Why Is Skin Care So Important For Diabetics?

The American Diabetes Association advises patients to minimize their risk of skin-related diabetes complications by following these guidelines:

• Keep skin clean and dry.

• Apply talcum powder to parts of the body where moisture is likely to develop.

• Avoid bathing or showering in extremely hot water.

• Prevent dry skin by using moisturizers and running a humidifier in your home in dry climates.

• Treat cuts immediately with antibacterial soap and water. Make sure to avoid the use of harsh agents such as alcohol or iodine.

Remember to always see your doctor or a dermatologist for unresolved skin problems as quickly as possible. By following the simple recommendations above you can aviod more serious medical complications associated with skin related diabetes conditions.

Identifying Cholesterol

• If the food your eating has a mother (i.e. eggs / beef / fish) then the food contains cholesterol.
• If the food you are eating does not have a mother (i.e advocado / lettuce / green beans) then it does not contain  cholesterol!

 
 

買完雞蛋要做的事！

每次購買雞蛋後，先以清水加入食鹽，將蛋放入水中浸泡3∼5 分鐘， 
再輕輕搓揉蛋殼表面 ，再以清水沖淨 ，於晾乾後放入冰箱存放。 

我的同事他丈人是開養雞場的 ， 經營著蛋雞的生意。 
在某個場合中， 我同事告訴大家以下的故事，聽得大家目瞪口呆。 

先撇開素不素的問題，我在這兒轉述一次， 

大家再考慮一下還要不要繼續吃蛋。如果還是要吃，那起碼也得做些保護動做！ 

你們知道雞的什麼地方最髒嗎？我同事問大家。 

：“脖子？“”雞爪？“ 

“都不是。”我同事笑咪咪的搖著頭。 

：“是雞屁股。你們有沒有人專愛吃雞屁股的呀！“ 

大家你看我，我看你，露出不解的表情。 

雞的肛門附近組織充滿了大大小小的腺體 ，

：“身體各類的穢物毒素都在這些腺體囤積。“
我同事慢條斯理的說著。 

“同時，雞的肛門含有非常高密度的大腸桿菌， 

當然，隨著蛋生出來，這些大腸桿菌就轉而密布在蛋殼上。“ 

：“這也是為何大家一再強調蛋要熟食的原因。“我同事補充。 

“可是這些含著高密度大腸桿菌的雞蛋， 整齊排列在家中的冰箱時 
馬上污染了其它的蔬果及置蛋架，還有蛋殼表面未先清洗， 
直接把蛋殼打破進入煎鍋，特別是一些大家普遍在生食的食物。“ 


“你的丈人難道不吃蛋？”終於，人群中有人打破了沉默。
“不吃，他們作了那麼久的雞蛋生意，自己從不吃蛋。”
我同事說。 

現場一片沉寂。只聽過種瓜的不吃瓜， 

種蓮霧的不吃蓮霧，現在又來了個養雞的不吃蛋。 

我同事接著說： 
“經過兩年的摧殘，當這些蛋雞生到不能生時，一隻隻枯槁乾癟，便以一隻十元的代價，賣給加肥場， 
餵以類固醇飼料。短短一星期，雞隻便肥大壯碩，肉質鬆軟， 
再以每隻一百至 一百五的暴利，賣給這些做香雞排的加工廠。 

這就是你們吃的酥脆，鬆軟的香雞排。“

現場出現了一陣驚嘆作嘔的騷動。 

我們全家從來不吃雞蛋和香雞排。“我同事又強調了一次。

所以，下次吃蛋前，請再考慮一下，務必把蛋殼沖洗乾淨。

如果你的朋友有喜歡吃香雞排的，也別忘了把這個故事告訴他。

台灣現在每九分鐘就有一人被宣布 罹患癌症， 
不是沒有道理的！

The real impact in and on your body

Learn the real impact in and on your body when you do these healthy and unhealthy things.

What happens when…I have a cocktail before dinner? When you pour that pre-dinner drink, it’s been hours since you ate lunch. After your midday meal, your blood sugar rose, then dropped. To bring your blood sugar back to normal, your liver began releasing glucose into the blood. However, alcohol temporarily shuts down that process. In some cases this could cause you to develop hypoglycemia, or very low blood sugar. That’s especially true if you inject insulin or take diabetes medications. Bottom line: Never drink on an empty stomach. Hold off on your glass of wine or drink until after you’re well into your meal. And limit yourself to just one drink; when consumed with food, one drink is perfectly healthy.

What happens when…I spend the day really happy? When you’re feeling chipper, your body settles into a state of calm that has several physiological benefits. First, it keeps stress hormones at bay. And that means your blood sugar, heart rate, and blood pressure all stay mellow. Studies show that a calm, happy mood also can boost your immune system, making you less susceptible to colds and flu. Then there are the psychological benefits. Studies reveal that diabetes patients who are upbeat and optimistic are more likely to eat right and exercise—and have better blood sugar to show for it. Bottom line: Keeping a sunny attitude directly benefits your blood sugar management, as well as your heart health and overall well-being.

