8 Natural Tips to Help Prevent a Cold

8 Natural Tips to Help Prevent a Cold

8 NATURAL TIPS TO HELP PREVENT A COLD

1 Wash Your Hands

Most cold and flu viruses are spread by direct contact. Someone who has the flu sneezes onto his or her hand and then touches the telephone, the keyboard, a kitchen glass. The germs can live for hours only to be picked up by the next person who touches the same object. So wash your hands often. If you can't get to a sink, rub an alcohol-based hand sanitizer onto your hands.

2 Don't Cover Your Sneezes and Coughs With Your Hands

Because germs and viruses cling to your bare hands, muffling coughs and sneezes with your hands often results in passing along your germs to others. When you feel a sneeze or cough coming, use a tissue, then throw it away immediately. If you don't have a tissue, cough or sneeze into the inside of your elbow.

3 Don't Touch Your Face

Cold and flu viruses enter your body through the eyes, nose, or mouth. Touching their faces is the major way children catch colds and a key way they pass colds on to their parents.

4 Do Aerobic Exercise Regularly

Aerobic exercise speeds up the heart to pump larger quantities of blood; makes you breathe faster to help transfer oxygen from your lungs to your blood; and makes you sweat once your body heats up. These exercises help increase the body's natural virus-killing cells.

5 Eat Foods Containing Phytochemicals

"Phyto" means plants, and the natural chemicals in plants give the vitamins in food a supercharged boost. So put away the vitamin pill, and eat dark green, red, and yellow vegetables and fruits.

6 Don't Smoke

Statistics show that heavy smokers get more severe colds and more frequent ones.

Even being around smoke profoundly zaps the immune system. Smoke dries out your nasal passages and paralyzes cilia. These are the delicate hairs that line the mucous membranes in your nose and lungs, and with their wavy movements, sweep cold and flu viruses out of the nasal passages. Experts contend that onecigarette can paralyze cilia for as long as 30 to 40 minutes.

7 Cut Alcohol Consumption

Heavy alcohol use suppresses the immune system in a variety of ways. Heavier drinkers are more prone to initial infections as well as secondary complications. Alcohol also dehydrates the body -- it actually causes more fluid loss from your system than it puts in.

8 Relax  

If you can teach yourself to relax, you may be able to rev up your immune system. There's evidence that when you put your relaxation skills into action, your interleukins -- leaders in the immune system response against cold and flu viruses -- increase in the bloodstream. Train yourself to picture an image you find pleasant or calming. Do this 30 minutes a day for several months. Keep in mind, relaxation is a learnable skill, but it is not doing nothing. People who try to relax, but are in fact bored, show no changes in blood chemicals.

WATER ELEMENT

Water is the element of restoration.

It is associated with the sacral chakra and teaches us about the importance of being fluid, flexible and finding joy in the flow of life. Water signs often seem to have built-in radar for tuning into emotions and moods. This gives them a special environmental sensitivity. The reproductive and the lymphatic system are governed by this element. Water flushes out toxins from the body and improves the efficiency of all organs. To function optimally, the liver, lungs, skin, kidneys and intestines need water for regular cleansing.

Womens brains designed to concentrate multiple task at a time.

Women can Watch a TV and Talk over phone and cook.

Men - Single Process

Mens brains designed to concentrate only one work at a time. Men can not watch TV and talk over the phone at the same time. they stop the TV while Talking. They can either watch TV or talk over the phone or cook.

LANGUAGE

Women can easily learn many languages. But can not find solutions to problems. Men can not easily learn languages, they can easily solve problems. That's why in average a 3 years old girl has three times higher vocabulary than a 3 yeard old boy.

ANALYTICAL SKILLS

Mens brains has a lot of space for handling the analytical process. They can analyze and find the solution for a process and design a map of a building easily. But If a complex map is viewed by women, they can not understand it. Women can not understand the details of a map easily, For them it is just a dump of lines on a paper.

CAR DRIVING.

While driving a car, mans analytical spaces are used in his brain. He can drive a car fastly. If he sees an object at long distance, immediately his brain classifies the object (bus or van or car) direction and speed of the object and he drives accordingly. Where woman take a long time to recognize the object direction/ speed. Mans single process mind stops the audio in the car (if any), then concentrates only on driving.

