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Shaving Tips For The Modern Man

Posted by Martin on May 20, 2009

shaving tipsIt is very common practice today for a man to not only shave his face but also other parts of his body. Some men prefer to be clean-shaven all over.

You may fall into this category. There are times when hair can be very irritating for a man. Some men are genetically pre disposed to have very hairy bodies.

You may not like having bushy hair on your chest or have it growing on your back. It may feel like people are talking about you when you take your shirt off and having the hair can make you very embarrassed. Many men feel this way so you do not have to feel alone.

Shaving in the Past

In many years past, a man had to use a straight razor to shave his face. You will not want to use a straight razor because it is a little dangerous and rough on your face. Shaving cream came from a bar of soap. You would use a wet soft bristle brush to apply the soap.

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Diseases & it’s solutions

Posted by Martin on August 25, 2008

Disease-HEADACHE
Solution-EAT FISH
Discretion-Eat plenty of fish — fish oil helps prevent headaches. So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain.

Disease-HAVE FEVER
Solution-EAT YOGURT
Discretion-Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season. Also-eat honey from your area (local region) daily.

Disease-TO PREVENT STROKE
Solution-DRINK TEA
Discretion-Prevent buildup of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses of tea. (actually, tea suppresses my appetite and keeps the pounds from invading….Green tea is great for our immune system)

Disease-INSOMNIA (CAN’T SLEEP )
Solution-HONEY
Discretion-Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative.

Disease-ASTHMA
Solution-EAT ONIONS
Discretion-Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes.

Disease-UPSET STOMACH
Solution-BANANAS – GINGER
Discretion-Bananas will settle an upset stomach. Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea.

Disease-BLADDER INFECTION
Solution-DRINK CRANBERRY JUICE
Discretion-High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria.

Disease-BONE PROBLEMS
Solution-EAT PINEAPPLE
Discretion-Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple.

Disease-PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
Solution-EAT CORNFLAKES
Discretion-Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce depression, anxiety and fatigue

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Disease-MEMORY PROBLEMS
Solution-EAT OYSTERS
Discretion-Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc.

Disease-COLDS
Solution-EAT GARLIC
Discretion-Clear up that stuffy head with garlic. (remember, garlic lowers cholesterol, too.)

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Disease-COUGHING
Solution-USE RED PEPPERS
Discretion-A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hot red pepper. Use red (cayenne) pepper with caution-it can irritate your tummy.

Disease-BREAST CANCER
Solution-EAT Wheat, bran and cabbage
Discretion-Helps to maintain estrogen at healthy levels

Disease-LUNG CANCER
Solution-EAT DARK GREEN AND ORANGE AND VEGGIES
Discretion-A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in dark green and orange vegetables.

Disease-ULCERS
Solution-EAT CABBAGE ALSO
Discretion-Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers.

Disease-DIARRHEA
Solution-EAT APPLES
Discretion-Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this condition. (Bananas are good for this ailment)

Disease-CLOGGED ARTERIES
Solution-EAT AVOCADO
Discretion-Mono unsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol.

Disease-HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Solution-EAT CELERY AND OLIVE OIL
Discretion-Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure. Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure too.

Disease-BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE
Solution-EAT BROCCOLI AND PEANUTS
Discretion-The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood sugar.

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Benefits of Chromotherapy

Posted by Martin on August 25, 2008

People have long known that seeing certain colours can bring about different emotions. Wearing your favorite colour can help you feel more confident and attractive, while wearing a color you don’t care for can make you feel more self-conscious. Similarly, spending time in a room with a bright and cheery colour can help you feel more cheerful yourself, while spending time in a room that is dark and gloomy can lead to a feelings of sadness or anger. Yet, the concept of colour therapy, which is more formally known as chromotherapy, did not start to receive much recognition until fairly recently.

What is Chromotherapy?

