Body mass index
Body mass index is mathematical formula that takes into account both a person’s height and weight.
Measure of body weight relative to height table:
| Adults | Women | Men |
| anorexia | < 17.5 | |
| underweight | <19.1 | <20.7 |
| in normal range | 19.1-25.8 | 20.7-26.4 |
| marginally overweight | 25.8-27.3 | 26.4-27.8 |
| overweight | 27.3-32.3 | 27.8-31.1 |
| very overweight or obese | >32.3 | >31.1 |
| severely obese | 35 - 40 | |
| morbidly obese | 40 - 50 | |
| super obese | 50 - 60 | |
N.B. For children, there was no suitable BMI criteria.
Calories
Calorie is a unit for energy quality measurement. This term refers to everything, which contains energy charge. For example one liter petrol for instance contains approximately 7750000 calories. By the calories which have in 217 Big Mac hamburgers from McDonald’s, you can pass 35 km. distance with your car.
Calorie is the energy quality or heat, which is necessary for the temperature of 1 kg. water to be increased with round about 1 degree. One calorie is equivalent to 4.184 joules, a unit for energy measurement, used in physic.
Most of us associate calories with things which we eat and drink, but in fact these calories are actually kilocalories (1000 calories = 1 kilocalorie). The same refers and for drills-when the practice scheme shows that you will burn 100 calories, this really means 100000 calorie burning.
All we need from energy to survive - for breathing, for moving, for normal blood circulation and this energy comes from the nutrients we take. The calories calculated in the food, which we consume, serves as energy quality measurement of the particular food product. One gram carbohydrates have 4 calories, 1 gram proteins also have 4 calories, and 1 gram fat contains 9 calories. The nutrients are compilation of these three basic elements. So, if you know how many carbohydrates, fats and proteins have in the exact nutrient, you easily can calculate the exact calories or energy that, this product gives you.
Our body burns calories by metabolic processes, when enzymes remove the fence of carbohydrates up to glucose and other sugars, fats up to glycerin and fatty acids, and proteins up to amino acids. After that, all these molecules transfer by the blood circulation to cells, where they are being absorbed for immediate usage or participate in the final metabolic stage, when they react with oxygen and release the collected in themselves energy.
The power of the vitamins
The power of the vitamins
At tiredness – the body needs vitamins A, C and E and misses the microelements zinc and selenium. You can take multivitamins preparations.
If you have a running nose – vitamin C increases the lymphocytes activity. They protect us from different viruses and microbes. At first cold symptoms you should take a lot of vitamin C in the course of three days. After this period you can decrease the dose.
At obesity – in this case vitamins А, В, С, D and Е are obligatory. Vitamin deficiency blocks the normal metabolism. The body could not normally produces enzymes, which are necessary for fat pull down the fence. The numbered enzymes should always be included in diets.
If you have dark circles round the eyes– skin needs in most cases vitamin B-complex, which has important role in removing the fence of collected from the cells water. You can use creams with avocado, jojoba or borage.
If you have pre-menstrual pain – organism misses vitamin C and you can take effervescent tablets vitamin C with iron. At menstrual period besides the pain, women became more short tempered and sometimes fall in stress conditions. In this case you can take vitamin B6.
At skin allergies – the real reason for skin hypersensitiveness still is not known, but the more vitamins and minerals there are in the body, the better it is protected.
At loosing skin – vitamins A and E strain the skin and increase its elasticity. They protect it from different damages, caused by the environment. A multivitamins preparations help in this cases.
If you hair loses its shine –the organism suffers from vitamin A, E and calcium deficiency and you have to take them during 30 days. They will make your hair more beautiful and will strengthen your nails, too.
Heart diseases –both women and men are in danger from heart attack. The regular vitamin usage protects them and decreases with 50% the risk from sudden heart attack.