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老中醫的順口溜，太適用了！

2010-10-07T14:50:00.000-07:00

若要皮膚好，粥裡放紅棗。

若要不失眠，粥裡添白蓮。

腰酸腎氣虛，煮粥放板栗。

心虛氣不足，粥加桂圓肉。

頭昏多汗症，粥裡加薏仁。

潤肺又止咳，粥裡加百合。

消暑解熱毒，常飲綠豆粥。

烏髮又補腎，粥加核桃仁。

若要降血壓，煮粥加荷葉。

滋陰潤肺好，煮粥加銀耳。

春季防流腦，薺菜煮粥好。

健脾助消化，煮粥添山楂。

夢多又健忘，粥裡加蛋黃。

利尿消腫治腳氣，赤豆粥裡勝補劑。

消熱生津又和胃，甘蔗做粥來補胃。

傷風感冒又腹痛，生薑上場來做粥。

滋腎補肝又明目，枸杞加上粥裡香。

生梨潤肺化痰好，蘋果止瀉營養高。

黃瓜減肥有成效，抑制癌症獼猴桃。

番茄補血助容顏，蓮藕除煩解酒妙。

橘子理氣好化痰，韭菜補腎暖膝腰。

蘿蔔消食除脹氣，芹菜能治血壓高。

白菜利尿排毒素，菜花常吃癌症少。

冬瓜消腫有利尿，綠豆解毒療效高。

木耳搞癌散血淤，山藥益腎浮腫消。

海帶含碘散淤結，蘑菇抑制癌細胞。

胡椒驅寒兼除濕，蔥辣薑湯治感冒。

魚蝦豬蹄補乳汁，豬肝羊肝明目好。

益腎強腰吃核桃，健腎補脾吃紅棗

CLEAN YOUR KIDNEYS WITH LESS THAN $1.00 用不到 $ 1.00美金就可清洗你的腎臟

2010-10-07T14:01:00.000-07:00

An oldie: Simple Kidney's Cleanser

Simple Kidney's Cleanser - Health Care

It is a vegetable, you may try it at home.

Years pass by and our kidneys are filtering the blood by removing salt, poison and any unwanted entering our body. With time, the salt accumulates and this needs to undergo cleaning treatments

How are we going to do this?

It is very easy.......

first take a bunch of parsley and wash it

Then cut it in small pieces and put it in a pot and pour clean water and boil it for ten minutes and let it cool down and then filter it and pour in a clean bottle and keep it inside refrigerator when it is cool.

Drink one glass daily and you will notice all the salt and other accumulated poison coming out of your kidney by urination. Also you will be able to notice the difference which you never felt before.

Parsley is known as best cleaning treatment for kidneys and it is natural!

清洗腎臟的簡單方法

只用蔬菜，可以在家裡嘗試。

多年來，我們的腎? K? ^濾血液，排除進入我們的身體的鹽，毒素及任何不需要的物質。隨著時日，鹽毒積累，必須進行清潔處理。

我們要怎樣做呢？
非常容易，首先拿一把荷蘭芹，洗乾淨。切成小塊，放在鍋子裡，注入乾淨的水煮10分鐘，冷卻後過濾到一個乾淨的瓶子，存放冰箱。

每天喝一杯，你會發現你腎臟裡所有積累的鹽和其他毒素都經由尿液排出體外。而且感覺身體和以前完全不同。

人們很早就曉得荷蘭芹是最佳腎臟清洗劑，而且它是天然的。

The fat that blasts away cancer

2010-05-12T14:50:00.000-07:00

You've been told cancer runs in families. You've been told what to eat and what NOT to eat -- including LESS fat.

Yet Dr. Steven Pratt says there's one fat you should eat MORE of.. It's the monounsaturated fat called oleic acid, found in olive oil!

It should come as no surprise. After all, olive oil is a staple of the Mediterranean diet. And people in Spain and Greece are far less likely to develop cancer than in the U.S.

But what's really interesting is how olive oil not only prevents cancer, it blasts away cancer cells that already exist! So if you're even the slightest bit worried about cancer, this is one SuperFood you don't want to be without!

ac - The above came in my email and I wish to share with my blogs readers. Olive oil tastes good and in fact is in my opinion the best cooking oil. Nonetheless, olive oil offers no harm but gives health benefits. Why don't just take it?

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Benefits of Papaya

2010-04-12T17:06:00.000-07:00

In the previous blog, we talked about papaya leaves can cure dengue fever. We have testimony. But this following, we don't. However, papaya is delicious, sweet, can be made into juice and is a good drink, not poisonous and is not harmful to our body, so why not just eat it. May be it does help prevent cancer and that can be the benefit for believing the fruits provided by Nature.

I got the following through an email. I find that it is useful information and should be shared. You and I as laymen, may not understand all the medical jargons in the article, but all we need to know is that the fruit gives more benefits and poses no harm. So, go ahead have a papaya a day and keep the cancer abay.

Here it goes: (pics from left to right: the tree, the leave and the fruit). Enjoy reading for your health.

