Get Up and Jump Rope
Jumping Rope is a portable workout that can provide a moderately intense, high-impact cardiovascular workout and assist you in maintaining or improving both health-related and skill-related fitness components.
What are the benefits?
Health-related fitness benefits of jumping rope include improved cardiovascular endurance, muscle strength, muscle endurance and body composition. Skill-related fitness benefits include improved coordination, speed, power, balance and agility. Jumping rope is an ideal option when inclement weather drives your workout indoors. For travelers, jump ropes are an inexpensive, easy to pack and lightweight to carry as an exercise alternative.
According to one source, 10 minutes of jumping rope is equal to 30 minutes of running at a 5.7 mph pace. It is also estimated to be an efficient calorie burner at approximately 12 calories per minute for a 150 lb. person jumping at 120 turns per minute.
How to begin?
Start with as little as 60 seconds of continuously jumping rope. As you increase conditioning you can gradually increase your time spent continuously jumping. Once you are better conditioned, you can continue to work out in either a continuous fashion by increasing time, or in an interval fashion by interspersing jumping rope with periods of walking, marching or stepping. As you continue to advance, you can also incorporate more advanced jumping patterns.
Beginner pace - 30 to 60 turns per minute
Intermediate pace - 60 to 120 turns per minute
Advanced pace - 120 to 180 turns per minute
What do you need?
A jump rope and an area that allows plenty of room to swing the rope without interference. Cushioned athletic shoes are also recommended.
Who should do it?
Since continuous jumping rope is a moderately intense, high-impact workout, beginners should start slowly mixing shorter bouts of jumping with longer periods of lower-intensity options such as walking or marching in place. Since it is a high-impact activity, it is not recommended for those who experience joint discomfort.
Training Tips
The following tips will help you jump safely and effectively.
o Start slowly and take breaks between jumping intervals when you become winded.
o March in place or step up and down on a step in an interval fashion to maintain a cardiovascular workout.
o Keep your upper arms down at your side and swing the rope using your wrist and forearm.
o Try to stay light on your feet and keep a slight bend in your knees to lessen jarring.
o To progress toward more advanced jumping patterns, practice swinging the rope off to one side of the body with both handles in one hand to maintain the rhythm of jumping.
o Stretch before you begin to jump to lessen tightness in your calves.
o As you jump, concentrate on aligning your hips directly under your shoulders and over your feet. Often calves get tight because they are taking on most of the workload for every move. Stay relaxed, move from your center, and avoid landing on tense legs, ankles and feet.
Thanks to Shri Shenoy Seshagiri
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Exercises
There's no denying the powerful health benefits of regular exercise. The Mayo Clinic has identified eight critical ways in which moderate exercise can positively influence health: strengthening the cardiovascular and respiratory system, keeping bones and muscles strong, managing weight, preventing and managing diabetes, fighting depression, pai n and stress, reducing the risk of certain cancers, and improving sleep.
How much exercise is needed to achieve these benefits? Aerobic activity (which increases your heart rate) should be performed for a minimum of 30 minutes, three times weekly. The Health by Numbers program encourages you to walk 10,000 steps each day or doing the equivalent of 30 minutes of aerobic activity. Some ways to fit in your steps or exercise include using the stairs rather than the elevator, walking or bicycling instead of driving or traveling by bus or taxi, and taking walks just to relax or as you catch up with a friend.
Ten thousand steps a day: A great way to get on the road to fitness and health.
10-A-Day Tips
You don't have to go to the gym to be active and healthy! The Walk 10 A Day Program is designed to encourage an active lifestyle which is important to maintaining good health. By wearing a pedometer that counts your steps all through the day, you'll see how close or far you are from achieving the daily physical activity you need for better health.
Walk 10 A Day - Easier Than You Think
If you have an average stride, it takes a little over 2000 steps to walk one mile ( 1.6km). Wearing a pedometer is an easy way to track your steps each day. Put it on when you get up in the morning and wear it until you go to bed. You might be surprised how many (or how few) steps you get in each day. Twenty minutes on the treadmill (at 4 miles/6 km per hour) can add approximately 4000 steps, depending upon your stride length.
Take it to the Next Step
If you are currently inactive, start with short walks on flat ground. A walk from 1â„2 to 3â„4 of a mile (or roughly one kilometer) can easily add a thousand steps, depending upon your stride length. Gradually increase the length and intensity of your walks until you reach the next level of activity.
If you are currently moderately active, continue to increase the duration and intensity of your activity. Find the walking pace that's right for you - maintain a brisk, comfortable pace and "walk with a purpose." Don't let yourself get out of breath; walking should never be pai nful.
If you are currently active, keep it up and spread the word. You are a role model for others. Enjoy your active lifestyle and the health benefits it brings. Record your progress during the year by downloading our handy walking log. Always drink plenty of water while exercising. If you will be out and about in the sun, wear a hat and carry water with you.
