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Coca-Cola was invented in 1886 by John Pemberton, an Atlanta, Georgia, pharmacist. Pemberton was actually trying to concoct a headache remedy, but once he mixed his special syrup with carbonated water, and a few customers tasted the result, he realized that he had the makings of a popular soda fountain beverage. The name Coca-Cola was coined by Pemberton's bookkeeper, Frank Robinson, who also wrote out the new name in the expressive script that has become Coca Cola's signature logo.
Though the Coca-Cola Company apparently would rather not talk about the origin of its name in detail, it's clear that Robinson derived "Coca-Cola" from two of the drink's ingredients: cola from the cola nut, and extract of coca leaf, also the source of cocaine. Cocaine was a common ingredient of nineteenth-century patent medicines, and by the standards of the day Coca-Cola contained a minuscule amount that probably had no effect on its consumers.
Still, by the early 1890s there was a rising tide of anti-cocaine sentiment, and Atlanta businessman Asa Candler, who acquired the Coca Cola Company in 1891, steadily decreased even the tiny amount of the drug in the recipe. There is some evidence that the only reason Candler kept putting even minute amounts of coca extract in the drink was the belief that to omit it entirely might cause Coca Cola, by then besieged by imitators, to lose its trademark. In any event, Coca-Cola was completely cocaine free by 1929.
That is what is official...but there are DARK SECRETS ABOUT COKE you must know! Watch the VIDEO
Though the Coca-Cola Company apparently would rather not talk about the origin of its name in detail, it's clear that Robinson derived "Coca-Cola" from two of the drink's ingredients: cola from the cola nut, and extract of coca leaf, also the source of cocaine. Cocaine was a common ingredient of nineteenth-century patent medicines, and by the standards of the day Coca-Cola contained a minuscule amount that probably had no effect on its consumers.
Still, by the early 1890s there was a rising tide of anti-cocaine sentiment, and Atlanta businessman Asa Candler, who acquired the Coca Cola Company in 1891, steadily decreased even the tiny amount of the drug in the recipe. There is some evidence that the only reason Candler kept putting even minute amounts of coca extract in the drink was the belief that to omit it entirely might cause Coca Cola, by then besieged by imitators, to lose its trademark. In any event, Coca-Cola was completely cocaine free by 1929.
That is what is official...but there are DARK SECRETS ABOUT COKE you must know! Watch the VIDEO
These are 10 strangest traditions from around the world.This is not suitable for children
STOMACH-CHURNING footage shows the moment a dead RAT was 'pulled' from a boy's belly button.n the clip a child can be seen lying on his back as a pair of hands seem to dig into his belly button.
A small amount of blood appears before the man - presumably a doctor - tugs the rodent from his stomach.As it disintegrates the man lays its body parts on the young boy's stomach to examine it.
Bizarrely, in the background a person can be heard praying in Portuguese.
The gruesome footage was reportedly shot in Brazil and was uploaded to YouTube.
A 65-yr-old man got the biggest shock of his life when he saw obituary posters of himself posted around some areas in Benin.Clifford Osawaru, said he got the shock of his life when friends alerted him to posters announcing his death and funeral arrangements.The posters were pasted on some streets in Okunmwun community, Ovia North East LGA of Edo State .
The man who said he was hale and hearty wondered why anyone would print his obituary.
When I am alive, they said I am dead. This is not wife at all' he said referring to the names printed on the poster.
He said he had served the community for over 20 years and didn't deserve to be treated this way.
He called on security agencies to look into the matter.
Water is so beneficial, so easy, so free yet so easily overlooked. In fact most of us take it for granted. But have you ever taken a moment to stop and think just how important water is to you? For the human body, water is truly a vital resource. You can go weeks without food but few days without water you are calling for trouble. When the water in your body is reduced by just 1 percent, you become thirsty. At 5 percent, muscle strength and endurance declines significantly and you become hot and tired. When the loss reaches 10 percent, delirium and blurred vision occur. A 20 percent reduction death may strike.
Water is an indispensable carrier, distributing essential nutrients to cells, such as minerals, vitamins and glucose to all part of the body. Water removes waste products including toxins that the organs' cells reject, and removes them through urine and faeces.
There is no more important nutrient for our bodies than water. No other substance is as widely involved in the processes and make up of the body. A man's body is about 60 percent water, and a woman's is approximately 50 percent. Do you know that the human brain is about 75 percent water? The blood is 83% water,the skin is 72% water,while our heart is 79.2% water! It goes without emphasis therefore that your body need water to function properly.
Here are some 21 top reasons why you should drink more water!
1 Water Can Help Control Calories:
For years, dieters have been drinking lots of water as a weight loss strategy. While water doesn’t have any magical effect on weight loss, substituting it for higher calorie beverages can certainly help.
Food with high water content tends to look larger, its higher volume requires more chewing, and it is absorbed more slowly by the body, which helps you feel full. Water-rich foods include fruits, vegetables, broth-based soups, oatmeal, and beans.
2 Water Helps Energize Muscles:
Cells that don’t maintain their balance of fluids and electrolytes shrivel, which can result in muscle fatigue. When muscle cells don’t have adequate fluids, they don’t work as well and performance can suffer. However, drinking enough fluids is important when exercising.
3 Water Helps Keep Skin Looking Good:
Your skin contains plenty of water, and functions as a protective barrier to prevent excess fluid loss. Dehydration makes your skin look drier and wrinkled, which can be improved with proper hydration but once you are adequately hydrated, the kidney takes over and excretes excess fluids.
4 Water Helps Your Kidneys:
Body fluids transport waste products in and out of cells. The main toxin in the body is blood urea nitrogen, a water-soluble waste that is able to pass through the kidneys to be excreted in the urine.
When you’re getting enough fluids, urine flows freely, is light in color and free of odor. When your body is not getting enough fluids, urine concentration, color, and odor increases because the kidneys trap extra fluid for bodily functions.
5 Water Helps Maintain Normal Bowel Function:
Adequate hydration keeps things flowing along your gastrointestinal tract and prevents constipation. When you don’t get enough fluid, the colon pulls water from stools to maintain hydration which results in constipation.
However, adequate fluid and fiber is the perfect combination, because the fluid pumps up the fiber and acts like a broom to keep your bowel functioning
6.Water prevents and helps to cure back pain.
Low back pain and ankylosing arthritis of the spine are signs of water shortage in the spinal column and discs - the water cushions that support the weight of the body. These conditions should be treated with increased water intake - not a commercial treatment, but a very effective one.
Not recognizing arthritis and low back pain as signs of dehydration in the joint cavities and treating them with pain-killers, manipulation, acupuncture, and eventually surgery will, in time, produce osteoarthritis when the cartilage cells in the joints have eventually all died. It will produce deformity of the spine. It will produce crippling deformities of the limbs. Pain medications have their own life-threatening complications.
7.Water prevents and helps to cure angina.
Heart pain - angina - is a sign of water shortage in the heart/lung axis. It should be treated with increased water intake until the patient is free of pain and independent of medications. Medical supervision is prudent. However, increased water intake is angina's cure.
8.Water prevents and helps to cure migraines.
Migraine headache is a sign of water need by the brain and the eyes. It will totally clear up if dehydration is prevented from establishing in the body. The type of dehydration that causes migraine might eventually cause inflammation of the back of the eye and possibly loss of eye sight.
9.Water prevents and helps to cure colitis.
Colitis pain is a signal of water shortage in the large gut. It is associated with constipation because the large intestine constricts to squeeze the last drop of water from the excrements - thus the lack of water lubrication.
Not recognizing colitis pain as a sign of dehydration will cause persistent constipation. Later in life, it will cause fecal impacting: it can cause diverticulitis, hemorrhoids and polyps, and appreciably increases the possibility of developing cancer of the colon and rectum.
