Potato Health(1)

1.In Chinese medicinal theory, potato is considered as food that is good for spleen and stomach. It can be assistant to heal customary astriction and chronic stomachache.


2.The porridge with potato, sweet-scented osmanthus can heal the itching caused by eczema.


3.Potatoes are full of dietary fiber, which can strengthen satiety and lower the dozes of food taken in. If potatoes are severed as main course in a meal everyday, it is effective to decrease the excessive fat and prevent excessive nutrition.

4.It contains 300mg Kalium per 100g.The food full of Kalium can lower the rate of stroke,according to the latest research. So the researchers suggest eating 5 or 6 potatoes every week can lower 40 per cent of stroke.

Warning:
Eat less fried potato. And gemmiparous and green potatoes should not be eaten in case of solanine poisoning

potato ham soup.
Ingredients:
3 medium red potatoes, peeled, cut in small cubes
2 cups water
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
ground black pepper
3 cups milk
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cup cubed cooked ham
pepper to taste

Preparation:
Directions for chunky potato ham soup.
Bring water and 1/4 teaspoon salt to a boil; add potatoes and cook until tender. Drain; reserve 1 cup of cooking liquid (add water to measure 1 cup if necessary). Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Sauté chopped onion in the hot butter until tender. Add flour to butter and onion mixture; stir until smooth. Season with a little pepper; continue to cook and stir for 1 minute. Gradually add potatoes, reserved 1 cup of cooking liquid, and milk. Stir well; add cheese and ham. Simmer potato ham soup over low heat, stirring frequently, for about 20 minutes.Chunky potato ham soup serves 6 to 8.

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AIDS vaccine tests in South Africa

There is no cure for AIDS. Although antiretroviral treatment can suppress HIV-the virus that causes AIDS-and can delay illness for many years, but it cannot clear the virus completely. There is no confirmed case of a person getting rid of HIV infection.

Symptoms:
Lack of energy, weight loss, frequent fevers and sweats are all the symptoms of AIDS.Severe or recurring vaginal yeast infections
Periods of extreme and unexplained fatigue that may be combined with headaches,lightheadedness.and/or dizziness.
Rapid loss of more than 10 pounds of weight that not due to increased physical exercise or dieting
Increasing shortness of breath.


How dangerous AIDS is!

Good News!
Thirty six volunteers in South Africa will test the safety of an African-developed vaccine against H.I.V. The tests are the first step in human clinical trials of two vaccine candidates developed at the University of Cape Town.



These experimental AIDS vaccines are the first from Africa to reach testing in people. The National Institutes of Health in the United States provided assistance. Testing with twelve people began earlier this year in Boston, Massachusetts.
South Africa has more than five million people infected with H.I.V., the largest number of any country. Human trials of possible vaccines are taking place around the world. Scientists hope to get some results later this year.



But during last week's conference, experts reported the first decrease in international financing for AIDS vaccine research. They say funding dropped from about nine hundred thirty million dollars in two thousand seven to eight hundred seventy million last year.
Also at the conference, scientists presented the latest findings about new mothers infected with H.I.V. Two studies showed ways in which anti-H.I.V. drugs could permit infected women to breastfeed their newborns with less risk of passing the virus to them. The research was done in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, South Africa and Zambia.
In other new research, a study has found that circumcision does not decrease the risk that H.I.V. positive men will infect women. The findings, from Uganda, are in the medical journal, The Lancet.


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H1N1 Vaccine in China

Rcently, Sinovac has taken clinical experiment of H1N1 vaccine after biological and chemical experiment. Sinovac is a biology corporation in Beijing. And meanwhile another company Hualan biological Engineering Ltd took the same experiment in Beijing. It is predicted that the vaccine will be put into market in September this year.



