Tips Menjaga Kesehatan Mata

Pelajari cara-cara mudah yang bisa Anda lakukan untuk kesehatan mata dan mata Anda akan merasakan dan terlihat lebih baik.

1. Periksa mata setiap 12 bulan
Masalah penglihatan yang tidak ditangani akan berkembang semakin parah, dan memakai lensa kontak atau kacamata yang tidak lagi cocok untuk Anda dapat menyebabkan masalah penglihatan dan sakit kepala.

2. Di musim panas, pakailah kacamata
Sinar UV dapat membuat kerusakan serius pada mata. Kacamata yang baik dapat mencegah hal ini. Ketika membeli kacamata, pastikan yang dapat memantulkan paling tidak 98% radiasi UV.

3. Makanlah nutrisi yang baik untuk Anda dan mata Anda
Studi baru-baru ini menunjukkan bahwa vitamin dan kelompok antioksidan dapat mencegah, atau paling tidak memperlambat degenerasi makular dan pertumbuhan katarak. Nutrisi yang baik bagi tubuh juga baik untuk mata.

4. Jika Anda membaca atau bekerja menggunakan komputer, pastikan cahayanya tepat
Bekerja dengan cahaya minim dapat menyebabkan kelelahan mata, tapi cahaya yang terlalu terang juga tidak baik. Arah cahaya terbaik jika bekerja menggunakan komputer adalah dari lampu meja bercahaya lembut dari arah samping. Kurangi tingkat terang (brightness) monitor. Warnanya memang jadi tak terlalu tajam, tapi mata akan jadi lebih nyaman.

5. Istirahatkan mata Anda
Hampir semua orang merasakan mata mereka jadi tidak nyaman setelah duduk seharian di depan layar komputer. Hal ini disebabkan mata berkedip 25% lebih sedikit dari biasanya, yang menyebabkan mata jadi kering. Satu hal yang bisa dilakukan adalah menutup mata Anda dan menghitung sampai 5 sebelum membukanya kembali. Hal lainnya adalah berpaling dari layar monitor dan fokus pada sebuah objek yang jauh, sesering mungkin.

6. Cari lensa kontak dengan kualitas baik
Tidak semua lensa kontak sama. Ada yang aman untuk mata Anda, dan ada juga yang beresiko merusak mata. Untuk melihat referensi tentang lensa kontak di: (http://www.1-contact-lenses-consumer-guide.com). Tahu apa yang ditawarkan industri lensa kontak modern akan membantu untuk membuat pilihan yang bijak, tidak begitu saja mengikuti apa kata dokter.

7. Jika memakai lensa kontak, rawatlah dengan baik
Lensa kontak tidaklah begitu merepotkan, tapi Anda juga tak dapat mengabaikan kebersihannya. Setiap kali akan memakai atau melepaskan lensa kontak Anda, bilaslah. Anda juga harus mengganti cairannya, ketika Anda menaruh di tempatnya waktu Anda tidur di malam hari.

8. Pakailah lensa kontak sesuai jadwal yang disarankan
Ada orang yang bermaksud menghemat dengan memakai lensa kontak lebih lama daripada yang dimaksudkan. Ini bukanlah hal yang baik. Meskipun kulitas lensanya tidak akan berkurang, tumpukan protein dapat mengaburkan penglihatan Anda. Hal lain yang harus dipertimbangkan adalah, semakin lama Anda memakai lensa kontak Anda, semakin tinggi resiko mata Anda terkena infeksi.

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Jahe untuk Mengobati Rematik, Batuk dan Radang Tenggorokan

Jahe merupakan tanaman obat berupa tumbuhan rumpun berbatang semu. Jahe (Zingiber officinale) berasal dari Asia, yang tersebar dari India sampai Cina. Karena itu, kedua bangsa ini disebut-sebut sebagai yang pertama kali memanfaatkan jahe, terutama sebagai bahan minuman, bumbu masak dan obat.

Jahe telah dibudidayakan di negara-negara Australia, Sri Lanka, Cina, Mesir, Yunani, India, Indonesia, Jamaika, Jepang, Meksiko, Nigeria, dan Pakistan. Jahe dari Jamaika mempunyai kualitas tertinggi. India merupakan negara produsen terbesar, yaitu lebih dari 50 persen dari total produksi jahe dunia.

Pengertian jahe di Indonesia adalah batang yang tumbuh dalam tanah yang disebut rimpang. Berdasarkan ukuran, bentuk, dan warna rimpangnya, jahe dapat dibagi menjadi tiga kelompok, yaitu jahe putih besar disebut juga jahe badak, jahe putih kecil, dan jahe merah (jahe sunti). Penghangat Badan
Rimpang jahe dapat digunakan sebagai bumbu masak, pemberi aroma dan rasa pada makanan seperti roti, kue, biskuit, kembang gula, dan berbagai minuman. Jahe juga digunakan pada industri obat, minyak wangi, dan jamu tradisional. Bisa juga diolah menjadi asinan jahe, dibuat acar, lalap, bandrek, sekoteng, dan sirup. Dewasa ini para petani cabe menggunakan jahe sebagai pestisida alami.

Dalam perdagangan, jahe dijual dalam bentuk segar, kering, bubuk, dan awetan. Terdapat juga hasil olahan seperti minyak astiri dan koresin, diperoleh dengan cara penyulingan, yang berguna sebagai bahan pencampur dalam minuman beralkohol, es krim, sosis, dan lain-lain.

Bila kita minum segelas wedang jahe, ronde, bandrek, atau esteemje alias susu-telur-madu-jahe, sudah pasti badan akan terasa hangat. Ini memang khasiat paling populer yang dimiliki jahe. Padahal, masih banyak khasiat jahe lainnya seperti untuk menyembuhkan batuk kering dan radang tenggorokan serta sebagai tonikum.