What happens when…I skip breakfast? When you wake up after a long night’s rest, your body has gone as much as 12 hours without a meal. That usually means you have a shortage of glucose in your bloodstream. Skip breakfast, and that shortage grows worse, meaning you get that low-blood-sugar jittery feeling, your brain is lacking in fuel, and your entire body chemistry starts the day out of whack. Even worse, skipping breakfast sets you up for bad eating choices later that day—unhealthy snacks, binge eating at lunch. Bottom line: While it’s natural to focus on dinner as the main meal of the day, breakfast plays the greatest role in establishing healthy internal chemistry for the day. Make a commitment: Never skip breakfast.

What happens when…I snack on an apple? Every bite of a juicy apple delivers vital nutrients and other food compounds that keep your metabolism on an even keel, curb your appetite, and nourish your heart. Chief among them is fiber, specifically soluble fiber, which has a talent that’s critical for controlling blood sugar: It turns all gooey in your intestines. That slows down digestion, which means the sugar in an apple—and it has plenty—is absorbed slowly. Eating one apple barely causes a blip in your blood sugar! Bottom line: An apple a day really does keeps the doctor away.

What happens when…I spend all day sitting around? On a day when you don’t give your muscles enough work to do, glucose remains in your bloodstream, going unused. Over time, a sit-around lifestyle encourages two major problems. Your body begins to convert that unused sugar to fat, putting hard-to-lose weight on your belly, butt and thighs. And that extra glucose in the blood increases dangerous compounds called AGEs that damage nerve and blood cells. Bottom line: Sitting all day is a set-up for bad blood sugar, weight gain, and the maladies they both cause. Change your perspective: Think of two hours of sitting as being as bad for you as eating a large candy bar. Sit all day, and that’s like eating lots of candy bars. The antidote? As simple as getting up each hour and walking for a few minutes.

How important is Magnesium you can think of ....

Magnesium has to be one of my all-time favorite minerals because it has beneficial effects all over the body.  Think of it as your chill pill because it makes you relax from your head down to your toes.  Magnesium is important for a good mood, first and foremost, but most people don't realize it's also necessary for stabilizing blood pressure. Without enough magnesium, your blood pressure rises.  You need the mineral to keep your heart beating in perfect rhythm and to keep your pancreas functioning optimally.
Deficiencies of magnesium can lead to cardiac and blood sugar issues.  Western societies are short on magnesium in part as a result of soil depletion and the processing of food.  I believe this is one reason why we are seeing so much heart disease, depression, and diabetes. Magnesium is not as chic as calcium.  You don't see people wearing magnesium mustaches, do you?  If you did, they'd be green, since magnesium is found in a lot of green foods, including seaweed, spinach, turnip greens, and spirulina.  It would not be pretty.
I feel that magnesium is so important that without enough of it in your system, you will suffer more diseases in your lifetime and die sooner than if you had normal, healthy levels. Seriously, it's that important.
Magnesium deficiency can cause muscle weakness, tremor, and spasm.  Your heart is a muscle.  If you get a spasm or tremor in your heart, you're in trouble.  In fact, magnesium deficiency can cause arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, irregular contraction, and rapid heart rate.  Some studies show that magnesium also benefits people with asthma by preventing bronchospasm.

Magnesium is so protective of the brain that when you run low, you are more prone to migraines, insomnia, anxiety, phobias, brain fog, depression, and suicidal thoughts.  A deficiency of this mighty mineral could result in more frequent headaches, migraines, fasciculation (twitching), muscle pain, fibromyalgia, poor nail growth, and asthma.  And if that's not bad enough, you could also develop leg cramps, tenderness all over your body, a weak heart, high blood pressure, and thicker, stickier blood.
Since magnesium is married to calcium and used to build bone, a magnesium deficiency could cause bone brittleness (osteoporosis), a condition more likely to occur in women.  In fact, women have a particularly hard time of it when they run low on magnesium.  In addition to osteoporosis, we see a lot more emotional instability and PMS symptoms such as tearfulness, cramps, mood swings, and irritability--even panic attacks.
Kids need magnesium for healthy brain function.  Studies have shown that low magnesium can cause attention deficit problems.  In fact, medical researchers have known about this effect for quite some time.  One study done way back in 1997 found that 95 percent of kids with ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) were deficient in magnesium.  In 1987, another trial included 75 magnesium-deficient children with ADHD who were randomly assigned to receive either magnesium along with their standard treatment or just their standard treatment alone for 6 months.  Those who received magnesium showed a significant improvement in personality and behavior, while the control group exhibited worsening behavior over the study period.  This explains why many natural supplements for ADHD contain magnesium. The mineral helps relax the brain and allow more focus.
For children 1 to 3 years old, 80 mg; for children 4 to 8, 130 mg; and for children 9 to 13, 240 mg.  Make sure you let your child's pediatrician know about the supplement.  If your child takes medication, you'll want to get the doctor's approval before starting.
I often recommend this mineral to people with depression (for mood stability), fibromyalgia (because it reduces muscle pain), and anger management problems and for aggressive personalities (for its calming effects).  Make no mistake, if you are married to a Tasmanian devil who blows his or her fuse at the sight of dirty dishes, magnesium won't do a thing for it.  It's really for people who want to chill out a bit more, stop being worrywarts, feel more content, or reduce the frequency of panic attacks.
Some experts think magnesium has a place in treating suicidal depression, and I happen to agree.  Anyone with serious depression should, of course, be under a doctor's care.  But do ask the doctor about adding a magnesium supplement to the treatment regimen.  It goes without saying that it's a good bet for milder forms of depression as well.  Many of my friends have taken magnesium for this reason with good results afterwards.
I've saved the best surprise of all for last: One bar of exceptionally dark chocolate contains about 300 mg of magnesium.  I've drawn the conclusion that chocolate is not only good for your soul, it's also good for your brain! Sweet.

