History of Vitamin C

Year 1536. Jacques Cartier of Quebec City, Canada. Finding a way to heal canker sores with tea made from leaves and later revealed that the leaves are rich in vitamin C.

In 1795. British admiral, determined that fresh oranges 1 fruit/day should be given to the sailors who sailed from the British Navy.

1865. British Chamber of Commerce, impose mandatory to consume fresh oranges for sailors from merchant ships.

1911. Theory of vitamins, published by the Polish biochemist about 4 compounds in natural foods are beneficial to prevent the disease of sheep, ricket, pellagra, and skorbut.

Year 1918. EVMc.Collum, an American citizen began naming system assimilation of vitamins, namely "A component is soluble in fat".

1928. Vitamin C was first purified by the Hungarian biochemist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi who worked in Canbridge, England. He formulated a component called heksurat acid, which eventually became ascorbic acid (Vitamin C first generation). Then, expand again into a second generation of Vitamin C is useful for healing skorbut, such as: thirst, depression, muscle pain, appeared tired, bleeding gums and shortness of breath.

From year to year, the analysis of vitamin C continue to grow, until finally found Ester-C, Vitamin C to the third generation.

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Tool Time Tuesday...Laundry Rack Fabric Organizer

Happy Tuesday Everyone!! Before I begin, I want to again thank each and every one of you who email me or leave such wonderful comments on my blog. I read every single one and even though it may take me a while to respond, know that each one means so much to me!
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Now onto the laundry. I love doing things around the house...cooking, cleaning, organizing, moving furniture (that's for you Jenny in Australia), but laundry...not so much. Don't get me wrong, I love "doing" the laundry. I have organizing bins to separate the colors, I have little baskets to carry it down stairs to the washer, I like picking out the soaps and dryer sheets that smell the best... it's putting all the laundry "away" that I hate.
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When doing laundry I use these racks all the time. I dry all our clothes in a dryer except for my husband's. He is 6' 3" and the length of his pant and the fit of his shirts are just perfect as long as I don't dry them in a dryer...hence these racks.
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However, I stole this one a long time ago for my quilting.

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I also bought this mini one for a table top version and it also mounts on the wall.
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What do I use it for? Well, I use the mini one to keep fabrics neat and wrinkle free as I'm cutting strips or blocks. In the past, I would just throw the fabric in a pile off to the side and when it was time to go back and cut more, the nice neatly ironed fabric was a mess. This way I'm not searching for it either.
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You can use the stand up larger one for fabrics too, but I've been using it when I'm strip piecing. This pattern below is Triple Irish Chain. It has 6 different strip sets. Strips that are 1 -1/2" wide and 44" long.
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Here's a close up of 4 of the 6 I have to sew together.
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This is the first strip set "A" that I cut from Moda's Rouenneries. It's all laid out on my cutting table. If I left it there and started to put together the next set (set "B")...I'm seeing a seam ripper in my future.

So here's what I have been doing for years. Hanging the strip sets on the drying rack in the order I have to sew them.

I keep this by my sewing table when I'm sewing this type of project.

These racks fold up very easily and can be stored under a bed, in the closet or behind a door when not in use. The small one that I mentioned before, can be mounted on the wall and it's collapsible too.

This rack is a seam rippers worse nightmare. It will keep you organized and all the strips will be sewn in the correct order.

Give it a try. It works so well...this rack will be in your sewing room forever. You'll never have to do laundry again. Oh wait, that's not possible. Wishful thinking though.

Have a wonderful Tuesday,

~Karen~

A Trip of Hexies...

I had a little MODA-vation this weekend to sew some more hexagons...a project I had started a while ago. I think this was our last weekend of college tours, so we drove to Massachusetts and then to New Hampshire. I always bring some kind of hand sewing in the car.
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I have all these 4 1/2" and 5" squares from several different Moda lines...Mistletoe Manor for one, but can't recall the others.
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Then I have some yardage to cut up too.
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Some of that above fabric, equals these...

and these!!

This is the bunch I sewed in the car. I made this project using a bigger hexagon, so when I start sewing them together, it will finish up faster!!! Unlike this project of smaller hexies, which I will be sewing for the rest of my life.

If you are new to hexagons or Grandmother's Flower Garden, I have a tutorial for English Paper Piecing here. (I really need to redo that tutorial...that was one of my firsts, only blogging for a few weeks last February 2009.) Such a newbie!

