Health Matters

Myths of colds and flu seem to be a popular topic when we head into the colder seasons according to people’s comments and yet this is also one of the myths. Just maybe, that we think this is so is, that we are more confined and in closer contact with the coughing and sneezing of others germs so get exposed to germs quicker.

Cold and the flu are both caused by viruses and a cold usually comes on gradually by possibly have a sore throat and then the runny nose but usually there is no fever, except in children and they can have high fevers then.

Flu usually comes on very suddenly and we get sick to our stomachs about a third of the time, we become achy and maybe our joints hurt. If we get sick to our stomach really fast it can be a case of food poisioning or possibly a bacterial infection.

One reason colds and flu survive better in winter months is usually our humidy it lower and this causes these germs to stick around longer. This can challenge our respiratory tracks and then we become more susceptible to infections.

Our immune systems become challenged as we seem to also consume lots more sugar-loaded products, snack foods, sugar-filled drinks during the long cold days of winter.

Water should be our first line of defense in this time of year as our body needs lots of fluids when dealing with bacteria’s invading. Staying hydrated is very important in our fight so leave the caffeine loaded products and alcohol alone.

Antiobiotics do not kill bacteria’s. Colds and flu are viruses and don’t respond to an antiobiotic. When you use antiobiotics too much you become resistant to them and they when you need them you have built up a huge resistance to them. Flu is different than a cold as you usually don’t tolerate solid foods, so increase the hot, lukewarm or room-temperature liquids to keep our immune systems helping in our fight of them.

Myths of cold and flu need to be considered, but always include extra liquids to help the body with healing and repairing itself.

The Banana Diet

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The banana diet is 1 of the best and easiest ways to help boost your weight loss efforts. It appears there are many versions of this diet… and I also have a version of this diet. A lot of the other versions of this diet just seem plain silly and not very practical.

Here’s an easy to use version that will give you slow, steady weight loss. This is not an extreme diet like you may think.

You may think that the banana diet consists of eating just bananas all day. Wrong! Obviously that isn’t very practical or smart. There is just 1 main rule to this diet and another general rule…

Rule #1: Eat 1-2 bananas before each meal… minimum of 3 times a day.

Very simple, huh? Not much to think about. If you eat, you’re going to eat 1-2 bananas before your meal. Practical, easy, healthy, and not much to remember.

Before breakfast, eat 2 bananas. Before lunch, eat 2 bananas. Before dinner, eat 1 banana. So you eat 5 total bananas a day.

Rule #2: Eat whatever you want for meals.

This rule is simple… eat whatever you want, just as long as you eat 2 bananas before breakfast, 2 bananas before lunch, and 1 banana before dinner. Obviously eating healthier than normal would help your weight loss efforts even more, but it’s not 100% necessary.

Bonus Rule: You can replace 1 banana with an apple before breakfast and lunch.

As mentioned, you can replace a banana with an apple before breakfast and lunch. This is to help relieve possible boredom. Nothing more.

I honestly don’t know how much weight you will lose on this or any other diets that use bananas, however you should notice a steady weight loss. It won’t be extremely fast, so if that’s what you’re looking for… forget the banana diet.

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Banana Diet - 5 Tips For Success

The Banana Diet is achieving global success. Could this simple diet be the weight loss system you’re looking for? Achieve success with our five tips.

Breakfast bananas are the heart of the Banana Diet. Basically, that’s the entire diet: eat raw bananas and sip water for breakfast.

1. Forget it’s a “diet”

Essentially with the Banana Diet, you can eat normally for the rest of the day. This is what makes the diet so appealing: no weighing, no counting calories, no special foods.

The Banana Diet has no special requirements, and for people new to this simple weight loss system, it’s a little TOO simple. They want to complicate things.

Just forget that it’s a diet and eat your bananas for breakfast.

2. Eat your bananas and sip water for breakfast

If you’re not used to eating breakfast, the Banana Diet does require an adjustment. However, as with everything on this diet, it’s easy. If you don’t have time to eat breakfast, put your bananas into a bag, and eat them in the car, or when you arrive at work.

Don’t forget to sip room temperature water as you eat your breakfast bananas.

You’ll find that two bananas leave you feeling quite full, and the full feeling lasts until lunch. If you’re used to a snack at mid morning, you’ll find that you’re just not hungry when snack time arrives.

3. Eat normally for lunch and dinner

There are no special requirements for your other meals, just eat as you normally would.

4. Eat dinner before 8PM

There’s no food after 8PM, so if you’re working late, take time to eat before 8PM comes around. You shouldn’t eat anything else until you eat breakfast tomorrow.

5. Go to bed by midnight

You’ll look forward to bedtime on this diet; bananas relax you, and you won’t have any trouble falling to sleep at all.

So there you have five tips for success on the Banana Diet.

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Thanksgiving gratitude’s are all the big things and small things in our lives that we are so grateful for and are so blessed to have them in our lives.

Why don’t you name them one by one for yourselves ? Why not do a table of thanksgiving gratitudes while eating your dinner? A gratitude is anything that is positive in your life today. It could be a negative that turned out very positive that you are very grateful.

What kind of list can you make today on this Thanksgiving Day?

Family-Father, Mother, Brothers, Sisters, Aunt’s, Uncles, Daughters, Sons

Home-whether rented or owned

Country-its freedoms

Church-its pastor, members, support, love

Food-fresh raw foods, organic meats, whole-grain breads, raw nuts and seeds

Money-in your pocket, bank accounts, CD’s, investments

Friends-local ones, online ones, near or far

Military-over-seas, home-land, on water, in the air,

Utilities-electrical, water, natural gas

Computer-desk top, laptop

Furniture-chairs, couch, desk, beds

Appliances-stove, microwave, washer, dryer, shaver, hair dryer, blender, juicer, mixer, oven

Clothing-coat, hat, gloves, shirts, blouses, pants, jeans

Books- Bible, self-help, cooking, exercise, fiction, non-fiction, know-how, mysteries

What else can you add to this list of things that you appreciate? What about that smile, that hug, that phone call from someone special? As you can see the list is limitless!

Be grateful, Be love, Be fun, Be appreciative. Enjoy life.