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The things we enjoy aren’t always the things that are good for us. Just look at high heels as an example—they can do serious, painful damage to your feet, yet many women choose to wear them day in and day out. If you have had a hard time letting go of your high heel habit, find out what is really happening to your feet when you wear these shoes.

The Unnatural Foot Position of Heels

Consider the natural foot position of humans. You were meant to walk heel first, placing the majority of your weight on your heels and pressing on to your forefoot quickly before repeating. Heels completely change that up.

A study in JAMA indicates that wearing heels causes you to place an unnatural amount of pressure on your forefoot, shifting weight off of the heels. This effect becomes more profound as you move to higher heels. Over time, this can weaken your heels and place an inordinate amount of stress on your forefeet.

What is Happening in Your Body When You Wear Heels

Thanks to modern medical technology, researchers and doctors can look at exactly how the body functions when a woman wears high heels. High heels cause the stomach to push forward and the butt to push back. While this may look nice, it changes the natural distribution of weight on your spine and adds pressure to your lower back.

Some reports even show one vertebrae pushing forward in front of another as a result of wearing high heels. This is an extremely painful condition, and it's one that you take the risk of whenever you wear heels.

Perhaps the worst part of wearing heels is what they do to your legs. Because of the altered position of your foot, your calf muscles are significantly shorter when you wear high heels. This leads to shortened Achilles tendons. This may not hurt you when you are wearing heels, but you’ll definitely notice it when you switch back to flats.

When you walk barefoot or in flats again, your foot once again maintains a 90° angle with your leg. Suddenly, your Achilles tendons are under a massive amount of pressure. This can cause the tendon to strain or even tear. You can undo this damage by staying away from heels and getting your feet used to flats again, but it does take time.

Dangers of Heel Usage

You run the risk of certain conditions and injuries when you wear high heels on a regular basis. These are just some of the most common dangers of high heels:

Strained muscles around the ankles
Back pain due to your center of gravity shifting forward
Weakened Achilles tendons
Numbness in the toes
Permanent nerve damage in the toes
Weakened calf muscles
You don’t have to get rid of high heels completely, especially if you love wearing them for special occasions. However, you should definitely consider wearing flats or going barefoot most of the time. This is how your feet are naturally intended to be, and keeping them this way can improve your overall health.

Sources:

http://www.healthunits.com/the-silent-damage-caused-by-wearing-high-heels/

http://fai.sagepub.com/content/17/11/662.short

http://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/stop-wearing-heels

Link: http://thescienceofeating.com/2015/09/13/5-things-that-happen-to-your-body-when-you-stop-wearing-heels/

Have a lovely morning.

Remember when you will practically swim inside the clothes you wear, because the tailor decided to sew an over sized dress for you. Only to be consoled by your parents that you will grow up to meet it.

One was made for me when I was 7, didn't stop wearing it until I was 9.

Good old days.

Dog meat is sometimes called fragrant meat, its not popularly called that because not everyone eats dog meat. It is also home to a host of other names. You name it...

Every Animal Meat Is Not Beef! See All Their Names

Why am I writing article on names of Meat?

I was on a queue in a restaurant waiting to make my order when the man in front of me started raising his voice. I listened and found out that he was arguing with the waitress over names of meat.

The man already bought rice and plantain when this poor waitress asked what else the man wanted. “Put one meat”, the man replied. The waitress then asked him what kind of meat the man wanted to which the man replied, “what do you mean, just put one meat”.

I could see the frustration on the face of the waitress when she calmly replied, “but sir, we have different types of meat – even pork”. Then the man asked one hilarious question “why would you put pork? Is pork meat? Pork is pork and there is cow meat and goat meat!” I had to add my voice to save the helpless waitress. This was when I thought I should write about this because others joined the argument and I found out that people only knew what the meat from cattle and pig are called – beef and pork.

It is very common in this part of the world to refer to every meat from almost every animal source as beef or just meat. This is not only common amongst the less educated but also amongst the well-educated. The exceptions are just meat that are totally different; of course, nobody would refer to chicken, turkey, snail and pork as beef.

The only distinction we seem to have gotten between meat that look alike in structure and appearance is that between beef and pork. These are the meat from cattle and pig respectively. These are the two we actually call their real names. It is hard to come across a person – even a stark illiterate, who would refer to pork as beef but when it comes to meat from goat, sheep and some other related animals, it is beef.

Names for the Meat of some Common Animals

Here are the special names for the meat of some animals that we may know and not know.

Animals Meat. . . . . . . Name

Cattle (cow or bull) Beef
Calf (young cow) . . . Veal
Pig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork
Deer . . . . . . . . . . . Venison
Sheep (Ram or Ewe) Mutton
Pigeon . . . . . . . . . . . .Squab
Water Buffalo . . . . Carabeef
Goat . . . . . . . . . . . . Chevon
Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicken
Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . Turkey

Now that you know better, you should try calling these animal meats by their real names and you will definitely get used to it. This list is not exhaustive and we welcome contribution in form of comments.

How about hope you slept well?

I greet you all my fellow nairalanders.
Lets say you wake up on a lovely morning and greet your neighbour, as he responds you ask again "how was your night" and you get a different reaction. I want to know, is it wrong to ask "how was your night"?

Your opinions please.

How about our folks in the polytechnic area. Would have to know the expectations of running PGd programme.