What Are The Benefits Of Sleeping... Naked?

One of the most important activities that keeps us healthy throughout our lives is sleeping. Needless to say that sleeping is as important as eating and when one gets deprived of it, it can cause fatal health issues.

There are certain guidelines for sleeping and it is a universal truth that anything done less or above the level of moderation can be of risk or can cause lethal side effects. It is considered to sleep at least 6 to 8 hours at night depending on the physical attributes of the person. Anyhow, today, let’s see why sleeping naked is advantageous to us.

What Are The Benefits Of Sleeping Naked?

Comfort

If you are not a naked sleeper, the idea of laying naked in the bed may sound not too comforting but when you actually get used to it, it is. Moreover, it is not just about comfort in the bed but also because you will have to wash less clothes and you might as well save some bucks on pajamas as well. Moreover, it also frees you from tight underwear and bra as well, which obviously makes you more relaxed and happier.

Better Sleep

Most of the people who wear clothes and sleep must have faced a situation in the bed when their clothes get stuck with something, or their t-shirts gets twisted and presses the belly so hard and you wake up with a bad dream. Thus, when you are sleeping naked, you are free from such small distractions and can result in deeper and better sleep.

Improves Skin Quality

If you sleep naked, at least once in a day, for the better, your body will get to breathe fresh air. More importantly, your private parts will also get aired and obviously, that is a great thing. Your private parts, armpits, and feet are generally restricted all day and are often covered by multiple layers, even in the summer time. Give those parts a chance to air out and breathe. This can lower the risk of skin diseases, like athlete’s foot, that result from wet, restricted skin.

Helps Regulate Cortisol

When you sleep naked, it helps keep your body temperature at the optimal ranges so your body can better create cortisol. Therefore, if you sleep overheated, your cortisol levels tend to stay high even after you wake up. This can lead to increased anxiety, cravings for bad food, weight gain, and more terrible things. Thus, sleeping naked can properly produce and regulate cortisol.

Balances Melatonin and Growth Hormone

Sleeping naked can keep your sleeping environment below 70 degrees (F) every night and help your body regulate its melatonin and growth hormone levels. These chemicals help prevent aging and are essential to good health

Natural food over wine!!!

One of the reader had this question to me. “Are below tips to live 100 years?”. My answer was No. Whatever years we live, below could be useful to live happily.

(Why to spend the hard earned money to hospital. More than money, hospital pain is too big)

I have heard many saying, “Wine is good for health, even doctors recommend”. If pharmaceutical companies conduct their doctor meetings in 5 star hotels and provide unlimited Wine, why would not someone recommend Wine? (Politics in medicinal world is beyond our imagination)

 

Why people say wine is good, because Wine hasPolyphenol. (Polyphenols are abundant micronutrients help in the prevention of degenerative diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases). Hold on…. I’m notrecommending Wine. Reason being

 

1)      Papaya and  Brinjal have more polyphenol than wine, that too natural Polyphenol

2)      No guarantee that Wine has natural polyphenol or synthetic polyphenol.

3)      Wine has other side effects which Papaya or Brinjal dos not have.

Papaya or Brinjal or Wine is your choice. You always have a choice in life 

India English vs global English

Mango n benefits

23 Amazing Benefits Of Mangoes For Skin, Hair And Health

Summers are here and soon we will start seeing mangoes in the market, hmm fresh and juicy. Mangoes are loved by almost one and all, especially when they are sweet. I am sure your mouth is watering right -now as you read these lines. Apart from being tasty, do you know that Mango also offers a number of health benefits?

But before we look at mango health benefits, one thing you must keep in mind is that, we are definitely not talking about ready made mango drinks here, we are talking about fresh mango fruits.

Mango Benefits for Skin:

Besides being extremely pleasing to your taste buds, mango is amazing for your skin as it is a great source of antioxidants, particularly vitamin C, which keep your skin healthy and glowing. It is often used in various face masks and scrubs. Its various skin benefits are as follows:

1. Mangoes for Glowing Skin:

Mangoes are great for your skin as they have the ability to reduce dark spots, blemishes and acne, thus imparting a natural glow to your skin. Vitamin A and Beta carotene in this fruit restore, rejuvenate and revive your skin with vigor as well as add shine to your skin.

