Food Week online
A group of more than 17,000 parents is demanding a ban on "predatory" junk food advertising targeting children.
Pull the Plug is a coalition that includes the Australian Medical and Dental Associations, the Cancer Council and nutritionist Rosemary Stanton.
The group is calling for a national crackdown on the barrage of high-sugar and high-fat foods advertising during peak television viewing times.
Stanton told The Sunday Telegraph that allowing children to become overweight by eating junk food every day was becoming the norm.
She said advertisers acted like predators by targeting "trusting" children with sophisticated sales techniques.
Children's TV viewing hours are classified as being between 4pm and 5pm, but more than six times as many watched TV from 7pm to 8pm.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Friday, August 3, 2007
Migraine
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Migraine headache is a painful and sometimes debilitating condition that strikes many people in the United States.
Although researchers are not certain of what exactly happens to bring on an attack, it is believed that the headache itself is caused by the overfilling of blood vessels around the brain and their rebound reaction to this overfilling.
The blood vessels in turn put pressure on sensitive nerve endings in the head, causing the throbbing and excruciating pain of migraine.
Many migraine patients report that certain foods are often related to the triggering of migraine attacks.
Fortunately, identifying and avoiding these foods can help to significantly reduce the frequency of attacks.
In addition, by incorporating certain foods and nutrients into their menu plans, migraine patients may be able to decrease the number of migraines they experience.
Eat more
Cold water fish such as salmon, tuna, sardines, herring, mackerel and halibut for their beneficial omega 3 fatty acids.
Avoid foods that cause allergic reactions; vasoactive amines such as chocolate, aged cheese, fermented sausage, red wine, sour cream, and picked herring; salt; and excessive saturated fat.
Migraine headache is a painful and sometimes debilitating condition that strikes many people in the United States.
Although researchers are not certain of what exactly happens to bring on an attack, it is believed that the headache itself is caused by the overfilling of blood vessels around the brain and their rebound reaction to this overfilling.
The blood vessels in turn put pressure on sensitive nerve endings in the head, causing the throbbing and excruciating pain of migraine.
Many migraine patients report that certain foods are often related to the triggering of migraine attacks.
Fortunately, identifying and avoiding these foods can help to significantly reduce the frequency of attacks.
In addition, by incorporating certain foods and nutrients into their menu plans, migraine patients may be able to decrease the number of migraines they experience.
Eat more
Cold water fish such as salmon, tuna, sardines, herring, mackerel and halibut for their beneficial omega 3 fatty acids.
Avoid foods that cause allergic reactions; vasoactive amines such as chocolate, aged cheese, fermented sausage, red wine, sour cream, and picked herring; salt; and excessive saturated fat.
Baldness and Hair Loss (Alopecia)
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SYMPTOMS—It is hair on the head that we are concerned with here. There are several types of hair loss: baldness or loss of hair (alopecia). Loss of all scalp hair (alopecia totalis). Hair falling out in patches (alopecia areata). Another type of hair loss is localized and is due to scarring. Alopecia most frequently occurs in men, but occasionally in women. Most common of all is the standard male pattern of baldness and the female pattern of baldness.
A single hair generally lasts 2-6 years, and is then replaced by a new hair. When baldness begins, there is an excess of shorter, thinner hair—the kind babies have on their head.
Remember that it is normal to lose as much as 100 hairs a day. Once the hair follicle dies, it never again produces hair. But there are instances in which the follicle has not died, but only has stopped producing hair. Careful treatment restores hair growth.
CAUSES—Heredity (especially in men), hormonal factors, aging, or local or systemic disease. Localized hair loss could also be caused by scarring following a wound or an operation.
Other factors include poor circulation, high fever or other acute illness, surgery, radiation (X-ray therapy), medicinal drugs, anesthesia, drastic reducing diets, stress (depletes B vitamins), poor diet, skin disease, sudden weight loss, iron deficiency, thyroid disease, obesity, birth control pills, diabetes, or vitamin deficiency. A nourishing diet should be eaten daily.
A significant cause of baldness is the use of hair dyes. Another is using hot air dryers.
Hair loss in women most often occurs after menopause. Some women lose some hair 2-3 months after childbirth because hormonal changes, during late term, tended to block normal hair loss; this is reversed within 6 months.
Hypothyroidism can cause hair loss. Too little vitamin A can cause hair loss, and too much can do it also.
TREATMENT—
• The circulation in the scalp (which is poorer in men than in women) needs to be improved. Massaging the scalp daily helps. Keep the scalp and hair clean; however, do not wash the hair too frequently. Avoid excess shampooing.
• There should be adequate protein in the diet (especially vegetable seeds, such as sesame, pumpkin, sunflower, almonds), brewer's yeast and fresh brewer's yeast; but, as with everything, do not go overboard. (People in the U.S. eat more protein than anyone else, yet they have the greatest hair loss.)
• A variety of factors affect hair loss. Minerals and vitamins are also important for hair growth. Take a good supplement at least twice a day. Drink fresh vegetable juice at least once a day. Take vitamin A (50,000 units daily). Several B vitamins especially affect hair growth and color. Eat sea kelp or dulse. biotin, inositol, niacin, vitamin E, and PABA are also important.
• Oatstraw and horsetail tea are rich in silicon and trace minerals. Rosemary helps prevent premature baldness and stimulate head circulation. Sage is an astringent, and helps stimulate growth. Yarrow helps liver activity.
• Avoid salt, sugar, tobacco, and alcohol. Overconsumption of salt and sugar increases dandruff and hair loss. Avoid large amounts of vitamin A (100,000 units daily over long periods).
• Beware of the drug, minoxidil. Although given to restore scalp hair, it is high-priced and may cause heart damage. The hair it produces is of a poor quality, and tends to fall out when the drug is terminated.
• Some people put a little cayenne pepper on their scalp. It surely will bring the blood, and might even produce some hair! But it may get in the eyes! Most people are not prepared to deal with this extreme method.
• There are others who stand on their head to bring the blood there! It is reported that this also helps. Do not do it at work, or folks will think you are crazy. (And, of course, too much of this would not be good for the brain.) Others lie on slant boards for a time each day.
Here are more suggestions:
• Try rubbing the juice of a quince on the bald area every day. Eat flaxseed and drink sage tea. Iodine (in Norwegian kelp or Nova Scotia dulse) in your diet may help. Rub bald spots with kerosene once a day. For falling hair, try wetting the scalp daily with strong rosemary, sage or white oak bark tea.
• But, first and foremost, you need to go on a cleansing juice program for a couple days, and clean the bowels. Then only eat nourishing food, and no more processed junk.
• It is said that you must faithfully do your selected hair treatment for two months before you will see results.
