BLOOD TYPE

Does Your Blood Type Reveal Your Personality?

Accord ing to a Japanese institute that does research on blood types, there are certain personality traits that seem to match up with certain blood types. How do you rate?

TYPE O
You want to be a leader, and when you see something you want, you keep striving until you achieve your goal. You are a trend-setter, loyal, passionate, and self-confident. Your weaknesses include vanity and jealously and a tendency to be too competitive.

TYPE A
You like harmony, peace and organization. You work well with others, and are sensitive, patient and affectionate. Among your weaknesses are stubbornness and an inability to relax.

TYPE B
You're a rugged individualist, who's straightforward and likes to do things your own way. Creative and flexible, you adapt easily to any situation. But your insistence on being independent can sometimes go too far and become a weakness.

TYPE AB
Cool and controlled, you're generally well liked and always put people at ease. You're a natural entertainer who's tactful and fair. But you're standoffish, blunt, and have difficulty making decisions.

So what is your personality?

REMEDIES FOR CONSTIPATION

This is specially for Iris who constantly complained of having constipation.
Try some of these home remedies and see which one works better.
Remember constipation is very bad for your health.
The toxins are re-absorbed into your body and caused all illnesses.

Here are some Home Remedies:

Honey Tea

Add 3 grams of green tea leaves and a tablespoon of honey to a mug of hot water. Wait several minutes. Drink warm after meals.
Moistens the intestines and frees the stools. Particularly suitable for constipation in the elderly and constipation after child birth.

Honey & Sesame Oil Drink

Add a tablespoon of honey and a dash of sesame oil to a mug of hot water. Stir well. Repeat every morning before breakfast.
Moistens the intestines and frees the stools. Especially suitable for habitual constipation with dry stools.

Molasses Drink(Brown Sugar)

Add two tablespoons of molasses to a glass of warm water and stir. Drink twice daily. One of the mildest yet most reliable home remedies for
constipation. Suitable for adults and children - give children just one spoon of molasses though.

Banana & Fig Smoothie

Not really a traditional Chinese home remedy for constipation but effective, and highly nutritious, all the same. Put 2 or 3 fresh figs or dates,
a very ripe banana, a spoon of honey or molasses and a cup of water into a blender. Mix well and drink once a day or so. Suitable
for adults and children.

Spinach Soup

Make a simple spinach and water soup and add a little salt. Another gentle yet effective home remedy for constipation relief - soothes and
stimulates your bowels. You may also add carrot to the soup to further stimulate and soothe your bowels. Suitable for adults and
children.

Senna Leaf Tea

Put 1-3 grams of Senna leaf in a mug and add hot water. Let steep for several minutes before drinking. One of the most powerful, natural home remedies for constipation. Good for moving hard stools with signs of heat in the body, e.g. a red face, feeling hot, bad breath, dark yellowish urine. Senna leaf is a strong
laxative and not recommended for long term use, though, or during pregnancy or menstruation, or by those who are weak from illness or constitutionally weak.

In addition to taking home remedies for constipation relief you should try to identify and eliminate the cause of
your constipation. Diet is usually the primary cause, avoid food such as white bread, cakes,
cookies, pastries, candy, over cooked foods, over cooked meats and too many pasteurized dairy products like milk, all of which do
little more than clog up your colon.

Emotional stress is another common cause of constipation. Breathing exercises and acupressure are simple yet highly
effective ways to deal with stress, anxiety, negative emotions, nervousness and worry.

HEALTHY FRUIT JUICES

Here is a guide on what fruits and vegetables to mix for different purposes.
Someone sent me one last year, so I printed it out and stuck it on my fridge as I find it very helpful and useful.
In fact pure fruits and vegetables are the best food for our body.
I had wanted to post it on my blog to share with others but after going thru my e-mail, I could not find it. Must have deleted it accidentally.
So today I received another one from my sis Serena and thought I better post it before it get lost.
Here are 12 mixtures to choose from.
Every morning I will look at all the fruits n veg. and think what I will take today. Sometimes it's out of convenience and I take what I have in my fridge.
So print a copy and stuck it on your fridge and stay healthy......


Banana + Pineapple + Milk - Rich in vitamin with nutritious and prevent constipation

Papaya + Pineapple + Milk - Rich in vitamin C, E, Iron. Improve skin complexion and metabolism.

Honeydew + Grape + Watermelon + Milk - Rich in vitamin C + Vitamin B2 that increase cell activity and str engthen body immunity.

Carrot + Apple + Pear + Mango - Clear body heat, counteracts toxicity, decreased blood pressure and fight oxidization .

Pear & Banana - regulates sugar content.

Apple + Cucumber + Kiwi - To improve skin complexion.

Pineapple + Apple + Watermelon - To dispel excess salts, nourishes the bladder and kidney.

Orange + Ginger + Cucumber - Improve Skin texture and moisture and reduce body heat

Bittergourd + Apple + Milk + Avoid bad breath and reduce internal body heat.

Tomato + Carrot + Apple = Improve skin complexion and eliminate bad breath.

Apple + Cucumber + Celery = Prevent cancer, reduce cholesterol, and eliminate stomach Upset and headache.

Carrot + Ginger + Apple = Boost and cleanse our system.