Chromotherapy is a specific type of alternative medicine therapy that involves using different colours and light to help balance the energy of a patient. By using certain colours, a colour therapy professional can help bring balance to the patient’s emotional, physical, mental or spiritual state.

In order to bring balance to a patient,the chromotherapy expert must be able to identify the colour that the patient is missing.This is most commonly accomplished with the Luscher colour test,which was developed by Max Luscher in the early 1900s.Once the diagnosis has been made, the therapist then applies colour and light to acupoints on the patient’s body.These colours and lights can be applied in a number of ways.These can include using:

  • Bath treatments
  • Candles
  • Coloured fabrics
  • Coloured glasses or lenses
  • Gemstones
  • Prisms
  • Wands

When applying therapeutic colours, the therapist may also combine aromatherapy and hydrotherapy techniques with the colour therapy session.

Understanding the Colours Used in Chromotherapy :-

After completing a colour therapy course, a chromotherapy specialist learns more about how to use the various colours in order to achieve the desired results. Each colour is associated with both a negative and a positive effect, which the therapist must understand fully in order to know which colours to use and how much of each colour should be used at a time. There are seven colours used in colour therapy, with each colour serving a specific purpose and being associated with a certain part of the body These include:-

Red – the base of the spine

Orange – area around the pelvis

Yellow – the solar plexus

Green – heart

Blue – throat

Indigo – lower forehead area

Violet – top of the head

By keeping these colours in balance, the body systems can also remain in balance and maintain proper health.

After successfully completing a colour therapy course, a chromotherapy specialist can provide balance to the body by implementing colour therapy techniques.

Ralph King has been contributing to leading magazines for the past 10 years. He’s also an accredited researcher on the subject for leading research institutes in the US.

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Eyecare / Hemifacial Spasm : Medication-induced Non-stop Persistent Eyelid-twitching – How I Eventually Get It Totally Cured By Acupuncture & Other Medical Details

Posted by Martin on July 24, 2008

Note : The following article is only meant as a reference material to the intended recipients and advices should be sought from the medical experts to establish the authenticity of its contents. For your information, I get this non-stop eyelid twitching sickness which is diagnosed as one of the symptoms of Tardive Dyskinesia (neuroleptic medication-induced repetitive, involuntary, purposeless facial muscle movements), while living abroad indirectly from depression (Schizophrenia) through subsequent allergy and overdosage of the related-medications (Risperdal) and I hope that the information given below will be useful to the intended readers.

Non-stop Eyelid twitching, which is lately referred to as Blepharospasm or Myokymia is actually a symptom of involuntary and uncontrollable movements in the muscles around a person’s eyes which in turn make them appear like ‘blinking non-stop’ to other people.

Generally, the movements of one’s muscle is controlled by the nerves around them that in turn receive signals from the brains which ultimately dictate the variety of ‘ways’ in which such desired movements are to be conducted based on a person’s will.

The causes of such non-stop eyelid twitching symptom in most common cases may just due to short-term stress, over-tiredness, over-straining of one’s eyes, occasional anxiety, temporary panic fits and nervousness which in turn can be easily relieved and recover naturally by a good rest, more relaxation and trying to calm oneself down to stop getting anxious, panic and worried and stressful over certain things. In this regard, such phenomena tend to be quite common among certain students and other professionals.

However, in the cases of a persistent uncontrollable non-stop twitchings of the eyelids which only get aggravated rather than improved over time and last for months and even years, it may just probably imply that the nerves around the eyes organ are simply not ‘properly functionable’ enough to bring about the desired movements of the muscles based on the mental instructions from the brains of a person.

Except for any brain and other eye muscle damages/eye muscle disorders caused by permanent lack of certain nutrients and minerals etc or other irritations to that organ like dry eyes, sore eyes, bacteria infections etc, such a chronic eyelid twitching sickness may likely be caused by certain disturbances and disorders that affect or weaken the functionality of the nerves around the eyes to bring about the desired movements of this organ based on the person’s will.

