Consequences of Over-Sleeping.

Moderacy is the key to everything like I have always said. Taking anything too much can be of more harm than good. So is sleeping, when you sleep higher than the normal 8 hours, preferably 7 hours, if you sleep higher than that you can get fat and even get more tired than usual. Be moderate.
Here are ways that too much sleep can make a harmful impact.
- It can slow down your brain.
A 2011 study by University of London researchers found that you can age your brain by up to seven years by getting to much (or too little) sleep. Mental and physical decline can be noticed in testing, vocabulary, memory, reasoning and more for those who sleep more than eight hours.
Students in college and high school are especially at risk for this, as sleep becomes more appealing as students are often busy with work, studies, and extracurricular activities. Putting in long hours of studying at night and sleeping in through the late morning and afternoon can affect how much your mind processes and how you might perform on a test. Creating a consistent morning and nighttime routine at an early age can help you avoid sleeping too much.
- It could make you more tired. Sleeping too much can leave you feeling less rested and more tired. Because your body is trying to compensate poor quality sleep with larger quantity sleep, you may feel less energized.
Quality over quantity is the key here.
- It could make you sick.
Health and sleep have been strongly correlated for a long time. This article from WebMD shows that there can be physically detrimental side effects to oversleeping. Too much sleep can be linked to diabetes, heart disease, weight gain/obesity and depression. If you are allowing yourself to be in bed for long hours, you are also allowing your body to become weaker. The inactivity of sleeping may easily lead to weight gain because your body is not actively digesting or moving around as quickly as it does when you are awake. Remaining inactive in this way makes you more susceptible to illness and quite possibly the life-altering diseases mentioned above.
Researchers noted that other factors such as depression and low socioeconomic status could lead to oversleeping caused by undiagnosed health issues, so the direct correlation could instead be reversed in many cases.
- It could cause you to die younger. According to WebMD, researchers have found that eight or more hours sleep a night could shorten your life. The study included more than 1 million participants and found that those who slept nine hours or more each night died younger. They note that this cannot be fully explained but that there is a strong association.
So before you hit the snooze button again, think about how you might feel later on during the day or the next day. It is easy to listen to our bodies if they feel heavy and tired, but allow the mind to wake up the body and get moving. Practice good nighttime and morning routines, lead a healthy lifestyle so you can wake up feeling well rested and not need those extra hours of slumber.
Source: Sleepphone
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Educative: Why you shouldn't take too much salts.

Many of us take too much salt. Too
much salt can raise your blood pressure, which puts you at increased risk of health problems
such as heart disease and stroke. But a few simple steps can help you to cut your salt intake.
You don't have to add salt to food to be eating too much – 75% of the salt we eat is already in everyday foods such as bread, breakfast cereal and ready meals.
A diet that is high in salt can cause raised blood pressure, which currently affects more than one third of adults in the UK.
High blood pressure often has no symptoms, and it is estimated that in England about one in every three people who have high blood pressure don’t know it. But if you have it, you
are more likely to develop heart disease or have a stroke. If you're aged 40-74, you can expect to receive a letter from your GP or local
authority inviting you for a free NHS Health Check, which includes a check on your blood pressure.
Cutting down on salt lowers blood pressure, which means that your risk of having a stroke or developing heart disease is reduced.