Excuse-Proof Your Workout Routine

Here are ways to short circuit the most common excuses for not exercising. Put them to good use.

The Excuse: It’s too cold outside.
The Fix: Keep the core of your body warm. When your body starts to feel cold, it diverts blood flow from your arms and legs to your chest and abdomen as a way protect vital organs. That’s why your toes and fingers get so cold, even when the rest of your body doesn’t. Keep your torso warm with the right clothing, and you prevent that process, so the rest of you stays equally comfortable. To do this, layer in threes.
    1. Don a snug-fitting base layer made of a non-cotton fabric that wicks moisture from your skin. Clothes that contain polypropylene or fabrics such as CoolMax and Supplex are good examples.
    2. Next put on a bulkier mid-layer made of fabric such as fleece that will insulate and also continue to move moisture out. Vests are ideal for this.
    3. Cover everything with a wind-and-moisture resistant jacket or shell. Choose a zippered model, rather than a pullover. Add a light scarf or hat and warm gloves and you’re good to go.

The Excuse: It’s raining.
The Fix: Water-resistant clothing, of course. A walk in the rain is actually fun, particularly if it’s a warm rain. It only gets uncomfortable when your clothes get water-logged. Prevent that by wearing a wind-and-water resistant jacket with a hood. Splurge and get yourself water-resistant pants. And if you don’t have rain boots, wear water-resistant hiking boots or winter shoes. Everyone who enjoys being outside should have top-to-bottom rain gear, ready to go at any time!

The Excuse: I’m just not feeling motivated.
The Fix: Commit to an event. There are probably dozens of walking and running events in your area come spring and summer. Pick one and register. Having a goal that’s more concrete and focused than “keep my weight in check,” plus laying out an entry fee or recruiting sponsors for a charity event will keep you motivated.

The Excuse: I feel tired and rundown.
The Fix: Use sunlight as your ally. One of the biggest motivation sappers isn’t fatigue, but a simple lack of sunlight. This causes a drop in vitamin D, which in turn is linked to seasonal affective disorder (SAD) or depression. To avoid it, walk during the brightest times of day. This may mean that you need to take a 20-minute walk during your lunch break at work, rather than your usual morning or evening trek. Also, try to keep the shades open on the windows in your house or at work to let as much light in as possible.

The Excuse: I’m too busy today to exercise.
The Fix: Sneak in “relaxation” walks between meetings and commitments. Three brisk 10-minute walks deliver pretty much the same physiological benefit as one 30-minute workout. And if your day is that stressful and packed, you need a few breaks to refresh your mind and spirit as well. 

2011全球健康食品新榜單出爐!

WHO公佈全球健康食品新榜單出爐  如果你總在擔心吃下去的食物是不是夠健康，世界衛生組織

World Health Organisation 每年更新一次的健康食品榜無疑是

最正版的參照。

木瓜在水果類中排名第一；健康蔬菜大多產自東 亞、、、、、、、。 不可思議的是，西方人厭 惡的動物內臟，其中的豬肝被發現對人的身體很有益。 如果你總在擔心吃下去的食物是不 是夠健康，(世界衛生組織) 每年更新一次的 健康食品榜無疑是最正版的參 照。 每年最新榜單， 首次為食品們劃分了派係，誰是 今年最耀眼的明星? 誰是最意想不到 的黑馬?誰又出乎意料黯 然下榜?

