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Bananas are one of the most famous common fruits amongst people of every age. Enjoyed in its various forms, bananas are eaten raw, accompanied with desserts, added in smoothies and consumed in many more ways too. Let us look at the benefits of eating this fruit.

1. Blood Pressure Regulation

Banana is a fruit that contains high amount of potassium and low levels of salt. This combination helps to regulate the blood pressure. It reduces the risk of heart related diseases.

2. Bone Strength

The potassium content in bananas is good for the health of your bones. Eating bananas on a regular basis can prevent your bones from deteriorating. Consuming bananas can also neutralize the amount of sodium in your body, which ultimately saves calcium to get washed out from your body.

3. Source of energy

Bananas are loaded with a lot of vitamins and minerals like Vitamin C and Vitamin B-6. Considering this fact, it is evident that eating the fruit can provide you with great energy. Pack yourself a couple of bananas to eat in the afternoon after your lunch has been digested and your stomach asks for some food.

4. Bowel Health

If you are suffering from constipation, banana is the fruit you need to pick. The fruit contains dietary fiber that aids the maintenance of the bowel system of your body.

5. Stress Reduction

When you are in stress, the metabolic rate of your body shoots up and potassium levels consequently decrease. Eating a banana can thereby flush your body with potassium, which will automatically ease you and regularize your heartbeat.

6. Brain Food

The potassium in bananas also does wonders by making you more mentally alert. Research shows that this yellow fruit aids concentration and hence is a marvelous fuel for the brain.

7. Iron rich fruit

People suffering from iron deficiency can resort to eating bananas. This fruit, which is rich in iron, can supply your body with the amount of iron it needs. This can also benefit you when you are suffering from an injury and require the blood to clot faster with the help of haemoglobin.

It is unimaginable how one tiny yellow colored fruit can give your body numerous health benefits. Include bananas in your breakfast, lunch, snack or dinner and enjoy the phenomenal benefits it imparts your body with.

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Health Benefit of Kissing

Need an excuse to smooch? Studies have proven that kissing has many health advantages. Now that's some research that I have no problem conducting!

Kissing is great for your self-esteem.

Kissing burns calories, approximately 2-3 calories a minute. I think I'm going to start a diet...a kissing diet.

Kissing is a known stress-reliever . Passionate kissing relieves tension, reduces negative energy, and produces a sense of well being, lowering your stress hormones.

Kissing uses 30 facial muscles and it helps keep those muscles tight, preventing baggy cheeks.

Those who kiss their partner goodbye each morning live five years longer than those who don't.

Kissing is good for the heart because it creates adrenaline which causes your heart to pump more blood throughout your body. Frequent kissing has been scientifically proven to stabilize cardiovascular activity, decrease blood pressure and cholesterol.

Kissing reduces anxiety and stops the"noise" in your mind. It increases the levels of oxytocin, a calming hormone, that produces a peaceful feeling.
Those who kiss frequently are less likely to suffer from stomach, bladder, and blood infections.

The extra saliva produced during a kiss helps break down oral plaque.

The endorphins produced by kissing are 200 times more powerful than morphine.

So all those times that I made out with a guy on a first date I can write off as trying to stay healthy, right?

Ladies, are you getting your daily dose of lip-locking?

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Function of Water

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The functions of water in human body are vital. 

Water:
Transports nutrients and oxygen into cells
Moisturizes the air in lungs
Helps with metabolism
Protects our vital organ

Helps our organs to absorb nutrients better
Regulates body temperature
Detoxifies
Protects and moisturizes our joints
Every cell in your body needs water from head to toe. That is why it is so important to drink enough fluid. Take for example, brain consists of 90% of water, if you do not supply enough water to your body, your brain cannot function well, and you will get headache or migraine. Hence, next time, if you feel fatigue and headache, it may be the sign of dehydration.

Drinking Water on an Empty Stomach

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It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For

 old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases:

Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear nose and throat diseases.

METHOD OF TREATMENT
1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water

2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minute

3.. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.

4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours

5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.

6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.