Tips for Adding Steps at Work
o Park your car further away from your building.
o Take the stairs rather than using the elevator.
o Use the facilities on another floor.
o Invite a co-worker for a quick 5 or 10 minute walk.
o Do a lap of your working area every hour.
o Take a walk break instead of a snack break or a cigarette break.
o Take a walk at the airport while you're waiting for your plane.
o Make use of fitness trails or walking areas if your site has them.
o Don't sit down for your next meeting - take the team for a gentle stroll and discuss business as you go.
Tips for Adding Steps at Home
o Take the family or the dog for a walk.
o Walk to a nearby shop rather than driving.
o Park further away from the store when you do drive.
o Do some window shopping.
o If you use public transport, get off a stop early and walk the extra distance.
o Instead of meeting a friend for a coffee and chat, suggest a walk and chat.
o In bad weather, go for a mall walk around an indoor shopping center.
o Explore parks, gardens and other places of interest near your house.
o Waiting in the car for someone? Hop out and stretch your legs.
o Enjoy an after dinner stroll with someone you love - after all, you care about their heart, too.
Walk 10-A-Day
Adults should engage in at least 30 minutes or more of at least moderate intensity physical activity on most, preferably all, days of the week. This will help prevent coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension, colon cancer, and other chronic diseases.
The Recommendation
Public Health Experts at the Centers for Disease Control make this challenge to Americans: Integrate Physical Activity and Healthy Eating into Your Daily Lives.
An obesity epidemic - fueled by "supersized" portions, unhealthy diets, and lack of physical activity - contributes to 300,000 premature chronic disease deaths each year. Most alarmingly, the percentage of American children who are overweight has more than doubled since the 1960s - from 5% in 1964 to nearly 13% in 1994. These children are more susceptible to diabetes and the changes that occur in the early stages of heart disease and stroke.
This trend needs to be reversed, but will require broad societal changes in current views about food, eating habits, and exercise. Physical activity, whether walking, gardening, or more strenuous activity, must be integrated into daily routines.
The Help
Regular physical activity will help you in the following ways:
o Reduce your risk of dying prematurely.
o Reduce your risk of dying prematurely from heart disease.
o Reduce your risk of developing diabetes.
o Reduce your risk of developing high blood pressure.
o Or, if you already have high blood pressure, reduce your blood pressure.
o May reduce your risk of developing colon cancer.
o Reduce your feelings of depression and anxiety. (Physical activity promotes psychological well being.)
o Help control weight.
o Help build and maintain healthy bones, muscles and joints.
o For older adults, help increase strength and balance to be better able to move about without falling.
10,000 steps
The Health Care Team at GE supports the belief that to increase walking to an average of Walk 10 A Day will help everyone meet the current physical activity recommendation for healthy adults.
The Research
The 10,000 step recommendation has been used with a group of obese diabetic patients to reduce body weight and improve insulin sensitivity. (In this group the patients actually exceeded the recommendation and walked, on average, more than 19,000 steps each day.)
A group of obese children were given rewards for accumulating additional steps on their pedometers. It was found that the children significantly increased the amount and intensity of physical activity.
Though there is variability in activity patterns, pedometers provide a useful indicator of daily step counts.
Employees at a Nottingham (UK) industrial company were encouraged to follow a short, self-directed walking program utilizing pedometers. Small but statistically significant improvements in physical condition, as well as modest increases in customary activity, were reported.
Recommended by:
The US Surgeon General; The National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Panel on Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health; The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and The American College of Sports Medicine.
How much exercise is needed to achieve these benefits? Aerobic activity (which increases your heart rate) should be performed for a minimum of 30 minutes, three times weekly. The Health by Numbers program encourages you to walk 10,000 steps each day or doing the equivalent of 30 minutes of aerobic activity. Some ways to fit in your steps or exercise include using the stairs rather than the elevator, walking or bicycling instead of driving or traveling by bus or taxi, and taking walks just to relax or as you catch up with a friend.
Ten thousand steps a day: A great way to get on the road to fitness and health.
10-A-Day Tips
You don't have to go to the gym to be active and healthy! The Walk 10 A Day Program is designed to encourage an active lifestyle which is important to maintaining good health. By wearing a pedometer that counts your steps all through the day, you'll see how close or far you are from achieving the daily physical activity you need for better health.
Walk 10 A Day - Easier Than You Think
If you have an average stride, it takes a little over 2000 steps to walk one mile ( 1.6km). Wearing a pedometer is an easy way to track your steps each day. Put it on when you get up in the morning and wear it until you go to bed. You might be surprised how many (or how few) steps you get in each day. Twenty minutes on the treadmill (at 4 miles/6 km per hour) can add approximately 4000 steps, depending upon your stride length.
Take it to the Next Step
If you are currently inactive, start with short walks on flat ground. A walk from 1â„2 to 3â„4 of a mile (or roughly one kilometer) can easily add a thousand steps, depending upon your stride length. Gradually increase the length and intensity of your walks until you reach the next level of activity.