肉食榜：鵝肉、 鴨肉、雞肉

6年 前，世界衛生組織的肉食健康榜上有雞肉、牛肉、袋鼠 肉等6種 肉類。到了今年，上榜的肉食竟只有鵝肉、鴨肉和雞肉3種。

鵝肉和鴨肉的化學 結構很接近橄欖油，對心臟健康有益。雞肉則是公認的'蛋白質最佳來源'之一，其不飽和脂 肪酸含量適中。

水果榜： 木瓜、橘子、橙子、草莓、獼猴桃、芒果、蘋果、杏柿 子、西瓜

木瓜第一次取代蘋果，當選 為健康水果的第一名，這得益于木瓜酵素的發現。木瓜酵素可幫助人 體分解肉類蛋白質。消化科專家建議飯後吃少量木瓜，以幫助腸道消 化難以吸收的肉類，對預防胃潰瘍、腸胃炎、消化不良等也功效顯 著，此外，由于木瓜酵素能幫助分解並去除肌膚表面角質層的細胞， 因此也被越來越多地應用在護膚品中。

橘子和同胞姐妹橙子分別登上排行榜的第二和第三位。西 方營養學家認為橘子和橙子中維生素的含量甚至遠遠多于木瓜，但東方營 養專家對它們的當選有些意見，因為中醫學上認為過度食用這兩種水果，

會破壞人體內的陰陽平衡，造成氣血失調，導致'上火'。

肉 甜汁美又抗癌的草莓排在第四位。最新研究發現，草莓還有鞏固齒齦、清新口氣、 滋潤咽喉的功效。

蘋果一下子從去年的榜首掉到了第七位。營養 學家解釋說，這是由于蘋果種類繁多，培育方法改變，導致蘋果內糖分飆升的同時，維 生素含量卻降低。此外，獼猴桃、芒果、杏、柿子、西瓜等5種香 甜多汁的

水果也躋身健康水果榜。

蔬菜榜：紅薯、玉米、蘆筍、花椰菜、茄 子、甜菜、薺菜、苤藍菜、土豆、金針菇、雪裏蕻、大白菜 

紅薯前兩年一直遊走在排行榜邊緣，今年終于 排在了第一。專家解釋說，這是因為紅薯中的化學物質含量降低，纖維含量在近年內大大提高。特別 是紅薯中含有豐富的賴氨酸，可以迅速增加飽腹感，而美國斯坦福大學營養研究院也指出，紅薯中含 有一種類似雌性激素的物質，有助于保護皮膚，延緩衰老。

除了紅薯，世界衛生組織還將玉米、蘆筍、花椰 菜、茄子、甜菜、薺菜、苤藍菜、土豆、金針菇、雪�蕻、大白菜等11種蔬菜排進了健康榜，而入榜的健康蔬菜大半產于 東亞。

世 界衛生組織專家指出，往年一直遙遙領先的土豆之所以今年排名靠後，是因為土豆發生了'早衰'現象。

農學家認為這是由于過量使用殺蟲劑所致，並正在合力研究對策。
 

零食榜：健 腦乾果、豬肝

世 界衛生組織的'健 康零食排行榜'是 眾多的健腦乾果， 比如：核桃、花生、開心果、腰果、松子、杏仁、大豆等。

最 令人驚訝的，莫過于在零食榜的最後一位赫然寫著——豬肝。忌吃內臟的美國人歷來把食用動物的肝、腎等習慣視 做東方人的飲食惡習之一，但新的飲食研究讓他們不得不重視豬肝中豐富的營養成分。

豬肝中除含有大量的蛋白質，還含有豐富的礦物質鈣、磷、鐵和維生素A、B1、B2等。中醫則認 為，豬肝有顯著的明目功效。但是，世界衛生組織的專家們最終還沒有給豬肝找到一個適合的歸屬，想來想去，只 好跟那些零食們混在一起。

食用油榜： 橄欖油、玉米油、米糠油

食 用油排行榜和去年幾乎一樣。橄欖油、玉米油和米糠油都含有大量不飽和脂肪酸，能幫助清除人體血管壁上的膽固 醇，有助于預防高血脂、動脈硬化及冠心病。

鋁中毒---勿食 雞腳~~!

鋁中毒----- 務必要看
   我一直沒有注意到
    鋁罐沙茶醬(沒吃完就一直放冰箱)竟是 致命的殺傷力常常吃完火鍋後,情緒低落、易感疲倦、胸悶、腸、胃、肝、腎漸感不適.
   吃不完的罐頭食品千萬別直接放入冰箱~~
  鋁中毒，一定要看完喔！很多人常 會把吃不完的罐頭直接放冰箱,以為這樣就可以保存了,錯錯錯,千萬記得, 吃不完的鋁製罐頭,
  例 :玉米罐鋁罐裝沙茶醬,海底雞,等等等之類的鋁製罐頭食品，吃不完記得先把罐頭裡剩的倒在碗裡面,然後保鮮膜封住,再放入冰箱保存,
  為了健康別再懶得做這動作了記住呀~
  
