How to have an active mind!!

What makes human so special when compared to other creation is that human being is granted with brain and mind which gives the human the ability to think. But then, some people just cannot use their mind wisely, or maybe they just don't know the proper way to use it, or maybe they are slow thinker by which they cannot think actively. Thus they start making irrational action. Active way of thinking is so important especially for student, but some students are just too tired and stress, making the learning activity to slow down. Here are some ways for you to practice so that you can have an active mind and rational way of thinking.

1. Get enough sleep
   Enough sleep during the night can helps our memory to function as information storage. Body need rest so that this action can occur. Tiredness will only disturb the action of saving all the memories.
   
   
2. Exercise
   Excercise can relax the muscles hence returns the blood to the brain. This is good for strengthen the memory.
   
   
3. Control your stress and pressure
   Pressure, tension and other problematic issues will only reduce your concentration on study.
4. Avoid depression. 
   This will make the students to be less sensitive about the people and event  around them.
   
   
5. Be careful with vitamin or other supplements
   Refer to medical practitioner before you consume any pill which is said t be good for your memories and what not. Do not simply buy it at the counter as it may leave other side effects.
   
   
6. Monitor the medication intake (if necessary)
   Some medication might weaken the memories, thus you must always speak to your doctor before taking any medicine. 
   
   
7. Read a lot!
   Reading can widen your knowledge, and strengthens the memories. While you are reading, try to remember the key point or the sinopsis of your reading material.
   
   
8. Do something new
   Activate your mind by learning new things from televisions, classes or talk show.

Live a healthy life with BANANA!

Banana looks like a very simple fruit, but did you know it gives a lot of advantage to the people who eat it? Although it is a tropical fruit, it can be found all over the world. The smooth texture of ripe banana making it so much loved by everybody. Eat banana everyday to gain its benefit such as

1. Cardiovascular protection
   Banana rich in potassium which responsible for normal blood pressure. Potassium also is important in maintaining normal liver function. The content of potassium in banana helps in reducing the risk of hypertension and artherosclerosis.
   
   
2. Repairs bone
   Banana contains fructooligosaccharides which helps in calcium reabsorption in bone, thus make the bone stronger.
   
   
3. Helps in releasing stress
   It contains tryptophan which will be converted into serotonin in the body. Serotonin causes someone to feel more relax and peaceful an thus brings to cheerful feelings.
   
   
4. Neutralizing blood sugar level
   Bananas are high in Vitamin B6 which can neutralise the sugar level in blood.
   
   
5. Help cures anemia
   The iron in bananas helps in formation/activity of haemoglobin in blood thus helps the people who suffer from iron deficiency anemia.
   
   
6. Digestion
   Bananas are high in fibers which stabilize the function of intestines. This also will prevent constipation.
   
   
7. Relieve heartburn
   the feeling of heartburn can be relieved by eating banana as they give the effect of anti-acid naturally.
   
   
8. Others
• good in treating ulcer
• can treat many skin disease 

Why women are strongly prohibited from smoking?

While many campaigns are held to educate people to stop smoking, we can see that nowadays many female teenagers are eager to try smoking without realizing the long term effects. Smoking is very harmful as there are many effects that we cannot see physically in a short time period especially for women.

If you are taking oral contraceptive/ medication for birth control

• smoking can increase the risk to cardiovascular diseases such as strokes, heart attack and blood clotting.
  
  

If you are pregnant

• chemicals from tobacco will be passed to the fetus and this will lead to preterm delivery, low birth weight, premature rupture of membrane, placenta previa, and even could lead to miscarriage and neonatal death.
• after birth, the child would have ear aches, respiratory problem and they will be more cold than the child whose mother did not smoking.
  
  

Other

• infertility
• cancer
• pelvic inflammatory disease
• early menopause if you start smoking as early during teenagers
• menstrual problem such as abnormal bleeding, absence of periods
• vaginal discharge and infection
• increase risk of bone loss and osteoporosis 5-10% more than non smokers when they reach menopause
• smoking lead to development of cervical cancer
• increase risk of breast cancer by 75% especially for women who smokes more than two packs a day
• increase risk of developing vulvar cancer
  

Smoking is dangerous no matter you are a man or women. It is not only harmful for yourself who smokes, but it also will affect other people who inhale the smoke, and who receive the harmful substances from the smoke. Don't you feel guilty to all those non-smokers who are suffering because of you such as the children, your unborn baby and people around you? So come on, stop smoking, save lives and save the environment!