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Happy Sewing,

~Karen~

How to Get Perfect Skin in a Week

So maybe there is a function that you have to attend in a weeks' time and you just HAVE to have the most gorgeous, the most perfect skin. What now? Well unless your face is ridden with pimples, there are ways to get near-perfect skin in a week's time. And the skin will turn perfect so fast, that there won't even be any time to ask 'how to get perfect skin fast'.

• Wash your face before you go to bed. 10 PM is the best time for the skin to repair itself. So washing your face before that will clear out the pores and help avoid possible zits.
• Skin exfoliation! This will get rid of all the dead skin cells that have accumulated on the face and you'll notice an instant transformation. Read more on exfoliate skin naturally and exfoliating scrub for face.
• Drink water. There is no substitute to this. Get as much water in you as you can.
• Do not smoke. Nicotine will lower the levels of oxygen and slows the blood vessels. This results in a haggard looking face.
• Allow your skin to breathe. Do not clog it by wearing oily foundations and thick compact powders.
• Do not touch your face. Our fingers have so much dirt and bacteria on them, that touching the face will transfer it onto your face. This will result in an acne breakout.
• Exercising cannot be ignored. Do some form of it for 20-30 minutes, at least 4 times a week.
• Do not use a bathing soap to wash your face. Go in for a gentle face wash instead. Soap can be harsh and rob your skin of its natural oils (which a face wash does not do). This can make your skin look haggard and tight.
• Always get rid of all traces of make-up before you sleep!

Beauty Tips

So, go out there with your perfect skin and make a few heads turn! And who knows, people might even turn to you and ask "How to get perfect skin?". Enjoy the attention babe, 'cause you've earned it!

Exfoliating Scrub for Face

Regular ex foliation is beneficial to the skin, as it helps discard dead skin cells and promote growth of new skin cells. Using ex foliating scrub for face removes the dull look and invigorates the skin to maintain a natural, healthy glow. Any healthy skin care regimen should involve the use of an ex foliating scrub for face at least 2-3 times a week. The scrub cleans the facial skin, unclogs the pores, clears away impurities, stimulates generation of healthy new skin, refines and smoothen the complexion by getting rid of dead skin. Besides these benefits ex foliating also helps get rid of problems like pimples, infected ingrown hair, wrinkles and other skin disorders. After using a scrub, the face not only looks clean and healthy, but also feels fresh and smooth.

Homemade Ex-foliating Scrub for Face

We all know ex-foliation is beneficial to the skin, however, very few people know that over-ex-foliation is not good. A gentle scrub needs to be used to remove dead skin and must be applied without unnecessary force, thereby not conducing to skin irritations. The commercially available ex foliating scrubs for face contain harsh chemicals capable of harming the skin. Moreover, uneven scrubbing compounds can conduce to mechanical damage and nicks. So the safest and best ex foliating scrub for face is the one that is prepared at home. Read more on ex foliate skin naturally.

Scrub 1: Honey and Sea Salt

To prepare this scrub, all you need is honey and sea salt. Just combine 2 tablespoons of honey with 2 tablespoons of sea salt and gently massage it onto the face for a minute or two. Rinse the scrub off with warm water and then end up splashing ice cold water, so as to close the pores. The honey in this scrub is a natural antioxidant and is used in various skin care products. Its antibacterial properties kill off any bacteria, thereby keeping the skin sterile during the ex foliation process. Moreover, the coarse texture of the sea salt in the scrub sloughs off the dead cells. Sea salt also stimulates new skin cell growth. Read more on natural skin care.

Scrub 2: Lemon, Cornmeal and Honey

To prepare this scrub you need 1 cup of cornmeal, 1 lemon and some honey. Place the cornmeal in a mixing bowl and squeeze a lemon into it. Scoop the pulp of the lemon out, discard the seeds and add it to the cornmeal. Pour as much honey as required to attain a creamy texture and stir well. Moisten your skin and gently begin to ex foliate the skin in a circular motion, keeping your eyes closed during the process. For the next one minute gently rub the face and neck with the prepared scrub and then rinse well. You will need only one tablespoon of the prepared scrub for one ex foliation. The rest of the scrub can be stored in the refrigerator up to the next two weeks in an airtight container. Read more on facial skin care.

Scrub 3: Raw Oats, Apple Cider Vinegar and Basil Oil

Crush 2-3 tablespoons of raw oats into tiny bits in a grinder. To it add 1/4 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and honey enough to create a smooth mixture. Once the mixture smoothen add one drop of basil oil to it. You can even use tea tree oil instead of basil oil. Wash your face, dry it gently by patting with a towel and apply this sticky paste onto your face. Rub your face in circular motions, carefully avoiding the eye regions. After 15 minutes wash the scrub off with lots of warm water.