In this regard, the possible reasons of such chronic eyelid twitching sickness may probably due to the causes as mentioned above which is experienced by a person over a considerably long period of time rather than just temporarily. Apart from that, other likely causes maybe be certain traumas, especially the emotional ones, allergy to or overdosage of certain medications that carry such side effects as muscle spasms, particularly photophobia in the case of non-stop eyelid twitching symptom.

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In fact, I myself have also been suffering from such a sickness due to allergy and overdosage to such medications like Risperdal and other similar drugs (of which I have stopped taking and replaced with something else so as not to further worsen the non-stop eyelid-twitching problem and to prevent a relapse of that sickness after I get healed). As such, I would very much like to share my own genuine personal experience with you over the course of my treatment of such a sickness and I hope that it will somehow be helpful to a certain extent especially to those who have been having the similar experience as mine and I would to emphasize that it again only is meant as a reference material to anyone reading it.

For your information, I have been suffering from this sickness in the past few years whereby my eyelids also tend to twitch both continuously and uncontrollably without me being able to do anything to control the non-stop twitchings at all. As a result, my eyes would seem like blinking all the while to anyone who looks at me and I totally could not drive, look directly and persistently at the pc or tv screens and most of the times, I simply can’t read any books or newspaper properly.

And I have sought lots of medical treatments and advices as well as apply various kinds of eye drops, taking various types of vitamins, mineral pills as well as many types of anti-muscle spasm medications from lots of eye specialists, neurosurgeons and psychiatrists (who explain the medical theories mentioned above to me), ENT specialists and other general practitioners, and even have the MRI examinations taken to get my eyes cured , but these efforts turn out to be in vain as they fail to yield any positive results and my eyes still keep on blinking non-stop.

Luckily, just about a year after I suffer from such a sickness, I come across an acupuncture expert who studied and observed closely about my problems and then administer a therapy needle on the part of the flesh at the back of the palm of my right hand which is about 1.5 cm (applicable to the average grown adults only) vertically
from the point of intersection (that would appear visibly when the fingers are closed loosely together) between my thumb and my forefinger (as per attachment added below) to strengthen the weakened and sensitive nerves around my eyes. Kindly take note that this point is located at a much ‘fleshy instead of a much ‘boney’ area – perhaps you would need to briefly explore that part of your right hand at the same time to locate that point, and I hope you will understand that the hand structures of each person differ from one another. After that, he just ask me to press (using just mild force) onto the surface of that acupuncture point using such objects like toothpick /normal writing pen (which is the out-of-ink one of course) or anything with a blunt-pointed end for at least 2 hours a day and then consistently for about 2 months. Having done that persistently based on his order, my eyelid twitching that makes my eyes blinking all the while just totally recover in time and I can drive, work with the pc screens, watch tv, movies and read as well as work like any other normal persons.

For your further information, I have also come across quite a couple of people in my real life annoyed by such an eyelid twitching problem of different causes and degrees of severity, and accordingly, I just recommend the method as mentioned above to them and within weeks, they just experience significant improvements to their conditions after applying this therapy, and after a few months , they just recover totally from this sickness. . And I hope that by contributing this piece of article to you, it will somehow help you to in at least getting a clue about this sickness.

Lastly, I sincerely wish that the ones troubled by such an annoying eyelid twitching sickness can recover finally from their illness. Thank you.

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My Subsequent Experience With Seroquel After Quiting Risperdal

Posted by Martin on July 24, 2008


Note: Advices from medical expert should be sought to establish the authenticity of the following information which is meant as reference materials for the intended readers.

When I switched from Risperdal to Seroquel for the treatment of my Schizophrenia sickness, apart from enabling me to avoid a relapse of the non-stop eyelid-twitching sickness after I get totally cured from it through acupuncture treatment, it helped me also to a very great extent to enable me to have a very good sleep at night. But when I was at work and hence had to refrain myself from taking such medicine so as not to let its drowsiness effect affect my work performance, I just became quite irritable without any known causes or reasons. And over time, I simply needed such medication to help me sleep at night, and to stop becoming irritable or get angry/frustrated very easily without any reasons.

