How to seal a bag and make it air-tight!

Reused Plastic Bottles Can Leach Toxic Chemicals

You know many advocates who recommend not reusing bottles made from plastic #1 (polyethylene terephthalate, also known as PET or PETE), including most disposable water, soda and juice bottles. According to National Geographic’s The Green Guide, such bottles may be safe for one-time use, but re-use should be avoided be cause studies indicate they may leach DEHP—another probable human carcinogen—when they are in less-than-perfect condition. Repeated re-use of such bottles—which get dented or nicked through normal wear and tear and while being washed—increases the chance that chemicals will leak out of the tiny cracks and crevices that develop over time.

“Luckily” polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is recyclable; up to 30% in 1996.

But here’s what can do with the bottle top.


Cut up a disposable water bottle and keep the neck and top, as in photo.
Insert the plastic bag through the neck and screw the top – to seal.

The bottle is made to be air-tight, such that water will not leak, the secret lies with the design of the top and screw!


This great idea was forwarded to us by Gillian who, unfortunately, was not able to identify the innovator.

Tips untuk Menguruskan Stres

10 Tips untuk Menguruskan Stres

1. Luangkanlah waktu untuk bersarapan. Mulailah hari dengan sarapan yang berpatutan, adalah lebih baik terdiri dari buah, yoghurt, roti gandum, kacang, bubur, dan madu. Ia akan mendorong sistem kekebalan tubuh dan bekalan gula semulajadi.

2. Beri perhatian pada tubuh anda dan isyarat-isyarat yang diberikan kepada anda. Perhatikan tanda-tanda amaran awal seperti selsema, sakit kepala & sakit belakang, keletihan melampau, kehilangan konsentrasi, tidur yang tidak lena dan perubahan suasana hati. Tubuh dan fikiran anda akan memberitahu anda supaya berehat untuk memudahkan kembali ke keadaan sediakala.

3. Ambil waktu rehat makan tengahari sewaktu kerja dan cuti hujung minggu yang panjang, untuk mengembalikan semula tenaga anda. Ambil cuti panjang yang cukup untuk memberikan perubahan yang santai, menyenangkan, merangsang atau memberi inspirasi. Tinggalkan laptop anda, Blackberry, PDA dan telefon bimbit di rumah. Anda tidak memerlukannya dan ia adalah amalan yang baik untuk mendidik orang lain untuk menguruskan kerja tanpa anda.

4. Cari cara untuk menutup hari anda dengan menukar keadaan mental anda dari tekanan dan perhatian pada kerja, kepada ketenangan rumah. Keluarga anda tidak menggemari anda membawa pulang pekerjaan dan masalah kerja anda, lebih-lebih lagi jika anda mengunci diri di dalam bilik setiap malam. Gunakan perjalanan anda untuk melakukan sesuatu yang membantu anda menghilangkan tekanan. Apabila anda tiba di rumah lakukan sesuatu yang bermakna dan fokuskan pada keluarga anda. Lakukan ritual penutupan untuk menunjukkan kepada anda dan orang lain yang anda berhenti dari memikirkan kerja.

5. Elakkan urusan yang belum selesai dan menunda hal-hal yang kita tidak mahu berurusan dengannya sering menjadi penyebab terbesar kemurungan. Khususnya di akhir waktu kerja, penting untuk lakukan penutupan pada tugas-tugas, menangani isu-isu yang belum diselesaikan dengan orang lain dan mengambil tindakan untuk bergerak maju dalam sesuatu projek.

6. Masa anda amat berharga! Jadi selektif dengan siapa anda menghabiskan waktu bersama. Memilih untuk bersama dengan orang-orang yang menarik, merangsang, positif dan optimis. Mereka akan mengembalikan tenaga anda bila rendah, mendorong anda selama masa-masa sulit dan memberikan jalan keluar yang tepat ketika terlalu banyak masalah melanda. Mereka juga akan sama-sama meraikan dan mempertahankan faktor perasaan-baik. Mereka akan menenangkan anda! Kurangkan masa dengan kenalan yang memiliki sifat negatif terhadap kehidupan dan mereka yang membuat anda merasa lemah.

7. Menciptakan persekitaran kerja dan rumah atau ruang
yang tenang, menenangkan, meremajakan, menggairahkan, merangsang dan terasa seperti sebuah tempat rehat atau sumber inspirasi.

8. Keluar dari rutin harian, sekurang-kurangnya sekali setiap bulan. Mengemas barang yang berselerak, pakaian lama anda yang tidak dipakai dan buku / kertas yang tidak diperlukan lagi, akan menjadikan ruangan, cahaya dan rasa positif bergerak ke hadapan. Bersih, kemas dan kitar semula untuk memberikan "ruangan" baru untuk anda!

9. Minum air, jus segar, pelawas, teh herba dan buah sebagai alternatif kepada kopi, teh hitam, alkohol dan minuman ringan. Tenaga anda akan berterusan dan bukan bergantung pada pemulihan segera yang akhirnya meninggalkan anda dalam keadaan yang lebih letih daripada sebelumnya

10. Bersedialah untuk meminta bantuan & sokongan. Ini akan menjimatkan masa anda, mengelakkan masalah dari meningkat dan membolehkan orang lain turut terlibat dan dihargai. Jangan lupa untuk berterima kasih kepada orang lain dan menghargai usaha mereka secara berpatutan. Mereka dengan senang hati akan menyokong anda apabila anda memerlukannya.

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Attention, Couch Potatoes!

Exercise is beneficial for cognitive function in older adults.

The human brain is organized into separable functional networks during rest and varied states of cognition and as we get older, these become less connected. Low connectivity means that the different parts of the circuit are not operating in sync. Like poorly trained athletes on a rowing team, the brain regions that make up the circuit lack coordination and so do not function at optimal efficiency or speed.

Now, a group of ageing "professional couch potatoes" has proven that even moderate exercise -- in this case walking at one's own pace for 40 minutes three times a week -- can enhance the connectivity of important brain circuits, combat declines in brain function associated with aging and increase performance on cognitive tasks.

Researchers lead by Art Kramer of the University of Illinois followed 65 adults, aged 59 to 80, who joined a walking group or stretching and toning group for a year. All of the participants were sedentary before the study, reporting less than two episodes of physical activity lasting 30 minutes or more in the previous six months. The researchers also measured brain activity in 32 younger (18- to 35-year-old) adults.

