Cardio, for some it's a dreaded word and for others it's a passion they can't get enough of. Either way you look at it though, cardiovascular exercise is one of the key components that should never be left out of a fitness plan.

Cardio, short for cardiovascular exercise, is any movement that gets your heart rate up and increases blood circulation throughout the body. There are various forms and methods of performing cardio exercise - all which will have specific benefits and guidelines.

Most individuals performing cardio are using it as a way to burn off excess calories and since you are moving the body, it is going to increase the need for energy. Some forms are slightly better when strictly speaking of fat loss but all cardio, regardless of form will burn off calories. Since fat loss does depend on calories burned versus calories consumed it is a step in the right direction.

The reason to do cardio does not end with fat loss though; there are a wide variety of health benefits you receive from a regular cardio program.

BENEFITS

Improved Heart Health
The first one is an improved condition of your heart. Your heart is a muscle just like any other and in order for it to become strong it must be worked. If you fail to work it, it will weaken over time and this can cause a variety of negative health effects.

By getting the heart pumping at a faster rate on a regular basis you will keep it in shape and healthy. Too many people are getting winded just performing simple exercises such as walking up the stairs and the primary reason for this is because they are neglecting to work their heart muscle.

Increased Metabolism
Another reason to perform cardio is for its effects on the metabolism. Along with speeding up your heart rate, cardiovascular exercise also increases the rate of various other processes in the body, also known as your metabolism.

Generally speaking, the more intense the cardio session, the more noticeable increase you will see with regards to your metabolic rate. Intense interval sprints (also known as HIIT) increase the metabolism; the highest with a process called EPOC (Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption). An increased metabolism means an easier time maintaining your weight (or losing weight as the case may be).

Improved Hormonal Profile
Performing cardiovascular exercise also changes the hormonal profile in your body considerably. It releases 'feel good' hormones that will help ease symptoms of depression and fatigue as well as releasing hormones that decrease the appetite.

Individuals who partake in regular cardio exercise often have a much more positive outlook on life simply because they are getting the stress-relief benefits from these hormones.

Improved Recovery Ability
Certain types of cardio exercise, usually lower, more moderately paced forms, can decrease your recovery time too. If you have just performed a hard session in the gym, hopping on the treadmill for a walk or light jog will help to remove some of the by-products that were created during the lifting session.

This will help to reduce your DOMS (delayed onset of muscle soreness) and help bring more oxygen rich blood to the muscle tissue improving in the repair and rebuilding process. To you, this translates to your being able to get back into the gym quicker and work the muscles again.

Building muscle mass is a combination of an overloading stimulus and sufficient rest to allow the muscle to heal itself. If you skew this balance either direction, either working out too much or providing too much rest in between, you aren't going to get optimal results.

The more frequently you are able to work a muscle though (assuming full recovery has been achieved) the faster you will add additional new muscle. Cardio helps you do this. Just don't take this too far as excess cardio or cardio done at such a high intensity that it places additional strain on the muscles is going to actually hinder recovery rather than aid it.

Management Of Diabetes
Lastly, for those who have diabetes, cardiovascular exercise helps them manage this condition. By performing the exercise you will increase your muscle's ability to utilize glucose. Those who exercise regularly tend to have better control of their blood sugars and do not see as many blood sugar swings as those who don't. For diabetes this is increasingly important as they are extremely sensitive to changes in blood sugar levels.

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1. Fish
Fatty fish like salmon, tilapia, and cod are rich in omega-3 fatty acids. And that's a good thing, because our bodies cannot produce those essential lipids naturally. By adding omega-3s to your diet, though, you can bolster your skin barrier - that is, the layer of lipids that holds onto moisture and keeps irritants out.

There is even evidence that the skin-strengthening effects of omega-3s can improve chronic skin conditions like rosacea and atopic dermatitis, but more research is necessary to confirm that link.

Furthermore, many types of fish (like, once again, salmon and cod) are rich in vitamin D - as dermatologists increasingly emphasize sun avoidance, we also need to emphasize the importance of finding other sources of this vitamin, which is produced during sun exposure.

Don't eat fish? Many eggs are now fortified with omega-3 fatty acids, and plant sources include flax seed and flax seed oil, walnuts, pecans, and hazelnuts. And a daily vitamin D supplement is a good idea for vegans and meat-eaters alike.

2. Green Tea
It's inexpensive, easy to add to your routine, and one of the best-researched and most powerful antioxidants around. That's why green tea is my go-to antioxidant: I drink at least three cups a day to fight aging and inflammation. Some studies even suggest that the antioxidants in green tea reduce one's risk of skin cancer. So put down that soda and start drinking your way to healthier skin!

3. Broccoli
Rich in vitamins A, C, and K (among many other nutrients), this veggie does more than its fair share of nutritional work. Vitamin A decreases oil production, vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant, and vitamin K can help prevent bruises. So whatever ails you, this green wonderfood might be just what the doctor ordered.

4. Safflower or Sunflower Oil
Omega-3s get a lot more talk, but omega-6 fatty acids - like the linoleic acid in these two oils - are also important for healthy skin. Like omega-3s, they help prevent dry skin and inflammation; they're also essential for the formation of prostaglandins, hormones that keep all the cells of the body functioning well.

While many diets are actually quite high in omega-6s - sometimes even too high - the key is to get the good ones and not unhealthy versions, like hydrogenated oils. So try sautéing your salmon or broccoli in a little safflower or sunflower oil and double those skin-soothing benefits!

5. Almonds
When it comes to boosting skin's defenses against aging, inflammation, and even skin cancer, antioxidants are so important that I'm going to add another to my list: A handful of almonds every day boosts your levels of vitamin E, one of the most important antioxidants for skin health. Studies also suggest that consuming vitamin E orally can increase the levels of this moisturizing vitamin on your skin's surface - great news for anyone prone to dry skin

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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 conditions are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to schedule.

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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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1. Hot Dogs
Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can't live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.

2. Processed meats and bacon
Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer.

3. Doughnuts
Doughnuts are cancer causing double trouble. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams , may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.

4. French Fries
Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contain cancer- causing acryl amides which occur during the frying process. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries.

5. Chips, Crackers, and Cookies
All are usually made with white flour and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats generally contain small amounts of trans-fats.

