Breakfast can help prevent strokes, heart attack and sudden death. Advice on not to skip breakfast!
Healthy living For those who always skip breakfast, you should stop that habit now! You've heard many times that "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Now, recent research confirms that one of the worst practices you can develop may be avoiding breakfast.
Why?
Because the frequency of heart attack, sudden death, and stroke peaks between 6:00a.m. and noon, with the highest incidence being between 8: 00a.m. and 10:00a.m. What mechanism within the body could account for this significant jump in sudden death in the early morning hours?
We may have an Answer.
Platelet, tiny elements in the blood that keep us from bleeding to death if we get a cut, can clump together inside our arteries due to cholesterol or laque buildup in the artery lining. It is in the morning hours that platelets become the most activated and tend to form these internal blood clots at the greatest frequency.
However, eating even a very light breakfast prevents the morning platelet activation that is associated with heart attacks and strokes. Studies performed at Memorial University in St. Johns , Newfoundland found that eating a light, very low-fat breakfast was critical in modifying the morning platelet activation.
Subjects in the study consumed either low-fat or fat-free yogurt, orange juice, fruit, and a source of protein coming from yogurt or fat-free milk. So if you skip breakfast, it's important that you change this practice immediately in light of this research.
Develop a simple plan to eat cereal, such as oatmeal or Bran Flakes, along with six ounces of grape juice or orange juice, and perhaps a piece of fruit.
This simple plan will keep your platelets from sticking together, keep blood clots from forming, and perhaps head off a potential heart attack or stroke .
So never ever skip breakfast!
Monday, February 26, 2007
Saturday, February 03, 2007
All About Honey – 10 Naturally Sweet Cures To Try
Honey, especially mixed with cinnamon, can cure a multitude ofailments.
Honey is produced in all parts of the world.Scientists of today believe honey can be used without any sideaffects for a number of diseases.
Honey is sweet but if takenin the right dosage as a medicine it won't harm diabetic patients. It's important to remember that these ten natural sweet cures haven't been independently verified. These are homeopathic cures, many passed down from generation to generation.
I found many uses of honey mixed with cinnamon to cure ailments from
heart disease, acne, hair loss, and gas.
Iwill focus on the top ten cures to try.
1) Arthritis is one disease that can be cured with honey. One parthoney to two parts of lukewarm water and a teaspoon of cinnamonwill make a paste that will noticeably reduce pain in a matterof a couple of minutes. Patients suffering from arthritis cantake one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and ateaspoon of cinnamon once in the morning and again in theevening. It's been said that taken regularly even chronicarthritis can be cured. Copenhagen University tested theirtheory by giving patients a mixture of one tablespoon of honeand one half teaspoon of cinnamon before breakfast. The resultswere that within a week, 73 patients out of 200 were relieved ofpain and within a month, arthritis patients could again walkwithout pain.
2) Cholesterol is said to be treatable with honey. Mix twotablespoons of honey and three tablespoons of cinnamon in 16ounces of tea. This mixture is said to reduce the level ofcholesterol by ten percent within a short amount of time. As with arthritis, it is said that pure honey taken with food daily will reduce cholesterol levels. Along the same lines,using cinnamon and honey on bread and eaten at breakfast revitalized the arteries and veins leading to the heart andhelpful towards preventing heart attacks.
3) Men, pay attention! A mixture of hot olive oil, one tablespoonof honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon made into a paste can help baldness and hair loss. Apply the paste before your showerand leave it on for approximately five to fifteen minutes thenwash the hair.
4) In India and Japan honey and cinnamon is said to help relieve gas, stomach aches and clears stomach ulcers at the root. Ifhoney and cinnamon are taken before eating it helps digest eventhe heaviest of meals. Colds can be treated with honey.
5) One tablespoon honey with ¼teaspoon of cinnamon taken daily is said to cure most chronic coughs and clear the sinuses. You can also make up a mixture of honey, whiskey and lemon juice. If it doesn't clear your cough,at least maybe you'll sleep.
6) Pimples, the curse for both young and old can be removed withintwo weeks if this remedy is applied. Make a paste of threetablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon. Put thepimples on before going to bed and wash it off the nextmorning.
