Purine and Uric Acid in blood link

Purine is broken down by body to form Uric Acid. Purine may look useless when Uric Acid is high in serum and you are advised to consume low Purine food.

What purine means?

(PYOOR-een) One of two chemical compounds that cells use to make the building blocks of DNA and RNA. Examples of purines are adenine and guanine. Purines are also found in meat and meat products. They are broken down by the body to form uric acid, which is passed in the urine.

 

High Purine foods (means which increases Uric Acid in blood):

• Meat products
• Pulses but Moong daal is fine.
  
• Peas
• Soya
•  

Actually avoid all meat products till Uric Acid come under control. Other things can be taken in moderation which still have high Purine like Peas.

Is Ghee good in high Uric Acid?

Confusing view on internet but I took it as Ok. 

Is pickle good to have in High Uric Acid?

Pickle is good. it does not raise Uric Acid level and help in digestion.

Most of the answers are very unclear about foods with Purine content. If you ask, can i eat Paneer in High Uric acid case or IS Paneer high Purine food then answers are like:

Do not eat Meat, ... do not eat high fat products etc.. then at last eat low fat diary products. What does this mean? Now, the question is if Paneer is high or low fat? In my search, it is neither high or low fat.

Betnovate N and Betnovate C cream: use and side effects

Both Betnovate creams are used to treat the inflammation which can be psoriasis. N is for Neomycin which is an antibiotic. C stand for Clotrimazole which is an Antifungal. So, this way multiple types of skin problems are cured with Betnovate.

Betamethasone (a type of Steroid) is common on both and this is a strong Steroid. Dermatologists do not suggest it for more than 2 weeks as this has serious side effects. Also, this cream must not be applied on soft skin like face. There she has said that when people stop using Betamethasone then problems occur. She has suggested using Cutisoft (salt: Hydrocortisone) which is mild.

Dr Surbhi has also suggested using Cutisoft when you want to stop using Betnovate cream. Like alcohol, Betamethasone is addictive and stopping it can cause problems in your skin. So, try with a milder steroid.

This article is a note to myself.

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Liquid Supplement Vs Pill/tablet supplements?

I have bought first liquid nutritional supplement. Question came my mind is there any use of liquid supplement. Liquid supplement looked very costly compared to tablet form. In tablet form also few multivitamin multi-mineral tablets are very costly. But, I think liquid forms are generally costlier. 

In my reading at many places after Google Search, I saw liquid has certain advantages. I am only interested in fast absorption of supplements

- The liquid nutrient supplement is absorbed very faster than a tablet
- 85-90% of the nutrients are absorbed Vs only 15%-20%
- It takes only 20-30 secs for the liquid to get absorbed vs few hours for tablet.

 

Source: Liquid Vs Pill 

 

Easy to check your Heart Rate. Count Pulse beats on your wrist

To check your heart rate, count your pulse beats.

Your can check it from wrist or on neck near windpipe. Also, pulse rate can be felt on groin.

Wrist pulse rate is called Radial pulse.

Resting Pulse rate between 60 and 100 beats per minute is normal.

Pulse rate or heart rate depends on many factors.

Age, fitness and activity levels, being a smoker, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Emotions, body size and medication.

A well trained athletes heart rate is lower. It can be 40 - 50. But, for common people it is low and demands visit to a doctor.

If heart rate consistently comes below 60 or above 100 then consult your doctor.

To check Pulse beats, it is easier to check this way as in pic. You can easily feel the beats.

Remember, normal reading of 60 to 100 is resting pulse beats. If you run and then check then it will surely comes higher.

More here:
What's a normal resting heart rate?

Can Daytime sleepiness and Diabetes be related?

Extreme Daytime Sleepiness May Be Diabetes Sign

This is just a objective article about if Diabetes and Daytime sleepiness can be related?

Recent research suggests that extreme sleepiness could be a sign of depression or a diabetic, even if a person does not sleep well.

There is a strong correlation between extreme daytime sleepiness and diabetes. Individuals with diabetes are two times more likely to report extreme daytime sleepiness than those who are not.

thediabetescouncil.com

More: Extreme Daytime Sleepiness May Be Diabetes Sign

Blood Pressure - Just some info

I was checking information regarding blood pressure and thought to add some info here. This is not a medical guidance or any sort of that. Read this info just for your general reading. I am not a Doctor. I was trying to understand it a little and sharing you some info from that.

