ANR honoured with Padma Vibhushan

Akkineni Nageshwara Rao was conferred Padma Vibhushan award for 2010 by the President of India. The other names who were approved by the President of India for the conferment of Padma Awards-2010 were  Cricketer VVS Laxman, educationist Koneru Ramakrishna Rao, Professor Pullela Ramachandrudu.
Playback singer SP Balasubramaniam and actress Waheeda Rahman conferred with Padma Bhushan. Rama Rao got Padma Vibhushan in the field of science and technology. GV Krishna Reddy and Dr K Anji Reddy are also in the list who got Padma Bhushan awards from Andhra Pradesh.

Ravi Teja and Gunashekar's movie titled Nippu

Mass Hero Ravi Teja who is known for remarkable style of comedy and action is now all set to work in Guna Sekhar’s direction soon. A title Nippu has been registered in the film chamber and  Director YVS Chowdhary is producing this movie. Gunashekar wanted Katti as the title for this movie but Kalyan Ram had already used that for his last film. So he has selected Nippu  as the title and this film will begin its shoot from summer this year The cast and crew details of this project are yet to be announced.Currently, Ravi Teja is working for ' Veera', being directed by Ramesh Varma.

Published Date : Tuesday, 25/1/2011 9:21 AM IST

1st Week Collections of Anaganaga O Dheerudu

Anaganaga O Dheerudu, directed by Prakash Kovelamudi (son of K. Raghavendra Rao) which is one of the most awaited movies of the season didn’t live up to the expectations. The mixed reactions and reviews over Anaganaga O Dheerudu are reflecting over the collections too. The film collected a first week share of around 5.7 crore worldwide.
This amount is good for a Siddharth film but not for a film of Anaganaga Oka Dheerudu budget. The production cost of AOD is around 32 crores, says the buzz. So if the film should have collected around 12 crores in the first week to keep the hopes alive. .
Even though the makers are planning to dub it and release in Hindi and Tamil we can’t expect it to do wonders over there with this content. So, Anaganaga Oka Dheerudu will go down as a commercial failure despite being regarded as good attempt.

Published Date : Tuesday, 25/1/2011 9:19 AM IST

MS Raju to introduce Ashwin

Producer MS Raju, who made hit films like Varsham, Manasantha Nuvve, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana and Okkadu among others, is launching his son Ashwin as hero with a film titled Mirchi. This film will be produced by M.S.Raju and Ramji Maganti and will be directed by MS Raju himself. This shooting was expected to start six months ago but MS Raju was said to be not happy with the script. In fact VN Aditya was drafted to direct the film. After differences cropped up between MS Raju and Aditya over the script, the producer himself decided to direct his son’s debut film. Mirchi will be officially launched this week and the regular shooting will start from February.

Published Date : Tuesday, 25/1/2011 9:17 AM IST

Deadly blast at Moscow airport, 10 killed & Dozens injured

At least 20 people have been killed and dozens injured in a blast at Domodedovo airport in Moscow. A news agency has said 23 people have died and around 130 people are thought to have been injured.

Published Date : Monday, 24/1/2011 8:25 PM IST

Naga Chaitanya to act in ‘Bejawada Rowdylu’

Ram Gopal Varma, who is known for controversies, had announced that he is going to produce ‘Bejawada Rowdylu’, a film based on the rowdyism in Vijayawada. However, he did not announce who will play the lead role in the movie. Recently Varma announced that Naga Chaitanya would play the lead role in the movie, which surprised  the entire Telugu film industry.
Varma says, ‘The story is yet to be finalised besides the other cast and crew. I will reveal all the details once we finalise everything.’Given the confident note of Varma, sources in the Film Nagar claim that the film would be yet another ‘Shiva’ in Varma and Chaitu’s careers.

Aamir to host Bigg Boss 5th Edition ...?

Rumors are floating in bollywood that Aamir Khan had come to an agreement with  Endemol, which produces the reality show Bigg Boss, to host its edition 5 this year.
The last show has been hosted by Salman Khan and it was not successful in getting good TRPs as compared to Amitabh Bachchan’s Kaun Banega …The producers of the show are said to be of the opinion that if they can bring in Aamir Khan to host the Big Boss then they have a chance of getting better TRPs. Aamir hasn't done a reality show yet and so if he host Bigg Boss 5 it will definitely become a good platform for his debut as a television host.