10.Water and salt prevent and helps to cure asthma.
Asthma, which also affects 14 million children and kills several thousand of them every year, is a complication of dehydration in the body. It is caused by the drought management programs of the body. In asthma free passage of air is obstructed so that water does not leave the body in the form of vapor - the winter steam. Increased water intake will prevent asthma attacks. Asthmatics need also to take more salt to break the mucus plugs in the lungs that obstruct the free flow of air in and out of the air sacs.
Not recognizing asthma as the indicator of dehydration in the body of a growing child not only will sentence many thousands of children to die every year, but will permit irreversible genetic damage to establish in the remaining 14 million asthmatic children.
11.Water prevents and helps to cure high blood pressure.
Hypertension is a state of adaptation of the body to a generalized drought, when there is not enough water to fill all the blood vessels that diffuse water into vital cells. As part of the mechanism of reverse osmosis, when water from the blood serum is filtered and injected into important cells through minute holes in their membranes, extra pressure is needed for the "injection process." Just as we inject I.V. "water" in hospitals, so the body injects water into tens of trillions of cells all at the same time. Water and some salt intake will bring blood pressure back to normal!
Not recognizing hypertension as one of the major indicators of dehydration in the human body, and treating it with diuretics that further dehydrate the body will, in time, cause blockage by cholesterol of the heart arteries and the arteries that go to the brain. It will cause heart attacks and small or massive strokes that paralyze. It will eventually cause kidney disease. It will cause brain damage and neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease.
12.Water prevents and helps to cure early adult-onset diabetes.
Adult-onset diabetes is another adaptive state to severe dehydration of the human body. To have adequate water in circulation and for the brain's priority water needs, the release of insulin is inhibited to prevent insulin from pushing water into all body cells. In diabetes, only some cells get survival rations of water. Water and some salt will reverse adult-onset diabetes in its early stages.
Not recognizing adult-onset diabetes as a complication of dehydration will, in time, cause massive damage to the blood vessels all over the body. It will cause eventual loss of the toes, feet and legs from gangrene. It will cause eye damage, even blindness.
13.Water lowers blood cholesterol.
High cholesterol levels are an indicator of early drought management by the body. Cholesterol is a clay-like material that is poured in the gaps of some cell membranes to safeguard them against losing their vital water content to the osmotically more powerful blood circulating in their vicinity. Cholesterol, apart from being used to manufacture nerve cell membranes and hormones, is also used as a "shield" against water taxation of other vital cells that would normally exchange water through their cell membranes.
14.Water prevents and helps to cure arthritis.
Rheumatoid joint pain - arthritis - is a signal of water shortage in the painful joint. It can affect the young as well as the old. The use of pain-killers does not cure the problem, but exposes the person to further damage from pain medications. Intake of water and small amounts of salt will cure this problem.
15.FWater helps to combat Travel Fatigue:
The dry air on a plane can dehydrate you - leading to a feeling of fatigue during and after a flight. Try drinking an extra glass of water before the flight and a glass every hour you're in the air.
16.Water is a Weapon Against the Common Cold:
Antibodies in the mucus that coats your throat help trap cold viruses. This defense can be weakened if you are minimally dehydrated because a lack of water dries out your mucus-producing tissues. Additionally, many health professionals recommend water as an effective expectorant to relieve a cough.
17. Water cleanses the body of toxins.
Water improves your blood circulation flushing out toxins and impurities. It also increases water in your skin cells which helps to get rid of wrinkles and helps you look younger.
18.Water prevents and helps to cure heartburn.
Heartburn is a signal of water shortage in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract. It is a major thirst signal of the human body. The use of antacids or tablet medications in the treatment of this pain does not correct dehydration, and the body continues to suffer as a result of its water shortage.
Not recognizing heartburn as a sign of dehydration and treating it with antacids and pill medications will, in time, produce inflammation of the stomach and duodenum, hiatal hernia, ulceration, and eventually cancers in the gastrointestinal tract, including the liver and pancreas.
19.Water reduces stress.
Studies have shown that dehydration leads to higher cortisol levels—the stress hormone—making it harder to deal with everyday issues. By staying hydrated you will be better equipped to deal everyday problems.
20.Water acts as a natural appetite suppressant and also speeds up metabolism.
Research shows that drinking a glass of water before meals curbs appetite, helping you eat less and become more satisfied.
Water speeds up metabolism. Research has shown that an increase in water consumption leads to an increase in the rate in which people burn calories as opposed to storing them as fat.
21. Drinking Much water During The day can help Against Insomnia
Dehydration can lead to increase of toxins in your bloodstream and can cause irritability in your physical levels of comfort and becomes more noticeable at night. Drinking water throughout the day can flush those toxins out of the body. Insomniacs should drink plenty of water during the day is to stay hydrated. (But not 4 hours prior to bedtime, as the urge to urinate can wake them up during the night!)
Water is an indispensable carrier, distributing essential nutrients to cells, such as minerals, vitamins and glucose to all part of the body. Water removes waste products including toxins that the organs' cells reject, and removes them through urine and faeces.
There is no more important nutrient for our bodies than water. No other substance is as widely involved in the processes and make up of the body. A man's body is about 60 percent water, and a woman's is approximately 50 percent. Do you know that the human brain is about 75 percent water? The blood is 83% water,the skin is 72% water,while our heart is 79.2% water! It goes without emphasis therefore that your body need water to function properly.
Here are some 21 top reasons why you should drink more water!
1 Water Can Help Control Calories:
For years, dieters have been drinking lots of water as a weight loss strategy. While water doesn’t have any magical effect on weight loss, substituting it for higher calorie beverages can certainly help.
Food with high water content tends to look larger, its higher volume requires more chewing, and it is absorbed more slowly by the body, which helps you feel full. Water-rich foods include fruits, vegetables, broth-based soups, oatmeal, and beans.
2 Water Helps Energize Muscles:
Cells that don’t maintain their balance of fluids and electrolytes shrivel, which can result in muscle fatigue. When muscle cells don’t have adequate fluids, they don’t work as well and performance can suffer. However, drinking enough fluids is important when exercising.
3 Water Helps Keep Skin Looking Good:
Your skin contains plenty of water, and functions as a protective barrier to prevent excess fluid loss. Dehydration makes your skin look drier and wrinkled, which can be improved with proper hydration but once you are adequately hydrated, the kidney takes over and excretes excess fluids.
4 Water Helps Your Kidneys:
Body fluids transport waste products in and out of cells. The main toxin in the body is blood urea nitrogen, a water-soluble waste that is able to pass through the kidneys to be excreted in the urine.
When you’re getting enough fluids, urine flows freely, is light in color and free of odor. When your body is not getting enough fluids, urine concentration, color, and odor increases because the kidneys trap extra fluid for bodily functions.
5 Water Helps Maintain Normal Bowel Function:
Adequate hydration keeps things flowing along your gastrointestinal tract and prevents constipation. When you don’t get enough fluid, the colon pulls water from stools to maintain hydration which results in constipation.
However, adequate fluid and fiber is the perfect combination, because the fluid pumps up the fiber and acts like a broom to keep your bowel functioning
6.Water prevents and helps to cure back pain.
Low back pain and ankylosing arthritis of the spine are signs of water shortage in the spinal column and discs - the water cushions that support the weight of the body. These conditions should be treated with increased water intake - not a commercial treatment, but a very effective one.
Not recognizing arthritis and low back pain as signs of dehydration in the joint cavities and treating them with pain-killers, manipulation, acupuncture, and eventually surgery will, in time, produce osteoarthritis when the cartilage cells in the joints have eventually all died. It will produce deformity of the spine. It will produce crippling deformities of the limbs. Pain medications have their own life-threatening complications.
