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WALK YOUR WAY TO A HEALTHY LIFE

alking is an enormously positive activity and can influence your life in many positive ways. The list of benefits you can reap from walking is definitely impressive, consider:(1) Together with a healthy diet, walking can be instrumental in helping you lose weight. A 45-minute walk every other day for a year can burn 18 pounds of fat. (2) Walking reduces the risk of colon cancer. (3) Walking is the perfect exercise for promoting a healthy back. (4) Walking boosts the defense system. (5) Mild exercise such as walking after eating moves food through the stomach more quickly, helping to relieve minor indigestion. (6) It helps increase the strength and efficiency of your heart and muscles. (7) Walking reduces hypertension (high blood pressure) and aids diabetics. (8) Walking, like any other exercise, promotes better sleep. (9) Walking, like other exercises, increases, both energy level and stamina. Overall strength, flexibility, and balance are also improved.

BREATHING THE FIRST KEY TO HEALTHY LIVING

he foundation of health is a healthy bloodstream, the system that transports oxygen and nutrients to all the cells of your body. If you have a healthy circulation system, you're going to live a long healthy life. That environment is the bloodstream. What is the control button for that system? Breathing. It's the way you fully oxygenate the body and thus stimulate the electrical process of each and every cell. Let me share with you the most effective way to breathe in order to clean your system. You should breathe in this ratio: inhale one count, hold four counts; exhale two counts. If you inhale for four seconds, you would hold for sixteen and exhale for eight. Why exhale for twice as long as you inhale? That's when you eliminate toxins via your lymphatic system. When hold four times as long? That's how you can fully oxygenate the blood and activate your lymphatic system. When you breathe, you should start from deep in your abdomen, like a vaccum cleaner that's getting rid of all toxins in the blood system. How hungry do you feel after you exercise? Do you want to sit down and eat a big steak after you've just run four miles? We know the fact that people don't. Why not? Because through healthy breathing your body is already getting what it needs most. So here's the first key to healthy living. Stop and take deep breaths, in the above ratio, at least three times a day. What's the ratio? One count inhale, four counts hold, two counts exhale. For example, starting in the abdomen, take a deep breath through your nose while counting the seven (or pick a larger or smaller number based upon your ability). Hold your breath for a count four times that of your inhalation, or twenty-eight. Then exhale slowly through your mouth for a count two times the length of your inhalation, or fourteen. You should never strain yourself. See what numbers you can build up by slowly developing greater lung capacity. Take ten of these deep breathe three times a day, and you'll experience a dramatic improvement in the level of your health. There is no food or vitamin pill in the world that can do for you what excellent breathing patterns can do.
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principle. Don't throw you body chemistry out of balance by drinking too much. (II) WHY DO WE NEED WATER? We have seen that most people don't give much consideration to water because it's so readily available. But drinking insufficient water can cause you : (a) (b) (c) (d) Bad body order and bad breath. Difficulty in keeping cool in hot weather because you don't have good insulation. The risk of kidney infections and kidney stones. Irritablity and sufferings from minor depression.

UNDERSTANDING THE WATER

roportionally about 70% of the earth is water and approximately same is the ratio in human body. Water plays a great role in maintaining a good physical and mental health. So lets understand the lesser known fact about drinking water. (I) WHEN TO DRINK 1) It is a lesser known fact that we must drink water 30 minutes before the meal. This is good for health. Yes, it's best to drink water up to 30 minutes before a meal. Wait an hour after a meal before drinking again. The only time not to drink water is during a meal. Water dilutes the digestive juices in the mouth, makes the food mix in the stomach too thin, and impairs digestion. Stomach enzymes work best in a concentrated, undiluted mixture. One more reason to avoid drinking during a meal is that people who take a lot of water with their meals tend to chew less. They wash food down instead of chewing it, and bolting down food is a causative factor in overeating. 2) You are not suppose to count alcohol, colas, coffee, and other drinks for your total water intake. Forty-five per cent of Americans drink coffee as their primary liquid intake, and 78 per cent have turned to soft drinks. This figure exceeds 100 per cent because some people drink both. If you think drinking alcohol will contribute to your water intake, you might be surprised to learn that you need eight ounces of water to metabolize one ounce of pure alcohol. 3) If you are fighting a cold or flu, or even a headache, drink a glass of water every ten minutes for an hour. The theory here is that a hydrated body is best able to assist the immune system to help itself. Note: This recommendation is for one hour, not longer. Even when drinking water, moderation is an important health
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(III) WATER HELP US IN (a) Digestion: Water helps enzymes in the stomach digest food. (b) Respiration: Water in the nasal passages moistens air on its way to the lungs. (c) Circulation: Water helps maintain blood consistency. Blood draws water from the cells around it. We need to replace that water in the cells. (d) Lubrication: Saliva lubricates food; fluid bathes our eyes, lungs, and air passage. (e) Nourishment: All nutrients reach cells in a fluid state. (f) Temperature control: We have two million sweat glands that continually moisten our skin. Evaporation from the skin helps cool the body to maintain an even temperature of 98.60 F. Water enables us to perspire freely. (g) Filtration: Through the skin and kidneys, we excrete body poisons. The more water we drink, the less work our kidneys must do to eliminate body wastes. Water also helps prevent constipation. (h) Shock absorption: Fluids in the joints cushion bones. Drink atleast 12 glass of water every day.