How much salt for adults?
Adults should eat no more than 6g of salt a day – that's around one teaspoon. Children should eat less (see below for recommendations for babies and children).
Salt and sodium in your food
Salt is also called sodium chloride.
Sometimes, food labels only give the figure for sodium. But there is a simple way to work out how much salt you are eating from the sodium
figure:
Salt = sodium x 2.5
Adults should eat no more than 2.4g of sodium per day, as this is equal to 6g of salt.
Use nutrition labels to check salt levels Cutting back on added salt is only a small part of the solution. To really cut down, you need to become aware of the salt that is already in the everyday foods you buy, and choose lower-salt options.
Fortunately, nutrition labels on food packaging now make this a lot easier. Most pre-packed foods have a nutrition label on the back or
side of the packaging.
Many foods also display information about the salt content on the front of the packaging.
This may show the salt content as a
percentage of your reference intake (RI) , or have colour-coded nutrition information to show whether the food is low, medium or high in salt. Where colour-coding is used, red means high. Try to eat high-salt foods only
occasionally, or in small amounts, and aim to eat mainly foods that are green (low) oramber (medium).
Look at the figure for salt per 100g:
High is more than 1.5g salt (0.6g sodium) per 100g. These foods may be colour-coded red.
Low is 0.3g salt (0.1g sodium) or less per 100g. These foods may be colour-coded green.
If the amount of salt per 100g is between 0.3g and 1.5g, that is a medium level of salt, and the packaging may be colour-coded amber.
As a rule, aim for foods that have a low or medium salt content. Try to have high-salt foods only occasionally, or in small amounts.
Of course, one easy way to eat less salt is to stop adding salt to your food during cooking and at the dinner table. If you regularly add salt to food when cooking, try cutting it out or
adding less. When you sit down to eat, taste your food first to see if it needs salt before adding any. It doesn't take long for our taste
buds to get used to less salt and you might find you start to appreciate other flavours more.
Babies, children and salt
Babies and children under 11 should have less salt than adults.
Babies under a year old should have less than 1g of salt a day. If a baby is breastfed, they will get the right amount of minerals, including sodium and chloride, from breast
milk. Formula milk contains a similar amount to breast milk.
Don't add salt to your baby’s milk or food and don't use stock cubes or gravy as they're often high in salt and their kidneys can’t cope with
it. Remember this when you’re cooking for the family if you plan to give the same food to your baby.
Avoid giving your baby processed foods such as ready meals as these are often high in salt.
However, food manufactured specifically for babies should meet the recommended levels.
If in doubt, always check the label .
The daily recommended maximum amount of salt children should eat depends on age:
1 to 3 years – 2g salt a day (0.8g sodium)
4 to 6 years – 3g salt a day (1.2g sodium)
7 to 10 years – 5g salt a day (2g sodium)
11 years and over – 6g salt a day (2.4g
sodium)
Making sure your child doesn’t eat too much salt means you’re also helping to ensure that they don’t develop a taste for salty food,
which makes them less likely to eat too much salt as an adult.
Foods that contain salt
Some foods are almost always high in salt because of the way they are made.
Other foods, such as bread and breakfast cereals, can contribute a lot of salt to our diet.
But that’s not because these foods are always high in salt – it’s because we eat a lot of them.
High-salt foods
The following foods are almost always high in salt. To cut down on salt, eat them less often or have smaller amounts:
- anchovies
- bacon
- cheese
- gravy granules
- ham
- olives
- pickles
- prawns
- salami
- salted and dry-roasted nuts
- salt fish
- smoked meat and fish
- soy sauce
- stock cubes
- yeast extract
Foods that can be high in salt In the following foods, the salt content can
vary widely between different brands or varieties. That means you can cut down on salt by comparing brands and choosing the one that is lower in salt. Nutrition labels can help you do this.
These foods include:
- bread products such as crumpets, bagels
and ciabatta
- pasta sauces
- crisps
- pizza
- ready meals
- soup
- sandwiches
- sausages
- tomato ketchup
- mayonnaise and other
sauces
- breakfast cereals
Soluble vitamin supplements or painkillers

Work against taking too much salts. It kills

Taking too much of alcohol may be bad.

Am not so against alcohol even though in my heart of heart, I have promised myself not to like it.
Alcohol helps in preservation. But it does not help in preservation of life.
Avoid excessive alcohol consumption.
Adverse consequences of excessive alcohol consumption:
Chronic, excess alcohol consumption is the major cause of liver cirrhosis in the U.S.
- Liver cirrhosis can cause internal
hemorrhage, fluid accumulation in the abdomen, easy bleeding and bruising, muscle wasting, mental confusion, infections, and in advanced cases, coma, and kidney failure .
- Liver cirrhosis can lead to liver cancer.
* Alcohol accounts for 40%-50% of deaths from automobile accidents in the U.S and Nigeria, also in India.
* Alcohol use is a significant cause of injury and death from home accidents, drowning, and burns.
Avoid excessive alcohol today, this is just a bit of the defects. Stay updated

You get thirsty often?. Hm. That's not so good though. See reasons

Thirst occurs when your body is low in fluid which might cause too much taking of water and result to harmful effects been discussed in our previous post.

Your body needs water to function properly.
For example, water helps to regulate your
body temperature, lubricate your joints, and
remove waste from your body. Adequate daily
water intake is very important. Furthermore, it
is important to increase your usual water
intake when you are ill, exposed to hot
temperatures, or engaged in physical
activities.
However, if your thirst is stronger than usual
and continues even after you drink, seek
medical help immediately—especially if your
thirst is accompanied by blurred vision and
fatigue.
Causes of Excessive Thirst
It is normal to feel thirsty after eating salty or
spicy foods, or after engaging in strenuous
exercise or sporting events, especially when it
is hot. You may also feel thirsty when you
suffer from diarrhea, vomiting, burns, or a
significant loss of blood. Some prescription
medications also cause thirst.
Frequent excessive thirst and/or thirst that
won’t be quenched can be symptoms of
serious medical conditions, such as:
Dehydration: Dehydration occurs when you
lack the proper amount of fluids for your
body to function properly. Severe
dehydration is life threatening, especially
for infants and young children. Dehydration
can be caused by illness, profuse sweating,
too much urine output, vomiting, or
diarrhea.
Diabetes: Excessive thirst can be caused by
high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), and is
often one of the first noticeable symptoms
of diabetes.
diabetes insipidus: With this form of
diabetes, your kidneys are unable to
conserve water, leading to excessive thirst.
dipsogenic diabetes insipidus: This
condition is due to a defect in the thirst
mechanism, causing excessive thirst and
excessive urine output.
heart, liver, or kidney failure
psychogenic polydipsia : This is a
psychiatric disorder that causes people to
drink too much.
Sepsis : This is a dangerous illness caused
by a severe reaction to bacteria or other
germs.
Anything too much isn't good. Everything should be moderate, you drink water too much? Wahala. You thirsty too much?. Wahala. Lol
"Moderacy should be found in all things"

How you should drink water to escape harmful effects

Following suit on the previous topic which I posted minutes ago about the harmful effects of too much water.
I then had an inch to educate US all how much we should drink water.