7.Water prevents and helps to cure angina.
Heart pain - angina - is a sign of water shortage in the heart/lung axis. It should be treated with increased water intake until the patient is free of pain and independent of medications. Medical supervision is prudent. However, increased water intake is angina's cure.
8.Water prevents and helps to cure migraines.
Migraine headache is a sign of water need by the brain and the eyes. It will totally clear up if dehydration is prevented from establishing in the body. The type of dehydration that causes migraine might eventually cause inflammation of the back of the eye and possibly loss of eye sight.
9.Water prevents and helps to cure colitis.
Colitis pain is a signal of water shortage in the large gut. It is associated with constipation because the large intestine constricts to squeeze the last drop of water from the excrements - thus the lack of water lubrication.
Not recognizing colitis pain as a sign of dehydration will cause persistent constipation. Later in life, it will cause fecal impacting: it can cause diverticulitis, hemorrhoids and polyps, and appreciably increases the possibility of developing cancer of the colon and rectum.
10.Water and salt prevent and helps to cure asthma.
Asthma, which also affects 14 million children and kills several thousand of them every year, is a complication of dehydration in the body. It is caused by the drought management programs of the body. In asthma free passage of air is obstructed so that water does not leave the body in the form of vapor - the winter steam. Increased water intake will prevent asthma attacks. Asthmatics need also to take more salt to break the mucus plugs in the lungs that obstruct the free flow of air in and out of the air sacs.
Not recognizing asthma as the indicator of dehydration in the body of a growing child not only will sentence many thousands of children to die every year, but will permit irreversible genetic damage to establish in the remaining 14 million asthmatic children.
11.Water prevents and helps to cure high blood pressure.
Hypertension is a state of adaptation of the body to a generalized drought, when there is not enough water to fill all the blood vessels that diffuse water into vital cells. As part of the mechanism of reverse osmosis, when water from the blood serum is filtered and injected into important cells through minute holes in their membranes, extra pressure is needed for the "injection process." Just as we inject I.V. "water" in hospitals, so the body injects water into tens of trillions of cells all at the same time. Water and some salt intake will bring blood pressure back to normal!
Not recognizing hypertension as one of the major indicators of dehydration in the human body, and treating it with diuretics that further dehydrate the body will, in time, cause blockage by cholesterol of the heart arteries and the arteries that go to the brain. It will cause heart attacks and small or massive strokes that paralyze. It will eventually cause kidney disease. It will cause brain damage and neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease.
12.Water prevents and helps to cure early adult-onset diabetes.
Adult-onset diabetes is another adaptive state to severe dehydration of the human body. To have adequate water in circulation and for the brain's priority water needs, the release of insulin is inhibited to prevent insulin from pushing water into all body cells. In diabetes, only some cells get survival rations of water. Water and some salt will reverse adult-onset diabetes in its early stages.
Not recognizing adult-onset diabetes as a complication of dehydration will, in time, cause massive damage to the blood vessels all over the body. It will cause eventual loss of the toes, feet and legs from gangrene. It will cause eye damage, even blindness.
13.Water lowers blood cholesterol.
High cholesterol levels are an indicator of early drought management by the body. Cholesterol is a clay-like material that is poured in the gaps of some cell membranes to safeguard them against losing their vital water content to the osmotically more powerful blood circulating in their vicinity. Cholesterol, apart from being used to manufacture nerve cell membranes and hormones, is also used as a "shield" against water taxation of other vital cells that would normally exchange water through their cell membranes.
14.Water prevents and helps to cure arthritis.
Rheumatoid joint pain - arthritis - is a signal of water shortage in the painful joint. It can affect the young as well as the old. The use of pain-killers does not cure the problem, but exposes the person to further damage from pain medications. Intake of water and small amounts of salt will cure this problem.
15.FWater helps to combat Travel Fatigue:
The dry air on a plane can dehydrate you - leading to a feeling of fatigue during and after a flight. Try drinking an extra glass of water before the flight and a glass every hour you're in the air.
16.Water is a Weapon Against the Common Cold:
Antibodies in the mucus that coats your throat help trap cold viruses. This defense can be weakened if you are minimally dehydrated because a lack of water dries out your mucus-producing tissues. Additionally, many health professionals recommend water as an effective expectorant to relieve a cough.
17. Water cleanses the body of toxins.
Water improves your blood circulation flushing out toxins and impurities. It also increases water in your skin cells which helps to get rid of wrinkles and helps you look younger.
18.Water prevents and helps to cure heartburn.
Heartburn is a signal of water shortage in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract. It is a major thirst signal of the human body. The use of antacids or tablet medications in the treatment of this pain does not correct dehydration, and the body continues to suffer as a result of its water shortage.
Not recognizing heartburn as a sign of dehydration and treating it with antacids and pill medications will, in time, produce inflammation of the stomach and duodenum, hiatal hernia, ulceration, and eventually cancers in the gastrointestinal tract, including the liver and pancreas.
19.Water reduces stress.
Studies have shown that dehydration leads to higher cortisol levels—the stress hormone—making it harder to deal with everyday issues. By staying hydrated you will be better equipped to deal everyday problems.
20.Water acts as a natural appetite suppressant and also speeds up metabolism.
Research shows that drinking a glass of water before meals curbs appetite, helping you eat less and become more satisfied.
Water speeds up metabolism. Research has shown that an increase in water consumption leads to an increase in the rate in which people burn calories as opposed to storing them as fat.
21. Drinking Much water During The day can help Against Insomnia
Dehydration can lead to increase of toxins in your bloodstream and can cause irritability in your physical levels of comfort and becomes more noticeable at night. Drinking water throughout the day can flush those toxins out of the body. Insomniacs should drink plenty of water during the day is to stay hydrated. (But not 4 hours prior to bedtime, as the urge to urinate can wake them up during the night!)
A 21-year-old has been detained by police on suspicion of vandalising a grave and raping the newly-buried corpse of a woman.
He opened the coffin of a 39-year-old woman, according to police sources in Monchegorsk, Russia, in the far north region of Murmansk.
The man has not been named but is from the neighbouring region Arkhangelsk region.
A criminal case has been opened under an article of the Russian criminal code on desecration of the dead and their burial places.
The maximum punishment under the law would be three months in prison, or a fine of up to £400.
It is the second case of a sexual attack on a dead woman in the north of Russia this year.
This first was in the Komi Republic when two men were jailed for raping the body of a young woman in February.
Monchegorsk was established by Stalin as a nickel and copper mining town and has a population of 45,000.
He opened the coffin of a 39-year-old woman, according to police sources in Monchegorsk, Russia, in the far north region of Murmansk.
The man has not been named but is from the neighbouring region Arkhangelsk region.
A criminal case has been opened under an article of the Russian criminal code on desecration of the dead and their burial places.
It is the second case of a sexual attack on a dead woman in the north of Russia this year.
This first was in the Komi Republic when two men were jailed for raping the body of a young woman in February.
Monchegorsk was established by Stalin as a nickel and copper mining town and has a population of 45,000.
A 37-year-old woman from Singiri village in Odisha,india showed exemplary courage in staving off a crocodile attack.Sabitri Samal, a housewife, who is currently undergoing treatment at a government hospital, recalled from her hospital bed how she was attacked by a giant crocodile yesterday while washing utensils in a creek near her house.
"The creek where I was washing utensils was never intruded by crocodiles. None of us had sighted the reptile in the past. The attack was so sudden that I had little time to react. An aluminium cooking bowl and cooking stick that I had brought from home to wash saved me from death," Ms Samal said.
