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Mahbuba Hoque / April 19, 2016

Is coconut milk good enough for your health?

Coconut milk is a liquid derived from mature coconuts and it’s different than coconut water. It is used in many dishes as an alternative to regular milk. Due to its rich and creamy consistency, it can be used as a milk substitute. In Southeast Asia, it is often used as a common food ingredient.

This milk is rich in vitamins C, E, B1, B3, B5 and B6 as well as iron, selenium, calcium, iron, magnesium and phosphorus. Thus, this sweet creamy liquid can be a part of a healthy diet and is a great option for those who are allergic to animal milk.

Coconut Milk For Health:

1. Great Source of Magnesium:

Coconut milk is a rich source of magnesium, providing around 89 milligrams per cup. This mineral helps to calm the nerves and maintain normal blood pressure as well as prevent nerve cells from becoming overactive by virtue being stimulated by calcium. It results in the reduction of muscle contraction, thus making you feel more relaxed.

2. Aids in Weight Loss:

Coconut milk is often considered as a fattening agent due to its saturated fats. But it is also rich in fiber, which makes you feel full for a longer time and if taken in moderation, can help to control weight.

3. Stronger Immune System:

Coconut milk contains lauric acid, antimicrobial lipids and capric acid which possess antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties. This lauric acid on entering the human body gets converted into a compound called monolaurin which is believed to fight the viruses and bacteria that cause herpes, influenza and even HIV.

4. Treatment of Arthritis:

Selenium found in coconut milk is an antioxidant, which relieves arthritis symptoms by controlling free radicals and decreasing the risk of joint inflammation.

5. Strong Bones:

Although coconut milk does not contain as much calcium as regular milk (38 mg per cup), it is a rich source of phosphorus. It provides around (how much) milligrams of phosphorus per cup which contributes to strong bones.

6.For hair growth:

Coconut milk is the answer of every hair problem you are facing. It contains vitamin E and fats which are very beneficial for hair and also promote hair growth. Coconut milk has been known to particularly help people who are facing hair problems.

7. Anti-ageing Benefits:

Consumption or application of coconut milk improves skin elasticity due to its copper and vitamin C content. These nutrients slow down the ageing process of your skin and body by maintaining flexibility and elasticity of the skin and blood vessels. Thus, it prevents wrinkles, sagging skin and age spots.

8. Treatment of Skin Ailments:

Due to its moisturizing properties, coconut milk can soothe the symptoms of psoriasis, dermatitis and eczema. The natural fatty acids in this milk can help treat dry and irritated skin and remove harmful bacteria from your skin.

First, let’s take a quick look at how to extract coconut milk:

Fortunately, making coconut milk at home is simple and very inexpensive. From my calculations, homemade coconut milk costs less than $1 per batch, and it can be used in smoothies, recipes, or just to drink by itself. It can also be flavored with natural vanilla, strawberries, or cocoa powder.

The Players:

*1 cup dried coconut chips
*2 cups filtered water

The How-To

1. Heat water on the stove until it’s hot, but not boiling.

2. Put coconut chips in blender (I recommend and use this one.) Pour hot water over the chips.

3. Blend on high for 2 minutes, or until you get a creamy, thick homemade coconut milk.

4. Line a strainer or colander with cheesecloth. Pour the coconut milk through the lined strainer into a bowl. This will remove any larger remaining coconut meat. When you’re done pouring the coconut milk through the strainer, ball up the cheesecloth and give it a good squeeze to press the remaining liquid through. You can use your residual coconut caught in the cheesecloth in a recipe that calls for coconut, or you can toss it.

5. Transfer your homemade coconut milk from the bowl into a mason jar or other container. Use the homemade coconut milk immediately, or keep in the refrigerator for up to four days.

Mahbuba Hoque / February 14, 2016

The easiest lemon water for weight loss!

Whether you’re trying to lose weight or you simply want to look and feel healthier, one of the best ways to rid your body of harmful toxins is to drink water. Just 6 to 8 glasses every day will help to keep you hydrated and keep your vital organs in their best condition. You don’t have to drink plain water, however. In fact, there are a number of things that you can add to your water that will not only boost the taste, they will help to flush those harmful toxins out of your body. That being said, it’s vital that you start introducing citrusy fruits such as lemons, limes, strawberry, kiwi, grapefruit and oranges into your daily diet. It is known as Detox water.

Lemon water detox diet:

It works by cleansing the body of toxic materials, resulting in accelerated weight loss. The reason you lose weight so quickly is the severe caloric intake restriction over a short time frame. This dramatic calorie cut can result in a large drop in weight over a small period of time (a few weeks).

The people who want to want to lose a considerable amount of weight in a short time frame, such as going to a party or event. The diet can help you look your absolute best in just a few weeks.

How does it make:

It is rather surprising that while many people are aware of this detox plan, very few actually have a working understanding as to the goal of the Lemon Diet. For all intents and purposes, this cleansing program aims to rid the body of toxins and free radicals that destroy healthy cells and are responsible for a wide range of degenerative diseases.