If you are currently moderately active, continue to increase the duration and intensity of your activity. Find the walking pace that's right for you - maintain a brisk, comfortable pace and "walk with a purpose." Don't let yourself get out of breath; walking should never be pai nful.
If you are currently active, keep it up and spread the word. You are a role model for others. Enjoy your active lifestyle and the health benefits it brings. Record your progress during the year by downloading our handy walking log. Always drink plenty of water while exercising. If you will be out and about in the sun, wear a hat and carry water with you.
Tips for Adding Steps at Work
o Park your car further away from your building.
o Take the stairs rather than using the elevator.
o Use the facilities on another floor.
o Invite a co-worker for a quick 5 or 10 minute walk.
o Do a lap of your working area every hour.
o Take a walk break instead of a snack break or a cigarette break.
o Take a walk at the airport while you're waiting for your plane.
o Make use of fitness trails or walking areas if your site has them.
o Don't sit down for your next meeting - take the team for a gentle stroll and discuss business as you go.
Tips for Adding Steps at Home
o Take the family or the dog for a walk.
o Walk to a nearby shop rather than driving.
o Park further away from the store when you do drive.
o Do some window shopping.
o If you use public transport, get off a stop early and walk the extra distance.
o Instead of meeting a friend for a coffee and chat, suggest a walk and chat.
o In bad weather, go for a mall walk around an indoor shopping center.
o Explore parks, gardens and other places of interest near your house.
o Waiting in the car for someone? Hop out and stretch your legs.
o Enjoy an after dinner stroll with someone you love - after all, you care about their heart, too.
Walk 10-A-Day
Adults should engage in at least 30 minutes or more of at least moderate intensity physical activity on most, preferably all, days of the week. This will help prevent coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension, colon cancer, and other chronic diseases.
The Recommendation
Public Health Experts at the Centers for Disease Control make this challenge to Americans: Integrate Physical Activity and Healthy Eating into Your Daily Lives.
An obesity epidemic - fueled by "supersized" portions, unhealthy diets, and lack of physical activity - contributes to 300,000 premature chronic disease deaths each year. Most alarmingly, the percentage of American children who are overweight has more than doubled since the 1960s - from 5% in 1964 to nearly 13% in 1994. These children are more susceptible to diabetes and the changes that occur in the early stages of heart disease and stroke.
This trend needs to be reversed, but will require broad societal changes in current views about food, eating habits, and exercise. Physical activity, whether walking, gardening, or more strenuous activity, must be integrated into daily routines.
The Help
Regular physical activity will help you in the following ways:
o Reduce your risk of dying prematurely.
o Reduce your risk of dying prematurely from heart disease.
o Reduce your risk of developing diabetes.
o Reduce your risk of developing high blood pressure.
o Or, if you already have high blood pressure, reduce your blood pressure.
o May reduce your risk of developing colon cancer.
o Reduce your feelings of depression and anxiety. (Physical activity promotes psychological well being.)
o Help control weight.
o Help build and maintain healthy bones, muscles and joints.
o For older adults, help increase strength and balance to be better able to move about without falling.
10,000 steps
The Health Care Team at GE supports the belief that to increase walking to an average of Walk 10 A Day will help everyone meet the current physical activity recommendation for healthy adults.
The Research
The 10,000 step recommendation has been used with a group of obese diabetic patients to reduce body weight and improve insulin sensitivity. (In this group the patients actually exceeded the recommendation and walked, on average, more than 19,000 steps each day.)
A group of obese children were given rewards for accumulating additional steps on their pedometers. It was found that the children significantly increased the amount and intensity of physical activity.
Though there is variability in activity patterns, pedometers provide a useful indicator of daily step counts.
Employees at a Nottingham (UK) industrial company were encouraged to follow a short, self-directed walking program utilizing pedometers. Small but statistically significant improvements in physical condition, as well as modest increases in customary activity, were reported.
Recommended by:
The US Surgeon General; The National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Panel on Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health; The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and The American College of Sports Medicine.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
A Drug to keep your things Clean
I would like to tell you of the benefits of that plain little
old bottle of 3% peroxide you can get for under $1.00 at any drug
store. My husband has been in the medical field for over 36 years,
and most Doctors don't tell you about peroxide, or they would lose
thousands of dollars."
1. Take one capful (the little white cap that comes with the
bottle) and hold in your mouth for 10 minutes daily, then spit it
out. (I do it when I bathe.) No more canker sores and your teeth will
be whiter without expensive pastes. Use it instead of mouthwash.
(Small print says mouth wash and gargle right on the bottle.)
2. Let your toothbrushes soak in a cup of "Peroxide" to keep
them free of germs.
3. Clean your counters, table tops with peroxide to kill germs
and leave a fresh smell. Simply put a little on your dishrag when you
wipe, or spray it on the counters.
4. After rinsing off your wooden cutting board, pour
peroxide on it to kill salmonella and other bacteria.
5. I had fungus on my feet for years - until I sprayed a 50/50
mixture of peroxide and water on them (especially the toes) every
night and let dry.
