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Prepare to die with lung cancer, cry and tell my partner to remarry

A Stanford doctor wrote a moving letter that moved many to tears. After seeing his lung cancer results from the CT scan, he wrote what he feels.

“Prepare to die with lung cancer, cry and tell my partner to remarry.”

Many of us who are healthy and just feeling the blues are moved to tears by this doctor’s reaction to his lung cancer. He is a healer, a doctor, a husband and a neurosurgeon who understands death and knows that it comes unexpectedly at times even to the young.

I just watched this news just now on TV. Relaxing after a days work to ready myself for another day tomorrow.  I am moved and can feel the doctor’s feelings as my father died in 2002 of lung cancer. Like him, my father adored my mother and his children. But because of the environment my father was in, working in mining companies of nickel and copper, asbestos exposure and other hazards from smoking and working as mechanic and driver, his lungs deteriorated.  After this experience, I vowed to help families prepare for the unexpected thru proper financial or retirement planning.

This is my mission to equip families with the right retirement savings, asset protection, and living benefits with access to funds up to $1.5M when cancer, stroke or disability occurs.

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Call Connie Dello Buono 408-854-1883 motherhealth@gmail.com CA Life Lic 0G60621 for a flexible index strategy of retirement savings addressing all three threats: getting sick, dying too soon and living too long. We have to prepare and leave memories and an estate to our families.

We are hiring. Must be self-motivated and people savvy. We are in 50 US states.

Can you motivate yourself to succeed no matter what?

Can you wake up in the morning ready to face any challenges thrown at you?

Can you still work and have the strength to deliver even when you have been failing many times and it seems to take a little longer to see success?

Can you tell  yourself to not eat junk foods and help create a healthy body?

Can you do all of the above and still be motivated to reach your goals?

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The answer for me is Yes. There is no turning back for me. As I wanted to retire my working mom of 78 yrs of age and retire myself from financial bondage and create a healthy body, I must believe that I can wake up each day thinking it is a new day and I will conquer any challenges that come my way.

I still am able to motivate others when I am still growing myself, struggling and finding strength to overcome daily failures and reach for my success list.

Thanks to many inspirations, my mom, my two teens, my girlfriends, loves, mentors in my business, trainers, books, words of wisdom I see and feel around me.

Thanks to God, He did not forget me.

Thanks to all your prayers.

Cut costs in bank fees, home/car insurance, dining, and more

Cut costs , save more

Home/Car Insurance and Financial Fees Save almost $600 a year Some credit cards sock you with fees of $30-plus, the FDIC reports, if you’re even a day late with your payment. Say you have a bad math week and bounce a check—that’s a fortune right there. Stay on top of these painful fees and save yourself from spending money that does nothing for you.

Set up an overdraft account. “Link your checking account to your savings account, so that if you overdraw, the money comes from savings, says Luke Reynolds, head of the FDIC’s community outreach efforts. Just make sure you always have a $300 cushion in your account.

Set up automatic withdrawal. Avoid late fees on your card by having your card issuer automatically withdraw the minimum amount before your due date. Many issuers also let you pay by phone. This helps during those months when you realize the due date is…today.

Don’t pay for credit reports. You know those ads promising free credit reports? Despite the catchy tune, the reports really aren’t free, notes Reynolds—they can cost about $15 per month. For a truly free report, head to AnnualCreditReport.com. You can get one free credit report each year; for most people, that’s plenty, he adds.

Cut ATM fees. Sure, having an ATM on every corner is convenient. But it’s also pricey, if you go outside your own bank’s network. Some ATMs charge $2-to-$3 per transaction. Your own bank may take on another couple bucks. If you use these once a month, that’s $60 out the window by next year. To avoid the fees, head to your bank’s website, and find the branches and ATMs near your usual stomping grounds. Make a point of using these whenever possible. What if you’re away from home and need cash? Use stores as your ATM—pay with your debit card and then ask for extra cash back when you check out, Reynolds suggests. Many times they do this without changing any fees.

Raise your deductible. The average annual bill for homeowner’s insurance was $804 in 2006, according to the Insurance Information Institute. However, by raising your deductible from $500 to $1,000, you could save up to 25 percent on your premium, the Institute says. If your annual tab is about the average, that works out to $200 per year. Same with car insurance: Kick it up from $250 to $500 and you’ll save between $171 and $257 per year, says Sam Belden, vice president with Insurance.com.

Revisit your policy. If you’ve changed jobs, for instance, and drive less to work, you may be able to reduce your car insurance rate.  Low mileage rates, which can save you five to 15 percent, typically come into play if you drive less than about 7,500 miles each year, Belden says.

