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A Simple Way To Understand Fats
Don t take too much fats. This is a piece of advice we used to get from people around us. Are all fats bad for us. Of course no. Nevertheless, before we can decide which fats we should take and which fats we should not take, it is better to understand the nature of fats and where they can be found in the foods we consumed. For simplicity, we can classify these fats into three broad categories, namely unsaturated, saturated, and trans fats. Unsaturated Fats This can be sub-divided into two classes, namely mono-unsaturated fat and poly-unsaturated fat. These fats are good because they lower LDL bad cholesterol and raise HDL good cholesterol . Saturated Fats The familiar saturated fat is embedded in most of our favorite foods such us whole milk, butter, cheese and ice cream; red meat; chocolate; coconuts, coconut milk and coconut oil. We are aware that these foods are unhealthy but yet cannot bear to stay away from. Trans Fats Trans fatty acid TFA are...
Older Schizophrenia Drugs Better Than New
Recent research has evidence that reveals that a newer class of anti-psychotic drugs may not be as effective in treating patients suffering from the mental condition called Schizophrenia, as older class drugs in treating the illness. It was hoped that the newer class of drug would result in the patient experiencing less side-effects than those experienced using the older class of drugs. However, with research in this area being scarce, a recent trial has discovered quite the opposite. Claims that the newer class of drug would be more effective than the older class has never been backed up by evidence. A recent trial involving 227 patients over a 52 week period did not find the newer class of drug to be more effective in reducing the side-effects and improving quality of life. The results showed that patients taking the different drugs showed similar results on a 52 week trial, measuring quality of life and side-effects at exactly the same points in...
Reading Glasses Are Optional
Recent statistics reveal that one out of ten women between the ages of 40 and 65 wears reading glasses. If you already wear glasses or contact lenses, then bifocals might be in your future. If you are like most women, this is not an event to look forward to. In what is considered the normal aging process, the lens of your eye begins to stiffen as the years go by. As the lens becomes less flexible, it becomes more difficult to focus on something close. This is a form of farsightedness called presbyopia. This condition is generally corrected with reading glasses or bifocal lenses. There are also several age related eye diseases that can occur over 40. Most serious eye diseases are painless, and show no symptoms for years. Only a qualified professional can detect and diagnose them before they cause permanent damage. Glaucoma is one of the most common eye diseases. Glaucoma causes almost 12 of all blindness in the US. Increased fluid builds up within the...