Health Yourself To Happiness

How To Treat Sty With Terramycin Ophthalmic Ointment

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 07:34:00 -0700

The other day I had a sty or hordeolum at the edge of my lower eyelid. Initially I just felt a slight pain. Then by the following morning, it had swollen into a red tender and painful lump at the affected area. My eye felt irritated and at times it itched.

Usually a sty is a harmless eye problems. It looks like a boil or a pimple. It can be formed both inside and outside your eyelid.

From what I have read, besides poor hygiene, the formation of a sty is the result of an infection of the oil glands of the eyelid. This happens because the glands have become clogged.

If it is a mild sty, normally I would wash the affected area with a clean warm face towel. And just let it rupture by itself. Then it will go away after a few days.

This time around my sty appeared to last longer. I could not see any pus formation. After just washing it and treated it with eye-drops for three days with not much result, I bought Terramycin ophthalmic ointment from my neighborhood pharmacy. It cost only RM5(1.53 USD).

It worked wonderfully well. Using a clean cotton stick, I applied the colorless creamy ointment on my sty a few times a day. After applying it for a day, the pain was lessen and with a gentle press with a cotton stick, the yellow pus oozed out. Then I applied the sticky and oily ointment over the reddish area.

Walnuts Can Reduce The Risk Of Heart Attack And Diabetes

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 01:58:00 -0700

As I have mentioned before here about nuts can reduce the risk of a heart attack.

According to another research by Yale University study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, overweight adults can reduce the mortality risk from diabetes and heart disease by eating walnuts.

Back in 2011, a scientific study, walnuts are said to rank number one as heart-healthy antioxidants. Joe Vinson, Ph.D said that walnuts contains almost twice as much antioxidants as an equivalent amount of any other commonly consumed nut. [source]

The latest study also revealed that people who ate nuts, particularly walnuts, tended to have a lower body mass index and a smaller waist. They were less likely to smoke and were more likely to be physically active.[source]

As I have mentioned before here about nuts can reduce the risk of a heart attack.

Calcium Supplements And The Increase Risk Of Heart Attack

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:54:00 -0700

All this time, we have read or heard that calcium is one of the many minerals your body needs for building strong bones.

Now, I read there is a possibility that calcium supplement could increase the risk of having a heart attack.

Not only calcium supplements have also shown to have little benefit to prevent osteoporosis, a study have shown women with consumption of calcium from dairy products had the highest risk of fractures. And also those who took calcium supplements had the highest risk for kidney stones. [source]

Another shocking 2001 finding is that men who consumed calcium from diary products and the risk of prostate cancer.

According to Robert Thompson, M.D.'s book "The Calcium Lie II: What Your Doctor Still Doesn't Know: How Mineral Imbalances Are Damaging Your Health", if you take too much calcium through food sources or by taking supplements, you are going to end up with problems, that include obesity, Type 2 diabetes, kidney stones, Type 2 hypothyroidism, hypertension, depression, problem pregnancies and others.

Calcium And Heart-Related Disease
Most of the time, we read that the fatty plaques in our arteries is the buildup of cholesterol. But according to this article, cholesterol is soft and does not damage the elasticity of our arteries.You can rad more about what the called "The Cholesterol Myths".

The main culprit is the calcium deposits that harden your arteries and damage their ability to expand.
Watch the video below about "The Calcium Lie":

Receding Hairline, Baldness, Baggy Eyes And Creased Earlobes Signs Of A Heart Attack

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:51:00 -0700

This is what presented at the American Heart Association`s Scientific Sessions 2012.

According to a research, found older folks who have:

1. receding hairline at the temples,

2. baldness at the head`s crown,

3. earlobe crease

4. yellow fatty deposits around the eyelid (xanthelasmata)

have a 57 per cent increased risk for heart attack and a 39 per cent increased risk for heart disease. [source]

Four Tell-Tale Signs Or symptoms You Are Going To Have A Heart Attack

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:40:00 -0700

What I have read is that many people who are over 35 years old, are already having the early stages of cardiovascular disease without even realizing it.

Remember heart attack is popularly known as a silent killer. It is reported as high as 25 percent of all heart attacks happen “silently,”; without any obvious signs.

Watch out for these four tell-tale or warning signs of impending heart attack and heart-related disease.

1. Suddenly breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.

2. Uncomfortable pressure squeezing in the center of your chest, which lasts for a few minutes. It goes off and it may come back again.

3. Uncomfortable pain or aching at your upper body area, which include shoulders, neck, arms and jaws.

4. Shortness of breath.

The key thing is the sooner you receive treatment, the less damage will be done to your heart.