Recession proof your money

Is there a simple (and painless) way to create a budget? Most people are unreasonably afraid of the B-word. But knowing where your money goes can show you where you have room to spend, as well as where you need to cut back. It’s as easy as remembering these two numbers: 60 and 40. Sixty percent of your monthly income should go to fixed expenses such as food, mortgage or rent, utilities, transportation, and health care. Divide the remaining 40 percent as follows:

10% for a retirement fund. Yes, even if you have debt. At the very least, contribute the maximum amount to your 401(k) that your company will match–never pass up dough. 10% for paying off debt or building an emergency fund 10% for short-term savings to be spent on nonrecurring expenses like vacations or unexpected home repairs 10% for fun stuff that will improve your quality of life.

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Protect your assets with an index universal life insurance with full living benefits that grows to 13% tax free, contact Connie Dello Buono, CA Life Lic 0G60621, Retirement Planner

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Marketing Shortcut for the Self-employed by Patrick Schwerdtfeger

Define your business model
Implementation Checklist

1. identify the problem your product solves
2. describe the pain caused by the problem
3. note the emotional distress you alleviate
4. focus marketing on emotional benefits
5. compare notes and ideas with a colleague

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Marketing Shortcut for the Self-employed
Leverage resources, establish online credibility and crush your competition

by Patrick Schwerdtfeger

Dynamic Keynote Speaker for Business Conferences

30 Bits of Commencement Wisdom for the Class of 2013 by Lucas Reilly

It’s graduation season, and that means platitudes are parading out the mouths of notable speakers everywhere. Every year, speakers spew the same old sayings: Never give up! Embrace failure! Be passionate! Here’s a look at speakers who said things a little differently this year.

1. John Green (Author/Host of mental_floss on YouTube): Butler University

“Try not to worry too much about what you are going to do with your life. You are already doing what you are going to do with your life, and judging by the fact that you are wearing a gown, you’re doing pretty well. That’s not a sentence you hear much in life.”

2. Eric Idle (Comedian): Whitman College

“Your life is precious. You’ve only got one. Don’t waste it on bad relationships, on bad marriages, on bad jobs, on bad people. Waste it wisely on what you want to do. But if you’re still playing beer pong five years from now, you may be on the wrong track.”

3. Sharyn Alfonsi (Journalist): University of Mississippi, Meek School of Journalism

“Your life will have chapters, complete with crazy characters, villains and a plot you can’t even imagine as you sit here today. It’s a lot like a Scooby Doo episode.”

4. James Carville (Political Commentator): Hobart and William Smith Colleges

“You’re leaving here, and I can sit here and tell you all the vapid bull that comes out of the spring air in Upstate New York about being un-tethered, and drifting out on the sea of life, and plan your work and work your plan and all of that SPAT! You’re getting ready to go get knocked down. That’s what’s going to happen. Everybody wants to be a success but no one wants to stop and understand what it takes to succeed.”

5. Dick Costolo (CEO, Twitter): University of Michigan

“When I was your age, we didn’t have the Internet in our pants. We didn’t have the Internet NOT in our pants. That’s how bad it was.”

6. Steven Colbert (Comedian): University of Virginia, Valediction Ceremonies

“Don’t worry if we don’t approve of your choices. In our benign self-absorption, I believe we have given you a gift. A particular form of independence because you do not owe the previous generation anything. Thanks to us, you owe it to the Chinese.”

7. Anne-Marie Slaughter (Policy Analyst): Lafayette College

“In the end, no matter how much you love your work, your work will not love you back.”

8. Neil deGrasse Tyson (Astrophysicist): Rice University

“Your diploma is really not a ticket to show off what you know. You know what it really is? It’s permission to admit to yourself how much you still have yet to learn.”

9. Robert Kraft (Owner, New England Patriots): Suffolk University

“My advice is: Don’t follow the advice of others. I am not suggesting that you ignore advice, but just don’t let your advisers make decisions for you … And years from now, or even later today, when someone asks you ‘What advice were you given on your commencement day?’ and you respond, ‘I don’t know, I wasn’t listening,’ well then I will know you were paying attention.”

10. Arianna Huffington (President, Huffington Post): Smith College

“I beg you: don’t buy society’s definition of success. Because it’s not working for anyone. It’s not working for women, it’s not working for men, it’s not working for polar bears, it’s not working for the cicadas that are apparently about to emerge and swarm us. It’s only truly working for those who make pharmaceuticals for stress, sleeplessness and high blood pressure.”

