Research work Topic: “The influence of weather conditions on human health. The influence of weather conditions on human well-being
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Research work on geography Completed by: 8th grade student Yulia Efanova Supervisor: Fomina I.M. MBOU "Sukhosolotinskaya secondary school" of Ivnyansky district Belgorod region"Influence weather conditions on human health"
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The purpose of the work is to consider the influence various types weather on a person’s physical condition. Object of study: weather types. The subject of the study is the nature of their influence on human well-being.
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Research methods: classification, observation, survey, interview. Objectives: 1. Get acquainted with literature and information on the Internet on this issue. 2.Consider general characteristics types of weather. 3.Study the influence of weather types on human health. 4. Analyze the impact of weather changes on the attendance of students at the Sukhosolotinskaya Secondary School in one of the spring months(March). 5. Conduct a survey among students in grades 6-9 and school teachers on the topic: “The influence of weather conditions on health” 6. Prepare practical advice in case of sudden weather changes
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"Nature has no bad weather- Every weather is a blessing. Whether it’s raining or snowing - any time of the year. We must gratefully accept...” Ryazanov E. In my research work, I want to show how people’s well-being is connected with the weather, or more precisely with its changes.
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Weather is the state of the troposphere at a given place in given time. A weather type is characterized by a combination of identical indicators of weather elements: temperature, pressure, humidity.
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In geography, there are types of weather in the cold season: thaw slightly frosty moderately frosty significantly frosty severely frosty severely frosty warm season: cold cool moderately warm warm warm hot very hot extremely hot
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Also in Ancient Greece Hippocrates said that the weather affects people. He regularly carried out meteorological observations and was the first to note meteorological dependence - the seasonal alternation of exacerbations of various ailments.
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In recent years, more and more studies have appeared that clarify the influence of weather conditions on people’s well-being and on the course of various diseases. Numerous studies on human health show that health depends on the combination and interrelation of the following factors: - lifestyle, - heredity, - environment, - healthcare systems.
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Meteorological factors influence human health. These include temperature, air humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind strength and speed. Humans react quite sensitively to changing weather conditions. The pathological dependence of health status on weather conditions is called meteopathy.
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Let's consider how people react to changes in individual weather components. Air temperature is the degree of air heating. It turns out that a person reacts to temperature, the more, the higher the air humidity. Conditions under which the relative air humidity is about 60% and the temperature is +240 C are considered optimal for the human body.
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Air humidity is determined by the presence of water vapor in it. A person feels good at a relative humidity of 40 to 75%. Deviation from the norm responds in the body with a feeling of dryness or dampness. Air humidity affects the human body in combination with other meteorological factors, increasing their impact.
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Atmospheric pressure - as you know, is the force with which air presses on the earth's surface and objects located on it. About 1 ton of air presses on a person of average height. But he does not feel this, since the internal pressure of the body counteracts the air pressure. (For our age normal pressure pressure is considered to be from 110/60 to 120/80) Most people do not notice pressure fluctuations.
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With a sharp increase atmospheric pressure There is a difference between the pressure inside the body and the pressure of the surrounding air. In these cases, a person may feel a headache, pain in the heart and other organs, blood pressure rises, vascular crises and internal hemorrhages occur. Sharp fluctuations in atmospheric pressure cause exacerbation of radiculitis, and tinnitus appears. Migraine attacks of varying degrees are possible.
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Wind is the movement of air in a horizontal direction. Wind affects the thermoregulation system and also has a mechanical effect. It promotes either heat transfer or retention in the body. With strong cold winds and sharp fluctuations in atmospheric pressure, blood pressure increases, which contributes to the occurrence of hypertensive crises and impaired cerebral circulation. Oscillations blood pressure In patients, they are also observed with a sudden change in wind direction.
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Thus, in real conditions, the human body is affected by the entire complex of weather factors. All types of body reactions to the action of meteorological factors are manifested in changes in indicators, both towards improvement and towards deterioration.
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Monitoring weather conditions and their impact on human health and absences due to illness. Having analyzed the weather calendar for March, I found out that minimum temperature air was -2, and the maximum was +5, therefore, the amplitude was 7 degrees. Atmospheric pressure varied from 740 to 758 mm Hg. There were 22 cloudy days. These factors could well provoke a painful condition in students.
Several decades ago, almost no one even thought of connecting their ability to work, their emotional condition and well-being with the activity of the Sun, with the phases of the Moon, with magnetic storms and other cosmic phenomena.
In any natural phenomenon around us, there is a strict repeatability of processes: day and night, ebb and flow, winter and summer. Rhythm is observed not only in the movement of the Earth, the Sun and the stars, but is also an integral and universal property of living matter, a property that penetrates all life phenomena - from the molecular level to the level of the whole organism.
Circadian rhythms and biorhythms
During historical development a person has adapted to a certain rhythm of life, determined by rhythmic changes in natural environment and energy dynamics of metabolic processes. Currently, many rhythmic processes in the body, called biorhythms, are known. These include the rhythms of the heart, breathing, and bioelectrical activity of the brain.
Our whole life is a constant change of rest and active activity, sleep and wakefulness, fatigue from prolonged work and rest. In the body of every person, like sea tides and the ebb and flow of the tides are forever reigned by a great rhythm, arising from the connection of life phenomena with the rhythm of the Universe and symbolizing the unity of the world.
