Healthy Living

This page contains translated articles from a Belgian Health website. Although written for western people in a four-season-a-year environment, Filipinos can apply/benifit from some of the descriptions in the articles.

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Diabetes is a condition in which the level of glucose or sugar in the blood is chronically elevated. That is why one also speaks of 'sugar' or diabetes. Philippine Statistics Authority data showed that deaths due to diabetes ranked fourth in 2020 at 37,265, after heart diseases (99,680), cancer (62,289), and cerebrovascular diseases (59,736).

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Most early symptoms of diabetes are the result of a blood glucose level that is higher than normal. The warning signs can be so mild that you don't notice them. This is especially true with type 2 diabetes. In type 1, symptoms usually occur quickly, in a few days or a few weeks. They are also much more serious.

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For most people, memory slowly deteriorates with age. You learn new things less easily than before, you forget something, you think less quickly... That's normal.

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It is estimated that more than 30 percent of adults or about 1 in 3 to 4 adults have high blood pressure or arterial hypertension. This percentage is constantly increasing.

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No matter how easy they make life, the smartphone remains the subject of debate: is it a risk factor for cancer or not? Some see no mischief in it and remain inseparable from their device, for others it is a source of headaches, because the radiation from your mobile phone turns out not to be completely harmless. Science also makes a split: while some studies suggest a possible risk of cancer, other studies stubbornly reject this hypothesis.

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A lush and healthy head of hair, it is not for everyone. But with these nutrients, you can lend a hand to mother nature and stimulate healthy hair growth.

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In most cases, scrolling through social media is an innocent leisure activity, but sometimes it ends in a true addiction. A social media addiction is a behavioral addiction that is characterized as an uncontrollable urge to use social networking sites, to the extent that other important activities in your life suffer. Some people would be more susceptible to this type of addiction, for example, people who are narcissistic or have low self-esteem.

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Potatoes can be prepared in many different ways. But how healthy are potatoes exactly? And are they 'fatteners', as many think?

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Many people, young and old, swear by an afternoon nap. But is it actually healthy to sleep during the day? And how can you ensure that it benefits your mental and physical fitness as much as possible?