Get Healthy by Drinking ENOUGH Water

Every minute our body discharges about 1.7ml or 2.5 liter of liquid a day through many forms like sweat, breath, and urine. Therefore it is essential that we drink enough every day to keep the balance. If a glass of water has about 250-300cc, we need to drink around 8 glasses of water everyday.

Some of us may have difficulty to walk the discipline of drinking enough water. Remember that lack of water may lead to kidney disfunction.

However this does not mean advocating everybody to drink as much as you can. Too much water may also burdensome to kidney which eventually leads to kidney failure in long run.

Passive Smoker and Vitamin C

Living surrounded by smokers is tough to our health, passive smokers are getting equal or even more health deterioration compared to the smokers themselves. If you happen to live with this situation try to consume more vitamin C as it helps your immune system to reduce the impact of cigarette smoke. Normally our body need 60-75mg of vitamin C per day, the amount differs among people, pregnant women and passive smokers need more than a normal person.

Basically the normal vitamin C requirement can be fulfilled with normal daily consumption of vegetables and fruits without needing to take supplement. If you think you rarely eat vegetables or fruits, then you may need to take vitamin C supplement.

Here is some more you need to know about taking vitamin C supplement…..

Many supplements available in the market contains 1000mg vitamin C in each of it dosage which is a bit too much for our body. You need to be careful about this, overdose may cause your kidney to work extra hard to digest the overdosed vitamin. Prolonged extra kidney workload may cause kidney disease.

Take just about what your body needs, do not overdose.

Stroke Symptoms are NOT always Visible

I took this story from a public knowledge bank, it is a sad one, but we can learn from it, don't let this happen to us or our beloved ones.

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. (They offered to call ambulance). They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital and at 6:00 pm, Ingrid passed away.

She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke, totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE:

Remember the 3 steps, "S, T, and R".

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S (SMILE) - Ask the individual to SMILE.

T (TALK) - Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (e.g. "It is sunny out today").

R (RAISE BOTH ARMS) - Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call medical helpline immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

Note: Another signs of a stroke are

Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.

A prominent cardiologist says if everyone who reads this blog sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved and it could be your own.

First Aid to Stroke

Believe it or not, one of the effective first aid to stroke is let some blood to exit the body from the patient’s fingertips and earlobes. This method is capable of saving the patient’s life with no side effect at all.

As we all know, when someone is getting a stroke, all blood in the patient’s body will flow very rapidly to vessels in the brain, the blood vessels will not be able to withstand the blood pressure for long and will start breaking, then there comes the big trouble. Therefore the idea is to ease the blood flow and avoid the vessels to break.

Don’t panic and stay calm facing this situation. If the patient is fallen down unconscious, remember not to attempt moving him/her from the location since any move will make the blood vessel to break faster. Keep the patient where he/she is, just help them to take a sitting position, after this we can start the blood letting procedure.

The best way to do it is using a hypodermic needle, but if we don’t have it, we can also use sewing needle or pin (you need to sterilize them by burning it few seconds on a flame). Pierce the needle on all of the person’s fingertips about 1cm from the nails. 1 pierce in each fingertip is enough, the goal is to get 1 drop of blood from each fingertip. You can help the blood to come out by give a little pressure on the finger. After this procedure, within 10 minutes the patient is expected to gain consciousness.

If the patient’s mouth appears abnormal or turning to one side then you need to do a repetitive pull on both of the patient’s earlobes until they turn reddish. After that do another pierce on each of those earlobes at the bottom tips so that 2 drops of blood come out from each earlobe. Within few minutes we can expect the patient’s mouth to turn back to its normal state.

After the patient gain back full consciousness and passes the first critical minutes of the stroke, quickly rush him/her to the doctor for further treatment.

This is a piece of good emergency situation handling tips for those who are living with or taking care of elderly people. Go pass this message to your family and friends.

Watermelon Magic

How much do you know about watermelon ? Here are what it can do to keep us healthy..

1. If you are on a diet, water melon is going to be your good friend. This fruit is fat free and contains limited sugar while giving abundant amount of water. Watermelon even gives a filling sensation in your stomach.
2. Watermelon is very good for people with hypertension. The water and high potassium content it has are capable of neutralizing blood pressure.
3. Watermelon also supports the function of heart
4. Its antioxidant including beta carotene and vitamin C helps keeping our body tissues healthy
5. Watermelon also stimulates swift flowing of urine, therefore it is also good for them who have urinal problem
6. It can help to ease fever
7. It is highly effective to prevent sprue/canker.

There are more, a substance called lycopene in water melon is also a powerful agent to fight free radicals result from our bad eating habit, pollution, and emotional issues. Lycopene is also capable of destroying cancer seeds or prevents it from growing. As a bonus lycopene also makes your face looks fresh for a longer period of time, for the elderly, it helps to support mental capability and memory.

Turning off lights at night surprisingly has something to do with body processes during our sleep. Interesting isn’t it ? Here is the fact..

Melatonin, one of the hormone in body immune system that fights against diseases including breast and prostate cancer only effectively produced by our body in the dark surrounding. Sleeping at night with the lights on, no matter how dim it is may put melatonin production to a halt.

Biologist Joan Roberts found this after experimenting on animals where their melatonin production as well as the immune system dropped after exposed to light during sleep time at night.

Lastly, don’t only pay attention to your bedroom lightings, TV is also a source of light that may prevent the hormone to unleash.

So, turning off lights during your sleep is a natural and easy way to keep you in good shape.

