Drink plenty of water during the day & night By Dr harold Gunatillake-health writer Drink a glass of water every few hours a day. When you get up in the morning drinking a glass or two of cool water with lemon slice in it helps you to wake up and refresh you for the rest of the day. Hydrating your self has many advantages. Water is life, after all life begins in water. You not only tone your body with hydration, it helps digestion of food and corrects many other metabolic issues. Remember, always when you go for your routine blood tests drink plenty of water to hydrate the blood stream.   Drinking a glass of water before meals dilutes your gastric juice, and minimises cravings and hunger crashes. You tend to eat less and can help weight loss. It aids fat mobilisation and less fat is absorbed. Water helps ...

Calcium needs of your body by Dr Harold Gunatillake You need to take calcium daily and it is also most abundant mineral in your body. It is found sufficiently in your food (discuss later), dietary supplements and present in some medications like antacids. Calcium is required for contraction and dilatation of arteries, muscle contractions, for nerve transmission, for hormonal secretions and other metabolic functions. Lack of calcium causes nerve irritability and nerve conduction is disorganised. You get a condition called tetany where your fingers and joints can twist to cause pain and dysfunction. Calcium blocking agents like Amlodipine (Norvasc) is used to slow down the heart muscle action to reduce the high blood pressure in patients. The body regulates the calcium in the blood and does not allow to fluctuations with dietary calcium intake, as the body uses the calcium reserves in the bones when there is a shortage in ...