About one and a half years ago, I was advised by a pyschiatrist that it was possible for a person to quit Seroquel and then lead a very normal life just like other persons. However, it would take a very strong determination and a great deal of emotional as well as counselling /communication support from the other people to achieve that goal.

For the sleeping issue, one would need to cut down the dosage of the Seroquel drug progressively over a reasonable stretch of time, such as starting from 200mg to 100 mg , and then 2-3 weeks later from 100 mg to 50 mg and finally to physically break up the tablet into separate parts to achieve a much lower dosage to finally reduce and then totally quit the intake of such medication for the particular person. However, since a progressively lower intake of Seroquel dosage would definitely cause difficulties of sleeping to the particular persons, he/she would then need to put in certain extra efforts on their own, such as doing some exercise a few hours ago to get oneself tired before sleeping, reading some really boring novels /watching some really boring TV programmes or even listening to some sentimental/ sleep-inducing musics before getting to sleep.

Next, since Seroquel is meant for the treatment of such sicknesses as bipolar disorders, Schizophrenia symptoms etc, it certainly has its own medicational values as an anti-psychotic drug. Hence, to effectively reduce and eventually quit the intake of Seroquel in order to enable a person to stop becoming irritable due to its addiction whilst at the same time to prevent the mental sicknesses mentioned above from getting worse due to decreased intake or eventual quiting of such medication, one would need to reach out more to and have more communications and interactions with other people around them, especially the close kin to seek more emotional support, increased fellowships and in some cases, get involved in more social/ religious gatherings /indoor/outdoor activities, engage oneself in a hobby/ meaningful activities for each one has deep interest in such as drawing, doing other sports etc, and obtain more conselling advices from the trained counsellors in order to improve the sanity /state of mental condition of the patient.

As far as my own experience is concerned a cheerful and contented attitude to life as well as a balanced approach of living a healthy life are conducive to developing a greater sanity and sounder state of mind for any patients troubled with any mental sickness. And I hope that my suggestions will be useful to you.

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10 Essential Health Tips

Posted by Martin on July 22, 2008

1. Move More

Make it a daily challenge to find ways to move your body. Climb stairs if given a choice between that and escalators or elevators. Walk your dog; chase your kids; toss balls with friends, mow the lawn. Anything that moves your limbs is not only a fitness tool, it’s a stress buster. Think ‘move’ in small increments of time. It doesn’t have to be an hour in the gym or a 45-minute aerobic dance class or tai chi or kickboxing. But that’s great when you’re up to it. Meanwhile, move more. Thought for the day: Cha, Cha, Cha. Then do it!

2. Cut Fat

Avoid the obvious such as fried foods, burgers and other fatty meats (i.e. pork, bacon, ham, salami, ribs and sausage). Dairy products such as cheese, cottage cheese, milk and cream should be eaten in low fat versions. Nuts and sandwich meats, mayonnaise, margarine, butter and sauces should be eaten in limited amounts. Most are available in lower fat versions such as substitute butter, fat free cheeses and mayonnaise. Thought for the day: Lean, mean, fat-burning machine. Then be one!

3. Quit Smoking

The jury is definitely in on this verdict. Ever since 1960 when the Surgeon General announced that smoking was harmful to your health, Americans have been reducing their use of tobacco products that kill. Just recently, we’ve seen a surge in smoking in adolescents and teens. Could it be the Hollywood influence? It seems the stars in every movie of late smoke cigarettes. Beware. Warn your children of the false romance or ‘tough guy’ stance of Hollywood smokers. Thought for the day: Give up just one cigarette. the next one.

