Chocolate, ..Oh Chocolate!


Do not eat most chocolate, broken teeth later, most do not eat chocolate, or you will get fat. That is the usual sentences that we hear when we eat too much chocolate.

In fact it turns out chocolate has health benefits for our body such as:

1. High Antioxidant

Chocolate contains flavonol, a type of flavonoids that act as anti-oxidants and help ward off free radicals in the body.

2. Lowering Blood Pressure

Dark chocolate from some of the results of research capable of lowering blood pressure in people who have high blood pressure.

3. Lowering LDL Cholesterol Continue reading

Jade Eggs and Jade Ben Wa Balls for Kegel Exercise


Kegel exercises are a series of exercise designed to strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor.When the pelvic floor is strong, these muscles improve urethra and rectal sphincter function. The success of Kegel exercises depends on proper technique and sticking to a regular exercise program.

These exercises are now recommended for women with urinary stress incontinence, men who have urinary incontinence after prostate surgery and people who have fecal incontinence.

Women who have used the jade eggs and ben wa balls have told me how much these have helped improve the quality of their life. After menopause, many women have vaginal dryness and the vaginal canal loses its health, and the kegel exercise helps them become more moist and improves their health so they can enjoy sexual activity more. Continue reading

The Unpleasant Butterfly


I dedicate this post to my mom.  About five years ago she was diagnosed having an SLE syndrome.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, often abbreviated to SLE or lupus, is a systemic autoimmune disease (or autoimmune connective tissue disease) that can affect any part of the body. As occurs in other autoimmune diseases, the immune system attacks the body’s cells and tissue, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. It is a Type III hypersensitivity reaction caused by antibody-immune complex formation.

SLE most often harms the heart, joints, skin, lungs, blood vessels, liver, kidneys, and nervous system. The course of the disease is unpredictable, with periods of illness (called flares) alternating with remissions. The disease occurs nine times more often in women than in men, especially in women in child-bearing years ages 15 to 35, and is also more common in those of non-European descent.

SLE is treatable through addressing its symptoms, mainly with cyclophosphamide, corticosteroids and immunosuppressants; there is currently no cure. SLE can be fatal, although with recent medical advances, fatalities are becoming increasingly rare. Survival for people with SLE in the United States, Canada, and Europe is approximately 95% at five years, 90% at 10 years, and 78% at 20 years.

SLE is one of several diseases known as “the great imitators” because it often mimics or is mistaken for other illnesses. SLE is a classical item in differential diagnosis, because SLE symptoms vary widely and come and go unpredictably. Diagnosis can thus be elusive, with some people suffering unexplained symptoms of untreated SLE for years.

Common initial and chronic complaints include fever, malaise, joint pains, myalgias, fatigue, and temporary loss of cognitive abilities. Because they are so often seen with other diseases, these signs and symptoms are not part of the diagnostic criteria for SLE. When occurring in conjunction with other signs and symptoms. However, they are considered suggestive.

After five years living with lupus, until no my mom I still struggling. Physically, anyone can see the difference on my mom bodies. Drastically losing weight, skin rash, and breathing is not smooth, rapid fatigue, and other side effect from the medication.

To all people with SLE and their families, may god always provides the strength and fortitude.

(wikipedia)

Before You Take Pregnancy Test


For many women, deciding to do the pregnancy test is one thing that can create anxiety. Some women there who did not wait for pregnancy test results to determine whether this month will be the month you finally get pregnant and the temptation to take a pregnancy test before menstruating late are so tempting.
On the other hand, you may have noticed if the pregnancy test at the beginning of time, the results may be negative. So what should you do? How do you decide the right time to take a pregnancy test? Continue reading

Dreams…


To life with dreams does not mean to be sitting around and wait for the miracle happens. As you know, many great things happened from the idea of spectacular dreams.

Dream is a beautiful hope on wonderland. That is why a dreamer being mocked as an unrealistic person playing on high dream with unlimited energy. It is a common thing if we use the word dream as a negative word to under estimate things.

Different with amateur dreamers who stop on imagination land, a true dreamer will not stop fighting to make their dream come true. From what ever a cross him, he will never stop only going to make him fight stronger, anything would be called as tear of inspirations. When finally, a true dreamers would shut the world with spectacular changes. Continue reading