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Tricks to Lose Weight with Color Strategies

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:07:00 +0000

Color Strategies to Lose Weight (photo: tattfoo.com)

Diet to lose weight such as limiting food portions, avoid eating fatty foods and so would seem difficult to live. You can deal with diet by applying color management strategy.

Some colors can affect appetite and limit the desire to overeat naturally. These weight loss diet strategy that referring the colors, as reported by the Reader's Digest :

1. Contrasting Colors: Helps Control Food Portions
According to researchers from Cornell University, combines a variety of colorful foods in one dish could prevent a person from overeating. The scientists found that people tend to take more food if it only consists of one color only.

Pick a few meals with a variety of colors, for example, combines white rice, lean chicken, green vegetables, carrots, and so on. The authors state that the difference in color helps make the brain more aware of portion sizes.

2. Natural Color: Helps Control the Appetite
According to experts, natural colors like blue color makes people eat less. Choosing a blue plate that can help control your appetite because food look less appealing when served on a blue plate.

If not, you can put a blue painting on the wall of the dining room or put a blue tablecloth so you do not overeat because of high appetite.

3. Sort Food by Color: Helps You Choose Healthy Foods
Put food in the refrigerator by sort first, for example grouping healthy foods like green vegetables in the front of the refrigerator for easy access. Then the less healthy foods, such as lemonade or soda on the back so that hard to take.

According to a team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, it helps you choose healthy foods that can promote weight gain.

Wow! Elderly Woman can Orgasm Multiple Times!

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:32:00 +0000

elderly woman (photo: asia-pay.com)

Elderly women who had menopause often considered to decrease their sexual arousal. However, in fact, older women can orgasm multiple times!

Until age 60, all the changes occur very slowly and gradually. There are some physiological changes due to aging, such as lubrication of the vagina. In fact, the lubrication of the vagina only takes 15 to 30 seconds in young women. While older women may take one, two, or five minutes.

There is a slight thinning and loss of elasticity of the vaginal wall, also a reduction of the length and width of the vagina. Everything is a change that gives little effect, or no effect at all, on the sensation and orgasm.

Approximately 80 percent of elderly women had no pain or discomfort during intercourse, although according to myth, intercourse in elderly women cause discomfort.

"According to research, women have sex drives more stable than men. Women aged 65 years continuously seek and respond to erotic touch, erotic dream, and be able to orgasm, even multiple times, "said a British Parenting expert Dr. Mirriam Stoppard in his book Family Health Guide.

Dr. Mirriam said, most aspects of the stimulus in elderly women as young women. They nipples still become erect and the clitoris is the main organ of sexual stimulation. Happiness arising from clitoral stimulation remains the same.

"A 80-year-old woman has the physical potential to orgasm just as he was 20 years old," said Dr. Mirriam.

The Story of Dr. George Preti, a Professional Observer of Human Odor

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:54:00 +0000

Dr. George Preti (photo: fotokimpoi)

For most people, body odor is extremely avoided because they interfere the comfort. But for this scientist, body odor is a source of livelihood. Yes, he was a professional observer of body odor.

The refrigerator in the laboratory of Dr. George Preti is full of the odor. Not because the owner lazy to clean, but because it is diverse sample odor especially body odor.

Stored in the refrigerator the different types of smells from every part of the body, from the armpit to the groin. The smell varies, there is no the same and certainly not fragrant enough to be enjoyed.

"The smell of the human body is not the same. Hair smells different from your mouth, your mouth is different from the armpits, groin different from armpit, and groin smells different to smelly feet," says Dr. Preti.

As an observer body odor that everything is not fragrant, Dr. Preti also has a favorite smell, that is smell of 3-methyl-2-hexenoic acid. These compounds contained in human sweat and the smell is described as a unique and easily recognizable.

"These are complex compounds that cause the smell of sweat is very recognizable," said Dr. Preti who said that the smell is often found in the armpits, especially when you're sweating.

Dr. Preti has worked as an observer body odors over 40 years, since joining the Monell Chemical Senses Center Philadelphia in 1971. Some of the findings include that the male body odor can reduce tension and increase relaxation in women.

Besides research, he also serves treatment especially for rare cases like trimethylaminuria or abnormality that makes someone's body odor become fishy like rotten fish. It is estimated there are only 700 cases in the world, 115 of them being patients of Dr. Preti.

Do not Let Your Penis Shrinking!

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:10:00 +0000

don't let your penis shrinking! (photo: mh.co.za)

Most men are always proud of the size of his penis. For the Adam, size is a benchmark of happiness.

It's true that penis size is influenced by genetic factors. However, many do not know that the 'little brother' down there could be a disaster if you do not care about his health.

So, be careful in keep it from embarrassing yourself. Unwittingly, these causes make the size of Mr. Happy shrink by itself.

1. Cigarette

Not just a danger of experiencing impotence and premature ejaculation, smoking can also make a man's penis shrink. According to the Boston University Medical Center researchers, U.S., smoking can damage blood vessels and tissues in the penis, so Mr. Happy to be less elastic.

From the research revealed that the average smoker had shortening their penis about 1 cm. Worse, this condition can also occur in passive smokers.