Selain itu, jahe juga bisa menambah nafsu makan karena merangsang selaput lendir perut besar dan usus. Bagi yang sering menderita mabuk darat atau laut, jahe bermanfaat mencegah mabuk. Bahkan ada pakar yang menyatakan, tanaman ini bermanfaat pada kasus iritasi ginjal. Sebagai obat luar, parutan jahe juga bisa dipakai sebagai kompres untuk mengobati rematik dan sakit kepala.

Acar dan Asinan
Rimpang tanaman ini sudah umum dibudidayakan di daerah tropis dan subtropis, termasuk Indonesia. Penggunaannya dalam dunia pengobatan pun sudah dilakukan sejak lama. Kini, negara-negara Barat juga melakukan penelitian terhadap tanaman ini untuk digunakan sebagai obat. Di Denmark, tanaman ini diteliti agar mendapatkan senyawa aktif yang bisa digunakan untuk mengatasi rematik, dan berhasil.

Namun, jahe sebenarnya lebih populer sebagai bahan makanan dan minuman. Di Jepang, rebung atau tunasnya dijadikan bahan sayur, acar, atau asinan. Hasil olahan itu sangat populer karena aroma dan cita rasanya yang khas. Terhadap tubuh, makanan dari rebung jahe membantu menyehatkan badan, memperlancar air seni, dan memperbaiki sistem pencernaan.

Di Indonesia, mungkin baru orang Manado yang memanfaatkan rebung jahe sebagai salah satu pendamping nasi untuk lalapan didampingi sambal pedas. Cara memakannya selalu diikuti dengan meminum saguer (semacam tuak). Terkadang rebung jahe terlebih dahulu dimasukkan ke dalam saguer, dan supaya awet ke dalamnya diberi sedikit garam. Lalapan ini, konon, akan membuat tenaga kita menjadi berlipat ganda.

Rimpang jahe juga bisa diolah jadi manisan. Caranya, jahe yang sudah dibersihkan dimasak dalam air gula selama 2-3 jam. Setelah itu dipindahkan ke suatu tempat dan dibiarkan selama beberapa hari. Jahe dimasak untuk kedua kalinya dalam larutan gula seperti ketika memasak pertama. Setelah ditiriskan dan didinginkan, manisan ini siap dinikmati.

Pada masa lampau, cara ini digunakan di Kanton, Cina, untuk keperluan ekspor. Di tempat lain tentu caranya berbeda, bahkan lebih rumit.

Hanya saja, dengan cara ini manisan jahe masih dirasakan terlalu pedas. Ada cara mengurangi kepedasannya seperti yang dilakukan di Jamaika, yaitu direndam dalam air mengalir selama 12 jam.

Cara lain, jahe yang telah dibersihkan, kemudian direngatkan (dikeprak), lalu direndam dalam air asin selama 24-48 jam. Setelah itu, direndam lagi dalam air beras selama satu malam. Berikutnya direndam lagi dalam air bersih selama 5-10 hari dan setiap 12 jam airnya diganti. Hasilnya, siap dijadikan bahan manisan.

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Jalan Kaki Jinakkan 9 Penyakit

STUDI dalam beberapa tahun terakhir semakin mengukuhkan bahwa berjalan tergopoh-gopoh dan bukan jalan santai memang memberi banyak manfaat bagi kesehatan kita. Inilah sembilan manfaat yang dapat diperoleh dari aktivitas jalan kaki.

(1) Serangan Jantung. Pertama-tama tentu menekan risiko serangan jantung. Kita tahu otot jantung membutuhkan aliran darah lebih deras (dari pembuluh koroner yang memberinya makan) agar bugar dan berfungsi normal memompakan darah tanpa henti. Untuk itu, otot jantung membutuhkan aliran darah yang lebih deras dan lancar. Berjalan kaki tergopoh-gopoh memperderas aliran darah ke dalam koroner jantung. Dengan demikian kecukupan oksigen otot jantung terpenuhi dan otot jantung terjaga untuk bisa tetap cukup berdegup. Bukan hanya itu. Kelenturan pembuluh darah arteri tubuh yang terlatih menguncup dan mengembang akan terbantu oleh mengejangnya otot-otot tubuh yang berada di sekitar dinding pembuluh darah sewaktu melakukan kegiatan berjalan kaki tergopoh-gopoh itu. Hasil akhirnya, tekanan darah cenderung menjadi lebih rendah, perlengketan antarsel darah yang bisa berakibat gumpalan bekuan darah penyumbat pembuluh juga akan berkurang.

Lebih dari itu, kolesterol baik (HDL) yang bekerja sebagai spons penyerap kolesterol jahat (LDL) akan meningkat dengan berjalan kaki tergopoh-gopoh. Tidak banyak cara di luar obat yang dapat meningkatkan kadar HDL selain dengan bergerak badan. Berjalan kaki tergopoh-gopoh tercatat mampu menurunkan risiko serangan jantung menjadi tinggal separuhnya.

(2). Stroke. Kendati manfaat berjalan kaki tergopoh-gopoh terhadap stroke pengaruhnya belum senyata terhadap serangan jantung koroner, beberapa studi menunjukkan hasil yang menggembirakan. Tengok saja bukti alami nenek-moyang kita yang lebih banyak melakukan kegiatan berjalan kaki setiap hari, kasus stroke zaman dulu tidak sebanyak sekarang. Salah satu studi terhadap 70 ribu perawat (Harvard School of Public Health) yang dalam bekerja tercatat melakukan kegiatan berjalan kaki sebanyak 20 jam dalam seminggu, risiko mereka terserang stroke menurun duapertiga.

(3). Berat badan stabil. Ternyata dengan membiasakan berjalan kaki rutin, laju metabolisme tubuh ditingkatkan. Selain sejumlah kalori terbuang oleh aktivitas berjalan kaki, kelebihan kalori yang mungkin ada akan terbakar oleh meningkatnya metabolisme tubuh, sehingga kenaikan berat badan tidak terjadi.

