Five Signs That Your Computer Use is Affecting Your Health

 

 We all spend way too much time on our computers. Our bodies are suffering. Here are a few signs that can pop up to alert you that your computer use is affecting your health.

1. Sore wrists
If you have sore wrists it can be a sign that you have a nice case of carpal tunnel or RSI coming on. Sore wrists are extremely common but can be quite serious as many computer related wrist injuries can take years to heal, if at all.

If you are getting sore wrists you need to stop working every 10 minutes and shake them around, tense your fingers and give them a break. It is very important.

2. Sore back
The most common complaint that computer users get is that their back is always sore. This can be caused by bad posture, poorly set up desk height or the wrong type of chair. Take a look at this post on sore backs at work for some simple ways to fix the problem.

3. Sore eyes
Sore eyes come about for a few reasons. The most common one is that you are staring at the screen far too much and your eye balls are drying out and losing the essential moisture. This can cause damage over time. The other cause is having your computer screen light incorrectly. For example, you do not want to have sunlight shining directly on to the screen.

If you are getting sore eyes try to re-asses where your desk is placed and take regular breaks to give your eyes a rest. Try looking at some big views or some duller colors for a short time.

4. Increased stress
There is a new craze sweeping the modern world – computer related stress.  Facebook addiction and I think it is something that many of us need to address before it gets out of hand.

Computer stress is a sign that your computing is affecting your health. Stress can cause many physical health problems such as headaches, stomach aches and even heart problems. Stress also lowers your immune capabilities. If you feel that your word processing, accounting, Facebook use or anything related to using a computer is stressing you out then you need to take time away from the keyboard. Do something else before that stress manifests physically.

5. Weight gain
Spending all day on a computer means that you are not getting a lot of exercise. Unless you take specific measures to go for a run or hit the gym the chances are that most of us computer users aren’t getting enough movement in the day. The easiest way to tell if you aren’t moving enough is if you are putting on weight.

Being overweight is a health hazard. It has been clearly established that overweight people are more likely to get cancer, heart disease, diabetes and so on. These are serious problems and they could be happening to you because of your computer use. If you are putting on weight then perhaps it is time to cut back on the computing and get out a little more.

The way I avoid this problem is to exercise before work as it means I start the day in an active way and get in my quota of exercise before work drains all of my energy.

Conclusion
These are not the only signs that you might get. Many people get headaches and sore necks and aching shoulders. The idea is to be aware of your body and take action as soon as you think something is not quite right. Don’t be fooled – using a computer too much can seriously affect your health.

 

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Genetically Modified Foods (GM): Do You Really Know What’s in Your Fruits and Vegetables?

                       

 

   Experts say 60% to 70% of processed foods on U.S. grocery shelves have genetically modified ingredients. The most common genetically modified foods are soybeans, maize, cotton, and rapeseed oil. That means many breakfast cereals, snack foods, and foods made with cottonseed and canola oils could likely have genetically modified ingredients. These ingredients appear frequently in animal feed as well.

What is more shocking is that a new USDA-funded survey shows that researchers from the Food Policy Institute at Rutgers’ Cook College found that only 52% of Americans realized that genetically modified foods are sold in grocery stores and only 26% believed that they have ever eaten genetically modified foods.

What is genetically modified (GM) food?

Genetically modified food uses modern biotechnology or ‘gene technology’, which is also called as Genetic engineering, which allows selected individual genes to be transferred from one plant species to other and then used to grow GM plants and food crops.

Genes from animals and other plants are literally shot into the cells of plants to create “super crops” that are larger, more resistant to bugs, and have longer shelf lives. One example may be to take genes from a fruit fly and inject them into a tomato, attempting to make the tomatoes repel the flies. And guess what, now we’re eating the genes of that fruit fly. And you didn’t even know it…

Why are GM crops grown?

The fundamental aim of GM foods to increase crop production and conquer world hunger. GM foods are developed and marketed with a belief that these foods are cheaper to grow, have better nutritional value, are more insect resistant and more resistant to plant diseases caused by bacteria, fungi and viruses. There is a belief that GM foods will result in lesser quantities of herbicides used.

Insect resistance is overcome by incorporating the gene for toxin production from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) into the food plant. This toxin is currently used as an insecticide in agriculture and is safe for human consumption. GM crops that permanently produce this toxin have been shown to require lower quantities of insecticides in specific situations, e.g. where pest pressure is high.

