BANANAS

After Reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at a banana in the same way again!

Bananas Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS: Forget the pills -- eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect way to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.
Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system. Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack. Strokes: According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine," eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%! So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

****DID I MARRY THE RIGHT PERSON?****

During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question.

She said,"How do I know if I married the right person?"

I noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so I said,"It depends. Is that your husband?"

In all seriousness, she answered "How do you know?"

Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it'sweighing on your mind.

Here's the answer.

EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in lovewith your spouse. You anticipated their call, wanted their touch, andliked their idiosyncrasies.

Falling in love with your spouse wasn't hard. In fact, it was acompletely natural and spontaneous experience. You didn't have to DO anything. That's why it's ca! lled "falling" in love... because it'shappening TO YOU.

People in love sometimes say, "I was swept of my feet." Think aboutthe imagery of that expression. It implies that you were juststanding there; doing nothing, and then something came along andhappened TO YOU.

Falling is love is easy. It's a passive and spontaneous experience.But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria of love fades. It'sthe natural cycle of EVERY relationship. Slowly but surely, phonecalls become a bother (if they come at all), touch is not alwayswelcome (when it happens), and your spouse's idiosyncrasies, insteadof being cute, drive you nuts.

The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if youthink about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic differencebetween the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller oreven angry subsequent stage.

At this point, you and/or your spouse might start as! king, "Did Imarry the right person?" And as you and your spouse re flect on theeuphoria of the love you once had, you may begin to desire thatexperience with someone else. This is when marriages breakdown. Peopleblame their spouse for theirunhappiness and look outside their marriage for fulfillment.

Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity[including pornography] is the most obvious. But sometimes people turnto work, church, a hobby, a friendship, excessive TV, or abusivesubstances.

However, the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside yourmarriage. It lies within it.I'm not saying that you couldn't fall in love with someone else. Youcould. And TEMPORARILY you'd feel better. But you'd be in the samesituation a few years later.

Because (listen carefully to this):THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON;IT'S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND.SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience.

It'llNEVER just happen to you.

You can't "find" LASTING love. You have to"make" it day in and day out. That's why we have the _expression, "thelabor of love." Because it takes time, effort, and energy. And mostimportantly, it takes WISDOM.

You have to know WHAT TO DO to make yourmarriage work.Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery.

There are specificthings you can do (with or without your spouse) to succeed in yourmarriage.Just as there are physical laws of the universe (such as gravity),there are also laws for relationships.

Just as the right diet andexercise program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in yourrelationship WILL make your marriage stronger. It's a direct cause andeffect.

If you know and apply the laws, t! he results arepredictable... you can "make" love

===***from my friend email

Comparison (for Christian people)

What a the level of bank note value for the price of Rp.100.000 if brought to church to be rendered; but what a the so small if brought to Mall to be expended
What a the duration serving GOD during one hour; but what a in short if us see film
What a difficult are to look for words when pray ; but how easy it is if chating or gossipping with friend without having to think lengths
What a besotted is if contest of basketball lengthened by its time extra but we complain when sermon in longer church a few than habit
What a its difficult it to read one perikop of Bible ; but how easy it is read 100 page of
novel which in demand
What a its strong in idea of people to sit in front of in concert or contest but more like to sit in hindmost bench in church
What a difficult are to accomodate our time schedule, 2 or 3 previous week to an event of church but how easy it is accomodate time in a crack at the time of last for pleasant event
What a difficult are to study a simple chapter of Bible to in sharing with others; but how easy it is for the repeat of is same gossip to that others
How easy it is our trust what told by newspaper; but what a we doubt of what told by Bible
What a each and everyone wish to enter heaven if only needn't for the trust of or of berpikir, or tell something, or do something how we earn to propagate a thousand humour pass e-mail, and overspreading him with FORWARD like fire; but if there is mail which is its contents about Empire of GOD; what a often we hesitate, shy at opening it and also delete it.

****from my friend email

WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T LOOKING(Written by a former child)

A message every adult should read, because children are watching you and doing as you do, not as you say. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals.When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life.When you thought I wasn't looking, I heard you say a prayer, and I knew there is a God I could always talk to and I learned to trust in God. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of your time and money to help people who had nothing and I learned that those who have something should give to those who don't. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it and I learned we have to take care of what we are given. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't feel good and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up.When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything that I could be.When you thought I wasn't looking, I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up. When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at you and wanted to say, "Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking."I AM SENDING THIS TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW WHO DO SO MUCH FOR OTHERS AND THINK NO ONE EVER SEES. LITTLE EYES SEE A LOT.Each of us (parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle,teacher or friend) influence the life of a child.How will you touch the life of someone today?Just by sending this to someone else,you will probably make them at leastthink about their influence on others
*(from my friends email)

