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Archive for March, 2011

The theme of the prevention and control of Influenza H1N1- does not end yet. We must remain outstanding, particularly those that we have young children at home. In my country, Panama, we have top 600 cases, it is too in proportion to the amount of inhabitants, and we have already registered two deaths.
To continue with this issue, although many not liking the constant reference to the same, les attached by way of recorders, this Decalogue of 10 key recommendations to avoid the virus, which would very likely many already practiced and are aware of them; I have found in elm undo. Is health, and I thought it was very interesting to share with you.
1. Avoid contact with people who have been diagnosed the disease.
2. Wash hands frequently. The influenza virus is transmitted by droplets of saliva and through nasal secretions when coughing or sneezing. Should wash their hands during at least one minute to eliminate the pathogen completely.
3. Cover their mouths and nose with a tissue paper to the sneezing or coughing and just after pulling the scarf used in the trash.
4. Clean with greater frequency surfaces of furniture, knobs doors and other articles in which may have been left secretions contaminated.
5. Ventilate often stays. Thus, avoid the accumulation of suspended particles containing the virus.
6. If you are sick, avoid spread to other people on the advice of health professionals. An infected person can transmit the virus from a day before the onset of symptoms until a week later.
7. Avoid kissing and contact very close, as well as sharing glasses, covered and other objects that have been in contact with saliva or secretions. Thus, we will reduce the risk of infection.
8. A healthy life allows confront the disease in the best health conditions. Eat fruit and vegetables rich in vitamins A and C (carrot, papaya, guava, orange, tangerine, lime, lemon and pineapple), exercise or avoid habits such as alcohol and tobacco contributes to improving the defenses.
9. It is important to avoid the saturation of the emergency services. In case of symptoms of influenza, go to your primary care physician.
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The world would not be equal if everything were gray. The nature is full of colors at sea, the heaven and earth. A shopping cart full of fruits and vegetables is like the palette of an artist. As well as the painter mixing colors and creates works of art, eating plants of different colors your body will have all needed nutrients and may operate perfection. The vegetables and fruits contain essential vitamins and minerals, as well as fibers that your body needs to promote your health and make you feel very well. To eat, you can be confident that you and your family are getting many of the nutrients needed to help them to be very healthy and thus avoid various diseases.
Blue and purple: fruits and vegetables that are of these colors you help prevent the effects of aging. They also help the functioning of the memory and the health of the urinary tract. The fruits and vegetables blue and purple include the blackberries, zarzamo-ras, blackcurrants, and plums fresh and dried figs purple, grapes dwellings, raisins, violet asparagus, coles dwellings, eggplants and potatoes of purple
Red: This group helps you to the health of memory, the heart and urinary tract. Contain phytochemicals lycopene and antocianinos. Fruits and vegetables les are: red apples, oranges of red interior, cherries, red grapes, red grapefruit , pears red, grenades, raspberries, strawberries, watermelons, betabe, red peppers, radishes, onions dwellings, potatoes and pink tomatoes.
Green: You maintain strong bones and teeth and help in sight. The fruits and vegetables greens contain the photochemical lutein. Among the green foods are pears, broccoli, artichokes, asparagus, cauliflowers, Brussels sprouts, green beans, celery, chayote’s, pumpkins greens, cucumbers, green leafy vegetables (such as the parsley and cilantro, lettuce, scallion, peas, spinach, chilies Serrano and jalapeno, watercress and zucchini.
White: This group contains many vitamins and phytochemicals, which include the atavist. The fruits and vegetables white, cream or coffee helps maintain the healthy levels of cholesterol when they are in a normal range, as well as to maintain coronary health. Here are the bananas, pears cafes, dates, peaches, cauliflowers, garlic, tuber, mushrooms, onions, potatoes white, turnips, corncob white and ginger.
Orange and yellow: These colors should not be lacking in your daily diet. The fruits and vegetables orange, such as potatoes sweets, mangoes, zanahoraias and peaches, contain beta carotene, a natural antioxidant that improves the functioning of your immune system. This group is rich in vitamin C and vitamin B9 (vitamin from group B) that help, among other things, to prevent strokes.

Most of us belong to this type of people who are “connected” throughout the day. Among the work, cellular and home computer, there are days in which we spent the majority of our time lost on the Internet.
Although this is not necessarily negative, since it lost in the web keeps our brain asset, it is not entirely positive be for hours and hours lost out there.
That is why, as much as we like losing to discover interesting things on the Internet, it is important to know away from it, and occupy our time in other ways.
*A good way to do this is setting hours in which is forbidden to use internet. For example, then leaving work you cannot walk to a computer.
*Another way is by limits. We all have that friend who is connected all the time, using a laptop, iPhone or whatever feels the need to be always online. Many times this is not really necessary, but they are only distractions that affect the facts of the real life around it. An alternative is fixed at a only time of day to respond mails or be on the web.
*Saves your laptop. Save the laptop in the closet, or where it is, but that comes out of your view is a good idea. And you will be moving away the temptation to be online all the time and you can concentrate on other things.
*Many people may need “talk really”, there are times that only chatted via the internet. This is not for nothing good, a conversation “face to face” is necessary for the social life of any person. It seeks talk really with someone at least once a day. It may sound very extreme but it is true that there are people who should be bound to interact with the outside world.