Scrub 4: Fullers Earth, Orange Peel and Oatmeal

Mix 1/4 cup of fullers earth, 1/4 cup of dried orange peel, 2 tablespoons of oatmeal and some water in a bowl till a smooth consistency is obtained. After washing your face and gently drying it with a towel, apply the scrub onto your face and neck in circular motion. Since dead cells tend to accumulate near the nose and chin, take extra care while scrubbing those areas.

It is good to use an ex foliating scrub for face, however, a common mistake people make is using the scrub too often and scrubbing vigorously. Ex foliation should be done only once in 2-3 weeks. Young people scrub harder to remove blackheads and acne, while older adults do it to get rid of wrinkles and other imperfections. However, scrubbing vigorously will only make matters worse in the long run. Rubbing too hard for too long in one particular area will only cause the skin to aggravate. When done gently and not too frequently, exfoliation can bring back that lost gleam on your face!

Exfoliate Skin Naturally

Just likes trees shed their leaves to grow new ones, skin too sheds the dead skin. This process of the skin to slough off the dead skin to grow new skin, is called as exfoliation. Exfoliation is a natural process. Thus our body, regularly exfoliates skin naturally. The smoothness, suppleness, radiance and lightness of our skin is maintained by natural skin exfoliations. It is mandatory to exfoliate skin at least twice a week to accelerate the natural exfoliation. Regular exfoliation will take away the years off your skin.

How to Exfoliate Your Skin Naturally

Here are the steps to exfoliate your skin naturally.

Exfoliate Skin Naturally – Step # 1

Wet the area that is to be exfoliated, with lukewarm water. Avoid very cold or very hot water.

Exfoliate Skin Naturally – Step # 2

Dampen a synthetic scrub, loofah or scrubbing sponge with which you'll be exfoliating the skin.

Exfoliate Skin Naturally – Step # 3

Squeeze or sprinkle some exfoliating cleanser on the scrub and some on your skin.

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Now gently, start rubbing the scrub on your skin in circular and outward motion. If you have dry skin keep the exfoliation as gentle as possible.

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Once the scrubbing is done, rinse the skin thoroughly.

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Moisturize your skin well to prevent irritation and burning after exfoliation. Moisturizing the skin helps in keeping the skin hydrated.

Natural Skin Exfoliations

Now let us have a look at some natural skin exfoliations.

Peppermint and Lime Scrub

This scrub is excellent for exfoliating oily skin. Ground ¼ cup of rice into a fine powder. You will need to squeeze out half a lemon juice and 3 - 4 drops of peppermint oil. Mix the ground rice and the essential oil together, so that the rice does not coagulate. Then add the lemon juice and apply the mixture on your face in a circular motion. Rinse with lukewarm water once done.

Orange and Oatmeal Scrub

This is a body exfoliant. Orange essential oil will have a toning effect on the body skin. To make this scrub you will need 2 tbsp of bran, 2 tbsp of ground oatmeal, 1 tsp lemon juice and 5 drops of pure orange essential oil. Mix all the ingredients together and keep it aside for a couple of hours before using it. Apply on the body in a circular motion and rinse well. Follow up with a good moisturizer. Read more on body care lotion and moisturizers.

Sugar and Olive Oil

This is the best scrub of the entire body, including the face. This is the cheapest way of making a skin exfoliant at home. For this, you will need 2 tbsp of virgin olive oil and organic white sugar. Mix the two ingredients until they become a thick paste. Rub the paste in a circular motion on the body parts and rinse well. This will make your skin feel supple within minutes.

Fruit Scrub

The natural alpha hydroxy acids contained in fruits are a great help in restoring radiance on the skin. Mash half a cup of papaya and strawberries together. Add a tablespoon of yogurt and mix it well. Put the pack on your face and let it settle for 15-20 minutes. While scrapping it off, rub it a little, with moist hands.

Exfoliate skin naturally at least two times in a week, to reduce blemishes, dead cells, blackheads, dirt and grime. Reinvigorate life back into your dull and lifeless skin by spending a few more minutes in the shower. Exfoliation can also be done in the night to get a well rested and glowing skin in the morning. Your skin the reflection of what lies beneath it. Following a strict skin care regimen and healthy living will give you timeless skin, envied by all!

Tips for Sufficient Child Nutrition

Here are some tips that can be done to provide child nutrition:

1. Parents can control the nutrients that children get the nutrients you need according to the growth of age stages. It can be seen among the activities of daily child.

2. When the child enters school age, environmental influences were stronger. Required so that the active role of parents in controlling child development.