The clinical experiment is the preparation for production in scale.Two groups of experiment need approximate 4000 volunteers to participate in

Aim to test the best
On July 24th, the volunteers have been injected with the H1N1 vaccine. The vaccines are divided into three styles, that is inactive vaccine with adjuvant (5mg 10mg), pyrolysis vaccine with adjuvant (7.5mg 15mg) and pyrolysis vaccine without adjuvant(15mg 30mg)
The experiment plan called for more than 1600 volunteers at four different age range: 3-11 years old, 12-17 years old,18-60years and above 60.
They will be injected 2 times at the internal of 21 days. aiming to test the availability and dosage of the H1N1 vaccine. In the same day, Hualan biological Engineering Ltd took the clinical experiment for 2000 volunteers. It is reported that by July 21st,8 series of H1N1 vaccines produced by Sinovac have been certificated by Chinese government.



According the manager of Hualan, the vaccines will be certificated by government in September and produced in scale. Finally, they will be put into market. The current vaccines are not temporarily put into market and owned by government for emergency.

Explanation: Why should be injected for 2 times
Because H1N1 is a new virus and most of people are defenseless for it. Injected twice aims to strengthen immunity.

Related Post:
H1N1 vaccine
Swine flu


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Emotional Calenture

Summer has come. With the temperature up, more people will suffer calenture. Here I will introduce another disease, namely emotional calenture.


What is emotional calenture?
The destination of emotional calenture is a phenomenon that people is out of control and quarrel often. It often happens on the condition that the temperature is higher than 35℃,heated for more than 12 hours and the humidity is above 80 per cent.

The cause of emotional calenture
The emotion of people has close relationship to the surroundings. In general, low temperature is good for the stability of emotion. Once the range of temperature rise up, the spirit and the mood of people will fluctuate. It not only has effect on people in physical, but also has negative effect on people in spiritual, psychological. And then it contributes to poor memory, tendency to lose temper and so on. In general, about 16 per cent people in summer will have emotional calenture, even in the condition that I referred above.


Symptoms

1. Quarel often
2. Down in feelings
Have no interests in everything, Lack of the passion and that condition will be worse in the afternoon, even in the evening.
3. Odd behaviors
Repeat some movement while absent of mind. And these movements are often unnecessary.

Prevention
1. Music
Music can be transmitted by the wave and work on the body. It calms down people by means of its special frequency and sound pressure, directly on the organ, brain and eardrum.

2. Breath therapy
Take deep breath. Inhale while counting your heart beating from 1 to 7.And then keep it for 1 second. Exhale with the heart beating from 7 to 1.The process lasts approximately 15 second.

3. Bland diet
Eat more light food and drink such as fresh vegetable, fruit, beer, green tea and chrysanthemum juice.

4. Avoid going out often

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Neck Wrinkles

One of the first signs of aging is the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles in the skin around the neck and eyes. So neck wrinkles are usually a tell tale sign of your age. Whenever I see a woman or man with incredibly smooth facial skin – I first look at their neck. If their neck has those little rings and fine lines – then it’s a pretty sure bet they’ve had some plastic surgery on their face. Neck wrinkles is bothering a lot of women now.


The Aging Neck
Unfortunately, your neck is just as prone to wrinkling and sagging as the rest of your face. The skin on the neck is very thin, has fewer sebaceous glands, and is just as vulnerable to wrinkling and sun sensitivity as the skin around the eyes.



So What Can You Do?
Always remember to pay special attention to cover all the exposed areas of your upper body with a good sunscreen when outdoors, even if the sun is hardly shining, and keep your neck protected from wind and snow.

Keep to a healthy diet containing plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables and be sure to exercise regularly, it doesn't have to be strenuous but keep to a routine.

Give up smoking. Smoking is one of factors that can cause wrinkles, as the past post I referred.

Use neck cream to review the wrinkles.

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Total Eclipse of the Sun

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Anti-anging Food

Food is more convenient and more efficient than various of make-ups and medicines in anti-aging.
Now I recommend top 5 food for anti-aging to you. They are not only tasty, but also bring good shape, young heart, good mood and immunity to you.


1. cheese
Function: save memory
Fresh cheese is full of calcium, which can make your bone harder.
To make full use of your memory and your brain, besides cheese, you can add eggs, milk, pork liver and peanut butter.
2. Tuna
Function: kill fat
Tuna contains protein and other kinds of nutrition. You can take in 20g protein while enjoying 88g tuna. And you do not need to worry about your weight.


