After leaving the hospital, you will need to follow the advice of your healthcare team so that you can recover as quickly as possible.Care after bypass surgery aims to reduce the risk factors for heart disease and includes strategies to help patients and family members to stop smoking, control high blood pressure, improve cholesterol levels, begin exercising regularly, and reduce stress. Some of these changes can be made by adjusting lifestyle habits through diet and exercise. Depending on your surgery, your chest incision may extend through layers of skin, muscle and bone. Your skin should be healed by the time of discharge, your breastbone should take six to eight weeks, and your scar should fade in approximately six months to one year. Tingling, itching, and numbness are normal sensations associated with surgical wounds and will eventually disappear.

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Life can get busy, and oftentimes we find ourselves traveling or otherwise unable to get to our preferred health and fitness facility for a workout.You don’t need a gym membership to melt that unwanted flab and look fit. In fact, you don’t even need equipment.Tests have shown that when a person (male or female) is physically fit, they feel better overall, have a stronger immune system, sleep better, and have higher self esteem. Use this super-simple body-weight workout to burn fat, tone every muscle and improve your fitness.

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Most of us drink soda. Some drink more than others. And probably many regular soda drinkers are aware that soft drinks are bad for the health.As soon as soda’s swallowed, the pancreas is notified and rapidly begins to create insulin in response to the sugar. Insulin is a hormone the body uses to move sugar from food or drink into the bloodstream, where cells are then able to use sugar for energy.Within just 20 minutes, blood sugar levels spike and the liver responds to the insulin by turning sugar into fat for storage.Within 45 minutes of gulping down a single 20-ounce glass of soda, caffeine from the drink is fully absorbed, and as a result your pupils dilate and blood pressure rises. The body produces more dopamine, which stimulates the pleasure centers of the brain just like a low-grade line of cocaine.

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Red meat in a pure form is a good source of protein and vitamin B and has been a key part of the human diet. In general, red meats are any meats that are reddish in colour when uncooked. For the most part, this consists of meat from mammals such as cows and sheep. However, the meat of some birds is considered red as well, such as duck and goose. Red meat gets its colour from myoglobin, a protein which helps the body utilize oxygen more efficiently in aerobic respiration. The higher concentration of myoglobin in red meat makes it distinguishable in colour from white meat.Red meat is a rich source of protein, saturated fat, iron, zinc and vitamin B. Red meat can play a beneficial role in reducing the risk of iron deficiency Anaemia .Some estimates suggest two thirds of the human population are deficient in iron.Protein is also a key player in a healthy body; muscle mass, the production of antibodies and the immune system.

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Winter is a time of playing in the snow and sipping hot cocoa. These months of unpredictable and sometimes dangerous weather is also a time that families should take extra care to keep safe.In winter, viruses and bacteria abound like snowflakes. Work and school environments test our immune systems. And exercise likely takes a backseat when icicles are in view. But don’t despair. You and your family can hang onto good health in spite of the challenges. Here’s how.

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