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Belly Fat and Cellulite Realities and Remedies | ABC article directory

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My first memory of Silver?

One of my memories as a young child was going to the home of one of my parents’ friends and eating the most delicious sweets, the best bit being the taste of the silver foil that glittered on the top. The memory was brought back when a recent ‘business transaction’ was carried out over a plate of these tasty sweets.

The use of silver foil in food goes back thousands of years in India. Today, Betel leaf and Indian sweets covered with silver foil are a special attraction for Western tourists travelling to India. I thought it might be interesting for the Business community to get an insight into the subject, especially as many communications, negotiations and business deals are completed over these delicacies.

What exactly is Varakh?

Barfis (an Indian sweet) are delicacies made from khava, a milk product resembling ricotta cheese. The distinctive characteristic of Barfi is that it is covered in varakh (also spelt vark or varak). This popular garnish is actually a foil of very pure silver which gives the sweet a shimmering decorative aspect and a cool, metallic taste. Varakh is made by pounding silver into a sheet just a few micro-metres thick and then laying or rolling these over the sweets.

Why do some say it is controversial?

Silver foil has produced some controversies as some claim that the consumption of varakh is sacrilegious to vegetarians and Hindus as the intestines of oxen and other cattle are used in its manufacture, e.g., some reports claim that animals’ intestines are used as the ‘binding pages’ in a notebook. They report that an animal’s gut is cut open into one large piece from which strips are cut which are piled on top of each other and bound to form a book of a hundred or so leaves.

Small, thin strips of silver are then placed between the sheets and the ‘book’ is put into a pouch and sealed. This ‘bag’ is then pounded with wooden sticks for up to eight hours a day (generally as home-business ventures) to produce extremely thin foils of silver. The foil is then very carefully lifted from between the leaves of the book and placed between sheets of paper and sold to sweet makers (mithaiwallas).

Is it harmful?

The silver is not considered harmful to the body as the quantities involved in normal use are minuscule. However there have not been any studies on the cumulative amounts of silver that can be ingested safely over a lifetime of eating sweets. But then again, who knows the cumulative effect of all the various food stuffs that we all eat on a daily basis? All we really know is that our constitution is indeed made up of what we eat.

What is the cost?

Although the silver foil is microscopically thin, being a precious metal it can be expensive to use for sweets and delicacies. According to studies, usually four foils are used per kilogram (2.2 lbs.) of sweets. Surveys estimate that the average consumption of sweets by a family of four in India is about 100 kilograms per year which translates to a cost of approximately $ 40 million U.S. Dollars.

And cost of edible gold? Now there is a topic for another article.

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Cellulite 101 – Fabulously40.com

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Natural Cellulite Remedies – Cellulite Guide – Eskeyp.com

Yes, the natural cellulite remedies may take a little longer to show results, but you can use them and know for sure that they are safe for your body.

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German natural beauty company Weleda brought home the Beauty Bible Award for having the best anti-cellulite product.

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Vitamin supplements can not only increase your energy, but help get rid of cellulite. Moreover, there are specific reasons why these vitamins and minerals work against the appearance of cellulite.

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1. Encouraging Fruits and Vegetables – Balanced Lunches

   by
   
   Bernard Duke

   When you send your kids off to school every day, you probably are aware, at least in general terms, of the curriculum used and the strengths of their individual teachers. You might even spend time discussing with your children the dynamics that are created with their friends in a group setting. Surely, they comment on trends and fads. However, one of the most important things that school offers for their learning environment and physical development may be completely out of your realm of thought: school lunches.

2. Combating Childhood Obesity

   by
   
   Bernard Duke

   Your child not only forms the groundwork for a healthy life in childhood, his eating patterns affect his health in later years. Too often school lunch programs offer junk food because the food is popular and cheap. However, the price of healthy food doesn’t have to be exorbitant and it is far cheaper when you consider the health of your child in later decades of his life.

3. 5 Easy Ways to Get Kids to Eat Vegetables

   by
   
   Trina Cleary

   Having trouble convincing your kids to swallow a healthy dose of greens each day? Try some of these quick tricks for boosting their veggie intake.

