The Fact Is

Back in mood, hey buddy this is another entry on health again. Health? Ok I just labeled it by myself. Nevermind but does anyone of you out there ever attacked by headache when you're hungry? I've pointed this question to few of my friends and ended up with various kind of answers. Well, I have this kind of 'disease' since long time ago, cannot recall when was I first detected it. It goes like this, whenever I starving for food, due to some procrastination, when suddenly I will be attack by a big pain on my head.

By that time, all I can think is the paracetamol, the pill that I'm not so sure could heal the pain. Cause sometimes it works. Hurm. So been driven with curiosity on actually the real root for this 'disease', I referred it to my 'guru' which is the eHow.LMAO. So ladies and gentlemen, here's some explanations.

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Cause

1. Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, is caused by not eating enough or eating the wrong foods and can cause headaches. This is why people get headaches when they are hungry. The pain comes from the low blood sugar stimulating the nerve pathways, but the specific mechanics aren't clear. Low blood sugar also can make migraines that already exist more painful.
   
   The body's blood sugar depends on glucose levels. Glucose comes from eating carbohydrates such as potatoes, fruit and bread. When it enters the bloodstream, glucose provides energy to the cells. The glucose that isn't needed right away is converted to a form called glycogen and is stored in the liver and muscle cells. If a person isn't eating, the blood sugar begins to drop and the body converts the glycogen back to glucose. The glucose released raises the blood sugar back to a normal level.

What to Eat

2. The best way to control blood sugar is to eat regular meals. The types of food eaten are also key. When a person eats sugary food on an empty stomach, the blood sugar goes up. But it also raises the insulin levels in the body. The insulin helps the glucose enter the cells, which causes the blood sugar to drop, often to a level that's too low.
   
   Eating a combination of complex carbohydrates (like whole grains, beans and peas) and protein is the best way to keep the blood sugar steady and avoid headaches. Complex carbohydrates break down into glucose faster than simple carbohydrates. Eating foods high in fiber also helps stabilize blood sugar, as does including healthy fats (from nuts or olive oil, for example) in the diet. These fats are digested more slowly than carbohydrates and protein. In addition to helping keep the blood sugar even, they may make headaches less painful.
   
   Eating foods rich in magnesium (spinach, beans, nuts, and seeds) and riboflavin (leafy greens, dairy products, lean meat, enriched breads and cereals) may stop headaches or make them milder.

Tips

3. Eating more often also can help stabilize blood sugar. Some nutritionists recommend eating six small meals a day instead of three large ones. Keeping snacks handy for when a person has gone too long without food also helps. Skipping breakfast often leads to low blood sugar. The body needs fuel after eight hours of rest. The body also needs fuel after exercise, because the blood sugar drops while exercising. It helps to eat a high-carbohydrate snack before vigorous exercise.
   
   Caffeine doesn't usually have a big effect on blood sugar, especially if it's just a couple cups of coffee a day. But taking in large amounts of caffeine, especially over a short period, can interfere with keeping blood sugar stable.  

article by Melinda Dean on eHow.

Basically it revolves in the internal mechanism of body and the main cause is due to low blood sugar? OK. I hated Biology but I hope I can find something specific to explain to.

Well, that's it. Bored isn't it? Argghh...but this is just to share to them who undergo the same symptom to me too. Gonna flipping Haruki Murakami's Kafka On The Shore now. Sayounara for now. Yay!

Just-Concern xx

The Biggest Ignorance

When talking about health and beauty, well, these are the biggest remorse that would be a reason for me to curse myself. Due to ignorance, I never even notice this when I was on my process of growing up till I'm here now. Yeah, people says, "it's never too late to start" but in this case, as we're getting older, bunch of things come across to our life until its jammed our mind when we cannot figure which is first to handle.

I noticed several of my friends, either guys or girls, they're starting to rub lotion on their hand, some holding and playing dumbell during the hostelhood, the guys even do sit ups and push ups at night, I saw their 'extra' toiletries which now only I've figured out, my cousins put the egg yolks on their face at morning, while I don't even give a damn of what is going on. And now, it all make sense, lucky them to realize it earlier that the dumbass such I am.

Upon realizing this good-for-future-guarantee stuffs, I initiated my fully care mostly on what should best for my physical and internal. If you read my older posts, there's an entry on the beauty@grooming I had wrote. So skip on that, now, a question for the guy esp, who among you don't bother to own a six pack/ideal/flat tummy, please raise your head and hand?! NOBODY! So do I. I dream to obtain that dream figure of most of the Hollywood's actors, healthy and fine skin they're have, but skip that, they're freaking rich, and me, I'm just poor!

Then came this resolution to me few years back, flat tummy, bit shapy body(not intentionally wanting six pack), just nice and yummy one. *giggle* But, it's seems for real, nothing is easy in the earth. All needing efforts, passions, disciplines, motivations, enthusiasm blah blah blah. Think I gone too far, here some easy and practical for your watch(and try to practice, probably) :



If you're got extra income, why don't you subscribe any health magazine, as per mine, the Men's Health. Or at least you catch and grab any monthly issue at the book store/stall. It's quite affordable and going about RM10. Believe it or not, there's bunch of infos you may gain inside the edition. Here is the sample cover of the December issue ;

I made this image gigantic to highlight the 'packs' as a motivation.LMAO

Feel free to drop and would be a pleasure to add Men's Health Malaysia on facebook.
Or you can take a trip to their online page.

MEN'S HEALTH MALAYSIA ONLINE

Basically, I have to do this so that I'll always stick to accomplish my goal. Let's get healthy buddies. Probably, getting hot too?! No, I'm not.

Just-Get-Improve,

 

Sunday's Rambles

Well, at this very moment, I wish I was sitting at Jesselton Point or watching movie at GSC, Suria Mall, or examine the new band at Firefly or anything that compatible for the weekend's night. But obviously, I can only visualize all that thing on my own since the fact that I am trapped in my room, here in hometown. Blame it to the moolah! My pay isn't in yet, so I have to super-minimize the usage of money while waiting for the next batch of my salary.

Regardless the surrounding noises that I still need to get used, I found few trusted articles on facial skin care. Not surprising, I made the ease searching tool and directly browsing in eHow. Facials can make you look and feel like a million bucks. Let's face it, though. Not everyone has the luxury of going out to a spa for a fabulous spa facial. Me too, for sure. All this while, I would like to visit Guardian drugstore and purchase thing that I think the best I can get. But I never really examine the right and proper steps on how to get a great facial skin. I'm trying to not sound feminine here cause it is not. People aren't skeptical nowadays. Facial is not directed to women only, but man do care on their looks too, esp skin. This I would called grooming and it's suit!

I've been trying several products since then not to exclude L'Oreal,  Oxy, Garnier, Himalaya and currently I'm using most on Neutrogena products as recommended by one of a health and beauty guru in Youtube. Still, maybe it just need time, I hasn't meet a miracle yet. It's just the same and nothing changing on my facial skin. But one thing I have to admit, it's feeling good using their product. So, I decided to stick on this product for another more period. I hope I made it right this time.

So guys, simple as this, identify your skin type, buy the right cleanser, tryout non-alcohol toner follow by patting moisturizer on your face. That would be a good starter and you may google any info that you keen to know. Let's groom bros! *giggle*

Or not to mention, drink plenty water!

The Mr. Healthy-Always xx