ingoodfeather.com

At present, many pharmaceutical products or exceptional nutritional products are available in solid pill and capsule form. Especially for kids and seniors, these pills are hard to swallow. According to physicians, significant portion of people are having difficulty in ingesting pills and capsules. Glen Jensen – the founder of Agel, was inspired by the technology of Gel Suspension from the supplement intake of Athletes and astronauts. With Gel Suspension Technology, the essential nutrients and substances are able to ‘float’ in the fiber-based, gelatinous fluid. In such way, it allows us to ingest the supplements in an easier, more accurate and readily absorbed into our body.

According analysis and researches from physicians and doctors, they have resolved the following improvements and recognitions as the important keys why Gel Suspension Technology - Gelceuticals™ could be the new format and new generation in medicine ingestion:-

Portable
The science is clear. In order to get the most out of nutrients, we need to take them all the time and consume when we need them, in another word, we need to carry them with us all the time. In traditional medication, Without water and pill/powder, we are unable to take in the supplement. However, with soft suspension gel packs, it couldn’t be more grab-able, pocket-stuff-able, rip-and-sip-able and even fun to hold. This will only remind us to bring our portable nutritionist out with us whenever and wherever we are.

Suspension gel supplements are packaged in convenient packs that are highly portable, allowing availability at the appropriate time—no matter when it is. In addition, the gel can often be ingested without water, therefore facilitating optimal timing, even in extreme and unusual circumstances. By encouraging and allowing the correct timing and ingestion of food supplements, gel technology enhances the absorption and utilization of each nutrient.

Easier to Ingest
Everyone knows, pills are hard to swallow—and not just for kids and seniors. In addition, liquids is often tasted disgusting. Commented by Glen Jensen, with Suspension gel packs, the supplements taste great, and easier to sip, no spilling, no choking. The most crucial feature in the technology of Gel Suspension is no water is needed to add in the whole process of ingestion. All we have to do is just consume the whole pack of suspension gel and that’s it.

For some people, the difficulty in swallowing pills is merely a psychological phenomenon that deters the ingestion of large solid objects. Whatever the reason, these individuals miss out on the significant health benefits of nutritional supplementation. To encounter these, gel formulations are typically moist, smooth, flavorful and easy to swallow. By suspending nutrients in a gel, individuals with swallowing difficulties have a higher likelihood of easily ingesting nutritional supplements.

More Accurate in Dosage
Each suspension gel pack contains an exact dosage of the nutrients your body needs, and the patent-pending gel technology means you get every last drop when you “rip and sip.” No shaking. No ingredient sediments at the bottom that you miss. Each gel is a uniform blend of goodness with the same dosage of nutrients, every time.

Easy Absorption
What is bioavailability,the availability of the nutrients in food supplements is of paramount importance. If nutrients are not available for uptake in the gastro-intestinal tract, they are essentially useless. Some tablets and capsules have been well designed and tested to dissolve in the stomach and are extremely bioavailable. In another word, bioavailability defines as how readily your body can absorb the nutrients you swallow.

With Gel Suspension Technology, we can get can get immediate results from the nutrients and supplements. Problems such as pills and their coatings may or may not get broken down, liquids must be shaken and taken immediately can be ignored. With Gel Suspension Technology, nutrients in gel packs are always dissolved, suspended, and ready work in our body once consume.

With the introduction of suspension gel technology, all nutrients remain in their natural state, optimizing availability, and increasing the absorption and digestion of essential vitamins and minerals.

In a nutshell, Gelceuticals™ will change the way we take nutritional supplements. By increasing the ease-of-use, optimizing timing and enhancing absorption, gel technology widens the scope of supplementation—allowing a wider audience to benefit from dietary and nutritional improvements.

For more information, kindly visit www.agel.com and alexwongdreamteam.com

Recent research from US has shown that low-carbohydrate diet and low-fat diet are highly effective in maintain long-term of weight loss. However, if the the diet plan is focus on protein, which is highly emphasize on meats (protein source), such diet plan may actually increase more than latter twice on good cholesterol level in our body, and it may achieve better result within 6 months on weight loss.

