Currently, public awareness of healthy lifestyle began to rise. A diet high in fat, high calories and low in fiber began to be abandoned. Supermarkets that sell organic food began selling invaded by the buyer. Positive symptoms that need to be promoted more widely, because only a small fraction of our society who are aware of healthy eating. Organic food is all food derived from living organisms. Own organic refers to something that contains carbon, should all foodstuffs containing carbon is called organic. Including food grown with chemical fertilizers and pesticides. But the people only understood the term organic means food grown organically, without pesticides or artificial fertilizers.
Government of the United States as a pioneer of organic food standards, that is called organic food is 100% organic or at least 95% is produced without chemical fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, antibiotics, growth hormones, radiation for sterilization and genetically modified animal.
Organic food is cultivated using natural technologies. Soil fertility is maintained with natural fertilizers, like compost and manure. With natural fertilization without insecticides, earthworm populations increase, land so rich in nitrogen, so naturally fertile. To cope with pests, can alternately every type of each plant so that a certain plant pests could cut off the chain eyes. Spraying was also performed using anti-pest from the wild.
Certain organic materials such as vegetables and fruit, mineral content is better than conventional panagn material. As with organic tomatoes, calcium 23 mg, while that not only 5 mg. In terms of taste, organic food is more crisp, sweeter and more rapid decay. Apart from the superior nutrition and taste, organic food is also free of pesticide residues and harmful chemicals. As we do not realize, this substance will accumulate in our bodies continuously. The long-term, will increase the risk of cancer in the body because these substances are carcinogens cause cancer. Better to avoid by switching to organic food than we need to pay more for medical costs incurred due to illness.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Excellence of Organic Food
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The Benefits of Cayenne Pepper
In Indonesia there are a lot of chili, call it chili pepper, red chili, green chili and others. Chili is included in the category of vegetables and commonly used in mixed dishes. Chillies have different levels of spiciness in the taste. Green chillies, small shape and has a sharp spicy taste that makes the class of eggplant or solanaceae. Cayenne pepper consists of the limbs of fruit, fruit seeds san, it has a spicy flavor of hot pepper contained in the capsaicin substance.
Function or efficacy of the capsaicin substance which is to expedite the flow of blood and skin numbing. Such as cayenne pepper contains capsaicin, capsantin, carotenoids, volatile alkaloids, resins, oils evaporate, and vitamins A and C. Cayenne pepper seeds contain solanine, solasomine, solamidine, solamargine, solasodine, and capsaicin. Capsidin efficacious as antibiotics. The content contained in cayenne pepper has the benefits or efficacy. As strong stimulant to the heart and blood flow, antirheumatic, destroying blood clots, increased appetite, and stimulating the skin where if the rub into the skin will cause a burning sensation.
Usually the benefits of the latter that makes frequently used as a mixture of liniment. In addition, cayenne pepper are also useful as a tonic, laxative fart, sweat bullets, bullets saliva, urine laxative, normalize the return leg and arm weakness, cough with phlegm, nasal congestion relief for sinusitis and migraine. In the reproductive system, the nature of the hot chili pepper can relieve tension and pain from poor blood circulation. In addition, with the content of antioxidants that are high enough, cayenne pepper can be used to overcome infertility, afrosdisiak, and slow the aging process.
Cayenne fruit extract has inhibition on the growth of fungi that commonly cause infections in the body. Results of recent research is cayenne pepper can reduce the tendency of blood clotting, and lower cholesterol levels by reducing production of cholesterol and triglycerides in the liver. Cayenne pepper does have many benefits, but that does not mean chili sauce has no side effects. Cayenne pepper contains capsaicin which should not be given to patients with digestive tract diseases, sore throat and sore eyes. That's because will cause diarrhea, increase hot flashes, dry throat and increase tear production.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Poisenttia Flowers
Every year before Christmas arrives, the seller always sells ornamental plants ornamental plants typical of Christmas, such as evergreen plants, palms and poinsettia. One type of plant that is being loved Christmas is the poinsettia. The figure of the Mexican plants are interesting. Young leaves are light colored, either red, white or pink, seen in contrast with the green leaf.
Each region has its own designation. Some call kastuba and flower poisoning. Some areas in Java Island knew him as a svelte interest. In Sumatra called red tree. In West Java are often called croton Bengal and in Bali called kedapa. These tropical plants including woody shrubs tree that can grow to 3 feet tall. His figure is beautiful with bright colors of leaves. Can be displayed in pots or planted in the yard.
All parts of plant contain milk sap if broken. The nature of stem branched, single leaves, stemmed and spreading, oval shape with the bottom fluffy. We often think of red petals, white or yellow at the tip of the leaf is a flower, but it is the young leaves that have a different color with leaf buds in general.
The young leaves gradually along with the age of leaf greenness of growing older. Flower is actually a compound with a yellow flower that is located clustered at the end of the rod. Initially, only the flowering poinsettia red with a small leaf size. Now many are crossed to produce hybrids with poinsettia flowers of different colors, like pink, green, or yellow.
Poinsettia including interest that is very easily developed. Could stem cuttings or by grafting. For stem cuttings, select a rod that is not too old, cut and basting obatperangsang roots. Planted in garden soil media and manure with a ratio of 1:1. Plants can be grown in the lowlands as well as high, but the plains with an altitude of 600 m above sea ether is an ideal area for the poinsettia. Select an area open and exposed to direct sunlight because poinsettias are very happy with sunlight. In order to appear prima poinsettias in pots, do regular maintenance such as fertilizing, watering, replacement of the media and certainly enough sunlight. Fertilizer young plants with a member of fertilizer with high nitrogen element. After the plants begin to flower out, put fertilizer with high phosphorus content of the element. So that the color of pale leaves and flowers are not brightly lit, place the poinsettia outdoors once every 3 days for the sun.
