Iron Deficiency Anemia ( Dhagadu Univumaai Gulhigen Leymadhuvun )

Iron deficiency is the most common deficiency in the world, creating anemia in children, women and men. Hemorrhage (bleeding) causes iron loss from the person’s body, resulting in deficiency of iron that should be treated with supplements, containing iron.
Iron deficiency may also be caused by improper diet. Such deficiency is likely to happen during pregnancy, because excessive iron amount should be supplied to growing fetus from mother. Because adolescent girl is grow and start to menstruate, she is at higher risk of progressing iron deficiency anemia if she follow diet that excluding meats.

When the iron reserve in the person’s body is exhausted, anemia progresses symptoms include: cognitive behavior changes, paleness, weakness with impaired muscles performance, and spoon nails(a deformities, where nails are concave and thin). Iron deficiency diagnosis depends on the result of the blood tests revealing anemia and low level of ferritin (protein that stores iron), and iron levels as well on patient’s symptoms.

Futsal 2011

One of the most ironic and the most cheered futsal tournament ever organised in the Maldives were by none other than Club Maldives. I can clearly say they have made it, help and brought people together, made friendship everywhere. CLUB MALDIVES is a non-governmental organisation born before their registration. Although they were registered during 2005, they had many activities involved before 2005.

The main objective of the said NGO’s is to promote “Friendship Everywhere” by organising, hosting various sports and social activities among the people, also participating and supporting such activities. This is a simple drive I found from their website.  

Although it was mentioned as it is, but I rather include some of the other benefits that helps to build a positive momentum for the participants and their colleagues. They are building a “Sports Culture” among us, by building a sports culture will improve competitive performance, and prevent violence and other illegitimate behaviour.  Also this will help to create a society in which everyone shares the joy and the excitement of sports and supporting sports.

FUTSAL, The concept as a physical activity played on a narrow field by brave individuals is comparatively challenging. In the past, this sport was a mass participation activity from government / company’s employees connected with joy and get together among them.  

Every year this activity is organised by partner groups, the main reason is to host one of the best futsal tournaments in the Maldives. This year it was “NESTLE MILO CLUB MALDIVES CUP 2011”.

One of the Executive Committee members for the Club Maldives, Mr. Moosa Haleem G. Aseyna, mentioned that “We are thrilled to have an opportunity to build the Futsal program and help establish the athletic culture among government and company’s employees, specially bringing and building a women’s futsal team among them, this will be a great challenge and one that I’m very much looking forward to.” 

The main supporter and advisor for Club Maldives and its activities,  Mr. Ismail Latheef (G.K) highlighted that: - 'Sport is not a subject of life and loss. It is a lot more important than that'.

Mr. G.K’s words stress that many aspects of our public well being cannot be fulfilled in private life or in sacraments of consumption. At the same time, sport is an edition of 'real life'. I agreed.

A little effort

FRUITS are your companion if you want to lose weight, and you need to keep them handy. Fruits should be taken before meals, the reason is that it fills you up, thus reducing your tendency to overeat, it provides necessary vitamins and minerals.

Water is also very essential, this gives support to digestion, consuming fruits before main meal has advantages, because the fruits will pass to the small intestine and digestion would take place immediately, whereas if you eat fruits followed by your meal, it stays in the stomach forming mucus and it clings to the stomach walls leading to bloat and subsequently weight gain.

Price goes up, Demand goes up

When the price of a hedhi bileh goes up, the price of buying areca nuts and a Piper betle to put it on goes up.  We expect that the demand for hedhi bileh will fall soon, which is the answer given above. 

With substitutes, we may buy more on imported stuff like SUPARI and here is the opposite situation.  Most people might think of SUPARI and KILLI as substitutes, so when the price of areca nuts rises, people switch away from HEDHI  BILEH and start buying more supari or killi. but will this help?

So at any given price, people are willing to buy a higher quantity of KILLI and SUPARI, so the demand for these shifts right when the price of areca nuts goes up.

Can't WE STOP.

The positive thinking

WE can only be thinking in one of two ways at any given moment. We can either be thinking positively or we can be thinking negatively. For most people it is normal to switch between positive and negative thoughts, but is that the best way to live?