Pawan Kalyan to remake Dabangg

Power Star Pawan Kalyan is showing keen interest to remake Salman Khan's biggest blockbuster of Bollywood in the year 2010, Dabangg in Tollywood. Dabangg was produced with a budget of Rs 42 crores and also collected Rs 212 crore huge amount.
The film is reportedly titled Gabbar Singh and the surprising news is Pawan Kalyan himself is producing and acting the movie on his own banner Pawan Kalyan Creative Works. Harish Shankar, the director of Mirapakaya will direct this film. The film will be made to match the expectations of fans and audience from power star Pawan Kalyan. The shooting will commence soon and Gabbar Singh will release in 2011 itself. The movie will be made with high budget and technical values.

EVV Satyanarayana Passes Away

Hit Director Evv Satyanaryana Passed Away Few Hours ago, He was suffering from Throat cancer since long time and was admitted to Apollo hospital few days ago Where he breathed his last. Director Evv Started his career with Chevulo puvvu, and his super hit fims include appula apparao, jambalakidi pamba, abbayi garu, alibaba aradajanu dongalu, hello brother, Bendu apparao R.m.p. satyanarayana has two sons Aryan rajesh and Allari naresh. He launched his elder son Aryan with movie Hai but he was more successful with his second son and actor allari naresh with hits like Kithakithalu and Bendu apparao. Tollywood Cine Artists Expressed their deepest Condelences to Evv's family.

Published Date : Saturday, 22/1/2011 7:04 AM IST

Manchu Lakshmi to produce Oo Kodathara Ulikkipadathara

Manchu Lakshmi, who made her acting debut with Anaganaga Oka Dheerudu has been getting rave reviews for her act in the movie. However the actress in not in a rush to do all the films that comes her way. Currently Lakshmi Manchu is busy with the pre production work of her next production. Titled, Oo Kodathara Ulikkipadathara which will star Manchu Manoj in the lead role will be produced by his sister. Earlier Lakshmi and Manoj worked together for partly successful Jhummandi Nadam.
Oo Kodathara Ulikkipadathara will be directed by a newcomer and the hunt for heroine is still on. Lakshmi Manchu is looking for a beautiful girl to cast in this movie. She bagged the credit of introducing Taapsee to tollywood.

Megastar with V.V.V ...?

Megastar Chiranjeevi’s re - entry into films has been confirmed long back when his son Ram Charan said that his father will act in movie and he will be the producer for it but the plans to launch that mega venture have been postponed due to the sudden change in the politics.
Although Chiranjeevi’s re-entry has been declared, there is silence for long time about the director of this 150th film. There were many names that popped up in discussions and the latest news is that director VV Vinayak was okeyed to take up this prestigious task. Chiranjeevi recently watched Allu Arjun’s Badrinath rushes and was very impressed with Vinayak’s work in it. Therefore, he asked Vinayak to direct his 150th film, says reports. VV Vinayak and Chiranjeevi earlier worked for super hit film Tagore. Mega fans would be extremely happy if this combination comes together again.

Writer Chinni Krishna's story impressed cherry

Well known Writer Chinni Krishna who penned the scripts for such highly successful films like Gangotri, Indra, Narasimha Naidu and Badrinath has written a film script exclusively for Ram Charan Tej and gave it to the actor who liked it.
After the debacle of Orange, Ram Charan is said to be in the hunt for good scripts and going through the storylines given to him by reputed writers. He is playing the role of a football player in his fourth film Merupu which is being directed by Dharani. The shooting of the film is now in progress.
Ram Charan tweeted about his conversation with writer as “one my fav writers chinni krishna who wrote for gangotri, indra, narashimanaidu and now badhrinath and came to narrate a storyline. what i heard was interesting story line. "
But cherry is reluctant to say ok to the story he asked the writer to make necessary improvements and meet himnext time.

'Mirapakaya' records good first week collections

Ravi Teja’s latest movie i.e Sankranti release Mirapakaya collected a share of 11.28 crores (after tax and theater rentals) in 7 days in AP. Makers of ‘Mirapakaya’ are extremely happy the way their film has been performing thus Ravi Teja’s Mirapakaya proved a winner at the box-office. Out of four films released during Sankranti festival season, Mirapakaya was declared a hit.
Mirapakay was directed by Harish Shankar and produced by Ramesh Puppala under Yellow Flowers banner
Richa Gangopadhyay and Deeksha Seth paired opposite Ravi Teja.

