วันพุธที่ 28 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2553

Online Barbie Dress up Games

The world of gaming has really undergone a phenomenal change. There was a time when developers sold computer games for a price and made sure that it had enough value to make the player buy the second game in line. But recently there has been a growing trend for subscription based games which require the gamer to keep playing and paying. Nonetheless the entertainment provided by online computer games remain unphased and hence people of all ages and from different walks of life are addicted to them.
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<br>There are different genres of computer games and each type of game has a special appeal to a particular sect of the society. From role playing games to amazing dress up and makeover games, the world of online games is seamless. One of the most popular games with teen girls has been the dress up and Barbie games. The Barbie doll and her friends have always been a little girl's favorite. So these online Barbie dress up games have given them an opportunity to discover some of the coolest and happiest ways of spending time with Barbie.
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<br>Barbie games as found on different websites all over the internet are simply amazing. In these games, Barbie is often dressed as one of the popular fairytale characters and you can style her hair, change her clothes and experiment around with different kinds of looks. Barbie dress up games are common and they are believed to be the best games for teenage girls. There are many websites that allow you to play these games online whereas you can also download free games like these from certain websites.
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<br>The unprecedented success of games involving Barbie, has urged game developers to bring in other characters into games to accompany her. In this internet gaming age, Barbie arcade games are an epitome of creativity, style and passion. These games give the players endless options for coming up with designs. The exciting world of Barbie games lets the players shop for her dresses, choose shoes to match the style and manage the color and style of Barbie's hair. There are new fashions and trends with each passing day as players on a shopping spree to get clothes and accessories for their favorite doll.
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<br>This genre of games has evolved over time to match the taste of the present day generation. Online games involving dress up have now become more specific and refined. Players can now choose and customize dresses according to various occasions and place like wedding ceremony, party and more. Game developers are adding more funky accessories almost every other day which can be used to complement the theme or style of clothing chosen by players. Whether it's a manicure session or a makeover for Barbie's Rapine wedding, these games continue to addict and be a favorite amongst girls and teenagers.
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<br>The virtual fashion worlds created by these online dress up games is truly enticing. The added advantage of the Barbie dress-up games is that it allows the child to experiment with as many combinations which in itself spurs the attributes of creativity and independent thinking in a child. Helping Barbie shine and be stunningly beautiful can be exciting and also can nurture the artistic instinct of your adolescent.
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<br>About the Author: Robert Warren is an expert author on web hosting, <a href=http://www.sheeparcade.com rel="nofollow">online games</a> and gaming gadgets
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วันอังคารที่ 27 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2553

Finding Easter Markets In Prague

<p class="articletext">If you are planning a Eastern Europe city break one of the most interesting and entertaining cities would probably be Prague. March offers many possibilities to spend a few days off in a cultural environment still rich in tradition. This year Easter comes quite early and exactly from 21-24 March so that X-Mas holiday memories are still fresh. <br />
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As Easter in Prague is a special time most of the city's attractions like opera house, theatres, pubs, restaurants and other entertainment operate every day are open throughout. In particular over the Easter weekend, whilst some shops and restaurants may be closed on Easter Monday. In any case, from the 8th until the 30th of March 2008 Prague features its famous and world attractive Easter Markets. <br />
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They open daily and offer many handcrafted goods, including wooden toys, traditional dolls and puppets, typical bohemian crystal and jewellery, and of course, everything related to the Easter Season. In fact, you won't miss the brightly coloured, hand-painted Easter eggs and the pastel-colour candles to bring to your friends or decorate your home. <br />
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It is possible to purchase Easter Egg and ask for personalized decorations on it. We got a nice bunny with a name of our friend on it. On Easter Sunday in particular, girls and women especially in the surrounding villages paint eggs in many personal variations. A mixture of watercolours, picture stickers, bee's wax, straw and/or feathers can be used. Prague also hosts an Easter egg contest annually where girls paint their Easter eggs whilst boys prepare their Easter whips for Easter Monday. <br />
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Visitors may see examples of these Easter whips in the Prague Markets that, as well as the Christmas Markets in Prague, spread their 100 and more stalls all over from the Old Town Square to Wenceslas Square. Czech ladies also dress up in traditional costumes and will be a perfect subject for your pictures!! For men following their wives felt a prey to Easter shopping, there will be a vast range of food and drink, from hot sausages to ice-cold Pilsner beer. <br />
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The official Prague beer! Although terribly unhealthy, tasty yummy barbecued sausages or roasting pigs and chips will probably be your treat!! There are many other attractions in Prague: the Jewish ghetto can represent also the religious Prague tour while there for Easter. Consider it's high season for Prague as the city is quite well renown for its Easter markets and it's the perfect period to go. So consider to find your accommodation in advance. In particular, there are multitudes of youth hostels spreading all over although not always their standards are comparable to the Europeans. <br />
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Nevertheless prices are very good and now they are all run by young people offering all comforts and services backpackers might need as internet connections, common rooms, kitchen. Some also offer swimming pool and sauna. But if you are travelling with family or in a small group you can also consider the comfort of having a private apartment in Prague to share: that can allow you total privacy and relevant costs cut off!</p>