2. Treatment of prostate cancer

Prostate Surgery does not solve the problem. Instead, make a man anxious because they feel their penis length shrinking. Researchers from Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center in Boston, USA, reported the type of treatment, such as prostatectomy, can damage nerves and cause erectile tissue, making the penis smaller.

This is Jiroemon Kimura's Secret Become The Oldest Man in the World

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:20:00 +0000

Jiroemon Kimura (photo: brisbanetimes.com.au)

Jiroemon Kimura now been crowned The World's Oldest Man. The man who lived in Japan does not know why he can live long, but he thought that maybe because he often exposed to sunlight.

Kimura was crowned as the oldest man in the world after the previous title holder, Dina Manfredini of Johnston from Iowa passed away on December 17 at age 115 years. Meanwhile, Kimura who was born on 19 April 1897 was 15 days younger than Manfredini.

It is known he was 6 years old when the Wright brothers flew the first airplane, and it was almost 64 years old when Yuri Gagarin's first flight into space.

The bestowal to Kimura as the oldest man in the world has been recognized by the Gerontology Research Group, which is an international agency that specifically examines a person's longevity.

The Oldest Man in the World, Kimura (photo: thenewstribe.com)

Kimura and his family live in Kyoto, and he was celebrating the 115th anniversary in April 2012 ago. When he asked about his longevity recipe, he said the sun and his efforts to keep the mind stay fit.

"I do not know exactly, maybe it's all due to the sun above me. I always look at the sky," said Kimura.

Kimura is currently known to have 5 children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 13 piut (son of the great-grandchildren). His youngest Piut known 11-month-old named Shoichi Okada.

So far, Japan is known as one of the countries with high life expectancy. Healthy diet which many fibers, fish and rarely consumption of red meat is estimated to affect it.

The people are also known to do a lot of physical activity such as walking, even residents who are elderly is often found still active.

Watch Out! Tight Jeans May Cause Fungus in Vagina

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:24:00 +0000

tight jeans isn't good for your vaginal health (photo: msn.com)

One of sexually transmitted diseases that often strike is a fungal infection. The emergence of infections caused by the decreased immunity. This fungal infection can lead to other sexually transmitted diseases that certainly harming your health.

If you feel a continuous itch in your vaginal area, it could be that this is a form of fungal infection. Itching is usually followed by the onset of viscous fluids, rash, pain, or a burning sensation during urination.

Sex does not have to be avoided if you are exposed to fungal infections. But would be nice if you treat the fungal infections first. The infection is associated with a weakened immune. To recover, you must rest and take medication with your doctor immediately.

Avoid things like the use of a pair of jeans or underwear too tight, making the area around the vagina hot and humid. Eating doctor prescribes antibiotics or eating yogurt or other foods with prebiotics will help you overcome this fungal infection. Additionally, avoiding sexual activity during fungal infection will also speed healing. (az)

Elisany da Cruz Silva, The World's Tallest Teen

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:07:00 +0000

photo : dailymail

She was just 17 years old, but the body height of Elisany Silva da Cruz is more than 2 meters. No wonder if this girl is touted as the world's tallest teenager.

While walking on the beach with her boyfriend, Elisany da Cruz Silva looked like she was holding a child whose height is less than Elisany chest. Height her boyfriend, Francinaldo da Silva Carvalho (22 years) classified as normal, ie 163 cm. Which actually not normal is Elisany, because she had gigantism. To kiss her boyfriend, Elisany should bend.

photo : detik

Elisany high growth reached 15 cm per year, or three times more than normal children. At age 14 years, her height has reached 206 cm.

photo : whatsonshenzhen

This Salinopolis teenager experiencing gigantism due to a tumor growing on his pituitary gland. She growing faster than her seven siblings since she was 11. However, her growth that very rapid have an impact on her health, especially the legs and joints. Now she often experience pain in the limbs, joints and chest, as well as a severe migraine attack. Two years ago doctors had raised the gland, her body had already started to shrink. But her tall height still not fit into the school bus.

This sweet girl really wants to be a model. Unfortunately, her height that far than the normal person makes she rejected by some modeling agency.

Healthy Habits That Can Make Your Mind Calm

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Someone who often feel anxious and negative thoughts will always be more susceptible to stress. All you need to do to overcome this is to build a habit so that you can respond to an issue more calm and avoid stress.

Here are 8 healthy habits that can make you more calm:

1. Abdominal Breathing

Occasional abdominal breathing can increase the amount of oxygen in the blood and triggers the brain to reduce the concentration of stress hormones.

2. Get Enough Bedtime

A quality night's sleep has been associated with a reduced risk of various chronic diseases. Lack of sleep can make the body produce more stress hormones that make your days are not calm and full of anxiety.

3. Chat with Friends

Good communication can enhance social cohesion and make someone feel they have the support of loved ones like family and friends. People who often chat with friends are less likely to stressed when faced with a problem.

4. Environmentally Conscious

Every day for a minute, try to get closer to nature and observe what happens to the body and the environment around you. Focus your mind for a moment on the surrounding environment, listen to the heartbeat, and watch you each breath to be more relaxed and calm.

5. Listening to Music

People who like to listen to music will soon be free from the tension and get peace after he started to play his favorite music.

