When your body loses more fluid, such as that lost through sweating, than you consume, dehydration results. Many people experience mild dehydration from time to time. However, profound dehydration leads to serious and sometimes critical electrolyte imbalances, including that of sodium.
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Serum glucose, or sugar in your blood, is the mainstay of energy for your brain and body. Your body relies on the sugar your blood provides to function properly. If your blood glucose levels fall below a level that prevents your body from operating efficiently, it's called hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar.
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If the laboratory results of your most recent blood work revealed a total cholesterol level of 225 mg/dL, your doctor will probably tell you that 225 is higher than she prefers to see, even though a total cholesterol level of 225 is just 25 points over what doctors consider safe.
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Your lipid profile is an overall assessment of your cardiac health. It consists of four numbers reflective of the amount of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride levels of your blood.
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While meat-loving foodies may swoon for steak tartare or yukhoe, eating raw beef dishes like these or even rare cooked beef can potentially make you very sick. Food poisoning can occur if the raw or undercooked beef is contaminated with a disease-causing organism.
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Sweating from things like exertion or overheating affects your serum magnesium and other electrolyte levels. If you experience excessive sweating, you are at increased risk for a low magnesium level, or hypomagnesemia. A low magnesium level causes several unpleasant symptoms, some of them dangerous.
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Losing weight without trying may be a welcome development for some, and if temporary, usually isn't not a cause for concern. However, if you continue to lose weight over an extended period of time due to a decrease in your appetite, you can lose too much weight.
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While not quite life threatening, a serum potassium level of 5.7 milliequivalents per liter is both abnormally high and dangerous. It's also an indication that for some reason, your potassium is trending upward. If you don't seek treatment to find out why, your potassium level could surpass 6.
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There are several reasons why you may feel faint immediately after exercise, particularly if the exercise is heavy. Although the symptoms occurring prior to passing out can be alarming, their underlying causes are generally not cause for concern.
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Health conditions, such as thyroid disease, can make exercising difficult or even impossible. Thyroid disease manifests itself as either an underactive thyroid gland, or hypothyroidism. The disease can also cause overfunctioning of the gland, or hyperthyroidism.
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An exercise heart rate greater than 200 beats per minute is likely doing you and your heart more harm than good, and it may even be putting your overall health at risk.
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Medical experts and exercise professionals use a universal calculation to determine an individual's maximum heart rate.
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Evidence has long suggested that the herb saw palmetto is an effective alternative treatment for the management of benign prostatic hypertrophy, or enlarged prostate, in men. However, you may have read about the potentially positive health benefits of saw palmetto for women.
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You may prefer to prepare premium steaks, such as sirloin steaks, by grilling them. However, if the weather does not cooperate, you can still cook delicious sirloin steaks in the oven. All you need is an oven-safe skillet and a few minutes.
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Raw pork can contain several bacteria and parasites, and raw pork sausage is no exception. When preparing pork sausage, take special care to avoid exposing yourself and your family to bacteria such as salmonella and staphylococcus aureus, and to a particular parasite known as trichinella spiralis.
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Slow-cooker dinners are practical and easy for people who are on the run. And crockpot pork roast is no exception. You can slow cook a boneless pork roast by itself, or you can dress it up by adding your favorite herbs and spices.
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Your golf clubs translate directly to your game. If the clubs aren't fitted to your height and swing, they'll affect your shot. According to GolfSpyder.com, clubs that are too long or too short impair your ability to transfer your weight during your swing.
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