... 7 don't(s) after meals ...

Don't smoke - Experiment from experts proves that smoking a cigarette after a meal is comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes. Chances of cancer is higher.

Don't eat fruits immediately - Immediately eating fruits after meals will cause s to mach to be bloated with air. Therefore take fruit 1-2 hr after meal or 1 hr before meal.

Don't drink tea - Because tea leaves contain a high content of acid. This substance will cause the Protein content in the food we consume to be hardened thus difficult to digest.

Don't loosen your belt - Loosening the belt after a meal will easily cause the intestine to be twisted & blocked.

Don't bathe - Bathing will cause the increase of blood flow to the hands, legs & body thus the amount of blood around the s to mach will therefore decrease. This will weaken the digestive system in our s to mach.

Don't walk about - People always say that after a meal walk a hundred steps and you will live till 99. In actual fact this is not true. Walking will cause the digestive system to be unable to absorb the nutrition from the food we intake.

Don't sleep immediately - The food we intake will not be able to digest properly. Thus will lead to gastric & infection in our intestine.

... health chart ...

Apples ~ Protects your heart ~ Prevents constipation ~ Blocks diarrhea ~ Improves lung capacity ~ Cushions joints

Apricots ~ Combats cancer ~ Controls blood pressure ~ Saves your eyesight ~ Shields against Alzheimer's ~ Slows aging process

Artichokes ~ Aids digestion ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Protects your heart ~ Stabilizes blood sugar ~ Guards against liver disease

Avocados ~ Battles diabetes ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Helps to prevent strokes ~ Controls blood pressure ~ Smoothes skin

Bananas ~ Protects your heart ~ Quiets a cough ~ Strengthens bones ~ Controls blood pressure Blocks diarrhea

Beans ~ Prevents constipation ~ Helps hemorrhoids ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Combats cancer Stabilizes blood sugar

Beets ~ Controls blood pressure ~ Combats cancer ~ Strengthens bones ~ Protects your heart ~ Aids weight loss

Blueberries ~ Combats cancer ~ Protects your heart ~ Stabilizes blood sugar ~ Boosts memory ~ Prevents constipation

Broccoli ~ Strengthens bones ~ Saves eyesight ~ Combats cancer ~ Protects your heart ~ Controls blood pressure

Cabbage ~ Combats cancer ~ Prevents constipation ~ Promotes weight loss ~ Protects your heart ~ Helps hemorrhoids

Cantaloupe ~ Saves eyesight ~ Controls blood pressure ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Combats cancer Supports immune system

Carrots ~ Saves eyesight ~ Protects your heart ~ Prevents constipation ~ Combats cancer ~ Promotes weight loss

Cauliflower ~ Protects against Prostate Cancer ~ Combats Breast Cancer ~ Strengthens bones ~ Banishes bruises ~ Guards against heart disease

Cherries ~ Protects your heart ~ Combats Cancer ~ Ends insomnia ~ Slows aging process ~ Shields against Alzheimer's

Chestnuts ~ Promotes weight loss ~ Protects your heart ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Combats Cancer ~ Controls blood pressure

Chili Peppers ~ Aids digestion ~ Soothes sore throat ~ Clears sinuses ~ Combats Cancer ~ Boosts immune system

Figs ~ Promotes weight loss ~ Helps to prevent strokes ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Combats Cancer ~ Controls blood pressure

Fish ~ Protects your heart ~ Boosts memory ~ Protects your heart ~ Combats Cancer ~ Supports immune system

Flax ~ Aids digestion ~ Battles diabetes ~ Protects your heart ~ Improves mental health ~ Boosts immune system

Garlic ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Controls blood pressure ~ Combats cancer ~ Kills bacteria ~ Fights fungus

Grapefruit ~ Protects against heart attacks ~ Promotes Weight loss ~ Helps to prevent strokes Combats Prostate Cancer ~ Lowers cholesterol

Grapes ~ Saves eyesight ~ Conquers kidney stones ~ Combats cancer ~ Enhances blood flow ~ Protects your heart

Green Tea ~ Combats cancer ~ Protects your heart ~ Helps s to ps strokes ~ Promotes Weight loss ~ Kills bacteria