Results showed that aerobic training improved the aging brain’s resting functional efficiency in higher-level cognitive networks. One year of walking increased functional connectivity between aspects of the frontal, posterior, and temporal cortices within the Default Mode Network (DMN), and a Frontal Executive Network, two brain networks central to brain dysfunction in aging.

Previous research has shown that older adults who are more fit tend to have better connectivity in specific regions of the DMN than their sedentary peers. The higher the connectivity, the better the performance on some of these cognitive tasks, especially the ones we call executive control tasks -- things like planning, scheduling, dealing with ambiguity, working memory and multitasking, the very skills that tend to decline with aging.

Although age is a prominent risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), epidemiological studies have shown that lifestyle factors such as physical exercise significantly decrease age-related risks for cognitive impairment and AD

Couch Potatoes, start walking now or end up walking to nowhere as you age!

Journal Reference:

Michelle W. Voss, Ruchika S. Prakash, Kirk I. Erickson, Chandramallika Basak, Laura Chaddock, Jennifer S. Kim, Heloisa Alves, Susie Heo, Amanda Szabo, Siobhan M. White, Thomas R. Wojcicki, Emily L. Mailey, Neha Gothe, Erin A. Olson, Edward McAuley, Arthur F. Kramer. Plasticity of Brain Networks in a Randomized Intervention Trial of Exercise Training in Older Adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2010 August; 2(32):1-17 Picture Credit

Have You Forgotten Too?

Prinsip Rukun Negara

Rukunegara adalah ikrar pegangan negara yang dijadikan garis panduan dalam usaha membina negara dan bangsa Malaysia. Ia telah diisytiharkan pada 31 Ogos 1970 oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong keempat. Ikrar Rukunegara adalah seperti berikut: Malaysia’s national ideology, the Rukunegara was formulated with the purpose to serve as a guideline in the country’s nation-building efforts. The Rukunegara was proclaimed on August 31, 1970 by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong IV. The pledge of the Rukunegara is as follows:

• Bahawasanya, Negara kita Malaysia mendukung cita-cita hendak; Our Nation, Malaysia is dedicated to:
• Mencapai perpaduan yang lebih erat di kalangan seluruh masyarakatnya; Achieving a greater unity for all her people;
• Memelihara satu cara hidup demokratik; Maintaining a democratic way of life;
• Mencipta satu masyarakat yang adil di mana kemakmuran negara akan dinikmati bersama secara adil dan saksama; Creating a just society in which the wealth of the nation shall be equitably distributed;
• Menjamin satu cara yang liberal terhadap tradisi-tradisi kebudayaannya yang kaya dan berbagai corak; Ensuring a liberal approach to her rich and diverse cultural tradition,
• Membina satu masyarakat progresif yang akan menggunakan sains dan teknologi moden; Building a progressive society which shall be oriented to modern science and technology.

Maka kami rakyat Malaysia berikrar akan menumpukan seluruh tenaga dan usaha kami untuk mencapai cita-cita tersebut berdasarkan atas prinsip-prinsip yang berikut: We, the people of Malaysia, pledge our united efforts to attain these ends, guided by these principles:

1. Kepercayaan kepada Tuhan. Belief in God.
2. Kesetiaan kepada Raja dan Negara. Loyalty to King and Country.
3. Keluhuran Perlembagaan. Supremacy of the Constitution.
4. Kedaulatan Undang-Undang. The Rule of Law.
5. Kesopanan dan Kesusilaan. Mutual respect and good social behaviour.

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Zestzfulness suggests that you send this as part of your Malaysia Day Greetings to your family members, your friends, your neighbours, your colleagues at work, your associates in business, AND Your Elected Representatives.

Garlic And BP

New research into the disease fighting properties of everyday foods has turned up fresh evidence about the health benefits of Garlic.

Karen Reid and colleagues at the University of Adelaide have found that an extract from the humble clove of garlic can help treat hypertension (high blood pressure).

Hypertension (systolic blood pressure [SBP] ≥ 140 mm Hg; diastolic blood pressure [DBP] ≥ 90 mm Hg) is a known risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, affecting an estimated 1 billion individuals worldwide. Recently updated guidelines for the treatment of high blood pressure stress the importance of preventive strategies, and recommend extending the management of blood pressure to include pre-hypertensive individuals (SBP 120–139/DBP 80–89 mm Hg). Primary management should include relevant lifestyle modifications such as increased exercise, weight loss and dietary changes which could incorporate dietary supplementation.

The extensive studies were carried out over a time period of twelve weeks and involved fifty test subjects with SBP levels at or above 140. Researchers found that those with systolic blood pressure above 140 who took aged garlic extract capsules experienced an average systolic blood pressure 10.2mmHg lower than the control group, who took a placebo.

"This reduction is clinically significant, as a drop in systolic blood pressure by 5 mmHg reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease by 8-20%," Dr Ried says.

Garlic (Allium sativum) has played an important dietary as well as medicinal role in human history. Blood pressure reducing properties of garlic have been linked to its hydrogen sulphide production [3] and allicin content – liberated from alliin and the enzyme alliinase – which has angiotensin II inhibiting and vasodilating effects, as shown in animal and human cell studies .

The WHO guidelines for general health promotion for adults is a daily dose of 2 to 5 g of fresh garlic (approximately one clove), 0.4 to 1.2 g of dried garlic powder, 2 to 5 mg of garlic oil, 300 to 1,000 mg of garlic extract, or other formulations that are equal to 2 to 5 mg of allicin.

The research is as important in Australia as in other countries where a large percent of the population suffers from heart disease according to Dr. Reid because up to one in three adults in Australia are hypertensive or suffer from high blood pressure, a leading risk indicator of heart disease. Only half of these people actually receive medication to control their blood pressure and more alarmingly a further half of these patients are not receiving adequate treatments for their condition.

These findings are of great importance world over because the epidemic of heart disease is affecting developing countries as much as developed countries as sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy foods become more widespread. This in conjunction with the high stress lifestyles that most people lead has made high blood pressure a widely prevalent issue that goes largely undetected and therefore untreated.

