So, if you are planning to practice boarding, you must have good bodyboards. The boards need to be strong and the height of the board needs to be equal to the height of the rider. It is also important that your bodyboards are easy to carry. For a rider to paddle freely in the water, the height of bodyboards should be up to 3 inches above rider’s belly button. Bodyboards riders usually add accessories to their bodyboards, to make them look more unique and attractive. You can even get a table tennis tables by choosing right bodyboards.

You like to have tanned legs, always tidy and pedicure done because you likes to wear dresses. Still, something worries you. Above all, varicose veins are a health issue and not a beauty, because they don’t indicate some unsightly feet, but some circulatory problems. Although some consider it a condition that occurs in older patients, varicose veins are commonly found in young people, especially women who gave birth. The problem is that varicose veins are four times more common in women than in men. And become especially painful during menstrual period. Varicose veins are greenish, dilated and more or less painful. And occur mainly in the leg veins are different from normal and they contain a greater quantity of blood.

How they appear

All the veins may become varicose, but most often they appear on the legs. In fact, to allow blood to get to the heart, veins of the legs make a great effort to overcome gravity. People who have varicose veins are facing a chronic venous insufficiency. This means that their system has difficulty ensuring venous blood returning to heart. Venous insufficiency begins with the appearance of varicose veins. They are announced by a feeling of heavy legs and swollen, especially in the ankles.

Complications …

Poor venous circulation can lead to skin problems like eczema, skin ulcers. If deep veins are reached, water retention occurs. In this case there is a risk that a blood clot to form and obstruct an already enlarged vein. Very low blood flow facilitates blood clotting, varicose veins can degenerate into thrombophlebitis.

Types of varicose

95% of cases, varicose veins are caused by a combination of risk factors: heredity, excess pounds, tasks. This type of varicose veins occur mainly in safene veins. In some cases, it is true enough, varicose veins are related to another health problem. In most cases of phlebitis, these varicose veins are from a disorder of the deep veins which end up affecting the superficial vein network.

Why women?

Women face more often than men varicose veins. Explaining this situation is by hormonal changes related to pregnancy, menopause and menstrual periods. All these contribute to weakening of the blood oxygenation level. And birth control pills have their role, they are even banned to persons who have varicose veins.

Risk factors:

* Obesity

* Long standing or sitting

* Lack of exercise

* Exposure to heat

* Very hot baths

* Lifting heavy objects

* Birth control pills

]]> http://www.greenscok.com/?feed=rss2&p=401 0 http://www.greenscok.com/?p=392 http://www.greenscok.com/?p=392#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:55:13 +0000 admin http://www.greenscok.com/?p=392 Acne in adulthood                 468 words

Acne is a condition that characterized most of the teenagers, but adults can also be affected this condition that can have an important impact on psychological comfort and self-image of people affected. Statistics indicate that this is actually a relatively common problem encountered of about one in five people presenting acne in adulthood, women are more affected than men. From a health perspective, the acne is called acne vulgaris during adolescence and should be distinguished from rosacea, a condition that occurs in adulthood.

Looks like acne?

Typical acne lesions are comedones, whiteheads or so-called blackhead, whether talking about the face, neck, chest or back, these are the areas most commonly affected. Comedones represent the accumulation of sebum and keratin. Primary lesions can evolve after inflammation, the appearance of papules, pustules (so-called pimples with pus) and even lumps or cysts, lesions may heal with profound appearance of pigmentation (spots) or various types of residual scars.

What are the causes?

Even in adulthood, hormonal fluctuations can occur and to induce acne. Androgens are hormones incriminated and their level may vary during menstruation, ovulation, pregnancy, perimenopause, or even from taking certain types of contraceptive pill. Women may see acne in these circumstances. Adult acne predominantly affects women, but men are not spared either. Certain drugs or hormone therapy may also be guilty for the appearance of acne, so it is useful to ask your doctor about side effects of drugs administered during a certain treatment. Also, if one parent had acne, a person’s risk of developing acne in adulthood is higher. Certain diseases such as polycystic ovary syndrome, can trigger acne in adults.

What are the solutions?

The first thing I want to emphasize is that there are solutions and acne is a curable disease! Patients often get disappointed or frustrated after a dermatologist visit that he does not manage to overcome this problem, often being in a position to have previously tried various solutions, whether on the advice of an acquaintance, either on its own initiative, with results more or less conclusive. Each patient is an individual case and, although there are some general principles of treatment, therapy should be adapted to each case, so visit the dermatologist is the first step to be performed in solving a problem. Patients should also be realistic in terms of time. Often after 1-2 weeks therapy is abandoned because the results are not seen immediately. Is a frequently encountered mistake. It is very important to keep in touch with your dermatologist and go to regular checkups to monitor the evolution and adjust treatment if necessary.

Myths about acne:

* Acne is caused by inadequate hygiene

* Stress causes acne

* Certain foods cause acne: this has not been demonstrated, but is valid if rosacea, a balanced diet is still indicated.

]]> http://www.greenscok.com/?feed=rss2&p=392 0 http://www.greenscok.com/?p=399 http://www.greenscok.com/?p=399#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:08:48 +0000 admin http://www.greenscok.com/?p=399 Acquired heart diseases during life is a leading cause of death worldwide. Such conditions can be “acquired” by an unbalanced lifestyle, diet in this case playing a critical role.

Acquired heart diseases during life is a leading cause of death worldwide. Such conditions can be “acquired” by an unbalanced lifestyle, diet in this case playing a critical role.