4. Reduce Stress

Easier said than done, stress busters come in many forms. Some techniques recommended by experts are to think positive thoughts. Spend 30 minutes a day doing something you like. (i.e.,Soak in a hot tub; walk on the beach or in a park; read a good book; visit a friend; play with your dog; listen to soothing music; watch a funny movie. Get a massage, a facial or a haircut. Meditate. Count to ten before losing your temper or getting aggravated. Avoid difficult people when possible. Thought for the day: When seeing red, think pink clouds.then float on them.

5. Protect Yourself from Pollution

If you can’t live in a smog-free environment, at least avoid smoke-filled rooms, high traffic areas, breathing in highway fumes and exercising near busy thoroughfares. Exercise outside when the smog rating is low. Exercise indoors in air conditioning when air quality is good. Plant lots of shrubbery in your yard. It’s a good pollution and dirt from the street deterrent. Thought for the day: ‘Smoke gets in your eyes and your mouth, and your nose and your lungs as do pollutants.hum the tune daily.

6. Wear Your Seat Belt

Statistics show that seat belts add to longevity and help alleviate potential injuries in car crashes. Thought for the day: Buckle down and buckle up.

7. Floss Your Teeth

Recent studies make a direct connection between longevity and teeth flossing. Nobody knows exactly why. Perhaps it’s because people who floss tend to be more health conscious than people who don’t? Thought for the day: Floss and be your body’s boss.

8. Avoid Excessive Drinking

While recent studies show a glass of wine or one drink a day (two for men) can help protect against heart disease, more than that can cause other health problems such as liver and kidney disease and cancer. Thought for the day: A jug of wine should last a long time.

9. Keep a Positive Mental Outlook

There’s a definitive connection between living well and healthfully and having a cheerful outlook on life. Thought for the day: You can’t be unhappy when you’re smiling or singing.

10. Choose Your Parents Well

The link between genetics and health is a powerful one. But just because one or both of your parents died young in ill health doesn’t mean you cannot counteract the genetic pool handed you. Thought for the day: Follow these basic tips for healthy living and you can better control your own destiny.

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BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS

Posted by Martin on July 22, 2008


1. No Breakfast

People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level.
This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.

2. Overeating

It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.

3. Smoking

It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.

4. High Sugar consumption

Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing
malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.

5. Air Pollution

The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air
decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain
efficiency.

6. Sleep Deprivation

Sleep allows our brain to rest.. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the
death of brain cells.

7. Head covered while sleeping

Sleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and
decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.

8. Working your brain during illness

Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of
the brain as well as damage the brain.

9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts

Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may
cause brain shrinkage.

10. Talking Rarely

Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.

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The main causes of liver damage are:

1. Sleeping too late

and waking up too late are main cause.

2. Not urinating in the morning.

3. Too much eating.

4. Skipping breakfast.

5. Consuming too much medication.


6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring , and artificial sweetener.

7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible

reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking

oils like olive oil.


Do not consume fried foods when you are tired,

except if the body is very fit.


8. Consuming raw (overly done)

Foods also add to the burden of liver.
Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.

We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary
chemicals according to ’schedule.’

Because :

Evening at 9 – 11

PM : is the time for eliminating unnecessary/ toxic chemicals
(detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes).

This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their
homework, this will have a negative impact on health…

Evening at 11pm – 1 am :

is the detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 1 – 3 am :

detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 3 – 5 am :

detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be
a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the detoxification process
had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.

Morning 5 – 7am :

detoxification in the colon,

you should empty your bowel.

Morning 7 – 9 am :

absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you

should be having breakfast at this time.

Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30 am , for those who are
sick. Breakfast before 7:30 am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits,

and it is still better to
eat breakfast late until 9 – 10 am rather than no meal at all..

Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to

4:00 am is the time when the bone marrow
produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don’t sleep late

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..Grapefruit Heals Stomach Ulcers….

Posted by Martin on July 22, 2008

Grapefruit extract can help to heal stomach ulcers, research suggests.
Polish researchers used an extract of the fruit’s seed to reduce the size of stomach ulcers in rats.