Quotes About Envy And Jealousy To Keep Your Resentment At Bay

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 23:53:00 -0700

There is a difference between envy and jealousy. Envy is the desire to have what another person has in their life or resentful dislike of another who has something that one desires. As for jealousy is more a fear that someone is better or that what they have.

Whether one is envious or jealous, he or she will experience anxiety, negative thoughts and uneasy feelings; obsessively thinking about the person or events.

According to philosopher John Rawls, jealousy involves the wish to keep what one has and envy the wish to get what one does not have.

I know at times it is rather difficult to hold down our feelings of envy or jealousy. But as we know these resentful emotions are not good or healthy for us. So, the next time when you are feeling jealous or envious of someone, get hold on to yourself and inwardly tell yourself to snap out of it.

Here is my selection of jealousy and envy quotes:

"Envy eats nothing, but its own heart." - Proverb

"Jealousy dislikes the world to know it.” - George Gordon Byron

"It is never wise to seek or wish for another's misfortune. If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang." - Charley Reese

"In jealousy there is more self-love than love." - François de La Rochefoucauld

“The envious man thinks that if his neighbor breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself” - Helmut Schoeck

"Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself." - Danish Proverb
"The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves." - William Penn

"Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it." - Rochefoucauld

"Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own." - Harold Coffin

"Envy is thin because it bites but never eats." - Spanish Proverb
"A show of envy is an insult to oneself." - Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko

"Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy." - François de La Rochefoucauld

“You can't be envious and happy at the same time” - Frank Tyger

“Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.” - Harold Coffin

"No one can have all he wants, but a man can refrain from wanting what he has not, and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand." - Seneca

"Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred." - François de La Rochefoucauld

"Jealousy injures us with the dagger of self-doubt." - Terri Guillemets

"To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter." - Francoise Sagan

"Envy is ignorance." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole." - Honoré de Balzac

"The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves." - William Penn

"Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead." - Mark Twain

“Envy shoots at others and wounds itself” - English Proverb

"For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success." - Charles Caleb Colton

“Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?” - Sean Covey

“Envy eats nothing but its own heart” - German Proverb

“It is better to want what you have than to have what you want” - Proverb

“Envy is like a fly that passes all the body's sounder parts, and dwells upon the sores” - Arthur Chapman

“The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.” - Bette Midler

If You Don't Feel Good About Yourself , Read This Book By Richard Carlson

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 05:37:00 -0700

Here are quotes and information related to the book, "You Can Feel Good Again: Common-Sense Strategies for Releasing Unhappiness and Changing Your Life" by the late Richard Carlson.

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“The greatest affliction affecting mankind isn’t serious mental illness – but the general uneasiness and unhappiness that is so prevalent in our society.” - Carl Jung

"Many of us are experiencing life in a 'lifeless' manner."

"Your past is only a figment of your imagination and so is your future. The only moment that is real is right now."

"To break free from unhappiness you have to bring yourself back to the present. You must realize that your past is no longer here--it's over. It exists only within your own thinking. It was real then, but now, it's only a part of your imagination."

"If you believe that your thinking is something that happens to you--instead of something that you are doing to create an experience of life--it is impossible for you to live in the present moment."

"True happiness occurs when you quiet down your analytical mind..."

"Your though always create your emotions"

"Attending therapy frequently don't make one happy. They only make clients brood about how miserable their lives are."

"Depression is the result of faulty thinking habits."

"Problems, regardless of their source, are actually exacerbated by prolonged examination."

"Happiness and mental health can instead be achieved by 'making a commitment to happiness'; and by intercepting and halting negative thoughts immediately and replacing them with more positive, mood-lifting thoughts."

"Our thoughts create our perception of life."

"Negative people don't see their thoughts as thoughts, they see them as reality, as important."

These are some of the key quotes from the book which uses theories based on the "Psychology of Mind". You can read more about this new branch of psychotherapy here.

Don't be fooled by this deceptively simple and easy-to-understand book, "You Can Feel Good Again: Common-Sense Strategies for Releasing Unhappiness and Changing Your Life". It is full of wisdom, comforting and reassuring advice. This Dr. Carlson's book is no pop psychology approaches to mental health.

TrueScience Anti-Aging Cream And How To Slow The Aging Process Tips

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Thu, 4 Jul 2013 09:11:00 -0700

I wonder how many of you have tried TrueScience Anti-Aging Cream. Personally I have never tried any kind of anti-ageing skin care products or go for anti-ageing treatments.