Journal reference:
Ried K, Frank OR, Stocks NP, Fakler P, Sullivan T. Effect of garlic on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008; 8:13
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“Tapsy-Cola”

At last, an appetite-control agent that requires no prescription, has no common side effects, and costs almost nothing!

“Tapsy-Cola” - yes that’s right, plain water straight from the tap... although in reality most Malaysians have to filter and boil the water first.

Scientists led by Dr Brenda Davy, associate professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia recently announced the results of their clinical trial confirming that just two 8-ounce (240ml) glasses of the stuff, taken before meals, enables people to shed pounds.

This something that folklore and everyday experience long have suggested but there has been surprisingly little scientific information on the topic.

The "gold-standard" randomized, controlled clinical trial involved 48 adults aged 55-75 years, divided into two groups.

One group drank 2 cups of water (just under 500ml) prior to their meals and the other did not. All of the subjects ate a low-calorie diet during the study.

Over the course of 12 weeks, dieters who drank water before meals, three times per day, lost an average of 15.5 pounds (7 kg) while the non-water drinkers lost 11 pounds (5 kg).

“Water may be so effective simply because it fills up the stomach with a substance that has zero calories. People feel fuller as a result, and eat less calorie-containing food during the meal. Increased water consumption may also help people lose weight if they drink it in place of sweetened calorie-containing beverages” said Davy.

Official bodies like the National Academies' Institute of Medicine, an agency that advises the Federal Government, say healthy people should let natural thirst guide them on how much water to drink, but they generally recommend this should result in about 9 cups of fluids a day, including water, for women and 13 cups for men.

However, drinking too much water can be dangerous and results in a rare but serious condition called water intoxication, warned Davy.

Their study was presented recently at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) that is taking place in Boston 22 to 26 August.

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Here’s what the US National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has to say about Maintaining a Healthy Weight

Changing the way you approach weight loss can help you be more successful at weight management.
Most people who are trying to lose weight focus on just the goal of weight loss. However, setting the right goals and focusing on lifestyle changes such as following a healthy eating plan, watching portion sizes, being physically active, and reducing sedentary time are much more effective.

I Suppress, Therefore I Smoke

Try not to think of a white bear and what happens?

You end up thinking of a white bear.

This idea that suppressing thoughts makes them rebound stronger is well-established in psychology

James Erskine et al investigated the effects of suppressing thoughts of smoking in everyday life on the number of cigarettes subsequently smoked.

Numerous studies demonstrate that suppressing negative or even neutral thoughts can have a rebound effect. Therefore, a person who suppresses a thought may end up thinking about the suppressed thought more frequently than if he or she had not attempted suppression. [Wegner DM, Schneider DJ, Carter SR, White TL. (1987) Paradoxical effects of thoughts suppression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53, 5–13.]

Despite considerable evidence pointing to the ineffectiveness of thought suppression in achieving mental control, and the almost ubiquitous negative effects associated with the technique, thought suppression remains a widely used self-control strategy.

Thus, while avoiding thoughts of cigarettes helps reduce smokers' intake at first, it may actually trigger a subsequent increase in the behavior.

Eighty five smokers, who smoked at least ten cigarettes a day, took part in the study. They were split into three groups and asked to monitor their daily cigarette intake and stress levels over a 3-week period.

In Week 1 and Week 3, participants monitored intake and stress. During Week 2, in addition to monitoring intake and stress, participants in the experimental groups either suppressed or expressed smoking thoughts, whereas the control group continued monitoring. The results showed a clear behavioral rebound: The suppression group smoked significantly more in Week 3 than the expression or control group did.

Dr Erskine said: "The fact that the suppression group smoked less in the second week shows that this method may be effective in reducing unwanted behaviour in the short term. But this actually isn't helpful, as smokers might then think that thought suppression is a useful strategy in quitting smoking.

"In this case, we asked the suppression group to stop suppressing in week three, but the rebound effect should be the same whether it is deliberate, or whether other real life factors cause someone to stop suppressing thoughts of smoking. In real life, it can be hard to continue suppressing your thoughts.

"Although the differences in the number of cigarettes smoked from week to week may seem small, we know that habitual smokers are remarkably consistent in how many they smoke. So, even a small difference can be considered significant.

"Knowing what techniques not to use should lead to better understanding of what methods of quitting do work."

Smokers Trying to Give Up: Don't Stop Thinking About Cigarettes

Journal Reference:

Erskine JA, Georgiou GJ, Kvavilashvili L. I Suppress, Therefore I Smoke: Effects of Thought Suppression on Smoking Behavior. Psychological Science, 2010 Jul 26. [Epub ahead of print]

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NiQuitin CQ Lozenges Review by kenjohn

Advantages: First nicotine replacement therapy I've tried that actually works.

Disadvantages: Some minor side effects. (See review)

~ ~ I almost feel like I’m tempting fate putting fingers to keyboard to write this review.
Let me explain. After 43 years smoking I am now on my 13th day without a cigarette.
Tempting fate? Well, the thought in the back of my mind is; “Is it too soon to be writing this review? Should I perhaps not a wait a while longer to make sure that the cure is permanent and that I’m not going to relapse back into my old ways?”

I believe that would be the case if I were writing simply to praise my own outstanding willpower, and to tell you all how wonderful I am for being able to quit. The truth however is that when it comes to cigarettes and smoking I HAVE no …. CLICK HERE for the complete review

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Smokers at Risk from Their Own 'Second-Hand' Smoke

Smokers inhale BaP and other toxic compounds present in the mainstream (MS) of their cigarettes.

But if they smoke indoors, they inevitably inhale also an amount of pollutants present in their environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).

Several studies provide evidence of a causal association between passive smoking in non-smokers and lung cancer or ischemic heart disease. A previous study demonstrated that smokers were 21.2 times more ETS exposed, based on nicotine, than non-smokers.

Despite these results, only a few studies have examined the adverse effects of passive smoking exposure among active smokers. The low interest in studying the role of ETS on smoker health is probably due to the assumption that the added dose of toxic compounds to smokers from their own passive smoking is negligible, compared to the dose they voluntarily inhale by their cigarettes.

Now, research by Maria Teresa Piccardo who worked with a team of researchers from the National Cancer Research Institute, Italy has shown that they are at additional risk from breathing environmental tobacco smoke.