11. Steven Chu (Former Secretary of Energy): University of Rochester

“Your biggest failure will happen if you go through life and never fail, because you’ll never know what you could have done.”

12. Annie Lennox (Singer-Songwriter): Berklee College of Music

“It’s important to acknowledge the value and power of unorthodoxy.”

13. Joss Whedon (Writer/Director): Wesleyan University

“If you think that happiness means total peace, you will never be happy. Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace. It will always be in conflict. If you accept that, everything gets a lot better.”

14. Steve Wozniak (Co-founder, Apple): University of California, Berkeley

“H = F3: Happiness equals food, fun, and friends … I said this once at my high school, and the kids started laughing. I had to admit there might be a fourth ‘F.’”

15. Jonathan Safran Foer (Author): Middlebury College

“Each step forward in technological communication has made things more convenient. But each step has also made it easier, just a little bit easier, to avoid the emotional work of being present. To write ‘LOL’ rather than to actually laugh out loud; to send a crying emoji rather than actually crying; to convey information rather than humanity. It’s never been easier to say nothing.”

16. Melinda Gates (Philanthropist): Duke University

“The people who say technology has disconnected you from others are wrong. So are the people who say technology automatically connects you to others. Technology is just a tool. It’s a powerful tool, but it’s just a tool. Deep human connection is very different. It’s not a tool. It’s not a means to an end. It is the end.”

17. Julie Andrews (Actress): University of Colorado, Boulder

“Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can’t stand, speak for those who can’t speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.”

18. Duncan Niederauer (CEO, NYSE Euronext): Colgate University

“My advice to you is be afraid of old ideas, not new ideas.”

19. David McCullough (Historian): Lesley University

“Never underestimate what other people might know. Sometimes people who seem to be the least possible source of interesting information turn out to be the greatest source imaginable.”

20. Toni Morrison (Author/Poet): Vanderbilt University, Senior Day

“Money is the not-so-secret mistress of all our lives, and like all mistresses, you certainly know whether she has or not already seduced you.”

21. Jon Lovett (Television Writer): Pitzer College

“You are smart, talented, educated, conscientious, untainted by the mistakes and conventional wisdom of the past. But you are also very annoying. Because there is a lot that you don’t know that you don’t know. Your parents are nodding. You’ve been annoying them for years. Why do you think they paid for college? So that you might finally, at long last, annoy someone else. And now your professors are nodding.”

22. Claude Steele (Social Psychologist): Tufts University

“In setting your life course, put the ‘wants’ of life ahead of the ‘shoulds’ of life.”

23. Martin Sheen (Actor): La Roche College

“We are not asked to do great things, we’re asked to do all things with greater care. Such an ideal is rare in a culture of so compromised values and so much cynicism, a culture that all too often knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”

24. Rita Dove (Poet): Emory University

“Some might ask, why do we need books or art or music, and some may just as well ask, why does that bridge have to be beautiful? … You see, we all have imagination. We use it every day. We relish it. We would languish without our aesthetic desires.”

25. Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama): Tulane University

“I’ve had no modern education, so my knowledge compared to yours amounts to zero, but I have observed that many of the problems we face today are of our own creation. Because we created them, we must also have the ability to reduce or overcome them.”

26. Deepak Chopra (Physician): Hartwick College

“Remember that love without action is meaningless and action without love is irrelevant.”

27. More Jon Lovett at Pitzer

“There are moments when you’ll have a different point of view because you’re a fresh set of eyes; because you don’t care how it’s been done before; because you’re sharp and creative; because there is another way, a better way. But there will also be moments when you have a different point of view because you’re wrong, because you’re 23 and you should shut up and listen to somebody who’s been around the block.”

28. More John Green from Butler University

“You have probably figured out by now that education is not really about grades or getting a job; it’s primarily about becoming a more aware and engaged observer of the universe. If that ends with college, you’re rather wasting your one and only known chance at consciousness.”

29. Anne Fadiman (Author): College of the Holy Cross

“Don’t confine yourself to the fair weather races, the easy races, the races you know you can win. Get out in gale force winds. Know you will capsize, again and again and again and again.”

30. Judith Viorst (Author): Goucher College

“Becoming a grownup means understanding that when really bad things happen, that the answer to ‘why me?’ is ‘why not me?’”

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In building relationships to be of service to others first in your business, be genuine and build deep relationships. Connie Dello Buono, now hiring college grads in the financial arena in 50 US states. 408-854-1883 motherhealth@gmail.com

How can I get pregnant soon and how to have a boy or girl?

This question is very important for some women who wanted to have a baby soon.

The following answers are derived from my readings, so please consult your doctor.