2. Treatment of Blackheads:

This might appear a bit surprising but mangoes can be used to remove blackheads. For this purpose, prepare a scrub by mixing a teaspoon of mango pulp, half a teaspoon of milk or milk powder and honey. Rub it all over your face in circular motion. This will help in removing dead skin and blackheads, thus adding a glow to your face.

3. Anti-ageing Benefits:

The antioxidants present in this fruit delay the onset of skin ageing and pigmentation. They also protect your skin against the harmful free radicals which can cause skin cancer. Vitamin C helps incuring pimples and acne. When applied directly, it smoothens out your skin and acts as a natural moisturizer.

4. Improves Complexion:

Mangoes are packed with vitamin A which is a vital nutrient for maintaining a healthy skin and complexion as well as the integrity of mucous membranes. Mango skin is a great de-tanning agent. You can rub your face and hands with the skin of a ripe or raw mango and apply some milk cream on it. Wash off with cold water after 10 to 15 minutes. Doing this at least twice or thrice a week will reduce tanning drastically. Regular consumption of mangoes provides you with a fair and smooth skin.

5. Treatment of Dark Spots:

Mango skin is also beneficial in reducing dark spots. For this purpose, you can make a powder from the sun dried mango skin and mix it with a teaspoon of yogurt. Using this as face pack will reduce dark spots, blemishes and add a golden glow to your complexion.

6. Treatment of Acne:

Raw mango juice is an excellent astringent that can remove acne. You can boil a slice of a baby mango or raw mango in water and use this water on your face as an acne remover.

7. Great Cleanser:

To cleanse your skin, take a teaspoon of wheat flour and add mango pulp to it. This acts as a perfect cleanser by reaching your pores and cleaning them from deep within.

8. Home-made Face Wash:

You can prepare a home-made face washby mixing one teaspoon each of mango pulp and powdered almond. Add a tablespoon of milk to this mix and grind it into a paste. This face wash can be applied on all skin types and washed after 20 minutes.

9. Exfoliates your Skin:

You can prepare an exfoliating mask by blending ¼ of a peeled mango, 2 spoons of whole milk, powdered almonds and crushed oats in a blender. Apply this on your face and neck for 20 minutes and rinse in lukewarm water.

10. Good for Sensitive Skin:

If you have sensitive skin, you can make a face pack by mixing mango pulp, oatmeal, milk and honey. Wash your face with cold water. Pat dry and apply this paste on your skin. Wash off with cold water after 15 minutes.

Mango Benefits for Hair:

Mangoes are rich in vitamins and minerals that nourish your hair andpromote hair growth. Mango for hair is beneficial in the following ways:

11. Great Conditioner:

Mango can be used in preparing a home-made conditioner. For this purpose, mix mango pulp with a spoonful of yogurt and two egg yellows. Apply this on your hair and leave for 30 minutes. This will condition your hair by making them soft and manageable.

[ Read: Amazing Benefits Of Avocado ]

12. Treatment of Dandruff:

Mango contains vitamin A which helps in fighting dandruff and adding shine to your hair. It is often used as an ingredient in hair moisturizers. Mangoes contain vitamin E which improves scalp circulation and encourages hair growth.

13. Treatment of Hair Loss and Grey Hair:

Mango seed oil is an excellent source of fatty acids, vitamins and minerals. The seed kernel itself has great moisturizing properties. You can prepare this oil by removing the outer coat of the mango seed and adding them to a jar of coconut, sesame or mustard oil and place this jar in the sunlight for a few days. Using this concoction regularly will make your hair long, black and thick and prevent hair loss.

Health Benefits Of Mango:

Have a look at these 10 amazing health benefits of mangoes.

14. Fights And Prevents Cancer:

Mangoes are full of anti-oxidants whichprevent breast cancer, prostate cancer and colon cancer. It also helps prevent leukemia.

15. Improves Eye Sight:

It contains high dosage of Vitamin A or Retinol which helps protect eye sight.

16. High amount of Fibre and Vit C:

It contains high amount of fibre and Vitamin C which helps to eliminate the Low Dencity Lipoprotein thereby bringing cholesterol levels down.

17. Maintaining the Alkaline Balance of the Body:

This is an amazing fruit which helps to maintain the alkaline balance of the human body because it contains elements like malic acid, tartaric acid and also a very good amount of citric acid.

18. Increases Metabolic Rate:

Like papayas, mangoes also help in improving digestion because it is very rich in fibres. Fibres help in good bowel movement and this inturn helps increase metabolic rate. Increased metabolic rate helps in cutting down excess stomach flab. So this is a good fruit for people on diet.