Hardly lose weight??

Did you ever noticed that you can hardly reduce your weight even though you have cut off the amount of food during lunch, dinner, etc? Well these are some reasons why you fail to lose weight. These things should be avoided if you really want your 'losing weight mission' to be successful.

1. Consuming salty food for snacking. Salty food is like drugs which can make you to take it again and again without realizing that you actually have taken a huge amount of it. So, reduce your salt intake to lose weight!
   
   
2. Eating while watching the televisions. This habit will make you consume more calories without using it.
   
   
3. Sleep right after having a heavy meal. This also will waste the calories, as a result, there will be fats everywhere in your body.
   
   
4. Skipping meal (usually breakfast). When you skip a meal, this will make you to eat more during the next meal or you might also be having more meals as your appetite will increase.
   
   
5. Quick eating habit. When you eat quickly, means you can finish all the food in a short time. This will make you feel full faster and brings you to have other food.
   
   
   Stop all these habit so that you can lose weight easily.
   
   

Say 'NO' to bad breath

Is there any time that your friend avoid to speak closely to you or they look uneasy whenever you are talking to them? Or dis you ever realize that sometimes you feel like you are giving out unpleasant smell when you are talking? It means, you are having bad breath. Bad breath really gives bad impression towards you and it also might makes you lose confident when you are giving a speech.

Here are some ways to be practiced so that we will have no more bad breath

1. Practice proper brushing and flossing technique to prevent any food to stick at your teeth.
   
2. Brush your tongue to get rid off the bacteria in your mouth.
   
3. Clean your mouth after taking food such as garlic, onion, and other food that give bad smell of breath when you eat it.
   
4. Drink enough amount of water. Lack of water will make our mouth dry and thus lead to bad breath.
   
5. Use mouthwashes.
   
6. Stop smoking.

Do's and Don'ts for healthy nails

To keep your fingernails looking their best , follow these simple guidelines :

Do :

1. Keep your fingernails dry and clean.
This prevents bacteria , fungi and other organisms from growing under your fingernails.

2. Trim your fingernails regularly.
Use a sharp manicure scissors or clippers.

3. Use moisturizer
When you use lotion , rub the lotion into your fingernails and cuticles.

Don't :

1. Abuse your nails
To prevent nail damage , don't use your nails as tools to pick , poke or pry things.

2. Ignore problem
If your nail have problem for example: it change colors , bleeding around the nails , please see your doctor. The problem maybe the signs or symptoms to a disease.


It's easy to neglect your nails but there's much you can do to keep your fingernails healthy and strong. Start with basic fingernail care.

Stay gorgeous at the age of 30s

Every year, you will get older. For women, when you are about to reached 30, you can feel some changes in your body, for example dry skin, backache and so on. This changes will get worse as you menopause. There's some ways for you to follow in order to maintain your body and appearance and stay young at this age!!

1. Control your food! DON'T eat too much food which contains high cholesterol level, but do take a lot of fibers,fruits and vegetables.

2. Prevent yourself from over dehydrated! Don't expose too much to sunrise as it rays can make your skin looks darker, and even lead to skin dryness. You can also use moisturizer which can keeps your skin moisture ( do check whether that moisturizer is suitable for your skin type or not ).

3. Never ever stop EXERCISING. As you get older, your risk of getting many diseases will also rise. To prevent it, keep your active lifestyle, at least do some light exercise after you wake up in the morning and stay healthy like youngsters.

4. Drinks a lot of water. This is the other alternative to prevent dehydration, thus to keep your skin healthy.

5. Don't put too much make-up on your face. Please don't put too much foundation and dark coloured lipstick. This will make you look more older than you are!

6. Vitamin supplement. If you can hardly get a balanced diet (usually housewives) , you can take vitamin supplement to stay healthy and recover what your body is deficient of.

7. Lastly, control your emotion. Always be positive and have fun with your family and loved one. This can boost up your confident and throw away your stress.

BE HEALTHY AND STAY BEAUTIFUL!

Why you have to say 'NO' to obesity!

Being obese means that your Body Mass Index(BMI) is more than 30 (according to World Health Organisation). Majority women in the world are scared of being obese, so they restricted many of their favorite foods so that they would not turn to be a 'fat girl' . Well these are the reasons why are they scared if they are getting fatter.