The area wise collectons for the first week are:

S.NO           Area Share                    (Rs.)
1                   Nizam           -       4, 15, 00,000
2                   Ceded          -        1, 82, 00,000
3                   Guntur          -        1, 01, 00,000
4                   East              -            98, 00,000
5                   Vizag            -        1, 08, 00,000
6                  Nellore          -            60, 00,000
7                  Krishna          -            72, 00,000
8                   West            -             92, 00,000
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Total                                           11,28,00,000
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Dookudu new shooting schedule lauched today

Mahesh starrer 'Dookudu' has kick-started its shoot today at Ramanaidu Studios after gap in Hyderabad. Earlier the film has completed a schedule at Turkey. Samantha, the hot and happening actress of Tollywood is playing the female lead in the film.
Dookudu is being directed by Srinu Vytla and produced by Achanta Gopichand, Anil Sunkara and Achanta Ram jointly in the banner 14 Reels Entertainment. Dookudu is the second film under the banner 14 Reels Entertainment, first being Namo Venkatesa, also directed by Srinu Vytla. S.S Thaman is composing the music for the film.


Published Date : Wednesday, 19/1/2011 11:45 PM IST

Mobile number portability to begin from Jan 20

Latest advertisements in leading news papers say that Mobile number portability (MNP) is going to be launched through out india from January 20th 2011 exept J&k. Mobile customers who aredisgusted with the service provided by their networks are eagerly waiting for this date to switch from their network provider to a new networks with out the need of changing their loved phone number. Mobile number portability (MNP) which permits users to retain their number while switching mobile phone providers, makes at least 687 million Indians stronger consumers. Regardless of the issue whether users are prepaid or postpaid, customers will be able to demand better services, tariff plans and rebates from providers.

With this service the customer can switch to any of these prime service providers in india like Airtel, Idea Cellular, BSNL, Aircel, Loop, Vodafone, Etisalat, Sistema and Videocon. The customer has to pay a maximum of Rs 19, the lowest in the world, to migrate to a new mobile phone company.

These are the steps to port your mobile number to another service provider of your interest.
1) Generate UPC (Unique Porting Code). This can be done by sending an SMS to 1900.
     The SMS should be in this format: PORT Eg: PORT <99XXXXXXXX>.

 2) Go to the new service provider, he will ask for this UPC code obtained through sms when you fill the SIM form.
  
 Fill the form and obtain your new service providers SIM card. Switching charges: Rs 19.

Finally You will get a message from your new provider on your existing number about when to start using the SIM. That's it.

Published Date : Wednesday, 19/1/2011 11:41 PM IST

How to Do the Caveman Diet

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The "Caveman Diet" (also referred to more formally as the Paleolithic diet) is based on the idea that our bodies are better adapted to what our human ancestors ate during the Paleolithic era.[1] The premise of this diet is that you'll regain lost fortitude and grow to be as strong and vital as our paleolithic ancestors. While we don't have the predators, caves, and short lifespans of the caveman to contend with, there is the reality that many of the foods we consume aren't very healthy for us. And for some, a return to eating like cavemen of yore is a way of restoring a little balance. In case you're interested in trying out this diet, here are some ways to get started.
Note: The term "caveman" encompasses "cavewoman"; the promoters of the diet do not appear to use the term "cavewoman diet" but do appear to be inclusive.

Steps

1. Decide what extent you're prepared to take the diet. The elements of the caveman diet vary according to which source or practitioner of the diet you follow. However, it is possible to discern some basic elements that you can use to form your take on this diet:
   
   • Some followers of the caveman diet eat large quantities of meat and then fast for up to 36 hours at a time.[2] This is supposed to emulate the times of lean in between meals that hunters and gatherers experienced. At this extreme, fruit and vegetables are appropriate but nothing baked, such as bread, or other foods that only came about with the introduction of agriculture.[3] Be aware that some experts dispute the health benefits of fasting and the unsuitability of products created by agriculture for the human body.[4]
     
   • Some caveman practitioners avoid eating items from the nightshade family. These would not have been available to paleolithic hunter gatherers. Others see this as taking things too far.[5]
     
   • While some cavemen diet followers consume raw meat, others point out that paleolithic humans had fire and were able to cook.
     