Fighting Stroke with Tomato Seeds

You might not realize that you often remove seeds from tomato just because you don’t like them or you find them disgusting especially its sticky liquid that comes with the seeds. Now, try to think twice before removing the tomato seeds after reading this.

A research conducted by Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen Scotland found that tomato seeds, especially the liquid or yellowish jelly around the seeds contains a substance that is powerful to fight against stroke or heart disease.

Research also found that if drink tomato juice without removing its seeds, you have reduced 72% of the risk of having blood clods that is the major reason of heart attack. Wow..

Do You Sleep Long Enough ?

A recent finding posted in Archives Internal Medicine says that a person who sleeps less then 7.5 hours per day has a higher risk of heart disease. The risk of heart attack among these group of people also relates with high blood pressure.

Modern community’s lifestyle has turned slumber into a rare commodity. The research shows that sleeping less or shorter duration of sleep may cause abnormally high blood pressure and breathing problem during our sleep at night, further on these will lead to higher risk of cardiovascular diseases like stroke and even sudden heart stoppage.

Therefore, no matter how busy we are, try to sleep long enough.

Self Service Shiatsu

Ever try doing massage on your own at home ? Try this, I have, it feels great.

A complete guide to suit your condition.

Dont Stop Walking

Check this out......
The Organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot, if you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the heart is on the left foot.


Typically they are shown as points and arrows to show which organ it connects to. It is indeed correct since the nerves connected to these organs terminate here. This is covered in great details in Acupressure studies or textbooks.

God created our body so well that he thought of even this. He made us walk so that we will always be pressing these pressure points and thus keeping these organs activated at all times.

So, keep walking...

Coke or Water ?

Not sure if this is true or not. But it is still very interesting to read. Test and verify it yourself...

WATER
#1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the
world population)

#2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken
for hunger.

#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%.

#4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100%
of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.

#5. Lack of water, is the no.1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

#6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could
significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

#7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble
with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a !
printed page.

#8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by
45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%., and one is 50% less
likely to develop bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water you
should drink every day?

COKE

#1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk
to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.

#2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two
days.

#3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the
"real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in
Coke removes stains from vitreous China .

#4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a
rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminium foil dipped in Coca-Cola.

#5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola
over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.

#6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coke to the rusted
bolt for several minutes.

#7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap
the ham in aluminium foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before ham is finished,
remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous
brown gravy.

#8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into the load of
greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola
will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your
windshield.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

#1. the active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid.
It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric acid also leaches
calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase of
osteoporosis.

#2. To carry Coke syrup! (the concentrate) the commercial trucks must use
a hazardous Material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.

#3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean engines of the
trucks for about 20 years!

Now the question is, would you like a glass of water or Coke?

Enoki Mushroom Helps Curing Cancer

Golden-needle-mushroom (Jin-Gen-Goo) successfully kills 95% of cancer cells ( Taiwan Report)(Hokkien KIM CHIAM KOR)

Research done by Singapore U shows that eating this mushroom can destroy 95% of cancer cells in our body by boosting our immune system.

Professor Phan Hwai Chong of Yang Ming Research Centre in Taiwan told reporter that consuming this kind of mushroom, one of the ingredients in the mushroom can trigger the multiplication of our healthy 'defensive' cells. By out-numbering the cancers cells, healthy cells help eradicate cancer cells.

American scientists have since run tests on this particular type of mushroom extract with blood, done outside human body. Results show that mushroom extract is able to destroy c ancer cells.
According to Taiwan professor, since healthy 'fighting' cells can be multiplied to tens & thousands of times, it can either be used as drip or just by eating mushroom.

The mushroom is most frequently taken with steam boat. Cooking time should be less than 3 minutes, or the healing property would greatly diminish.

Before using enoki mushrooms, rinse them thoroughly and trim off the roots at the base of the cluster. Enoki mushrooms can be eaten raw or cooked.. Add them to salads, sandwiches, soups, pasta sauces, and stir-fried rice and vegetable dishes. To retain the delicate flavor of the mushrooms, add them at the end of the cooking process.

When purchasing fresh enoki mushrooms, select mushrooms with firm, white, shiny caps. Avoid purchasing enoki mushrooms with slimy or brownish stalks. Enoki mushrooms keep up to 14 days in the refrigerator if stored in a paper bag.

(you should try storing veggies or fruits in those aluminum foil bags that you throw away if you do buy Milo or quaker oats in packages type; it seems they can keep them longer and fresher; test to confirm? Keep one end open and not seal it tight.) !

God's Pharmacy

A friend sent this to me. It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish.... all before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners...

God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body!
God's Pharmacy! Amazing!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries

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

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

Be Careful : Contact Lenses

Believe it or not, better be safe than sorry..

Check out this story I got..terrible.

This happened to a young man wearing contact lenses during a BBQ party. He did not realize that he began starring at the red hot flame when grilling his food. A short time later he began to scream for help and jumping all over. That time, everybody around had completely no idea what had happened to him and quickly rushed him to the hospital. Then the doctor came out with a shocking news, the person got permanently blind because the heat wave from the grill melted his contact lenses !!

Please tell this story to your beloved ones. Dont wear contact lenses when you are going to a BBQ party or any kind of activity that has contact with intense heat. Dont let this happens to them.

What is best to drink during your meal ?

The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water, maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating.

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine . Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or hot water/tea after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.
A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this message sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this & Send to a friend. It could save a life. So, please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.