Spinach For Health

 Health Benefits of Spinach
 It is difficult to overestimate the nutritional powerhouse that is spinach. Here are eleven reasons why spinach should find its way into your grocery bag. Diet One cup of spinach has nearly 20% of the RDA of dietary fiber, which aids in digestion, prevents constipation, maintains low blood sugar, and curbs overeating.
Cancer
Flavonoids -- a phytonutrient with anti-cancer properties abundant in spinach -- have been shown to slow down cell division in human stomach and skin cancer cells. Furthermore, spinach has shown significant protection against the occurrence of aggressive prostate cancer.
Anti-Inflammatory
Neoxanthin and violaxanthin are two anti-inflammatory epoxyxanthophylls that play an important role in regulation of inflammation and are present in unusual amounts in spinach.
Antioxidants
The vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, manganese, zinc and selenium present in spinach all serve as powerful antioxidants that combat the onset of osteoporosis, atherosclerosis and high blood pressure.
Blood Pressure
By inhibiting the angiotensin I-converting enzyme, peptides within spinach have been shown to effectively lower blood pressure.
Vision
Both antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin are especially plentiful in spinach and protect the eye from cataracts and age-related macular degeneration.
Immunity
One cup of spinach contains over 337% of the RDA of vitamin A that not only protects and strengthens "entry points" into the human body, such as mucous membranes, respiratory, urinary and intestinal tracts, but is also a key component of lymphocytes (or white blood cells) that fight infection.
Skin
The high amount of vitamin A in spinach also promotes healthy skin by allowing for proper moisture retention in the epidermis, thus fighting psoriasis, keratinization, acne and even wrinkles.
Bones
One cup of boiled spinach provides over 1000% of the RDA of vitamin K that can prevent excess activation of osteoclasts (the cells that break down bones), as well as promote the synthesis of osteocalcin, the protein that is essential for maintaining the strength and density of our bones.
Calcification
Vitamin K is a crucial component of the process called carboxylation, which produces the matrix Gla protein that directly prevents calcium from forming in tissue. Eating one cup of spinach contributes to this process that fights atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Brain and Nervous Function
The abundance of vitamin K in spinach contributes greatly to a healthy nervous system and brain function by providing an essential part for the synthesis of sphingolipids, the crucial fat that makes up the Myelin sheath around our nerves.

Source : www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/11-health-benefits-of-spinach.html

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Stress Management

It may seem that there’s nothing you can do about stress. The bills won’t stop coming and your career and family responsibilities will always be demanding. But managing stress is all about taking charge: of your thoughts, emotions, schedule, and the way you deal with problem. 
Stress management starts with identifying the sources of stress in your life. This isn’t as easy as it sounds. Your true sources of stress aren’t always obvious, and it’s all too easy to overlook your own stress-inducing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Sure, you may know that you’re constantly worried about work deadlines. But maybe it’s your procrastination, rather than the actual job demands, that leads to deadline stress. 
To identify your true sources of stress, look closely at your habits, attitude, and excuses: 
 Do you explain away stress as temporary even though you can’t remember the last time you took a breather? 
 Do you define stress as an integral part of your work or home life or as a part of your personality . 
 Do you blame your stress on other people or outside events, or view it as entirely normal and unexceptional?
Until you accept responsibility for the role you play in creating or maintaining it, your stress level will remain outside your control. 
For more detailed information, please click here . 

Good Luck !

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Herbal Medicine For Leukemia

Leukemia , in GreekLEUKOS ("white") AIMA ("blood"), or more commonly known as blood cancer is a disease in cancer classification (neoplasm) in the blood or bone marrow characterized by the abnormal or malignant transformation of blood-forming cells in bone marrow and lymphoid tissues, generally occurs in leukocytes (white blood cells). Normal cells in the bone marrow was replaced by normal or abnormal cells. These abnormal cells out of the marrow and can be found in the peripheral blood . Hematopoiesis or leukemia cells affect the formation of normal blood cells and immune patients. The word leukemia means white blood, because the people found a lot of whiteblood cells before therapy was given. White blood cells are cells that look much younger, for example promielosit. This raised the amount that can disrupt the normal function of other cells 
Instead of medical treatment, Leukemia can also be teated by the use of supplements and herbs as I have quoted below from multi sources.
 A person suffering from the various symptoms of leukemia will gain great benefit from the use of these supplements, and the various herbal remedies and other supplements given here will help support the overall health of the person and this will also boost the energy levels in a person suffering from leukemia. The diet of a person suffering from leukemia must contain wholesome foods and must be very rich in various essential nutrients as these all nutrients are extremely important for the person to fight off the various symptoms of the condition. Problems with the blood such as anemia is usually evident during leukemia in patients, therefore all supplements such as the entire B complex vitamins and a mineral like iron must be used as compulsory supplements to help build up the blood in the affected individual. These nutrients and minerals also serve as a vital source of energy at all times and help fight off physical fatigue which may be very persistent in all patients. A serious folic acid deficiency can also result due to the various prescription medications used as a treatment for leukemia, supplements of the vitamin folic acid are necessary for all patients suffering from leukemia because of this reason. The organic form of the mineral iron is the best supplemental form of the mineral, as it is the easiest form to absorb and its presence in the body will not lead to the production of many unwanted side-effects associated with the use of various iron pills. Infections occurring within the body can be countered through supplements of the vitamin C , the vitamin also helps in the strengthening of the blood vessels and protects the person from various toxins present in the body and which are often an underlying cause or the real reason behind an incidence of leukemia in a person. The action and effectiveness of the vitamin C within the body is supported by co-supplements of the plant based natural substances called the bioflavonoids - these compounds must always be used in conjunction with the vitamin C to improve the performance of the vitamin within the body. The blood vessels can be strengthened by these supplements, which also prevent bleeding when used together in a single combined dose. The side effects of medications used during cases of leukemia can also be countered by the use of vitamin E ; this vitamin can effectively reduce the intensity of all side effects arising as a result of prescription medication utilization over a long period of time. Cancer and its symptoms can also be moderated by supplements of both the vitamins C and E-these chemicals act in the prevention of all symptoms associated with cancer. 
For more detailed information, you can find it on this site : http://www.herbs2000.com/disorders/leukemia.htm 
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When Life Becomes Too Easy

For those of you who have followed me over the years, you know that my wife Shelly and I have participated in the 3-Day for the Cure. It’s an annual event that supports breast cancer research and each year we’re required to raise a minimum of $2,300. I won’t try to convince you that walking 60 miles over a weekend is easy, but I will say that throughout the years it’s become easier for me. Since we started in 2001, Shelly and I have walked over 1200 miles – and have raised more than $100,000 for this noble cause. Funding breast cancer research will always be close to our hearts, especially since her aunt and grandmother are survivors.
Like All Good Things, They Must Come to an End 
It is with great sadness that I tell you last year’s 3-Day for the Cure will be our last. While the event has meant an incredible amount to us, it’s time for us to move on. We’ve had some wonderful memories walking, and I’ll never forget them. But there is a law which says something about diminishing returns. From a challenge standpoint, the 3-Day isn’t hard for me anymore – it’s too easy, as a matter of fact. 


When Life Becomes Too Easy, Throw in Some Pain 
It wouldn’t be any fun to throw in the towel without entering another ring, would it? Almost a year to the date, Shelly and I ran the Las Vegas Rock’n'Roll 1/2 Marathon. It was my first endurance event./And I went the distance. Since then, I’ve run two more 1/2 marathons and we will be running another this January in Phoenix. The returns are diminishing again. And I still want more. 
Source : http://www.briangardner.com/life-too-easy/

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Epley Maneuver

Referring to the request of a friend, I repost the following sequence of positions describes the Epley maneuver: 1. The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, with the legs fully extended and the head turned 45 degrees towards the affected side. 2. The patient then quickly lies down backwards with the head held approximately in a 30 degree neck extension where the affected ear faces the ground. 3. Remain in this position for approximately 30 seconds. 4. The head is then turned 90 degrees to the opposite direction so that the unaffected ear faces the ground, all while maintaining the 30 degree neck extension. 5. Remain in this position for approximately 30 seconds. 6. Keeping the head and neck in a fixed position, the individual rolls onto their shoulder, in the direction that they are facing. 7. Remain in this position for approximately 30 seconds. 8. Finally, the individual is slowly brought up to an upright sitting posture, while maintaining the 45 degree rotation of the head. 9. Hold sitting position for up to 30 seconds. The entire procedure should be repeated two more times, for a total of three times. For more detailed information, please click here.

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Real Men Wear Pink

I received his e-mail yesterday . It reminded me about his social activities as I have quoted below.

On August 5th, 2011 I will once again lace up my shoes for the Chicago Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, and start an emotional journey that will take me 60 very long and grueling miles. This walk will be hot, this walk will be painful. There will be sweat, and there will be tears.

If you ever wondered what I stand for in life… It’s kindness. It’s sacrifice. It’s caring about others. It’s making a difference. It’s being a real man and wearing pink.

By the time that you finish reading this, two more women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and another one just died from it. In fact, while I am walking those 60 miles, 110 women will die from this horrible disease. 110 families will lose a mother, or a daughter, or a best friend.

That is why I walk. I don’t walk to get recognition. I don’t walk because I want people to think of me a hero. I walk so that a little girl can grow up and spend time with her mother. I walk so that a mother can watch her daughter walk down the aisle at her wedding. I walk so that I don’t have to console another friend while a part of her life was taken too soon. I walk because I am physically able to, while others are not. I walk because I have been given so much, and I want to give back as much as I can.

I walk, because I cannot walk away… and when my time on earth comes to an end, I want everyone to know… I was here…

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Something More About Self Healing

After reading my article here some friends of mine have asked me to give more tips about Self Healing. Immediately I tried to collect related information through my BlogCatalog Discussion Forum and other sources.
Then I selected a good related information , i.e. Self Healing Exercises as I quoted a part of it below.

Morning energizing exercise

On waking, and whilst still in a relaxed state, check each part of your body. Note any part which is not at ease. Breathe in, and as you breathe out, concentrate on your big toe, feel it coming alive -- feel the blood flowing inside, feel it getting warm. Move along to the next toe and the next, concentrating on each in turn. Wriggle all your toes. Concentrate on your foot, feeling the blood, bones and skin warm and alive. Continue up the leg. When you reach the knee, bend your leg, flex the muscles. When you reach the top of your leg return to the other big toe and repeat the process to the top of that leg.

Now concentrate on the body, the organs, the intestines. Breathe in, feel the lungs expanding, feel the heart beating. Flex the back muscles and check the spine.
When you reach the shoulders, concentrate on an arm --remember to move all joints when you reach them. Flex the wrist, spread the hand and the fingers, flex the muscles. Go to the other shoulder and repeat. The neck is next; it is movable, so move it

Now activate the head, starting with the face. Move your jaw, puff out your cheeks, poke out your tongue, wrinkle your nose, sniff the air, roll your eyes, stretch your brows. Listen in order to activate your ears, concentrate on your brain, sense outside the head and notice how your hair sits like a cap on your head.

Concentrate on a spot just above the top of your head -- you may sense a colour, or else a beautiful colourful place. As you watch the image, one colour will stand out from the rest. This is the colour you need for the day. Your aura needs this colour. Put your hands on areas which feel imbalanced and feel the colour pulsating through your hands into the area. Whilst transferring the colour, try to sense why the imbalance has occurred.
Should the discomfort return during the day, through your hands, put the same colour in the area and it will be relieved.

Some mornings you may have found that the clothes you put on that day felt very uncomfortable. This was because you had chosen a colour which was not in harmony with your energy needs, and your aura was desperately seeking a colour to balance itself. By finding your colour through the exercise just described, you will save time and energy going through your entire wardrobe looking for something which feels right for the day.

The exercise takes time at first, but once you get used to moving through your own body you will find it can be done in a few minutes. The exercise can benefit everyone, psychic or not.
To add to your well-being for the day, you will find it very beneficial if you now attend to your energy flow.

Really hope the above mentioned tips would be very useful to you.
Good Luck !
(DS. Utomo)

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Anti Aging Drugs Gerovital

There is no magical age for wanting to look younger. Thirty-year olds want to look 20 while forty-somethings wish to be 30. It's a never-ending cycle when you're trying to fight nature and its plans to age you and your skin.

Inflammation is a factor in many ailments and the aging of your skin is no exception. When cellular inflammation occurs, certain collagen-destroying chemicals are released. Collagen is the element that gives skin its elasticity and keeps it flexible. As you can imagine, when it becomes dilapidated your skin will start to look older.

Gerovital was discovered by Dr. Ana Aslan from the National Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Romania. She was the first to seriously investigate the possibilities of procaine as a tool in the fight against aging. Dr Aslan recognised that procaine in a sense "attacks" the body's cells by numbing them. The body counterattacks with the enzyme cholinesterase. Cholinesterase hydrolyses the procaine in about one hour . Dr Aslan speculated that the compound could be stabilised so that it would not numb the cells. The body would not then reject it and the regenerative effects would be extended

Prof. Dr. Ana Aslan showed the effectiveness of Gerovital H3 in rheumatism, depressive states and atherosclerosis, hair regeneration, Parkinson's disease and re-pigmentation, vitiligo and other chronic diseases.

If you want to look always younger, please do not hesitate to visit :
http://www.gerovital-gerovital.com/faq_gerovital_h3.htm

Good Luck !
(DS. Utomo)

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Slimming Herbal

My friend blogger Dhani sent me yesterday a message containing information about Slimming Herbal as described below.

Do you want to keep your body stays health,i have the solution for you. Herbal-life give you the best solution about healthy problems with their best products that have been felt its benefit by people in more than 72 countries in around the world. There are some of the best products of Herbal-life that can help you to find the best solution for your health problems and fatness.

Now we provide a web site that can help you to learn more about our products and provide Herbal-life On-line stores to make customer easy to get our product. By sitting in your chair in front of your computer, you can buy our products with good price and good service of course good stead for our next body. Because herbal-life has branch in over 72 countries around the world so that every time you, who you are and where ever you are, no problem. You can order our products with competitive form or send us an email (your Purchase Order) to slimmingherbal@gmail.com

Our team will respond to your order and we guarantee that products ordered by you will be sent as soon as possible. So do not worry about it. These products are legal and safe. So there is no doubt here.

If you want more detailed information, please do not hesitate to visit the website
http://www.slimmingherbal.weebly.com

So let us live healthy with herbal and healthy food .
Good Luck !
(DS. Utomo)

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Junk Food and Childhood Obesity

The number of children who are overweight is increasing every year. In fact, according to health research, the percentage of childhood obesity in the United States grew at an alarming rate - one of three children now considered overweight or obese. A new study released by the National Cancer Institute report has found that nearly 40 percent of the calories consumed by children aged 2 to 18 years is bad calories, most unhealthy type of calories, which come from junk food , like that comes from soda, sugar-sweet drinks, cakes, cookies, donuts, ice cream, pizza, and whole milk .

The dependency on food mentioned above has been quite alarming for the health of children. This food is for the majority of genetically modified and loaded with unnatural additives, pesticides, and herbicides .. They are packaged in many interesting colors so that children beg to their parents to buy corn syrup-laced cereal and soda.

On the other hand, actually there are also many foods that come from sources of organic food that is free from toxic pesticides and others. This means that they can increase better the caloric intake of children . All food is made through a process that is cheaper with no additional preservatives and other additives, so it contains better nutrition. We have to accustom early the children to eat healthy, so they will not be overweight.

In addition, they also will be spared from diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other serious illnesses that are usually associated with obesity..  .

Good Luck!
(DS. Utomo)

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Chicago Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk

Today is August 6th, 2010. I am imagining to lace up my shoes together with my brother Brian Gardner and other people for the Chicago Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, and start an emotional journey that will take us 60 very long and grueling miles. This walk is very hot, this walk is very painful. There is sweat, and there are many tears.

We don’t walk to get recognition. we don’t walk because we want people to think of us heroes We walk so that a little girl can grow up and spend time with her mother. We walk so that a mother can watch her daughter walk down the aisle at her wedding. We walk so that we don’t have to console another friend while a part of her life was taken too soon. We walk because we are physically able to, while others are not. We walk because we have been given so much, and we want to give back as much as we can.

We walk, because we cannot walk away… and when our time on earth comes to an end, we want everyone to know… we were here… .

Happy Walking !
(D.S. Utomo – Indonesia)

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New Vaccine for Brain Cancer Treatment

(Published on Technorati)

All the diseases that attack brain have very frightful effects. Not only they could cause permanent disabilities, they also could cause death. For example, brain cancer, which attacks the controlling function of the body nerves.
A specific vaccine has been developed to prevent brain cancer. This vaccine is in use in an experiment on Karen Vaneman, a brain cancer patient from Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University. She had to give 21 small bottles of her blood during the first week of every month.

Read more: New Vaccine for Brain Cancer Treatment

Enjoy !
(D.S. Utomo)

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How to Stop Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Someone who has been suffering from OCD for over 25 years gave us the information as described below.

“If you or any of your loved ones are suffering from OCD, you need to know that there are millions of people around the world suffering from this very disorder. I have first hand experience with OCD as I have lived with this often misunderstood anxiety disorder for over twenty five years. My OCD started when I was just six years old. During my late teens while I was at college, things started to get really tough.

I once went to see my doctor about the OCD, who simply said that it was nothing to worry about and that it would soon pass. Well it didn't! Not knowing what to do I went to see a few specialists in this field. Although these therapists tried, they couldn't cure my problem. I also tried alternative therapies such as acupuncture and homeopathy, but unfortunately none of them helped.

That's when I started spending hours almost everyday trying to find a cure to my problems. After around ten years of research, I managed to easily cure my mind numbing disorder without any type of medicine or side effects.”

For more detailed information please click here .

Good Luck !
(D.S. Utomo)

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How to Face Children Obesity

Based on the survey result in USA recently, approximately 16% of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years were obese. And according to a 2008 article in the Journal of the American of Medical Association, the prevalence of obesity among US children and adolescents increased significantly between 1980 and 2004.

This means there were negative tendencies towards overweight that will cause problems and diseases related in years upcoming. Kids will also face medical, emotional, and social consequences . In reality no kid likes to be made fun of and overweight children can be the target of peer pressure and ridicule. Extra pounds can lead to low self-esteem and social problems, not to mention high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and orthopedic problems.

A common parental complaint is that their children spend too much time indoors with video games rather than outside getting exercise in the fresh air. Older teens, who always appear to be trying to get out of the house, may not be getting enough aerobic exercise outside of school. Their thumbs may be in great shape from all that texting but what about the rest of their physique?

What can a parent do to insure their child is getting enough exercise – and the right kind of exercise? One thing you can do is set a good example by adhering to a healthy diet and getting enough daily exercise yourself.

For more detailed information please click here.

Good Luck!
(D. S. Utomo)

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