   • Ultimately, the diet is viewed as very much "do-it-yourself", to be tailored to suit your body's own needs.[6]
     
2. Prepare your kitchen and pantry. You'll need somewhere suitable to store your meat supplies, such as a large freezer. You'll need a fridge to store fresh ingredients such as vegetables, berries, fish, and fruit, and pantry space to store nuts, some vegetables, and jerky.
   
   • You won't need salt, sugar, potatoes, or beans anymore.
     
   • Remove all processed foods. These no longer form a part of your diet.
     
3. Gather your basic ingredients. Within the parameters of the ingredients you are able to consume as part of the caveman diet, you can make a range of different meals. The ingredients that are permitted as part of the caveman diet will vary slightly depending on which source you're following, but the following provides a general guide:
   
   • Meat - red meat, bacon, ham, pork, venison, etc.
     
   • Fish and seafood
     
   • Eggs
     
   • Cheese (this could be herd based food or post-agriculture, it depends on your interpretation)
     
   • Nuts (note that peanuts and cashews are not nuts)
     
   • Vegetables - raw, steamed, salad varieties
     
   • Fruit
     
   • Berries
     
   • Seeds.
     
4. Start the caveman diet. Initially, it's suggested that you ease yourself gradually into the diet. There are several ways to do this - by weekly blocks, or in stages of days. Do whatever feels best for you at the time. Here are some suggestions:
   
   • Matt Emery's gradual weekly stages:[7]
     
     • For the first week: graze all day on fruit and unsalted nuts, while eating whatever you like at night only. Drink lots of water. Do this for no more than 2 to 4 weeks.
       
     • For the next weekly stage: Drink water to start the day and eat nothing all day. At dinner, eat meat, birds, fish, eggs, fruit, vegetables, nuts, berries. Do this for 2 to 8 weeks.
       
     • For the final stage: Drink water, live on unprocessed foods, graze during the day, and enjoy a healthy meal every night. You should now be enjoying the caveman diet as a lifestyle, no longer craving unhealthy foods, and feeling fit and strong. The times that you eat your meals will vary according to your healthy food cravings and energy requirements.
       
   • Gradual day stages:[8]
     
     • Start with a caveman breakfast for three days and keep eating as you always have for the remaining meals. For example, have a meat, eggs, and berry breakfast.
       
     • For the next three days, add a caveman lunch and keep eating dinner as always. For example, have a ham, salad, and nuts lunch.
       
     • Add dinner next. For example, have fish with roasted turnips. Enjoy berries and fruit for desserts. The more modern caveman or cavewoman may prefer a berry cake or tart.
       
   • Snacks should always be simple grazing food, such as berries, raw vegetables, nuts, fruits. You can also have jerky, cheese, and dried fruits in moderation (remember that dried fruits contain high levels of concentrated sugar).
     
5. Don't think of the meals as the familiar breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc. As a caveman-like eater, you are now a grazer. You're not looking for three meals per day. Although you don't need to eat dried foods all the time, you will be looking for 6 small meals per day.
   
6. Savor your food. A big part of the caveman diet is respect and love for your food. Matt Emery, who describes himself as a "modern hybrid caveman" suggests that the following rituals or attentions are a vital part of following a caveman diet:[9]
   
   • Smell your food. Use your sense of smell to work out the freshness, the tastes, and the origins of your food. Some smells will be pleasant, some less so. The more you train your sense of smell, the greater the enjoyment.
     
   • Eat your food with your hands. Touching your food directly allows an intimacy that forks, knives, and chopsticks have removed.
     
   • Look at your food. What are the colors, the textures, the parts of your food? Learn to appreciate food in its naturally appearing state.
     
   • Taste your food. Learn the different tastes - salty, acidic, bitter, sweet, umami. Can you tell the different variations within the natural food? Learn to like each in its own turn.
     
   • Flirt with your food. Change your emotional love of food from unhealthy food to healthy food.
     
   • Be intimate with food. Be amazed by the miracle that food is.
     
7. Start a caveman diet recipe collection. When you first start out, it's likely you'll still be able to use some of your cookbooks for basics such as salads and roasting. However, you'll be confronted fairly quickly by all the elements you can't use, such as salt and processed items. Expand your repertoire of caveman recipes and explore the many possibilities by building on the basics. Examples of recipes that fit the caveman diet include: broccoli and bacon salad, egg and capsicum salad, pumpkin chicken curry, white fish with macadamia salsa, pancakes made using ground nuts in place of flour, apple glazed turkey breast, shrimp curry, etc.
   
