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Friday, July 10, 2009

Got High Blood Pressure Eat Some Chocolate!

The Research on Chocolate keeps piling up, and the news just gets better and better! Studies have shown that a little dark chocolate can lower your blood pressure, it makes blood vessels more flexible, keep blood platelets from forming dangerous clots, and raise your good cholestrol.

Did you know that drinking Dill pickle juice can help relieve leg cramps?

According to reseachers in Israel, pomegranates help prevent blood clots. They also help lower blood pressure. The improve the amount of oxygen reaching the heart for patients with Heart Disease. They may even help prevent Prostate Cancer and fight Arthritis pain.

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The Natural Horse Vet said...: 80% dark choc in coffee or cocoa & Hershey has a pomegranate/dark, delicious!; July 26, 2009 at 8:48 PM

Delicious 500 Calorie Recipe Dinner Turkey Meatloaf

Mini Turkey Meatloaf

Preheat oven to 400. Sauté 2 tablespoons minced yellow onion and one garlic clove, minced, in a small skillet coated with nonstick cooking spray for 2 minutes; remove from heat. Add 5 ounces lean ground turkey, 2 teaspoons skim milk, ½ beaten egg, 3 tablespoon whole-wheat bread crumbs, 1 teaspoon mustard, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce and 1 teaspoon capers; mix to combine. Place turkey mixture in a small muffin tin coated with nonstick cooking spray; bake 15 minutes. Serve with 11/2 cups of steamed green beans tossed with tablespoon lemon juice and drizzle with olive oil.

Do You Use Gym Equipment? What You Should Know

If you love going to the gym and find yourself wiping the sweat off of your body and the machine you are using, you are not the only one. According to the TV Show "The Doctors" people sweat and it tends to get on the gym machines. If you happen to use a machine with someone else's sweat and let it come in contact with your skin, it can lead to a skin infection.

If you've every wondered about that, you can actually catch an infection from it. You can also get sick if someone is using the gym equipment and happen to sneeze or wipe their nose, touch it and you go right behind them working out with a germ filled workout machine.

Take along some Clorox disinfecting wipes for a cleaner and safer workout.

Great Motivational and Positive Quotes

1. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things. - Henry Miller

2. The more we become aware of who and what we truly are, the fewer problems we have. - Lynn Grabhorn

3. You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
- Michael Phelps

4. Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus. - Oprah Winfrey

5. For things to change, you have to change. For things to be different, you have to be different. Before financial success can occur personal growth must occur. - Jim Rohn

1. This fruit offers great flu protection! A University of Texas team found pomegranate has a compound that kills the influenza virus.

2. Arthritis relief! pomegranate suppresses proteins in the blood that cause joint pain, says the Arthritis Foundation.

3. Lowers cholesterol! Antioxidants in pomegranate block bad cholesterol and boost good cholesterol at the same time, say scientists.

4. Offers cancer protection! Substances in pomegranate destroy breast cancer cells without harming healthy cells, research shows.

You can find this health benefiting juice at your local grocery stores!

Health Tips! How To Lower Your Blood Pressure

If you suffer from high blood pressure than I am pretty sure that the #1 thing you hear from your doctor is telling you to lose weight or watch what you eat, actually that's two. Here are some advice that will help you lower your blood pressure.

1. Lower your salt intake. Switch to low-sodium foods.

2. Stay away from fried foods. Eating these type of foods is not good, so try reducing your consumption to once a week.

3. Watch what you drink. Beverage contains high amounts of calories and sugar. Drink more water!!

4. Try to stay stress free. Stress can raise your blood pressure dramatically, it can break the body's immune system down.

5. Get physical, working out is a fantastic way to get your body strong and fit. Weight loss can really improve health.

6. Be careful about which OTC medications you take. Certain medicines can raise your blood pressure or interfer with your prescribe blood pressure medication.

Health Information! Clinical Depression

Occurs when a person feels so depressed that he or she loses interest or pleasure in daily activities most of the time. These feelings last for at least two weeks. The mood change must be severe enough to disrupt your usual tasks at work, home or school. Other symptoms included significant weight loss or gain or change in appetite, loss of energy, difficulty falling or stayin asleep or sleeping more than usual, trouble concentrating, feelings of worthlessness or guilt and thoughts of suicide.

Puffy Eyes? Cool Witch Hazel Reduces Them

Solution: Pop a bottle of witch hazel in the freezer until chilled, then moisten cotton pads with the solution and place over your closed eyes for five minutes. A natural astringent, witch hazel quickly tightens skin, making the area under your eyes look brighter and less puffy.

Tip: Next time you have a blemish, dab some witch hazel directly on the spot to bring down redness almost instantly.

Power Tip! Beat Wrinkles and prevent aging with creams containing all-natural ingredients like with Revitol products

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