Cellulite is the dimpled appearance of the skin that some people have on their hips, thighs and buttocks.  It is more common in women than in men because of differences in the way fat cells, muscle and connective tissue are distributed in their skin.

Heredity, skin thickness, gender, the amount and distribution of body fat and age, can all influence the extent to which Cellulite is present or visible.  Cellulite occurs due to shrinkage or shortening of the fibrous tissue cords that anchor the skin.  Pregnancy and inactive lifestyle may increase the risk of developing cellulite.  The characteristic appearance of cellulite is sufficient to confirm that the condition is present.  Since cellulite is a cosmetic problem, aesthetic physicians, plastic surgeons and dermatologists may offer some treatments for cellulite.

Here are some treatments :

1. Acoustic Wave Therapy: This technique applies acoustic waves to the affected areas.

2. Laser, Light or Radio Frequency Therapy: This therapy combine suction or massage with light            therapy for the temporary reduction of cellulite.

3. Subcision: This technique involves insertion of a needle beneath the skin to break up bands of

    fibrous connective tissue that separate the clusters of fat cells.

4. Vaccum Assisted Precise Tissue Release: This technique helps to break up the tough bands of

    fibrous tissue by using a device containing small blades to cut the tough tissue bands bringing

    the fat tissue move upward to fill out and reduce the look of dimpled skin.

5. Massage Treatments: This therapy is done by the help of several machines available that massage

    the areas affected by cellulite.  These machines use rolling cylinders to gather areas of skin and

    massage them inside a chamber.

6. Retinol Creams or topical products containing 0.3%  retinol may also have some effect on

    cellulite.  The product may be applied for six months or more to see the effect.

Tips for prevention:

1. Eating a healthy diet and keeping muscles toned by regular exercise.

2. Maintaining and drinking plenty of fluids.P

Diabetes Mellitus – which is commonly known as diabetes, is a metabolic disorders or a group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the blood.  Symptoms of high blood sugar include frequent urination, increased thirst and hunger.  It causes many complications, if left untreated or not treated properly (taken care of).  Acute complications may result in diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state or death.  Serious long term complications seen are cardiovascular disease, stroke, chronic kidney disease, damage to eyes, hair-fall, etc..

Diabetes is due to either the pancreas is not producing enough insulin or the cells of the body are not responding properly to the insulin produced.  There are three main types of diabetes:

1. Type 1- It occurs due to pancreas fail to produce enough insulin.

2. Type 2- It occurs due to insulin resistance, a condition in which cells fail to respond to insulin properly.  A lack of insulin may develop in future.  The common cause for Type 2 diabetes is a combination of excessive body weight and in-sufficient exercise.

3. Gestational diabetes- It occurs when pregnant women without a previous history of diabetes develop high blood sugar levels.

Complications:  Both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes increase the risk of long term complications, major being damage blood vessels.  Diabetes doubles the risk of cardiovascular disease and most of deaths are due to coronary artery disease.  Damage in blood vessels include damage to eyes, kidneys and nerves.  Damage to eyes, known diabetic retinopathy is caused by damage to blood vessels in the retina of the eye, which may result in gradual vision loss and eventual blindness.  It is recommended that diabetics visit an eye doctor once a year to control the risk of glaucoma, cataracts and other eye problems.  Damage to kidneys known as diabetic nephropathy can lead to tissue scarring urine protein loss and later chronic kidney disease which may result in dialysis or kidney transplantation.  Damage to nerves of the body known as diabetic neuropathy is most common complication of diabetes.  The symptoms are numbness, tingling, pain, muscle atrophy and weakness.

Foods to avoid with diabetes: Eating the wrong foods can raise blood sugar and insulin levels and promote inflammation, which may increase risk of disease.  Consuming too many carbs at a time may raise blood sugar levels dangerously.  Therefore, it is important to avoid the foods as listed below:

01. Sugar sweetened beverages

02. Transfats

03. White Bread, Pasta and Rice

04. Fruit flavored Yogurt

05. Sweetened breakfast cereals

06. Flavored Coffee drinks

07. Dried Fruit

08. Packaged Snack foods

09. Fruit Juice

10. French Fries

Foods to control diabetes:

01. Fatty Fish

02. Leafy Greens

03. Cinnamon

04. Eggs

05. Chia Seeds

06. Turmeric

07. Greek Yogurt

08. Nuts

09. Broccoli

10. Extra Virgin Olive Oil

11. Flex Seeds

12. Apple Cider Vinegar

13. Strawberries

14. Garlic

Prevention and treatment: Prevention and treatment involve maintaining a healthy diet, regular exercise and normal body weight.  Diabetic person have to control blood pressure and maintain proper food care.  Type 1 must be managed with insulin injections.  Type 2 may be treated with medications with or without insulin which can result in low blood sugar.  Gestational diabetes usually resolves after the birth of the baby. Learning about the disease and actively participating in the treatment is important.  People who have well managed blood sugar levels have less complications.