6. Soak any infections or cuts in 3% peroxide for five to ten
minutes several times a day. My husband has seen gangrene that would
not heal with any medicine, but was healed by soaking in peroxide.
8. Fill a spray bottle with a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and
water and keep it in every bathroom to disinfect without harming your
septic system like bleach or most other disinfectants will.
9. Tilt your head back and spray into nostrils with your 50/50
mixture whenever you have a cold, or plugged sinuses. It will bubble
and help to kill the bacteria. Hold for a few minutes then blow your
nose into a tissue.
10. If you have a terrible toothache and cannot get to a
dentist right away , put a capful of 3% peroxide into your mouth
and hold it for ten minutes several times a day. The pai n will lessen
greatly.
11. And, of course, if you like a natural look to your hair,
spray the 50/50 solution on your wet hair after a shower and comb it
through. You will not have the peroxide burnt blonde hair like the
hair dye packages, but more natural highlights if your hair is a
light brown, faddish, or dirty blonde. It also lightens gradually so
it's not a drastic change.
12. Put half a bottle of peroxide in your bath to help rid
boils, fungus, or other skin infections.
13. You can also add a cup of peroxide instead of bleach to a
load of whites in your laundry to whiten them. If there is blood on
clothing, pour directly on the soiled spot. Let it sit for a minute,
then rub it and rinse with cold water. Repeat if necessary.
14. I use peroxide to clean my mirrors with, and there is no
smearing which is why I love it ! so much for this.
I could go on and on. It is a little brown bottle no home
should be without! With prices of most necessities rising, I'm glad
there's a way to save tons of money in such a simple, healthy manner.
_________
Flo/Florence.
Thanks to Shri Shenoy Seshagiri sheshagiri.shenoy@veco.com
old bottle of 3% peroxide you can get for under $1.00 at any drug
store. My husband has been in the medical field for over 36 years,
and most Doctors don't tell you about peroxide, or they would lose
thousands of dollars."
1. Take one capful (the little white cap that comes with the
bottle) and hold in your mouth for 10 minutes daily, then spit it
out. (I do it when I bathe.) No more canker sores and your teeth will
be whiter without expensive pastes. Use it instead of mouthwash.
(Small print says mouth wash and gargle right on the bottle.)
2. Let your toothbrushes soak in a cup of "Peroxide" to keep
them free of germs.
3. Clean your counters, table tops with peroxide to kill germs
and leave a fresh smell. Simply put a little on your dishrag when you
wipe, or spray it on the counters.
4. After rinsing off your wooden cutting board, pour
peroxide on it to kill salmonella and other bacteria.
5. I had fungus on my feet for years - until I sprayed a 50/50
mixture of peroxide and water on them (especially the toes) every
night and let dry.
6. Soak any infections or cuts in 3% peroxide for five to ten
minutes several times a day. My husband has seen gangrene that would
not heal with any medicine, but was healed by soaking in peroxide.
8. Fill a spray bottle with a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and
water and keep it in every bathroom to disinfect without harming your
septic system like bleach or most other disinfectants will.
9. Tilt your head back and spray into nostrils with your 50/50
mixture whenever you have a cold, or plugged sinuses. It will bubble
and help to kill the bacteria. Hold for a few minutes then blow your
nose into a tissue.
10. If you have a terrible toothache and cannot get to a
dentist right away , put a capful of 3% peroxide into your mouth
and hold it for ten minutes several times a day. The pai n will lessen
greatly.
11. And, of course, if you like a natural look to your hair,
spray the 50/50 solution on your wet hair after a shower and comb it
through. You will not have the peroxide burnt blonde hair like the
hair dye packages, but more natural highlights if your hair is a
light brown, faddish, or dirty blonde. It also lightens gradually so
it's not a drastic change.
12. Put half a bottle of peroxide in your bath to help rid
boils, fungus, or other skin infections.
13. You can also add a cup of peroxide instead of bleach to a
load of whites in your laundry to whiten them. If there is blood on
clothing, pour directly on the soiled spot. Let it sit for a minute,
then rub it and rinse with cold water. Repeat if necessary.
14. I use peroxide to clean my mirrors with, and there is no
smearing which is why I love it ! so much for this.
I could go on and on. It is a little brown bottle no home
should be without! With prices of most necessities rising, I'm glad
there's a way to save tons of money in such a simple, healthy manner.
_________
Flo/Florence.
