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Useful Information About Green Tea

Green tea has increasingly become a very popular drink worldwide because of its immensely powerful health benefits.

It is extraordinarily amazing what green tea can do for your health.
And if you're not drinking 3 to 4 cups of green tea today, you're definitely NOT doing your health a big favor.

Here Are The 25 Reasons Why You Should Start Drinking Green Tea Right Now:

1. Green Tea and Cancer

Green tea helps reduce the risk of cancer.
The antioxidant in green tea is 100 times more effective than vitamin C and 25 times better than vitamin E.
This helps your body at protecting cells from damage believed to be linked to cancer.


2. Green Tea and Heart Disease

Green tea helps prevent heart disease and stroke by lowering the level of cholesterol.
Even after the heart attack, it prevents cell deaths and speeds up the recovery of heart cells.


3. Green Tea and Anti-Aging

Green tea contains antioxidant known as polyphenols which fight against free radicals.
What this means it helps you fight against aging and promotes longevity.

4. Green Tea and Weight Loss

Green tea helps with your body weight loss. Green tea burns fat and boosts your metabolism rate naturally.
It can help you burn up to 70 calories in just one day.
That translates to 7 pounds in one year.


5. Green Tea and Skin

Antioxidant in green tea protects the skin from the harmful effects of free radicals, which cause wrinkling and skin aging.
Green tea also helps fight against skin cancer.


6. Green Tea and Arthritis

Green tea can help prevent and reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.
Green tea has benefit for your health as it protects the cartilage by blocking the enzyme that destroys cartilage.


7. Green Tea and Bones

The very key to this is high fluoride content found in green tea.
It helps keep your bones strong.
If you drink green tea every day, this will help you preserve your bone density.

8. Green Tea and Cholesterol

Green tea can help lower cholesterol level.
It also improves the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol, by reducing bad cholesterol level.


9. Green Tea and Obesity

Green tea prevents obesity by stopping the movement of glucose in fat cells.
If you are on a healthy diet, exercise regularly and drink green tea, it is unlikely you'll be obese.

10. Green Tea and Diabetes

Green tea improves lipid and glucose metabolisms, prevents sharp increases in blood sugar level, and balances your metabolism rate.


11. Green Tea and Alzheimer's

Green tea helps boost your memory.
And although there's no cure for Alzheimer's, it helps slow the process of reduced acetylcholine in the brain, which leads to Alzheimer's.

12. Green Tea and Parkinson's

Antioxidants in green tea helps prevent against cell damage in the brain, which could cause Parkinson's. People drinking green tea also are less likely to progress with Parkinson's.

13. Green Tea and Liver Disease

Green tea helps prevent transplant failure in people with liver failure. Researches showed that green tea destroys harmful free radicals in fatty livers.


14. Green Tea and High Blood Pressure

Green tea helps prevent high blood pressure.
Drinking green tea helps keep your blood pressure down by repressing angiotensin, which leads to high blood pressure.


15. Green Tea and Food Poisoning

Catechin found in green tea can kill bacteria which causes food poisoning and kills the toxins produced by those bacteria.

16. Green Tea and Blood Sugar

Blood sugar tends to increase with age, but polyphenols and polysaccharides in green tea help lower your blood sugar level.


17. Green Tea and Immunity

Polyphenols and flavenoids found in green tea help boost your immune system, making your health stronger in fighting against infections.

18. Green Tea and Cold and Flu

Green tea prevents you from getting a cold or flu.
Vitamin C in green tea helps you treat the flu and the common cold.

19. Green Tea and Asthma

Theophylline in green tea relaxes the muscles which support the bronchial tubes, reducing the severity of asthma.

20. Green Tea and Ear Infection

Green tea helps with ear infection problem.
For natural ear cleaning, soak a cotton ball in green tea and clean the infected ear.

21. Green Tea and Herpes

Green tea increases the effectiveness of topical interferon treatment of herpes.
First green tea compress is applied, and then let the skin dry before the interferon treatment.

22. Green Tea and Tooth Decay

Green tea destroys bacteria and viruses that cause many dental diseases.
It also slows the growth of bacteria which leads to bad breath.


23. Green Tea and Stress

L-theanine, which is a kind of amino acids in green tea, can help relieve stress and anxiety.

24. Green Tea and Allergies

EGCG found in green tea relieves allergies.
So, if you have allergies, you should really consider drinking green tea.