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FRUIT CONSUMPTION
ruit is the most perfect food. It takes the least amount of energy to digest and gives your body the most in return. The only food your brain can work on is glucose. Fruit is primarily fructose (which can be easily converted into glucose), and it's most often 90-95 per cent water. That means it's cleansing and nurturing at the same time. The only problem with fruit is that most people don't know how to eat it in a way that allows the body effectively to use its nutrients. You must always eat fruit in an empty stomach. Why? The reason is that fruit is not primarily digested in the stomach. It gets digested in the small intestine. Fruit is designed to go right through the stomach in a few minutes and into the intestines, where it releases its sugars. But if there is meat or potatoes or starch in the stomach, the fruit gets trapped there and begins to ferment. Did you ever eat some fruit for dessert after a big meal and find yourself burping the uncomfortable aftertaste for the rest of the evening? The reason is, you didn't eat it properly. You must always eat fruit on an empty stomach.

EFFECTIVE FOOD COMBINATION - I

o you wake up tired in the morning, even after six or seven or eight hours of sleep? Know why? While you're sleeping, your body is working overtime to digest the incompatible combinations of food you've put in your stomach. For many people, digestion takes more nerve energy than almost anything else. When foods are improperly combined in the digestive track, the time it takes to digest them can be as much as eight, ten, twelve, or fourteen hours, even more. When foods are properly combined, the body is able to do its job effectively, and digestion lasts an average of three to four hours. So you don't have to waste your energy on digestion. The two major food groups we eat are proteins (meat, chicken, eggs, fish, and dairy) and starches (potatoes, rice, bread, pasta). Both proteins and starches are very concentrated foods requiring a significant energy output of digestion. Fruits and vegetables are not concentrated and so require far less energy for digestion. When a protein enters the stomach, an acid-based digestive juice is required for digestion. When a starch enters the stomach and alkaline based digestive juice is required. Ever take a chemistry class? Do you know what happens when an acid and an alkaline come into contact with one another? They are neutralized. So , as an example, if your were to eat meat and potatoes, or fish and rice, or chicken and pasta, at the same meal, all combinations of a protein and a starch, the digestive juices are neutralized, causing the digestive process to be dragged out far too long. Ever have a stomach ache? How about acid indigestion or acid reflux? Or what about heartburn or gas pain? Or how about the heavy, bloated feeling after eating? All of those problems are the result of food not being efficiently digested in the stomach. Rather, because they are forced to stay in the stomach for a prolonged length of time, the food starts to spoil, causing the above-listed discomforts. *Also read the chart on perfect food combination given in the book.
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WOULD YOU STILL DRINK SOFT DRINKS?