  吃不完的罐頭食品千萬別直接放入冰箱中部一家頗知名、強調健康飲食的連鎖餐廳的外燴場所，我卻發現他們竟然使用鋁製鍋具。
  看來國人對選擇炊煮用具的認知與要求還是不夠。
  
  我曾拜訪一家食品罐頭製造工廠的老板。訪談中，只見他的頭每隔一段短暫的時間就會不自覺的抽動。雖然他熱情的介紹他的罐頭食品，
  以及如何精心研發調理出獨特風味，所以銷售業績一直領先同業。
  
  
   說著說著，他馬上打開一罐食品要我們品嚐，自己則以身作則先吃了一口。看著他暗沉無光的臉，年輕旺盛的生命力仍掩不住頭部已出現的症狀，< BR 我忍不住為他的健康擔心。我善意的提了兩個建議:改善食物調味添加物；另外建議他將鋁製容器改成玻璃容器。臨別，我用開玩笑的口吻告訴他
   :老闆，能夠改變，你會賺更多的錢喔!」
  
  有多少人在失去健康以後，才刻骨銘心的了解【健康】才是千金難買的財富啊!
  
   「鋁」是用黏土從電鎔爐中提鍊出來的，鋁鍋經過多次使用以後，就會出現斑駁的黑點，這是食物中的鹼、鹽、酸等等礦物質經高溫或長時間置放，所產生的溶解現象。
  
   注意鋁製罐頭外包裝的文字內容，有時會看到良心的標示建議，如
  :未食用完請置於玻璃瓶內或陶製容器內。但是很多消費者從來未曾注意，吃不完就連罐放進冰箱，
  想吃的時候，隨時再取出進食，不知不覺中造成慢性的鋁中毒。
  
   鋁中毒現象有情緒低落、易感疲倦、胸悶、腸、胃、肝、腎
  
   ..隨著個人不同的身心背景，在身體最虛弱的部位反映出來。鋁中毒不易察覺，一般人都會根據身體產生的不適症狀，找醫師做藥物治療。
  如果在生活中未能檢視自己的身心狀態，尋找生  病的源頭，長期下來傷害神經系統，將引起老人癡呆症。丟掉鋁鍋，不再使用鋁製罐頭食品，
  多攝取維他命C，可以幫助身體加速排毒，約兩個月左右，就可以改善鋁中毒現象。
  
   工研院工安衛中心
  雞腳!
  無論已婚或是未婚的女性同胞都要小心注意喔!
  最近藝人夏禕於子宮位置長了(巧克力囊腫)
  以及胡晴雯開刀割除的瘤,即是瘤內積滿血,
  且血呈深黑色.滿以為割了之後會完全康復,
  殊不知短短幾個月間又再復發
  於是即向婦科醫生求診..
  醫生隨即問她是否常吃雞翅,朋友感到十分愕然....
  為何醫生會知道
  原來雞的激素或抗生素 注射部位通常在雞翅、雞頸位,
  而雞腳則會囤積抗生素,
  故此常吃雞翅或雞腳 再加上女性荷爾蒙分泌影響,
  令愛吃雞翅或雞腳凍的女士們特別容易患上子宮部位的腫瘤,
  所以奉勸大家少吃雞翅或雞腳凍為妙．現今社會女性有80%都容易得到子宮肌瘤及巧克力囊腫, 真是可怕ㄚ。

只能自求多福了! 美国的食物真的就没问题?

一朋友賣了八年多豬肉，也不曾看他賣豬的脖子肉。

                  豬血因殺豬時 流在地上再從水溝回收也滿髒 ，所以也不曾看過他有賣。

                  豬肺也是不太能食用 （朋友告訴我的）。

                  豬要送去殺前一星期會先停用抗生素，不然肉色會像黑青似的，賣不出去 ！

                  有人的朋友是開養豬場，他的朋友說：
                  「 現在的豬沒有不吃抗生素長大的，養豬大概只要花半年的時間就可賣了，豬
農為了怕豬生病，所以都把抗素加 在豬飼料裡。               

有沒有想過，一包水餃100粒也不過才100元左右，扣除運費、機器廠房折舊
費、管銷費用、廣告費等等，每顆水餃的 原料能剩多少錢買？

                  所以通常水餃的肉 是包豬脖子肉 。豬脖子肉有什麼特點？

                  吃過 雞脖子的時候仔細看看，脖子皮裡面都會有一粒一粒的，裡面的東西 鬆
鬆軟軟的，通常媽媽都會要我們把皮丟掉，因為那個很 髒 。

                 如果看過的人就知道，那是 一隻雞最可怕的地方，因為雞的垃圾都是積在裡
面。

       同樣的 豬脖子肉也是一樣，動物的脖子是淋巴最多的地方，病毒都會在那兒。


                吃多了豬脖子肉， 會破壞人的免疫系統（因為豬吃了太多抗生素）為了您的健
康， 請少吃冷凍水餃。（肉圓、湯圓等絞肉做的食品最好都少吃，外面為了節 ;省成本，都是買豬脖子這種便宜又大碗的肉做的）

