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Between chicken and meat, what is the preference? – By Dr harold Gunatillake Website: www.Doctorharold.com Much of the pro-vegetarian research out there will try to convince you that humans are natural herbivores, that we’re not meant to eat meat. In reality, our digestive characteristics show we’re omnivorous, according to a talk for the Vegetarian Research Group by John McArdle. Most Sri Lankans other than vegetarians and vegans eat chicken or red meat once or twice a week with rice and curry. In Sri Lanka, people eat more chicken than beef or mutton due to the price difference. So, the question is how often should you eat chicken? Can you eat chicken every day without affecting your health? Grilled or baked chicken throughout the week is the suggested way to prepare chicken. You can make simple, healthy chicken dinners, served as a curry, and enjoy them with your rice or bread. ...

Aug 3, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged Beef, Calcium, cardiovascular diseases, Chicken, diabetes, Dr. Harold Gunatillake, Health, iron, liver disease, pork, protein, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, zinc

Keeping your Kidneys Healthy – by Dr harold Gunatillake Transcript: Your kidneys get rid of waste in your body and help you hold on to the right amount of fluid. They also send out hormones that keep your blood pressure steady, and they play a role in making red blood cells. They even make a form of vitamin D that’s good for your bones. Just the way you check your blood cholesterol to keep the ticker working, you need to think of doing the right thing for your kidneys to keep them healthy. They are silent organs, makes no fuss, but you need to think of keeping them healthy with the right lifestyles and nutrition. You need to be aware that certain drugs, continuous usage harms your kidneys. Common examples are ibuprofen and naproxen taken for arthritic pains. They do damage your kidneys if taken too many times a day. ...

Feb 15, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged blood pressure, Calcium, cholesterol, potassium, r kidney, sodium

Depriving your heart muscles with Calcium can lower your blood pressure.-By Dr Harold Gunatillake Transcript: The drugs used are called Calcium channel blockers Let us talk about them. During contraction of the heart muscles to pump blood to the periphery and simultaneously receiving the venous blood, calcium particles in the blood seems to enter the heart muscle cells with each contraction, and also the calcium contribute to the electrical signaling that coordinates the heart function, by slowing down the electrical impulses initiated by the sinoatrial node (SA-node), which gives you a lower pulse rate. It is also important to have the right concentration of potassium in the blood for the calcium to act. If there is high potassium concentration in your blood that can cause cardiac arrest because the calcium found within heart muscle cells seem to be pumped out. So, it is important to check your blood potassium level ...

Nov 24, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged blood pressure, Calcium