Changing Nutritional Needs throughout Life

Age affects our nutritional needs. Sometimes the differences are obvious. It is easy to see the difference in the amount and types of food an infant, school-age child, teenager, and adult need. Other differences are more subtle. You may not realize that, as you get older, your calorie needs decrease, especially if you become less active. Being aware of such...

Smoking’s Damaging Effects on Your Body

In addition to the addictive drug nicotine, the other principal harmful substances in cigarettes are tar and carbon monoxide. Tar is a sticky, brown residue that collects in the lungs. Primarily made up of chemicals known as hydrocarbons, tar is a powerful cancer-causing agent that has been linked to the development of lung cancer. Carbon monoxide is...

The Dangers of Anabolic Steroids

Professional and amateur athletes sometimes use supplements or drugs to improve their physical performance. Anabolic steroids are probably the most well-known performance-enhancing drugs, and the most dangerous. These synthetic drugs imitate the effects of the male hormone testosterone. The drugs have approved medical uses, but athletes use them to make their muscles bulkier and stronger.

The Different Types of Exercise

There are different types of exercise, and each type has different effects on your body. Some types of exercise improve flexibility and muscle strength. Others use the large muscles in your body to build heart strength. Still others increase endurance. Exercises fall into three categories—aerobic, strength conditioning, and flexibility. Which type is best...

Hair Color Treatments for a Sensitive Scalp

Wanting to cover those grey strands or simply want to change your hair color for a different look? Think again. Studies about hair color treatments reveal that 5% of frequent hair dye users are bound to have sensitive scalp or develop allergies in the long run. However, those who already have sensitive skin will see and feel negative effects as soon as harsh chemicals in hair color touch their scalp. These effects are redness, burning sensation, dryness and itch, and usually caused by the following ingredients: 1. Harsh Chemicals in Hair Dye A...

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Wednesday December 29th 2010

“ As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children. ”


You should not waste your life in merely eating, drinking, and sleeping. In fact such a life is a blot on human nature itself. Every
activity of yours should reflect the divine message. Unfortunately, this is not the case today. Some people claim that they have dedicated their lives to the mission of God. But in reality it is not so. They are wasting their precious time in materialistic pursuits. There is nothing wrong in studying, doing jobs, and earning money provided they are done in the right spirit, which is beneficial to one and all. You see many people suffering. In what way are you helping them? The dualities of life such as pain and pleasure go hand in hand. Pain and pleasure coexist. It is impossible to separate them. Pleasure does
not exist separately. The fructification of pain is pleasure. This message of truth must be taught to the entire world. Without pain, one does not realise the value of pleasure. The value of light can be realised only when there is darkness. -


" There is so much about my fate that l cannot
control, but other things do fall under my
jurisdiction. l can decide how to spend my time,
whom to interact with, whom to share my body
and life and energy with. l can select what l can
read and eat and study. l can choose how I'm going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my
life - whether l will see them as curses or
opportunities. l can choose my words and the
tone of voice in which l speak to others. And
most of all, l can choose my thoughts."


" Life is hard and it gets harder, but you are
strong and you can get stronger. You may think
that the world is ending, just take a breather and
say I am strong and I will get stronger!"


" We have the ability to make the changes our life
needs to close the doors that don't need to be left
open, to let go of the negativity. These are the
abilities we have within us so when it is time to
use them, you will know."


" A friend is someone who knows you as you
are, understands where you have been, accepts
who you have become and still invites you to
grow."


" Being prepared is a courtesy to others and a
blessing to oneself. We need to be inwardly
prepared as well as outwardly organized for
excellence. Take time to be at your best by
always being prepared for what you want in life.
Do your homework. Be realistic. Be the best that's in you."

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Thoughts of the Day

" Just because you're ready to receive
forgiveness for your transgressions, does not
mean that others are ready to forgive you. Be
patient; remain prayerful and God will work it
out in His own time."


