Apple : An apple a day keeps the doctor away?

Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

Orange : Sweetest medicine

Taking 2 –4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen the risk of colon cancer.

Kiwi : Tiny but Mighty

This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E &   fibre. It’s Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

Strawberry : Protective Fruit

Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protects the body from cancer causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals.

Watermelon : Coolest Thirst Quencher

Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene – the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C & Potassium.

Guava & Papaya : Top awards for Vitamin C

They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fibre which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene, this is good for your eyes.

Tips of how to stay young……..

1)Laugh & fun, don’t be gloomy

2)Let bygones be bygones. Dwelling on the past inflicts unnecessary stress.

3)Early to bed, early to rise, is healthy & wise

4)Stay lean, being just 30% overweight is bad.

5)Keep learning, reading & socializing - an alert & active mind keeps brain cells healthy.

6)Keep working, doing something you like. Don’t retire, it slows down your body.

7)Be the boss of your own life. Letting others push you around produces stress.

8)Too many pills ruin your body, take just what you need.

9)Constantly alternating between weight gain & loss is bad

10)Exercise, quit smoking and eat less fatty foods

11)Do not worry about health & death, just get on with your life and enjoy it.

Renowned doctors have conducted important studies with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) patients. They gave these patients high doses of B12 injections. The B12 shots dramatically increased ENERGY in 80% of the participants and helped them sleep better. Now, doctors everywhere are administering B12 shots to help their patients have more ENERGY.

The Benefits - Why Do We Use It?

The purpose of the B12 shot is to improve energy levels, thereby making it easier for you to remain on a weight reduction diet and to engage in exercise.

• Helps the body form red blood cells
• Aids in normal function of all body cells
• Gives feeling of energy and well-being for 1-2 weeks
• Helps regulate sleep, mood, appetite and ENERGY!

Sources and Deficiencies

Vitamin B12 is necessary to produce an adequate amount of healthy red blood cells in the bone marrow. Vitamin B12 is available only in animal foods (meat and dairy products) or yeast extracts (such as brewer’s yeast). Vitamin B12 deficiency is defined by low levels of stored B12 in the body that can result in anemia, a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells, which leads to soreness, and weakness in the arms and legs.

Injection vs. Pill

As you get older, your ability to absorb B12 through digestion continually decreases. In fact, many adults are unable to absorb B12 into their body at all! Injections offer a direct method of supplying your body with the much needed nutrient.

Research findings show ample evidence to reveal that injections of 1 to 2 milligrams per day can quickly correct deficiencies. It is not apparent whether smaller amounts, such as the 25 micrograms or so found in multivitamins, are sufficient to cure deficiencies. Such a claim is substantiated by the fact that although oral supplementation with vitamin B12 is safe, efficient and inexpensive and most multi-vitamin pills contain 100-200 micrograms of the cyanocobalamin form of B12, many multivitamins cannot be chewed, which is important for its absorption.

The body’s ability to absorb vitamin B12 is reduced with increasing age. Older people are often detected to have a more potent vitamin B12 deficiency, even in cases where they do not suffer from pernicious anemia. Moreover, an intake of vitamin B12 from food sources decreases with an increase in age, probably because of a lack of stomach acid. The conventional way of fixing a vitamin B12 deficiency has been through intramuscular injections. Experiments also reveal that vitamin B12 intramuscular injections are useful healers of neurological disorders such as progressive memory loss and lethargy.

Routine intramuscular B12 injections at a dosage of 1 milligram per month also helps to lower homocysteine levels in the blood, thereby reducing the probability of heart diseases and strokes. The injections can also serve therapeutic purposes. A vitamin B12 injection acts as a stimulant for energizing the body, through cobalamin, which transmits its “anti-stress” elements to the human body.

Make yogurt at home is actually not difficult.

Watch, try it and you will like it.

Most people do not use sunscreen correctly, the amount of sunscreen applied, and the frequency of application in order to provide the skin sufficient protection and to help the skin revitalize, home intensive care like scrub and mask to help the skin condition improves and the skin complexion with translucence as melanin may deduce the activities of production. It is important to note that sunscreens can help reduce sunburn, they are not as effective against the other harmful effects of ultraviolet UV rays, such as premature aging of the skin and depression of the immune system.