• Never use strong soaps or hair sprays. Only use mild castile soaps.
• Hats and wigs are apt to cause hair to fall out faster, since they limit the air to the scalp.
• One natural remedies expert gives this advice: "Eat all raw food, massage your scalp often in the sun, wiggle your ears a lot, and stand on your head or lie on a slant board."
SYMPTOMS—It is hair on the head that we are concerned with here. There are several types of hair loss: baldness or loss of hair (alopecia). Loss of all scalp hair (alopecia totalis). Hair falling out in patches (alopecia areata). Another type of hair loss is localized and is due to scarring. Alopecia most frequently occurs in men, but occasionally in women. Most common of all is the standard male pattern of baldness and the female pattern of baldness.
A single hair generally lasts 2-6 years, and is then replaced by a new hair. When baldness begins, there is an excess of shorter, thinner hair—the kind babies have on their head.
Remember that it is normal to lose as much as 100 hairs a day. Once the hair follicle dies, it never again produces hair. But there are instances in which the follicle has not died, but only has stopped producing hair. Careful treatment restores hair growth.
CAUSES—Heredity (especially in men), hormonal factors, aging, or local or systemic disease. Localized hair loss could also be caused by scarring following a wound or an operation.
Other factors include poor circulation, high fever or other acute illness, surgery, radiation (X-ray therapy), medicinal drugs, anesthesia, drastic reducing diets, stress (depletes B vitamins), poor diet, skin disease, sudden weight loss, iron deficiency, thyroid disease, obesity, birth control pills, diabetes, or vitamin deficiency. A nourishing diet should be eaten daily.
A significant cause of baldness is the use of hair dyes. Another is using hot air dryers.
Hair loss in women most often occurs after menopause. Some women lose some hair 2-3 months after childbirth because hormonal changes, during late term, tended to block normal hair loss; this is reversed within 6 months.
Hypothyroidism can cause hair loss. Too little vitamin A can cause hair loss, and too much can do it also.
TREATMENT—
• The circulation in the scalp (which is poorer in men than in women) needs to be improved. Massaging the scalp daily helps. Keep the scalp and hair clean; however, do not wash the hair too frequently. Avoid excess shampooing.
• There should be adequate protein in the diet (especially vegetable seeds, such as sesame, pumpkin, sunflower, almonds), brewer's yeast and fresh brewer's yeast; but, as with everything, do not go overboard. (People in the U.S. eat more protein than anyone else, yet they have the greatest hair loss.)
• A variety of factors affect hair loss. Minerals and vitamins are also important for hair growth. Take a good supplement at least twice a day. Drink fresh vegetable juice at least once a day. Take vitamin A (50,000 units daily). Several B vitamins especially affect hair growth and color. Eat sea kelp or dulse. biotin, inositol, niacin, vitamin E, and PABA are also important.
• Oatstraw and horsetail tea are rich in silicon and trace minerals. Rosemary helps prevent premature baldness and stimulate head circulation. Sage is an astringent, and helps stimulate growth. Yarrow helps liver activity.
• Avoid salt, sugar, tobacco, and alcohol. Overconsumption of salt and sugar increases dandruff and hair loss. Avoid large amounts of vitamin A (100,000 units daily over long periods).
• Beware of the drug, minoxidil. Although given to restore scalp hair, it is high-priced and may cause heart damage. The hair it produces is of a poor quality, and tends to fall out when the drug is terminated.
• Some people put a little cayenne pepper on their scalp. It surely will bring the blood, and might even produce some hair! But it may get in the eyes! Most people are not prepared to deal with this extreme method.
• There are others who stand on their head to bring the blood there! It is reported that this also helps. Do not do it at work, or folks will think you are crazy. (And, of course, too much of this would not be good for the brain.) Others lie on slant boards for a time each day.
Here are more suggestions:
• Try rubbing the juice of a quince on the bald area every day. Eat flaxseed and drink sage tea. Iodine (in Norwegian kelp or Nova Scotia dulse) in your diet may help. Rub bald spots with kerosene once a day. For falling hair, try wetting the scalp daily with strong rosemary, sage or white oak bark tea.
• But, first and foremost, you need to go on a cleansing juice program for a couple days, and clean the bowels. Then only eat nourishing food, and no more processed junk.
• It is said that you must faithfully do your selected hair treatment for two months before you will see results.
• Never use strong soaps or hair sprays. Only use mild castile soaps.
• Hats and wigs are apt to cause hair to fall out faster, since they limit the air to the scalp.
• One natural remedies expert gives this advice: "Eat all raw food, massage your scalp often in the sun, wiggle your ears a lot, and stand on your head or lie on a slant board."
How Good Is Your Memory
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Your memory is phenomenal.
1. Most people remember fewer than 10 per cent of the names of those whom they meet.
2. Most people forget more than 99 per cent of the phone numbers given to them.
3. Memory is supposed to decline rapidly with age.
4. Many people drink, and alcohol is reputed to destroy 1000 brain cells per drink.
5. Internationally, across races, cultures, ages and education levels, there is a common experience, and fear of, having an inadequate or bad memory.
6. Our failures in general, and especially in remembering, are attributed to the fact that we are 'only human', a statement that implies that our skills are inherently inadequate. Your memory does decline with age, but only if it is not used. Conversely, if it is used, it will continue to improve throughout your lifetime.
There is no evidence to suggest that moderate drinking destroys brain cells. This misapprehension arose because it was found that excessive drinking, and only excessive drinking, did indeed damage the brain.
Across cultural and international boundaries 'negative experience' with memory can be traced not to our being 'only human' or in anyway innately inadequate but to two simple, easily changeable factors: negative mental set and lack of knowledge.
There is a growing and informal international organisation, which I choose to name the 'I've Got an Increasingly Bad Memory Club'.
How often do you hear people in animated and enthusiastic conversation saying things like, 'You know, my memory's not nearly as good as it used to be when I was younger; I'm constantly forgetting things'. To which there is an equally enthusiastic reply: 'Yes, I know exactly what you mean; the same thing's happening to me ...' And off they dodder, arms draped around each other's shoulders, down the hill to mental oblivion. And such conversations often take place between thirty-year-olds!
Consider the younger supermemoriser to whom most people romantically refer. If you want to check for yourself, go back to any school at the end of a day, walk into a classroom of a group of five to seven-year-old children after they have gone home and ask the teacher what has been left in the classroom (i.e. forgotten). You will find the following items: watches, pencils, pens, sweets, money, jackets, physical education equipment, books, coats, glasses, erasers, toys, etc.
The only real difference between the middle-aged executive who has forgotten to phone someone he was supposed to phone and who has left his briefcase at the office, and the seven-year-old child who realises on returning home that he's left at school his watch, his pocket-money and his homework is that the seven-year-old does not collapse into depression, clutching his head and exclaiming, 'Oh, Christ, I'm seven years old and my memory's going!'