Virus resistance is achieved through the introduction of a gene from certain viruses, which cause disease in plants. Virus resistance makes plants less susceptible to diseases caused by such viruses.

Why are GM foods potentially dangerous?

 Health experts, Green peace and several consumer health activists are worried that GM foods will have:

• Direct health effects on the body
• Tendencies to provoke allergic reaction
• Specific components may have toxic properties
• The stability of the inserted gene is questionable
• Nutritional effects associated with genetic modification are not known
• If it will cause any unintended effects which could result from the gene insertion
• It may create Antibiotic resistance
• A Bit Different to the way Nature Works
• It may lead to the “creation of “super” weeds and other environmental risks.
• Long Term Effects of GM foods are Unknown
• GM foods have not been adequately tested

GM foods can potentially threaten our very existence as a race. We have all got to get together to force our respective governments to take a more holistic approach to this problem and look at it from the safety, food security, social and ethical aspects. A coordinated international initiative should be evolved so that GM foods are more systematically re-evaluated for potential human hazard.

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Beautiful Lips

    

If you want to turn up the volume of you sexual attractiveness, pay more attention to your lips. Every woman has ever used a lipstick.

 The average woman consumes about 6 pounds of lipstick over the course of her lifetime. Fortunately lipstick is not harmful for one’s health. And every woman can experiment with lip make-up to make her lips more beautiful. Here you will find some useful tips, how to make lipstick last long, how to choose the right color of the lipstick, how to apply a lip liner and define lip shapes, how to make your lips appear fuller and other lip make-up ideas.

How to make your lips appear fuller

There exist different lipstick types on the market: glossy, matte, creamy and even frost. Choose one that suits you best depending on your lip skin type. For those who have thin lips it is better to choose lighter colors of the lipstick. Darker colors match more to beauties with thicker lips. Lip-gloss makes your lips appear visually fuller at the expense of volume and shine. Such lips sparkle, attract other’s eyes. Lips with lip-gloss applied on them look better on younger faces. So, extra shining lip-gloss is usually not recommended for older women.

How to make lipstick longer.

The secret to making your lip color last longer is first of all to apply a layer of foundation, dust some powder on lips and then color. After these manipulations your lipstick will not change color or dark your lips. It’s also useful to apply two coats of lipstick for long lasting lip color. Matt lipsticks normally last longer than the shiny ones.

Applying lip liner

After preparing the lips, take a lip liner to define the shape of lips. Outlining the lips is good, if you want to prevent lip color bleeding. The color of the lip liner should be close to lipstick color: the best variant would be the same or a little bit darker color.
Here are tips how to apply a lip liner. Start at the centre of lips, draw a “V” on bow of lips, after it draw the line to outer corners. Then line the bottom lip. If you want to make your lips look thicker, outline them just outside your lip line. In case you want your lips appear thinner, make the outline just inside your natural lip line. After the shape is defined, fill it with lipstick. After filling the interiors, apply the lipstick in the corners, which is easier with the open the mouth.

Some more Tips

• Use lip care stick before going to bed with your other face treatment. Your lips are sensitive and need care and rest. Very dried and chipped lips can also be helped by applying sunflower oil on them.
• You can apply lipstick with a brush.
• Mix lip care stick with color lipstick, if your lips tend to look dried and chipped. Too much lip care stick can make the final color brighter in the middle and the rest color concentrate on the periphery of the lips.
• Refrain from licking your lips.
• Lip-gloss can be applied either alone or on matte lipstick to make your lips shine.
• Apply cotton buds to remove excess lipstick.

You can always experiment and create new beautiful looks with different colors of the lipstick and lip liners, mixing lipstick and lip-gloss, drawing different shapes of your lips. While experimenting don’t forget to regularly take care of your lips, because if your lips are healthy, they look much more attractive and can be a real turn-on.

 

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Sugar is the Sweetest Poison of ALL

 

Our sugar consumption has hit the roof. Americans are eating more sugar than their ancestors. The exact figure is not known but it is estimated that it is over 120 pounds per person per year and that is an awful lot.

Among carbohydrates there are simple carbohydrates and there are complex carbohydrates that are found in starches. In nature sugars are found in an unrefined state in foods such as cane sugar, sugar beets, fruits, in corn and rice.

Even most vegetables have fair amounts of natural sugar and there is little problem in eating them; as they are totally digestible unless you suffer from food allergies.