s per the research, 80% of the adult population of India drink some kind of beverage that contains caffeine. If you're an Indian, you probably use up 300 mg of caffeine everyday, which you can achieve with only three cups of coffee or tea. At least 20% of Indians use more than 350 mg daily, a level that constitutes physical dependency. HOW MUCH CAFFEINE Tea and most of the soft drinks contain 30 to 65 mg caffeine per cup. HOW DOES CAFFEINE AFFECT YOU? A lt h ou gh th ere are n o posi ti ve ef f ect s of caf fei ne, temporarily, you get an extra energy. You should better call it borrowed energy, because you get it now but you have to pay for it later with interest in the form of lower energy level. You can take more coffee or tea to put off this payback, but gradually like all big debts you have to pay heavily for it. When you take caffeine it doubles the level of adrenaline in your bloodstream and it shocks your system and makes the liver promptly dump glucose into your blood stream. In short I am giving a summary on how caffeine affects your body1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Elevates blood sugar. Increasess blood pressure. It causes irregular heart beats. It increases urinary calcium and magnesium losses, which eventually decreases bone health. It increases stomach acid secretion which can aggravate a stomach ulcer.
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It causes irritability and nervousness. Disrupts sleep and causes insomnia. Increases anxiety and depression. Caffeine may make some people more talkative by increasing flow of thoughts, but it also makes some more impulsive and they have difficulty in listening. 10) Caffeine only provides an illusion of getting rid of fatigue. When the effect of caffeine is over we feel more tired and depressed. GET RID OF THIS NOW If you decide to kick the caffeine habit, water can be a good ally. Caffeine overly stimulates the kidneys and causes an excess excretion of water. However, if you drink a large amount of water, it can help to flush the caffeine residues from your system and reduce the period of withdrawal symptoms. Of course, you may feel dizziness, sleepiness during the day and may even have mild depression but these symptoms will disappear within 24 hours. After that you'll feel better because you'll be taking the control over your health, your life.

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that eats cooked food, and humans are the only that suffer from indigestion diseases. Remember : The extent to which you use periodic monodieting is up to you; there are an unlimited number of ways to use it, and there are no specifically prescribed regimens. Some people have an all-juice or all-fruit day once a week. Some eat only raw food once a week. Some have three straight raw days every month. The traditional approach to healing focuses solely on after the fact treatment. But the only way to prevent disease depends entirely upon what you do before such treatment is necessary. Periodic monodieting is the cornerstone of before the fact treatment, and therefore of a vibrant, healthy life. If you have never eaten highly cleansing food exclusively for a f ew days, you may experi en ce a si de ef fect t h at i s uncomfortable but quite valuable; diarrhea. It is not something to worry about if it is not lasting beyond 2 days, since your eating a cleansing food.

PERIODIC MONODIETING : ULTIMATE WAY OF MAINTAINING A GOOD HEALTH

eriodic monodieting is the eating of fresh fruits and /or vegetables and their juices, uncooked, for a length of time that ranges from one day to several weeks. Before explaining the rationale of monodieting and the benefits that can be expected from it, let me give you three examples of possible monodiets:1. Drinking only fresh fruit and vegetable juices for 1 to 3 days. 2. Drinking only fresh fruit and vegetable juices and eating whole fruits and vegetables for 3 to 5 days. 3. Drinking only fresh fruit and vegetable juices and eating only fresh fruits and vegetables and salads for 1 day to a week to 10 days. In other words, periodic monodieting is the taking of any combination of any raw, fresh fruit or juice for whatever length of time you wish. The reason that all food during a monodiet must be in its natural, raw state. It is quite simple, and crucial to the cleansing of the digestive lymph system. The purpose of monodieting is two-fold. The first purpose is to use as little energy as possible on digestion so that energy can be freed and directed toward the cleansing and rejuvenation of the digestion system. The second purpose of monodieting is to obtain the maximum amount of fuel and nutrients from the food being eaten. Raw food fulfills these two purposes of monodieting better than cooked or processed food. Raw food demands less energy to digest and provides the most nutrients because it is in its purest state, its natural state. Any cooking of food removes or denatures some nutrients. Bear in mind that human being are the only species
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EFFECTIVE FOOD COMBINATION-II REMEMBER TO REMEMBER

Group I Proteins Group II Group III Group IV Group V Group VI Non-Starchy Starchy Vegetables Carb ohy(High water drates content foods) Beet greens Cabb age Celery Endive Escarole Banana Beans Breads Ce re als Grains Pumpkin Mildly Starchy Fats & Oils Fruit Vegetables (Fruit is the water-Rich Food) Carrots Co rn Beets Pe as Cauliflower Butter Co rn Cre am Nut Raddish Shallots Bananas Dates Dried fruits Grapes Lemon Blackberries Grapefruit Lime Orange Pineapple Strawberries Cherries Grapes Apple Mangoes Papaya Watermelon