Papaya was the only studied food found to halt breast cancer

Scientists studied 14 plant foods commonly consumed in Mexico to determine their ability to halt breast cancer cell growth. These included avocado, black sapote, fuava, mango, prickly pear cactus (nopal), pineapple, grapes, tomato, and papaya. They also evaluated beta-carotene, total plant phenolics, and gallic acid contents and antioxidant capacity.

They found that only papaya had a significant effect on stopping breast cancer cell growth. (International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition, May)

Papaya is a store-house of cancer fighting lycopene

The intense orangey-pink color of papaya means it is chock full of cancer fighting carotenoids. Not only beta carotene, but lycopene is found in abundance. The construction of lycopene makes it highly reactive toward oxygen and free radicals.

Scientists at the University of Illinois think this anti-oxidant activity contributes to its effectiveness as a cancer fighting agent. Epidemiological studies have indicated an inverse relationship between lycopene intake and prostate cancer risk. They showed that oral lycopene is highly bioavailable, accumulates in prostate tissue, and is localized in the nucleus of prostate epithelial cells. In addition to antioxidant activity, other experiments have indicated that lycopene induces cancer cell death, anti-metastatic activity, and the up-regulation of protective enzymes.

Phase I and II studies have established the safety of lycopene supplementation. (Cancer Letter, October 8, 2008) Prostate cancer was the subject of a study in Australia that looked at 130 prostate cancer patients and 274 hospitalized controls. The scientists found that men who consumed the most lycopene-rich fruits and vegetables such as papaya were 82% less likely to have prostate cancer. In this study, green tea also exerted a powerful anti-cancer effect. When lycopene-rich foods were consumed with green tea, the combination was even more effective, an outcome the researchers credited to their synergy. ( Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2007)

Isothiocyanates found in papaya restore the cell cycle to eliminate cancer

Organo-sulfur compounds called isothiocyanates are found in papaya. In animal experiments, isothiocyanates protected against cancers of the breast, lung, colon pancreas, and prostate, as well as leukemia, and they have the potential to prevent cancer in humans. Isothiocyanates have shown themselves capable of inhibiting both the formation and development of cancer cells through multiple pathways and mechanisms. (International Journal of Oncology, October, 2008)

Researchers in Japan clarified the mechanisms of action in a type of isothiocyanate found in papaya known as BITC, that underlies the relationship between cell cycle regulation and appropriate cell death. When cancerous cells die on schedule, they are no longer a problem. The researchers established that BITC exerted cancer cell killing effects that were greater in the proliferating cells than in the quiescent cells. Cancer cells that are proliferating are much more dangerous than cancer cells that are in a state of dormancy. (Forum of Nutrition, 2009)

Enzymes from papaya digest proteins including those that protect tumors

The fruit and other parts of the papaya tree, also known as the paw paw tree, contain papain and chymopapain, powerful proteolytic enzymes that facilitate chemical reactions in the body. They promote digestion by helping to break down proteins from food into amino acids that can be recombined to produce protein useable by humans. Proteolytic enzymes protect the body from inflammation and help heal burns. They do a good job of digesting unwanted scar tissue both on the skin and under its surface.

Research has shown that the physical and mental health of people is highly dependent on their ability to produce proteins they can use effectively. However, as people age, they produce less of the enzymes needed to effectively digest proteins from food and free needed amino acids. They are left with excessive amounts of undigested protein which can lead to overgrowth of unwanted bacteria in the intestinal tract, and a lack of available amino acids.

Eating papaya after a meal promotes digestion, and helps prevent bloating, gas production, and indigestion. It is quite helpful after antibiotic use to replenish friendly intestinal bacteria that were the casualties in the war against the unwanted bacteria. When the intestinal tract is well populated with friendly bacteria, the immune system is strengthened, and can better protect against flu and cancer.

Being a proteolytic enzyme, papain is able to destroy intestinal parasites, which are composed mostly of protein.

To rid the body of intestinal parasites, half a cup of papaya juice can be alternated each hour for twelve consecutive hours with the same amount of cucumber or green bean juice.

Papaya contains fibrin, another useful compound not readily found in the plant kingdom. Fibrin reduces the risk of blood clots and improves the quality of blood cells, optimizing the ability of blood to flow through the circulatory system. Fibrin is also important in preventing stokes. Proteolytic enzymes containing fibrin are a good idea for long plane rides to minimize the potential of blood clots in the legs. People who sit at a desk all day might want to use proteolytic enzymes too.

Proteolytic enzymes are able to digest and destroy the defense shields of viruses, tumors, allergens, yeasts, and various forms of fungus. Once the shield is destroyed, tumors and invading organisms are extremely vulnerable and easily taken care of by the immune system.

Undigested proteins can penetrate the gut and wind up in the bloodstream where they are treated by the immune system as invaders. If too many undigested proteins are floating around, the immune system becomes overburdened and unable to attend to the other tasks it was meant to do.

Proteolytic enzymes can digest these rogue proteins, freeing up the immune system.

Diabetic cure?

2010-04-11T16:52:00.000-07:00

This is a forwarded email from friend.