   • Look for recipes that call for fully natural ingredients to make breads, cakes, and other baked items. If you're allowing yourself baked foods in your diet, this can still be possible but the types will be very basic, for example a pan-bread made from just flour and milk or water, perhaps with some fresh herbs for seasoning.
     
   • Search online for caveman food websites and blogs. There are also books available for purchase about the caveman diet – take a visit to your local bookstore.
     
   • Go through your existing cookbooks and adapt the recipes. You might like to compile a single book in a folder or in digital form to make it easier to refer to daily.
     
8. Encompass other aspects of the caveman diet if wished. For some people following the caveman diet, it's not only about what goes into your body, but also what feeds your soul. Since this is about emulating the hunter-gatherer lifestyle, it's also about movement, foraging, and the ability to be flexible. This means that sitting at an office in front of a computer all day doesn't sit well with practitioners of the caveman diet and they'd prefer to roam and think on the go than to be kept in an office all day.[10]
   
   • Walk everywhere.
     
   • Work out to increase your strength. Some caveman diet followers like to work out on an empty stomach at the end of a fast, for the feeling it brings, but that's a purely personal choice and it may just make you feel giddy and weak.
     
   • The more complex the cooking instructions, the less true to the caveman diet; if you're fiddling with blenders, food processors and funny gadgets instead of just getting on with it, perhaps you need to review your approach to the caveman diet.
     
9. Consider the health aspects. While this diet may suit some people and their lifestyles, it won't suit everyone. For a start, any change in your diet of such a magnitude should be discussed with your doctor or dietitian. Similar to the Atkins' diet owing to its heavy reliance on protein and fatty foods, the caveman diet is considered to be unhealthy by some dietitians because it can involve an unhealthy level of fat consumption, has unbalanced vitamins, and is low on carbohydrates, which could leave you feeling weak and tired.[11] After discussing your plans with your doctor, it's probably best to remember that the caveman diet is about tailoring it to fit your optimal needs rather than adhering to being overly strict on things that would otherwise mean it doesn't work for you. There will always be purists of any lifestyle, as well as shades of gray, so mix it up in ways that ensure your optimal health. After all, eating more healthy food and less unhealthy food is always a sensible thing to do.
   

Video

While this video says to eat wild mushrooms, don't eat wild mushrooms unless you're 100 percent sure they're safe.

Tips

• Try this diet for about one or two months to see whether or not it works for you.
  
• You can still use pots and pans to make your foods. It's the foods,and some methods that are different. Just because you're eating the caveman diet doesn't mean you have to go back to tree bark, leaves and flat rocks. Unless you want to!
  
• You can eat grains if washed. For some followers, bread grains have to be eaten at the "right time".
  
• Ask the doctor before going on any diets!
  

Warnings

• Always consult your doctor before changing your diet, especially in such a drastic manner.
  
• Be very careful eating wild mushrooms. If buying wild mushrooms, get them from stores, or from very experienced sellers. If harvesting yourself, only eat them if you are one hundred percent sure of what you're eating and know it is safe. If in doubt, don't.
  
• Avoid margarine, oils and anything canned or processed. No artificial foods or food additives.
  
• Take a good, fully loaded, natural multivitamin.
  

Things You'll Need

• A computer for research purposes
  
• Caveman cookbook or websites, blogs
  
• A good farm store, farmer's market, or health food store
  

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Sources and Citations

1. ↑ Wikipedia, Paleolithic Diet, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_diet
2. ↑ Joseph Goldstein, The New Age Cavemen and the City, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/fashion/10caveman.html?_r=1
3. ↑ Joseph Goldstein, The New Age Cavemen and the City, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/fashion/10caveman.html?_r=1
4. ↑ Joseph Goldstein, The New Age Cavemen and the City, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/fashion/10caveman.html?_r=1
5. ↑ Joseph Goldstein, The New Age Cavemen and the City, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/fashion/10caveman.html?_r=1
6. ↑ Caveman Power, http://www.cavemanpower.com/food/caveman_power_diet.html
7. ↑ Caveman Power, Matt Emery, Stages, http://www.cavemanpower.com/food/caveman_power_diet_stage_one.html
8. ↑ Howcast, How to Follow the Caveman Diet, http://www.howcast.com/en/videos/241532-How-To-Follow-the-Caveman-Diet
9. ↑ Caveman Power, Matt Emery, http://www.cavemanpower.com/food/how_to_eat.html
10. ↑ Joseph Goldstein, The New Age Cavemen and the City, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/fashion/10caveman.html?_r=1
11. ↑ The Diet Channel, Caveman Diet, http://www.thedietchannel.com/Caveman-diet.htm

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How to Maintain a Healthy Diet at School (Teens)

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Maintaining a healthy weight at school requires a healthy and balanced diet. This article provides a group of healthy suggestions that will keep you in shape, in your normal weight range and will ensure that you have the energy required for sports, fitness, and keeping up with everyone else.