"It was a miraculous escape. The reptile jumped on me and dragged me to water. I was about to be completely dragged into the water when I hit the croc on its forehead and eye. The animal slowly released me. I acted in the spur of the moment as I had taken it for granted that the animal would devour me," she recalled.The last crocodile attack took place outside the national park limits. The state forest department would bear the cost of treatment, Divisional Forest Officer, Rajnagar Mangrove (wildlife) forest division, Bimal Prasanna Acharya said.
Besides, the department would also award compensation to the injured person's family as per revised rules, the official said.
Since past two months, man-crocodile conflict has reached alarming proportions in villages located at the periphery of the Bhitarkanika National Park. The crocs have claimed two lives while injuring at least seven others.
Forest personnel, however, opine that people are exposing themselves to attacks by venturing into crocodile-infested water bodies.
Uorn Sambath, a boy,who lives in the village of Setbo in Cambodia, loves to play with his 16-foot-long python. He sleeps with the female python and even kisses it sometimes. “People sometimes call the boy and the snake husband and wife,” says a neighbor. The little boy’s mum believes that the snake has a magical spirit that protects the family from sickness. Police officials once tried to take the snake to a zoo, but they relented after seeing the snake and the boy cuddling.
Strange world!Or don't you agree?
Laura Ponce, a nursery school teacher in Lins, Brazil, suffers from a strange condition that causes her to cry ‘crystal’ tears. The white plaques start off as soft blobs inside her eyes, but they harden when she blinks in an attempt to expel them, finally emerging as solid white crystals.
This happens to her for weeks at a time, with a new plaque forming as soon as she expels another. It gets so bad at times that she has to take time off work, to remove as many as 30 plaque membranes from her eye in a day. “A clot starts to swell then I have to open my eye to take out the membrane,” she explained. “When it dries it hardens, it gets really hard, it hurts a lot.”
Ponce first noticed the issue when she was only 15 years old – her eye had started to fill with an unknown white substance. She immediately called her mother, Marissa, who was horrified by the problem. They tried removing the hard plaques from her swollen eye socket, but it wouldn’t stop forming. “We took it out and I was scared,” Marissa recalled. “We ran to the ER and the doctor on duty also got scared. The doctor was mystified.”
Ponce, now 35, has never been able to find a cure. She has experienced an episode every few months since then, but no one has been able to explain the mysterious ailment. “The whole family was shaken,” Marissa said. “We went chasing doctor after doctor.”
“I’m a nursery school teacher, I get angry about not being able to work,” Ponce said. “Two years ago it was infected for six months and I was taking 30 membranes out of my eye each day.”
Ponce is currently seeing Dr. Raul Goncalves, an ophthalmologist at Hospital de Olhos de Bauru, Brazil. According to him, there is no case like hers in medical literature, but he’s trying his best to find an explanation. “I have been an ophthalmologist for 25 years and I have never seen anything like it,” he said. “For these plaques to form so fast there could be only one explanation, it must be chemical.”
“Every time you blink, you’re lubricating your eye, and tears are made of three layers – a water layer, a mucin layer, and a fat layer,” he explained. “Each cell separately creates a product and when you blink you mix all this like a dough.” Dr. Raul’s guess is that the protein content in Ponce’s tears aren’t protecting the eye from bacteria. So, her eyes are forced to produce a second line of defence.
“The cornea jumps into action, and in Miss Ponce’s case the cornea’s surface can secrete keratin. This keratin together with other components causes the tear crystallization.” To counter the problem, Dr. Raul has prescribed silver nitrate eye drops, which seem to have provided some relief. Ponce is now experiencing fewer infections and is able to go back to work. But she can’t wait for the day when she’ll finally be rid of the condition.
“My expectation are for my eyes to be cured and for everything to be fine,” she said.
This happens to her for weeks at a time, with a new plaque forming as soon as she expels another. It gets so bad at times that she has to take time off work, to remove as many as 30 plaque membranes from her eye in a day. “A clot starts to swell then I have to open my eye to take out the membrane,” she explained. “When it dries it hardens, it gets really hard, it hurts a lot.”
Ponce first noticed the issue when she was only 15 years old – her eye had started to fill with an unknown white substance. She immediately called her mother, Marissa, who was horrified by the problem. They tried removing the hard plaques from her swollen eye socket, but it wouldn’t stop forming. “We took it out and I was scared,” Marissa recalled. “We ran to the ER and the doctor on duty also got scared. The doctor was mystified.”
Ponce, now 35, has never been able to find a cure. She has experienced an episode every few months since then, but no one has been able to explain the mysterious ailment. “The whole family was shaken,” Marissa said. “We went chasing doctor after doctor.”
“I’m a nursery school teacher, I get angry about not being able to work,” Ponce said. “Two years ago it was infected for six months and I was taking 30 membranes out of my eye each day.”
Ponce is currently seeing Dr. Raul Goncalves, an ophthalmologist at Hospital de Olhos de Bauru, Brazil. According to him, there is no case like hers in medical literature, but he’s trying his best to find an explanation. “I have been an ophthalmologist for 25 years and I have never seen anything like it,” he said. “For these plaques to form so fast there could be only one explanation, it must be chemical.”
“Every time you blink, you’re lubricating your eye, and tears are made of three layers – a water layer, a mucin layer, and a fat layer,” he explained. “Each cell separately creates a product and when you blink you mix all this like a dough.” Dr. Raul’s guess is that the protein content in Ponce’s tears aren’t protecting the eye from bacteria. So, her eyes are forced to produce a second line of defence.
“The cornea jumps into action, and in Miss Ponce’s case the cornea’s surface can secrete keratin. This keratin together with other components causes the tear crystallization.” To counter the problem, Dr. Raul has prescribed silver nitrate eye drops, which seem to have provided some relief. Ponce is now experiencing fewer infections and is able to go back to work. But she can’t wait for the day when she’ll finally be rid of the condition.
“My expectation are for my eyes to be cured and for everything to be fine,” she said.
Sugar is a dangerous poison. Yet it is consumed by almost everyone, on a daily basis, and it does horrible things within the body. It is also something God never intended our physical bodies to have to contend with. The only sugars God designed our physical bodies to ever have to deal with were the natural sugars found in the LIVING, raw fruits and vegetables that He created and placed in the Garden! Are you aware that a hundred years ago, the average annual intake of refined sugar was approximately 5 pounds per person per year? Today, the average annual intake of refined sugar is around 170 pounds per person per year. That means that if a person is consuming that:, he or she is placing over 50 teaspoons of refined sugar into their physical bodies each and every day of their life.
Thus, a person who lives to the age of 70 will have placed into their body, during their lifetime, some 12,000 pounds of refined sugar.
Let's take a look at what all that sugar is doing within our beautiful, God designed, physical bodies
(1) Refined Sugar Is A Dead Food
Sugar originated in a living plant, which contained its complete complement of enzymes, but, by the time it reaches the refined sugar stage, all LIFE has been destroyed, and it has become a DEAD food. Let's look for a moment at what processors do with the original sugar cane or beet as they turn the living sugars found in the plant, into a refined, DEAD, product.
The following information was taken from a newsletter written by Charlotte Gerson:
"Sugar is a basic element in starchy food; however, processed sugar is a completely different matter. The sugar we purchase in the supermarket for personal consumption is processed sugar. This kind of sugar is heated up in chalk-milk, so that calcium and protein are extracted.
After the process, it becomes alkaloid, destroying all vitamin content.
In the second phase, the sugar is mixed with acid chalk, carbonic gas, sulfur dioxide, and finally with Natrium® sodium bicarbonate. The mixture is cooked and cooled off several times and thereafter crystallized and centrifuged. The dead mass is then treated with strontium hydroxide. Subsequently it arrives at the refinery where it is passed over chalk carbon acid to clean it. Dark coloring is removed by adding sulfuric acid and then it is filtered with bone charcoal. Finally, it is colored with Indathrenblue or the highly toxic Ultramarine. This product's chemical composition is C12H22O11, which you can buy in shops as 'pure cane' sugar."