According to its site, it claims that TrueScience Anti-Aging Cream goes for the the causes of aging.

This anti-wrinkle formula can improve skin tone, texture and appearance. It says to have six skin-rebuilding essentials and made up of eleven ingredients.

Anyway, whatever it is, I still haven't try any form of anti-aging skin cream, supplements or any other related products.

But I have tried anti aging home remedies. For instance, by using egg white mask, applying almond oil, and rub potato slices on my blemish marks and age spots. And I have also tried consuming those so-called anti aging foods.

Then there is this an anti aging facial, I read about. If I am not mistaken, this treatment comprises of collagen mask, chemical peel and the use of serums to exfoliates the skin.

For me, I believe the most effective way to slow aging is definitely any form of exercise. You can read more a research published in American Journal of Physiology.

Stress Free Quotes To Keep Your Mind Tension Free

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Wed, 3 Jul 2013 09:50:00 -0700

Take your time. Sit down and relax as you read through these selected stress free quotes, which I have gathered from different sources. Hope these words of advice can help you to avoid stress.

“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are”. -Chinese Proverb

"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it." - Jim Goodwin and Sydney J. Harris.

"For fast acting relief. Try lying down” - Lily Tomlin

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.” - Etty Hillesum

"Don't let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries." - Astrid Alauda

"There is more to life than increasing its speed." - Mohandas K. Gandhi

"When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere." - Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened." - Mark Twain

"Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable." - Theodore N. Vail

Healthy Living Quotes Inspire You To Greater Health

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 08:57:00 -0700

Here is my selected healthy living quotes to inspire you to adopt a robust and a healthier life; and to appreciate good health.

"A healthy body is a guest-chamber for the soul; a sick body is a prison." - Francis Bacon

“Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.” - Thomas Jefferson

“Happiness lies, first of all, in health.” – George William Curtis

"The mind has great influence over the body, and maladies often have their origin there." - Jean Baptiste Molière 

"A healthy outside starts from the inside." - Robert Urich

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” - Jim Rohn

“The best of all medicines is resting and fasting” - Benjamin Franklin

“To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.” - William Londen

“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” – Irish Proverb

“Health is a relationship between you and your body” - Terri Guillemets

“To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” – Buddha

“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.” - Mark Twain

“Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never Drink A Pitcher Of Tea A Day Or You May Have Rare Bone Disease Someday

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:57:00 -0700

We have read about the benefits of drinking green tea. Now I read a news report that a 47-year-old Detroit woman who developed a very rare bone disease after she has been drinking a pitcher of tea daily for the past 17 years.

This tea-drinking lady was having pain in her lower back, arms, legs and hips for five years. Her X-rays showed she has a very dense bone on the spinal vertebrae and calcifications of ligaments in her arm.

The researchers suspected the patient has skeletal fluorosis. It is a bone disease caused by taking in too much fluoride. Floride is a mineral can be found in tea and drinking water.

According to the researchers, her blood levels of fluoride were four times higher than what would be considered normal.

My personal view is moderation. No matter what you have read or heard from the health journals, it is wise to take things in moderation. Do not follow blindly to all these latest medical findings or research. [source]

Drinking Greek Coffee Can Make You Live Longer

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:31:00 -0700

Remember the Greek island Ikaria aka “The Place Where People Forget to Die”? It was said that one percent of Ikaria’s inhabitants live right up to their 90s.

There are a couple of reasons why the folks there live longer and stay sharper and healthier. Besides the lack of pollution in this island, the Ikarians consume lots of fruits and vegetables, and drink wine in moderation.

One startling discovery by Dr. Gerasimos Siasos of the University of Athens, is coffee drinking. Yes, we have read that coffee and tea have health benefits as compared to other beverages.

But not any coffee. They have been consuming an unique boiled Greek type of coffee. It is said to have a moderate amount of caffeine, but rich in polyphenols and antioxidants. [source]

Watch the video below on how to make this health-enhancing Greek coffee:

Drinking Coffee And Green Tea Every Day Could Save Your Life

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 07:10:00 -0700

Good news for me and many others, I'm sure. There is a new study from The Land of The Rising Sun or Japan, says that those who drink both green tea and coffee every day have a lower risk of stroke than those who drink just one or the other (or neither).

According to this latest study published in the American Heart Association's journal called Stroke, people who had a cup of coffee every day were 20 percent less likely to have a stroke as compared to those who didn't drink coffee at all.

I am sure many of us have heard about the benefits (antioxidant properties) of drinking green tea. This time says that folks who drank four or more cups of green tea a day, were also about 20 percent less likely to have a stroke.