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Evening at 9pm - 11pm:
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 - 1am:
Is the detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 1am - 3am:
Detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 3am - 5am:
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 5am - 7am:
Detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.


Morning 7am - 9am:
Absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30am, for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30am 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 - 10am ra ther 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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There a lot of blog readers get annoyed when they try to write a comment on the blog article they read because of Comment Box pop up window . There are many solutions on how to stop pup ups comment window box and one of them is this way. After applying this simple code tweaks on your blogger template code, your reader will find the smooth ease of writing a comments on your posted article that they read.

Follow this instructions:

• Assuming that you have already a blogger account. Access it by visiting their site http://blogger.com, and log-in to your account.
• Once you're logging in, you'll see your Dashboard. Choose the Layout link by clicking it.
• Click the Edit HTML link > then check the check box beside the Expand Widget Templates to expand the code of your blog template.
• Find this line of code that is quoted below, by searching it just use the key combination command Ctrl+F to easily find it.

• Once you found it, replace that lines of code in your blog with this one.

• Save the configurations tweak you made by clicking the Save Templates button.
• Now click the Settings link, once you're in the Settings page click the Comments Link and find the Comment Form Placement section
• Check the radio button option that has a Embedded below post text beside it.
• At the end of the Comment page there's a Save Settings button, click it, to save the changes you made.

To prove the result, just click the comments link below the article title of the topic that I posted in this blog site, and you'll see the comment box below the post ready to write the reader's comments.

There you go! I hope this article is helpful especially to those person using blogger and to the newbies like me.

Credits goes to Mr. Max of alltoblogtools.com

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Sony Ericsson is one of the worlds popular phone maker has released their new cellphone on the market called the XPERIA X1. Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 has a feature of an aGPS (advanced Global Positiong System), so that the phone can be used with a compatible satellite navigation apps.

XPERIA X1 phone Operating System is a Windows Mobile that has a pocket version support of Microsoft's Popular Application which are the Power Point, Excel, Word and Outlook. It has also an Internet Explorer for browsing the web, supports push email and an RSS news reader.

Sonny Ericsson XPERIA X1 is designed to be sophisticated and distinctive, that is unique to other phones in the market today. Its arc slider with 3 inch wide VGA (video graphics acceleration) and a premium metal body, a QWERTY keyboard and a touching panel interface.

Sonny Ericsson XPERIA X1 Specifications:

Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Camera: CMOS, 3.2-megapixels with autofocus, 3X Digital Zoom, 2048x1536 pixels Max. Res.
Display: 3 inch (800 x 480pixels)
Messaging: MMS, SMS, e-mail, instant messaging
Connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, HSDPA
Phone memory: 512MB ROM (400MB available for storage), 256MB RAM
Expansion slot: MicroSD
Battery type: Li-ion 1500mAh
Standby/talk time: 833/10 hours

Other Features:

• FM radio
• Windows Media Player
• Microsoft Office Mobile
• GPS
• Java applications
• USB Port
• Video recording - 30 frames per second
• MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, WMV
• MP3, AAC, AAC+, EAAC+, WMA,3.5 mm audio jack
• Speakerphone, Voice memo/dial
  

Weight: 145g
Dimensions (w x d x h):11.0 x 5.3 x 1.7cm

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Follow this simple instructions to remove it manually.

1. Click your Start Menu > Select Run > then type cmd and hit the enter key.
2. Your are now in the DOS mode. Type cd\ > then type dir/ah and hit the enter key again.
3. Type this command attrib -r -s -h *.*
4. Then delete the following file extension "*.vbs, *.inf and *.htt" by typing this command in the DOS console.
5. del *.vbs then hit enter key
6. del *.inf then hit enter key
7. del *.htt then hit enter key

Note:

• The DOS command cd\, puts you to the root directory of your OS installation or your drive partation (i.e. C:\ and D:\ and so on).
• The command dir/ah, shows files in the current directory with attributes "hidden".
• The command attrib -r -s -h *.*, it removes your system attributes, read-only (-r), system (-s), and hidden (-h) of all files in the current directory.
• The command del *.inf, del *.vbs and del *.htt, it deletes all files with the extensions INF, VBS, HTT in your current directory which is your drive C:\ and D:\ and so on, depending on how many partations is your Hard Disk Drive.
• Actualy, this following file extension *.inf, *.vbs and *.htt, are the common file extension on viruses that hides in your system.

To be safe/sure permanently, install your most favorite antivirus and antispyware softwares in your computer so that you will have confidence on virus treats in your PC.

Remeber!, prevention is better than cure.

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The advantages of enabling NTFS of removable storage devices are mostly security related. For example, an NTFS file system lets you to add allow and deny permissions on individual files and folders for specific Windows users, something you cannot do in the FAT file system. But that’s not all in terms of security. You can also encrypt files using Windows XP’s built-in encryption.

Other benefits include the ability to compress files and therefore save space on your USB drive. You can also set disk quotas and even create partitions! Formatting USB drives in NTFS has several advantages that would be good if you need to use some of these advanced features, i.e. for your IT department or if you’re just paranoid!

However, there are also a few drawbacks to using NFTS on a USB drive. Firstly, there is a lot more writing to the drive that is required when using NTFS and therefore your access to the device will be slower. Will it make a major difference that would prevent people from using it? Probably not, but it’s something to consider. Also, versions of Windows older than 2000 cannot read NTFS file systems, nor can most Linux systems.

The other major downside is that if you encrypt your files on the USB drive, you will not be able to open them anywhere else. Actually, this can be considered a downside or an upside depending on what you want to do. If you want to secure your USB stick so that only your user account on your one computer can open the files, then encrypting is perfect. If not, then do not encrypt the files.

Follow this Instruction:

1. Be sure that you inserted you USB drive to your USB port. From the desktop, right-click on My Computer icon and choose Manage.
2. Click on Device Manager and then expand out Disk Drives. You should see your USB drive listed there as “Generic USB 2.0 USB Drive” or something similar.
3. Now right-click on the USB drive under Disk Drives and choose Properties. Then go to the Policies tab.
4. Now you will see two options, the “Optimize for quick removal” selected by default. Go ahead and change that by selecting the “Optimize for performance” option. This enables writing caching on the drive and therefore allows you to format it as NTFS.
5. That’s it. Now click OK button and then go to My Computer icon on your deskop by double clicking it to open. Once you see the drive partition's of your system, right click on your USB or Memory stick drive and choose format. In the File System drop down menu, you will notice that there are two options of type format, FAT32 and NTFS. Choose NTFS and click the format button to do the formating.
6. Then now your done. You have now your USB or your Memory Stick formated with NTFS file system.
   