3. Proper nutrition according to their age stages to optimize the growth and development of the child to face the challenges of the future that more and more.

4. Parents should prepare them with the best since the early to answer the challenges of the future.

5. One food that can provide nutrition for every age and every one of them is milk that plays an important role in supporting the growth of 3B (body, bone, and brain).

Supplements for Men's Vitality

Multivitamins
Multivitamin supplement is required for all people, especially for those who rarely or do not like to eat fruits and vegetables. Be sure to buy the supplements created specifically for men.

Multivitamins are devoted to women usually tend to contain iron. That does not mean you do not need extra iron, but too much iron can also increase the risk of heart disorders.

Creatine
For those of you who want to exercise, it is worth taking creatine supplements before and after undergoing a physical training session though. Because creatine supplementation works to accelerate muscle recovery and increase muscle mass growth.

Lycopene
This antioxidant found in red tomatoes has been shown to reduce cancer risks, which is one major cause of death for American men. If you do not like to eat tomatoes, you can take supplements that contain lycopene.

Green Tea
Wonders of green tea never ceases to amaze! Content of antioxidants in it play a role against cancer, green tea also works to burn fat.
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10 Food for the Brain Intelligence

Here is a list of 10 foods that are proven to improve overall brain health. Hopefully you've become to consume daily.

10. Oysters/clams

If you are a hobby of seafood, of course you like to eat it. Research has shown that the oyster is very beneficial for your brain. Oysters are rich in minerals zinc and iron, which helps you to keep the mind sharp and improve your ability to recall information easily. Zinc and iron have been associated with the brain's ability to stay focused and remember information. Lack of zinc and iron can lead to distortions of memory, poor concentration, and of course other diseases throughout the body.

9. Whole Grains

This is brown rice, oatmeal, whole-grain breads, wheat, etc.. Food is working to increase blood flow to the brain is very supportive of the quality and quantity of brain function. These seeds contain lots of vitamin B6, which is full of thiamine. Thiamine is great for anyone trying to improve memory. Scientific research has shown that memory loss has increased dramatically at the time you reach the late 60's or early 70's, eating whole grains is good for you at the age of aging.
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Get Your Ex Boyfriend Back After Cheating On Him

Things started out great between the two of you but temptation got the better of you and now you want to know how to get your ex boyfriend back after you cheated on him. Here are some tips for getting your ex back and strengthening your relationship in the process.

1) Trust is an elemental ingredient to a successful relationship and you betrayed your boyfriend's trust in you. Do not try to defend or rationalize your actions to him; doing so will only further alienate him. Admit to yourself and to him that what you did was wrong. And if you are not truly remorseful please move on and spare him the humiliation of having to find out you cheated on him again.

2) Give your relationship with your ex boyfriend time to heal. Cheating on your boyfriend is not a skinned knee; it's a deep gash and it's going to take time to heal properly. You have wounded one of his my prized and fragile possessions, his self image. Demanding that he immediately forgive and forget, and that the relationship return to its "pre-cheat" status is not how to get your ex boyfriend back after you cheated.

3) Be willing to start over; be patient, take baby steps. At the beginning of your relationship you both moved cautiously, feeling one another out both physically and emotionally until you built trust. In order for that to happen again this relationship's reconstructive surgery must be approached with much clear-headed thinking and less emotional reacting than the first time around. Do not expect an invitation to his bedroom after your first date.

There are some thoughts on how to get your ex boyfriend back after you cheated on him. They won't always work, of course; sometimes the wound is just too deep to heal. But, just like a broken bone, if the relationship does heal, it will likely be far stronger than before the break took place. 

Benefits and efficacy of garlic for health and endurance

Garlic Benefits


Other studies have shown that administration of garlic essential oil equals 1 gram of fresh garlic/kgBB/day are provided with high-cholesterol diet, will lower cholesterol levels, serum triglyceride levels. VLDL, LDL and increase white HDL.Bawang been used as herbal medicine in medicine for thousands of years ago.

Since the number of components contained in garlic cause the preparation and extraction methods (old and extraction methods and the type of solvent) plays an important role for bioactive components of garlic. Solvent (solvent) is often used is ethanol, methanol, acetone, and water or a combination. Bioactive components found in garlic works in synergy with each other to cause health effects.