LYING

When men lie to women face to face, they get caught easily. Womans super natural brain observes facial expression 70%, body language 20% and words coming from the mouth 10%. Mens brain does not have this. Women easily lie to men face to face.
So guys, do not lie face to face.

PROBLEMS SOLVING

If a man have a lot of problems, his brain clearly classifies the problems and puts them in individual rooms in the brain and then finds the solution one by one. You can see many guys looking at the sky for a long time. If a woman has a lot of problems, her brain can not classify the problems. she wants some one to hear that. After telling everything to a person she goes happily to bed. She does not worry about the problems being solved or not.

WHAT THEY WANT

Men want status, success, solutions, big process, etc... But Women want relationship, friends, family, etc...

UNHAPPINESS

If women are unhappy with their relations, they can not concentrate on their work. If men are unhappy with their work, they can not concentrate on the relations.

SPEECH

Women use indirect language in speech. But Men use direct language.

HANDLING EMOTION

Women talk a lot without thinking. Men act a lot without thinking.

Having a Best Friend

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand “Today my best friend slapped me in the face”.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone “Today my best friend saved my life”.

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?” The other friend replied “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”

Moral

 Do not value the things you have in your life. 

  But value who you have in your life

WHY TO VISIT TEMPLES

WHY TO VISIT TEMPLES ? 

(Scientific Reason)

There are thousands of temples all over India in different size, shape and locations but not all of them are considered to be built the Vedic way. Generally, a temple should be located at a place where earth's magnetic wave path passes through densely. It can be in the outskirts of a town/village or city, or in middle of the dwelling place, or on a hilltop. The essence of visiting a temple is discussed here.

Now, these temples are located strategically at a place where the positive energy is abundantly available from the magnetic and electric wave distributions of north/south pole thrust. The main idol is placed in the core center of the temple, known as "*Garbhagriha*" or *Moolasthanam*. In fact, the temple structure is built after the idol has been placed. This *Moolasthanam* is where earth’s magnetic waves are found to be maximum. We know that there are some copper plates, inscribed with Vedic scripts, buried beneath the Main Idol. What are they really? No, they are not God’s / priests’ flash cards when they forget the *shlokas*. The copper plate absorbs earth’s magnetic waves and radiates it to the surroundings. Thus a person regularly visiting a temple and walking clockwise around the Main Idol receives the beamed magnetic waves and his body absorbs it. This is a very slow process and a regular visit will let him absorb more of this positive energy. Scientifically, it is the positive energy that we all require to have a healthy life.

Further, the Sanctum is closed on three sides. This increases the effect of all energies. The lamp that is lit radiates heat energy and also provides light inside the sanctum to the priests or *poojaris* performing the pooja. The ringing of the bells and the chanting of prayers takes a worshipper into trance, thus not letting his mind waver. When done in groups, this helps people forget personal problems for a while and relieve their stress. The fragrance from the flowers, the burning of camphor give out the chemical energy further aiding in a different good aura. The effect of all these energies is supplemented by the positive energy from the idol, the copper plates and utensils in the *Moolasthan*am / *Garbagraham*. *Theertham*, the “holy” water used during the pooja to wash the idol is not
plain water cleaning the dust off an idol. It is a concoction of Cardamom,*Karpura* (Benzoin), zaffron / saffron, *Tulsi* (Holy Basil), Clove, etc...Washing the idol is to charge the water with the magnetic radiations thus increasing its medicinal values. Three spoons of this holy water is distributed to devotees. Again, this water is mainly a source of magneto-therapy. Besides, the clove essence protects one from tooth decay, the saffron & *Tulsi* leafs protects one from common cold and cough, cardamom and *Pachha Karpuram* (benzoin), act as mouth fresheners. It is proved that *Theertham* is a very good blood purifier, as it is highly energized. Hence it is given as *prasadam* to the devotees. This way, one can claim to remain healthy by regularly visiting the Temples. This is why our elders used to suggest us to offer prayers at the temple so that you will be cured of many ailments. They were not always superstitious. Yes, in a few cases they did go overboard when due to ignorance they hoped many serious diseases could be cured at temples by deities. When people go to a temple for the *Deepaaraadhana*, and when the doors open up, the positive energy gushes out onto the persons who are there. The water that is sprinkled onto the assemblages passes on the energy to all. This also explains why men are not allowed to wear shirts at a few temples and women are requested to wear more ornaments during temple visits. It is through these jewels (metal) that positive energy is absorbed by the women. Also, it is a practice to leave newly purchased jewels at an idol’s feet and then wear them with the idol’s blessings. This act is now justified after reading this article. This act of “seeking divine blessings” before using any new article, like books or pens or automobiles may have stemmed from this through mere observation.

