Five Healthy Life Styles to Quality Life

1. Eat 3 times a day.
2. The last meal (dinner or supper) has to be taken at least 3 hours before you go to sleep.
3. Avoid junk food
4. Eat fruits as part of your meals but after 1 hour from the main course – not to bloat your stomach.
5. Avoid much sweets and chocolates. Although a portion of chocolate per day (0.5 ounces or so) are said to be good for one’s health.
6. Drink at least 1.5 to 2 liters of water (not juice, coffee of any other liquid) per day – this will help your kidneys function well and prolong their activity (and hence your life)

Cigarette Smoke Damage

Although most smokers are aware of the harmful effects of smoking, this may not be enough to overcome the reasons why they are smoking. A careful review of these reasons may help them come to the conclusion that it is time to quit.

How many people look back at the end of their lives and think "I'm sure glad I was a smoker" or "I really regret giving up smoking"? Now is the time to begin taking action and getting the help necessary to break this habit. You'll be glad you did.

Please note that it is extremely important to obtain an accurate diagnosis before trying to find a cure. Many diseases and conditions share common symptoms: if you treat yourself for the wrong illness or a specific symptom of a complex disease, you may delay legitimate treatment of a serious underlying problem. In other words, the greatest danger in self-treatment may be self-diagnosis. If you do not know what you really have, you can not treat it!

Knowing how difficult it is to weed out misinformation and piece together countless facts in order to see the "big picture", we now provide simple online access to The Analyst™. Used by doctors and patients alike, The Analyst™ is a computerized diagnostic tool that sits on a vast accumulation of knowledge and research. By combining thousands of connections between signs, symptoms, risk factors, conditions and treatments, The Analyst™ will help to build an accurate picture of your current health status, the risks you are running and courses of action (including appropriate lab testing) that should be considered. Full information is available here.


Smoking is associated with significantly increased overall morbidity and mortality. This was recognized early in the era of industrialized cigarette production and mass use. In the 1950s there were already reports linking cigarette smoking with the fast rise in the rate of lung cancer. Today, knowledge of the negative health consequences of smoking is widely recognized, but smoking still remains the number one cause of preventable death in developed countries.

Tobacco smoke is a dangerous substance with more than 500 known cancer-causing chemicals. Every time a smoker lights up he or she is being injured to some degree by inhaling these poisons.

Incidence
Lung cancer is presently the number one killer in both men and women; in the year 2000 some 300,000 people died from lung cancer in the United States alone.

Facts:
Among smokers aged 35 to 69, smoking accounts for a threefold increase in the death rate.
Approximately half of all regular smokers that begin smoking during adolescence will be killed by tobacco (WHO).
In 1985 it was estimated that more than one in every six deaths in the USA was the result of smoking.
Smokers have more acute and chronic illnesses than those who have never smoked, more bed-ridden days, and more days missed from school and work.
Smokers make greater use of inpatient and outpatient hospital services and lower use of preventive care services.
Of all cancer deaths in the US, 30% could be prevented if cigarette smoking were eliminated.

Cold beet soup

Ingredients:
2 boiled beets, coarsely grated, 2 medium cucumbers, cut into small cubes, 2 hard boiled eggs, 1 cup sour cream, 4 cups buttermilk, 1 cup boiled water, chilled10 sprigs of fresh dill, finely chopped, 1/2 cup finely chopped, green parts of scallions or chivessalt, fresh squeezed lemon juice, to adjust acidity if needed.

- mix buttermilk with sour cream and water; then add the beets, cucumbers and finely cut egg whites, stirr gently.

- take the egg yolks and mash them with 1/4 tsp. salt and scallions. This is done to release the onion flavor. Add the yolk mixture to the soup. Stirr.

- the soup should have a slightly acid taste, use 1 or 2 tsps. of fresh lemon juice to adjust acidity.- the finely cut dill is sprinkled on top of individual bowls, just before serving.

- this soup is eaten with hot boiled potatoes, and is a summer favorite.

Maintain a Healthy Weight

Excess body fat leads to health problems such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
Health professionals use a measurement called body mass index (BMI) to classify an adult's weight as healthy, overweight, or obese. BMI describes body weight relative to height and is correlated with total body fat content in most adults.

BMI range:
18.5-25 -- healthy range
25-30 - overweight
30 or higher -- obese

Having excess abdominal body fat is also a health risk. Men with a waist of more than 40 inches around and women with a waist of 35 inches or more are at risk for health problems.
To lose weight, you must eat less and move more. Your body needs to burn more calories than you take in.
Exercise improves heart function, lowers blood pressure and blood cholesterol, helps manage diabetes, and helps control weight.

Didzkuliai

Ingredients:

1 kg uncooked potatoes,

3 or 4 boiled potatoes,

ground beef,

milk curd or nushrooms.

Peel and grate the raw potatoes, then squeeze out the excess liquid from them through a cheesecloth. Let the starch settle to the bottom of the liquid, then pour the liquid off and add the starch back to the potatoes. Peel and mash the boiled potatoes, then add them to the grated ones. Add a dash of salt and knead the mass well. Then take approximately egg-sized pieces of this mixture and form into patties. Place spoonfuls of the previously prepared filling into the center of the patties. Most often such a filling is made from ground beef, milk curd or mushrooms with salt and spices. Close the patties aroubd the filling and form them into ovoid shapes. Then place the cepelinai in salted boiling water and cook for approximately 30 minutes. Cepelinai are eaten with bacon or melted sour cream and butter sauce. This dish is very filling, and was traditionally only served for guests or during heavy labor seasons.