6. Write Down Your Thoughts

Write down your negative thoughts about something or prejudices that weigh on you on a list in a diary. After that write positive things that are contrary to the list next to it.

It can change the way your thought naturally, that every thing that happens to you is not all bad and there is always a bright side.

7. Many Grateful

By grateful for all favors obtained, someone will always feel satisfied, confident, calm, and avoid anxiety. Get used to thank God and thank you for the love you get from people nearby such as parents, spouses, and friends.

Things You Need To Know About Tongue Health

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:24:00 +0000

Most people only care about health of his teeth only and neglect other parts of the mouth that is not less important, ie the tongue. The tongue is the sense of taste that are important to keep clean

Here are 4 things you need to know to maintain the health of the tongue :

1. The Tongue also Needs to be Cleaned

The tongue has a rough surface because it consists of small bumps called papillae. A study at the University of Michigan's School of Medicine found that one-third of the number of species of bacteria in the mouth, are found on the tongue between the papillae.

Germs that stuck on the tongue can cause bad breath and affect the sense of taste, but it can also spread bacteria to other parts of the mouth such as the teeth. Excessive growth of bacteria can change the color of the tongue becomes yellow, white or even black and looks like a furry.

Get used to thoroughly clean the tongue every time you brush your teeth. You can use a tongue scraper, which is a small tool designed to scrape the tongue, which consists of a variety of shapes and sizes.

2. Some Tongues Need Extra Care

People who have the kind of dry tongue and too rough, it may require extra care when cleaning. Conditions tongue is usually experienced by people who breathe through the mouth or in a drug treatment that makes your mouth dry.

If conditions are too dry and rough tongue, must not brush the tongue cleaner because it may risk damaging the tissue. Try brushing your tongue after cleaning the teeth, while the mouth is still moist. You also can spray moisturizer or gel specifically for the tongue and wait for 10 to 15 minutes before brushing the tongue.

3. The Tongue can also be Affected by Cancer

Cancer can also occur in the mouth that is characterized by changes in the tongue. Check the condition of your tongue once a week regularly in front of the mirror to diagnose oral cancer early.

Check the bottom, top and sides of the tongue and examine whether there are changes in the skin, sores, white or red patches that do not heal after one or two weeks. Visit the dentist regularly every 6 months, the dentist is also able to recognize irregularities on your tongue.

4. Wearing Jewelry in the Tongue would Hurt the Tongue

All body piercing that is placed anywhere in the body has a risk of infection. However, according to the Canadian Dental Association, the risk of infection due to piercing of the tongue is higher because the mouth is full of bacteria.

In addition metal jewelry mounted on the tongue can damage teeth and gums, erode enamel, loosening gums and causing a teeth rift. Even the tongue piercing procedure itself has been known to cause nerve damage, leading to permanent saliva or alter the sense of taste.

How to Prevent Flu Singapore

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:24:00 +0000

Flu Singapore is a disease that often occurs in tropical areas. Even children become easy targets of this disease. Improve endurance and maintain the cleanliness could be the best solution.

Flu singapore or medically known as hand, foot, and mouth disease, at the beginning of the year had hit a number of children in Depok, West Java, Indonesia. Kids are an easy target disease that primarily affects those aged under five years, not least 10-year-old children, even adults can be affected even if the case is very rare. Why?

"Because the immune system and child antibodies that is not perfect. Moreover, if in the neighborhood, there are children who get the flu Singapore, "said Dr. Ratna Kumalasari coaching clinic at the event entitled" Flu Singapore and Relation to Body Immune System" in Kidzania, Pacific Place Jakarta, recently.

He added, immune system acts as the body's defenses when attacked by a virus. Immune system works by inhibiting the proliferation of the virus in the body, suppress and limit the spread, and reduce viral transmission system. Flu Singapore mostly caused by virus Coxsackievirus A16 (most common) and enterovirus 71 (EV71), which can cause serious and fatal complications.

Symptoms of flu singapore include fever about one to two days, loss of appetite, sore throat, tired, and the appearance of red spots in the mouth, feet, hands, knees, or elbows. Rash is different from smallpox. In smallpox, their spots are white, while the flu singapore has red spots. Although the disease can be cured by itself about seven to 10 days, it still required serious attention because if left untreated will be complications.

The incubation period itself, starting from the entry of the virus to cause a rash, take three to five days. This condition is accompanied by a fever of about 38 degrees for three days, then raised red spots. The transmission can be through a rash of fluid if broken, the fluid in the nose, saliva, sneezing, coughing is not closed, urine, and feces. Therefore, need to be maintained so as not to break the red spots to prevent the transmission. Red spots in the mouth and sores that accompany this disease, makes child reluctant to eat.

"But still have to eat. Give orange or other fruit laden vitamin C. Can also milk or fruit juice," said Dr. Rahma Karyanti Mulya SpA of RSUPN Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo.

Prevention efforts should be done since childhood, remembering no vaccine for the disease concerned.

One of them is to maintain cleanliness around the house, eating nutritious food and hygiene, washing hands with soap, then wash it with running water. Extra effort needs to be done when there is one member of the house who had the flu singapore. In order to not take further transmission, clean objects or toys that patients hold as possible. And, keep toys or objects out of reach of other children.