The real problem lies in refining the sugar

Sugar has been proven to destroy the germ-killing ability of white blood cells for up to five hours after ingestion.

It reduces the production of antibodies, proteins that combine with and inactivate foreign invaders in the body.

It interferes with the transport of vitamin C, one of the most important nutrients for all facets of immune function.

It causes mineral imbalances and sometimes it causes allergic reactions, which weaken the immune system.

It neutralizes the action of essential fatty acids, thus making cells more permeable to invasion by allergens and microorganisms

 

Sugar Related Health Problems

Addiction to drugs, caffeine & food, Anxiety, Alcoholism,

Behavior problems, Emotional problems, Binge eating, Difficulty

Arthritis, Bone loss, Gout and Osteoporosis

Cancer (cancer cells feed on sugar)

Candidiasis, Eczema, Vaginal yeast infections and Psoriasis

Cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure

Cataracts

Colitis. Constipation, diverticulosis, Impaired digestion of all foods

Indigestion

Diabetes, Endocrine gland dysfunction

Gallstones

High blood cholesterol High estrogen levels and Hormonal problems and Menstrual difficulties

Hypoglycemia

Insomnia

Kidney stones

Liver dysfunction

Shortened life span

 

Natural sugar substitutes

Stevia is a very sweet herb from South America that’s available in powder and liquid form at health-food stores. Stevia with FOS is a nonnutritive powder found at health-food stores or in the health-food section of your grocery store. FOS stands for fruit ogiliosaccharides, which are beneficial for and support healthy intestinal bacteria, or flora.

Single blossom honey, such as red clover honey, or orange blossom honey is low-glycemic. You can comfortably use this to sweeten your beverages.

Xylitol is birch sugar, can be used for baking and sweetening beverages. Xylitol is low-glycemic and healthy for you. It doesn’t cause blood sugar imbalances or yeast overgrowth like table sugar. It’s thought to promote bone health and prevent tooth decay and plaque buildup. The only drawback is that if you eat too much, you could experience gastrointestinal discomfort and diarrhea.

Fructose is a natural low-glycemic sugar that’s found in fruit Fructose is sweeter than regular table sugar, so you need less. The high fructose corn syrup can elevate the lipid levels and increase the risk of heart disease.

Sucrose is regular table sugar and it is medium-glycemic and fine for most people if you consume small amounts, as in sweetening your coffee.

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Different ways to wear Necklaces

 

 

You probably have an array of necklaces.Heres how to wear them.

Pendants

The best way is to wear it with a deep neckline  as you want to fill in the space or you can wear it with a crew neck .A smaller pendant is better if you are petite as the bigger ones will weigh you down.

Choker

Is a tight fitting necklace worn high on the neck.It works best on bare skin, off shouldered  top or strapless dress is great.  It does not look good on a neck that is short or thick.

Multi strand Necklace

consists of different layers and is best worn with a jacket or a dress shirt with an open collar.

Lariat

is one long strand usually with a loop at one end and some items hanging from the loop.Its best worn with a tunic or a camisole in the evening for a dramatic look.Usually works best with a 36 inch lariat.

 

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Eye MakeUp For Different Eyes.

 

 

Every woman should know, how to apply makeup so that it would emphasize her natural beauty and make her more attractive and at the same time would hide defects. Depending on the shape of your eyes choose different colors and ways of applying eye makeup.

If you have deep set eyes, choose light and nacreous tints of eyeshadows, it would help to make your eyes appear visually bigger. Apply light eyeshadows on your eyelid from the inner corner of your eye to the outer and a bit further. Light colors should be applied in the middle of the lid, and darker colors – on and just above the socket line. Blend the darker shade up and out.

Wide Set Eyes

You can visually reduce the range between your eyes if you apply a darker tint of eyeshadows from the outer corner of your eye to the middle of the eyelid. Apply a lighter eye shadow from the middle of your eyelid to the inner corner of your eye. Blend in different shades in the middle of the eyelid.

Down Turned Eyes

If you want to make down turned eyes more beautiful, it’s important to shade eye shadow up and out. Apply eyeliner close to the upper lash line and then blend in the shadow along the socket line in the outer two thirds of the eyes. In order to visually lift the eyes, apply dense mascara.

