Teen Health Online

Tobacco

What is Tobacco?

Tobacco is a two sided god’s gift. A magical cure-all for physical ills of life, a filthy habit, a solace to a sailor or lonely soldier, an addiction, and lastly the greatest disease-causing product.

In United States, cigarette smoking accounts for major cause of cardiovascular disease and cancer, each year contributing to millions of premature deaths. Yet

1/3 to 1/4 of American adults addicted to smoke.

The dentists have repeatedly discouraged tobacco use. Only 6-8% of dentists are considered as regular users.

It is really important to know the harmful effects. Tobacco products are more abuse dependent than simple use. The nicotine absorption is through the oral mucosa and lungs. Nicotine once in blood stream, acts on the cardiovascular and central nervous systems.

The nicotine in tobacco products in substantial amounts is considered as a powerful addictive drug. The addictive potential and processes is equal with cocaine, morphine and heroine.

Acne Terminated

Apply honey as facemask twice weekly – Honey’s antibacterial properties heals minor blemishes and good for disinfecting. It is great on gentle sensitive skin.

Wash your face twice daily using acne soap - Sulfur based soap are best for acne.wash your face twice daily.Once  in the morning and other before bedtime at night.

While washing your face be gentle - Scrubbing or using rough cloth are not advised. Over washing causes increase in acne by stimulating sebaceous glands resulting in more production of sebum.

Keep your hair off your face – Keep your face free of hair for those with long hair. Hair contains oils which contribute to breakouts. Everyday,wash your hair & after workouts.

Prescribe a multi-vitamin – Your skin feeds on nutrition. Most commonly neglected vital organ. Lack of  the right nutrition in body, it fight back. Resulting in production of excessive sebum, pores are clogged and the ability to heal and bacteria reistance is reduced.

Your diet should include chromium – Chromium is a weight loss diet. But also heals skin infections excellently. supplementing chromium once a day helps in quickly healing your pimples and future breakouts are prevented.

Carrots is a good source of Vitamin A (beta-carotene) – Vitamin A helps to strengthen skin’s protective tissue and  prevents acne. reduces sebum production. This Vitamin A is essential for the tissue repair and maintenance of the skin. Vitamin A  is a powerful antioxidant.Vitamin A deficiency can cause acne.

Makeup should be avoided – Residue of makeup products on skin causes clogged pores, more pimples & blackheads. use water-based makeup if must.

Do not squeeze or pick  your pimples or blackheads – Do not touch, rub,scratch or squeeze your pimples and blackheads.these actions increases the production of sebum. Plus, while squeezing,the membranes underneath your skin are ruptured.causing infection & sebum spreads below your skin. resulting in more pimples.

Pillow case should be washed everyday – The oils and dirt from skin is absorbed by the pillow case. which causes breakouts. Keep your pillow cases and sheets clean.

Eat zinc rich foods  – Zinc is a good an antibacterial agent &a necessacity for the glands which produces oil in the skin. A zinc low diet causes acne breakouts.

Drug addiction is a chief problem being faced by all parents. Following three tips may help parents to keep a check on their children & help them to live a drug free life:

Do you wanna be a loser ?

Know your child’s friends & family:
It is the duty of every parent to know about their child’s friends & families properly. It will facilitate you to be familiar with their behavior as well.

Treat your child graciously in any situation:
One of the finest ways to help your child to understand about harsh consequences of drug maltreatment is to shower your love & care onto your child. Speak to your children & treat them as friends & make them understand consequences of drugs.

Keep a record of your child’s schedule:
Ask your children whenever he or she goes out of the house. Make certain that where your child is going & with whom (As company matters a lot).

Keep in mind, drug addiction is a severe problem & it needs suitable attention & care. Bond up with your child & give her/him a happy childhood.

Improve Your Health

Here’s a list to improve teens health as quick as possible:-

1 – Eat lots of fruits

2- Less rest & more workouts:
It’s tough for teens to lose weight while they are resting 5 minutes between sets.
You need to get up & workout more.
Do at least 4 sets of jumping jacks, it’ll work!

3- Lift weights to lose weight:
Teen health is awful because they, especially females, waste their time on the jogger & elliptical.
Teen’s health would greatly perk up with shorter workouts involving lifting more weights, & teen fitness would not be such an issue if teenagers workout daily.

4- If going for cardio, accuracy matters a lot.
Long distance running or walking will not improve teen health.
Do a short run (less than 60 seconds) followed by a shorter walk.
This will greatly help teens in getting fit. It will also help in help losing weight, especially for girls.

5- Do not isolate your muscles.
Teen’s health or teen’s fitness will not develop unless they learn to work out correctly. Bicep curls will not improve teen’s health or teen’s fitness.
Key to healthy lifestyle is to maintain a proper schedule of everything in your life.

Try these steps and who knows you might be lucky…

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  Clean & Clear

  Wash your face with warm clean water and a soap or better still a face wash meant for acne in a gentle circular motions two times a day .though Over washing can cause skin to become irritated. Benzoyl peroxide is also recommended by some beauty experts after cleansing, which decrease oil and bacteria.( the two main causes zits.)

• Don’t pop pimples: Popping it often pushes infected material deeper into the skin, leading to more swell,redness and even more irritated. If you  happen to notice a zit before a big day. Please don’t get tempted to pop it, stay tention free,because doing so, you’ll make it worse instead see a dermatologist,who can offer a safe and fast remedy.
• Remove makeup before you snooze off:this is a must for every beauty routine. but please with a cleanser meant for your skin type.
• Use face packs once a week meant for oily skin  to keep pimples at bay and the skin problem free,as it clears skin surface clearing it by opening pores.
• Its important that you follow the three most  popular and important three steps:Cleansing,Toning and moisturizing.