Flu Singapore patients is recommended to stay at home until no longer infectious. Transmission, Karyanti said, often occurs in public places, such as playgrounds or daycare. Parents also took part in the transmission of this virus, for example, by letting children do not wash their hands before eating or feeding brothers with the same spoon. Children should have their own tableware.

Another thing that is equally important is keeping the child's immune system. If the immune system is good, viruses, and bacteria can be resisted. Therefore, the importance of improving immunity that are not easily affected by the disease. In healthy people, a strong immune system will prevent disease and in people who have been stricken with the disease, a strengthened immune system will help speed up the healing.

Some ways to increase endurance, by breastfeeding, adequate sleep, vaccination, food intake of nutritious and hygienic, and children away from cigarette smoke exposure. Parents can also provide immunity enhancer vitamins for children.

Flu Singapore was first known to the public in Singapore in 1970, after the outbreak. When that kindergarten children stricken with red spot disease. It is forcing hundreds of kindergartens in Singapore are closed.

Here's Why You Experiencing Early Ejaculation

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 18:18:00 +0000

Men sometimes often ejaculate faster than their partner. Sure would be a problem if your partner becomes dissatisfied and can affect the life of your household.

Most men would feel embarrassed to talk about it. Of course this is something that should be consulted. Premature ejaculation is not purely psychological. This condition does not have to last forever, you can seek treatment. You should talk to your doctor to find out why you can ejaculate more quickly.

In mostly men, ejaculation occurs due to anxiety or depression in men. This stimulus causes men ejaculate faster. Causes of premature ejaculation is usually not just one cause.

The problem needs to be handled from the treatment of medical counseling, psychological and sexual. Couples can seek counseling to ensure they reach the point of satisfaction at the same time. Men can also practice some techniques to practice sexual intercourse with their partner.

How to Recognize the Signs of Leukemia

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:30:00 +0000

Leukemia is a cancer that occurs in the blood-forming cells that cause is not known and has the typical symptoms since the first time this has happened. Recognize the symptoms early on to get a faster diagnosis before the cancer spread and be fatal.

Mostly, leukemia affects white blood cells of a person but some types of leukemia begins in blood cells as well. Some bone cancer has symptoms similar to leukemia, but not entirely the same.

Here are 7 signs or symptoms of leukemia :

1. Fatigue

If you are easy to feel tired even though not doing strenuous activities, this may be caused by leukemia. Increased production of white blood cells can cause energy rapidly depleted.

2. Losing Weight

Symptoms of leukemia was also shown by body weight suddenly dropped dramatically even though one does not change the pattern of the daily diet. This is because the burning of high-level energy that makes a person lose weight if you do not improve your diet.

3. Often Bleeding

People who suffer from leukemia would be easier to bleed despite only minor injuries. Even if only a bruise takes a long time recovery, it could be a symptom of leukemia.

Another sign is the appearance of red dots or tiny purple under your skin called petechiae. Internal bleeding may also occur as bleeding in the stool, mucus, urine, vomit, and semen.

4. Internal Swelling

Symptoms of leukemia may also be characterized by swelling of the lymph nodes under the arms and on the front and back of the neck. Liver and spleen will also swell and cause pain under the rib cage.

5. Sweating at Night

One of the signs of leukemia is always sweating at night. So if you sweat excessively or abnormally at night, you need to be aware of the symptoms of leukemia.

6. Reduced Muscle Control

Difficulty controlling themselves when walking or experience muscle spasms from time to time is one of the symptoms of leukemia. People with leukemia often have trouble controlling the muscles and balance the body.

7. Abnormal Breathing

Shortness of breath and cough in a long period of time and does not heal is also a sign of leukemia.

3 Habits that Can Increase Breast Cancer Risk

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:38:00 +0000

One type of cancer that is quite feared by most women is breast cancer. To avoid this there are 3 habits that should not be done because it proved to increase the risk of breast cancer.

Breast cancer arising from the abnormal growth of cancer cells in the breast area. If the cancer is caught early it will have a good recovery rate, but if it is an advanced stage then the cure rates decrease.

Various things are known to trigger breast cancer such as environmental or genetic influences. But beyond these two things, some particular habits also contributed to risk of breast cancer.

To help reduce the risk of breast cancer, 3 following habit should be eliminated from your life from now on:

1. Sleep Deprivation

Lack of sleep or just have a little time to sleep not only makes it difficult to concentrate to work or school the next day, but it can also increase the risk of breast cancer.

A recent study found maintaining sleep habits with good quality and reasonably could reduce the risk of developing an aggressive form of breast cancer. Therefore make sure always get adequate rest periods.

Read : 5 Problems Due to Sleep Deprivation

2. Drink 3 Glasses of Wine

Drinking a glass of wine a day has been shown to prevent some diseases, but if consumed in excess it can have the opposite effect. The study found that consumption of 7-14 glasses a week can increase the risk of breast cancer by 60 percent.

3. Too often Relax on the Sofa

Relaxing on the sofa after a long day is needed by the body, but if done too often even to spend the time to exercise it can have a bad effect, one of them is to increase the risk of breast cancer.