                  PS .末梢神經是最容易積存身體髒東西的地方 ，所以雞頭、雞腳、內臟 最好
都不要吃。

心臟科醫師聲明 - 反射性疼痛---心絞痛

50歲的陳媽媽是家庭主婦，身材很標準、看起來很年輕，除了有高血壓外，並沒有其他疾病。而且她非常注重飲食養生，不菸、不酒，每天都有運動的習慣。   但是，最近陳媽媽卻發現，早上慢跑時牙齦會痛，假日和先生去爬山，沒有多久，牙齦也會痛，只好提早回家休息。先生勸她去看牙科，可是陳媽媽從小就怕牙醫，所以，當她去看她的家庭醫師時，順道告訴醫師最近發生的這些情形。沒想到醫師很謹慎告訴她：「趕快去看心臟專科醫師，請醫師幫您做詳細的檢查。」  陳媽媽回家後告訴先生，陳先生半信半疑說：「牙痛怎麼會看心臟科呢？」陳媽媽說：「但是醫師是很嚴肅地建議我趕快去看耶！不是開玩笑喔！」隔天夫妻倆一起到心臟科門診求診。   醫師聽完陳媽媽的敘述後，告訴她：「陳太太，我建議您住院安排做心導管檢查，您的牙齦痛應該是『心絞痛引起的反射性疼痛』。」     經過心導管檢查果然發現，陳媽媽的心臟有3條血管阻塞，而且還有多處阻塞的情形，因此醫師建議陳媽媽接受心臟冠狀動脈血管繞道手術；她在手術後，恢復良好。     大多數人對「心絞痛」症狀的認識是：胸悶、胸前劇痛、盜冷汗。其實，心絞痛的症狀還有：手麻、肩胛骨（後肩膀）痛、下巴（或牙齦）痛、麻，而這些症狀都稱為反射性疼痛。     容易罹患心血管疾病的危險因子除了高血壓、高血脂、糖尿病、抽菸、肥胖者外，年齡（40歲以上）、停經後婦女、有家族史者，亦都是罹患心血管疾病的高危險群。   （作者為行政院衛生署台中醫院護理師）

關於心臟病發作 除左胳膊痛苦以外.心臟病發作會有其他症狀:如下巴會劇痛，以及噁心和盜汗，然而這些症狀也許並不常常發生。    注意：心臟病發作期間，可能不會有胸口的痛苦。多數人(大約60%)在他們的睡眠期間心臟病發作，因而沒有醒來。 然而，胸口痛也許會讓您從您的熟睡中醒來。 如果這樣，立刻咬碎二阿斯匹靈在您的嘴中並且與水吞下他們。   之後，給鄰居或居住非常近的家庭成員打電話 -說; " 心臟病發作!  已吞了2顆阿斯匹靈。" 然後坐在前門附近的椅子或沙發上，並且等待人們的到來~絕不能再躺下來~ 心臟科醫師聲明，如果每個人，在收到這電子郵件以後，送給10個人，大概會有一個人的生命能被保存。

Diabetes Bread-Buying Guide

Bread can be a nutritious part of your daily diet, or it can be a minefield of danger for your blood sugar. Follow these simple bread-buying tips and you’ll never have to wonder if your loaf of bread is sabotaging your diabetes maintenance.
• Buy whole-grain bread with the word “whole” as the first ingredient.
• Look for at least 3 grams of fiber per serving.
• The coarser the bread, the better. That texture indicates that the healthiest parts of the grain have been preserved. And the coarser the grain, the more it requires digestion, slowing the release of blood sugar into your system. Even whole wheat raises blood sugar more when it’s finely ground than when it’s coarser.
• If you see sugar, corn syrup, or any other sweetener in the first four ingredients, just say no.
• If shopping at a bakery where breads are fresh and unlabeled, be sure to ask about what type of flour or grain was used before buying. Molasses, fruit, and other add-ins can make a white bread appear the color of whole-grain bread.

Hard Truths About Blood Pressure

Fully 60 percent of people with diabetes have high blood pressure. And the chances of a person with diabetes having serious heart disease are several times greater than for people without diabetes. Which is good reason to understand blood pressure, to take it seriously, and to do what it takes not to let this plot take its natural, sad course.

High blood pressure isn’t new. For the last century or so, that simple measurement has helped identify people whose hearts could betray them at any moment. Still, people tend to underestimate how serious the problem is. Some of that is because high blood pressure has no symptoms: You don’t feel it, see it, or hear it. And for many of us, we don’t understand it and how it might affect us. Our goal today is to fix that.