25. Green Tea and HIV

Scientists in Japan have found that EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate) in green tea can stop HIV from binding to healthy immune cells.
What this means is that green tea can help stop the HIV virus from spreading.

A Moral Corporate Story

Once upon a time the government with Ruling Party XYZ.. had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert. Ruling Party XYZ Said.. - "Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job. Then Ruling Party XYZ Said.. - "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies. Then Ruling Party XYZ Said.., - "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports. Then Ruling Party XYZ Said.. , - "How are these people going to get paid?" So they created the following positions, a time keeper, and a payroll officer, then hired two people. Then Ruling Party XYZ Said.., - "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary. Then Ruling Party XYZ Said.., - "We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $18,000 over budget, we must cutback overall cost." So they lay off the night watchman. Moral of the story: "Current Situation In IT industries"

Great Sayings On Marriage

I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry.

That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.

David Bissonette


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When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

Sacha Gui try


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After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.

Hemant Joshi


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By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

Socrates


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Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.

Dumas


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The great question.... Which I have not been able to answer... Is, "What does a woman want?

Sigmund Freud


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"I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years."

Sam Kinison


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"There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage."

James Holt McGavran


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"I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me, and the second one didn't."

Patrick Murray


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The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once...

Anonymous


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You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.

Henny Youngman


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My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.

Rodney Dangerfield


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A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.

Milton Berle


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Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy.

Anonymous


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First Guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!"

Second Guy: "You're lucky, mine's still alive."

The success story of Suhas Gopinath

The story of this 22-year-old Bangalore boy who launched his own firm at the young age of 14 years. Gopinath(born November 4, 1986) is the CEO and co-founder of Globals Inc.-an up- coming IT company that produces Web sites and software, employs 400 people around the world and become a national icon. The Limca Book of Records - the Indian version of the Guniess Book of Records - lists him as the world's Youngest Chief Executive. Suhas Gopinath started a software company at the age 14 and since become one of the most remarkable success stories of the Indian IT boom. Now he's 22 and runs a world-class business with 400 employees. In 2005, an investing firm from Houston, Texas offered him $100 milliom for majority stake in Globals. He refused,"after several months of discussions, admittedly". The reason for his negative response:"Why should I sell my baby?" The transformation During the mid-1990s, the first Internet cafes began opening up in Bangalore, with one going into operation next door to Gopinath's house. My brother Shreyas took me there. I was fascinated. The Internet changed my life, he says. He spent every spare minute online. He learned himself how to build Web sites. He spent every rupee he had in the internet cafe, says his mother. Gopinath admits, I had been a good student up until then. After I discovered the internet, I was an average student. Before finding cyberspace, he had dreams of becoming a veterinarian. His first project In 1998, when he was 13, Gopinath launched his first website: www.coolhindustan.com. I wanted to provide Indians all over the world with a forum to post public events, tips for eating out and every thing else they're interested in, he recalls. The Web site became popular - including with hackers in Pakistan. They attacked cool Hindustan and replaced the Web site's logo with "Cool Pakistan". That was a terrible experience, Suhas says today. He abandoned the project. By then, talent scouts in Silicon Valley had already heard of Suhas Gopinath and the company "Network Solutions" invited the young Indian to its head quarters in San Jose, California. It was the first time he had ever boarded a plane and the first time he had been Outside India's borders. They offered me a job. They also would have paid for my education in the United States, he says. His answer, though, was no, why should I do for another company what I could do for my own? About his company L to R: -Suhas Gopinath, former president Abdul Kalam. Gopinath wasn't going to wait four years. He cheated: Along with three friends, he registered his company in San Jose. online, of course, he says. He wanted to name the company "Global Solutions", But that name was already taken. He opted for Globals. Today, he still regrets that he wasn't able to start his company in Bangalore. India's most important politicians know the young man. He was even granted a private conversation with President Abdul Kalam. I told him that the age limit for starting a company has to be removed, Gopinath says. Kalam promised him support, but so far nothing has changed. The law wasn't the only obstacle, though. Potential customers cancelled their orders when they learned their business partner was barely 14. Many people didn't take him seriously he remembers. As soon as he began sprouting facial hair, he grew moustache, though he has, on the advice of friends, since shaved it off. Ultimately, Gopinath managed to overcome every obstacle. World gradually spread about his company's abilities and Gopinath hired more and more people and opened up more offices. He became the boss, employer and chief executive - all in mid puberty. Most of his employees are just young: The average age is 21 with the oldest being a ripe old 26 and the youngest 12. Gopinath is unable to give the latter a full time job - that would amount to child labor. But we gave him a computer with internet connection, Gopinath says, Now he works for us sometimes on Web design. 200 Customers the World Over Gopinath's company is into web-based and software solutions, mobile and e-commerce solutions - besides making web sites for corporates, advertisers and educational institutions. Meanwhile Global has amassed 200 customers across the globe and now has offices in 11 countries with some 65 percentage of company turn over coming from Europe. The young Indians have become particularly good at identifying unfilled market niches. They developed a software product for schools, for example, allowing a teachers to easily enter grades and attendance and enabling parents to check that their childrens are showing up to class - a kind of electronics class register. The Indian government was thrilled with the idea and recently contracted Globals to set up the program in 1,000 schools. Now That he is 21, Gopinath is thinking of transferring the company headquarters to India - even though some 125 people now work for Globals in San Jose against only 25 in Bangalore. What would be happen to the employees in the United States? We'II see, Gopinath says. "The new developments are coming mainly from Bangalore". Going to university on the side L to R: M.R.Gopinath-Suhas' father, Shri. M V Rajashekaran-Minister, Suhas Gopinath, Kala Gopinath-Suhas' mother) Gopinath's father, M.R Gopinath, once a scientist at the Defense Ministry, now acknowledges that his son made the right choices during the last seven years. They are proud parents, but they still haven't let him go. "To us, it's important that he gets a degree, the father says. "Education is the most important thing in India".

