First of all, we need to be awared of the tell-tale signs.

• unable to focus or inability to concentrate
• moodiness, agitation
• rapid heartbeat, nausea
• appetite swings, indulging into drugs or alcohol to relax

Once you’ve identified one of the above symptoms, below are some
simple ways to cope:

Breathe
Take slow deep breaths.

Timeout
Leave your workstation and find a quiet corner to condsolidate your
thoughts.

Buying an extra Sunday
Take Monday off and spare some time for yourself.

Let it out
Speak out to a close friend or relative.

Know your limits
Recognize that you can’t solve all problems no matter how small they
appear to be.

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Healthy eating is about selecting a balanced diet that is high in dietary fibre and low in fat, cholesterol, sugar and salt. It also means having different types of food in the right amounts and not overeating any type of food.

Here is a video on the 8 Tips on Eating Healthily.

To burn more calories in a shorter time, these top calorie burning cardio exercises can be used.

Step machine – This step execise targets the legs, hips and can burn 400 calories in 30 minutes

Cycling - is a great cardio exercise which can burn 600 to 800 calories in 50 mins

Swimming is a full-body workout.  Doing the breast stroke can burn 400 calories in 30 mins

Running with a pair of good running shoes can burn 300 calories in 30 mins for an average person weighing 65kg.

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A friend of mine has passed away recently while sleeping in an air-con room.

Please read the mail below and be careful.

Heard of a bad news regarding a female tertiary student. She passed away last weekend due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

It happened when she lighted an aromatherapeutic candle for the night in a room with air conditioning on and all windows closed.

Due to lack of oxygen in the room, the burning of the candle cannot fully oxidized & thus forming dangerous carbon monoxide.

Carbon monoxide will prevent oxygen exchange in the lungs, resulting the person dozing off to state of unconsciousness & eventually death in less than 1 hour, depending on the room size. I am sending this e-mail out to all of you so that you will be aware of such danger when lighting aromatherapeutic candles in any unventilated rooms.

Please forward this email to all your love ones.

Please open the windows after you enter your car and do not turn ON your air-conditioning immediately.

In brief, according to a recent research done, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener will emit Benzene, a cancer causing toxin (carcinogen- take note of the heated plastic smell in your car).

In addition to causing cancer, it poisons your bones, causes anemia, and reduces white blood cells. Prolonged exposure will cause Leukaemia, increasing the risk of cancer. May also cause miscarriage.

Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50 mg per sq.ft.. A car parked indoors with the windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene. If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level. The people inside the car will inevitably inhale an excess amount of the toxin.

It is recommended that you open the windows and door to give time for the interior to air out before you enter.

Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver, and is very difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.

We were advised to have a few servings of fruits a day in order to rep the benefits of fruits right? But obviously this is one big no-no fruit to be excluded from your fruity feast!

In Shenzen, more than 10 people who consumes the star fruit had died.  And now a 66-year-old, Malaysian who has been suffering from kidney ailment fell into coma after eating the start fruits.

Yes, all it takes is one fruit or 100ml of its juice and the ordinarily harmless star fruit transforms poison in a matter of hours for kidney patients. So does this mean, people without kidney problems should be fine with star fruit! My take: Not at all! Prevention is better right?

Universiti Malaya Medical Centre consultant nephrologist said that star fruits contain a neurotoxin which is not present in other fruits. It affects the brain and nerves. In healthy persons, the kidneys filter it out. But for those with kidney problems, this potent toxin cannot be removed and will worsen the consumers’ conditions.

The symptoms of start fruit poisoning include:

• Hiccups
• Numbness and weakness
• Feeling confused
• Agitation
• Epileptic fist

The risk of death is high if you are having kidney ailments! But healthy individuals should beware of this fruit’s potential toxin too.  It could also cripple your vitality if you are not lucky. So don’t take it for granted. It’s better to avoid them. Please pass this news to others.

So be warned. If you have kidney impairment, DO NOT consume Starfruit or Starfruit juice.

Not possible to read anything?

Then follow the guidelines given below

Close your eyes almost 90% so that you can actually read it

The office phone rings, one of the employees picks up and says:
“What kind of an idiot is it that dares to phone me in the middle of my lunch break?”

The caller shouts back:
“Do you have any idea whom you are talking to…? I am the CEO of this company!”

The employee replies:
“Do you have any idea whom YOU are talking to?”

Perplexed the CEO mumbles: “NO!”

The employee heaves a sigh of relieve and say:
“Thank goodness for that!” and hangs

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Free radicals are highly reactive and unstable molecules produced by cigarette smoke, toxic chemicals, excess sunlight and even our body’s own metabolic processes.

These molecules can cause the mutation of proteins, membrances ane even our own DNA, leading to cancer and other degenerative diseases like heart disease and cataract.

Antioxidants obtained from plant sources have been proven to “anti-oxidize” free radicals and prevent their destructive effect on the body.

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