DIABETIC?
FINALLY GOOD NEWS FOR ALL DIABETICS

A woman (65) was diabetic for the last 20+ years and was taking insulin twice a day,
she used the enclosed homemade medicine for a fortnight and now she is absolutely free of diabetes and taking all her food as normal including sweets ...........................

The doctors have advised her to stop insulin and any other blood sugar controlling drugs.

AS RECEIVED as is. I believe you can understand it easily:

DR. TONY ALMEIDA ( Bombay Kidney Speciality expert ) made the extensive
experiments with perseverance and patience and discovered a successful treatment for diabetes.

Ingredients:
1 - Wheat flour 100 gm
2 - Gum (of tree) (gondh) 100 gm
3 - Barley 100 gm
4 - Black Seeds (kalunji) 100 gm

Method of Preparation

Put all the above ingredients in 5 cups of water.
Boil it for 10 minutes and put off the fire.
Allow it to cool down by itself.
When it has become cold, filter out the seeds and preserve the water in a glass jug or bottle.

How to use it?
Take one small cup of this water every day early morning when your stomach is empty..
Continue this for 7 days. Next week repeat the same but on alternate days. With these 2 weeks of treatment you will wonder to see that you have become normal and can eat normal food without problem.

Note: A request is to spread this to as many as possible so that others can also take benefit out of it.

SINCE THESE ARE ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS, TAKING THEM IS NOT HARMFUL. SO THOSE WHO ARE SCEPTICAL ABOUT THIS TREATMENT MAY STILL TRY IT WITHOUT ANY HARM. WORST CASE SCENARIO WILL BE THAT YOU STILL REMAIN THE SAME AS YOU WERE BEFORE

Copy this and forward To Your Friends.

放血救命, 保住老命！

2010-03-24T15:31:00.000-07:00

這是我從電郵抽出來的文件和大家分享。

患了中風，腦部的微血管，會慢慢的破裂，遇到這種情形，千萬別慌，患者無論在什麼方…《不管是浴室、臥房或客廳。》，千萬不可搬動他。因為，如果移動，會加速微血管的破裂。所以要先原地把患者扶起坐穩以防止再摔倒，這時才開始【放血】。

家中如有專為注射用的針，當然最好，如果沒有，就拿縫衣用的銅針，或是大頭針，用火燒一下消毒！就在患者的十個手指頭尖兒《沒有固定穴道，大約距離手指甲一分之處。》刺上去，要刺出血來【萬一血不出來，可用手擠。】，等十個手指頭都流出血來《每指一滴》，大約幾分鐘之後，患者就會自然清醒！如果嘴也歪了，就拉他的耳朵，把耳朵拉紅，在兩耳的耳垂兒的部位，各刺兩針，也各流兩滴血，幾分鐘以後，嘴就恢復原狀了。

等患者一切恢復正常感覺沒有異狀時再送醫，就一定可以轉危為安，否則，若是急著抬上救護車送醫，經一路的顛跛震動恐怕還沒到醫院，他腦部微血管，差不多已經都破裂了。萬一能夠吉人天相，保全老命，能像孫院長，容得勉強行動，那得要靠祖上的庇蔭了。放血救命法，是住在新竹的中醫師夏伯挺先生說的。且是經自己親身實驗，敢說百分之百有效。

大概是民國六十八年我在台中逢甲學院任教，有天上午，我正在上課，一位老師跑到我的教室上氣不接下氣的說：『劉老師快來，主任中風了！』。我立刻跑到三樓，看到陳幅添主任，氣色不正，語意模糊，嘴也歪了，很明顯的是中風了立即請工讀生到校門外的西藥房，買來一支注射用的針頭，就在陳主任十個手指頭上直刺。等十個手指尖兒都見血了《豆粒似的一滴》。大約幾分鐘以後，陳主任的氣色就變過來了，兩眼也有神了，只有嘴還歪著，我就拉搓他的耳朵，使之充血，等把耳朵拉紅，就在左右耳垂之處，各刺兩針，待兩耳垂都流出兩滴血來，奇蹟就出現了！大約不到三五分鐘，他的嘴形，恢復正常了，說話也清清楚楚了。讓他靜坐一陣子，喝了一杯熱茶，才扶他下樓，開車送到惠華醫院，打一罐點滴，休息了一夜，

第二天；就出院回學校上課了。一切照常工作，毫無後遺症。反觀一般腦中風患者，都是送醫院治療時，經過一路震盪血管急速破裂，以致多數患者一病不起，

所以腦中風，在死因排行榜上高居第二位，其最幸運者，也僅能保住老命，而落得終身殘廢。這是一個多麼可怕的病症。如果大家都能記住這《放血救命》的方法，立刻施救，在短短時間它能起死回生，而且保證百分之百的正常。

這個急救法，希望大家告訴大家。那腦中風，在死因排行榜上，就可以除名了。

保住老命！【請努力轉寄】！

Papaya leaves can save lives - Dengue Fever Remedy

2010-03-23T19:22:00.000-07:00

PASS THIS INFORMATION TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN, IT MAY SAVE LIVES.