7) Now here's a big one. Weight loss. Twice daily, once at night,and one in the morning ½ hour before breakfast drink a cup of boiled hot water with honey and cinnamon. It's been said that even the most obese patient can lose weight and drinking this mixture doesn't allow the fat to accumulate in the body.
8) Studies have shown that chronic fatigue can be helped by honey.One half tablespoon of honey in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon in the morning and in the afternoon will increase your vitality within a week.
9) Infertility is a problem that ancient people in the Far East treated with honey. It was said to strengthen the semen of men.Two tablespoons of honey taken before bed is said to also correct impotency. A touch of cinnamon in one half teaspoon ofhoney and applied to the gums throughout the day will help a woman conceive. Mixing it with the saliva lets it slowly enter the body.
10) Finally, bad breath is said to be helpful if gargled in themorning. One teaspoon of honey and cinnamon mixed in hot wateris supposed to keep breath fresh all day.
Honey is produced in all parts of the world.Scientists of today believe honey can be used without any sideaffects for a number of diseases.
Honey is sweet but if takenin the right dosage as a medicine it won't harm diabetic patients. It's important to remember that these ten natural sweet cures haven't been independently verified. These are homeopathic cures, many passed down from generation to generation.
I found many uses of honey mixed with cinnamon to cure ailments from
heart disease, acne, hair loss, and gas.
Iwill focus on the top ten cures to try.
1) Arthritis is one disease that can be cured with honey. One parthoney to two parts of lukewarm water and a teaspoon of cinnamonwill make a paste that will noticeably reduce pain in a matterof a couple of minutes. Patients suffering from arthritis cantake one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and ateaspoon of cinnamon once in the morning and again in theevening. It's been said that taken regularly even chronicarthritis can be cured. Copenhagen University tested theirtheory by giving patients a mixture of one tablespoon of honeand one half teaspoon of cinnamon before breakfast. The resultswere that within a week, 73 patients out of 200 were relieved ofpain and within a month, arthritis patients could again walkwithout pain.
2) Cholesterol is said to be treatable with honey. Mix twotablespoons of honey and three tablespoons of cinnamon in 16ounces of tea. This mixture is said to reduce the level ofcholesterol by ten percent within a short amount of time. As with arthritis, it is said that pure honey taken with food daily will reduce cholesterol levels. Along the same lines,using cinnamon and honey on bread and eaten at breakfast revitalized the arteries and veins leading to the heart andhelpful towards preventing heart attacks.
3) Men, pay attention! A mixture of hot olive oil, one tablespoonof honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon made into a paste can help baldness and hair loss. Apply the paste before your showerand leave it on for approximately five to fifteen minutes thenwash the hair.
4) In India and Japan honey and cinnamon is said to help relieve gas, stomach aches and clears stomach ulcers at the root. Ifhoney and cinnamon are taken before eating it helps digest eventhe heaviest of meals. Colds can be treated with honey.
5) One tablespoon honey with ¼teaspoon of cinnamon taken daily is said to cure most chronic coughs and clear the sinuses. You can also make up a mixture of honey, whiskey and lemon juice. If it doesn't clear your cough,at least maybe you'll sleep.
6) Pimples, the curse for both young and old can be removed withintwo weeks if this remedy is applied. Make a paste of threetablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon. Put thepimples on before going to bed and wash it off the nextmorning.
7) Now here's a big one. Weight loss. Twice daily, once at night,and one in the morning ½ hour before breakfast drink a cup of boiled hot water with honey and cinnamon. It's been said that even the most obese patient can lose weight and drinking this mixture doesn't allow the fat to accumulate in the body.
8) Studies have shown that chronic fatigue can be helped by honey.One half tablespoon of honey in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon in the morning and in the afternoon will increase your vitality within a week.
9) Infertility is a problem that ancient people in the Far East treated with honey. It was said to strengthen the semen of men.Two tablespoons of honey taken before bed is said to also correct impotency. A touch of cinnamon in one half teaspoon ofhoney and applied to the gums throughout the day will help a woman conceive. Mixing it with the saliva lets it slowly enter the body.
10) Finally, bad breath is said to be helpful if gargled in themorning. One teaspoon of honey and cinnamon mixed in hot wateris supposed to keep breath fresh all day.
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