Athlete's foot is a skin disorder caused by a fungus called Trichophyton. Trichophyton is the culprit of other skin diseases such as ringworm and jock itch. Athlete's foot begins when the feet stay warm, moist and irritated for some time. It is commonly spread through wearing of socks and clothes worn or floors walked on by the infected person. "Athlete's foot" the name given to this skin disease because often athletes are the ones easily infected because of sweaty socks while in the game. The best way to prevent fungal infection from spreading is to replace socks after each practice or game and to avoid walking bare-footed towards the shower room or when taking a shower. The first step before searching for an effective athlete's foot cure is to practice good hygiene.
There are lots of effective treatments for athlete's foot. Cure can be an OTC ointment or cream, herbal oil or the cheap, tried and tested home remedy. Most popular brand names of OTC creams include Lamisil and Lotrimin. Tea tree oil can also be an effective herbal treatment though some find it stings, mixing it with an olive oil or a vegetable oil will do the trick to neutralize the sting. There are also remedies that can be found in the kitchen at home such as vinegar and corn starch. Vinegar is an effective way of the killing fungus while cornstarch is good in absorbing moisture to keep the feet dry thus avoiding the fungus to thrive.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Short-Term Overeating May Cause Long-Term Weight Loss Difficult
Our notion that extra weight and piled-up fats gained through a few weeks of sluggish behavior and over indulgence in high-calorie food can be easily eliminated at the gym, might be wrong.
A new Swedish research reveals that even a month of unhealthy living can have a long-term effect on your body's physiology according to Dr. Torbjorn Lindstrom, a co-author of this study. Lindstrom recommended that very high food-intake should be avoided during shorter periods in normal life.
For one month, Dr. Lindstrom and his colleagues placed the 18 normal-weight healthy participants (12 men and 6 women with an average age of 26 years old) in a restricted physical activity routine that involved the equivalent of no more than 5,000 steps per day. The team noted that five thousand steps is the threshold for an "inactive" lifestyle while "active" lifestyle involved ten thousand steps or more.
Aside from their daily physical activity participants' daily caloric intake were increased to 70 percent. The additional calories were mainly sourced from fast food which contains about 5,750 calories. The research also included a comparison group who did not change their diet/activity.
After the month-long experiment, the feasting group gained an average of 14 pounds. Their fat-mass increases from 20 percent to 24 percent of the total body weight.
That new weight gained by the participants was eliminated (more than 10 pounds) after six months. However, one year after the study's end, researcher noticed that there is an evident gain in fat mass (of about 3 pounds on average) compared with their pre-study status. This fat stuck around stubbornly despite the participants' calorie intake was back to normal and active routines.
Two and a half years after the study, the researchers found that fat mass continue to increase (just under 7 pounds on the average) on the feasting participants. Long-term physiological change was not found on the control group who had remained to their usual diet.
Based on the findings, researchers concluded that short-term overeating coupled with sedentary lifestyle may change body composition and lead to a significant boost in body fat levels. The changes appear to continue, despite resuming to a healthy and active behavior.
However, study author Asa Ernersson, said that there's a possibility that age may have an effect in losing body weight after a short-term overindulgence in high-calorie foods. "But from this study we cannot draw any such conclusions, since most of the participants were between 20 and 30 years old."
via News.Yahoo.com
A new Swedish research reveals that even a month of unhealthy living can have a long-term effect on your body's physiology according to Dr. Torbjorn Lindstrom, a co-author of this study. Lindstrom recommended that very high food-intake should be avoided during shorter periods in normal life.
For one month, Dr. Lindstrom and his colleagues placed the 18 normal-weight healthy participants (12 men and 6 women with an average age of 26 years old) in a restricted physical activity routine that involved the equivalent of no more than 5,000 steps per day. The team noted that five thousand steps is the threshold for an "inactive" lifestyle while "active" lifestyle involved ten thousand steps or more.
Aside from their daily physical activity participants' daily caloric intake were increased to 70 percent. The additional calories were mainly sourced from fast food which contains about 5,750 calories. The research also included a comparison group who did not change their diet/activity.
After the month-long experiment, the feasting group gained an average of 14 pounds. Their fat-mass increases from 20 percent to 24 percent of the total body weight.
That new weight gained by the participants was eliminated (more than 10 pounds) after six months. However, one year after the study's end, researcher noticed that there is an evident gain in fat mass (of about 3 pounds on average) compared with their pre-study status. This fat stuck around stubbornly despite the participants' calorie intake was back to normal and active routines.
Two and a half years after the study, the researchers found that fat mass continue to increase (just under 7 pounds on the average) on the feasting participants. Long-term physiological change was not found on the control group who had remained to their usual diet.
Based on the findings, researchers concluded that short-term overeating coupled with sedentary lifestyle may change body composition and lead to a significant boost in body fat levels. The changes appear to continue, despite resuming to a healthy and active behavior.
However, study author Asa Ernersson, said that there's a possibility that age may have an effect in losing body weight after a short-term overindulgence in high-calorie foods. "But from this study we cannot draw any such conclusions, since most of the participants were between 20 and 30 years old."
via News.Yahoo.com
Thursday, August 12, 2010
thank God it's not cancer, just a pea sprout!
And now, for some humor in the news...
I thought I should share this because I really found it funny just thinking about how a pea ended up sprouting in a man's lung. After reading and listening to the news about this pea sprouting in the lung story, my wife and I talked about it and we both agreed in an amused kind of way with the wife in the video who thought that God had the sense of humor to actually allow a pea to grow in her husband's lung.
The link and full details to the story can be found here.
Personally, I think God must have not allowed the cancer diagnosis to happen and instead turned it into a sprouting pea. What do you think? Well, we just had to smile at the story and say Thank God, it's not cancer, just a pea sprout! :-)
I thought I should share this because I really found it funny just thinking about how a pea ended up sprouting in a man's lung. After reading and listening to the news about this pea sprouting in the lung story, my wife and I talked about it and we both agreed in an amused kind of way with the wife in the video who thought that God had the sense of humor to actually allow a pea to grow in her husband's lung.
The link and full details to the story can be found here.
Personally, I think God must have not allowed the cancer diagnosis to happen and instead turned it into a sprouting pea. What do you think? Well, we just had to smile at the story and say Thank God, it's not cancer, just a pea sprout! :-)
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