Remedy for Dengue Fever

I would like to share this interesting discovery from a classmate's son who has just recovered from dengue fever. Apparently, his son was in the critical stage at the ICU when his blood platelet count drops to 15 after 15 liters of blood transfusion.

His father was so worried that he seeks another friend's recommendation and his son was saved. He confessed to me that he gave his son raw juice of the papaya leaves. From a platelet count of 45 after 20 liters of blood transfusion, and after drinking the raw papaya leaf juice, his platelet count jumps instantly to 135. Even the doctors and nurses were surprised. After the second day he was discharged. So he asked me to pass this good news around.

Accordingly it is raw papaya leaves, 2pcs just cleaned and pound and squeeze with filter cloth. You will only get one tablespoon per leaf, so two tablespoon per serving once a day. Do not boil or cook or rinse with hot water, it will loose its strength. Only the leafy part is needed, no stem or sap. It is very bitter and you have to swallow it like "Won Low Kat". But it works.

You may have heard this elsewhere but if not I am glad to inform you that papaya juice is a natural cure for dengue fever. As dengue fever is rampant now, I think it's good to share this with all.

A friend of mine had dengue last year. It was a very serious situation for her as her platelet count had dropped to 28,000 after 3 days in hospital and water has started to fill up her lung. She had difficulty in breathing. She was only 32-year old. Doctor says there's no cure for dengue. We just have to wait for her body immune system to build up resistance against dengue and fight its own battle. She already had 2 blood transfusion and all of us were praying very hard as her platelet continued to drop since the first day she was admitted.

Fortunately her mother-in-law heard that papaya juice would help to reduce the fever and got some papaya leaves, pounded them and squeeze the juice out for her. The next day, her platelet count started to increase, her fever subside. We continued to feed her with papaya juice and she recovered after 3 days!!!

Amazing but it's true. It's believed one's body would be overheated when one is down with dengue and that also caused the patient to have fever papaya juice has cooling effect. Thus, it helps to reduce the level of heat in one's body, thus the fever will go away. I found that it's also good when one is having sore throat or suffering from heat.

Please spread the news about this as lately there are many dengue cases. It's great if such natural cure could help to ease the sufferings of dengue patients.

Furthermore it's so easily available.
Blend them and squeeze the juice! It's simple and miraculously effective!!

ac note: I received the above from email quite some time ago, but I archived it because I was skeptical about it. Only recently, a friend (Lau) was suspected of suffering from dengue. Another friend (Chua)got news about and it and he immediately recommended papaya leaves. Chua said that he got the disease quite recently and when he got the diagnosis, he gulped cups of papaya leave juices. He recovered after 2 days. Chua's wife confirmed it. Only then I decide to put this up in this blog.

Eating healthy

2009-11-28T18:20:00.000-08:00

I got it this article from an email sent to my box. I think the content is of value under this blog and for your consumption:

CARROT
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

TOMATO
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.

GRAPES
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

WALNUT
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

KIDNEY BEANS
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

CELERY, BOK CHOY, RHUBARB
Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

AVOCADOS, EGGPLANT AND PEARS
Avocados, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

FIGS
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

SWEET POTATOES
Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

OLIVES
Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.

ORANGES, GRAPEFRUITS AND OTHER CITRUS
Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

ONION
Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

The functions of Calcium

2009-05-10T21:23:00.000-07:00

All this while, I know that Calcium with Magnesium help preserve bone structure, maintain heart beats and balance up blood cells. I did not know until I discovered then that it can stop my cough.

My cough was very acute at night. During the day, it only occurred sparingly. The cough was so acute that it was non-stop for at least an hour, sometimes one cough followed by another and worse, before I could take a breather, came another one. This condition had been going on for almost 5 nights. I could not sleep. I tried the cough mixture. It did not help. I am a stubborn guy and I refused to consult a doctor. On the 5th night, after a few coughs upon lying down to sleep, I decided to take my calcium tablets to ease my tension and sooth my heart beat. I woke up the next day to realise that my cough stopped. The 6th night, the cough did not come any more.

The calcium tablets I took were of the following supplemental facts.

	Amount per serving	% Daily Value
Calories	<10>
Total Carbohydrate	<3g>	<1%
Sugar	0.5g	+
Vitamin D (as cholecalciferol)	400IU	100%
Calcium (as calcium carbonate and calcium citrade)	100mg	100%
Magnesium (as magnesium oxide)	100mg	25%
Zinc (as zine gluconate)	1.5mg	10%
copper (as copper gluconate)	0.2mg	10%
Manganese (as manganese gluconate)	0.2mg	10%

Boron (as boron protein hydrolysate)	1.0mg	+

* Percent Daily Value are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
+ Daily Value not established

Other ingredients: DEXTROSE,SORBITOL, XYLITOL, NATURAL BERRY AND OTHER FLAVORS, MANNITOL, CARRAGEENAN, CITRIC ACID, MALIC ACID.

