Tag: Temperature

10 commandments for better sleep on World Sleep Day

Urbanatural

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Air, water, food — and some would argue sex — are key ingredients to human survival. In reality, there should be another “s” word in that list: sleep. We’re supposed to get between seven and 10 hours of sleep each night, depending on our age, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that a third of Americans sleep fewer than seven hours a night. It’s a global problem too. “Sleep problems constitute a global epidemic that threatens health and quality of life for up to…

Read More

Metabolism and Weight

Urbanatural

QUESTION OF THE DAY Q: What is meant by basal metabolic rate? It depends on which factors? What is it’s effect on our weight? A: Basal metabolic rate is the amount of energy expressed in calories that a person needs to keep the body functioning at rest. Some of those processes are breathing, blood circulation, controlling body temperature, cell growth, brain and nerve function, and contraction of muscles. Metabolism is the process by which your body converts what you eat and drink into energy. During this complex biochemical process, calories…

Read More

How to Beat Fatigue

Urbanatural

We have a good check fatigue to guide us. It works as a safety value as a limit to exercise. We can gauge the amount of exercise we should take for best results. Beyond that we begin getting fatigued. When we run or do exercises the breath becomes deeper. There is frequent bringing in of more oxygen into the lungs, which gets absorbed in the blood. Carbon dioxide form the blood gets eliminated in to the air while we breathe out. This increase in breath is called “second wind”. If…

Read More

AC का सही उपयोग

Urbanatural

जैसा कि सभी को पता है कि भीषण गर्मी शुरू हो चुकी है और घर घर एयर कंडीशनर (Air Conditioner) चलने लगे हैं। अधिकतर लोगों की आदत है कि वह अपने AC को 20-22 डिग्री (Degrees) पर चलाते हैं और ठंड लगने पर दोहर व कंबल (Blanket) आदि ओढ़ लेते हैं। इससे दोहरा नुकसान होता है। आईये जानते हैं कैसे: क्या आपको पता है कि हमारे शरीर (Body) का तापमान 35 डिग्री सेल्शियस होता है। शरीर 22 डिग्री से 39 डिग्री तक का तापमान सह सकता है। इसे कहते हैं…

Read More

HIP BATH MAGIC

Urbanatural

GO hip hip hurray!  There is no denying the fact that hydrotherapy can work wonders when it comes to curing various ailments. Hip bath is a very useful and effective form of hydrotherapy and is also known as sitz bath. As obvious from the name, in this technique, only hips and lower abdominal regions are bathed. You are required to sit in a special tub (which is why it is also known as sitz bath). About four to six gallons of water is filled into this tub such that it…

Read More

Water Therapy: What is Water Therapy?

Urbanatural

For several centuries water has been an integral part of treatment of several diseases among the ancient Egyptians, Hebrews, Greeks, Persians and Hindus. The Chinese used water as a remedy several centuries before Christ, the Japanese used cold water for treatment of several diseases almost eight hundred years ago. Hippocrates, father of modern medicine, also used hot and cold water successfully for management of diseases such as fever, ulcers, bleeding, inside or outside the body, etc. How is the water regulated? Whenever there is water shortage in your house, you…

Read More

Home Remedies for Clogged Ear

Urbanatural

BY JONATHAN PITTS A clogged ear is very painful and irritating and needs to be relieved immediately. We commonly see children reporting of ear pain. 90 percent of the cases of ear pain are due to clogged ear. Ear can be clogged either due to the presence of ear wax or fluids in the ear. If proper care is not taken while giving bath to the children it will clog their ears. Before you attempt to cure the clogged ear, know the cause of the clogging. In some cases it could…

Read More

Why heart attacks are more prevalent in winters

Urbanatural

The body responds to cold by constricting superficial blood vessels, which decreases thermal conduction in the skin and subsequently increases arterial blood pressure. Other responses are shivering and increased heart rate, which raise the metabolic rate and in turn increase body temperature. The risk of suffering a heart attack is more likely to peak in the winter season and decline in summers because air temperature acts as an external trigger for the life threatening disease, an analysis has shown. The findings revealed that the average number of heart attacks per…

Read More

Beware! Diseases You Never Knew Your Microwave Was Causing

Urbanatural

Microwave ovens might be one of the most common appliances in kitchens today, but the radiations released by them deplete the nutrients in the food and also causes harmful affects to our bodies Microwave ovens are one of the most common kitchen appliances that are found in every Indian kitchen. The appliance causes immense convenience in terms of cooking and re-heating already cooked food and that’s why people from most economic backgrounds tend to install it in their kitchens. From boiling water and heating milk to cooking fast food items…

Read More

Foods Which Reduce Body Heat

Urbanatural

98.6 degrees is the normal temperature of the human body. But this keeps varying slightly according to the changes. This is maintained irrespective of the weather. A rise or fall in temperature of the body leads to various health issues. Hence, care should be taken to maintain the body temperature constant. Body heat is a problem of many in this busy world. Heat stress is nothing but the body heat. Hence, to prevent the heat from the body, it is really important to keep the body hydrated. As this helps…

Read More