Vital Wellness

They say that you need to eat to live and not live to eat. However food is very important to the general health of the person. It is imperative that the person takes a balanced diet so that they can get all the different nutrients that will keep them healthy. In some instances the weight loss industry has made people reluctant to enjoy food.

We also have some conditions such as anorexia that make it very difficult for the person to lead a normal life because they have an unhealthy relationship with food. In the developed countries we are facing a serious problem of obesity which is partly caused by the over dependence on food sources to the extent that the body cannot absorb the food that we are eating on a regular basis. Read the rest of this entry »

You probably know someone with a drinking problem. In fact, maybe that person is you.

Problems with alcohol are fairly common in the United States. Two- thirds of all Americans drink and sixty percent are light to moderate drinkers, but up to 10 percent drink excessively.

Alcoholic Problem

The lights to moderate drinkers are probably in pretty good health, because is safe and may be beneficial, since it lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease. But excessive alcohol consumption is another story. Excessive drinking on a daily basis—more than three drinks for a woman and more than six for a man—increases your risk of cancer and can damage the liver, pancreas, heart, and brain, and also increases the risk of breast cancer in women, says doctor. It can cause vitamin deficiencies resulting in anemia, memory loss, osteoporosis, and night blindness. Although rare in this country, when scurvy due to vitamin C deficiency and pellagra due to niacin deficiency do occur, it’s usually in alcoholics. Read the rest of this entry »