3. Honey
Function: clean blood
For women, it is wisdom to have bread with honey as breakfast. But you had better choose dark color honey rather than light color. According to latest research, dark color honey is the best cell guard, because it contains many materials that can protect the cell and persist oxidation.

4. Orange
Function: strengthen immunity
Orange is full of vitamin C, higher than other fruits.

5. Almond
Function: keep shape
As the research, almond will not make you gain weight, but lose weight. Moreover, some research prove that American women, who eat almond more than 5 times a week, is lighter, according to the report of BMI. Almond contains antioxidants, vitamin E and low calorie .So it is regard as healthy food by women. Especially it is proper to eat it before meals.


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AIDS in Premiership

Recently, English Premiership has claimed that at least 6 football players from 3 clubs
were suspected to be infected with AIDS. It is reported that all of them had sex with a female fan. The female fan has been proved that she had AIDS. It is said that these players went to hospital and took the examination after informed. Now they are waiting for the result of examination.


Here is some information about AIDS.


The letters HIV stand for Human Immunodefiency Virus. This virus infects cells of the human immune system and destroys them or stops them from working. This virus is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal fluid.
Now AIDS is a pandemic. In 2007,it was estimated that 33.2 million people lived with the disease worldwide. And that AIDS had killed an estimated 2.1million people, including 330,000 children.


It is impossible to reliably diagnose HIV infection or AIDS based on symptom alone. people living with HIV may feel and look completely well. But their immune system may nevertheless be damaged.

Keep away from AIDS Treasure the life

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Research of Life Span

Everyone has a wish: that is to live longer. With the development of science and medical technique, the wish will come true in the future.

According to the researcher of US and Britain, at the speed of current development, until 2035, husband will live as long as his wife, And that time the human expected life span can reach between 85 and 90,beyond 70.,the recent average level.


Once females were the winner in the competition of life span between males and females. That means that women can live longer than men. However, the recent research shows that the gap of life span between males and females is decreasing and finally it will disappear in two generations


In history, men trend to die earlier than women. They trend to take up more responsibility and more risks than women. And they have to take up jobs that is more threaten to their life. For example, ore miners, soldiers and fishermen. Meanwhile, the number of men who live in a healthy style is much smaller than that of women..

But current study shows that the gap will disappear. It is a good news. You can live longer with your husband(wife).

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Big Muscle

Do you envy someone ‘s muscle? Do you want to have you own big muscle? Are you shy to express your body?You can have the good shape as others


Okay. Here I introduce some ways to make you have big muscles. And do as I recommend to you, you will train your muscle naturally and avoid some common mistakes.


1.Make a plan
The plan is necessary to you. You should take excise as your plan and have a rest as it.The plans differ from different people. Make sure that the plan is proper for yourself.



2.Get stronger
Weight lifting: I recommend weight lifting. Start with empty bar and learn proper technique. Then add weight to keep pushing your muscle out of comfort zone


3.Get recovery
Rest
Sleep
Eat: take in the nutrition and energy you need from the food

4.Eat whole food
Though prior to egg and dairy products, you should eat whole food including vegetables, fruit.
The eggs, meats and dairy products contain the protein that it is very important to make your muscle big.

Have a good shape!
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Heart Health

Here comes the bad news. The super star, Michele Jackson, has passed away. It is reported that he died of cardiac arrest. This accident cause us to pay more attention to our health, and more to our heart health.
This is our today’s topic, a topic on heart health. Nothing is more important than taking care of your heart. First, you should get regular exercise, avoid smoking and control the stress. And this is only a part of what you should do.


And then you should have a healthy diet. I mean that a heart healthy diet.
Top heart-health food:

Blueberries
Blueberries top the list as one of the most powerful disease-fighting foods. That's because they contain anthocyanins, the antioxidant responsible for their dark blue

Salmon
This cold-water fish is a great source of protein and is also packed with heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids. The American Heart Association advises eating salmon and other omega-3 rich foods twice a week for benefits that go beyond heart health.

Brown rice
B-complex vitamins; fiber; niacin; magnesium, fiber.Microwavable brown rice makes a quick lunch