51 Ways To Perfect Health

1. Drink eight glasses of water a day.

2. Include two vegetables and one fruit in every meal.

3. Begin each meal with a raw vegetable salad.

4. Make a light snack of assorted sprouts.

5. Start the day with a glass of warm water and a dash of lime.

6. Use only fresh vegetables.

7. Once a week have only fresh fruits until noon, make lunch the first
meal of the day.

8. Eat only freshly cooked meals, not refrigerated leftovers.

9. Include one green vegetable and one yellow vegetable in every meal.

10. Go on a juice fasta for a day. Start with vegetable juice, and sip fruit
for lunch and dinner.

11. Kick the old coffee habit. Have a glass of fresh fruit juice instead.

12. Cut out all deep-fried foods from your diet.

13. Cut down on high sugar products like soft drinks, ice-cream, candy
and cookies in your diet.

14. Never skip a meal, even if you are on a diet. Eat a fresh fruit or
have vegetable juice instead.

15. Avoid beverages like soda, coffee, colas and so on.

16. Include high fibre foods plenty of fruits, vegetables and grains in
planning your diet.

17. Use salt in moderation

18. Wash vegetables throughly in clean water before chopping.

19. Stream or boil vegetables (rather than fry or saute.

20. Retain peels of potato, cucumber, carrot and tomato while cooking.

21. Do take a moment off to mentally list out the nutritional value of the
food you are about to eat.

22. Dont rush through your meals. Set aside enough time to appreciate,
enjoy and digest your food.

23. Make every meal an enjoyable experience. Set dishes out attractively
and chew slowly to appreciate the full flavour of the foods you eat.

24. Choose to be radiantly healthy. Keep yourself informed about the
nutritive value of every food you buy.

25. Shop for groceries yourself. Notice the look, feel and smell of fresh
fruit and vegetables and enjoy their intrinsic goodness.

26. Watch out for eating habits paired with emotional states, like
reaching for a chocolate when you’re depressed. Resist the urge
and eat fruit instead.

27. Eat popcorn (rather than chips) while watching a movie.

28. Sit at the table at meal times. Dont read the paper or review bills
while eating.

29. Make it a point to have dinner with the entire family at the table,
and not in front of the TV.

30. Eat just to the point of the fullness. Dont stuff yourself!

31. Stop smoking.

32. Restrict alcohol consumption.

33. Get a good night sleep, every night.

34. Enrol today in an exercise programme.

35. Take a brisk, 20 minute invigorating walk each morning.

36. Spend 10 minutes every morning and evening doing basic stretches.

37. Do not use elevators when you can climb the stairs.

38. Enrol in a TM programme today.

39. Focus on your breathing. Take a deep breath, then exhale slowly.
Repeat a couple of times a day.

40. Learn to relax. Spend 20 minutes consciously relaxing each muscle
of your body.

41. Spend 20 minutes a day in silent meditation, prayer or contemplation.

42. Learn the healing power of laughter. Watch a crazy movie, recall a
joke or read a funny book and laugh out loud.

43. Tap the powers of your sub-conscious. Relax your body for 20
minutes and project the Perfect You on your mind screen.

44. Balance your lifestyle. Devote equal time each week to work and fun.

45. Join kids in a sports activity and rediscover the joys of childhood.

46. Do keep in touch with friends. Call up or visit them and be at peace
with the world.

47. Enrol in an activity (like dancing, swimming or roller skating…) you
never indulged in because you were afraid of “what people might say.

48. Forgive someone who you think has done you wrong and cleanse
your spirit of rancour.

49. Do a nice turn to someone you dont know too well, but who could
do with a friend.

50. Spend a quiet half-hour chatting with your family.

51. Read a great book once a week.

Most surprising weight loss tip

Most surprising weight loss tip

Live with a fat person to stay slim




There is much debate about the true causes of the recent rise in obesity levels in rich countries. It is particularly difficult to separate the effects of genetics and our environment. Now a new study has discovered a surprising outcome - living with an overweight person can help reduce our own weight gain.
The study looked at the effect of college room-mates on students' weight gain in the first year. First year college students are of interest because they typically gain weight over the year - thought to be a consequence of changed eating and living habits associated with being on their own for the first time.
Effect of room-mate's weight

Surprisingly, students who were assigned an overweight room-mate were found to have significantly less weight gain than those assigned to a slimmer one - half a pound versus 2.5 pounds.
"This finding seems counterintuitive, but there are some good explanations for why it may be happening," said study author Kandice Kapinos, an assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.
Heavier students are more likely to diet, and typically exercise more and are more likely to use weight-loss supplements. "It's not really the weight of your room-mate that's important, but the behaviours your room-mate engages in," Ms Kapinos said. "These behaviours are what may really be 'contagious.'"
Surprising result

The results are surprising because previous studies have suggested that having an obese spouse, friend or sibling increases one's likelihood of becoming obese. But these relationships are not random - relatives share our genetics and we chose friends and partners because they share common interests and outlooks. Students are normally assigned a room-mate by the college authorities, so the choice of whom they live with is essentially random.
Another part of the study found that students in accommodation with on-site dinning areas gained more weight that those who had to go outside to get food.
"Our hope is that this line of research will have practical implications for university administrators and more generally for public health efforts aimed at reducing obesity," Ms Kapinos said.
The study was presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Health Economists.

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Facial PackS for Normal Skin: 2011-12

1• Take 1/2 cup of mustard and grind it in two litres of water. Make a paste of it with some rose petals. Apply it on the face and wash it off after half an hour.

