Monday 11 May 2015

Insomnia



Sleep is a physiological process that occurs in humans and animals and is defined as a recurrent state of reduced attention to the surrounding environment. The most important functions of sleep are the restoration of body functions, synthesis of proteins, and the prevention of lethargy. The number of sleep hours required varies from individual to individual.

 An adult person needs 6 to 8 hours of good sleep daily to be alert during the day.Today the inability to sleep plagues millions of people. Sleeping pills, including tranquilizers, represent the most prescribed group of medications. Rather than simply treating the symptom, nutritional research reveals that biochemical causes of insomnia can be addressed by nutritional therapy, often resulting in permanent alleviation of sleep difficulties.

Tuesday 5 May 2015

Natural Vs Simple sugars



Natural sugar refers to sugars that occur naturally in foods while refined sugar refers to sugars that have undergone an extraction and purification process, often turning the finished sugars into crystals that are easy to add to foods. Simple sugars are very quickly broken down by your body and create spikes in your blood sugar, unlike natural, which take longer to process. 

While it's been widely noted that excess sugar can increase the overall risk for heart disease, a 2013 study in the Journal of the American Heart Association displayed strong evidence that sugar can actually affect the pumping mechanism of your heart and could increase the risk for heart failure.