(2) Refined Sugar Contains No Fiber
Another important thing to understand about refined sugar is that, just like we saw with foods of animal origin, sugar is devoid of all fiber. Let's remember here that God designed our bodies to move food through a very extensive digestive tract through means of fiber, and foods containing no fiber create problems.
(3) Refined Sugar Is Fragmented
Through heating and mechanical and chemical processing, all vitamins, proteins, fats, enzymes – indeed, every single nutrient is removed until nothing but pure white sugar, pure 'naked calories,' pure refined carbohydrate remains. Sixty-four food elements are destroyed in the processing. Fragmented foods set up nutritional imbalances that precipitate health problems galore.
(4) Refined Sugar Is Highly Acidic Like animal source foods, refined sugar is also 'acid forming.' This means that the body must take vital alkaline minerals, calcium being the most plentiful, from the body's cells to metabolize refined sugar. This high sugar use, along with the consumption of animal products, causes the body to take so much calcium from our bones and teeth that the bones become osteoporotic and the teeth decay.
(5.) Refined Sugar Creates Blood Sugar Disoders: One pound of apples contains 263 calories, whereas, one pound of candy has 1800 calories. Refined sugar in junk foods is concentrated far beyond what the human body was designed by God to ever have to process at one time. Thus, somehow the body has to deal with this incredibly large amount of sugar if it is going to survive. The body does deal with it, but in doing so, it often results in physical problems called DIABETES and HYPOGLYCEMIA.
DIABETES - The primary cause of diabetes is the fat contained in animal products, but also, when a diabetic consumes refined sugar, the pancreas has difficulty producing adequate insulin when the blood sugar rises. Concentrated amounts of sugar cause a rapid rise in blood sugar. Chronic intake of sugar eventually exhausts the pancreas as it tries to compensate. Thus, the diabetic is condemned to having to take ever-increasing amounts of insulin to compensate. Diabetes is the 'Number Three Killer Disease," in America, preceded only by cardiovascular related diseases and cancer.
HYPOGLYCEMIA - is the flip side of diabetes. Hypoglycemia occurs when the body still has a fairly strong pancreas. The body overreacts to a concentrated sugar intake and releases too much insulin from the pancreas. Blood sugar levels then plummet far below the normal, stable level. The suffering Hypoglycemic often experiences fatigue, headaches, mental depression, and irritability. Hypoglycemics often deal with symptoms by taking in more refined sugar, catching them in an endless cycle that causes the pancreas to wear out from the constant over stimulation. This often results in Diabetes because now the sufferer cannot produce sufficient insulin for normal metabolic activities. (6) Refined Sugar Promotes Emotional Instability
After a "sugarholic" has consumed a box of candy or bag of cookies or any large amount of refined sugar, they know how self-abused and depressed they feel. Sadly, studies reveal a strong link between juvenile and adult criminal offenses and sugar addiction. Similar research reveals a link between mental illness and sugar abuse. And hypoglycemic reactions, for the very sensitive consumer, promote extreme irrationality, emotional instability, and oftentimes aggressiveness. Recent studies are revealing that sugar may be as involved in mental illness, divorce, and crime as alcohol has been found to be. Depression is also one of the most rapidly growing problems in our society today, and refined sugar is one of the major contributing factors! ADD and ADHD are running rampant among our children and even some adults! It is a problem doctors are trying to treat with drugs such as Ritalin. Isn't it a sad commentary, that these emotional problems, that were caused by the very toxic and poisonous addictive drug, refined sugar, are then treated with another poison, a doctor prescribed drug! How sad! You mothers who are having a problem with your child's behavior might consider removing all sugar from his or her diet.
(7) Refined Sugar Contributes To Heart Disease
Fat is not the only contributing factor in heart disease. Large amounts of refined sugar cause the insulin in the body to convert blood glucose (sugar) into fatty acids and triglycerides. Those on a high-sugar diet show significantly higher levels of fat in their blood than those who eat no refined sugar. This high fat content in the blood is directly related to the development of plaque build-up within the arteries and ultimately to hardening of the arteries.
Apart from this Magnesium is a necessary ingredient that helps our cardiac functioning.Meanwhile sugar deplete your body of magnesium. In fact for ever molecule if Sugar it takes Fifty Four Molecules of Magnesium to process it!
(8) Refined Sugar Leads To Addiction And Weight Gain
Sugar is highly caloric in its pure form, but it is often combined with something containing high fat, like shortening, along with some salt, producing a tempting goodie like candy, fudge, or a donut. Often, these high sugar foods are consumed with a high sugar drink, like soda pop. All of this sugar contributes to weight gain. Recently I read that if a person consumes just one 12-ounce can of soda pop a day, the 11-teaspoons of sugar found in each soda pop could add 12 pounds to their weight in just one year. Furthermore, because of the way it plays havoc with emotions, refined sugar is highly addictive - it works exactly like a protoplasmic poison--a drug. This means that once a “sugarholic” sufferer has given into crystalline sweetness, they can't stop the addiction. And if they dare face withdrawal, the 'sugar blues' give them no peace until they return to the sugar and resign themselves to remain fat.
Refined sugar is every bit as addictive as nicotine and alcohol!. Sugar has a powerful addictive influence upon many people. Have you ever noticed that children who are allowed to have candy are always asking for more, while never being satisfied no matter how much you give them? It is because their bodies have become addicted to sugar, and their bodies are often times literally screaming for a fix.
(9) Refined Sugar Compromises The Immune System
Let's remember that the immune system is what God built into each of our physical bodies to protect us from the germs, viruses, and bacteria of this world. It is our first line of defense! Refined sugar is an immune system suppressant! In other words, refined sugar cripples and can even knock out this first line of defense. Doesn’t that give us a clue as to why so many people experience infections, colds, the flu, other flu-like symptoms, and more? I haven’t experienced a cold or the flu since eliminating refined sugar and adopting a basically living plant source diet over 30 years ago!
(10) Sugar Contributes To A Myriad Of Other Physical Problems
Refined sugar is associated with malnutrition and decreased resistance to disease. Refined sugar impacts quality of life as it increases the severity of PMS, decreases cognitive or intellectual function, especially in children, contributes to our current epidemic of heart disease, and so much more.
Following is just a partial list of other health problems related to the intake of refined sugar: acne, addiction to drugs and caffeine, alcoholism, allergies, anxiety, behavior problems, binge eating, bloating, bone loss, Candidiasis, depression, difficulty concentrating, eczema, edema, emotional problems, fatigue, food cravings, hormonal problems, hyperactivity, insomnia, menstrual difficulties, mental illness, mood swings, premature aging, psoriasis, ..
To summarize, refined sugar, and products made with refined sugar, are the second most prevalent cause, or contributing cause, of the physical problems being experienced today. Refined sugar products are all DEAD and FIBERLESS and, are the second most popular of the KILLER foods of our day after animal source foods.
Do you want to stay healthy and live long then quit refined sugar! Good luck!
You find everything sexy
Sure, you know the basic things that get you raring to go (firemen, Ryan Gosling, any scene from Magic Mike...), but you might be turned on by a lot more than you think. Researchers from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario found that even though straight women reported only feeling aroused by men, their measures of physiological arousal (like vaginal blood flow) told a different story. Most women in the study were aroused by every sexual stimuli they saw (nude male and female bodies, heterosexual and homosexual sex, even animal sex), while men's arousal was much more predictable. The bottom line:
You're not easily grossed out
There's a reason that you're less fazed by something like sweat or weird smells when you're having sex. When you're aroused, you're less likely to view gross things as being disgusting, according to a study published in the online journal PLOS One. So that explains why you're willing to put up with just-woke-up breath for the sake of morning sex. Your brain notices every touch.
