Healthy Mind, Body & Spirit

* I’ve yet to try out some of these methods below. Please feel free to try and leave a comment if it works or not. TQ.

Methods that do not kill but get rid of ants, mosquitoes and cockroaches

Ants don’t like sour things, mosquitoes don’t like spices and cockroaches don’t like fragrant things.

To keep away ants, squeeze fresh lemon juice on where they’ll be passing, and also wipe the lemon slices on that surface.

Mosquitoes do not like spice. bury garlic under flowerbeds and clean dead leaves, and keep the area clean.

Cockroaches do not like fragrance. Cut small pieces of soap, put them in a bottle with water, and put the bottle in a cupboard where you want to keep out cockroaches. After several days, they will be all gone and your cupboard will even smell good.

You do not need to kill mosquitoes: dissolve Vitamin C and B2 in water, wipe the water on your skin, and the scent will drive the mosquitoes
away.

Put up orange coloured curtains, or orange plastic wrap around a bulb. Mosquitoes are afraid of orange light, and they will be gone.

Hang up a bunch of spring onions, and use gauze to wrap up the green sections of the onions, and there will be no more mosquitoes.
Putting a pot of Lilies, Milans, Roses, or Evening Primroses in your room will work too.Â

To drive away cockroaches, you can put pieces of cucumber where you want to keep them away.

On the 10th February 2011 the energy saver globe fused at the home of the IP. He did not wait for the globe to cool
down, standing on a chair with a piece of cloth and remove the energy saver globe. Due to the heat of the energy
saver globe he dropped the globe. As the globe fell on the floor it “explode” (brake). As he descend from the chair
he stepped into the broken glass and exposed mercury powder.

The IP was admitted to hospital for treatment of the cuts. He spent two weeks in ICU and at one stage it was
feared that his foot need to be amputated. The nurse in nursing uniform would tediously scrap the dead skin daily. Currently his foot is connected to a vacuum pump to remove continuously dead tissue. Long road of recovery is awaiting him.

Energy Saving Bulbs have been in existence for a long time now. As the name indicates, these bulbs are more effective as compared to an ordinary bulb in terms of power consumption. Most of us are currently using these bulbs to save on electricity consumption and ultimately the electricity bill.

However, these types of bulbs, if broken, can cause serious danger.
- If one breaks, everybody will have to leave the room for at least 15 minutes, because it contains Mercury (poisonous) which causes migraine, disorientation, imbalances and different other health problems, when inhaled.
- It causes many people with allergies, severe skin conditions and other diseases just by touching this substance or inhaling it.
- Do NOT clean the debris of the broken bulb with a vacuum cleaner, because it would spread the contamination to other rooms in the house when using the vacuum cleaner again. Put on lab coat if available and put one Rubber gloves and sweep the debris onto a dustpan. It must be cleaned up with a NORMAL BROOM or BRUSH, be kept in a sealed bag and disposed of right away from the house in a bin for hazardous materials.
- Try not to inhale dust from the broken bulb.

Safety tips

As part of the report, the EWG also provided eight safety tips for cellphone users who are concerned about radiation. Here is a quick list of the tips. You can click through to the original list for more detail on each of the items.

1. Buy a low-radiation phone
2. Use a headset or speaker
3. Listen more, talk less
4. Hold phone away from your body
5. Choose texting over talking
6. Poor signal? Stay off the phone
7. Limit children’s phone use
8. Skip the “radiation shield”

The EWG also offers a one-page PDF that lists all eight of these tips along with a further explanation of each. IT professionals might consider distributing this PDF to employees who use company cellphones or posting it on the corporate intranet. Of course, you should consult senior management and your legal department before distributing something like this since it involves employee health.

Bottom line

While there isn’t conclusive scientific evidence proving that cellphones cause illnesses or diseases in humans, the EWG report does point to research that has shown links between prolonged cellphone use and  brain cancer, salivary gland tumors, migraines and vertigo, and decreased male sperm count (from carrying a cellphone in the pocket).

A lot more research still needs to be done, but in the meantime it makes sense for mobile manufacturers to limit cellphone radiation whenever possible and for users to be aware of which phones produce the most radiation so that they can take steps to limit radiation exposure as a precautionary step.