19. Boosts Immunity:

Mangoes contain 25 varieties of carotenoids and and they are enriched with a high amount of Vit C as well which helps maintain a healthy immune system.

20. Enriched with Anti-oxidants:

Mangoes are enriched with antioxidants and this helps in cell rejuvenation and cell repair.It helps detoxify skin from inside and also prevents occurrence of acne.

21. Increases Fertility:

Mangoes are rich in folate or folic acid which helps in improving fertility. It is a form of Vitamin B and folic acid deficiency that can cause miscarriage in women.

22. Trace Minerals:

Mangoes contain trace elements like copper, selenium, zinc and potassium which are essential for human well being. Absence of these trace minerals can cause a lot of health problems. So start including mangoes in your regular diet.

23. Vitamin E:

Mangoes are rich in Vitamin E, which helps increase and improve the sex drive in humans.

24. Reduces Cholesterol and Prevents Diabetes:

Mango fruit benefits also include reducing cholesterol and preventing diabetes. I know you would be surprised reading this, but it is true. Mangoes contain natural sugar, and each has nearly 31gms of sugar, but at the same time it is low on glycemic load, this means that it the blood sugar is not affected.

[ Read: Nutritional Value Present In Mangoes ]

25. Prevents Strokes:

Mangoes are also known to prevent strokes as they control homocystiene levels in the blood, which otherwise is harmful to blood vessels that are known to cause CAD and stroke.

[ Read: Kumquat Health Benefits ]

How to Select and Store?

Selection: Mangoes are available in large amounts during the peak season and you might be tempted to buy a boxful when they are available at a reasonable price. Mangoes should be selected by their aroma and not by their color which varies from variety to variety. Their aroma should be distinct and ripe. While buying mangoes, choose the ones without dark spots, blemishes or splits. They should yield to gentle pressure. Fresh mangoes on an average measure about 4 inches in length and weigh about 9 ounces to 4 pounds each. Larger fruits have a higher fruit to seed ratio. Though unripe mangoes are generally green in color and ripe mangoes have colors ranging from yellow to orange to red, color is not always an indication of maturity. There are some varieties where ripe mangoes retain some green coloring. Avoid mangoes that have bruised or dry and shriveled skin as well as those which have no fragrant aroma as they are likely to have no flavor. Under-ripe mangoes should be avoided as they have an unpleasant chemical taste when eaten raw. A ripe mango generally has a full fruity aroma emitting from the stem end, is soft to touch and yields to gentle pressure.

Storage: Proper storage is important to ensure that the fruit stays fresh and to prevent spoilage. The storage requirements vary depending upon the variety. If the mangoes are hard and green, they should be placed in a brown paper bag for a few days to ripen. They should be stored at room temperature and away from the sun until they ripen. Mangoes generally have a shelf life of 1 to 2 weeks. Once ripe, they can be stored in the refrigerator. Mangoes can also be frozen. Freezing them makes their skin black but inner flesh will stay in good condition. They can be frozen either entirely or in the form of chopped up pieces. When freezing peeled mangoes, sprinkle sugar over the chopped fruit and stir gently with wooden spoon to dissolve the sugar in the fruit’s own juices. Seal these pieces in an airtight container leaving ½ inch airspace or plastic freezer bags after squeezing all the air out. Mangoes can be refrigerated for about 2 to 5 days.

[ Read: Benefits Of Papaya ]

Tips for Usage (Eating/Cooking):

Eating: Being one of the most delicious fruits, mangoes are usually eaten raw. They have a delicate blend of peach, pineapple and apricot flavors, a perfect mixture of sweet and sour. Before proceeding to eat mangoes, you should check their ripeness. A mango is said to be ready to eat when you gently push your fingers onto it and they leave a slight dent on its skin. Mangoes can be eaten in various ways.

1. Cutting the Mango: You can cut the mango into halves and thirds while leaving out the large pit. For this purpose, hold the peeled fruit and make vertical and horizontal cuts to create a chequered pattern. Using a knife, pull out the mango chunks from one half while grasping the other half of the mango. Place these chunks in a bowl.

2. Cubed Mangoes: You can place the cubed mango in a bowl and eat them with a spoon. Mango cubes also make a fantastic addition to fruit salads. To prevent the mango juice from overpowering the flavour of the salad, drain the mango chunks before adding them. You can make delicious mango salads along with other fruits like papaya, apples, cantaloupe, pineapples, pears, sliced cherries and oranges. Add a pinch of cinnamon or lime juice for extra flavour.