Thanks to Shri Shenoy Seshagiri sheshagiri.shenoy@veco.com
Thursday, February 22, 2007
How TV hurts your Health
A review of 35 academic studies by Dr Aric Sigman of the British
Psychological Society has revealed the top 15 ways in which long hours before the telly can affect children's health as they grow
1 Obesity: a result of little exercise
2 Disrupted hormones: light from televisions suppresses production of the key hormone melatonin
3 Lowered immune system: reduced melatonin may increase the chance of mutations in cell DNA, which causes cancer
4 Premature puberty: also linked to low levels of melatonin
5 Sleep disorders: overstimulating the senses causes sleeplessness
6 Autism: linked to a lack of social interaction
7 Increased body fat: altered levels of the hormones leptin and ghrelin produce fat and boost appetite
8 Poor concentration: development of brain cells governing attention span is impaired
9 Difficulty reading: a result of poor intellectual stimulation
while young
10 Type 2 diabetes: from eating high-calorie food while watching
television
11 Changes to skin immune cells: waves emitted by sets are linked
to changes in skin 'mast' cells
12 Increased cholesterol: a result of an inactive childhood
13 Slower metabolism: watching TV may slow metabolism more than simply doing nothing
14 Shortsightedness: staring at a screen can lead to eye damage
15 Alzheimer's Disease: additional daily hour of viewing increases
Source: ANI; HT Graphic:
Publicatioon : HT; Pg: 11; Date: 20/2/07
URL :
http://epaper. hindustantimes. com/artMailDisp. aspx?article= 20_02_2007_ 011_009&typ= 0&pub=264
Psychological Society has revealed the top 15 ways in which long hours before the telly can affect children's health as they grow
1 Obesity: a result of little exercise
2 Disrupted hormones: light from televisions suppresses production of the key hormone melatonin
3 Lowered immune system: reduced melatonin may increase the chance of mutations in cell DNA, which causes cancer
4 Premature puberty: also linked to low levels of melatonin
5 Sleep disorders: overstimulating the senses causes sleeplessness
6 Autism: linked to a lack of social interaction
7 Increased body fat: altered levels of the hormones leptin and ghrelin produce fat and boost appetite
8 Poor concentration: development of brain cells governing attention span is impaired
9 Difficulty reading: a result of poor intellectual stimulation
while young
10 Type 2 diabetes: from eating high-calorie food while watching
television
11 Changes to skin immune cells: waves emitted by sets are linked
to changes in skin 'mast' cells
12 Increased cholesterol: a result of an inactive childhood
13 Slower metabolism: watching TV may slow metabolism more than simply doing nothing
14 Shortsightedness: staring at a screen can lead to eye damage
15 Alzheimer's Disease: additional daily hour of viewing increases
Source: ANI; HT Graphic:
Publicatioon : HT; Pg: 11; Date: 20/2/07
URL :
http://epaper. hindustantimes. com/artMailDisp. aspx?article= 20_02_2007_ 011_009&typ= 0&pub=264
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Gender Prediction
Ancient Chinese
Gender Prediction Chart
The Ancient Chinese Gender Prediction Chart is said to help parents predict the gender of their baby based on the Mother's age and the month of Conception. This chart is said to have been drawn by a Chinese scientist about 700 years ago. The chart has been taken from a Royal tomb near Peking, China and the original copy is kept in the Institute of Science of Peking. The accuracy of the chart has been proved by thousands of people and is believed to be 99 percent accurate.
Use the chart below if you were between the ages of 18 and 31 at the time of conception. Find your age along the left hand side, and the month of conception along the top row. Find where the two intersect to find the prediction of the sex of your baby!
This chart is for entertainment value only.
Although the results have been found to be incredibly accurate,
Woman Conception Lunar Month
Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
18 G B G B B B B B B B B B
19 B G B G G B B B B B G G
20 G B G B B B B B B G B B
21 B G G G G G G G G G G G
22 G B B G B G G B G G G G
23 B B G B B G B G B B B G
24 B G B B G B B G G G G G
25 G B B G G B G B B B B B
26 B G B G G B G B G G G G
27 G B G B G G B B B B G B
28 B G B G G G B B B B G G
29 G B G G B B B B B G G G
30 B G G G G G G G G G B B
31 B G B G G G G G G G G B
32 B G B G G G G G G G G B
33 G B G B G G G B G G G B
34 B G B G G G G G G G B B
35 B B G B G G G B G G B B
36 G B B G B G G G B B B B
37 B G B B G B G B G B G B
38 G B G B B G B G B G B G
39 B G B B B G G B G B G G
40 G B G B G B B G B G B G
41 B G B G B G B B G B G B
42 G B G B G B G B B G B G
43 B G B G B G B G B B B B
44 B B G B B B G B G B G G
45 G B B G G G B G B G B B
Thanks to: "Rafu chakkar" rafu_chakkar_420@yahoo.com
Gender Prediction Chart
The Ancient Chinese Gender Prediction Chart is said to help parents predict the gender of their baby based on the Mother's age and the month of Conception. This chart is said to have been drawn by a Chinese scientist about 700 years ago. The chart has been taken from a Royal tomb near Peking, China and the original copy is kept in the Institute of Science of Peking. The accuracy of the chart has been proved by thousands of people and is believed to be 99 percent accurate.
Use the chart below if you were between the ages of 18 and 31 at the time of conception. Find your age along the left hand side, and the month of conception along the top row. Find where the two intersect to find the prediction of the sex of your baby!
This chart is for entertainment value only.