*(this article is taken from techrepublic.com)

The 10 smartphones with lowest radiation

1. Nokia 9300i (0.21 W/kg)
2. Nokia 7710 (0.22 W/kg)
3. T-Mobile MDA Wiza200 (0.28 W/kg)
4. Samsung Impression SGH-a877 (0.35 W/kg)
5. Nokia 9300 (0.44 W/kg)
6. Samsung Propel Pro SGH-i627 (0.47 W/kg)
7. Samsung Gravity SGH-t459 (0.49 W/kg)
8. BlackBerry Storm 9530 (0.57 W/kg)
9. Nokia E90 (0.59 W/kg)
10. Nokia N96 (0.68 W/kg)

Nokia, with five models in this top 10, and Samsung with three, were clearly the winners in terms of smartphones that emit the least amount of radiation. It’s also interesting to note that although both of these companies produce dozens of different models, neither of them had a single model that made the list of the worst radiation offenders. The surprising member of low-radiation list was the BlackBerry Storm, RIM’s first touchscreen device, since so many BlackBerries were on the other list.

Other notables, from lowest to highest

• HTC Touch Pro (0.91 W/kg)
• Palm Pre (0.92 W/kg)
• iPhone (0.97 W/kg)
• Samsung JACK i637 (1.04 W/kg)
• T-Mobile’s Google G1 (1.11 W/kg)
• Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 (1.14 W/kg)
• iPhone 3GS (1.19 W/kg)
• Samsung BlackJack II SGH-i617 (1.20 W/kg)
• Motorola MOTO Q 9m (1.30 W/kg)
• iPhone 3G (1.39 W/kg)
• BlackBerry Tour 9630 (unknown)

If there’s another phone you’d like to look up, here is the full list. Also, when seriously evaluating any smartphone on any of these lists, make sure you click through and look at the EWG page with the details of the phone’s radiation emissions using different connections and doing different activities. The number listed is the maximum radiation rating, but it can be deceiving in some cases until you look at the whole picture.

For example, the iPhone 3GS has a rating of 1.19 W/kg, which is a middle of the pack rating. However, 1.19 is its maximum radiation level, which only happens when its connected in UMTS 1900MHz mode. In its other four modes, it averages 0.63 W/kg, which is more consistent with the lower tier of radiation emitters.

*(this article is taken from techrepublic.com)

One of the scariest unknown technology risks of this decade is the issue of radiation from cell phones. There’s still an open question about whether long term exposure to these mobile devices will cause damage or disease to human beings.

The Environmental Working Group has a comprehensive new study (download the full report as a PDF) that surveys the scientific research on cellphone heath risks and provides radiation data for most of the current cellphones in use. Here’s how the EWG explained the mission of its study:

We at Environmental Working Group are still using our cell phones, but we also believe that until scientists know much more about cell phone radiation, it’s smart for consumers to buy phones with the lowest emissions. The U.S. government ought to require cell phone companies to label their products’ radiation output so that consumers can do the numbers at the point of sale. It doesn’t, so EWG has created this user-friendly interactive online guide to cell phone emissions, covering over 1,000 phones currently on the market.

The EWG study looks at all mobile phones, but since smartphones are becoming a standard tool for businesses and IT professionals, I’ve drilled down and looked at the list from a smartphone perspective. I’ve broken out the 10 smartphones that produce the most radiation, the 10 that product the least amount of radiation, and a list of the radiation ratings of some of the most popular smartphones that did not make either of those two lists.

When you look at these lists, keep in mind that the EWG has also included some older models that are no longer being sold but are still used by many workers and consumers. Also note that “W/kg” stands for watts per kilogram, a measurement for power density.

The 10 smartphones with the highest radiation

1. T-Mobile MyTouch 3G (1.55 W/kg)
2. Blackberry Curve 8330 (1.54 W/kg)
3. Palm Treo 600 (1.53 W/kg)
4. T-Mobile Shadow (1.53 W/kg)
5. Palm Treo 650 (1.51 W/kg)
6. Blackberry Curve 8300 (1.51 W/kg)
7. Blackberry Bold 9000 (1.51 W/kg)
8. Sony Ericsson P910a (1.50 W/kg)
9. HTC SMT 5800 (1.49 W/kg)
10. BlackBerry Pearl 8120/8130 (1.48 W/kg)

The T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, an HTC smartphone powered by Google Android that debuted to lots of fanfare this summer, topped the list of the worst radiation offenders. However, other popular smartphones dominated the list as well, especially BlackBerries and Treos. The BlackBerry Curve, the best-selling smartphone on the market in 2009, was a close second on the list, and it was joined in the top 10 by its cousins, the BlackBerry Pearl and the BlackBerry Bold.

