Showing posts with label Side. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Side. Show all posts

Thursday, October 28, 2010

All about : Gall Bladder Surgery Diet











After diet gall bladder surgery after the procedure will help with recovery time. The diet also reduces some of the unpleasant side effects associated with surgery of the gall bladder.
The gallbladder is a small organ located just beneath the liver. It stores bile created by the liver between meals. When a meal is eaten, bile enters the intestine and helps in digestion and the transfer of fat from the intestine and body.
If the gallbladder is surgically removed, no longer exists anywhere in the bile is stored. The liver still produces bile but goes straight to the gut to perform the intended function.It's a good idea to eat five or six small meals a day, when this diet. Be sure to avoid fried foods and processed foods. Stick with fresh whole foods, and try to use organic food whenever possible. The following list of key "allowed" foods and avoid those that are a guideline. Discuss diet with your dietitian if you are unsure about whether or not a food to be eaten.Foods to include

    
* Sweet
    
* Okra
    
Beet *
    
* Green Beans
    
* Avocado
    
* Fresh garlic and onions
    
* Tomatoes
    
Grapes *
    
* Apples
    
* Berries
    
* Vegetable juice
Foods to avoid

    
* Fried Food
    
* Saturated fats
    
* Red meat
    
* Dairy products
    
* Eggs
    
* Margarine
    
* Pork
    
* Oranges
    
* Grapefruit
    
* Coffee
    
* Cola
    
* Maize
    
* Ice cream
    
* Wheat
    
* Barley
    
* Chocolate
    
* Radishes
    
* Turnips
    
* Cabbage
Removing the gallbladder will help with the symptoms of pain, but not the entire answer to getting back to good health. You need to follow a diet that includes a variety of healthy foods while eliminating harmful substances. This does not mean abolition of healthy fat from your diet. Be sure you drink enough fluid each day to prevent stomach acid from becoming too concentrated.
After surgery of the gall bladder, bile is already present in the intestines. This speeds the process of digestion. Diarrhea is the only true side effect of removing the gallbladder. It can last for years after surgery, but tends to improve without treatment. There is no evidence that changing your diet can stop diarrhea, but there are steps you can take to not burden the digestive system. Avoid the following foods and circumstances:

    
* Alcohol
    
* Eating Fatty Foods
    
* The intake of food and drinks containing caffeine
    
* The consumption of dairy products
    
* Eating spicy foods
    
* Overeating
    
* Eat foods packed






Tuesday, October 26, 2010

All about : Melatonin Side Effects











Melatonin side effects may interfere with your health, even though melatonin has been used to treat sleep disorders for some time. Those who may be considering adding to the sleep aid should be fully aware of the risks involved. To understand the effects, consider how melatonin in the body.

Melatonin is a natural hormone produced in the body. It helps to control the natural sleep-to-wake cycle, or the natural rhythm of the body to know when to sleep and when to wake up. Melatonin levels are highest just before it was time to go to bed. The hormone running through the blood to encourage you to go to bed.
The sleep cycle is regulated by your exposure to light and darkness. When exposed to light, the retina sends a message through the nerve pathway in the brain to let you know that it is time to wake up. In the hypothalamus, a brain specific above chiasmatic nucleus (SCN) responds by sending messages to other body parts to get you moving, including hormones. It sends exactly the right hormones in your body to stimulate, including cortisol. It also regulates when your body makes hormones to help you sleep
In physical form, no side effects from melatonin. It is a hormone that is regulated by the SCN is generated only when it gets dark. Some have the pill form of melatonin to help encourage sleep, believing that adding more to the system would only encourage more sleep. It is often used to treat insomnia or other sleep disorders.
When melatonin is released into the body from the SCN, will start to get tired. The amount of melatonin in the body peak and begin to feel less alert. Want to sleep. This level of melatonin can be high for as long as 12 hours. The light from the new day will cause the body to stop its production.
Melatonin is available in many health food stores and are often advertised as a cure sleep. It is the only hormone available without prescription in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not regulate the production or control production of the hormone, as do other drugs. This raises a number of problems with over-the-counter melatonin:

    
* There is no FDA monitoring of the companies that manufacture the
    
* A typical dose of the synthetic product often contains 1 to 20 times the amount of melatonin in the body
    
* The side effects need not be included in the package
    
* When administered to animals, can cause changes in blood pressure and decreases fertility
    
* There is a high risk of disease, especially in patients who have heart-related problems
Melatonin Side Effects
The effects of melatonin can cause several problems in patients. When naturally in the body, melatonin has no negative side effects, but makes you sleepy.
Synthetics or natural hormones are not administered under a doctor's care can cause a number of side effects. Side effects vary from one person to another and their severity can also vary:

    
* Daytime sleepiness, even after a restful night
    
* Dizziness, spinning room
    
* Headaches, sometimes severe
    
Abdominal pain and discomfort;