Importance of Having Breakfast

Breakfast can help prevent strokes, heart attack and sudden death. Advice on not to skip breakfast!
Healthy living. For those who always skip breakfast, you should stop that habit now! You've heard many times that "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Now, recent research confirms that one of the worst practices you can develop may be avoiding breakfast.

Why? Because the frequency of heart attack, sudden death, and stroke peaks between 6: 00a.m. and noon, with the highest incidence being between 8: 00a.m. and 10:00a.m.What mechanism within the body could account for this significant jump in sudden death in the early morning hours? We may have an Answer. Platelet, tiny elements in the blood that keep us from bleeding to Death if we get a cut, can clump together inside our arteries due to Cholesterol or plaque buildup in the artery lining. It is in the morning hours that platelets become the most activated and tend to form these internal blood clots at the greatest frequency.

However, eating even a very light breakfast prevents the morning platelet activation that is associated with heart attacks and strokes. Studies performed at Memorial University in St.Johns,   Newfoundland found that eating a light, very low-fat breakfast was critical in modifying the morning platelet activation. Subjects in the study consumed either low-fat or fat-free yogurt, orange juice, fruit, and a source of protein coming from yogurt or fat-free milk. So if you skip breakfast, it's important that you change this practice immediately in light of this research. Develop a simple plan to eat cereal, such as oatmeal or Bran Flakes, along with six ounces of grape juice or orange juice, and perhaps a piece of fruit. This simple plan will keep your platelets from sticking together, keep blood clots from forming, and perhaps head off a potential Heart Attack or stroke. So never ever skip breakfast.

15 Steps to Improve your Memory

Steps to Improve your Memory 

Everyone can take steps to improve their memory, and with time and practice most people can gain the ability to memorize seemingly impossible amounts of information. Whether you want to win the World Memory Championships, ace your history test, or simply remember where you put your keys, this article can get you started. Scientists believe that exercising your brain can create a 'cognitive reserve' that will help you stay sharp as you age.

 

1. Convince yourself that you do have a good memory that will improve. Too many people get stuck here and convince themselves that their memory is bad, that they are just not good with names, that numbers just slip out of their minds for some reason. Erase those thoughts and vow to improve your memory. Commit yourself to the task and bask in your achievements it's hard to keep motivated if you beat yourself down every time you make a little bit of progress.

 

2. Keep your brain active. The brain is not a muscle, but regularly "exercising" the brain actually does keep it growing and spurs the development of new nerve connections that can help improve memory. By developing new mental skills especially complex ones such as learning a new language or learning to play a new musical instrument and challenging your brain with puzzles and games you can keep your brain active and improve its physiological functioning.

 

3. Exercise daily. Regular aerobic exercise improves circulation and efficiency throughout the body, including in the brain, and can help ward off the memory loss that comes with aging. Exercise also makes you more alert and relaxed, and can thereby improve your memory uptake, allowing you to take better mental "pictures."

 

4. Reduce stress. Chronic stress, although it does not physically damage the brain, can make remembering much more difficult. Even temporary stresses can make it more difficult to effectively focus on concepts and observe things. Try to relax, regularly practice yoga or other stretching exercises, and see a doctor if you have severe chronic stress.

 

Rahsia Al-Fatihah

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Rahsia Al-Fatihah

Surah Ke 1 : 7 ayat

1. Dengan menyebut nama Allah Yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang.
2. Segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan semesta alam.
3. Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang.
4. Yang menguasai hari pembalasan.
5. Hanya kepada Engkaulah kami menyembah dan hanya kepada Engkaulah kami mohon pertolongan.
6. Tunjuklah kami jalan yang lurus.
7. (iaitu) jalan orang-orang yang telah Engkau anugerahkan nikmat kepada mereka; bukan (jalan) mereka yang dimurkai (Yahudi) dan bukan pula jalan mereka yang sesat.

KEHEBATAN AL-FATIHAH

Rukuk dan Sujudlah Dengan Benar

Rukuk dan Sujudlah Dengan Benar

Selagi tiada rasa hormat kepada Tuhanmu semasa rukukmu, teruskanlah rukukmu SEHINGGA apa yang kamu bicarakan semasa rukukmu adalah pujian yang benar datang dari hatimu untuk Tuhanmu.

Selagi tiada rasa kehambaanmu di dalam sujudmu, teruskanlah sujudmu kepadaNya SEHINGGA kamu berasa kehambaanmu dan ketuhananNya.

Selagi masih terasa dirimu memiliki pujian walaupun sedikit, teruskan iktidalmu SEHINGGA kamu berasa kamu TIDAK memiliki apa-apa pun pujian dan kehebatan.

Kamu pasti tidak akan jemu bertemu Tuhanmu dan kamu sentiasa ingin kembali kepadaNya.