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Diseases
and disorders sometimes develop stealthily, presenting
no obvious warning signals. Or they may exhibit symptoms
so vague that doctors are left scratching their heads as
test after test fail to detect anything amiss. Check out
this week's article on Top 10 Diseases doctors miss
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An important part of getting your abdominal muscles back into shape is paying
attention to the deepest layer of muscle called the transversus abdominus. To
exercise this muscle, kneel on all fours and, keeping your back flat, pull your
tummy button in towards your spine. You should feel the muscles at the side of
your abdomen tightening but your back should not move. Keep breathing normally.
Repeat eight to 10 times. You can also do this exercise in sitting or lying
positions.
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What's Important to You?
If someone asked you to name the most important things in your life, what would
you list --your family, your faith, your health, your special friend, your
integrity, your career? It is a question that very rarely gets asked of us by
other people.
Yet, every day life asks that question. And every day we answer. The answer is
not in words, but in action. The actions you take on a daily basis speak louder
than any claims you might make as to the most important things in your life. The
way you spend your time, the things to which you give your attention, and the
areas to which you commit your resources, present a clear and undeniable picture
of your true priorities.
Are your priorities what you think they are? Look at your actions. Look at your
results. Look at the life you've built for yourself. Does your reality agree
with your vision? Success and fulfillment come not from what we think would be
nice, but from what we actually do, hour after hour, day after day.
Your life at this moment is an accurate representation of the things that have
truly been important to you in the past, of whatever you have been committed to
achieving. With that in mind, ask yourself --what's important to you now?
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"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities!
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own
powers you cannot be successful or happy."
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SPICY JACKET POTATOES
Ingredients:
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2 large baking potatoes
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5ml/1 tsp sunflower oil
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1 small onion, finely chopped
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2,5cm/1 in piece fresh ginger root, grated
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5ml/1 tsp ground cumin
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5ml/1tsp ground turmeric
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garlic salt
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natural yogurt and fresh coriander
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spring to serve
Direction:
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Preheat the oven to 190 degree C/375 Degree F/Gas 5. Prick the potatoes with
a fork, Bake for 40 minutes, or until soft.
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Cut the potatoes in half and scoop out the flesh. Hear the oil in a non
stick pan and fry the onion for a few minutes to soften. Stir in the ginger,
cumin, coriander and turmeric.
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Stir over a low heat for about 2 minutes, then add the potato flesh, and
garlic salt, to taste
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Cook the potato mixture for a further 2 minutes, stirring occasionally,
spoon the mixture back into the potato shells and top each with a spoonful
of natural yogurt and a spring or two of fresh coriander, serve hot.
Nutritional Information: (per serving)
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Energy 212 Kcals/890kJ
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Fat 2.5g
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Saturated fat 0.31g
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Cholesterol 0.4mg
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Fibre 3.35g
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Top 10 Diseases doctors miss most
Diseases and disorders sometimes develop stealthily,
presenting no obvious warning signals. Or they may
exhibit symptoms so vague that doctors are left
scratching their heads as test after test fail to detect
anything amiss.
Hepatitis C
This disease is caused by the hepatitis C virus,
which is spread by contact with infected blood, and
other body fluids leading to inflammation and scarring
of the liver.
Who's at risk: Anyone who has had blood
transfusions. Also health care workers who may have been
jabbed with a needle or splashed with blood. At highest
risk are users of illegal drugs, people getting tattoos
and long-term haemodialysis patients.
Symptoms: In its early stages, the only symptom
is fatigue. People with hepatitis C can have it for
decades without knowing it. It kills silently. Late
stage symptoms include cirrhosis, a serious liver
disease, and its complications, muscle and joint pain,
kidney disease, and autoimmune problems.
Diagnosis: A simple blood test can detect the
virus.
Treatment: A combination of anti-viral drugs can
slow or stop the disease, but the course depends upon
the duration of the disease, specifics of the virus, and
treatment can last 24 to 48 weeks.
Lupus
Lupus is an autoimmune disease, which means that the
body's natural defense system (immune system) attacks
its own tissues instead of attacking foreign substances
like bacteria and viruses. This causes inflammation.
Inflammation causes swelling, pain, and tissue damage
throughout the body. If you develop severe lupus, you
may have problems with your kidneys, heart, lungs,
nervous system, or blood cells. Lupus is the common name
for systemic lupus erythematosus, also called SLE.
Who's at risk: Lupus has a genetic basis and 90
percent of patients are female, but it can attack men
too.
Symptoms: Lupus can damage any organ of the body. One
person may have swelling in the feet and pain while
breathing. The next person may have sores in the mouth,
or pinkish red butterfly rashes on the face or elsewhere
on the body. The common symptoms are arthritis, hairfall,
and skin getting tanned easily.
Diagnosis: Doctors consider a patient's medical
history and immune function.
Treatment: A variety of drugs are used, depending
upon how lupus manifests itself.
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