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Understanding of obesity and overweight have a different meaning for each person. However, most people considered overweight far exceeds the desired weight as overweight.

The definition of obesity, according to the doctors, is a condition in which body fat is in abundance. This condition is known as a chronic disease that can be overcome. Obesity is also associated with diseases that may reduce the quality of life.

Meanwhile, overweight or being overweight is a condition in which body weight (BW) BW than the normal person. Of the estimated 210 million Indonesian population in 2000, the number of overweight people who have reached 76.7 million (17.5 percent) and that obesity reached 9.8 million (4.7 percent).

The term “normal”, “overweight”, and “obese” can vary in each country and culture. Therefore, WHO established a measurement or classification of obesity that is not dependent on cultural bias.

The most widely used method for measuring the level of obesity is the body mass index (BMI), which is obtained by dividing weight (kg) by square of height (meters). BMI can be used to determine how much a person can be exposed to the risk of certain diseases.

Asian normal BMI values from 18.5 to 22.9. Values from 23 to 24.9 is overweight (overweight). Someone said to her obesity when BMI over 30 or in other words the person has excess body weight as much as 20 percent.

There are many diseases are closely associated with being overweight. Call it high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, arthritis, back pain, and even sexual dysfunction.

Your attempt to build muscles in the fitness center will not be optimal if not accompanied with proper nutrition. Of course you need a intake which not only maintain health, but also help develop and build muscle. What is needed?

Asian men have a body fat percentage is higher than European men. Therefore, they need practice with quality sufficient for the formation of muscle. In addition to weight training, proper nutrition is also necessary to facilitate fat burning and muscle formation.

There are about 650 muscles that make up the body to move. Muscle consists of fibers that can be contracted so as to elongate and shorten to produce movement. The muscle itself is composed of protein. Therefore, if you wanted to form a body, obviously required more protein than those who were normal.

“In order for proteins to enter and be absorbed, needs help with a variety of nutrients, such as L-carnitine to burn fat, creatine for muscle formation, amino acid, and vitamin B-complex to help the metabolism of amino acids,” said Susana, MSc, Head of Nutrifood Division Research Center.

Protein needs for muscle formation about 1.5 to 2 grams per kilogram of body weight. So, if you weigh 60 kg, then you need 90 grams of protein. This amount would not be satisfied from the daily diet and need to be assisted with additional high-protein supplement.

“Protein in fact we can get from eggs, chicken, milk, or beef. However, in general, the food was too fat is quite high,” said Susana.

In addition to protein, make sure your body has high levels of antioxidants. “When the sport, the more free radicals are released the body. Therefore, the consumption of food is also a source of antioxidants, such as vegetables and fruit,” he explained.

Currently many outstanding muscle building supplement products. Before deciding to buy, make sure the selected product received permission from authorities. “Avoid the use of instant but have dangerous side effects, such as injecting steroids,” he said

In addition to interviews with medical specialists, there are actually some questions you can answer yourself to just know the possibility of a decline in testosterone levels in your body.

Answer these questions and your answers match the results with the statement below.

1. Do you feel back pain or pain in muscles and joints?
a. Often, b. Sometimes, c. Never

2. Do you often excessive sweating?
a. Often, b. Sometimes, c. Never

3. Are you having trouble sleeping?
a. Often, b. Sometimes, c. Never

4. Do you often experience excessive panic or anxiety?
a. Often, b. Sometimes, c. Never

5. Are you easily tired, often experience changes in mood (mood), and often feel down (collapsed)?
a. Often, b. Sometimes, c. Never

6. Are you experiencing hair loss?
a. Often, b. Sometimes, c. Never

7. Did you experience a decrease in sexual desire?
a. Often, b. Sometimes, c. Never

8. Are you finding it difficult to maintain an erection?
a. Often, b. Sometimes, c. Never

If your answers are mostly a:
From the symptoms seen, there is a possibility you decreased testosterone. However, you should not panic because the decline in testosterone levels in men is that many cases occur, can also be experienced by men below the age of 40 years, let alone a man with contemporary lifestyles.

