Too close for comfort!



Sitting too close to your computer or leaning on towards the monitor can be harmful for your eyes.
It can lead to:
 
Neck, shoulder
pain due to
wrong posture
 
Back pain
 
Red, itchy or
watery eyes.
 
When you are working on your computer, ensure that you:

• Maintain a gap of 18-22 inches between yourself and the monitor
• Adopt the 90-90-90 ergonomic posture
• Exercise your eyes. Look at a distance, then look at an object closer to you.
    Repeat 10 times
• Follow the 20-20-20 rule. Don’t sit continuously at your desk. Get up, stretch your legs
• Do shoulder and neck exercises thrice a week
• Drink adequate amount of water

Practice good health at work. Be Aware.

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Go Green


It is World Soil Day today!

A healthy soil stores about 10% of the world’s carbon dioxide and reduces the risk of floods while protecting underground water supplies. It is integral to our ecosystem and directly impacts life. Without good soil, plants cannot survive, leading to conditions of drought and famine.

Did you know, it takes more than five hundred years to create just
two centimeters of top soil?

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Pass the Banana

Better than a gift given with a joyous heart


are sweet words spoken with a cheerful smile "









Pass the Banana

A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression 'going bananas' is from the effects of bananas on the brain. Read on:













Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!!

This is interesting.

After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.

















Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.



Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.



But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

















Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.



PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.



Anemia : High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.



Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

















Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school ( England ) were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.



Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.



Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey.. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

















Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.



Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.



Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

















Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.



Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.



Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a 'cooling' fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. InThailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

















Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood Enhancer tryptophan.



Smoking &Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.



Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.



Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!



Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!













So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe it's time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, 'A banana a day keeps the doctor away!'



PASS IT ON TO YOUR FRIENDS

PS: Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time! I will add one here; want a quick shine on our shoes?? Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and rub directly on the shoe...polish with dry cloth.

Amazing fruit !!!



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Ultimate Definition​s.......

CIGARETTE:


A pinch of tobacco

rolled in paper

with fire at one end

and a fool at the other!













MARRIAGE:

It's an agreement

wherein

a man loses his bachelor degree

and a woman gains her master













LECTURE:

An art of transmitting Information

from the notes of the lecturer

to the notes of students

without passing through the minds

of either









CONFERENCE:

The confusion of one man

multiplied by the

number present











COMPROMISE:

The art of dividing

a cake in such a way that

everybody believes

he got the biggest piece









TEARS:

The hydraulic force by which

masculine will power is

defeated by feminine water-power!

















CONFERENCE ROOM:

A place where everybody talks,

nobody listens

and everybody disagrees later on









ECSTASY:

A feeling when you feel

you are going to feel

a feeling

you have never felt before









CLASSIC:

A book

which people praise,

but never read











SMILE:

A curve

that can set

a lot of things straight!











OFFICE:

A place

where you can relax

after your strenuous

home life









YAWN:

The only time

when some married men

ever get to open

their mouth









ETC:

A sign

to make others believe

that you know

more than

you actually do









COMMITTEE:

Individuals

who can do

nothing individually

and sit to decide

that nothing can be done

together











EXPERIENCE:

The name

men give

to their

Mistakes









ATOM BOMB:

An invention

to bring an end

to all

inventions









PHILOSOPHER:

A fool

who torments himself

during life,

to be spoken of

when dead







DIPLOMAT:

A person

who tells you

to go to hell

in such a way

that you actually look forward

to the trip











OPPORTUNIST:

A person

who starts taking bath

if he

accidentally falls

into a river









OPTIMIST:

A person

who while falling

from EIFFEL TOWER

says in midway

"SEE I AM NOT INJURED YET!"









PESSIMIST:

A person

who says that

O is the last letter

in ZERO,

Instead of the first letter

in OPPORTUNITY









MISER:

A person

who lives poor

so that

he can die RICH!











FATHER:

A banker

provided by

nature









CRIMINAL:

A guy

no different

from the other,

unless he gets caught









BOSS:

Someone

who is early

when you are late

and late

when you are early









POLITICIAN:

One who

shakes your hand

before elections

and your Confidence

Later









DOCTOR:

A person

who kills

your ills



by pills,

and kills you

by his bills!

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Horror at Lonavala..real..must read

This happened about a month ago near Lonavala. A guy was driving from Bombay to Pune and decided not to take the new expressway as he wanted to see the scenery along the old road. The inevitable happened, when he reached the mountains. His car breaks down - he's stranded miles away from nowhere. Having no choice, he started walking along the side of the road, hoping to get a lift to the nearest town.


It was dark and rainy. And pretty soon he got wet and started shivering. The night rolled on, and no car passed

by.



Suddenly he sees a car coming towards him. It slows down and nearly stops next to him. Without waiting or thinking a bit , the guy opens the door and jumps into the rear of car which starts moving by then.... Seated in the back, he leans forward to thank the person who had saved him. To his horror, he realizes there is nobody behind the wheel!!!........ Even though there's no one in the front seat, and no sound of any engine, the car starts moving slowly. The guy looks at the road ahead and sees a curve coming. Scared almost to death. he starts to pray, begging the Lord for his life.



He hasn't come out of shock, when just before he hits a curve, a hand appears through the window and moves the wheel! The car negotiates the curve safely, and continues on the road to the next bend. The guy, now paralyzed in

terror, watches the same hand appearing every time they approach a curve and later moving the steering wheel just enough to get the car around each bend.



Finally, the guy sees some bright lights ahead. God!..... Gathering all his courage, he silently wrenches open the rear door of the slowly-moving car, scrambles out, and runs as hard as he can towards the lights. It's a small town.



He stumbles into a restuarant, and asks for a drink, and breaks down. Then he starts talking about the horrible experience he's just been through, to the people around.



There is dead silence in the restaurant when he stops talking ......... . .



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...... that's when Santa Singh and Banta Singh walk in.

Santa angrily points to the fellow and shouts 'Look Banta, that's the idiot who got into our car, when we were pushing it.'







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Our ATTITUDE determines our ALTITUDE

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