They found the extract had strong antibacterial and antioxidant properties, which calm the gastric tract and aid the healing process.

Details of research, by Jagiellonian University, were presented at Digestive Disease Week – a conference of leading digestive experts in Chicago.

The researchers induced gastric ulcers in rats, and applied graded doses of the fruit extract to measure its effect.

In particular, they looked at levels of gastric secretion – one of the major causes of gastric ulcers.

GASTRIC ULCER:
-It is a break in the normal tissue lining the stomach
-Symptoms can include abdominal pain, nausea, indigestion, weight loss, fatigue
-Most ulcers heal with medication in six to eight weeks”

Rats treated with GSE at 10 mg/kg experienced a 50% reduction in gastric acid secretion, and a progressive decrease in the area of their ulcer.

The treatment also prompted a significant rise in blood flow at the ulcer sites – another phenomenon that can aid healing.

The beneficial effects, however, were diminished in the presence of drugs which inhibit two enzymes, COX-1 and COX-2, which play a key role in maintaining the health of the stomach lining.

The researchers believe that the grapefruit extract somehow joins forces with these enzymes to promote healing.

Lead researcher Dr Thomas Brzozowski said: “Because grapefruit is acidic in nature, people with ulcers might assume that they should not include the fruit in their diet.

“However, this research suggests the exact opposite.”

Dr Lee Kaplan, of Massachusetts General Hospital, said: “Incorporating healthy eating habits and lifestyle choices can directly benefit digestive and overall health over the long term.”

However, Dr John Bennett, chairman of Core, the UK charity fighting gut and liver disease, said the findings were of limited practical value, as powerful drugs were available both to treat, and minimise the risk of a stomach ulcer.

“I suppose this might potentially provide an alternative to patients who do not want to take anti-secretory drugs,” he said.

Grapefruit juice can interact with some drugs, including cholesterol-reducing statins, and calcium channel blockers, given to heart patients.

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10 Essential Health Tips

Posted by Martin on June 12, 2008

1. Move More

Make it a daily challenge to find ways to move your body. Climb stairs if given a choice between that and escalators or elevators. Walk your dog; chase your kids; toss balls with friends, mow the lawn. Anything that moves your limbs is not only a fitness tool, it’s a stress buster. Think ‘move’ in small increments of time. It doesn’t have to be an hour in the gym or a 45-minute aerobic dance class or tai chi or kickboxing. But that’s great when you’re up to it. Meanwhile, move more. Thought for the day: Cha, Cha, Cha. Then do it!

2. Cut Fat

Avoid the obvious such as fried foods, burgers and other fatty meats (i.e. pork, bacon, ham, salami, ribs and sausage). Dairy products such as cheese, cottage cheese, milk and cream should be eaten in low fat versions. Nuts and sandwich meats, mayonnaise, margarine, butter and sauces should be eaten in limited amounts. Most are available in lower fat versions such as substitute butter, fat free cheeses and mayonnaise. Thought for the day: Lean, mean, fat-burning machine. Then be one!

3. Quit Smoking

The jury is definitely in on this verdict. Ever since 1960 when the Surgeon General announced that smoking was harmful to your health, Americans have been reducing their use of tobacco products that kill. Just recently, we’ve seen a surge in smoking in adolescents and teens. Could it be the Hollywood influence? It seems the stars in every movie of late smoke cigarettes. Beware. Warn your children of the false romance or ‘tough guy’ stance of Hollywood smokers. Thought for the day: Give up just one cigarette. the next one.

4. Reduce Stress

Easier said than done, stress busters come in many forms. Some techniques recommended by experts are to think positive thoughts. Spend 30 minutes a day doing something you like. (i.e.,Soak in a hot tub; walk on the beach or in a park; read a good book; visit a friend; play with your dog; listen to soothing music; watch a funny movie. Get a massage, a facial or a haircut. Meditate. Count to ten before losing your temper or getting aggravated. Avoid difficult people when possible. Thought for the day: When seeing red, think pink clouds.then float on them.