Chee se Coconut Eggs Fish Meat Milk Nut butter Olives Seeds Soyabeans

Every defeat is temporary unless you give up and allow it to become permanent. In fact, temporary defeat often makes us stronger and more capable. Every time we try and fail, we learn something that helps, prepare us for eventual success. Smile Smile and world will smile with you. For next few weeks, spend a minute five times a day in front of the mirror doing nothing but giving yourself a full and bright smile. It may feel a little awkward at first but you will consistently be sparking off feeling of happiness and spontaneity and feel good even physically, take a step ahead now. Association The only way to learn, is to connect the new information with something we already know. Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday. Day dream your goal Day-dreaming gives needed rest to those parts of your brain which have been doing analytical and repetitive work. Exercising your projective and imaginative thinking gives you a necessary chance to integrate your thoughts and helps you in reaching closer to your goal. Quicker decisions usually denotes an alert mind Successful people are decisive. They don't agonize over
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GROUP VI - DO NOT EAT FRUIT WITH ANY OTHER FOOD. After eating a properly combined meal, one must wait at least three and half hour before ingesting any other foods. Also, it is important to note that the drinking of fluids at meals dilutes the digestive juices and slows the digestive process.
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decisions and miss out on a great opportunity. They gather relevant information, discuss alternatives with advisers whose opinion they repeat and then make a decision and get on with it. Think Positively Assert your positive attacks upon studies by working on a card with the words. Yes I can do it! Place the card in front of your books and notes so that you can see the words every time you glance up. Self trust is first secret of success. Revision Scientifically you must revise within 24 hrs, and then after a week for perfect retention. 100% Concentration Hear the things you want to learn and also see them through your mind's eye. Study Breaks Take frequent but short break from your study, as mental and physical fatigue will begin to wear you down. While you are trying to absorb a lot of work, your mind will need these short rests so that you can maintain the pace. Just getting up from the desk, walking around the room several times and then sitting down again can be a sufficient break. On an average a break of 10 minutes is recommended after every 50 minutes of learning.

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HOW TO CONCENTRATE
No to Worries While studying or listening to lectures some unwanted background thoughts keep on distracting us. And to avoid those worries, read even louder, interact even better with the subject, be mentally alert by asking questions like why, what , who, when, how..etc. Water Proportionately more than 70% of our body is water, frequent and regular intake of water helps in recharging the brain and allows you to concentrate for longer hours at a stretch. Ridiculous Thinking Anything which is odd, silly, ridiculous, our mind stores it 10 times better. While memorizing give the information a ridiculous angle, for instance; Germany can be seen as germ-many or Malinger as Mali in Ghar. Do it systematically. Association Associate the new information you want to memorize with something you already know. You can do so even by associating yourself with the subject, for instance;while memorizing details of HARAPPA civilizations mentally see yourself present in the thought. Sleep A good night sleep is very important for concentration as it helps the brain to recharge and refresh itself for next day's activity. A timely routine and optimum sleep helps in recognizing the gathered information throughout the day into convenient plan of neural storage. Eye Memory What we see physically or mentally, we retain 20 times better than what we hear, whatever you want to learn or concentrate upon convert it into equivalent mental picture. For instance, if you want to learn functioning of a steam engine, visualize mentally a vivid, exaggerated picture of it while reading about it.

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STEPS FOR INSTANT RELIEF FROM STRESS

ccording to research, worrying makes up tense and affects the nerves of your stomach. It actually changes the gastric juices of your stomach and often leads to stomach ulcers. "Those who do not know how to fight worry, die young"- says Dr. Alexis Carrel. One of the worst feature of worry is that it destroys our ability to concentrate. When we worry, our mind runs here and there and we lose all power of decision. However, when we force ourselves to face the worst and accept it mentally, we then eliminates all these vague imaginations, and put ourselves in position in which we are able to concentrate on our problem. Do thisanalyze the situation fearlessly and honestly and figure out the worst that could happen as a result of failure. After that calmly devote your time and energy in improving upon the worst which you have already accepted mentally. Carefully read the sentences given below A man is not hurt so much by what happened, as by his opinion of what happened. Now follow this unique technique of changing our opinion and mood instantly. Action seems to follow feeling, but actually action and feeling go together and by regulating the action which is under the more direct control of our will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling which is not. So, act as if you are happy. Speak and walk cheerfully as if you were already cheerful, if possible, even dance for a moment. Remember the words of Abraham Lincoln "Most folks are about as happy they make up their mind to be." "I had blues because I had no shoes, until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet." Read this every morning and you will never have worries for the thing you do not have. Visualization technique: Keep a mental account of the happier moments of your life you have experienced. Next time you are tense go back to your happier days by visualizing yourself in that moment. Try to feel the pleasant atmosphere and music of appreciation of your happier moment. "We are not what we are, but what we think, we are? "So next time you are stressed, just refer to this for instant relief.
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EIGHT RULES FOR HEALTHY EATING