As coffee and green tea help prevent strokes in different ways, so it is advisable to drink both drinks to lower your risk of stroke.

It was explained that regular consumption of both green tea and coffee it keeps blood clots from forming. As we know a stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery in the brain or when a blood vessel breaks, thus causing an interruption of blood flow to the brain.

Green tea contains compounds known as catechins, which can help regulate blood pressure and improve blood flow. As for coffee, it contains quinides, compounds that can help control blood sugar; which cuts your risk of stroke by reducing your risk of Type 2 diabetes. [source]

Reduce Triglycerides To Prevent Heart-Related Problems

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:44:00 -0800

Some time ago I wrote about the level of triglycerides in your blood is an important indication of your health, especially your heart.

Today I read somewhere, in order to prevent triglycerides level from going up, do some light exercise after meals. Similarly as what I have mentioned in my past article, the researcher of Kyoto Prefectural University in Kyoto Japan, high triglyceride or fats in the blood level can put one at risk for cardiovascular disease, heart attack, and other heart-related conditions.

This Japanese researcher recommended that walking and light resistant training one hour after a fatty meal reduced the boost of triglycerides that normally occurs after consuming a high-fat meal.

So next time when you have your blood test, don't just concentrate on your cholesterol, but also look at your triglyceride level.

Less than 150 is Normal.
150 to 199 is Borderline-High.
200 to 499 is High.
500 or higher is Very High.

The causes of high triglycerides are usually caused by conditions, such as obesity, poorly controlled diabetes, kidney disease, regularly consuming more calories than you burn and also
drinking too much alcohol.

It is also said that some medicines may also cause to raise triglycerides, which include birth control pills, beta-blockers, steroids, estrogen, diuretics and tamoxifen.

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Fructose Causes Overeating And Obesity Problem

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Wed, 2 Jan 2013 19:00:00 -0800

According to a study by scientists from Yale University in US, fructose or fruit sugar causes one to overeating.

Fructose Brain And Hunger
It was discovered with that after drinking fructose-laden drinks, parts of the brain associated with desire for food, motivation and reward processing were switched off or suppressed. In other words, the brain did not register the feelings of fullness or satisfied. That could lead one to overeat and obesity, as a result.

As fructose is sweeter and cheaper than glucose, food manufacturers are using more high-fructose corn syrup in the foods we eat. Fructose can be found in fruits, sugar and even water.

For those of you who want to prevent one from overeating which could lead to weight problem, it is best reduce the intake of sugar, or if possible stay clear of sugar-sweetened sodas and drinks.

My personal view is eat with moderation and avoid eating unhealthy foods.

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5 Ways To Lower Blood Pressure With No Medication

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Thu, 8 Nov 2012 02:45:00 -0800

We keep reading or hearing that high blood pressure can lead to cardiovascular problems, heart disease and stroke, but do we really care?

Generally if we are healthy (or rather we think you are), we don't really give a hoot about our health. Of course until the day comes when we are diagnosed with hypertension or worst still have a heart attack out of the blue.

Besides, cardiovascular problems, the is a new study which says that a slight increased of blood pressure can also cause your brain to age prematurely; thus leading to memory loss and dementia.

So before you become the next victim of a heart attack or starts to lose your memory prematurely, it's time to make some changes to your lifestyle and eating habits.

Here are five useful tips on how to lower your blood pressure naturally without any medication.

1. Move It, Move It
It's time to get moving. You don't need to go for strenuous exercise. Just go brisk walking just three times a week. Just to work on your heart, so that it can work more efficiently. Regular exercise can help you to keep your weight under control. As you know, one major contributor of blood pressure is putting on weight.

2. Reduce Your Caffeine
Studies have shown that caffeine can temporarily increase blood pressure. Caffeine is a stimulant so it can increase your heart beat.

3. Meditation
Don't be frighten or turn off by the word meditation. Nothing religious. It is just basically sitting down in a comfortable position and not doing anything. Just sit still and relax. Clear your mind and concentrate on your own breathing for a couple of minutes.

4. Eat Wisely
Read up about food which can naturally lower your blood pressure. Food like beans, garlic, nuts, bananas, chili peppers, and even dark chocolate.

5. Reduce Salt Intake
Always maintain a low sodium diet. Cultivate the habit of not using the salt shaker. And avoid salty foods.

Six Foods With Hidden Salt Which Can Cause Stroke And Heart Attack

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Thu, 8 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0800

We have been warned time and again the danger of consuming too much salt in our food intake. We know that we should not consume more than 5 grams of salt per day.

