100 reasons to be happy today 04.06.2012

1. Woke up at 9.30am today without feeling lazy
2. Completed group assignment
3. Had my breakfast in subway
4. Made salad for myself
5. Do not feel sleepy
6. Managed to do gym
7. Recovered my blogspot account
8. Read many interesting articles
9. Fish still alive
10. Christmas tree still look nice
11. The weather is good today
12. Water is clean
13. There is water supply
14. There is electric supply
15. The world has not end
16. We are still alive
17. No actual nightmare
18. Had hot shower
19. Watched 10 episodes of drama
20. Think of ways to be happy
21. Cracking my brain to think of 100 reasons to be happy
22. Being happy even it doesn't seem like happy
23. I'm not illiterate
24. Bought two books last two days
25. I can breathe
26. I have eyes
27. I have nose
28. I have hands
29. I have legs
30. I'm unique
31. I washed my hair
32. I'm fresh and clean
33. My spec is not broken
34. I love my car
35. My fish looks gorgeous
36. TMB called up to update that rebate in progress
37. I can see colors
38. I can type
39. I can write
40. I can control my emotion better than  yesterday
41. I have 24 hours a day
42. Had nice dinner
43. I can read mandarin
44. I can write mandarin
45. I can train myself to be happy
46. Nice coffee
47. Complete assignment earlier than expected
48. Laptop still working even PC broke down
49. I have many bookmarks
50. Nice anchovies
51. Weight not increasing
52. So many reasons to be happy
53. I have many mirrors to look at myself
54. I have a job
55. Read articles from favorite home page
56. Bought new handphone, happy to activate hotline even cheap handphone
57. Hotline still active
58. Blogspot is still free
59. Facebook is still free
60. Yahoo is still free
61. Google mail still free
62. All search engines still free
63. Steamyx still active
64. I have ear phones to listen to music tomorrow
65. I try to forgive
66. Never blame anyone for short coming
67. I can sleep early since group assignment completed
68. Even no one read my post I still continue writing
69. Appreciate each day
70. Gratitude for everything I posses
71. I'm not considered as fat
72. I'm not too short
73. I keep myself improve in workplace
74. Think of ways to solve problem at work
75. Accept the condemn from others and working on changes
76. Think differently than others
77. I still love to sing
78. I know what I like
79. Air cond still working even fan disfunction
80. I still can read
81. I'm not sick
82. Tomorrow is working day with pay
83. I do not criticize people's interest/tendency even others criticized me
84. I'm still treating people who hurt well genuinely
85. I can forgive quickly than before
86. I don't keep hatreds overnight
87. I still believe in myself even others doubted me
88. I'm true to myself and other, no guilt
89. I'm not able to join interesting trips with close friends but I can think positively- the money save from the trip can let me enjoy around 20 bottles of bird nest
90. I have business idea
91. I'm not disappointed even no respond
92. I'm ready to work tomorrow
93. My devices all fully charged
94. I applied mask this morning
95. I can think of reasons to be happy naturally
96. I'm watching funny show
97. Today no earthquake
98. Today no flood
99. I can digest well
100. I have more than 100 reasons to be happy !!!