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Most of us pay a great deal of attention to the foods we are putting in our bodies. We read labels, read information on nutrition, and probably take a multivitamin just for a little extra insurance. When it comes to our diets, food is well covered.

One aspect that often gets overlooked, however, is what we choose to quench our thirst with. No doubt you've got a good protein powder in place for your pre- and post-workout meals, but what about the beverages you choose to drink throughout the day? You may be quite amazed at the harmful effects they could be having on both your health and your body composition.

Here are some specific ones you should consider, not only for yourself, but also for parents and what your kids may be consuming as well.

Red Bull:
Favored by many as a quick pick-me-up when you feel that afternoon crash hit in, or for some, used as a mixer with alcohol, this is anything but conducive to your dietary attempts. Each 8.3 oz can is going to send 27 grams of sugar flowing into your body, causing your insulin levels to go up. For those on lower carb diets, one can could constitute an entire days worth of carbohydrates.

If you're looking for a healthier alternative to boost your energy mid-day, why not try out BSN's Endorush Drinks. You can get them in Fruit Punch, Grape, Lemon-Lime, or Orange, and not only are they almost calorie free, but they also will boost your energy, performance, endurance, mental focus, cognition, and serve to make sure your electrolytes are where they need to be. It's definitely a better option than the former choice.

Sunsweet Prune Juice:
Packaged to look healthy, prune juice states it's not from concentrate. This must mean it's healthy, right? Wrong. For each 8 oz. serving you drink down, you'll be adding 180 calories and 24 grams of sugar to your daily intake. That's more calories and just about as much sugar as what's found in a cup of cola!

Do note, prunes are actually fantastic as a post-workout food due to their sugar content, so instead of opting for this beverage, have some fresh prunes washed down with Noni Juice, which contains the trace minerals you need to function optimally.

Hawaiian Punch:
If you're a proud parent, you've likely sent your kids off to school with one variety of Hawaiian Punch before. While it may seem like a better option than them purchasing a Pepsi from the vending machine, that's far from the truth. Each 8 fluid oz serving of this red beverage will contain 120 calories and 28 grams of sugar.

Not only does this affect their body weight, but it will also create an energy high followed by a crash. As you've probably experienced a few times before, when you get an energy crash, your concentration level goes with it. The last thing you want is for your kids to be having trouble focusing in their afternoon classes.

Not to mention that this product also contains high-fructose corn syrup, one of the leading causes of weight problems amongst kids today. If you're looking for a fruity tasting drink, instead of having one of these high-sugar options, consider one of the fruit-tasting protein powders. Syntrax's Nectar line is especially good.

Hershey's Chocolate Milk:
While milk is definitely a better option than many of the 'juices' that are available, if you opt for pre-made chocolate milk, you're getting more than you bargained for. Each cup of this drink will contain 270 calories, 5 grams of fat, and 45 grams of sugar.

There will be some protein - which is great, but that is just too much sugar to be consuming. Instead, opt for a ready to drink meal replacement in chocolate flavor such as EAS Myoplex. This is available in regular and light, low-carb versions, so there will be a product to match anyone's dietary needs.

Glaceau Vitamin Water:
More and more you are starting to see flavored water beverages coming to supermarkets and vending machines as an alternative to soda. While many of these are good replacements and are low calories (some even containing electrolytes for those involved in physical activity), some varieties you need to watch out for. The Glaceau brand of vitamin Water will supply you with 125 calories per 20 oz and a whopping 33 grams of sugar. You might as well just have eaten a candy bar.

If you need to get your vitamins in, choose a good multivitamin that will help you meet your nutrient needs. Then, if you're looking to flavor water, have a look at some of the flavored amino acid products out there such as SciVation Xtend. By mixing this product with water, not only will you enhance the taste of plain water, helping it go down, but you'll also be providing essential amino acids to the muscles, helping with recovery and growth.

Starbucks Frappuccino Blended Double Chocolate Chip Crème:
Coffee lovers rejoice! Coffee has now been proven to have beneficial effects on the body, especially as it relates to exercise when consumed in moderate doses. How you choose your coffee beverage though can mean the difference between you losing body fat and you rapidly expanding outwards.

If you choose to have your caffeine in a more dessert-like fashion, choosing Starbucks' ever popular Frappucino in the Venti size, you can tack on an additional 550 calories, 11 grams of fat and 79 grams of sugar to your daily diet. For you women out there dieting and taking in between 1200-1500 calories a day, that will constitute a third to almost a half of all the calories you can have! Definitely not a sound way to diet.

If you are looking to get a dose of caffeine in, consider purchasing a caffeine supplement and then serving that up with a cappuccino flavored protein powder such as Dymatize Café Mocha.

Jamba Juice Green Tea Blast:
If you decide you're in the mood for a smoothie, you need to choose your options very carefully. While green tea offers many beneficial health benefits, taking it in the form of a Jamba Juice will leave you with 67 grams sugar. While post-workout this may pass as okay (if combined with a good source of protein), at any other time of the day, it is definitely not what you want.

If you're looking for the fat loss benefit of green tea, consider buying Designer Supplement's Lean Xtreme. It'll give you a good dose of green tea extract and is great for those who are both trying to lose fat or build muscle.

Gatorade:
A very common choice among athletes involved in hockey, soccer, or track and field, Gatorade is known for its electrolyte balancing properties that keep muscular contractions occurring as they should. While this is essential, if you consume the regular version of Gatorade, you're also going to be getting 125 calories and 35 grams of sugar. For those doing endurance activities, this may be okay as they are burning this sugar off.

For those of you who aren't out there running miles at a time, opt for Now's Arginine Power Super Stack. It will still help replenish your electrolyte balance just as Gatorade does, but will only contribute a measly 60 calories to your diet. This is much more appropriate for those who are looking to control their weight.

Tropicana Fruit Smoothie:
This is another one you may have sent your kids off to school with, or perhaps something you've reached for when you're in the mood for a fruity-tasting beverage. You definitely should include a few pieces of fresh fruit in your diet, but not from a drink such as this.