3. Desserts: Being naturally sweet, mangoes make a great addition to desserts. They can be blended with yogurt to make a smoothie or mango cubes can be added to yogurt. This luscious fresh fruit can be blended with non-fat sour cream and lemon curd and spooned into sweet brandy-snap baskets.

Cooking: Though mangoes are mostly eaten directly, they can also form part of several dishes. Raw mangoes are widely used to make pickles and chutneys. Mango juice is often added to impart flavor to dishes. In fact, there are several cuisines all over the world that use mangoes to add spice to a main course. Given below are some of the ways in which you can make your recipes interesting by adding mangoes to them.

1. You can prepare a mango salsa using mango chunks, papaya, avocado, and adding a bit of lemon juice and some cilantro. This salsa can be added to chicken, beef or shrimps or eaten as a snack with potato or plantain chips.

2. Raw mangoes can also be grilled. For this purpose choose ripe but firm mangoes and cut them in half. Moisten them with olive oil and set them on a medium-high grill placed two or three inches from the heat source, turning them after every two minutes. Cook them until they turn brown and soft. Garnish them with ½ cup each of toasted coconut and bread crumbs. This can be served alongside any meat dish.

3. Mangoes are used as an ingredient in Caribbean rice and other foods with a Caribbean flavor.

4. Mangoes can be added to chicken salad. This salad is a combination of new potatoes, tender broiled chicken and asparagus tossed in a fresh orange dressing and then mixed with juicy mango slices and baby salad greens. It is a delicious and well balanced meal.

5. Unripe mangoes can be used to prepare mango chutney. For this purpose, grill the mango slices along with their skin for 10 minutes until the skin becomes spotty and the fruit feels soft. Place these slices in a bowl, cover and let them stand for 10 minutes. Now peel the skin of the fruit with your fingers. Make the chutney by combining it with grilled onion, one chopped tomato, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, some chilli flakes, 1 tablespoon lime juice, 1 tablespoon minced ginger, a handful of chopped cilantro leaves and 1 teaspoon sweet flavored vinegar.

Nutritional Facts of Mangoes:

We will discuss the nutrition associated with about a sliced 165 gram piece of a mango in this post. Read below to know mango nutrition facts.

Calories: The calorie content in this proportion of mango is 107. Out of this, the calories from fat are about 4. Others include – carbohydrates (101), proteins (2.8). Overall it is a moderate source for calories.

Proteins: Mango contains about 0.8 grams of proteins which is about 2% of the daily value (DV).

Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates are about 28.1 grams in all which amounts to almost 9% of the DV. These include dietary fibers at about 3 grams which is close to 12% DV. The sugars comprise the rest which is close to 24.4 grams in quantity.

Fats and fatty acids: Mango contains about 0.4 grams of fatty acids which is like 1% of the DV (daily value). The fat content comes from saturated fat (0.1gm), mono saturated fat (0.2gm), poly saturated fat (0.1gm). The other fats like Omega-3 fatty acids and Omega-6 fatty acids are present In 61.1 mg and 23.1 mg amounts.

Minerals: Mango contains minerals such as Calcium (116.5 mg), iron ()0.2 mg, magnesium (14.8 mg), phosphorous(18.2 mg), potassium (257 mg), sodium (3.3 mg), and zinc, copper and selenium in other small amounts.

Vitamins: Vitamin A, C, E, K and B6 with other vitamins like thiamine, niacin Choline, and Folate are also present in this fruit.

This fruit is mildly inflammatory and hence can be eaten in good amounts. The weight loss, weight gain and health parameters related to mango are also moderate. Being low in saturated fat, it does not give a lot of fat content to the body.  It is also low in cholesterol and sodium. It is considered as a good source of dietary fiber and Vitamin B6. It is also a good source of Vitamins A and C. The bad thing about the fruit is that a good proportion of the calorie count this fruit provides is received from sugars which may be a harmful thing for diabetic people. They cannot consume the fruit as normally as others.

Water is about 135 grams and ash is about 0.8 grams in this serving.