(4). Menurunkan berat badan. Ya, selain berat badan dipertahankan stabil, mereka yang mulai kelebihan berat badan, bisa diturunkan dengan melakukan kegiatan berjalan kaki tergopoh-gopoh itu secara rutin. Kelebihan gajih di bawah kulit akan dibakar bila rajin melakukan kegiatan berjalan kaki cukup laju paling kurang satu jam.

(5). Mencegah kencing manis. Ya, dengan membiasakan berjalan kaki melaju sekitar 6 km per jam, waktu tempuh sekitar 50 menit, ternyata dapat menunda atau mencegah berkembangnya diabetes Tipe 2, khususnya pada mereka yang bertubuh gemuk (National Institute of Diabetes and Gigesive & Kidney Diseases).

Sebagaimana kita tahu bahwa kasus diabetes yang bisa diatasi tanpa perlu minum obat, bisa dilakukan dengan memilih gerak badan rutin berkala. Selama gula darah bisa terkontrol hanya dengan cara bergerak badan (brisk walking), obat tidak diperlukan. Itu berarti bahwa berjalan kaki tergopoh-gopoh sama manfaatnya dengan obat antidiabetes.

(6). Mencegah osteoporosis. Betul. Dengan gerak badan dan berjalan kaki cepat, bukan saja otot-otot badan yang diperkokoh, melainkan tulang-belulang juga. Untuk metabolisme kalsium, bergerak badan diperlukan juga, selain butuh paparan cahaya matahari pagi. Tak cukup ekstra kalsium dan vitamin D saja untuk mencegah atau memperlambat proses osteoporosis. Tubuh juga membutuhkan gerak badan dan memerlukan waktu paling kurang 15 menit terpapar matahari pagi agar terbebas dari ancaman osteoporosis.

Mereka yang melakukan gerak badan sejak muda, dan cukup mengonsumsi kalsium, sampai usia 70 tahun diperkirakan masih bisa terbebas dari ancaman pengeroposan tulang.

(7). Meredakan encok lutut. Lebih sepertiga orang usia lanjut di Amerika mengalami encok lutut (osteoarthiris). Dengan membiasakan diri berjalan kaki cepat atau memilih berjalan di dalam kolam renang, keluhan nyeri encok lutut bisa mereda. Untuk mereka yang mengidap encok lutut, kegiatan berjalan kaki perlu dilakukan berselang-seling, tidak setiap hari. Tujuannya untuk memberi kesempatan kepada sendi untuk memulihkan diri.

Satu hal yang perlu diingat bagi pengidap encok tungkai atau kaki: jangan keliru memilih sepatu olahraga. Kita tahu, dengan semakin bertambahnya usia, ruang sendi semakin sempit, lapisan rawan sendi kian menipis, dan cairan ruang sendi sudah susut. Kondisi sendi yang sudah seperti itu perlu dijaga dan dilindungi agar tidak mengalami goncangan yang berat oleh beban bobot tubuh, terlebih pada yang gemuk.

Bila bantalan (sol) sepatu olahraganya kurang empuk, sepatu gagal berperan sebagai peredam goncangan (shock absorber). Itu berarti sendi tetap mengalami beban goncangan berat selama berjalan, apalagi bila berlari atau melompat. Hal ini yang memperburuk kondisi sendi, lalu mencetuskan serangan nyeri sendi atau menimbulkan penyakit sendi pada mereka yang berisiko terkena gangguan sendi.

Munculnya nyeri sendi sehabis melakukan kegiatan berjalan kaki, bisa jadi lantaran keliru memilih jenis sepatu olahraga. Sepatu bermerek menentukan kualitas bantalannya, selain kesesuaian anatomi kaki. Kebiasaan berjalan kaki tanpa alas kaki, bahkan di dalam rumah sekalipun, bisa memperburuk kondisi sendi-sendi tungkai dan kaki, akibat beban dan goncangan yang harus dipikul oleh sendi.

(8) Depresi. Ternyata bergerak badan dengan berjalan kaki cepat juga membantu pasien dengan status depresi. Berjalan kaki tergopoh-gopoh bisa menggantikan obat antidepresan yang harus diminum rutin. Studi ihwal terbebas dari depresi dengan berjalan kaki sudah dikerjakan lebih 10 tahun.

(9). Kanker juga dapat dibatalkan muncul bila kita rajin berjalan kaki, setidaknya jenis kanker usus besar (colorectal carcinoma). Kita tahu, bergerak badan ikut melancarkan peristaltik usus, sehingga buang air besar lebih tertib. Kanker usus dicetuskan pula oleh tertahannya tinja lebih lama di saluran pencernaan. Studi lain juga menyebutkan peran berjalan kaki terhadap kemungkinan penurunan risiko terkena kanker payudara.

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Bijak Memilih Obat Batuk

Batuk bukan perkara remeh, kalau sudan menyerang, batuk bisa membuat Anda tak bisa tidur. Obat batuk OTC (over the counter) atau yang dijual bebas tanpa resep dokter bisa diminum bila kondisinya tidak parah.

Kalau batuk Anda bukan batuk biasa, segeralah hubungi dokter. Kemungkinan besar batuk Anda harus ditangani dengan obat jenis tertentu.

Memilih obat batuk itu gampang-gampang susah. Seorang teman sempat salah memilih obat batuk karena tidak memahami kandungan obat batuk yang dijual bebas. Batuknya tergolong kering, tetapi malah minum obat untuk batuk berdahak. Nggak klop!

Lalu, apa saja bekal yang diperlukan supaya kita tidak salah memilih obat batuk?

• Tanyakan kepada dokter atau apoteker

Dokter (dokter umum maupun spesialis paru) atau apoteker (ahli farmasi) bisa menjadi gudang informasi atas aneka produk yang diperlukan. Mereka bisa dimintai pendapat tentang obat yang cocok dengan kondisi batuk yang sedang Anda alami.