Asian Eyes

If you have Asian eyes, apply light eyeshadows on your eyelids. Use a pencil to make a thick smoky line along upper eyelashes (the line should be thick enough to be seen well when your eyes are open). Under the lower eyelashes draw a thinner line. In order to make your eyes visually wider apply brown eyeshadow on your eyebrows. Cover your eyelashes with two or three layers of dense mascara.

To Get Big Eyes.

Shadows of dark shades make your eyes visually smaller, deep set, while light tints, on the contrary, make them appear bigger, “open them wider”. If you want to create the effect of big, beautiful eyes, choose light eyeshadows. Apply eyeshadows after the application of eye pencil or any other kind of eyeliner: it would make your look softer and dreamy. If you want to make your look more dramatic, apply eyeliner after the application of eye-shadows. Then curl your eyelashes, it would add them shape. Then finish your eye make-up with a layer of mascara. In order to add more volume to your eyelashes and to make them appear bigger use a dense mascara. Never line the inner edge of the lower eyelashes, it would make your eyes visually smaller.

 

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Mineral Makeup.

 

 

Mineral makeup has a lot of advantages

 Using make-up made with chemicals and preservatives can damage your skin and result in your biggest skin phobia-wrinkles!Going from traditional cosmetics to natural mineral make-up has benefits worth considering:

  * Stays on exactly where you put it-all day 
  * Evens out skin texture
  * Is hypoallergenic and good for sensitive skin
  * Camouflages scars
  * Doesn’t clog pores
  * Offers natural SPF protection and reflects the sun’s
    harmful rays, hiding fine lines and wrinkles
  * Acts as an anti-inflammatory-helping with pimples, acne
    and rosacea
  * Provides great coverage so you’ll have flawless looking
    skin
  * Has no harmful ingredients and leaves your skin with a
    silky complexion

“Best of all, because mineral powders are inorganic and contain no moisture, bacteria doesn’t grow and no preservatives are needed in the make-up.  Mineral make-up contains no perfumes, talc, alcohol, or dyes.  It works on all skin types no matter what climate you’re in and it minimizes imperfections-all without any harmful side effects.

Make the transition to mineral make-up. The advantages are significant. 

Go mineral – your skin will have a great foundation for life.

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Lymphatic Drainage Treatments

 

Lymphatic drainage massage is a gentle and non-invasive form of body work that can be especially helpful for those who suffer from common colds, cellulite and skin problems. Lymphatic drainage stimulates the entire lymphatic system and is thought to boost metabolism, boost the immune system and help the body to eliminate toxins. An important part of treatment for both the client and the practitioner is deciding the frequency of sessions.

Step 1

Determine the frequency of lymphatic drainage sessions by first inquiring about regular exercise habits. Exercise stimulates the lymphatic system and helps to detoxify the body, meaning that people who lead sedentary lifestyles will require more treatments than others. For example, a person who is required to rest in bed may require one or two sessions per week, while a person who exercises three or more times a week may only need one a month, or even every two months.

 

Step 2

Schedule a series of lymphatic massages after a period of time that you have been sedentary, for example, after healing from surgery or injury. In this case, you may only need three or four sessions to help get things flowing again.

Step 3

Use lymphatic drainage massage if you have noticed a slow down in your metabolism. Often when people lose a lot of weight over a period of time, they may reach a plateau. This is not necessarily because they should exercise more or eat less, rather it can be a blockage in the lymphatic system. In this case, a person should schedule a serious of sessions and continue treatment until they notice a change in metabolism.

Step4

Treat yourself to one or two lymphatic drainage sessions every three months if you experience a high frequency of common colds, allergies or headaches. Regular lymphatic drainage can help manage your symptoms and boost your immune system.

 

Step5

Get regular lymphatic massage to treat and prevent cellulite and help to manage skin disorders. In this case, you should discuss massage with your practitioner and your dermatologist, as the frequency of sessions will depend on the severity of your skin problem.

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Read the Numbers on Your Fruit

 

Sticker labels on the fruits actually tell you how the fruits have been grown — whether they were organically grown or conventionally grown with pesticides and herbicides; oh, and let’s not forget about the genetically engineered fruits.

Conventional Fruit Labels

Four digits and does not start with 9

** mostly starting with the digit 4

Organic Fruit Labels

Five digits and starts with number 9

Genetically Modified Fruits

Start with the digit 8

** this is good to know because stores aren’t obligated to tell you if a fruit has been genetically modified (grrr….)

Okay, so if you come across an apple in the store and it’s labeled 4922, it’s an conventional apple grown with herbicides and harmful fertilizers. If it has a sticker 99222, it’s organic and safe to eat.