1. The main part of the food should be of plant origin. Fruit, vegetables and salads, with grain products and potatoes, should be the basis of nutrition. This plant nutrition should take up at least 70 per cent of the entire intake of food. In this way a high fibre content is guaranteed, which is absolutely essential for your digestion. 2. Raw, uncooked food should not be the exception, but an important part of your daily nutrition. When half of our food is of plant origin and is eaten raw, this is excellent for our health. When there is no inflammation of the intestines, more of this kind of food can be eaten. 3. Meat, poultry and fish should, as a general rule, be only eaten once a week. One can give these up for long periods without problems. 4. The proportion of fat in food should be not more than 2030 per cent. Animal fat should be avoided as much as possible. Instead, plant fats [unsaturated oils] should be used. 5. The more nat u ral th e food i s [t h i s mean s not industrially pre-fabricated], the better it is. 6. You should live completely, or almost completely, without sugar. General rule: use no more sugar than salt. 7. Drink plenty: Water or herb teas are ideal drinks.

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eing able to manage stress is important in living a healthy, happy, and productive life. Here are some techniques and strategies to help you deal with stress.

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Maintain a regular routine of eating of healthy food and adequate sleep. Exercise regularly. This promotes physical fitness as well as emotional well-being. Balance work and play. All work and no play can make you feel stressed. Plan some time for hobbies and recreation. These activities relax your mind and are a good respite from lifes worries. Plan one or more vacations during the year. Dont do work on your vacation. Help others. We concentrate on ourselves when were distressed. Sometimes helping others is the perfect remedy for whatever is troubling us. Take a shower or bath with warm water. This will soothe and calm your nerves and relax your muscles. Have a good cry. Tears of sadness, joy, or grief can help cleanse the body of substances that accumulate under stress and also release a natural pain-relieving substance form the brain. Laugh a lot. When events seem too overwhelming, keep a sense of humor. Laughter makes our muscles go limp and releases tension. Its difficult to feel stress in the middle of a belly laugh. Learn to laugh as a relaxation technique. Find way to learn acceptance. Sometimes a difficult problem is out of control. When this happens, accept it until changes can be made. This is better than worrying and getting nowhere.
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Talk out trouble. It sometime helps to talk with a friend, relative, or member of the clergy. Another person can help you see a problem from a different point of view. Escape for a little while. When you feel you are getting nowhere with a problem, a temporary diversion can help. Go to a movie, read a book, visit a museum, or take a drive. Temporarily leaving a difficult situation can help you develop new attitudes. Reward yourself. Starting today, reward yourself with little things that make you feel good. Treat yourself to a bubble bath, buy the hardcover edition of a book, call an old friend long distance, add to your stamp or coin collection, buy a flower, picnic in the park during lunchtime, try a new perfume or cologne, or give yourself some me time. Do relaxation exercises daily. Good ones include visualization (imagining a soothing restful scene), deep muscle relaxation (tensing and relaxing muscle fibers), meditation, and deep breathing. Budget your time. Make a to do list. Rank in priority your daily tasks. Avoid committing yourself to doing too much. View changes as positive challenges, opportunities, or blessings. Rehearse for stressful events. Imagine yourself feeling calm and confident in an anticipated stressful situation. You will be able to relax more easily when the situation arises. Modify your environment to get of or manage your exposure to things that cause stress.