Menurut Dr. Ni Wayan Sudiarni, Sp.P, obat batuk yang dijual bebas sebenarnya cukup aman karena sudah melewati pemeriksaan dari badan POM. \"Masyarakat boleh memilih obat batuk tersebut. Sejauh penyebab batuk bukan infeksi kuman, biasanya batuk dapat teratasi,\" kata spesialis paru dari RS Tarakan Jakarta ini.

Bila dalam dua hari penggunaan obat batuk bebas tak kunjung meredakan batuk, baru diperlukan evaluasi dokter. Segera hubungi dokter atau petugas kesehatan guna mengetahui penyebab pasti dari batuk yang diderita.

• Bedakan jenis batuknya

Mencari obat batuk bebas bisa dicermati dari batuk yang Anda alami. Rasakan saja apakah batuk itu tergolong kering atau berdahak. Dari suara yang ditimbulkan saat Anda batuk, biasanya sudah terdengar \"jenis\" batuknya.

Pada batuk kering (tidak ada lendir), obat yang digunakan umumnya bertujuan menekan refleks batuk dengan memengaruhi saraf pusat di otak. Obat untuk batuk kering ini dapat memberi efek sedatif alias menenangkan.

Ada jenis obat batuk yang dapat mengubah konsistensi atau produksi lendir. Obat batuk mukolitik akan \"memecah\" (mengencerkan) lendir, membuatnya jadi tidak lengket, dan mudah dikeluarkan.

Obat batuk ekspektoran berguna dalam membantu mengangkat lendir ke atas, sehingga Anda lebih mudah batuk dan lendir dapat dikeluarkan. Beberapa. ahli berpendapat bahwa minum air putih menjadi cara paling efektif untuk mengeluarkan lendir.

• Untuk batuk dan pilek

Bila batuk yang diderita dibarengi pilek, Anda bisa mencari obat kombinasi untuk dua jenis simtom tersebut. Banyak sirop batuk dan pilek OTC mengandung bahan yang menekan batuk seperti dekstrometorfan plus ekspektoran, bahkan juga mengandung pereda nyeri.

Kombinasi dari obat batuk dan pilek juga dapat mengandung antihistamin, dekongestan, dan pereda nyeri. Kombinasi obat-obat ini dapat memberikan efek pereda yang optimal, terutama jika Anda memiliki simtom pilek seperti nyeri badan, batuk, dan hidung tersumbat.

• Cermati obat untuk anak

Prof. DR. Cissy R.S. Prawira Kartasasmita, Sp.A(K), menyarankan orangtua agar membaca label, terutama kandungannya terlebih dulu bila akan memberikan obat batuk OTC kepada anak. Tidak dianjurkan memberikan jenis antitusif kepada anak.

Jika mengandung antitusif, pilihlah yang generasi kedua karena lebih aman. Biasanya obat batuk OTC mengandung generasi pertama yang bisa membahayakan karena bekerjanya mengentalkan lendir.

Badan Kesehatan Dunia, WHO, menganjurkan para orangtua agar memberi anaknya banyak minum air saat batuk. Juga dapat diberikan obat-obat tradisional seperti jeruk nipis dengan kecap atau bahan lain.

\"Intinya, bila virus sebagai penyebab batuk, anak tidak perlu diberi obat khusus,\" ujar Prof. Cissy.

Obat batuk OTC boleh diberikan asal sesuai kebutuhan anak. \"Bila dalam dua hari tidak ada perbaikan, periksa ke petugas kesehatan. Mungkin saja anak memerlukan obat batuk jenis tertentu,\" katanya.

Jangan sembarangan membeli dan memberikan obat batuk kepada anak. Memberikan obat batuk untuk orang dewasa kepada anak, meski dengan mengurangi takaran, adalah cara yang sangat tidak bijaksana. Menggunakan sisa obat dari dokter yang sebenarnya untuk kerabat (kakak atau adiknya) juga sebaiknya tidak dilakukan.

• Oleskan balsam

Mengoleskan balsam atau krim yang mengandung camphor dan mentol di daerah leher dan dada, dapat membantu meredakan batuk. Efek aromatik dari bahan-bahan tersebut membantu melegakan saluran pernapasan.

Bahan tersebut juga tersedia untuk inhalasi panas. Mentol tersedia dalam permen dan tablet isap.

• Masih sangsi

Begitu banyak obat batuk yang beredar di pasaran, masih menyisakan kesangsian pada para ahli. Apakah obat batuk benar-benar bekerja dengan baik?

John E. Heffener, MD, pulmonologis dan mantan ketua American Thoracic Society, seperti dikutip WebMD mengatakan, \"Kita ingin mempercayai obat ini akan bekerja karena kita sangat tidak nyaman ketika sakit. Namun, uji klinis tidak menunjukkan bahwa obat batuk lebih baik ketimbang plasebo.\"

Mengapa obat-obat ini demikian populer? Karena, seperti dinyatakan Norman Edelman, MD, chief medical officer American Lung Association, orang menyukai penggunaan obat batuk. \"Rasanya enak pergi ke apotek lalu mencari obat batuk di lorongnya, mengambilnya, dan mengatakan, \'Obat ini akan membantu\',\" ucap Edelman.

Padahal, ditegaskan Heffner, kebanyakan batuk disebabkan oleh infeksi virus yang akan membaik dengan sendirinya dalam beberapa hari. Terlepas dari hasil penelitian tersebut, alangkah bijaksana bila Anda tetap berkonsultasi ke petugas kesehatan atau dokter saat ingin membeli obat batuk OTC.

Kalaupun batuk tak kunjung reda, segera tanamkan dalam benak Anda bahwa batuk yang diaiami sudah termasuk serius, sehingga perlu evaluasi dan penanganan dokter.

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Tips Cermat Menangani Kerontokan Rambut

Setiap wanita tentunya mendambakan untuk memiliki rambut yang berkilau dan tertata dengan baik, namun hal itu tidaklah cukup apabila kondisi rambut tidak terjaga kesehatannya.

Seringkali kendala yang sering dihadapi wanita dengan rambutnya yaitu kerontokan rambut. Banyak hal yang menyebabkan rambut menjadi rontok, tapi tidak sedikit pula cara untuk mencegah dan memperbaiki kerusakan pada rambut.

