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Treat Ulcer with Aloe Vera

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:02:00 -0700

Aloe vera is more traditionally known for its benefits for hair care and reduce the itching on the scalp. Not only that, this slimy plant also has benefits for treating ulcers.

Ulcer or gastric ulcer is a symptom of a disease that attacks the stomach due to injury or inflammation that causes heartburn and tenderness in the abdomen. Many drugs can relieve ulcer symptoms quickly, but most do not solve problems that occur in the stomach.

LIVESTRONG Launched on Thursday (12/01/2011), aloe vera leaves are fleshy and issued a bitter liquid is best used as a wound healer and skin conditions. Aloe vera juice can also be used as a treatment for digestive disorders.

Aloe vera contains key elements such as aloin, aloin-emodin, resin, tannins and polysaccharides. In addition, aloe vera is also offering 19 amino acids, 20 minerals and 12 vitamins are essential for health.

American Chronicle also add that Aloe vera contains an amino acid, methionine, threonine, serine and molybdenum, which work together to detoxify heavy metals and additional aid in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. This can prevent the stack of fat in the liver and arteries.

Aloe vera juice has antimicrobial effects and heal the digestive tract lining. Can also reduce inflammation, peptic ulcers are caused by acids, alcohol, aspirin and other drugs.

Prescription for Herbal Healing book states that studies show that aloe vera juice to heal ulcers. This makes the researchers really recommend aloe vera for anti-ulcer drug.

In addition, the Journal of the American Osteopathic Society, reported that the effectiveness of aloe vera as an ulcer healing due to their ability to stimulate the release of pepsin, the gastric enzyme that supports the digestive system.

Dr. James F. Balch, author of Prescription for Natural Cures advised to drink a quarter cup of aloe vera juice three times a day to be able to heal the ulcer.

But he also warned that pregnant women, menstruation, the pill and breast-feeding should avoid taking aloe vera. Aloe vera juice also should not be consumed in the long term because it can lead to depletion of electrolytes.

Eating Carrots Make People More Interesting

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:54:00 -0700

Many eat carrots have been known to nourish the eye. Not only that, recent research shows that eating carrots can make the skin healthy and glowing, which makes people more interesting.

Researchers at St Andrews and University of Bristol shows that women and men who diligently eating vegetables and fruits a strong color such as carrots and pulm, can have a luminous yellow skin that are considered very attractive and healthy.

Vegetables and fruits which typically contain strong colored pigments called carotenoids. This substance is found in fruits and certain vegetables play an important role in giving the skin a glow.

"The relationship between carotenoid yellow skin glowing and open new strategies to encourage people to eat more fruits and vegetables,"says Ian Stephen, one of the scientists involved in the project, as reported by AFP on Thursday (13/01/2011).

Stephen said it took two months regularly eat carrots to be able to see tangible results on the skin.

"Telling people to eat vegetables and fruit with a reason for not having a heart attack at age 40 years may seem harder than to say that vegetables and fruits can make a person more attractive in recent months,"continued Stephen.

The results of this study will be published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior March 2011 edition of the magazine The Grocer.

Daucus carota carrot or vegetable plants are grown throughout the year. In addition to eye and skin health, vegetables that contain lots of beta-carotene, vitamin A, protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus and iron can also serve to lower blood pressure, lower blood sugar levels and clean pinworms.

Betel Can Heal Nosebleed

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:46:00 -0700

Betel leaf has many benefits for health, one of which is traditionally believed to stop the bleeding when the bleeding. Why betel leaf can cure a nosebleed?

Betel is a type of vines that are included in the family Piperaceae.Betel plant has many names such as betel (France), betelhe, vitele (Portugal), ju jiang (China) and betel (Indonesia).

Nzhealth Launched on Friday (14/01/2011), chemicals contained in the betel leaf, among others, essential oils, hydroxycatechol, chavicol, chavibetol, eugenol, methyl eugenol, caryophyllene, cadinene, estragol, terpennena, seskuiterpena, phenyl propane, tannins, diastase, sugar and starch.

The content of these chemicals is what makes betel leaves to stop bleeding at the time of nosebleed. Not only in the nosebleeds, betel leaf can also stop bleeding in wounds.

High content of antiseptic on betel leaves also make it widely used to treat body odor and breath, heal wounds and rashes on the skin, and treat vaginal discharge in women. The content of phenol in betel leaf five times more effective as an antiseptic compared with ordinary phenol.

How to use betel leaf to nosebleed

Use 1 sheet of betel leaf is rolled up and pressed to spend a little oil.
Then close the bleeding nostril with betel leaves and leave for more than 5 minutes. This will make the bleeding quickly stopped.

Betel plant originated from countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia such as India, Pakistan and Indonesia. The leaves are flat shaped like hearts of people is widely used in Asia as a medicinal plant that can cure various diseases.

But treatment with betel leaf, or piper betle is not well known in the western world because of western habits are far different from the east.