100 Ways To Reduce Stress

1. Get enough sleep
2. Get up 15 minutes early.
3. Prepare for the morning the night before.
4. Avoid tight-fitting clothes.
5. Don't rely on your memory.
6. Practice preventative maintenance.
7. Make duplicate keys and store them where you can get to them.
8. Say "no" more often.
9. Set priorities in your life.
10. Avoid negative people.
11. Use your time wisely.
12. Simplify everything you can.
13. Make copies of important papers and store them where you'll be able to find them.
14. Repair anything that doesn't work properly.
15. Ask for help.
16. Chunk down big jobs into little ones.
17. View problems as challenges.
18. Look at challenges as opportunities.
19. Unclutter your life.
20. Smile
21. Be prepared for rain.
22. Laugh at something.
23. Pet a dog or cat
24. Don't try to know all the answers.
25. Look for the silver lining.
26. Say something nice to someone.
27. Teach a kid to fly a kite.
28. Walk in the rain.
29. Schedule some time each day to play.
30. Take a long shower or a bubble bath.
31. Be conscious of the decisions you make.
32. Believe in yourself.
33. Stop beating yourself up.
34. Stop saying negative things to yourself.
35. Visualize yourself winning.
36. Develop your sense of humor.
37. Stop thinking that tomorrow will be a better day.
38. Set goals for yourself.
39. Say hello to a stranger.
40. Ask a friend for a hug.
41. Give a friend a hug.
42. Look at the stars.
43. Breathe slowly.
44. Learn to whistle.
45. Read a poem.
46. Listen to some music you've never heard before.
47. Watch a ballet.
48. Read something.
49. Do something new.
50. Stop a bad habit.
51. Buy yourself a flower.
52. Smell the flowers.
53. Find support from others.
54. Give support to others.
55. Do eat  it today.
56. Work at being cheerful and optimistic.
57. Put safety first.
58. Do everything you do in moderation.
59. Pay attention to your appearance.
60. Strive for excellence, not perfection.
61. Stretch your limits a little each day.
62. Look at a painting or a sculpture.
63. Hum a song.
64. Eat nutritiously.
65. Plant a tree.
66. Feed a bird.
67. Practice grace under pressure.
68. Stand up and stretch.
69. Have a "plan B"
70. Draw a picture.
71. Buy some crayons and color.
72. Learn a joke.
73. Be responsible for your feelings.
74. Meet your own needs.
75. Know you limitations and let others know them, too.
76. Throw a paper airplane.
77. Exercise
78. Learn the words to a song.
79. Get to work early.
80. clean out one closet or one drawer.
81. Go on a picnic.
82. Take a different route to work.
83. Put an air freshener in your car.
84. Watch a movie.
85. Eat some popcorn while you are watch a movie.
86. Write a note to someone you haven't heard from in a while.
87. Take a walk.
88. Go to a ball game and scream.
89. Eat a meal by candle light.
90. Recognize the importance of unconditional love.
91. Remember that stress is an attitude.
92. Keep a journal.
93. Practice a smile.
94. Remember that there are always options.
95. Develop a support system.
96. Quit trying to "fix" people.
97. Talk less
98. Listen more
99. Praise others
100. Stop counting things.

Ginkgo biloba

Ginkgo biloba quickly becomes one of the most famous nutritional supplements in the world. Ginkgo is one of the oldest trees in the world. It is very tall tree and can reach about 40 metres. Nowadays, the extract of ginkgo biloba is widely used for medicinal purposes and in the culinary. The rare photo-chemicals in its leaves give us the great and practical effect of improving and refreshing our memory.

Ginkgo biloba quickly becomes one of the most famous nutritional supplements in the world. Ginkgo is one of the oldest trees in the world. It is very tall tree and can reach about 40 metres. Nowadays, the extract of ginkgo biloba is widely used for medicinal purposes and in the culinary. The rare photo-chemicals in its leaves give us the great and practical effect of improving and refreshing our memory.
The main effect of ginkgo biloba is that it increases the blood circulation and vasodilatation. It improves the work performance and work efficiency of the people.The herb reduces the blood cholesterol, acts as an antioxidant and neutralizes the free radicals. It is very suitable and useful against all the diseases of the nervous system. Some scientist deny its benefits for healing Alzheimer and multiple sclerosis, but many say that it is invaluable and helps a lot to overcome such awful diseases.In general, ginkgo biloba has a pleasant and favorable effect on the human body, which helps the body to retain the balance and to be cure easier. The only positive effect, which is not doubtful, is its ability to improve the concentration and the memory.

The influence of ginkgo biloba can be felt almost immediately after the intake, unlike most of the other herbs, where you have to wait some period to feel something positive.That is why you have to be very careful when you intake it. The different manufacturers produce tablets with different concentration, so sometimes 1 tablet daily can be enough, sometimes 3-5 are OK. You can also buy ginkgo biloba in sachets, so you can use it for an inhalation or a compress.

You must be extremely careful when using the herb if you are diabetic, pregnant or still breastfeed. People who use antidepressants must also avoid it. The combination of ginkgo biloba and aspirin is also not so good, so better do not try it and skip the future unpleasant problems.

The side effects of ginkgo biloba are several. If you intake too much of it, you increase the risk of bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea. There were rare cases when people said that they suffer from allergies, suffocation and insomnia after the intake of ginkgo biloba. As mention above these cases are very rare and you should not be bother in advance. You can buy the herb without a prescription, but if you feel some of the above symptoms immediately visit your doctor.

If you are tired from the busy day and the countless task you have to finish, do not be hesitate and try ginkgo biloba. It will reduce the stress and clear your mind. It will improve your memory and work efficiency for sure. So what are you waiting for, just go for it and you will be astonished from it.