Some healthy and delicious recipes for diabetic meals:

01. Easter Dinner Recipes

02. 5 Star Roast Turkeys

03. Rosemarry-Orange Roast Turkey

04. Stuffed Savoy Cabbage with Tomato Sauce

05. Balsamic, Beet and Berry Salad

06. Tomato and Corn Bulgar Salad

07. Spinach Salad with Sugar Snap Peas and Carrot

08. Spinach Salad with Berries and Goat Cheese

09. Creamy Three-Mushroom Pasta

10. Balsamic Lentil Quinoa Lettuce Cups

11. Roasted Salmon with Dill, Capers and Horse Radish

What are Joints?  Joints are parts of our body where bones meet.  Bones of our skeleton move by the help of Joints.  Shoulders, hips, elbows, knees have joints. 

Joint Pain means discomfort, aches and soreness in any of the body joints.  Joint pain sometimes occurs due to illness or injury.  Arthritis is also considered as one of the cause of joint pain.  Two main forms of arthritis are Osteoarthritis (OA) and Rheumatoid arthritis (RA).  Osteoarthritis is most common in adults after the age of 40.  It commonly affects joints like Wrists, Hands, Hips and Knees and is caused due to breakdown of the Cartilage.  Rheumatoid arthritis commonly affects women more than men.  It causes pain, inflammation and fluid build up in the joints.

There are other causes for joint pains like :

01. Lupus

02. Gout

03. Infectious diseases such as mumps, influenza, hepatitis

04. Breakdown of Cartilage in the knee cap

05. An injury

06. Inflammation of the tendon

07. An infection of the bone

08. Joint overuse

09. Cancer

10. Osteoporosis

11. Rickets

Symptoms of Joint Pain : When we see the area around the joint is swollen, red, tender and the pain is continuous for 3 to 4 days or more.

Diagnosis of Joint Pain : When we go to our doctor, he takes a physical observation and asks few questions to know the potential causes.  X-Ray’s, Blood Test are done to identify the problems, whether they are joint damage, auto immune disorders or inflammation in the body.

Treatment of Joint Pain : Joint pain associated with arthritis is very difficult to eliminate.  However, we can always try our best doing some Home Treatment and Medical Treatment like :

Home Treatment :

1. Topical pain relievers, take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce pain, swelling and

    inflammation.

2. Stay active by doing fitness program.

3. Stretch before exercising to bring motion in joints.

4. Keeping body weight within healthy range lessen stress on joints.

Medical Treatment :

Medical treatment depend on the cause of pain.  According to case doctor will need to draw out accumulated fluid in the joint area.  Surgery might be recommended to replace the joint.  In case of Rheumatoid arthritis doctor recommend inflammation.

However, early detection and diagnosis is always advisable to allow effective treatment to bring the best comfort in our joint pains.P

What is Testosterone?

It is a hormone found in humans and animals too.  In men testicles make testosterone and ovaries in women.  It increases during puberty and gets going down after age 30.  Testosterone is associated with sex drive and helps sperm production.  It affects bone and muscle mass, fat stored in body and helps red blood cell production.

As testosterone levels decrease by age, there are few symptoms by which we come to know of it, like,

1. Decreased sex drive

2. Weight gain

3. Less energy

4. Less body hair

5. Feelings of depression

6. Thinner bones

Apart from ageing, there are other factors also by which testosterone level decrease, like,

1. Cancer Treatment (Chemotherapy/ Radiation)

2. AIDS

3. Alcoholism

4. Kidney Disease

5. Liver Cirrhosis

Testosterone levels can also be checked by blood test.  The normal range for adult men is between 250 and 1100 ng/dl and between 8 and 60 ng/dl for adult women.  Best ways to increase testosterone levels naturally are :

1. Exercise and weight lifting

2. Eat protein, fat & carbs

3. Minimize stress and cortisol levels

4. Get some sun or take Vitamin D supplement

5. Take Vitamin and mineral supplements

6. Rest and good sleep

7. Some natural boosters like Ashwagandha, ginger extract, horny goat weed, shilajit

8. Follow healthy life style and avoid estrogen like compounds/ chemicals, alcohol, drugs

                                                   Why do Testosterone levels matter?

Low testosterone has link with obesity, increased disease risk, premature death.

Health to be fit and fine should be the most important and biggest aspect of our life.  But, due to some reasons of our own and some not in our control, our health is not always at its best.  Some reasons for our poor health are like unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, lack of our concentration for so many reasons – being busy, laziness,etc.  Health is getting affected by some others reasons also like environmental degradation, pollution, etc.  Whatever may be the reason,it is our prime responsibility to keep our health at its best.  It has been proved that keeping our health fine and being physically active, we can prevent certain diseases also like cancers, heart disease, diabetes, etc.  Making a habit of keeping our health in good condition will give us fruitful results at our old age also.  We will be more active, energetic with very less health problems.  Apart from doing physical activities like doing exercise, going to gym, jogging, etc, I would like to recommend name of few books by which we may get more knowledge about nutrition also, to take care of our health in the best way we can.