Ask yourself, 'What is the number of things I actually remember each day?' Most people estimate somewhere between 100 and 10,000.
The answer is in fact in the multiple billions. The human memory is so excellent and runs so smoothly that most people don't even realise that every word they speak and every word they listen to are instantaneously produced for consideration, recalled, recognised precisely and placed in their appropriate context. Nor do they realise that every moment, every perception, every thought, everything that they do throughout the entire day and throughout their lives is a function of their memories. In fact, its ongoing accuracy is almost perfect. The few odd things that we do forget are like odd specks on a gigantic ocean. Ironically, the reason why we notice so dramatically the errors that we make is that they are so rare.
There is now increasing evidence that our memories may not only be far better than we ever thought but may in fact be perfect.
Your memory is phenomenal.
1. Most people remember fewer than 10 per cent of the names of those whom they meet.
2. Most people forget more than 99 per cent of the phone numbers given to them.
3. Memory is supposed to decline rapidly with age.
4. Many people drink, and alcohol is reputed to destroy 1000 brain cells per drink.
5. Internationally, across races, cultures, ages and education levels, there is a common experience, and fear of, having an inadequate or bad memory.
6. Our failures in general, and especially in remembering, are attributed to the fact that we are 'only human', a statement that implies that our skills are inherently inadequate. Your memory does decline with age, but only if it is not used. Conversely, if it is used, it will continue to improve throughout your lifetime.
There is no evidence to suggest that moderate drinking destroys brain cells. This misapprehension arose because it was found that excessive drinking, and only excessive drinking, did indeed damage the brain.
Across cultural and international boundaries 'negative experience' with memory can be traced not to our being 'only human' or in anyway innately inadequate but to two simple, easily changeable factors: negative mental set and lack of knowledge.
There is a growing and informal international organisation, which I choose to name the 'I've Got an Increasingly Bad Memory Club'.
How often do you hear people in animated and enthusiastic conversation saying things like, 'You know, my memory's not nearly as good as it used to be when I was younger; I'm constantly forgetting things'. To which there is an equally enthusiastic reply: 'Yes, I know exactly what you mean; the same thing's happening to me ...' And off they dodder, arms draped around each other's shoulders, down the hill to mental oblivion. And such conversations often take place between thirty-year-olds!
Consider the younger supermemoriser to whom most people romantically refer. If you want to check for yourself, go back to any school at the end of a day, walk into a classroom of a group of five to seven-year-old children after they have gone home and ask the teacher what has been left in the classroom (i.e. forgotten). You will find the following items: watches, pencils, pens, sweets, money, jackets, physical education equipment, books, coats, glasses, erasers, toys, etc.
The only real difference between the middle-aged executive who has forgotten to phone someone he was supposed to phone and who has left his briefcase at the office, and the seven-year-old child who realises on returning home that he's left at school his watch, his pocket-money and his homework is that the seven-year-old does not collapse into depression, clutching his head and exclaiming, 'Oh, Christ, I'm seven years old and my memory's going!'
Ask yourself, 'What is the number of things I actually remember each day?' Most people estimate somewhere between 100 and 10,000.
The answer is in fact in the multiple billions. The human memory is so excellent and runs so smoothly that most people don't even realise that every word they speak and every word they listen to are instantaneously produced for consideration, recalled, recognised precisely and placed in their appropriate context. Nor do they realise that every moment, every perception, every thought, everything that they do throughout the entire day and throughout their lives is a function of their memories. In fact, its ongoing accuracy is almost perfect. The few odd things that we do forget are like odd specks on a gigantic ocean. Ironically, the reason why we notice so dramatically the errors that we make is that they are so rare.
There is now increasing evidence that our memories may not only be far better than we ever thought but may in fact be perfect.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Pick your nose and eat snot to stay healthy!
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Sunday April 11 2007, 4:09 PM
Washington, Apr 11(ANI): It may sound weird, but an Austrian doctor believes that picking your nose and eating what you retrieve is one of the best ways to stay healthy.
Dr. Friedrich Bischinger, an Innsbruck-based lung specialist believes that people who pick their noses with their fingers are healthy, happier and probably better in tune with their bodies.
He says society should adopt a new approach to nose-picking and encourage children to take it up.
"With the finger you can get to places you just can't reach with a handkerchief, keeping your nose far cleaner.And eating the dry remains of what you pull out is a great way of strengthening the body's immune system," Ananova quotes Dr. Bischinger, as saying.
"Medically it makes great sense and is a perfectly natural thing to do. In terms of the immune system the nose is a filter in which a great deal of bacteria are collected, and when this mixture arrives in the intestines it works just like a medicine," he added.
He pointed out that children happily pick their noses, yet by the time they have become adults they have stopped under pressure from a society that has branded it disgusting and anti-social.
"I would recommend a new approach where children are encouraged to pick their nose. It is a completely natural response and medically a good idea as well," he said. (ANI)
Sunday April 11 2007, 4:09 PM
Washington, Apr 11(ANI): It may sound weird, but an Austrian doctor believes that picking your nose and eating what you retrieve is one of the best ways to stay healthy.
Dr. Friedrich Bischinger, an Innsbruck-based lung specialist believes that people who pick their noses with their fingers are healthy, happier and probably better in tune with their bodies.
He says society should adopt a new approach to nose-picking and encourage children to take it up.
"With the finger you can get to places you just can't reach with a handkerchief, keeping your nose far cleaner.And eating the dry remains of what you pull out is a great way of strengthening the body's immune system," Ananova quotes Dr. Bischinger, as saying.
"Medically it makes great sense and is a perfectly natural thing to do. In terms of the immune system the nose is a filter in which a great deal of bacteria are collected, and when this mixture arrives in the intestines it works just like a medicine," he added.
He pointed out that children happily pick their noses, yet by the time they have become adults they have stopped under pressure from a society that has branded it disgusting and anti-social.
"I would recommend a new approach where children are encouraged to pick their nose. It is a completely natural response and medically a good idea as well," he said. (ANI)
Freedom of Speech
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the general concept.
Freedom of speech is the concept of being able to speak freely without censorship.
It is often regarded as an integral concept in modern liberal democracies.
The right to freedom of speech is guaranteed under international law through numerous human rights instruments, notably under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, although implementation remains lacking in many countries.
The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes preferred, since the right is not confined to verbal speech but is understood to protect any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.
In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country, although the degree of freedom varies greatly.
Industrialized countries also have varying approaches to balance freedom with order. For instance, the United States First Amendment theoretically grants absolute freedom, placing the burden upon the state to demonstrate when (if) a limitation of this freedom is necessary.