And the easiest way is with the well-used but effective “garden hose” analogy. If you turn on the water and partially block the end of the hose with your thumb, the hose will bulge and the water will squirt out more forcefully around your thumb. Add a spray nozzle and you can increase the pressure enough to knock dirt off lawn furniture or loose paint off the exterior of your house. And all you’ve done is narrow the opening through which water must pass.

Your arteries are a lot like that hose, except that they form a closed loop. Blood is pumped through them from the heart, and courses through the body before returning to the heart and lungs to pick up fresh oxygen and be pumped back out again. But when blood pressure rises for whatever reason—such as narrowing of the arteries—the blood, which has no passageway out of the system, is forced up against the artery walls with increasingly brutal force.

Over time, the pressure can create bulges in the weak parts of artery walls, forcing the body to make repairs that stiffen the walls and reduce flexibility of the arteries. What’s more, as blood under pressure races through your arteries, it can knock off pieces of loose built-up plaque and detritus which can lodge in narrowed passageways, blocking the flow of blood to the heart and triggering a heart attack. Even if high blood pressure doesn’t lead to a heart attack, it causes your heart to work harder to push blood through your circulatory system. This taxes your heart muscle, causing your heart to enlarge and weaken. Eventually, the muscle may fail.

That’s the reason why your blood pressure is taken before you even see the doctor at every medical appointment. It’s that important. The exact causes of high blood pressure are still a bit of a mystery. But we do know that several factors and conditions may play a role.
• Smoking
• Being overweight or obese
• Lack of physical activity
• Too much salt in the diet
• Too much alcohol consumption (more than 1 to 2 drinks per day)
• Stress
• Older age
• Genetics
• And as we said at the start, diabetes

How to combat it? We’ll cover this in a future issue. But for now, monitor your blood pressure closely and often. Blood pressure tends to rise and fall based on continuously changing variables such as diet, stress, sleep, and activity levels. The best indicator of your blood pressure is the average of multiple screenings taken at different times of the day.

試穿衣服,一定要有人在旁邊陪著! 請保持警戒

請保持警戒！超恐怖?
女性朋友一定要認真看完，出門在外，千萬小心、小心千萬！
注意自我安全啊！現下萬惡的社會……
第1案例-巴黎(試衣間)：
一對新婚夫婦到巴黎度蜜月。
在巴黎，妻子在一間時尚服裝店試衣服，身為丈夫的，就在試衣間外等候。
但等候多時，卻不見妻子走出來？
緊張的丈夫，要求店員幫忙到裡頭查看，卻意外發現試衣間空無一人？
丈夫以為妻子開玩笑、作弄人，要讓他緊張！
於是先回到酒店等她回來。
幾小時之後，卻不見妻子的蹤影？才知事態嚴重！
丈夫趕忙報警，並到巴黎所有服裝店和醫院詢問妻子的下落。
三星期過去了，妻子猶如從人間蒸發，音訊全無？
傷心的丈夫，只能收拾包袱回到自己的家園。
由於無法從絕望中振作，丈夫無心工作，甚至獨自生活，
決定把自己放逐，流浪到世界各地。
幾年後，他心血來潮，到一破舊的屋子參觀－－畸形秀（FREAK SHOW）。
他見到一具生鏽的鐵籠裡，有一女人，她的四肢全無，身軀（包括臉部）猶如破布般殘破並充滿疤痕。
她在地上扭曲著，並發出有! 如! 野獸般的呻吟聲。突然間，男人驚恐地發出尖叫聲！
他從那毫無人樣的女人臉上，見到他再也熟悉不過，屬于他新婚不久就告失蹤的妻子臉上的紅色胎記。
請大家注意！
不論在國內或國外的試衣間，試穿衣服時都應提高警覺！
男性朋友也請轉告你的女朋友、老婆還有家人。