Nutritional Value of Mangoes:

Principle

Nutrient Value

Percentage of RDA

Energy70 Kcal3.5%Carbohydrates17 g13%Protein0.5 g1%Total Fat0.27 g1%Cholesterol0 mg0%Dietary Fiber1.80 g4.5%

Vitamins

Folates14 µg3.5%Niacin0.584 mg3.5%Pantothenic acid0.160 mg1%Pyridoxine (vit B-6)0.134 mg10%Riboflavin0.057 mg4%Thiamin0.058 mg5%Vitamin C27.7 mg46%Vitamin A765 IU25.5%Vitamin E1.12 mg7.5%Vitamin K4.2 µg3.5%

Electrolytes

Sodium2 mg0%
Potassium156 mg3%

Minerals

Calcium10 mg1%
Copper0.110 mg12%
Iron0.13 mg1.5%
Magnesium9 mg2%
Manganese0.027 mg1%
Zinc0.04 mg0%

Phyto-nutrients

Carotene-β445 µg–Carotene-α17 µg–Crypto-xanthin-β11 µg–Lutein-zeaxanthin0 µg–Lycopene0 µg–

Hope you are now clear with mango

Yoga day 21st June

Yoga is the best for mind and body .

Fathers Day idioms

Father's day celebration .

Enjoy life

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5ive undeniable Facts
of Life :

👉1.
Don't educate
your children
to be rich.
Educate them
to be Happy.
So when
they grow up
they will know
the value of things
not the price

👉2.
Best awarded words
in London ...

"Eat your food
as your medicines.
Otherwise
you have to
eat medicines
as your food"

👉3.
The One
who loves you
will never leave you
because
even if there are
100 reasons
to give up
he will find
one reason
to hold on

👉4.
There is
a lot of difference
between
human being
and being human.
A Few understand it.

👉5.
You are loved
when you are born.
You will be loved
when you die.
In between
You have to manage...!

👑
Nice line from Ratan Tata's Lecture-

If u want to Walk Fast,
Walk Alone..!
But
if u want to Walk Far,
Walk Together..!!

👍👍
Six Best Doctors 👷in the World-
          1.Sunlight☀
              2.Rest😴
          3.Exercise🚵🏊
             4.Diet🍵🍯🍊🍑
   5.Self Confidence😇
                   &
          6.Friends👭👬
Maintain them in all stages of Life and enjoy🎊 healthy life

If   you   see   the   moon ..... You   see    the    beauty    of    God .....   If    you   see    the   Sun ..... You   see    the    power   of    God .....   And ....    If   you   see   the   Mirror ..... You   see     the    best    Creation of   GOD .... So    Believe   in     YOURSELF..... :) :) :).

We all are tourists & God is our travel agent who
already fixed all our Routes Reservations & Destinations
So!
Trust him & Enjoy the "Trip" called LIFE...

👏💃💐🙏🌹

Family over work !!!

F A M I L Y

I banged into a stranger as he passed by,

'Oh excuse me please' was my reply.

He said, 'Please excuse me too;

I couldn't see you coming.'

We were very polite, this stranger and I.

We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told,

How we treat our loved ones, young and old.

Later that day, cooking the evening meal,

My son stood beside me very still.

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.

'Move out of the way,' I said with a frown.

He walked away, his little heart broken.

I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

While I lay awake in bed,

God's small voice came to me and said,

'While dealing with a stranger,

common courtesy you use,

but the family you love, you seem to abuse.

Go and look on the kitchen floor,

You'll find some flowers there by the door.

Those are the flowers he brought for you.

He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.

He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,

you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes.'

By this time, I felt very small,

And now my tears began to fall.

I quietly went and knelt by his bed;

'Wake up, little one, wake up,' I said.

'Are these the flowers you picked for me?'

He smiled, 'I found 'em, out by the tree.

I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.

I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue.'

I said, 'Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;

I shouldn't have yelled at you that way.'

He said, 'Oh, Mom, that's okay.

I love you anyway.'

I said, 'Son, I love you too,

and I do like the flowers, especially the blue.'

FAMILY

Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days.

But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more

into work than into our own family,

an unwise investment indeed,

don't you think?

So what is behind the story?

Do you know what the word FAMILY means?

FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

..🙏😊

14 Short Stories

14 Short Stories

 

1.       Fall and Rise

Today, when I slipped on the wet floor a boy in a wheelchair caught me before I slammed my head on the ground. He said, 'Believe it  not, that's almost exactly how I injured my back 3 years ago.

2.       A Father's advice

Today, my father told me, "Just go for it and give it a try! You don't have to be a professional to build a successful product. Amateurs started Google and Apple. Professionals built the Titanic. 

