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Can I Drink Water During Meal?

Mun — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:24:18 +0000

Some people may tell you not to drink too much water during meal. Their reason is that water may dilute the digestive juice (known as hydrochloric acid) and affect the normal digestion.

Is it true?

The truth is that water does not dilute digestive juice. The digestive juice is able to cope well with water. Only people who are having problems in making enough stomach acid need to worry about having too much water intake during meal.(...)
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Why Should You Measure Your Waistline and How To Do It Correctly?

Mun — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:20:47 +0000

Many people, including medical community, focus mainly on weight and more recently on body mass index (BMI) to assess health condition. However, BMI does not account people like athletes or bodybuilders with greater muscle mass. That is why waist-to-hip ratio is more reliable. However, let’s not talk about waist-to-hip ratio this time and just look at waist measurement alone in this post.

In fact, excess abdominal fat is a good indicator that you are at higher risk for certain diseases. However, it is unclear exactly why excess abs fat can negatively impact health. Some study said that fat cells in this area may release more fatty acids into the blood circulation which then affect insulin sensitivity and cholesterol levels. The end results are diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease.(...)
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How Can Having Sex Is Better Than Working Out in Gym?

Mun — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:37:15 +0000

For those who are too busy to go to gym frequently, those who do not have motivation for a strict exercise regimen, those who want to improve blood circulation and want to feel younger, sex may be your answer. Many have written about how sex can help ease joint and muscle pain, stimulates the immune system, reduce depression, lengthen life span, prevent insomnia and also decreasing risk of breast cancer, but let’s look at it purely as a workout this time.

Yes, treat sex as a workout next time when you do it.(...)
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Why Some Like Ear Candling Whereas Some Against It?

Mun — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:40:16 +0000

Ear candling or ear coning is an alternative therapy that involves lighting one end of a hollow candle (or burning wick) and place the other end in the ear canal. The large end is about one inch in diameter whereas the other end is small enough to go into ear. Ear candling may have originated from ancient Tibet, China, Egypt or the pre-Columbian Americas, but no one knows the exact inventors.

Proponents of Ear Candling:

People doing that believe ear candling can extract ear wax and remove toxins.
Proponents say the smoke moves down the cone, into the ear canal and back out, creating a vacuum effect that draws out debris and wax.(...)
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How To Assess How Healthy Your Heart Is…Even If You Are Not a Doctor

Mun — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:07:42 +0000

Recently, I just learned a new way to assess how healthy my heart is using Heart Rate Recovery. It is a measurement how much the heart rate falls after peak exercise. This method was first introduced by a doctor, Michael Lauer with his research team, back in late 90s.

Nowadays, doctors are using this test when they suspect their patients have heart problem. Patients are asked to run on a treadmill with increasing intensity until they are not able to go on. Then, their heart rates are recorded to see how the heart beats are slowing down. The healthier a person’s heart, the faster it returns to its normal heart beat. To get an idea of your own heart rate recovery, you simply subtract your heart rate at two minutes after stopping exercise from your heart rate at the very end of exercise.(...)
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Practical Guide in Freezing and Thawing of Food

Mun — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:57:04 +0000

For a person like me who is prone to food poisoning, I take extra care when comes to cooking. I used to cook when I were study in overseas. Much of the tips I learned it from my house mates and my mum. As I bought grocery including meats once a week, I put them in the freezer.

Today, let’s look at some tips about freezing and thawing of food. Food should never be thawed at room temperature. Instead, they should be thawed using one of these three ways:(...)
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Has Your Doctor Ever Told You That You Are Overweight And Need To Lose Weight?

Mun — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:07:20 +0000

According to a survey, about 66 percent of U.S adults are overweight or obese? However, only 12 percent of U.S. adults say they have ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional about the weight issue. You may be wondering why these people were not told by doctors then. But, wait, should a doctor be responsible to inform his patient is overweight?

We have two camps of people here:(...)
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7 Useful Tips For Travellers To Prevent Jet Lag

Mun — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:25:18 +0000

Jet lag is a physical condition which the body’s inner clock is not in sync with the time zone it is currently in. You may suffer from some of the symptoms such as headache, fatigue, dehydration and having hard time to sleep. Unlike other sleeping disorders, it is not caused by abnormal sleep patterns. Depending on how many time zones you cross, it may take several days to get your internal clock (circadian rhythm) back on schedule. So, it will be nice if we can minimize these sufferings or prevent jet lag from happening.

Here are 8 tips you may want to consider:(...)
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