The central place among all rhythmic processes is occupied by circadian rhythms, which have highest value for the body. The body's response to any impact depends on the phase of the circadian rhythm (that is, on the time of day). This knowledge led to the development of new directions in medicine - chronodiagnostics, chronotherapy, chronopharmology.
They are based on the proposition that the same drug at different times of the day has different, sometimes directly opposite, effects on the body. Therefore, to obtain a greater effect, it is important to indicate not only the dose, but also the exact time of taking the medication. It turned out that studying changes in circadian rhythms makes it possible to identify the occurrence of some diseases at the earliest stages.
Climate and health
Climate also has a serious impact on human well-being. About the diversity of influence climatic factors on human health has long been known. Even Hippocrates (460-377 BC) in his “Aphorisms” wrote, in particular, that human bodies behave differently in relation to the time of year: some are located closer to summer, others - to winter, and diseases occur differently (good or bad) at different times of the year, in different countries and living conditions.
The foundations of the scientific direction in medicine on the influence of climatic factors on human health originated in the 17th century. In Russia, the study of the influence of climate, seasons and weather on humans began with the founding of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg (1725). In development theoretical foundations Outstanding domestic scientists I.M. Sechenov, I.P. Pavlov and others played a major role in this science. Climate has a direct and indirect effect on humans.
The direct influence is very diverse and is due to the direct effect of climatic factors on the human body and, above all, on the conditions of its heat exchange with the environment: on the blood supply to the skin, respiratory, cardiovascular vascular system and the sweating system. The human body, as a rule, is influenced not by one isolated factor, but by their combination, and the main effect is not ordinary fluctuations climatic conditions, but mainly their sudden changes. For any living organism, certain rhythms of vital activity of various frequencies have been established.
Some functions of the human body are characterized by changes with the seasons of the year. This applies to body temperature, metabolic rate, circulatory system, composition of blood cells and tissues. So, in the summer, blood is redistributed from internal organs to the skin, so blood pressure is lower in summer than in winter. Diseases associated with weather conditions primarily include overheating and hypothermia.
Overheating and heatstroke occur in summer in hot, windless weather. Flu, colds, catarrh of the upper respiratory tract, as a rule, occur in the autumn - winter period of the year. Some physical factors (atmospheric pressure, humidity, air movements, oxygen concentration, degree of disturbance magnetic field Earth, the level of air pollution) have not only a direct impact on the human body.
Separately or in combination, they can aggravate the course of existing diseases and prepare certain conditions for the proliferation of pathogens of infectious diseases. Thus, during the cold season, due to extreme weather variability, cardiovascular diseases worsen - hypertension, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction. Intestinal infections (typhoid fever, dysentery) affect people during the hot season.
In children under one year old, the largest number of pneumonias is recorded in January - April. For people with disorders of the nervous autonomic system or chronic diseases, adaptation to changing weather factors is difficult. Some patients are so sensitive to weather changes that they can serve as a kind of biological barometers, accurately predicting the weather several times in advance.
Studies conducted by the Siberian branch of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Russian Federation showed that 60 - 65% of heart patients vascular diseases sensitive to fluctuations in weather factors, especially in spring and autumn, with significant fluctuations in atmospheric pressure, air temperature and changes in the Earth's geomagnetic field.
When air fronts invade, causing contrasting changes in weather, crises in hypertension are more often observed, the condition of patients with cerebral atherosclerosis worsens, and cardiovascular accidents increase. In the era of urbanization and industrialization, people spend most of their lives indoors. The longer the body is isolated from external climatic factors and is in comfortable or subcomfortable indoor microclimate conditions, the more its adaptive reactions to constantly changing weather parameters decrease, including the weakening of thermoregulation processes.
As a result, the dynamic balance between the human body and the external environment is disrupted, complications arise in people with cardiovascular pathology - crises, myocardial infarction, cerebral strokes. Therefore, it is necessary to organize a modern medical weather forecast as a method of preventing cardiovascular accidents. Medical and meteorological forecasting organized in some geographical zones of Russia shows that treatment and preventive measures on days with unfavorable weather types sharply reduce the number of meteotropic reactions in cardiovascular patients.
Conducted in various climatic zones In Russia, research on the adaptation of the body to unfavorable environmental conditions made it possible to develop a system for calculating and assessing weather conditions, taking into account seasonal fluctuations and variability of the main heliometeorological factors. The nature and reliability of correlations characterizing the meteorological reactions of the human body have been established. Most of the physical factors of the external environment, in interaction with which the human body has evolved, are of an electromagnetic nature.
It is well known that near fast-flowing water the air is refreshing and invigorating. It contains many negative ions. For the same reason, we find the air clean and refreshing after a thunderstorm. On the contrary, the air in cramped rooms with an abundance of various kinds electromagnetic devices are saturated with positive ions. Even a relatively short stay in such a room leads to lethargy, drowsiness, dizziness and headaches. A similar picture is observed in windy weather, on dusty and humid days.
Experts in the field of environmental medicine believe that negative ions have a positive effect on human health, while positive ions have a negative effect. Among climatic factors, the short-wave part of the solar spectrum - ultraviolet radiation (UVR) (wavelength 295-400 nm) is of great biological importance.
