Real cold or flu?

The symptoms of colds and flu can be very similar. But whether it is a harmless cold or an actual infection with influenza viruses, can lay is difficult to identify. Look in case of doubt necessarily a physician.

As a guide can serve the following information:

- The influenza occurs almost abruptly, while a conventional creeping cold is in full swing.
- Influenza is almost always with fever, muscle pain and fatigue associated. These symptoms are a traditional cold rather rare and not always occur simultaneously.
- Colds, however, occurs in connection with influenza rather rare, when a cold is almost always.

Tip: Protect yourself against a flu vaccination.

Rules for full food

1. Versatile Food
Enjoy the food diversity. There is no healthy, unhealthy or even forbidden foods. On the quantity, selection and combination there.

2. Cereal products - several times a day and plenty of potatoes
Bread, pasta, rice, cereals, preferably from whole grain, and potatoes contain little fat. But they have plenty of vitamins, minerals, trace elements and fibre and secondary plant materials.

3. Vegetables and fruit - Take 5 on the day…
Enjoy 5 servings of fruit and vegetables a day, preferably fresh, cooked only briefly, or as juice - the ideal way to each main meal and also as a snack: This takes plenty of vitamins, minerals and fiber and secondary plant substances such as carotenoids and flavonoids supplies . The best thing you can do for your health.

4. Daily milk and milk products, once a week, fish, meat, sausages and eggs in moderation
These foods contain valuable nutrients, like calcium in milk, iodine, selenium and omega-3 fatty acids in fish. Meat is due to the high contribution of free iron and vitamins B1, B6 and B12 beneficial. Quantities of 300 to 600g of meat and sausage per week is sufficient. If you prefer low-fat products, especially meat products and dairy products.

5. A little fat and fatty foods
Big rich foods usually taste particularly good. Too much dietary fat makes bold and promotes long-term development of cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Keep about the fat in food borders. 70-90 grams of fat a day, preferably vegetable origin, provide sufficient life (essential) fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins and round the taste of food. That makes a good third less fat than before. Look for the hidden fat in meat products and some confectionery, dairy products and biscuits.

6. Sugar and salt in moderation
Enjoy sugar and added sugar to food or drink only occasionally. Creative seasoning with herbs and spices and a little salt. Use in any case iodized salt.

7. Plenty of liquid
Water is vital. Do you drink about 1.5 litres of fluid each day. Alcoholic beverages should only occasionally and then in small quantities are consumed. In men are the 0.5 liter beer or 0.25 litres of wine or 0.06 liters of alcohol per day, half for women. This represents about 20 milliliters or 25 grams of pure alcohol.

8. Tasty and carefully prepared
They cook their meals at the lowest possible temperature, as far as it is short, with little water and little fat. This is the natural taste, conserves nutrients and preventing the formation of harmful compounds.

9. Take your time, enjoy your meal
Conscious Food helps to eat properly. The eye eats. Let your time when eating. This is fun, suggests that many access and promotes the feeling of satiety.

10. Pay attention to your desired weight and stay in motion
With the right weight you feel comfortable and with plenty of movement remain in momentum. Do something for fitness, well-being and your figure.

Evening no vitamins

Actually, they are not enough vitamins to take. In the evening, however, you should hold back. Because vitamins stimulate the metabolism and can be for people to sleep disorders.

Do not therefore be a late hour high vitamins, such as multi-vitamin tablets, marketplace.

Sunbathing strengthens the vision

To stimulate your photoreceptor cells: Bathe regularly morning or evening quarter hour in the sun. Close your eyes and enjoy the warmth. Move the eyeballs and the head now and again. So is the light from all sides.

The heat stimulates the bleeding in the eyes. These are better supplied with oxygen and you will see better.

Worse sleep with alcohol

The one, two beer in the evening may be relaxing and tiring work. For a good sleep but they do not care. Alcohol affects relaxirrend so heavily on relaxing muscles. This also affects the muscles of the throat and upper respiratory tract. The result: With alcohol may otherwise quiet sleepers to Schnarchern.

Moreover, the nightcap existing sleep problems. People with the inclination to Atemaussetzern during sleep (sleep apnea) may promote their problem with alcohol.

As organic solvents alcohol dampening effect on the central nervous system. This disturbs the normal sleep schedule and the change in the sleep stages. With the reduction in the alcohol effect is often wakes after three or four hours and is having problems again einzuschlafen.

In addition, specially beer diuretic - one during the night on the toilet, which unnecessarily interrupted sleep.

Healthy teeth through proper oral hygiene

While children and young people always better to their oral hygiene care is the dental health of adults in middle age badly.

This is the result of a study by the University of Freiburg clinic under the direction of Prof. Hellwig, was published in 1999. More than 90 percent of the participants were gum inflammation and bleeding gums with a high proportion of dental caries at the root diagnosed.

The KKH Commercial health insurance has the opportunity in its members magazine four basic rules for dental hygiene to formulate the so-called four pillars of prevention.

It is recommended…

…At least twice daily, morning after breakfast and evening before bedtime, to clean the teeth;

Sweet… largely to avoid the potential sugar drinks to take and varied and fibre food to eat, to stimulate vigorous chewing;

…Regularly and in sufficient quantity Fluoride (fluoridhaltige toothpastes or preparations) to apply because they protect against tooth decay among others;

…Twice a year to the dentist to go so small mutilated bodies detected at an early stage and large damage does not even arise.