15 actively smoking newsagents were chosen because they work alone in small newsstands, meaning that any tobacco smoke in the air they breathe is strictly correlated to the number of cigarettes smoked by that newsagent.

The researchers found that environmental tobacco smoke may have a significant impact on smokers' health. For someone who smokes 14 cigarettes a day, their own second hand smoke resulted in exposure the equivalent of smoking an extra 2.6 cigarettes.

According to Piccardo, "Both active and passive smoking contributions should always be considered in studies about health of active smokers."

Reference:

Maria Teresa Piccardo, Anna Stella and Federico Valerio. Is the smokers exposure to environmental tobacco smoke negligible? Environmental Health, 2010, 9:5doi

BaP - Benzo[a]pyrene, C20H12, is a five-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon whose metabolites are mutagenic and highly carcinogenic

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Mid-life Stress Ups Late-Life Dementia

Stress has previously been shown to increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as stroke, heart attack and hypertension

Stress is defined as a sense of irritation, tension, nervousness, anxiety, fear or sleeping problems lasting a month or more due to work, health, family or other problems.

Now Lena Johansson at the University of Gothenburg has shown that stress in middle age could lead to the development of dementia later in life, especially Alzheimer's disease.

The Swedish researchers followed the progress of 1,415 women, with three surveys in 1968, 1974 and 1980 to assess the levels of psychological stress

Women, who experience repeated stress and anxiety in mid-life, can face up to twice the risk of developing dementia than their normal peers.

During the 35 years of the study, 161 of the participants developed dementia, mainly in the form of Alzheimer's disease. The risk of dementia was about 65% higher in women who suffered frequent stress in middle age.

The risk increased by 73 percent when women reported frequent or constant stress on two occasions, and more than doubled when all three surveys showed they were stressed.

"This study could result in a better understanding of the risk factors for dementia, but our results need to be confirmed by other studies, and further research is needed in the area. Most of those who said that they were stressed did not develop dementia, so it's not currently possible to advise people to be less stressed or warn about the dangers of high stress levels due to an increased risk of developing dementia," says Dr Johansson.

The Swede is being modest.

We have already mentioned effects of stress on your cardiovascular system. Stress also negatively affect your immune system by reducing your resistance to colds, herpes, AID and possibly some viral linked cancers. And there is no cure for Alzheimer's disease.

Do you want to wait and see?

Manage stress now!

Journal Reference:

Johansson L, Guo X, Waern M, Ostling S, Gustafson D, Bengtsson C, Skoog I. Midlife psychological stress and risk of dementia: a 35-year longitudinal population study. Brain, 2010 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]

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Tips for Managing Stress

10 Tips for Managing Stress

1. Make time for breakfast. Start the day with a reasonable breakfast, preferably including fruit, yoghurt, whole grain bread, nuts, porridge, and honey. They will provide a boost to the immune system and adequate supply of natural sugars.

2. Pay attention to your body and the signals it gives you. Notice the early warning signs such as colds, back & head aches, excessive tiredness, loss of concentration, unrefreshing sleep and mood changes. Your body and mind are telling you to ease back and take a break.

3. Take regular breaks from your work during the day over lunchtimes and long weekends, to recharge your batteries. Always take holidays of sufficient length to provide a change which is relaxing, fun, stimulating or inspiring. Leave your laptops, Blackberries, PDA’s and mobile phones at home. You are not indispensable and it is good practice to educate others to manage without you.

4. Find ways of closing down your day that allow you to shift your mental state from work anxiety and concern, to home relaxation. Your families do not appreciate you bringing home your work and anxieties, especially if you lock yourself away every night. Use your journey to do something which helps you switch off. When you get home do something which signifies you are now focussed on your family. Develop a closure ritual to signify to you and others that you have stopped working.

5. Avoid unfinished business and putting off things we do not want to deal with are often the biggest causes of anxiety. Particularly towards the end of the day it is important to get closure on tasks, deal with unresolved issues with others and take actions to move forward with projects.

6. Your time is precious! Be selective about who you spend time with. Choose to be with people who are interesting, stimulating, positive and optimistic. They will restore your energy when it is low, encourage you during the tough times and provide an appropriate escape valve when it all gets too much. They will also help you to celebrate and maintain the feel-good factor. They will rub-off on you! Reduce your time and contact with people who have a negative take on life and those who leave you feeling drained.

7. Create a work and home environment or a space which calms, soothes, rejuvenates, excites, stimulates and feels like a haven of rest or a source of creative energy.

8. Have a good clear out on a regular basis, at least monthly. Removing clutter, old clothes you never wear and books/papers which you no longer need, will create space, light and a positive sense of moving forward. Clear, shred and recycle to free “space” for the new you!

9. Drink water, natural juices, smoothies, herbal and fruit teas as alternatives to coffee, black tea, alcohol and soft drinks. Your energy will be sustained rather than relying on quick fixes which ultimately leave you in a more tired state than the one you started in.

10. Be prepared to ask for help & support. This will save you time, prevent issues from escalating and allow others to feel included & appreciated. Remember to thank others and recognise their efforts on a regular basis. They will gladly support you when you need it most.

Source: ManagingPressure.Com

Advertisement - Health Supplement

Stress, poor diet, lack of exercise, and excessive use of antibiotics are all potential factors that may contribute to decreasing the friendly bacteria in the body.

Did you know that we literally carry around 1 kg of bacteria with us at any one time! The bacteria in our bodies help to break down the food we eat and enhance absorption of many nutrients.

The use of friendly bacteria was first studied by the scientist Ellie Metchnikoff, who wrote a thesis on ‘Prolongation Of Life’ in the late part of 1800s. He noticed that the Bulgarians lived to the ripe old age beyond a hundred and found that their diets consisted mostly of sour milk with lactic acid bacteria in them.

Initially he called the bacteria the Bulgarian bacillus, later renaming it Bacillus bulgaricus. In recent years, the lactic acid bacteria has come to be known as ‘probiotics’, meaning ‘for life’ (as opposed to antibiotic, which means to kill bacteria).

Today, probiotics are known to contribute to good intestinal function, aid digestion and help to regulate the immune system. In this way they help to maintain overall good health.

Unfortunately, our 21st century lifestyle puts us at risk of damaging our intestine’s friendly bacteria.