The territory of the Russian Federation, based on many years of research into the UV regime of its hygienic significance, is divided into a number of zones in accordance with the level of UV radiation reaching the earth's surface. UV deficiency zones are located north of 57.5 N. Latitude. A person needs to receive at least 45 “portions of sun” per year, i.e. erythemal doses of UVR. The further north the area is located, the more time it takes to reach this norm.
Ultraviolet radiation is a prerequisite for normal human life.
It destroys microorganisms on the skin, prevents rickets, normalizes mineral metabolism, and increases the body's resistance to infectious diseases and other diseases. Special observations have found that children who received sufficient amounts of ultraviolet radiation are ten times less susceptible to colds than children who did not receive enough ultraviolet radiation.
With a lack of ultraviolet irradiation, phosphorus-calcium metabolism is disrupted, the body's sensitivity to infectious diseases and colds increases, functional disorders of the central nervous system arise, some chronic diseases worsen, general physiological activity decreases, and, consequently, human performance. Children are especially sensitive to “light starvation”, in whom it leads to the development of vitamin D deficiency (rickets).
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Weather changes do not have the same effect on well-being different people. In a healthy person, when the weather changes, the physiological processes in the body timely adjust to the changed environmental conditions. As a result, the protective reaction is enhanced, and healthy people practically do not feel negative influence weather.
In a sick person, adaptive reactions are weakened, so the body loses the ability to quickly adapt. The influence of weather conditions on a person’s well-being is also associated with age and individual susceptibility of the body.
The weather goes to extremes every now and then: from unbearable frosts to warm spring-like days. Such changes cannot but affect our body. We will tell you how to survive this difficult period.
Take care of your heart and blood vessels
One of the most common causes of deterioration in the well-being of weather-dependent people is a change in atmospheric pressure. Sudden weather changes, first of all, negatively affect the health of people suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Their health worsens due to a decrease in atmospheric pressure, forcing the blood vessels to work with increased load.
The influence of temperature changes on pressure. In winter, severe frosts traditionally bring areas of high atmospheric pressure - anticyclones. They are characterized by partly cloudy or clear weather without precipitation. The Atlantic cyclone, a giant atmospheric vortex in the center of which low pressure prevails, brings warmer air.
Where is the connection between atmospheric and blood pressure? Although we cannot see or feel air, it is not insubstantial. This gas has a weight that would flatten us if the human body did not maintain its own pressure - blood pressure. Depending on how the atmospheric pressure changes, our own becomes lower or higher.
This process occurs thanks to baroreceptors, which are located in the vessels. In a healthy person, they will easily adapt to what is happening, but in those who are weather-sensitive, unfortunately, they will not cope with such a task as well as they would like. When atmospheric pressure increases, baroreceptors not only increase the pressure, but provoke a jump in it. As a result, a person begins to have a headache, nausea appears, and “spots” flash before the eyes. These sensations are sometimes accompanied by a slight chill. With a decrease in atmospheric pressure, weather-sensitive people have the same reaction: at first, their baroreceptors reduce arterial indicators, but at a certain moment it seems to the body that these indicators are becoming too low, which is why it immediately provokes a sharp increase in them.
What to do?
Eliminate foods that increase blood pressure from your diet: coffee, fish and meat broths, strong tea, carbonated drinks, beans and peas.
Don't overeat. It is better to make up your diet from fish and vegetable dishes, while eating more greens.
Moderate physical activity and avoid hard work. Try to unload this day as much as possible.
If you have sleep disturbances, take sedatives (leonwort tincture or valerian). However the best remedy"Weather insomnia" is treated by taking a melatonin tablet at night.
Saving yourself from a cold
Pathogenic bacteria and viruses are activated during warming, and not during severe frosts. Increased air humidity helps reduce the body's resistance to disease. Therefore, at this time it is easiest to catch the flu or a cold, which can be complicated by bronchitis, and the incidence of pneumonia also increases.
What to do?
Dress warm enough to stay warm, but don't overdo it to avoid overheating. Try not to get your feet wet.
Give up cigarettes for a while or smoke less.
If you experience suffocation, shortness of breath, or oxygen deprivation (hypoxia), this is because the cyclone causes a decrease in atmospheric pressure, resulting in a decrease in the oxygen content in the air. Because of this, breathing will be difficult even for a healthy person, let alone for patients with bronchial asthma. Therefore, the main rule for asthmatics these days is to remember the inhaler.
Follow your mood
Any natural disasters have an impact on mental condition person. Due to abnormal atmospheric pressure, some people become sleepwalkers. Others, on the contrary, experience inexplicable aggression. It is especially important for these people to learn to relax after a hard day. Choose a relaxation method based on your preferences: meditation, yoga, auto-training, walks before bed.
Try to pull yourself together these days and not quarrel with anyone, as stress will only aggravate the painful condition. Those who feel aggressive, nervous and agitated these days should not drive, plan serious negotiations or perform dangerous work.
Take care of your joints
People with sore joints feel the slightest changes in the weather more acutely than others. Warming or cooling with high humidity negatively affect the condition of such patients. If you use warming ointments and bandages made from natural wool, you can get rid of pain at least temporarily.
