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Jakarta, If you do not have time to exercise, to laugh. In some ways be equated with a laugh diligent diligent exercise, because the effect produced nearly equivalent.

Quoted from ScienceDaily, Tuesday (04/27/2010), a private research ever conducted in the 1970s by Norman Cousin, lay people who have experienced the benefits of laughter. He concluded that humor and laughter can improve health happiness, and conclusions are published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr. Lee S. Berk from Loma Linda University, in collaboration with Dr. Stanley Tan interested to follow up. Since the 1980s, they have pioneered research to develop these Cousin.

The result is, laughter proved to optimize the production of hormones in endocrine systems. Reduced levels of cortisol and epinephrine, and this is what causes the stress is reduced. Laughter also can enhance the immune system to stimulate antibody production.

In that study they also introduce Laughercise, a series of laughter that is claimed to have an effect equivalent to mild exercise. In addition to improving your mood and reduce stress hormones, Laughercise can improve the immune system. The other effect is to reduce levels of bad cholesterol (HDL) and blood pressure and raise levels of good cholesterol (LDL).

Affect Appetite

Recently, Berk re-examine the effects of laughter on the human body. This time he invites his colleagues at Loma Linda University, Dr. Jerry Petrofsky. The goal is to see the impact of eustress (laughs happily) and distress (hard feelings) on appetite.

In a study that lasted for three weeks, they involve 14 volunteers. Random, participants were shown a video with a pause duration of 20 minutes each a week to eliminate the effects of the previous video.

To create the effect of distress, Berk plays the first 20 minutes of footage from the film Saving Private Ryan. While for eustress, volunteers freed choose any appropriate funny videos humor them, with the same duration ie 20 minutes.

Before and after watching the video, pressures and blood samples of volunteers were observed. Two hormones that influence appetite, namely leptin and ghrelin have been observed from the serum separated from blood samples.

From observation of the volunteers who watch videos distress, Berk did not find any change in blood pressure and hormone levels. While the volunteers watched videos eustress, blood pressure and hormone levels change.

These changes are, leptin levels fall while ghrelin increases. According to Berk, the same effect was also obtained when people do a little exercise so-called beneficial to increase appetite.

Berk did not conclude that laughter can increase appetite. But observed that this research opens the possibility to find solutions troubleshooting appetite, especially for those who can not regularly exercise.

For example the elderly, depression and lack of physical activity often resulted in a decrease in appetite. This often triggers chronic pain, and reduced general health condition. The same was experienced by a widow or widower who had just left her partner.

Jakarta, nearly a third of people aged 65 years experienced problems with her voice like a hoarse or weak voice. It is important to maintain the ability of the vocal cords so that other people could hear us despite advanced age.

As people age, the vocal cords and the muscles in the larynx will be weakened. When old age, messages from the brain to the ballot box is not as efficient as possible while still young.

In addition to lack of blood supply will reduce the amount of oil glands so it can dry the vocal cords. This resulted in the tongue, lips and teeth to change so difficult to form words.

“The older the tissue was tired so he could not keep the voltage the same sound and lung capacity also declined. At the age of 80 years only half the volume possible from the age of 20 years,” said Andrew McCombe, ENT surgeon at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey , as quoted from Dailymail, Tuesday (27/04/2010).

But there are some things you can do to keep her voice to remain the same as when younger. “Practice and ensure the capacity of the lungs remains high can help generate a strong voice,” said Dr Ruth Epstein of the Royal National Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in London.

Here are some steps that can be done to keep the youth vote remained at the twilight later age, namely:

1. Speaking on a regular basis
Using the voice is very important. Most parents lack of move and socialize so that they will talk a little more. Though sociable and vocal cords with the optimal use can help delay aging.

2. Singing the bath with shower
This is one of the best ways to maintain a sound, because it helps muscles stay strong larynx. Singing is one form of gymnastics voice. In addition neuromuscular control and coordination is needed in order to maintain the sound is still good.

3. Do not shout
Shouted a voice will excite the vocal cords and make it difficult to close properly. If this is done many times can trigger a loss of voice and the appearance of nodules (canker sores). This of course makes the job harder than the larynx, causing muscle fatigue and a sense tidaknyaman.

4. Maintain good teeth
When someone loses a tooth, the jaw moves and the shape of the face began to go into. As a result, the muscles do not work very well in terms of speaking.

5. Improve posture
Good posture is very important to maintain a sound. If the body is bent causing the whole system of vowel changes, to prevent breathing in and make the vocal cords to work harder in order to produce sound.

6. Stopping smoking
Smoking can make the inside of the larynx become dry and stop the vocal cords work. Nicotine contained in cigarettes is also aggravate gastric reflux, while cigarette smoke can make a scar on her vocal cords that causes hoarse voice quality became severe.

7. Resting throat
Vocal cords could be scratched if someone uses the voice as being a severe cough or bad, so try to rest for 1-2 days. If hoarseness has happened more than two weeks, began to seek medical help sebiknya.

No less important is to consume enough fluid to keep the humidity of the larynx. And also avoid spicy foods that can irritate and make for sore throat

Jakarta, lung specialist Prof Dr Friederich Austrian Bischinger never told people to eat upil (dirt nose) because it is claimed could enhance their own immunity.

Prof. Bischinger discovery in 2004 that could become controversial. Many lay people and paramedics who reject outright the theory of Prof. Bischinger and said that theory does not make sense.