Energy lost in a day’s work is regained through a temple visit and one is refreshed slightly. The positive energy that is spread out in the entire temple and especially around where the main idol is placed, are simply absorbed by one's body and mind. Did you know, every Vaishnava(Vishnu devotees), “must” visit a Vishnu temple twice every day in their location. Our practices are NOT some hard and fast rules framed by 1 man and his followers or God’s words in somebody’s dreams. All the rituals, all the practices are, in reality, well researched, studied and scientifically backed thesis which form the ways of nature to lead a good healthy life.

The scientific and research part of the practices are well camouflaged as “elder’s instructions” or “granny’s teaching’s” which should be obeyed as a mark of respect so as to once again, avoid stress to the mediocre brains 

Tooth decay

Kissing can aid in reducing tooth decay. This is because the extra saliva helps in keeping the mouth clean.

After You Quit Smoking… The Benefits

Do you know that after you quit smoking everything about your health, the health of those around you, the health of your child and your pet begin to improve immediately ? And did you know that there is not one known benefit derived from continuing to smoke?

Better health is the most significant benefit that a smoker can hope to get from quitting.
Within 20 minutes of quitting :

·         pulse rate drops back to normal

·         blood pressure decreases

8 hours later :

·         oxygen levels in bloodstream increase to normal

·         levels of carbon monoxide in bloodstream return to normal

After 24 hours :

·         chances of a heart attack start to markedly decrease

In 48 hours :

·         All nicotine will have left the body and sense of smell and taste are returning

Within 72 hours energy levels have increased and the bronchial system starts to function normally.
Within a year the risk of heart attack has dropped by half.
In 5 years after quitting cigarettes the risk of having a stroke is the same as that of a non-smoker.
And after 10 years of staying quit, the risk of lung cancer is the same as that of a non-smoker.
After you quit smoking, the health of those around you at home and at work is greatly improved and risks of there getting diseases related to the effects of second-hand smoke are drastically reduced.

The freedom from cigarettes and cigarette smoke is yet another benefit of not smoking. The smell of smoke in your house, clothes, hair, hands and breath will be a thing of the past. And the budget that was always set aside for cigarettes can now be a saving to go into something more useful and substantial.

These are all some of the great benefits that you can know and experience only after you quit smoking. It is worth every effort, so put your mind to it…quit.

Help Quit Smoking

Kicking the smoking habit is not at all easy, in fact it is said to be easier to kick the cocaine or heroin habit. So help quit smoking is something the smoker wishing to stop may need in his efforts to quit. This is because nicotine, the active drug found in tobacco is highly addictive and the smoker becomes physically and emotionally dependent on it through repeated and persistent use of cigarettes.

1. It all begins with your making a positive decision that you want to stop smoking. Set a date and keep to it.

2. Enlist the support of your family, friends, co-workers and your doctor. Basically let them know of your intentions just to keep them aware especially because you may become cranky and irritable in the initial days of quitting.
3. Enroll in a smoking cessation program. Hospitals, health clinics, community centers and even some employers offer this facility. Support groups such as Nicotine Anonymous have been known to give very valuable help to many. Go along and get help quit smoking.
4. Get advice from the doctor on Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). In case he finds that you need to stop cravings and the withdrawal effects of stopping he may recommend the use of NRT gum, patches or sprays. In case the withdrawals are more severe and because of such conditions as depression he may put you on prescription medicine such as Bupropion or Chantix.
5. Some people have used methods such as hypnosis and acupuncture and it has worked successfully for them. These might be worth investigating.
6. It helps a lot to stay away from smokers, smoke-filled rooms such as bars and events where smoking is all around you. Even in your house, remove things like ash-trays, lighters, matches etc permanently.
7. Stay focused and determined, remember the more days you put in, the easier it is going to be to stay stopped.