In almost all liberal democracies, it is generally recognized that restrictions should be the exception and free expression the rule; nevertheless, compliance with this principle is often lacking.
This article is about the general concept.
Freedom of speech is the concept of being able to speak freely without censorship.
It is often regarded as an integral concept in modern liberal democracies.
The right to freedom of speech is guaranteed under international law through numerous human rights instruments, notably under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, although implementation remains lacking in many countries.
The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes preferred, since the right is not confined to verbal speech but is understood to protect any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.
In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country, although the degree of freedom varies greatly.
Industrialized countries also have varying approaches to balance freedom with order. For instance, the United States First Amendment theoretically grants absolute freedom, placing the burden upon the state to demonstrate when (if) a limitation of this freedom is necessary.
In almost all liberal democracies, it is generally recognized that restrictions should be the exception and free expression the rule; nevertheless, compliance with this principle is often lacking.
Humans Body Facts
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This is weird but true!
While sitting at your desk make clockwise circles with your right foot. (go ahead no one will see you) While doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.
Your foot will change direction.
Can you feel the pulse in your wrist? For humans the normal pulse is 70 heartbeats per minute. Elephants have a slower pulse of 27 and for a canary it is 1000!
If all the blood vessels in your body were laid end to end, they would reach about 60,000 miles.
In one day your heart beats 100,000 times.
Half your body’s red blood cells are replaced every seven days.
Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound — over a thousand feet per second!
It takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile.
That dust on rugs and your furniture is not only dirt. It’s mostly made of dead skin cells. Everybody loses millions of skin cells every day which fall on the floor and get kicked up to land on all the surfaces in a room. You could say, "That’s me all over."
It takes food seven seconds to go from the mouth to the stomach via the esophagus.
The width of your armspan stretched out is the length of your whole body.
The average human dream lasts only 2 to 3 seconds.
Your tongue has 3,000 taste buds.
Your thigh bone is stronger than concrete.
Your fingernails grow almost four times as fast as your toenails.
You blink your eyes over 10,000,000 a year.
This is weird but true!
While sitting at your desk make clockwise circles with your right foot. (go ahead no one will see you) While doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand.
Your foot will change direction.
Can you feel the pulse in your wrist? For humans the normal pulse is 70 heartbeats per minute. Elephants have a slower pulse of 27 and for a canary it is 1000!
If all the blood vessels in your body were laid end to end, they would reach about 60,000 miles.
In one day your heart beats 100,000 times.
Half your body’s red blood cells are replaced every seven days.
Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound — over a thousand feet per second!
It takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile.
That dust on rugs and your furniture is not only dirt. It’s mostly made of dead skin cells. Everybody loses millions of skin cells every day which fall on the floor and get kicked up to land on all the surfaces in a room. You could say, "That’s me all over."
It takes food seven seconds to go from the mouth to the stomach via the esophagus.
The width of your armspan stretched out is the length of your whole body.
The average human dream lasts only 2 to 3 seconds.
Your tongue has 3,000 taste buds.
Your thigh bone is stronger than concrete.
Your fingernails grow almost four times as fast as your toenails.
You blink your eyes over 10,000,000 a year.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Caribbean's reef-building coral at risk
New Sabah Times
10th June, 2007
by Danica Coto
Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands’ development, according to a study released Thursday.
Nearly two dozen scientists from U.S. and Caribbean universities, as well as nonprofits, identified the threatened species while reviewing studies and scientific data at a March conference in Dominica.
The species — about 10 percent of the 62 varieties capable of forming reefs in the region — include staghorn and elkhorn corals, which were once among the most prominent.
“One of the Atlantic Ocean’s most beautiful marine habitats no longer exists in many places because of dramatic increases in coral diseases, mostly caused by climate change and warmer waters,” said Michael Smith, director of the Caribbean Biodiversity Initiative at Conservation International, a U.S.-based nonprofit.
Peter Edmunds, a biology professor at California State University-Northridge, said the study provided a broad perspective that is “terribly important” but does not indicate how close a particular species is to dying off in the region.
“It begs the question, is there a part of the Caribbean where the story is different?” he said.
Researchers have blamed rising temperature, disease and pollutants for damage to the coral reefs, which host countless marine plants and animals.
“The numbers of the population are so diminished that it might take a long, long time, given the right conditions, for them to recover,” said William Precht, a Florida-based scientist with the Battelle Memorial Institute who participated in the study.
The team also reported significant damage to mangroves, which filter pollutants, reporting the plants cover 42 percent less area in the Caribbean than they did 25 years ago.
Conservation projects are under way to protect coral colonies in the Caribbean. The U.S. government’s Coral Reef Task Force is helping officials in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands cut back on pollution and recreational activities that could threaten coral.
The study was sponsored by the Caribbean Biodiversity Initiative, along with the nonprofit World Conservation Union in Switzerland and the Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Ocean Fund.
10th June, 2007
by Danica Coto
Six species of reef-building coral could vanish from the Caribbean due to rising temperatures and toxic runoff from islands’ development, according to a study released Thursday.
Nearly two dozen scientists from U.S. and Caribbean universities, as well as nonprofits, identified the threatened species while reviewing studies and scientific data at a March conference in Dominica.
The species — about 10 percent of the 62 varieties capable of forming reefs in the region — include staghorn and elkhorn corals, which were once among the most prominent.
“One of the Atlantic Ocean’s most beautiful marine habitats no longer exists in many places because of dramatic increases in coral diseases, mostly caused by climate change and warmer waters,” said Michael Smith, director of the Caribbean Biodiversity Initiative at Conservation International, a U.S.-based nonprofit.
Peter Edmunds, a biology professor at California State University-Northridge, said the study provided a broad perspective that is “terribly important” but does not indicate how close a particular species is to dying off in the region.
“It begs the question, is there a part of the Caribbean where the story is different?” he said.
Researchers have blamed rising temperature, disease and pollutants for damage to the coral reefs, which host countless marine plants and animals.
“The numbers of the population are so diminished that it might take a long, long time, given the right conditions, for them to recover,” said William Precht, a Florida-based scientist with the Battelle Memorial Institute who participated in the study.
The team also reported significant damage to mangroves, which filter pollutants, reporting the plants cover 42 percent less area in the Caribbean than they did 25 years ago.
Conservation projects are under way to protect coral colonies in the Caribbean. The U.S. government’s Coral Reef Task Force is helping officials in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands cut back on pollution and recreational activities that could threaten coral.
The study was sponsored by the Caribbean Biodiversity Initiative, along with the nonprofit World Conservation Union in Switzerland and the Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Ocean Fund.
