Are You Suffering From Depression?

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated 17 million adult Americans suffer from depression during any 1-year period. Depression is a real illness and carries with it a high cost in terms of relationship problems, family suffering, and lost work productivity. Depression can seriously impair a person's ability to function in everyday situations.
Good News is that, depression is a highly treatable illness. Treatment of depression needs involvement of both medicinal as well psychotherapy. Prospects for recovery for depressed individuals who seek professional care are very good. By working with a qualified and experienced therapist, people suffering from depression can help regain control of their lives.

How much sleep do you need?

Everyone’s individual sleep needs vary. It is like number of bread pieces you need for your breakfast. Some of us are fine with just two pieces while other need as many as eight pieces. In general, most healthy adults are built for 16 hours of wakefulness and need an average of eight hours of sleep a night. However, some individuals are able to function without sleepiness or drowsiness after as little as six hours of sleep. Others can't perform at their peak unless they've slept ten hours. And, contrary to common myth, the need for sleep doesn't decline with age but the ability to sleep for six to eight hours at one time may be reduced. (Van Dongen & Dinges, Principles & Practice of Sleep Medicine, 2000)

What is Obesity?

Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and other mammals, exceeds healthy limits. It is commonly defined as a body mass index (weight divided by height squared) of 30 kg/m2 or higher.
Although obesity is an individual clinical condition, some authorities view it as a serious and growing public health problem. Some studies show that excessive body weight has been shown to predispose to various diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus type 2, sleep apnea and osteoarthritis.

How much food do you think you'll eat in a life time?

Every few years the British Government carries out a survey to find out how much people eat. These latest figure shows that the average person will eat more than 50 tonnes of food over an 80 years lifespan.

Health of a person

A person is said to be healthy, if he is having a desease free body and a sound mind. When a person wants a healthy life he needs to take care of both his body and mind.
Taking care of the physiology of his body means a good balanced diet and enough rest for his muscle, whereas his mind has to be trained to relax and ease stress. Mind also need good diet, not the one like body but a diet in the form of good knowledge.