Although the results have been found to be incredibly accurate,
Woman Conception Lunar Month
Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
18 G B G B B B B B B B B B
19 B G B G G B B B B B G G
20 G B G B B B B B B G B B
21 B G G G G G G G G G G G
22 G B B G B G G B G G G G
23 B B G B B G B G B B B G
24 B G B B G B B G G G G G
25 G B B G G B G B B B B B
26 B G B G G B G B G G G G
27 G B G B G G B B B B G B
28 B G B G G G B B B B G G
29 G B G G B B B B B G G G
30 B G G G G G G G G G B B
31 B G B G G G G G G G G B
32 B G B G G G G G G G G B
33 G B G B G G G B G G G B
34 B G B G G G G G G G B B
35 B B G B G G G B G G B B
36 G B B G B G G G B B B B
37 B G B B G B G B G B G B
38 G B G B B G B G B G B G
39 B G B B B G G B G B G G
40 G B G B G B B G B G B G
41 B G B G B G B B G B G B
42 G B G B G B G B B G B G
43 B G B G B G B G B B B B
44 B B G B B B G B G B G G
45 G B B G G G B G B G B B
Thanks to: "Rafu chakkar" rafu_chakkar_420@yahoo.com
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Cold Water and Heart Attack
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks: Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and Be aware.
The more we know, the better chance we could survive...
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this... It could save your life!!
Thanks to: http://infotainmentindia.blogspot.com/2007/02/new-thing-to-put-into-practice.html
It is nice to have a cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks: Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and Be aware.
The more we know, the better chance we could survive...
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this... It could save your life!!
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Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Do not get into Tension
The moment you are in TENSION
You will lose your ATTENTION
Then you are in total CONFUSION
And you'll feel IRRITATION
This may spoil your personal RELATIONS
Untimately, you won't get COOPERATION
And get things into COMPLICATION
It is better you remain in CAUTION .
Otherwise you have to take MEDICATION
Why not try to understand the SITUATION
And try to think about the SOLUTION
Many problems will be solved by DISCUSSION
Which will work out better in your PROFESSION
Don't think this is a only a SUGGESTION
It is only for your PREVENTION
If you understand my INTENTION
You'll never come again into TENSION!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!
You will lose your ATTENTION
Then you are in total CONFUSION
And you'll feel IRRITATION
This may spoil your personal RELATIONS
Untimately, you won't get COOPERATION
And get things into COMPLICATION
It is better you remain in CAUTION .
Otherwise you have to take MEDICATION
Why not try to understand the SITUATION
And try to think about the SOLUTION
Many problems will be solved by DISCUSSION
Which will work out better in your PROFESSION
Don't think this is a only a SUGGESTION
It is only for your PREVENTION
If you understand my INTENTION
You'll never come again into TENSION!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!
Monday, February 5, 2007
Self Cure for Back Aches
Self-cure for Backaches:
A new prescription
By S.M. Acharya. M.A., B.Com., HDC, GDCA, CAIIB,
(Ex-Mg Director, Coop. Sugar Mills Fedtn.,1960s)
Frequently and repeated attacks of common backaches
are the single biggest cause of absenteeism from
productive work all over the world. It is estimated
that four out of five persons in the world, more so,
sedentary workers and executives at all levels suffer
from those nagging backaches resulting in loss of
millions of man-hours and billions of dollars worth of
production worldwide annually.
It is more common among the professionals especially
at the middle and upper managerial levels. With the
onset of computerization, Internet, etc., more and
more persons are spending long hours sitting in front
of their machines and screens, straining their backs
against the rule of nature, causing damage to their
spinal columns creating nervous troubles and aches and
pains of varied nature.
If timely precautions and curative measures are not
taken, the occasional troubles slowly degenerate into
lumbago, cervical spondylosis and several such
troubles which, if neglected, may turn into
irreparable degeneration of the ligaments and even
cancer of the spine.
The writer too having worked as an executive most of
his working life, suffered from backaches for forty
long years. He had to absent himself from work quite
often, sometimes for weeks together, on account of his
acute backaches; and was prescribed strong allopathic
medicines, pain-killers ointments, belt, traction,
heat therapy and finally was recommended for spinal
operation after the X-ray image showed extensive
degeneration of the spine with no prospects of
becoming a normal person with a normal back doing
normal work.
The condition was so bad that it was difficult to even
turn sides in bed without suffering excruciating pain.
It required literally crawling around to move in the
house or to go into the toilet or enter or alight from
a car. Driving long distances would cause more
trouble. Climbing stairs, gardening, walking or even
sitting at the dinner table, were all very painful.
This limited my normal activities still further,
resulting in over-weight and ultimately heart attack.
But how was it that animals never suffered backaches?
They could run much faster than men and fly long
distances without any trouble at all. That set me
thinking as to what could be done by human beings to
avoid such troubles.