Varenicline : Quit Smoking Tips

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:15:00 -0700

Varenicline is a smoking-stopping agent. These drugs work inbrain by inhibiting the effects of smoking fun. This decreases the urge to smoke.

Indications:
Helping to stop smoking.

Dosage:

1 mg by mouth (orally) 2 times a day, followed by titration for 1week.

Days 1-3: 0.5 mg by mouth (orally), 1 times daily
Days 4-7: 0.5 mg by mouth (orally), 2 times daily
Day 8-end of the treatment: 1 mg by mouth (orally), 2 times daily

Duration: 3-6 months

Implementation:
Starting dose 1-2 weeks before the target quit date.

Side Effects:

Nausea, insomnia, headache,

drowsiness, dizziness, strangedreams, fatigue, abdominal discomfort, increased appetite.

Special Instructions:
Use with caution in patients with renal dysfunction, those who areundergoing dialysis and patients with serious psychiatric illness

Lung Cancer Symptoms

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:29:00 -0700

Lung cancer, like all cancers, is the result of an abnormal cell, the most basic unit of life. Normally, the body maintain a system of checks and balances on cell growth, so that cells divide to produce new cells are needed. Disruption of the balance system of uncontrolled cell growth and eventually form a mass called a tumor.

Tumors can be benign or malignant, and malignant tumor is called cancer. Benign tumors can usually be removed and not spread to other body parts. Malignant tumors, on the other hand, grow aggressively and attacking other body tissues, so that the tumor cells into the bloodstream or lymphatic system and then to the inside of the body. Deployment process is called metastasis.

Since lung cancer tends to spread or metastasize, it is life threatening. Lung cancer can spread to every organ in the body, especially the adrenal glands, liver, brain, and bone. This cancer is also one of the most difficult cancers to treat. The lungs are also the organ most frequently affected by tumors in other body parts.

Cause
The main cause of lung cancer is smoking well as active smokers or passive smokers. While other causes contamination of the surrounding air by the substance of asbestos, air pollution by fumes or combustion including tobacco smoke.

Symptoms
Cancer does not show any symptoms are visible from the outside if cell growth is not severe. As many as 25% of patients with lung cancer, known symptoms after their routine chest X ray or CT scan.If proven to have lung cancer then it will look like a coin dots ketch.

Symptoms associated with this type of cancer among other respiratory disorders that cause symptoms such as cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, chest pain, and coughing up blood (hemoptysis).

If the cancer has invaded nerves, for example, can cause shoulder pain that moves on the outside of the arm (called Pancoast's syndrome) or vocal cord paralysis causes hoarseness. Invasion of the esophagus can cause difficulty swallowing (dysphagia). If breathing is hampered, leading to infection (abscesses, pneumonia) in the area hampered.

Symptoms related to metastasis: Lung cancer that has spread to bone can produce tremendous pain in the bones. While the cancer that has spread to the brain can cause a number of neurological symptoms like blurred vision, headaches, seizures, or stroke symptoms such as weakness or loss of sensation in the body.

Treatment
Treatment for lung cancer can involve surgical removal of cancer, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy, as well as combinations of these treatments. Decisions about treatment will be eligible for certain individuals must take into account the localization and extent of the tumor and the patient's overall health status.

Like other cancers, may be determined revocation or cancer therapy or palliative (measures that can not cure cancer but can reduce the pain and suffering of patients.

Lymphoma Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:16:00 -0700

Lymphoma cancer or lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system (lymph nodes, thymus gland, spleen and bone marrow). American Cancer Society says there are two types of lymphoma, namely Hodgkin's lymphoma (Hodgkin's disease) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma begins in the lymphatic system in which the tumor develops from a type of white blood cells called lymphocytes (either T cells or B-cells). Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is much more common that Hodgkin's disease.

While Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer of the immune system characterized by the presence of a type of cell called the Reed-Sternberg cells (giant cells are usually derived from B lymphocytes).

Cause

Scientists do not know exactly what causes lymphoma, but has identified several potential risk factors, namely genetics (inherited from family members) and are often exposed to carcinogens such as certain pesticides, herbicides and solvents such as benzene, some hair dye and free radicals.

Symptoms

Patients with Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have swollen lymph nodes, weight loss, abdominal pain or swelling, night sweats, fever and chronic fatigue. Some individuals also experience chest pain, difficulty breathing, extremely itchy skin, loss of appetite.

Treatment

If the lymphoma is likely to grow slowly, your doctor may suggest to wait and see approach before deciding on a treatment plan development. In this case, cancer therapy can sometimes be delayed for at least one year.

In most cases of Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkins, treatment options are chemotherapy, radiation and a stem cell transplant requires (stem cell).

