My Cigarette, My Lover
February 28, 2009
My Cigarette, My Lover
by: Ann-Marie Latoski
The first lover I ever had was a cigarette. My smokes were the most faithful of companions. They were always there for me. They never complained, never talked back and made me feel so good in the moment I needed them.
The cigarettes and I would often sneak off together. They were ever willing and ready to go. I planned my days around being with them. They took coffee breaks and lunch with me. We watched TV together and visited with my friends. They rode with me in the car and made an evening out oh so much better.
We shared everything together, my cigarettes and I. They were there when I was angry or scared. They were there when I celebrated too. My smokes waited at the bus stop with me, filled in pauses and all sorts of gaps in time. The one thing with whom I shared all.
I revelled in their company, their steadfastness, their constancy. They gave my days purpose. My cigarettes shrouded me in mystery and I was not alone. There were others who understood what my cigarettes meant to me. They knew who I was, what I had. My identity, my escape.
How To Avoid Swelling When Pregnant
February 28, 2009
Edema, otherwise known as swelling, will affect almost all women at some point during their pregnancy. Swelling or Edema is most often the result of excessive levels of hormones coursing through your body.
Really, the best thing you can do to combat swelling is to drink far more fluid. It may seem counter intuitive, but the more juice and water you drink the less water your body will hold onto and the less puffy you will be. You should be working to drink at least 10 eight ounce glasses of water per day. Also try to avoid diuretic beverages such as tea and coffee, which contain caffeine. These are more likely to dehydrate you than invigorate you during your pregnancy.
You might also consider wearing some support stockings during your pregnancy. These will not only help combat swelling, but may help prevent or minimize the effects of varicose veins later in pregnancy. Most medical care suppliers carry support hosiery that works well for women during pregnancy.
You should look for support hose with a medium grading minimum, meaning they provide firm support. Compression hose can often be purchased online. You can also ask your healthcare provider where you might purchase a pair or two.
Healthy Relationships Create A Healthy Life!
February 27, 2009
Healthy Relationships Create A Healthy Life!
by: Ray Kelly
Is your relationship with your significant other, mother, father, or friend making you sick? Believe it or not, there’s scientific evidence to suggest that our relationships can actually contribute to illness. Therefore, in order to achieve a healthy life, it is important to make our relationships healthy.
There have been studies to suggest that people who are married often tend to live longer. Experts reason that marriage provides a nurturing environment for individuals, enabling them to better fight off disease. The support of a loving spouse can make all the difference in the world, especially when one is facing a serious illness.
Maintaining healthy relationships can help to lower our stress. Stress is considered to be an important contributing factor for illness. By improving our relationships with other people—particularly with family members—we can cut down on the stress which can sap our strength, making it difficult for us to ward off infections.
Collagen Injections on the Forefront of Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
February 26, 2009
Collagen Injections on the Forefront of Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
by: Harry John
Cosmetic plastic surgery boosts your confidence the way you look. And increase in self-confidence in the look can encourage you to focus your energy on other areas like family and career. There may me certain flaws in your body and face that makeup, diet and exercise can’t help mask. There you should look into the ultimate in makeover, i.e., cosmetic plastic surgery.
The advancement of corrective body and facial surgeries has made the cosmetic procedures easy, affordable and less invasive. This has led many to go for pure cosmetic procedures where aesthetic value comes first.
But, cosmetic procedures are not totally different from reconstructive procedures. Cosmetic surgery also considers your general health conditions and particular physical traits. That’s why you should not plunge into a procedure just for look alteration.
Of many cosmetic procedures collagen injection is a popular procedure embraced by many women to achieve that fuller and perfect lip, and to remove the facial wrinkles.
Collagen injections are all-purpose fillers to fix problems on the face. Collagen is filled into the areas that need plumping-up. For removal of wrinkles, scars, and different marks these are the most suitable stuffs. Collagen can add volume to face giving it smooth appearance.
Glycemic Index of Foods
February 25, 2009
All carbohydrates are not the same. Generally it is assumed that simple carbohydrates are not good for health as they increase blood glucose levels rapidly, and complex carbohydrates are good because they have a slower effect on glucose levels. But this is not always true. Recent work into the Glycemic Index (GI) has changed the understanding of the relationship between ingested carbohydrates and blood glucose levels.
The glycemic index is a measure of how fast a carbohydrate triggers to raise the blood sugar. The higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. On this basis, all carbohydrates can be assigned a value, known as glycemic index, compared to glucose. The glucose is the fastest releasing carbohydrate so it has been assigned a glycemic value of 100. A high glycemic index value for a food indicates that it results in a rapid rise in blood glucose levels and hence a spike in insulin response. Conversely, a low GI value indicates a slow rise in blood glucose and insulin levels.
Can Antidepressants Ever Cure You?