This condition not only causes obesity, but the exercise has been shown to reduce the risk of breast cancer. Therefore, avoid too much relaxing on the couch, but take the time to exercise.

8 Health Benefits of Laughter

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Laughter is a common human experience. Moreover, expression of joy has medical benefits that is healing. Even beneficial for beauty.

While laughing off, all elements of body is active starting from the ears, the brain, to the muscles and joints of the body. In this condition, the body secretes the hormone dopamine, triggering a sense of happiness, which soon spread to the entire network.

Here are 8 health benefits of laughter :

1. Burn the Calories

Laugh out loud for 10 to 15 minutes can increase energy expenditure, increase heart rate, and can burn up to 40 calories. But this is not a weight loss method.

2. Make You Feel Better

Laughter increases the levels of endorphins that reduce stress and strengthen the immune system. Even just by watching a comedy show, the effect can last up to 24 hours.

3. Improving Psychological

A sense of humor someone can make up his communication skills, creativity and overall performance in the workplace. The ability to appreciate humor or the ability to make others laugh, actually has a psychological effect on the body that cause people getting emotionally attached.

4. Increasing Expectations and Self-esteem

By simply watching a comedy for 15 minutes can reduce concerns about health or career. Laughter can replace negative thoughts with positive ones and help formulate a plan to resolve the problem.

This can increase feelings, life expectancy and self-esteem because it can overcome the burden of mind more easily.

5. Protects against Heart Disease

Research shows that a good sense of humor can avoid you from the risk of heart attack. Laughter can widen blood vessels so that blood flows more freely.

In addition, laughing can reduce the fat and cholesterol that builds up in the coronary arteries that can protect the heart.

6. Broaden Your Mind

Happiness and laughter because a funny thing can reduce the narrowness of views on an issue and make you think from a broader perspective.

7. Helping Children bear the Pain

Watching a funny cartoon can help children overcome the pain of painful procedures, such as injections immunization or dental examinations. Children can quickly forget the pain when looking at the funny things he likes.

8. Strengthens the Immune System

Stress hormones are reduced during laughter, allowing immune cells to function better. Laughter also promote the exchange of oxygen with carbon dioxide so that helps clear the airways.

Laughter also can promote the muscles and joints that have been strained due to the severity of work.

Often Forget? Drinking Green Tea!

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:00:00 +0000

It seems the benefits offered by green tea yet exhausted to continue to known.

As one of the popular beverage in the world, green tea has a lot to get the attention of scientists about the usefulness in helping to prevent cardiovascular disease and fight obesity.

Latest, green tea is believed to enhance the function of the brain associated with spatial learning and memory performance.

Antioxidant Epigallocatechin-3 gallate (EGCG) contained in green tea is believed to improve brain function by accelerating the regeneration of new brain cells and can even fix some general brain function.

"Our findings have shown that EGCG acts directly to increase the production of neural progenitor cells, in tests using mice," said Professor Bai Yun of Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.

The findings, published in the Journal of Food Science showed that rats fed EGCC more capable to solve the puzzle and cognitive tasks.

"It helps us to understand EGCG and green tea contains antioxidants, which proved able to fight degenerative diseases and memory loss," said Bai.

5 Foods that can Lower Your Libido

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 10:21:00 +0000

Sexual appetite can also be influenced by the food consumed daily. Eating certain foods regularly can reduce libido.

Here are 5 foods that should be avoided because it can reduce sexual desire, as reported besthealth:

1. Liquorice

Liquorice is often used to make candy, an additional in some herbal teas and other beverages to get a sweet effect. But these sweeteners contain phytoestrogens and have been shown to affect the endocrine system.

Consumption of food or beverages containing sweeteners have also been associated with low production of testosterone, the hormone in men and women that strengthens sexual desire.

2. Soybean

Soybeans are rich in nutrients, including protein and vitamins A and B. However, if consumed in excess, soy can lower testosterone levels. Soybeans are usually processed into a variety of forms such as soy milk, tofu, tempeh, miso, and various other foods.

3. Mint

Mint is one of the most popular medicinal plants and beneficial for the digestive system because it has antiseptic substance. But it can also be bad for your libido. It is better to brush your teeth to neutralize the sour taste in the mouth than eating a mint.

4. Quinine

Quinine is a flavoring agent in tonic or some other energy drinks that are naturally derived from cinchona bark and has been used for centuries to cure malaria. It is also related to sexual function, so think twice before taking a tonic.

5. Corn Flakes

Corn cereal or corn flakes are in food when breakfast can also reduce sexual desire. Try to eat more natural foods for breakfast instead.

How to Break the Sugar Addiction in a Week

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:00:00 +0000

If you have the desire to always eat sweet foods, you may be suffering from sugar addiction. Although not something that is so dangerous, if not addressed will lead to other health problems which is more serious.

According to research in the Journal of psychoactive Drugs in 2010 stated that sugar releases endorphins in the brain that trigger pleasure or euphoria in a way very similar to certain drugs that are often abused.

Addiction to sugar have the same line with an addiction to drugs in the human brain. Fortunately, sugar cravings can be overcome within a week since you expose yourself from sugary foods.