Diabetes and Hypertension

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Wed, 8 Jun 2011 10:33:00 -0700

Known that diabetes can cause various complications. But it was one of the most frequent complications were hypertension, diabetes is so often called her soul mate hypertension.
"Diabetes is her soul mate hypertension, because about 65 percent of people with diabetes also have hypertension," said Dr. Dr. Budiman Widjodjo, SpPD in a press conference Enhance Public Awareness Against Metabolic and Endocrine Case to Prevent Chronic Complications resulting, at the Hotel Nikko Jakarta, Wednesday (06/08/2011).

Dr. Budiman said in a patient with high blood sugar levels can disrupt the hormone system in the body. In people with normal hormone system in the body will produce a hormone known as angiotensin 2.

"When high blood sugar levels it will indirectly increase the levels of hormones such angiotensi two that cause hypertension," said the doctor from the Department of Medicine Faculty of medicine.

If complications occur is not immediately handled properly, it can cause disability that will not be back again as before. Apart from hypertension, diabetes patients are also much affected by complications of heart disease is about 40 percent.

Blood sugar levels are constantly high or not well controlled can cause damage or complications that cause thickening and narrowing of blood vessel walls. Type of complications that occur can affect large blood vessels, small and too nervous.
"Management of diabetes should be done thoroughly and not just limited to approach sugar levels. But it is also aggressive multifactorial approach to identify patients with cardiovascular risk factors," he said.

To manage chronic complications should control risk factors such as exercise regularly, avoid sedentary lifestyle, do the controls on a regular basis and if need medication it should be consumed with care.

Diabetes usually does not cause death, but a person can die from complications they experienced. Therefore, diabetes is often called the silent killer.
"Diabetes is a lifelong disease and brought to death. So his diet is not just for this week only but for life. Therefore, prevention becomes important," said Dr. Budiman.

Diabetes Blood Test Should Not Drawn on Arm Finger

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Wed, 8 Jun 2011 10:23:00 -0700

To know a person's blood sugar levels usually do a check of blood in the finger. But to make the diagnosis of diabetes, blood taken from blood vessels in the arm and not the finger. "In diagnosing diabetes, blood taken from a vein or artery from the arm and not the capillary blood vessels in the hand (finger)," said Dr. Dr. Budiman Widjodjo, SpPD in a press conference Increase Public Awareness On The Case of Metabolic and Endocrine forPreventing Chronic Complications resulting, at the Hotel Nikko Jakarta, Wednesday (06/08/2011).
Dr. Budiman said somebody said to diabetes if the classic symptoms that arise and blood tests after a meal (2 hours) above 200 mg / dL, or the classic symptoms that arise and fasting blood tests at least 8 hours worth more than 126 mg / dL.

"There is also an oral glucose test, ie a person may eat as usual and then asked to fast and be given sugar by 75 grams for a drink for 5 min and performed inspection," he said.
Classic symptoms that arise from diabetes there are 3 of polyuria (lots of urine), polydipsia (drinking a lot) and polyphagia (eating a lot.) Diabetes can occur due to failure of pancreatic beta cells caused by genetic factors, insulin resistance, age, the effects of gastrointestinal hormones, amyloid accumulation and blood sugar levels are too high.

"Insulin functions include sugar into muscle or fat tissue for sugar can be converted into energy. In people who develop resistance, insulin is not able to help incorporate sugar levels become so high," he added.

Dr. Budiman said at the time a person was first diagnosed with diabetes is generally the number of pancreatic beta cells to live 50 percent of which will be progressively decreasing. Therefore sometimes people with diabetes at some point will have to be given insulin from outside.
"If it runs out then the beta cells of the pancreas no longer insulin in the body, so would not want to be given from outside," said the doctor from the division of metabolic endocrine Department of Medicine Faculty of medicine RSCM.

Currently, the level of community care for diabetes is still low because evidenced by the many patients who come to the case of serious complications. World Health Organization (WHO) predicts an increase of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Indonesia by 8.4 million in 2000 to 21.3 million in 2030 and ranks 4th in the world after India, China and the United States. "Because diabetes is genetically inherited, it is important for patients to be screened against the family about the possibility of diabetes," said Dr. Budiman.

Beware of Hypothyroidism in Infants

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Wed, 8 Jun 2011 09:11:00 -0700

Disturbances in thyroid hormones are generally not recognized by society. But if pregnant mothers are known to have hormonal thyroid disorders, hormone levels should check with their infants at birth because the baby could be affected by hypothyroidism.

Hypothyroidism is a condition characterized by low thyroid hormone production. This hormone serves mengatru level that stimulates the body's metabolism of a person to work according to its function.

Pregnant women who have hormonal thyroid disease have hypothyroidism can cause her baby at birth. If the baby until the thyroid hormone deficiency can cause disability.
If the baby is known to calm, safe and not cry all night then do not let it go, because it could be the baby had hypothyroidism, especially if the mother has a thyroid disorder.

For that needed examination of the hormone when the baby is born to be known whether or not hormonal disorder. And to prevent belanjut hormone deficiency.

Handling is done if a person has hypothyroidism is taking medication that could help increase the amount of thyroid hormone in the body. But this drug in pregnant women can be influential.