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DIET OR EXERCISE
ike many frustrated dieters, Carmela Tunner figures shes tried them alllow caloric diets, low-fat diets, starvation diets. Id lose may be ten kilos and gain them right back again, plus a few more usually. Last January, when she hit 115 kilos, Tunner decided enough was enough. She ditched the idea of dieting and did what her exfootball player husband had been advising all along: She joined a fitness club, where she began working out five times a week. Ten months later, she had lost 38 kilos. I dont know why but exercise just worked for me, says Tunner, 38. And to my surprise, I love it. Pat, 39, always figured exercise would work for her too. An editor at a New York-based health magazine, she hit the gym five times a week and went hiking with her husband with every change she got. But all the exercise didnt keep the kilos off, says Pat. When the scale hit go, she turned to dieting, cutting back on fatty foods, sweets, and total calories. A year later Im down to 73 and still losing weight, adds Pat. Researchers stress that we need diet and exercise to drop kilos. The most effective way lose weight is with combination says Rena wing, co-founder of the US National Weight Control Registry. But experts also admit that many would be losers find it helpful to concentrate on one or the other. A lot of people feel overwhelmed at the thought of changing everythingdiet, lifestyle, the whole works, says a professor of physchiatry and human behavior. so ask yourself, where do I want to start ? what am I willing to focus an? The answer depends an everything from what you hope to achieve to how your life is organized. If youre in a big hurry to
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drop kilos fast, dieting is the way to go. Decades of research have shown its the surest and quickest method. Its much easier for most people to cut back a calories by controlling what they eat than by burning an equivalent number of calories through physical activity, says Wing. Lets say you want to lose half a kilo a week; youll need a daily deficit of roughly 500 calories on your diet, you can reach that goal by cutting back your portion sizes at dinner by onethird and eating an apple instead of a slice of apple pie for dessert, youll need to jog for an hour. If youre more concerned with how you look than with numbers on the scale, though, exercise may the way to go. By increasing physical activity, youll burn fat and build muscle tissue. Dieters often end up losing both fat and muscle tissue. Canadian scientists recently compared the effects of diet versus exercise in 30 men. Over three months, volunteers in both groups lost more than seven kilos. But the exercisers lost almost a kilo more body fat than did the dieters. Losing fat and not muscle is really the goal of healthy weight loss, says exercise physiologist Robert Ross, who led the study. Exercise also may be your best bet if youre committed to losing weight and keeping it off for food, When you prepare meals yourself, you can control exactly what goes into them, which make it much easier to cut back on saturated fat and add more fruit, vegetables and whole grains to the menu. Finally consider your past. If youve tried and failed at first approach, consider the other. A lot of people have become so frustrated that they begin to think theyll never be able to lose weight, says Marcas. Thats when its time to try something new even a small step forward can help people regain confidence and convince themselves they can make even bigger changes.

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MEMORY SECTION

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HOW TO MATCH NAMES AND FACES AND KEEP DATES

s I keep on interacting with my readers, I find that many of them face difficulties about the ways in which memory can be applied to improve our lives on a day-to-day basis. The two most common areas of problem are accurately matching names and faces and keeping a date. So, we shall concentrate on these areas right now. Most of us tend to be able to recognize a face that we have seen before. What we find difficult is remembering the name that goes with it. One of the most pleasing everyday benefits of an improved memory is the ability to match after only a brief introduction even if that introduction was several years ago. The key is to link together the face, name and place in a chain of association. When you are introduced to someone study his face. Are there any distinguishing features on the face like a cut mark or mole etc. Now consider, if you were to create a caricature of the face, what parts would you exaggerate? Does the face look warm or cold, happy or sad, vital or tired? It is true that making judgments based on appearance is highly dubious, but studies have shown that subjects who had been asked to make personality assumption based on looks benefited from greatly improved recall of the persons name. So far, the purpose of our memory, we will lay the ethical question aside. Now the question arises that, how might anything that occurs to you about the person or their features reflect their name? For this I will give you an illustration. Say you are introduced to a lady called Komal Singh, she has a soft and smiling face, and musical voice. You can visualize that the lady is singing a song. The music is soft, sweet and soothing but the words are not audible. The singing lady will give you a
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hy are you living?

Is it really worthwhile? If your answer is yes, then, you can be said a person on track. But if your answer is questionable then you must sit down relax & think. It is something like that you got a period of six hours of work of cutting a tree. It is better for you that you sharpen your axe for four hours and cut down the trees in the duration of 2 hours. Well, most of us know about it, but the question is how to implement it? Lets start from the beginning:(1) What (2) When (3) Why (4) How More about (1) What? What do you want to do? What is your goal? What do you want to achieve? These are few of the basic questions, which you must start with. Then comes whenyou have decided what to do? Now go one step further when to do? When encircle your time period.Then comes whythis is the best option to check your ability, your perceptionwhy? Why do you want to do this only? Will, it be really worthwhile for you? Then comes last but not the leastHow?You have thought of what, when, why. Now its time to think how? How you are going to do all these things? Which way you will go through? The pros and cons of that way. Think over it and just do it Part II: This is more or less like a one-way traffic. I told you the way to improve your life, but how would I be knowing what you thought of? If you have a zeal to do something great, something different in you like other, read it once again. You will be happy to know that your way of living has changed now. This is one of the corners for happy living, you have to find out the other corners too.