" Never underestimate the power of the spoken
word. Sometimes just the tone of our voice in
conjunction with our words could ignite a
misunderstanding and lose friendships! Think
about what you are trying to convey first before
you speak! You might be surprised how much easier it makes us become more understanding
of one's feelings!"


" When I was 5 years old, my mother always told
me that happiness was the key to life. When I
went to school, they asked me what I wanted to
be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They
told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I
told them they didn't understand life."

Thoughts of the Day

“ Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ”


The world observes only the interval between birth and death; they concern themselves only with that limited period. But God, the Master and Sovereign of all the worlds, past, present and future, does not do like that. He has more compassion than the entire human race put together. He showers His grace, weighing the three tenses of time, the three tiers of space, and the three traits of character. He knows best, more than any one of us; the best recourse for you is to believe that everything is His Will and be at peace, and immerse yourself in the contemplation of His glory and grace.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Thought Of The Day

“ Kindness in words creates confidence; kindness in thinking creates profoundness; kindness in giving creates love. ”

To battle against the tendency of body- identification, and to win the grace of God as the only means of victory, spiritual exercises have been laid down, such as philosophical inquiry, besides sense control (Dama), and other disciplines of the six-fold Sadhana (spiritual discipline). The practice of these will ensure the purification of the consciousness. It will then become like a clean mirror that can reflect the object, so the Atma will stand revealed clearly. For Jnanasiddhi (the attainment of the highest wisdom), Chitthashuddhi (the cleansing of the consciousness) is the royal path. For the pure in heart, this is easy of achievement. This is the central truth of the search for the Ultimate Reality.

Friday, December 24, 2010

Thought for the Day

Worship Jesus by following His ideals. Jesus pointed to three stages. The first one is “I am the Messenger of God.” He wanted to propagate the message of God. The second one is, “I am the Son of God.” The son has a claim to father’s property. What is the property of God? Truth, love, forbearance, peace, and righteousness are the properties of God. So, you must strive to attain these qualities. You must practice, experience, and propagate these virtues. Only then do you deserve to be called Son of God. The third one is “I and My Father are one.” This stage is attained when the principle of unity is realised. Jesus was always blissful and was prepared for anything because He understood that the body is merely vesture and God is the indweller.

Why Men are Afraid of the Doctor?

For some strange reason, men and women seem to have different reactions to the thought of going to see a doctor. Women typically want to go at the first sign of trouble, while men prefer to push it off as long as possible. Also, you may have noticed on your own trips to the doctor that the clinic waiting area is filled with many women who are all by themselves, whereas men usually have their wives along on such visits. Why are women perfectly capable of going to the doctor all by themselves, and men generally needing company, if men are the stronger sex?

Possible reasons that may be running through a wife’s head as to why her husband seems to postpone a doctor’s visit include the following: perhaps he doesn’t want to spend the money, or doesn’t have the time. But if you think about how much money you wind up spending if sickness is not prevented, you believe doctor’s consultation costs are actually minimal in comparison. Also, your husband likely spends countless hours in front of the TV, so a couple of hours at the doctor’s clinic should not be a problem.

Interestingly, experts have explored this phenomenon common among men, and have found the following as the main reasons why the male portion of the population are less inclined to get a checkup:

1. Men prefer to be ignorant instead of knowing what’s wrong and be worried to death about it. Yes, men may feel afraid, but they do not want other people to know what they’re feeling. As such they keep silent about it and pretend everything’s OK just so you don’t pester him to go to the doctor.

2. Secondly, they do not like having strangers touch them, especially on their private parts. This is why many men who are struggling with prostate cancer would rather suffer it quietly. Rectal exams are also awkward for them.

3 Men typically also do not like to feel any sort of weakness in any area, which is exactly what they feel when they realize the doctor is checking here and there for what’s wrong with them. Sickness is perceived to be a weakness, and their macho ego just would not allow them to admit it. This is why many men have gone through life without having seen a doctor, and then wind up dying from some serious illness which none of their family members were even aware of.