3.       The Power of Uniqueness

Today I asked my mentor - a very successful business man in his 70's - what his top 3 tips are for success. He smiled and said. 'Read somethng no one else is reading, think something no one else is thinking, and do something no one else is doing. 

4.       Looking Back

Today, I interviewed my grandmother for a part of my research paper I'm working on for my Psychology class. When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said, "Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile. 

5.       Try and you shall know

I am blind by birth. When I was 8 years old, I wanted to play baseball. I asked my father- 'Dad, can I play baseball ?" He said "You'll never know until you try." When I was a teenager, I asked him, " Dad, can I become a surgeon?". He said "Son, you'll never know until you try." Today I am a surgeon, just because I tried. 

6.       Goodness and Gratitude

Today, after a 72 hour shift at the fire station, a woman ran up to me at the grocery store and gave me a hug. When I tensed up, she realized I didn't recognize her. She let go with tears of joy in her eyes and the most sincere smile and said, "On 9-11-2001, you carried me out of the World Trade Center." 

7.       Love conquers Pain

Today, after I watched my dog gets run over by a car. I sat on the side of the road holding him and crying. And just before he died, he licked the tears off my face. 

8.       A Door closes to open Another

Today at 7 AM, I woke up feeling ill, but I decided I needed the money, so I went into work. At 3 PM I got laid off. On my drive home I got a flat tire. When i went into the trunk for the spare, it was flat too. A man in a BMW pulled over, gave me a ride, we chatted, and then he offered me a job.I start tomorrow. 

9.       Looking Back

Today, as my father, three brothers, and two sisters stood around my mother's hospital bed, my mother uttered her last coherent words before she died. She simply said, "I feel so loved right now. We should have gotten together like this more often."

10.    Affection

Today, I kissed my Dad on the forhead as he passed away in a small ospital bed. About 5 seconds after he passed, I realized it was the first time I had given him a kiss since I was a little boy.

11.    Innocence

Today in the cutest voice, my 8 year old daughter asked me to start recycling. I chuckled and asked, 'Why ?" She replied, "So you can help me save the planet." I chuckled again and asked, "And why do you want to save the planet?" "Because that's where I keep all my stuff," she said.

12.    Joy

Today, when I witnessed a 27 year old breast cancer patient laughing hysterically at her 2 year old daughter's antics, I suddenly realized that I need to stop complaining about my life and start celebrating it again.

13.    Kindness

Today, a boy in wheelchair saw me desperately struggling on crutches with my broken leg and offered to carry my backpack and books for me. He helped me all the way across campus and as he was leaving he said, "I hope you feel better soon."

14.    Sharing

Today, I was travelling in Kenya and I met a refugee from Zimbabwe. He said he hadn't eaten anything in over 3 days and looked extremely skinnyand unhealthy. Then my friend offered him the rest of the sandwhich which he was eating. The first thing the man said was, "We can share it."

Health advisory for car owners

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To Each AC Car user,Now this is very interesting & MUST READ , as it's for HEALTH !...Car's manual says to roll down the windows to let out all the hot air before turning on the A/C. WHY ?

No wonder more folks are dying from cancer than ever before. We wonder where this stuff comes from, but here is an example that
explains a lot of the cancer-causing incidents.

Many people are in their cars the first thing in the morning, and the last thing at night, 7 days a week.

Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car.

Open the windows after you enter your car and then after a couple of minutes, turn ON the AC .

Here's why: According to research, the car's dashboard, seats, a/c ducts, in fact ALL of the plastic objects in your vehicle, emit Benzene,
a Cancer causing toxin. A BIG CARCINOGEN. Take the time to observe the smell of heated plastic in your car when you open it,
and BEFORE you start it up.

In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones, causes anaemia and reduces white blood cells. Prolonged exposure can
cause Leukemia and increases the risk of some cancers. It can also cause miscarriages in pregnant women.

The "acceptable" Benzene level indoors is: 50mg per sq.ft.

A car parked indoors, with windows closed, will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene - 8 times the acceptable level.

If parked outdoors in the sun, at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level.

People who get into the car, keeping the windows closed, will eventually INHALE excessive amounts of the BENZENE toxin.

Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidneys and liver. What's worse, it is extremely difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.

So  please open the windows and doors of your car - give it some time for the interior to air out
-(dispel the deadly stuff) - before you enter the vehicle.

