Two-faced baby born in Pakistan

In the Pakistan city of Rawalpindi it was born a child with a rare abnormality of development. He has two faces on one head.

The child's mother, 30-year-old Sahid Parvin gave birth to a baby on September 23. Pregnancy held its perfectly normal and none of the doctors could not identify the anomaly at prenatal examinations.

The boy has two noses, two mouths, four eyes, although two of them are almost merged into one. It also had one brain. His illness is called "craniofacial duplication," and is extremely rare.

Director of the hospital can not tell whether such an unusual child will survive or not, and how he will live on, but notes that the mother is very shocked and "very concerned about his future."

The Influence of Physical Activity on Health

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The Influence of Physical Activity on Health

How does physical activity affect health?

The influence of physical activity on health

How does physical activity affect health?

Low physical activity along with smoking, overweight, high cholesterol levels and high blood pressure, is the “universal” and independent risk factor for a range of chronic diseases, which can be affected.

Many diseases (cardiovascular, metabolic diseases, human motor system, etc.) can not be attributed to diseases of age, and disease to lack of regular physical activity coaching.

The benefits of physical activity

1. Improved breathing

If physical activity increases oxygen consumption, oxygen delivery system trains. Later, when the regular classroom, tissue and organs is better supplied with oxygen and at rest.

2. The improvement of the cardiovascular system

Heart trains to operate more efficiently (pumps more blood with each beat, the pulse becomes slower) reduces the risk of blood clots, lowers cholesterol, reduces the risk of atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure.

3. Improvement of the human motor system:

- Increase in muscle strength, endurance;

- Improve flexibility;

- To strengthen bone tissue, improve joint mobility;

- Decrease in the rate of bone calcium loss age in older people → decrease in the rate of osteoporosis.

4. Improving the work of other bodies:

- Stimulation of intestinal motility and constipation prevention → hemorrhoids;

- Decrease in blood glucose, increased insulin sensitivity → decrease risk of diabetes;

- Reducing the risk of cancer.

5. Reducing overweight and obesity prevention

6. The psychological effect

Produced endorphins, creating a good feeling and mood, increases resistance to stress, depression, sleep normalized.

The benefits of physical activity can be obtained from the regular program of moderate physical activity.

Diet and Blood Pressure

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Diet and Blood Pressure

What changes should you make to your diet in this case?

Diet and blood pressure

  

What changes should you make to your diet?

Limit your intake of salt.

Limit fluid intake to 1.5 liters per day.

Increase consumption of foods high in: potassium (baked potatoes, apricots, prunes, beans, raisins, seaweed), magnesium (bran, beans, oatmeal, prunes, seaweed, millet).

You should eat a variety of fruits and vegetables – not less than 400 g per day in addition to potatoes. Preference should be given to products produced locally.

They recommend replacing the meats with high fat content in lean meats, fish, poultry, eggs and beans.

Stop drinking.

  

How to limit your intake of salt?

  

Limit the total salt intake to 5 grams (a teaspoon) a day. It should use iodized salt.

Get rid of the habit of salting food at the table without trying to taste it.

Abandon the pickles and pickle products and smoking.

  

Healthy eating helps to normalize blood pressure!

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