A new you this summer

Whenever the topic of change is brought up in conversations, many people tend to balk at the idea. Those who want change almost give up simply because what may otherwise be a challenge becomes a chore to them.

How to begin

1. Remove whatever stumbling blocks there may be. More often than not, the root cause of immobility or inability to get started is fear of failure. Do some housekeeping in that part of yourself that says, “I can or I cannot”.

2. Make a list of the dreams, plans/projects, targets you have set for yourself. The best and only judge of your choices is yourself. So, decide what plans to put on hold and what dreams need manifesting. It doesn’t matter whether they are simple (like dancing) or complicated (like sky diving). What’s important is how highly you regard it. Place a deadline or actual date of completion of your dream.

3. Go on a new kind of diet. Starve yourself if you must from the following: anger, bitterness, jealousy, hate. Instead, feed on forgiveness, reconciliation, love, optimism.

Here’s an inner cleansing regimen you can do. If you need to ask forgiveness from someone but are too ashamed to face him, do this. Go to a quiet corner, close your eyes, focus on the person who has wronged you or whom you have wronged. Imagine him/her before you. Now ask for forgiveness. This soul to soul reaching out is effective. Soon, you will sense a change in the other party’s behavior towards you.

Reshaping one’s self

It’s not as difficult as you think. One can follow a medical spa’s general rules:

1. Add more veggies and fruits to your diet.
2. Cook less or undercook your food. Between raw food and cooked, raw is best. This is because cooking changes the chemical composition of food. In general, the lesser the cooking, the more enzymes/nutrients are preserved.
3. Take a rest from eating. If you declare a moratorium on food and hydrate your body with clean, purified or alkaline water, you give your digestive system a rest. This ought to help victims of migraine and chronic headaches. Flushing the system rids the body of toxins.
4. Be kind to animals. Eat no meat of any kind at least once a week. Substitute with vegetables and nuts.
5. Exercise. Any workout done three times a week is a good start. Once you begin an exercise regimen, you will continuously look for the endorphin rush that will maintain your body in feel-good mode.
6. Breathe. Daily relaxation through the process of slow breathing will bring great health benefits. It will almost immediately control the stress hormones — adrenaline and cortisol. Thus, if you are continuously stressed, try breathing slowly (inhale, six counts; hold, 2 counts; exhale, 6 counts).
7. Stay calm. Stressed skin equals internal stress. So, smile rather than frown.
8. Load up on Vitamins A, B, C, D, E and K—the essentials to basic health. Ask your doctor for advice.
9. Compliment yourself each day. Instead of finding fault in yourself, look at your pluses.

If summer were forever, and renewal is your goal, then you are renewed all seasons.

By Cory Quirino

Preventing Stroke?

I got this article from charliebrown8989 and this was posted last May 2006.
For me I think this is important for you to know about the illnesses of STROKE and how will you prevent this specially this summer.


STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. 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 - (at 6:00pm, 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. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition.
It only takes a minute to read this...

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
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR . Read and Learn!
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 Ask the individual to SMILE.
* T Ask the person to TALK - SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE
* R Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

NOTE:

Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: 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}
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

Erasing your Age

Time and its passage should treat you right. But you have to make it happen.

You cannot simply sit back and do nothing. That may have been the case with our grandparents and even parents. But that is not for us—unless you want the ravages of time to show on your body.

It may be something like this—at age 30, excessively dry and wrinkled skin; at 40, stiffness in the joints; at 56, high cholesterol and borderline diabetes; at 60 heart disease or osteoporosis (brittle bones).

Some basic facts

Exercise delays aging, especially the onset of arthritis and osteoporosis. Dr. Williams J. Evans, doctor of nutrition and metabolism at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, said, “There’s nothing that science can do for you that could be of more benefit than exercise.” He said low level exercise like taking the stairs instead of the elevator, walking short distances even if for only 10 minutes twice a day could be good.

Staying out of the sun prevents wrinkles.

Relaxation and meditation are stress-busters and can prevent disease.

High-vegetable diet is packed with enzymes and connected to better health. Eat high-octane foods like leafy green veggies, carrots, broccoli that are heavy on beta carotene (vitamin A).

Doing crossword puzzles and regular reading can delay/prevent memory loss.

Type A personalities (active, outgoing, pressure-driven individuals prone to anger) may age faster than calmer types.

Eating compulsively and obsessively will lead to diseases—obesity, diabetes, heart disease.

Get nutty. Do not worry about uric acid because you will not take a gallon of nuts like soy, macadamia, almonds, walnuts. Nuts are rich in antioxidants.

Go fruity. Nutrient-packed fruits give your body power. Try to observe your energy level after a serving of bananas, papaya, apples, kiwi, star apple. You will feel an instant lift that sweet cravings like pastries cannot give.

Boost youth hormones

You can actually return your body to its youthful look. Here is how:

Spike up the hormones. The forever-young hormones are human growth hormones that are converted by the liver into anti-aging hormone insulin growth factor and dehyroepean erosterone (DHEA). As you grow older, production of these hormones slows down.

Therefore, increasing their production can delay aging. Is it hopeless? Not at all. Diet plays a key role.

The mission: Boost hormones via a high-nutrient diet. Why? Aging is caused by free radical damage to the cells. One must contain/stop the damage through clean, toxic-free food.

The choice is simple. Eat your mango-topped cheese cake or eat a fresh mango.

Keep your blood sugar level steady. Any sudden rise can trigger cortisol (a stress hormone) release. High insulin and cortisol reduce your DHEA output. Go easy on white temptations (high glycemic food) like white rice, bread, pastries, pasta, crackers. Always combine them with low glycemic food—veggies, beans, protein, soy.

Never gorge on a huge slice of cake or dessert without eating a healthy meal. This ought to contain your sugar levels.

Contain the fat. A high-fat diet literally turns off your hormone factory. Saturated fat from animals can do a lot of damage to your health and youthful look.

Age-defying trivia

Load up on spinach and strawberries. Their high levels of antioxidants can boost your brain.

Steam, do not boil, your veggies to preserve the vitamins. Better yet, eat your food raw.

Add more tomatoes to your meal. Lycopene in tomatoes strengthens your immune system and makes your skin glow.

Reference: “Age-Erasing Secrets” by Kevin Ireland

By Cory Quirino

Solving Rubic Cube for Begginers

Playing Rubik Cube is one of the best enjoyable game ever since.

People around the world has been addicted of playing Rubik Cube, many are been expert already & many are also have no yet idea of how to solve this kind of puzzle.

So I searched the web to share a simple technique of how Rubik Cube can solve easily. Even me on the first place I'm having hard of solving this puzzle.

So for those beginners and have no yet idea of solving the rubik cube, I think you suppose to watch this video.