You get bigger where it counts
When you're aroused, your vagina literally expands to make room for your guy. The length of your vagina starts out around 3 inches—which is why it might seem pretty shallow when you're just putting in a tampon—but as you get aroused, your uterus is pulled up, lengthening the vaginal wall to around 5 inches or so, says Debby Herbenick, PhD, author of Because It Feels Good. And if you're with a particularly well-endowed guy, your uterus may get pushed back a bit farther, allowing for even more room.
You feel less pain
There's a reason that things like nibbling or hair pulling don't hurt as much while you're getting it on. Your pain threshold can increase significantly during arousal, according to a study published in the Journal of Sex Research. While this might make penetration more comfortable, Herbenick warns that there could be a downside: "Some people say that they've hurt themselves and didn't realize it until after sex."
Your girls go through changes
The next time you're getting busy, take a second to check out your chest. As a result of increased blood flow to the area, you'll probably notice that your nipples are erect and a little darker in color than usual. Plus, previous research shows that some women's breasts swell during arousal and can actually increase in size.
Your body starts blushing
Studies show that your facial and body temperature increases during sexual arousal, which explains why your face and chest might get a little red when you're having sex. Plus the increased blood flow and heart rate causes a "sex flush" in some people, which appears as a red or pinkish rash on your chest that goes away after arousal subsides.There's way more going on up there than you might think. Researchers at Rutgers University used fMRI scanners to see exactly what happens in your brain when you're aroused. They found that different brain regions were activated in response to stimulation of the vagina, cervix, clitoris, and nipples. And because your mind is pretty crucial for arousal, stimulating several of these areas at once can lead to an even more explosive finish.
Women have the ability to get turned on by a much broader range of situations. Lucky you!
Your mind chills out
If it seems like your brain turns to mush during an orgasm, you're kind of right. The amygdala, the part of the brain involved in fear and anxiety, essentially shuts down when women have an orgasm, according to a study from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Even the body movements you make during orgasm are totally unconscious, according to brain scans.
Your muscles have a mind of their own
During orgasm, your body experiences a period of myotonia—or muscle spasms—due to the activation of the vaginal muscles, according to studies by pioneering sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. This causes the muscles in your legs, arm, neck, abdomen, and face to tense up. At the same time, involuntary vaginal contractions happen at regular intervals. Researchers still aren't sure why these spasms occur and why some women don't experience them at all.
Your bladder goes on hold
When you orgasm, your body releases an antidiuretic hormone, which is why you may not be able to pee right after sex, says Herbenick. Just don't put off hitting the bathroom too long—experts advise going after sex to help prevent UTIs.
1. A woman is more likely to want to commit adultery during ovulation than at any other time in her cycle.2. Telling a convincing lie to someone is much more difficult when you find them sexually attractive.
3. Minute quantities of over 30 different substances have been identified in human semen. These include nitrogen, fructose, lactic acid, ascorbic acid, inositol, cholesterol, glutathione, creatine, pyruvic acid, citric acid, sorbitol, urea, uric acid and Vitamin B12, along with various salts and enzymes.
4. Chocolate contains phenylethylamine, the same feel-good chemical responsible for the ecstatic high people experience through sexual attraction and love.
5. Women who have given birth have darker labia minora than women who haven’t.
6. The majority of women experience a peak in libido just before their period.
7. -321°F is the temperature at which sperm banks store donor semen. At this temperature, semen can be stored indefinitely.
8. The point at which the average man reaches his sexual peak is between the ages of 17 and 18.
9. The earth could be re-populated to its current level using the number of sperm that could fit into an aspirin capsule.
10. A chicken egg could accommodate the number of female ova necessary to repopulate the earth to its present numbers.
11. During sexual intercourse, in addition to the genitals and breasts, the inner nose also swells.
12. White women are the most likely to engage in anal sex, particularly if they also have a college degree.
13. During erection, a smaller flaccid penis tends to have a greater percentage increase than a larger flaccid penis.
14. A teaspoon of semen contains approximately 5 calories.
15. Sex burns off an average of about 100 calories per session.
16. On average, from two to five million sperm are released each time a man ejaculates.
17. During any given period, women who read romance novels have a tendency to have twice as many lovers as those who don’t.
18. Almost a third of all women over 80 years of age still have sex with their spouse or boyfriend.
19. For both men and women, the heart rate averages 140 beats per minute at the point of orgasm.
20. The average woman will have sex more than 3,000 times over the course of her reproductive years.
21. Most men under 40 years of age can achieve an erection in less than 10 seconds.
22. Heterosexual anal sex is something 43% of women have experienced.
23. Women consider penis size the ninth most important feature for a man, while men rate it much more highly, in third place.
24. When a man ejaculates, the initial spurt travels at 28 miles per hour – faster than the world record for the 100m sprint, which currently stands at 22.9 miles per hour.
25. In one hour, the average sperm can swim seven inches.
26. With nothing in its path, a penis can shoot semen anywhere from 12 to 24 inches.
27. The longest erect penis on record was 13 inches. The smallest was 1cm.
28. There are 20 male masochists for every female masochist.
29. The average adult testicle contains enough sperm to measure a quarter of a mile laid out end to end.
30. For 75% of men, ejaculation occurs within 3 minutes of penetration.
31. During an average man’s lifetime, he will ejaculate approximately 17 litres of semen, which amounts to about half a trillion sperm.
32. The testes increase in size by 50% when a man is sexually aroused.
33. Australians are the most receptive to the idea of having a threesome – 28% of them claim to have tried it.
34. 1 in 50 people claim to have had sex in an aeroplane.
35. 15% of adults have had sexual intercourse at work.
36. 41% of men would like to have sex more frequently. Only 29% of women share this urge.
37. Greek couples have sex an average of 138 times a year – placing them at the top of the world sex league. Japanese couples have sex just 45 times a year, which puts them in last place.
38. 5% of adults have sex once a day. 20% have sex 3 - 4 times per week.
39. Every time they engage in oral sex with their partner, 30% of women swallow.
40. When sexually aroused, 60% of men get erect nipples.
41. Half of single women have sex by the third date.
42. 80% of men living in the USA have been circumcised.
43. Women over 40 years of age are more likely to masturbate than any other group.
44. There’s a direct link between how often a man has sex and his life expectancy.
45. According to experts, sex is about 10 times more effective as a tranquilliser than Valium.
46. Sex can relieve a headache – it releases the tension, which restricts blood vessels in the brain.
47. 44% of women find it impossible to enjoy sex with a man who is not their intellectual equal. Just 31% of men share this problem.
48. There are about 1,000 recognised euphemisms for ‘vagina’ in the English language.
49. At any given time, 25% of people are daydreaming about sex.
50. Over half of American adults have used the phone, email or text message to have sex.
51. According to studies, the larger a man’s testicles, the more likely he is to stray.
52. 75% of Japanese women own a vibrator. The average worldwide is 47%.
53. It takes two tablespoons of blood to get the average man’s penis erect.
54. During their lifetime, the average driver will have sex in their car six times.
55. Americans spend twice as much money on pornography as they do on biscuits.
56. The clitoris contains twice as many nerve fibres as the penis – a toe-curling 8,000.
57. One in five women living with their boyfriend has more than one sexual partner.
58. Besides humans, bonobos (a type of chimp) and dolphins are the only animals that have sex for pleasure.
59. It tends to be easier for women to orgasm during ovulation than at any other time in their cycle.
60. The size of the vagina decreases by 30% as orgasm becomes imminent.
61. While giving birth, some women have been known to experience orgasm.
62. Inside the female body, sperm cells can survive for up to nine days.
63. For up to 70% of women, simultaneous direct stimulation of the clitoris during intercourse is essential for them to reach orgasm.
