Warm Water Lemon Drink Benefit

1. Boosts your immune system: Lemons are high in vitamin C, which is great for fighting colds.  They’re high in potassium, which stimulates brain and nerve function. Potassium also helps control blood pressure.

2. Balances pH: Drink lemon water everyday and you’ll reduce your body’s overall acidity. Lemon is one of the most alkaline foods around. Yes, lemon has citric acid but it does not create acidity in the body once metabolized.

3. Helps with weight loss:   Lemons are high in pectin fiber, which helps fight hunger cravings. It also has been shown that people who maintain a more alkaline diet (see #2) lose weight faster.

4. Aids digestion:  Lemon juice helps flush out unwanted materials. It encourages the liver to produce bile which is an acid that required for digestion. Efficient digestion reduces heartburn and constipation.

5. Is a diuretic: Lemons increase the rate of urination in the body, which helps purify it. Toxins are, therefore, released at a faster rate which helps keep your urinary tract healthy.

6. Clears skin:  The vitamin C component helps decrease wrinkles and blemishes. Lemon water purges toxins from the blood which helps keep skin clear as well. It can actually be applied directly to scars to help reduce their appearance.

7. Freshens breath: Not only this, but it can help relieve tooth pain and gingivitis. The citric acid can erode tooth enamel, so you should monitor this. I admit, I’m slightly worried about it.

8. Relieves respiratory problems: Warm lemon water helps get rid of chest infections and halt those pesky coughs. It’s thought to be helpful to people with asthma and allergies too.

9. Keeps you zen: Vitamin C is one of the first things depleted when you subject your mind and body to stress. As mentioned previously, lemons are chock full of vitamin C.

10. Helps kick the coffee habit:  After I have a glass of hot lemon water, I actually don’t crave coffee in the morning. This is weird, I can’t explain it, but I’ll take it.

The one thing I couldn’t find a concrete answer for is why the water has to be hot. Having studied Chinese Medicine, I can only assume that cold water likely provides a shock or stress factor to the body. It takes energy for your body to process cold and really hot water, believe it or not. I asked BluePrintCleanse how much lemon the recommend you put in your water. They suggested just a wedge or 1/8 of a lemon.

Tip:  Drink your warm lemon water in coffee cups that has coffee or tea stains.  The lemon water will help remove them.

Tip:  Grind the used lemon rinds in your garbage disposal to help deodorize it.

If you drink lemon water first thing in the morning, how is it going for you?  This is my bowl of lemons in my Tiffany Atlas bowl, which will be empty by the end of the week.

Malaysia Bdminton superstar Lee Chong Wei wedding

Wedding Video of Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-6LChgkhos&feature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5p3yP-q_X0

Lifetime rival....

Lee Chong Wei Wedding Photo

Lee Chong Wei and Wong Mew Choo Wedding Live Streaming.

Malaysian national hero Lee Chong Wei is having his wedding together with Wong Mew Choo live streamed live from the Kuala Lumur Exhibition Center tonight, November 9th 2012.

This is the first wedding shown live in the badminton world.

Click here to follow it live

Datuk Lee Chong Wei wedding photo album

The latest explore of Lee chong wei and Wong Mew Choo Wedding photo album.

Karen Mok and Eason Chan in Badminton Olympic final 2012

Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan Olympic match

The Olympics in London are coming to an end, the dust has settled after the nail-biting badminton match of the year,
but if you like me watched the live telecast of the match that day, and if you were eagle-eyed like me *perasanmax*,
you would have noticed an irregularity.An irregularity in the crowds.If you caught the 5 seconds pan-out to the audience, you would have seen this.

Xie XinFang, Lin Dan's wife wearing the Chinese team uniform. The irregularity was not the fact that  she was the
only one wearing the China badminton squad team uniform in the crowd . The irregularity was the fact that sitting next to her is a familiar face, in the form of Hong Kong/Welsh singer,actress, Karen Mok in shocking pink!

The next time the camera panned Xie Xin Fang's direction, Karen Mok had undoubtedly made her way away from
the focus of the camera's attention (Xie Xin Fang) and changed seats. She appeared to have come to accompany
Xie Xin Fang.

The lady who was sitting one seat away to the right of Xie Xin Fang in the first picture, then took over Karen Mok's
seat for the rest of the match.

Even more preplexing.What was Eason Chan doing at the match. But most of all why did he cry when Lin Dan won? Or perhaps he was crying for Lee Chong Wei?

Erm.. i think his tears were for Lin Dan la.

Next question: Ok i get it that the camera kept panning Xie Xin Fang because she's the wife of Lin Dan and former Olympic Silver medalist (the commentators don't even know who Karen Mok is), but why U No Pan Wong Mew Chew?