Take heart, many have quit successfully.

Find help quit smoking, no matter how old you are stopping it can help you live longer and be healthier. Ex- smokers enjoy a higher quality of life with fewer diseases, and this, you too can enjoy.

Quit Smoking Support – 5 Steps To Quit

If you have decided to stop smoking, congratulations! You have made a good decision. One of the things you will find useful and available is to get quit smoking support. It definitely increases your chances of stopping.

The smoker is increasingly discriminated against and so put under immense pressure to quit. But more than that, health risks, smoking diseases and resultant deaths to the smoker and those around him are adding to this pressure to quit.

Many smokers want to kick the habit and have found that cessation of smoking is not easy. Not only did it take time to get hooked, but nicotine, the active drug in tobacco is very addictive and the user has become dependent on it physically and psychologically. But take heart, many have tried quitting and succeeded, so can you.

Here are some steps to take in getting quit smoking support:

1. Be of maximum help to yourself by being very clear that you want to quit and the exact date on which you have set to stop. WRITE down your reasons, pro and con, why you choose to stop and keep these repeatedly fresh in your mind. You know best what is best for you and this will carry you through. Be determined.

2. Get the support of family, friends and workmates. It is important that these people who are closest to you are aware of your plan. Let then know.

3. Consult with your doctor in case you could use some stop smoking aid like Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) as found in gum, patches or even medications. These may be necessary to deal with cravings and withdrawal symptoms.

4. Many other qualified professionals also offer quit smoking program and it is OK to use them. Psychologists or counsellors can offer sound advice or even therapy if needed.

5. Join a support group of other smokers trying to quit or ex-smokers who are trying to stay stopped. For example Nicotine Anonymous and several other which are available even on-line.

Finally it is also OK to use any of the above in combination as you seek your

quit smoking support.

AND have no doubt, you will succeed.

Stop Smoking Now

Did you know that your health does not get any better if you keep smoking? That your health actually does get better by stopping? Did you know that smoking is out of style?

Stop smoking now!

Smokers have a higher and increased risk of lung cancer, lung diseases, heart attacks and other heart diseases, hypertension, stroke, oral cancer of the bladder, pancreatic cancer, cervical cancer, complications in pregnancy and child birth the list is long.

Smoking is the largest preventable cause of death in America and yet this is a trend that is completely reversible if you would stop smoking now. Making the decision to stop is not easy, it is even harder to carry through with it, but it can be done and many smokers are today successfully ex-smokers and live healthy smoke-free lives.

Stop ‘Cold Turkey’.
Once you have make the crucial decision, you may find that stopping ‘cold turkey’ is best for you. It takes a lot of willpower and strength but most probably this is the best method as opposed to tapering off. The benefits are immediate and the cravings and withdrawal symptoms get less severe with every day that passes smoke-free.

Nicotine is the addictive drug in cigarettes that is the cause of all the trouble mainly because the smoker becomes physically, emotionally and psychologically dependent upon it. The good news is that after 24 hours of not smoking the body is rid of nicotine and only another puff can set off that awful cycle in motion again.
If any craving occurs it only lasts about 5minutes at most and as long as you don’t act on it you get to a point where even the craving disappears for good.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy.
If going cold turkey is a little difficult, you can still stop smoking now. See your health provider on the possibility of using some Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT).They help by weaning you off gradually by reducing the strength of the patch and hopefully after about 12 weeks you get off the therapy completely. These have been found useful to alleviate the withdrawal effects and cravings sometime experienced. He will prescribe some gum or patches or spray or even some prescription medication.

Other Methods.
Explore other methods too that have been used and succeeded for many. There is acupuncture and hypnosis smoking methods which are well-worth trying.

Remember that it is the results you are after, so stop smoking now and stay stopped. You will find you have so much to enjoy in terms of better health, and a better, longer life.

Benefits Of Quitting Smoking For Teenagers

Teen smoking is very serious and the trend in statistics and the increased teenage smoking and tobacco use is alarming. Yet, this trend is reversible, and the benefits of quitting smoking for teenagers are immense.

