Archive for August, 2010

Factors affecting Health

Health includes physical, social and mental well being. There are umpteen factors which affect the health directly or indirectly. Some of the main factors include Climatic Changes ,environment , Society which is discussed elaborately later .Human beings are exposed to climate change through changing weather patterns  and indirectly though changes in water, air, food quality and quantity, ecosystems, agriculture, livelihoods and infrastructure . These exposures can cause death, disability and suffering and sick health that means uncomfortable conditioned health increases vulnerability and reduces the capacity of individuals and groups to adapt to climate change. Populations with high rates of disease and frailness cope less successfully with stresses of all kinds, including those related to climate change. Environmental change poses unique challenges to human health. Unlike health threats caused by a particular toxin or disease pathogen, there are many ways that a change in environment can lead to potentially harmful health effects. There are direct health impacts from heat wave, ailments caused or exacerbated by air pollution and airborne allergens, and many climate-sensitive infectious diseases. Realistically assessing the potential health effects of climate change must include consideration the power to manage new and changing climate conditions. Whether or not the healths risks are increased due to climate change are realized will depend largely on responses and underlying vulnerability. The probability of aggravated health risks due to climate change points to a need to maintain a strong public health infrastructure to help limit future impacts.

Determinants of health

Health is the considered to be the general state of a person in every aspect .It is also a level of functional and metabolism of an organism, often implicitly human. Health is defined by as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. And Health is considered to be Major part of any country or individuals concern .There are 4 determinants of health Human biology ,lifestyle environment and healthcare services .Therefore health not only depends on the person himself but also depends on his social being and the lifestyle they lead . Human biology binds physical and mental state of a person. Social being plays a pivotal role in assessing the anatomy of health. Social determinants of health” grew out of researchers’ search for the specific mechanisms by which members of different socio-economic groups come to experience varying degrees of health and illness. Everywhere, individuals of different socio-economic status show profoundly different levels of health and incidence of disease. Factors such as income, social status, education, literacy (health literacy to be specific), culture and even gender in some cases .This depends mainly on the economy of the country i.e., the amenities and health care they can provide to their citizens. Mainly the developing countries such as India, Sri Lanka   depends more on this factor. And countries such as Germany, USA, and Cuba take care of the people health by having compulsory health insurance.

Vegetables and Exercise

Orange color vegetables, fruits and dark-green leafy vegetables contain vitamin A also called as carotenoids. Citrus fruits and juices, kiwi fruit, strawberries, cantaloupe, Broccoli, peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, potatoes, leafy-greens like romaine lettuce, turnip greens, spinach are the sources of vitamin C. Green peas, Cooked dry beans and peas contains foliate. Baked potato, cooked greens, bananas contains potassium. Whatever our body needs then fruits only having all capacity to give needed things, so having all kinds of fruits results to good health. Doing exercise makes our body fit. Exercise is a type of physical exertion we perform it to improve our health, shape our bodies and boost performance. Exercising few minutes a day can improve our health. The result of regular exercise leads to good health and fit. We can lose weight, reduce our stress, Relieve from depression and anxiety, reduce our risk of heart disease and certain types of cancer, Boost our mood, gives us more energy to work, help us to sleep better, increase our bone density, strengthen our heart and lungs and most important it improve our quality of life. The Health of an individual is based on the diet he is feed upon and the amount of work he does. Healthy life helps in combating stress better in getting less easily fatigued, to perform qualitatively and quantitatively better, for a good career progression  and for longer more importantly happier life. Overall health is achieved through a combination of physical, mental, and social well-being, which is known as the Health triangle.

Health

What is Health? It is the state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; it is nothing but the state of being free from physical disease or pain. Health becomes one of the major concerns now. In earlier days humans were used to hunt for their living. So that they had to undergo lot of physical exercise which made their life active and alert. But now our life has become more simple and easy. If we need any think then just a phone call away. This easy life has restricted us to do bit of physical exercise which keeps our body fit and healthy. Instead we get spicy and variety of food which leads to loss of nutrition during the process. All we need is proper nutrition, fit and healthy body. The basic foundation for the health of humans begins from his fetal stage with proper and healthy food derived from their mother. So a pregnant women’s diet stands atop all diets. Nutrients are necessary for the functioning of mental, physical, metabolic, hormonal activities. Our body is like a machine which repair and rebuild itself when proper nutrition is provided. Fruits and vegetables are best sources of nutrients that provide vitamin A, C, foliate, and potassium.