I found a pic of them (courtesy of candyleow83's weibo), seated behind Lee Yong Dae fans.

These two are getting married too! London Olympic cameraman please do your background research! (Loving the Chanel bag btw).

All pictures from google images.

Pros and Cons of Coffee

The Pros and Cons of Coffee Drinking

Mmm... coffee, the aroma, the flavor. It makes mornings so much better! But is our daily cup of coffee doing more harm than good? There is a lot of research concerning both the negative and the positive effects of coffee drinking.

The "Pros"

1. Antioxidants. Coffee is loaded with antioxidants like chlorogenic acid and melanoidins. Antioxidants help prevent oxidation, a process that causes damage to cells and contributes to aging. Melanoidins from roasted coffee have antioxidative effects depending on the way the coffee is treated.


2. Parkinson's disease. Regular coffee consumption reduces the risk of Parkinson's disease. A number of studies [1],[2] have demonstrated that people who drink coffee on a regular basis are significantly less likely to develop Parkinson's disease.


3. Diabetes. Coffee consumption is potentially protective against the development of type 2 diabetes. A prospective cohort study as part of the US Nurses Health Study found that moderate consumption of both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes in younger and middle aged women.


4. Liver cirrhosis. Coffee drinking may protect against liver cirrhosis, especially alcoholic cirrhosis.


5. Gallstones. There is some evidence that coffee drinking may be protective against gallstone formation in both men and women.


6. Kidney stones. Coffee consumption lowers the risk of kidney stones formation. Coffee increases the urine volume, preventing the crystallization of calcium oxalate, the most common component of kidney stones.


7. Improved mental performance. Caffeine in coffee is a well-known stimulant. Coffee promotes alertness, attention and wakefulness. The cup of coffee can also increase information processing.


8. Alzheimer's disease. Regular coffee consumption seems to protect against Alzheimer's disease. Recent mousestudy showed that caffeine equivalent to 5 cups of coffee per day reduced the build up of destructive plaques in the brain.


9. Asthma. Caffeine in coffee is related to theophylline, an old asthma medication. Caffeine can open airways and improve asthma symptoms.


10. Caffeine safety. In 1958, caffeine was placed on the Food and Drug Administration's list as generally recognized as safe (GRAS).

The "Cons

1. Heart disease. The relation between coffee consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease has been examined in many studies, but the results remain controversial. Most prospective cohort studies have not found coffee consumption to be associated with significantly increased cardiovascular disease risk.
   
   On one hand, diterpenes cafestol and kahweol present in unfiltered coffee and caffeine each appear to increase risk of coronary heart disease. High quality studies have confirmed the cholesterol-raising effect of diterpenes. Coffee consumption is also associated with an increase of plasma homocysteine, a risk factor for coronary heart disease.
   
   On the other hand, a lower risk of heart disease among moderate coffee drinkers might be due to antioxidantsfound in coffee.Besides that, caffeine can increase the risk of heart attack, especially among those people who carry the "slow" gene variant for the enzyme that metabolizes caffeine.


2. Cholesterol. Heavy consumption of boiled coffee elevates blood total and LDL cholesterol ("bad cholesterol") levels. Unfiltered coffee contains two cholesterol-raising compounds cafestol and kahweol.


3. Blood vessels. Coffee negatively affects the blood vessel tone and function (increases arterial stiffness and wave reflections).


4. Heart rhythm disturbances. Coffee can cause rapid or irregular heartbeats (cardiac arrhythmias).


5. Blood pressure. Although coffee consumption is not a significant risk factor for hypertension, it produces unfavorable effects on blood pressure and people prone to hypertension may be more susceptible. Recent Italian study found that coffee drinking can slightly increase the risk for development of sustained hypertension in persons with elevated blood pressure.


6. Osteoporosis. Coffee intake may induce an extra urinary excretion of calcium. Heavy coffee consumption (4 cups=600 ml or more) can modestly increase the risk of osteoporosis, especially in women with a low calcium intake.


7. Heartburn. A cup of coffee can trigger heartburn.


8. Sleep. Most of us are aware of the stimulatory effects of caffeine. High amounts of caffeine taken before going to sleep, can cause restlessness and difficulty falling asleep, tendency to be awakened more readily by sudden noises, and a decreased quality of sleep. However, some people can drink coffee and fall right asleep.


9. Dehydration. The caffeine in coffee is a mild diuretic and can increase urine excretion. This effect may be easily neutralized by drinking an extra glass of water.


10. Dependence. Caffeine is a drug, a mild central nervous system stimulant, and it produces dependence. Caffeine withdrawal is a real syndrome. You may get a few days of headache and irritability if you choose to quit drinking coffee, however, it is relatively easy to break this habit, and most people are not addicted to caffeine.