"Thyroid Drugs consumed by pregnant women can not be filtered, so the drug is to be transferred to the baby through the placenta," says Dr. Suharko Soebardi, SpPD-KEMD in a press conference Increase Public Awareness On The Case of Metabolic and Endocrine for Prevention of Chronic Complications resulting, at the Hotel Nikko Jakarta, Wednesday (08/06/2011).

Dr. Suharko said thyroid problems represent the majority of diseases associated with endocrine or hormone. Problems that can occur related to changes in the size of the thyroid gland or hormonal disorders.

Thyroid disease experienced by women more than men and symptoms often go unnoticed by the patient so that the escape of the diagnosis, "said dr Suharko which is a division of medical staff Endocrine Metabolic Disease Department Iilmu FKUI RSCM.

UNICEF Open Price Vaccine

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Wed, 8 Jun 2011 08:07:00 -0700

UN Agency for Children (UNICEF) for the first time publish vaccine prices set by pharmaceutical companies. This policy was taken UNICEF with the aim of creating a climate of increasing competition in the financing.
On Friday (28/05/2010), UNICEF launched its official website the original price offered by any pharmaceutical company for the purchase of 16 types of vaccines in the last decade. This step is clearly not in line with the policy of some Western pharmaceutical companies.
Novartis AG and Merck & Co., for example, sells only one of many children's vaccines to UNICEF. They were then both denied the tariffs that have been released about it.

As the largest buyer of products for immunization programs, UNICEF plans to continue this policy of transparency to the next purchase, in the hope that this effort will encourage pharmaceutical companies lowered the price of the vaccine. That way, UNICEF can improve immunization coverage to more children in the world and save more lives.
"Transparency will also help develop a competitive climate, with a more diverse suppliers," said Shanelle Hall, Director of UNICEF Supply Division. He also noted, this policy will help UNICEF and partners in the countries that buy vaccines for their interests in order to better take the right decisions in negotiating with pharmaceutical companies.
Last year, UNICEF spent U.S. $ 757 million to provide 2.5 billion doses of vaccines to 99 countries, or reaches 58 percent of children in the world.
In the price list released by UNICEF shows that there are significant disparities. In it appears that Western pharmaceutical companies often give double the price to UNICEF rather than the companies in India and Indonesia.
Prices continued to increase vaccine alone in the last decade, with vaccines for measles, polio, and tetanus rise until doubled between 2001 and 2010. Meanwhile, prices for some types of vaccines are relatively stable, even there is also declining due to the emergence of new players on the market.

Set Diets can Ageless

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Wed, 8 Jun 2011 07:55:00 -0700

Increasing age was not preventable, but we still could slow the effects of aging on the body. Nature already provide it in abundance, our lives are willing to accept it or not.
There are many factors that cause the symptoms of aging, factors other than reduced growth hormone, aging effects also arise because of pollution, stress, sunlight, smoking, alcohol, lack of rest, and diet malnutrition.
In addition to looking at the skin, such as the skin looks dull and wrinkles begin to arise, the effects of aging can also be easily hurt, decreased concentration or frequent fatigue. According to clinical nutritionist from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, dr.Inge Permadhi, Sp.GK, premature aging may be preventable by improving our diet. "The key is to eat a balanced composition of nutrients,"

He calls the vegetables and fruits as food that can help us to stay young. "Basically, by eating a source of antioxidants, namely vegetables and fruits," he said.
Is a free radical-fighting antioxidants, molecules that can cause cell damage and are associated with chronic inflammatory diseases.
In addition, he also suggested that we should reduce the intake of fat, especially saturated fat. "Fat is a source of excess free radicals. We are encouraged to take fats 30 percent of total calories, but remember the source must be healthy, not fat from fried foods," he said.
Currently, there is one available a variety of supplements that claim to be an antioxidant. However, we recommend adequate dr.Inge antiosidan from food sources of natural food.
"Supplements are directly absorbed by the body but the body has no mechanism to reject it if the substance or vitamin that is needed is enough. The effect is toxic or excess. In contrast to natural sources, namely vegetable and fruit, if the excess will be disposed of the body's automatic," he said.

Identify Metals in Your Body

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:40:00 -0700

To perform its function properly, our bodies need good nutrition.Substances that the body needs not only in the form of carbohydrates, proteins, or vitamins. Various metallic substance is also necessary for the body work properly. Any metal that the body needs? What is its function? How many are needed for the body? Various metallic substance the body needs, among others:

