One Glass of Milk For Me Tonight

It's 10:03 PM (Philippines Time) now and I am still facing again my computer! Heheheh! Tonight I'll be sleeping late because we have no class tomorrow! Wweeii...

But before continuing in updating this blog, blog hopping and refreshing PPP, SS and Smorty, hehehe, I decided to make myself one glass of hot milk. Yes, even at my 20, I still drink milk (specifically Bear Brand..hehehe). My mother always reminds us that milk is good for me! Of course I already know that! Heheheh!

HHhaaayyy..it's getting late here now and I haven't catch some "fish" yet. I just hope something will pop up tonight so I could earn something today! Happy blogging!

Diet-Breaking Foods

I was browsing the Internet a while ago and then directed to a page that talks about some worst fair, amusement park and carnival foods that might break our diet! Oh no! Little did we know, while we are trying to be careful on what we eat, there are these ordinary foods that has a silent and secret effects on us! Get to know them below.

Funnel Cakes  Everyone loves the taste of deep-fried dough, but the average funnel cake has roughly 760 calories and 44g fat! AHHHHHHHHH! You're WAY better off eating a deep-fried Snickers bar, and that's saying something (though we certainly don't recommend THAT either).

Corn Dogs  Oh, the convenience (and sheer excitement) of food on a stick! But what's the cost of just one cornmeal-coated pup? Roughly 375 calories and 21g fat! If it's food on a stick we're seeking, we'll stick with Tootsie Pops (only 60 calories each!).

Frozen Lemonade  Seems so innocent and refreshing, but the stats on this sugary stuff might make you cry. A 16-oz. serving contains 280 calories and 63g of sugar. We say you wait 'til you get home and then whip up one of our 30-calorie swaps.

French Fries  You know you're going to burn some calories walking around, but unless you're taking fast-paced laps around the park, 500 calories and 25g fat aren't worth it for a measly 6 ounces of fries.

Peanut-Coated Caramel Apple  It may seem like a good idea at the core (get it?!), but this is one rotten apple! Chomp on one of these things and you're looking at around 400 calories and 10g fat. That's just nuts.

And oh btw, recently, Disney and Universal Studios parks launched campaigns to cut trans fats from concession foods and provide better-for-you alternatives for their customers! Cool! I just hope "others" will follow and do the same!

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The Cheapest Online Baby CPR Course

Most of us, we always consider babies as special gifts given from above. They are the most delicate and most sensitive beings whom we really care about. Their giggles and smiles always tell us that life is worth living after all.

But sad to know, each year thousands of infants and young children die from choking, drowning, and suffocation. One factor that parents and guardians aren't able to save these precious ones is that they don't know some techniques and skills that will certainly keep away their child from danger. If only all parents knew CPR, they would really save their child from the emergencies stated above.

Good thing is, there's this new website owned by a dad called Online Baby CPR that teaches parents and guardians a training course for Infant Child CPR for a very affordable price of $7.95. The online training course for parents who have limited time and money, will give parents and soon-to-be parents enough awareness about the preliminary steps of giving your child a CPR, ideas about breathings and compressions and will practice them through some special situations.

The course is very much interesting! So never miss this chance to be educated for your young one's safety!

The Wellness in Green

Even before, green has become one of my identity. I have green shirts, green shoes and even green underwear (oohh...that was long long ago! Hahaha!).

I browse over the Internet yesterday to find some interesting articles related to GREEN so I can share it to you. Luckily, I found one. An article written by Dr. Maoshing Ni , an anti-aging expert, doctor of Chinese medicine and the author of the best-selling book, "Secrets of Longevity." The article was entitled Leafy Greens for a Long Life. Read it below and discover how important GREEN is in our lives.

Leafy Greens for a Long Life

Looking for another way to go green? Start with your salad — there is much more in the produce section than just iceberg lettuce. With benefits ranging from a healthy immune system to strong bones, dark leafy greens will add fantastic flavor to your salads — and years to your life.

Greens: A Great Source of Folate
There is no way to predict who will contract fatal age-related conditions such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease, but one way to lower your odds may be to raise your daily folate intake. Scientists have found that older people have a tendency to be deficient in folate, which enables vitamins B6 and B12 to aid in hormone secretion, synthesize DNA, and manufacture the protective coating around nerves.