Don't fall
During a thaw, ice often forms, causing emergency rooms to fill with people with bruises, fractures and concussions. In addition, hospitals are receiving victims from icicles and ice falling from roofs. The number of traffic accidents is increasing, as on slippery roads cars have great difficulty braking and maneuvering. Therefore, walk slowly, away from buildings and carefully watch your step. During this period, you should give preference to non-slip shoes with flat soles.
Cabbage juice is a healthy life-giving drink that can provide our body with many necessary and beneficial substances. About what beneficial features cabbage juice exists, and how to drink it correctly, we’ll talk in our article. Cabbage is one of the healthiest vegetable crops because it has very valuable properties. This product is tasty and nutritious, moreover, it is an affordable medicine that anyone can grow in their own garden. By eating cabbage, you can eliminate many health problems. Although everyone knows that due to the fiber contained in cabbage, this vegetable is difficult to digest, causing gas formation. To avoid such problems, it is healthier to drink cabbage juice, receiving the same beneficial substances contained in the vegetable.
Freshly squeezed cabbage juice contains vitamin C, which increases the body's resistance to infections. Scientists have calculated that in order to satisfy our body's daily need for vitamin C, you can eat about 200 g of cabbage. In addition, the vegetable contains the vitamin K we need, which is responsible for the full formation of bones, as well as blood clotting. Cabbage, and therefore cabbage juice, contains B vitamins and a very rich set of minerals, including iron, zinc, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, potassium and other elements.
What is very nice for people losing weight is that cabbage juice is very low in calories (25 kcal per 100 ml). This is a diet drink that will help you get rid of excess weight. Cabbage juice has wound-healing and hemostatic properties. It is used externally, to treat burns and wounds, and for oral administration (to treat ulcers). Effectively use fresh cabbage juice to treat gastritis and ulcers. The effect is ensured by vitamin U contained in the juice. This vitamin helps regenerate cells in the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines. The juice is used to treat hemorrhoids, colitis and inflammatory processes, occurring in the stomach and intestines, as well as bleeding gums.
Cabbage juice is used as an antimicrobial agent that can affect some pathogens of dangerous diseases, such as Staphylococcus aureus, Koch's bacillus and ARVI. Cabbage juice is also used to treat bronchitis; in particular, it can thin and remove mucus. For this treatment, it is recommended to take juice with honey to enhance the healing effect. Cabbage juice is also used to restore tooth enamel, improve the condition of nails, skin and hair. At diabetes mellitus By drinking cabbage juice you can prevent the occurrence of skin diseases.
Cabbage juice should definitely be included in the diet of those wishing to lose excess weight, due to its low calorie content and high biological activity. At the same time, cabbage juice can fill you up very quickly without getting extra calories, and it also prevents the conversion of carbohydrates into fat deposits. Cabbage juice can normalize intestinal function by removing bile that has stagnated in the body, fights constipation and helps remove harmful substances from the body.
Since the juice contains folic acid which helps conception and full development fruit, it is useful for expectant mothers to drink. The vitamins and minerals contained in the juice protect against infections and colds.
When consuming cabbage juice, you should follow the rules. Juice has contraindications and restrictions. The drink is able to dissolve and decompose toxins accumulated in the body, causing strong gas formation in the intestines, so you can drink no more than three glasses a day. You should start drinking it starting with one and a half glasses. For the reasons listed above, cabbage juice is not recommended postoperative period, if operations were performed in the abdominal cavity, and during breastfeeding, with gastritis with increased acidity, for kidney diseases and problems with the pancreas.
The world we live in often affects the state of our nervous system, since it is full of various stressful situations, chronic fatigue and systematic stress. However, the nervous system should be constantly monitored and not overstrained. To do this, you need to streamline your daily worries, for which you need to create and adhere to the correct daily routine, and, if necessary, attend a course of psychotherapy, yoga, auto-training and other activities. But most in a simple way relaxation is a simple cup of herbal tea, fragrant and warm. An excellent natural remedy for calming, which has a gentle effect on nerves worn out during the day, is drinking tea in the evening. Teas that relax the nervous system help eliminate irritability, nervous exhaustion and relax before going to bed, overcoming insomnia. We will talk about how tea calms the nervous system in our article.
Tea from a collection of fragrant herbs
To prepare this wonderful tea, you should take plants such as St. John's wort, peppermint, chamomile and hawthorn flowers in equal proportions. Grind the ingredients, then tbsp. l. pour boiling water over the mixture in a cup and leave for 30 minutes, covering with a lid. Strain the cooled infusion and add a small amount of honey. Drink while sleeping. This tea will easily calm your nerves, but it is recommended to drink it for no more than two months.
Lime tea
To prepare tea, mix dry linden and lemon balm flowers in equal parts, add a glass of warm water to the mixture, and boil for about five minutes. The broth is infused for 15 minutes, filtered, a spoonful of honey is added and taken for tea drinking. If you take this tea regularly, your nervous system will react more calmly to various unpleasant stimuli.
Peppermint tea with motherwort
Mix chamomile and motherwort herb 10 g each, add chopped mint 20 g, linden blossom, lemon balm and dried strawberries. Three tablespoons of the mixture should be poured into 1 liter of boiling water and left for up to 12 minutes. You need to drink the infusion throughout the day, adding a little jam or honey if desired. This infusion is designed not to completely suppress the nervous system, but only to gently calm it. This tea should be drunk for a long time, without the risk of adverse reactions that are harmful to health.