Who You Are Makes A Difference!
by Helice Bridges
A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference they each made. Using a process developed by Helice Bridges of Del Mar, California, she called each student to the front of the class, one at a time. First she told them how the student made a difference to her and the class. Then she presented each of them with a blue ribbon imprinted with gold letters which read, "Who I Am Makes a Difference."
Afterwards the teacher decided to do a class project to see what kind of impact recognition would have on a community. She gave each of the students three I more ribbons and instructed them to go out and spread this acknowledgment ceremony. Then they were to follow up on the results, see who honored whom and report back to the class in about a week.
One of the boys in the class went to a junior executive in a nearby company and honored him for helping him with his career planning. He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt. Then he gave him two extra ribbons, and said, "We're doing a class project on recognition, and we'd like you to go out, find somebody to honor, give them a blue ribbon, then give them the extra blue ribbon so they can acknowledge a third person to keep this acknowledgment ceremony going. Then please report back to me and tell me what happened."
Later that day the junior executive went in to see his boss, who had been noted, by the way, as being kind of a grouchy fellow. He sat his boss down and he told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative genius. The boss seemed very surprised. The junior executive asked him if he would accept the gift of the blue ribbon and would he give him permission to put it on him. His surprised boss said, "Well, sure."
The junior executive took the blue ribbon and placed it right on his boss's jacket above his heart. As he gave him the last extra ribbon, he said, "Would you do me a favor? Would you take this extra ribbon and pass it on by honoring somebody else? The young boy who first gave me the ribbons is doing a project in school and we want to keep this recognition ceremony going and find out how it affects people."
That night the boss came home to his 14-year-old son and sat him down. He said, "The most incredible thing happened to me today. I was in my office and one of the junior executives came in and told me he admired me and gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative genius. Imagine. He thinks I'm a creative genius. Then he put this blue ribbon that says 'Who I Am Makes A Difference' on my jacket above my heart. He gave me an extra ribbon and asked me to find somebody else to honor. As I was driving home tonight, I started thinking about whom I would honor with this ribbon and I thought about you. I want to honor you.
"My Days are really hectic and when I come home I don't pay a lot of attention to you. Sometimes I scream at you for not getting good enough grades in school and for your bedroom being a mess, but somehow tonight, I just wanted to sit here and well, just let you know that you do make a difference to me. Besides your mother, you are the most important person in my life. You're a great kid and I love you!"
The startled boy started to sob and sob, and he couldn't stop crying. His whole body shook. He looked up at his father and said through his tears, "I was planning on committing suicide tomorrow, Dad, because I didn't think you loved me. Now I don't need to."
Why Men Snore
http://menshealth.about.com/
Snoring statistics and men
O.k. women also snore, but men snore more than women, in fact four out of every ten men snore compared to roughly 3 out 10 women. At any one time around 25 per cent of people are habitual snorers.
Causes of snoring
Reasons why men snore are mainly related to differences in lifestyle although there may be clear physical reasons why snoring occurs. Snoring is noisy breathing that occurs as a result of partial obstruction of the air passages. It is usually due to the soft tissues of the palate, uvula, tongue and tonsils relaxing during sleep.
Snoring is a problem because it affects everyone in earshot, including the person who is snoring. Many a previously happy relationship has reached or gone beyond breaking point as a direct result of broken sleep patterns. For the snorer it can result in tiredness and irritability during the day which can increase the chances of accidents. Long-term it can cause circulatory problems such as high blood pressure, heart problems and strokes.
Snoring Facts
:: Snoring is made worse by alcohol or sleeping tablets
:: Overweight people are more prone to snoring
:: Sleeping on your back increases the chances of snoring
:: Colds, nasal polyps and allergies make snoring worse
:: Older people often snore due to muscular weakness that occurs with age
:: Medications may cause dryness or minor irritation of the nasal passageways and increase the incidence of snoring
:: A larger than usual uvula can limit airflow
:: Injuries to the nose that result in a deviation of the septum may result in snoring
:: Smokers are twice as likely to snore
Sleep Apnea
Sometimes people who snore also suffer from sleep apnea. Apnea refers to periods of interrupted breathing which can last 10 seconds or longer. Essentially the same process as snoring occurs except that muscles relax so much they cause a complete rather than partial obstruction. When sleep apnea occurs a build up of carbon dioxide occurs in the blood stream. The brain detects the lack of oxygen and reacts by waking the person up in order that normal breathing can resume. Sleep apnea can occur several times a night and the effects of broken sleep are the same as with snoring. However, the chances of heart failure increase with sleep apnea as the heart has to work so much harder.
Self Help Ideas to prevent or minimize snoring
:: If you're overweight try to lose some of it
:: Avoid alcohol and rich foods like chocolates before bedtime and eat healthy foods generally
:: Stop smoking
:: Try raising your head by putting pillows under it
:: Sleep on your side. Some people sew a tennis ball on the back of their night clothes to help them
:: Blow your nose before going to bed
:: If you are the partner of the snorer you may seriously need to consider options like changing bedrooms or going to bed earlier in order to get some sleep. Clearly these fall into the last resort category and unless your partner does something about their problem this could be the start of a slippery slope so far as the relationship is concerned
Medical help for snoring
If none of the self-help ideas work then you need medical advice. Advice may involve surgical intervention (e.g. removal of adenoids or tonsils) but in the first resort a mouthpiece could be recommended in order to keep the airways open. Other treatment options, such as nasal sprays or nasal plasters may also be considered.
Snoring statistics and men
O.k. women also snore, but men snore more than women, in fact four out of every ten men snore compared to roughly 3 out 10 women. At any one time around 25 per cent of people are habitual snorers.
Causes of snoring
Reasons why men snore are mainly related to differences in lifestyle although there may be clear physical reasons why snoring occurs. Snoring is noisy breathing that occurs as a result of partial obstruction of the air passages. It is usually due to the soft tissues of the palate, uvula, tongue and tonsils relaxing during sleep.
Snoring is a problem because it affects everyone in earshot, including the person who is snoring. Many a previously happy relationship has reached or gone beyond breaking point as a direct result of broken sleep patterns. For the snorer it can result in tiredness and irritability during the day which can increase the chances of accidents. Long-term it can cause circulatory problems such as high blood pressure, heart problems and strokes.