Each 11 oz. bottle consumed will contribute 220 calories and 44 grams of sugar to your daily diet. Do this every day on a regular basis (in addition to the other foods you'd normally eat) and you've just gained 1/2 a pound a week. Not the best way to control your weight.

Instead, create your own smoothie by blending up fresh or frozen fruit, some low-fat, low-sugar yogurt, and adding in Syntrax Matrix 5.0 in Simply Vanilla flavor. This will give it that creamy taste of a real smoothie but really boost the protein content.

Baskin Robins Heath Cappuccino Blast:
Finally, coming in as the worst possible beverage you could consume, is the Heath Cappucino Blast from Baskin Robins. While it definitely will be tasty, if you decide to really treat yourself and go for a large, it's almost 1/2 pound's worth of calories! Each of these blended beverages ranks in at a massive 1240 calories, 55 grams of fat, and 161 grams of sugar.

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Never, put your banana in the refrigerator this is interesting. After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.

Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.

But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS: Forget the pills -- eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito Bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight and at work? studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature Control: Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking and Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%.

Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape.

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say. "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time when they eat it.

By the way try this out guys, take the inside of the banana skin, and rub directly on the your dusty leather shoe and polish it with dry cloth. See the result.

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There are certain applications that run slow on your PC, because it requires a lot of memory to accommodate its functionality in order to make it run smooth. But you can configure your virtual memory in order for your physical memory to get some extra memory by swapping it to your had disk space left.

In this article I will show you some tweaks in order to get your software application speeds up a little, or we can say it 80 - 90% speed compare to the previous speed when it is used. Follow these simple steps.

• Click Start Menu > select Run > then type Regedit
• Double click on HKEY_LOCAL_MECHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentConrolSet > Control.
• Double click on Session Manager > Memory Management > PrefetchParameters.
• Find the EnablePrefetcher REG_DWORD and

• Right click on it then select Modify Binary Data.

• Notice that the default value is 3, now change the value to 6.
• Click the OK button, close the Registry and reboot your computer.

Now notice the changes once you open your application.

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Stress Management is more than anger management and relaxation. It is self management. There are many different ways to manage stress. I have compiled the various stress management techniques that are simple and most effective to follow and practice. Please feel free to use as many as you can, keeping an open mind, so you can have a collection of techniques that are the most effective for you.

1. Feel Good about your Self
2. Take Care of your Body
3. Develop the Right Attitude
4. Develop the Right Environment
5. Short Tips for Busy People

1. Feel Good about your Self

If you want to bring down your level of stress level in a matter of minutes, these techniques will help you. Use them as needed to feel better quickly; practice them regularly over time and gain even greater benefits.

• Deep Breathing from the Abdomen
• Meditation
• Having a dose of Laughter
• Progressive Muscular Relaxation
• Listening to light music
• Practicing Yoga
• Aerobic Exercises
• Creative Visualization

2. Take Care of Body

When we're stressed, we don't always take care of our bodies, which can lead to even more stress. Here are some important ways to take care of yourself and keep stress levels lower.

• Eat Healthy low fats â€" high protein meals
• Have six to eight hours of regular sleep
• Exercise regularly
• Develop a Hobby
• Have healthy Sex Life

3. Develop the Right Attitude

Attitude plays a great role in managing stress. Much of your experience of stress has a lot to do with your attitude and the way you perceive your life's events. Here are some resources to help you maintain a stress-relieving attitude.

• Let go your Ego
• Have a Optimistic approach to life
• Do not react under pressure
• Stop Worrying about things not in your control
• Accept that everything cannot be perfect
• Find an opportunity in every problem
• Say good things to your self â€" affirmations
• Have a health sense of humour

4. Develop the Right Environment

Having ambiance and pleasant environment make stress management very easy. Your physical and emotional surroundings can impact your stress levels in subtle but significant ways. Here are several ways you can change your atmosphere and less your stress.

• Clutter free home, office and working desk
• Green and Clean surrounding
• Light instrumental music
• Motivational Posters
• Words of Wisdom

5. Short Tips for Busy People

Busy People add a lot of stress to their already stressed life. People who may have more stressors in their lives is because they have more activity in their lives, and less time to devote to stress management. If you're a busy person, these resources can help you to manage stress efficiently in a short amount of time, and eliminate some of what's causing you stress in the first place.

• Time Management Tips
• Communication Skills
• Listening Skills
• Managing Priorities
• Enhancing Team Work
• Enhancing People Skills

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CCleaner

CCleaner (a.k.a Crap Cleaner) is a freeware utility used to optimize a computer and clean its registry. It is developed by Piriform and is designed for Microsoft Windows.

It allows the user easily to remove unused temporary files from Internet browsers and other supported applications along with browsing history, cookies, and AutoComplete form history. It allows for the cleaning of the recycle bin, memory dumps, file fragments, log files, system caches, application data, and various other data. The program also includes a Registry Cleaner to locate and correct problems in the Windows Registry such as missing shared DLLs, unused file extensions and application paths.

It also assists in the uninstallation process by allowing user to uninstall programs from CCleaner itself. And the best of it is, it is an open source software.

CCleaner supports the cleaning of temporary and unneeded files from certain programs including the following:

Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Safari, Google Chrome, Foxit Reader, Microsoft Office (2000, XP, 2003, 2007), Nero Burning ROM, Java, Windows Live Messenger, ZoneAlarm, Flash Player, QuickTime, VirtualDub, Windows Media Player, 7-Zip, Avira AntiVir, Spybot - Search & Destroy, Windows Registry Editor, eMule, KaZaA, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and others.

ATF Cleaner

ATF Cleaner just like CCleaner is a freeware, temporary file cleaner for Windows, IE, Firefox and Opera with a simple, easy-to-use interface.

ATF Cleaner shows the user with a pop up window when the task is done for cleaning your system with the total bytes freed upon completion. This freeware is light it's only 36kb capacity, and the best of it is there's no installation required, just click it and it will execute.


NOD32

ESET NOD32 or commonly known as NOD32, is an antivirus package made by the Slovak company ESET. Operating Systems like Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Novell NetWare, Windows Mobile platform, and others are supported by different ESET products.

