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2007-09-27T10:00:00.000-07:00

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2007-08-10T03:01:00.000-07:00

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Artistry Cosmetics

2007-07-04T13:20:00.000-07:00

Artistry is one of the world's top five largest-selling prestige brands of facial skin care and colour cosmetics (based on a study by Euromonitor Consultancy of 2003 global retail sales). From the high standards set for research and development to state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, the Artistry brand is an industry leader. All Artistry products are dermatologically and allergy tested.

Quixtar Responds To Critics

2007-07-04T12:42:00.000-07:00

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SA8 Laundry Care System - Go ahead and get dirty

2007-07-04T11:50:00.000-07:00

SA8 was rated the #1 best performing laundry detergent by Consumer Reports.

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The Online Resources For Home Based Business Professionals

2007-06-14T12:37:00.000-07:00

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2007-06-06T21:49:00.000-07:00

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Healthy Weight Loss System, A New Way To A New You

2007-06-06T16:19:00.000-07:00

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Periods Pain

2007-06-06T16:07:00.000-07:00

Most women experience some discomfort with their periods at sometime in their live. Periods pain or cramps are usually felt in the lower abdomen and sometime down the inside of the legs and in the lower back. The pain can be sharp and spasmodic, coming in waves or it may continuous ache. It usually starts soon after the period starts but sometime the pain begins before the bleeding. Period pains last anything from a few hours to two to three days. Pain can be accompanied by sickness, nausea, faintness, diarrhea or constipation. Some women have no trouble at all and others have slight but manageable cramps. For some women period pain are severe and they feel so unwell and faint that they function below par, or occasionally need a day or two off work.

Who gets period pain and when?

Common in younger women, in their teens and early 20s. They generally improved or disappear as you get older.

Causes of period pains

It cause by the normal biological processes involved in periods. During periods the womb contracts slightly in a rhythmical way. Women with period pains seem to have particularly strong womb contractions at the start of their periods. The strong contractions cut off the supply of blood and oxygen to the muscles of the womb. As the result, the womb muscles cramped.

Hormones called prostaglandins cause the womb to contract. Women who have painful periods have large amounts of prostaglandins in the womb. Prostaglandins may also cause the headaches, dizziness, sickness and diarrhea.

Self help for period pains

Have a warm bath.
Avoid tea and coffee - This because caffeine can irritate your stomach.
Always have hot drinks.
Relaxation exercise and to breathe deeply (This bring oxygen to your cramping muscles)
Calcium & Magnesium supplementation - Extra calcium intake might help to reduce the muscle cramps thus reduced the period pains.
Massage - Rubbing and massaging your pelvic area and lower back help you to relax your pelvis.
Have plenty of

whole grains: brown rice, whole-grain bread, oatmeal, etc.
vegetables: broccoli, spinach, carrots, sweet potatoes, Swiss chard, Brussels sprouts, etc.
legumes: beans, peas, lentils
fruits

Problem With Periods

2007-06-06T15:56:00.000-07:00

What sort of factors influence the menstrual cycle?

1) Emotional upsets and stress

- can produce at least a temporary change in your periods. A few cycles may be longer or shorter, heavier or lighter.

- You may miss a few periods or may completely stop for a while.

2) Body weight and nutrition

Weight and eating habits play a part in the menstrual cycle and periods. Woman who lose a lot of weight through deliberate, severe dieting or vomiting almost always stop having periods. Women with erratic eating habits, sometimes eating a lot, sometimes hardly eating at all, often have erratic periods.

3) Exercise

Long distance runners, athletes, gymnasts, dancers and swimmers undergoing rigorous and strenuous exercise programmes commonly have irregular periods. Sometimes stop completely for a while. Milder exercise can also affect your menstrual cycle or periods, especially when you start to take more exercise than usual.

4) No periods (Amenorrhea)

Pregnancy and the menopause are the commonest reason for women's periods to stop.
After a pregnancy - even if you are not breast feeding, your periods may not return immediately. This can also happen after a miscarriage or abortion.
Breast feeding - It may take a while for your periods to settle down again whilst weaning your baby off breast milk.
Contraceptive pill - may affect your bleeding.
Illness and drugs.
Accidents, injuries or operations - especially in pelvic area.

Note:

During stress and change, your body is directing energy into dealing with the stresses. In these cases, try not to be over-concerned or worried about not having periods.

