A risk calculator for Diabetes.

Are U a diabetic ?
OR 
Are U at any risk of becoming a diabetic?

There is a risk calculator to which we have to subject ourselves .

Diabetes is a condition where you have plenty but u still feel the pangs of poverty.
Yes. U have a lot of glucose, but not enough insulin to stream the glucose into the cells which need them. 
And, in the absence of insulin, your kidneys are over worked. 

You feel always
THIRSTY
HUNGRY 
TIRED too. 

THE CONDITION RUNS THROUGH FAMILIES. 
So, the genetic factor is the forerunner. 

What else are the risk factors ?

Please click HERE or 

cut and paste the URL that follows:

http://www.diabetescare.net/tools/am-i-at-risk-for-diabetes/

FREE RADICALS AND ANTI-OXIDANTS.

A LOT OF THINGS ARE SAID ABOUT ANTI OXIDANTS.

ALMOST EVERY DOCTOR PRESCRIBES A BRAND DRUG LABELLED AS FOOD SUPPLEMENT WHICH ARE KNOWN TO CONTAIN ANTI OXIDANTS.

TO KNOW THEM IN DEPTH AND IN DETAIL, WE ARE TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT ARE FREE RADICALS ALSO.

LET US STUDY BOTH.

Free Radicals and Anti Oxidants.

What are these things?

A definition of What is FREE RADICALS is given by
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE.
COURTESY:
CLICK HERE TO KNOW THE DEFINITION OF FREE RADICALS free radical (free RA-dih-kul)
A type of unstable molecule that is made during normal cell metabolism (chemical changes that take place in a cell). Free radicals can build up in cells and cause damage to other molecules, such as DNA, lipids, and proteins. This damage may increase the risk of cancer and other diseases.A substance that protects cells from the damage caused by free radicals (unstable molecules made by the process of oxidation during normal metabolism). Free radicals may play a part in cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other diseases of aging. Antioxidants include beta-carotene, lycopene, vitamins A, C, and E, and other natural and manufactured substances.

ANTI OXIDANTS ARE DEFINED AS

 A substance that protects cells from the damage caused by free radicals (unstable molecules made by the process of oxidation during normal metabolism). Free radicals may play a part in cancer, heart disease, stroke, and other diseases of aging. Antioxidants include beta-carotene, lycopene, vitamins A, C, and E, and other natural and manufactured substances.


COURTESY:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/causes-prevention/risk/diet/antioxidants-fact-sheet

Anti oxidants and Free Radicals have an inter play role in deciding how we live healthily and/or
how we age also.

It is therefore necessary we know their role.

What is their role in our day to day living ?

Please read this article exhaustively,
by clicking
HERE

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Eat and drink all these when U have Flu !!

Ten Food Items U should be eating

when u have a flu.

See this presentation. 

Cut and paste the URL below:

http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/home-remedies-9/slideshow-flu-foods?ecd=wnl_spr_011415&ctr=wnl-spr-011415_nsl-ld-stry&mb=wzvpyx45MJ8

Courtesy: webmd.com