How to live a healthier life

4 Dec 2008 In: Health & Fitness

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The era of globalization makes it more difficult day by day to to stay healthy. The pollution, the bad foods are just some of the factors that stop us from living healthier. Here are some things worth taking into consideration if you want to improve your life quality.

1) Reduce the time you spend in front of the computer or watching TV. These two activities hurt your eyes in time. Still, if you must work at the computer for a long period of time (like 6 to 8 hours per day), use special protective glasses. This way, you protect your eyes and feel less tired.
2) If you haven’t achieved it yet, give up smoking. There is no secret that there’s nothing healthy about cigarettes, and it really doesn’t matter the type. Some people believe that light cigarettes are less harmful than normal ones. This is totally wrong. Truth is that light cigarettes are in fact more harmful than normal ones due to the extra additives that make them so light. So stop hurting your lungs, your heart and your whole body with smoking. Give it up today.
3) Take junk food out of your nutrition. Not only that it gets you fat, but it hurts your body as well. Junk food provides stomach hurts and face problems such as acne.
4) Spice…down your life. Spicy foods might be tasty, but they’re not healthy at all. Try to reduce them as much as possible.
5) Lose the soda-drinks. Yes, they are refreshing and tasty, but they have a huge amount of sugar and chemical components. Soda drinks increase your chances of suffering from diabetes and becoming over weight. Also, they provide damages for the stomach, in time.
6) Drink more water. Water hydrates your whole body, it keeps you fresh and makes your skin look younger.
7) Walk as much as possible. When you have short distances to cross, walk. Walking decreases considerably the chances of having a heart attack and it tonifies your muscles, especially for your legs.
8 ) Ride a bicycle. More and more citizens of the world, mainly Europeans have started to go to work by riding their bikes. Not only this helps your body a lot but it also helps you protect the planet by reducing the gas emissions coming from your car. So riding a bike keeps both you and the planet healthy.
9) Plant flowers in your garden, or decorate your apartment with decorative plants. Plants release oxygen and also they make the place look nicer. They are very good air refreshers.
10) Eat chocolate. Chocolate contains some special ingredients which, as scientist discovered, make you happy. Because a healthy life begins with happiness.

Top Movies You MUST See

2 Dec 2008 In: Facing The World

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When we were little we used to just love stories. We spent all day long playing and waited to the evenings for our parents to tell us once again the fascinating stories we were so much in love with. As grown ups, we continue to love stories as well. And we find them either in the books we read by ourselves, or in the movies we see. The art of cinematograply is an extremely wide area, and there are millions and millions of stories just waiting to be discovered. Out of all of them, there really are some classical ones you just have to see.
1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) starring Audrey Hepburn – Won 2 Oscars. Also has another 6 wins & 7 nominations.
2. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel - Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations
3. Gone With the Wind (1939) starring Vivien Leigh - Won 8 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations
4. The Sound of Music (1965) starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer –Won 5 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 10 nominations
5. West Side Story (1961) starring Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer - Won 10 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 6 nominations.
6. Twelve Angry Men (1957) Starring Henry Fonda - Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 6 nominations
7. The Godfather (1972) Starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino - Won 3 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 17 nominations
8. Pulp Fiction (1994) Starring Uma Thurman and John Travolta - Won Oscar. Another 43 wins & 40 nominations
9. Casablanca (1942) Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman - Won 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 6 nominations
10. Star Wars (1977) Starring Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill - Won 6 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 18 nominations
11. Psycho (1960) Starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh - Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations
12. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins - Won 5 Oscars. Another 39 wins & 27 nominations
13. American Beauty (1999) Starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening and Mena Suvari - Won 5 Oscars. Another 83 wins & 74 nominations
14. A Clockwork Orange (1971) Starring Malcolm McDowell and Patrick Magee - Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 12 nominations
15. Alien (1979) starring Sigourney Weaver - Won Oscar. Another 11 wins & 18 nominations
16. Forrest Gump (1994) starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright - Won 6 Oscars. Another 32 wins & 38 nominations
17. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet - Won Oscar. Another 36 wins & 50 nominations
18. The Pianist (2002) starring Adrien Brody - Won 3 Oscars. Another 43 wins & 42 nominations
19. Saving Private Ryan (1998) starring Tom Hanks and Tom Sizemore - Won 5 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 53 nominations.
20. Requiem for a Dream (2000) starring Jared Leto and Jennifer Connelly - Nominated for Oscar. Another 20 wins & 34 nominations.
21. Sin City (2005) starring Jessica Alba - 14 wins & 29 nominations.
22. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) starring Robert De Niro and James Woods - Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 11 wins & 3 nominations.
23. Braveheart (1995) starring Mel Gibson and James Robinson - Won 5 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 20 nominations.
24. Ladri di biciclette (1948) starring Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola - Nominated for Oscar. Another 16 wins
25. The Dark Knight (2008) starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger - 2 wins & 3 nominations