5) Irregular Periods

In the year just after menarche and before your periods stop at the menopause irregular periods are fairly common, this may be because you do not ovulate during some of your menstrual cycles at these times. Stress and changes in life can make your periods temporarily less regular.

6) Heavy periods

Reaching menopause
Emotional upset and stress
Coming off the contraceptive pill
Fibroids - small, non-cancerous tumors inside the womb. (Can be surgical removed)
Pelvic infection - due to VD (sexually transmitted disease) In this case it is treated with antibiotics
Hormone imbalance - if you are not making enough progesterone after ovulation.

Importance Note
Iron deficiency can cause as well as result from heavy bleeding.
Vitamin C - help your body to absorb iron.
Calcium - may help heavy periods. (Best take calcium with magnesium)
Iodine may also help. Seafoods have good source of iodine.
Vitamin A deficiency may also cause heavy bleeding.

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) / Premenstrual Tension (PMT)

2007-06-06T15:43:00.000-07:00

Many women notice differences in how they feel, emotionally and physically, during the month cycle. For example: You may notice one or more of the following feelings before your periods.

Change in mood - feeling depressed / low, irritable, worried, unable to cope or tearful.
Feeling tired.
Change in sleeping pattern - need more sleep or find it hard to sleep.
Change in appetite - feel hungrier and crave sweet foods.
Change in your ability to concentrate.
Physical changes - headaches, breasts tenderness, feeling swollen especially tummy, ankles, fingers and eyelids, diarrhea, constipation, stomached.

How to tell if you experience PMS (PMT)

If you regularly feel that you change, physically or emotionally or both, in the time before your periods, and feel better once your period starts, then you probably experience PMS / PMT.

What causes PMS / PMT?

Hormones and PMS / PMT

The chances are that the hormones of the menstrual cycle are involved. There may be a slight imbalance between estrogen and progesterone. The sudden drop in hormones in the days before a period may cause changes in how you feel. Another hormone, prolactin, may be involved. This is made by the pituitary gland in the brain and causes breasts tissue to produce milk when you are breasts feeding. It is possible that too much prolactin in the second part of the menstrual cycle, before a period, may contribute to PMT / PMS, especially breasts tenderness and fluid retention.

Deficiency of vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)

Vitamin B6 - is important in chemical processes in the body. It play two role:

Vitamin B6 plays a part in making prolactin, such that if there is enough B6 in your body, the pituitary gland makes too much prolactin, perhaps contributing to breasts tenderness and fluid retention.
B6 may be involved in the chemistry of moods, so low level of B6 in your body may make you feel low and depressed.

Fluid retention

Hormones control the balance of fluids and salt in the body. As the result of the change in hormones before a period, some women retain fluid, which causes the puffy, bloated feelings and possibly tiredness, breasts tenderness and headaches.

How to cope:

Avoid large, heavy meal. instead have a light meals.

Cut down salt

Avoid tea or coffee - too much caffeine make fluid retention worse.

Low blood sugar

Hormones also control the amounts of sugar in the blood, necessary to supply a constant source of energy. Before a period, the levels of sugar may drop lower than usual. This causes you to feel low, tired, weak, and shaky, irritable and head achy. You may also want to eat more, especially sweet foods in order to boost up your flagging blood sugar.

Way to cope:

Eat high protein meals at regular intervals throughout the day. This means you are getting a constant supply of energy.

craving for sweet food, sweets, chocolate can make thing worse. Sugar boost up blood sugar for only a short time and make it drop dramatically afterwards rather than supplying long lasting energy.

Vitamin B6

help premenstrual breasts tenderness, fluid retention and feeling low, tense and irritable.

Recommended doses: 50mg twice per day. If this does not help, it can be increased to 150mg per day.

Note: It has been suggested that the effects of B6 may be improved by taking additional magnesium (at least 200mg - 300mg) per day.

Communication Powers

2007-06-06T14:05:00.000-07:00

Lesson In Leadership from Winston Churchill.

Winston Churchill was a master communicator and the following reviews the five steps to having Churchill-like communication success.

Step One: Strong Beginning

Step Two: Keep the Subject Simple

Step Three: Keep the Language Simple

Step Four: Paint Word Pictures

Step Five: An Emotional Ending

My first post

2006-12-21T15:16:00.000-08:00

This the first time I post here. Recently I have created a web site that can be forward to friend during Christmas.