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Things you need to know about digestive system

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Inside the body, the digestive system functions as a kind of processing plant. It takes in food and transports it to organs and structures where it is digested. The essential energy and nutrients are extracted. The rest is discarded by the digestive system. The digestive system has 2 primary functions: converting food into nutrients and removing waste from the body. The system relies on the cooperation of several organs throughout the body to function properly. It includes the mouth, stomach, intestines, liver, and gallbladder. Here are some things you need to know about the digestive system:- Food doesn't need gravity to get to your stomach:  Food does not just pass down your esophagus and into your stomach when you eat it. Peristalsis is a wavelike contraction and relaxation of the muscles in your esophagus that pushes food down through the tiny canal and into the stomach. Even if you eat while hanging upside down, the food would be able to reach your stomach because of peristals...

Diet that you should follow to build immunity

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The principle of improving your immunity is appealing, but for many reasons, the ability to do so has proved challenging. It is exactly the immune system that is a system, not a single person. It needs balance and stability to work properly. Researchers really don't know anything about the complexities and inter connectivity of the immune response. There are no scientifically proven specific correlations among lifestyle and better immune systems as of now. But it doesn't mean the living style's effects on the immune system are not interesting and should not be researched. For both humans and animals, experts of KRIMS Hospital are studying the impact of diet, exercise, age, psychological stress, and other influences on the immune system. KRIMS Hospital is regarded as the  best hospital in Nagpur .  Meanwhile, basic healthful-living methods are a safe way to start giving the advantage to the immune system.  Keeping the doctor away requires more than just an apple a day. dif...

How to take care of joints in cold weather?

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As the weather changes and the temperature begins to drop, our bodies can feel the difference and start developing pain around the joints area. Taking care of our joints and health in general during winter is very essential. It is a known fact that our joints ache when the temperature drops. Here is why the change in temperature causes pain in our joints. The barometric pressure or the pressure of the air, along with humidity, temperature and precipitation cause the joints to ache. Therefore, during the rainy season as well there are chances of getting bouts of pain in the joints. It is believed that people suffering from arthritis are sensitive to the changes in air, i.e. barometric pressure. When the cartilage that cushions the bones inside a joint is worn away, nerves in the exposed bones become affected by the changes in pressure. The barometric pressure changes cause the tendons, muscles and any scar tissue to expand and contract which in result causes pain in the joints. ...

How carbonated beverages may hurt your kidneys?

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There is very little in the world that is meant and manufactured for humans and has no negative effects on the human body, be it food or beverages. Carbonated sugar based or sugar free drinks are amongst the unhealthy beverages that we consume. There are several chemicals in these beverages that can adversely affect various organs. These drinks are known to primarily affect the kidneys, damages varying from kidney failure to permanent kidney damage. A hallmark of kidney failure is proteinuria that is increased excretion of protein via urine. Proteinuria has been correlated with high consumption of carbonated beverages/soda in a study. Frequent and regular consumption of soda may also lead to health conditions like diabetes and hypertension. These conditions in turn cause stress on kidney function. There are a lot of components in a carbonated beverage, let us have a look at the list and their effects. Ingredient Effect · Phosphoric acid (Gives soda the tangy acidic taste...