The calcium container has the following message printed:
Helps Build Bones

"Chewable Cal Mag Plus provides important nutrients for the development of healthy bones and teeth. Combined with regular exercise and a healthy diet, supplemental calcium may reduce the risk of osteoporosis later in life, especially for young white and Asian women, and the elderly. Calcium helps you reach peak bone density, minimize bone loss, and slow bone breakdown. It helps reduce PMS symptoms, helps retain normal blood pressure, and promotes colon health. Adequate calcium intake is important, but daily intake above 2,000 mg is not likely to provide any additional benefits. Chewable Cal Mag Plus provides 1,000 mg of elemental calcium, with 100 mg of magnesium, vitamin D to stimulate calcium absorption, and other bone-health minerals that aid in the proper utilization of calcium. Gluten free. No artificial flavors, sweeteners, colors, or preservatives added."

Updated information on Swine Flu

2009-05-06T15:51:00.000-07:00

For more updated information:

Please visit Singapore Govenment MOH
for press release, and,
FAQs on the illness

Meditation - cure without medicine or pills

2009-05-04T06:19:00.000-07:00

My definition of meditation is relax yourself, put yourself at ease and release your tension. The process is
1. Sitting upright, you don't have to sit crossed-legs
2. Breathe in through your nose, breathe out through your mouth slowly but heavily 5 times
3. Whilst doing 2 above, focus and concentrate your eye sight to a point horizontaly in front of you
4. Then, close your eyes and breathe normally

Meditation does not have any link to any religion, although some religion require followers to practise it.

I, owner of this blog actually benefited from the practice of medition. I got rid of my joint pains caused by excessive urine acid. I suffered from this sickness for almost 10 years. The pain was not just at the knees. It was also at the shoulders, the knuckles, the neck , the elbows and at the backbone. You can imagine how I walked when the pain visited me. I literally dragged my feet along. When I drove my car, I had to use my hand to lift my leg for the brake. It is history now. I had got rid of it. It was about a year after my first try on meditation. I was meditating when I felt the acute pain on the joints, but at the same time I felt the heat at the joints. The pain and the heat made a sensational soothing feeling. This condition was there for about 2 - 3 minutes and then the pain and the heat were gone. Since then, the sickness never come back. It is 10 years now, no pain.

Try out yourself. Let nature restore your life.

Swine Flu facts

2009-05-01T08:40:00.000-07:00

The Health Ministry (MOH), Singapore yesterday released information on swine flu.

What is swine flu?

It is a respiratory disease affecting pigs that is caused by type A influenza virus. Most outbreaks occur during the late fall and winter months, similar to influenza outbreaks in humans.

Does it affect humans?

Swine flu viruses very rarely affect humans. However, sporadic human infections with swine flu have occurred. These cases commonly occur in people with direct exposure to pigs.

How does it spread to humans?

It spreads to humans mainly through contact with infected pigs.

Can people catch swine flu from eating pork?

There is currently no evidence to suggest that swine flu can be transmitted to humans from eating pork or pork products that have been thoroughly cooked.

What are the symptoms?

The symptoms of swine flu are similar to the symptoms of regular influenza. An early symptom is high fever, and this is followed by cough, sore throat, runny nose, and sometimes breathlessness a few days later.

How can the infections be diagnosed?

A respiratory specimen would be collected within the first four to five days of illness, when the infected person is most likely to be shedding the virus. However, some, especially children, may shed the virus for 10 days or longer.

What medications are available to treat the infection?

There are four different antiviral drugs that are licensed for use in Singapore: amantadine, rimantadine, oseltamivir and zanamivir.

While most swine flu viruses have been susceptible to all four drugs, the most recent swine flu viruses isolated from humans are resistant to amantadine and rimantadine. At this time, the US CDC recommends the use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or zanamivir (Relenza) for the treatment and/or prevention of infection with swine flu viruses.

What is MOH doing to ensure that the disease is not transmitted here?

A medical alert has been sent out to all medical practitioners and health-care institutions to update them on the outbreak of swine flu in the United States and Mexico.

When the situation warrants, MOH will step up public health measures, such as quarantine of contacts, issuing public health advisories, and working with other government agencies to screen visitors at Singapore's border checkpoints. MOH also has an influenza pandemic preparedness plan in the event of a pandemic situation.

Is it safe to visit countries with cases of swine flu and will I be quarantined when I return? What travel precautions should I take?

There are currently no travel restrictions or quarantine advised by the World Health Organisation. If you intend to travel to areas which have cases of swine flu, you should:

- Avoid contact with persons with symptoms of influenza

- Avoid crowded areas

- Observe good personal and environmental hygiene

- Maintain good body resistance

What should I do if I suspect I have swine flu after returning to Singapore?

You should consult your doctor immediately and inform the doctor that you had recently travelled to areas which have cases of swine flu.

What should I do if I fall ill overseas?

You should consult a doctor as soon as possible and refrain from travelling until you are certified fit by the doctor.

Does influenza vaccination help in preventing swine flu?

There is no vaccine to protect humans from swine flu. The seasonal influenza vaccine is unlikely to protect against H1N1 swine flu viruses..