It is said that when we consume sodium or salt, it causes our body to retain water. Thus increases our blood pressure.

High blood pressure or hypertension is a major risk factor for heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases.

But then again, back in 2011, there was an article published in the Nature magazine, which highlighted that there is no connection between of too much salt and the development of cardiovascular disease.

Anyway, whatever it is, I always believe we should always take everything in moderation.

Most of us when we mention salt, we always assume the salt shaker and those salty snacks are the culprits.

But in fact, there are foods which we have been consuming daily, without even knowing they are equally guilty of adding excess salt to our daily food intake.

Beware of these list of foods which are actually laden with salt:

1. Bread & Rolls
Do you know that a piece of bread is packed with about 230 mg of sodium?

2. Cold Cuts & Cured Meats
Next time when you are at the deli, go slow with all those cured meats, pre-packed turkey and cold cuts. It is said that a serving of deli can have as much as 1,050 mg of sodium.

3. Pizza
Do yo know just one innocent slice of pizza has about 760 mg of sodium?. Just stuffing two slices is and you have already hit the salt limit for the day!

4. Chicken Nuggets
If you can, avoid those frozen breaded chicken nuggets. They have about 600 mg of salt.

5. Canned Soup
A cup of canned soup contains around 940 mg salt.

6. Sandwiches
If you want to take sandwiches, avoid salt-filled condiments, such as mustard and ketchup.

[source:AFP-Relaxnews]

Free Ebooks On Personal Health, Fitness, Diet & Other Health-Related Issues

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Tue, 6 Nov 2012 01:37:00 -0800

I have been scouring around the Internet and managed to find a good collection of FREE ebooks on personal health, diet, fitness and other health-related topics.

These days, most of us are cash-strapped, so instead of spending your limited money buying any more physical or even ebooks for the time being, why not check out the list of FREE ebooks below:

1. The Complete Handbook of Home Remedy Cures
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2. Natural Herbal & Anti-Oxidant Wonders
http://www.witguides.com/out.asp?id=320

3. Back Pain Relief. Everything You Should Know About Back Care
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4. What It Takes To Be A Healthier You
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5. Alternative Treatments for Incurable Diseases
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6. The Body Detox Guide
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7. Live A Longer, Happier, Healthier Life
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8. Holistic And Alternative Medicine
http://www.witguides.com/out.asp?id=726

9. Living Well the Natural Way
http://naturalhealthcare.ca/downloads/2010/livingwell_web.pdf

10. Essential Guide to Lasting Pain Relief
http://www.easy-immune-health.com/support-files/pain_ebook_1stprinting.pdf

11. Alternative Medicine
http://www.namahjournal.com/pdf/Alternative-Medicine.pdf

12. Integral Psychology
http://www.namahjournal.com/pdf/Integral-Psychology.pdf

13. Consciousness And Health
http://www.namahjournal.com/pdf/Consciousness-and-Health.pdf

14. The Healer
http://www.namahjournal.com/pdf/The-Healer.pdf

15. Laugh And Live by Douglas Fairbanks
http://www.bookyards.com/book_details.html?ranking=included&book_id=4276&whereFrom=loc

16. How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions
http://www.ebooks-free-net.net/scripts/download.asp?SEC=10&FL=SS-Curry-How-to-Add-Ten-Years-to-your-Life.zip

17. Caloriegate: Why Your Low Calorie Diet Is Making You Fat And Sick And Destroying America
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Caloriegate.pdf

18. Healthier Living Tips And Foods Inspired By Chinese Medicine
http://worldvitae.com/wp-content/uploads/TCM-Healthier-Living.pdf

19. Aging by Design: How New Thinking on Aging Will Change Your Life
http://www.azinet.com/aging/aging_by_design.pdf

20. Walk For Fitness
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/Walking-for-Fitness.pdf

21. Living The Fit Life
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/livingthefitlifev2.pdf

22. High Blood Pressure: Down You Go
http://www.minusbloodpressure.com/download/hbp_downyougo.pdf

23. Self-Improvement Guide
http://www.remedies4.com/download/Self_Improvement_eGuide.pdf

24. GoogleBookSearch for health-related books available for online viewing or download as pdf.
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Quotes Having Good Health Inspire You To Live A Healthy Life

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:50:00 -0700

There is this book called "500 of the Most Important Health Tips You'll Ever Need: An A-z of Alternative Health Hints to Help over 250 Conditions" by Hazel Courtney. it is an informative guide to alternative treatments for more than 300 common conditions.

