Vegetables are main part of everyone’s diet. Regular vegetables intake helps elderly people fight memory loss and other related problems which are naturally occurring as the age is increasing by slowing down the rate of mental and cognitive decline. A recent study carried out by researchers of one of the Chicago University showed that old people should eat about 3 servings of vegetables daily in order to prevent the decline of their cognitive function and also to prevent their mental health.
According to this research the people who consume vegetables on a regularly are 40% more likely to keep from cognitive decline as compared to people who consumed less than one serving of vegetables a day. People who ate at least 2.8 servings of vegetables a day have their rate of cognitive change slow by about 40 per cent. The study was conducted on 3718 elderly individuals and results showed that vegetables are extremely beneficial when it comes to preventing mental abilities and these can also preventing memory loss and related health disorders.
Green leafy vegetables were found to work best against mental and memory problems, while yellow vegetables occupied the second-best place. On the other hand, legumes such as peanuts or lentils proved to have weak abilities of slowing down cognitive decline. But the most unexpected result of the research was that fruits regular consumption was found to have little or no effect when it came to preventing mental problems. This arise a number of questions in our mind. It may be due to the fact that the vegetables containing high amounts of vitamin E that lowers the risk of cognitive decline. Vegetables are also typically consumed with added fats such as salad dressings, and fats increase the absorption of vitamin E.
Vegetables are good for mental health
Cancer: It’s Scaring
After spending $39 billion on research at the National Cancer Institute on the "war on cancer," plus over $1 trillion on therapy at hospitals around the country, Americans have experienced a 13 percent increase in cancer incidence and a seven percent increase in deaths caused by cancer. Breast cancer kills about 45,000 women each year. Even with early detection and proper conventional treatment, a "cured" breast cancer patient will lose an average 19 years of lifespan. Since 1950, overall cancer incidence has increased 44 percent, with breast cancer and male colon cancer up 60 percent, and prostate cancer up 100 percent.
Fifty percent of all cancer patients die within five years of diagnosis. More than 2.5 million Americans are currently being treated for cancer, and 1.3 million more Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in 1999. The incidence of children's cancers climbed 28 percent from 1950 through 1987; much of which experts believe is due to the toxic effects of environmental pollutants. In 1998, experts estimated 45 percent of males and 39 percent of females living in America will develop cancer in their lifetime. Dr. Bruce Ames and his colleagues at the University of California at Berkeley have shown that each of the 60 trillion cells in the human body is bombarded by an average of 1,000 to 10,000 hits on DNA each day. It result 400-600 cells turn cancerous daily.
Importance of Health Education for Children
The child has more capacity to assimilate education. He is like clay that can be molded in any shape. Habits and behavior adopted in childhood remains unchanged even in adulthood. It is health education that helps the child to attain healthy habits and attitudes. No health programmed can be implemented without the help of a school. Hence whatever steps are taken in school regarding health have direct bearing on the community. Whatever happens in a community has its effects on the school. It is expected that the school students, whatever they learn about health in the school do inform or discuss with their parents or other family members. Hence health knowledge multiplies through school and parents also get educated.
Many physical defects develop during childhood such as those involving hearing, sight, posture, nutrition etc.; can be prevented at by intelligent health behavior, developed through health education. Health cannot be achieved merely by taking one or two pills everyday not by observing a few restrictions. It can be achieved only by understanding what health is, or what it depends and then applying this knowledge in every-day life. The care of the body regarding food, cleanliness, exercise, rest and protection against disease, are essential for the preservation of sound health. Life is for living. Without health, life is deprived of not only much of its usefulness but also its joys and pleasures. This is possible only through health education which develops a healthy and scientific attitude towards health.
Objectives of Health Education
1.) Optimum development of the individual with special reference to physical and emotional development.
2.) Betterment of the human relationships, particularly from the stand point of health.
3.) Application of health facts and principles in respect of economic efficiency in the production and consumption of goods and services.
4.) Civic responsibility especially in respect to health.
Breast cancer occurs in men also
Many people are having a wrong impression that only women suffer the fearful breast cancer. But medical experts have repeatedly warned that men may also develop this type of cancer. Large number of breast cancer male patients dies from the condition as compared to female patients, because they are ignorant about this aspect and do not visit the doctor to be checked on risks of breast cancer. Usually, men do not want to go to doctors for checking their breast because they think that the condition can only affect women or sometimes they feel somehow ashamed about this action. But they should think about their health and life first. It is true that surveys show that breast cancer is more popular among women, but the condition kills more men than women because of late diagnosis.
Breast cancer can be treated and its symptoms eased if it is tackled at an earlier stage.Men should not hesitate in going to be checked out if they have symptoms such as nipple discharge (often bloody), nipple inversion, a breast lump or an itching or a pulling sensation in the breast.The main problem males face when being diagnosed with breast cancer is often not the cancer itself, but rather the embarrassment of the type of cancer. But there is no need for men to feel awkward about it, it’s increasingly being talked about and there’s no sense in ignoring symptoms that could be life threatening. Although rare in males, figures released from Breakthrough Breast Cancer, the leading breast cancer research charity, show up to 300 UK males will be diagnosed with breast cancer each year and the figure is likely to increase due to a lack of awareness.