These three tasks are considered to be major factors in our bodies' defenses against these diseases. Folate is found in numerous foods — spinach, kale, beet greens, chard to name a few — but it is destroyed by heat, so these foods must be eaten raw or lightly cooked. This is one rare instance in which the synthetic form of folic acid is more easily absorbed by the body than the natural one. For people over the age of 50, a dose of 800 micrograms per day is recommended.

Can't Beat Beet Greens
Beets are an all-in-one superfood! The colorful beets contain powerful nutrients that help protect against heart disease, birth defects and cancer, especially colon cancer. And studies show that beets protect liver cells from harmful chemicals with a compound called betacyanin, one of the flavonoid families of antioxidant nutrients. So while roasted and boiled beets are a tasty and nutritious addition to any salad, consider that the beet greens are more nutritious than the beets themselves!

Beet greens are delicious and are rich in vitamins and minerals as well as beta-carotene and lutein. They have almost twice the potassium of beets and contain high levels of folic acid, which can help ward off certain birth defects and lung cancer. Beet greens can be prepared like any leafy green vegetable — sautéed in olive oil, steamed on the stovetop, or thrown into soups to up the health content.

Spinach Makes Health a Cinch
Spinach — packed with iron, beta-carotene, and vitamins C and K — is an essential food for strong bones and a healthy immune system. And it is rich in the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, which protect the retina from age-related macular degeneration, making spinach crucial for healthy vision.

Before using, swish the spinach in a bowl of cold water until all grit is gone. Curly spinach will require cooking but the more readily available flat-leaf spinach is sweeter and works well in salads. Baby spinach is tender and mild, making it great to use raw in salads. To get healthy benefits for your eyesight, sauté your spinach in a little olive oil, since fat can increase lutein absorption. Keep in mind that fresh spinach decreases dramatically in volume when cooked. One pound will cook down to 1 cup — but you will be getting a hearty helping of nutrients in this small portion!

Fine and Dandelion
Disdained by gardeners as a pesky weed, this leafy green has been revered by traditional Chinese medicine as a powerful liver tonic. Dandelion is said to enhance the flow of bile in your body, improving the function of your liver, and remedying liver conditions such as hepatitis, gallstones, and jaundice. A daily cup of dandelion tea is recommended for anyone who feels run-down, sluggish, and over-stressed.

Aside from its herbal merits, dandelion greens are also an incredibly healthy food — chock full of vitamin C, higher in beta-carotene than carrots and richer in iron and calcium content than spinach. Toss a few raw dandelion leaves in your salad to add a hearty flavor. For the bigger, bitter-tasting leaves, blanch in boiling water for 45 seconds to soften the bitterness. Or sauté them for about 15 minutes with onions and garlic in olive oil.

I hope you find the life-giving properties of greens! I invite you to visit often and share your own personal health and longevity tips with me.

May you live long, live strong, and live happy!

-Dr. Mao

Dangers of Barefoot Lifestyle

Walking barefooted is one of the most exciting ways to enjoy summer. Without any hassle on your feet, you will sure have a great time running on beaches. But did you know that some people who are taking their shoes, sandals and socks suffer injuries such as cuts and puncture wounds. The worst thing is, some cases of these injuries develop infections that require surgery.

So if you are one of those people who finds a happy world barefooted, please keep in mind these safety tips from the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons:

• Make sure you're vaccinated against tetanus. Teens and adults should get booster shots every 10 years.
• Apply sunscreen to the tops and bottoms of your feet to protect them from sunburn. Rare, but deadly, skin cancers can develop on the feet.
• Wear flip-flops or sandals around swimming pools, locker rooms and beaches. They'll help protect against cuts and abrasions from rough anti-slip surfaces and sharp objects hidden in beach sand, and prevent contact with viruses and bacteria that can cause athlete's foot, plantar warts and other foot problems.
• Use common sense. Every year, people lose toes while mowing the lawn barefoot and others suffer serious burns from accidentally stepping on stray campfire coals or fireworks. Remember that murky rivers, lakes and ponds can conceal sharp objects underwater.
• People with diabetes should never go barefoot, even indoors, because they may not "feel" a foot injury.
• If you suffer a puncture wound in your foot, see a doctor within 24 hours. A puncture wound must be cleaned properly and monitored throughout the healing process to avoid complications such as tissue and bone infections or damage to tendons or muscles in the foot.
• Inspect your feet on a routine basis for skin problems such as warts, calluses, ingrown toenails, suspicious moles, spots or freckles. The sooner a condition is detected, the easier it is to treat.