Stress, poor diet, lack of exercise, and excessive use of antibiotics are all potential factors that may contribute to decreasing the friendly bacteria in the body.

When that happens, the bad bacteria that co-exist with the good bacteria in the guts will leap into action to colonise the good bacteria. When these bad bacteria multiply, they may create a toxic situation that disrupts the body’s normal functioning. This results in a multitude of diseases such as gastrointestinal and immune disorders.

Many healthcare professionals now recognise the importance of supplementing our diet with probiotics so as to keep the bad bacteria in check and restore a healthy balance in the gut.

• Alleviate symptoms of lactose intolerance.
  
• Prevent and shorten antibiotic-associated diarrhea and acute diarrhea.
• Relieve symptoms of ‘Irritable Bowel Syndrome’ [IBS].
• Strengthen the human gut defense mechanism.
• Shorten duration of common cold symptoms by 20% and reduces severity of symptoms.
• Reduce recurrent infections of vaginal thrush.

Lose Weight - Inspire Yourself with the Immediate Health Effects

Successful weight loss in obese individuals is defined as a reduction of 10 percent or more of initial body weight maintained for at least a year.

Compliance for weight loss programmes is notoriously poor. One potential reason for this is that many programmes target long-term effects of obesity like greater risk for cancer, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and asthma, which have with little direct relevance to the person's current health status.

A new study Susan Kotowski and Kermit Davis from the University of Cincinnati suggests the immediate health benefits -- such as reduced pain -- may be the most effective motivator for helping obese individuals shed extra weight and commit to keeping it off.

Thirty two women between the ages of 22 and 76 participated in the study. Baseline individual weight and musculoskeletal pain data related to nine body regions: neck, shoulders, elbows, hands and wrists, upper back, lower back, hips, knees and lower legs and feet were collected.

Participants were then tracked weekly over 12 weeks to record any weight loss and asked to rate their pain on a scale of zero to 10 every other week.

Even the slightest weight loss relieves pain and lowers the burden of surplus weight.

Significant associations were found between weight loss and overall pain reduction, as well as pain reduction in the elbow, hip region and upper and lower back. These findings put forth that even the slightest weight loss relieves pain and lowers the burden of surplus weight.

Researchers say these preliminary results could have ramifications for companies with a high prevalence of overweight workers with musculoskeletal problems -- particularly in industries that require manual or repetitive weight-bearing labor.

"From an ergonomics perspective, we can only do so much to alter the work environment to remove body stressors," explains Kotowski. "Excess weight adds additional stress to the musculoskeletal system and that can only be relieved through weight loss."

These findings were reported in the August 2010 issue of the journal Work

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Shape Up the Quick Way

Slow and Steady Doesn’t Win the Race

Lisa Nackers and colleagues, from the University of Florida in the US examined the association between rate of initial weight loss and long-term maintenance of lost weight, by looking specifically at whether losing weight at a slow initial rate results in larger long-term weight reduction and less weight regain than losing weight at a fast initial rate.

The researchers split the women into three groups according to how much weight they lost in the first month of the intervention.

Women in the FAST group lost over 0.68kg per week; those in the MODERATE group lost between 0.23 and 0.68kg per week; women in the SLOW group lost less than 0.23kg per week in that first month.

They were examined again at 6 and 18 months.

They found that there were long-term advantages to fast initial weight loss.

Fast weight losers lost more weight overall, maintained their weight loss for longer and were not more likely to put weight back on than the more gradual weight losers.

In particular, women in the FAST group were five times more likely to achieve the clinically significant 10 percent weight loss at 18 months than those in the SLOW group and those in the MODERATE group were nearly three times more likely to achieve this milestone than women in the SLOW group.

Journal Reference

Nackers LM, Ross KM, Perri MG. The association between rate of initial weight loss and long-term success in obesity treatment: does slow and steady win the race? International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2010 Sep;17(3):161-7.

Xenecal maintains an informative website to help overweight people lose weight.

Exercise, Eat wisely……and ….Eat Breakfast Every Day

Although some people try to lose weight by cutting down on the number of meals they eat, that really isn't a good strategy. Skipping meals often just means that you'll be starving later and wind up overeating. Starting the day with breakfast can help prevent that.

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Anda menendang bola di padang, menjatuhkan sesuatu yang berat pada kaki anda, atau kepala anda terhantuk di depan pintu yang rendah.

Mungkin kelihatan seperti tiada apa-apa terjadi pada waktu itu, tapi bila terlalu kerap, anda mungkin bangun keesokan harinya dengan lebam yang sangat sensitif bila disentuh. Apabila ia terjadi, anda mungkin memerlukan beg ais atau ubat, tapi sebelum anda melakukannya, mari kita bincang tentang lebam dan mengetahui puncanya.

Lebam (atau dalam perubatan disebut "contusions") terjadi apabila anda terluka dan pembuluh darah kecil di kulit pecah. Pembuluh darah ini atau "kapilari", bocor ke jaringan di sekitarnya dan sebagai sel darah merah yang berkumpul, anda boleh melihat perubahan warna di daerah tersebut. Bermula sebagai luka berwarna merah-ungu kemudian bertukar menjadi hijau atau kuning sebagai tindakbalas tubuh bekerja untuk menyembuhkan kawasan tersebut dan memetabolismakan atau memakan jisim sel darah merah yang terlepas.

Kecenderungan untuk lebam bervariasi dari seorang kepada seorang yang lain. Sekiranya semua orang terjatuh, kanak-kanak kurang mendapat lebam. Mereka memiliki ketahanan pembuluh darah yang tidak mudah pecah. Orang-orang tua, khususnya mereka yang mengambil ubat-ubatan tertentu, mempunyai pembuluh yang nipis, sesetengah mendapati tanda hitam dan biru sering terjadi sehingga menjadi tanda tanya dari mana datangnya kecederaan tersebut dan apa puncanya. Ubat yang menghalang pembekuan darah (seperti Coumadin) dan preskripsi ubat yang membuat pembuluh darah lebih rapuh (seperti Prednisone) sering memberikan sumbangan terhadap jumlah lebam seseorang.