4. In addition to not wanting to feel any weakness, they also have concerns about how they can provide for their families if they should fall sick. Although today’s modern day welcomes dual-income households and the man no longer bears the full burden of household expenses, he still wants to feel in control. As such, getting sick seems to be an impossible option.

Now that you know the underlying factors why your man seems to be stubborn about going to the doctor, you can figure out ways to assure him and ease him of his fears. This will make the process go much easier, as you won’t be geared up for a battle every time you broach the subject of a doctor’s visit. Instead you can make him realize and feel that you are not against him, but that you are on his side and understand him completely. Unfortunately for him, he will eventually have to give in to you, but minus the added stress of you nagging him and possibly taunting him, he will be more likely to agree.

If possible, at an earlier time, you can convince him to go for routine checkups; when he is in perfect health, he is more likely to be willing to go with you. Of course, it might require some convincing, too, in terms of financial costs, as he most likely will argue that he feels perfectly fine and in no need of a checkup. But if you know him well, you will be able to convince him, and once you get a regular routine for doctor’s checkups, the doctor will be able to spot problems early on, giving you the assurance that your husband is well taken care of.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Thoughts Of The Day

"You can have everything in life
that u want
if you just give enough other people
what they want"

Should I be afraid of masturbation?

In the Middle Ages, masturbation thought excused "children's sin." The famous Italian anatomist Gabriele Fallopio (1523-1562) even recommended that masturbation as a means of lengthening of the penis (unfortunately, guys, not help, otherwise everyone would have been huge members; the only thing that stretches - in the flesh, but who need it?). In the XVII - XVIII century. attitude to masturbation changed. Theologians and educators XVIII-XIX centuries saw it not only vice, but a terrible disease, leading to a weakening of memory and mental abilities, madness and, of course, impotence. In XX century, it became clear that this is not the case.

The belief that masturbation causes insanity, was born out of observations in psychiatric hospitals, residents are often long masturbated in front of staff. But the mentally ill no moral taboos and rules of decency, and no other means of sexual gratification. Obtrusive masturbation does not cause and a consequence of their condition.

Teenage masturbation is a way to defuse the sexual tension caused by physiological causes (overflow seed bubbles, mechanical irritation of the genitals, etc.). However, it stimulates mental factors: the example of their peers, a desire to test its potency, have fun, etc. Most boys first ejaculation happening precisely when masturbation. The sooner a teenager matures, the more likely that he would masturbate, other ways of sexual gratification he does not. The intensity, frequency of masturbation individually varies, but in men is much higher than for women.

Teenage and Young People's masturbation - is not so much physical, but psychological order. A related and some of the problems.

Masturbation is often accompanied by vivid images and erotic fantasies, in which a teenager can choose any partner, and the situation. Conditioned reflex consolidation of these fantastic images sometimes creates a very young man nonrealistic benchmark, compared with the real sexual experience, at first almost always involves difficulties, may disappoint him.

Tech masturbation can be no physiologic. For example, if a girl used to masturbate with shifted his feet, with the onset of sexual activity it would be retrained.

Since ancient taboos and perceptions of depravity and danger of masturbation is deeply seated in the minds of teenagers, the experience leaves many people feeling guilt and fear of "consequences". While the boys know that masturbation - a mass phenomenon, they are ashamed of this "bad habit" and carefully concealed it. Trying to deal with it, a teenager usual, as millions of people before him (but he did not know), has suffered a setback. This causes him to question the value of their own identity, and particularly its strong-willed character, lowers self-esteem and encouraged to perceive the difficulties and failures in education and communication as a consequence of its "blemish". Just exactly further evaluated and any sexual failures.In fact, teenage masturbation is a harmless way to self sexual function.

Main Products In The Penis Enlargement Market Today

A large men's health market, where you can choose a lot of products and at the same time progressive in its natural, is the penis enlargement market. Here to get the job done or in other words - get best results, customers rely on their quality and safety. Most of the potential customer cobmine two penis enlargement methods such as: Pines Pills and Exercises; Penis Devices and Pills; Patches and Pills; Devices and Exercises.... and so on. Well, reading this article is the first step that everyone should go through in his penis enlargement treatment, the others are next.