*(this article is taken from techrepublic.com)

Dioflex which contain Diosmin and Hesperidin is an anti-inflammatory pills. When we have hemorrhoids, our veins are actually swollen, inflamed and The Fastest Way To Shrink Hemorrhoids is of course to take anti-inflammatory pills. It works for me and no more swollen hemmorhoids since the last I got it, 2 weeks ago. Dioflex really works. Check with your doctor or pharmacies to confirm this.

I believe most of you heard about using baking soda, strawberry crumbs of burnt toast. I have another method of getting white sparkling teeth which ways use during my grandparents day.

Those days, there toothpaste and toothbrush is alien to them. But you will be amazed at how white their teeth maybe. Their teeth are not as healthy as ours but theirs is definitely whiter than you and me.

The secret lies in a piece of charcoal and coconut husk. The charcoal is the toothpaste and the coconut husk is their toothbrush.

My mom tried it before and she said that it works. I am going to try it out too one day and I will definitely blog the result here.

* Don’t smoke- Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes (chances of cancer is higher).

* Don’t eat fruits immediately - Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause stomach to be bloated with air. Therefore take fruit 1-2 hr after meal or 1hr before meal.

* Don’t drink tea - Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid.This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be hardened thus difficult to digest.

* Don’t loosen your belt - Loosening the belt after a meal will easily cause the intestine to be twisted &blocked.

* Don’t bathe - Bathing will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the stomach will therefore decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in our stomach.

* Don’t walk about - People always say that after a meal walk a hundred steps and you will live till 99. In actual fact this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system to be unable to absorb the nutrition from the food we intake.

* Don’t sleep immediately - The food we intake will not be able to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric & infection in our intestine.

My wife falls sick a day after her has only 4 hours of sleep. She was staying up late to finish all her pending paid post. Well, this is not healthy and productive at all. Due to this she is unable to blog for 2 days because she is not feeling well and unable to write due to her cold and giddiness.

Do you know that after only a few days of sleep deprivation, the body undergoes changes similar to “fast-forward” aging? Meaning, we grow old faster! We will experience memory loss, metabolism problems (with sugar and hormones), and poor athletic performance. If sleep deprivation continues over the long term, it increases the risk of more serious health problems, such as a weakened immune system, diabetes, depression, high blood pressure and obesity. Yes, you will become fat instead of thinner.

Do you want to boost your IQ? Check out below tips that I found at The Thinking Business.

Boost your brainpower by feeding your brain ‘brain foods’. Here are 6 tips for an intelligent diet:

1. Balance your glucose - it provides fuel for your brain. Try to eat carbohydrate foods in the evening as it promotes relaxation and sleep.

2. Eat essential fats - ensure your diet is rich in omega-3 fats found in oily fish.

3. Include plenty of protein rich foods in your diet. Proteins are essential to make neurotransmitters which are vital for the thinking process. Try to eat a protein based lunch to optimise your mental performance and alertness throughout the day.

4. Eat foods rich in vitamins and minerals to ‘fine tune’ your mind.

5. Drink 1.5 to 2 litres of water a day to keep your brain well hydrated.

6. Oxygenate your brain by exercising and eating little and often. Eat your main meal before 7pm.

Do you know what is the above? It is a Gingko seed. Gingko is one of the food for the brains. Studies showed that ginkgo works by increasing blood flow throughout the body and brain thus increasing oxygen supply to the brain.

Gingko Biloba (extracted from the Gingko leaf) is also know as herb for the aging brain.

The year-long JAMA study followed 309 patients with Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia caused by loss of blood to the brain. They were given either 120 milligrams per day standardized Ginkgo biloba extract or a placebo. Those receiving ginkgo scored higher on mental and behavioral tests than those on the placebo. Although the improvements were modest, the authors concluded that the standardized ginkgo extract was safe and either stabilized or improved the mental and social functioning of these patients.

What does the above means? Start taking Gingko now to reduce the risk of having the Alzheimer’s Disease.