64. Over 30% of men suffer from premature ejaculation. 10% of men are affected by erectile dysfunction.
65. It’s possible to relieve depression through masturbation.
66. The longer a man’s ring finger is compared to his index finger, the more testosterone he has.
67. The average aroused vagina is 4 inches long – shorter than the average erect penis, which measures in at 6 inches.
68. The average woman can reach orgasm in about 4 minutes through masturbation, while through intercourse, it can take 10 – 20 minutes.
69. Sneezes, along with orgasms, are the only physiological responses that cannot be voluntarily stopped once they have started.
70. Straight men tend to have smaller penises than gay men.
71. 85% of women are very satisfied with their partner’s penis size.
72. Evidence exists indicating that penis size may be linked to index finger length.
73. In rare cases, menstrual cramps have been known to bring about orgasm.
74. The amount of wet dreams a man is likely to have increases in line with the number of years spent in formal education.
75. Compared to anywhere else, adults are more likely to tell a lie in bed.
76. The majority of women prefer to have sex in the dark.
77. Men find women with enlarged pupils more sexually attractive.
78. When having sex, black women are 50% more likely to reach orgasm than white women.
79. 60% of non-smoking women have had no sexual partners in the past year, while 70% of women who smoke have had more than four lovers over the same timescale.
80. Women who are prone to migraines tend to have a higher sex drive than those who are not.
81. Thirty four per cent of men have told lies in order to have sex. Ten per cent of women have done the same.
82. More than 50% of all cheating wives choose married men as their lovers.
83. About 1% of women can achieve orgasm solely through breast stimulation.
84. Within the week, 22% of women tell at least five friends about their first sexual experience with a partner.
85. 70% of men and women admit to having fantasised about someone else while having sex.
86. Two thirds of runners admit to having thought about sex while running.
87. 68% of men and 59% of women had a sexual liaison with someone in their past, which they have not told their current partner about.
88. An overwhelming majority of sexual partners have only skimpy knowledge of what truly turns each other on.
Exercise when you're tired
After a long, exhausting workday, exercising sounds like the last thing you'd want to do, but getting your sweat on will actually energize you. Fatigue along with mood and depression improved after a single 30-minute moderate intensity exercise session, according to a study published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. "Everything we do uses oxygen, so when you exercise it helps you work more efficiently and you don't tire as easily," says Nutting. "You also function better mentally."
Handwrite notes to boost your brainpower
Typing notes enables you to jot down more material, but you're more likely to remember those notes if you handwrite them, according to research from Indiana University. "To learn something means you have processed it," says Dr. Towfigh. "And when you take handwritten notes you 'process' or learn more information. You begin
the learning process as you listen to the lecture." Plus, since you look at the page on which you are writing, you naturally review the material and reinforce the information you've already processed, Dr. Towfigh says.
To improve your relationship, spend less time together
Jumping from one social event to another without any time to come up for air could sacrifice the quality of your relationships. Spending time alone allows you to process your thoughts rather than act impulsively and, as a result, you get to know yourself better, says Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD, author of Better Than Perfect: 7 Strategies to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life You Love. "Alone time enables you to be more in touch with yourself and can better give and receive," Lombardo says. "In addition, it reduces stress and anxiety, which could also contribute to relationship strains." Meditate, go for a walk, sit in a café and people watch, or even clean out your closet, she suggests.
Run away from antibacterial soap to prevent illness
Reaching for the soap bottle labeled "antibacterial" won't necessarily reduce your risk of getting sick or passing illness to others—in fact, there is no evidence that antibacterial soaps are more effective than regular ones. What's more, long-term exposure to some ingredients in these products, such as triclosan, may pose health risks like bacterial resistance or hormonal effects, according to a 2013 FDA statement.
More research on the effects of triclosan is needed, and in the meantime, the FDA is working toward requiring manufacturers to prove their products are safe for long-term use—and the state of Minnesota has banned triclosan-containing products altogether, which goes into full effect in 2017.
Handwrite notes to boost your brainpower
Typing notes enables you to jot down more material, but you're more likely to remember those notes if you handwrite them, according to research from Indiana University. "To learn something means you have processed it," says Dr. Towfigh. "And when you take handwritten notes you 'process' or learn more information. You begin
To improve your relationship, spend less time together
Jumping from one social event to another without any time to come up for air could sacrifice the quality of your relationships. Spending time alone allows you to process your thoughts rather than act impulsively and, as a result, you get to know yourself better, says Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD, author of Better Than Perfect: 7 Strategies to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life You Love. "Alone time enables you to be more in touch with yourself and can better give and receive," Lombardo says. "In addition, it reduces stress and anxiety, which could also contribute to relationship strains." Meditate, go for a walk, sit in a café and people watch, or even clean out your closet, she suggests.
Run away from antibacterial soap to prevent illness
Reaching for the soap bottle labeled "antibacterial" won't necessarily reduce your risk of getting sick or passing illness to others—in fact, there is no evidence that antibacterial soaps are more effective than regular ones. What's more, long-term exposure to some ingredients in these products, such as triclosan, may pose health risks like bacterial resistance or hormonal effects, according to a 2013 FDA statement.
More research on the effects of triclosan is needed, and in the meantime, the FDA is working toward requiring manufacturers to prove their products are safe for long-term use—and the state of Minnesota has banned triclosan-containing products altogether, which goes into full effect in 2017.
Many methods to improve your health are pretty straightforward: to lose weight, eat less and exercise more; to boost your energy, get more sleep; to prevent dehydration, drink more water. Others, however, are totally counter intuitive. The following 12 tips really do work—but they may leave you scratching your heads
1.Drink coffee to have a better nap
In a Japanese study that examined how to make the most of a nap, people who took a "coffee nap"—consuming about 200 milligrams of caffeine (the amount in one to two cups of coffee) and then immediately taking a 20-minute rest—felt more alert and performed better on computer tests than those who only took a nap.
Why does this work? A 20-minute nap ends just as the caffeine kicks in and clears the brain of a molecule called adenosine, maximizing alertness. "Adenosine is a byproduct of wakefulness and activity," says Allen Towfigh, MD, medical director of New York Neurology & Sleep Medicine. "As adenosine levels increase, we become more fatigued. Napping clears out the adenosine and, when combined with caffeine, an adenosine-blocker, further reduces its effects and amplifies the effects of the nap."
2.For healthy teeth, don't brush after eating
Don't brush your teeth immediately after meals and drinks, especially if they were acidic. Acidic foods—citrus fruits, sports drinks, tomatoes, soda (both diet and regular)—can soften tooth enamel "like wet sandstone," says Howard R. Gamble, immediate past president of the Academy of General Dentistry.
Brushing your teeth at this stage can speed up acid's effect on your enamel and erode the layer underneath. Gamble suggests waiting 30 to 60 minutes before brushing.
3.To wear a smaller size, gain muscle weight
If two women both weigh 150 pounds and only one lifts weights, the lifter will more likely fit into a smaller pant size than her sedentary counterpart. Likewise, a 150-pound woman who lifts weights could very well wear the same size as a 140-pound woman who doesn't exercise.
4.To eat less, eat more
Grabbing a 100-calorie snack pack of cookies or pretzels may seem virtuous, but it's more likely to make you hungrier than if you ate something more substantial, says Amy Goodson, RD, dietitian for Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine. "Eating small amounts of carbohydrates does nothing but spike your blood sugar and leave you wanting more carbs."
5.Skip energy drinks when you're tired
Energy drinks contain up to five times more caffeine than coffee, but the boost they provide is fleeting and comes with unpleasant side effects like nervousness, irritability, and rapid heartbeat, says Goodson. Plus, energy drinks often contain high levels of taurine, a central nervous system stimulant, and upwards of 50 grams of sugar per can (that's 13 teaspoons worth!). The sweet stuff spikes blood sugar temporarily, only to crash soon after, leaving you sluggish and foggyheaded—and reaching for another energy drink.