Among several bioactive components found in garlic, sulfide compounds are numerous compounds. These compounds included in dialil sulfide or oxidized form called alisin. Same as other phenolic compounds, physiological function alisin has a very broad, including the antioxidant, anticancer, antitrombotik, inflammatory, decrease blood pressure, and can lower blood cholesterol. Epidemiological data also show that there is correlation between garlic consumption with a reduction in cardiovascular disease, such as atherosclerosis (fat accumulation), coronary heart disease, and hypertension.
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Benefits of Noni Fruit

Know Mengkudu/Pace


Tree 3-8 m tall with a clear main stem. Average edged leaves, yellowish green. The flowers are leaf-shaped bulbs diketiak. Fruit-berbenjol irregular bumps. Reached 5-10 cm in length. pace to grow in chalky soil height of 1.000m above sea level.

Gynecology and efficacy of Noni/mengkudu

Scopoletin, these compounds serve regulate blood pressure. When high blood pressure, help lower scopoletin. Conversely if blood pressure is low, he will raise it. In addition to antibacterial indicated, these compounds also regulate hormone serotonin, which helps reduce levels of anxiety and depression.

Morindin, this substance efficacious in improving the body's defense system. In addition to the above two substances, pace also contains gum, malate acid, citric acid, and antiseptic compounds.

Research Results

Based on the research, there are about 61 more potent compounds contained mengkudu. They work synergistically and mysterious. For example, some compounds that play an active role in the treatment of certain diseases, it does not mean only the compounds that contribute to it. But the prop is also the other compounds. That is why consuming compounds extracted one of his properties would be different than if we drank the juice mengkudu overall.

Say in treating blood pressure. Mengkudu juice can increase blood pressure for people with low blood but on the other side of the blood can lower blood pressure for hypertension. This phenomenon is not going to happen on that mengkudu fruit extract.
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How to take care your Teeth

Caring for teeth is very important to us, why not, your teeth are very sensitive things from our bodies. What if your teeth hurt? really very disturbing.

And also very easy gear holes, because a lot of leftover food instead of living due to no good in treating tooth. so, how to correct dental care? follow the following tips.

Here Tips Caring Dentistry

1. Brush your teeth, most people already understand some of these ways, the need to remember try to brush your teeth at least 2 times a day, or at least after a big meal. It is also necessary in the recall are Tooth Brush dressing when it's the age of 3 - 4 months. Do not forget to brush your tongue too, because the tongue is one of a gathering place for the bacteria that causes bad breath.

2. Drinking Water After a meal, drink water after every meal, try the first White Water

3. Expand eating fibrous fruits, in addition to health, the fruit can also help to remove dirt in my teeth

4. Eat balanced, do not eat too much eat one type of food, but try to balance

5. Avoid bad habits like biting nails, sucking the bottle, opened the bottle with your teeth, etc..

6. Check Doctor Gigi into every 6 months, this goal to see the development of our teeth and gums.

Maybe it's some things we can do in caring for your teeth bright and responsible. Not expected to hurt your teeth naturally and may also be too sick to heal.

How to Correct Brushing your Theeth

Not the same as brushing your teeth with toilet brush scrubbing furiously, despite the dirty mouth is more dirty than the WC. because the mouth is a zoo of bacteria.

Want to know how to brush your teeth good and right ...?

First select the brush that fur is not too coarse or smooth. So "the mediocre".

Next consider the following picture and do it gently, according to the following sequence.



1. Put brush position 45 degrees to the gums
2. Brush movement from the gums down to Upper jaw teeth (like poke)
3. Movement from the gums brush up for the lower jaw teeth
4. Brush entire surface facing the lips and cheeks and the inner and outer surfaces of teeth in this way.
5. Brush chewing surfaces of teeth from the rear to the front.

7 Leg Muscle Exercises To Avoid Varicose veins

Many women long for smooth legs without varicose veins. To make it happen, they often become afraid to do sports activities that involve the leg muscles. They worried about the trigger and exacerbate the problem of varicose veins in the legs.

Yet with just the right movement will improve blood circulation and prevent the formation of varicose veins. A good exercise for people with varicose veins or its prevention, among others, swimming, walking, cycling, jogging, and, aerobics.

Here are some exercises to improve leg strength and muscle, improve blood circulation, and help prevent and reduce varicose veins,

1. Stretch your legs
Make the most stable places like stairs. Standing on the steps with the foot pedestal front. Lift the body, then slowly lower the heel or rear foot to the step below. This poses as resting your feet on the wall between the stairs.

Stick to the wall or railing for balance the body. Perform this movement as much as 40 times. This exercise works the back stretch the calf muscles.

2. Pedaling
Lying on the floor with his hands behind or under the buttocks. Lift feet off the floor and do the pedaling motion, as if you were riding a bike. If you hold the lower leg, this movement also tightens the abdominal muscles.

