Pass the Banana
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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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 Definitions.......
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
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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Monday, November 07, 2011
Be Entertaining
| Speeches should be entertaining and informative. I’m not saying we should act like a dancing monkey when giving a serious presentation. But unlike an e-mail or article, people expect some appeal to there emotions. Simply reciting dry facts without any passion or humor will make people less likely to pay attention. |
| Slow Down | Nervous and inexperienced speakers tend to talk way to fast. Consciously we have to slow our speech down and add pauses for emphasis. |
| Eye Contact | We need to match eye contact with everyone in the room. I’ve also heard from salespeople that we shouldn’t focus all our attention on the decision maker since secretaries and assistants in the room may hold persuasive sway over their boss. |
| 15 Word Summary | Can we summarize our idea in fifteen words? If not, lets rewrite it and try again. Speaking is an inefficient medium for communicating information, so we need to know what the important fifteen words are so they can be repeated. |
| Don’t Read | This one is a no brainer, but somehow Powerpoint makes people think they can get away with it. If we don’t know our speech without cues, that doesn’t just make you more distracting. It shows that we don’t really understand our message, a huge blow to any confidence the audience has in us. |
| Speeches can be Stories | If our presentation is going to be a longer one, we have to explain our points through short stories, quips and anecdotes. Great speakers know how to use a story to create an emotional connection between ideas for the audience. |
| Project Your Voice | Nothing is worse than a speaker we can’t hear. Even in the high-tech world of microphones and amplifiers, we need to be heard. Projecting our voice doesn’t mean yelling, rather standing up straight and letting our voice resonate on the air in our lungs rather than in the throat to produce a clearer sound. |
| Don’t Plan Gestures | Any gestures we use need to be an extension of our message and any emotions that message conveys. Planned gestures look false because they don’t match our other involuntary body cues. We are better off keeping our hands to our side. |
| “That’s a Good Question” | We can use statements like, “that’s a really good question,” or “I’m glad you asked me that,” to buy ourself a few moments to organize our response. Will the other people in the audience know we are using these filler sentences to reorder our thoughts? Probably not. And even if they do, it still makes the presentation more smooth than um’s and ah’s littering our answer. |
| Breathe In Not Out | Feeling the urge to use presentation killers like ‘um,’ ‘ah,’ or ‘you know’? We need to replace those with a pause taking a short breath in. The pause may seem a bit awkward, but the audience will barely notice it. |
| Come Early, Really Early | We should not fumble with powerpoint or hooking up a projector when people are waiting for us to speak. We should come early, scope out the room, run through our slideshow and make sure there won’t be any glitches. Preparation can do a lot to remove our speaking anxiety. |
| Get Practice | We should join Toastmasters and practice our speaking skills regularly in front of an audience. Not only is it a fun time, but it will make us more competent and confident when we need to approach the podium. |
| Don’t Apologize | Apologies are only useful if we have done something wrong. We should not use them to excuse incompetence or humble ourself in front of an audience. Don’t apologize for our nervousness or a lack of preparation time. Most audience members can’t detect your anxiety, so don’t draw attention to it. |
| Do Apologize if Wrong | It always buys the audience's faith and confidence for us when we clearly apologize for any wrong or incorrect information from our end. Never hesitate, just admit and proceed with confidence. |
| Put Yourself in Audience | When writing a speech, we should see it from the audiences perspective. What might they not understand? What might seem boring? Use WIIFM (What’s In It For Me) to guide us. |
| Have Fun | Sounds impossible? With a little practice we can inject our passion for a subject into our presentations. Enthusiasm is contagious. |
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