First what that usual reading 120/80 says:

The first number, called systolic blood pressure, measures the pressure in your blood vessels when your heart beats. The second number, called diastolic blood pressure, measures the pressure in your blood vessels when your heart rests between beats.

So, I took this as Heart pump blood into your body and take rest. Again it pump and take rest. When it pump, your blood pressure increase hence 120 and when it rest, pressure decrease hence 80.

Is 120/80 good?

120/80 is old reading. Decades back it is set to 110/70. Though, 120/80 won't hurt you.

Little higher or little lower? Which one is better?

Little higher and lower won't affect you/ Blood pressure depends on body, age etc.
Lower is better as this won't develop into high blood pressure in old age.

Any range?

Systolic blood pressure should be above 90 and below 120. Diastolic blood pressure should be above 60 and below 80. Systolic means upper reading and diastolic means lower one as in 110/70.

Which is more important systolic or diastolic blood pressure?

Both are important, but for those forty and older, systolic is more important than diastolic. Usually the systolic pressure is what increases our risk of having a heart attack, stroke or artery disease in the leg. ... In general, the systolic is more important than the diastolic.

Source: Various,
https://www.healthline.com/health/high-blood-pressure-hypertension/blood-pressure-reading-explained#danger-zone,
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/reading-the-new-blood-pressure-guidelines ,

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Omeg 3 Fatty Acid, Vitamin C and Vitamin E to compensate for Air pollution

These three Omega 3 Fatty Acid, Vitamin C and Vitamin E are good antioxidant. Possibly that is why these three are named in a research to compensate for Air Pollution problem. It is to help in some extent.

Read in detail:
Eat Salmon to ward off Air Pollution.

TB Facts

Just few points about Tuberculosis.

http://www.ehow.com/about_6642929_lifespan-tuberculosis-droplets.html

Viability of Tuberculosis Droplets

    Primarily an airborne disease, TB can survive for extended periods of time in the air and on various surface areas. It was found that 28 percent of the tuberculosis bacteria remains alive in a room after nine hours. Tuberculosis can live up to 45 days on clothing, 70 days in carpet, 90 to 120 days in dust, approximately 105 days on a paper book, and approximately six to eight months in sputum. Three things help kill off the tuberculosis bacteria: ultraviolet light, volume of air in a room and recirculation of air through a HEPA filter.

Latent TB and Active TB

    Latent TB, also known as inactive TB or TB infection, is when a person has been exposed to an active TB patient and inhaled the bacteria, but the bacteria remains inactive. TB infection is not contagious. However, approximately 10 percent of individuals with TB infection will later become an active TB patient. Active TB, however, is contagious and can spread to other individuals. Generally, this occurs through exposure over a prolonged period of time. Active TB can also spread to other parts of the body through the bloodstream



Testing for Latent Tuberculosis - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1069093/
The majority of new cases of TB are derived from a pool of patients with LTBI. Thus, identifying and treating persons with latent infections is an important public health measure, since it not only prevents active TB from occurring in individuals with latent infection, but also prevents the interpersonal spread of the disease.

There are two tests available to confirm a diagnosis of LTBI: the tuberculin skin test, and the measurement of interferon-γ in whole blood.

Sungazing to increase flow of positive energy

Recently Sun-gazing showing few sun-gazers were introduced in Aaj Tak (Hindi) channel. Simple Google search has not returned me link to that but I became interested due to the fact that one person from Gujarat does not need to eat anything. He gets all the energy from Sun. Doctors tested him and could not find how he could do it. Sungazing is not only in India but at other places on earth people reported that he don't feel hungry. HRM stands for
Hira Ratan Manek in the following article.

aetherforce.com

Do you want to practice sungazing?
Do at your own risk as mentioned in the disclaimer at the bottom of the page. Hindus offer water to the Sun early in the morning as religious practice.

Method taken from Hira Ratan Manek.

Summary from the page:

• Gaze sun in the morning or evening. One time is enough.
• Gaze within hour of sun rise or hour before sun set.
• Early morning sun is better.
• Slow start is a good start. Start with few second and after that increase time 10 seconds each day. After reaching 44 minutes you don't need to stare. As it is written there. Everything need to maintain why should be stop doing so! Only expert sungazer can explain it.
• It is suggested to gaze bare foot. Foot touching earth directly. No grass, granite etc. But if it is not possible then you can state as you have access to. 
• Concentrate while doing so as you do meditation. 
• Feel the difference as sun ray enter your eyes. 
• Practice each day.

Take care of timing. Rise early to practice it so sun gazing can be  possible. 