Addiction to sugar may also be a genetic signs of certain conditions such as alcoholism, bulimia, and obesity. To prevent that happening, quickly handle your desire to eat sweet foods excessively.

Here are 3 ways that you can take to pulled out of sugar addiction in just a week, as reported by NaturalNews :

1. Consumption of Fruits and Organic Vegetables

The first step in overcoming sugar addiction is making sure to eat fruits and organic vegetables. Organic fruits and vegetables contain natural sugars or complex carbohydrates.

Complex carbohydrates more slowly broken down by the digestive system than simple carbohydrates, so the body was not in a hurry convey messages to the brain in the form of the desire to eat sweets again.

2. Replace Cookies with Wheat Bread and Natural Honey

Instead of eating sweets high in sugar, you may prefer to eat wheat bread smeared with pure honey. Pure honey has a natural sweetness that has healthy benefits for the body, such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, and control your appetite.

3. Replace Snacks with Raw Nuts

Raw nuts, seeds, dried fruits, can be a good snack alternative to prevent sugar addiction. Raw nuts and seeds offer protein, energy, and fats that healthier than taking other snacks that contain artificial sweeteners.

Less Calcium Could Trigger Sudden Cardiac Arrest

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:00:00 +0000

One of the existing content in milk is calcium. Apparently calcium is also good for the heart muscle, because lack of calcium can lead to sudden cardiac arrest.

"Calcium in milk is its main function as well in addition to bone to heart muscle contraction, because it can also be a sudden heart attack due to lack of calcium," says nutritionist Emilia E Achmadi, MS, RD in the event celebrates World School Milk Day for Child Nutrition Improvement SDN01 Menteng, Jakarta.

Emilia said that the failure of the heart muscle contraction is the same as the common cramps. However, if for example the leg cramps, it can be overcome by doing the massage, but if the heart muscle cramps it can not be massaged as usual.

"In the muscle contractions is needed calcium in the blood, and research about it already exists. If possible, from milk because it is the best source," said Emilia who is a graduate of Oklahoma State University, USA.

This is because in milk besides calcium there are also other nutrients that have benefits for the body, such as vitamin A, which can protect the skin, and vitamin B complex which is good for thinking and optimize nerve function.

Even so this calcium intake is not recommended obtained through supplements, because the intake obtained naturally stay better. Other than milk some other foods that contain calcium, such as cheese, almonds, yogurt or broccoli.

Calcium has an important function for the organ that helps regulate heart rate pacemaker cell contraction, signaling the muscles to contract and to tell the heart how strong the contractions.

Apart from lack of calcium, heart attacks can also be triggered by diet and unhealthy lifestyle such as often eating fatty foods, less exercise, alcohol consumption and smoking.

How to Overcome Back Pain at the Office

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Too long sitting behind a desk is hazardous and risky for health. But this risk can be reduced by doing some light exercise at your desk.

Here are five practical exercise in the office you can do when we have no time to move from your seat.

Warm Up

While sitting in a chair, stretching the fingers. Then make a circular motion on the wrists and ankles. Continue to stretch the neck muscles by pulling your head down toward your chest slowly.

Side Neck Stretches

Sitting upright body position, tilt the neck to the shoulders slowly as far as you can, hold for 10 seconds, then return to starting position and do change sides.

Shoulder Shrug

Sitting up straight, lift your shoulders upward until near the ear and hold for 3-5 seconds, put back into its normal position, repeat 3-4 times.

Back Side-Stretch

Sitting up straight, then lift both arms straight up with both hands intertwined. Tilt your body slowly to the left until you feel the stretch in your back muscles. Return to starting position and do the same for the right side.

Leg Lifts

Sit upright on the edge of the seat, then lift your right leg off the floor and hold. Make sure the legs remain straight while raised. Lower the leg and repeat with the left leg.

Eggs, The Best Menu for Breakfast

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Eggs are a favorite food for most people because it is rich in nutrients. This fact is also supported by many other studies that show breakfast with eggs give a million benefits to your health.

Energy Sources. Boiled eggs can be a great choice for breakfast, especially for those who rush or dieting. Egg yolk is considered effectively increase the body's energy.

Improve Stamina. The protein in egg white, or called albumin, is believed to be effective in helping the body absorb protein to build muscle.

Protect the Eyes. Two antioxidants, lutein and zeaxanthin, in the yellow pigment helps prevent macular degerasi (decreased visual acuity) due to aging. Both also protect the eyes from damage caused by UV exposure.

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Lose Weight. Breakfast with eggs actually help you to lose weight. The protein contained in it works as a natural hunger suppressant.

Increasing Concentrations. The protein in eggs can help increase levels of dopamine. This is what helps improve concentration and keeps you alert.

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Slow the Aging Brain. The content of choline in eggs helps the development of memory and cognitive function, as well as help sharpen memory and sharper brains memory and prevent dementia.

Make Full. Choosing breakfast with two eggs in the morning helps you feel full longer than breakfast cereal or toast. Thus, an egg breakfast can help stop your snacking habits between meals.

