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Ways to Help You Enjoy Your Detox Plan

Be a Bookworm

First think first: make sure you have a good supply of magazines, newspaper and book to keep your mind occupied. Your detox plan could be the big chance to catch up on all the reading you have been desperate to do.

Pen a Note

Is there someone out there you have not written to in a long time? Now is the moment to put pen to paper, when your head is clear and nothing else is pressing.

Phone Home

If a letter's too much. why not give an old friend a ring and persuade them to try out a detox plan!

Videodrome

Get out some film you haven't seen yet, or catch up on television programs you've had on tape for months.

Go Walkout

You shouldn't do too much strenuous exercise while on a juice detox plan, but there's nothing wrong with a short stroll in the park or by the river. Full-scale shopping is a bit too taxing. but browsing around your favourite junk stall is find.

Hot and Steamy

when you venture out of the house, why not make for your local sauna or turkish bath - both are wonderful companiments to a detox plan. The dry heat of sauna quickly open the pores in your skin and allows the toxin to work their way out. The steamy, jungle-type atmosphere of a Turkish bath is just as good and probably more interesting because there is a selection of steam rooms to try out.

The Marvel and Message

What better way to truly relax, tone up your muscles and improve circulation than to have a whole body massage. With or without aromatherapy oils, an hour's session is pampering but health-giving, refreshing yet relaxing, and is the ideal way to encourage a restful nap.

Feet Hands and Face

Have you looked at your feet recently? The chances are that they could do with a bit of attention, especially if they have been stuck inside tights and shoes all winter. A pedicure is the ultimate in pampering and goes well with a manicure. To make your self feel even more special, have a wonderfully relaxing facial to bring the roses back into your cheeks.

Home Health Club

In addition to all these activities are the equally beneficial health and beauty treatments that you can do in your own home. Daily body brushing stimulates the circulation and helps remove toxins, as do breathing exercises, hot and cold showers, salt rubs, mud packs and Epsom salt baths. Just shut your self away in the bathroom and indulge,
with so much to do, a detox plan isn't really that daunting is it? It's fun as well as therapeutic. Anyway, it would be hard to find a better excuse to curl up with a good book and be pampered. So. it's feet up and let yourself unwind. Go on you deserve it!

A Word of Warning

Unsupervised juice and cleansing plans as outlined in this article are nit suitable for children, pregnant women, those recovering from serious illness, or those with hypoglycaemia, diabetes or severe candidiasis. Dietary treatment including the use of juices can benefit the elderly and those recovering from ill health if properly supervised by your naturopath and/or General Practitioner.

Is you come under any of these categories and remain interested in following a fast or cleansing plan, seek professional advice and guidance first from your local GP, and then from a qualified naturopath or nutrition consultant.

Dr. Zadut 12:41 AM

Diabetes Insipidus

Diabetes insipidus is a condition in which the kidneys are unable to conserve water.

Endocrine glands release hormones (chemical messengers) into the bloodstream to be transported to various organs and tissues throughout the body. For instance, the pancreas secretes insulin, which allows the body to regulate levels of sugar in the blood. The thyroid gets instructions from the pituitary to secrete hormones which determine the pace of chemical activity in the body (the more hormone in the bloodstream, the faster the chemical activity; the less hormone, the slower the activity).
Treatment :The cause of the underlying condition should be treated when possible.
Central diabetes insipidus may be controlled with vasopressin (desmopressin, DDAVP). You take vasopressin as either a nasal spray or tablets.

If nephrogenic DI is caused by medication (for example, lithium), stopping the medication may help restore normal kidney function. However, after many years of lithium use, the nephrogenic DI may be permanent.
Hereditary nephrogenic DI and lithium-induced nephrogenic DI are treated by drinking enough fluids to match urine output and with drugs that lower urine output. Drugs used to treat nephrogenic DI include:

Anti-inflammatory medication (indomethacin)
Diuretics (hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and amiloride)

CausesDiabetes insipidus (DI) is an uncommon condition that occurs when the kidneys are unable to conserve water as they perform their function of filtering blood. The amount of water conserved is controlled by antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also called vasopressin.
ADH is a hormone produced in a region of the brain called the hypothalamus. It is then stored and released from the pituitary gland, a small gland at the base of the brain.
DI caused by a lack of ADH is called central diabetes insipidus. When DI is caused by a failure of the kidneys to respond to ADH, the condition is called nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.
Central diabetes insipidus is caused by damage to the hypothalamus or pituitary gland as a result of:

Head Injury
Infection
Surgery
Tumor

Nephrogenic DI involves a defect in the parts of the kidneys that reabsorb water back into the bloodstream. It occurs less often than central DI. Nephrogenic DI may occur as an inherited disorder in which male children receive the abnormal gene that causes the disease from their mothers.
Nephrogenic DI may also be caused by:

MRI of the head
Urinalysis
Urine output

Prognosis:The outcome depends on the underlying disorder. If treated, diabetes insipidus does not cause severe problems or reduce life expectancy.
Complications
If thirst mechanisms are normal and you drink enough fluids, there are no significant effects on body fluid or salt balance.
Not drinking enough fluids can lead to the following complications:

Dehydration
- Dry skin
- Dry mucus membranes
- Fever
- Rapid heart rate
- Sunken appearance to eyes
- Sunken fontanelles (soft spot) in infants
- Unintentional weight loss

Electrolyte imbalance
- Fatigue, lethargy
- Headache
- Irritability
- Muscle pains

When to Contact a DoctorCall your health care provider if you develop symptoms of diabetes insipidus.If you have diabetes insipidus, contact your health care provider if frequent urination or extreme thirst return.

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Dr. Zadut 12:49 PM

The Wonder of Detoxing

If an alien landed on earth and wanted to know all about the latest health and beauty trends, the worlds 'detox' would be on everybody's lips. It's the all natural way to look and feel healthy without having to spend a fortune. Gone are the days when only face lift would do - now we've got better options and eternal you this not the only goal.

Many people think that detoxing - that is, either going on no-foods fast, or a diet plan which recommends only simple, cleaning foods - is anew whole range of reasons, for the thousands of year. Fasting is commonplace in the Bible and some religions still use the denial of food as a way of focusing the mind and cleansing the body in preparation for worship. In more modern times, detox programs have become widespread in addiction clinics, where they help people come off drugs or alcohol, and now many ordinary people, in the prime of their health, have found that a simple detox can benefit them too.

So what's all the fuss? Won't a holiday by the sea or in the mountains do just as much good? It's true that there's nothing like breathing in fresh air to bring your body back to life and you will certainly return from a holiday looking rested and relaxed. But had you followed the detox program too the benefits would have been even greater. The beauty of a detox plans is that it cleanses and renews the parts that you don't normally see: your digestive system, your blood, the tiny cells that make up your body, it encourages stored toxins to be removed and rests all the digestive organs that are often so overworked. Why did not give your stomach a holiday, it deserves one just as much as you do.

Ask anyone who's been on a detox diet plan how they felt afterwards and most would agree that it left them feeling sparkling and healthier. They may have had a couple of headaches or felt a bit moody to begin with, but the end results were worth it. Just a few days on a juice fast or detox plan can result in clearer skin, brighter eyes and shiner hair and an overall feeling of extra energy, and it's all achieved in a completely natural way inside your own home.

We often feel less that perfect - tired, and suffering from poor skin, cellulite bags under our eyes, wrinkles, muscles aches indigestion, constipation, bunged up noses, and so on. But how many of us are prepare to sit down and consider just why these things occur could part of the answer be that we are putting our bodies under to much strain? We may be eating too much of the wrong foods, burning the candle at both ends, smoking, drinking, supporting a family and doing a job all at once with the result that our bodies are being denied that rest and recuperation they need to be in top form. You would have no problem justifying a household spring clean, so not do the same for your body? Good Health is so valuable, and essential if we are to enjoy life to the full.

The detox plans in this article are different from anything else you may have tried because they focus on fresh fruit and vegetable juice. Juices are nature's cleansers, and also happen to be bursting with vitamins and minerals. Drunk on their own, or combined with plain foods, they can make noticeable difference to the way you feel.
The very word 'detox' sounds quite rigorous and perhaps a little off putting. There's no doubt that you do need to be fairly disciplined when following a juice detox plan, otherwise there is little point in doing it. But it is also the ideal time to pamper yourself and to give yourself treats that make the whole things easier to contemplate! The best time to follow a juice detox plan is over a weekend or when you have some time off and can take it easy. Try to avoid too many social engagements during the plan, or you can use up your precious energy on other people instead of yourself.

If you know that you can't eat all day, your hunger pangs are bound to tempt you to snack om something like a pizza or chocolate. There's no point getting upset if you do because lots of people find it difficult to stick to the plan to begin with. They key to avoiding such temptation and also enjoying a juice detox plan is to try and keep your mind occupied with other things, a sauna perhaps, a massage, a facial or even a steamy Turkish bath. There are simply masses of fun but therapeutic activities you can do which will take your mind of that noisy stomach.

Dr. Zadut 12:09 PM

THE UNIVERSALITY OF HUMOR AND LAUGHTER

Humor and laughter are a universal aspect of human experience, occurring in all cultures and virtually all individuals throughout the world (Apte, 1985; Lefcourt, 2001). Laughter is a distinctive, stereotyped pattern of vocalization that is easily recognized and quite unmistakable (Provine and Yong, 1991). Although different cultures have their own norms concerning the suitable subject matter of humor and the types of situations in which laughter is considered appropriate, the sounds of laughter are indistinguishable from one culture to another. Developmentally, laughter is one of the first social vocalizations (after crying) emitted by human infants (McGhee, 1979).