Smoking & health

How Smoking Effects Your Health

Here’s why cigarette smoke causes so much damage to our bodies. While nicotine itself isn't thought to be carcinogenic, the highly addictive drug is toxic and potentially lethal in large doses. Long-term smokers have a much higher risk of developing a host of life threatening diseases. Just about any cancer you can think of, including cancer of the lung, mouth, nose, voice box, lip, tongue, nasal sinus, esophagus, throat, pancreas, bone marrow, kidney, cervix, liver, bladder and stomach can result from smoking.

Heart and lungs are most damaged by smoking

Lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema, are largely due to smoking.   Heart disease, which includes coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke are far more common in smokers.  One of the effects of nicotine is constricting the blood vessels, which in turn causes high blood pressure.  Another effect is raising your heart rate, which adds extra stress on your heart.

Not only does smoking affect the heart, but every part of your circulatory system. Your blood becomes thicker and stickier, further taxing the heart.  The lining of the blood vessels is damaged, allowing fat deposits to adhere, and is most likely a significant cause of arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.
As a result, diminished circulation to the feet and hands leads to painful neuropathy, and impaired ability to fight local infections. This can lead to gangrene and sometimes requires amputation. 

Inhaled smoke contains poison

The inhaled smoke contains many harmful substances, such as tar, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, heavy metals and free radicals. Each of these damages the body in various ways.  Tar is sticky and brown, containing many chemicals known to be carcinogenic, including benzopyrene.  It also and stains teeth, fingernails and lung tissue.

It causes damage to the mouth, teeth and gums, as well as ulcers of the digestive system.
Osteoporosis is caused by a leeching of calcium from the bones and predisposes smokers to fractures.  The hip joint is particularly vulnerable to fractures and Avascular Necrosis, a disorder where the bone dies.
Because carbon monoxide, a major component of the smoke, binds with higher affinity to hemoglobin, it displaces oxygen carried by the blood.   Since less oxygen is carried within each blood cell, the heart must pump more blood through the body to transfer the same amount of oxygen to the cells.
Hydrogen cyanide prevents the lungs from cleaning themselves of poisonous chemicals. Cilia, the tiny hairs that help to clean the lungs by moving foreign substances out are damaged. Harmful chemicals are allowed to collect in the lungs, preventing oxygenation of the blood.
Other chemicals in smoke that damage the lungs include hydrocarbons, nitrous oxides, organic acids, phenols and oxidizing agents. Free radicals are highly reactive chemicals that can damage the heart muscles and blood vessels When they react with cholesterol plaques are formed, which increase the risk of arterial damage,  heart disease and stroke. Finally, tobacco smoke contains dangerous metals including arsenic, cadmium, and lead.  Many of these are known to cause cancer.
The tars in smoke can trigger cancer of the esophagus and throat. Smoking causes increased stomach acid secretion, leading to heartburn and ulcers. Smokers have higher rates of deadly pancreatic cancer. Many of the carcinogens from cigarettes are excreted in the urine where their presence can cause bladder cancer, which is often fatal. High blood pressure from smoking can damage the kidneys.

Smoking Damages Other Systems

Smoking adversely affects the reproductive system, especially in women.  Many female smokers experience irregular or absent periods.  Fertility is compromised, and menopause occurs one to two years earlier. The risk of cervical cancer is increased. For women over 35 taking oral contraceptives, there is a significantly increased risk of stroke or heart attack if they are smokers.  Men, experience lower sperm count, more abnormal sperm with decreased motility.  There is also an effect on the man’s level of sex hormones.  Decrease circulations also predisposes male smokers to impotence as a result of overall compromised circulation and damage to the blood vessels in the penis. .
Smoker’s immune systems are impaired, leaving the smoker vulnerable to a host of minor infections. A smoker needs more time to recover from infections than a non-smoker.  Coupled with diminished circulation, a smoker’s risk of infection from minor cuts or abrasions to the arms or legs skyrockets.

Cigarette smoking decreases bone density, promoting osteoporosis. Skin becomes dry and loses it’s elasticity as a result of poor circulation. Premature wrinkling is common.  Irritation and inflammation of the stomach and intestines is frequently seen, including painful ulceration of the entire GI tract.
Even more serious are the risks to an unborn child if the mother smokes. Miscarriage is more common in women who smoke. Infants of smoking mothers are at increased risk of low birth weight, prematurity, cleft lip and palate, infections and SIDS.