5. Protect Yourself from Pollution

If you can’t live in a smog-free environment, at least avoid smoke-filled rooms, high traffic areas, breathing in highway fumes and exercising near busy thoroughfares. Exercise outside when the smog rating is low. Exercise indoors in air conditioning when air quality is good. Plant lots of shrubbery in your yard. It’s a good pollution and dirt from the street deterrent. Thought for the day: ‘Smoke gets in your eyes and your mouth, and your nose and your lungs as do pollutants.hum the tune daily.

6. Wear Your Seat Belt

Statistics show that seat belts add to longevity and help alleviate potential injuries in car crashes. Thought for the day: Buckle down and buckle up.

7. Floss Your Teeth

Recent studies make a direct connection between longevity and teeth flossing. Nobody knows exactly why. Perhaps it’s because people who floss tend to be more health conscious than people who don’t? Thought for the day: Floss and be your body’s boss.

8. Avoid Excessive Drinking

While recent studies show a glass of wine or one drink a day (two for men) can help protect against heart disease, more than that can cause other health problems such as liver and kidney disease and cancer. Thought for the day: A jug of wine should last a long time.

9. Keep a Positive Mental Outlook

There’s a definitive connection between living well and healthfully and having a cheerful outlook on life. Thought for the day: You can’t be unhappy when you’re smiling or singing.

10. Choose Your Parents Well

The link between genetics and health is a powerful one. But just because one or both of your parents died young in ill health doesn’t mean you cannot counteract the genetic pool handed you. Thought for the day: Follow these basic tips for healthy living and you can better control your own destiny.

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Banned drugs

Posted by Martin on June 12, 2008

India has become a dumping ground for banned drugs; also the business for production of banned drugs is booming. Plz make sure that u buy drugs ! only if prescribed by a doctor(Also, ask which company manufactures it, this would help to ensure that u get what is prescribed at the Drug Store) and that also from a reputed drug store. Not many people know about these banned drugs and consume them causing a lot of damage to themselves. We forward Jokes and other junk all the time. This is far more important.

Please Make sure u forward it everyone u know.

DANGEROUS DRUGS HAVE BEEN GLOBALLY DISCARDED BUT ARE AVAILABLE IN INDIA .. The most common ones are action 500 & Nimulid.
!

PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE :
cold and cough. Reason for ban : stroke.
Brand name : Vicks Action-500
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ___ ____________
ANALGIN:
This is a pain-killer. Reason for ban: Bone marrow depression.
Brand name: ! Novalgin
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ __
CISAPRIDE:
Acidity, constipation. Reason for ban : irregular heartbeat
Brand name : Ciza, Syspride
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ___
DROPERIDOL:
Anti-depressant. Reason for ban : Irregular heartbeat.
Brand name : Droperol
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _____
FURAZOLIDONE:
Antidiarrhoeal. Reason for ban : Cancer.
Brand name : Furoxone, Lomofen
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ____
NIMESULIDE:
Painkiller, fever. Reason for ban : Liver failure.
Brand name : Nise, Nimulid
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ______

NITROFURAZONE:
Antibacterial cream. Reason for ban : Cancer.
Brand name : Furacin
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ______

PHENOLPHTHALEIN:
Laxative.. Reason for ban : Cancer.
Brand name : Agarol
________! ____________ _________ _ ____________ _________ _________ _________ ___

OXYPHENBUTAZONE:
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Reason for ban : Bone marrow depression.
Brand name : Sioril
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _____
PIPERAZI! NE:
Anti-worms. Reason for ban : Nerve damage.
Brand name : Piperazine
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ______
QUINIODOCHLOR:
Anti-diarrhoeal. Reason for ban : Damage to sight.
Brand name: Enteroquinol

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