You are encouraged to contact medical experts and take a test to measure testosterone in your body, as well as the appropriate treatment. More than that, she quickly changed into a healthier lifestyle. Excessive stress and unhealthy lifestyles become one of the triggers in a syndrome of decreased testosterone.

If you answered mostly b:
Although the above conditions are not too often appears, you should consult your doctor and undergo specialist tests to measure levels of testosterone in your body. When an impairment of the hormone testosterone, therapy immediately and correct the pattern of life and the stress process in stages so as not to interfere.

If you answered mostly c:
There are no symptoms that indicate decreased testosterone in your body, but it could not hurt to verify. It is better you have a test to measure levels of testosterone in your body, along with medical check-up (general medical examination) yearly.
This step is necessary to monitor as well as part of an effort to maintain healthy.

Everyone without exception should have health insurance that will guarantee the cost of health care or care when someone falls ill or have an accident. Moreover, although we have been maintaining good health, the disease can occur without warning. On the other hand, health care costs continue to rise.

Nearly 70 percent of Indonesian people to fund their own doctor or hospital costs. There are various reasons that make the community is still reluctant to take insurance services, among others, for fear of insurance agents deceived, troublesome treatment claim, and many are unfortunately out of funds to pay for insurance.

According to Tri Djoko Santoso, a financial planner, health insurance is included in an effort to protect ourselves and also riches. “There are so many diseases that can make a person poor due to spending for property,” said Chairman of the Indonesian Institute of Financial Planning.

Owned health insurance is health insurance should be pure, not mixed with the investment. The purpose is to manfaaat obtained higher. For example the replacement cost of inpatient care or surgery is greater.

Tri Djoko added, an employee who already receive health insurance from any office should still protect themselves with health insurance. “Insurance was no limit. Usually if one employee to pay too high because of critical illness, the next year an insurance company would not put another person in the program,” he said.

Choosing the right insurance products is not a trivial matter. Jelian and accuracy needed for fund purchases of our customers do not belong to someone else, but yours. Loss or risk of error remains borne buyers purchase insurance, not the other party.
To prevent losses due to insurance, there are some things to consider potential borrowers, namely:

- It should be understood that the insurance premium is a cost, not investment. In other words, our money will be lost if during the validity of our policyholders in good health.

- Ask your insurance agent for the detailed each item that is written in the policy. For example, an exception condition that the disease is not guaranteed, whether the insurance coverage includes outpatient services or inpatient care?

- Because of the cost, insurance buyers should ask a friend or someone who felt more aware about insurance. No explanation of the disease is rarely written in English so that it can cause the wrong meaning.

- Ask also about the claims procedure. Increasingly fast and easy claims process, the better kuliatas related insurance company bureaucracy. That is why, notice that the insurance company track records will be selected.

- Tell the truth if you have certain diseases before the inception of the policy.

Does alcohol affect the health of baby? Of course. In addition to lowering of intelligence, boys born to mothers who still consume alcohol during pregnancy are also threatened impaired fertility.

In a study of 350 male infants are known, sperm concentration infants whose mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy is lower than a third of pregnant women with alcohol-free. Levels of pregnant women consumed alcohol in this study is more than four drinks per week.

Danish researchers from conducting this research, said the boy was likely to be more difficult for knocked up.

Other studies on the effects of alcohol on male infants also showed similar results. When compared, boys whose mothers drank more than four alcoholic drinks per week, their sperm levels 32 percent lower than the children of the group without alcohol.

World Health Organization (WHO) states that normal sperm concentration is 20-40 million per millimeter. Low sperm count, even at normal levels, would complicate the process of fertilization.

So far there is no agreement among experts about the safe amount of alcohol consumed by pregnant women. Some claimed when drunk occasionally, are safe. However, the American Association of Physician Gynecology emphatically states, pregnant women are prohibited from drinking alcohol even though a drop.

Already a lot of accidents and health disorders due to sleep disturbance. Research on laboratory rats which constantly forced to wake up eventually die within two weeks. However, did not sleep in humans also lead to death?

According to medical records, the longest human survive without sleep is 11 days. That is evidenced by Randy Gardner, teens 17 years in 1967 and hold up for 11 days for a dance competence. During the not sleeping he did not suffer pain and was still able to follow the competition. Finished the competition, he then slept for 14 hours and recovered his strength as usual.