STROKE IDENTIFICATION

Iris was telling me this morning that her friend Jolene's mother had symptoms of stroke. I was thinking to myself what are the symptoms of stroke...I have heard it before but when I was ask on the spot what are the symptoms I could not recall. So this prompted me to search about it.
This is what I found...Hope it will come useful in times of need.

STROKE: Remember the 1st Three Letters....S.T.R.

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he
can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient
medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps - STR

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately,
the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe
brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple
questions:

S *Ask the individual to SMILE.

T *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(i.e. It is sunny out today)

R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his
tongue.. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.

So remember the STR will help save lives.

RICE WATER - FOR TREATING HYPERTENSION

Hypertension is a disease which is usually interrelated with other health problems. The food, the stress and other diseases can cause hypertension. I think there is no long term cure from modern medicine. As told by my doctor, once you take hypertension drug you have to take it for life. I have been on it for more than 10 years and am still taking it......Now I want to try taking rice water.
Taking rice water is a cheap cure. No side effect and don't cost anything.

Commonly taken by all Asian. Chineses believe the water from washing the rice is "cooling" suggesting having Yin properties. The washed or rinsed water can be drank to contain hypertension.

Method:
1. Wash rice. First wash is usually too dirty to drink.
2. Rinse it once or twice then pour out the washed water.
3. Drink the rinsed water. Depending on the amount of water you use - drink all.
4. After 2 hours check your pressure. There should be improvement.
5. If there is improvement, continue drinking everyday when you wash rice.

Precautions : If the unboiled water for washing is not suitable for drinking then cook rice with extra water. Then when it boiled, scoop out the water and drink it.
Cook porridge everyday and put lots of water, so you can drink more of the rice water.

Three Basic Ways To Overcome Hypertension
1. Eat food that can soften blood vessels. Eg. Fruits, seaweed, mung bean sprouts.
2. Eat food that reduce blood pressure. Eg Banana, celery, persimmon.
3. Avoid animals fat and oil. Use plant oil that reduce cholesterol.

HAVING DIARRHOEA? - DRINK RICE WATER

This remedy was sent to me by a friend. Hope to share it with all family and friends because this is a very common sickness. I am sure everyone has encountered it a number of times in their lives.

When someone gets diarrhoea, sometimes the solution is so easy, we wonder why anyone has to suffer.

The secret is in rice water

This is already known in this region. Ask your maids -- Sri Lankan, Indonesian, Filipina and they would know about it.

(My mother) knew about it. When Dr Albert Winsemius came to Singapore for a farewell and thank you dinner in his honour, he brought along his wife Aly and his granddaughter, Jolijn. Both women came down with very bad gastroenteritis. They saw the doctor who gave them medication. It was slow to work.

Mother boiled some rice in lots of water and went to their hotel with two 1.5L bottles of rice water.

I cringed in shame at the offer of this folk remedy, which seemed so primitive to me. Never heard of this cure before. To my surprise, it worked, and they were even able to go out for dinner the next day. Both were exclaiming how the rice water did the trick of making them well again. Well, lucky it worked, I thought to myself.

I was discussing this some years back with Kim Ng, the ex-matron of KK Hospital. She said, yes, that is what Professor Wong Hock Boon, the notable paediatrician teaches. I was shocked and made some comment how could he? It was common knowledge so what had he to do with it?

Many months later, I regretted laughing at it. Dr Christina Shanta Emmanuel, who is the CEO of...uh, which group I have forgotten. Either National Health Group, or Polyclinics, or whatever.. regarded me seriously when I brought up the topic like it was good fun. She said that Prof Wong Hock Boon had presented a paper on it. At some conference. After he had done clinical trials.

Then his results were published in the Lancet, the Medical Journal all doctors read. In fact, said Shanta, he was credited for saving the lives of 2 million African babies by this method.

Ah, so! I am impressed.

It is rice water and not rice, that does the trick. I have found it effective again and again. You take a handful of rice and boil it in a large saucepan with lots of water. Like three or four large glasses.. Then you cool that and drink the water. If you are in a hurry to relieve the ailing person, take the saucepan off the fire and dunk it in a frying pan or basin of cool water with ice cubes if necessary.

This gives the patient a chance to drink the rice water sooner and cure himself or herself sooner.

When drinking the rice water, make sure there is lots of it. You have to tell the patient that enough water must go in to line your guts from throat to other end, all 10 to 12 metres of it. If you take rice, it stays in the stomach. If you take broth, some of it may go into the small intestine.

But if you take rice water, it will carry rice grains to every inch of your small and large intestine to the end where the problem is.

How does it work? Even Prof Wong Hock Boon doesn't know. Read the attached file. Or go to

*http://rehydrate.org/dd/dd06.htm#page2*

It is good to pass on the news to everyone you know because the complaint is so common and people suffer unnecessarily. You would be doing your friends a great favour to relieve them of their misery when the occasion arises.

In my next blog I will share how rice water can be used to treat hypertension.

WHY MEN ARE NEVER DEPRESSED

Men Are Just Happier People-- What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can be President. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park.
Car mechanics tell you the truth.. The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another gas station rest-room because this one is just too icky. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress: $5000. Tux rental: $100. People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them. The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected. New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time. Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks. A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars.
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend. Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more than enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
Everything on your face stays its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You only have to shave your face and neck. You can play with toys all your life. Your belly usually hides your big hips. One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one color for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can "do" your nails with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.
You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes. No wonder men are happier.