February 24, 2009
Can Antidepressants Ever Cure You?
by: Christopher Green
They’re the plagues of the modern world. Stress, depression and anxiety are on the increase every year and they show no signs of ending their relentless onslaught. Over 40 million people are affected by these illnesses annually, and for the majority, powerful antidepressant drugs offer the only solution.
What’s curious is that over seventy percent of people who stop taking them, for any length of time, will relapse into another stressful or depressive episode
Something’s rotten in Denmark. Because if these drugs are as effective as their manufacturers claim, then sufferers should be cured of their illness. Clearly, this isn’t happening.
If these drugs are so good, why don’t they cure sufferers?
The commonly held belief, both by the medical profession and sufferers is that anti-depressant drugs are the most effective treatment.
This isn’t quite true.
Antidepressant drugs DO help a sufferer. But only TEMPORARILY. They cannot offer a permanent cure because anti-depressants treat ONE of the SYMPTOMS of these illnesses - reduced levels of “happy chemicals” called neurotransmitters.
Close Kept Secrets to Weight Loss Lesson #30
February 23, 2009
Close Kept Secrets to Weight Loss Lesson #30
by: Tami Close
Expect, Expect, Expect! When we prepare and expect what we desire, we ultimately receive. When we focus on our heart’s desires, we receive all that is ours by Divine right.
The Law of Attraction is a perfect law. It is set up to give you what you focus on. If your thoughts are those of “I can’t lose weight,” then that’s exactly what you will receive.
You’ll be attracted to everything that represents “I can’t lose weight.”
Remember your thoughts have energy and when you have a thought, it goes out to the Universe to try and find its vibrational match. Your mind does not know the difference between what is real and what is imagined.
“I can’t lose weight” will find non-nutritious foods, poor relationships, fatigue. The underlying components of not deserving will keep showing up for you.
Likewise “I am my ideal weight” will find nutritional foods, high energy level, exercise program, meditation, great relationships. Deserving all that is wonderful and miraculous will keep showing up for you.
Health Risks Of Shower Filters
February 23, 2009
Health Risks Of Shower Filters
by: Vivek Sharma
Imagine yourself having a long and soaking bath in the candlelit bathroom with soft music playing in the background and water is having few drops of your favorite oil. Isn’t a treat for you and majority of the people enjoy this bath too but during that they forget that the water in which they are bathing is not safe. Yes, it has been confirmed by the experts that water is contaminated with various impurities mainly chlorine. Having a bath with chlorinated water usually leads to array of skin and lung related diseases. So in order to avoid these health risks shower filter is there for you. Majority of the populace is unaware that the water with which they are bathing is not safe and carries various germs and bacteria which become the root cause for many diseases. This is when shower filters come in to picture as they not only remove the chlorine from water but also eliminates the bad smell from it.
Treating Cystic Acne
February 22, 2009
Treating Cystic Acne
by: Don Amodeo
Normal zits are already unpleasant enough, but cystic acne is a much more painful and potentially scarring experience for your skin (and your self esteem!). There is no “easy” remedy for getting rid of acne cysts, but there are certainly some treatment options that can help speed the process, as well as some things that you should be sure NOT to do. This advice is meant for acne sufferers with a mild to average number of cysts. If you have severe cystic acne that covers your face and body, you should really seek the advice of a dermatologist immediately, as an affliction such as this can leave your skin scarred for life.
Understanding cystic acne:
Unlike the small whitehead pustules that most people with acne experience on the surface of their skin, cystic acne appears as large irritated bumps, often with the pustule hidden deep beneath the skin’s surface. These cysts are caused when hormonal shifts result in your skin glands overproducing oil (sebum) at an unnatural rate. The gland becomes swollen and eventually bursts, but not before the sebum has swelled and hardened into a clump too large to escape by means of your pores. The irritation from your gland bursting results in inflammation, and buried pustule can remain in your skin for a very long time.
Unhealthy Foods: How To Become Disgusted By Junk Foods That Make You Fat
February 21, 2009
With today’s time constraints, stressful jobs, and "thin is in" mentality, the bottom line is that many people become overweight simply because they have no time to exercise. By the way, you already knew that. I need to tell you something about improving your diet overall? but first you must know something about diet pills:
What’s Wrong With Diet Pills?
Appetite suppressants such as Phentermine 37.5 are only a temporary solution. At Shoppe.MD online pharmacy, we do not promote continual and unnecessary refills of prescription diet pills. Our site and free newsletter provide useful diet, weight loss, and exercise tips in an effort to help both customers and visitors achieve their weight loss goals and improve their health.
How Can I Stop Craving Unhealthy Foods?
Because prescription Phentermine from cannot provide a permanent solution to being overweight, I recommend that you muster up all the will power you have ? and then some! ? and use 10 minutes of your free time to go outside and walk. Power walking has been known to be at least as effective as jogging, so don’t feel like a loser if you can’t walk fast for very long. It may use the same amount of energy as jogging.