Honey ~ Heals wounds ~ Aids digestion ~ Guards against ulcers ~ Increases energy ~ Fights allergies

Lemons ~ Combats cancer ~ Protects your heart ~ Controls blood pressure ~ Smoothes skin ~ Stops scurvy

Limes ~ Combats cancer ~ Protects your heart ~ Controls blood pressure ~ Smoothes skin ~ Stops scurvy

Mangoes ~ Combats cancer ~ Boosts memory ~ Regulates thyroid ~ Aids digestion ~ Shields against Alzheimer's

Mushrooms ~ Controls blood pressure ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Kills bacteria ~ Combats cancer Strengthens bones

Oats ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Combats cancer ~ Battles diabetes ~ Prevents constipation ~ Smoothes skin

Olive Oil ~ Protects your heart ~ Promotes Weight loss ~ Combats cancer ~ Battles diabetes ~ Smoothes skin

Onions ~ Reduce risk of heart attack ~ Combats cancer ~ Kills bacteria ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Fights fungus

Oranges ~ Supports immune systems ~ Combats cancer ~ Protects your heart ~ Straightens respiration

Peaches ~ Prevents constipation ~ Combats cancer ~ Helps prevent strokes ~ Aids digestion ~ Helps hemorrhoids

Peanuts ~ Protects against heart disease ~ Promotes Weight loss ~ Combats Prostate Cancer ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Aggravates Diverticulitis

Pineapple ~ Strengthens bones ~ Relieves colds ~ Aids digestion ~ Dissolves warts ~ Blocks diarrhea

Prunes ~ Slows aging process ~ Prevents constipation ~ Boosts memory ~ Lowers cholesterol Protects against heart disease

Rice ~ Protects your heart ~ Battles diabetes ~ Conquers kidney stones ~ Combats cancer Helps prevent strokes

Strawberries ~ Combats cancer ~ Protects your heart ~ Boosts memory ~ Calms stress

Sweet Potatoes ~ Saves your eyesight ~ Lifts mood ~ Combats cancer ~ Strengthens bones

Tomatoes ~ Protects prostate ~ Combats cancer ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Protects your heart

Walnuts ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Combats cancer ~ Boosts memory ~ Lifts mood ~ Protects against heart disease

Water ~ Promotes Weight loss ~ Combats cancer ~ Conquers kidney stones ~ Smoothes skin

Watermelon ~ Protects prostate ~ Promotes Weight loss ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Helps prevent strokes ~ Controls blood pressure

Wheat Germ ~ Combats Colon Cancer ~ Prevents constipation ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Helps stops strokes ~ Improves digestion

Wheat Bran ~ Combats Colon Cancer ~ Prevents constipation ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Helps prevent strokes ~ Improves digestion

Yogurt ~ Guards against ulcers ~ Strengthens bones ~ Lowers cholesterol ~ Supports immune systems ~ Aids digestion

... can water be affected by our words? ...

Bible verse: Proverbs 18:21

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Can water be affected by our words? Dr. Masaru Emoto, a Japanese scientist, believes so. And he has proof.

Dr. Emoto took water droplets, exposed them to various words, music, and environments, and froze them for three hours. He then examined the crystal formations under a dark field microscope. And he took photographs.

The results were totally mind-blowing.

Here's a photo of ordinary water without any prayer spoken over it.

The molecular structure is in disarray.

The photo below is water after the prayer was said. It's simply breathtaking. (I now have a great respect for praying before meals! More on this later.)

Dr. Emoto also exposed water to Heavy Metal music. Here's how it looks like. Looks sad if you ask me.

Here's water exposed to classical music and folk dance music. Looks much better, right?

Next, Dr. Emoto stuck a piece of paper with these words: "You make me sick. I will kill you."

Here's how the frozen water droplets looks like under the microscope…

Below is how water looked like with the words "Love" over it. The difference is amazing.

This is Polluted water…

This is water from Lourdes , France . Utterly beautiful, right?