Best & Worst Lunch

Healthy Lunch Meals
With a little planning, you and your family can consistently enjoy delicious lunch meals that are nutritious, inexpensive, and easy to put together. Here are some examples of healthy lunch meals:

1. Hummus and vegetable sandwich.
Make a fresh batch of hummus using either of our two favorite hummus recipes.

To make a hummus and vegetable sandwich, spread a generous dollop of hummus on your favorite whole grain bread or pita, and pile fresh vegetables like cucumber slices, romaine lettuce, and sliced red onions on top. Tomatoes are delicious in a hummus sandwich, but if you prepare your sandwich in the morning, to keep your sandwich fresh and your vegetables crisp, you may want to pack a tomato on the side and eat it alongside your sandwich for lunch.

2. Large vegetable salad with sun-dried black olives and avocado.
Pack a large container of field greens with a handful of sun-dried black olives (available at most olive bars in grocery stores). Include any fresh vegetables that you enjoy, like celery, cucumber, carrots, bell peppers, and sprouts.
Also pack a whole avocado that has been cut in half, but keep the two halves together with the seed inside to keep the cut surfaces from browning. Wrap your cut avocado to keep it together until you're ready to eat.

Come lunch time, enjoy your fresh vegetable salad with avocado on the side. Feel free to add your favorite dressing to the mix for extra flavor. If you need more calories than this salad provides, add chickpeas, or have a whole grain pita along with the salad. Yet another way to increase the caloric value and nutritional density of this salad is to add one or two hard-boiled eggs, another ingredient that you can easily pack in your lunch bag.

3. If you eat out at lunch time, and you can't find a restaurant that specializes in making healthy meals, look for a Greek-style fast food outlet; you'll almost always find one in a food court in indoor malls.

Almost all Greek-style fast food outlets serve fresh salad and rice, and most of them offer hummus and falafels. Because falafels are deep-fried, it's best to ask for extra hummus in place of the falafels. Ask for some tahini dressing for your rice and salad for extra flavor and nutrients; sesame seeds (used to make tahini) are rich in a variety of minerals, most notably, calcium.
Enjoy any of the options listed above with a fresh piece of fruit - one that is in season, if possible.

For a beverage, look for a juice bar that offers freshly pressed juices and blended smoothies. If a fresh juice or smoothie is not within your budget, enjoy your lunch with a refreshing bottle of water.


Lunch Meals to Avoid

1. Meals that include fried flesh meats.

Fried flesh meats - including chicken, beef, pork (bacon), and fish - are typically laced with chemicals called heterocyclic amines (HCAs).
HCAs are a group of compounds that can form when flesh meats are cooked at high temperatures. The three cooking methods that are known to produce the greatest amounts of HCAs are those that involve high cooking temperatures: deep-frying, barbecuing, and broiling.
Regular intake of HCAs can increase your risk of developing bladder, stomach, breast, colo-rectal, and pancreatic cancers.

2. Meals that include French fries or potato chips.


Even when advertised as being free of trans fats, French fries and potato chips are rich in acrylamide,
a carcinogen that is found in starchy foods that have been fried or baked at high temperatures.
Also, most vegetable oils that are used to make French fries and potato chips contain a significant number of free radicals, as polyunsaturated fatty acids found in vegetable oils are extremely unstable and prone to forming free radicals, especially when they are exposed to heat. Regular exposure to excessive numbers of free radicals can lead to repeated cellular damage and premature aging.
 
3. Meals that include fried pastries (like donuts).
Like French fries and potato chips, fried pastries are typically rich in acrylamide and free radicals. The white flour that is used to make most pastries will fill you up but leave you undernourished. Eating foods made with white flour on a regular basis is a reliable method of developing diabetes and nutritional deficiencies, particularly B vitamin deficiencies.

 Soda and coffee are beverage choices that you should avoid whenever possible. Soda is rich in sugar (or an artificial sweetener, such as aspartame) and phosphoric acid. Sugar and phosphoric acid are terrible for your teeth and bones, while aspartame can damage your nervous system. Coffee is typically rich in acrylamide, and has undesirable effects on your cardiovascular system if consumed in excess.

Start the Day Right - Don't Skip Breakfast

Breakfast is important, not just as the first food of the day.  Studies have found that when you eat breakfast, you are less likely to be obese or develop diabetes, and that what you eat for breakfast influences your food choices all day.
Eating breakfast every day is a single action that can have a huge positive effect on your health.  But a healthier breakfast that provides the energy you need is best.