Setelah dua hingga tiga minggu, kebanyakan orang mendapati lebam mereka sembuh dan warna kulit mereka kembali normal. Kadang-kadang, tubuh akan menyekat wilayah ini daripada menghantar sel untuk melakukan kerja pembersihan. Ketika hal ini terjadi darah akan berkumpul dan daerah tersebut membengkak dan menjadi lembut. Jika kalsium yang disimpan, keadaan tulang yang disebut myositis ossificans boleh berlaku dan jaringan menjadi sensitif terhadap sentuhan dan kekerasan.

Bahan kimia semulajadi yang ditemui dalam Arnica membantu untuk menyembuhkan atau menghalang komplikasi yang tidak diingini. Flavonoid mengurangkan ketelapan pembuluh darah dan polisakarida merangsang proses di mana sel-sel pembantu membersihkan sel-sel jaringan yang tidak dikehendaki.

Apabila menggunakan Arnica, hasil yang terbaik terjadi apabila tahap kecederaan dan kekuatan ubat hemeopati yang digunakan berpadanan. Apabila anda tersepak meja atau terkena lontaran bola keranjang pada hidung, anda hanya memerlukan arnica potensi rendah. Untuk kecederaan minimum, sapuan arnica adalah memadai.

Ingat bahawa trauma serius dan lebam spontan memerlukan pemeriksaan perubatan yang lengkap. Pastikan anda memeriksa tanda-tanda kecederaan dalaman dan keretakan. Selain itu, perkataan "RICE" dapat membantu untuk mengingatkan anda tentang tips-tips berharga lain untuk lebam: Rest(rehat), Ice(ais), Compress(tuam), Elevate(mengangkat). Lakukan penuaman dingin dan mengangkat bagian tubuh akan mengurangkan aliran darah ke daerah tersebut. Hal ini mengurangkan jumlah pendarahan di kulit dan mengurangkan ukuran lebam tersebut.

Walaupun kita sering berhati-hati, kemalangan tetap akan berlaku di rumah, di padang, di gym, dan di tempat kerja. Namun, dengan Arnica di tangan dan tips dalam fikiran, anda boleh mempercepatkan penyembuhan dan mencegah kecacatan jangka panjang yang sering menyertai lebam dan trauma fizikal. Jadi pastikan anda mempunyai bekalan Arnica di almari dapur anda, laci meja, dompet dan beg sukan. Anda akan dapat mengalami kesan penyembuhan bermanfaat dari Arnica yang disediakan sejak pendaki gunung menjumpainya berkurun-kurun lalu.

Oleh: Dr Lauri Grossman

Lauri Grossman adalah chiropractor dan homeopati berlesen. Beliau adalah lulusan dari Universiti Cornell, New England School of homoeopathy dan Hahnemann College of homoeopathy yang berprestij di Berkeley, California.

Dikenali dan dihormati sebagai ahli dalam penjagaan integratif, Dr Grossman telah mengajar di Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital, Hospital untuk Pembedahan Khusus dan Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.

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Penafian: Kami belum mempunyai bukti dokumentari untuk menunjukkan bahawa George W menggunakan * A Bruzzy untuk PENYEMBUHAN PANTAS dari LEBAM, TERKILIR dan KEJANG

If You Want to Age Gracefully

You can slow down your aging process and help stave off heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. U.S. News & World Report offers some tips on how to do it:

FREE RADICALS Free radicals are chemically unstable molecules that attack your cells and damage your DNA. You can limit your exposure to them by avoiding cigarettes, trans fats, charred meats, and other sources.

Fruits and vegetables are also chock full of antioxidants, which are thought to neutralize free radicals, so you should still aim to get five servings a day, organic or not. Those with the highest amount of antioxidants include prunes, raisins, blueberries, blackberries, and kale (kailan).

INFLAMMATION Normally part of a healthy immune response to foreign invaders, inflammation is now considered to be a major player in many diseases of aging, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and Alzheimer's—that is, when it becomes chronic. This happens when the immune system begins targeting healthy cells and tissues for attack.

One way to avoid it is to follow a Mediterranean-style diet based on whole grains, fatty fish like salmon and tuna, fruits, vegetables, and monounsaturated fats (nuts, avocados, and olives) with little meat.

Other great anti-inflammatory foods include turmeric, dark chocolate, and red wine, which contains the anti-aging chemical resveratrol.

CLICK HERE for our other posts on inflammation

EXERCISE Moderate amount of steady exercise like brisk walking, swimming, or biking for 30 to 45 minutes five days a week is another great way to lower inflammation by boosting anti-inflammatory chemicals and helping you avoid weight gain through the years. Having too much belly fat, defined as a waist measurement of more than 35 inches for a woman and 40 inches for a man, means you probably have high inflammation, since abdominal fat produces inflammatory chemicals.

Caution: too much exercise to the point of soreness and extreme fatigue can actually increase inflammation, at least temporarily.

CLICK HERE for our archive on exercise

GLYCATION Glycation is what happens when sugar mixes with proteins and fats to form molecules that promote aging. Advanced glycation end products, or AGEs, are thought to accelerate your aging process by churning out free radicals and promoting inflammation. One way to avoid ingesting AGEs is to turn down the heat when you cook. The browning effect of high-heat cooking causes these molecules to form. Limiting your intake of sugar-filled foods in general will also help, since excess sugar often binds to proteins in your body to form AGEs. The American Heart Association now recommends that women consume no more than 100 calories per day of added sugars, and men no more than 150 calories per day. Aside from increasing your risk of heart disease, AGEs appear to play a role in diabetes by causing blood to become sticky and hampering its ability to flow smoothly through capillaries and into the extremities and vital organs like the kidneys and eyes. "

STRESS Stress initiates the release of a variety of hormones that make your pulse race and cause your blood pressure to rise.

But the hormone cortisol, released to lessen these effects, actually creates problems when it remains chronically elevated; it has been shown to shrink a part of the brain called the hippocampus which is essential for long-term memory. It can also lead to the accumulation of belly fat, causing inflammation and insulin resistance.

Practice relaxation techniques like meditation or yoga to help manage stress. If you have trouble devoting 30 minutes a day to doing so, just take five minutes every so often throughout the day to close your eyes and focus on your breathing. Make sure you sleep 7 to 8 hours a night.

CLICK HERE for our earlier posts on Stress

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Preparing for Your Doctor's Appointment

We bet you had done a bit of research before you purchased the computer from which you are reading Zestzfulness.