Upil The reason is because of the disgusting filth that was the dried mucus because of hazardous waste enters the body. If eating upil tantamount to eating all organisms or bacteria that should be removed through the nose. But according to Prof. Bischinger nose with the fingers alone is something that is healthy, fun and more in line with the human body.

“Nose by using his own fingers can reach the place that surely can not be achieved if using a handkerchief. It also can keep the nose to keep them clean,” said Prof. Bischinger, as quoted from DailyTimes, Tuesday (04/27/2010).

Upil itself formed from the dirt that comes into the nostril through the process of respiration. Dust and dirt that get into your nose will be filtered by the filter or nose hairs. Manure that is not filtered out will be caught by the mucus that is dihidung. Eventually, it will harden and mucus formed upil.

“Eating the dry upil are a great way to strengthen the immune system. In the medical sense and reasonable thing to do. In the immune system, the nose is a filter that filters out many bacteria become one and when this mixture arrives at the intestines will work like drugs , “said Prof. Bischinger.

“Modern medicine is always trying to do the same thing with a far more complicated methods, people who picked his nose and eat it naturally encourages their immune systems are free of charge,” he added.

Nose is an activity that is positive because it helps clear the nose from the dirt. This course makes a person could breathe better because nothing is blocking the respiratory route.

Prof. Bischinger show when I was little kids love to pick one’s nose nose itself. But when this habit started growing up was blocked by pressure from the community who think this is a disgusting act of anti-social.

These results are quite surprising, because during this time people thought it was a dirt upil that must be removed and not for consumption. But for Prof Bischinger, upil can also act as a vitamin that can increase the person’s immune system.

Dr. Agus Subagio, Sp ENT, ENT specialist who practices in RS Puri Indah, Jakarta claimed could not comment whether this discovery proved to be healthy or not. However, Dr Agus acknowledged that Prof. Bischinger are a very well respected in the medical world since many useful inventions.

“Many theories came from the discovery of sinus surgery Prof. Bischinger, but if the problem upil I do not understand the benefits,” said Dr. Agus when contacted detikHealth, Tuesday (27/04/2010).

But basically continued Dr. Agus, the human body’s defense system was created perfect with a sophisticated, multi-layered. Starting from the outside to the inside of the body’s defense system have each other.

Jakarta, the person may worry if a sudden a lot of eating chocolate. Not just about fear of fat, there is a possibility but because that person is experiencing depression.

Quoted from AOL, Tuesday (04/26/2010), research conducted by experts from the University of California, proving that people who are depressed tend to eat more chocolate. The study was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine edition of 26 April.

Researchers studied 931 male and female participants who were not taking antidepressants. Participants who test showed high levels of depression, eating chocolate as much as 8.4 presentation of each month. While that does not get depressed just eat chocolate as much as 5.4 serving per month.

The highest levels of depression experienced by participants who ate chocolate every presentation of 11.8 months. This result is surprising, because some previous studies of chocolate as a food that can boost your mood.

A psychiatric expert from the University of California, Christos Ballas provide feedback on findings that cold. According to him, many factors why the depressed participants chose to eat chocolate.

“Who knows how severe depression that they experience when not eating chocolate. The person who is depressed may know what’s good for them and their chocolate to use as self-medication,” said Ballas.

The researchers themselves acknowledge, the relationship of chocolate with the psychological effects brought about very complex, so that need further research. Can not be concluded whether chocolate can overcome depression, or just the trigger.

Similar opinion was also expressed Dr. Gregory Simon, Group Health Research Institute. He believes that people who are depressed will choose food according to his taste. Choosing the same as choosing chocolate, sweet or fatty foods, no special benefits in addition to appetite.

Jakarta, many people search for Gecko believed to cure various diseases. Because many are looking for, the animal was too expensive. What are the properties of gecko meat is said to cure the disease?

Usefulness gecko meat consumed as food or in powder believed to cure various diseases like skin diseases, asthma and also increases stamina men. But until now no pharmacological research that demonstrated the efficacy of treatment using these geckos.

Gecko been reported in clinical practice (trials to living things) that showed a positive effect on malignant tumors. A research team led by Prof. Wang from Henan University of China had reported this.

The findings were published in World Journal of Gastroenterology. But there is no research on pharmacological studies (the study of interactions between drugs, systems and processes of life) from the gecko, that its mechanism of anti-tumor sebgai still unclear.

As quoted from Medicalnewstoday, Monday (26/04/2010) reports the results of clinical practice gecko can not only strengthen the immune system of an organism but also can induce tumor cells opoptosis namely tumor cells that can destroy himself. In clinical practice, the team of researchers used mice that female gender.

In addition gecko also believed to decrease the activity of VEGF and bFGF protein. These proteins affect the growth of cancer cells.

Impact of increasing immune system is detected based on thymus gland that can produce immune cells in the neck, pagosit and spleen cells. Well known to decrease protein expression of VEGF and bFGF, and improvement of apoptotik cells that can kill tumor cells.

Currently the World Health Organization (WHO) is currently doing research on the efficacy of the meat and skin geckos which are believed to cure the disease of AIDS, asthma and various other skin disease.

This is to determine if these treatments are truly effective or not, and to see is there any side effect that could arise.

Gecko has been known since decades ago as a traditional medicine in China and also as one of the food menu. Along the development of information that shows the efficacy of this gecko, geckos are now including one animal that has a high selling price.