Is it safe to come into contact with live pigs in nature reserves and the wildlife reserves?

So far, there are no known cases of swine flu in Singapore. However, proper hygiene practices, such as washing of hands after contact with animals, including pigs, should be maintained.

Knock out an ulcer with broccoli

2009-04-26T00:41:00.000-07:00

About 25 million Americans will suffer from a peptic ulcer at some point in their lives.. To get rid of their ulcers, most will take an antibiotic like amoxicillin.

Pretty tame stuff , right? Wrong! Amoxicillin can bring with it unwanted side effects like fever, nausea, stomach pain, diarrhea, headache, even a yucky condition called "hairy tongue"!

And if you think that's bad, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the cost of treating an ulcer with antibiotics over an average 17-day period can run upward of $1,000!

Fortunately, there's one unconventional treatment with NO side effects Dr. Pratt swears by. "Eat broccoli!" he says. Why?
Broccoli contains a remarkably potent compound called sulforaphane, that kills off the H. pylori bacteria that cause most ulcers. Not only can it knock out an ulcer, eating one serving a day for a month might run you 20 bucks... a fraction of the cost of drugs!

Vitamin C and the fishbone stuck in throat

2009-04-23T18:04:00.000-07:00

Vitamin C prevent scurvy. everybody with basic health science knows that. But not every body know that Vitamin C can get rid of the fish bone stuck in throat. I have four experience. All of them, friends. One got it by chance. He was having a flu and I recommended him vitamin C, 500 mg sustained release. I have asked him not to swallowed it, but suck it in the mouth until it dissolve completely. In the evening he was supposed to take it, he got a small fishbone stuck in his throat. Nevertheless he continued taking vitamin C as I have recommended him. The next day he found that the uncomfortness of the fishbone was gone. He informed me about that. The other three people got the fishbone in the throat on separate occassions. I applied the experience and recommended them the vitamin C. All of them got back to me with the same result: the fishbone was gone!

Now, I do not know whether any bottle of vitamin C available in the market or in the drug store can do the trick. I have a specific one. I think I will give you the supplement facts and ingredients of the bottle of vitamin C I recommended to my friends.

	Amount per serving	% Daily Value
Total Carbohydrate	<1 g	<1%
Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid)	500mg	833%
Sodium	5mg	<1%

Other ingredients: BIOFAVONOID COMPLEX (LEMON, ORANGE, GRAPEFRUIT, AND HESPERIDIN COMPLEX), ROSE HIPS, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ALGINIC ACID, CARNAUDA WAX, CARRAGEENAN, PECTIN, ACACIA GUM, GUAR GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, AGAR-AGAR, GRAPEFRUIT OIL, MAGNESIUM STEARATE,SILICON DIOXIDE.

C ommon Symptoms Of Heart Attack...

2009-04-22T00:19:00.001-07:00

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 talks to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this & talk to a friend, better still, copy this and send to your friends. It could save a life. So, please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.

Drink warm water

2009-04-22T00:14:00.000-07:00

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.

The above article was emailed to me. I don't know how true it is but have you ever drank cold chilly water and felt the contraction of your heart? You may also feel the coldness as it travels through your blood vessel. So, what do you think?

The secret of Graviola (soursop) tree un-concealed!

2009-04-11T18:16:00.000-07:00

Common name, soursop also known as guanábana in Spanish, Malaysian call it “Angmodurian”.

This marvelous tree, found in the deep Amazon Rainforest could revolutionize cancer treatment and increase the chances of surviving the deadly sickness.

Research shows that with extracts from this miraculous soursop tree possibly ...
• Attack cancer safely and effectively with an all-natural therapy that does not cause extreme nausea, weight loss and hair loss
• Protect your immune system and avoid deadly infections
• Feel stronger and healthier throughout the course of the treatment
• Boost your energy and improve your outlook on life

The source of this information comes from one of the America 's largest drug manufacturers, the fruit of over 20 laboratory tests conducted since the 1970's! What those tests revealed was nothing short of mind numbing... Extracts from the soursop tree were shown to:

• Effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer.
• The soursop tree compounds proved to be up to 10,000 times stronger in slowing the growth of cancer cells than Adriamycin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug!
• What's more, unlike chemotherapy, the compound extracted from the Graviola tree selectively hunts down and kills only cancer cells. It does not harm healthy cells!

The Benzene that accumulates inside your car is a hazard to your health!

2009-04-09T18:36:00.000-07:00

Open the windows after you enter your car

According to research done by a U.C., the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener will emit Benzene, a cancer causing toxin (carcinogen). In addition to causing cancer, it poisons your bones, causes anemia, and reduces white blood cells. Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer. May also cause miscarriage.

Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50 mg per sq. ft. A car parked indoors with the windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene. If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level. The people inside the car will inevitably inhale an excess amount of the toxin.

It is recommended that you open the windows and door to give time for the interior to air out before you enter. Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver, and is difficult for your body to expel.

Even if this article does not carry the truth of what it says and there is no scientific proof, there is nothing to lose to open the windows after entering the car.