Snoring Facts
:: Snoring is made worse by alcohol or sleeping tablets
:: Overweight people are more prone to snoring
:: Sleeping on your back increases the chances of snoring
:: Colds, nasal polyps and allergies make snoring worse
:: Older people often snore due to muscular weakness that occurs with age
:: Medications may cause dryness or minor irritation of the nasal passageways and increase the incidence of snoring
:: A larger than usual uvula can limit airflow
:: Injuries to the nose that result in a deviation of the septum may result in snoring
:: Smokers are twice as likely to snore
Sleep Apnea
Sometimes people who snore also suffer from sleep apnea. Apnea refers to periods of interrupted breathing which can last 10 seconds or longer. Essentially the same process as snoring occurs except that muscles relax so much they cause a complete rather than partial obstruction. When sleep apnea occurs a build up of carbon dioxide occurs in the blood stream. The brain detects the lack of oxygen and reacts by waking the person up in order that normal breathing can resume. Sleep apnea can occur several times a night and the effects of broken sleep are the same as with snoring. However, the chances of heart failure increase with sleep apnea as the heart has to work so much harder.
Self Help Ideas to prevent or minimize snoring
:: If you're overweight try to lose some of it
:: Avoid alcohol and rich foods like chocolates before bedtime and eat healthy foods generally
:: Stop smoking
:: Try raising your head by putting pillows under it
:: Sleep on your side. Some people sew a tennis ball on the back of their night clothes to help them
:: Blow your nose before going to bed
:: If you are the partner of the snorer you may seriously need to consider options like changing bedrooms or going to bed earlier in order to get some sleep. Clearly these fall into the last resort category and unless your partner does something about their problem this could be the start of a slippery slope so far as the relationship is concerned
Medical help for snoring
If none of the self-help ideas work then you need medical advice. Advice may involve surgical intervention (e.g. removal of adenoids or tonsils) but in the first resort a mouthpiece could be recommended in order to keep the airways open. Other treatment options, such as nasal sprays or nasal plasters may also be considered.
Wrinkles?
http://www.pathlights.com/
SYMPTOMS
Wrinkles on the face. The skin tells what is inside. If you have healthful, youthful, skin, it is a good sign of a healthy body inside.
CAUSE
The skin loses its elasticity and suppleness. It becomes thinner and dryer. With age, wrinkles are inevitable. But there are ways to avoid getting them earlier than necessary.
PREVENTION
• Stay out of the sun. Avoid tanning booths; they produce the same wrinkling as the sun. Wear a hat when out in the sunlight.
• Eat carefully of good food. Exercise, drink enough fluids, and get adequate sleep. Pressing your face against a pillow adds more wrinkles. Do not scrunch up your face when you talk; that makes new wrinkle patterns.
• Avoid alcohol and nicotine. Tobacco dramatically ages the skin! Smoking makes a 25-year-old woman look like a 35-year-old! Smoking also decreases blood supply to the face and skin.
• Dampen the skin and then apply a little vegetable oil, to lubricate it. That will help put water and oil into your skin cells.
• Massage your face as the Orientals do. That tends to exercise the skin and facial muscles and strengthen them.
Now, don't laugh, and I will give you more suggestions:
• To soften and nourish your skin, mash half an avocado and put it on your face. Leave it there until it dries, and then wipe it off with water. Avocado has essential oils.
• To reduce puffiness under your eyes, place cool slices of cucumber over them for 10 minutes.
• To tighten and refine skin pores, whip an egg white and apply it to your face. After 15-20 minutes (if you can still breathe), rinse it off with water.
• To remove dead surface skin cells and improve skin texture, Japanese women gently rub a small handful of dry short-grain rice against their faces.
• To cleanse the pores, rub mashed tomato over your face.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Many Fail School
How School Affects Your Kids (pg. 9)
Thinking Cap
A Series Rethinking Modern Living & Society
by Consumers' Association of Penang
A school is expected to provide instructions, qualifications and diplomas - in reality, the years at school produce a striking number of failures.
Those who fail in school may be good in many other areas.
But once labelled as a failure by the school system most of them live with inferiority complex throughout their lives.
Most of the children drop out of school.
Schooling acts as a filter through which mostly children of the elive advance.
Out of every 100 children in India:
:: 40-50 do not enrol in schools at all.
:: 50-60 enter primary schools. Out of these, about 30-40 soon drop out.
:: 20-25 enter middle school. Of these, a further 10-15 drop out.
:: 5-10 enter higher secondary schools. Out of these a further 4-6 drop out.
:: Only 1-2 children eventually enter college.
Thinking Cap
A Series Rethinking Modern Living & Society
by Consumers' Association of Penang
A school is expected to provide instructions, qualifications and diplomas - in reality, the years at school produce a striking number of failures.
Those who fail in school may be good in many other areas.
But once labelled as a failure by the school system most of them live with inferiority complex throughout their lives.
Most of the children drop out of school.
Schooling acts as a filter through which mostly children of the elive advance.
Out of every 100 children in India:
:: 40-50 do not enrol in schools at all.
:: 50-60 enter primary schools. Out of these, about 30-40 soon drop out.
:: 20-25 enter middle school. Of these, a further 10-15 drop out.
:: 5-10 enter higher secondary schools. Out of these a further 4-6 drop out.
:: Only 1-2 children eventually enter college.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Students cannot cope
Star, 25/11/01
Teenagers between 15 and 17 years old are at risk of developing depression and may lack the crucial skills they need to deal with the pressures of life.
Malaysian Mental Health Association vice-president and clinical psychologist Dr Teoh Hsien Jin said teenagers in this age group were preparing for early adulthood, relationships and eventually, marriage.
"It is therefore very important that these teenagers be equipped with the necessary skills to deal with life, particularly peer, parental and academic pressure, and relationships with the opposite sex," he said.
According to Dr Teoh, teenagers were suffering from increasing stress at school as well as at home.
"Parents are spending more than ever on their children's education, and they expect them to perform accordingly."
"Teachers expect all their students to be high achievers. However, the fact remains that not all students will do well."
"Those who fall short of expectations may suffer from low self-esteem and depression. Some may even commit suicide."
Dr Teoh said that at school, teenagers are faced with peer pressure which dictates who they are to be seen with, which mobile phones to use, and even which kinds of food to eat.
Although these issues may seem trivial to adults, Dr Teoh warned that not knowing how to cope with such pressures can lead to bad and, sometimes, dangerous decisions, including succumbing to taking drugs, smoking, drinking and cybersex.
"Considering the lack of such skills, it is not surprising that as adults, people tend to latch on to the first person who gives them intimacy and affection without thinking about the consequences, which includes unsafe sex and unwanted pregnancies," said Dr Teoh
Teenagers between 15 and 17 years old are at risk of developing depression and may lack the crucial skills they need to deal with the pressures of life.
Malaysian Mental Health Association vice-president and clinical psychologist Dr Teoh Hsien Jin said teenagers in this age group were preparing for early adulthood, relationships and eventually, marriage.
"It is therefore very important that these teenagers be equipped with the necessary skills to deal with life, particularly peer, parental and academic pressure, and relationships with the opposite sex," he said.
According to Dr Teoh, teenagers were suffering from increasing stress at school as well as at home.
