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Prevention is better than cure. A healthy body, prevention is ain't enough, consistent body check up is mandatory. How much you know about your own healthy? There are plenty of home use body check up devices in the market.

1. Blood Pressure (BP) - is a force exerted by circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels. During each heartbeat, BP varies between a maximum systolic and a minimum pressure. The mean BP, due to pumping by the heart and resistance in blood vessels, decreases as the moves away from the heart through arteries.

The following classification of blood pressure applies to adults aged 18 and older.


Normal category will be between 90 to 120 for systolic and 60 to 80 for diastolic.

REMEMBER:

- Always take more than 2 times while measure BP, average result will be more accurate.

- Avoid eating, smoking, and exercising for at least 30 minutes before taking a measurement.


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2. Electrocardiography (ECG) Monitors - is a transthoracic interpretation of the electrical activity of the heart over time captured and externally recorded by skin electrodes. With ECG monitors, the users are able to pay attention to their heart conditions by themselves. Most of ECG monitor devices are useful and helpful to user who who are potentially suffered from cardiovascular diseases like hypertension, diabetes or coronary heart disease, or experienced symptoms like heart-throb or stuffy chest.

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> Heal Force Prince 180B

3. oxygen saturation (S_O2 ) - ratio of oxyhemoglobin to the total concentration of hemoglobin present in the blood. An Sa_O2 (arterial oxygen saturation) value below 90% causes hypoxemia (which can also be caused by anemia). Hypoxemia due to low Sa_O2 is indicated by cyanosis. When arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation is measured non-invasively by pulse oximetry, it is called SpO2. (Methods for measuring oxygen saturation level)

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4. Prothrombin time (PT) - Its derived measures of prothrombin ratio (PR) and international normalized ratio (INR) are measures of the extrinsic pathway of coagulation. They are used to determine the clotting tendency of blood, in the measure of warfarin dosage, liver damage, and vitamin K status. The reference range for prothrombin time is usually around 12–15 seconds; the normal range for the INR is 0.8–1.2.

To reduce your time in hospitals or clinics, the CoaguChek XS system is a convenient, portable and user-friendly system dedicated to patients. It enables you to monitor (measure) your coagulation (PT/INR) status at home, usually upon a prescription from your treating healthcare professional and after a short training. CoaguChek XS system is the third generation of CoaguChek systems since 1994.

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5. Blood Glucose Monitoring - is a way of testing the concentration of glucose in the blood glycemia. Healthcare professionals always advise patients with diabetes on the appropriate monitoring regime for their condition. Most people with Type 2 diabetes test at least once per day. Diabetics who use insulin (all Type 1 diabetes and many Type 2s) usually test their blood sugar more often (3 to 10 times per day), both to assess the effectiveness of their prior insulin dose and to help determine their next insulin dose.

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1)A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

2)A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.

3)Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

4)A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

5)Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

6)Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

7)Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

8)Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

9)Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

10)Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries

11)Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

12)Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.


To be continue....