Menyadari kerontokan rambut sedini mungkin akan jauh lebih baik, karena anda bisa mengantisipasinya supaya kerontokan tidak bertambah parah. Biasanya rambut yang menunjukkan tanda-tanda kerontokan, terlihat saat menyisir rambut dan keramas. Hal itu karena akar rambut sudah mulai rapuh sehingga rambut akan mudah rontok saat tertarik. Untuk mengatasi itu semua, mari kita simak beberapa point di bawah ini :

Hindari menyisir rambut dalam keadaan basah, maka dari itu setelah keramas keringkan dengan handuk supaya tidak lepek tetapi rambut jangan dibalut dengan handuk setelah itu, biarkan saja rambut mengering dengan sendirinya. Saat menyisir rambut, gunakanlah sisir yang bergerigi jarang untuk menghindari rontoknya rambut dari akar yang sudah merapuh. Namun yang perlu diperhatikan, jangan terlebih dahulu menggunakan hairdryer selama menjalani perawatan, karena akan merusak kelembaban rambut. Setelah rambut mengering sebaiknya jangan mengikat atau menjepitnya, karena akan mempengaruhi pertumbuhan rambut. Sebaiknya biarkan rambut tergerai.

Saat anda akan bepergian ke suatu tempat dan kondisi cuaca sedang terik, sebaiknya gunakanlah payung atau penutup kepala untuk menghindari sengatan sinar matahari langsung ke kepala. Karena sengatan tersebut akan membuat kulit kepala berkeringat dan akan berpengaruh terhadap kelembapan rambut.

Lakukan creambath, hair masker atau hairloss treatment, dua kali dalam sebulan untuk membantu mengembalikan kesuburan dan keindahan rambut. Namun jika kerontokan rambut anda sudah tidak bisa tertangani sendiri oleh anda, ada baiknya untuk berkonsultasi kepada pakar kesuburan rambut, untuk segera diberikan penanganan agar rambut tidak semakin parah rontoknya.

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How to Reduce Stress

You are now probably in the saturated conditions and high stress levels, so that does not make comfortable. Attempting to make peace with the stress certainly difficult, but continue to wallow in the torment of your life. Here's how merilekskan right away so that your life back color, as quoted from Discovery Health.

Respiratory training

If the conditions are in a batch does not fit due to problems, you can perform routine respiratory practice. This can make the mind clear again and make the body become more healthy. How, take a position to sit or lie down while the cross hands to shoulder. Pull-in in the breath until you feel the air into the lungs. Then, remove it slowly. Do respiratory exercises 5-20 minutes.

Relaxation therapy

In merilekskan musculature is tense, you can do relaxation therapy, such as yoga, at home or fitness center that offers the program. If you do so at home, attach music rhythmic quiet location and search the house quietly so that the heart is quiet follow-up.

Shoulder movement

Another way to drive with both your shoulder to the front and back alternately. Iringi exercise your music with the calm.

Discard bad thoughts

Rileks not only be measured with a healthy body. To be able rileks, you also need a clear mind. Dispose of all bad thoughts and replace with positive thoughts in view of a case. For example, you can remember the fun when paired memory poems of love to give a date when the first.

Distributes the art

Art is a form of expression of the soul and feelings. Rilekskan body and mind you do activities with the appropriate hobbies and interests, such as join a music club.

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22 savor garlic

Many people think little of the spice kitchen called garlic. They only think garlic is just for flavor our sense cookery course. But who suspected that garlic contains a lot of property that is not known some people. Savor garlic are:

1. Prevent brain deterioration and immune system

2. Helps prevent penuaan process. Prevent the growth of cancer cells.

3. Consume with garlic, is exposed to the risk of cancer could be reduced.

4. Garlic consumed regularly in a certain period of time can help lower cholesterol level.

5. Anti-cholesterol substance in garlic called ajoene help prevent blood clotting.

6. Garlic can help ease stress, fear, and depression.

7. With a more delicate effect. Garlic contain vitamin A.

8. Garlic contain vitamin B.

9. Garlic contain vitamin C.

10. Garlic contains calcium.

11. Garlic contains potasium

12. Garlic contain antioxidants. Garlic contains selenium and karoten

13. Mengonsumsi 2-3 cloves of garlic a day, will be avoiding the possibility of heart.

14. Cure high blood pressure

15. Tukak relieve stomach

16. Lower cholesterol in the blood

17. Increase blood insulin for diabetics.

18. Disable free radicals that disrupt the body's immune system

19. Useful as a bidder poison (detoxifier), which protect the body from various diseases.

20. Helping add appetite when eaten raw

21. Maintain stamina body

22. Contains property antimikroba, antitrombotik, hipolipidemik, antiarthritis, hipoglikemik, and also has antivitas as antitumor.

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Tips and Tricks to Stop Smoking

"Gynecology nicotine in cigarettes is very harmful for health. Although it is not felt in a short time, but in the future will also feel the bad effects of smoking habits," said Prof Chris Bolliger, experts lungs from medical school University of Stellenbosch's, United States , as quoted Health24.

Stop nicotine therapy

The first trick that you need to do therapy with the nicotine that flows in the body. This solution can be done easily without the cost of expensive. Simply prepare one pocket in the gum trousers, and take it to wherever you travel. This gum can be a bad habit for you to burn a cigarette.

Run the program

The withdrawal of stress, everyone has a different program and the problems this one. For example with the sport. This proves that smoking habits can also lose your confidence and run with the pattern of healthy living in daily life. With hard effort, the smoking habit can be lost by itself.

Controlled emotional

According to the agreement that the International smokenders group emotions and psychology are the two factors that can bring someone to enjoy a cigarette in a day, even more. Therefore, we recommend you can minimize stress and manage your emotions in order to eliminate the bad habits this.

