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Never underestimate the disease is not contagious. Because the disease is not contagious, it becomes the cause of death in the world. “People should be vigilant to the disease is not contagious,” said Head of Prevention, Management and Environmental Disease Bogor City Health Department, Eddy Darma, Wednesday (7 / 12), while Non-Communicable Diseases Control Seminar in Bogor City Hall.

Eddy who was asked as a seminar speaker said, the trend of people with communicable diseases in the world growing increasingly. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, in 2020 the cause of death from non-communicable diseases will reach 73 percent of all causes of death.

Eddy said to qualify as a disease is not contagious but it is dangerous heart disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Such diseases are usually caused by the behavior or an unhealthy lifestyle habits such as smoking man, consuming excess sugar, supine exercise, and consuming alcohol.

In the same occasion Administration Assistant for Social and Development Secretariat of the city of Bogor, Edgar Suratman said, in developing countries such as Indonesia, the pattern of a person’s death has shifted from infectious to noninfectious diseases.

Edgar conveys, from the data in 2010, stroke, high blood pressure and heart topped cause someone’s death. Where the cause of death from heart disease and high blood pressure reached 197 people and 119 people from a stroke. “They must have a healthy lifestyle to avoid disease is not contagious,” he said.

Always push yourself to the gym every day in hours, now do not need to do. For 20 minutes, doing cardio in a day is good enough for our bodies, bright renowned fitness expert.

Many Hollywood celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, or Helena Christiansen have also successfully used this theory. They introduced a system intensifies your workout, the less time you need and prove successful.

“For me the 20 minute cardio sessions a day is enough to get a healthy heartbeat” explains Helena Christiansen.

This theory was further supported by an explanation of the Supervisory Council on Exercise American consumers who recommend ‘brief fitness program’ for those who want to get quick results.

Even the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), also confirmed that 20 minutes of high intensity exercise is as good as 40-45 minutes of cardio at medium speed.

“But still keep in mind the less time the intensity of exercise should be getting heavier” said Steve Barrett, fitness expert and author of Trade Secrets of A Personal Trainer.

Barrett also added that although brief, but systems like this sport should be considered elements of progress. So exercises not static.

“Consistency is the key. Ideally, you should perform five practice sessions a week for 20 minutes, or combine two or three times 20 minutes of aerobic exercise with activities like walking, running or biking” he concluded.

You may have noticed that the news is buzzing with breastfeeding articles lately! Recently, the Surgeon General released a Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding, detailing how we can all support a mom’s decision to breastfeed. In addition, Healthy People 2020 raised the bar for moms and babies.

We know that most moms want to breastfeed their babies—recent data shows that 82% of moms in Massachusetts started breastfeeding. But the number of moms who continue to breastfeed drops dramatically soon after birth. By 2 months of age, only 47% of infants are exclusively breastfeeding, meaning that they are receiving only breast milk and no formula.

As many moms can tell you, this striking shift after birth has a lot do with the lack of support for breastfeeding mothers. The fact that so many moms begin breastfeeding demonstrates that moms know this is a good choice. Many moms can also tell you that breastfeeding isn’t easy in the beginning. A lack of support is sometimes enough to put doubt in a mom’s mind that she can continue. Read the rest of this entry »

Men and women who are doing their best to follow a diet and lose weight often look for what has become known as a healthy food, foods labeled “low fat” fat “or” diet. “Since people do not always read the labels and producers do their best to hide the effect of these foods, it is not surprising that some people do not lose as much weight as possible in a particular diet. Trying very difficult to stay away from sweets and soft drinks is useless when the supposedly healthy food more difficult to lose weight.

The biggest problem is the fact that many healthy foods contain ingredients such as corn syrup high fructose, hydrogenated oils and sugar normal. This is the trick that the producers used to sell healthy foods labeled, although not so. The words “fat” printed on the label attractive points, but nowhere is it said that the lack of fat is more than offset by the sugar content. While producers have to meet a certain standard in order to be able to call their foods, “low fat” or “fat free, no regulations exist for the word” diet. ” Read the rest of this entry »

Diabetes is a serious illness and proper care is essential to staying healthy. People with diabetes need to be careful what they eat and when you eat. This particular disease is very sensitive and any small mistake can cause the level of blood sugar to rise tremendously. Very often, people suffering from this disease are also concerned with high cholesterol, high blood pressure or obesity. Taking all this into account, a healthy diet for a diabetic is a must.

Healthy food habit for diabetics is to monitor your intake of carbohydrates. Carbohydrate consumption is just as important as proper sugar intake. Carbohydrates are simply a different type of sugar and they can impact the blood levels in the same way as sugar in a cake or candy. Some foods to be served in controlled portions include pastas, potatoes and bread. These foods, along with other products high in carbohydrates raise blood sugar levels in the blood. A good diet for someone suffering from this disease should be low in sugar, fat and carbohydrates. Read the rest of this entry »