Penis enlargement devices are a really common solution in this market, because of its great results that brings to its owners and users as well. The extender is also popular with the effective success rate, that most users report on the product sites. According to them this is better solution than the surgery that they are were thinking of.

Penis enlargement exercises are another natural way to increase your penis size without worrying of the pain and shame that they are about to go through. The method is easy - a e-book or/and DVDs of exercises as well as online guide, which explains hot to do it properly and a short list of rules you should follow in order to get the best benefits from this product for your problems.

Penis enlargement pills work thanks to the natural herbs in them, selected and tasted by professionals in this field. But choosing the right ones is always a hard work, involves information and research. No other penis enlargement products have such a good rate, because of their easy-to-use benefits as well as saving time to be made the whole procedure.

So, now we know what are the main and often seen products on this market, but the key of every penis enlargement trip is the know-how, and one of them is to combine two methods before getting any positive results and before trying to enlarge your penis with surgery. By faithfully following the tips and
well-selected information on the internet for a few minutes each day, you can make your penis reach its full potential. Getting into is a easy step, the first is most hard as it refers to every single action in your life time.

How Condemnation Causes Depression

Psychologists and psychiatrists are experts in diagnosing depression, based on the symptoms. Typically, a depressed person is melancholy, either loses his appetite or overeats, and in some cases, he will not feel like spending time with people. This hermit-type symptom of depression is usually attributed simply to the person being in the blues so much that he just is not in the condition to socialize, which is actually understandable.

But do you know there is an underlying cause why depressed people prefer to hide away from people? If you have ever felt that way, you might recall some of the thoughts that crossed your mind that led you to want to stay away from people. Possible causes would be that you kept getting hurt and frustrated by other people, or that you yourself, during your whole depressed phase, only kept lashing out at other people anyway that you decided staying away would keep you from continuing to hurt the ones you love.

In this case, there is actually a deeper root behind your depression. Could it be that behind your strong façade, you are struggling with condemnation?

The difficult thing about condemnation is that it can come at us from all directions. This means that it can come when other people condemn us for something we did, but it can also come from within us: that is, self-condemnation. It is a natural tendency for people to be conscious of the good and bad things we do; any child who has grown enough to have a conscience undergoes this thought process. Am I doing the right thing? Am in hurting anyone? And no matter how “hard” we build ourselves up to look in front of other people, deep inside, we are bothered by the wrong things we do.

This is why many depressed people go as far as to slash their wrists or do other things to hurt themselves: unconsciously, they think that they’ve done so many wrong things that they deserve the pain, they deserve the punishment. In a similar vein, depressed people who shy away from other people believe that they are better off all by themselves, as they would only wind up hurting everyone else anyway.

But hiding away is never the complete answer. You can stay away from people all you want, but if you still wallow in your depression and condemnation, it will be like a big, dark cell. This is partly the reason why many depressed people find freedom in believing in a God who forgives, and who actually took the punishment upon Himself so that people do not have to be trapped in condemnation.

Although this is a difficult truth to believe, Christians who have gone through depression attest to the faster way they have recovered from depression once they understood that they were forgiven completely. Some who have even developed mental breakdowns have testified to becoming well when they developed this way of thinking. This inherent need for forgiveness among human beings is not something that can be reasoned away, after all. Of course, sceptics would wonder about the reality of this release from condemnation that Christians claim, as to them, it does not seem possible that there could be a God so loving who would come down and take the punishment for people instead of punishing them for their own mistakes and failures.

Whatever you choose to believe, understand that dealing with depression is not limited only to medication or physical aspects of your life. What you think about yourself, about what you deserve, and about the way you treat other people, ultimately affects how you feel on the overall. And whether you like it or not, this will undoubtedly contribute to your chances of getting over your depression, as well as how fast that journey will be. Perhaps believing in a Divine Being who made a way for you to be free might work for you, so it might be worth a shot. After all, you have one life to live, and you can live it to the max!

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