Bean appears to be a universally popular vegetable. Especially beans can be used with fish. There are other uses of beans as well as found suitable. The nutrient contents of bean include adequate proportion of protein, fiber, vitamin-C, Zinc and minerals. These are considered as essential elements for human body. Bean is known for its low level of calorie content. The seeds of bean can meet the requirements of essential proteins for those people who do not eat proteins directly or do not eat meat or fish. The people who have limitations to eat proteins should always consult physicians to eat bean.
The typical nutritional properties of bean as well as minerals as contained in bean appears to reduce loss of hair and add to stabilize hair health.
The dietary fibre content of bean is useful for people who are suffering from constipation. Besides, this is also considered to be effective for the prevention of colon cancer.
The nutritional quality of bean also helps to refresh dry skin and stabilize skin quality when beans are eaten regularly, as found appropriate and suitable.
A research finding suggests that the nutrient contents of bean also improve the body immune capacity considerably.
Bottle Gourd is found to be a health friendly vegetable food. This can be used as cooked food or as juice, as necessary. The food is very light on stomach and it also aids in quick digestion. The nutrient contents of bottle gourd appear to have multiple useful effects on human health. The nutrients contents of bottle gourd include vitamin A, B complex, vitamin C, folic acid, and fatty acid. 100 gm. of bottle gourd contains water 96.10 gm, fiber 0.6 gm, protein 0.2 gm, fat 0.1 gm, carbohydrate 2.5 gm, and energy 12 kcalorie. The low calorie content bottle gourd indicates that there is little chance to gain weight and become fatty by eating bottle gourd. But the people who are vulnerable to cold or allergic to cold should avoid eating bottle gourd.
Bottle gourd is useful to stabilize health. Bottle gourd is able to preserve and stabilize body moisture content, when eating bottle gourd regularly. The adequate water content of bottle gourd helps to maintain the body water balance. It is also effective against the loss of water caused due to attack of diarrhea. Bottle gourd supports to improve the kidney functions. It is also helpful to prevent urinary infection. Bottle gourd is an ideal vegetable for those who are suffering from diseases associated with high blood pressure. The vegetable aids in controlling body temperature. Bottle gourd is very useful for those who are suffering from sleep disorder.
The above description about the many properties of bottle gourd indicates the usefulness of gourd as a suitable and effective food item especially for those who are on a low calorie diet, suffering from stomach and digestive problems, urinary track problems and the like.
Obesity or excess body weight appears to be a threat to human health for various reasons. Excess body weight means accumulation of excess fat in the body resulting in heart diseases, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, etc.
A short account of excess body weight and health risks or various health hazards associated with excess body weight is presented below:
Excess body weight or obesity is the main cause for osteoarthritis. This excess body weight cause problems in knee, wrist or backbone. Sometimes the bones are detached and put pressure on nerves. This may need surgical operation also. Besides, obesity or excess body weight may cause the problem like carpal tunnel syndrome due to gout, increase in blood uric acid level, or pressure on nerves.
The elasticity of abdominal muscle becomes weak as a result of obesity and increase the risk of hernia. This risk may be extended also to stitching after any surgery.
The veins in the legs get swelled and become blue (varicose vein) due to excess body weight.
The risk to develop gall stones is higher in case of people with excess body weight. The risk is more in case of women beyond 40 years of age with obesity. Besides, the cause of food coming up through esophagus (reflux) is also due to excess body weight. Accumulation of fat in kidney or fatty liver is a common problem of people with excess body weight. Researches also indicate that excess body weight is also responsible for cancer of intestine.
The people with excess body weight are more vulnerable to diabetes as compared to others. Moreover, the manifestation of complications associated with diabetes appears to be more in case of people with obesity.
The people with excess body weight have more nose-noise at night. The main cause of respiratory obstruction (sleep apnea) is obesity. Besides, the people with excess body weight get tired with little labor.
The excess body weight is the cause for developing cyst in the uterus as well as for loss of fertility in women. Besides obesity appears to be associated with breast cancer as well as cancer of ovary.
Various skin related problems like transformation of skin color to black, infection in skin folders (Candida infection) and deposit of water in lymph nodes are the problems of people with excess body weight.
It has also been proved that the gaining of overweight or excess body weight cum obesity is also associated with various psychological problems.
Under the above backdrop Researchers and Scientists around the globe are advocating more intensely to maintain appropriate body weight in order to manage the obesity and health risks and reduce the risks of excess body weight and intensity of different fatal diseases associated with excess body weight or gaining overweight.