3. Walking with toes
We walked around the house, try to walk with toes (tip toe-ing). These exercises stretch your calf muscles.

4. Using the right shoes
While cleaning house, doing simple movements that effectively form a calf muscle strength. Walk with heels for some time.

5. Leg lifts
Lying on the floor with hands at your sides or under the buttocks. Press your lower back and buttocks to the floor. Lift one leg straight in order to remain perpendicular to the floor. Hold this pose as long as you can and then put the foot down. Repeat with other leg. These exercises increase blood circulation in the legs.

6. Lunges
Lying on the floor. Pull one knee into your chest, and hold the foot in the back of the knee. While in this position, flex the foot. Movement must be done slowly and firmly in a couple of times count. Perform the same movement on the other foot. This exercise makes the muscles of the leg work.

7. Rest after exercise leg muscles
To prevent and reduce varicose veins after exercise involving leg muscles, try a leisurely walk or stand for a moment. You can also make motion lay on the floor with my bottom almost touching the wall. Then, lift the feet high and leaning into the wall. This movement provides for adequate rest your feet.

8 Tips How to Avoid Elephant Foot Disease

Elephantiasis is a disease due to filaria worm larvae are transmitted by mosquitoes, either house mosquito, sewer, forest or swamp. Find out how to avoid it because if you've already got and feet swollen like an elephant's hard to go back to normal and endure a lifetime.

"Elephant foot disease is a disease that is very scary, because in addition to disrupt the appearance and difficult activities, patients also usually have a bad stigma from the environment," said internist, "Prof. Nelwan SpPD" in a press conference the results of investigation of filariasis cases in the building of the Department of Health Indonesia, Jakarta.

"But the public needs to know is, someone who has suffered from elephantiasis, or whose feet had swollen extraordinary, can not transmit the disease again. It is precisely those who appeared healthy and had experienced swelling, but no larvae mikrofilaria can transmit the disease to others, "said Dr Solah, epidemiologist who was also present on the occasion.

The problem is, we can never know any healthy person who is infected larvae mikrofilaria. And every day the mosquitoes hanging around us. Therefore, the person best advised to avoid mosquito bites everywhere.

Meanwhile, experts parasitology "Prof. Saleha Sungkar, MD, DAP & E, MS" saying that the cause of elephantiasis is not itself a filaria worm larvae, but the child's filaria worm, called mikrofilaria larvae.
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Slender Tip: Eat Every 4 Hours

It turned out to have the hunger signal levels, ranging from very hungry, hungry, until a little hungry. This all became the benchmark for controlling the excessive appetite. But if we are still difficult to distinguish hunger, do not worry, use the clock as a measure.

Health experts say, usually to an empty stomach 4 hours after the last time we ate. That means, we are permitted to eat food every 4 hours. This method is even safe to apply to the middle of our diet.

If we wait until the stomach was completely empty, we will be more motivated to eat all the food presented in front of the eyes, according to Pauline Dr. Endang, MS, SpGK, head of nutrition agencies Fatmawati RSU. Not only that, when the stomach was completely empty, we become selective in choosing foods.

Research in England also proved, the number of workers who still want to chew unhealthy snacks after lunch, tend to decrease. This compared with the number of workers who are motivated snack in the afternoon. "The eating every 4 hours to maintain stable blood sugar levels, while preventing the desire to eat too much," said Kate Geagan, RD, a dietician from the United States.
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10 Tips to Lose Weight

From year to year, a resolution to lose weight was abandoned just like that? Do not want to lose it all. Start taking your body to move slowly and go for the ideal body weight digits of your dreams. No need heroics, enough with the small steps only, really. This is an example.

1. Establish training goals that make sense. If not, it's no good you practice. Try to start preparing the time to exercise two times on weekdays and once on the weekend with long practice 30 minutes. If you only have 20 minutes time was no problem. The key is to start moving and keep moving.

2. Compatriots have been great and can be hyper too. However, when the fellow you have is the one who opposite sex, such adjustments must be made. Men should realize that women are not always able to match his intensity level. To avoid coercion of men to make partner practice harder. What feels right for the he sometimes does not so there for you. Therefore, do not be forced. So even with the taste of food.

3. Men burn calories faster than women because men have more muscle mass and can burn 30-40 percent more calories while training with the style and the same intensity. It is not realistic to expect the same results in men and women at the same time with similar exercises. So do not compare yourself with your partner when it comes to how many numbers are successfully reduced when starting to train with.

4. Healthy snacks you can make yourself. Combine almonds, soy nuts covered with chocolate, and yogurt.
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Curtain Update...