Thought: 'When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.

Record Breaking WOman !!!

Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864– January 27, 1922) was the pen name of American journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane.She was a reporter known for a record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field, and launched a new kind of investigative journalism. In addition to her writing, she also was an industrialist, inventor, and charity worker.

Early Days 

An aggressively misogynistic column entitled "What Girls Are Good For" in the Pittsburgh Dispatch prompted her to write a fiery rebuttal to the editor under the pseudonym "Lonely Orphan Girl". The editor, George Madden, was impressed with her passion and ran an advertisement asking the author to identify herself. When Cochrane introduced herself to the editor, he offered her the opportunity to write a piece for the newspaper, again under the pseudonym "Lonely Orphan Girl". After her first article for the Dispatch, entitled "The Girl Puzzle", Madden was impressed again and offered her a full-time job. Women who were newspaper writers at that time customarily used pen names, and for Cochrane the editor chose "Nellie Bly", adopted from the title character in the popular song "Nelly Bly" by Stephen Foster. She originally intended for her pseudonym to be "Nelly Bly," but her editor wrote "Nellie" by mistake, and the error stuck.

As a writer, Bly focused her early work for the Dispatch on the plight of working women, writing a series of investigative articles on women who were factory workers, but editorial pressure pushed her to the so-called "women's pages" to cover fashion, society, and gardening, the usual role for women journalists of the day. Dissatisfied with these duties, she took the initiative and traveled to Mexico to serve as a foreign correspondent. Still only 21, she spent nearly half a year reporting the lives and customs of the Mexican people; her dispatches later were published in book form as Six Months in Mexico. In one report, she protested the imprisonment of a local journalist for criticizing the Mexican government, then a dictatorship under Porfirio Díaz. When Mexican authorities learned of Bly's report, they threatened her with arrest, prompting her to leave the country. Safely home, she denounced Díaz as a tyrannical czar suppressing the Mexican people and controlling the press.

Asylum exposé

Main article: Ten Days in a Mad-House

Bly being examined by a psychiatrist
Burdened again with theater and arts reporting, Bly left the Pittsburgh Dispatch in 1887 for New York City. Penniless after four months, she talked her way into the offices of Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, the New York World, and took an undercover assignment for which she agreed to feign insanity to investigate reports of brutality and neglect at the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island.

After a night of practicing deranged expressions in front of a mirror, she checked into a boardinghouse. She refused to go to bed, telling the boarders that she was afraid of them and that they looked "crazy". They soon decided that she was "crazy", and the next morning summoned the police. Taken to a courtroom, she pretended to have amnesia. The judge concluded she had been drugged.

Several doctors then examined her; all declared her insane. "Positively demented," said one, "I consider it a hopeless case. She needs to be put where someone will take care of her." The head of the insane pavilion at Bellevue Hospital pronounced her "undoubtedly insane". The case of the "pretty crazy girl" attracted media attention: "Who Is This Insane Girl?" asked the New York Sun. The New York Times wrote of the "mysterious waif" with the "wild, hunted look in her eyes", and her desperate cry: "I can't remember I can't remember."

Committed to the asylum, Bly experienced its conditions firsthand. The food consisted of gruel broth, spoiled beef, bread that was little more than dried dough, and dirty undrinkable water. The dangerous patients were tied together with ropes. The patients were made to sit for much of each day on hard benches with scant protection from the cold. Waste was all around the eating places. Rats crawled all around the hospital. The bathwater was frigid, and buckets of it were poured over their heads. The nurses behaved obnoxiously and abusively, telling the patients to shut up, and beating them if they did not. Speaking with her fellow patients, Bly was convinced that some were as sane as she was. On the effect of her experiences, she wrote:

What, excepting torture, would produce insanity quicker than this treatment? Here is a class of women sent to be cured. I would like the expert physicians who are condemning me for my action, which has proven their ability, to take a perfectly sane and healthy woman, shut her up and make her sit from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. on straight-back benches, do not allow her to talk or move during these hours, give her no reading and let her know nothing of the world or its doings, give her bad food and harsh treatment, and see how long it will take to make her insane. Two months would make her a mental and physical wreck.

…My teeth chattered and my limbs were …numb with cold. Suddenly, I got three buckets of ice-cold water…one in my eyes, nose and mouth.