Infants begin to laugh in response to the actions of other people at about four months of age, and cases of gelastic (i.e., laughter-producing) epilepsy in newborns indicate that the brain mechanisms for laughter are already present at birth (Sher and Brown, 1976). The innateness of laughter is further demonstrated by the fact that even children born deaf and blind have been reported to laugh appropriately without ever having perceived the laughter of others (Provine, 2000). Indeed, there is evidence of specialized brain circuits for humor and laughter in humans, which researchers are beginning to identify by means of neural imaging studies. Thus, being able to enjoy humor and express it through laughter seems to be an essential part of what it means to be human.

Interestingly, though, humans are not the only animal that laughs. Primatologists have studied in some detail a form of laughter emitted by young chimpanzees, which was first described by Charles Darwin (1872). Similar types of laughter have also been observed in other apes, including bonobos, orangutans, and gorillas (Preuschoft and van Hooff, 1997; van Hooff and Preuschoft, 2003). Ape laughter is described as a staccato,

throaty, panting vocalization that accompanies the relaxed open-mouth or "play face," and is emitted during playful rough-and-tumble social activities such as wrestling, tickling, and chasing games (see Figure 1). Although it sounds somewhat different from human laughter, it is quite recognizable as such, occurring in similar social contexts as laughter in human infants and young children. Indeed, there is good reason to believe that human and chimpanzee laughter have the same evolutionary origins and many of the same functions.

In addition to laughter, there is evidence that apes may even have the capacity for a rudimentary sense of humor. Chimpanzees and gorillas that have been taught to communicate by means of sign language have been observed to use language in playful ways that are very reminiscent of humor, such as punning, humorous insults, and incongruous word use (Gamble, 2001). Interestingly, these humorous uses of linguistic signs are sometimes also accompanied by laughter and the play face, indicating a close link between humor, play, and laughter even in apes.
All of these lines of evidence suggest that humor and laughter in humans are a product of natural selection (Gervais and Wilson, 2005). Laughter appears to have originated in social play and to be derived from primate play signals. It is viewed by evolutionary researchers as part of the nonverbal "gesture-call" system, which has a long evolutionary history, predating the development of language (Burling, 1993).

With the evolution of greater intellectual and linguistic abilities, humans have adapted the laughter-generating play activities of their primate ancestors to the mental play with words and ideas that we now call humor (Caron, 2002). Thus, although they usually do not chase and tickle one another in rough-and-tumble play, human adults, by means of humor, continue to engage in frequent social play. These evolutionary origins of humor and laughter suggest that they likely have important social emotional functions that have contributed to our survival as a species. Although humor has a biological basis rooted in our genes, it is also evident that cultural norms and learning play an important role in determining how it is used in social interactions, and what topics are considered appropriate for it. In addition, although all forms of humor seem to originate in a basic play structure, the complexity of human language and imagination enables us to create humor in a seemingly endless variety of forms.

As human language, culture, and technology have evolved, we have developed new methods and styles of communicating it, from spontaneous interpersonal joking and banter to oral storytelling traditions, comedic drama and humorous literature, comedy films, radio and television shows, and jokes and cartoons disseminated over the Internet. Besides being a form of playful fun and entertainment, humor has taken on a wide range of social functions over the course of human biological and cultural evolution. Many of these interpersonal functions are contradictory and paradoxical. Humor can be a method of enhancing social cohesion within an in-group, but it can also be a way of excluding individuals from an out-group. It can be a means of reducing but also reinforcing status differences among people, expressing agreement and sociability but also disagreement and aggression, facilitating cooperation as well as resistance, and strengthening solidarity and connectedness or undermining power and status. Thus, while originating in social play, humor has evolved in humans as a universal mode of communication and social influence with a variety of functions.

WHAT IS HUMOR?

The Oxford English Dictionary defines humor as "that quality of action, speech, or writing which excites amusement; oddity, jocularity, facetiousness, comicality, fun." It goes on to say that humor is also "the faculty of perceiving what is ludicrous or amusing, or of expressing it in speech, writing, or other composition; jocose imagination or treatment of a subject" (Simpson and Weiner, 1989, p. 486). It is evident from these definitions that humor is a broad term that refers to anything that people say or do that is perceived as funny and tends to make others laugh, as well as the mental processes that go into both creating and perceiving such an amusing stimulus, and also the affective response involved in the enjoyment of it. From a psychological perspective, the humor process can be divided into four essential components: (1) a social context, (2) a cognitive-perceptual process, (3) an emotional response, and (4) the vocal-behavioral expression of laughter.