However, this example is a form of lack of sleep, which is very different from insomnia. “It is not unusual when someone can not sleep for several days because of insomnia,” said Dr. Michael Thorpy of the Sleep-Wake Disorder Center, USA.

There is a very rare case of insomnia, which is caused by genetic factors, that is fatal familial insomnia (FFI). The interference experienced only 40 families worldwide.

Due to the FFI, a person will suffer from panic attacks, hallucinations, reduced body weight, demenisa, and sometimes death. Sleep disorder causes decreased nerve function in the brain. FFI usually occurs in middle-aged man and ended with the deaths in that period of time one or two years.

Thorpy explained, in most people, chronic insomnia is not directly cause death. However, lack of sleep can trigger serious health problems that increase the risk of death.

“Sleeping less than seven hours per day associated with a decline of cognitive function, especially loss of concentration, impaired memory, and koornidasi hands and eyes,” said Thorpy.

Research also shows people who suffer from insomnia more at risk of depression and anxiety. Insomnia is also associated with the risk of heart disease and hypertension, obesity, diabetes, breast cancer, and headaches. That is why, people who suffer from insomnia shall enjoy the treatment the doctor.

Grew older ages, both men and women will experience hair loss leading to baldness or thinning hair. In men, 25 percent of hair loss begins at age 30 years and two thirds in the age of 60 years. These conditions are part of the aging process which we can not prevent, but could be slowed. Tipsnya following:

1. Avoid styling hair attractive nature, such as menguncir, pinching, or hair tie. Pull on the hair can cause hair loss, especially at the side of the head. This type of hair loss called traction alopecia. If the hair pulling scalp causing scarring, the result is permanent hair loss.

2. Combing hair too frequently can make the hair break. Therefore, avoid excessive hair combing. Use a comb with a tooth brush rare and delicate. In wet conditions when the hair is more fragile than in the dry state. Therefore, be careful combing hair after shampooing.

3. Washing hair with shampoo too often can have a negative impact on the hair. Use a hair conditioner or cream after shampooing hair easier to comb.

4. The use of hair oil or hair care ingredients other continuously will cause inflammation in the hair follicle. As a result hair fall out so easily.

On average we have about 100,000 strands of hair. Every day the hair will fall out up to 100 pieces. In general, the hair will last up to 4.5 years and grew a half inch every month. In its fifth year, the hair will fall out and within six months be replaced by new hair.

East Sussex, probably never imagined a man be born upside down, old-faced, stooped. This case experienced by Hayley Okines, now aged 12 years and has a face and posture like a 96 year-old man.

According to medical analysis, Haylay disease or premature aging syndrome progeria. “This disease is very rare, only one person among the 8 million people. And one man happened to be my child,” said Kerry (36), mother of Haylay Okines.

However, although children suffered from a rare disease and predicted only a maximum of 13 years old, she remains proud of Hayley.

Unlike other 12-year-old child, Hayley every home school is always tired and complaining all the joints hurt. “Just like the complaints of people who are elderly, if they move too much,” he said.

Hayley Okines life story with this rare disease are also attracted several U.S. television stations to make a documentary film autobiography. In fact, a hospital in the U.S. specifically to conduct research to find a cure and trying to save this girl.

Hayley Okines family originating from Bexhill, East Sussex, tried hard to give encouragement to her daughter in order not to surrender to the illness.

Hayley could feel his life shattered when I discovered him to grow differently than the peer age. Haylay then gets special treatment with the drug therapy for cases of progeria, called FTIs (Farnesyltransferase Inhibitors).

It aims to improve the serum abnormalities and progeria cell damage. This research was conducted to prevent the symptoms that develop in progeria mice.

“We are ready to accept what will happen to our daughter. However, before giving up, we tried to save his life, as best we could,” said Kerry.

The result of this treatment is promising. There are signs Hayley skin becomes younger, more tender. “Eyebrow hair also began to grow. There is fine hair that should be possessed of children aged 12 years began to grow on her head,” said Kerry.