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All of chocolate spa

"Cokelat is good for the skin, making skin more healthy also feel more smooth, soft and fragrant," a woman who also has a salon in this area Mampang. Chocolate indeed contain the polyphenol antioxidants, which is also found in the fruits, vegetables, and red wine. In terms of health, antioxidants is able to reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease. In terms of beauty, polyphenol help delay early penuaan. In addition, chocolate is also rich in vitamins A and E are very important for the improvement of skin cells, skin rejuvenation, and facilitate the circulation of blood. From outside, all the benefits of this makes the skin look more fresh and soft, and makes the skin of a sweet chocolate tempt.

Chocolate Salon & Spa embrace all of these benefits in the treatment complete package consisting of a massage, lulur, masks, bath chocolate, chocolate and hair spa. As a bonus, customers who come will be given a welcome drink hot chocolate drink and a delicious calm your mind.

For treatment, first, scrubbing therapeutist will do to the whole body with the use chocolate that is not only heavily legit, also rich in cocoa butter, fat from plants that cocoa beans. Cocoa butter has smooth benefits, reduce stretch marks, lines fine wrinkling, and improve skin elasticity. The coarse grain can help scrub the dirt and dead skin cells, leaving a layer of skin fresh and soft underneath.

The second step, conducted body massage using essential oils of chocolate. In this stage, the massage is done therapeutist able to make the body become rileks, release the tension after the day beraktivitas. While the send a signal to calm the brain.

Give commands to rileks and make the brain release hormones phenethylamine and serotonine stimulate feelings of happiness and reduce stress. This essential oil also contains antioxidants that work to reduce skin damage due to air pollution.

After rileks body, then made masks and chocolate brown bath that makes the skin more than the fine, also makes the body of sweet chocolate nan. Well, as a finishing touch, a moisturizer that chocolate not only smooth skin, also spread chocolate fragrant aroma claimed Dewi can survive up to three days.
Finally, they also offer hairspa with a chocolate base material can be trusted to make the hair shaft stronger, healthier, and of course of chocolate.

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Seaweed Eliminate Toxic

Seaweed is very good for the skin, so often used to maintain and smooth skin, helps the formation of new skin cells, offset mineral content in the body, and eliminate poisons in the body (detoxification).

"This is because in the seaweed containing salt minerals, protein, and zinc," said manager Wellness Center & Spa Sarinah Made Sari.

Besides, he added, seaweed also contain many vitamins A, C, B1, B12, E, PP, K, and vitamin D. Nah, catenarian vitamin can help you to activate the new skin cells, also maintain the body's metabolism to tighten skin.

According to him, seaweed is one of the material wealth of the sea that is easy to be merged into the skin so that helps the formation of skin. "In fact, seaweed is also good for your hair health lho," Sari supplement.

For women who have problems with obesity or excess body weight, the seaweed spa treatment can also be relied upon to process slim and maintain the balance of minerals in the body. You do not need to make strict diet or even just a hunger for getting a more slender body. Despite heavy shrink, your skin will still be tight.

The process of decline in body weight, such as this would better to keep your health. "With this spa seaweed, other than the body can get a slim, you can also get skin healthy also," said Mrs. Sari .

Spa seaweed process begins with the pemijatan body. "The body first massaged with a mixture of olive oil so that the body feels more casual and rileks," said Mrs. Sari.

Your body was tense, after a long time will feel more comfortable and rileks. This is because the blood circulation in the body flow more smoothly, so feel tired body feels like a moment lost. "This new massage course," augment him. Then, the body seaweed mask.

After maskernya dry, the body covered with a heating blanket. Its function is to remove poisons from the body through sweat that out. Heat has been setting the standard. "To people who are used to, generally happy with the feeling of heat.

Meanwhile, for which new or not the first time, usually 10 minutes already and does not feel too strong. But the process with the heating blanket is the same as good sauna loh, "said a therapeutist in the spa.
The process is finally berendam in a bathtub filled with warm water and sowing rose sheath.

Spa seaweed this takes 90 minutes. If you feel the rest of you less than 90 minutes, this therapy you can still enjoy the process by reducing the amount of therapy.

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Beautiful Skin Body Scrub with Lemon

Eat citrus lemon in the middle of the day intenseness nan, of refreshing. But, you know that the benefits of orange lemon as a source of vitamin C was in the thick of the skin. Orange lemon skin collagen have any good, other than the B vitamins and vitamin E to prevent penuaan early.

According to dr Mimin Sulistyowati, a doctor from the beauty Amrita Antiaging Center, Jakarta, natural materials, such as carrots, cucumber, lime lemon, and avocado can be used for the treatment of scrub because many contain antioxidants.

"Take advantage of fresh orange peel lemon flavor to enhance your skin. Steps, prepare materials that ordinary scrubs sold in the market, water perasan citrus lemon, and grated orange peel rough lemon. Select a suitable aroma scrub with lemon citrus aroma. Then all the material to be mixed one, "she said.

Not just stop there, dr Mimin added, should not need to add honey and milk, because the nomination will be difficult to scrub. Milk is the fragrance that is less fit. Then, slowly wipe lemon to scrub the entire body. Akan feel more if rileks before scrubbing body massage with olive oil for 30 minutes. After that, the body with clean warm water.

"The rest of you can store the scrub in the refrigerator. Closed meeting venue scrubs and guard not to have direct contact with dirty hands, so it does not infected bacteria and germs. With the right storage, lemon scrub can survive about two weeks," while dr Mimin add this treatment should be done two weeks.

Connecting a statement from Mimin, Sri MULYATI, part of the marketing, promotion and Operations-Bale Bale Spa, Jakarta, inform, nursing scrubs lemon nutritious also improve skin elasticity and detoxification, improving skin layer, the substance antibakteri, reduce wrinkle and fine oldest early , and so nutritions more luminous skin, and lightening skin.

"Remember that the grain lemon scrub quite rough, so that lifting the dead skin will be very effective. However, for those who do not normally do this treatment, you should experiment with materials that have a scrub fine grain, such as avocado or green tea," his him.