So now the question is how much water should you drink to
best support your health?.
The answer however depends on your unique
circumstances, including your diet,
exercise habits, and environment.
If you eat plenty of foods that are
naturally rich in water, such as
vegetables, fruits, and cooked legumes
and whole grains, you may not need to
drink much water at all. If you do not use
much or any salt and other seasonings,
your need for drinking water goes down
even further.
Conversely, if you do not eat a lot of
plant foods and/or you add substantial
salt and spices to your meals, you may
need to drink several glasses of water
every day.
Regardless of what your diet looks like, if
you sweat on a regular basis because of
exercise or a warm climate, you will need
to supply your body with more water
(through food and/or liquids) than
someone who does not sweat regularly.
Ultimately, the best guidance I can
provide on this issue is to follow your
sense of thirst. Some people believe that
thirst is not a reliable indicator of how
much water you need, since many people
suffer with symptoms related to
dehydration and don't seem to feel a need
to drink water on a regular basis. My
experience has been that most people who
are chronically dehydrated have learned to
ignore a parched mouth. If you ask such
people if they are thirsty and would like a
piece of fruit or a glass of water, they will
almost always realize that they are
indeed thirsty.
Some people suggest observing the color
of your urine as a way of looking out for
dehydration. The idea is that clear urine
indicates that you are well hydrated, while
yellow urine indicates that you need more
water in your system. While this advice is
somewhat useful, it's important to
remember that some food additives
(including some synthetic nutrients) and
heavily pigmented foods (like red beets)
can add substantial color to your urine.
Thumbs down for synthetic nutrients, and
thumbs up for red beets and other richly
colored vegetables and fruits. Lol.
The main idea that I want to share
through this article is to beware of
mindlessly drinking several glasses of
water per day without considering your
diet, exercise habits, climate, and sense of
thirst. And when you do find yourself in
need of water, remember that you can get
it from liquids and/or whole foods that
are rich in water.
Please share this article with family and
friends, as many people are regularly
misinformed.
So the amount of the water you take depends solely on your thirst.

Drinking too much water could be Harmful. See why!

Drinking too much water could truly be dangerous to your health. Infact, taking everything too much could be harmful. The only one thing that can't be too much is often our blog daily and often. Lol
   In year 2007, a 28 year old woman died from a contest of drinking water. This might seem normal but to us at THB it rings a bell.
Drinking too much water could be very harmful, scroll gently and read carefully without skipping a line.

1. Ingesting more water than you need
can increase your total blood volume.
And since your blood volume exists
within a closed system (your
circulatory system), needlessly
increasing your blood volume on a
regular basis puts unnecessary burden
on your heart and blood vessels.
2. Your kidneys must work overtime to
filter excess water out of your
circulatory system. Your kidneys are
not the equivalent of a pair of
plumbing pipes whereby the more
water you flush through your kidneys,
the cleaner they become; rather, the
filtration system that exists in your
kidneys is composed in part by a
series of specialized capillary beds
called glomeruli. Your glomeruli can
get damaged by unnecessary wear and
tear over time, and drowning your
system with large amounts of water is
one of many potential causes of said
damage.
Putting unnecessary burden on your
cardiovascular system and your kidneys
by ingesting unnecessary water is a
subtle process. For the average person, it
is virtually impossible to know that this
burden exists, as there are usually no
obvious symptoms on a moment-to-
moment basis. But make no mistake
about it: this burden is real and can hurt
your health over the long term.
Forcing your body to accept a large
amount of water within a short period of
time - say, an hour or two - as several
contestants did during the "Hold Your
Wee for a Wii" contest can be fatally
dangerous to your health. Here's why:
If you force large amounts of water
into your system over a short
period of time, your kidneys will
struggle to eliminate enough water
from your system to keep the
overall amount at a safe level.
As your circulatory system
becomes diluted with excess water,
the concentration of electrolytes in
your blood will drop relative to the
concentration of electrolytes in
your cells. In an effort to maintain
an equal balance of electrolytes
between your blood and your cells,
water will seep into your cells from
your blood, causing your cells to
swell.
If this swelling occurs in your
brain, you'll experience increased
intracranial pressure i.e. your brain
will get squeezed because the flat
bones that make up your skull
don't provide much give.
Depending on how much water
your drink in a short period of
time, you could experience a wide
variety of symptoms, ranging from
a mild headache to impaired
breathing. As occurred in the tragic
water-drinking contest, it's quite
possible to die if you drink enough
water in a short period of time.
This information is particularly important
for parents to pass on to their children.
Foolish drinking contests are not
uncommon among high school and
university students, especially while
playing cards.
Hope you learnt something?. So avoid taking excess water which we have read above could be very harmful to you and I.