"Parents are spending more than ever on their children's education, and they expect them to perform accordingly."
"Teachers expect all their students to be high achievers. However, the fact remains that not all students will do well."
"Those who fall short of expectations may suffer from low self-esteem and depression. Some may even commit suicide."
Dr Teoh said that at school, teenagers are faced with peer pressure which dictates who they are to be seen with, which mobile phones to use, and even which kinds of food to eat.
Although these issues may seem trivial to adults, Dr Teoh warned that not knowing how to cope with such pressures can lead to bad and, sometimes, dangerous decisions, including succumbing to taking drugs, smoking, drinking and cybersex.
"Considering the lack of such skills, it is not surprising that as adults, people tend to latch on to the first person who gives them intimacy and affection without thinking about the consequences, which includes unsafe sex and unwanted pregnancies," said Dr Teoh
Humour for the day
Mother: David, come here.
David: Yes, mum?
Mother: You really disappoint me. Your results are getting worse.
David: But I will only get my report book tomorrow.
Mother: I know that. But I am going to Hong Kong tomorrow, so I am scolding you now
......................................................................
Father: Why did you fail your mathematics test?
Son: On Monday, teacher said 3+5=8
Father: So?
Son: On Tuesday, she said 4+4=8 and on Wednesday, she said 6+2=8. If she can't make up her mind, how do I know the right answer?
......................................................................
A mother and son were doing dishes while the father and daughter were watching TV in the living room.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash of breakingplates, then complete silence.
The daughter turned to look at her father.
Daughter: It's mummy!
Father: How do you know?
Daughter: She didn't say anything.
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Girl: Do you love me?
Boy: Yes Dear
Girl: Would you die for me?
Boy: No, mine is undying love
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Man: How old is your father?
Boy: As old as me
Man: How can that be?
Boy: He became a father only when I was born
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Waiter: I've stewed liver, boiled tongue and frog's leg.
Customer: Don't tell me your problems. Give me the menu card.
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Teacher: Simon, your composition on "My Dog" is exactly the same as your brother's. Did u copy his?
Simon: No, teacher, it's the same dog!
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Father: Your teacher says she finds it impossible to teach you anything!
Son: That's why I say she's no good!
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Teacher: "Where were u born?"
Student: " Singapore , Sir."
Teacher: "Which part?"
Student: "All of me, Sir."
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A teacher was asking her class: "What is the difference between 'unlawful' and 'illegal'?"
Only one hand shot up.
"Ok, answer, Joan" said the teacher.
"'unlawful' is when u do something the law doesn't allow and 'illegal' is a sick eagle."
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Teacher: "How come you do not comb your hair?"
Ah Kow: "No comb, Sir."
Teacher: "Use your dad's then."
Ah Kow: "No hair, Sir."
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A boy came home from school with his exam results.
"What did u get?" asked his father.
"My marks are under water," said the boy.
"What do u mean 'under water'?"
"They are all below 'C' level" (sea level)
David: Yes, mum?
Mother: You really disappoint me. Your results are getting worse.
David: But I will only get my report book tomorrow.
Mother: I know that. But I am going to Hong Kong tomorrow, so I am scolding you now
......................................................................
Father: Why did you fail your mathematics test?
Son: On Monday, teacher said 3+5=8
Father: So?
Son: On Tuesday, she said 4+4=8 and on Wednesday, she said 6+2=8. If she can't make up her mind, how do I know the right answer?
......................................................................
A mother and son were doing dishes while the father and daughter were watching TV in the living room.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash of breakingplates, then complete silence.
The daughter turned to look at her father.
Daughter: It's mummy!
Father: How do you know?
Daughter: She didn't say anything.
.....................................................................
Girl: Do you love me?
Boy: Yes Dear
Girl: Would you die for me?
Boy: No, mine is undying love
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Man: How old is your father?
Boy: As old as me
Man: How can that be?
Boy: He became a father only when I was born
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Waiter: I've stewed liver, boiled tongue and frog's leg.
Customer: Don't tell me your problems. Give me the menu card.
---------------------------------------
Teacher: Simon, your composition on "My Dog" is exactly the same as your brother's. Did u copy his?
Simon: No, teacher, it's the same dog!
---------------------------------------
Father: Your teacher says she finds it impossible to teach you anything!
Son: That's why I say she's no good!
---------------------------------------
Teacher: "Where were u born?"
Student: " Singapore , Sir."
Teacher: "Which part?"
Student: "All of me, Sir."
---------------------------------------
A teacher was asking her class: "What is the difference between 'unlawful' and 'illegal'?"
Only one hand shot up.
"Ok, answer, Joan" said the teacher.
"'unlawful' is when u do something the law doesn't allow and 'illegal' is a sick eagle."
---------------------------------------
Teacher: "How come you do not comb your hair?"
Ah Kow: "No comb, Sir."
Teacher: "Use your dad's then."
Ah Kow: "No hair, Sir."
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A boy came home from school with his exam results.
"What did u get?" asked his father.
"My marks are under water," said the boy.
"What do u mean 'under water'?"
"They are all below 'C' level" (sea level)
Sometimes bad things just happen
[This was a forwarded email, original source unknown]
Good to know.
A 10 year old boy, had eaten pineapple about 15 days back, and fell sick, from the day he had eaten.
Later when he had his health check done... doctors diagnosed that he had AIDS.
His parents couldn't believe it. Then the entire family under went a check-up.
None of them suffered from Aids.
So the doctors checked again with the boy if he had eaten out. The boy said "yes".
He had pineapple that evening.
Immediately a group from Malaya Hospital went to the pineapple vendor to check.
They found the pineapple seller had a cut on his finger while cutting the pineapple, his blood had spread into the fruit.
When they had his blood checked, the guy was suffering from AIDS.
But he himself was NOT aware.
Unfortunately the boy is suffering from it now.
Please take care while you eat on the road side.
Good to know.
A 10 year old boy, had eaten pineapple about 15 days back, and fell sick, from the day he had eaten.
Later when he had his health check done... doctors diagnosed that he had AIDS.
His parents couldn't believe it. Then the entire family under went a check-up.
None of them suffered from Aids.
So the doctors checked again with the boy if he had eaten out. The boy said "yes".
He had pineapple that evening.
Immediately a group from Malaya Hospital went to the pineapple vendor to check.
They found the pineapple seller had a cut on his finger while cutting the pineapple, his blood had spread into the fruit.
When they had his blood checked, the guy was suffering from AIDS.
But he himself was NOT aware.
Unfortunately the boy is suffering from it now.