And you would do the same to get all the options and the best possible bargain for the digital SLR you have promised yourself.

Likewise you should apply those tactics to one of your most important regular purchases: a trip to your doctor's clinic.

"Understand that ordinarily appointments are not very long," said Arthur Levin, director of the nonprofit Center for Medical Consumers. "Physicians talk a lot and don't always listen. You have to organize yourself in a way that you maximize the chances that the questions you have will be heard and answered."

Do a little homework before going to your doctor.

Here are some basic tips to help you prepare for your appointment:

• Make a list of all of your symptoms and/or health concerns you've had on your mind.
• Make a list of all the medications you're currently taking, including dosage. Include a list of all over the counter meds, herbals, vitamins, and supplements that you are taking.
• Include information on medications that you have taken and if they worked for you or not. If they didn’t work or you had problems with the medication be sure to tell your doctor about it.
• Bring a detailed copy of your (and your family's) medical history. Note any recent lifestyle changes.
• Take a notepad and a pen with you and write down any information that the doctor gives you. If you don’t understand anything, make him explain it to you. There is no need to be embarrassed if you don't understand all the terminology. And if you write it down you can look it up later.

If your doctor prescribes a medicine, be sure to ask follow-up questions and these include:

• Why are you prescribing this particular drug?
• Are there alternatives to taking this medication?
• What are the possible side effects?
• Is there a generic version that will do the same job?

Many of our doctors maintain a little dispensary within their premises from which their assistants will dispense the medications that the doctor himself has prescribed. Make sure that the dispensed medications are checked by your doctor to ensure that they are the ones the doctor had prescribed and that you receive the right dosage instruction. You are the consumer, this is your right!

The better alternative is to ask for a prescription and have your medications dispensed by another health professional - your pharmacist.

With more than 8,000 medications on the market and three billion prescriptions written each year, prescription errors are a top concern of the U.S. health care system. The 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, which estimated that between 44,000 and 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year as a result of medical mistakes, has brought new public scrutiny to the issue of drug errors (1). While some analysts argue that the report's findings are exaggerated, few disagree with the central conclusion: Health care needs better systems to prevent deadly errors.

Your pharmacist complementing your doctor's care is one strategy that can reduce adverse drug events and improve patient care.

(1) From the March 2000 ACP–ASIM Observer by the American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine

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PS. If you forget any questions you have, be sure to call the doctor back and ask! Your health is too important to ignore. Don’t ever be embarrassed to ask your doctor and your pharmacist anything.

'Speed Control' for All of Us

Good morning! We trust you did not have a sleepless night worrying over PE.

If you do, here’s GOOD NEWS to cheer you up!

Janssen-Cilag announced recently that PRILIGY® (dapoxetine) is now approved for the treatment of premature ejaculation (PE) in men 18-64 years of age. It will be available soon on your doctor's prescription.

PE is one of those hidden conditions that can cause terrible problems in a relationship and a great deal of embarrassment. It can be present from the first sexual encounter or can develop later in life for a variety of reasons. Nearly 1 out of 4 men with PE (24.4%) reports significant levels of anxiety.

The symptoms of PE are: a short time to ejaculation, not being able to control when ejaculation happens and distress relating to either of these situations.

Dapoxetine is a medicine specifically developed for the treatment of PE. It is an oral tablet that can be taken approximately 1-3 hours before sex is anticipated.

Dapoxetine is chemically similar to a family of antidepressants called SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors).

An observed, and usually adverse, effect of SSRIs is a delay in ejaculatory latency time although the precise mechanism of action is unknown.

Unlike the SSRIs which take 2 weeks or longer to reach steady-state concentration, dapoxetine has a rapid onset of action of approximately 1.5 hours and a short half-life*. By 24 hours, plasma concentrations are less than 5% of peak values.

These attributes make dapoxetine suitable for on-demand therapy for men with moderate-to-severe premature ejaculation with minimal adverse effects.

"If Viagra has made sex possible for men suffering from impotence, this new drug aims to regulate premature problems and to make it last longer. Much longer..."

Talk to your doctor if you think you have PE.

If you simply want to be longer lasting, you will be pleased thrilled to know that Zestz has been observed (anecdotal) to generously prolong intravaginal ejaculation latency time (IELT)

Journal Reference

Pryor JL, Althof SE, Steidle C, Rosen RC, Hellstrom WJ, Shabsigh R, Miloslavsky M, Kell S; Dapoxetine Study Group. Efficacy and tolerability of dapoxetine in treatment of premature ejaculation: an integrated analysis of two double-blind, randomised controlled trials. Lancet. 2006 Sep 9;368(9539):929-37.

A medication's half-life is the time it takes for the plasma concentration of a drug to reach half of its original concentration. More simply put, the half-life of a drug is how long it takes for half of it to be eliminated from the bloodstream.

CLICK HERE for a balanced, easily understood information on PE

Have a Good Sunday!

Lasting Longer

It’s a fact of life that every one of us wants to last longer!

A satisfying sexual life is an important component of a healthy and happy relationship. Your inability to ‘last long enough’ can also impact heavily on your partner's sexual life and cause major relationship difficulties.

How long should you last?

Let’s get technical here: IELT.

Intravaginal ejaculation latency time (IELT) is defined as the time between the start of vaginal intromission and the start of intravaginal ejaculation.

Marcel Waldinger et al assessed the intravaginal ejaculation latency time (IELT) distribution amongst 500 couples recruited from countries: the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, and the United States.

The researchers discovered this:

“the distribution of the IELT in all the five countries was positively skewed, with a median IELT of 5.4 minutes (range, 0.55 to 44.1 minutes). The median IELT decreased significantly with age, from 6.5 minutes in the 18-30 years group, to 4.3 minutes in the group older than 51 years. The median IELT varied between countries, with the median value for Turkey being the lowest, i.e., 3.7 minutes (0.9 to 30.4 minutes), which was significantly different from each of the other countries. Comparison of circumcised (N=98) and not-circumcised (N=261) men in countries excluding Turkey resulted in median IELT values of 6.7 minutes (0.7 to 44.1 minutes) in circumcised compared with 6.0 minutes (0.5 to 37.4 minutes) in not-circumcised men (not significant). The median IELT value was not affected by condom use.”