Simple soothing teas
Mix 50 g of hop cones and valerian roots, then brew a dessert spoon of the mixture with boiling water, leave for 30 minutes, filter. Drink in small portions throughout the day. It is better to drink a whole glass of this tea at night. The product quickly calms the nerves and helps in the fight against insomnia.
Mix peppermint herb and valerian roots in equal parts, then pour boiling water over a dessert spoon of this mixture, leave for half an hour and filter. We drink this tea in the morning and evening, half a glass. To enhance the effect, it is recommended to add a little anise or dill.
Melissa, valerian root and motherwort are taken in equal proportions and brewed in a cup. Then infuse and filter. You need to drink a dessert spoon of tea before meals.
Drinking half a glass of tea before meals, prepared according to the recipe below, can calm your nerves and improve digestion. To prepare it, you need to place 1 tsp in a half-liter jar. motherwort, hop cones and green tea, pour boiling water, leave for 12 minutes, strain. Add honey to taste.
Complex soothing teas
Mix peppermint, oregano, St. John's wort and chamomile in equal parts. Then brew a dessert spoon of the mixture in a cup, leave, strain and add honey. Drink a glass of this tea in the morning and before bed.
Mix peppermint, valerian root, hop cones, motherwort and ground rose hips in equal proportions. A tablespoon of the mixture should be brewed as tea, steeped and strained. This sedative should be drunk throughout the day.
Soothing teas for children
To prepare a soothing tea for children, you need to mix chamomile flowers, peppermint and fennel in equal parts. Then pour boiling water over a dessert spoon of the mixture and keep in a steam bath for about 20 minutes, strain. It is recommended to give this tea to small children in the evening before bedtime, a teaspoon, as it can soothe, relax, and normalize a healthy alternation of sleep and wakefulness.
The teas that were described in our article can calm the nervous system and normalize blood pressure. Such daily tea drinking helps improve sleep and skin condition. Medicinal plants, included in these teas, help eliminate dark circles under the eyes, improve vision, and improve the functioning of the stomach and intestines.
Previously, people could not imagine that a person’s breakfast could consist of various crispy balls with dried fruits, cereals and milk. But these days such food does not surprise anyone, because such a breakfast is very tasty and also easy to prepare. However, such food opens up a lot of controversy and discussion, since it is important for people to know the benefits and harms of breakfast cereals for human health. The very concept of dry food appeared in 1863, and it was introduced by James Jackson. The first food was compressed bran. Even though it wasn't very tasty, it was healthy food. The Kellogg brothers supported the idea of dry food already at the beginning of the twentieth century. At this time, both Americans and Europeans were embraced by the idea of proper and healthy nutrition. At that time, the brothers produced breakfast cereals made from soaked corn kernels passed through rollers. These breakfasts were more like raw dough, torn into pieces. They were helped by an accident in which this body was placed on a hot baking sheet and forgotten about it. Thus, the first breakfast cereals were created. This idea was picked up by many companies, and the cereal was mixed with nuts. Fruits and other products.
What are the benefits of breakfast cereals?
In the last twenty years, ordinary breakfasts, which consisted of sandwiches and cereals, began to be replaced by dry ones. The main advantage of dry food is, first of all, saving time, which is very important in our time. Full and proper breakfast Few people can afford it these days. That is why the main benefit of breakfast cereals is their simple and quick preparation. These breakfasts are prepared simply. All you have to do is pour milk over the cereal. In addition, milk can be replaced with yogurt or kefir.
During the production of breakfast cereals, all the beneficial substances of cereals are preserved. For example, corn flakes are rich in vitamins A and E, while rice flakes contain amino acids important for our body. Included oatmeal includes phosphorus and magnesium. But, unfortunately, not all breakfasts are good for the human body; some of them can be harmful.
Dry breakfasts include snacks, muesli, and cereal. Snacks are balls and pillows of different sizes made from rice, corn, barley, oats and rye. These grains are steamed under high pressure to preserve maximum quantity useful microelements and vitamins. However, with additional heat treatment, for example, by frying, the product loses its benefits. When you add nuts, honey, fruits, and chocolate to the flakes, you get muesli. For the production of snacks, ground flakes, as well as various additions to them, are fried. Children often love snacks, so they are produced in the form of different figures. Some manufacturers add various fillings to snacks, including chocolate. However, after adding sugar and various additives to breakfast, it will no longer be very useful. In this regard, to maintain health and figure, it is better to choose unprocessed cereal or muesli with fruit and honey.
Why are breakfast cereals harmful?
The most harmful product is snacks, since their preparation destroys large quantity useful substances. One serving of such breakfasts contains only about two grams of fiber, while our body needs up to 30 grams of dietary fiber per day. It is healthier to eat unprocessed flakes that have not undergone heat treatment. This product will fill the body required quantity fiber. Snacks are harmful due to frying as they become high in calories and fat.
It is necessary to take into account the high calorie content of breakfast cereals. For example, the calorie content of stuffed pillows is about 400 calories, and chocolate balls are 380 calories. Cakes and sweets have a similar calorie content, and this is not healthy. Causes more harm various additives included in breakfast cereals. That is why buy raw cereal for children, without various additives. Add honey, nuts or dried fruits to your breakfast cereal and avoid products that contain sugar substitutes.