After ten days the asylum released Bly at The World's behest. Her report, later published in book form as Ten Days in a Mad-House, caused a sensation and brought her lasting fame. While embarrassed physicians and staff fumbled to explain how she had deceived so many professionals, a grand jury launched its own investigation into conditions at the asylum, inviting Bly to assist. The jury's report recommended the changes she had proposed, and its call for increased funds for care of the insane prompted an $850,000 increase in the budget of the Department of Public Charities and Corrections. The Grand Jury also made sure that future examinations were more thorough so that only the seriously ill went to the asylum.

Around the world

Main article: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

A publicity photograph taken by the New York World newspaper to promote Bly's around-the-world voyage
In 1888, Bly suggested to her editor at the New York World that she take a trip around the world, attempting to turn the fictional Around the World in Eighty Days into fact for the first time. A year later, at 9:40 a.m. on November 14, 1889, and with two days' notice, she boarded the Augusta Victoria, a steamer of the Hamburg America Line,and began her 24,899-mile journey.

She took with her the dress she was wearing, a sturdy overcoat, several changes of underwear, and a small travel bag carrying her toiletry essentials. She carried most of her money (£200 in English bank notes and gold in total, as well as, some American currency) in a bag tied around her neck.

The New York newspaper Cosmopolitan sponsored its own reporter, Elizabeth Bisland, to beat the time of both Phileas Fogg and Bly. Bisland would travel the opposite way around the world.[17][18] To sustain interest in the story, the World organized a “Nellie Bly Guessing Match” in which readers were asked to estimate Bly’s arrival time to the second, with the Grand Prize consisting at first of a free trip to Europe and, later on, spending money for the trip.


A woodcut image of Nellie Bly's homecoming reception in Jersey City printed in Frank Leslie's Illustrated News on 8 February 1890.
During her travels around the world, Bly went through England, France (where she met Jules Verne in Amiens), Brindisi, the Suez Canal, Colombo (Ceylon), the Straits Settlements of Penang and Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. The development of efficient submarine cable networks and the electric telegraph allowed Bly to send short progress reports, although longer dispatches had to travel by regular post and thus, often were delayed by several weeks.

Bly travelled using steamships and the existing railroad systems, which caused occasional setbacks, particularly on the Asian leg of her race.During these stops, she visited a leper colony in China,[23][24] and in Singapore, she bought a monkey.

As a result of rough weather on her Pacific crossing, she arrived in San Francisco on the White Star Line ship Oceanic on January 21, two days behind schedule,however, World owner Pulitzer chartered a private train to bring her home, and she arrived back in New Jersey on January 25, 1890, at 3:51 p.m.

Just over seventy-two days after her departure from Hoboken, Bly was back in New York. She had circumnavigated the globe, traveling alone for almost the entire journey. Bisland was, at the time, still crossing the Atlantic, only to arrive in New York four and a half days later. She also had missed a connection and had to board a slow, old ship (the Bothnia) in the place of a fast ship (Etruria). Bly's journey was a world record, although it was bettered a few months later by George Francis Train, who completed the journey in 67 days. By 1913, Andre Jaeger-Schmidt, Henry Frederick, and John Henry Mears had improved on the record, the latter completing the journey in fewer than 36 days.

Later years

Patent for an improved Milk-Can
In 1895 Nellie Bly married millionaire manufacturer Robert Seaman. Bly was 31 and Seaman was 73 when they married. She retired from journalism, and became the president of the Iron Clad Manufacturing Co., which made steel containers such as milk cans and boilers. In 1904, her husband died. In the same year, Iron Clad began manufacturing the steel barrel that was the model for the 55-gallon oil drum still in widespread use in the United States. Although there have been claims that Nellie Bly invented the barrel, the inventor is believed to have been Henry Wehrhahn, who likely assigned his invention to her. (US Patents 808,327 and 808,413). Nellie Bly was, however, an inventor in her own right, receiving US patent 697,553 for a novel milk can and US patent 703,711 for a stacking garbage can, both under her married name of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.[32] For a time she was one of the leading women industrialists in the United States, but embezzlement by employees led her into bankruptcy. Back in reporting, she wrote stories on Europe's Eastern Front during World War I[33] and notably covered the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913. Her headline for the Parade story was “Suffragists Are Men's Superiors”, but she also "with uncanny prescience" predicted in the story that it would be 1920 before women would win the vote.


Nellie Bly died of pneumonia at St. Mark's Hospital in New York City in 1922, at age 57. She was rested in a modest grave at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

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