It all boils down to this:

If you doing at least 5.4 minutes (or to put it in a more positive light, 324 seconds) per session, you’ve got no worries.

Less than this and you are suffering from PE.

PE is not Physical Education!

The medical literature contains several definitions of PE.

Realising that all of these definitions are just authority based rather than evidence based, and have no support from controlled clinical and/or epidemiological studies, Chris McMahon and mates at the Australian Center for Sexual Health in Sydney set out to clarify the murk.

The Aussies analysed the evaluations of the 2007 Ad Hoc Committee for the Definition of Premature Ejaculation (PE) of the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) on the strengths and weaknesses of the then current definitions of PE, the evidence in support of the constructs of ejaculatory latency, ejaculatory control, sexual satisfaction, and personal/interpersonal distress.

After lots of deliberation (and beer?), all 21 blokes decided to call it a day by agreeing to the agreement of the Ad Hoc Committee that lifelong PE is

"a male sexual dysfunction characterized by ejaculation which always or nearly always occurs prior to or within about one minute of vaginal penetration, and the inability to delay ejaculation on all or nearly all vaginal penetrations, and negative personal consequences, such as distress, bother, frustration and/or the avoidance of sexual intimacy."

Simply put, if you cum within 1 minute of penetration or you cum before penetration, you’ve got PE!

Calm down! It’s not a problem without solutions.

Journal Reference:

1. Waldinger MD, Quinn P, Dilleen M, Mundayat R, Schweitzer DH, Boolell M. A multinational population survey of intravaginal ejaculation latency time. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2005 Jul;2(4):492-7.
   
2. McMahon CG, Althof SE, Waldinger MD, Porst H, Dean J, Sharlip ID, Adaikan PG, Becher E, Broderick GA, Buvat J, Dabees K, Giraldi A, Giuliano F, Hellstrom WJ, Incrocci L, Laan E, Meuleman E, Perelman MA, Rosen RC, Rowland DL, Segraves R. An evidence-based definition of lifelong premature ejaculation: report of the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) ad hoc committee for the definition of premature ejaculation. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2008 Jul;5(7):1590-606.

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Tips Sederhana Mencegah Bau Mulut Selama Puasa

Selama menjalankan ibadah puasa, masalah bau mulut seringkali menimbulkan ketidaknyamanan.

Masalah yang kerap terjadi menjadi hambatan dalam pergaulan dan membuat minder.

Saat berpuasa, produksi air liur dalam mulut dan dalam saluran pencernaan berkurang sehingga menjadi lebih kering.

Akibatnya timbul halitosis atau bau mulut.

Bau mulut juga dapat disebabkan penyakit sistemis seperti liver, lambung, saluran pernapasan serta ginjal akut.

Sedangkan penyakit gigi dan mulut penyebab napas tak segar di antaranya gigi berlubang, radang gusi, gingivitis karena karang gigi, dan periodontitis.

Dipublikasikan oleh Wawan Lodro

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What is a bruise?

You get kicked on the soccer field, drop something heavy on your toe, or bang your head on a low entryway.

It might seem like nothing at the time, but all too often, you wake up the next day with a discolored bruise that is so tender to the touch, you want no one to come near. When this happens, you might reach for an ice pack or consider running to the medicine cabinet, but before you do, let’s talk about bruises and learn what causes the rainbow of colors that appears as days go by.

Bruises (or what medical doctors call “contusions”) occur when you get injured and break tiny blood vessels in the skin. These blood vessels or “capillaries”, leak into the surrounding tissue and as red blood cells gather, you can see discoloration in the area. What starts off as a red-purple injury becomes green or yellow as the body works to heal the region and metabolize or gobble up the mass of escaped red blood cells.

The tendency to bruise varies from one person to another. Despite all their falls, young children bruise less readily. They have resilient blood vessels that don’t break easily. Older people, especially those on certain medications, have delicate vessels; some find black and blue marks so frequently that they are forever wondering where the injuries come from and what it was they last bumped into. Medications that prevent blood clotting (like Coumadin) and prescription drugs that make blood vessels more fragile (like Prednisone) often contribute to the number of bruises one has.

After two to three weeks, most people find their bruises healed and their skin color returned to normal. Sometimes, however, the body will wall off the region instead of sending cells in to do the clean up work. When this occurs the blood pools and the area swells and becomes tender. If calcium is deposited, a bony condition called myositis ossificans can occur and the tissue becomes sensitive to touch and hard.

The natural chemicals found in Arnica help to heal or prevent these unwanted complications. Flavonoids decrease the permeability of the blood vessels and polysaccharideas stimulate the process by which helper-cells clean the tissue of unwanted debris.

When using Arnica, the best results occur when you match the severity of the injury with the strength of the homeopathic medicine. A lower potency is all you need when you bang your toe into a table or get a blow to the nose in a basketball game. For more minimal injury, topical Arnica is all you need for relief.

Remember that serious trauma and spontaneous bruising calls for a complete medical evaluation. Be sure to get checked for signs of internal injury and fracture. In addition, the word “RICE” can help to remind you of other valuable tips for bruising: REST, ICE, COMPRESS, ELEVATE. The application of a cold compress and elevating the body part reduces the blood flow to the area. This lessens the amount of bleeding in the skin and reduces that size of the bruise.

Even with the utmost caution, accidents will happen at home, on the field, in the gym, and in the workplace. However, with Arnica on hand and these tips in mind, you can speed the healing and prevent long-term disability that often accompanies bruises and physical trauma. So be sure to have a supply of Arnica in your kitchen cabinet, desk drawer, purse and gym bag. Then, you too will be able to experience the beneficial healing effects that Arnica has provided since mountain climbers discovered it centuries ago.

By: Dr Lauri Grossman

Lauri Grossman is a licensed chiropractor and homeopath. She is a graduate of Cornell University, the New England School of Homeopathy and the prestigious Hahnemann College of Homeopathy in Berkeley, California.

Known and respected as an expert in integrative care, Dr. Grossman has taught at Sloan Kettering-Memorial Hospital, the Hospital for Special Surgery and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.

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Disclaimer: We do not, as yet, have documentary evidence in hand to show that a George W endorses A*Bruzzy for RAPID RELIEF from Bruising, Sprains and Strains.