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clue to Singh while the softness of the voice that makes words inaudible will definitely remind you of Komal. Now condense the image. See the lady standing on the table in your office and singing. Next time when you meet her the image will immediately come to mind and trigger off the chain of associations. Try out the procedure, start with a friend and I can assure you that remembering names and faces will become a pleasure for you. Now let us concentrate on dates. Imagine, if month-by-month, you could trust yourself to remember all the birthday and other anniversaries you need to acknowledge and if you could also recall the dates for meeting or deadlines without having to rely on any paper diary or an assistant. Socially your life will become special and you will also make others feel special. In business you will impress your clients and employers. Select a journey from your home to your school or office. Fix up 31 stops on the way but remember that the stops should be prominent ones that you can visualize without effort. Next you allocate one event for each place. There will be some days when more than one information will not be attached. In such cases, you will need to use your imagination. If you have to meet one friend for a meeting and wish another on his birthday on the same day, then visualize sitting with both the friends on the table and cutting a birthday cake. Let me remind you by way of conclusion, that as always with the more elaborate memory systems, they are the most effective if you experiment and adapt until you have a working method in which you believe.

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KEEPING THE MIND YOUNG

eople age in different ways and at different rates. There is however, a general tendency among people to slow down their rates of aging. When a person aspires to slow down the process of aging, he decides to eat various healthy food or to take suitable physical exercises like swimming or going for walks. But there is one aspect that we often overlook, while we do our utmost to keep our body young, we forget to pay attention to our mind. So in this section, I will discuss how to keep our mind young. The most important dimension to keeping the mind and memory stretched to their full potential is interest - degree to which we are engaged with all that goes on around us, locally as well as globally. Interest, as much as concentration, provides a firm grounding for effective memorization. If you observe children, you will notice that they find each and everything around them exciting because they have never seen it before, But, as we are older, we are in danger of becoming jaded-we tend to be less fascinated by our surroundings. The secret of regaining that lost interest and excitement is to look through the veil of the familiar to find out what lies beyond, to be alert to the surprised all around us, to see the intriguing connections that give shape to our experiences and encounters. We must never take the world for granted. There is so much around us that we tend to overlook. Try looking at the moon through binoculars and identify the craters or learn the species of trees in your local park. You can even visit an exhibition of flowers paintings to learn about the Dutch tulip trade of the 17th century when tulips were used as currency. At this juncture, I wish to say that aging must not be thought of as the inevitable harbinger of memory loss. Once we are
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prepared to reject expectations that our minds will begin to fail us, as we get older, we can look positively into the future. Our memories will become richer as we continue to gain new experiences in a spirit of active inquiry and engagement. Knowledge does not exist in isolation. We can gain knowledge by tracing connections from one subject to another and filling in the context, by learning about their background not only theoretically but also through observation. If you are interested in gardening you can read up about plant finders who had discovered and collected plants that you are now growing and then you can also keep diary of your own garden with notes on flowering time, type of flower wild life and so on. For person who is interested in news, he can watch world news and co-relate it with the local events, because humans behave identically in every of the world. Again, in your day-today life when you come across any coincidence, like two different sources mentioning the same name or information, take this as a sign that it might be worth delving further into the subject, like say doing biographical research while reading a biography. These are some simple suggestion by way of examples to suggest that the mind can be kept young only by keeping it active. So keep going. I wish happy journey towards a healthy mind.

CHAPTER-4

REMEMBER WHAT YOU READ AND SEE

magine the following scene: You are sitting with your spouse eating breakfast. The morning news show is on TV, and you are flipping through the days newspaper while discussing your upcoming vacation plans. Later in the day, a customer calls to ask you about a particular story in the papers business section that may have a negative effect on her company. Youre sure that you read the piece, but for the life of you, you cant recollect exactly what it said. Embarrassed, you play along, hoping she wont notice when you appear at a loss in the conversation. For many of us, recalling information that we read is a frustrating, memory weakness gets in our way both at work and at home. Working with written material is an essential part of many jobs, where we need to retain what we are reading. Yet you find yourself spending time reading and rereading the information, time that you otherwise could have spent doing something else. I have found that many adults are most concerned about the problems they have in recalling written information because of their work. I am often booked by corporations specifically to train their work. I am often booked by corporations specially to train their employees, how to recall what they read as a way of boosting their productivity. We may also be concerned about our ability to remember what we read for personal reasons. Perhaps you are annoyed when you forget something you really needed from your grocery list, or feel lost when you pick up a novel you are reading because you cant remember. Many retirees who take my class are concerned about keeping pace in college classes or other activities they are pursuing. Many of us are most troubled that we forget entertainment that we see, such as movies, TV shows, or plays. Have you ever panicked when you couldnt recall what happened in a movie you saw last weekend? While this kind of information is not read, it does involve recalling a story line, which in many ways is similar to remembering written material. Of course, our inability to recall what we see becomes most apparent when we are trying to tell