It is important to have a physical check up since there are many reasons a woman cannot get pregnant, auto-immune disease, clogged fallopian tubes or cysts in reproductive organs, or male partner issue.

Zinc must be present in the diet or supplements in men and women should not take so much Vitamin C, for it makes the uterus inhospitable for conception.

On the first day of a woman’s period or menstruation, a woman must record this day and examine on the 8th to the 12th day the mucus that comes out of her os. If it is egg white in consistency or stretches 2 cm, this is the fertile period and that having sex this day or the day before will most likely conceived a boy and having sex three to four days before this ovulation or fertile period (normally 12th or 14th day) will help conceive a girl.

So when I was teaching in high schools, I gave a short lecture about this topic to alarm the women about their bodies and avoid unplanned pregnancies. Vitamin C around 6 grams (6000 mg) for two weeks can help prevent conception or pregnancy. Each woman’s body is different.

Seek a health care pro…

For free health topics about women’s bodies from childbearing years to menopause, contact Connie for her ebook on this topic at motherhealth@gmail.com

Connie Dello Buono, retirement planner for health care pros

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College savings plans and strategies

1.Saving for your own retirement is more important than saving for college.

Your children will have more sources of money for college than you will have for your golden years, so don’t sacrifice your retirement savings. Comments: This is so true especially if you have helped prepared your children to be financially strong and educationally ready for college. You can start an index strategy of a retirement savings 2x that of your child.

2. The sooner you start saving, the better.

Even modest savings can pack a punch if you give them enough time to grow. Investing just $100 a month for 18 years will yield $48,000, assuming an 8% average annual return.

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Your money compounds every 8-9yrs depending on annual return. Based on rule of 72, divide 72 by the return your money is getting , 9% and your money doubles every 8 yrs. CD only offers around 1% return. Our index retirement savings strategy is currently at 8%.

3. Choose a long term, low risk, steady return of 8%-13%, guaranteed and secured, tax-free  college savings strategy.

With tuition costs rising faster than inflation, a long-term , low risk savings strategy is the best way to build enough savings in the long term. As your child approaches college age, you can shelter your returns tax-free and liquid.

4. You don’t have to save the entire cost of four years of college.

Federal, state, and private grants and loans can bridge the gap between your savings and tuition bills, even if you think you make too much to qualify.

5. Tax breaks are almost as good as grants.

You may be able to take two federal tax credits — the American Opportunity Tax Credit and Lifetime Learning Credit — in the years you pay tuition. But you cannot claim the tuition and fees tax deduction in the same taxable year that you claim the American Opportunity Tax Credit or the Lifetime Learning Credit.

You also cannot claim the tuition and fees tax deduction if anyone else claims the American Opportunity Tax Credit or the Lifetime Learning Credit for you in the same taxable year.

A tax deduction of up to $4,000 can be claimed for the qualified tuition and fees paid.

6. The approval process for college loans is more lenient than for other loans.

Late payments on your credit record aren’t automatic grounds for refusal of a college loan.

7. Lenders can be flexible when it’s time to repay.

There are still ways to cut costs after you graduate and begin repaying your student loans. For instance, there is often a one-quarter percentage point interest rate decrease if you set up automatic debit, in which monthly payments are automatically taken from your account.

8. Taxpayers with student loans get a tax break.

You may deduct the interest you pay up to $2,500 a year if your modified adjusted gross income is less than $75,000 if you’re single or less than $155,000 if you’re married filing jointly. The deduction can be taken for the life of the loan.

Few people question the value of a college education, but the cost is enough to break the bank for a lot of families. With the cost of higher education rising faster than inflation, parents of today’s 4-year-olds may face college bills of more than $200,000 – and that’s for a public college! Private universities are more like $400,000.

Also, don’t forget that the availability of financial aid, loans, and education credits and deductions means you may not have to foot the entire bill yourself.

Your children have a lot of resources besides you to help feed the tuition monster, but no one is going to help you finance your golden years. Formulas used to assess need generally don’t consider retirement savings as an available asset when determining how much parents can contribute to tuition.

Putting too much money in your child’s name, however, might work against you. While it’s true that a child’s income is usually taxed at a lower rate than a parent’s income, keeping funds in a child’s name can reduce your financial aid package. Colleges use a formula for aid that assesses a family’s need based on up to 5.64% of parents’ available assets and on 20% of assets in a child’s name or custodial account.

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Contact Connie Dello Buono in 50 US states, CA Life Lic 0G60621 for a retirement /college savings strategy, guaranteed and with zero market risk. 408-854-1883 motherhealth@gmail.com

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Can you just stop smoking in a week or few months?