NOD32 has also a Smart Security feature which is tightly integrated solution designed to protect computers from a range of internet threats like trojans, worms, rootkits, spyware, malware and more. It has also a customized firewall, antispyware and antispam built in features to protect you PC. You can configure the options for the best protection of your computer and business.

The acronym NOD stands for "Nemocnica na Okraji Disku" means (hospital at the edge of the disk), a pun related to the Czechoslovakian medical drama series Nemocnica na okraji mesta (hospital at the edge of the city).

Xoftspy

Just like other antispyware program application, XoftSpySE can detects and perfectly removes over 270,000 harmful, dangerous and likely unwanted applications. It can remove Spyware, Adware and stop Pop-ups.

It can also kill Trojans, Worms and Viruses. Clean Registry an Program Errors. Remove harmful registry keys and files. Speed-Up your computer. Destroy harmful hijackers. Prevent identity and credit card theft. Clean and Optimize your PC. One solution of many problems. Fast, powerful, and easy to use. XoftspySE can be updated through online, you download the updates and it will automatically update the database definition for the new threats.

XoftspySE now has a new version which is XoftSpy 4.33.304 and more to come in the future.

When I have this applications on my PC, I can say that my PC has a 99% free from those internet threats.

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Here's a simple system tweak by replacing the AM and PM of your system clock located in your system tray with your name.

Note: Replacing the AM and PM of your system clock with your name is limited only to 12 characters of letters excluding the number.

Follow this instruction:

• Click Start > select Control Panel > double click Regional and languages.
• Click Customize button beside the drop down menu of language whose default is English (United States). See the image:
  

• In the Customize Regional Options Menu, select the Time tab. Below it, you find the AM and PM Symbol.

• Rename the AM and PM Symbol with the name you like. Please read the Note above for the limitation characters to be inputted.
• After you've done inputting your desired name, click the OK button. The changes you made will take effect immediately. Look at your system tray clock now to see the result.

Here's my work:

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Firefox takes up too much memory on your computer when it is used, but you can limit the amount of RAM that is allowed to use when firefox is use.

• Open your Firefox webrowser.
• In the URL area type this, about:config. It will bring you to the Firefox configuration mode
• In filter area type this, browser.cache.disk.capacity, notice that it is set to 50000, but you can lower it, depending on how much memory you have.
  
• Right click the browser.cache.disk.capacity and select modify then enter the value you desire. Remember always, that it is depending on how much the capacity of your memory installed in your system. If you have 512MB - 1GB of memory, try to enter 14000 or 15000 as your desired value.
• Click the OK button if you done inputting the value.
• Restart your Firefox browser to take effect the changes made.

Hints!: Aside from right clicking browser.cache.disk.capacity and select modify, you can also double click it. It will automatically take you to modify and enter the value you desired.

You can also reduce RAM usage further for when Firefox is minimized.

This setting will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking up much less memory. And there is no noticeable difference in speed when you restore Firefox, so it’s definitely worth on the go.

• Open your Firefox webrowser.
• In the URL area type this, about:config. It will bring you to the Firefox configuration mode
• Then right click anywhere and select New > then select Boolean. Copy this one config.trim_on_minimize, and paste it in as the new Boolean value and then click the OK button it will give the option to select either FALSE or TRUE, select TRUE then click the OK button again.
• Restart your Firefox browser to take effect the changes made.

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Sometimes you get registry entries or system files in your system is damaged somehow, even if you don't know the real reason why it is happen. But at same time you need to find a way to fix it without installing new system in your computer in order to save time and effort.

Here's a simple steps to make that problem to be fix with in a less time. In your system32 folder inside your WINDOWS folder, there's an application there that called "webfldrs.msi" it is an application to run on purpose for repairing some corrupted sytem files like your ".dll" file. In order to make it, follow this simple instruction:

• Click Start button > select Run then type this c:\WINDOWS\system32\webfldrs.msi
• Insert your Windows XP CD to your CD/DVD ROM, others call it Optical Drive.
  

• Click the OK button, it will create an installation setup.

• Click the "Select reinstall mode" button.

• Check all the check box option.

• Click the Reinstall button.
• After clicking Reinstall button, it will automatically copy some of the important files needed from your CD that you inserted from your optical drive to your WINDOWS folder where it is reside. By default it is in your Drive C:\WINDOWS.
• After done copying the important files, it will prompt a message saying that "Install has completed successfully"
• Then click the OK button. After it, your system will ask you to reboot your computer in order to take effect the configuration changes made.
• Click the Yes button to reboot your computer system.

Then here you go your corrupted system file is now fixed.

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1. Open MS Excel.
2. In the First Cell of the Worksheet press "space bar" key and then on the file menu select/click on "Save As Web page".
3. In the Save As pop up, click to choose on "Selection" Sheet" radio button and then click on "Add interactively" check box to check it.
4. Save the File then open the file which you save as webpage you'll see a Excel Sheet.
5. With the Help of Page Down on your keyboard point to Row Number 2000 then point to Column "WC"
6. Go To the Column WC such that it's on the extreme left of your screen
7. Click on 2000 such that whole row is selected
8. While Pressing CTRL+ALT+SHIFT click on The "Microsoft office" Logo on the same sheet on the extreme left of your sheet.
9. There you go you can play now the game.

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You can access the Control Panel if it is disabled in the Start Menu by the administrator in an Internet Cafe, School or in your office. This is what you gonna do.

• Create a folder in your Desktop.
• Rename the folder that you created with this one.

Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

• After renaming the folder it will automatically changed to Control Panel icon, and click it to access the Control Panel in your system.

The "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" code is the system code of your Control Panel.

I hope it will help a lot when you encounter this kind of situation.

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Gallstones may not be everyone's concern. But they should be because we all have them. Moreover, gallstones may lead to cancer. "Cancer is never the first illness," usually, there are a lot of other problems leading to cancer. Some materials which say that people with cancer usually have stones. We all have gallstones. It's a matter of big or small, many or few.

Legend:

1. Liver
2. Common Bile Duct
3. Gallstones
4. Gallbladder

One of the symptoms of gallstones is a feeling of bloatedness after a heavy meal. You feel like you can't digest the food. If it gets more serious, you feel pain in the liver area." So if you think you have gallstones, the following method will teach you to remove them naturally.