Health starts from inside out. Most of the time the greatest victories and successes in life come after we overcome something difficult like after workouts we feel stronger, wise and more powerful than before. True health is a balance of mind, body and spirit.  Get moving early and often. Even if we are heading towards retirement and we have never exercised, it is never too late to start and receive the benefits.  The amount of time we spend exercising can vary, but we have to push our-self as we can since intensity seems to be the most important part.  Finally, we may not see results on the outside, but we may not quit.  What’s happening deep down inside is truly magical.  Going to a gym may be scary but we need to be willing to take the first step for a better and happier life for our-self.  People may think how we will do the exercise in the gym. Will there be someone to help me doing my exercise. First of all there is a trainer in every gym. The trainer makes the chart as per the age and health of an individual. We have to follow that chart routine wise.  In some exercises we need help of other people who can give support. We need not worry. We have to select such time when we can find other people also come for gym.  We can help each other in doing our exercise. We should be with such person who are encouraging and doing what we want to do. This helps us in our motive.  Strong motivation is must or it won’t last long. We shall strictly follow our discipline and it will get us through it. Very often resolutions are made. Particularly in the starting of new year, people make resolutions but it starts losing steam after some time but we should let them go.  The hardest part is getting started, then pushing forward even if we have not seen the results as it takes time.  We shall be confident in the process and have a long term plan to get stronger and healthier life.  We shall keep our momentum going.  There are some easy methods by which we can keep our motivation for doing regular exercise in the gym.

1. We shall make a competition in our mind to push our efforts in relation to someone other in the

    gym who is little bit closer to where we want to be, as it will help us push our-self farther, keep

    going longer and stop us from being tempted to quit.

2. We can keep challenge with our partners whether it frequency of workout for few weeks or

    amount of progress made over next two months.

3. We must keep a trainer as working with a trainer can help our workout into overdrive.  As the

    trainer guides us about form, technique and follow through each rep, takes us further, encourage

    us to work harder and keep us dedicated for the full duration of our workout.

Sometimes motivation is hard to come but with these methods, we will be ready to work hard at the gym for the full time and every time.

Together we achieve more applies to workout/ exercise also. We get inspired and motivated in doing our exercise and really work hard, hence the best result and satisfaction.

It is sometimes seen we are unable to go to gym.  There are few reasons for it. Like some people have less time in their hands whether it is in the morning or evening due to their engagements for their profession or some other reasons. They are interested to do the exercise at their home itself as they have less time in hand.  These people can do the exercise either free hand or keep some gym equipment’s at their home.  Many such homely gym equipment’s are available in the market.  I am listing below few of them which are easy, convenient and at affordable price.

                                                                                                             

Everyone knows Health Is Wealth.  To do our daily routines very perfectly and happily, we need a good health.  We should be such fit that we ourselves do our duties and don’t need anybodies help i.e. depend on others to help us in our daily routine.  A healthy state of a human is when he/she is not having problems like obese, high/low blood pressure, diabetes, joint pains, etc..  A fully healthy and fit body is when we are capable of doing our daily routine without any physical or mental hardship.  A sound mind maintain a balanced body, which means a blissful mind can lead a healthy body and a successful day to yield a positive outcome.  Best way to stay fit is to be healthy by mind.  If the mind is not happy then the body is nostalgic.  Our habits and living style very much effects our health.  There are few suggestions by which we can keep or take care of our health and fitness: Cleanliness- maintaining cleanliness, cleaning house and utensils, keeping flies and insects away from food, Eating Habits- eating fresh vegetables, fruits, salads and boiled food, avoiding fried & oily foods, ignore junk foods, Exercise- doing regular exercise like walking, running, free hand workout, yoga, going to gym, Caring Mental Health- brain is one the important part of our body, keeping it free and fresh by meditation, spending time with friends and families in a joyful mood, doing some social work, etc., can keep our mood and mind fresh.  In today’s world many people value work, money and social status, ignoring the most important part of our life i.e. health.  Everyone should take care of their health first and inspire others also to do the same.  A healthy world is a happy world.  For attaining a small or big success, we need to work and when we are fit, we can do so.  Now, success is not only a prime factor/motive of our life.  For example, if our health is not going good, we are not physically fit, having problems/pains here and there in our body, then in this situation all our concentration on being successful or other ambitions, will be down.  We will be very much in a distressful, painful and depression situation.  In this unwanted situation, we would pray only one thing: God make me fit and fine and it would become the biggest ambition sought to survive.  So, the most important ambition of our life is being healthy.  When there is health, there is capability of doing anything for us or our society, our world.  Nowadays, our world has become so advanced that there are many options and provisions by which we can keep our health at its best.  Just our effort and information is required for how to be healthy in the best way we can.  I would be sharing some information and methods by which we can stay healthy and be fit.

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton