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Health 2 Know - August 2009

When you’re reading the blogpost’s title, you might think I’m totally out of my mind, as it’s impossible for the human beings, especially the adults to get infected by parasites! Well, don’t be so sure yet…

A research team from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic had revealed the shocking truth! They discovered that toxoplasma, which is a type of parasite that being found in cat faeces, might lead one person’s acting reckless in the daily tasks.

Jaroslav Flegr, the leader of the research group pointed out that toxoplasma can affect our brain, where is making our brain slowly react to the unpredictable or sudden happened incidents! Those people who always have had car accidents are most likely have been infected by toxoplasma.




Believe it or not, Flegr mentioned that up to a million of the world’s annual road deaths are mainly caused by the toxoplasma infection.

According to the latest news, Flegr and the team have trying to develop the cure/antidote to inhibit the growth of toxoplasma in human’s body.

PS: Photo thanks to medical-look.
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People always want to have a relaxing life, it’s better to lay all day long on the couch without need to do anything, isn’t it?

In this case, you have to keep your eyes, especially on your parents who have just retired from their previous job.

A professional research team, which is leading by Patricia A.Boyle, PhD from the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center discovered a fact that people who have greater or positive purpose in life is having a longer lifespan than those who didn’t have any vision for a long term!




Never underestimate the purpose in life, as it reflects the tendency to have a better and healthy life. As a result, it’s important for everyone, especially the elders to have a long-term purpose, even though they’re already retired from job.

Remember to spend some quality times with your parents, as it would keep them away from the unnecessary purposes, such as depression, low self-esteem or Alzheimer’s disease. After all, you have nothing to lose, when you’re spending time with your family, isn’t it?

Note: Picture thanks to destructoid.
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Yesterday was one of the most horrific yet emergency days in my whole life…

Why? Well, it’s because I’ve to compete with time and saving my student’s life!

You must be wondered, “What’s going on?” Honestly, I was totally freaked out, when one of my students, Joanna was suffocated and fatigue in the classroom!

Luckily, I was able to send her for the treatment and she’s stable now, but need to have a good rest in the hospital. Her parent was rushed from his working place to hospital an hour afterward to visit his daughter.

Honestly, I was curious about the incident. Hence, I decided to have a detailed conversation with Joanna’s father outside the ward. Adam, Joanna’s father told me that Joanna is having the food intolerance problem since she was born.

“Food Intolerance? Is it something similar with food allergy?” I asked Adam.

“Sort of, Mr. Pon. However, it has the slightly differences among the two terms,” said Adam again.

“Oh, interesting. Mr. Lancaster, would you mind to elaborate it a little bit more?”

“Certainly, Mr. Pon. If you have time on it, I’ll tell you more about the Food Intolerance.”

We continued our chat at the hospital’s cafeteria. During the conversation, he told me that there are two different types of food allergies: The common type food allergy (Classical allergy) and the rarest type, food intolerance (Delayed onset food allergy).

The biggest differences between food allergy and food intolerance would be:

Food allergy
It causes immediate responses, usually within seconds or minutes!
Even with a very small amount of food, it still can trigger the food allergy.
It can be detected by mediating the IgE antibody reaction.

Food Intolerance
It is a very slowly process, which it might take up to hours or day before showing the chronic symptoms.
It can be recognized by measuring the IgG antibody.
Normally, it rarely life threatening, compare with the food allergy.

Adam described that in a simpler form, food intolerance is highly related to the inability of our bodies to tolerate with the foods we eat. People always misunderstood that food allergy and food intolerance are the same type, instead they’re two different forms!

In addition, food intolerance is mainly caused by the insufficient amounts of the chemicals or enzymes, which are needed to digest a certain types of foods.

Adam told me that Joanna couldn’t consume any kind of dairy products, as she didn’t have the ability to digest it. She’s highly resisted the dairy products, as she’ll have the following symptoms, such as suffocating or fatigue, if she’s mistakenly eaten it!

After about an hour of chatting, Adam said he has to back to the office. I told him not to worry, as I’ve been given a half day off by the principal, so that I can take care of Joanna. He thanked me and said, he’ll be backed as soon as possible, after he’s finished his job!

I walked into the ward and sitting beside Joanna. In that moment, she’s sleeping like a little baby. I’m feeling relief, as she’s safe from the terrible incident!

May god bless this little Missy and hope her recovery soon...
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When I first reading the storyline, I’m shocking with its truth, as we didn’t notice that most of us having the risk of getting infected by Oxidative Stress!

First of all, for those who didn’t know what’s the definition of ‘Oxidative Stress’, it is a condition that normally occurs, when the available supply of the body’s antioxidants is inadequate to neutralize the dangerous free radicals out from our body! As a result, the body might have a massive cell damage, tissue breakdown or irregular immune system.



The oxidative stress had already being known as one of the main causes of Down’s syndrome.

Diana Bianchi, the team leader and researcher at Tufts Medical Center, Boston have mentioned that Down ’s syndrome might be happened on the fetus, if the oxidative stress in the mother’s body is too high!

It’s important to keep the oxidative stress in the minimal level, especially the pregnant women. In this case, they’re advised to intake foods that rich with antioxidants, such as green tea, berries, pomegranate, grape, parsley, ginger, apricots, prunes, soybeans, flax seeds, oats, cinnamon and much more.

PS: Photo thanks to virtualbeauty.
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Our home planet, The Earth is a very spectacular and beautiful homeland. As the Earthlings, we have the responsibility to take a good care on the habitats and environment.

Unfortunately, human beings, one of the most incredible living species on the Earth, has been wrongly using their rights and causing some permanent damages to our Mother Nature!

In the past, the pesticides have been widely used in various sectors, such as farming, agriculture, home pest control and much more. At first, the scientists thought the pesticides are only killing the pests, but have no harmful side effects on human beings. However, after a few decades of research and experiments, many researchers discovered that the pesticides have the same effect as insecticides did, where it leads to the happening of the cancers!

Let’s take the Lymphoma as the example. For your information, lymphoma is a cancer that originates in lymphocytes (White blood cells) of the immune system. Believe it or not, most of the lymphoma patients will soon meet his/her death within five years, after they’ve been diagnosed by oncologist! Lymphoma is one of the most painful cancers of all, as it happened and spreading through our lymph system to whole body. I’ve an aunt who died from the Lymphoma. She told us that the life after having lymphoma is like staying in a “Living hell”. The pain is endless and she’s already paralyzed with it. Unfortunately, my aunt was passed away 10 years ago.

By the way, I nearly forgot to tell you, my aunt is a farmer and she’s always exposed with the pesticides day after day. My parents always advised her and her husband to wear the mask, when they’re spraying the pesticides. However, they ignored my parents’ words and refused to do it. After inhaling the toxic pesticides for many years, my aunt has finally become the target of lymphoma!

The Lymphoma Foundation of America has released a 49-page booklet about the inseparable relationship between lymphoma and pesticides. They’ve advised that it’s better to use the chemical pesticides in a small amount or totally eliminate it at all!

Due to my aunt’s incident, I strongly rejected the use of any chemical pesticides in my garden or house. Many people don’t know that by spraying the pesticides on your plants, many of the insects that are friendly to the environment are being killed as well. The disappearance of Honey Bees is closely related with the use of chemical pesticides. Based to the statistic, more than 80 percent of the wild Honey Bees have been vanished in the past few years and the situation is getting worse.

The global warming is becoming a hot issue and as an Earthling, we must do something to stop it, before it’s too late! If you really need to use the pesticides for some unavoidable circumstances, then you can consider the green pest control, as it uses the natural organic materials to expel the pests away and protects the environment in the same time!

Frankly, the green pest management has become a new trend. Some countries in the world (Including the United States) are encouraging the farmers to use this method, by offering some incentive or tax deduction to them!

Although the green pest control still in a head start stage, but it promises a good and better future for the entire living species on our remarkable homeland, The Earth!
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Did you know that most of the heart related diseases patients are always living in an uncomfortable condition, where their daily life normally being spoiled up by the sudden heart attacks!

When the condition starts to turn out badly, the patient needs to undergo a heart transplant surgery. However, it is a very risky surgery, where the patient might only have about 50 percent of living chance, even after the transplant is succeed, as the heart might provoke the catastrophic immune response and causing death!

In order to overcome the above matter, the hybrid heart concept has been applied and used in the medical field. Frankly, the idea is very simple, where you only have to take an organ from a human donor/animal and use a mild detergent to strip away flesh, cells and DNA. This process is necessary, as it to reveal the inner cells, “Scaffold” of collagen, which is an immunologically inert protein!

The Scaffold of collagen is the important cells, as it claimed can be grown and regenerate by itself instantly.

Doris Taylor, a renowned stem cell scientist from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis said that they’ve already applied the concept with kidney, lung, pancreas, muscle and heart.

Although this concept is still in early stage, but Taylor believed that it’s going to be one of the latest and popular technologies in medical niche in near future.

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Guys, did you know that almost 80 percent of the lifestyles diseases are mainly caused by stress/tension?

You didn’t believe on it? Well, maybe the report from Dr. Michael T. Murray, one of the world’s leading authorities on natural medicine will shed some lights on you. According to Dr. Murray, daily stress is a very normal part of modern living. Although a little amount of stress is needed to push us into a higher level, however once the stress is over the limit, then it can burst off like a balloon and causes some serious mental problem to a person!

He described that every person has his/her unique way to dealing with stress. However, up to 56 percent of the people choose the improper ways, such as overeating, uncontrolled emotional outbursts, smoking, drinking alcohol and so on. Honestly, the above methods will NOT help us coping with stress, but it makes the problem becoming even worst!

He recommended us the a few efficient methods to manage the stress, which as:

1. Go find a useful technique that helps us to calm down our mind.
2. We should follow a healthy lifestyle, such as having a regular exercise.
3. Choose to stick with healthy eating habits.

Two years ago, I’ve starting to practice the Yoga. Talking about Yoga, many of my friends were misunderstood about it. They thought it’s a religious or spiritual exercise that can only be practiced by Hindus! Gosh, I was flabbergasted, when I heard it!

Well, it seems that many people didn’t really know the basic concept of Yoga. In this case, I’m happy to explain it for you here…

Yoga is a traditional physical and mental discipline, which is originating from India. Based on the history, Yoga has been existed since five thousand years ago at Indus Valley Civilization!

Believe it or not, Yoga is the only one exercise that being approved and certified by all religions in this world. This means, everyone is welcome to practicing Yoga, regardless of his/her religion.

To be honest, before the practicing of Yoga, I always very tired and listlessness (Well, now I knew it’s due to my diabetes). For overcoming the problem, I’ve decided to take short three months Yoga course.

After that, I spent some money and bought myself a set of Yoga equipment. Then, I started to practice the Yoga movements by myself. Frankly, it isn’t an easy task, but I managed to master the basic Yoga skills.



Today, I’ve learned many Yoga poses, such as The mountain (tadasana), the triangle (trikonasana), the tree (Vrksasana), the wheel (chakrasana) and much more. I mostly do these Yoga poses with my own yoga mats, as the mats help me from slipping on the floor!

For your information, there are over hundreds of Yoga poses. If you can master half of them, then you're eligible to become an experienced Yoga master.

Another reason why I loved Yoga is I practice the Yoga together with my girlfriend. By using the Yoga balls, we spin, twist and turn our bodies gently. We enjoyed the good moment together!

It might sounds crazy, but my friends and colleagues said that I’m looking more energetic and younger, so do with my girlfriend as well! They asked me, “What’s the secret of looking good and youth?” I answered, “Easy, just go and take a Yoga class!”

That’s all, if you want to wipe all the stresses away, then Yoga is definitely the perfect choice.

Note: Picture thanks to humanecology.
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There is an old saying, “Money cannot buy health”. This fact has been proven by the United States, which is considering as one of the countries who spending more money than any other country on health care, that they cannot lead the world in life expectancy!

According to the latest survey from the CIA World Factbook, the United States only ranked 50th out of 224 nations in life expectancy, which is totally an unacceptable fact by most Americans.

So, which are the countries who had overtaken the United States place? Well, let’s have a peek on this world’s longest life expectancy chart!

Japan 83
Australia 82
Iceland 82
Italy 82
San Marino 82
Switzerland 82
Andorra 81
Canada 81
France 81
Israel 81

However, The U.S. citizens are far more luckier compared with the shortest life expectancy in these 10 countries:

Sierra Leone 41
Afghanistan 42
Zimbabwe 45
Lesotho 45
Zambia 46
Chad 46
Uganda 48
Swaziland 48
Mozambique 48
Guinea-Bissau 48

So, do you want to have a longer life span? Then, it’s time to practicing these habits:

• No smoking or quit smoking!
• Don’t be a compulsive alcohol addict!
• Don’t involve yourself in drugs!
• Maintain the healthy eating habits!
• Do exercises regularly!
• Keep on smiling, no matter how tough the situation was!

Although there are many controversial, that it’s useless to practice the following behaviors in our daily routines. However, you have nothing to lose in the very end, isn’t it?
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There are over hundred or thousand of weight loss formulas in the market. The more ironic thing is, over 59.2 percent of people from all around the world have tried at least one weight loss program/product in their life!

Honestly, you’re free to try anything you want, as it’s your own rights to do so! The only problem is, not all the weight loss programs are effective for us, and even some of them will harm our health or leaving side effects to our body!

Frankly, I’ve seen many people suffering like hell, especially when they’re failed to lose away their weight. The even worst thing is, some of them got diagnosed with bipolar disorder or depression, due to their inability to slim down!

According to the nutritionists, up to 60 percent of the overweight people are not from the genetics, but it’s highly related with their daily diets! This means, one of the main reasons why the obesity has becoming a serious problem among human race is due to the unhealthy eating habit.

If you’re one of them who suffering with the obesity, but you resist to try the weight loss pills, maybe the healthy cabbage soup diet is able to help you overcome the problem.

For your information, the cabbage soup diet is a radical weight loss diet, which is well-designed for those people who want to try out the low-calorie cabbage soup and keep diet in the same time.



The cabbage soup diet plan is a low-fat, high-fiber foods plan, which is requiring the users to follow up a serial of healthy diet for the whole week (Seven days).

Many people using this method to cleanse their digestive system and most of them claimed to lose up to 10 lbs in only seven days.

The cabbage soup diet is much effective and less dangerous too, if it compares with other weight loss programs that have many harmful side effects.

Remember, “A bowl of cabbage soup a day, keeps the thyroid cancer away!”

PS: Figure thanks to costarestaurants.
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The spreading rate of Swine flu, which is also known as A H1N1 didn’t seem to slow down, in fact, some of the countries have been reported to have over hundreds of new confirmed infected cases everyday!

The US government advisory committee has announced to give 160 million US citizens free swine flu vaccine. It’s equivalent to 50 percent of the US total population.

The vaccination program is involving two doses of vaccine per person, is going to begin in mid-October.

Currently, they have not enough vaccine, so only the tighter group of high-risk people will be vaccinated first, this group includes the newborn babies, children between age of six months and four years, pregnant mothers and health workers!

Kathy Neuzil, the Advisory Committee of Immunisation Practices mentioned that the main objective of this mission is to make sure half of the population needs to be vaccinated, especially the younger generation and health care workers!

The health workers discovered an interesting fact about the A H1N. They found out those people who born before 1950 have a stronger natural immunity to the A H1N1 virus!
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Science and natural ingredients are the secrets inside cellulite creams. Manufacturers study how cellulite is formed and then look for ways to undo the process.

It's true that some anti cellulite creams are nothing more then moisturizing creams, but a product that contains proven ingredients that improve blood flow and firm and tone the skin can get rid of cellulite dimples if used consistently.

What are these key ingredients? How long do you need to wait to get results? And How do you know which products will work are all questions we'll answer in the rest of this post.

Ingredients

The #1 used ingredient in cellulite creams that has been shown to reduce cellulite dimples is caffeine. Before you start drinking 5 more cups of coffee each morning you must apply the caffeine topically for it to take effect. You see areas affected by cellulite have poor blood flow so there is little to no chance of caffeine from coffee ever making it to cellulite. Caffeine temporarily stimulates the skin to boost blood flow and metabolic pathways in the area affected by cellulite.

The second set of ingredients will vary from product to product but they should be focused on firming, toning, and smoothing the skin. Imagine if you could tighten the skin over your cellulite. The dimples would effectively be invisible, even though the pockets of fat are still under your skin. Cellulite creams achieve a similar result using ingredients like Retinol A, Horsetail extract and Shea Butter. Each day you consistently apply cream the results get a bit better. Visible results usually occur in about 4 weeks.

How Long?

The time it takes to see results varies for each cream, but you should see visible results in 4-6 weeks. The secret is to ensure you apply the lotion consistently. Follow the manufacturers directions, most products suggest two daily applications in morning and night.

If you're eager for results using cellulite cream in conjunction with a regular strength training program will improve results.

Which Cream?

Choosing a product that works is of course the toughest step. No one anti cellulite cream works for every single women, how ever using past experiences is a good idea. Public discussion groups about skin care are a great place to search for women who have used similar products, or for you to post a question at a brand you're thinking of trying. Also the huge number of comparison and review websites on the Internet can be a great resource as well. Look for sites that offer actual testimonials or comments from users.

Before you actually pull out your credit card look to see if the company offers a money back guarantee or refund policy. It's good peace of mind to know the company will stand behind their product if you don't get the results you're expecting.

