Monday, January 20, 2014

10 Reasons To Avoid Instant Noodles

Instant noodles have become a favorite food that is often eaten daily. Because of its yummy taste and extremely easy to make, replaces the proper healthy meals. Beside this dangers are too often eating instant noodles. Here we list top 10 Reasons why should we avoid instant noodles.


1. Nutrient Absorption : 
Noodles inhibit the absorption of nutrients for the children under 5.

2. Cancer Causing :
The ingredient in the instant noodles called “Styrofoam’, which is a cancer causing agent.

3. Miscarriage :
Women who are Eating instant noodles during their pregnancy causes miscarriage, because it affect the development of a foetus.

4. Junk Food :
Instant noodles are enriched with full of carbohydrates, but no vitamins, fiber and minerals. This makes the instant noodles considered as a junk food.

5. Sodium :
Instant noodles are power packed with high amounts of sodium. Excess consumption of sodium leads to heart disease, stroke, hypertension and kidney damage.

6. MSG :
Monosodium Glutamate is used to enhance the flavor of instant noodles. People who are allergic to MSG consume it as part of their diet, then they end up suffering from headaches, facial flushing, pain, burning sensations.

7. Overweight :
Eating Noodles is the leading cause of obesity. Noodles contains fat and large amounts of sodium, which causes water retention in the body and surely it leads to overweight.

8. Digestion :
Instant noodles are bad for digestive system. Regular consumption of instant noodles causes irregular bowl movements and bloating.

9. Propylene Glycol :
The ingredient in the instant noodles called “Propylene Glycol” which has a anti-freeze property. This ingredient is used because it prevents the noodles from drying by retaining moisture. It weakens the immune system of our body. It is easily absorbed by the body and it accumulates in the kidneys, heart and liver. It causes abnormalities and damage to those areas.

10. Metabolism :
Regular consumption of instant noodles affect the body’s metabolism, because of the chemical substances like additives, coloring and preservatives inside the noodles.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

10 Interesting Facts About The Internet

1. Most famous social networking website Facebook founded by Mark Zuckerberg has more than 1,110 millions registered user as of March 31 2013. I hardly know anyone who does not have Facebook account.

2. A news website contains as much information as a person of the 18th century could learn. According to the researcher Marting Gilbert from university of Southern California, 18th century person could master no more than 50 books in a lifetime.
Whereas today, an average person is able to absorb the information stored in 600 000 books.

3. United States is the largest country on Facebook, India standing 3rd. Croatia is the fastest growing Facebook country over past week.


4. Hong kong is the worlds fastest internet place. It has blazing fast internet, an average peak speed of 54.1 megabits per seconds. At this speed you can download HD movie in about 4 minutes.


5. Search engine giant Google can handle 35 billion queries in a month.

6. Every 8th couple of today met online through internet.

7. The first electronic smiley appeared in 1979 when Kevin McKenzie tried expressing his emotion by electronic means. The very first electronic look like -) then 3 years later Scott Fahlman added colon “:)-” and it took form :) - as we use to do now a days.

8. Today 81% of emails are spam.

9. For the year 2012, China accounted for 41% of the world’s attack traffic during the fourth quarter of 2012 making China top source of cyber assaults.

10. All Internet is 4 exabytes of information. By the way, 1 exabyte = 1000 petabytes; 1 petabyte = 1000 terabytes; 1 terrabyte = 1000 gigabytes. Each year, this amount is doubled.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Why We Should Drink Warm Lemon Water In The Morning



Instead of getting a cup of coffee, why not replace it with a warm water lemon drink?
Below are the good factors to consider.

1. Boosts Our Immune System: 
Lemons are high in vitamin C, which is great for fighting colds. They’re high in potassium, which stimulates brain and nerve function. Potassium also helps control blood pressure.

2. Balances pH: 
Drink lemon water everyday and we’ll reduce our body’s overall acidity. Lemon is one of the most alkaline foods around. Yes, lemon has citric acid but it does not create acidity in the body once metabolized.

3. Helps with Weight Loss: 
Lemons are high in pectin fiber, which helps fight hunger cravings. It also has been shown that people who maintain a more alkaline diet lose weight faster.

4. Aids Digestion: 
Lemon juice helps flush out unwanted materials. It encourages the liver to produce bile which is an acid that required for digestion. Efficient digestion reduces heartburn and constipation.

5. Is a Diuretic: 
Lemons increase the rate of urination in the body, which helps purify it. Toxins are, therefore, released at a faster rate which helps keep your urinary tract healthy.

6. Clears Skin: 
The vitamin C component helps decrease wrinkles and blemishes. Lemon water purges toxins from the blood which helps keep skin clear as well. It can actually be applied directly to scars to help reduce their appearance.

7. Freshens Breath: 
Not only this, but it can help relieve tooth pain and gingivitis. The citric acid can erode tooth enamel, so we should monitor this.

8. Relieves Respiratory Problems: 
Warm lemon water helps get rid of chest infections and halt those pesky coughs. It’s thought to be helpful to people with asthma and allergies too.

9. Keeps you Zen: 
Vitamin C is one of the first things depleted when we subject our mind and body to stress. Because lemons are chock full of vitamin C.

10. Helps Kick the Coffee Habit: 
After taking a glass of warm lemon water, most people suggests of less craving for coffee in the morning.

Why It Has To Be Warm Water Not Cold? 
Cold water likely provides a shock or stress factor to the body. It takes energy for your body to process cold water.

The Recipe is Really Simple - A cup of warm water (not hot) and the juice from half of a lemon.