You will find various simple solutions to many of your health problems like diabetes, cancer, aging, arthritis, heart conditions, allergies, stress and insomnia. In this book, you will also find lots of proven hints and ideas to improve your health, which include eating garlic and onion to improve circulation and to maintain your healthy cholesterol levels.

In the meantime, let's take a look at these healthy collection of quotes about having good health.

"The groundwork of all happiness is health." - James Leigh Hunt

"The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend." - Benjamin Disraeli

"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not." - Mark Twain

"You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good — but your rich foods block the gods’ answer and tie Jupiter’s hands." - Persius

"A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools." - Spanish Proverb

"He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything." - Arabian Proverb

"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." - Paul Dudley White

"He who enjoys good health is rich, though he knows it not." - Italian Proverb

"To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear." - Buddha

"Life is not merely being alive, but being well." - Marcus Valerius Martialis

"Health and intellect are the two blessings of life." - Menander

"The body is like a piano, and happiness is like music. It is needful to have the instrument in good order." - Henry Ward Beecher

"Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness" - Edward Smith-Stanley

A healthy body is a guest-chamber for the soul; a sick body is a prison. - Francis Bacon

"To get rich never your risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth." - Richard Baker

"Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, disease seeks men." - Chinese Proverb

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PACE Exercise Program Does It Work?

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:16:00 -0700

Have you read about Dr. sears 12-minute workout called PACE?

PACE stands for “Progressively Accelerating Cardiopulmonary Exertion”. This exercise techniques is not about doing long period of workout to exert yourself. According to Dr. Sears that those long boring cardio exercises can decrease your lung capacity and downsize the reserve capacity of your heart.

The key of 12-Minute PACE is by making incremental increases in the intensity of your exercise, you will continue to change your body through time.No more long tiresome workouts.

Some say it is similar to high-intensity interval training (HIIT), which is based on the Tabata Method.

PACE is an easy-to-follow exercise plan said to boost your lung power, build heart strength, and burn fat even while resting. And the best part, you just need to do only 12 minutes a day.

Interestingly, this simple exercise program, you find that the duration of each exertion period decreases.

All these methods are about short burst of high-intensity workout and then you take a short period of rest in-between.

For the exercise, you can choose any of your favorite activity that can give exertion to your heart. It can be running on a treadmill, elliptical machine, staionary bike, rope jumping, trampoline even walking up and down the stairs or brisk walking.

For those of you who have a heart problem, it is strongly advisable you should check with your personal physician before doing any of these exercises.

Personally, I am not too sure whether PACE, Tabata Training or other HIIT training methods really work. It is advisable to find out more from various sources or even your doctor, before you do more harm to your body.

Which Is Worse, High Cholesterol Or High Triglycerides?

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Thu, 7 Jun 2012 21:45:00 -0700

High Cholesterol Or High Triglycerides

The other day I went for my blood test. According to my doctor, she said generally I am physically fine. From my test results, other than the so-called good and bad cholesterol, I noticed this word "triglycerides".

When I asked my doctor about it, she just brushed off and mumbled that it was nothing important.

She just focused on the cholesterol levels. When I got home, out of curiosity. I looked it up in the internet and check out more about this medical terminology called triglycerides. And to my surprise, it seems triglycerides are in fact MORE important than cholesterol.

These are some of the information I found out from various sources, which I would like to share with you.

So, what are triglycerides? It is said that triglycerides are a type of fat that are important sources of energy to our muscles and our heart and other parts of our body.

Triglycerides are a type of fat (known as lipid) which you can’t control or get rid of them out of your diet because your body produces them from what you eat. And if you don’t cut off those calories you’ve ingested, your body will turn the rest into triglycerides and store them in fat cells.

In other words, if you have a high triglycerides, it simply means you have too much fat in the bloodstream. And according to many medical reports, it is a big problem.

From I have read, if you have problem burning those fat, it could lead you to chronic diseases of aging, and the risk of coronary heart disease.

Another thing which I found out was high triglycerides could be an early symptom of an increased risk of diabetes. According to a number of doctors, cholesterol or rather the bad cholesterol (LDL) is not the major culprit in heart disease.

Interestingly, some claim that there is so such thing as good and bad cholesterol. Both are lipoprotein. Or fats combined with proteins.

I also found out that the amount of cholesterol that one consumes has very little contribution to your cholesterol levels. It is said that most of the cholesterol in your bloodstream comes from what your liver; which manufactures and distributes it.