Dr. Zadut 10:09 PM

Introduction to the Psychology of Humor

We all know what it is like to experience humor. Someone tells a joke, relates an amusing personal anecdote, makes a witty comment or an inadvertent slip of the tongue, and we are suddenly struck by how funny it is. Depending on how amusing we perceive the stimulus to be, it might cause us to smile, to chuckle, or to burst out in peals of convulsive laughter. Our response is accompanied by pleasant feelings of emotional well-being and mirth. Most of us have this sort of experience many times during the course of a typical day. Because humor is so familiar and is such an enjoyable and playful activity, many people might think they already understand it and do not need research in psychology to explain it. However, the empirical study of humor holds many interesting surprises.

Although it is essentially a type of mental play involving a lighthearted, non serious attitude toward ideas and events, humor serves a number of "serious" social, emotional, and cognitive functions, making it a fascinating and rewarding topic of scientific investigation. The topic of humor raises a host of intriguing questions of relevance to all areas of psychology. What are the mental processes involved in "getting a joke" or perceiving something to be funny? How is humor processed in the brain, and what effect does it have on our bodies? What is laughter and why do we laugh in response to humorous things? Why is humor so enjoyable? What role does humor play in our interactions with other people? What is a sense of humor and how does it develop in children? Is a good sense of humor beneficial for mental and physical health?

As is evident from these and other related questions, humor touches on all branches of academic psychology (R. A. Martin, 2000). Researchers in the area of cognitive psychology may be interested in the mental processes involved in the perception, comprehension, appreciation, and creation of humor. The interpersonal functions of humor in dyadic interactions and group dynamics are of relevance to social psychology. Developmental psychologists may focus on the way humor and laughter develops from infancy into childhood and throughout the lifespan. Personality researchers might examine individual differences in sense of humor and their relation to other traits and behaviors.

Biological psychology can shed light on the physiological bases of laughter and the brain regions underlying the comprehension and appreciation of humor. The role of humor in mental and physical health, as well as its potential applications in psychotherapy, education, and the workplace, are of interest to applied branches of psychology such as clinical, health, educational, and industrial-organizational psychology. Thus, researchers from every branch of the discipline have potentially interesting contributions to make to the study of humor. Indeed, a complete understanding of the psychology of humor requires an integration of findings from all these areas.

Despite the obvious importance of humor in many different areas of human experience and its relevance to all branches of psychology, mainstream psychology has paid surprisingly little attention to this subject up to now. Humor research typically receives scant mention, if any at all, in undergraduate psychology texts or scholarly articles. Nonetheless, there has been a steady accumulation of research on the topic over the years, producing a sizable body of knowledge. The overall aim of this article is therefore to introduce students and academics in psychology, as well as scholars and professional practitioners from other fields, to the existing research literature, and to point out interesting avenues for further study in this fascinating topic area.

In this chapter, I will begin by summarizing evidence of the universality and evolutionary origins of humor and laughter in humans. I will then explore the question of what humor is, discussing four essential elements of the humor process and the relevance of each to an integrative psychology of humor. This will be followed by a survey of the many different forms of humor that we encounter during our daily lives, and an examination of the psychological functions of humor and laughter. Next, I will summarize the history of the concept of humor, examining the way popular conceptions and assumptions about humor and laughter have changed dramatically over the centuries. Finally, I will discuss the psychological approach to humor and then present an overview of the rest of this article.

Continue to "The Universality of Humor and Laughter”

Dr. Zadut 10:01 PM

Get more advantage by consuming your daily fruits

The very first if you had your own idea to buy some fruit in the market, you must be picky every time you put down your selecting fruit on your basket. Make sure to see the form of the fruit closely, it will easily to notice which one is the fresh one. Do not make your own decision to buy some, make sure you bring friend or family to ask for advice. Because they really important they will be suggesting you pick the better fruit to consume.

The big one is not always good, why? There are some cases connecting to this matter, we usually pick the big one while we put them in the basket. The big one had the proportion measure of its fruit visit here for more details.

Once you get home, you are to start putting them all in the water to wash them from viruses or toxin that might be clinging around on the surface of the fruit. Wash it if necessary by using some special soap to eliminate the viruses or bacteria from its fruit. Usually it will take the fruits look cleaner and fresher.

I had been applied in my day life, you know we must extra care to buy something [daily food] from greengrocer or outdoor market, if it does not work properly at least we have already done the right procedure to serve the meal to our beloved family. Now our family saves and ready to eat the fruit, seeing smile of our family without wondering the negative side after eating the fruit that will be beautiful. The effect for us, the fruit genetically taking our body looks fresher than usually, it will make our front face look younger and friendly, make people once they look at you making a baffle face, So we do not necessarily to consume sugar that might be indicated of high grease so it will lower our chance to have diabetes, but fruits produce a natural sugar that needed to our body that is the value of how we manage and follow the health procedures.

Dr. Zadut 3:48 PM