Low-carbohydrate diet defines as diet plan which emphasizes on meat and less starch/carbohydrate. Previously researchers worried that such diet might lead to excessive fat intake and indirectly inrease the risk of heart disease. However, after long study from United States Temple University Obesity Research and Education Center, Gary Foster has proven that although the initiation of this diet plan would increase bad cholesterol level (LDL cholesterol), in the later phase, bad cholesterol level would be consequently lower down. This was because during the initiation state, our body were trying to adapt to the diet plan, once our body has adapted to the diet plan, improvement could be observed from your body.

Good cholesterol makes our blood more active and helps to circulate better blood flow in our body, it is able to effectively transport essential nutrients in and out to all the designated organs. Good cholesterol is also able to dissolve and clear the bad cholesterol which accumulate and stick on the vessel wall (which are the main cause of atherosclerosis).

According to shine from Yahoo, Women in US West Coast cities are ranked the healthiest in the country. Journal of the American Medical Association, Self magazine, and Centrum has concluded that there are 5 healthy practices which adopted by them to achieve healthy lifestyle:-

Eat more Fruits and Vegetables

According to women from San Francisco, their average monthly consumption of fruits is averagely maintain at 52 servings (or cup) of fruit.

United States Government Department of Health and Human Services advises that adults should consume 2,000 calories a day’s calories, consume averagely two servings of fruits and 2 and a half servings of vegetables.

You can easily meet this requirement, you may have a fruit and vegetable salad during your lunch meal, or a plate of vegetables salad for your dinner. During snack time, instead of taking fattening dessert, choose some fruit as a snack.

Getting Good Sleep

The 2009 Centrum Healthiest Cities Study reported that folks in California’s Orange County slumber best, while Seattleites get the worst sleep. Although the National Sleep Foundation recommends that adults should sleep for 7-9 hours each day, it also recognizes that everyone’s need of sleep is very different.

The key to good sleep is both weekdays and weekend work and rest rules to establish a sleeping timetable (establishing consistent sleep and wake schedules). Other techniques include the formation of a relaxing slumber regular sleep habits, at least 2 to 3 hours before going to bed without food, not drink and coffee and participate in regular physical activity during the day.

Workout Exercise

According to Self magazine’s 2008 study of America’s healthiest cities, women in Santa Ana, California (Santa Ana) exercise vigorously nearly 30 percent more than women from any other city

American Heart Association recommends 30 minutes a day and exercise per week, less than 5 days. If you want to lose weight, recommended 60 to 90 minutes a day, at least 5 days per week of aerobic exercise training coupled with gravity.

Maintaining Well-Being

Most doctors agree that mental health and physical health as important, and both are closely related. In all cities, San Jose, California (San Jose) of residents feel the most pleasure, and they have the longest life expectancy (males 78.1 years and for women 82.2 years).

British doctors commented that can do by smiling, in love, sleep, these can significantly improve physical and mental pleasure.

Enjoying the Great Outdoors

Portland, Oregon (Portland) ranked the healthiest cities in 2010, on top of that, it is also a paradise outdoor lover. The city has 147 miles scenic hiking trails, it’s no surprise that the green city’s residents score high in physical fitness and overall well-being.

With all sort of unresisting environment surrounding us (i.e. fast foods, coffee, smokes), we need to take in more effort to take care of our oral health. White teeth is not only a symbol of representing healthy manner, it gives extra point to charm your smile. According to Dentist, there are 6 undeniable reasons why we should maintain oral health:-

Enhance Self-Esteem and self-Confidence
Oral disease such as tooth decay and gum degradation affects not only our impression towards people, it causes bad breath as well. These could affect your personally image and self-esteem, eventually you may also lose confidence in yourself. By maintaining oral health, it could proportionately enhance quality of your life.

Reduce the risk of heart disease
Chronic inflammation of the gums is commonly caused by cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease, blood vessel blockage or even stroke. Experts do not 100% confirm that gum disease would result serious diseases in other parts of the body, however many studies have proven that defection in gums outcomes chronic diseases.