Iron (Fe) • iron Function: Carries oxygen from the lungs throughout the body and eliminate toxins from the body. • Stock if deficiencies: The bottom eyelid pale and easily tired. • effects, if the excess: Can cause swelling of the liver. Iron can prevent absorption of the drug. Should not be consumed in excess when you're taking a drug for drug efficacy are not wasted. Excess iron can cause swelling of the liver and reduces the body's ability to absorb copper. • Food sources of iron: Chicken liver, chicken meat, red meat, fish and legumes. • The recommended dose: 8-18 mg / day
  Zinc (Zn) • Function: Maintain fertility, strengthen the immune system, assist in the healing process and can help the body to produce approximately 100 enzymes needed. Lack of these enzymes make disturbed the body's metabolism that can cause various diseases. Zinc is also useful for skin beauty is to prevent acne, prevent dry skin and helps regenerate the skin. • Stock if deficiencies: Wounds difficult to heal because of the slow regeneration of the skin, no appetite, slow growth, fatigue and even can cause infertility in men. • effects, if the excess: If the amount of these substances exceed 2000 mg in the body can inhibit copper and folic penyerapat substances are also needed for the body. Side effects of excess substances include dizziness, vomiting, frequent sleepiness, sweating, and low cholesterol levels.• Food sources: Zinc can be obtained from foods such as beans, nuts, cheese, beef, chicken and various marine fish. • The recommended dose: 12 mg / day.
  Manganese (Mn) • Function: It is important to maintain brain health, bone, plays a role in hair and nail growth, and help generate enzymes for the metabolism of the body to convert carbohydrates and protein to form the energy will be used. • Stock if deficiencies: At risk for diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis and high cholesterol. • effects, if the excess: Causing decreased levels of iron in the body thereby increasing the risk of anemia, skin disorders, heart, liver, blood vessels and brain damage. In addition, excessive manganese to prevent the absorption of copper to the body. • Food sources: Eggs, beans, legumes, green leafy vegetables, red meat. In the fruits found in strawberries, pineapple, grapes. • The recommended dose: 5 mg / day
  Chromium (Cr) • Function: Assisted with vitamins B3, chromium responsible for managing the placement of glucose in the blood to the body cells to then be converted into energy. • Stock if deficiencies: Increasing levels of cholesterol and fats in the blood that can lead to heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. • effects, if the excess: Cause stomach irritation and inhibits the absorption of copper by the body. • Food sources: Bread, wheat, corn, meat, fish and cheese. • The recommended dose: 25 mg / day
  Copper (Cu) • Function: Form hemoglobin, collagen and maintaining healthy nerves. • Stock if deficiencies: Anemia, radanng joints and fatigue. • effects, if the excess: Can cause poisoning characterized by vomiting, dizziness, weakness, abdominal pain and diarrhea. If there is constant pain can cause heart and liver damage resulting in death. • Food sources: Seafood, wheat, corn, legumes. • The recommended dose: 1.2 mg / day

Magnesium (Mg) • Function: Plays an important role to maintain a healthy heart, kidney and muscle. • Stock if deficiencies: Can cause a heart attack, kidney, hypertension and asthma attacks. • effects, if the excess: Can cause diarrhea. • Food sources: Nuts, legumes, green leafy vegetables, wheat, corn, tofu. • The recommended dose: 320 mg / day

Fake Fur Eye to Eye Makeup Perfect

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:19:00 -0700

Eye makeup to be the main thing in makeup. No wonder, when the makeup, the eyes got a pretty important part and a part that requires a long time to meriasnya. One, that the eyes look different and more perfect eye makeup is to put false eyelashes. Applying it in the eye to make lashes look longer and thicker. It's just that, putting false eyelashes is not easy. For those of you who want to try using fake eyelashes, you can learn it.

Here are some tips you can consider when going to use artificial lashes

• Adjust the size false eyelashes

The width of the eyes of each person is different, it is necessary to first measure the appropriate length of eyelashes. You can close the book a fake eye in the eyelid to determine the appropriate long eyelashes. Scissors false eyelashes in excess eyelid length.

• Make eye

Eye makeup before attaching false eyelashes. Eye makeup applying eye shadow and eyeliner. Makeup needs to be done in advance in order to attach false eyelashes perfect for powder eye shadow or eyeliner to make the adhesive power of glue false eyelashes reduced. Pinch original lashes before wearing false eyelashes.

• Glue fake eyelashes

When finished makeup, prepare false eyelashes that have been adapted to the length of the eye. Remove the special glue false eyelashes on the back of the hand or on plastic packaging fake eyelashes. Use a toothpick to pick up the glue that has been issued and move it along the top of the false eyelashes. Use of glue should not be too much because it will cause the glue stick to strands of visible or create a false eyelash.

• Glue on the eyes

Once glued false eyelashes, false eyelash glue on the eyelids, according to the growth of eyelashes. Do it carefully in order to stick with the good. When pressed on the eye, you can use the help of tweezers. Trim your eyelashes for a natural look and have stuck to perfect. Let stand for 30 seconds for the glue to dry completely.

• Improve eye makeup

After the false eyelashes according to the position and glue has dried, you can wear mascara to make lashes look tapering and black liquid eyeliner on the top line of eyelash glue to cover the color and for original eyelashes and fake eyelashes look perfect together.