4. Taking Control – You Can Prevent Your Child’s Obesity

   by
   
   Vince Palko

   We need to find a solution to a growing epidemic which is childhood obesity! Here is my solution.

5. Weight Loss Approaches For Children

   by
   
   Jen Page

   You may have heard that more and more children are gaining weight to the point of obesity, and that it seems the problem gets worse and worse as time goes on. There are many reasons for this, but thankfully, there are also many great weight loss approaches for children.

6. Childhood Obesity and Overweight Problems

   by
   
   Ralph Harris

   The rapidly rising prevalence and severity of the problems of obesity and overweight problems among children and adolescence are discussed in relationship to their impact on chronic disorders such as diabetes and also as related to their causes, including lack of physical exercise, poor diet, parenting, sub-optimal nutrition and overuse of sedentary activities such as watching television and playing computer games. Suggestions for remedies to correct the causes are dealt with.

7. Raising Healthy Children in an Unhealthy Society – Is There Anything We Can Do About It?

   by
   
   Vincent E. Haywood

   Do we really live in an unhealthy society? Is raising healthy children difficult in an unhealthy society? Are children still our future? These questions and many more are a topic of great concern for many mothers and fathers searching for ways to raise healthy children.
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8. How to Make Your Kid Lose Weight

   by
   
   Tony Farley

   Below are five tips that can help your over weight kids to lose weight and become more healthy. 1. Parents – The children take after their parents. So your health and weight has a direct effect on your child. If one of their parents is overweight, children have 25% probability of becoming overweight themselves.

9. Obese Children and Their Mental Health – Psychological Impacts of a Fat Kid

   by
   
   Jenny Franco

   The idea of psychological impacts on an obese child was unheard of until recently as the issue has been receiving quite a bit of worldwide attention. With all this attention, we all wonder what is going on with them mentally and emotionally.

10. Get Your Children in Shape – Get Physical With Them!

    by
    
    Idaline Hall

    Parents should encourage physical activity for their child, regardless of weight. Find fitness-related activities that the whole family can enjoy doing. Do things together like biking, swimming, skating, or bowling. If your child is interested in giving a new activity a try, offer to give them some lessons or help them find a team or club they can join.

11. Childhood Obesity Can Now Be Linked to Heart Disease

    by
    
    Jaclyn Compton

    The Wall Street Journal posted an eye opening article this morning. Overweight children, as young as 3- 5 can be linked to heart disease. The findings were discovered by testing children’s C- reactive protein.

12. Childhood Health – Five Simple Tips to Help Your Child Be Healthier and Do Better in School

    by
    
    Joe Kosterich

    One of the laments of parents is getting children to eat lunch. The number of lunches that are either swapped or not eaten is huge. Learn five simple ways to help your child be healthier and do better at school.

13. Motivate Your Children to Excel in Life With Indoor Sports & Outdoor Sports – 6 Reasons

    by
    
    Jenn Stevens

    Encourage your child to excel by introducing them to indoor sports and outdoor sports. Make certain they also know the importance of diet and exercise. Our world today is so filled with video games and computers, good healthy activity is sometimes forgotten. Sports will make exercise a part of their daily life and increase their chance of being a healthy adult.

14. Involve Your Kids in the Kitchen

    by
    
    Cedric McIntyre

    Teach your kids how to prepare their own foods and snacks. This way they can also learn about healthy foods and how to look after themselves.

15. Help to Overcome Childhood Obesity

    by
    
    Jenny H Jordan

    Don’t let your child be teased and bullied about being overweight and different to other kids. Use the tips and hints to get your child more active and for them to start having FUN!

16. Childhood Obesity is on the Rise

    by
    
    Christine Crotts

    According to childhood obesity statistics, childhood obesity has more than tripled over the course of the past thirty years. Over 30% of children ages 6-19 years old are either already overweight, or at a high risk of becoming overweight. These childhood obesity statistics have shocked not only scientists, but parents as well. In a world full of technology and video games, kids are simply not getting enough physical stimulation.
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17. Dealing With Obesity in Children

    by
    
    Christine Crotts

    More and more children are struggling with obesity in today’s society. With a prevalence of video games and television luring youth into a sedentary lifestyle, it is no wonder why so many children are facing this issue. However, it is not the children who are to blame for the obesity problem, for children are only a product of their environment.