Disclaimer: However, the human eye is very sensitive, and prolonged exposure to direct sunlight can lead to solar retinopathy, pterygium, cataracts, and even blindness. More

Here the Sungazing read got interesting when he quoted NASA many times.

Your wake-up time and connection to body and mind

I read an interesting article which describes different wake-up time and it's connection with different kinds of energy and problems.

Traditional Chinese medicine uses energy meridians for acupuncture and acupressure. These energy meridians are connected to a clock system that, according to ancient Chinese medicine, energizes different parts of the body. So depending on the time you wake up at night, your body could be experiencing certain sensations and is communicating certain physical and emotional problems to you.

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Wake-up time and it's meaning:

• Having trouble sleeping between 9 to 11 p.m. could be a sign of stress.
• Waking up between 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. could mean emotional disappointment.
• Waking up between 1 to 3 a.m. may signify anger.
  
• Waking up between 3 to 5 a.m. could mean a Higher Power is reaching out to you.
• Waking up between 5 to 7 a.m. is associated with emotional blockages.

Recently in news channel, news is flowing about India's PM Modi's and UP CM Yogi Adityanath's wake-up time and how energetic they are. They both follow yogic routine. 

Read here in details:  Wake-up time and it's connection to spiritual awakening.

Ear Message for Alertness and Relaxation

Here are few type ear messages for our health. Most of them are for feel good in few minutes.

• Message with your thumb and index finger for relaxing your upper body and feel good as whole
• Unroll your outer ear from top to bottom, three times, for attention and focus
• Rub your hands and cup your ears and keep there for 30 seconds. Calming effect.
• Pull your ear lobes 6 times and when you pull downward, exhale. Freshness in eyes and hearing got better then this has worked for you.

More and in detail here.

Earlier Generations was smarter in Peeing Position!

Peeing in sitting position is better as found of Sweden research. I see old people always try to do that way. So, what is your comment?

According to research, when you sit down and pee, you bladder empty better and this cause reduced prostate cancer. So, is it that drinking water in sitting position is also scientifically good for us? I know old people advocate this.

Could Peeing Sitting Down Help Your Sex Life?

Why We Need a Good Sleep?

Sleep is important and so this proverb is for us: 

"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise".

We sleep to feel fresh. But what if we do not need to sleep. Why we need to sleep? Why not just continue  working. If we can increase working hour then we can achieve more!

Sleep is very important and possibly scientist has found the very important reason that is not easy to replace. It is not just for feeling fresh.

According to scientists, when we sleep, brain do cleaning job. It do the job just like dish washer. It flood the brain with fluid and clean the protein toxins and other waste.The same job if done while we are awake, will be too tough. It is like cleaning the house during house party.

Many scientists are sceptical of the theory though. They are saying that human mind is way more complex and it may not be that way in human. But scientist who has researched on the theory on mouse are confident that she can find the same theory working on human too and this discovery will led to invention of reducing sleeping hours. This invention will also led to medicine for mind related illness.

Source: 
Why do we sleep? To clean our brains, say US scientists

Write your Expression to Heal Physical Bounds

Writing your expression can heal your physical bound. This came is research. It is long said that writing your expression help psychologically as well.  Research has showed that those who has taken part in research does not noticed any good psychologically but their physical wound has healed sooner than those who has not taken part in it.

Image from WisdomOfHealth

It is said that you can write your expression and burn the paper to help overcome yourself from emotional turbulence. It helps in mental health.Actually I think it is expression that helps. Expressing your emotion helps!

Here is the research finding about writing expression and its healing power.

Hormones, Emotions and Physical Appearance of Love

Want to know about the Science of Love! How emotions, Hormones and Physical appearance affect or get affected by Love! Know all those in funny way by taking the Quiz on Love. Your already known facts will be verified and you will learn about each points better than you already know it.
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Healthy Food in list of Cancer Fighting Food

Here is a slideshow on webmd that shows food that are good in fighting Cancer. There list of food comes again and again for healthy life. So, better stick to those if you can and avoid trouble. Many foods listed there will be found in mood enhancing list as well. They also suggest that nutrients are good but in form of natural resource it is better. You know that nutrients in the form of pill can cause liver to overwork when you do not need many things in the pill! But the same is not the case of natural resources. Body can easily leave natural nutrients when it does not need.

List of Healthy Food that Stops Cancer Coming

Drinking Milk the Right Way!