16 Reasons Why You Should Get a Dog

24 Nov 2008 In: Facing The World

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1. You need a friend. Everybody needs a friend. A friend can’t hurt. And, we all know that the dog is men’s best friend.
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It’s cool to…

20 Nov 2008 In: Personal Improvement, The Real You
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1. Ride a bike instead of driving.
2. Wear funny clothes and feel extraordinary.
3. Spend some days in the country side.
4. Visit your relatives.
5. Bring flowers to your mom.
6. Wear funny t-shorts.
7. Watch your favorite sitcom for a whole day.
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Everybody is different; therefore, we react different to different actions. And still, there are certain sayings that upset ort women and so, one must never say them. Here they are:
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Tips to Improve Your Love Life

15 Nov 2008 In: Dating Tips, Girl Talk

love lifeBeing in a relationship can be seen like a big gift. We grow up, we fall in love, we decide to stay together and wait for happily ever after to happen. But love and happiness don’t just happen to you. You must know how to deal with your emotions in order to build a healthy relationship.
Here are some tips that will help you in improving your love life.

1) Learn how to trust your partner. Most relationships break before they even get to a significant point, and that’s mainly because of the lack of trust between the two people involved in the relationship. No body wants to share their life with someone why shows no trust.

2) Don’t fight over money. If you’re having financial problems, try to find a solution by sharing both your opinions. If one of you is a spender and the other is a keeper, try to find a balance between the two of you. Money come and go, they’re not a good reason to have a fight for.
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Before You Say Yes

15 Oct 2008 In: Girl Talk

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Ladies, you’ve been dreaming your whole life to take this step, and you want to make it all as perfect as can be. But before you make a life decision, take a close look at a few important things…
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11 Things That Show You a Girl Likes You

13 Oct 2008 In: Dating Tips

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Stop wasting precious time wondering whether she’s into you or not. Look for the hot spots that show you when a girl likes you.

1. She pronounces your name so much that it doesn’t sound like your name anymore. Sounds familiar? Maybe you’ve never seen it this way, but when a girl over reacts in saying your name, weather she’s talking with you or with someone else, she totally has a crush on you. This means that you are always on her mind and no matter what she does, she can’t stop thinking of you.

2. She always wants to look good when you’re around. That’s why she carries a mirror everywhere, she checks on her hairstyle every 5 minutes, she puts on lipstick every 10 minutes and she always wears perfume. Maybe too much sometimes.

3. She’s always there. Even if you go shopping, jogging or out for a drink, she somehow is always there. She’ll make it look like a coincidence over and over again but don’t fall for it. She likes you and she wants to spend as much time as possible around you.
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You see things; and you say “Why?” But I dream things that never were; and I say “Why not?” — George Bernard Shaw

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This is an inspirational quote about weight loss. And it refers to constructing an image of yourself as the person you want to be. George Bernand Shaw sees that people often look into their lives and find things that are not exactly as they wanted it to be. And then they instinctively ask themselves why does this happen. These are the ordinary people.
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Hope for never losing hope

9 Apr 2008 In: The Real You

We judge of man’s wisdom by his hope. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hope for never losing hope

We all have rainy days in our life.

By rainy days we mean to the non-meteorological rainy days when we run down the streets by having a heavy rainy cloud above our heads. We know the feeling so well. Sometimes we’re just a little low while some other times we’re so depressed and it makes us feel like we lost all ways to believe in ourselves. We lost hope. But when did we get in here?
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