This is photo of the gallstones that has been remove

The treatment is also good for those with a weak liver, because the liver and gallbladder are closely linked:

1. For the first five days, take four glasses of apple juice every day. Or eat four or five apples, whichever you prefer. Apple juice softens the gallstones. During the five days, eat normally.
2. On the sixth day, take no dinner.
3. At 6 PM, take a teaspoon of Epsom salt (magnesium sulphate) with a glass of warm water.
4. At 8 PM, repeat the same. Magnesium sulphate opens the gallbladder ducts.
5. At 10 PM, take half cup olive oil (or sesame oil) with half cup fresh lemon juice. Mix it well and drink it. The oil lubricates the stones to ease their passage.

You will find green stones in your stools. "Usually they float," you might want to count them if you want.

Even if you don't have any symptoms of gallstones, you still might have some. It's always good to give your gall bladder a clean-up now and then.

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Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is an anti-piracy system created by Microsoft that enforces Microsoft Windows online validation of the authenticity of several recent Microsoft operating systems when accessing several Microsoft Windows services, such as Windows Update, and downloading Windows components from the Microsoft Download Center. Specifically, WGA covers Windows XP and Windows Vista. It does not cover Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 or the Windows 9x family. However, certain downloads and non-critical updates from the Download Center for Windows 2000 require validation.

However, if you download the windows update from Microsoft and experiencing this annoying serious problem about counterfeiting, There are several ways on how to solve this kind of problem and one of this is this one.

• Click your "My Computer" > click your drive C: > click the folder WINDOWS.
• Under the WINDOWS folder find the system32 folder then double click it. system32 folder is the folder where all of your DLL files are located and the other is the system folder.
• In system32 folder find this DLL file "WgaLogon.dll" > right click on it and select properties.

• In the tab menu of WgaLogon.dll properties select Version, it will display the file version of your WgaLogon.dll

• Now you know the version of your Windows Genuine Validation, go click here to download the latest Windows Genuine Validation dll file.
• Once you've done downloading it, extract the .rar file, copy the LegitCheckControll.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe
• Repeat the steps 1 and 2 to locate your system32 folder and paste those dll's you copy to replace the existing dll's with the new one. Windows will ask you to replace the existing file with the new one you copy. Just click the yes button to replace.
  
• Once you done replacing it, locate the folder where you extract the dll's you copied, there's a MS-DOS Batch File there, click it to run and wait until it finish executing.
• Once it's done reboot your system and those annoying counterfeiting pop-ups in your system tray will be gone.

Now your Windows Genuine Validation is updated and you can now download some security updates and bug fixes from Microsoft. Rest assure this is 100% working on Windows Update, Microsoft Download Center and Microsoft Update

Latest Version:
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.8.32.1

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Kiwi: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E &fiber. It's Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

Apple: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

Strawberry: Protective fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits &protects the body from cancer causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals. (Actually, any berry is good for you, they're high in anti-oxidants and they actually keep us young... blueberries are the best and very versatile in the health field... they get rid of all the free-radicals that invade our bodies)

Orange: Sweetest medicine. Taking 2 - 4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen the risk of colon cancer.

Watermelon: Coolest Thirst Quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C &Potassium. (watermelon also has natural substances [natural SPF sources] that keep our skin healthy, protecting our skin from those darn suv rays)

Guava and Papaya: Top awards for Vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber which helps prevent constipation.

Papaya: is rich in carotene, this is good for your eyes. (also good for gas and indigestion)

Tomatoes: are very good as a preventative measure for men, keeps those prostrate problems from invading their bodies

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The most common factors believed to contribute to type 2 diabetes have always been too much food and too little exercise. However, sleep deprivation seems to also play a role in abnormal glucose metabolism. According to a study published in the December issue of the journal SLEEP, subjects who reported sleeping five or fewer hours each night were significantly more likely to have diabetes over the follow-up period compared to subjects who reported sleeping seven hours.

These findings held true even after the researchers adjusted for variables such as physical activity, depression, alcohol consumption, ethnicity, education, marital status, age, obesity and history of hypertension. According to sleep experts, most adults need seven to eight hours of sleep each night to feel alert and well-rested. Also a person who sleeps less than 6 hours and eats chocolate (brown or dark) have bigger chances of getting diabetes

Adolescents and teenagers need about nine hours each night, younger kids require 10-11 hours a night and children in pre-school 11-13 hours. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine offers the following tips on how to get a good night’s sleep.

1. Follow a consistent bedtime routine.
2. Establish a relaxing setting at bedtime.
3. Get a full night’s sleep every night.
4. Avoid foods or drinks that contain caffeine, as well as any medicine that has a stimulant, prior to bedtime.
5. Do not go to bed hungry, but don’t eat a big meal before bedtime either.
6. Avoid any rigorous exercise within six hours of your bedtime.
7. Make your bedroom quiet, dark and a little bit cool.
8. Get up at the same time every morning.

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For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal. A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.

A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this message sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this & Send the link to a friend. It could save a life. So, please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.

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Why?
Because the frequency of heart attack, sudden death, and stroke peaks between 6: 00a.m. and noon, with the highest incidence being between 8: 00a.m. and 10:00a.m.

What mechanism within the body could account for this significant jump in sudden death in the early morning hours?

Answer:
Platelet, tiny elements in the blood that keep us from bleeding to Death if we get a cut, can clump together inside our arteries due to cholesterol or laque buildup in the artery lining. It is in the morning hours that platelets become the most activated and tend to form these internal blood clots at the greatest frequency.

However, eating even a very light breakfast prevents the morning platelet activation that is associated with heart attacks and strokes. Studies performed at Memorial University in St. Johns, Newfoundland found that eating a light, very low-fat breakfast was critical in modifying the morning platelet activation. Subjects in the study consumed either low-fat or fat-free yogurt, orange juice, fruit, and a source of protein coming from yogurt or fat-free milk.

So if you skip breakfast, it's important that you change this practice immediately in light of this research. Develop a simple plan to eat cereal, such as oatmeal or Bran Flakes, along with six ounces of grape juice or orange juice, and perhaps a piece of fruit. This simple plan will keep your platelets from sticking together, keep blood clots from forming, and perhaps head off a potential Heart Attack or stroke. So never ever skip breakfast.