My father started smoking at 19 yrs of age. And for many years thereon until he was in his 40s. He had tuberculosis at the age of 40 and stopped smoking at age 42 , by just going cold turkey, stopping completely in less than few weeks. We give him candy to chew and his three daughters would remind him to stop smoking.

At age 63 when he arrived in the USA, a last stage terminal lung cancer was discovered via CAT and MRI scan. We opted for no chemo and radiation and he went home to the Philippines. He had two oxygen tanks beside him and received massages when the cancer turned into bone cancer, the most painful cancer of all. He described it as being in hell on earth.

He consumed many fresh squeeze juices of green papaya that prolonged his life to 7 more months from the diagnosis of 3months to live by his doctors in the USA.

When my son was offered a cigarette at age of 17 during the last year in high school, he said to his classmates that he don’t smoke and when asked what does he do, he said I only play computer games.

Many researches point to low birth weight babies or newborns from mothers who were smoking and those smoking illegal drugs are prone to blue babies, the baby die at birth.

Smoking is believed to help reduce weight and many other assumptions. But smoking drives away many important nutrients in the body especially Vitamin C, A, B, D and E. Even electronic cigars have side effects.

It takes more than 5 months to clean up or detox your body from smoking but it can be done. We should never make stress an excuse for smoking.

Spare yourself from the pain of other cancers and side effects of stroke and other cardiovascular diseases as a result of smoking.

Most of all, save those around you, babies and women and young people.

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My dad’s lung cancer can also be traced to his working at places like copper and nickel mining, asbestos factory and as car mechanic. My auntie who puts the lighted black ashes of the cigar inside her mouth, died of lung cancer at 70.

Food curator wanted

Please share your find for what you think is the healthiest dish in your community.

Email motherhealth@gmail.com with pics and name of restaurant or cook and contact info.

Think Vegan Food, Vegetarian Food, Gluten Free food, Paleo options etc.

The absolute best food available in restaurants that would help people lose weight.

And the recipe will be added in the new ebook on Health, Finance and Life.

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Why chewing your food helps you lose weight?

The enzymes in your saliva help in breaking down the food.

In the same way that eating pineapple or papaya help in breaking the fats in the meat that we eat.

 

 

Yerba buena for head aches, fever and other ailments

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Botany Hierba buena is a prostrate, smooth , much-branched, usually purplish, strongly      aromatic herb, with stems growing up to 40 centimeters long, with ultimate ascending terminal      branches. Leaves are elliptic to oblong-ovate, 1.5 to 4 centimeters long,      short-stalked with toothed margins, and rounded or blunt tipped. Flowers are hairy and purplish to bluish, borne in axillary headlike whorls. Calyx teeth are triangular or lanceolate and hairy; the corolla is also hairy.

Distribution – Native of Europe.       –       Introduced by the Spaniards.       – Widely  cultivation to some extent in all parts of  the Philippines.       – Thrives well at high elevations; rarely flowers in lowlands.

Constituents                       – Plant yields a volatile oil (0.22%) containing pulegone, menthol, menthene,           menthenone and limonene.            – Study showed the shoot leaf gave the highest yield of oil, 0.62%; while the stems had negligible yield. Menthol was the major component of all the oils. Other oils identified were: B-caryophyllene oxide, a-phellandrene, terpinolene, limonene, menthone and pulegone.            – Phytochemical screening of powdered plant samples (root, stem, and leaves) yielded alkaloids, polyphenols, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, cardiac glycosides, and diterpenes.

