Want to be healthy or fit? These are some tips to succeed in being healthy. A healthy benefit is drinking water. Our bodies are about 75% water; it is a vital part of being healthy. Also the most important meal of the day is breakfast. It’s important because its gives you energy and it helps you focus in school. Some foods you can eat for breakfast is cereal with low fat milk, whole-wheat toast with peanut butter, yogurt with fruit, whole-grain waffles or even left over pizza! Eat a wide variety of foods, foods like vegetables, whole grains, or fruits you don’t normally eat. It is a healthy opportunity to expand your range of choices by trying new foods.
Maintain a balance between your calorie intake and calorie expenditure, don’t eat more than your body uses. The average recommended of calories for girls are 2,000 daily, and the recommendation for guys are about 4,000 calories daily, but it depends on height, age and physical activity. Most teens eat bad carbs and fating foods which cause dramatic elevations in blood sugars which over time can cause weight gain, hypoglycemia or even diabetes
Eat good Carbs; good sources of Carbs include whole grains, beans, fruits and vegetables. They offer lots of additional health benefits which include heart disease and cancer prevention. It’s not always food that make you healthy, some things that can make your life more healthy is exercise, run, walk, dance anything that’s physical ,you can also do activities. As student Shanita Thomas quoted “It’s not hard to be healthy as a start try to eat healthy foods and as time goes on start doing activities and exercise!” You can also20sleep well;=2 0the average sleep rate is about 8 to 9 hours. Take care of yourself, wash your hands daily and try to prevent form getting sick.
To have a healthy diet try foods from the Food Guide Pyramid daily. Your body needs nutrients like protein, carbohydrates and many different vitamins and minerals such as vitamins C and A, iron and calcium. Eat snacks like fruit, healthy granola bars and vegetables as snacks. You can still eat the yummy snacks you like, but try to eat half of the proportion of it and exercise for at least 20 minutes afterwards. As student Erika Vallejo’s quoted “Now that I know how to be healthy I’m going to strive my best to be healthy.” Those are some ways to live a healthy life.
[ home | to top ] October 2009.
Open your cabinets and what do you see? Rubbing alcohol, Clorox, glue, permanent markers, air fresheners, etc. They might seem harmless but could actually be dangerous. These items are known as solvents, and the vapors are sniffed or breathed into the lungs. Abuse of household drugs is becoming more common and a problem in America.
Recreational prescription drugs are against the law. The most common medical drugs are vicodins, oxycodons, muscle relaxants, and any type of morphine. An estimated 20% of people in the United States use prescription drugs for no medical reasons, and 10% are teens.
Some teens are willing to do whatever it takes to get any kind of drugs. "Prescription drugs help as long as you don't over take them," Randall Roy shared with us. "Well, I think that they are good if you put them in a secure place were young adults aren't able to utilize them as drugs,” Vianet Madera commented with us.
Parents are aware of outside drugs but don't know what's going on inside their own cabinets. They buy household cleaners, but their kids might use it to breathe in. Prescription drugs they use for their own medical reasons, kids can use as a drug to inhale.
Some common side effects that may occur are glassy eyes, appetite loss, slurred speech, dizziness, or even a black out. A blackout is a complete loss of vision but retaining consciousness.
If you want to keep your brain cells, don't do drugs. Oxycodone abuse kills brain cells, heart tissue, damages kidneys, and has terrible side effects.
Overdosing is a rising cause of death in America. An overdose is when you take too much of a foreign substance that usually leads to heart failure. It can be an accidental outcome of self poisoning or medication.
Sadly but true, these drugs could cause addiction and broken families. Fortunately, there is many rehab programs that can help. Long-term drug rehab has proven to be the most effective form of substance abuse treatment for teens.
[ home | to top ] October 2009. Article by Betty Pacheco
Even before President Obama took office, healthcare was a hot topic. Since his election, the buzz surrounding his ideas and the ideas of others has reached the ears of millions of students. Many are wondering just what exactly the healthcare reform will mean for them and how it will affect their families.
New Mexico has one of the lowest percentages of insured citizens in the United States. Of these 441,000 uninsured people, 90,000 are 18 or younger. In response to numbers like these across the nation, President Obama signed the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act last February, which provides health care to four million previously uninsured children. However, there are millions of other people of all ages that still need health insurance.
In his televised address to Congress and the public last September, President Obama explained the basics of his proposed bill, cleared up a few rumors about it, and asked Congress to come to him with their ideas, in addition to the plans proposed by the five committees specifically formed to do so. "We know we must reform this system. The question is how," the President stated, encouraging ideas from both parties.
President Obama's proposed reform plan includes measures for protecting families from bankruptcy or debt because of costs, guaranteeing choice of doctors and health care plans, investing in prevention and wellness, assuring affordable health coverage for all Americans, maintaining coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions, and requiring that all Americans have basic health insurance. "...Parent's will be able to take their kids to the doctor's office when they're ill, and seniors will be able to afford their medications. What's the harm in the U.S. taking a stand for the welfare of its people...?" adds Danielle Turner.
However, not everyone agrees with President Obama's plan. His plan and others' contains a national health coverage program that would provide healthcare only to those currently without it and would not be paid for by the government or by taxes, which many fear, but by premiums and money already being spent on "wastes" in the current healthcare system. Many Americans and members of Congress fear this idea is too socialist, would add to the country's already high deficit, and still believe taxes will be raised, among other concerns. In his defense, President Obama believes this option would force private insurance companies to keep their costs competitively low.
Another hot issue, especially with families, is how his plan will be paid for. President Obama explained that most will be covered by channeling "wastes" in the current health care system over to his plan. He also assured that taxes will not be raised and under no circumstances will money be added to America's deficit.
There is still plenty of work and compromise to be done before any sort of reform is enacted. Because any given side of a topic has presented logical points for their argument, it is hard to say what the end result will be and how it will affect America's future.