Please take care while you eat on the road side.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
The School Machinery Is Like A Filter
How School Affects Your Kids (pg. 16)
Thinking Cap
A Series Rethinking Modern Living & Society
by Consumers' Association of Penang
Thinking Cap
A Series Rethinking Modern Living & Society
by Consumers' Association of Penang
Click image to enlargeWednesday, July 25, 2007
Schools make students ill
How School Affects Your Kids (pg. 7)
Thinking Cap
A Series Rethinking Modern Living & Society
by Consumers' Association of Penang
The school is an institution which unbalances those most prone to psychosomatic disorders.
The state of nervous tension in which they are kept by oral tests, compositions, examinations, the discipline of certain autocratic teachers, the shortage of physical activities and fresh air, the threats of demanding parents, and also the excessive desire of some children to do well cause many pupils chronic anxiety which affects the proper functioning of the internal organs.
Besides bedwetting of preschool origin which may be prolonged by anxiety, there are many cases of headaches, digestive troubles, colitis, cardiac erethism and dermatitis which miraculously disappear during the holidays.
In fact, there is a risk in putting children day after day, in situations which take a heavy toll on the nerves.
In the long run, the body system becomes exhausted and reacts less and less well to emotional demands. Internal lesions and "adaptive illnesses" may occur, preventing the pupil from reacting flexibly to new situations.
The disastrous effects of these states on performance at school will be obvious to everyone.
Thinking Cap
A Series Rethinking Modern Living & Society
by Consumers' Association of Penang
The school is an institution which unbalances those most prone to psychosomatic disorders.
The state of nervous tension in which they are kept by oral tests, compositions, examinations, the discipline of certain autocratic teachers, the shortage of physical activities and fresh air, the threats of demanding parents, and also the excessive desire of some children to do well cause many pupils chronic anxiety which affects the proper functioning of the internal organs.
Besides bedwetting of preschool origin which may be prolonged by anxiety, there are many cases of headaches, digestive troubles, colitis, cardiac erethism and dermatitis which miraculously disappear during the holidays.
In fact, there is a risk in putting children day after day, in situations which take a heavy toll on the nerves.
In the long run, the body system becomes exhausted and reacts less and less well to emotional demands. Internal lesions and "adaptive illnesses" may occur, preventing the pupil from reacting flexibly to new situations.
The disastrous effects of these states on performance at school will be obvious to everyone.
Why Drink Coconut Water?
[This was a forwarded email, original source unknown]
CocoWater is naturally:
:: Low in Carbs
:: 99% Fat Free
:: Low in sugars
:: Keep the body cool and at the proper temperature
:: Orally re-hydrate your body, it is an all natural isotonic beverage
:: Carry nutrients and oxygen to cells
:: Naturally replenish your body's fluids after exercising
:: Raise your metabolism
:: Promote weight loss
:: Boost your immune system
:: Detoxify and fight viruses
:: Cleanse your digestive tract
:: Control diabetes
:: Aid your body in fighting viruses that cause the flu, herpes, and AIDS
:: Balance your PH and reduce risk of cancer
:: Treat kidney and urethral stones
:: Boost poor circulation
Eat Fresh Fruits
[This was a forwarded email, original source unknown]
We all think that eating means simply buying fruits, cutting it and just popping into our mouths.
You will be much more benefited if you know how to eat?
CORRECT WAY OF EATING FRUITS
Fruits should be taken in empty stomach, not as a deserted meal as is often done.
If you eat fruit like that, it will also serve a major role to detoxify your system, supplying with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
FRUITS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD
Lets say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit.
As fruits digests faster than bread, the slice of fruits digest quickly and ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but its passage is blocked by the bread which takes longer to digest.
In the mean time the whole meal ferments and turns to acid. Consequently when fruits, come into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.
So it is better to eat fruits in empty stomach or before your meal!
You have heard people complaining -
☺Every time I eat watermelon I burp,
☺When I eat durians my stomach bloats up,
☺When I eat banana I feel like running to toilet etc.
Actually this all will not arise if you eat the fruits in empty stomach.
The fruits mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence bloat!
Graying hair, balding and nervous outburst, dark circles under the eyes – all this will not happen if you take fruits in empty stomach.
It is incorrectly presumed that some fruits like orange and lemon are acidic and will enhance acidity in the stomach.
Research however shows that all fruits become alkaline in our body.
When you need to drink fruit juice, drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans.
Don’t drink juice that has been heated up. Don’t eat cooked fruits because you don’t get nutrient at all.
You only get to taste.
So stop making ‘durian porridge’ if you want nutrients.
Cooking fruits destroys all the vitamins.
Eating the pulp or the whole fruit is far better than drinking the juice as the fiber is good for you.
If you drink the juice drink mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.
A 3-day “fruit fast” is a very simple and very effective way to cleanse and de-toxify your body.
Just eat fruits and drink fruits juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!
During the “fruit fast” you can eat different fruits at different times, although occasionally mixed fruit salad would also be permissible and more interesting.
If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
Wishing you a healthy life!
We all think that eating means simply buying fruits, cutting it and just popping into our mouths.
You will be much more benefited if you know how to eat?
CORRECT WAY OF EATING FRUITS
Fruits should be taken in empty stomach, not as a deserted meal as is often done.
If you eat fruit like that, it will also serve a major role to detoxify your system, supplying with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
FRUITS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD
Lets say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit.
As fruits digests faster than bread, the slice of fruits digest quickly and ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but its passage is blocked by the bread which takes longer to digest.
In the mean time the whole meal ferments and turns to acid. Consequently when fruits, come into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.
So it is better to eat fruits in empty stomach or before your meal!
You have heard people complaining -
☺Every time I eat watermelon I burp,
☺When I eat durians my stomach bloats up,
☺When I eat banana I feel like running to toilet etc.
Actually this all will not arise if you eat the fruits in empty stomach.
The fruits mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence bloat!
Graying hair, balding and nervous outburst, dark circles under the eyes – all this will not happen if you take fruits in empty stomach.
It is incorrectly presumed that some fruits like orange and lemon are acidic and will enhance acidity in the stomach.
Research however shows that all fruits become alkaline in our body.
When you need to drink fruit juice, drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans.
Don’t drink juice that has been heated up. Don’t eat cooked fruits because you don’t get nutrient at all.
You only get to taste.
So stop making ‘durian porridge’ if you want nutrients.
Cooking fruits destroys all the vitamins.
Eating the pulp or the whole fruit is far better than drinking the juice as the fiber is good for you.
If you drink the juice drink mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.
A 3-day “fruit fast” is a very simple and very effective way to cleanse and de-toxify your body.
Just eat fruits and drink fruits juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!
During the “fruit fast” you can eat different fruits at different times, although occasionally mixed fruit salad would also be permissible and more interesting.
If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
Wishing you a healthy life!
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