Do you remember this post I did with the pink curtains for Courtney's dorm room. It was a quick treatment for cement dorm walls. I cut up the dust ruffle to her comforter set and made a curtain. I stapled it to a yard stick and was going to hang it on the cement wall over her window with velcro. The disappointment in that post was never showing you the final picture of it, because you are not allowed to hang anything on the dorm windows due to the fire hazard.

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Well, take a look at the below pictures (after Courtney's pink curtains) for an update I did on our little guest bathroom.

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I had a regular old curtain in here. Thought I would change it up with just a valence. Love, love, love toile, but the valence wasn't enough. So I added the side panels. I had this yardage of the large black check that I was using as a table cloth, but wasn't using it, so I chopped it up!!
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All you need to do is make or buy the side curtain panels, staple gun them to a ruler...I used a 12 inch ruler for each side and add dots or strips of velcro, depending on how heavy your fabric is.

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Space the fabric evenly when you staple. Just use the inch marks on the ruler as a guide.

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Here's the gathered front.

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Add the velcro to the woodwork or window frame. If you have special woodwork, I'd test the velcro sticky stuff first. I don't care about the woodwork on my windows, because you can't see it and can be easily painted if the velcro pulls the paint off.
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Just stick the ruler up there and you are ready to go.

The great thing about this is, you can easily change the panels out for the seasons or take them down if you just want the valence.

All it takes is some velcro, rulers or yardstick...who knew. You can also use the famous FREE paint stirring sticks from the hardware store too.
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Have a great day,

~Karen~

Tips for White Teeth and Healthy

Healthy teeth can boost appearance. The reason is, beautiful smile is closely related to healthy teeth, white, lined up, and strong.

Regular teeth cleaning and dental check, and limit foods that contain excess sugar is one way that you must do. But not only that, the food you eat also affect your dental health.

If you want to have healthy teeth, there are several lists of foods to avoid and what you can consume. Following a brief review of Carefair:

List of foods that you must avoid are candy

Chewing food peak position that you should avoid. Some specific types of candy is worse effect on the teeth. Strongly Mengemut candy or sweet chewing the afternoon is the worst thing you've ever done because it can damage the teeth. Sugar content of the candy will still stick to the teeth in the duration of time long enough, and this of course the main cause of tooth decay.
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Benefits of Vitamin D for body

VITAMIN D or vitamin that can be obtained from food or produced by human skin exposed to sunlight, play an important role in improving the body's immune system.

The presence of vitamin D is very crucial for the body. Therefore, the weapon T cells of the body, the cells that attack and destroy bacteria and viruses that lodged in the body. Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have found that vitamin D was very important to activate the human immune system. Without vitamin D intake is sufficient, killer cells of the immune system (T cells) will not be able to react and fight serious infections in the body.

Well, that T cells can detect and kill foreign pathogens such as bacteria and viruses, the cells must be triggered first and then transformed from inactive cells and become dangerous killer cells are ready to find and destroy all the attackers.

The researchers found that T cells depend on vitamin D in the activation process. Thus, the body will be vulnerable if the deficiency of vitamin D in the blood. Researchers from the Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology Professor Carsten Geisler said, when dealing with T cells of foreign pathogens, these cells will be held device or antenna signal, known as the vitamin D receptor, which will search for vitamin D.
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Benefits of Bananas For Beauty

Besides bananas health benefits also has benefits for our beauty, among others:

1. Dry facial skin
Miller one ambon bananas until smooth. Add two tablespoons of olive oil, heat briefly over low heat. After cold apply evenly on the face of the previously cleaned. Let dry to 20 minutes. Rinse with clean water. Do it every day.

2. Skin smoothing hand and foot
Mas Rub the banana peel in the hands and feet on the rough / broken. Do it every day.

3. Nourish hair
Mas banana skin drying five dry and mashed up into powder. Add the chicken eggs taken her yellow and one cup water, stirring evenly. Apply on the hair.

4. Blackened and hair loss prevention
Take the new bulbs harvested bananas in moderation, chopped and grated. Squeeze then take the water. Give the hair and scalp with a massage. Do it every morning.

Bananas Ingredients and benefits

In fact in one screw has a yellow bananas contain 11 mg of calcium, phosphorus 35 mg, 1 mg iron, 503 mg potassium, 260 IU of vitamin A, 1 mg of niacin, and 14 mg of vitamin C. Bananas have also been given the gift of chromium content that functions in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Chrome along with insulin facilitate the entry of glucose into the cells. Chromium deficiency in the body can cause disturbance of glucose tolerance.