Steps

1. First and foremost, follow a healthy regimen every day. Every now and then you can splurge on a treat, but don't graze over the sweets regularly.
   
2. Eat breakfast. Breakfast is an essential meal at the beginning of the day to stoke your energy and get you motivated. Good suggestions include:
   
   • One egg on a slice of whole wheat toast
     
   • A piece of fruit if needed and a drink of water
     
   • Freshly squeezed juice or a herbal tea.
     
3. Eat a healthy morning snack at school. Nutritious items include an apple and a bottle of water, or some cut up vegetables such as carrots, baby tomatoes, and celery sticks with low-fat peanut butter.
   
4. Keep lunch simple and filling so that it keeps well until lunchtime in your schoolbag. Sandwiches are a good choice, with a salad filling, as well as some snack pieces of vegetables, fruit, raisins, etc. For dessert, you can pack a granola bar, trail mix, etc.
   
5. If you'd like an afternoon snack, keep it simple. Have a bottle of water or juice, a light salad with fat-free crackers, etc.
   
6. Ask you parents to prepare light and healthy dinners to help your regimen. There should be at least three servings of vegetables, grains and beans, perhaps rice with chicken or tuna. A raw salad accompanying every evening meal is a good idea. Drink water with some lemon juice squeezed into it.
   

Tips

• Avoid fatty and sugary foods most of the time; these are the weight gaining foods and they are also not healthy for you in the long-term.
  
• If you need snacks, always have healthy foods to hand, such as a tin of tuna, a bowl of lettuce and carrots, pieces of watermelon, etc. Occasional small handfuls of nuts are excellent additions too.
  

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How to Pack a Healthy Lunch (for Adults)

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Our modern, fast-paced lifestyle leaves us with little time to eat, much less prepare nutritious food for ourselves. Consequently, we often find ourselves grabbing things on the go without giving much thought to whether the food even contains nutrients (nachos, anyone?). Eating poorly can have negative affects not only your own individual health but also on the health of our society. For example, the growing trend of obesity has much to do with a lack of proper nutrition and and a diet of fattening foods such as what you would find at a fast food restaurant. Yet when you start to pack a healthy lunch, you will feel much more energetic for rest of the day, have a positive attitude, and decrease your chances of diseases due to poor nutrition. How can you stay healthy, remain professionally active, and set a good example for your kids? How can you make sure that every lunch you eat is healthy? Follow these steps!

Steps

1. Find out which foods are healthy. For example, whole wheat bread is better than white bread because processing white bread requires requires removing the natural nutrients contained in wheat. Whole wheat products are also better for your digestion.
   
   • The definition of nutritious food is: Food that is a significant source of fiber, vitamins, and (preferably) organic substances. Organic and whole foods are more nutritious than processed foods. Processed foods have been stripped of their nutrients, leaving them unhealthy to eat.
     
2. Make a list of healthy foods versus unhealthy foods. You might want to put this on your refrigerator as a reminder.
   
   • Avoid food with saturated or trans fats. Low-sodium foods are also more healthy. Look for food rich in fiber and calcium. Eating less sugar is also important.
     
3. Shop for food at stores that give you healthy alternatives. This may be:
   
   • a store solely devoted to whole foods
     
   • a local produce market (You can support local farmers, too!)
     
   • certain sections in your supermarket that stock dairy, whole grain/wheat products, and organic fruit and vegetables.
     
4. Keep your kitchen stocked with staples such as whole grain bread, brown rice, grains, butter, low-fat cheese, lean lunch meat (ham, turkey, roast beef), fruit, vegetables, nuts (if you are not allergic), low-fat yogurt, juice, and filtered water.
   
   • You can find a helpful shopping checklist here.
     