UV A (Ultravoilet A)

Ultravoilet Rays A or UV A refers to long-wave solar rays that penetrates the skin deeply.

Causes sun damage penetrates the dermis layer and deeper connective tissue damage. By damaging the collagen and elastine in the dermis, skin loses moisture and elasticity, visible signs of aging such as wrinkles, premature aging and pigmentation. Skin can turn dark, red and aged even when the skin surface feels cool.

UV sunscreen face care about 4-8 of UV A protection which is adequate for normal daytime activities.

With SPF 24 , UV sunscreen face offer 95% protection against UV B.

PA (Protection grade of UV A)

95% of our daily UV exposure and has a strong penetration that can penetrates clouds and glass of 5cm thickness. Protection is also important indoors or while in the cars.

UV B (Ultravoilet B)

Ultraviolet Rays B or UV B refers to short wave solar rays that are basically responsible for turning the skin red or producing sunburns

Causes harm mainly to the epidermis layer (Outer) but its damaging effect is 1000 X stronger that UV A

A short period of exposure can cause sun tan and inflammation and increase melanin production.

Sun very intense between 10am-3pm.

Strong reflection beware of the sun damage while out on the beach with brighter colour sand or ground.

Uses an umbrella or wear hats do helps to block against some reflection.

What is SPF?

SPF (Sun Protection Factor)

  SPF 1   = 20 minutes

  SPF 15 = 15 X 20 minutes = 300minutes that lasts for 5 hours

Avoid sun exposure between 10am-3pm (5 hours)

Block uses at SPF 15 or above UV PA ++

Japanese measurement of UVA protection:

PA (+) - Japanese measurement of UVA protection: PA stands for Protection grade of UVA. The PPD method with its classification PA+, PA++, PA+++ is popular all over Asia. [Chemistry Today]

PA+: some UVA protective effect. PPD 2-4

PA++: moderate UVA protective effect. PPD 4-8

PA+++: good UVA protective effect. PPD 8+ [Nora80]

PPD Method (Persistent Pigment Darkening Method)

Exposure to ultraviolet light or sunlight, the skin feels tired and sensitive, UVA or UVB, from sunlight accounts for 90% of the symptoms of premature skin aging including wrinkles. The most important skin-care product available to prevent wrinkles is sunscreen, but most people do not use sunscreen correctly, the amount of sunscreen applied, and the frequency of application in order to provide the skin sufficient protection and to help the skin revitalize, home intensive care like scrub and mask to soothe and lighten the complexion while mask do help nourishing the skin to help firming and the skin condition improves with visible fairness and translucence as melanin may deduce the activities of production.

Most people think we need to help our body detoxification and actually our body can do automatically, the body naturally can detoxify through our skin and the systematic circulation and also our digestion.

How does they work?

The skin

The skin will perspire and detox the sweat when the body is feeling hot and release the sweat in order to regulate the temperature and at the same toxin is releases. Therefore, most people like to do exercises allowing our body able to perspire the sweat releasing the toxin out of the body and not forgetting the oil gland will also releases sebum if the environment or weather is cold to help keep moisture to the skin.

Circulation

The body need to have circulation and helps absorption taking the nutrients to the cells to help renew and make more new cells and at the times purges the old and damaged cells.

Our digestion

As all knows we always need to eat and if you don’t then you feel hungry, that is why we do feel hungry? Well, our body need foods “nutrients” which indication from your stomach, then the nutrients will does to the small intestine for further absorption and those that is no absorption by the body will be waste and also some waste products due to new food taken and old ones which is known to be toxins, mostly to goes to the big intestine to be pass out. Otherwise will be stored for future use, in case meal is skip!

In generally, it is very simple and especially our body has the capability to do so and unless the body is sick then will not function properly. Some people are unable to detoxify normally and healthy because we did not take care of ourselves and due to added stress causing the natural way of detoxification malfunction then that is when help needed.

In order to let our body to do detoxification normally, we need to have proper sleep and rest, a balanced meal and sufficient exercises. Once our body able to circulate well, able to eat well and able to visit toilet on daily basis. Then detoxification treatments are actually not required as the body already able to clear toxin.

When we actually need Detoxification?

When we are doing detoxification for our body, ones must be prepared as everyone react or have different experience. There are many ways to suit everyone but I would naturally try doing the natural way unless my body is sick…..