Bananas contain three natural sugars types: Sucrose, Fructose and Glucose. These substances may provide additional support and contribution of direct energy and have plenty of low gilkemik index is good for brain activity.

Carbohydrates, carbohydrates contained in a banana is a complex carbohydrate that provides energy absorbed by the body faster than the rice bread and biscuits. So, eat a banana if you are lazy to eat rice.

Iron, because high in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin (red blood cells) are very good, especially for patients ANEMIA.

Potassium substance that is high enough and low in salt, so it is good for blood pressure to be better. It also can reduce the risk of high blood pressure and Strooke disease. Potassium is a vital mineral reply to normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and body fluids to control levels. When we are experiencing STRESS (yg obsession interfere dapt body), the metabolic rate to rise, and therefore a reduction in potassium levels. This can be controlled with a light meal of rich banana potasiumnya levels.
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Apple Fruit Benefits - Manfaat Buah Apel

Eat an apple every day and the body will be spared from the disease. Thus the meaning of the English proverb "an apple a day keeps the doctor away". Appearance of red apples and ripe imagination and taste to invite people to look at.

Apple called forbidden fruit, the sensual and has its own charm. More than that, this fruit has many health benefits, namely:

1. Lowering cholesterol levels.
Apples contain phytochemicals known, effective antioxidants against bad cholesterol, in addition to lowering bad cholesterol, apples also increases good cholesterol (HDL). Pectin and acid content of D - glucaric acid in apples contributed to help lower bad cholesterol in the body.

2. Preventing lung cancer and healthy - lung.
Flavonid substances in apples may reduce the risk of proven lung cancer - lung to 50%. Research from Cornell University in the United States also found that substances in the skin of apple phytochemicals inhibit the growth of colon cancer by 43%.

3. Preventing heart disease and stroke.
Apple proved to prevent stroke. Publication of research in Finland (1996) shows, the pattern of flavonoid-rich food incidence of heart disease is lower.
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Tool Time Tuesday...Window Design Wall

Happy Tuesday! Here's one more design wall idea for you...this time it's not on the wall, it's in the window!!

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Do you remember this design wall from pvc? Click HERE to see that post. There was a bigger one too.



I also had this design wall for smaller projects? Click HERE to see this one.

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Well, here is the next "Window of Opportunity".  It's a design wall for a window, that can be easily removed when you're not using it, especially if your sewing room is in your dining room, spare bedroom or a room that you just don't have enough wall space. There is no wall space in my sewing room, so that's why I came up with this simple solution. See my sewing chair in the picture below? I thought I could just lean the big pvc design wall up against the window to my left while sewing. Then I thought, I wish I had something "IN" the window. Ding...the bells were ringing. A design wall curtain!!!

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Here's all you need...a flannel backed tablecloth...$5.00 at Home Goods. You can also use flannel by the yard, but this was 60" x 102" for $5.00, so that's cheap, cheap, cheap!

and 2 tension rods that open or expand to the width of your own window.

I've had these for a while, so not sure how much...maybe under $2.00 each at Walmart.

Oh yeah...you need a window too!

Place a tension rod at the top of the window and...

at the bottom.

This is a dumb picture, because you can't even see the tension rods. I'm leaving it here though, because with my luck I would click to delete it and blogger would delete the wrong picture.

Measure the width of the window.

and then measure the height.

I folded the tablecloth in half, so I could cut the width easier.

I cut mine exactly 28" for the width. The front is vinyl and the back is flannel, so it won't fray. There is no need to turn the edge under.

Even though my window is 64" high, I just used the 60" width of the table cloth.

Fold over the short edges of the tablecloth, vinyl to vinyl, wide enough to fit your tension rod.

Here are the top and bottom folded over. If you want to get rid of the package wrinkles, use a very low heat iron and iron on the flannel side. Be careful not to melt the plastic.

Sew a straight seam all the way across both the top and bottom. Insert rod through the pocket and you are ready to hang it up. Super easy!!

Hang it flannel facing out, pull the rods so the flannel is tight and you are ready to hang your blocks or squares and design away! I took the picture at night, because the green design on the front was showing through in the day light.

Here are some of the I Spy squares I am starting to put together. Boy do they stick to flannel.

When you are done quilting for the day, just pop it out, roll the flannel around the rod and store it away until the next time.

Don't let this "window of opportunity" pass you by...ok, I won't say it again, I promise. Go on, make one for yourself or a friend...they will love it.

Just wanted to add one more design wall I did for over your door...Click HERE for that post

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Have a great Tuesday,

~Karen~