1) Watch your portions.  The three parts to a good breakfast are a serving of whole grains, a serving of dairy or other calcium-rich food, and a serving of fruit.  For example, you could have a bowl of multigrain cereal with strawberries and low-fat milk.  A breakfast like this totals about 300 calories.  A serving of high-protein food, like a meat serving or one egg, is not needed, but is okay if it doesn’t add a lot of extra fat or calories.




2) Try a bowl of brown rice in place of processed cereal.  Brown rice is packed with B vitamins and fiber.  Cook the rice a day ahead.  In the morning, spoon it into a bowl with honey, cinnamon, raisins, and a diced apple.  You could also try barley, rye, millet, or other grains.




3) Make a smoothie in the blender with a cup of strawberries, a banana, a cup of crushed ice, and protein powder.  Add a cup of yogurt to this antioxidant-rich concoction for some calcium.  Plus, you’ve taken care of three daily servings of fruit.

 

4) Organic eggs cost only slightly more than regular eggs, and they contain significantly more omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 benefits include lowering your risk of depression, as well as avoiding heart and circulatory problems.

5) Add a teaspoon of ground flaxseed to cereal, yogurt, eggs, or your smoothie.  Along with organic eggs and fish, flaxseed is one of the best omega-3 sources.

6) Instead of butter, use a soft spread made with plant stanols.  Using only 2 tablespoons each day significantly lowers total cholesterol.


7) Have your toast with 2 tablespoons of tuna fish instead of butter, as a source of omega-3 fatty acids as well as protein.  Or try smoked salmon or lox.


8 ) Put a whole-wheat burrito and 2 ounces of grated low-fat cheddar into the broiler for three minutes.  Have an orange as well, and this breakfast provides you with vitamin C, calcium, fiber, and plenty of protein.


9) Make granola yourself, without the fat and sugar of granola from the store.  Combine 2 cups of rolled oats and a cup of dried fruit and seeds with a pinch of brown sugar.  Toast this mixture in a warm oven for 3-5 minutes.  Keep it in an airtight container.


10) Studies have found that people who eat high-fiber cereal have less fat in their breakfast and in their diet.


11) Eating half a grapefruit twice a week provides folate, which cuts your risk for a stroke.  But grapefruit
and grapefruit juice can interact with some medicines, so consult your doctor first.


12) Start your day with green tea, which has both heart-health and weight-loss effects.


13) Try soy milk on your cereal.  The phytoestrogens in soy milk protect your heart and strengthen your bones.  Use soy milk that’s been fortified with calcium.



14) Have a “build-your-own” breakfast event.  Let everyone mix, match, top, and select from a variety of sliced fruits, yogurt, whole-grain cereals, and whole grain pancakes, waffles, or toast.


15) Take your vitamins and other supplements with your breakfast.  Taking them with food lessens the chance they may upset your stomach, and helps you to absorb mineral nutrients.



16) Slice an apple and put peanut butter on the slices.  The peanut butter gives you protein and fat to start your day.  The apple, with its quercitin, gives you fiber, helps protect your heart, and guards against certain cancers.




17) Make a breakfast sandwich out of a whole-wheat English muffin, a sliced boiled egg, a slice of tomato, and some melted low-fat cheese, such as part-skim mozzarella.


18) Pound some cold cereal inside a plastic bag.  Roll a peeled banana in it for a quick breakfast, featuring potassium to reduce stroke risk.


19) Use vegetarian breakfast meats – veggie burgers, soy crumbles, or soy sausage – for lots of protein, but no saturated fat.


20) A half cup of blueberries added to cereal will provide antioxidants that help keep your brain from aging.  Or, add them to pancakes or waffles.



21) Have three cups of orange juice in the morning.  In one study, participants who drank three glasses of orange juice every day for four weeks elevated their “good” HDL cholesterol levels by 21%.  If you don’t want to drink that much OJ at once, two oranges are the equivalent.  For juice, the calcium-fortified kind is best.


22) Three times per week, have a bowl of sliced strawberries for the vitamin C.  Vitamin C helps protect your eyes from developing cataracts, among many benefits, and it’s best to get your C from foods rather than supplements.  Strawberries also contain many other antioxidants, have few calories, and have a low glycemic index to avoid blood sugar spikes.


23) Make a smoothie with 2 kiwifruits.  According to a British study, every ounce of vitamin C-rich kiwi you consume daily lowers your risk of dying prematurely by 10%.