Ingredients:

Another great thing about the Lemonade Diet is that it requires very few ingredients- just four in fact. All you need to do the lemon cleanse diet are the following:

1.Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice (2 TBSP)
2.Genuine Grade B maple syrup (not artificially flavored)(2 TBSP)
3.Cayenne pepper (powder form) (1/10 Tea spoon)
4.Hot water (purified or spring, not distilled) (8 OZ)

The lemon juice acts as the main replacement for all your meals. Since this detox diet requires the elimination of solid food for a week or so (minimum), it is necessary to replace it with something else that would allow the body to function more or less normally.

The juice has to be freshly squeezed each time (daily dose).The maple syrup, apart from being the drink sweetener, it also helps eliminate toxins from the body. Keep in mind that you will need an organic and rich maple syrup. There are so many artificially flavored syrups on the market today that customers have to be very discerning shoppers especially when they need very specific ingredients.

Some tips:

1.You should drink 6-12 glasses of lemonade each day.
2.Drink when you feel hungry.
3.Drink it as soon as you make it to prevent the pepper from “steeping” and making the drink too spicy.
4.Try sea salts or herbal tea. You can also mix 1 TSP of unrefined non-iodized sea salt mixed in 30 OZ of water to flush. Try them twice a day.

Written by: Mahbuba Hoque.

Mahbuba Hoque / February 12, 2016

Regrow your hair in fastest way…. naturally!

According to hair experts, losing 50-100 strands of hair every day is normal. But when you lose more than that, it is a matter of concern.
Hair loss is common among both men and women, and many seek to treat it using chemical solutions, hair plugs and even surgery. Age, menopause, pregnancy, genetics, illness, and other factors all play a role in hair loss. But often it can be caused by pollution, the misuse of hair care products, frequent coloring, poor diet, and certain medications or over processing of the hair. These causes of hair loss can sometimes be reversed.
There are many methods to regrow hair like taking drugs or hair transplant or fusion, but what if you can do it in a chemical-free and inexpensive way? Yes, you can start using it right now!

1. Honey :

Honey is a powerful antioxidant that also has great fungicidal and germicidal properties. Honey is an emollient which means it is a natural softener. This makes it a great hair conditioner that smoothens your hair. It also improves the health of the hair follicles which are responsible for hair growth. Researchers say that proper use of honey of treatment of hair can waken up the sleeping hair follicles which boost the growth of hair.

2. Egg yolk:

Although eggs are one of the most commonly used foods in the kitchen, they are useful for more than just baking and cooking. Hair is composed of 70 percent keratin protein, so egg protein helps rebuild damaged hair by filling in weakened spots along the hair strand, which temporarily strengthens the hair. Eggs contain a large amount of protein–ranging from 3.6 to 6.5 g per egg–which makes egg conditioning an intense protein treatment. Including egg conditioning in your hair regiment can help you maintain strong hair, which is essential for growth.

3. Aloe Vera:

Aloe Vera is believed to be a good natural herbal remedy for hair loss. There is little scientific evidence to support aloe Vera as a cure for baldness. It can reduce flaky, itchy scalp and reduce dandruff. Aloe vera gel also helps reduce sebum, or oil, on the scalp.

4. Olive oil:

Olive oil has long been used as a great way to promote skin health. It also helps the skin of your scalp, and that can in turn boost the health of your hair. Olive oil, as part of a regular hair care regimen, can help your hair and scalp reach their healthiest potential. Make olive oil for hair growth a regular priority in your hair care.

5.Castor oil:

Castor oil has natural antibacterial and anti-fungal properties and is high in Vitamin E, minerals, proteins, and Omega 6 and 9 beneficial fatty acids. Its unusually high ricinoleic acid ratio makes it beneficial to skin and hair. Castor oil can be used on the scalp to help prevent and remedy hair loss. It’s antibacterial and anti-fungal properties make it beneficial against folliculitis, dandruff and scalp infections and its ricinoleic acid content helps increase circulation to the scalp and improve hair growth.

Here’s an easy and quick recipe to stop your hair loose and regrowth your hair, you can prepare it at home and they are all safe! (According to you hair)

What you will need:

1.Honey – 2 tablespoon
2.Castor Oil- 4 tablespoon
3.Egg Yolk- from 1 egg
4.Aloe Vera – 2 tablespoon
5.Other Oil (olive oil, coconut oil, jojoba)- 2 tablespoon

How to apply:

1. Mix all these ingredients in a jar.
2. Make sure that they are mixed properly. This will make it more effective and easier to work with.
3. Start with damp, but not wet hair. This will help the oil absorb better into your hair. A quick way to dampen your hair is to fill a spray bottle with water, and spraying just your scalp.
4. Scoop a little bit more mixture onto your fingers, and rub it between your palms. Then, run your hands across your hair. Use your fingers to comb your hair; this helps distribute the ingredients. Again, start with a small amount.
5. Cover your hair with a shower cap. Wait for 2 hours.
6. Wash your hair with a mild shampoo.