Properties – Carminative, stimulant, stomachic,           aromatic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, sudorific, emmenagogue.           – Oil is rubefacient and stimulant. – Tops and leaves are carminative.
Parts utilized Leaves and stems.
Uses Nutritional– Cultivated as a spice                     for cooking.           – Leaves used for tea.           – Used in salads to provide flavor.           – Used as a flavoring in confections and dentrifices. Folkloric–           One of the oldest household                           remedies known.                           – In the Philippines, tops and leaves are considered carminative; when bruised used as antidote to stings of poisonous insects.           –  Mint is used in neuralgic affections, renal and vesical calculus.           – Used for stomach weakness and diarrhea.                     –           Decoction and infusion of leaves and stems used for fever, stomach aches,           dysmenorrhea, and diuresis.           – Pounded leaves for insect bites, fevers, toothaches, headaches.            – Crushed fresh plants or leaves are sniffed for dizziness.           – Powdered dried plant as dentrifice. – Crushed leaves are applied on the forehead                             and temples for headaches.           – For toothaches: (1) Wet a small piece of cotton with juice                               expressed from crushed leaves; apply this impregnated cotton bud to                               the tooth. (2) Boil 6 tbsp. of leaves in two glasses of water for 15                               minutes; strain and cool. Divide the decoction into 2 parts and take                               every 3 to 4 hours.           – For flatulence: Boil 4 tbsp of chopped leaves in 1 cup water                                 for five minutes; strain. Drink the decoction while lukewarm. Facilitates                                 expulsion of flatus.                                 – Alcohol or ether extract used as local anesthetic for affections of the nose, pharynx, and larynx.                                 – Used for obstinate vomiting of pregnancy.                                 –  An alcoholic solution of menthol has been used as inhalation for asthma. Menthol is also used as local anesthesia for headache and facial neuralgia.                                 –           Decoction or vapor from menthol used with lemon grass as febrifuge. Also used in hiccups.           – Plant used as emmenagogue; also used in jaundice.           – Dried plant used as dentrifice.                                           – Leaves and stems used as carminative, antispasmodic, and sudorific.                                                                 – Infusion of leaves used for indigestion, rheumatic pans, arthritis and inflamed joints.                     – For coughs, boil 6 tbsp of chopped leaves in 2 glasses of water for                                   15 mins; cool and strain. Divide the decoction into three parts; take                                   1 part 3 times a day.                                   – Diluted essential oil used as wash for skin irritations, burns, pruritus, scabies, ringworm and as mosquito repellent.                                              – For arthritis, warm fresh leaves over low flame; then pound.                                     Apply pounded leaves while warm on the painful joints or muscles. – As mouthwash, soak 2 tbsp chopped leaves in 1 glass of                                       hot water for 30 minutes; strain. Use the infusion as mouthwash. Others – Peppermint oil is often used in pharmaceutical preparations to subdue                                           unpleasant medicinal smells.                                           – Menthol derived from the essential oil is used in pharmaceutical, perfumery and food industries.                                           Studies • Radioprotective:           Study of mint extract on mice showed  benefit with pretreatment           of mice with reduction in the severity of symptoms of radiation sickness           and mortality. • Anti-candida:           A study of essential oils and ethanolic extracts of leaves/roots of           35 medicinal plants in Brazil screened for anti-Candida activity. Mentha           arvensis was one of 13 essential oils that showed anti-candidal activity.            • Anti-fertility / Male Contraceptive:            (1) A study of the ether extract of MA on male mice showed           reduction of number of offspring, with decrease in testes weight, sperm           count and motility, among others. Results suggest that the ether extract           of MA possess reversible antifertility properties. (2) Study of aqueous extract solution in male mice caused inhibition of fertility while maintaining normal sexual behavior. All induced effects returned to normalcy within 30 days of  withdrawal of 60-day treatment. • Post-coital Antifertility Effect:           A study on the uterotonic fraction of MA caused significant interruption           in pregnancy in rats, pronounced in the post-implantation period. • Antibiotic Resistance-Modifying:           (1) A report on the ethanol extract of MA showed a potentiating effect of           the extract on gentamicin and presents a potential against bacterial           resistance to antibiotics. (2) Study showed extracts of M arvensis could be used as a source of plant-derived natural products with resistance-modifying activity, such as in the case of aminoglycosides – a new weapon against bacterial resistance to antibiotics, as with chlorpromazine. • Anti-Gastric Ulcer:         Study of various extracts of Mentha arvensis showed a protective effect against acid secretion and gastric ulcers in ibuprofen plus pyloric ligation-induced and 90% ethanol-induced ulcer models. • Herbal Liniment / Analgesic:         M arvensis provides potent analgesic action and is used externally in rheumatism, neuralgia and headaches. In an herbal liniment where it was combined with four other medicinal plants, the liniment was found effective in ligament or muscle injury pain (sprains, strains, spasms, tennis elbow, etc), less so in osteoarthritis of the joint and periarthritis of the shoulder. No adverse reactions were reported. Efficacy was noted better in synergism with oral or parenteral analgesics. • Volatile Constituents / Menthol:  Study showed the shoot leaf gave the highest yield of oil, 0.62%; while the stems had negligible yield. Menthol was the major component of all the oils. Other oils identified were: B-caryophyllene oxide, a-phellandrene, terpinolene, limonene, menthone and pulegone. • Linarin / Anti-Acetylcholinesterase: Flowers extract of M arvensis yielded linarin (acacetin-7-0-b-D-rutinoside), with selective dose-dependent inhibitory effect on acetylcholinesterase. • Anti-Allergic / Anti-Inflammatory: Study on anti-allergic activity using a histamine inhibitory assay showed the ethanol extracts of leaf and root markedly inhibited the release of histamine from mast cells. On anti-inflammatory testing using a histamine-induced paw edema model, all extracts showed anti-inflammatory effect suggesting the presence of compounds capable of inhibiting histamine release from the mast cells and/or block histamine receptors. • Effect on Haloperidol-Induced Catalepsy: Study in mice suggested Mentha arvensis significantly reduced oxidative stress and cataleptic score induced by haloperidol. Results suggest it can be used to prevent the drug-induced pyramidal side effects.
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Intermittent stress is ok but not prolonged stress, killing brain cells