24) Make sure your breakfast provides 5 grams of fiber.  This will help you to reach the daily recommended goal of 15-25 grams for every 1000 calories in your diet.  Fiber fills you up without filling you with calories.  Ways to incorporate five grams of fiber could be by having one larger raw apple, a half cup of high-fiber cereal, or two slices of a whole-grain dark rye bread.



25) Top a whole-grain bagel or toast with nonfat cottage cheese and flaxseed, or with a slice of fruit with a slice of low-fat cheese melted over it.  Or, try soy butter and banana slices, or a slice of baked ham with tomato slices.



26) An ounce of dark chocolate shaved into a cup of nonfat yogurt provides calcium to help you shed pounds.  Meanwhile, the antioxidants in the dark chocolate help to clear the “bad” LDL cholesterol out of your blood vessels.

Anger Management

If u always in anger, better control it before it controls u!
Anger not only ruin your path, it will impact on health as well.
We do not let anger ruin our healthy living, let it be managed well for happier peaceful living!

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Dark Chocolate & Health

Why is Dark Chocolate Healthy?

Chocolate is made from plants, which means it contains many of the health benefits of dark vegetables. These benefits are from flavonoids, which act as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from aging caused by free radicals, which can cause damage that leads to heart disease. Dark chocolate contains a large number of antioxidants (nearly 8 times the number found in strawberries). Flavonoids also help relax blood pressure through the production of nitric oxide, and balance certain hormones in the body.

Heart Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate:

Dark chocolate is good for your heart. A small bar of it everyday can help keep your heart and cardiovascular system running well. Two heart health benefits of dark chocolate are:

• Lower Blood Pressure: Studies have shown that consuming a small bar of dark chocolate everyday can reduce blood pressure in individuals with high blood pressure.
• Lower Cholesterol: Dark chocolate has also been shown to reduce LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) by up to 10 percent.

Other Benefits of Dark Chocolate:

Chocolate also holds benefits apart from protecting your heart:

• it tastes good
• it stimulates endorphin production, which gives a feeling of pleasure
• it contains serotonin, which acts as an anti-depressant
• it contains theobromine, caffeine and other substances which are stimulants

Doesn't Chocolate Have a lot of Fat?:

Here is some more good news -- some of the fats in chocolate do not impact your cholesterol. The fats in chocolate are 1/3 oleic acid, 1/3 stearic acid and 1/3 palmitic acid:

• Oleic Acid is a healthy monounsaturated fat that is also found in olive oil.
• Stearic Acid is a saturated fat but one which research is shows has a neutral effect on cholesterol.
• Palmitic Acid is also a saturated fat, one which raises cholesterol and heart disease risk.

That means only 1/3 of the fat in dark chocolate is bad for you.

Chocolate Tip 1 - Balance the Calories:

This information doesn't mean that you should eat a pound of chocolate a day. Chocolate is still a high-calorie, high-fat food. Most of the studies done used no more than 100 grams, or about 3.5 ounces, of dark chocolate a day to get the benefits.
One bar of dark chocolate has around 400 calories. If you eat half a bar of chocolate a day, you must balance those 200 calories by eating less of something else. Cut out other sweets or snacks and replace them with chocolate to keep your total calories the same.

Chocolate Tip 2 - Taste the Chocolate:

Chocolate is a complex food with over 300 compounds and chemicals in each bite. To really enjoy and appreciate chocolate, take the time to taste it. Professional chocolate tasters have developed a system for tasting chocolate that include assessing the appearance, smell, feel and taste of each piece.

Chocolate Tip 3 - Go for Dark Chocolate:

Dark chocolate has far more antioxidants than milk or white chocolate. These other two chocolates cannot make any health claims. Dark chocolate has 65 percent or higher cocoa content.

Chocolate Tip 4 - Skip the Nougat:

You should look for pure dark chocolate or dark chocolate with nuts, orange peel or other flavorings. Avoid anything with caramel, nougat or other fillings. These fillings are just adding sugar and fat which erase many of the benefits you get from eating the chocolate.

Chocolate Tip 5 - Avoid Milk:

It may taste good but some research shows that washing your chocolate down with a glass of milk could prevent the antioxidants being absorbed or used by your body.

Anger & Health

Life provides men with an endless supply of things to get angry about. There’s the sullen waitress who refuses to look in your direction while you wave desperately for the check. There’s the oaf who drifts across the road without ever using his blinker. There’s the dropped call, the tepid shower, the gum on the bottom of the shoe.