Cardiovascular diseases kill approximately two million people each year in Europe. In Britain, one in three people die due to cardiovascular disease. For this reason, it is necessary to give high priority to preventive measures and promoting a lifestyle healthy. Cholesterol is a fatty substance essential to the proper functioning of our body. It is one of the substances that make up cell membranes, contributing to vitamin D synthesis in the body to produce different types of hormones. Cholesterol is produced daily in the liver (about one gram per day), but most of the cholesterol enters the body through food.

The daily body’s cholesterol is often much less than the amount assimilated through food. In this case, an excessive accumulation of blood leads to the appearance colestol hypercholesterolemia.

Why is cholesterol harmful to your health? Being a fatty substance, insoluble in blood, cholesterol will be deposited inside blood vessels, causing thickening of their walls. The result is atherosclerosis, which is strengthening and narrowing of blood vessels, the effect being the appearance of heart disease.

But cholesterol is of several types and, fortunately, not all have a negative effect on health. LDL (low density lipoprotein) is the “bad cholesterol” and is responsible for atherosclerosis by depositing inside blood vessels. HDL cholesterol (high density lipoprotein) has the property to remove LDL deposits inside blood vessels, this being particularly important for healthy blood vessels and heart.

Increased levels of LDL in the blood is determined by the cosume of foods rich in this type of cholesterol. Generally, LDL cholesterol is found in animal products. The most dangerous food include pork, beef, chicken, egg yolks, whole milk products, etc.. Although such foods are part of our diet daily and contain vitamins and minerals essential for health, it is important to avoid eating in large quantities.

According to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, only 7% of total daily calories should come from saturated fat – the animal, and you should consume less than 200mg of cholesterol per day.

Because it is very difficult to monitor how many calories and cholesterol we eat every day, you should avoid animal products that are harmful to your heart, if eaten in greater proportion than those of plant origin.

]]> http://www.greenscok.com/?feed=rss2&p=399 0 http://www.greenscok.com/?p=394 http://www.greenscok.com/?p=394#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:56:04 +0000 admin http://www.greenscok.com/?p=394 AIDS – acquired immune deficiency syndrome – was first reported in the U.S. in 1981 in Los Angeles and New York. Subsequently, AIDS has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. AIDS is caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By destroying cells of the immune system, HIV progressively annihilate the body’s ability to defend against infections and certain cancers. People diagnosed with AIDS are susceptible to the emergence of life-threatening infections, called opportunistic infections, caused by microbial agents that usually do not cause any illness.

AIDS – acquired immune deficiency syndrome – was first reported in the U.S. in 1981 in Los Angeles and New York. Subsequently, AIDS has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. AIDS is caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By destroying cells of the immune system, HIV progressively annihilate the body’s ability to defend against infections and certain cancers. People diagnosed with AIDS are susceptible to the emergence of life-threatening infections, called opportunistic infections, caused by microbial agents that usually do not cause any illness.

Disease incubation is very long and can vary from several months to several years. Some people infected with HIV have remained asymptomatic for more than 10 years. Currently there is no vaccine to offer protection against HIV. Although there is no cure for AIDS, there are a number of therapeutic agents that slow the disease and to control and prevent most opportunistic infections.

First symptoms

Many people do not have any symptoms in the next period of HIV infection. But some flu-like shows events occurring at 1-2 months after exposure to the virus. They can suffer headaches, fever and enlarged lymph feeling. These symptoms usually disappear within approx. one week to one month and are often wrongly interpreted as another viral infection. This period of asymptomatic infection is highly variable. Some people may begin to have symptoms only after several months, while others may appear perfectly healthy for more than 10 years. During this period, HIV is actively infecting and killing immune cells.

As the immune system deteriorates, begin to appear a number of complications. One of the first symptoms experienced by many people with HIV infection is increasing nodes that lasts more than 3 months. Other symptoms that often occur after months or years before the onset of AIDS include general weakness, weight loss, frequent fever episodes and often sweating, frequent yeast infections (vaginal or oral), persistent dryness, pelvic inflammatory disease which not respond to treatment and short term memory loss.

Prevention

Since there is no vaccine against HIV, the only way to prevent infection is to avoid exposure to infection, for example, sharing of syringes and needles or unprotected sexual contacts. Safest way to prevent HIV infection is not – as many say – condom use, but limiting sexual relations to one uninfected partner (monogamy). But is it good to know that condom is a relatively effective barrier against HIV. Because of pores that exist naturally in the latex of the highest quality (and have a diameter of up to 50 times than the diameter of HIV), and due to defective manufacture, storage, maintenance, there is risk of transmission of HIV even if the condom is used.

]]> http://www.greenscok.com/?feed=rss2&p=394 0 http://www.greenscok.com/?p=417 http://www.greenscok.com/?p=417#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:21:15 +0000 admin http://www.greenscok.com/?p=417 Dry skin can make us feel irritated and also needs to be washed very often. Hence proper care should be taken of it. Dry skin is very irritating and also lets us feel as if we have paper coating on our face and also causes frequent itching. There are basically two factors responsible for such kind of dry skin. Then very first reason is the lacking of innate oil content and the second one is the deficiency of water content. Also it is worth to be noticed that skin lotions available in the market are prescribed for particular type of skin and a single skin product can never be applicable for all types of skin. Hence before going through this buying process of such products, type of skin must be ensured. Skin should be cleaned frequently to prevent it from getting dried, more and more water should be taken inside of body and more importantly, skin should be prevented from getting exposed directly to dusty environment as much as possible. Also the chemical colors should not be applied to skin as it may make it dry.