The great Swami Shivananda of Rishikesh, a great yogi
himself, suffered from backaches. While going up hill
to a temple, he could not climb the stairs due to
acute backache. So he walked on all fours and climbed
up the hill and made it to the temple. It came to him
naturally.
Prevention is better than cure and cheaper to. All
animals and birds follow their natural way of eating,
drinking, sleeping, walking and even indulging in sex.
Man is the only animal, a two-legged one of course,
who goes on breaking all rules of nature and natural
behaviour. If man too could follow nature and all
natural rules, he could certainly avoid various
problems, including backaches. This writer did it and
got cured completely.
While it may not be possible to describe all the do’s
and don’ts in a short article for want of space,
interested persons can visit www.atbsnr.com for
details. Readers of ASCENT are also welcome to seek
more information from the author by email to him at
smacharya@yahoo. co.uk free of charge.
Briefly, the technique is a three to five-minute
toning up regimen. After waking up in the morning or
even after an afternoon nap, lie straight on your back
on a relatively hard bed, diwan or sofa with your
palms placed in place of the pillow under your head
facing upwards. Thus the palms support the spine. Then
try to induce natural stressing as if we are taking
what is called in Hindi an “angdai”. This is good for
even those suffering from cervical spondylosis. Don’t
exert. Just do it like an innocent child when he lies
in the lap of his/her mother. If you are already
suffering from backache, it may take a few days to
induce this stretching
Now remaining in that relaxed position, move one foot
clock-wise and the other anti-clockwise without moving
the heels, in a synchronized manner to complete a full
circle and then relax leaving both the feet in their
original place. When you do it in a relaxed manner,
each time when you take the feet apart and relax, you
will start enjoying it very much. It takes hardly a
couple of seconds to complete one round. That means
you are enjoying every two or three seconds. Repeat
this ten times or more if you have the time.
Next, do the same in the reverse direction. Doing ten
times hardly takes half-a-minute. Then take the legs
six to ten inches apart, as apart as you feel
comfortable. Then jerk up both feet together, keeping
the heels on the bed only. That will make both the
knees rise up slightly, feet working as lever. Then
strike the knees together, quickly but without force.
Then jerk back the feet effortlessly to their original
position. The knees will automatically fall down where
they were. Repeat this enjoying the relaxation it
gives. Do it playfully as many times as you enjoy.
Then finally, draw both the feet to the middle of the
bed so that the knees would also rise up; just like
when we draw our legs towards us when reading a book
lying on the bed. Now lift up the feet from heels to
toes but keeping the heels stay put in their place.
Then strike the knees together without force. Stay for
a second. Then drop the feet back to their place with
slight thud. This is highly relaxing for leg muscles
and for the mind to unwind from tiredness. Repeat ten
times or more.
The entire relaxing technique described above, takes
two or three minutes. Thereafter, start taking your
feet slowing downwards towards the end of the bed to
make them straight, thinking only that you are
stretching from head to toe in a straight line to grow
taller and taller. When fully stretched, then take a
deep breath, keeping your palms under the head all the
time. After fully inhaling, induce the same “angdai”
effortlessly. Then turn sideways and get up. If you
have neck pain, then put your palms behind the head.
breath in, raise your heels a bit as if you are
standing on the toes just for a second, take ‘angdai’
and start walking straight.
This way you can keep your posture straight throughout
your life without stooping as many aged people do. It
will keep you free from most aches and pains of the
spine and the joints as long as you live. What more a
human being could pray for?
Hence, the new good health slogan for the new
millennium is:
“Three minutes a day?;
Keep the doctor away.”
And,
When ever you are too tired, just lie down and do
this 3-minute stretching to come out
“Fresh-like-a- flower’ each and every time.
Doing this routin daily will find you a rejuvenated
person. There is a short 20-minute video film
demonstrating the exercises and explaining other
details that can also be screened at free demo camps
if Rotarians/Lions/ Senior Citizens’ clubs and other
establishments employing large number of people, could
organize such free backache-cure camps to make their
members and other citizens Backache-free;
A new prescription
By S.M. Acharya. M.A., B.Com., HDC, GDCA, CAIIB,
(Ex-Mg Director, Coop. Sugar Mills Fedtn.,1960s)
Frequently and repeated attacks of common backaches
are the single biggest cause of absenteeism from
productive work all over the world. It is estimated
that four out of five persons in the world, more so,
sedentary workers and executives at all levels suffer
from those nagging backaches resulting in loss of
millions of man-hours and billions of dollars worth of
production worldwide annually.
It is more common among the professionals especially
at the middle and upper managerial levels. With the
onset of computerization, Internet, etc., more and
more persons are spending long hours sitting in front
of their machines and screens, straining their backs
against the rule of nature, causing damage to their
spinal columns creating nervous troubles and aches and
pains of varied nature.
If timely precautions and curative measures are not
taken, the occasional troubles slowly degenerate into
lumbago, cervical spondylosis and several such
troubles which, if neglected, may turn into
irreparable degeneration of the ligaments and even
cancer of the spine.