So, what is the key? The old principle - "everything in moderation" - holds true for coffee. It is not bad unless you abuse it. Coffee has its downsides, but offers enough good points to make it a worthwhile drink. For moderate coffee drinkers (3-4 cups/day providing 300-400 mg/day of caffeine), there is little evidence of health risks and some evidence of health benefits. And for sure you can enjoy your coffee as part of a healthy diet.

Written for Dumb Little Man by Christine Simmons, contributing author for HealthAssist.net

Fruits and Fruits juice help cure Cancer

愛惜大腸，空腹吃水果(台大醫院胃腸科王正一醫師的忠告)

多虧了有關這個水果和果汁的電子郵件 它告訴了一個治癒癌症的戰略。 我的成功率為80%。癌症病人死不了了，不管你信還是不信，治療方法終於找到了。 對那些用常規療法治療癌症而死亡的患者，我深表遺憾。他們中沒幾個存活5年，大多數用常規療法的病人僅活兩三年而已。常規療法沒有任何作用，因為不用常規療法治，病人也活兩三年。 癌症病人一旦用了化療或放療，他們的細胞就中毒了。就衰弱了。癌細胞就會因沒有強壯的抗體而得以迅速擴散。 吃新鮮水果 一說吃水果，我們就想到買回來，切成塊，大快朵頤。其實，沒那麼簡單。要講究吃水果的方法和時間 什麼是正確方法呢？千萬別再飯後吃水果，一定要空腹吃鮮果。這樣水果才會起到身體殺毒作用，起到提供身體能量，消肥減瘦作用，以及參與生化活動的作用。 鮮果是重要食物。 .試想，你在吃兩片麵包後，又吃了一片水果。本來水果是要透過胃壁進入腸子的，但被食物擋住了。與此同時，胃發酵，變酸，水果一接觸到它們，配著胃酸，整個食物就壞了。 飯前吃水果。 你會聽到有人抱怨：我一吃西瓜就愛打嗝兒，我一吃榴槤就脹肚，我吃香蕉愛拉稀，等等。那是因為水果與胃中腐敗的食物混合後產生的氣體造成的。但是你空腹吃水果，就不會出現上述情況。白頭髮、禿頭謝頂、神經緊張、黑眼圈，在你空腹吃鮮果以後，以上症狀一概消失 赫伯博士研究。因所有的水果到了身體變成鹼性，所以像桔子，檸檬這樣味道酸酸的水果，還是都屬於鹼性食物。 只要正確掌握吃水果的時間，你就掌握了問題的關鍵，讓水果助你美容、長壽、健康、富有活力，幸福和苗條。 當你想喝果汁，就喝鮮果汁，別喝罐裝果汁。 也不要將水果或果汁加熱，否則除了味道尚存，其他所有營養全部流失。 吃完整的水果比喝果汁好。 如果非要喝果汁，那就慢慢地一口一口地喝。 讓果汁與唾液充分混合後再咽下。 你還可以連續三天只吃水果不吃它物，這樣你的身體得以清洗，容光煥發，令眾人驚喜。 奇異果（獼猴桃）：小而精，富含鉀，鎂。維生素E，和纖維質。維C含量是桔子的兩倍。 一天一個蘋果，醫生找不到我。 蘋果雖含維C低，但它富含抗氧化劑並可提高維C的活性，從而有利於降低結腸癌，心臟病和中風的發病率。 草莓：人體衛士。 含有最強抗氧化力的水果大王，保護機體免遭癌患，血栓和自由基。 每日吃2-4個桔子：可抗感冒，降膽固醇，預防或化解腎結石，降低結腸癌風險。 西瓜：含水92%，是解渴最佳食品。所含大量的穀胱甘，能強化免疫系統。還含有關鍵的番茄紅素，抗癌氧化劑，維C，以及鉀。。。 芭樂和木瓜是維C冠軍。芭樂還含有高纖維，能治便秘。木瓜富含胡蘿蔔素，對眼睛有好處。 飯後喝涼水等於得癌症 相信嗎？ 涼水能將剛吸收的油質立刻變成固態，從而影響消化。固態油脂在酸的作用下，變成小碎塊，比固體食物更易於被腸道吸收，並附著在腸子的內壁。很快形成脂肪，導致癌的生成。 所以餐後要喝熱飲。

女同胞應該知道，並不是所有心臟病發作都始于左臂疼痛。要警惕下顎的劇痛。甚至從未首先感覺到前胸疼痛。通常伴隨的症狀還有噁心，大汗淋漓。60%心臟病人在熟睡時發作，再也沒醒過來。下顎疼痛能疼醒，要細心，提高警惕。
我們在這方面知識越多，存活的幾率越高。