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All good foods have some minor side effects. Peanut butter is no exception. Your favourite healthy peanut butter may cause acne in some cases.
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Your choice of foods can have an impact on your health. While different foods provide different nutrition, some of them also can increase risks of diseases. Many food items including dairy cause inflammation of varying degrees.
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Eggs are a great breakfast meal. They are packed with proteins and other nutrients. For years, cholesterol content of egg yolks was questioned but now doctors agree that it is not bad for your heart.
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The formation of intestinal gas is part of the normal digestive process. Certain foods cause more of it than the others.
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Almond milk is one of the lesser known primary dairy substitutes for those who want to avoid dairy. Soymilk is more popular.
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A strong and healthy liver effectively takes care of your digestive, heart and adrenaline health.
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Diabetes Type 2 is a lifestyle disorder. Lack of physical activities and consuming high carb food has contributed to its rise in the modern times. It raises blood sugar levels due to insulin resistance.
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Bloating is a feeling of fullness as if you have solids, liquids or gases inside your stomach. Most of the time that is the real cause, but sometimes there is nothing inside the stomach and you feel bloated. This happens due to falls signals from abdominal muscles.
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Diabetes control is highly influenced by your diet. If you are diabetic then wrong choice of foods can spike up blood sugar levels and increase insulin resistance.
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Gastritis is an inflammation of stomach lining. Stress, alcohol and certain medications like aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs are responsible for most cases of gastritis. Other causes include bacterial and viral infection. H. Pylori is a bacteria that lives in the mucus lining of the intestine and can cause gastritis that can lead to stomach ulcers if not treated on time.
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Diarrhoea is not an easy condition to handle, but once in a while we all may have to deal with it. We might eat something that can cause food poisoning or some bacterial or viral infection may trigger diarrhea.
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Mastitis or breast infection is common among first time breastfeeding mothers. If you already had once, then your risk of mastitis is higher after the subsequent child births in the future. It occurs when your immunity is low for some reason.
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Facial skin whitening or lightening is a natural process for many who care about their skin tones.
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Eczema is a general term for skin conditions that causes red, itchy and inflamed patches on your skin. Atopic dermatitis is one of the most common types of Eczema. Others are contact, static and seborrheic dermatitis and dyshidrotic and nummular eczema.
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Uterine fibroids are non cancerous growth in or on the uterus. Also known as benign tumors, uterine leiomyomas and myomas, they generally develop during puberty years. Some of these fibroids can be so tiny that the naked eyes can't see them. But, some others can even grow to the size that can enlarge the uterus.
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Most stomach ulcers occur on the top right side of your abdomen. They are the open sores in the lining of the intestine. The excess acid in the stomach and a bacterium h.pylori are the main causes of all gastric, peptic and duodenal ulcers.
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You are likely to get the flu if your immune system is compromised due to lack of sleep, nutrition deficiencies, exposure to toxins or just too much stress. The nasty symptoms of flu can cause fever, chills, aches, cough, sore throat and nasal congestion. Your treatment choices are many. If you prefer natural ways then cranberries and cranberry juice are your best bet to get rid of flu.
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Cold sores or fever blisters are little blisters around your mouth on the border of your lips. They are caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1). That is why they are also called oral herpes.They can also appear though rarely on your nose, cheeks and fingers.
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Cholesterol has two main components. The low density lipoproteins (LDL) or bad cholesterol and high density lipoproteins (HDL) or good cholesterol. Your goal should always be to increase HDL and reduce LDL in your blood to stay healthy.
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If you are not getting enough sleep during the nights and feeling tired during the day then it may lead to serious health problems including depression and heart disease.
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Celery is a healthy low calorie diet food to give you weight loss benefits. You can use it along with other healthy food items to achieve your objective of losing weight.
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High blood pressure can impair functioning of all vital organs like, kidney, heart, brain and eyes. One of the main causes of heart attacks and stroke is uncontrolled high blood pressure. Sometimes it doesn't give any symptoms that is why it is also called a silent killer. However severe headache, breathing difficulties, irregular heartbeat, fatigue and vision problems are common symptoms of hypertension.
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High blood pressure or hypertension is becoming a major health problem around the globe. Modern lifestyle is one of the biggest causes of these rising blood pressure patients.
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Pear juice is good to treat constipation in adults and babies. We are all prone to constipation from time to time. Having fewer than 3 bowel movements during a week is an indication of constipation.
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Constipation cases are rising due to the modern lifestyle. More people suffer from it than a decade ago. If you are more careful then you can avoid and treat it naturally.
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No one is spared of some bouts of diarrhea during their lifetime. Contaminated water, food poisoning and viral or bacterial infections are some of the main causes of acute diarrhea. Even recent use of antibiotics can cause it.
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Gout is an arthritis and complex joint inflammation of a single joint near the big toe. Severe gout can affect multiple joints. A protein called purine in certain foods increases uric acid in the bloodstream (hyperuricemia) that gets deposited as crystals on the joints causing gout. A nodule called tophi is formed under the skin.
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Some people find weight loss easier than others due to differences in their metabolism. But a disciplined approach always helps everyone to get rid of those extra pounds around your belly and rest of the body.
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If you can understand what causes acid reflux then it becomes easy to stop it.
Your food passes through the esophagus to your stomach through a valve that opens to allow food to go down and closes to prevent the food from getting back into the esophagus. The valve is called lower esophageal sphincter (LES).