Let's not risk our own self without thinking of our safety and just enjoying what we enjoying. We must also consider the awful things we might experience due to our carelessness. On the other hand, we must not also limit ourselves to things we know we can do! Think of precautions but make sure to push yourself to the highest and do the right thing.

Be safe always!

Get Stronger, Faster and Smarter!

Are you tired of being normal like everybody else? Do you feel equal and don't have that much confidence in dealing with everyday things? Do you easily get tired and easily out of energy when doing something very active? Worry no more for a new paperback book and e-book for people who are tired of feeling tired and normal is now available just right for you!

Zero to Superhero is a serious and informative exploration into becoming stronger, faster and smarter naturally, easily and FAST. This book will definitely guide and train you how to become strong and efficient enough for daily living. Also, what’s good about this book is that, it will improve more your self-confidence especially when you really follow some if it’s useful tips and shared techniques for your health and wellness.

Unlike any other Health books and e-books, Zero to Superhero can greatly capture your childhood by giving you wonderful illustrations of cartoon characters that will surely encourage you to stay fit. This amazing feature of the e-book can exactly aid the needs of the people to be entertained at the same time they become knowledgeable on what to do when they want to look smart and feel smart.

With the Zero to Superhero paperback and e-book, you can:

• Become stronger... much stronger
• Build a super fast brain
• Increase your tolerance for pain
• Learn powerful persuasion techniques
• And more!

Now, if you are thinking that this book is just any other books you find and one of those books that has no so much information on the real situation, you are definitely wrong. Zero to Superhero has taken over four years to research and write, and uncovers secrets, tricks and mind / body hacks you won't find anywhere else.
So, now you decide. Should you just stay normal or slip away from that circle of normality and Get Stronger, Faster, Smarter! . DECIDE NOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE.

Seven Foods to Keep You Young

It's very alarming that most of the people with jobs and so are the students are always having stress due to busy schedules and burdens that we sometimes think we can't solve. The sad but true thing regarding this stress is, it is making us look old!

Another point is that, "older" people always want to look young yet they don't exercise, do and eat things that is good in order for them to keep young. There are also cases that adults use ant-aging cream to conceal their true age. Although some these products works, but only for some. In the end, they'll just sit down in their couch wondering why they don't look younger.

We never want to look old, right?

So I did some research regarding some simple was in order for us to maintain our pleasant skin and be able to be young all the time. Luckily, I found an article in MSN Health and Fitness, suggesting foods that we must all eat to keep as young. Now check this everyday and common foods that will make us glow and stay young.

Olive Oil

Four decades ago, researchers from the Seven Countries Study concluded that the monounsaturated fats in olive oil were largely responsible for the low rates of heart disease and cancer on the Greek island of Crete. Now we know that olive oil also contains polyphenols, powerful antioxidants that may help prevent age-related diseases.

Yogurt

In the 1970s, Soviet Georgia was rumored to have more centenarians per capita than any other country. Reports at the time claimed that the secret of their long lives was yogurt, a food ubiquitous in their diets. While the age-defying powers of yogurt never have been proved directly, yogurt is rich in calcium, which helps stave off osteoporosis and contains "good bacteria" that help maintain gut health and diminish the incidence of age-related intestinal illness.

Fish

Thirty years ago, researchers began to study why the native Inuits of Alaska were remarkably free of heart disease. The reason, scientists now think, is the extraordinary amount of fish they consume. Fish is an abundant source of omega-3 fats, which help prevent cholesterol buildup in arteries and protect against abnormal heart rhythms.

Chocolate

The Kuna people of the San Blas islands, off the coast of Panama, have a rate of heart disease that is nine times less than that of mainland Panamanians. The reason? The Kuna drink plenty of a beverage made with generous proportions of cocoa, which is unusually rich in flavanols that help preserve the healthy function of blood vessels. Maintaining youthful blood vessels lowers risk of high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and dementia.

