Health and Wellbeing

Do you ever wonder how your digestive system works? How does your food travel through your body and turns into energy?

As a person, you may be away from home for long periods of time, and staying on top of your health can be challenging. You have to make daily choices that will help you maintain your physical and mental well-being. As a result, you get stressed and may feel like food temptations constantly surround you.

This course explores the healing power of biodiversity and emphasizes the importance of preserving and harnessing Earth's rich variety of life. It highlights traditional medicine systems that have long recognized the therapeutic properties of plants, animals, and ecosystems, emphasizing the need to respect and preserve indigenous knowledge. Medicinal plants contain a vast array of therapeutic compounds, and sustainable management is crucial to ensure their availability.

The working environment on ships contains risks of ill health and accidents, but those who know them and know how to work safely can reduce them significantly. With increased knowledge of both risk and health factors in the work environment, we can make our ships safer, more secure, and pleasant workplaces.

Sugary things are everywhere – soda, cookies, ice cream, candy bars and even on bread and many salad dressings. It is hard to resist the sweet temptation of sugar, but when you overeat sugar, your body can start to suffer.

Self-knowledge is the deep understanding of oneself, including emotions, beliefs, strengths, weaknesses, and motivations. It offers several benefits such as improved self-awareness, better decision-making, enhanced relationships, increased resilience, improved performance, and enhanced well-being.

We all have a complicated relationship with food. For some of us, food is comfort. We turn to it when we feel sad, stressed, or bored. It is a way to cope with our emotions and while there is nothing wrong with using food for emotional support occasionally, it can become a problem when it becomes our go-to coping mechanism.

Seafarers spend long times away from home, working in close quarters with limited opportunities for physical activity, and often poor access to healthy food options. This combination of factors can lead to weight gain and obesity, which can, in turn, lead to serious health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

The concept of accepting things as they are is a fundamental principle of many spiritual and philosophical traditions. It refers to the idea of letting go of our desire to control or change the world around us, and instead, embracing the present moment and the reality of our circumstances. It can be challenging to accept things as they are, however, doing so can bring a sense of peace and freedom that is essential for a fulfilling and meaningful life.

This course provides a list of 11 delicious and nutritious non-dairy foods that are high in calcium. It emphasizes the importance of finding plant-based sources of calcium that offer additional nutrients.

Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance globally. It can improve alertness, focus, mood and help fight fatigue, however, it also has undesired side effects when consumed in high doses.

Protein is an essential nutrient for the human body. They are the building blocks of our muscles, bones, skin, and blood. We need protein to maintain a robust immune system, repair damage and build new tissue, and muscle. Unfortunately, our bodies cannot store protein. Any excess protein intake will be stored as fat.