New research from the University of California, Berkeley, reveals an upside to experiencing moderate levels of stress. But it also reinforces how important it is to keep stress under control. The study, led by post-doctoral fellow Elizabeth Kirby, found that the onset of stress entices the brain into growing new cells responsible for improved memory. However, this effect is only seen when stress is intermittent. As soon as the stress continues beyond a few moments into a prolonged state, it suppresses the brain’s ability to develop new cells.

“I think intermittent stressful events are probably what keeps the brain more alert, and you perform better when you are alert,” Kirby says. For animals, intermittent stress is the bulk of what they experience, in the form of physical threats in their immediate environment. Long ago, this was also the case for humans. As the human brain evolved and increased in complexity, we’ve developed the ability to worry and perseverate on events, which creates frequent experiences of prolonged stress.

Besides increasing your risk of heart disease, depression, and obesity, stress decreases your cognitive performance. Fortunately, though, unless a lion is chasing you, the bulk of your stress is subjective and under your control. Top performers have well-honed coping strategies that they employ under stressful circumstances. This lowers their stress levels regardless of what’s happening in their environment, ensuring that the stress they experience is intermittent and not prolonged.

While I’ve run across numerous effective strategies that successful people employ when faced with stress, what follows are ten of the best. Some of these strategies may seem obvious, but the real challenge lies in recognizing when you need to use them and having the wherewithal to actually do so in spite of your stress.

They Appreciate What They Have

Taking time to contemplate what you’re grateful for isn’t merely the “right” thing to do. It also improves your mood, because it reduces the stress hormone cortisol by 23%. Research conducted at the University of California, Davis found that people who worked daily to cultivate an attitude of gratitude experienced improved mood, energy, and physical well-being. It’s likely that lower levels of cortisol played a major role in this.

They Avoid Asking “What If?”

“What if?” statements throw fuel on the fire of stress and worry. Things can go in a million different directions, and the more time you spend worrying about the possibilities, the less time you’ll spend focusing on taking action that will calm you down and keep your stress under control. Calm people know that asking “what if? will only take them to a place they don’t want—or need—to go.

They Stay Positive

Positive thoughts help make stress intermittent by focusing your brain’s attention onto something that is completely stress-free. You have to give your wandering brain a little help by consciously selecting something positive to think about. Any positive thought will do to refocus your attention. When things are going well, and your mood is good, this is relatively easy. When things are going poorly, and your mind is flooded with negative thoughts, this can be a challenge. In these moments, think about your day and identify one positive thing that happened, no matter how small. If you can’t think of something from the current day, reflect on the previous day or even the previous week. Or perhaps you’re looking forward to an exciting event that you can focus your attention on. The point here is that you must have something positive that you’re ready to shift your attention to when your thoughts turn negative.

They Disconnect

Given the importance of keeping stress intermittent, it’s easy to see how taking regular time off the grid can help keep your stress under control. When you make yourself available to your work 24/7, you expose yourself to a constant barrage of stressors. Forcing yourself offline and even—gulp!—turning off your phone gives your body a break from a constant source of stress. Studies have shown that something as simple as an email break can lower stress levels.

Technology enables constant communication and the expectation that you should be available 24/7. It is extremely difficult to enjoy a stress-free moment outside of work when an email that will change your train of thought and get you thinking (read: stressing) about work can drop onto your phone at any moment. If detaching yourself from work-related communication on weekday evenings is too big a challenge, then how about the weekend? Choose blocks of time where you cut the cord and go offline. You’ll be amazed at how refreshing these breaks are and how they reduce stress by putting a mental recharge into your weekly schedule. If you’re worried about the negative repercussions of taking this step, first try doing it at times when you’re unlikely to be contacted—maybe Sunday morning. As you grow more comfortable with it, and as your coworkers begin to accept the time you spend offline, gradually expand the amount of time you spend away from technology.