Most of this group start the habit because they consider it to be cool, tough and independent, not knowing that they could easily find themselves smoking as adults, and struggling for a long time to quit and be free of this deadly habit. Cessation of smoking can be very difficult, sometimes one quits only to find themselves start again.

Quitting smoking benefits for teenagers and other smokers are many, here are some  of the effects of cigarettes that begin to be reversed on stopping :

Health–   

It is an established fact that smoking is bad for your health. The first advantage of stopping is that health starts to be regained. Within 20 minutes of dropping the habit, heightened heart rate and blood pressure drops. After 12 hours, carbon monoxide levels in the blood drop back to normal. And your health keeps getting better from there as long as you stay stopped.

Intellectual development–

Nicotine has been found to cause the teenage brain to develop abnormally.

Concentration–

Smoking teens find it hard to concentrate and be focused, especially when several things are happening at the same time. So school work becomes difficult. Chances of better concentration and reduction in failure rates become better.

Improvements in behavioral disorders–

Aggressiveness, getting caught in fights and even stealing to keep up the habit is more prevalent in teen smokers than in their non-smoking peers. Quitting the habit also reduces drastically the chances of developing addiction to other substances like alcohol and harder drugs.

The list of benefits of quitting smoking for teenagers is long. The best advise still is, avoid the long struggle to stop, don’t start at all!

Stop Smoking Plan Is Necessary

Most smokers today at one time or other have had that deep desire to kick the habit. Admittedly there is no easy way to do so because of the nature of this addiction. What however might be found helpful is to have a stop smoking plan.

Here are some suggested steps :

1.  Make determined commitment to quit.

Write down your personal reasons for wanting to quit and be honest with yourself. Keep referring to this list often as you go along in order to stay reminded  and focused always.

2. Choose a quit day.

This is the day you will stop smoking. Before this day, remove everything to do with the habit from your house, car and office.

3. Get social support.

Tell family, friends and colleagues at work about your plan and get their support and understanding. Even your doctor needs to know in case you need to refer to him to deal with any withdrawal symptoms or weight gain.

4. Develop alternative behaviour in

place of smoking
For example if you used to smoke to relax , now try exercise or a massage or yoga. You will be surprised how many things you can do that are even more pleasurable than puffing your health away. Personalise your stop smoking plan  so that it works for you.

5. Be conversant with the use of stop smoking aids in case you may need them. Some people have even been known to buy e cigarettes online rather than use regular tobacco cigarettes. The doctor will give you good advise.

6. Stay away from functions and events and places where smoking is an activity, at least until you are strong enough to resist the temptation and stop feeling like you are missing out on something.

7. Be mentally prepared and know you will find obstacles and challenges to your plan. Stay resolved even if you unfortunately have a ‘ slip ‘. Many smokers have succeeded in stopping and are today happy ex- smokers.

8. Persevere.
A positive  and confident outlook will go a long way in building your self-esteem especially with each passing day that is smoke-free.

Having a stop smoking plan is definitely an important method of finding guidelines with which to work towards your goal. And it will work for you as it has done for many other quitters. Put your mind to it.

second hand smoking

Smoking is bad for you. It is a cause of fatal
disease and premature death and yet, it is preventable. Moreover for
every smoker, several other people are prone to smoke-related diseases
through second hand smoking. Give smoking up today and save lives,
beginning with your own.

The nicotine in tobacco is highly
addictive. Besides that many other poisonous and toxic chemicals are
contained in cigarettes. And as a result the list of diseases is long:
– heart disease
– smoking lung cancer
– high blood pressure
– chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
– stroke
– osteoporosis
– impotence
– cervical cancer
– diabetes
– infertility
– snoring
– gum diseases
– etc etc.

So why give smoking up?

For  your own health. You will begin to experience reversals in your overall
condition of health right away as the body begins to rid itself of
nicotine and all the other poisons. Longevity is an added advantage. As
long as you keep smoking you cut off an average 12 -15 years from your
normal lifespan.

You
also safeguard the health of others. Children’s health is at risk
through passive smoking. They are as prone to bronchitis, pneumonia and
just as prone to cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases such
as bronchitis as the adult. The adult non-smoker increases his chances
of lung cancer and heart disease by as much as 25% by being exposed to
second-hand smoke.

There are many reasons to give smoking up. Good health for you and others is a good reason. Consider that now.