The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure (30 days)
2. Gastric (10 days)
3. Diabetes (30 days)
4. Constipation (10 days)
5. Cancer (180 days)
6. TB (90 days)
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onwards – daily..

This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.
It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life. Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.

This makes sense .. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain...

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.
It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.

Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.
Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks:
· Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting,
· Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
· You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
· Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
· 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.
· Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.

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ROMAINE LETTUCE

ROMAINE LETTUCE BENEFITS - When looking for foods that will stimulate fat loss, romaine lettuce nutrition facts are just what you want to see: no fat and cholesterol, with a moderate fiber and protein content. One cup of shredded romaine le

ttuce has 2 grams of carbs, 1 gram of protein and 4% of your daily value of dietary fiber.

If you think ‘lettuce is just lettuce,’ think again because romaine lettuce packs quite a nutritional punch with just 1 cup. One serving of romaine lettuce can provide you with 82% of your daily value of vitamin A, 60% of vitamin K, 19% vitamin C and 16% folate. This is an amazing amount of nutrients in just one small cup of lettuce.

The nutrition facts for romaine lettuce also include significant amounts of minerals that our bodies need to perform body functions like burn fat. Although no mineral is present in large amounts, manganese stands out with 4% of your daily value. Other minerals include calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium and zinc in the 2 to 3% of your DV range.

As you can see, romaine lettuce provides a ton of nutrients in just 8 calories. Just imagine what 2 cups could do!

Health Benefits of Romaine Lettuce
The vitamin C and beta-carotene content provides many heart health benefits of romaine lettuce, including preventing the oxidation of cholesterol, which can reduce risk of stroke and heart attack. The folic acid found in romaine lettuce helps keep blood vessels healthy and clear, which also reduces the risk of heart attacks and stroke.

The potassium helps lower high blood pressure, which can contribute to heart disease. Fiber also contributes to the heart health benefits of romaine lettuce, by removing bile salts, which requires cholesterol, thereby lowering high cholesterol as well.

Another health benefit of romaine lettuce provided by potassium is improved muscle strength. When combined with regular physical activity a healthy dose of potassium can help boost muscle building.

Romaine lettuce can help stimulate fat burning due to its fiber content, which requires your body to work harder to digest it and helps satisfy your appetite to prevent overeating. But because romaine is a low calorie, zero fat food it can stimulate weight loss by helping you burn more calories than you eat.

Adding low calorie foods to your diet can help with fat loss, but foods with romaine lettuce nutrition facts provide you with so much more.

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Removing Dark Eye Circle

Get rid of under-eye dark circles. 

One of the best home remedies to fight dark circles is using cucumber slices on your eyes.
Applying cool cucumber slices on your eyes can be soothing and reduces puffiness and prevent skin discolouration.

 Use them for five to ten minutes and see a marked improvement in your under-eye area.

Another effective homemade remedy would be using tea bags on your eyes. Tea bags contain caffeine and anti-oxidants, that help repair damaged skin. Take used tea bags, cool them, squeeze them and keep them on your eyes for 10 minutes.

Raw potatoes also help in reducing dark circles. Cool a potato in the refrigerator and cut it into very thin slices. Keep applying them 2-3 times a day for around 20 minutes.

Almond oil is considered as an effective remedy to remove dark circles. Massaging the area with almond oil before going to bed also diminishes dark circles.

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Food for the BRAIN

Brain Food - Boost your brain and memory

1. Almonds-- increase blood flow to the brain

2. Blueberries - improve learning and motor skills

3. Walnuts -- high in omega 3

4. Brussels sprouts -- has tryptophan which converts to seroten in brain health

5. Broccoli -- assists in brain functioning

6. Cauliflower -- assists in cleansing white matter in brain

7. Ginger - anti inflammatory

8. Apples - power food for mind , body & emotions

9. Watermelon- targets brain function

10. Cabbage - help in lowering risk of brain, lung & prostate cancer

11. Lettuce - helps increase blood flow to the brain

12. Rockmelon - supports the brain

13. Pine Nuts -- stimulate brain activity