In fact we all need cholesterol in our body. It is a necessary ingredient in any kind of cellular repair. One of its function is to keep your cell membranes from falling apart.

There have been so many reports which said that those with high risk of heart attack, do not need to take cholesterol-lowering drugs; particularly the so-called "statins".

It was revealed that basically it is all about business. The multi-billion dollar sales of statin drugs. They discovered that eight of the nine "experts" who recommend the use of statin drugs, were on the payroll of pharmaceutical companies that manufacture those drugs.

In fact, cholesterol-lowering drugs have said to be harmful to muscles causing them damage. Many people who take statin, experience muscular aches and pains. This drug also said to cause nerve damage and to greatly impair memory.

So, it appears to me, I should be concerned with the level of triglycerides. In other words, triglycerides matter. So, how much triglycerides is considered normal or safe? Check the information below:

Normal — Less than 150 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), or less than 1.7 millimoles per L (mmol/L)

Borderline High — 150 to 199 mg/dL (1.8 to 2.2 mmol/L)

High — 200 to 499 mg/dL (2.3 to 5.6 mmol/L)

Very High — 500 mg/dL or above (5.7 mmol/L or above)

From what I read in Mayo clinic, the American Heart Association (AHA) recommends that a triglyceride level of 100 mg/dL (1.3 mmol/L) or lower is considered "optimal." This optimal level would improve your heart health.

The AHA doesn't recommend any drug treatment to reach the optimal level. What it suggests is, make lifestyle changes, such as diet, weight loss and physical activity.

So for those of you who have high triglycerides, you better start to follow a healthier diet with more fruits, vegetables, fiber, and whole grains. Plus, watch your weight and most of all, exercise more regularly. Start off by doing brisk walking and it can burn your calories, thus lowering your triglycerides.

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Learn To Relax Quotes To Calm You Down

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:45:00 -0700

Life stress quotes: Do you know that stress doesn't come from circumstances? In fact it comes from our thoughts about our circumstances. In other words, it is completely internal and will always follow you around. So you don't force your yourself to relax. It only aggravates the situation.

You can minimize your stress level by changing your perception and then act on positive behaviors which encourage the elimination of stress.

If you want find out more on how to change the way you think about stress or anxiety, I strongly recommend you this easy-to-understand and practical book called "The Myth of Stress: Where Stress Really Comes From and How to Live a Happier and Healthier Life" by Andrew Bernstein.

Another interesting book which has a similar approach to overcome depression, rage and despair is "Loving What Is" written by Byron Katie. She also says that the root of our suffering is to do with our thoughts. I am sure you have heard the power of happy thoughts.

Check out these selected relax and stress quotes:

"Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are." - Chinese Proverb

"Stress is the trash of modern life - we all generate it but if you don't dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life." - Danzae Pace

"Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness." - Richard Carlson

"Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live." - Margaret Fuller

"Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started." - David Allen

Don't Stress Life Quotes:

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." - Will Rogers

"Don't let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries." - Astrid Alauda

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths." - Etty Hillesum

"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop." - Ovid

"For fast-acting relief, try slowing down." - Lily Tomlin

"It is not what happens to us. It's our response TO what happens. And response is something we can choose." - Maureen Killoran

"Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency." - Natalie Goldberg

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." - William James

Relaxation Quotes About Life:

"A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety." - Aesop, Fables

"Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you." - John De Paola

"To be "on edge," you are literally not centered - not being in your spiritual center." - Carrie Latet

"If your teeth are clenched and your fists are clenched, your lifespan is probably clenched." - Terri Guillemets

“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” - Baba Ram Dass

"Stress is an admission of weakness, a cry of defeat to the world." - Carrie Latet

Quotations On Gratitude We Should Be Thankful For

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Thu, 3 May 2012 07:37:00 -0700

What is gratitude? Gratitude is counting your blessings, being thankful, and acknowledging and appreciating everything that you receive.

Expressing gratitude can calm your emotions, and is good for the heart and soul. A powerful way to increase your well-being, indeed.

Gratitude is pleasing and it makes you feel good. It is also motivating as well. It is said that regular grateful thinking can increase happiness by 25 percent.

I have read that folks who are habitually grateful people have more drive, optimism, social connections and happiness.

According to Nuns of Mankato Study by David Snowdon, he discovered that nuns who had expressed gratitude-based emotions in their writing as girls, lived longer.

If you want to know more about gratitude, then get this great book "Thanks!: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier" by Robert Emmons.

