, ice cream, and yogurt. While vitamin D can be obtained from salmon.

Antioxidants (vitamins E and C)
Vitamin E and C are the most powerful antioxidants being able to fight free radicals that damage sperm. Men need to eat more foods rich in vitamin E and C, to maintain quality of sperm in the number and durability. Vitamin E foods such as spinach, broccoli, kiwi, mango, tomato, sunflower seeds, almonds, and peanut butter. While the vitamin C found in citrus fruits, and peppers (red, yellow, orange).

Folic Acid (Vitamin B complex)
Folic acid is a vitamin essential to increase the number of sperm and improved fertility. Foods containing folic acid can be found in grapefruit, cereal, wheat, beans, asparagus, spinach, and sunflower seeds.

13 Facts About Sperm

13 Facts About Sperm - Perhaps many people who already know where it came from sperm and its function in the process of egg fertilization. However, sperm actually still have a lot of interesting secrets that have not been revealed. Dr. David Shin, head of the Center for Sexual Health & Fertility of Hackensack University Medical Center, United States, to share information about the 13 facts about sperm, which are as follows:
1. Sperm is produced in the testes and it took 10 weeks to mature.

2. Mature sperm can wait up to 2 weeks in the "waiting room" called the epididymis before they debuted. The epididymis is a circular channel located at the very top and back of the testis. Its function is to channel sperm.

3. Sperm only contributes 5 percent of the total volume of seminal fluid. The rest consists of a liquid medium which provides nutrients and protection of sperm so he could travel to the female reproductive tract.

4. Healthy men produce 70-150 million sperm every day.

5. Sperm can live up to 5 days in the womb. This explains why someone can get pregnant a few days after ovulation (release of egg cells).

6. Y sperm, which would produce a baby boy, swim faster than X sperm, which will produce a baby girl. Y chromosome is smaller and has less genetic material than X chromosome

7. Human sperm measuring about 55 microns. In comparison, approximately the size of a human hair is 100 microns.

8. Sperm comes from the Greek, meaning "seed".

9. Sperm can only swim forward, not backward.

10. Normal sperm has a head, bit the middle, and tail. Abnormal sperm could have two heads or two tails.

11. In the United States, men in New York has a sperm count 50 percent more than men in Los Angeles.

12. Linger in the sauna or hot bath can reduce sperm count.

13. Lubricants, lotions, and saliva can cause reduced sperm movement.

Yogurt Benefits for Health | Drink Yogurt

Yogurt Benefits for Health - Yogurt was first discovered by Turkish citizens. Initially the sheep herders keep his milk cow on the bag made of sheepskin. Having saved some time, the milk fermented by bacteria to become acidic, texture is thickened but not stale. These findings were developed into yogurt as we know it today.
In the process, the yogurt into food products were well received, even become one of the favorite food in all parts of the world, including Indonesia. Simply because society accepted flavor characteristic of yogurt, soft, sour, fresh and many benefits for your health.

Yogurt Making Process

Yogurt is a product made with milk pickle way with lactic acid bacteria. Starter used is usually lactobacillus bulgaricus and streptococcus thermophilus. The bacteria are added to milk that has been pasteurized, the two bacteria is what will ferment lactose (milk sugar) into lactic acid. In this phase would be generated by a typical yogurt flavor, acid flavor and texture is thickened due to coagulation of milk protein by acid.

Various Types of Yogurt

In the market found many different types of yogurt. Plain yogurt is one of them, is the color white yogurt and sour taste. This type is suitable for a mixture of different types of dishes, cakes, puddings or drinks because of the taste neutral. In addition to plain yogurt, some fruit yogurt, the kind in which you have added juice and fruit pieces. Fruit yoghurt delicious eaten immediately because it has added various pieces to enrich the flavor. In addition to the fruit flavor, now we also encountered a lot of yogurt with a variety of flavors such as chocolate, vanilla and mocca.