Milk is very important food in our daily life. Few people directly drink milk, few eat it in other forms like Ghee, and butter. Few crave for sweets made of milk. Few says milk is most healthy drink they have everyday, few says it is not good for consumption. now, we know that all cannot digest milk due to lactose in it. and number of people with Lactose intolerance are not less in number.

Here are few suggestions I got from the net :-

I read that because milk help in inducing sleep so better not to take in the morning. Also, because Milk is good in inducing sleep so better take it at night. There are many other benefits of milk taken at night. You can read  articles given below or search on the net.
It is also written to avoid milk at empty stomach in the morning as this will just pass fast through the stomach and don't get digested properly. This again can cause many health problem.

I see many takes milk in the morning and do not find any problem. But anyway they give scientific evidence as well and you decide what is best for you.

Reference:
http://www.lookchem.com/Chempedia/Health-and-Chemical/15813.html
http://www.personal.psu.edu/hxm5014/assignment5.htm#sleep

Sushruta - Father of Surgery

If you never heard about Sushruta then you missed another chance of being proud about India. It is another fact where we are lagging today and need to catch up.

He is called as the "Father of Surgery". Some says about him as Father of Plastic Surgery. Yes, plastic surgery at that time.

Read yourself the paragraphs I have taken from Wiki:

Sushruta made numerous contributions to the field of surgery. He demonstrated the surgical techniques of making incisions, probing, extraction of foreign bodies, alkali and thermal cauterization, tooth extraction, excisions, and trocars for draining abscess draining hydrocele and ascitic fluid. He described the removal of the prostate gland, urethral stricture dilatation, vesiculolithotomy, hernia surgery, caesarian section, management of haemorrhoids, fistulae, laparotomy and management of intestinal obstruction, perforated intestines, and accidental perforation of the abdomen with protrusion of omentum. He gave details of the six types of dislocations, twelve varieties of fractures, and classification of the bones and their reaction to the injuries. He provided principles of fracture management, viz., traction, manipulation, appositions and stabilization including some measures of rehabilitation and fitting of prosthetics. He classified eye diseases (76) with signs, symptoms, prognosis, medical/surgical interventions, and cataract surgery. He described the method of stitching the intestines by using ant-heads as stitching material. He was the first to deal with embryology and sequential development of the structures of the fetus. He pioneered the dissection and study of anatomy of human body. He introduced the use of wine to dull the pain of surgical incisions. He enumerated 1120 illnesses, and recommended diagnosis by inspection, palpation and auscultation.

Sushruta was a Bihari and lived in Varanashi, Uttar Pradesh.

I myself was not aware of it. Spread the words.

References:

Sushruta: the father of Indian surgery and ophthalmology - USA Govt Website,

Sushruta,
Acharya Sushrut-Father Of Plastic Surgery.

Jaggery Vs Sugar: Which one is better?

You may all know Jaggery is better than Sugar from many tale or from your elders. But Why?

Both are made from same Sugarcane but why the difference!

• Jaggery contains many nutrients than just energy. It contains calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, potassium  iron, zinc, and others. These all good part of sugarcane value removed in the process of Sugar making. Sugar is a refined product.
• Jaggery release energy slowly which is good for our health. Sugar release sudden burst of energy. So, Jaggery is better for diabetics as well. It is good for normal human compared to Sugar. Ayurveda does approve of taking anything which release sudden burst of energy in general. 
• Jaggery also does many things due to its nutrients and other qualities left due to non refined work. It acts as a purifier, good for acid balance and many. 
• Jaggery is eco-friendly. It does not waste water as Sugar does in course of making. 

Food companies should provide Jaggery in easy to eat form. People find it difficult to consume Jaggery due its solid cube. It should be sold in broken form!

Read more about it:

Jaggery or sugar, the smarter choice!

Jaggery: The Healthy Sugar Alternative

Hot Water Bag and Other Treatment for good Digestion

Here are two tips for good digestion of your food and healthy life. One is hot water bag. Purchase Hot Water bag from nearby pharmacy shop in few hundred rupees and get health benefits whenever you need. It help in stomach spasm and disturbance. Important: Separate hot bag and your skin with 2-3 or more layers of clothes. You should not feel uncomfortable on skin or else it will burn. Also, heat on skin is of no use. Heat need to penetrate slowly to inside of stomach.

Another method is to rub with your hand clockwise. Many times you may have seen people doing this. You can do this daily as this does not require anything extra which you do not have every time.

So, now you know stomach pain remedy without any medicine.



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