Hypertension Mantra

Time to take character inventory of the kind of people we have around us. Are they part of our family? A friend, an associate or perhaps a business partner? Do they unnecessarily contribute to our stress or our anxieties? What are we doing about it? Take stock. Much of our sanity and well-being depend on it. Take irresponsibility out of the door. Characterize a responsible person and these are things he or she is NOT: 1. Able to do anything without guidance or supervision. 2. Accountable and unanswerable for his or her own behavior. 3. Someone who can be trusted or depended upon to do things on his or her own volition. 4. Able to follow through on obligations. 5. Conscious of agreed upon or set rules. 6. Able to stand on own actions, impulsive but always blames others for his mistakes. 7. Trustworthy. 8. In possession of good self-esteem. Anyone will get that picture good... Learning how to tackle responsibility into one's life: 1. Take your life in

One of the better things I discovered from being hypertensive is learning to deal with my anger. My life used to be so stressful that certain issues were usually accompanied with argument marathons between family members. Looking back, this perhaps aggravated my illness unknowing at that time I had it. Fact is, indulging anger didn’t help me. And it won’t. Not on days that the market vendor was trying to dupe me or salon manager who’s playing smart with our business finances. Not the help who wasted a good amount of money burning some piece of poultry in the oven. Here’s the deal - do the exact opposite of what you want to do when you are angry . While you may think that lashing out or breaking a couple of your wine glasses help. It doesn’t. You don’t release the tension by swearing or slurring others. You are actually just nourishing your aggression. Uncontrolled anger allow unhealthy behavior to thrive and escalate tension. But this doesn’t mean however, tha

Did you know that some products we use like toothpaste, sunscreen, stain resistant clothing, food additives and cosmetics contain nanoparticles that are potentially dangerous to our health? Nanoparticles are atomsized forms of matter resulting from the use of nanotechnology. “Nanotechnology is the engineering of tiny machines — the projected ability to build things from the bottom up personal nanofactories (PNs), using techniques and tools being developed today to make complete, highly advanced products. Ultimately, nanotechnology will enable control of matter at the nanometer scale, using mechanochemistry . Shortly after this envisioned molecular machinery is created, it will result in a manufacturing revolution , probably causing severe disruption. It also has serious economic, social, environmental, and military implications ". How small is a nanoparticle? "A nanometer is one billionth of a meter, roughly the width of three or four atoms. The average human hai

One of the many ways that helped me survive my financial crisis was using a credit card. It is true. Before you say another word hear out my story. My children where at a growing-up stage then. Yes they were already in school. The usual scenario was one day, I’d be in the office working and they’d call. They need something for a school assignment or project, and so if I could just please go to the bookstore to get it. Other days, they unexpectedly become ill, that surely required a trip to the pharmacy for medications. It was definitely a time when emergencies were frequent. Consequently, those emergencies proved to unnecessarily stress me. It was time to secure an emergency credit facility. And so the story goes and leads me to my boss who was suggesting that I sign up his credit card company. I was a card newbie. Obviously, I didn’t know what type of card I needed. Indulging me over lunch, one time, she helpfully gave me some tips to help me choose the card for my par

One of the most distressing situations a family could face is to be financially broke. With children's tuition bills, food and household expenses to pay, a negative cash position can bring disaster. Easily. Family members find themselves vulnerable to quick tempers, emotional outbursts and sometimes bouts of depression during times like this. Moments spent instead to find solutions to the problem turn out to be occasions of accusation and finger pointing. Volatile, like a ticking bomb. Many years back my family faced a similar problem. To ease the burden, I decided to tell my children the real score. I thought they were old enough to understand what we were going through. After all, nothing can beat being straightforward. To my mind, this would be the ultimate test for my children's maturity and lessons learned from what I had always tried to teach them: that in times of adversity, it is how you cope with the situation that will define the result that you want. Tellin

A dilemma such as what is discussed by Dr Wilkes below is something very familiar to me. I am hypertensive. But, I used to also take extra virgin coconut oil (evco) everyday and a lemon drink with honey. I made the decision against my doctor's advice. The first time she gave me my maintenance drug I wasn't on evco yet. Eventually, someone very credible suggested I also take evco. And I did. It was fine. I think I was having the time of my life. I was eating well, perhaps more than I should, confident my evco will be there to standby me. Several check-ups later, I accidentally mentioned to my doc that in fact I was on evco. She was flabbergasted. She reminded me that not enough studies have been conducted on the efficacy of evco for hypertensives. I told her I was feeling better. She insisted that I totally eliminate it from my daily routine. To make a long story short, I reduced my intake from 6 tsps in divided dosage of 2 tsps per meal to just 2 tsps daily. I am not sur

Can you really know who you are by taking 'personality tests' on the web? During my early web days when blogging was alien to me, I spent my time asking sites to tell me who I am and more.. like what is my french name, what is my karma , am I a sunshiny person, etc :-) Whoa! I believe I have come a long way from that, thank God.