• i'll lost my beauty if i'm fat
• my husband/boyfriend will leave me because i'm not attractive anymore
• i cannot wear modern and latest fashion
• my friend would never want to hang out with me anymore like "hello, nobody want to be friends with a fat girl"
• my colleagues will make fun of me, that will lower my confident
• everybody will laugh at me

Out of all the reasons of not being obese, there's not so many woman aware of their health, they only put their appearance as the most important thing. That is why some would simply take slimming pills without doctor's permission and as a result, they will get other problems as a side effect of the pills. Women all over the world should really know the problem that will arise if their body weight is beyond the normal range. By this, they can develop their own discipline in  controlling their diet  as early during teenagers. 

There are some diseases which will haunt you if you are in this obese group,for example:

• Diabetes.
• Cancer ( breast cancer risk increase in obese women with high cholesterol level ).
• Congestive heart failure.
• Pulmonary embolism which can lead to myocardial infarction and death.
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome, which lead to infertility.
• Urinary incontinence, which lead o weak urinary bladder and inability to control urine.
• Fatty liver.
• Gastro-eosophagal reflux.
• Cellulitis.

So, woman all around the world, don't let this diseases be your friends. Watch out your cholesterol level, be healthy,be active an be beautiful all way along your life. Start calculate your BMI today!!

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Hair care tips for teen

We'll provide some useful hair-care tips in this article :

1. Identify your hair type

• maybe it is curly , coarse , thin , frizzy or straight.
• the way of keeping the hair depends on our hair type.

2. Don't wash your hair every time you get shower.

• wash your hair every two days.
• washing hair to often will cause your scalp oily.
• it also will lead to brittle hair.

3. Choose shampoo and conditioner that appropriate to your hair.

• Shampoo for scalp and conditioner for hair.

4. Don't use your nail to massage your scalp, use finger !

• Scalp is sensitive and your nails will cause pain to you scalp.

The dangers of high heels

Millions of women nowadays love to wear high heels. They seem happy to wear high heels and not aware about the effects of wearing high heels. Even sometimes they get pain while they walking by wearing high heel , they are not tired to wear it again.


High heels increase the risk of ankle injured

• The higher the high heel , the higher the risk.

High heels give effects on legs and knees

• High heels cause the tendon to shorten significantly.
• If the tendon can't do their work , the lower leg must take over the work and this can lead to injury.

It also effects hips and back

• High heels cause the pelvis to rotate forward , increasing the curve of the lower back and forcing the buttock out.
• It leads to a host back problem.

Safety tips :

1. Limit the wearing of high heels.
2. Choose a wedges style over a stiletto style heels.

High heels can cause serious damage. So save your stiletto and choose appropriate shoes style!

Keep Fresh During Menstruation

Menstruation,menses or period is a normal cycle of all women. As it will give a 'visit' to us every month, we should practice some proper way so that we still can enjoy our active lifestyle during our period. Here are some ways to keep fresh and healthy during your menstruation.

1. Take your bath regularly as during menstruation you need to give extra care of your body odour.

2. Use hot/warm water to bath. It can reduce that 'uneasy' feeling and it reduces cramping as well. This can make you feel comfortable and more relax.
      
3.  Control your diet by:

• reduce the intake of  caffeine,sugar,cold water and carbonated drinks.
• drink a lot of plain water, fruit juices and herbal tea, this can avoid constipation during menses.
• do not take fishy food.
• eat a lot of protein, soy and tofu.
• take calcium pills or vitamin C to reduce mood swing.

4. Change your sanitary towels or tampons at regular interval. If you use tampon, it is recommended that you change it every 4-8 hours, while 3-4 hours for sanitary towels/pad.

 5. Put a bottle/bag of hot water on your abdomen to reduce cramping (poultice). You can also take some medication if this does not solve your problem, but make sure you seek for your doctor advice first.

6. Lastly, exercise regularly and have enough sleep.

Acne Skin Care

Here are some tips to clear acne as fast as possible :

1. Don't pop your pimples. It will lead your face to have scar and make your skin look ugly.

2. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. Water help you to get rid all the impurities in the body. It also make your face clear and fresh.

3. Remove your make up before you go to sleep.

4. Select the appropriate facial cleanser. Avoid using facial cleanser that cause skin peeling.

5. Avoid touching your face with your finger. Wash your hand before applying anything to your face. Bacteria present on your finger will spread and cause your face to become irritated.

6. Avoid eating junk food and greasy food. It may lead you to acne and oily skin.

7. Wash your face is essential. But don't wash it to often.