After 4 Healthy Reasons for Drinking Beer – Get Me a Beer, One More! Cheers!

One may not like a beer belly, but it is just not possible to deny that if ever there were a belly which is not entirely hazardous to health it had to be a beer belly. Before I start blabbing about the health benefits of beer in a pompous and bombastic manner as if I had unveiled a lost treasure, it needs to be mentioned anything consumed in plentiful or in an inordinate amount is harmful, and so is beer. Drinking beer (or any alcoholic beverage for that matter) in an excessive amount may eventually lead to liver and/or kidney dysfunction. Short term effects of consuming beer in plentitude include lost mental awareness and lowered visual acuity which together makes driving after beer intake not only hazardous but also fatal. Long term effects include weight gain as one glass of beer may contain anything between 150 to 450 calories depending on the brand. Also, consumption of beer by pregnant women can prove to be fatal for the unborn child who may get poisoned by the beer which it can receive through the umbilical chord.

Besides the above mentioned hazards, beer is not such a bad drink to consume. In fact, latest research shows that splurging on beer may actually protect your heart from strokes and your arteries from hardening. Studies suggest that drinkers have less fibrinogen, a protein that stimulates heart strokes.

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If you are overweight and spending hours in the gym is just not your thing, then dancing is just the thing for you. Whoever said that a weight loss program is a serious matter must have been joking. Dancing not only makes weight loss programs a lot of fun, it also liberates one from the unsavory diet food and the laborious work outs in the gym. To know dancing does not necessarily mean to be professionally trained in some dance form like salsa or tango. It only means that you should be able to move your body in harmony with the music being played. What is important here is that whenever you are moving your body to a tune, you are getting some exercise done and enjoying it too.

Certain advantages of dancing may be summed up as the following:

1. Helps you loose calories.

Dancing if done for a certain amount of time can burn away as many calories as swimming, walking or riding a bicycle. You can burn anything between 200 to 400 calories in a continuous dancing session of thirty minutes depending on the distance you cover.

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Heroin is one of the most powerful drugs ever made and heroin addiction is the worst addiction to be in, in this world. It is a very powerful drug derived from morphine, a natural compound found in certain species of poppy plants. It was first introduced to treat respiratory problems commercially by the Bayer Company. It was also used to treat addiction to morphine. During that time, people didn’t recognize heroin as a strong drug. In the last century, this drug was easily available at a cheap rate. This is why; heroin addiction has become a prominent problem in world majorly in teenagers.

Heroin Addiction alters the brain alchemy by dispelling and replacing the endorphin. Because of this reason, the addiction to the drug is very high, that is why it is said that only 2 to 3 dosages of heroin make you addicted to it.

Heroin addiction causes respiratory problems, mental health confusion, sickness, puking and infections. People with constant use of heroin commonly reports terrible headaches, muscle nipping, violent tendencies and delusions as common side effects. Other consequences of heroin addiction can be efflorescence and ulcers, mental disabilities, no control on body movements and respiring troubles.

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Medicines can be clubbed into three broad categories namely, prescribed medicines, non-prescribed medicines and complementary medicines. Prescribed drugs are those which cannot be purchased without a doctor’s prescription. These include antibiotics, strong painkillers and contraceptive pills. Non-prescribed medication is also referred to as OTC or over the counter pills. These do not require a doctor’s prescription and can be bought from any pharmacy. OTCs mostly include light painkillers, cough/cold medicines, etc. Complementary medicines are also OTCs and can also be called alternate or traditional medicines. These comprise of vitamins, minerals, herbs, aromatherapy, aqua puncture, homeopathy and ayurveda.

Non-prescribed medicines even though available over the counter should be consumed with a lot of chariness. They may react to an individual’s allergies giving disastrous results. Sometimes, they may also react with other drugs being consumed by the user and form a fatal combination. Certain drugs are meant for adults or older children only and should not be administered to infants. Also, various OTCs are extremely dangerous for pregnant women and should not be consumed without consulting a pharmacist or a doctor.

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