While it’s perfectly natural to get angry about any of these things, anger comes to some men more naturally than others. For the hot-tempered, the pettiest annoyance results in out-of-control anger. And some guys, despite the fact anger is listed among the deadly sins, genuinely like having a hot temper. It can be a source of pride and a badge of masculinity. Even if you’re not busting heads every weekend at a roadhouse, you might enjoy indulging your angry side. You might feel that anger helps you succeed and inspires respect.

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But there’s a downside to the manful, short-fused Type A personality. “In researching people with this disposition, we found that anger and hostility may actually be lethal,” says Charles D. Spielberger, PhD, a distinguished research professor of psychology at the University of South Florida who’s been studying anger for 25 years. And he means lethal to the person who gets angry, not the one on the receiving end of the anger. The evidence that anger can detract from your health is mounting all the time. And of course, uncontrolled anger in men can leave your marriage and your career — not to mention your crockery — in pieces.

So what is this emotion that we all share but rarely think about? How do we know if our anger is out of control — and what is it doing to us?

Understanding anger

Is anger just an emotion? While we think of it that way, it’s really much more. “Anger is both psychological and physiological,” Spielberger tells WebMD. When you lose control of your anger during a traffic jam or at your son’s soccer game, your nervous system triggers a number of biological reactions:

·                                 Levels of hormones, like cortisol, increase.

·                                 Your breathing gets faster.

·                                 Your pulse gets faster.

·                                 Your blood pressure rises.

·                                 As you heat up, you begin to sweat.

·                                 Your pupils dilate.

·                                 You may notice sudden headaches.

Basically, your body is gearing up for intense physical activity. This is the “fight” part of the “fight or flight” response. If we’re exposed to something stressful, our bodies get ready to do battle or run away.

Spielberger says that anger is common because it has an evolutionary advantage. “Anger isn’t just a human emotion,” he says. “Fear and rage are common to animals too. They developed over eons to help creatures fight and survive.”

Don’t have a coronary, dude! Health risks of uncontrolled anger

The problem is that, nowadays, your body’s full-blooded physical response to anger isn’t always so useful. It might have come in handy when our ancestors were trying to club a cave bear to death. But it really doesn’t help much when you’re standing in a line at the DMV.

In fact, uncontrolled anger is worse than useless: It’s bad for you. Several studies have found a link between anger and disease. For instance, a large study of almost 13,000 people found that those who had high levels of anger — but normal blood pressure — were more likely to develop coronary artery disease or have a heart attack. The angriest were three times as likely to have a heart attack as the least angry.

So how does anger turn into disease? Your body’s physical reaction to anger is intended for the short-term — it gives you the immediate boost you need to survive. But if this explosion of hormones is triggered too often, you can suffer long-term effects. Anger’s stress hormones may contribute to arteriosclerosis, the build-up of plaques in the arteries that can cause heart attacks and strokes. These hormones may also increase levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), which causes inflammation and may also contribute to cardiovascular risk. One 2004 study in Psychosomatic Medicine found that people prone to anger had levels of CRP twice or three times as high as others. Anger can even cause electrical disturbances in the heart rhythm.

Anger has also been linked with depression. People who report being frequently angry are less likely to take care of themselves. They’re more likely to smoke, drink to excess, and eat badly, and they’re less likely to exercise. While it’s hard to say that in these cases anger is the cause, it’s certainly linked with a lot of unhealthy behaviors. Anger can also be an expression of feelings of helplessness or depression.

Controlling your anger

But Spielberger doesn’t want anger to be demonized. It’s not evil. “Anger is a natural, human emotion,” Spielberger says. “There’s nothing abnormal about it.”

He points out that when it’s correctly channeled, anger can be constructive. It can drive people to speak out and solve problems. It’s the impulse behind much great literature and music. The white hot anger of the righteous has often been a powerful, positive force in our world. But the problem is that for every man who uses his anger constructively, there are a dozen brawling knuckleheads who waste their lives making appearances in the local paper’s police blotter.

Since anger is natural, what are we supposed to do with it?

Spielberger says that there are two wrong things to do with it. One is to think that it’s healthy and normal to have uncontrolled anger released in an explosive rage. Some guys just assume that screaming at people, throwing things, and punching walls is cathartic and will make them feel better. In fact, getting into a rage can just ramp up your reaction — making you even less in control of your anger.

Here’s the other wrong thing: to push down the bile and keep smiling. Some men think that any expression of anger is unhealthy or antisocial and should be suppressed.

Studies show that both approaches — noisily expressing your anger or soundlessly burying it — are equally harmful and may pose the same health risks, Spielberger says. But if neither corking up your anger nor blowing your stack is a healthy option, what’s an angry man to do?