Tasty for Cooking

The creamy taste of yogurt, sour and fresh not only delicious consumed directly. Various types of food more delicious if you add the yogurt into it. If you make satai or preparations of meat such as chicken shish kabab or tandori, try adding plain yogurt in the marinade. The result other than enrich the nutritional value, processed meats will be more tender, tasty and delicious. Another dish that fits combined with yogurt is ceam Soup, salad dressings, puddings, ice creams and fresh drinks like juice.

Contained in Yogurt Benefits

Judging from the composition of nutrients, yogurt is very high in calcium and iron, substances that are good for preventing bone loss. Based on the source of The Wellness Encyclopedia (1991) states that each 227 grams of yogurt containing 275-400 mg of calcium, the figure is quite high compared with other sources of calcium. Content of other nutrients are vitamin B-complex for reproductive health, protein for growth, other vitamins and minerals to keep and maintain the health of body cells.

For people with lactose intolerance, yogurt can be a substitute for milk because the lactose is converted into lactic acid that is safe for consumption. As with the research Ellie Metchnikoff (medical nobel winner 1908). The result of research conducted in the Balkans concluded that there was a positive correlation between consume yogurt with longevity. Evidently, people who consume lots of yogurt Balkans have a long age (± 87 years).

According to Ellie, the habit of eating yogurt that contains active beneficial bacteria to prevent accidental poisoning due to free radicals (causing cancer) and premature aging. For maximum benefit, choose yogurt with no preservatives, flavoring and color.

Plain yogurt is a good choice, besides containing active bacteria that are good for the digestive system, this type also without the addition of harmful chemicals. Do not forget to store it in cold temperatures because the yogurt high in protein and contains active bacteria that can easily be damaged if stored at room temperature.

Importance of Water | Lazy Drinking White Water

Due Lazy Drinking White Water - Not a few people who are lazy to drink water, especially in a cold room or area because they feel thirsty. Better not obey feeling lazy drinking water because the body that will suffer the consequences.

Water is the largest component in the human body. Its content varies according to age. Water content of 80 percent in infants, adults by 60 percent and at an advanced age or over 65 years by 50 percent.

Water is also an essential nutrient for healthy body because it acts as a solvent, catalyst, lubricant, regulating body temperature and the provider of minerals and electrolytes.

Number of water a person needs varies depending on the size of the person's body and what is considered appropriate for the body.

Although the water needs of each person is different according to Professor Hiromi Shinya, MD, an expert in enzyme that is also a professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine USA, try the body to get a supply of water 6-8 glasses per day (1.5 to 2 liters) for adults .

Here are the consequences of lazy drinking water as reported by the American College of Sports Medicine, on Thursday (12/02/2010):

1. When the water supply runs low, the body will experience a shortage of water or dehydration. Dehydration causes fluid in the brain will be reduced, the intake of oxygen which should flow to the brain was reduced. As a result, brain cells become active and growing, can even shrink.

2. The composition of the brain consists of fluid, and when the brain does not get enough water intake will occur impaired cognitive function (intelligence) in the brain. The brain can not function normally again, especially cognitive function that eventually makes one a slow, easy to forget, and no concentration.

3. Dehydration experienced by the body can cause symptoms ranging from mild and medium, such as fatigue, thirst, dry throat, hot body, headaches, dark urine, rapid pulse, until severe symptoms such as hallucinations and death.

4. Prone to bladder infections, because bacteria can not get out due to lack of drinking. Symptoms of bladder infection may be a slightly increased body temperature, pain, especially when the end of urination, feeling the urge to urinate that can not be arrested, tenderness over the pubic bone. Sometimes there is blood in the urine.

5. Women should consume more water, because the bladder channel length shorter than men. Drink plenty of water will help the bacteria out of the urinary tract and reduce the risk of bladder infections.

6. Skin so dull from lack of drinking, making capillary blood flow in the skin is also not optimal.

7. Lack of drinking water can interfere with renal function, therefore water is important to prevent kidney stones. With enough water, the kidney stone-forming components become easier with the entire urination.