Enhance our Memory
According to Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, adults who were suffering from gingivitis (gums bleeding, swelling), their performance in verbal recall and memory thinking (2 frequent-use skills in daily life) were significantly reduced compare to healthy people.

Reduce in bacteria infection and inflammation to our body
Oral disease can easily cause pathogen infection to our body. According to one of the studies on elderly with poor oral hygiene or having periodontal disease, they are having great chance to get pneumonia. Bacteria can easily violate the lungs system and cause inflammation to our lungs.

Control Blood sugar level
Medically, people with diabetic difficulty has higher risk of getting disease infection, they often suffer from gum disease compare to normal people, and it will be harder for them to control the blood sugar level.

Avoid Premature birth
Pregnant women have higher chance of getting gingivitis compare to normal people, it is due to imbalance of nutrient absorptions from the baby. Furthermore, studies have also shown that pregnant women with gum disease could easily lead to premature birth and underweight baby.

According to the latest study presented by Laurel Finn at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Chronic Insomnia may lead to premature death, and other chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.

Researchers found out that there are four types of common insomnia: difficulty falling asleep, difficulty getting back to sleep, waking repeatedly and waking too early. According to the analysis proceeded from 1,872 participants. The overall mortality of these people were 3 times higher compare to people who did not have insomnia.

The risk of premature death is still under investigation. However, according to Finn, the risk of premature death is expecting to be 2 to 3 times higher among people who struggled to fall asleep, struggle get back to sleep, woek repeatedly and woke too early.

The study was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute on Aging; and the National Center for Research Resources.The results suggest a need for doctors to more effectively treat insomnia even if the patient does not have other chronic medical conditions.

The association between early death and chronic insomnia was independent of other self-reported chronic conditions that were taken into account, including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and depression.

Source taken from WedMD

Warning to people who are in favor of having midnight snack / supper, you may not only gain weight from having extra storage of calories in your body. According to Danish research, by having supper for more than twice you may have higher risk to lose more teeth compare to a normal people with normal diet.

According to the researchers from University of Copenhagen, Denmark, the secretion of saliva is particularly low during night time compare to day time. Our teeth would be lacking of natural fluid which helps to clean our mouth (minor-antibacterial effect). Dentist suggests that we should stop consuming any food 1 hour before brushing teeth.

Recent analysis was done in Department of Dental Health in Hospital of Hsinchu, China, more and more women at the age range 40 to 50 are having Gingival Recession, where the teeth are becoming highly sensitive.  According to the patients, cold or hot food may trigger great pain to their mouth. The patients can’t even perform a proper tooth cleaning as the pain is enormously pricking them. Physicians believe that such illness is caused by incorrect way of brushing teeth; patients are adding extra strength on brushing their teeth.

 According to Dr. Zhang, Gingival Recession is caused by loss of gum tissues and outcomes the an exposure in the roots of the teeth. It becomes one of the major dental illnesses among all middle-age people. The main reason is due to brushing too hard on the teeth (causing trauma and periodontal disease). Especially for women who had just gone through Menopause (heavy loss of Calcium and imbalanced flow of Hormone in the body). Other reasons such as protruding teeth, malposition of teeth, frenulum, or incorrect design of teeth denture also may outcome Gingival Recession.

 Ginvigal Recession which caused by excessive forces from incorrect brushing atrophy can be cured by imposing soft tissue on the roots of teeth through coverage surgery (if there is no loss of alveolar bone). However, patient needs to pay extra attention (softly) to brush their teeth after the surgery.

Latest study from Texas Tech University shows that women with asthma symptoms have 3% lower in getting ovarian cancer compare to normal women. And also, child who is allergic to mold or dust has 4% lower in getting leukemia. Reports from Harvard University also proves that people with asthma, eczema, hay fever and other allergic symptoms are less likely to get brain tumor compare to normal person.

According to HKUST Epidemiologist from Texas, when allergies are activated in the body of patient, it temporarily strengthen the immune system and increase the resistance to disease. This theoretically proves that people with allergy is less likely to get cancer compare to normal people.

