Healthy Tips

EATING FRUITSWe all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and justpopping it into our mouths. It's not so easy as you think.It's important to know how and when to eat.What is the correct way of eating fruits?* IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITSAFTER YOUR MEALS!* FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTYSTOMACH.If you eat fruit like that, it will play a majorrole to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal ofenergy for weight loss and other life activities.FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.Let's say you eat two slices of bread andthen a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straightthrough the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented fromdoing so.In the meantime the whole meal rots and fermentsand turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the foodin the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food beginsto spoil.So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or beforeyour meals! You have heard people complaining - every time I eatwater-melon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when Ieat banana I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all thiswill not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixeswith the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you willbloat!Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circlesunder the eyes all these will not happen if you take fruits on an emptystomach.There is no such thing as some fruits like orange andlemon are acidic because all fruits become alkaline in our body,according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did a research on thismatter.If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits,you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness andnormal weight.When you need to drink fruit juice -drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT From the cans. Don't even drinkjuice that has been heated up. Don't eat Cooked fruits because you don'tget the nutrients at all. You only get to taste.Cooking destroys all the vitamins.But eating a whole fruit is betterthan drinking the juice. If you Should drink the juice, drink itmouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must Let it mix with yoursaliva before swallowing it.You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body.Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days
and you will Be surprised when your friendstell you how radiant you look!KIWI: Tiny but mighty.This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E& fiber. Its Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away?Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it hasantioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin Cthereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack &stroke.STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit.Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits
& protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessels-clogging freeradicals.ORANGE : Sweetest medicine.Taking 2 -4 oranges a day may help keep coldsaway, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well aslessens the risk of colon cancer.WATERMELON: CoolestThirst Quencher Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giantdose of glutathione, which helps boostour immune system. They arealso a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Othernutrients 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 Alsorich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich incarotene; this is good for your eyes.Drinking Cold waterafter meal = Cancer! Can u believe this??For those wholike to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold waterwill solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slowdown the digestion.Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, itwill break down and be Absorbed by the intestine faster than the solidfood. 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 attacksHEART ATTACK PROCEDURE': (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!)Women should know that not every heart attacksymptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain inthe jaw line.You may never have the first chest painduring the course of a heart attack.Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
60% of people who have a heart attack whilethey 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 to10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Readthis...It could save your life!!Let's say it's 6.15 pm and you're driving home.
Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain inyour chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into yourjaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest yourhome.Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make itthat far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught thecourse did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.'HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE':Since many people arealone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the personwhose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has onlyabout 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and Veryvigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, deep andprolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds withoutlet-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to bebeating normally again.Deep breaths get oxygen into thelungs and coughing movements squeeze The heart and keep the bloodcirculating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps itregain normal rhythm.In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.
Tell as many Other people as possible about this. Itcould save their lives!!

Boo!

Boo there all...
Little Aussie Cynic here to give you all a laugh....
Now that the recent wave of Lunar Eclipses is over hopefully and everyone I know are feeling a bit flat and even a little depressed (if this includes you, you arent alone half the planet is feeling a bit yuk)
It is time to think of some fun.
So what is the silliest, funniest or weirdest you have ever done...
Its ok the sillier the better...
Lets have some fun.... santa needs some new games and we all need to let our hair down.. so get creative and share your funniest moments...

HAPPY VALENTINE`S DAY

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFULL
VALENTINE`S DAY...I AM HOPING FOR LOVE AND PEACE THROUGH THE BLOGWORLD...RIBBIT,RIBBIT,RIBBIT...
BLOG ELF-LOVE YOU TOO LITTLE GUY..WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK? I HAVE A FEW AWARDS FOR YOU OVER AT MY PLACE THAT YOU HAVEN`T COLLECTED YET..MISS YOU...~PURPLEFROG

Christmas Candy For Valentine's Day

Christmas Candy For Valentine's Day

The love for chocolate never dies. At least for me. (Sigh)

If it's Christmas...it's Christmas fudge.

If it's Valentine's Day...it's a chocolate man. What?

A chocolate man! (Dream on)

No, really...

See...



Happy Valentine's Day to all!

Have a little chocolate, will ya?

Handy Tips

Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little 'stringythings' off of it. That's how the primates do it.

Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!

Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.

Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.

Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.

For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed Melt Andes mints in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.

Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.

Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream.

Reheat Pizza Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

Easy Deviled Eggs Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.

Expanding Frosting When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.

Reheating refrigerated bread To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

Newspaper weeds away Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.

Broken Glass Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.

No More Mosquitoes Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.

Squirrel Away! To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.

Flexible vacuum To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

Reducing Static Cling Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and -- ta da! -- static is gone.

Measuring Cups Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.

Foggy Windshield? Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!

Reopening envelope If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.

Conditioner Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair...

Goodbye Fruit Flies To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2' with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid, mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

Get Rid of Ants Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take i 'home,' can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over o the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. well,...the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free -- that nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box, well t his stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to catch fire & potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (& to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that!?! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share!

A Todally Awesome Award

Ho Ho Ho Everyone

Kimmy from PurpleFrogCat kindly sent me this Toadally awesome award.

Thank you Kimmy. It's toadally wonderful :-)

Kimmy also wrote in another post:

• Anger is only one letter short of danger
• If someone betrays you once, it is his fault;
• If he betrays you twice, it is your fault.
• Great minds discuss ideas;
• Average minds discuss events;
• Small minds discuss people.
• He, who loses money, loses much;
• He, who loses a friend, loses much more;
• He, who loses faith, loses all.
• Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,
• But beautiful old people are works of art.
• Learn from the mistakes of others
• You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
• Friends, you and me
• You brought another friend
• And then there were 3
• We started our group
• Our circle of friends
• And like that circle
• There is no beginning or end
• Yesterday is history.
• Tomorrow is mystery.
• Today is a gift.