Using false eyelashes is not easy. So, it takes a lot of practice before the event in which you want to wear fake eyelashes on makeup. Use a cheap fake eyelashes for practice installation.More and more practice will help installation faster eyelashes and neat. Eyelashes and eye makeup will look more glamorous.

Drinking Milk Daily Reducing The Risk of Heart Attack

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Tue, 7 Jun 2011 13:58:00 -0700

Milk is not only complementary foods should be consumed every day. But it is also useful to support health. In fact, according to research at Wageningen University and Harvard, drink three glasses of milk every day, can reduce the risk of heart disease by 18 percent.

The results of this study at the same time denied the myth that states that the consumption of milk every day can lead to weight gain and lead to the emergence of heart disease, stroke, even death.The study was conducted by reviewing 17 studies from Europe, America, and Japan.

The researchers found no association between consumption of regular or low-fat milk and increased risk of heart disease, stroke, or death.”Milk is a nutritious and healthy food. Rich in natural nutrients, like calcium, potassium and protein,” said Cindy Schweitzer, Director of Engineering, Global Dairy Platform.Later, other studies in Israel that was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition also noted that milk consumption is higher calcium will affect the weight loss.

The study was conducted on 300 men and women who are overweight for two years. In conclusion, people who consume milk containing high calcium, losing 38% of their body weight compared with those who consume low-calcium milk.Researcher United States also reviewed 21 studies that included nearly 350,000 data and concluded that consumption of foods containing saturated fat is not associated with an increased risk of both coronary heart disease or heart disease.

The study is published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.In addition, there is another study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, too. A study of 23,366 men in Sweden This reveals that the calcium intake above the recommended daily level can reduce the risk of death from heart disease and cancer by 25%.

Make a full stomach, but not Fat

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Thu, 2 Jun 2011 12:25:00 -0700

To lose or maintain weight not only have to leave the stomach in a state of hunger. There are several nutrients that keep you satisfied but not increase weight.
Some nutrients can make your stomach remains full but did not gain weight because they have low fat or none at all.
Here are some foods that can lose weight without having to starve.

1. Apple

Each time you feel hungry, an apple can be a healthy snack choice than the pizza or fried chicken. Full of apple flavor comes from the high water content and fiber. Soluble fiber pectin in apple skin acts as a natural appetite suppressant.

2. Whole Wheat

Foods made from wheat, brown rice and wheat flour is a complex carbohydrate that processed sugar slowly. This phenomenon is keeping blood sugar levels in the body, so do not feel hungry faster. High in fiber and the presence of vitamin B complex also contributes to control metabolism.

3. Fat fish

Fish that fall into this category are tuna, salmon, mackerel, sardines and herring. The presence of omega-3 fatty acids in fish may help lower cholesterol and boost metabolism.

Omega-3 fatty acids work by altering levels of the hormone leptin, which provides direct effect on metabolism. This hormone determines whether calories will be burned or stored as fat. Fish is also a good source of protein.

4. Citrus fruit

Citrus fruit is an important component in the diet because the vitamin C, which is a powerful antioxidant, fiber and as a cleaning agent. Vitamin C helps in accelerating the processing of fats, also a stimulator of an amino acid called carnitine which is responsible for raising the body’s fat burning capacity.

Citrus fruits contain only about 50 to 75 calories, high water content makes you feel full for long periods of time.

5. Greens

Green vegetables such as broccoli, spinach and asparagus should be included in your diet, not only because of fiber content and antioxidant properties, but also because of high thermic effect (the energy expended by the body to consume and process food), and low in calories.

This vegetable has a very low chance to be converted into fat because of all the calories will be exhausted during the digestive process. Vitamins and minerals in green vegetables also provide a sense of satiety.

Vitamins of the Best Food Equipment

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Thu, 2 Jun 2011 12:19:00 -0700

Vitamins are a good friend’s body for a variety of functions. Even if only in small amounts, but vitamin with minerals each have specific functions and are included in the main nutrients the body needs.

Vitamin is an organic molecule that is necessary for the body metabolism and normal growth. This vitamin can not be produced by the body and must be met from outside the body or through food.

Lately, more and more sold food additives or food supplement and vitamins. There is a liquid, tablet, or capsule. Reasons of practicality and indiscriminate eating patterns is the reason many people in urban areas to take these supplements.

Nevertheless, dr.Fiastuti Witjaksono, Sp.GK, clinical nutritionist from Semanggi Clinic, suggested that we meet the body’s vitamin naturally, from fruits and vegetables.

“If we take supplements of vitamins, vitamin content was alone. Better to fruits or vegetables because it also contained vitamins and minerals, fiber, fluids, and other fitokemikal important,” said Fiastuti.

Also from vitamin supplements, especially if high doses could increase the risk of excess body vitamins. You see, it could be our body is actually just a specific vitamin deficiency. If we take supplements complex, we will also get the vitamins that may not be needed by the body.

Water-soluble vitamins, like vitamin B and C, also can not be stored in large quantities in the body. ”Excess of this vitamin will be issued via the urine,” said Fiastuti. Thus be redundant if we consume water-soluble vitamins in high doses.