5. Vary the kinds of lunches you pack on a daily basis so that you don’t get bored. Change things up by packing a sandwich one day, a salad on another day, or even leftovers from last night’s dinner (be sure that it is healthy).
   
6. If you like to end your lunch with something sweet, include items such as low-fat yogurt, fruit rolls, or trail mix. For some healthy alternatives to sugary delights, go to HealthFinder.
   
7. Make sure you have reusable containers and lunch bags on hand. You might also want to purchase insulated bags so that your lunch stays fresh.
   
8. If you are not used to bringing your own lunch, schedule a regular time in your daily routine to make your meal ahead of time. Treat it like a ritual. This will help you get into the habit of bringing your own healthy lunch. Soon you will find yourself uninterested in going out for a more expensive lunch or eating less healthy food.
   
   • Some people do this right after dinner or before bed. Morning people might want to prepare things during or after morning coffee or tea.
     
9. If you have children, have them prepare lunch with you. This way they will "learn by doing," be able to bring a nutritious lunch to school, and get into the habit of eating well, too.
   

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How to find healthy alternatives!

Tips

• When shopping for food, be sure to read the labels carefully. You never know about the food’s nutritious value until you do a “label check.” It is important to know what is and isn’t healthy for you. If you don’t know, how do you know whether you’re packing a healthy lunch? Look for the calorie count per serving size, the amount of sodium, whether the food item contains saturated or trans fats, and if the food contains chemicals.
  
• If you stray from your healthy diet and succumb to a fast-food burger, fried food, or an ice cream sundae, do not worry too much. Just start again the next day. Everyone weakens once in a while, and you are probably no exception.
  

Warnings

• Often you will see “all natural” written on a package or box of food. When you read the label, however, you might find cane sugar as one of the main ingredients. Just because sugar is “natural” does not mean it is healthy. Looks can be deceiving!
  
• Relying on filtered water for too long gives you diarrhea. Drink regular tap water every once in a while.
  

Things You'll Need

• Books and websites on nutritious food
  
• Staple items in your kitchen such as whole wheat bread, fresh fruit and vegetables, grains, nuts, whole wheat bread, and low-fat cheese.
  

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How to Remove Bad Breath

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Bad breath can be a real problem. Luckily there are solutions to this problem. And don't worry you're not the only one facing this problem. Millions of Americans have this problem and by following the instructions below you will be on your way to get rid of bad breath.

Steps

1. 1. Brush you teeth at least 2 times a day.
   
2. 2. One of the high quality but easy on the wallet toothpaste is Mentadent. It really works well. Not only does it kill bad breath germs but also whitens teeth.
   
3. 3. After brushing, use a mouthwash.
   
4. 4. Also rinse with ACT to prevent cavities.
   
5. 5. And remember to floss, to get rid of the tartar that causes bad breath.
   

Tips

• You can't expect bad breath to go away in a day. You have to give it time. There will be days when you forget or just don't feel like doing all the steps, remember to aim for your goal. The store bought fast products will only get rid of bad breath temporarily. By following these methods you will not only get rid of bad breath but also maintain good hygiene level.
  

Warnings

• Don't drink water after rinsing with ACT
  
• Don't swallow the mouthwash
  

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How to Protect Yourself from Gym Germs

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Most gym users are not fully aware of the dangers of gym germs, especially MRSA (Staph infection). It has become a problem covered heavily in the news. Gyms are especially dirty places - all those people, all that sweat, it is the ideal breeding ground for bacteria/germs. These germs live on gym equipment and aren't easily killed. Here are the best ways to protect yourself:

Steps

1. Wipe excess sweat off of the equipment - it's common sense, but it won't kill the germs on the equipment.
   
2. Use a sanitizer to wipe the equipment down if available - remember, using a sanitizer does not guarantee you will kill all of the germs/bacteria.
   
3. Use barrier protection.
   
   • Do not touch the equipment directly with bare hands! Infectious disease can be transmitted by contact.
     
   • Always put a towel on any equipment you are going to sit on.
     
4. Most gyms have sanitizer near the sink for you to use after or before washing your hands.
   

Tips

• Barrier protection is crucial! There are personal sanitary handle covers for gym equipment. They wrap around the handles of almost any equipment (secured with Velcro) and eliminate direct skin-to-surface contact.
  
• Always properly wash your hands after any workout.
  
• Keep your hands away from your mouth at all times.
  
• There are some excellent products available that provide protection against germs.
  

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