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Archive for March, 2008


Questions About Gardasil

Submitted by A Sizable Apple

The Gardasil Debate: One less, or many more?

The commercials on television portray a group of strong and confident young women, standing up together free from cervical cancer. However the commercials for Gardasil, a vaccination for young girls against the human papillomavirus (HPV), has become the center of much medicinal and ethical debate.Unlike measles or chickenpox, HPV is not transmitted by casual contact. Conception of the disease comes in the form of sexual activity. The vaccination, which protects against 4 types of HPV, protects against 70 percent of cervical cancers and high grade lesions as well as 90 percent of genital warts (source).Children as young as 11 years old are recommended for the vaccination, which leaves many parents up in arms over the series of administered shots. While parents and government officials debating against the vaccination fight for the abstinence of young women, collected data continues to show a drop in age for sexual activity; one specific article finding that 25 percent of males and females are sexually active by the time they enter ninth grade.Do we protect our children from illness as best as we can with the medicine provided, or do we hold into account ethical principals and personal choices that can save them from contracting cervical cancer all together?With proper early on sexual education, young women can learn to prevent cervical cancer by abstinence. While some argue that the vaccination allows young women the freedom of sexual exploration with protection, Gardasil only protects against a fraction of the other issues sexual activity brings up. Abstinence or vaccination, shouldn’t we provide all our young women with the same protection against cervical cancer no matter their personal decisions? Should we make sure our young girls are “one less”, or depend on their morals and choices as a determining factor?

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Metabolism Boosters

Submitted by Café Physique

Appetizer
Burn more calories around the clock.

Main Course
Wouldn’t it be nice to burn a ton of calories without lifting a finger? Well, in a way, you actually already do. It’s called your “base metabolic rate,” which is the measure of how efficiently you burn calories while doing nothing but sitting on your rear. Here are a few tips to increase your metabolism and burn fat faster.

Drink Green Tea
Various studies have shown that green tea can help burn calories and increase fat oxidation. It is also associated with a lot of other benefits, such as disease prevention, thanks to the large amount of antioxidants and carotenoids in green tea. To get the really good (and most effective) stuff, go down to your local health food store and buy it loose leaf. The prepackaged tea bags work too, but they usually provide fewer benefits.

Eat Frequently
Like I said in my previous post, snacking lightly throughout the day keeps your metabolism up. So make sure you eat something every two or three hours or so to keep your metabolic fire burning.

Make Sure You Get Enough B Vitamins
B6 and B12 in particular are important for keeping up a strong metabolism. Make sure you eat foods that are rich in B vitamins such as leafy green vegetables, eggs, fish, whole grains, beans and peas.

Spice it up
“Hot” herbs like ginger, cloves, cayenne, coriander, bay leaves and dry mustard have been shown to burn fat. Plus the hot stuff also helps encourage you drink more water, which is a must for any exercise and diet plan.

Dessert
Of course, even if you are blessed with the natural metabolism of a Brazilian supermodel and use all of these tips, it won’t take the place of a solid nutritional plan and exercise regimen. In fact, regular exercise works better than all of these tips for getting your metabolism up. Just like everything else in life, there are no shortcuts to fitness. But there are a lot of little things you can do to make your journey to getting fit a lot easier.

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How to Cook Salmon on a Grill Perfectly Every Time

Submitted by Healthy Foods and Eating Healthy

© by jazzmanmonk

by Jessica S

Getting together with family or just want to make the perfect grilled salmon? Then read on…

Salmon on a grill is absolutely delicious. It can, however, be a bit tricky. If you are the kind of person who can burn water on the stove, here are some great tips.

First of all, you want to leave the skin on the salmon. This will help the salmon cook all the way through without charring the meat. Heat your grill to medium high heat.

The next thing you want to do is rub or brush the skin of the salmon with a bit of olive oil. This is one of the greatest tips on how to cook salmon.

The olive oil on the skin helps bring out the flavor of the meat. The small layer of fat on the skin also helps with flavor.

You can also season the salmon with your own personal seasonings if you choose. Some good seasonings for Salmon are lemon and pepper seasoning, garlic, and cayenne pepper.

It’s up to you on what kind of seasoning you want. You will place the salmon skin side down on the grill and cook for around five to seven minutes.

Check to make sure that no part of the salmon is cooking faster than another. If there are parts which are cooking faster, move the salmon to a cooler part of the grill.

Continue cooking for another five to seven minutes. It’s not hard to learn how to cook salmon if you remember to leave the skin on, and keep the grill closed while it’s cooking.

Also, you want to check and make sure the meat of the salmon is flaky and not heavy. Then, take the salmon from the grill and brush with butter and a bit of lemon juice. Yummy!

Want even more great ways to cook a salmon? Visit How to Cook Salmon and discover how to make the best salmon you ever tasted. Jessica S is also the owner of BBQ Ideas and Fruit Smoothie Recipes.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Jessica_S

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Chinese Cooking Expert Reveals Some Secrets of Chinese Cooking

Submitted by Healthy Foods and Eating Healthy

Chinese Cooking Tips

Eileene Yin-Fei Lo, a Chinese Cooking Expert shares in this video tips and techniques she learned from her grandmother. She has been cooking since she was 5 years old. The video is from CBS The Early Show with Tracy Smith.

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Strenghthening Self Image

Submitted by A Sizable Apple

At the core of everyone’s self apple, is the value of self worth and self appreciation. Maintaining a solid healthy core is important to your happiness, and overall fitness and nutrition goals.In the midst of busy lifestyles and constant advertisements plastering pictures of the not so normal woman, keeping up with a healthy self image is a challenge. Women’s Fitness.net had a great feature on the top 10 tips to enjoying a healthy self image.Some of my favorite of their tips are great pieces of advice that can be instilled at any age. Recognizing your uniqueness, from experiences, hobbies to your individual physical and emotional attributes, your individuality makes you beyond valuable and unduplicatable.

Another favorite from the WF.net site is to be accepting with change. Understand that qualities you deem negatives are not concrete, and be patient with yourself as you work towards personal changes. More so, reward yourself for your accomplishments and find a sense of pride in meeting your goals.

Strengthening self image is a possible task for women of all ages. Be it in the moments before bed, or while traveling to and from work, set aside a particular time of day to work on your self image.Sometimes some positive talk, spending time with loved ones, or being constant with rewarding positive behavior, keeping up with your core will benefit you in all life aspects.

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Common Sense with Bottled Water

Submitted by Healthy Foods and Eating Healthy

© by Moray Mountaineering Club

Water is absolutely essential to virtually every function in the body. Interestingly as you get older your body becomes drier. At birth your body is 75% to 80% water, whereas by the time you reach 65 to 70 years old the level drops to 50%.

This is why your skin gets wrinkly, your joints stiffen, and you may not have as much saliva as you used to. The average person should be drinking at least 2 litres of water every day.

A good way to judge if you’re getting enough water, is that your urine should be pale and not bright yellow or dark.

With the recent growth in the market of bottled water, most people now prefer bottled water in preference to tap water. However there are some things you should know about bottled water.

* in some countries it is a legal requirement with natural mineral water to specify the mineral composition. This does not apply to spring waters.
* tap water often has more minerals than bottled mineral water.
* bottled water does not contain fluoride which protects teeth.
* bottled water should not contain chlorine.
* bottled water often contains a low amount of harmless bacteria.
* bacteria in bottled water can multiply quickly if the water is stored at room temperature. Lots of supermarkets store water in bulk on the shop floor, therefore you should check carefully the bottled date and the use by date before purchase.
* once opened bottled water should be stored in a fridge

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