Tips To Stay Healthy Brain
The brain is the organ that is very important, especially in cognitive abilities. The withdrawal of the enlarged muscle during training and did not get off as an expense, the brain will also decrease its ability if it does not get adequate exercise. One of the bad impact on people who rarely use the thinking skills while retracing old age is due to the process of degeneration. To avoid this there are steps that can be done, namely:
1. Perform adequate exercise. Exercise can improve blood circulation to the brain, so that the flow of nutrients can also be maintained. Therefore, always remember that sport is also a prerequisite for brain health.
2. Keep trying to have social relationships with others, either at work or friends gathering in a home environment.
3. Think rationally and positively to the problem. If the problem is always depressing, it also can bring bad consequences for the brain. Thus the necessary efforts to cope with stress.
4. Consumption of healthy foods. It is important, especially foods that contain lots of anti-oxidant, folate, and omega-3 fatty acids.
5. Maintain health. How to maintain your weight, avoiding the increase of cholesterol, keeping blood pressure and sugar levels within normal limits.
6. If indeed have the disease, especially diseases that could interfere with the brain, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or elevated cholesterol, consumption of drugs that can overcome the disease.
7. Rest is also instrumental in helping brain health. At least sleep between 6-8 hours per day to restore brain function.
8. Always trying to do the stimulus to the brain. For example, to think about something, trying to solve a problem, or think to bring something of quality. This will trigger the brain to continue working. The brain is working better than the brain does not get a stimulus.
9. In people who have quit their jobs or already retired, do not let the brain do not work in a long time. Make a small activity to stimulate the brain to work. For example, playing chess, reading newspapers or magazines, watching news on television, or other activities to stimulate the brain to think.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Kalanchoe flowers
Klanchoe actually not a newcomer ornamental plants. Once people know her as the flower cocor duck, Kalanchoe now comes with a wide variety beragam.This plant growing interest from Europe, Asia and Africa this is a genus that consists of 125 spesies.Include as succulent plants, plant that contain lots of water in the stems and leaves.
Nature Kalanchoe gather and regular growth reaches a height of one meter for broadleaf species. The leaves are oval-shaped face. Clustered flowers with wide petals 1 cm. There is a single flower petal .This plant it can bloom all year penance change.The flowers has a variety of colors , ranging from red, white, yellow, purple to blue.
Kalanchoe can be cultivated from seed or leaf cuttings. Vegetative growth in the most easy to do. Way to stay cutting the leaves, place in a loose tanaj media and shady. After one month, leaves eyes new plant shoots will emerge who are ready to be planted as a new crop.
The good media Kalanchoe plants were selected from a mixture of garden soil, compost and sand with a ratio of 2:2:1. Although the media likes a moist, Kalanchoe not like stagnant water that can cause rotten roots and stems of plants. Pots made from ceramic, terracotta or cement pick the most recommended because poro-pore so that the water spray is not stagnant. Put the plant in a place exposed to direct sunlight. Lack of light will cause flowering Kalanchoe lazy and more leaves.
This beautiful flower is not spoiled in care, adequate watering and fertilizer once a day regularly. Pests disease is usually limited to aphids, caterpillars danbusuk modern day roots. Spray fungicides and pesticides 4 months once to prevent pest infestation. Nuisance weeds such as wild grass would interfere with the growth of Kalanchoe. Pull weeds in order to grow optimally.
HOW TO TREATING SKIN
The skin is an organ that is essential for humans. In addition to functioning as a protector of the body, skin health will also affect the appearance. Skin care is not always expensive, with the right techniques, you still can maintain healthy skin without the cost of excess. Here's how:
1. Clean the skin regularly
Bathe at least twice a day. Keep in mind, ait temperature bath that does not much affect the condition Ulit is the same as body temperature, not too hot or cold. Soap is good is that according to skin type, to remove dirt, but do not remove the skin moist.
2. Give moisturizer
In order to remain moist, you should use a moisturizer, do not terlantarkan hidden areas. For example, the elbow region, neck, ankles or behind the knee.
3. Never smoked
Smoking can damage your skin dramatically. A smoker has the skin dull and not bright because of the blood that carries oxygen should instead carry toxic substances and oxidants. Cigarettes are also slow the process of skin regeneration and wound healing because of substances in cigarette benzoyrene inhibit the absorption of vitamin C which is an essential component for the formation of collagen.
4. Simply break
The study found that the regenerating skin at night, Puku 1 to 3 in the morning. Lack of sleep at this time to make skin look pale.
5. Do exercise regularly
Sport can accelerate blood circulation so that the flow of blood carrying oxygen and nutrients to the skin becomes smooth. Exercise also can effectively burn carbohydrates and fat so that beautify the body shape.
6. Consumption of healthy foods
Foods rich in nutrients for the growth of skin of which contain beta carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, and zinc
7. Drink enough
Drinking can help remove dirt from the body, acts as a moisturizer from the inside and maintain the water content of the skin.
8. Do not drink alcohol and caffeine consumption to taste
Alcohol can weaken the immune system, resulting in dehydration, interfere with skin moisture, and also cause skin damage suffered hati.Kafein dehidrasi.Pertimbangkan replace drinking coffee with green tea.