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The First Thing to Do When a Cold or Flu Strikes During every cold and  flu  season we can expect lots of advertisements for flu vaccines. I've written extensively on the dangers of flu vaccines before, and the fact that they simply do not work—according to the scientific evidence. So here's a timely review of what you can do to protect yourself and your family from colds and any type of flu this season, and in years to come. What Causes Colds and Influenzas? Both colds and various influenzas are caused by a wide variety of viruses (not bacteria). While the two ailments typically affect your respiratory tract, there are some differences between them. Common symptoms of a "regular cold" include runny nose, congestion, cough, and sore throat. The symptoms of the flu tend to be far more severe, as the influenza viruses are capable of causing severe lung infection, pneumonia, and even respiratory failure. They also tend to affect your joints—hence that allover

Mayana Plant and Health Benefits MAYANA Health Benefits and its Uses Mayana  is a Tagalog word, one of the dialects in the Philippines. It is also known  Coleus  in English. What is Mayana or Coleus Blumei ? It is perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves, with toothed margins and blue violet flowers, numerous, in simple or branched inflorences. Coleus is Erect, branched, fleshy herb, the stem is purplish and 4 angled. They are commonly known as Coleus, a name which derives from an earlier classification under the genus name coleus. Where can we find them? Mayana or Coleus is a genus of perennial  plants native to Tropical places. Africa, Asia, Australia, the East Indies, the Malay Archipelago, and the Philippines. It is also in different houses used as ornaments. Some schools in the Philippines has herbal plants. What are the uses of this plant? As ornaments Herbal medicine Mild bleeding of w

10 Tips for depression    For some of us may be seasonal depression, or associated with the weather, loss or sad memories of important events in life. For others, it may have nothing to do with anything, just know that feeling out of control going to happen, and there seems to be nothing you can do to stop it.  Are you agree that in our modern society, depression seems to be happening in epidemic proportions? Even young children, adolescents and college-age adults have been diagnosed as clinically depressed.  What is the answer? I do not think anyone is 100% sure of anything. Although I know I've never been one to promote pharmaceutical products, on the other hand, I realize that this is a sensitive issue and antidepressant medications are usually the resource of choice given by leading health professionals on the diagnosis of depression.  However, in 2002, a contributor to The Washington Post, Shankar Vedantam, wrote an article entitled "Against Depression, a sugar pil

 APPLE CIDER VINEGAR - THE WONDER  'DRUG'  OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY What is Apple Cider Vinegar? Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) is an effective natural bacteria-fighting agent that contains many vital minerals and trace elements such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, chlorine, sodium, sulfur, copper, iron, silicon and fluorine that are vital for a healthy body. Natural Apple Cider Vinegar is made by crushing fresh, organically grown apples and allowing them to mature in wooden barrels. This boosts the natural fermentation qualities of the crushed apples, which differs from the refined and distilled vinegars found in supermarkets. When the vinegar is mature, it contains a dark, cloudy, web-like bacterial foam called mother, which becomes visible when the rich brownish liquid is held to the light. The mother can be used to add to other vinegar to hasten maturity for making more Apple Cider Vinegar. Natural vinegars that contain the mother have enzymes and mineral

11 Budget Friendly Tips To Stop Wasting Your Food Do not toss away your money in the garbage just by wasting food! Learn some tricks and tips so that instead of throwing food away you will learn to “recycle” it! Discover 11 budget friendly hacks (tips) to stop wasting your food. 1. Instead of throwing away the jar with the last bit of chocolate or but just add some milk in the jar, stir for a while and you’ve turned everything into a delicious drink. 2. Do you have just a little bit of mayo left?! No problem. Add some olive oil, fresh herbs and some spices, put the jar lid back on, shake it for a little bit and…… salad dressing. 3. To make a delicious banana bread you can use also overripe bananas. 4. If you want your onions to last up to wight months just store them in pantyhose! 5. Do you have stale bread in your bread storage place. Do not toss the bread away! Turn it into croutons! 6. Your bananas will stop browning very quickly if you wrap the banana stem into

Yogurt And Your Health Yogurt is a coagulated milk product made from the fermentation of lactic acid in milk by Lactobacillus   bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus.  The L bulgaricus and the S thermophilus are friendly bacteria that are responsible for the conversion process.  These bacteria also play a very important role in the healthy conditions of our intestines. Lactobacillus acidophilus is another one of these friendly bacteria that is used in the process of producing yogurt from milk.  These bacteria are live cultures that are used in the fermentation process and they also exists in the finished product, yogurt.  Yogurt is rich in calcium, potassium, protein, vitamin B including vitamin B-12.  This is a healthy product from which the body can benefit.  The live bacteria present in the yogurt helps to maintain a balance in the intestine by keeping the bad bacteria in check.  Various research have shown that yogurt also improves the immune system and help