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Tai Chi to Fight Diseases

Patients with diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, among others, can improve and even heal through exercises like the one proposed by Tai Chi Chuan, the ancient martial art that, according to the manuscripts most important, may date from 1300, when the Yuan dynasty was about to come to an end.

Whether you believe in the theory that the mind and body are united by a potentially healing force, experts say the ancient martial art known as Tai Chi can help you achieve health and optimal fitness. Those who have some time virtually assures that Tai Chi has the ability to calm the body and soul, and therefore the individual has become more stable, calmer, happier. Research shows that there are robust improvements in physical function of people, metabolism increases or accelerates, and there are fitness over time.

Breathe, concentrate and perform circular movements, in that it sums up this type of exercise. You can perform any type of person, even smokers, and for some chronic diseases as effective as drug treatment, only that there is no adverse side effects. It can be practiced to those who have undergone bypass arteriocoronario and who have had a heart attack. Sometimes it is only associated with older people in who actually prevents hip fractures or of any kind, but it can do anyone, any age, including children. I have had very young learners with conditions such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, which have been greatly benefited from the exercise. Read the rest of this entry »

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Alzheimer’s Disease is Increasing


In Spain has a prevalence of 8% among those aged 65 years and 20% among persons octogenarian. Every time we live longer and this leads coupled to our bodies, especially our brains suffer from illnesses that diminish our quality of life dramatically. Alzheimer’s is one of them, although there are early forms of Alzheimer’s usual that arise after age 60. It is a type of dementia that primarily affects the memory, especially the recent.

Importantly, although there are memory exercises that are going very well to exercise the brain and has proven that food also help this vital organ and unknown remains in good shape for as long as possible is unknown the cure of Alzheimer’s. You can find out more or less the reasons that cause it and what factors make the development there is even advanced enough to fight drugs but they are the ultimate solution.

Alzheimer’s, like most chronic diseases afflicting the human being, is the joint result of genetic, environmental and lifestyle. Alzheimer lesions are initiated, on average, around age 50 though symptoms will not appear in most cases to 20 or 30 years later.

Who inherits his father or his mother a gene predisposed to suffer from this disease will be taken to bring about healthy lifestyle. The diet is essential, there is a very dangerous connection between high cholesterol and Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s gets along very well with diabetes if your body regulates glucose poorly, the key to diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease favors, do not give respite to their hyperglycemia. In case of having hypertension, we must be very strict with the prescription.

Moving the body is essential. Aerobic exercise that involves a daily walk and increases the risk combat cerebral atrophy is a consequence of aging. Nor should we forget the “move” the brain. You have to learn something new every day and keep the rich intellectual activity. We now know that watching TV is not a very beneficial activity for the brain, in contrast, are very positive reading, building puzzles, playing cards or boards, such as chess, listening to radio, make handicrafts and museums to follow closely the explanation tour. Consoles that offer memory tasks have not been ruled out and are usually pretty fun.

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