In this book, he talks about about the personal and interpersonal benefits of gratitude. Dr Emmons who is a professor of psychology at UC Davis also shares with you, 10 practical strategies for becoming more grateful.

Here, I collected a great selection quotations about gratitude quotes to inspired you to know and appreciate of the goodness in your life right now, and also everything that you have to be thankful for.

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” — Epictetus

“Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.” - Lionel Hampton

“Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” - French Proverb

"Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic." - John Henry Jowett

"If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily." - Gerald Good

"If the only prayer you say in your life is Thank you, it would be enough." - Meister Eckhart

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” - Thornton Wilder

"Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality." - Alfred Painter

"Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all." - William Faulkner

"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings." - Eric Hoffer

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart." - Jean Baptiste Massieu

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." - Marcel Proust

"Reflect on your present blessings- of which every man has many- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." - Charles Dickens

"I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude." - Benjamin Disraeli

"Grace and gratitude go together like heaven and earth." - Karl Barth

"The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated." - William James

"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." - G.K. Chesterton

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” - William Arthur Ward

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others." - Cicero

"Who does not thank for little will not thank for much." - Estonian Proverb

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." - William Arthur Ward

"For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.” - Kahlil Gibran

“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.” - Oscar Wilde

Cooling Pandan Leaves Water You Should Be Drinking

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Sat, 7 Apr 2012 04:16:00 -0700

On any hot scorching day, I love to drink chilled pandan leaves water. The scientific name for pandan is pandanus amaryllifolius.

The Southeast Asians folks use these green aromatic leaves a lot in their cooking and also when making cakes and snacks.

Pandan leaves is said to have many health benefits as well. It can relieve pain, chest pain, headache, reduce fever and arthritis.

How To Make Pandan Leave Water

It is very easy to make your own fragrant pandan leave water.

Just buy about ten pandan leaves from the wet market or supermartket. Wash them thoroughly clean with cold running water. Then knot each of them, to squeeze out some of its juice. Another reason for knotting these leaves, so these long leaves can be accommodated comfortably inside a pot.

Fill a pot of water and place the knotted pandan leaves in it. Cover it with the lid. Then let it simmer for an hour or so.

Once it is done, remove the leaves and let the pandan-flavored water to cool. If you prefer to be slightly sweet, you can add some rock sugar into it. Once it is cool, keep it in the fridge.

That's all. Just pandan leaves and clean water. You should try making this cooling aromatic pandan water, instead drinking all those sugar-laden carbonated drinks.

Quotes On Finding Joy In Life

noreply@blogger.com (suat day) — Mon, 9 Jan 2012 04:44:00 -0800

Finding joy in life. That's what we all live for in this life. Be it fame, fortune, glamor or peace of mind, we are seeking joy. Ask yourself: what is life without joy? According to Franz Kafka, "Joy is the food for human soul. Without it, life is a form of dying". How true, indeed.

There is this interesting and enlightening book by Tommy Newberry called "The 4:8 Principle: The Secret To A Joy-filled Life". It shows you how to think differently in a way to maximize your potential for joy.

According to Newberry, one really can live a more enjoyable and fulfilled life if you have complete control of your thinking. All lasting change is preceded by changed thinking. And he is talking about intentional, focused thinking. Or so-called quality thoughts.

The title of the book "4:8" is based from the Scripture verse of Philippians 4:8

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things

For those of you who want to know more on how to find joy in life, get this valuable book today.

Now, let's take a look at quotes on joy in life.

“Joy is not in things; it is in us” - Richard Wagner

"The only joy in the world is to begin." - Cesare Pavese

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

“Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.” - Melba Colgrove

“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Don't postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson." - Alan Cohen

"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with." - Mark Twain

“There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.” - Kahlil Gibran

"Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow." - Helen Keller

"Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile." - Sir Wilfred Grenfell

“A joy shared is a joy doubled” - Swedish Poverb

“The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach” - Lin Yutang

“Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is” - C.S. Lewis

“Joy is increased by spreading it to others” - Robert Murray McCheyne

“He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see joy.” - Kahlil Gibran

“I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again” - Mark Twain

“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” - Mother Teresa

"Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness." - Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

"Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day." - Henri Nouwen

"To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it." - John Templeton

"Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give." -Eleanor Roosevelt

“One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge” - Robert Lynd

“The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.” - Henry Ward Beecher

“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.” - Robert A. Heinlein

"Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing." - William Shakespeare

"The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy." - Eudora Welty

“One joy shatters a hundred griefs” - Chinese Proverbs

"Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy." - Sarah Ban Breathnach

"Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy." - Joseph Campbell

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