Dr Pete's Health Secrets

          Let's start with the recommended weekly healthy safe limits of alcohol intake,  14 units for women 21 units for men A unit is equivalent to a standard glass of wine, i recommend dry red. We all have been warned about how alcohol negatively affects our minds and bodies.  It can lead to early deaths due to liver, pancreas and heart disease and even accidents. Early onset dimentia is another side effect of alcohol consumption.  A study says that alcoholic drinkers live longer than those who don’t, so abstaining from the beverage can actually cut your life short. How is this so? According to the study led by Charles Holahan, a psychologist from the University of Texas in Austin, whose research was published in the Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research journal, 69% of abstainers died after 20 years,  despite their lifestyle. The study, which lasted for 20 years, surveyed almost 2000 people who were 55 to 65 y...

      Moderate amounts of alcoholic beverages like wine can have beneficial effects on your health.  These include reduction in anxiety and stress, the lowering of cholesterol by increasing its metabolism in the liver and as an aid to food digestion. The healthy limit of alcohol is 14 units for women and 21 units for men per week when taken with food. A unit is a small wine glass or half a glass of normal strength beer.  Red wine contains the anti oxidant called reservetrol . Research has shown that a glass of red wine a day lowers your risk of heart disease and stroke. Alcohol, after it is consumed, enters the blood and has various effects on every conceivable part of the body. Regular consumption of alcohol over years or maybe even decades can have very harmful effects on your body. A minute portion of alcohol is enough to affect you. When it is consumed, it goes around your various systems via your blood. A very small portion of what you drink is ...

9       There are plenty of ways to protect your erection. Some of these involve changing our daily habits, while substituting new ones. In this article I will explore 7 ways you can prevent erectile dysfunction. 1. Leave your work at the office “Work-related stress is a huge issue for sexual function,” says Dr. Walker. Men with demanding jobs have a hard time leaving work at the office, which means their anxiety is in high gear for most of the day keeping them from ever reaching full-throttle in the bedroom. When you’re a workaholic, sleep and exercise—two big contributors to ED tend to take a backseat. Knowing when to turn it off can help you get it up, Dr. Walker reassures.  “Don’t work when you get home, don’t work on vacation, and incorporate more stress-relieving activities like exercise,” he advises. 2. Go to bed early Researchers from the University of Chicago found that sleeping 5 hours or less tanked testosterone levels ...

             In women , breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed type of cancer. In fact, medical experts say that 1 in every 8 women will be diagnosed with this disease in her lifetime.  Definitely, breast cancer should not be taken lightly. Some of the risk factors (things that increase your likelihood of developing a disease) cannot be avoided. It cannot be denied that there is nothing that you can do about your age , gender, family history and race or ethnicity.  However, this does not mean that you will surely be battling breast cancer one day in the future if you are white (white women are slightly more susceptible to having the disease) or a female relative is suffering from it.  That’s because there are also certain risk factors that can be avoided, thus considerably reducing your chances of developing breast cancer. The following are some habits known to considerably increase a woman’s likelihood of suf...

       The liver is the engine room of your body. When the liver is not working optimally the metabolic process slow down and your energy levels fall.  In this article we shall examine easy and research based ways to detoxify your liver at home.  The liver is the largest solid organ in the body. It functions to purify the blood by removing toxins, maintain a healthy blood sugar level, and regulates blood clotting among several others.  When not working optimally you feel weak and have low energy levels.  Unlike your kidneys you only have one liver. However your liver has the remarkable ability to repair and regenerate itself after damage given the right conditions. Let's examine the conditions under which your liver can rebuild itself. 1. Stop drinking alcohol completely. 2. Quit smoking as soon as possible. 3. Eat liver-cleansing foods such as Garlic, Turmeric, Nuts, like walnuts 4. Fruits like grapefruit, beetroot, apples, broccoli, avocado an...