2• Take the yolk of 2 eggs and add some honey and three drops of badam oil. Make it as a mixture and apply on the face. Wash it off after 20 minutes

3• Make a paste with a ripe papaya. Apply on the face and wash after 20 minutes.

4• Take one cup of curd. Add the juice of two limes to it and make a mixture. Apply it on the face. After half an hour wash the face with cold water.

5• Make a paste with one lime, 1/2 and orange and a cup of curd. Apply this pack on the face and wash it after 20 minutes

6• Make a paste with cucumber and coconut water. Apply on the face and wash after some time

7• Apply a paste with raw plantain and strawberry on the face. The face will look fresh.

8• Make a paste with turmeric and sandal. Apply it on the face. It helps to remove pimples and other marks on the face.

9• Mash or liquidise half an avocado pear with 1 teaspoon of sunflower oil. Apply the mixture to the face and neck avoiding the eye and lip area. Leave it on for 10 minutes and wash with warm water.

10• Take two carrots, one egg white and half cup of, milk Grate the carrot and add the egg white and milk. Apply this mixture on the face for 20 minutes.

11• Take one piece of ripped papaya, Half teaspoon honey, and one spoon milk cream. Mix all these ingredients and make it as a paste. Apply this paste for 25 minutes and rinse off.

12• Make a paste with a handful of basil, a handful of mint, a piece of cucumber and a handful of curry leaf and apply on the face and wash it off after some time…

13• Soak 10 almonds for an overnight and peal the skin. Make a paste with these almonds, a handful of rose petals and a pinch of camphor. Apply the mixture on the face. After 30 minutes massage the face with wet hands and wash the face.

Healthful Hints

Healthful Hints

READ LABELS! The ingredients on food labels are listed in order of amount by weight – “first is most and least is last”.


Make sure juice and canned fruits are “no added sugar”.


Best to use olive, sunflower, vegetable, safflower, corn oils which are lower in saturated fat. (*I use “extra virgin” olive oils for veggies and light olive oil for baking)

Better to use oil than shortening. However avoid palm, palm kernel and coconut oils as they are very saturated.


Partially hydrogenated means they increase the degree of saturation.


Saturated fats tend to be solid at room temperature.

Poly unsaturated fats tend to be liquid at room temperature.


Cholesterol - All animal products contain it. Vegetable products do not.
The human body naturally makes cholesterol. It is called serum cholesterol.


Whole wheat flour is higher in fiber than white.
*Hint – mix them equally in recipes to gain the health benefit without making the product too heavy.
**Use a fine (coffee) grinder to grind up oatmeal to a floury powder – substitute for some of all of the white wheat flour in recipes! You can do the same with rice – to make rice powder in place of the white wheat. Light and fluffy results!
***Add mashed potato/potato flakes as part of your dry ingredients.


Keep bags of different frozen fruits in the freezer. Re-close well to prevent freezer burning. Handy for making syrups, milkshakes, smoothies, ice creams, frozen yogurts, popsicles or just eating.


When cooking with ground beef, turkey, elk, venison - throw in chopped or grated veggies such as: zucchini, onions, peppers, garlic, celery, cabbage, carrots.
The finished dish tastes better, goes farther and you get more of those all important vegetables into your family without them even realizing it.

Cook stews and soups ahead of serving time, and then chill. The foods will have time to develop more flavors and the fat will rise to the top and harden so it can be easily removed with a spoon before reheating.


Try ground turkey for a change. It’s lower in fat, calories and price!


Everything in moderation. Best to use as little of artificial sweetners as your tastes will allow.


Alert: - Sugar, saturated fat and salt is cheap. It doesn’t cost the companies as much as healthy foods. It is a fact that the more of those we eat… the more we crave. The “target market Experts” for the big food corporations know this. It is also what the general public has been conditioned to think tastes good. That is why there is so much of it to watch out for and avoid – especially in fast food places.
Are you allowing yourself to be their target?


Cook in non stick skillets and saucepans. Foods can be cooked with reduced amounts of fat or none at all.
Never use utensils that will scratch the Teflon surface of your pan.
Alert” Use a quality non stick pan and if the Teflon coating starts to peel off – THROW IT AWAY. It is dangerous.


NEVER EVER heat items in the microwave in anything made of plastic! They have now proven that even a piece of plastic wrap laid over the top of food as it is heated – literally drips diazonine (sp?) into the food. This is a cancer causing chemical.
- Ever notice that even the fast food places no longer are using as much Styrofoam containers for hot food items?

Diabetes and Weight Management!

Weight loss can help to not only delay the onset of Type 2 Diabetes but it can also off-set the severity of associated complications. In fact, studies show that losing just 10% of your body weight can reduce your risk of developing Diabetes and its complications by as much as 50%. For many people, that means losing just five to ten pounds of body fat.

Losing weight should be done in a variety of ways in order to ensure that the weight loss is sustainable and effective. Many Diabetics rely upon medications and glucose supplements in order to get the insulin in their bodies to convert fat and sugar to usable forms of energy. Exercise and nutrition are also essential elements that are necessary to losing weight.

In order to effectively lose weight and body fat, many people find that they need to develop a diet plan and taking diabetes supplements or enlist the help of a support network, such as a weight loss program or a friend. Losing weight becomes less of a task and more of a social occasion when you can associate the undertaking with friends and shared goals.

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