health tips

Being physically active is one of the most important steps that people of all ages can take to improve their health.

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Never defrost food on the kitchen counter at room temperature.

If you leave food out for more than 2 hours, throw it away.

eh pano kung ala fud uwaktotz hahaha ikaw throw away k0h hahaha jokz..

ngak meowww k tlaga

Buy whole-grain bread instead of white bread

Many studies show that walking has health benefits and a low risk of injury. It can be done year-round and in many settings.

never force strectches that cause you pain

Thanks for the health tips bro hawk!!!

A healthy lifestyle (exercise,diet,daily routine) also can help us to maintain healthy & strong!!!

night.-.hawk22_force wrote: Buy whole-grain bread instead of white bread

pwd corn flakes bro?

night.-.hawk22_force wrote: Many studies show that walking has health benefits and a low risk of injury. It can be done year-round and in many settings.

walking is the best excercise

The popular supplement glucosamine doesn’t appear to relieve lower back pain, according to new research.

Eight out of 10 Americans will experience lower back pain during their lifetimes. For some it’s a fleeting inconvenience, but for others it’s a chronic condition affecting health, work and quality of life. In search of relief, more than a quarter of the millions of Americans with chronic back pain take glucosamine, but a new study reports that this widely available dietary supplement provides little real benefit.

A team of researchers at the Oslo University Hospital looked at 250 people over the age of 25 with chronic lower back pain who also showed signs of osteoarthritis in the lower back. Half were given 1,500 milligrams of glucosamine; the rest were given a placebo.

Patients were asked to describe their back pain using a standard rating scale. At the start, all the patients scored between 9 and 10 on a scale of 24. After six months, the placebo and the glucosamine groups showed the same improvement, both rating their back pain at about 5 on the scale.

“We found no difference in pain level or quality of life between those taking glucosamine and those taking the placebo,” says Philip Wilkens, lead author and a research fellow in the orthopedic department at the University of Oslo in Norway. While the study found no adverse effects from taking glucosamine, patients suffering from chronic low back pain will most likely not benefit from taking the supplement, Wilkens says.

“This was a well-done study to test a widely used therapy,” says Andrew L. Avins, M.D., research scientist in the Division of Research at Northern California Kaiser-Permanente in Oakland, and author of an editorial on glucosamine and lower back pain.

“And while I would not encourage clinicians to recommend glucosamine as a treatment for chronic lower back pain, if a patient is taking it and believes it’s helping, that merits a discussion between physician and patient,” he says.

The study appeared in the July 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Cathie Gandel is a freelance writer based in Bridgehampton, N.Y.