Not Worsen Cholesterol. It is true that eggs contain some cholesterol. However, cholesterol in eggs does not have an impact on your blood cholesterol levels. So, still safe to eat, because it does not increase the risk of heart disease.

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5 Ways How to Get rid of Back Acne

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:00:00 +0000

People who have very oily skin prone to acne, so it needs to give special care to the skin. Unfortunately, acne can not only thrive on the face but also the shoulders, chest and even backs.

As reported dailyglow, here's how to do todeal with back acne :

1. Wash with Salicylic Acid

Acne on the back will not go away just by bathing only, but you need to get rid of dead skin cells and blockages in the pores of the skin in order not to trigger the return of acne.

Wash your back with soap product containing salicylic acid. Salicylic acid can help keep the pores and prevent the development of acne.

2. Purify the Water

If you still get acne on the back skin even after diligent bath, this may be affected by poor water quality. Poor quality water is water that contains zinc, magnesium, calcium, and other minerals, which can aggravate the skin and clog pores.

Consider using a water purification system that is used for daily bath so the skin and hair health is maintained.

3. Exercise and Bathing Afterwards

Exercise is good for fighting acne because of the sweat that comes when exercising actually helps cleanse the pores. So be sure to take a shower after working out so that dirt in the pores are flushed from the body.

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4. Use Homemade Acne Spray

You can overcome the acne on your back in a easy way and can be done at home. The trick is to put rose water in a small spray bottle plastic.

Rose water has astringent properties and anti-inflammatory that helps overcome oily skin causes acne. Spray rose water on your back and shoulders when skin is dry after a shower and let the skin dry before wearing clothes.

5. Use the Right Clothes

Wear clothing made from natural fibers, such as cotton, linen and hemp for air circulation smoothly. Back skin will also need to get some sunshine, thus occasional use clothing that allows the back skin exposed to sunlight in the morning.

Tips to Enjoy a Healthy and Happy Life

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:30:00 +0000

Sometimes someone needs help from others in order to enjoy life. Even so there are certain things they can do to help themselves in order to live healthy and happy.

If someone can enjoy a life, then not just felt happy but he also has a healthy body, the condition is of course made him protected from some diseases and have a good quality of life.

Here are some things one can do to help themselves enjoy a healthy and happy life, as quoted from smashingtops.com, that is:

1. Enjoy Every Moment that Happens

One of the tips that have been the most popular or well known since ancient times is recommended to enjoy the moment exist as if it was his last day. Someone does not know how his life tomorrow, so take some time and really appreciate and enjoy a moment there.

2. Find the Purpose of Life

Walking without any purpose in life will never make a person better. If you want to have a decent life, then someone needs to know what he wanted to do and accomplish the goal of life.

3. Optimistic about the Future

Each person must have experienced an emotional setback, losing a job or anything else that causes anxiety or emotional turmoil. However keep optimistic in looking to the future. This optimistic attitude is known good for health and prevent stress.

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4. Step out of Comfort Zone

Comfort zone might make someone happy, but it will not help it to grow, so have the courage to step out. Start by stepping into the little things that used to cause anxiety.

5. Make Exercise as a Routine

Exercise that conducted do not have to cost a fortune as to the fitness center or have your own space for a treadmill. But it can be something as simple as using the stairs instead of the escalator or walking in the morning for 30 minutes. exercise in the morning can increase your energy and help improve mood.

Tips How to Make Exercise Fun

6. Learn to Love the Morning

Love the morning can help relieve anxiety in starting a new day that will automatically affect the condition of the body. Start with a fresh and positive rituals in the morning and at least 10 minutes to pamper yourself.

7. Be an Independent Person

One of the best things to help yourself is to be an independent person. Learn to rely on yourself and learn how to keep yourself entertained and happy.

8. Overcoming the Emotional Setbacks

one tips to overcome the the emotional setback are to admit mistakes that have been done and make it up by doing a heartfelt apology. Therefore be proactive so they can move on and enjoy life, and do not get trapped by fear constantly.

The Signs of Heart Attack in Women

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Approximately 267,000 women have heart attacks. Unhealthy lifestyle, poor diet and lack of exercise is suppose to be the main cause of heart attacks. What are the characteristics of women who have heart attacks?

Typically, women experience a mild heart attack, but still quite dangerous if there is a surprise attack. Women should know what are the causes of heart attack, as reported by Quickeasyfit.

Indigestion

If you experience indigestion suddenly and got high enough stomach acid, even after you take heartburn medication, try to see a doctor to determine the exact cause and get treatment immediately.

Chest Pain

Many women experience severe chest pain on the left side, the location of the heart. This is a common symptom, and the most prominent of a heart attack. However, only 30 percent of women complained of severe chest pain before a heart attack. Pain spreading to the shoulders, jaw, neck, and upper back.

Fatigue

Approximately 70 percent of women suffer from this condition. Unusual tiredness or excessive indicate a heart attack. Therefore, you should contact your doctor immediately if you experience unusual tiredness.

Difficulty in Breathing

A few seconds before a mild heart attack, you will feel difficulty to breathe. This means you have trouble breathing at that time. Approximately 48 percent of women reported this symptom before the stroke.