That's all for it, and I hoped you've learned something useful here!
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Have you ever wondered that with a cup of green tea a day, it keeps the prostate cancer away? Well, it might be hard to believe, but it’s a fact!

According to the result of a study in Cancer Prevention Research, those men/women who consumed green tea frequently are least likely to getting prostate cancer than those that never drink green tea in their daily life!

The report shows that green tea is the world’s second most popular drink, after the coffee. Actually, it’s getting even more popular, since many of the coffee addicts have being converted into the green tea lovers!

The experts discovered the active compounds inside the green tea is very useful, especially it can inhibit the growth of cancer cells in patient’s body.



Many nutritionists have been recommended people to drink green tea, as it contains many active compounds and antioxidant, which are good to against multiple diseases and aging problem as well!

So, are you fancied for a cup of green tea?

Note: Photo thanks to crossfitbalboa.
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You want to look younger but where do you start? Surprising it can often be the eyes that gives away your age before anything else. Fine lines, puffiness and dark circles can all make us look older then we actually are. Making your eyes the best place to start with anti aging treatments.

The best eye and anti wrinkle creams target all three areas of aging around the eye: puffiness, dark circles and crows feet. While I haven't found an effective all-in-one product yet there are a few good anti aging eye solutions.

Choosing the Right Product

If you're serious about it skip the department store and the pharmacy when shopping. Most of the products at cosmetic counters are glorified moisturizers that might produce some short term results but have to be applied each morning to get the same results.

Look for wrinkle creams that have a proven or clinically tested ingredient that gradually reduces the appearance of wrinkles. As far as I know there's no such thing as instant wrinkle removal, so if you find yourself getting sucked in by the hype take your time and research the product before you order.

Best Places for Research

I've found that question and answer websites as well as skin care forums or discussion boards are the best places to get first hand information about eye creams. You can often find at least one women who has used the same product before.

Be weary of websites reviewing and comparing wrinkle creams. Some are legit and offer actual consumer testimonials, while others don't seem to offer any rhyme or reason to why one product is ranked better then another.

Suggested Products to Try

A popular all-in-one wrinkle treatment on the Internet is Lifecell skin care. It claims to offer both instant and long-term results with cutting edge ingredients. The price tag is steep, but they offer your first 30 days free to try before you buy. If you're not satisfied you can return the tube for a full refund.

Dermajuv, a new comer to the anti aging market, is selling a complete rejuvenation system. While their website isn't as flashy as Lifecell skin cares they have links to clinical studies on each of their ingredients and have some very believable testimonials and before and after pictures. Price is about 30% less then life cell and they also offer a 30 day refund policy, although no free trial time.
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People have their own favorite. Some might have the interest in the foods, while other think it’s good to have some drinks once for a while!

Honestly, there are many reports on the benefits of red wine since two centuries ago.

According to the previous reports, red wine contains a complex mixture of bioactive compounds, such as flavonols, monomeric and polymeric flavan-3-ols, phenolic acids, stilbene polyphenol, resveratol and much more (WoW, it’s going to take forever, if I listed it all out here! lol)



Lindsay Brown, professor in the School of Biomedical Science at The University of Queensland said that by taking only a small amount of red wine (25 ml) per day, it would be effective against these following diseases:

1. Numerous types of cancers,
2. Heart related diseases,
3. Inflammation,
4. Diabetes,
5. Obesity, and even
6. Alzheimer disease!

Brown also pointed out that one of the red wine complex compounds, resveratrol can slow down or inhibits the growing of cancer cells.

However, she advised the public that although red wine is good for our health, but we should take it moderately, as everything in excessive will become a disaster!

PS: Photo credit goes to houseofmenzies.
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Girls/Boys, It’s Time for Bed!

August 1st 2009 07:19
Those people who are the parents of teenagers, you’ll know that it’s a headache to communicate with your children here! The experts said those children who undergoing the teenagers phase need more spaces and less nagging from the parents, as they’re learning on how to take control on themselves.

Well, don’t be so sure about it yet! According to the latest research, parents whose packed the teens to bed before 10 to 11 p.m. are helping the teens become less depressed or having any suicidal thoughts!



The researchers pointed out that a lack of sleep is the main causes of teens’ depression. This means, those teens who suffered from the depression are mainly related with insufficient sleep hours!

People always underestimated that depression has nothing to do with sleep hours, and they’re very wrong in this case, where these two things did connect in each other.
Attention to all parents, you should keep your eyes on your children and put them into sleep as early as possible!
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