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someone else about it, making it even more embarrassing. If you have trouble recalling what you read or see, you are not alone. Thankfully, there are many simple steps we can take to help ourselves more effectively remember what we read and see. First, though, lets get a handle on why it may be hard for us to remember the things we read or see. Why We Forget What We Read and See DISTRACTION As you know by now, many of us forget things simply because we are unable to actively attend to information when we are getting it. This is true as well for things that we read or see. If we are not focused on something that we are reading or watching, we are not going to sufficiently acquire the information, and will not be able to have it later when we want it. Distraction is an especially important concern in reading information that is read or seen. When we are busy, we often try to do many thing at once. Reading the newspaper, watching a TV show, or listening to the radio often happens in conjunction with other tasks, such as having a conversation, cooking a meal, or driving to work. Rarely do we give ourselves the opportunity to focus solely on the material we are reading or seening. It may be harder for us to divide our attention as we grow older, so that performing multiple tasks may make it harder for us to recall information we are introduced to during those activities. EVERYDAY LIFE Many factors in our daily experience can interfere with our ability to remember effectively. We grapple constantly with lifestyle issues that may make it harder for us to effectively attend to information we are learning. Not surprisingly, these variables can make it harder for us to learn and remember information that we read or see. For example, I often read before going to bed. I know that if I am particularly tired one evening, it will be harder for me to recall what I have read than it would if I was less fatigued. Similarly, it will be harder for you to focus on what you are reading if you are preoccupied by something stressful that is happening in your life. Many people I speak to readily identify with the effect these everyday factors can have on their ability to remember what they
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read or see. Leena, a talented women in her early fifties, took a class with me specifically to get help in recalling written information. Recovering from chronic fatigue syndrome, Leena found it hard to keep up with paperwork now that she was back at her job as personnel manager for a large company. Realizing the impact her illness and other lifestyle habits had on her ability to recall what she was reading helped her understand why she was having such trouble. She was able to pace herself to avoid reading important material when she was overtired. YOU ONLY GET IT ONCE When you read something, be it the newspaper, a book or a memo for work, chances are you only go over it once. The same is true for things you see, such as movies or TV shows. When this is the case, we have only one opportunity to learn the information we are getting. If we are distracted or if other factors are making it difficult for us to focus on what we are reading or seeing, we may miss our one chance to get it. Another way of understanding how this happens is to think about how you studied in high school or college. When you had to prepare for a final exam, would you read the class material once? Of course not most likely you reviewed it several times, to ensure that you remembered it. However, you probably rarely do that for things you read today. YOU DONT GIVE IT A SECOND THOUGHT Material that we read or see can be easier to remember if we think about how to remember it. Chances are you rarely look for ways to help yourself remember things that you read or see. Yet you can improve your ability to recall information such as magazine articles or movie plots by applying a simple, practical memory technique to help you do so. Internal memory techniques, introduced in the previous step, can help you successfully recall information that you may only have one chance to get. With these reasons in mind, lets look at what steps you can take to maximize your memory power for information that you read or see.

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How to memorize the following : Detail u General Knowledge u Country/Parliament u Vocabulary u Geography u Minerals/Places u Historical Dates u Atomic Numbers u Atomic Mass u Chemical Names u Formulae u Delivering Speech without notes u Concentration Techniques u ANSWER Technique u Learning Theory in points u Shopping list u How to use Mnemonic pen u Study tips u Key word method for long theory u Objective Type Questions u Remembering Forty digit Numbers u Revision Plan u Stress Reducing Techniques u Curing Absent Mindedness u Mind Control Techniques u Eating Habits u Botanical Names u How to remember Section/laws Day 1,2,3 1 1,2,3 3 1 1 3 3 3 3 1,3 1 1 1,3 2 1 1,2,3 3 1,2,3 1 1 1,3 2 3 3 3 2 u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u

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Scientific basis of belief Telephone No. Books Authors Imagination Game Road map Definitions Memorising Fifty Years Calendar VIBGYOR Method of long theory Mathematical Table Squares/ Cubes Chemical Formula Chemical Equations Chemical Conversions Periodic Table Paragraphs (Short, Long) Maps Biological Diagrams Inventor /Inventions with year State / Countries and their dances Name and Faces Abbreviations Appointments Flow charts and diagrams How to dissociate unwanted memories (NLP tec.) Cheating method for long retention 1,3 1 2 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 1

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