Goodson recommends choosing a protein such as peanut butter or string cheese with an apple. "They are higher in calories per serving, but the protein and fat helps you get full faster and stay full longer—and you end up eating fewer calories overall," she says.
The reason: Although a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle, muscle takes up less space, says Mark Nutting, fitness director of SACO Sport & Fitness in Saco, Maine. "You can get bigger muscles and get smaller overall if you lose the fat," he says. "The bulk so many women fear only occurs if you don't lose fat and develop muscle on top of it." Cut back on calories and add weight to your workout to lose inches.
6.Drink water when you're bloated
When you feel bloated, drinking water sounds as if it would only make matters worse, but it can often help, says James Lee, MD, gastroenterologist with St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. If you're on a high-fiber diet, for instance, then your body needs more water to work more efficiently, says Dr. Lee. "Water mixes with water soluble fiber and makes it into a gel like substance. This affects the motility of the gut and reduces the symptom of bloating." Drinking more water also relieves bloating caused by dehydration. When you're dehydrated, your body clings to the water your body does have, causing you to puff up.
7.Ditch diet soda to lose weight
You should ditch all soda, including diet. Research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health revealed that overweight and obese adults who drank diet beverages ate more calories from food than those who drank regular soda. Additionally, a University of Texas study found that diet soda drinkers had a 70% greater increase in waist circumference than non-drinkers over the course of about 10 years.
"In addition, many people think 'low-fat,' 'low-sugar,' or 'light' means fewer calories, but that's not always true," says Goodson. "Typically when manufacturers cut something out and the end result tastes just as good, they've added something like additional sugar."
8.Drink a hot beverage to cool off
Which will cool you off faster on a steamy summer morning: iced coffee or hot? Two recent studies say the latter—and so do other cultures where drinking hot tea in hot weather is the norm, like in India. When you sip a hot beverage, your body senses the change in temperature and increases your sweat production. Then, as the sweat evaporates from your skin, you cool off naturally.
1.Drink coffee to have a better nap
In a Japanese study that examined how to make the most of a nap, people who took a "coffee nap"—consuming about 200 milligrams of caffeine (the amount in one to two cups of coffee) and then immediately taking a 20-minute rest—felt more alert and performed better on computer tests than those who only took a nap.
Why does this work? A 20-minute nap ends just as the caffeine kicks in and clears the brain of a molecule called adenosine, maximizing alertness. "Adenosine is a byproduct of wakefulness and activity," says Allen Towfigh, MD, medical director of New York Neurology & Sleep Medicine. "As adenosine levels increase, we become more fatigued. Napping clears out the adenosine and, when combined with caffeine, an adenosine-blocker, further reduces its effects and amplifies the effects of the nap."
2.For healthy teeth, don't brush after eating
Don't brush your teeth immediately after meals and drinks, especially if they were acidic. Acidic foods—citrus fruits, sports drinks, tomatoes, soda (both diet and regular)—can soften tooth enamel "like wet sandstone," says Howard R. Gamble, immediate past president of the Academy of General Dentistry.
Brushing your teeth at this stage can speed up acid's effect on your enamel and erode the layer underneath. Gamble suggests waiting 30 to 60 minutes before brushing.
3.To wear a smaller size, gain muscle weight
If two women both weigh 150 pounds and only one lifts weights, the lifter will more likely fit into a smaller pant size than her sedentary counterpart. Likewise, a 150-pound woman who lifts weights could very well wear the same size as a 140-pound woman who doesn't exercise.
4.To eat less, eat more
Grabbing a 100-calorie snack pack of cookies or pretzels may seem virtuous, but it's more likely to make you hungrier than if you ate something more substantial, says Amy Goodson, RD, dietitian for Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine. "Eating small amounts of carbohydrates does nothing but spike your blood sugar and leave you wanting more carbs."
5.Skip energy drinks when you're tired
Energy drinks contain up to five times more caffeine than coffee, but the boost they provide is fleeting and comes with unpleasant side effects like nervousness, irritability, and rapid heartbeat, says Goodson. Plus, energy drinks often contain high levels of taurine, a central nervous system stimulant, and upwards of 50 grams of sugar per can (that's 13 teaspoons worth!). The sweet stuff spikes blood sugar temporarily, only to crash soon after, leaving you sluggish and foggyheaded—and reaching for another energy drink.
Goodson recommends choosing a protein such as peanut butter or string cheese with an apple. "They are higher in calories per serving, but the protein and fat helps you get full faster and stay full longer—and you end up eating fewer calories overall," she says.
The reason: Although a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle, muscle takes up less space, says Mark Nutting, fitness director of SACO Sport & Fitness in Saco, Maine. "You can get bigger muscles and get smaller overall if you lose the fat," he says. "The bulk so many women fear only occurs if you don't lose fat and develop muscle on top of it." Cut back on calories and add weight to your workout to lose inches.6.Drink water when you're bloated
When you feel bloated, drinking water sounds as if it would only make matters worse, but it can often help, says James Lee, MD, gastroenterologist with St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. If you're on a high-fiber diet, for instance, then your body needs more water to work more efficiently, says Dr. Lee. "Water mixes with water soluble fiber and makes it into a gel like substance. This affects the motility of the gut and reduces the symptom of bloating." Drinking more water also relieves bloating caused by dehydration. When you're dehydrated, your body clings to the water your body does have, causing you to puff up.
7.Ditch diet soda to lose weight
You should ditch all soda, including diet. Research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health revealed that overweight and obese adults who drank diet beverages ate more calories from food than those who drank regular soda. Additionally, a University of Texas study found that diet soda drinkers had a 70% greater increase in waist circumference than non-drinkers over the course of about 10 years.
"In addition, many people think 'low-fat,' 'low-sugar,' or 'light' means fewer calories, but that's not always true," says Goodson. "Typically when manufacturers cut something out and the end result tastes just as good, they've added something like additional sugar."
8.Drink a hot beverage to cool off
Which will cool you off faster on a steamy summer morning: iced coffee or hot? Two recent studies say the latter—and so do other cultures where drinking hot tea in hot weather is the norm, like in India. When you sip a hot beverage, your body senses the change in temperature and increases your sweat production. Then, as the sweat evaporates from your skin, you cool off naturally.
The 24-year-old self-styled prophet reportedly fed followers the slithery serpents while others looked on wincing.
Mnguni has been linked with controversial African pastor Lesego Daniel - who convinced his parish to eat grass and drink petrol last year.
He was released on bail while local courts decide on a date for his next appearance.
There were no conditions set for the pastor's bail.
Mishack Matlou, from a local animal rights group, said he was worried by the lack of conditions in the bond - because Mnguni reportedly fed his congregants rats.
He said: "When a child sees someone eating a snake, they will be traumatised."
Since the incident Mnguni's church has posted other bizarre pictures showing him riding a follower's back like a horse.
He also posted the text of a sermon on the church's Facebook page in a rant against his critics.
It said: "When you speak against me you curse the ground you walk upon.
"When I sleep angels are ascending upon me day and night, those angels are not from heaven, and they are from me because I command them."
The 30-year-old had earlier accused the cop of groping her – yelling the phrase "indecent assault" when she felt his arm on her chest.
But magistrate Michael Chan claimed she tried to use her "female identity" to harm the cop's reputation.
He said: "If I do not hand down a deterring sentence, the public might mistakenly think it is a trivial matter to assault police officers during protests."
A video from the protest – in Hong Kong on March 1 – shows Lai-ying being dragged away from the crows with a bleeding nose.
Ng Lai-ying was sentenced to for three and a half months behind bars but has been bailed pending an appeal.
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