The writer too having worked as an executive most of
his working life, suffered from backaches for forty
long years. He had to absent himself from work quite
often, sometimes for weeks together, on account of his
acute backaches; and was prescribed strong allopathic
medicines, pain-killers ointments, belt, traction,
heat therapy and finally was recommended for spinal
operation after the X-ray image showed extensive
degeneration of the spine with no prospects of
becoming a normal person with a normal back doing
normal work.
The condition was so bad that it was difficult to even
turn sides in bed without suffering excruciating pain.
It required literally crawling around to move in the
house or to go into the toilet or enter or alight from
a car. Driving long distances would cause more
trouble. Climbing stairs, gardening, walking or even
sitting at the dinner table, were all very painful.
This limited my normal activities still further,
resulting in over-weight and ultimately heart attack.
But how was it that animals never suffered backaches?
They could run much faster than men and fly long
distances without any trouble at all. That set me
thinking as to what could be done by human beings to
avoid such troubles.
The great Swami Shivananda of Rishikesh, a great yogi
himself, suffered from backaches. While going up hill
to a temple, he could not climb the stairs due to
acute backache. So he walked on all fours and climbed
up the hill and made it to the temple. It came to him
naturally.
Prevention is better than cure and cheaper to. All
animals and birds follow their natural way of eating,
drinking, sleeping, walking and even indulging in sex.
Man is the only animal, a two-legged one of course,
who goes on breaking all rules of nature and natural
behaviour. If man too could follow nature and all
natural rules, he could certainly avoid various
problems, including backaches. This writer did it and
got cured completely.
While it may not be possible to describe all the do’s
and don’ts in a short article for want of space,
interested persons can visit www.atbsnr.com for
details. Readers of ASCENT are also welcome to seek
more information from the author by email to him at
smacharya@yahoo. co.uk free of charge.
Briefly, the technique is a three to five-minute
toning up regimen. After waking up in the morning or
even after an afternoon nap, lie straight on your back
on a relatively hard bed, diwan or sofa with your
palms placed in place of the pillow under your head
facing upwards. Thus the palms support the spine. Then
try to induce natural stressing as if we are taking
what is called in Hindi an “angdai”. This is good for
even those suffering from cervical spondylosis. Don’t
exert. Just do it like an innocent child when he lies
in the lap of his/her mother. If you are already
suffering from backache, it may take a few days to
induce this stretching
Now remaining in that relaxed position, move one foot
clock-wise and the other anti-clockwise without moving
the heels, in a synchronized manner to complete a full
circle and then relax leaving both the feet in their
original place. When you do it in a relaxed manner,
each time when you take the feet apart and relax, you
will start enjoying it very much. It takes hardly a
couple of seconds to complete one round. That means
you are enjoying every two or three seconds. Repeat
this ten times or more if you have the time.
Next, do the same in the reverse direction. Doing ten
times hardly takes half-a-minute. Then take the legs
six to ten inches apart, as apart as you feel
comfortable. Then jerk up both feet together, keeping
the heels on the bed only. That will make both the
knees rise up slightly, feet working as lever. Then
strike the knees together, quickly but without force.
Then jerk back the feet effortlessly to their original
position. The knees will automatically fall down where
they were. Repeat this enjoying the relaxation it
gives. Do it playfully as many times as you enjoy.
Then finally, draw both the feet to the middle of the
bed so that the knees would also rise up; just like
when we draw our legs towards us when reading a book
lying on the bed. Now lift up the feet from heels to
toes but keeping the heels stay put in their place.
Then strike the knees together without force. Stay for
a second. Then drop the feet back to their place with
slight thud. This is highly relaxing for leg muscles
and for the mind to unwind from tiredness. Repeat ten
times or more.
The entire relaxing technique described above, takes
two or three minutes. Thereafter, start taking your
feet slowing downwards towards the end of the bed to
make them straight, thinking only that you are
stretching from head to toe in a straight line to grow
taller and taller. When fully stretched, then take a
deep breath, keeping your palms under the head all the
time. After fully inhaling, induce the same “angdai”
effortlessly. Then turn sideways and get up. If you
have neck pain, then put your palms behind the head.
breath in, raise your heels a bit as if you are
standing on the toes just for a second, take ‘angdai’
and start walking straight.
This way you can keep your posture straight throughout
your life without stooping as many aged people do. It
will keep you free from most aches and pains of the
spine and the joints as long as you live. What more a
human being could pray for?
Hence, the new good health slogan for the new
millennium is:
“Three minutes a day?;
Keep the doctor away.”
And,
When ever you are too tired, just lie down and do
this 3-minute stretching to come out
“Fresh-like-a- flower’ each and every time.
Doing this routin daily will find you a rejuvenated
person. There is a short 20-minute video film
demonstrating the exercises and explaining other
details that can also be screened at free demo camps
if Rotarians/Lions/ Senior Citizens’ clubs and other
establishments employing large number of people, could
organize such free backache-cure camps to make their
members and other citizens Backache-free;
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