7 Facts Everyone Should Know About Health by Canadian Health&Care Mall

Regretfully, the majority of modern people remain ignorant about the inner workings of the human body. This leads to some problems since people do not realize what is good and what is bad for them. To make matters worse, there are hundreds of myths that are floating around, making people utterly confused.

In this article, we will attempt to share with you some health facts that everyone should know about.

1. People who want to lose weight should pay attention to the glycemic index of food.

The glycemic index is given to various foods to indicate how fast blood sugar levels rise when that food is consumed. The higher the glycemic index of a particular food, the more readily it is converted into fat within the body.
Sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, cooked potatoes and carrots, and a broad variety of other food has a very high glycemic index and should not be consumed by people who want to lose weight

2. Sunbathing is bad for you!

Sunbathing is probably one of the worst things you can do to your body. Not only does it cause the skin to age rapidly, but it also increases the likelihood of skin cancer and melanomas. Melanomas are a particularly vicious kind of cancer that develops from birthmarks that were constantly exposed to sunlight or damaged in some other way.

3. What serious diseases can you catch in public places?

Remember your mom telling you to wash your hands before you eat? Well, you can continue to ignore her advice because the worst thing that can happen is you’ll get tapeworms, which are very easily treated. Here are some serious diseases you can catch in public places:

• Hepatitis B and C. This is a lethal disease that affects your liver. You can acquire it from a beautify salon while getting your nails done. This virus could be easily transmitted through blood if the manicure tools weren’t properly cleaned. Tattoo shops are another common place to acquire hepatitis B and C if the personnel does not properly sanitize the equipment.
• Tuberculosis. This disease mostly affects people with lowered immune response. You can either catch it from a person, or by coming to the library and reading the books that people with tuberculosis were reading before you. It is not unheard of when people were infected by tuberculosis through used books.

4. What symptoms should make you immediately contact your doctor?

• Pain in your chest that radiates into your left shoulder blade, your left arm, and your back. This could be a sign of a heart attack.                                                                                                                                                                                              • A severe headache that is followed by numbness on one side of the body; nausea and vomiting can also accompany this. These symptoms can be a sign of a stroke.
• Unquenchable thirst. If you aren’t eating a bunch of salty stuff on a regular basis, and you’re constantly thirsty, then it could be a sign of diabetes.

5. Hidden dangers of vitamins

People often say that vitamins are good for you, and they are right. What they probably don’t know is that overdosing on vitamins by, for example, taking too many vitamin supplements can be dangerous for your health as well. Particularly, it is very dangerous to overdose on vitamin A and D. Moreover, always buy your vitamins from a Canadian HealthCare Shop/Store that you can trust, which will ensure your safety.

6. Fructose should be consumed in only moderate quantities

The maximum amount of fructose that can be consumed per day is roughly 17 grams for men and 12 grams for women. Unfortunately, due to the popularity of high-fructose corn syrup that can nowadays be found in practically any sweet food, this amount of fructose consumed is many times higher. An average person living in the United States consumes about 90-100 grams of fructose per day. This is even worse than eating too much sugar, since large quantities of fructose wreak havoc on your metabolism, messing up your lipid profile. This, in turn, increases the likelihood of obesity, diabetes, coronary artery disease, heart attack, stroke, etc.

7. Epigenetics – Our behavior impacts our children more than we realize!

Epigenetics is a relatively new field of study, but researchers are coming to a conclusion that everything we do before conceiving a child may affect his or her future. Thus, if a person becomes a heavy drinker before conceiving a child, then his or her children will be more likely to develop alcoholism in their life. Therefore, if you worry about your health and care about your kids, then it is best to avoid bad habits such as drinking or smoking altogether.