Friends mean everything

Ho Ho Ho Everyone,

Lately things have been very hectic and there are several awards that I have not yet said a thank you for. I hope I can do that now

I want to thank Colin from Life for this great cartoon which is part of a meme. If you wish to do the meme you can visit Colin at Life

Colin said this:

A real friend must be cherished beyond all worldly measures and shine brighter than gold and last longer than diamonds.

Thank you Colin. Friends mean everything!!

As always,

Santa ô¿ô

A Letter from Santa

Ho Ho Ho Everyone,

I do hope you will all forgive me for posting very little here lately and for rarely replying to comments made. It's not that I don't care or that I'm not interested in what happens here. It's just that I am still being attacked by our phantom hacker and am at the stage where I worry about who to trust or anything else.

Many comments have been made about who is the hacker and who is causing all of this trouble. In November last year just before Christmas I was hacked badly and sent a very malicious virus in an email that totally destroyed my computer to the point where I even lost irreplaceable family photos. I was offline for seven weeks and when I did eventually get back online I then had this blog wiped out and had to start it again from the start which lost me almost 300 members and all of my co-authors at the time. I mention this because I was recently made aware of a letter written by someone who I thought was a very close blogging friend who is now saying that I am the hacker and that very shortly this blog will be toast and noone will come here at all because I can't be trusted and all I care about is being succesful at the expense of others. That is their goal. What hurts most about this letter is that the person who wrote it has asked for my help to find the hacker and that they are my very close friend and yet behind my back they are a wolf in sheep's clothing. I don't care that they want to do what they do because that's obviously what they want to do and I can't stop them. What does hurt is that their friendship is so fake. Possibly if I get blamed then maybe our hacker will leave everyone else alone. I certainly don't want that believe me. If people don't wish to come here to this place that tries to be positive and truthful then so be it. If this person wishes to go around behind my back spewing their lies so that you all leave then I will start again knowing that I have nothing to be ashamed of. I have always tried my hardest to live up to the ideals that are expected of Santa. I take it seriously.

I have also been accused of putting blame on another individual as far as all the trouble is concerned. I have only ever spoken to 6 or 7 people about my concerns and then only to warn those that I cared about so that they too wouldn't be hurt. The things I have passed on are factual things that I have observed first hand about this person and nothing else. My warnings were based on fact and not on supposition and many of the things that worried me had nothing to do with the hackings or the virus. It was also this person that sent me the malicious email that destroyed my computer. If that is a crime then I am guilty of caring about other people. It was not a vendetta as some people have made this to be. In fact 4 of the 6 people I spoke to was a once only message out of concern when seeing certain things happening to them.

It has been supposed and many posts (some private that I have copies of) written that there is a team of hackers on a vendetta of evil and a Satan Cause. Even a blind man could see that this is a thinly veiled attemt to blame Santa Claus. I notice that those posts have suddenly disappeared but I do have copies (even the private ones). If there is a team then I am unaware of it. If there are discussions going on constantly in private about destroying bloggers because they are too successful then I am also unaware of that. Please do not blame me in secret and based on your uneducated opinions. If you wish to blame me then do it in the open and back it with facts. I know that won't happen because I have hacked no one and have no idea even how to.

Having said all of that I will continue to keep doing what I set out to achieve from the very start when i started these blogs. I am here for no other reason but to fill people's hearts with love and peace and happiness and lead by example when it comes to what I expect of others. I have hoped that I have always lived up to that standard and will continue to do my best to live up to the expectations you all have of Santa.

I am very concerned that our blogging family has become so paranoid to the point where we can't trust anyone anymore. I find this unacceptable.

To those of you who have never wavered with your friendship I thank you and I hope I have lived up to the expectations you have of me. I thank you all and will not be talking about this issue again. If others wish to carry on with their pathetic vendettas and evil activities, this is my notice to you and everyone else that I don't wish to participate and wish that those who have nothing better to do than hurt others and to wreak havock would just go away and leave us all alone.

As always,

Santa ô¿ô

Dearest Santa

Before I begin please let me extend a very heart felt thank you for my lovely birthday card. Please forgive me in being so late to post a thank you here in your community that is filled with much love and sharing. Thank you so much Santa for so many, many things that you do for all.

I have as of late had many things to ponder. And, I have found that I wish to add yet another element to some things that we all must be gratefull for. And, that is the truth. Truth always prevails among those that hold the spirit of the Lord within their heart.

Truth sometimes is a very illusive thing. And, there are forces that are ever working against all people that wish to stand for truth, loyalty, and most of all God and his precious son Jesus.

I for one am very pleased to hold the honor bestowed upon me to co-author at this site. Because I know that Santa represents all of the very things that I have mentioned above.

I also took sometime to reflect upon Aussie Cynic's post about where has all of the spirit gone now that Christmas has past. It along with you checking on me yesterday made me realize that I have not written a post in here for quite a while.

Please forgive me for that. I have not, nor would I ever forget you. However, I am guilty of allowing myself to become over extended and also became very exhausted. Once again thank you for checking on me after you read that post concerning my exhaustion.

I will end here with this little thought along with wishes to all for love and peace.