More American Women Opting for Home Birth

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Wed, 1 Jun 2011 07:54:00 -0700

Although less than 1 percent of births in the U.S. take place at home, the number of home births jumped 20 percent over just a four-year period, according to the results of a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a Boston university professor. The details of the analysis were recently published in the medical journal Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care.

While home births were on the decline from 1990 to 2004, figures for the period between 2004 and 2008 show a steady increase among a small subculture of white women opting for natural birth. In 2008 alone, at least one in 98 white women gave birth at home, while an average of just one in 357 black women, and only one in 500 Hispanic women choose to have their babies in their homes. Among all races, around one in 143 births occurred at home in 2008, compared to one in 179 in 2004. Of course, some home births occur due to women residing in remote locations being unable to reach a hospital in time for delivery.

Lead study author, Marian MacDorman of the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics speculated, “I think there’s more of a natural birth subculture going on with white women — an interest in a low-intervention birth in a familiar setting.”

Study Details

For their study, the researchers evaluated birth certificate data of more than four million live births registered in the U.S. for 2008 and previous years. Findings showed that 28,357 babies were born at home in 2008, accounting for 0.67 percent of total births, which was the highest proportion of home births since 1990.

The study revealed that the largest home birth increases occurred in Vermont and Oregon, with an average of about one in 50 births, with the rate in Alaska following closely behind. In all, 27 states had significant increases during the four-year period analyzed.

While the physician participation in home births decreased by 38 percent from 2004 to 2008, the percentage of those assisted by certified midwives and nurse-midwives has been on the rise. Doctors have become increasingly adamant in advising against home births due to the possibility of serious complications. For years, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has warned that home births are unsafe, especially in the cases where mothers have high-risk medical conditions. The danger of complications can be compounded by inadequately trained attendants, or lack of fast transport to a hospital if something goes wrong.

Regarding the increase in home births, George Macones, an obstetrician at Washington University in St. Louis who chairs ACOG’s Committee on Obstetric Practice stated, “From our perspective, that’s not the best thing for the overall health of babies and women.”

However, the researchers also found that during the period from 2004 through 2008, home births involving medical risks declined. Home deliveries of babies born preterm dropped by 16 percent, and by 2008, just 6 percent of all home births involved those in which infants were born prematurely. This equates to less than half the percentage born in hospitals.

Controversy

There are those who point out that at-home births avoid the potential risk of infection posed by hospitals, and also prevents unnecessary medical interventions. In addition, home births are much more economical with costs that are about one-third of those for hospital births.

The controversy surrounding the safety of home birth is only compounded by studies the yield conflicting results. MacDorman noted, “There have been some large studies done in other countries that found that home births were as safe as hospital births for low-risk women.” Yet, she also pointed out that a 2010 study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology found home births to be linked to a tripling of the newborn death rate. However, she did acknowledge that the research methods used for the latter study came into question after having been published.

Home births and out-of-hospital birth options among low-risk women are also supported by the World Health Organization, the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the American Public Health Association and the National Perinatal Association.

Fish Oil Reduces Heart

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Wed, 1 Jun 2011 07:49:00 -0700

Fish oil, and its high level of omega-3 fatty acids, has been proven reduce the risk of some forms of cancer, relieve joint pain and other rheumatoid problems, and lessen the effects of depression and other mental disorders. Omega-3 fats can also help with some forms of skin problems and has been reported to ward off Alzheimer’s disease. Now there are heart benefits as well.

An omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) study was conducted by Italian researchers to test the benefits of fish oil. They enlisted more than 7,000 people who had been diagnosed with heart failure, a condition in which the heart becomes enlarged and loses its ability to effectively pump blood around the body. Half of the participants were given a daily capsule of omega-3, in addition to their other daily medications, while the other half took a placebo. They were followed for an average of four years, during which 1,981 (27 percent) of the group taking omega-3 died of heart failure or were admitted to the hospital with cardiovascular problems, compared to 2,053 (29 percent) of the placebo group.

In a parallel study, the same team studied heart failure rates of 2,285 patients who were given the statin rosuvastatin, also known as Crestor, while 2,289 were given a placebo. After tracking the patients for an average of four years, the doctors found little difference in the death rate between the two groups. When they compared the results from both studies, the researchers concluded that omega-3 is slightly more effective than the drug because it performed better against a placebo. “Our study shows that the long-term administration of 1g per day of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid was effective in reducing both all-cause mortality and admissions to hospital for cardiovascular reasons,” said Professor Luigi Tavazzi from the research centre of the of the Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists based in Florence.

This study confirms the results of previous studies that investigated the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, but they have largely been observational and have lacked a direct comparison to a placebo. “This study changes the certainty of the evidence we have about fish oils,” said Dr. Douglas Weaver, president of the American College of Cardiology. He said that guidelines in the U.S. would likely change to recommend more heart patients take supplements or eat more fish. “This is a low-tech solution and could help all patients with cardiovascular problems,” he said.

