Healthy heart is for sound and normal life. Heart attack can take away your life without giving any warning. About twenty million people die each year from heart attack around the globe. About 40% of people die from heart attack before they could avail any medical support in the hospital. This situation suggests that adequate preventive measures should be taken to avert the risk of heart attack.

The factors affecting heart attack or the factors having manifold affects on increasing the risk for heart attack include the following:

• History of heart disease of any member of the family.
• Uncontrolled diabetes.
• Uncontrolled high blood pressure.
• Excessive smoking or drinking of alcohol.
• Overweight or obesity and  idle life style.
• Intake of excessive salt.
• Tension and stress.
• Unhygienic food habit

The awareness about the heart attack and a disciplined and regulated life style can reduce the risk of heart attack significantly.

The diabetes should be kept under control. High level of sugar in blood brings negative change in blood vessels which accelerate the process of heart attack.High blood pressure should be kept under control. Blood pressure should be monitored regularly. Change the life style. Take prescribed medicine regularly.Shun the use of smoking, tobacco chewing and other tobacco related products.Blood arteries and veins face various problems as a result of toxic reactions of tobacco products.Control excess weight. The heart need to labor harder for this overweight.There is no alternative to physical exercise. Walk regularly. Build up habit for physical labor.Avoid salt with food.Take food with less carbohydrate and cholesterol.Select vegetables, fruits and food with adequate fiber contents.Avoid  anger, excessive fear and mental pressure.

The above analysis suggests that the risk of heart attack could be minimized and prevented significantly by following necessary prescriptions and controlled and regulated lifestyle overtime.

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.

The health effects of honey have been recognized from the time immemorial. Nutritional and medicinal qualities of honey are many. Honey is non-toxic and has powerful anti-bacterial properties. Honey contains sugars (glucose and fructose); minerals like magnesium, potassium, calcium, chloride, sculpture , iron and phosphate; and vitamins of various kinds. The anti-oxidants contents of honey are able to fight against specific germs. These specific properties of honey are able to increase the body immune capacity   as well as prevent attack from infections.

Nutritional qualities of honey is worth mentioning. . Honey is a useful food supplement. Honey contains sugar and it supplies instant energy when consumed.

Medicinal benefits of honey are manifolds. Honey has been found to be very useful for treatment of wounds vis-à-vis healing wounds.  Honey is effective to cure allergies.

Honey has been very effective against sore throat and coughs especially for children. A kind of layer is formed on throat and respiratory membranes immediately after swallowing of honey.  This protects the membranes from attack of germs. Besides, this influences the actions of the sensitive nerves of throat which dilute the dry cough and uneasiness . However, some precautions are necessary to be taken in case of use of honey. This advice for use of honey is not recommended for children under one year old.

Anti-oxidants contents of honey reduce the damage to the colon in colitis.

Honey can be used for skin conditioning-it can reduce facial redness and acne. It can also be used for conditioning of hair.

Honey has many health and effective benefits. Health and honey are closely associated. Nevertheless, the original quality of honey may get deteriorated or even produce toxicity if it is not preserved and stored properly.