Use it at least once in a week. Keep in mind, however, that you may not see any results the next day. Try using the treatment for four weeks before moving onto something else.

Mahbuba Hoque /

Vanga Pandeva, who predicted many of the major global shocks, given bad news for 2016 and many more…

Who is she?

(31 January 1911 – 11 August 1996), Vangelia Pandeva Dimitrova was a blind Bulgarian mystic, clairvoyant, and herbalist from the region of Macedonia. Millions of people around the world were convinced that she possessed paranormal abilities.

In her childhood, Vangelia was an ordinary child with brown eyes and blonde hair. A turning point in her life was a tornado which lifted Vanga up and threw her in a nearby field. She was found after a long search. Witnesses described her as very frightened, and her eyes were covered with sand and dust, she was unable to open them because of the pain. There was money only for a partial operation to heal the injuries she had sustained, this resulted in a gradual loss of sight.

Vanga claimed that her extraordinary abilities had something to do with the presence of invisible creatures, but she could not clearly explain their origin. She said that those creatures gave her information about people, which she could not transmit to them, because distance and time didn’t matter. According to Vanga, the life of everyone standing in front of her was like a film to her from birth until death. But changing “what was written on the generation” was beyond her power.

Sources such as “Wiesler Field Guide to the Paranormal” claim that she foretold the break-up of the Soviet Union, the Chernobyl disaster, the date of Stalin’s death, the sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk, the September 11 attacks. She also anticipated the devastating Tsunami in 2004 that hit the Thai coast.” A big wave will cover a large coast with people and villages where everything disappear under water”.

Vanga attempted to prophesy about newborn or unborn children. She said that she was “seeing” and “talking” to people, who had died hundreds of years ago. Vanga talked about the future, although she did not like to. In her words, in 200 years man will make contact with brothers in mind from other worlds. She said that many aliens have been living on the earth for years. They came from the planet, which in their language is called Vamfim, and is the third planet from the Earth.

Followers of Vanga believe that she predicted the precise date of her own death, dreaming that she would die on 11 August, and be buried on 13 August. Shortly before that she had said that a ten-year-old blind girl living in France was to inherit her gift, and that people would soon hear about her.

Vanga reached news headlines after apparently predicting the 9/11 terror attacks.

Horror, horror! The American brethren will fall after being attacked by the steel birds. The wolves will be howling in a bush, and innocent blood will be gushing.

— Predicted in 1989 by Baba Vanga.

Vanga’s predictions that have yet to happen :

1. The 44th President of the United States will be the last US president. She said “African American president would be the last acting president of the U.S.

2. In 2018 China will be the first “super power” in the world taking the lead from the already worn U.S.

3. “Great Islamic War” would begin in Syria. Europe will be transformed into an Islamic caliphate and the transformation will be complete in the year 2043.

4. The population of the Europe will disappear as a result of war.

5. She also said that in 2023 the Earth’s orbit would change, which would “melt the poles” and set fire in the “Middle East”.

6. Communism will return to Europe and the rest of the world in 2076.

7. Aliens will help man to live under water in 2130.

8. A new sun illuminates the dark side of the planet. This could refer to a scientific project that began in 2008 and will create an artificial sun using nuclear energy.

9. Two artificial sun collide and leave the earth in total darkness.

10. There will be a war on Mars in 3005 and will change the trajectory of the planet.

11. A comet riches the Moon, so the Earth is covered by a ring of rocks and ashes.

12. Vanga assured that there will be no survivors on earth, circa 3797. But mankind has advanced enough to move a new solar system.

13. The universe will end in 5079.

We only can wait and see if her prophecies become true or not!

Mahbuba Hoque / February 9, 2016

Yin and Yang are parts of an Oneness!

What is YIN and YANG?

In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang describes how opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another.

The original concept of YIN and YANG came from the observation of nature and the environment. “YIN” originally referred to the dark side of a slop while “YANG” referred to the sunny side. Some examples include: sky and earth, day and night, water and fire, active and passive, male and female and so on.
Usually, Yang is associated with functional aspect of an object and has more energetic qualities like moving, ascending, expanding, heat, bright, progressing and active. On the other hand YIN is has less energetic qualities such as stillness, descending, cold, darkness.

Duality is found in many belief systems but Yin and Yang are parts of an Oneness. Yin and yang can be thought of as complementary (rather than opposing) forces that interact to form a dynamic system in which the whole is greater than the assembled parts. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, (for instance shadow cannot exist without light). Either of the two major aspects may manifest more strongly in a particular object, depending on the criterion of the observation. The yin yang shows a balance between two opposites with a portion of the opposite element in each section.

Written by : Mahbuba Hoque