IN THE BEGINING OF HUMAN

In the womb
An embryo of few weeks inside the mothers womb.
It is in the beginning of its development.
There is a long road ahead.
It is the first step of human development and at this stage it can be confused with the embryo of dog or monkey.
It is connected to the vitelino bag that provides the nutrients that it needs in the first weeks of life.
After about 8 weeks of gestation the vitelino bag loses its function.
The umbilical cord then starts to feed it with nutrients
provided from the mothers body.
While everything happens, it floats, calmly, in the uterus of its mother.
In 16th week of gestation it already has developed the limbs.
The eyes are still closed, but the hands and the feet start to move themselves, even though its mother does not perceive it yet.
Thanks to the ecografia 4D, you can see the features of the baby quite clearly, even its faceial expressions.
At 24 weeks Only the lungs are not completely formed.
if it was born at this moment, it would have a good chance of survival.
At this stage It already moves the arms and the legs, it blinks the eyes, and it sucks the fingers
It is becoming conscientious of the space that surrounds it.
As with all embryos, it passes most of the time sleeping It even dreams
Complete at nine months and is ready to be born.
In 40 weeks, what was one cell was changed into a human being.
The miracle of the formation of the life of a human being
in the womb is almost finished
In few days the lungs and the placenta will be put in charge to signal that the hour of the childbirth has arrived.
The baby still sleeps, calm, in the womb of its mother.
It does not know that soon it will abandon the placidness of its "house" to pass through one of the most traumatic experiences of its life: the birth.
BUT IT IS THUS THAT IT HAPPENS
The MIRACLE Of LIFE
Riaellw@globo.com

Jumped

As I jumped off the building...
I saw the known couple in 10F is hitting each other
I saw the usually tough and strong peter in 9F is crying
8F Amanda just found our her husband is sleeping with her best friend
7F Richard is taking his daily anti-depression medicine
6F Jobless Ruth still buy 8 newspaper to search for a job every day
Much respected Mr. Alex in 5F is trying his wife’s undergarment
4F Rose again fighting with the boyfriend
Old man in 3F everyday hoping someone would come by and pay him a visit
2F Lily still staring at the picture of her lost husband since half year ago
Before I jumper off from the building, I thought I was the most unlucky person
Now I just realized everyone has their own problems and worries
After I had seen all these, I found out, in the fact I wasn’t that bad at all
The people that I saw just now is looking at me know
I thing after they see me now, they might feel they are not that bad after all

*(from my friends email)

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I care for you

You might be best friends one year,
pretty good friends the next year,
don't talk that often the next year,
and don't want to talk at all the year after that.
So, I just wanted to say,
even if I never talk to you again in my life,
you are special to me and you have made a difference in my life,
I look up to you, respect you, and truly cherish you.

Send this to all your friends,
no matter how often you talk,
or how close you are,
and send it to the person who sent it to you.
Let old friends know you haven't forgotten them,
and tell new friends you never will.
Remember, everyone needs a friend,
someday you might feel like you have NO FRIENDS at all,
just remember this
and take comfort in knowing
somebody out there cares about you and always will...

Marriage Humor

1. Women are unpredictable. Before marriage, she expects a man, after marriage she suspects him, and after death she respects him.
2. There was this guy who told his woman that he loved her so much that he would go thru hell for her. They got married - and now he is going thru hell. 3. A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: "Wife wanted ". Next day, he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: "You can have mine."
4. When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one
thing: either the car is new or the wife.
5. It's easy to tell if a man is married or not. Just watch him drive a car with a woman sitting beside him. If both his hands are on the wheel, you can be sure he is married.
6. A man received a letter from some kidnappers. The letter said, "If you don't promise to send us $100,000 I swear that we will kidnap your wife."
The poor man wrote back, “I am afraid I can't keep my promise but I hope
you will keep yours."
7. What's the matter, you look depressed." "I'm having trouble with my wife." "What happened?" "She said she wasn't going to speak to me for 30 days." "But that ought to make you happy." "It did, but today is the last day."

WOMAN
> When she is 18 – She is a football, 22 men going after her.
> When she is 28 – She is a hockey ball, 8 men going after her.
> When she is 38 – She is a golf ball, 1 man hitting on her.
> When she is 48 – She is a ping pong ball, 2 men pushing to each other.

MAN
> At 20 - A man is like a coconut, so much to offer, so little to give.
> At 30 - He is like a durian, dangerous but delicious.
> At 40 - He is like a watermelon, big, round and juicy.
> At 50 - He is like a mandarin orange; the season comes once in a year.
> At 60 - He is just like a raisin, dried out, wrinkles and cheap.
> Marriage Humor In the beginning:
> God created earth and rested.
> Then God created man and rested.
> Then God created woman.
> Since then, neither God nor man has rested. (=^_^=)

Do it what you want it…

Sleep as much as you can...
Frown when you get upset...
Read books that you enjoy...
Play with simple things...
Do whatever you want whenever you want...
Look for affection when you need it...
Get serious once in a while...
Forget about diets...
Show some affection
Change your look...
Be happy, above all, regardless what your challenges may be... These are only to show you how strong we can be and overcome them...