However, in an editorial accompanying the journal report, Dr. Gregg Fonarow, professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the positive trial results doesn’t mean that a statin should not be prescribed for someone with heart failure and high cholesterol, but “indicates that heart failure, in and of itself, should not be a reason to start a patient on a statin.” He also stressed that people with heart failure should not start taking fish oil supplements on their own. “They used a specific formulation, a prescription formulation. Heart failure is a very high-risk condition. It is absolutely critical for patients, whether it is a prescription medicine or modification of diet or a supplement, that they consult their physician,” he said.

Public health organizations recommend eating fish twice a week. Oily fish, such as salmon, mackerel, halibut, herring, sardines, albacore tuna and anchovies are an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids. However, fish is not the only source. You should also consider other seafood, such as Pacific oysters, shrimp, mollusks and Alaskan king crab. Walnuts and flaxseed can also add substantial amounts of omega-3 to your diet, as can vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, and cauliflower. But the most certain prescription is to take a fish oil supplement, since it has specified doses of EPA and DHA, and can also alleviate concerns about fish being contaminated with mercury or PCBs.

Say bye-bye to bad body image talk

noreply@blogger.com (Sastra Diredja) — Sat, 28 May 2011 05:22:00 -0700

The other day I tried to calculate how much of my life has been spent standing sideways to the full-length mirror, trying to determine if my stomach looks flat enough in the outfit I'm wearing so that I won't descend into crankyville.

Is it every day? Thirty seconds? More than once? With time off for good behavior when I'm backpacking, and there are no mirrors available. Oh, and yes, the tic is worse on days I feel a bit blue.

What a waste, truly. And I'm not alone in this, right? After all, there would be no Sara Blakely, queen of the Spanx empire, if I were.

I am, in case it wasn't already blindingly obvious, a woman.

In a room of 50 women the other day, I conducted a quick straw poll. "How many women here feel good about their bodies?" I asked. Only two hands went up, and they were wobbly and tentative at that. That's 4% of the women in the room. In an independent study, only 12% of women thought they looked good in a swimsuit. I guess that's three times better than my poll, but come on, both of those numbers are ridiculously low.

Is this really how we want to live? -- in a state of perpetual discomfort about our bodies.

Of course not, and in my thinking too much about the issue (aka obsessing), I have discovered and self-tested some wise insights, which suggest to me that a critical piece of the issue is contained in that 8% disconnect between the hesitant hand-raisers, and the beach-bound, bikini set.

The 12% of women who felt good in their swimsuits -- they didn't proclaim that sentiment with pride in a room full of women. Oh no, they were answering questions on an anonymous poll for a study on women and body image.

I wouldn't raise my hand in a room full of women, even if I felt good about my body that day. Why? -- because I'd be fearful that all the other women in the room would be raising their mental eyebrows and telepathically communicating with each other, "That girl feels good about herself? With that flat chest? Honey, it's time for a reality check."

You know what I'm talking about, don't you? That bad fairy critic (I think of her as the BFC) inside you who spends all her time sizing up all the other women she sees -- even if that woman is in your own mirror.

We women aren't doing each other, or ourselves, any favors. We are caught up in a vicious cycle that we perpetuate.

Every time we see a friend and say, "You look great, have you lost weight?"

Every time we say to an acquaintance, "You're so slim."

Every time we say, "I just need to lose however-many pounds."

Take time to notice for a few days how utterly common it is in the course of a conversation, for women to comment on their own or each other's bodies. As if this is an acceptable, interesting, or worthy topic for us to expend our energy on.

Guess what, for the most part, the topic is not worth the breath we're wasting on it.

When someone tells us we look slim, we feel good ... for a nanosecond, until it settles in that someone is noticing how we look, and then we start to worry about whether we'll measure up the next time. Because we know, we know, we know, that we're doing the very same thing right back at other women. In the end, that BFC is really just our own insecurities, projected on others, isn't it? A vicious cycle, that goes round and round and round.

The good news is, like any carousel, we can get off anytime. Step away from the topic. Breathe some fresh air, pure and clean, unpolluted by the noxious gas of body talk. Put in our special BFC-proof earplugs. Be like the three wise monkeys, see no body talk, hear no body talk, speak no body talk.

I recently set myself the task of no body talk for ... well, for some unspecified period of time -- in other words however long I could do it for. Four hours. I lasted a paltry four hours, and I was by myself for a few of those hours. I forget the topic that derailed my grand intention, something electrifying like whether my friend's bared arms looked better in a particular dress than mine did.

So, as the saying goes, baby steps. My new task is to notice -- just notice -- how often body talk comes up in conversations with friends, acquaintances and colleagues. And in that noticing, I hope that I'll get better at quieting the BFC.

Will you try with me?

I'm offering a 100% guarantee that you'll feel better about yourself. If not, you can have your BFC back.