I always think that I have rather high IQ as I even scored the highest point when I was in primary school among my friends. And I did well in school without putting too much effort. I grasp things easily and a fast learner. But then I realise, I am not too happy with the person I am. Nothing to do with IQ though. I realised that I have low EQ, self analysing. I might be wrong but I guess there is certain truth in it.
EQ is about our own feeling and how we communicate, recognise and manage our relationship with other people. It is also believed that increasing EQ could lead to improvement of performance. I read that EQ can be improved and developed but IQ would be rather static.
Yeah, my goal now is to improve my EQ now so that I can be a happier and content person!
Persimmons, the bright orange fruit that seems to be way cheaper nowadays as it is available abundantly. I remembered it was quite expensive some times ago.
I love the firm crunchy texture and the taste of persimmon and I found that there is many great benefits from eating this colorful fruit. As it contains twice as much fiber than apple, it has positive effect on the cholesterol level with the soluble and insoluble dietary fibers. It also contains antioxidants such as carotenoids and polyphenols which may also affect fat metabolism.
Persimmons are also good for your heart as it reduce the risks of cardiovascular disease such as heart disease and stroke.
Besides that, the fruit also is a good source of sodium, potassium, magnesium, manganese and iron, vitamin A and C, good for your lung, relieve diarrhea, treat hypertension, senile asthma and cough with mucus.
We all have heard of mercury and how harmful it is for our body. But some fish are contaminated with mercury (list of fish with mercury level) and consuming the fish will bring some risk to our body, depending on high the mercury level is. The no observable le adverse effect level (NOAEL) of WHO is about 50mg/g dry wt.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has estimated that it is still safe to take daily intake level of 0.1 µg/kg body weight per day.
Mercury and its compounds are toxic substances and they can be accumulated in the food chain to reach high concentration.
Mercury is harmful to the nervous system and exposure during pregnancy may impair the development of the baby’s brain and even heart and circulatory system.
Methylmercury could also cause cancer and is very poisonous to the nervous system. The side effect of it including tremors, emotianal instability, insomnia, memory loss, headaches, kidney problem, etc.
Beside consuming fish contaminated with mercury, other exposure including products that contains mercury such as some skin-lightening creams, soaps and traditional medicine.
So, do check the compounds of the products that you are using to be sure!
Although boiled vegetables or food may seems to be much healthier than frying them, but boiling does leech out most nutrients in the vegetables. The water that you use to boil may end up better than the cooked vegetable! The vegetable that you boiled are also much tasteless than frying or steaming them.
To optimise the nutrients in the boiled water with vegetables, you can use the water for other cooking purposes. However some food is better when boiled such as the mustard greens, turnip tops, collards, kale or vegetables with strong taste.
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Everyone loves shiny hairs, even the guys although they would not want to admit it. Most of the guys do take their crown seriously and spending a lot of time and hair products on it.
Well, how do you prepare hair masque at home with ingredients from the kitchen? Here are two quick and easy way to make hair masque for super glossy hair!
1. Honey and Olive Oil Hair Mask – mix half cup of honey with three tablespoons of olive hair. Completely spread them to your hair with one section at a time. Cover your hair with shower cap and leave them for a couple of minute before shampooing off.
2. Egg and Olive Oil Hair Mask – mix up two eggs with four tablespoons of olive oil. Apply the mixture to your hair and wrap it with cling film for 15 minutes. Shampoo off.
We were discussing on the importance of having a health insurance with my housemates yesterday when we wondered why we buy insurance at the first place. Is it really important or do we buy to feel more secure and feel at ease?
Getting a life insurance is essential especially after you start working. We do not know if we would get very sick as illness pop up unexpectedly and the last thing we want to worry about is a huge amount of medical fees to take care of.
Well, to find a right insurance, healthcareinsurance.me is a good place to start surveying and looking for the types of coverage for you and your family or even group insurance. You could get instant quote for any type of insurance that you want, conveniently on the internet.
So, check out for affordable health insurance today and find the best plan that suits your lifestyles and needs.
1. Choose hair styles that go naturally with your hair type and lasts a while between cutting so that it is easy to maintain and does not require a lot of styling products.
2. To make shampoo last longer, keep am empty bottle in the shower next to the bottle of the shampoo in use. When you are ready to lather up, squirt a small amount of shampoo into the empty bottle and then add a shot of water and shake it lightly. This distributes the shampoo over the hair more evenly, while using less of it.It also lathers up much faster than doing it the conventional way.
3. Collect complimentary and sample bottles and packages of hair care products and then take them along when going on short trips.
4. Give up perms, hair colouring and highlighting. It only goes onto reduce your hair into a haystack.The ideal hair length is till shoulders and you can tie it in a French braid or up in a bun.This way you will be saved from the hassle of blow drying or curling.
5. Instead of using the expensive detangling products from the store, make a homemade version using 1 part conditioner and 10 parts water. Then put into a recycled pump hair spray bottle.It works wonders for hair.
6. For Lifeless Hair
If you have hair that is dry and unmanageable, rinse it with beer, but make sure to wash off all the beer brew to remove the not-so-pleasant smell.
7. For High Shine Hair
Take 1 large banana and 1 tbsp of honey.Mash the banana with fork and add the honey.Mix the two together.Wet hair with lukewarm water.Apply the banana honey mix all over the hair.Put the shower cap on and cover with towel.Leave on for an hour.Rinse out.
8. Hair Conditioner Made At Home
Mix half cup of honey with 1/4 cup of olive oil.Using a small amount at a time, work the mixture through hair until you coat it all over.Cover hair with a shower cap, leave on for 30 minutes.Remove shower cap; shampoo well and rinse.