Wait A Minute— Aren't You Made Up Of Water? Yes! 72% of your body is made up of water. Imagine how your words affect your own body. When you say, "I'm a failure," or "I'm hopeless," or "I won't get well," imagine how these words weaken your health.

Make a choice to say the best words out there. Say often, "I'm wonderful," and "I'm beautiful,".

It's not only water.

Dr. Emoto also experimented with cooked rice. He placed one cup of cooked rice in two airtight jars. On one jar, he wrote, "I love you," and on the other, "You fool." Everyday for 30 days, Dr. Emoto would say these words to each jar of rice.

After 30 days, the "I love you" rice was still white. But the "You fool" rice was so rotten, it was black. How can you explain this?

Just as a side note: When I was a child, my mother taught me to pray before meals. Now I realize it wasn't just a nice thing to do. When I pray over my meal, I know a material transformation takes place in the molecular level of the food that I pray for. I say, "Be blessed," to the water and food on the table—and I expect it to be blessed.

Yeah – that's why we always wish others well on birthdays, anniversaries, graduation, festivals, examination days, etc…. BE BLESSED, everybody!!!

... how poor sleep can lead to weight gain ..

(extracted from shopping lifestyle)

They don't call it beauty sleep for nothing. Recent scientific studies show a strong relationship between sleep deprivation and weight gain. Here are some of the findings:

Research finding #1:

Women who slept 5 hours or less a night gained more weight than those who slept for at least 7 hours a day.

Research finding #2:

People who sleep 2 to 4 hours a night are 73 percent more likely to be obese than those who get seven to nine hours.

Research finding #3:

People who slept less than 6 hours a night experienced an increase in their body mass index (BMI) more than those who slept 7 to 8 hours.

Research finding #4:

People who slept less than 8 hours a day had larger increases in body fat than those who slept more.

How sleep affects our bodies

"Lack of sleep disrupts every physiologic function in the body," says Eve Van Cauter, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago. In fact, sleep loss has such an adverse effect on our ability to metabolize sugar, she says, that in one week of severe sleep deprivation (such as four hours per night), an otherwise healthy person will be in a pre-diabetic state.

"One of the more interesting ideas that has been smoldering and is now gaining momentum is the appreciation of the fact that sleep and sleep disruption do remarkable things to the body ?including possibly influencing our weight," agrees David Rapoport, MD, associate professor and director of the Sleep Medicine Program at the New York University School of Medicine in New York City.

The reason: Sleep loss can reduce our bodies' capacity to perform basic metabolic functions such as regulating blood-sugar levels, storing carbohydrates and regulating hormone secretion. All of these major activities get out of whack when we're sleep-deprived. Not surprisingly, the balance of appetite-regulating hormones go haywire too so our normal cues for eating are altered.

Sometimes, an undiagnosed medical illness might also cause poor sleep habits, say the sleep experts. Someone with an underactive thyroid gland, for instance, will feel fatigued and gain weight. And someone who suffers from sleep apnea will wake up repeatedly during the night.

How sleep affects eating

Sleep researchers have found that sleep deprivation (even a mild case of inadequate sleep) quickly disrupts normal levels of the appetite-regulating hormones: Increasing the levels of a hunger hormone (ghrelin) while decreasing levels of a hormone that makes you feel full (leptin). The effects can set the stage for overeating and weight gain.

"It's amazing how much people's sleep is reflected in the hormones in their blood," says Emmanuel Mignot, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Stanford University. Sleep-deprived people, he believes, eat more because they're hungrier, they're awake longer and may be tempted by foods everywhere they go."When you're sleep-deprived, you may overeat well in excess of the caloric demands, and, therefore, sleep loss is probably also a risk factor for weight gain and obesity," warns Van Cauter.

This could explain why when we're feeling fatigued, we don't always make healthy food choices: We eat junk food as a pick-me-up during the day when we're feeling sleepy, fail to stick to our healthy eating plan, and snack right before bedtime.

The bottom line? Most experts agree that logging in an extra couple of hours of sleep each night isn't a bad idea, especially if you're trying to lose weight and if you get six hours of sleep of less a night. You may just discover that you aren't as hungry or you don't crave high-calorie foods anymore.