香蕉 (BANANAS)

2009-04-06T16:52:00.000-07:00

原來熟透的香蕉. 產生攻擊異常細胞的物質 TNF。

您可能會發現不久的將來 ......... 香蕉(BANANAS)會缺貨 !! 香蕉愈成熟即表皮上黑斑愈多，它的免疫活性也就愈高。日本人愛吃香蕉不是沒原因的，大、小朋友們都喜歡吃香蕉 ~ 真方便，每日五蔬果，疾病遠離我喔 ........

根據日本科學家的研究發現，香蕉中具有抗癌作用的物質 TNF 。而且，香蕉愈成熟其抗癌效果愈高。日本東京大學教授山崎正利利用動物試驗，比較了香蕉、葡萄、蘋果、西瓜、菠蘿、梨子、柿子等多種水果的免疫活性，結果證實其中以香蕉(BANANAS)的效果最好，能夠增加白血球，改善免疫系統的功能，還會產生攻擊異常細胞的物質 TNF 。

山崎教授的試驗也發現，香蕉(BANANAS)愈成熟即表皮上黑斑愈多，它的免疫活性也就愈高。所以從現在開始要吃熟一點的香蕉唷！香蕉不會使白血球盲目增長只有在數量少的時候才會大幅度增加。因此，專家們研究認為，香蕉具有的免疫激活作用比較溫和 , 在人體狀態健康時並不會使免疫力異常升高 . 但對病人、老人和抵抗力差的體弱者則很有效果。

因此，在日常生活中，我們不妨每天吃１～２根香蕉，透過提升身體的抗病能力來預防感染，特別是預防感冒和流感等病毒的侵襲。山崎教授指出，在黃色表皮上出現黑色斑點的香蕉，其增加白血球的能力 ......... 要比表皮發青綠的香蕉強８倍。

Painless cholesterol cure

2009-04-02T19:57:00.000-07:00

works in just 7 days -- and drives the "food police" crazy!

Want to lower your cholesterol so fast it'll make your head spin? It's a breeze, just eat guacamole -- or any dish containing avocados!

Most health experts and nutritionists will tell you this rich, delicious Mexican dish is BANNED from any cholesterol-watcher's menu. But not Dr. Steven Pratt. That's because new research shows eating avocados can lower your cholesterol even faster than drugs... without the side effects!

One study found after just 7 days on a diet including avocados, LDL ("bad") cholesterol and triglyceride levels dropped by 22 percent. Meanwhile, HDL ("good") cholesterol shot up 11 percent -- something most cholesterol-lowering drugs won't do!

Could hot cocoa be the next "wonder drug" for high blood pressure?

2009-04-01T21:59:00.000-07:00

Harvard researchers praise stunningly simple discovery!

According to recent estimates, nearly 1-in-3 American adults has high blood pressure. But for the Kuna Indians living on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama, hypertension doesn't even exist. In fact, after age 60, the average blood pressure for Kuna Indian islanders is a perfect 110/70.

Is it because they eat less salt? No. Kuna Indians eat as much, if not more salt, than people in the U.S.

Is it due to their genes? No. Kuna Indians who move away from the islands are just as likely to suffer from high blood pressure as anyone else!

So what makes these folks practically "immune" to hypertension -- and lets them enjoy much lower death rates from heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and cancer?

Harvard researchers were stunned to discover it's because they drink about 5 cups of cocoa each day. That's right, cocoa!

Studies show the flavonols in cocoa stimulate your body's production of nitric oxide -- boosting blood flow to your heart, brain, and other organs. In fact, one study found cocoa thins your blood just as well as low-dose aspirin!

But that's not all. A Harvard Medical School professor claims cocoa can also treat blocked arteries, , stroke, dementia, even impotence!

保健強身多吃香蕉

2009-04-01T14:59:00.000-07:00

雖然香蕉有某些食用方面的限制，但其豐富的營養，在食物治療方面亦有重要的價值，以下是香蕉食療偏方，提供給大家做參考：
一、治胃潰瘍：
飯前吃一根香蕉，一日一次即可，持續食用，會有不錯的功效。
二、防治動脈硬化、高血脂症：
用泡好的茶，摻入搗爛的蕉泥，加入少許糖，每日三餐飯後飲用一杯，須經常食用。
三、防治消化道癌症：
每天食用一至四根香蕉，可做為配合藥物的輔助療法。
四、防治高血壓：
每餐飯後吃一至兩根香蕉，長期持續食用。
五、防治便秘、痔瘡、皮膚病：
每天上午、下午及睡前各吃一根香蕉，能幫助腸胃蠕動及清除內聚濕熱引起的皮膚病。也可製成香蕉蜂蜜桔子汁、香蕉檸檬優酪乳變換一下口味。
六、防治熱咳、喉痛、支氣管炎：
香蕉三根，剝皮切塊，加水、冰糖適量，隔水慢燉一小時後取汁去渣趁熱食用。
七、改善手腳乾裂：
每晚沐洗後，取少許烘熱的香蕉泥塗抹手掌、腳底，並用手按摩片刻，持續敷用數日。
食用香蕉的禁忌，民間口耳相傳：「筋骨傷，不可吃香蕉，感冒也不可吃香蕉」，依學理角度看來的確有其根據，希望大家能多加注意。

The cinnamon cure for high blood sugar

2009-03-31T21:15:00.000-07:00

Sprinkle a little cinnamon on your toast, cereal, oatmeal, or sliced apples. It not only tastes good, it lowers your blood sugar!