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Prevent Cancer with 3 tea cup day

Based on the results of research studies Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention in the United States, as much as 73 percent of women aged under 50 years of tea more than three cups a day suppressed the risk of cancer.

Intensity in the breast cancer ward because of this, both the regular and green tea contains substances called catechins. This substance is able to protect you from the threat of cancer.

However, the results of this research does not apply to women who are over 50 years. Mentioned, tea is not able to protect women aged over 50 years from the threat of breast cancer.

Just a note, dehydration can also appeared to be one of the trigger breast cancer.

So, start against breast cancer that scary not only for the Eve of course, but also of Adam. Noted, each year in the UK as many as 41,000 women and 300 men diagnosed as much suffering from cancer.

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Prevent Kidney Damage

Basically, according to Budiman, high blood pressure (hypertension) is a big problem, not only in Western countries, also in Indonesia. If not solved, high blood pressure will cause the heart to work harder at a time will be any serious damage occurred.

Hypertension causes the heart muscle will be thick (hipertrofi) and lead to its function as a service to be disrupted, the heart will further decrease the ability contraction. In addition to the heart, high blood pressure can cause damage to blood vessel in the brain, eyes (retinopati) and renal (kidney failure).
Most cases of hypertension therapy is not definitive, but can be controlled with the pattern of living healthy and make the appropriate treatment process.

The main function of kidney as remnant metabolism and keep the balance of fluid and electrolyte or salt body through urine. Kidneys also produce hormones that affect the function of other organs. Among the hormones stimulate production of red blood cells, and to balance the hormones that help control blood pressure and calcium metabolism.

"To be awake kidney health, in addition to be free from high blood pressure, mengonsumsi white water in the right degree can also prevent kidney damage," he said

Although kidney disease can be caused by various factors, such as general or systemic disease, kidney disease at the local, as well as certain drugs.

"Prevention can be done to implement a healthy lifestyle, avoid the use of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages, limit consumption of caffeine. Meanwhile, the treatment must be accompanied by kapatuhan take the medicine regularly as recommended doctors," he said.

Moreover, with many types of drugs antihipertensi circulating in the market, both branded and generic drugs, the public should have a better understanding about the disease that they suffered, and charming in selecting the appropriate handling. "Attention to health to be the main pillar to prevent a more severe disease," he said.

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Hypertension Drugs with Cucumber

There are several types of cucumber, among others Watang, pillar, faint, and krai. Fruit cucumber trusted oxygen-containing substance saponin (remove mucus), protein, fat, calcium, fospor, iron, sulfur, vitamin A, B1, and C. Cucumber seeds of the fruit contains a lot of vitamin E to prevent and eliminate wrinkles penuaan. Behind the fresh meat that contain a lot of water, the stored acid and vitamin C kafeat to mitigate and reduce skin irritation cumulation fluid under the skin. Cucumber often used to beautify the skin of the face. Sliced cucumber used as a face mask to refresh or refine the skin and reduce excess facial oil on the face.

Gynecology vitamine in the cucumber per 100 grams of body weight is 12 calories of energy, 0.7 g protein, 0.1 g fat, 2.7 g carbohydrate, 10 mg calcium, fospor 21 mg, 0.3 mg of iron, vitamin A 0 RE, 8.0 mg vitamin C and 0.3 mg vitamin B1. Those who suffer hypertension are advised to mengonsumsi cucumber. "It can treat hypertension because of the womb mineralnya namely potassium, magnesium, and dephosphorize. In addition cucumber a diuretic because of high water contents so that help lower blood pressure," said Meilinasari, SKM, MKes of Health Politeknik Jakarta.

Consumption cucumber can also lose weight because cucumber, the womb low calorie and rich in fiber, is able to control your body weight. Gynecology cucumber in fiber can reduce body fat content and cholesterol and give effect glut. In addition, cucumber also malonat contain acid that can prevent blood sugar turns to fat, so that it is helping to reduce body weight. Cucumber sometimes bitter taste. Bitter taste is derived from saponin, fitokimia compound that is found in mucous cucumber. Although bitter, saponin have benefits as antikanker, lower cholesterol, and increase the body's resistance.

Cucumber also useful for detoxification. Gynecology water which is very high (up to 90 percent), making cucumber have a diuretic effect (small smooth move), and to help neutralize the toxin (poison), and to help against bacteria in the gut and throughout the bladder wall. Gynecology mineral water and potassium in cucumber also remove excess acid and the remaining muscle metabolism through the kidneys.

Simply known, excessive muscle acid in the blood will form crystals that accumulate in the joint causing inflammation or disease artritis joints. While the rest of the form of salt metabolism meniral that accumulate in the urine channel will form kidney stones. Therefore, people with kidney stones and artritis advisable to eat cucumber.

According to the results of research from the Food Research Institute, Departement of Food Microbiology, University of Winconsin, Madison, cucumber contain acid linoleat terkonjugasi (Conjugated Linoleic Acids / CLA), which are antioxidants. Role antioxidants prevent cell damage resulting from free radicals cause cancer, heart disease, and reduce the level of fat in the body.

Vitamin C in the womb cucumber useful to increase the degree glutation, the amino acid are antioxidants that produced naturally by the body cells. Effect refreshing and vitamin C in the womb cucumber also sariawan help treat and reduce fever. Some of the slices can be eaten after cucumber brush teeth to freshen the mouth. Feel the breath is fresh.

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Salmon, Important for Skin

Fish than salmon, known as food for the brain, also has a property as food to keep the skin remain healthy. Salmon can treat the occurrence of wrinkles on the skin and keep the skin still looks healthy. Indeed, salmon is rich in fish is not saturated fat or omega 3 can reduce the production of particles cause inflammation in the body that can damage the skin.

If you can not eat salmon, try some other fish such as herring, fish, milk, fresh fish and others that provide the same benefits antiradang. If you are not a fish lover, you can benefit mengonsumsi supplement with Omega 3. Salmon also contains high protein, coenzim Q-10 is also rich in antioxidants and dimethylaminoetahnol (DMAE).

