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Food and／or Health (Christina (traditional medicine (Recognizing the…
Food and／or Health
Christina
good health
If you eat foods from each of the basic four groups each day, you will have a balanced diet.
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exercise
There are several ways you can find out the calorie expenditures of various forms of exercise for a person of your weight.
If you weigh less than 150 pounds, want to burn 500 calories in 30 minutes there are three ways
Figure out what sort of exercise you're going to do, where you're going to do it, and when you're going to do it, and create a schedule you can follow.
traditional medicine
Recognizing the importance of traditional medicines, in 2003 WHO launched a traditional medicine strategy.
Another area of concern is biodiversity and sustainability. Some people are worried that as herbal medicines become more popular, the plants that these medicines are made from may become endangered as they are over-harvested
Twenty-five percent of modern medicines are made from plants that were first used in traditional medicine, and scientists believe they have just scratched the surface
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Today, traditional medicine and treatments are not only used in developing countries, but are increasing in popularity in North America and Europe.
Traditional treatments don't only include medicines, they also include such treatments as acupuncture and aromatherapy .
WHO tried to encourage developing countries to develop their own traditional forms of medicine, instead of turning to western medicine for expensive cures to medical problems
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Cosmetic surgery
There are two kinds of plastic surgery econstructive surgery, which is done to repair damage caused by illness or accident; and cosmetic surgery, which is done to change features of the body that a person doesn't like.
The most commonly performed procedures are breast augmentation, lipoplasty, and face lifts, all of which involved surgery. However, one non-surgical technique is rapidly increasing in popularity. It involved an injection of botulism toxin.
Cosmetic surgery is very popular in women and men. The reason for cosmetic surgery is that they like to tell others their actual age and watch their shocked reactions.
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Blind by beauty
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S. Michael Kalick, Ph.D proved by experiment that Attractive faces were almost always labeled healthy, while unattractive ones were usually thought to be unhealthy.
In fact, people do know how to judge health from appearance--but they ignore this knowledge when presented with faces that fall at either extreme of attractiveness.
Naturally ugly
What is with organic food? The food that it's expensive, it's hard to find and it's ugly.
Questions like how can consumers be sure that 'organic' produce wether contaminated or not have led many consumers in Taiwan to be skeptical about the quality of locally grown organic goods.
Many consumers worry that unscrupulous shopkeepers are ripping them off and so have avoided local products altogether.
Taiwanese agriculture authorities have reacted by clearly spelling out the regulations for organic certification.
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