They Limit Their Caffeine Intake

Drinking caffeine triggers the release of adrenaline. Adrenaline is the source of the “fight-or-flight” response, a survival mechanism that forces you to stand up and fight or run for the hills when faced with a threat. The fight-or-flight mechanism sidesteps rational thinking in favor of a faster response. This is great when a bear is chasing you, but not so great when you’re responding to a curt email. When caffeine puts your brain and body into this hyperaroused state of stress, your emotions overrun your behavior. The stress that caffeine creates is far from intermittent, as its long half-life ensures that it takes its sweet time working its way out of your body.

They Sleep

I’ve beaten this one to death over the years and can’t say enough about the importance of sleep to increasing your emotional intelligence and managing your stress levels. When you sleep, your brain literally recharges, shuffling through the day’s memories and storing or discarding them (which causes dreams), so that you wake up alert and clear-headed. Your self-control, attention, and memory are all reduced when you don’t get enough—or the right kind—of sleep. Sleep deprivation raises stress hormone levels on its own, even without a stressor present. Stressful projects often make you feel as if you have no time to sleep, but taking the time to get a decent night’s sleep is often the one thing keeping you from getting things under control.

They Squash Negative Self-Talk

A big step in managing stress involves stopping negative self-talk in its tracks. The more you ruminate on negative thoughts, the more power you give them. Most of our negative thoughts are just that—thoughts, not facts. When you find yourself believing the negative and pessimistic things, your inner voice says, “It’s time to stop and write them down.” Literally stop what you’re doing and write down what you’re thinking. Once you’ve taken a moment to slow down the negative momentum of your thoughts, you will be more rational and clear-headed in evaluating their veracity.

You can bet that your statements aren’t true any time you use words like “never,” “worst,” “ever,” etc. If your statements still look like facts once they’re on paper, take them to a friend or colleague you trust and see if he or she agrees with you. Then the truth will surely come out. When it feels like something always or never happens, this is just your brain’s natural threat tendency inflating the perceived frequency or severity of an event. Identifying and labeling your thoughts as thoughts by separating them from the facts will help you escape the cycle of negativity and move toward a positive new outlook.

They Reframe Their Perspective

Stress and worry are fueled by our own skewed perception of events. It’s easy to think that unrealistic deadlines, unforgiving bosses, and out-of-control traffic are the reasons we’re so stressed all the time. You can’t control your circumstances, but you can control how you respond to them. So before you spend too much time dwelling on something, take a minute to put the situation in perspective. If you aren’t sure when you need to do this, try looking for clues that your anxiety may not be proportional to the stressor. If you’re thinking in broad, sweeping statements such as “Everything is going wrong” or “Nothing will work out,” then you need to reframe the situation. A great way to correct this unproductive thought pattern is to list the specific things that actually are going wrong or not working out. Most likely you will come up with just some things—not everything—and the scope of these stressors will look much more limited than it initially appeared.

They Breathe

The easiest way to make stress intermittent lies in something that you have to do everyday anyway: breathing. The practice of being in the moment with your breathing will begin to train your brain to focus solely on the task at hand and get the stress monkey off your back. When you’re feeling stressed, take a couple of minutes to focus on your breathing. Close the door, put away all other distractions, and just sit in a chair and breathe. The goal is to spend the entire time focused only on your breathing, which will prevent your mind from wandering. Think about how it feels to breathe in and out. This sounds simple, but it’s hard to do for more than a minute or two. It’s all right if you get sidetracked by another thought; this is sure to happen at the beginning, and you just need to bring your focus back to your breathing. If staying focused on your breathing proves to be a real struggle, try counting each breath in and out until you get to 20, and then start again from 1. Don’t worry if you lose count; you can always just start over.

This task may seem too easy or even a little silly, but you’ll be surprised by how calm you feel afterward and how much easier it is to let go of distracting thoughts that otherwise seem to have lodged permanently inside your brain.

They Use Their Support System, receives more love

It’s tempting, yet entirely ineffective, to attempt tackling everything by yourself. To be calm and productive, you need to recognize your weaknesses and ask for help when you need it. This means tapping into your support system when a situation is challenging enough for you to feel overwhelmed. Everyone has someone at work and/or outside work who is on their team, rooting for them, and ready to help them get the best from a difficult situation. Identify these individuals in your life and make an effort to seek their insight and assistance when you need it. Something as simple as talking about your worries will provide an outlet for your anxiety and stress and supply you with a new perspective on the situation. Most of the time, other people can see a solution that you can’t because they are not as emotionally invested in the situation. Asking for help will mitigate your stress and strengthen your relationships with those you rely upon.

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