In a recent study, people reduced their blood sugar levels by as much as 29 percent in just 40 days. That's with NO drugs, NO diet changes -- just plain old cinnamon!

HEART BLOCK

2009-03-27T17:42:00.000-07:00

Natural therapy for heart vein opening, share with your friends and loved ones.

1. Lemon juice - 01 cup
2. Ginger juice - 01 cup
3. Garlic juice - 01 cup
4. Apple vinegar - 01 cup

Mix all above and boil in light flame approximately half hour, when it becomes 3 cups, take it out and keep it for cooling. After cooling, mix 3 cups of natural honey and keep it in bottle.

Every morning before breakfast use one tablespoon regularly. Your blockage of Vein's will open (No need any Angiography or By pass)

This is e-mail received from a person working in a software company

Dear colleagues, I am working in Blore Software City ....... I wanted to share an incident of my life with you, hoping that it may be an eye opener to you so that you can live more years.

On 27th October afternoon, I had severe heart attack symptom and I was rushed to the hospital.

After reaching to the hospital, the doctors prescribed a test called angiogram. This test is basically to identify blood flow of heart arteries. When they finished the test they found a 94% block in the main artery, please see the image below with red circle.

If you go to the market, you can see the pig's heart and from the heart, cut it layer by layer and you can see the arteries exactly like the humans.

At this point, I wanted to share my living style, which has caused this block in my heart arteries. Please see the below points of my life style, if any of these points are part of your life style then you are at risk, please change yourselves.

1. I was not doing any physical exercise for more than 10 years, not even walking 30 minutes a day for years.

2. My food timings are 11:00 AM Breakfast or no Breakfast, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Lunch and dinner at 11:00 PM to 12:00 AM.

3. Sleeping in very odd timings, going to bed between 12:00 AM and 3:00 AM. Waking up at between 9:00 AM and 10:30AM........ Some times spending sleepless nights.

4. I used to eat heavily because of long gaps between lunch and dinner and I used to make sure that Non-Veg is available most of the time, there were times when I did survey on city hotels to find delicious Non-Veg dishes. I was never interested in vegetable and healthier food.

5. Above all I was chain smoker from years.

6. My father passed away due to heart problems, and the doctors say the heart problems are usually genetic.

Once they identified the major block they have done immediately a procedure called angioplasty along with 2 Stints, mean they will insert a foreign body into the heart arteries and open the blocked area of arteries. Please see the below image after the procedure.

I learnt from the doctors that 60% people will die before reaching the hospital, 20% people will die in the process of recovering from heart attack and only 20% will survive. In my case, I was very lucky to be part of the last 20%.

Doctor’s instructions:

1. Need to have physical exercise for minimum of 45 minutes daily.
2. Eat your food at perfect timings, like how you eat during your school days. Eat in small quantities more times and have lot of vegetables and boiled food, try to avoid fry items and oily food. Fish is good than other non-vegetarian food.
3. Sleep for 8 hours a day, this count should complete before sun rising.
4. Stop smoking.
5. Genetic problems, we cannot avoid but we can get away from it by having regular checkups.
6. Find a way to get relived from the stress (Yoga, Meditation etc).

So I urge you all to please avoid getting into this situation, it is in your hands to turn the situation up side down, by just planning / changing your life style, by following simple points above.

If you find it's useful please share with your friends and loved ones.....

HEALTHY JUICES FOR TOTAL WELLNESS

2009-03-27T07:53:00.000-07:00

Recommend below are the secret recipes for healthy drinking...

Carrot + Ginger + Apple
Boost and cleanse our system.

Apple + Cucumber + Celery
Prevent cancer, reduce cholesterol, and improve stomach upset and
headache.

Tomato + Carrot + Apple
Improve skin complexion and bad breath.

Bitter gourd + Apple + Milk
Prevent bad-breath and reduce internal body heat.

Orange + Ginger + Cucumber
Improve skin texture and moisture and reduce body heat.

Pineapple + Apple + Watermelon
Dispel excess salts, nourishes the bladder and kidney

Apple + Cucumber + Kiwi
Improve skin complexion.

Pear & Banana
Regulate sugar content.

Carrot + Apple + Pear + Mango
Clear body heat, counteracts toxicity, decreased blood pressure and fight oxidization!

Honeydew + Grape + Watermelon + Milk
Rich in Vitamin C + Vitamin B2 that increases cell activity and strengthen body immunity.

Papaya + Pineapple + Milk
Rich in vitamin C, E, Iron. Improve skin complexion and metabolism.

Banana + Pineapple + Milk
Rich in Vitamin with nutritious and prevent constipation.