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HEADACHE
Eat Fish
Eat plenty of fish, fish oil helps prevent headaches. So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain.

HAVE FEVER
Eat Yogurt
Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season. Also-eat honey from your area (local region) daily.

TO PREVENT STROKE
Drink Tea
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)

INSOMNIA (CAN`T SLEEP )
Drink Honey
Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative.

ASTHMA
Eat Onions
Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes.

ARTHRITIS
Eat Fish
Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis. (fish has omega oils, good for our immune system)

UPSET STOMACH
Eat Bananas or Ginger
Bananas will settle an upset stomach. Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea.

BLADDER INFECTION
Drink Cranberry Juice
High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria.

BONE PROBLEMS
Eat Pineapple or Drink Pineapple Juice
Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple.

PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
Eat Cornflakes
Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce depression, anxiety and fatigue.

MEMORY PROBLEMS
Eat Oysters
Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc.

COLDS
Eat Garlic
Clear up that stuffy head with garlic. (remember, garlic lowers cholesterol, too.)

COUGHING
Use Red Peppers
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.

BREAST CANCER
Eat Wheat, Bran and Cabbage
Helps to maintain estrogen at healthy levels.

LUNG CANCER
Eat Dark Green and Orange Veggies
A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in dark green and orange vegetables.

ULCERS
Eat Cabbage
Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers.

DIARRHEA
Eat Apples
Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this condition. (Bananas are good for this ailment)

CLOGGED ARTERIES
Eat Avocado
Mono unsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Eat Celery and Olive Oil
Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure. Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure too.

BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE
Eat Broccoli and Peanuts
The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood sugar.

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Note: The word "Bangungot" is a Filipino word, means Nightmare.

It seems only MALES are afflicted with this. We had a co-staff/driver from FAO who died last month from supposedly BANGUNGOT leaving a housewife and 3 very young kids.

IMPORTANT: Never go thirsty when going to bed and be sure you have plenty of water during your 8-hour rest.

Bangungot has killed a male nurse of UERMMH. It is sudden death in adults which cause them to die while sleeping. Many theories have been put forward as its cause. However, here is an article which sheds some light to the cause of this malady.

This an article of a Philippine Star, one of the popular newspaper in the Philippines.

The reported cause of death of the matinee actor named Rico Yan, is nightmare or Bangungot. Medical investigators in China , Japan and several Asian countries who performed autopsies on persons who died from "acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis" found out that the majority of them had eaten NOODLES as their supper. This was a startling finding.

However, it wasn't the noodles that caused nightmares but DEHYDRATION. Imbibing even with a few drinks of alcohol or just eating noodles immediately before bedtime compound this on an empty stomach will trigger an electrolyte imbalance and other factors that causes a person to dehydrate or lose water.

It is therefore advisable for a person to take several glasses of water before bedtime if he had a few or several alcoholic drinks. Avoid eating noodles before bedtime, but if you cannot avoid it, allow at least two hours for the body to digest the noodles before hitting the sack and drink plenty of water.

The most important thing is, never go thirsty when going to bed and be sure you have plenty of water during your 8-hour rest.

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Hair loss is a devastating experience for any woman. An equally delicate problem is when she faces unwanted growth of hair on her face and body. When a girl grows up and enters into puberty, she starts having hair on specific parts of her body. These hairs are lighter or heavier according to her origin. A woman whose descent is Mediterranean has more hairs on her arms and her legs than that of an Asian origin.

Too much hair on a woman is not considered feminine and women have the habit of shaving off unwanted hair from their bodies. Today’s women prefer arms and legs “cut in alabaster”, so much so that normal hair growth is considered grotesque in the American society. Yet there are millions of ladies who have unwanted and abnormal hair on their bodies. The hair growth is heavy and there are many reasons for such hair growth.

The general causes for abnormal hair growth is

The fat cells of the body can change the weaker forms of androgen into more potential ones. The Androgen Metabolism causes the hair growth to be abnormal and the fat cells convert testosterone into DHT or dihydrotestosterone. The ovaries are responsible for producing testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate is produced by the adrenal glands. There are many instances where the adrenal glands cause heavy growth of hair.

In the body the hormone levels are managed well and in a balanced form. The Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) is produced by the liver and this binds testosterone. Free androgen's create a lot of hair growth. When a woman gets an abnormal growth of hair, the first thing she should do is to find a doctor and discusses the problem with him.

Blood tests will determine the imbalance in hormonal levels and when this is resolved she will not have any more unwanted hair growth. The rest of the problem can be done away with waxing and other processes of hair removal.

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Did you have a little too much to drink last night?
Do you have a headache?
Do you feel weak?
Are you nauseated?
Dizzy?

You’ve probably got a hangover. Hangovers are caused by drinking too much alcohol at one time, and are dependent on each person’s tolerance level for alcohol. It can be based on height, weight, and the genetics of a person. There is no cure for a hangover but there are a few simple home remedies that can help make you feel better. Thankfully, hangover symptoms last only about 24 hours.

The main symptom of a hangover is dehydration and that can be minimized by drinking plenty of water. A headache is a symptom of dehydration and may be eased with pain relievers and by drinking water.

What Causes you Hangovers?

1. Dehydration of the body - Alcohol is a diuretic (a drug that increases urination and flushes fluids from the body). Drinking coffee the following morning will only increase this problem as coffee is also a diuretic.
2. Your drinking too much alcohol - Too much alcohol depletes the body of necessary substances required to stay healthy such as vitamins and minerals, water, and blood sugar.
3. Some alcohol is worse than others - Brandy, red wine, rum, whiskey, white wine, gin and vodka. The British Medical Journal did tests that showed drinking bourbon whiskey is twice as likely to cause a hangover than the same amount of vodka.
4. There may be mild poisons in your drink - Dr Ian Calder of the London based National Hospital for Neurosurgery states that there are complex organic molecules such as methanol and acetone that are found in some drinks and are said to be responsible for hangovers rather than ethanol (alcohol).
5. Mixing drinks can cause hangovers. Be careful with what you’re drinking and when you’re drinking it.
6. The wine is from a bad harvest - If you are drinking wine that comes from a country where a small change in the climate can make a big difference to the quality of wine, eg France, Germany, New Zealand, then in a bad season the wine contains many more substances that can cause hangovers.
7. You’re drinking a wine that’s too young - Almost all red wines and chardonnay are matured in oak barrels so that they will keep and improve. If you drink this wine younger than three years you run a higher risk of getting a hangover. As a rule of thumb wine stored in oak barrels for six months should be acceptable to drink within the first year. If the wine is stored for twelve months or more in oak barrels it should then be left for at least four years. Some winemakers have been known to add oak chips directly into the wine to enhance flavors, especially in a bad season, and this can take years to become neutral.

