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4 Health habits that can enhance your immunity

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  Appropriate nutrition is not only enough to have a healthier immune system as it requires other health habits, lifestyle, and other practices that go hand in hand with it. Otherwise, the absence of one habit may result in unhealthy life from compromised immunity.   1. Getting enough sleep Sleeping enough time (7-8 hours) really amends our body and specific immunity. This is based on the fact that sleep deprivation likely tends to suppress (the immune system) and diseases fighting power by reducing T-cells productions in the human body. Although older adults are accustomed to sleeping problems (insomnia), they should try to sleep at any cost for the sake of mitigating minor health concerns. 2. Moderate exercises Not only maintaining healthy body weight in adults, but physical exercises might also lower the risks of  health problems such as  obesity  and lead to  improved immunity. Physical exercises depend on people's health status and energy as well. Normally, 30 mi

How many eggs should we eat daily for healthy living?

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    A great number of people tend to ask themselves this question on egg-eating patterns based on some dangerous outcomes from its cholesterol. However, they are not very far from the truth based on the fact that excessive consumption of eggs’ cholesterol is among the leading cause of  heart diseases and even mortality in all adults. what is an excessive consumption of eggs?  How many eggs should we eat daily for healthier life? A wide range of medical literatures prove that 186mg of cholesterol is gained from the consumption of a single egg.  This clarifies that cholesterol from one egg provides 62% of recommended daily intake of about 300 mg per day. As common recommendation, eating 2-6 egg yolk weekly was suggested even though the deep scientific research is still so far. On the other hand, there is no specific number of eggs to eat daily, however the suggested range was from 1-3 eggs daily.  Nonetheless, some people who are riskier to heart problems such as older adults, diabetic

7 surprising health advantages of ketogenic diet

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      A huge number of people keep wondering what a ketogenic diet (KD) is and how important it is to their health. Earlier research on the keto diet started in the 1900s as one of the urgent ways to manage epilepsy and seizure by using ketones to resuscitate energy in the brain. Moreover, this diet is generally known for lower carbohydrates with higher fats (LCHF) around 70% fats, 25% protein, and 5% carbohydrate. Keto-diet is intended to restrict dietary carbohydrate intake so as to accelerate the production of ketones that are eventually used as body fuel. Once fats are consumed abundantly with lower carbohydrates, the body will incredibly be adaptive to the fats overload and finally, begin to burn ketones as the primary energy source. However, there are numerous benefits to eating a low-carb, high-fat diet.   1. Enhance weight Loss Gaining weight results from excess fat deposited in the body when glucose is a complete energy source. Similarly, for people with ex