Basically the key to healthy skin depends on what you eat. Mengonsentrasikan not the only one on the food. Skin is the body's largest organ and can reflect all of someone's health. In addition eat salmon flesh, some of the things that needs to stay healthy so that the skin is to drink lots of water.

Water can keep the skin from dehydration and remove toxic. Usually eight glasses of water per day, good enough to keep the skin remain healthy, eat the food that the orange. Food is rich beta carotene that can help improve the skin. Meals include sweet potatoes, carrots, and mango. But remember, do not eat excessive amounts because too much will be stored in the body and less good for health.

Vitamin C can help in the formation of collagen which helps the skin remain strong. Unlike vitamin A, the body can eliminate the amount of vitamin C is abundant. Another way to get healthy and beautiful skin is a balanced mengonsumsi fat. If you eat too little fat, the skin will be dry. Avoid excessive consumption of fat, such as red meat, meat butter, and cheese.

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Beware, Mobile blunt Memory Making

Statistics recorded by Prof. Ian Robertson, neuropsikologi expert at Trinity College Dublin, the UK, as quoted Telegraph.co.uk, a quarter of the UK population forget her home phone number. Only a third of those who remember birthdays brother. Half of them use the same password for a number of bank accounts (accounts) that is different.

According to Robertson, the demands of the present life is forcing many people to remember. For a day-to-day life, the average of the respondents surveyed have to remember five passwords, five-digit PIN (personal identification number), three security ID numbers and three bank accounts.

To facilitate the work of respondents considering it is relying on technology such as mobile phone. Unfortunately, the rarely used, the recall will be more blunt. This is not merely theoretical. For the research also revealed that respondents aged above 50 in the growth dipacu remember rely on power, reportedly has the ability to remember things better than the respondents aged under 30 who rely on more technology to help remember.

The good news, in general, mobile phone equipped with a variety of games such as sudoku. In addition to improving the mental strain and memory, according to experts, the game is also a kind of useful to prevent Alzheimer's Disease.

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Most Imagine Coffee Making?

Try to see if there are friends or relatives who claim to see a ghost or heard something mystical smell ask whether he habitue coffee or not. According to research in the UK, people who drink too much coffee tend to be more easily experience the imagine effects .

The research team from the University of Dunham concluded, people who drank more than seven cups instant coffee a day tend to be three times easier to imagine than those who drank only one cup of coffee a day. Conclusion is taken after they survey 200 students about the habits and experiences consumption coffee see things mystical.

"This is the first step to study the factors associated with imagine more widely," said Simon Jones, who led the study. He said that on previous research, it is known that stress, such as childhood depression, dealing with imagine.

According to James, the relationship between coffee and imagine may be associated with hormone kortisol. Halusinasi itself arises when the body produces too much hormone kortisol. Hormone produced when someone is experiencing stress. The consumption of caffeine also trigger the production of these hormones.

However, James stressed that the relationship is not the result. Even if caffeine halusinasi trigger, they may not be as much as other psychological factors. In addition, coffee is not only influence, but also tea, coffee, and beverages that contain high caffeine content. Direct research and experiments needed to measure the relationship with the caffeine effect iamgine.

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Restore Stamina With Young Coconut

In our society a growing belief that the coconut, especially coconut green, very well be drunk by mothers who are pregnant so that the process becomes easier childbirth and children who have been born a white skin and smooth.

Young coconut water is also the effect of the treatment of kidney and hipretency (high blood pressure). Apart from the true belief or not, and we have good knowledge of nutrient contents in the water and young coconut meat.

The number of grains of water per young varies, depending on the size of the fruit. In general, does not measure less than 250 grains per ml. Nutrient composition of young coconut water varies, depending on the variety of fruit and age.

In general, coconut water contains total 4.7 percent, 2.6 percent sugar, 0.55 percent protein, fat 0.74 percent, 0.46 percent and minerals. Nutrient composition of such a good cause coconut water can be used as a medium for the growth of microbes, such as Acetobacter xylinum for nata de coco production. Coconut water can also be used as the material of making various types of drinks, jelly, alcohol, dektran, vinegar and soy sauce.

The type of sugar in the coconut water is glucose, fruktosa, and sukrosa. There are several types of coconut sugar which has 3 percent of the coconut and the old 5.1 percent in young coconut water. That is the cause of young coconut water taste more sweet than the old coconut.

Amino acids that are a lot of water on the coconut is glutamat acid, arginin, leusin, lisin, prolin, acid aspartat, alanin, histidin, fenilalanin, Serin, sistin, and tirosin. Vitamins are a lot of coconut water is the vitamin C, acid nikotinat, pantotenat acid, Biotin, riboflavin, and folat acid.

Most types of minerals that are on the coconut water is potasium (potassium). Other minerals found in a number of quite a lot of calcium, magnesium, and klorida, while in the amount is very little sodium (natrium).

Drinks with the composition ratio of potassium to a high natrium, very beneficial for health, disease prevention, particularly against high blood pressure, as believed by the public for this.

The order of the vitamin in the coconut water is very close to the composition of liquid isotonik, the liquid that is in accordance with the body fluids. That is liquid at this time isotonik many sold and bought as one of the sport drinks (sports drinks).

Drink isotonik expected to replace the minerals that the body through sweat lost during exercise or activity other hard work. At the industry level, generally isotonik drink mix made with water, sugar, various mineral (electrolyte), pencita taste and coloring substances.

Coconut water seems to have great potential to be developed as a natural drink isotonik rousing cheap, especially in fast time. The extreme weather in the afternoon and that excessive physical activity in the fasting month, which will drain a lot of sweat. On the other hand, there is no liquid income at all.

This condition causes us to be very easy to get tired and sleepy. However, fasting should not be a reason for the reduced activity in the afternoon. Election as a young coconut drink fast reliable to restore the body's stamina.

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