Home Health Remedies

1. Do not have an alcoholic drink in the morning as a cure for a hangover. Another drink does not help and may only make your hangover worse.
2. Some people think that having a cup of coffee will help to drive away your hangover. NOT TRUE. Avoid coffees and any other caffeinated beverages as they can cause you further dehydration.
3. Take Vitamin C as it may increase the rate of alcohol breakdown in the body.
4. Alcohol causes dehydration, so drink plenty of water. Also drink fruit juices and tomato juice.
5. Bouillon soup or sports beverages (i.e. Gatorade) may help replace depleted salt and potassium.
6. Try a cold pack to relieve headache pain.
7. For a headache, take acetaminophen unless you have known liver disease or drink heavily and, therefore, may be at risk for liver disease.
8. Alcohol consumption can irritate your stomach lining so avoid aspirin and ibuprofen since they may only serve to increase this irritation.
9. For an upset stomach, try an over-the-counter antacid. Peppermint and chamomile tea may also help.

Future Prevention for the Hangover Person

1. Never drink on an empty stomach. Food helps to absorb some of the alcohol and aids the body in digesting it faster.
2. Try to eat starchy foods to slow down the alcohol absorption.
3. Limit yourself to less than 1 drink per hour.
4. Try to alternate your alcoholic drinks with nonalcoholic beverages such as water.
5. Stick to non-carbonated drinks as carbonation can speed up the alcohol absorption.
6. Try to avoid sweet drinks (and sugary foods) while you drink. The sweet taste of the drink can make it difficult for you to judge how much alcohol you’re actually consuming.
7. Be sure to choose drinks with low levels of congeners (light drinks such as white wines, gin, and vodka) – these are additives that are found in alcohol that increase your risk of a hangover. Dark-colored drinks (such as red wine, bourbon, and rum) have higher levels of congeners and should be avoided as often as possible.
8. Drink lots of water before you go to bed.
9. Get plenty of rest.

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Is that exercise bike in your bedroom gathering dust? You can still turn the room into a fitness haven – but forget the bike and head straight to bed: Having vigorous sex can burn off about 130 calories per half hour. You can burn off two kilograms a year with 135 lovemaking sessions – that works out to 2.6 times a week.

And there are other health benefits to habitual sex: British researchers who examined 914 middle-age men over 20 years found that frequent sex might help the heart. Moreover, results from a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggest that frequent ejaculation may be related to a lower risk of prostate cancer.

So for the sake of your waist and heart not to mention a few other body parts consider the horizontal workout. After all, it’s a lot more fun than heading to the gym.

Honestly speaking sex is the great exercise next to swimming!, so enjoy your healthy sex life.

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A friend of mine undergo an operation to remove the cyst inside her stomach. The cyst that was removed was filled with a dark colored blood. After the successful operation, she thought that she would be recovered after the surgery but things got worst.

A relapse occurred just a few months later. She rushed down to see her gynecologist for a consultation. During her consultation, the doctor asked her if she was a frequent consumer of chicken wings and she replied yes wondering as to how. The doctor said to her that in this modern day and age; chickens are injected with steroids to accelerate their growth so that the needs of the society for chicken can be meet.

Chickens that are injected with steroids are usually given the shot at the neck or the wings. Therefore, it is in these place that the highest concentration of steroids exists. These steroids have terrifying effects on the body as it accelerates growth.

It has even more dangerous effect in the presence of female hormones, and this leads to women being prone to the growth of a cyst in the womb.

I advise the people out there to watch their diets and to lower their frequency of consuming chicken wings.

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I always wondered why I need 8-10 hours of sleep per night to feel human, while others say they only need 4-6 hours.It seems like so much of my time is wasted sleeping. But sleep is important for the health of our bodies and minds. It appears that everyone is different as to the amount of sleep that they require to say healthy. The amount of sleep each person needs depends on many factors. Infants require about 16 hours a day, while teenagers need about 9 hours.

For adults, 7 to 8 hours a night appears to be the best amount of sleep, but some people need only 5 hours or as many as 10 hours. Women in the first 3 months of pregnancy often need several more hours of sleep than usual. The amount of sleep a person needs also increases if he or she has been deprived of sleep in previous days. Getting too little sleep creates a sleep deficit.

Eventually, your body will demand that the deficit be repaid. Our judgment, reaction time, and other functions are impaired when we lack adequate amounts of sleep. About half of all people over 65 have sleeping problems. This change may be a normal part of aging, or it may be from medical problems or medications that they take for there medical problems.

Experts say that if you feel drowsy during the day you haven’t had enough sleep. If you routinely fall asleep within 5 minutes of lying down, you probably have severe sleep deprivation or possibly even a sleep disorder. A large portion of the population is”burning the candle at both ends“,which is creating sleep deprivation. These people are having microsleeps,or very brief periods of sleep, to termporarily satisfy there sleep deprivation.

Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous. Sleep-deprived people performe as bad or worse than those who are intoxicated. Sleep deprivation also increases the effects that alcohol has on the body. Driver fatigue is responsible for an estimated 100,000 motor vehicle accidents and 1500 deaths each year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Drowsiness is the brain’s last step before falling asleep, so driving while drowsy leads to accidents. Caffeine and other stimulants cannot overcome the effects of severe sleep deprivation. If you have trouble keeping your eyes focused, can’t stop yawning, can’t remember driving the last few miles, you need to get off the roadways.

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It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven a its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:

Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear nose and throat diseases.

METHODS OF TREATMENT

1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water.
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minutes.
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours.
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.

The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/ reduce main diseases:

1. High Blood Pressure - 30 days
2. Gastric - 10 days
3. Diabetes - 30 days
4. Constipation - 10 days
5. Cancer - 180 days
6. TB - 90 days
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards - daily.

This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times. It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life. Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.

This makes sense the Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain.

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