Nutrition tips for better health

Time Live it up people… Conquer your calories one by one Calories Consumer Calories Burner 6:30 AM 7:30 AM Wake up and stretch – lazybones! Start your day with fruit, fiber and 30 minutes of fitness. Zip off to earn a living. 1 Mixed fruit cup 60 cals 1 cup oatmeal cereal 240 cals Alternate days 1 egg poached or boiled 77 cals Jogging 200 cals Walking 120 cals 9:30 AM Mid day smart snack with a banana and yogurt Hydration time 1 banana 75 cals 1 cup lo-fat yogurt 100 cals 11:00 AM Nuts!!! Take a walk around the office 6 almost 45 cals+ 1 walnut 20 cals+ 10-20 raising. 60 cals Total. 125 cals Strolling 30 cals 1:30 PM Lunching – Whole grains a must. A little bit of vegetable. Also have a little bit of veg or non veg protein Hydrate please 1 serv. Vegetable 80 cals 1serv. Veg Protein (beans) 145 cals 1 serv. Non-veg protein (chicken or fish) 290 cals Total. 225-370 cals Walk to the pantry 30 cals 3:00 PM 3:30 PM Have a cup of green tea or black tea grab that fruit as your e-mail 1 apple/ orange/ guava 60 cals 5:30 PM Have a granola bar on us, as you run out from work. You men out there may have two. Zip or traipse down those stairs as you head home. Only the uncool wait around for crowded elevators. 1 granola bar (35g) 140 cals Orange juice/apple juice 115-130 cals Water-0 cals Going up and down the stairs 120 steps 50 cals Walk to the car park 35-50 cals 6:00 PM 45 mins Gymming, walking, jogging playing a sport – Energies and feel alive. Hydrate that blood. Burn baby burn ! Gym 200-400 cals Jogging 300-330 cals 7:30 PM Din-din! Soup and salad with fish or chicken Hey vegetarians! Heap on those protein laden lentils with low fat paneer Have vegetables your way, any style 1 bowl soup (veggie) 110 cals 1 cup salad 150 cals 1 serv. Fish 275 cals 1 serv. Chicken 350 cals Total. 535-610 cals 9:00 PM Deeezert – Gelato with chlled fruit. If mithai or ie cream are a must watch your serving size 1 cup gelato 150-200 cals ½ cup fruit 50-75 cals or 1 pc. Kaju Katti 117-120 cals Total. 120-275 cals 10:30 PM A warm glass of milk 1 cup low fat milk 100-105 cals Eat regularly and get moving ! Start your day with a good breakfast. Breakfast fills your “empty tank” to get you going after a long night without food. And it can help you do better in college and at work. Easy to prepare breakfast include cold cereal with fruit and low-fat milk, whole-wheat toast with fruit jelly, Yogurt with fruit, idli sambhar, or even last night’s vegetable with two rotis! ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Eat regular meals. Skipping meals can lead to out-of-control hunger, often resulting in overeating. When you’re very hungry, it’s also tempting and easy to forget about good nutrition. So have small frequent meals through out the day that help curb hunger. But don’t eat so much that your snack becomes an entire meal. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Get moving! It’s easy to fit physical activities into your daily routine. Walk, bike or jog to see friends. Take a 10-minute activity break every hour while working on those overdue reports. Avoid watching TV for long period. Climb stairs instead of taking an escalator or elevator. Try to do these things for a total of 30-40 minutes every day. Start with a warm-up that stretches your muscles. Include 20 minutes of aerobic activity, such as running, jogging, or dancing. Then cool-down with more stretching and deep breathing. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Snack smart. Snacks are a great way to refuel. Choose snacks from different food groups-a glass of low-fat milk and a few graham crackers, an apple or low-fat yogurt and raisins, or some dry cereal. If you eat smart at other meals, cookies, chips and candy are ok for occasional snacking. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Balance your food choice- don’t eat too much of any thing. You don’t have to give up foods like pizzas, French fries and ice cream to eat healthy. You just have to be smart about how often and how much of them you eat. Your body needs nutrients like protein, carbohydrates, fat and many different vitamins and minerals such as vitamins C and A, iron and calcium from a variety of foods. Balancing food choices from the Food Guide Pyramid and checking out the Nutrition Facts Panel on food labels will help you get all these nutrients. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Eat more whole grains, fruits and vegetables. These foods give you carbohydrates for energy, plus vitamins, minerals and the magic word fiber. Besides, they taste good! Try breads such as whole-wheat, or bajra and methi rotis. Bananas, strawberries and melons are some great tasting fruits that are high in fiber. Try vegetables raw, on a sandwich or tossed up in a crunchy salad. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Preferably with plain water or fresh fruit juice without sugar. Fluids not only help replace lost body water (sensible & insensible perspiration) they also help in the process of digestion and absorption. Fluids help flush out toxic waters from the body, and apart from quenching thirst, give a feeling of satisfaction. Prevents formation of kidney stones and helps maintain both body temperature and blood pressure. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Say no to smoking: Avoid excessive consumption of alcohol and caffeinated drinks and if at all should be in moderation. Liberal amounts of green tea can be had. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Eat a handful of nuts every day: Eating a handful of nuts five or more times a week reduces the risk of heart attack by almost 60%. Eating nuts reduces obesity as it gives satiety with out oiling on too many calories; they also help lower levels of LDL cholesterol and build better bones. A new even links eating nuts to a lower risk for cancer and inflammation. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Keep an eye on both type of fat and quantity of fat that you eat. Modify Dietary Fat intake, ie. Both quantity and quality of fat in your diet. Do not take more than 30-40 g of fat/day not more than 25-30% of calories/day should be from fats. Include heart-healthy sources of fat (vegetable sources) 1. Increase intake of Omega-3 Fats (fish, flaxseeds, walnuts, canola oil, and soybean products.) 2. Limit saturate fat to less than 13-2- grams per day. (Specially butter, dairy products & other animal sources) Avoid high fat meats such as hamburgers, hotdogs, sausage, bacon. Trim visible fat off all red meat. Reduce the frequency of desserts, milk chocolate, cake, pastries, and cookies etc. 3. Avoid Tran’s fats: Margarine. Non-dairy creamer for coffee ready made cake lcing etc most processed foods contain Tran’s fats (chips, cookies, cakes, candy, etc.) Eat regularly and get moving ! Start your day with a good breakfast. Breakfast fills your “empty tank” to get you going after a long night without food. And it can help you do better in college and at work. Easy to prepare breakfast include cold cereal with fruit and low-fat milk, whole-wheat toast with fruit jelly, Yogurt with fruit, idli sambhar, or even last night’s vegetable with two rotis! ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Eat regular meals. Skipping meals can lead to out-of-control hunger, often resulting in overeating. When you’re very hungry, it’s also tempting and easy to forget about good nutrition. So have small frequent meals through out the day that help curb hunger. But don’t eat so much that your snack becomes an entire meal. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Get moving! It’s easy to fit physical activities into your daily routine. Walk, bike or jog to see friends. Take a 10-minute activity break every hour while working on those overdue reports. Avoid watching TV for long period. Climb stairs instead of taking an escalator or elevator. Try to do these things for a total of 30-40 minutes every day. Start with a warm-up that stretches your muscles. Include 20 minutes of aerobic activity, such as running, jogging, or dancing. Then cool-down with more stretching and deep breathing. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Snack smart. Snacks are a great way to refuel. Choose snacks from different food groups-a glass of low-fat milk and a few graham crackers, an apple or low-fat yogurt and raisins, or some dry cereal. If you eat smart at other meals, cookies, chips and candy are ok for occasional snacking. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Balance your food choice- don’t eat too much of any thing. You don’t have to give up foods like pizzas, French fries and ice cream to eat healthy. You just have to be smart about how often and how much of them you eat. Your body needs nutrients like protein, carbohydrates, fat and many different vitamins and minerals such as vitamins C and A, iron and calcium from a variety of foods. Balancing food choices from the Food Guide Pyramid and checking out the Nutrition Facts Panel on food labels will help you get all these nutrients. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Eat more whole grains, fruits and vegetables. These foods give you carbohydrates for energy, plus vitamins, minerals and the magic word fiber. Besides, they taste good! Try breads such as whole-wheat, or bajra and methi rotis. Bananas, strawberries and melons are some great tasting fruits that are high in fiber. Try vegetables raw, on a sandwich or tossed up in a crunchy salad. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Preferably with plain water or fresh fruit juice without sugar. Fluids not only help replace lost body water (sensible & insensible perspiration) they also help in the process of digestion and absorption. Fluids help flush out toxic waters from the body, and apart from quenching thirst, give a feeling of satisfaction. Prevents formation of kidney stones and helps maintain both body temperature and blood pressure. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Say no to smoking: Avoid excessive consumption of alcohol and caffeinated drinks and if at all should be in moderation. Liberal amounts of green tea can be had. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Eat a handful of nuts every day: Eating a handful of nuts five or more times a week reduces the risk of heart attack by almost 60%. Eating nuts reduces obesity as it gives satiety with out oiling on too many calories; they also help lower levels of LDL cholesterol and build better bones. A new even links eating nuts to a lower risk for cancer and inflammation. ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Keep an eye on both type of fat and quantity of fat that you eat. Modify Dietary Fat intake, ie. Both quantity and quality of fat in your diet. Do not take more than 30-40 g of fat/day not more than 25-30% of calories/day should be from fats. Include heart-healthy sources of fat (vegetable sources) 1. Increase intake of Omega-3 Fats (fish, flaxseeds, walnuts, canola oil, and soybean products.) 2. Limit saturate fat to less than 13-2- grams per day. (Specially butter, dairy products & other animal sources) Avoid high fat meats such as hamburgers, hotdogs, sausage, bacon. Trim visible fat off all red meat. Reduce the frequency of desserts, milk chocolate, cake, pastries, and cookies etc. 3. Avoid Tran’s fats: Margarine. Non-dairy creamer for coffee ready made cake lcing etc most processed foods contain Tran’s fats (chips, cookies, cakes, candy, etc.)

How to Cook Indian Onion Bhaji

Ingredients

* 4oz Graham flour
* 2 onions, roughly chopped
* 1 teaspoon of fresh coriander, chopped
* ½ teaspoon of turmeric
* chillis (to taste), de-seeded and finely chopped
* a pinch of salt and pepper
* 1 cup of water
* Oil, for frying

Steps

1. Sieve the gram flour into a bowl and then add all the ingredients.
2. Mix together thoroughly whilst dry.
3. Add water gradually, mixing it in a bit at a time. You want a mixture that is just gloopy enough to dribble off a spoon.
4. Deep fry in batches for 2-3 minutes, until golden brown.

Tips

* These are good served with chutney for dipping, as a snack.
* If you've any left over the next day, try roughly chopping them up and dropping them on your salad.
* Some people add chopped mint along with the corriander, for a nice bite.
* Usually, you'll only need 1-2 chillies, but some people like it hot! Don't go over 4 chillies, though.
* Of course, you can get rid of the chillies altogether; just replace them with a bit of chilli powder, or pepper.

Warnings

* Keep in mind, this is Indian street food; if serving a fancy lot, opt for a curry instead.
* Be very careful around the hot oil!
* Make sure to wash your hands very well after handling the chilli peppers.