There is another option. Let anger out, but control it, Spielberger says. The first step is to become self-aware. Don't let yourself fly into a rage. Instead, be conscious of your anger. It’s the only way to figure out exactly what is making you angry.

Once you can identify the real problem, you can try to solve it rationally instead of getting pointlessly furious. If you’re angry with someone, talk about it in an assertive — but not aggressive — way. If a certain situation predictably sparks uncontrolled anger, learn how to prepare for it. Better yet, learn how to avoid the situation altogether in the future, if possible. The advantage to channeling your anger in this way is that you get a concrete benefit: You’re actually trying to deal with the problem rather than just yelling about it, and you’re more likely to get the result you desire.

Chill out, man: Tips for cooling down

Since feeling angry is in part a physical process, you won’t be able to just talk yourself out of it logically. Instead, you need to calm yourself down physically. With these techniques, you can lower your heart rate and blood pressure as well as control your anger.

·                                 Take a deep breath. Breathe in and out deeply from your diaphragm, which is under your chest bone. After a minute or so, you should feel some tension ebb away. The advantage to breathing exercises is that you can do them anywhere, says Spielberger. Once you’re good at them, you can even do them in the middle of a marital spat or a staff meeting.

·                                 Take a break. If you feel your anger getting out of control, get a change of scenery. If possible, leave the room or go for a walk.

·                                 Focus on something else. Count to 10. Try imagining yourself in a calm place. Or repeat a soothing word to yourself.

·                                 Get some exercise. Building physical activity into your schedule can be a great stress reliever.

More serious problems with anger need to be treated. Yeah, the phrase “anger management” can sound pretty feeble and goofy. It’s often seen (and used) as a punishment, a humiliation to be endured — like doing community service picking up litter on the freeway — rather than anything you’d ever want to seek out on your own.

But if you think uncontrolled anger is interfering with your life, get help before it’s court mandated. Learn how to turn your rage into something useful. Because taming your uncontrolled anger won’t only benefit the people around you — it will make your life better and healthier too.

Like any other human emotion, it’s how you use — not abuse — anger that matters.

Aids can be cured?

A Lizard can cure HIV/AIDS? Hoax or not?

Recently, there is a rumor in Indonesia that a lizard can cure HIV/AIDS. This rumor is spread from mouth to mouth. Is this just a hoax or not?

AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), this virus will infect our immune system thus make our immunity become weaken, can't encounter infectious agents. Until now, scientists especially in developed countries haven't discovered the cure for AIDS. The Latest invention is Anti Retro Viral (ARV) to limit virus spread or replication in our body, but can't eradicate the virus. Also until know, there is no vaccine for HIV, because the virus is highly mutability.
Eventhough ARV drugs can't cure the disease, but for who has HIV/AIDS, ARV is needed to slow the disease progression. And make their life depend on ARV. Issues in AIDS also a sensitive thing. There is a group of people that don't want AIDS to have a cure. Because if AIDS has a cure, there will be an increase in free sex, drug abused. That will further breakdown human morality and spirituality. How about you?
It is up to you, everyone has own argument about that issue.

Because of clinical progression of the disease, person who has HIV usually depressed, stressed, and so being expelled from community. They are weaken not only immune but also mind and mental. So, they also need our supports.

Many rumors about cure for AIDS from having sex with teenagers, God's Crown fruit, and the latest one is a lizard ,especially Tokek. Just like other rumors about cure of terminal disease, it becomes phenomenal sensations and easy to spread.

We don't know from who or where this rumor began. Tokek is used to be a cure for skin diseases, asthma, typhus, and prevent aging. And the price for each tokek is around US$10-20.
When the rumor a tokek can cure AIDS occurs, the price increase significantly becomes US$250 each ons, and can reach US$ 10000 for bigger size. And people in my country begin to hunt tokek.
Tokek is believed can increase our immunity, whether it effective for AIDS is unknown.


Traditional Medicinel
Until know, there is no evidence that a tokek (lizard) can cure AIDS, and recently because of the rumor, tokek is under studied by WHO.
About God's Crown fruit (Mahkota Dewa) has been studied by scientist that this fruit contain high level of antioxidant that help to slow the progression and minimize symptoms in AIDS, but doesn't eradicate the disease itself.

Indonesian people are easier to believe traditional medicine that use plants, stones, and animals eventhough there is no evidence about its benefits, because of the cultural background of indonesian people.