18. Kids Lose Weight a Lot Easier

    by
    
    E Knouse

    It is much easier kids to lose weight than for adult for a number of reasons. The largest reason is metabolism. Kids have a ton of energy allowing them to stay active, they are constantly growing, still developing and hormones are coursing through their body in augmenting amounts as they get older, making it less complicated for them to get rid of excess weight because their body naturally get rid of excess more so than an adult.

19. American Heart Month – Childhood Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

    by
    
    Carol Josel

    According to government statistics, almost 32% of our nation’s children are obese or overweight. Of that 32%, 20% of those ages 6- to 11, and 18% of those between 12- and 19-years-old are actually obese–and that means they are at increased risk of heart disease and stroke.

20. Grandma’s Job is to Make Grandkids Eat

    by
    
    Arya Sharma

    Back in 1997, I read a most interesting piece by Ann Gibbons, a correspondent for Science magazine, on why human females live so long after they stop reproducing. Based on studies of African hunter gatherers, it seems that the evolutionary purpose of why women live after menopause is to make sure their grandchildren eat.

21. Once a Month Cooking – A Weapon in Our Arsenal in the War Against Childhood Obesity

    by
    
    Sarah Short

    Obesity is at an all time high and if our children are obese, they stand a good chance of dying before we do! We simply have to take charge and bring our children’s eating habits back in line with what they should be eating. OAMC makes it easier to do this.

22. Uncovering 3 Proven Ways to Educate Your Child on Good Eating Habits and Prevent Obesity

    by
    
    Jay P Jackson

    Obesity has fast becoming one of the common problems among kids and the ever-deteriorating situation is indeed alarming. If you are a parent and your child is facing this problem, you simply cannot run away from the responsibility of imparting the correct eating habits to him/her. Here are 3 proven ways to do that.

23. Feed Your Children the Right Snacks and Avoid the Dangers of Childhood Obesity

    by
    
    Grace Onyango

    Childhood obesity is on the rise and with all the childhood obesity statistics showing this trend on the rise. Parents are still not doing the right thing to avoid childhood obesity. I am a parent and as much as I want to love my children I do not want to spoil them with food that will increase their risk of childhood obesity.

24. Kids, Self Image and Eating Disorders

    by
    
    Eric U Viskovicz

    If you, as a parent, have had an eating disorder, and therefore are concerned about your children also suffering an eating, you are wise to be so. The percentage of parents with eating disorders who have a child with an eating disorder is 85%.

25. How Moms Can Help Their Overweight and Obese Children

    by
    
    William A. Anderson

    The psychotherapist and weight loss expert, once a chronically obese child and adult himself, explains how mothers can help their children solve their obesity problem. When mom tackles the problem the right way, she will also be solving the problem for herself, and she’ll be helping the whole country solve our childhood obesity epidemic.

26. It’s Still Your Fault Your Child’s Fat, And It’s Time to “Parent-Up!”

    by
    
    Idaline Hall

    It has been researched and well documented that the cause of the increase in obesity in children, and the entire population as well, is due to low levels of physical activity, frequency of eating out, and over-consumption of convenience and empty-calorie foods. These child obesity factors are under parents’ control, and parents must be held accountable. The good news is that child obesity is preventable and reversible.

27. Kids Need to Lose Weight – Eat Healthier Food and Follow an Easy Diet

    by
    
    Peter Goligher

    It’s important for the parents to take control and lead by example. Your kids will want to follow you in everything you do and it can be irresponsible for you to cram yourself full of chocolate and then shout at the kid when they want the same.

28. Ten Ways to Win the Fight Against Childhood Obesity

    by
    
    Carolyn Gray

    Drinking water will not kill your kids, and it is not a punishment. If they are not drinking low-fat milk with lunch or dinner, water should be in their glass.