第2案例-上海(購物)~曼谷：
幾年前，一女子於上海通知公安：
她的表妹在上海市集購物時，無故失蹤了，可是遍尋不著？
直到五年後，一友人撞見這位表妹，在泰國曼谷街道上行乞。
恐怖的是：她不知何故？沒了雙手、雙腳，身子被鐵鏈綁在燈柱旁。
第3案例-香港(試衣間)：
有一對夫婦去香港遊玩時，
不知不覺走入了全香港治安最壞的地區的一家精品店裡。
妻子對店裡的衣服樣式十分喜歡，隨後就進入試衣間試衣。
可是，先生在外頭等了又等，卻不見妻子出來？
由於實在是等太久了，所以先生開門進去找她，可是試衣間裡早已空空如也？
他吃驚地向店員詢問：妻子到那裡去了？
是? 戚! ?們卻好像是串通好了一樣，都說：
沒有看見。並堅持根本沒有像他妻子這樣的人來過店裡。
因此，他只好請當地的警察協助，搜索這家精品店，可是卻一無所獲？
後來，他又一個人找了一段時間，直到他的簽證到期。
最後不得已，他就在找不到妻子的情況下回國了。
之後，經過了一年……他向公司請了一段長假，再一次回到香港去找他的妻子。
他帶著妻子的相片，走遍香港的大街小巷，但這次仍是一點線索也沒有？
終於假期就要結束了，他身心疲憊地開始考慮要回國的時候，
有一天，無意間經過了一間珍奇小屋。
小屋的看板上寫著：達磨（不倒翁）。
雖然他對珍奇事物並不感興趣，但由於連日疲勞，他想讓自己改變一下心情，
加上看板上寫著： 「達磨」的文字，也引起他的興趣。
最後，他決定進去瞧瞧。但是，他不該進去的。
因為珍奇小屋裡面，展出一件令他慘不忍睹的東西，
小屋裡的舞台上，有一位手腳都被切斷的全裸女性，被當成花瓶一樣擺在那裡！
這位女性的舌頭已經被拔掉了，不斷發出奇怪的呻吟聲。
看到這麼噁心的東西，真令他恨不得馬上拔腿就跑。
但不知為什麼，他心裡感受到一股奇怪的氣氛？
於是，他又重? s? J細看那女人的面孔……沒錯！這女人正是他一年前失蹤的妻子。
後來，他向當地的黑道，支付龐大的贖金，換取妻子剩下的軀幹。
但一切都太遲了，他可憐的妻子早就已經瘋了。
現下她還住在國內某家醫院，繼續不斷地發出奇怪的呻吟聲…… 
第4案例-家中門口(嬰兒哭聲)：
最近有人告訴我，他的朋友在晚上聽到門口有嬰兒在哭，
不過當時已經很晚了，而且她認為這件事很奇怪？
於是，她打電話給警察。警察告訴她：「無論如何，絕對不要開門。」
女士表示：那聲音聽起來，像是嬰兒爬到窗戶附近哭，她擔心嬰兒會爬到街上被車子碾過。
警察告訴她：我們已派人前往，無論如何都不能開門。
警方認為這是一個連續殺人犯，利用嬰兒哭聲的錄音帶，
誘使女性以為有人在外面遺棄嬰兒而出門察看。
雖然尚未證實此事，但是警方已經接到許多女性打電話來說，
她們晚上獨自在家時，聽到門外有嬰兒的哭聲？
請將這個消息傳給其他人，不要因為聽到嬰兒的哭聲而開門。
嚴肅看待這封電子郵件，真有這麼離譜嗎？一切小心為妙！
事情是同事們發郵件告知的……
第5案例-深圳(廁所)：
她的朋友，簡稱小A吧！上周和兩? 茪! k孩子，簡稱小B和小C，去逛羅湖商業城
（羅湖商業城是深圳假貨集散地，龍蛇混雜，
緊靠深圳火車站和香港的羅湖口岸，人流量非常大）。  話說小C內急，就去上衛生間，小A和小B在洗手間外面等。
等了很久、很久，還是不見小C出來？
兩個人覺得有點奇怪，於是進去催她。
誰知道進去一看，人影全無？
兩個人倒吸了一口冷氣，打手機也沒人接？
一個大活人，難道就這麼活不見人、死不見屍的失蹤了？
於是，她們趕緊報警！
警察來了，問清事情經過以後，說了一句令人無比毛骨悚然的話：
「妳們有沒有看見其他可疑的人進去？」
兩個人再三回憶，最後異口同聲的說：「沒有。」
因為不可能有人帶著一個活生生的人出來，而她們不注意到。
這時候，小A突然想起來，其間有個清潔工打扮的人，推著一輛清潔小車進去、接著又出來……  警察告訴她們，這種事情已經不是第一次發生，現下深圳警方初步懷疑一個犯罪團伙，有組織地在管理疏鬆的低檔商業城，利用人們（尤其是女性）對清潔工沒有防範意識的心理，進行有組織地綁架、販賣人體器官犯罪。
別忘了，羅湖商業城離香港和深圳火車站有多麼地近。  已經幾天過去了，那個可憐的小C姑娘，仍是活不見人、死不見屍。
我的同事說：小A（也就是我同事的朋友）仍在等小C的消息。
但是很可能，也許如果幸運的話，活著的小C會被扔在哪個角落，只是失去了她的腎，
但是，更有可能的是，也許再過幾天或者幾個月、幾年，小C的頭顱和軀體、四肢會在深圳的城鄉結合處的垃圾堆被人發現。
以前聽說大活人現場失蹤，後來被賣到馬戲團、被賣器官什麼的，只當做是天方夜譚。結果……發生在真實中，請轉告身邊的女性親友，一定小心防範【清潔工】打扮的人，因為他╱她很可能會趁妳不注意，把妳敲暈，放進清潔車拉走，接下來等著你的是，無比恐怖的活人分屍。