4 Restrictions When Have Sex

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Sex is complicated for some people who are not able to put themselves well. There are some restrictions that should not be said or done when you're having sex in order not to damage the harmony of sexual relations with a partner.

Here are 4 taboos that should not be done when having sex :

1. Do not Complain about Your Body in front of the Partner

When you are not satisfied with the condition of your body, such as have a small breasts or penis. You do not need to speak or show a lack of anxiety in front of the partner while having sex.

This will make the partner feel uncomfortable due to take precautions so as not to offend what is your concern. Instead, focus on the things that make you more confident and able to enjoy sex with your partner.

2. Do not Lie about What You Like or do not

When the partner tried to improvise during sex, do not lie and say it makes you comfortable when they are not. If you continues do this , the sexual desire in yourself goes out by itself and would be detrimental to the harmonious relationship with your partner.

3. Do not Pretending to have an Orgasm

Some women think that by pretending to have an orgasm to please his partner. But pretense can turn into big problems if your partner found the truth and was not able to give the best things in the bedroom.

If you have trouble getting an orgasm, talk with your partner and you may need the help of a sex therapist to see if there are problems that inhibit orgasms.

4. Do not do Anything that Makes You Uncomfortable

Most people will do a lot to please their partner during sex. But if you are not comfortable doing it, then do not do it.

Sexual pleasure will be achieved if each partner feel the comfort and contentment. So, you need to find a way to enhance sexual pleasure with a partner so that nobody feels aggrieved.

10 Causes of Failure in Lose Weight

noreply@blogger.com (Aziz Maghfur) — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:00:00 +0000

If you eat a healthy diet with regular exercise tight already, but still failed to lose weight, maybe it's time to pay attention to things that hinder your efforts. Take a look at the top 10 causes of failure in reducing weight :

1. You Overeat after Exercise

Just exercise, you've eaten a lot. In fact, when we do not over-estimate the calories we burn while exercising, you could just eat more calories than you burn during exercise, which makes you gain weight and not reduced.

2. You do not get Enough Sleep

Sleep deprivation can reduce the benefits of your workout and cause weight gain. Sleep deprivation not only affects the ability and endurance, but also slow down the metabolism, increase appetite. In addition, lack of sleep can increase stress levels, which can cause weight gain.

3. You Drink too much Sweet Beverages

You're watching what you eat, reduce fatty foods and do not eat snacks in between your big meal, but do you have considering the amount of calories that you may drink every day?

We all know that the source of calorie drinks that are not good comes from alcohol, you should also pay attention to the amount of calories in fruit juice, soft drinks and a variety of hot drinks. Each daily calorie intake comes from you, so do not underestimate your drink!

4. You Eat a Large Portion

If you eat foods that are low in fat and healthy, watch your portions. Even though you think that you only eat three times a day, with a large portion of what we consume is actually eating the equivalent of six or more standard portion size each day. You need to note, that although the food you eat is healthy, you still have to eat it in moderation.

5. You Eat too Little

Although eating too much can lead to weight gain, eating too little can also make it difficult to lose weight.

Your body has a natural instinct to protect himself, so when the body is not given enough food intake, the body will automatically turn into starvation mode, which causes the metabolism process slow down and the body will store fat and calories. This will make the body become increasingly difficult to reduce weight.

6. You are Inconsistent

Perhaps the thing that makes your metabolism and your waist is getting worse than eating too much or too little is that you frequently change your diet to extremes.

If you regularly add and subtract your diet or make your body starve and eat like crazy after that, then you will destroy your metabolism and cause your body to store more fat.

Because eating too little will cause your metabolism to slow down, by feeding frenzy after that time, will cause your body weight increases faster.

7. You do not Change Your Workout

If you always do the same workout, your workout is probably now no longer influential. Conducting activities the same exercise again and again not only make you bored, which will cause you lack motivation and postpone your workout, but it can also reduce the intensity and your workout results.

When your body becomes more efficient at a particular activity, your body will adapt and your training has no effect anymore, as a result you will burn fewer calories.

8. You do not Need to Lose Weight

With the growing number of obese people in the world, it seems difficult for any person to lose weight. Although many people do need to lose weight, you probably are not one of them.

Instead of trying to create a body that does not make sense (and remember, the smaller the weight of your body, it will be harder to lose weight), ask yourself and your doctor, to be honest if there is a medical reason that you need to lose weight . If not, it's time to stop dieting and start giving credit for the hard work.

9. Your Weight does not Reflect Your Actual Body Fat

Many people think that their weight is a way to measure how much fat you are, whether they have been reduced or increased.

But while the numbers tell your weight, that number does not indicate how much fat, muscle or body fluids, so it is not an accurate picture to see the progress of weight loss.

For example, gaining muscle through the new fitness workout can make you lose weight more slowly, because the fluid can accumulate. For a more accurate indication of the fat content, try to trace how changes in the size and fit of your clothes, or try to check your body fat levels.

10. You have Health Problems

Many health disorders such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), thyroid disorders and hormonal imbalances can cause weight gain and make it difficult to fall back. Also food allergies can make it difficult to lose weight.

Despite these health problems is not always the only cause weight gain, a side effect of certain medications can cause weight gain, make sure you consult with your doctor about this if you intend to lose weight.