29. The Growing Problem of Childhood Obesity

    by
    
    Sean Jordan

    Childhood obesity is one of the major problems facing the children of today. It is not only a health and weight issue, but it also creates social problems too.

30. Childhood Obesity – Three Small Changes Make a Big Difference in Reducing Childhood Obesity

    by
    
    Joe Kosterich

    The First lady has put childhood obesity back on the agenda. Whilst governments can help the real answer lies in the actions of parents,families and individuals. Three very simple things make a huge difference when it comes to childhood obesity.

  

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Roughly 90 percent of all women are affected by it. The unsightly skin condition is unbiased, tackling women of all shapes and sizes- skinny, average or overweight, even supermodels (Tyra Banks most recently admitted to having it).

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The Hidden Effects of Childhood Maltreatment and How Life Coaching Can Help
 by: Debra Tullis

Violence against women is one of the primary health problems facing adults today. Many people are not aware that childhood maltreatment is a powerful risk factor for health problems in adulthood. Its victims can suffer lifelong health effects.

Maltreatment is best viewed as a risk factor for a wide range of subsequent health problems. Were you neglected, sexually abused or physically abused as a child? An important step is to face the truth about how you suffered as a child. Health effects have to be assessed within a developmental perspective. There are several avenues by which abuse can affect health.

The first avenue is physiological. Traumatic events can alter the brain and body. The human system of self defense becomes disorganized and overwhelmed. Traumatic events produce profound changes in physiological arousal. The nervous system becomes sensitized and comes to anticipate trauma. There can be dental, vision or hearing problems. An adult can suffer from headaches, backaches, chest pain, pelvic pain, chronic pain and fatigue.

A second way that abuse that affect health is behavioral. Adult survivors may engage in harmful actions or behaviors and become very self destructive. Some behavioral examples are self-injury, shame, suicide attempts, eating disorders, high risk sexual activity, compulsive spending and gambling and substance misuse. These behaviors may be used to numb feelings so the pain can be coped with. These high risk behaviors can impact health.

A third avenue is cognitive – child abuse is associated with distorted beliefs and perceptions about one’s self and one’s behaviors. These negative beliefs can undermine health and lead to low self-esteem, self blame and feelings of worthlessness and inadequacy. It may be common for adults to have perceptions of helplessness, chronic danger and consequent hyper-vigilance. An adult may become shamed-based and feel they are worthless, unacceptable and bad. This vicious cycle can drive a victim inside a private world of suffering, loss of power, re-victimization and deep self doubt. Beliefs can certainly impact health.

Interpersonal difficulties is another avenue. Adults survivors can have difficulties in their adult relationships. Examples include difficulties in trusting others, inability to set boundaries, avoidance of intimacy and close relationships and sexual difficulties. These difficulties can result in social isolation, marital disruptions and divorce. Past maltreatment or victimization can set up an adult victim for relationship failures. This can lead to poor health outcomes.

Finally, the fifth avenue can be in the area of emotional difficulties. An adult victim can have anxiety, fear, terror, and sadness. They may adopt a position of surrendering to life and feel they are abandoned to their fate. They may develop antisocial behaviors that isolate them in relating to others. An adult may suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder which can significantly impact daily life. Another result could be depression and that disorder can have a devastating affect on health.

A history of childhood victimization and maltreatment can have a significant impact on adult health. It can be associated with a range of difficulties in adulthood.

Developing healthier coping skills is a major focus of personal coaching with an adult who has this history. Coaching can assist an adult in managing stress more effectively. Personal coaching can help an adult to learn to nurture and care for themselves. There is alot of power in self care. You deserve to live a most joyful and healthy life and personal coaching can assist you on your path to extreme self care and wellness.

About The Author

Debra Tullis, MSW, LCSW, BCD is a life coach and a clinical therapist. She has a Master’s Degree in Social Work and worked in the social service field for the last 24 years. She is Board Certified in Clinical Social Work and is working toward a certification in life coaching. She is the owner of Coaching for the Good Life and is a member of the International Coach Federation, Coachville, and the International Association of Coaches. To learn more about Debra’s services email her at lifeisgood2@sbcglobal.net or visit her website at www.coachingforthegoodlife.com.

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