Have you ever wondered why obese or overweight people sweat less than normal people? Some people even believe that such matter is due to the blockage of sweat glands (fats block all the accessibility of sweat glands etc.).

Verily, such is connected to our body of water. When we were born, our body had stored 75% of water. By the time we reach middle or old age, our body retains 50% or less water. Generally, overweight or obese people have less than 50% body water. Women tend to have more body fat than men, so they also have lower percentage of water compared to men.

For your information, fat cells cannot store water. Water is stored mostly in muscles. People with low mass of muscles tend to have less body water; this is why sportsmen can easily get sweat and fat people take so much of efforts to secret a drop of sweat. The lack of body water is referred to as ‘dehydration’. Many people do not even notice anything abnormal with small loss of water from their bodies. Water is important to us in the way that mental and physical functions are being compromised by content of body water. If your body water drops by as little as 2% of your body weight, your physical and mental function as well as the performance would start to be impaired. When water loss reaches up to 7% of body weight, the body may start to collapse.

We lose about 2 litres of water per day depending on our body mass, working / living environment, diet, lifestyle and physiological problems. 2/3 of water loss is through urine; 1/3 is lost through sweating, breathing or even bowel movements.

In state of dehydration, most water loss comes at the expense of our cellular health. Without healthy cells, we cannot have healthy organs for our body to function at its optimum.

1. Iron Deficiency Anemia

Iron Deficiency Anemia occurs when the dietary intake or absorption of iron is insufficient. This outcomes the hemoglobin, which contains iron, cannot be formed. According to nutritionist, tannic acid in tea can affect the absorption of iron in our body and worsen the Anemia condition of the patient.

2. Neurasthenia

Neurasthenia is the term use to describe a condition with symptoms of fatigue, anxiety, headache, neuralgia and depressed mood, people with weak mentality control. Caffeine in tea can make them easily get excited; indirectly increase basal metabolism and form insomnia in them.

3. Gastric Peptic Ulcer

It happens on certain area of the gastrointestinal tract which is acidic and pain to the wound. By drinking tea, the release of Caffeine from the tea could stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, causing the ulcer in the stomach to be more painful and affect the recovery.

 4. Urinary Calculi (Kidney Stone)

The stones are solid concretions or calculi (crystal aggregations) formed in the kidneys from dissolved urinary minerals. If stones grow to sufficient size before passage on the order of at least 2-3—millimeters they can cause obstruction of the ureter. The content of Oxalic acid in tea will lead to the formation of stone.

5. Liver function impairment

Liver plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body, including glycogen storage, decomposition of red blood cells, plasma protein synthesis, hormone production, and detoxification. For people who has impairment in liver, could possibly affect the metabolism for our body if plenty amount of caffeine (tea) are found in the liver, this increases the burden of the liver function and outcomes liver dysfunction

6. Constipation

Tanning fermentation from tea with convergence could weaken bowel peristalsis, this eventually increase constipation.

7. Breast Feeding

Woman who breast feed their child is not allow to drink tea due to the substance of Caffeine in the tea, Through milk, this chemical substance could go into the baby. For your information, infants are not allow to consume caffeine due to undeveloped digestive system, therefore it could possibly cause intestinal cramps, anemia to the infant.

8. Heart Disease

High content of Caffeine from the tea could cause burden to the heart. Drinking too much of tea would cause rapid heartbeat and arrhythmias may occur. Seek for doctor advise before you drink any tea

9. Pregnant woman

According to survey from researchers, pregnant women who consistently drinks fixed amount of tea everyday until the birth of the baby, could cause baby to develop / grow in an abnormal way as substances of the tea block and alter the growth of the baby in mother’s womb, this causing them to grow thin, frail and even possibly to produce a Siamese baby (worse condition).

10. Drunk

Most of the people believe that tea could ease drunk and sober. However, the truth is when there is plenty of alcohol content in our bloodstream; consuming caffeine (tea) could adversely speed up the heartbeat. To the worse condition, the this two substances (alcohol and caffeine) mix together, it may cause permanent damage to our heart function.