If it says 89222, then RUN!!!! It has been genetically modified (GMO).

So next time you go shopping, remember these critical numbers and know how to avoid purchasing inorganic and GMO fruits.

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Silicone Breast Implants.A Controversy.

 

After a 14-year ban, silicone implants were re-approved in November 2006.

The ban came from the FDA’s reaction to the public concern that implants were responsible for women’s health issues including cancer and  immunological diseases. When manufacturer Dow Corning was unable to prove that the implants were completely safe, they were bankrupted by over $3 billion in lawsuits.

Silicone implants had, to that point, been favored over saline implants because they felt softer (saline implants were known to be unnaturally hard) and were less likely to spontaneously deflate.

Fourteen years of research revealed no link between implants and the serious health issues cited.

The FDA therefore decided to leave the decision to the discretion of women and their surgeons. But recovering the reputation of silicone (or gel) implants is an uphill battle, and critics still question why the FDA would rush re-approval when longer-term testing might expose risks. A month after the ban was lifted, an Austrian study rekindled the old concerns.

“Fourteen years isn’t much of a rush,” counters Dr. Paul Petty, consultant to Mayo Clinic’s department of plastic surgery. “There have been a number of very large studies conducted by epidemiologists—not plastic surgeons—looking for any kind of correlation between implants and significant disease entities, and none has ever been found. And there were many hundreds of thousands of ‘patient years’ to look at during the time that those evaluations were being done.”

Lifting the ban hasn’t made things easier on anyone.

Consumer advocates may suspect that the ban was lifted to benefit implant manufacturers and/or a lobby of plastic surgeons. But the lift comes accompanied by FDA restrictions that hogtie manufacturers, doctors and even patients.

Exasperated by the restrictions, Petty says, “It’s a way for the government to say yes and no at the same time, and the way they’re saying yes is so onerous that most [plastic surgeons] don’t want to put the implants in anyway. All of the patients who are getting implants are still on a 10-year FDA study with obtuse requirements, and there are many strings attached for the doctors and the manufacturer.”

The two biggest corporations dedicated to keeping breasts plump and faces firm are Allergan (the Botox people) and Mentor. Both make silicone and saline implants.

No implants are without risks or possible complications.

Among the most common is capsular contracture, the uncomfortable tightening that results from scar tissue build-up around an implant.

Another is when small amounts of silicone gel leak from a ruptured implant or bleed through its porous lining. “A mammogram can easily identify a little piece of free gel with scar tissue around it,” says Petty, describing what is known as a siliconoma. The name is frightening, but Petty explains that they are innocuous. “Siliconomas form a palpable lump, but there’s not a health risk associated with them. If they’re not in an obvious location [i.e., visible on the breast surface], you can just leave them alone.”

Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) were among the biggest concerns leading to the ban, since many women with silicone implants were found to have CTD. It’s been found, however, that CTD is as common in women without implants, and the connection was never proven or disproven. The FDA has developed a document outlining potential complications.

Cosmetic silicone implants are approved for women aged 22 and older.

The minimum age for saline, in contrast, is 18. Why the difference? The FDA’s age specification is a bit random but one justification is that, in their words, “A young woman may not be mature enough to make an informed decision about the potential risks.”

What’s more, the 22-year-old may be more likely to follow the FDA’s recommendation for bi-annual MRI exams to test for leakage—though she’d have to be a wealthy twenty-something to afford the procedure, which costs thousands of dollars and is rarely covered by insurance. Another thought is that a more mature woman may stand a better chance of understanding the voluminous documents she’ll be asked to read in advance of surgery.

(Note: There is no minimum age for breast reconstruction based on damaged tissue, as for cancer patients or young women with breast abnormalities.)

Implants don’t last forever.

Petty tells patients with silicone implants that they stand a 20 percent chance of needing a second surgery within 10 years to correct capsular contracture. Patients with saline implants run the same odds of a second surgery within 10 years due to either capsular contracture or rupture. And, Petty says, there’s a 100 percent chance that the “fancy water balloon” will need to be removed or replaced within 30 years. One way or another, nature will eventually have its way.

Silicone Breast Implants has been reviewed for accuracy by Dr. Paul Petty, consultant to the Division of Plastic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

 

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