Wheat, rice and corn flakes are very easy to digest because they contain simple carbohydrates. This fills the body with energy and provides nutrition to the brain, but excessive consumption of these carbohydrates leads to excess weight.
Heat-treated breakfast cereals are very harmful. During the cooking process, the fat or oil used in the cooking process can lead to cardiovascular problems and increased cholesterol levels. Breakfasts often include flavor enhancers, leavening agents and flavorings. Avoid purchasing products with such additives.
A child can be given flakes from the age of six, not earlier, since coarse fibers are difficult for the child’s intestines to absorb.
Pain, which people may periodically feel for various reasons, can ruin all their plans for the day, ruin their mood and worsen their quality of life. Pain can be of different nature, but to get rid of it, people resort to using painkillers. However, few people think about the fact that by using painkillers, we can harm our health, since each drug has side effects that can manifest themselves in an individual organism. However, not everyone knows that some products can reduce or relieve pain, while being quite effective and without exposing the body to additional risk. Of course, when any pain appears, it is necessary to determine what it is associated with. Pain is a kind of signal from the body indicating that it has problems. Therefore, you should never ignore pain, and sometimes it is impossible to do so, since it reminds you of itself, sometimes at the most inopportune moment. In our article we will talk about what products can relieve pain, or reduce its manifestation at least for a while.
People with chronic diseases that periodically manifest themselves as pain can be put on some kind of pain-relieving diet to alleviate their condition. So, here are the foods that can soothe the pain:
Turmeric and ginger. Ginger is a proven remedy for many diseases that can effectively cope with pain. For example, in oriental medicine this plant is used to relieve toothache. For this purpose, you need to prepare a decoction of ginger and rinse your mouth with it. Pain resulting from exercise and from intestinal disorders and ulcers can be soothed with ginger and turmeric. In addition, these plants have a positive effect on kidney health.
Parsley. This greenery contains essential oils, capable of stimulating blood circulation in the human body, including blood supply internal organs. When parsley is consumed, the body's adaptive abilities increase, which speeds up healing.
Chilli. This is another pain reliever. In the course of research, it was revealed that red pepper can increase a person’s pain threshold. The molecules of this product activate the body's immune defense and produce endorphins, which work as a pain reliever. Traditionally, this pepper is included in the menu of peoples living in complex natural conditions and those engaged in heavy physical labor.
bitter chocolate. As mentioned above, the hormone endorphin, which is also called the “hormone of happiness,” is a natural pain reliever. The production of this natural pain reliever is stimulated by eating chocolate. The ability of chocolate to bring pleasure is known to everyone, however, this product not only gives you a good mood, but can relieve painful sensations.
Whole grain products. According to some experts, the ability of foods made from whole grains to relieve pain is excessively high. These products contain a lot of magnesium, which helps relieve muscle pain. In addition, these products help relieve headaches, as they protect the body from dehydration.
Mustard. Mustard can reduce headaches that arise from overwork or other reasons. It is enough to eat a piece of bread spread with fresh mustard.
Cherry. It is very easy to eliminate headaches by eating a few ripe cherries.
Garlic. This is another burning product that can relieve pain, and this also applies to pain resulting from various inflammations.
Citrus. These fruits have pain-relieving properties, just like other foods containing vitamin C. Citrus fruits relieve pain due to various reasons. In addition, these fruits act as a general tonic. Therefore, this is the first product to be given to patients in the hospital.
Cinnamon. Another important tool, used in the fight against various inflammations and pains. Cinnamon reduces the negative effects of uric acid, high levels of which can trigger the development of many diseases, including arthritis.
Good afternoon, like-minded people! Today I will share with you my own opinion about the influence of weather on a person’s mental and physical state. There are many discussions on how weather changes affect people. So, let's try to figure out which of this is true and which is fiction.
With the help of correctly formulated and presented information, the consciousness of masses of people is manipulated. That is, information is nothing more than a means of controlling individual groups of people and entire nations.
It was not for nothing that I started this article with the term manipulation of consciousness. You may believe in it, or you may not believe it due to the lack of certain knowledge, but the fact remains a fact. Constant changes in weather conditions have recently acquired manipulative features.
This is done in order to focus the attention of the people on a specific problem, for example global warming or cooling, solar flares and the like. While there is a reorientation of people's attention from some other, more pressing problem.
I won't say it's bad. From the point of view of adhering to the principles of managing large groups of people, this is logical. After all, the mass of the people, not having objective data on a particular problem, can cause irreparable damage, and sometimes not only to the ruling elite, but also to themselves. Therefore, government circles (not political) people have always been distracted by various less pronounced problems natural character, and even nonsense.
The examples are simple. Just remember how much attention is paid to the problems of global warming on TV and on the Internet, and some are now talking about global cooling, and also discussing the existence of UFOs, some kind of space holes, etc. And people, for the most part, subconsciously (from the point of view of the logic of psychology) absorb this information and, willingly and unwillingly, become its objects (carriers and distributors).