Nuts

Studies of Seventh-Day Adventists (a religious denomination that emphasizes healthy living and a vegetarian diet) show that those who eat nuts gain, on average, an extra two and a half years. Nuts are rich sources of unsaturated fats, so they offer benefits similar to those associated with olive oil. They’re also concentrated sources of vitamins, minerals and other phytochemicals, including antioxidants.

Wine

Drinking alcohol in moderation protects against heart disease, diabetes and age-related memory loss. Any kind of alcoholic beverage seems to provide such benefits, but red wine has been the focus of much of the research. Red wine contains resveratrol, a compound that likely contributes to its benefits—and, according to animal studies, may activate genes that slow cellular aging.

Blueberries

In a landmark study published in 1999, researchers at Tufts University’s Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging fed rats blueberry extract for a period of time that in "rat lives" is equivalent to 10 human years. These rats outperformed rats fed regular chow on tests of balance and coordination when they reached old age. Compounds in blueberries (and other berries) mitigate inflammation and oxidative damage, which are associated with age-related deficits in memory and motor function.

Sometimes, we never realize that this ordinary foods we see in our kitchen can help us maintain our younger-looking skin and face. Of course, these foods will surely take effect with proper attitude towards life and how you live it.

Stay young!

6 Great Foods for Men

As usual, most of the girls are very conscious on what they eat for they always consider and maintain their figure. With regards to the boys or should I say "men", although some are conscious on what they eat, still, almost all of them aren't considering what can they get on the foods that they intake.

And so this post is for the big and young boys who want to improve their mood, memory, muscles, and more. Forget all those expensive potentially risky supplements.

Here we go.

Sardines For Heart Health
Ounce for ounce, sardines are one of the best sources for heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids and are extremely low in contaminants such as mercury and PCBs. They’re also eco-friendly, packed with protein, and low in saturated fat. Canned versions are inexpensive, portable, and don’t require refrigeration. Choose no-salt-added brands, and keep the bones in for a third of your recommended daily calcium. Sardines are great on salads or layered on top of whole-grain crackers.

Brazil Nuts For Prostate Health
Brazil nuts are one of the richest food sources of selenium, a mineral that may reduce a man’s risk of developing prostate cancer. Selenium may be toxic if taken in daily doses of more than 400 micrograms (mcg). But one Brazil nut has about 100 mcg. One or two mixed with other nuts each day will give you just the right amount.

Edamame For Mood
Mood is affected by a combination of factors, including brain chemistry, life events, and the foods you eat. Of these, only diet is under your control. Fiber-rich carbohydrates such as oats and edamame (green soybeans in the pod) help prevent mood fluctuations by keeping your blood-sugar levels steady. Edamame also contain protein, which further helps stabilize blood sugar, and omega-3 fatty acids, which have been shown to help combat depression. You can find them in just about any Japanese restaurant. They often come heavily salted, so request them “nude” or lightly coated. You also can buy frozen edamame pods at health-food stores and many supermarkets. Take ‘em home, boil, drain, and enjoy!

Sesame Seeds For Sex Drive
They’re inexpensive, safe, and don’t require a prescription. They’re also very rich in the amino acid arginine, which is involved in synthesizing nitric oxide, a compound that enhances blood flow through the arteries and—ahem—to various other male body parts. Toasted sesame seeds add a nice nutty taste to salads, cooked grains, or cereal. You also can enjoy them in hummus, which is made with ground chickpeas and sesame seed paste (called tahini).

Blueberries For Memory
These days, it seems you can’t say enough about the health benefits of blueberries. But did you know that much of their power lies in their color? That deep blue hue is caused by flavonoids—natural compounds that protect the brain’s memory-carrying cells (neurons) from the negative effects of oxidation and inflammation. Buy firm-fleshed berries or, off-season, try frozen, unsweetened varieties. Eat with plain yogurt, as a topping for cereal, or right out of the bowl.

Lentils For Energy
Rich in fiber and protein—both of which are digested slowly—lentils provide a steady source of energy. They’re also a good source of several B vitamins essential to energy production, as well as iron, which helps red blood cells carry oxygen. Try whipping up a big batch of lentil soup, and you’ll have a hearty lunch for days.

So what are doing there? Head to your local supermarket now and you’ll find foods that help prevent age-related health conditions. As an added bonus, they all taste great and are easy to incorporate into your diet.

Source: MSN Health and Fitness