Oh, I'm starting to get off topic. But this is a small lyrical digression so that you have a general idea that we are all being manipulated, given a specific program and style of behavior in society, distracted or, conversely, focused our attention on a specific problem... And “ psychological game"with changing weather conditions is also included in the same list.
So does weather change really affect a person’s condition, or is it still a myth to distract attention? Let's figure this out.
How weather changes affect the human condition: man and nature
You and I live in a country where the temperature in some regions reaches the lower limit (up to -50 degrees Celsius), while in others in the summer it rises above +40. You can also observe the following picture: in the same region the air temperature is -40 in winter and +40 in summer.
This of course has its advantages. Fun for kids. In winter, you can build an ice fortress, play in the snow, and ride down an ice slide. In summer, go for a swim in a river or lake. Of course, these are memories of my childhood. Today, children spend their time a little differently. Although you can see children playing on the streets in those places where the so-called “renovations” and “modernizations” of the international globalization process have not yet reached; where folk stereotypes have not yet been completely destroyed.
So let's get down to business. We are still talking about how weather changes affect a person’s mental and physical state, I would even say, human health.
First, let's find out what weather is from a scientific point of view. So the weather is a totality physical properties surface layer of the atmosphere in a relatively short period of time (hour, day, week, month). As a rule, the weather corresponds to the climatic conditions of a particular region of our country and the planet as a whole. That is, some region is characterized by rain on most days of the year, and drier days in some. There are concepts of norm. They are individual for each subject.
It is worth stating the fact that man is a part of nature; it is a biophysical body that interacts with its other elements through a complex system of receptors. That is, a person, being a part of nature, cannot but be exposed to various climatic factors: atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, the Earth’s magnetic background, solar activity, radiation, etc. The response of the human body, as a rule, occurs to changes in any of the listed natural factors.
That is, the influence of changing weather conditions on the human condition is natural and logical from the point of view of the world order. But man has not been living on planet Earth for the first century. Over many millennia, every living organism has developed a protective function that allows it to tolerate certain weather changes in one or another season of the year.
Our body somehow adapts to weather changes in order to maintain its internal constancy. There is a restructuring of certain biological systems body. Specifically: the production of hormones increases, the activity of enzymes increases, blood clotting and platelet content change. There is a change in vascular tone to change the intensity of heat transfer.
In other words, the restructuring of systems when the weather changes is a kind of adaptation of the body to new conditions. A significant part of people do not feel it at all. But for some, adaptation mechanisms are still delayed or do not work at all. And then the body develops increased sensitivity to weather changes, which is called meteosensitivity. It is in these cases that a person’s condition depends on changes in weather.
From this we can state the fact that people who have lived for many generations in the same territorial area are less susceptible to weather changes than those who moved there recently. It must be taken into account that the adaptation period may be too long. It all depends on the genetic and physiological characteristics of a particular person. It is under these circumstances that weather changes affect a person’s condition.
Also weather-sensitive, as a rule, are people with existing diseases - cardiovascular diseases and diseases of the respiratory system. But the influence of weather changes on a person’s condition can also occur in a healthy person.
People who are dependent on meteorological factors, but do not have chronic diseases, may experience increased fatigue - both physical and mental - when the weather changes. You may even develop causeless excitement, restlessness, irritability, and short temper. Sleep may be disrupted: for some people - , others have constant drowsiness. Headaches, an unreasonable rise in blood pressure (BP) or a rise in body temperature to subfebrile levels - 37.0-37.3. Spasmodic pain in the abdomen may occur that is not associated with food intake. These manifestations begin when weather factors change, go away on their own and, which is very important, are not considered a disease.
Let's take a closer look at the body's possible reaction to changes in certain climatic factors.
Possible reaction of the body to magnetic storms
During the period when a flare occurs on the sun, a stream of charged particles rushes towards the Earth at enormous speed. The magnetic field of our planet takes this blow. This impact produces radio waves of different frequencies. Scientists call this phenomenon a disturbance of the Earth’s geomagnetic field, and people have the concept “magnetic storm.” Although the human body is affected by radio waves.
A person who is sensitive to magnetic storms may feel a rapid heartbeat and may experience a headache associated with oxygen deprivation. This is due to the fact that the blood becomes more viscous and has difficulty moving through the thin vessels of the brain.
In general, it should be noted that you and I live in a world in which all living things are surrounded on all sides by various energy waves. There is energy all around us. Water, fire, air, earth, even you and I, generate energy. Even stone can generate energy. The interaction of energy waves can have positive or negative sides. This is why we are so sensitive to thunderstorms, winds, storms, and changes in air temperature. Any natural changes energetically affect living organisms on the planet. Therefore, to some extent this is normal.
The influence of atmospheric pressure on the human condition
How else does weather change affect the human condition? This can occur when atmospheric pressure changes. Atmospheric pressure changes with the approach of some natural phenomenon, for example, thunderstorms and wind, in winter with the onset of cold weather or snowfall. Asthmatics and people with heart disease are especially sensitive to changes in pressure.
This is due to the fact that a change in atmospheric pressure leads to a change in internal pressure in the human body. Accordingly, there is a direct relationship between natural phenomena and living organisms on the planet.
Impact on a person’s condition when blood pressure decreases
Let's move on. How else does weather change affect the human condition? Possible decrease in pressure. A decrease in pressure indicates an increase in humidity, possible precipitation and almost always leads to an increase in air temperature. Again, heart patients and people suffering from respiratory diseases are more sensitive to a decrease in pressure.
Such patients experience a feeling of lack of air and shortness of breath. General weakness may occur. During this period, migraine attacks often worsen in weather-sensitive people.
Impact on a person’s condition with increased blood pressure
Pressure increases when the weather is clear, and in winter when frost sets in. The approach of clear weather is greatly felt by allergy sufferers, hypertensive patients, and people with respiratory diseases.
When the pressure rises, as a rule, calm weather sets in in nature. IN major cities smog appears and the concentration of harmful substances from factories, factories and cars increases. Sensitive people may experience headaches and general malaise. It is worth noting that with increased blood pressure, immunity sharply decreases.
The influence of a sharp temperature change on the human condition
For a comfortable life, we need an air temperature of +18 - +21 degrees. Yes Yes. This is exactly the temperature. Therefore, those who strive to live forever in hot countries simply do not realize what problems they may encounter in the future.
But nature does not always create such comfort for us. The fact is that temperature changes lead to a sharp change in the oxygen content in the air. So, when the temperature decreases, the oxygen content in the air increases, and when the temperature rises, it decreases. By the way, this is the reason why hot weather It's difficult to breathe.
Any sudden change in air temperature negatively affects a person’s well-being. The reason is the body's production large quantity histamine, a substance that causes allergic reactions. This is how weather changes affect a person’s condition.
How does weather change affect a person’s condition: at the same time, I must warn
Recently, you can notice that on TV and on the Internet here and there they are publicly saying that there has been a solar flare, a magnetic storm is approaching, global warming is happening all over the world. Everything would be fine if it were simply stated as a fact. But no. They immediately shout at the top of their lungs about diseases, changes in a person’s condition, the need to stock up on necessary medicines. Oops! Necessary medications? This is the whole secret of this information chatter!
Actually, touching on psychology, I already wrote above, this “information noise” is a way of manipulating the consciousness of masses of people to distract attention. But private enterprises are not lagging behind in this either. Media propaganda today, unfortunately, also acts in the interests of large pharmaceutical companies. There is no need to promote this topic in this article. So I will simply state this as a fact!
The poor grandmothers were scared that any headaches they had were now associated with magnetic storms. Did you even know about them before? They knew, but there was no such information propaganda. And people lived in peace.
How weather changes affect the human condition: solving the problem
Why did I even decide to write this article? Yes, changes in nature directly affect the general condition of a person. This is logical after all. - an inextricable whole. My task is for you, knowing information about how and under what circumstances does weather change affect the human condition?(if you are susceptible to these changes) knew how to overcome such dependence.
Of course, I do NOT recommend you run to the pharmacy and buy medications for headaches, high or low blood pressure, and the like. I covered this issue in detail in the book. . It talks in clear and understandable language about “getting people hooked” on vitamin complexes, dietary supplements and medications.
Remember, your health is only in your hands. Only you yourself can protect your health throughout your life and . Which is what I personally do. The main thing is to know how! If anyone is interested, you can borrow it from your friends to read. I'm sure many people have it, because only for last year I sold about ten thousand copies of the book.
So, what I suggest to reduce the impact of natural changes on the body’s condition:
- Turn off the TV, radio, surf the Internet less. Find something to do, take up a hobby, take a family trip to nature. Don't listen to the false propaganda of "interested people".
- The correct psychological attitude (this is the main aspect). “We are what we think we are.” Stop thinking about weather conditions, as I already said - watch less TV, especially TV shows that talk about the impact of weather on human health. The less you pay attention to this, the less it will bother your body when the weather suddenly changes. Give yourself the attitude: “nature has no bad weather, I can handle any weather, how good I feel in this weather...”
- . Remember! Regular minute-long exercises “save” the heart 7-10 beats per minute. Over the course of a year, this will help reduce the work of the heart by millions of beats and avoid many heart diseases.
- Exercise regularly (at least 3-4 times a week) physical culture or sports training (how physical education differs from sports, read this ). Physical activity combined with proper nutrition increases the body's immune defense, including protection from external influences of magnetic waves.
- Take walks more often fresh air. In general, walking is very good for health, especially before bed.
- . In combination with physical activity, hardening will significantly strengthen the body’s immunity, which will make it “impenetrable” even under the most sudden changes weather.
- Organize. Correct breathing improves the functioning of all systems of the human body. With its help, you will restore mental and physical health, normalize sleep and improve your overall well-being.
Here are the basic tips regarding ways to reduce or prevent altogether “the dramatic impact of weather changes on mental and physical well-being.” I hope that you understand why today they are loudly talking about magnetic waves, radiation, global warming, etc.
I also hope that after reading this article you will not repeat the mistakes you made before. Remember the nine points above. They, and only they, can change your life for the better. No pills, medicines, vitamins, or devices can ever, under any circumstances, be able to fully and objectively help solve your health problem. Don't waste your money.
Yes, by observing these 9 points, you will not immediately get rid of the sensitivity of weather changes. But step by step, gradually you will introduce and strengthen your body to such changes.
Take care of your health. Remember, no amount of money can buy health! All in your hands. For all questions, write by email.
Sincerely, your home doctor and trainer Vinivitin P.A.