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วันเสาร์ที่ 17 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2553

Upright Magnetic Bikes - Why Choose This Type Of Exercise Bike

<p>Why should any purchase an upright magnetic bike when the newer recumbent bikes are saturating the market at similar price ranges? This a question that many people ask, as they assume that when something new comes out it is somehow better than what was offered before. The fact is upright bikes may be one of the oldest forms of home exercise, but they are in no way inferior to the newer recumbent style frames. <p> In fact, many people still favor an upright magnetic resistance bike even after trying out a recumbent for awhile. The position of the recumbent bike may be a little more comfortable than most uprights, but they also are lower impact and do not offer as much toning benefit to the body. An upright bike will work not only your legs, but your core and upper body as well as you balance on top of the seat. <p> Upright magnetic exercise bikes are also much closer to the experience of riding an actual bike outdoors. There are even some models now that will allow you to ride in race position and some include race style handlebars to help with this. <p> In addition, this type of bike will deliver a great workout without taking up as much room in your home. The stretched out design of a recumbent bike requires extra space, but an upright bike is more compact and can be easily tucked into a corner or other less obvious spot in your home. <p> If you want the increased intensity of an upright bike but have physical or medical problems that require extra back support or less lower body strain, try the Stamina Magnetic Fusion 7200 Recumbent Bike. It is designed like a recumbent but the seat is up a little straighter so it mimics the upright bike position at the same time. <p> Semi-recumbent bikes are actually becoming more popular to combine the benefits of each type of frame for what may very well be the ultimate indoor biking experience ever. <p> If you do not specifically need a recumbent bike and have serious fitness or weight loss goals you are determined to meet, then an upright magnetic bike is going to deliver the smooth, quiet, yet effectively intense workouts that you need. They will take up less room in your home all the while offering all the features you can find on a recumbent without reducing the muscle-building tension that biking is supposed to create for your body. <p> Follow the links for <a href="http://www.homeexercisebikes.com/magnetic-upright-bike.php">magnetic upright exercise bikes</a>. You can also read the <a href="http://www.homeexercisebikes.com">best exercise bike</a> reviews on leading brands such as Ironman, New Balance, NordicTrack and <a href="http://www.homeexercisebikes.com/schwinn-exercise-bike.php">Schwinn exercise bikes</a>. <p> <p></p>

วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 15 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2553

6 Essential Tips to Need to Know to Achieve a Six Pack

Lost that washboard stomach? Envious of those guys with a rippling six-pack or those girls that model a bikini so well?
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<br>Truth is: Most guys and girls will never achieve that look...and 99% of those that try will fail.
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<br>Not because it's impossible. Not because they have the wrong metabolism, or bone structure. No, it's because they aren't equipped with the right knowledge and all attempts are doomed before they start. They're heading down the wrong road before they even started...time after time.
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<br>If you want to be that 1%. If you want to be the envy of your friends and the desire of the opposite sex then pay close attention to these 6 tips.
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<br>Tip 1 - Don't eat processed "health foods"
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<br>Most "health foods' are simply cleverly camouflaged junk food. They'll just give you a huge sugar rush that which will then turn into more belly fat. The diet and fitness industry are experts in marketing...don't fall for their lies.
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<br>Tip 2 - Eat a proper Diet
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<br>Maybe you think this is an obvious one. But do you know what eating right really means? I sure didn't until I found the right source of advice. Exercise is only half the battle of a six pack...the other (and probably more important) half is your diet.
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<br>You will never have a six pack while you have your abs are covered in fat. And exercise is not enough to get rid of that stubborn fat.
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<br>First and foremost you must eat plenty of vegetables. You have to cut down on your fat intake and eat smaller meals more regularly. Drink a good amount of water regularly throughout the day. And for your sweet tooth you can try some more fresh fruit.
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<br>Get your protein from lean meats (no fat), chicken (no skin), turkey, fish, eggs, milk, etc. Eat starchy carbohydrates such as brown rice, potatoes, oatmeal, high fibre cereals, etc rather than white rice, chips and pasta. And the most obvious...avoid all junk food (the upside is you'll look great!).
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<br>Tip 3 - The best exercise for a flat belly is not sit-ups or crunches
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<br>This sure surprised me. I used to spend ages doing crunches thinking it was helping. Crunches, sit-ups, and other usual ab exercises (including ab machines) are not the best method of getting a flat belly. Don't forget your stomach is a muscle much like any other muscle in your body. You don't do squats in 50+ rep sets for your legs, so don't do 50+ rep sets of sit-ups on your abs.
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<br>You'll get the best results come from resistance exercises. Aim to do 10-15 reps per set on your abdominals.
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<br>Tip 4 - Only train your abs 2-3 times a week
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<br>Your abs, like any other muscle, need rest between strenuous exercises. If you train more than 2-3 times a week on your abs you risk over training them. They need time to heal and grow.. Training causes damage to your muscles. They respond by getting bigger and stronger...but only if you give them time to heal.
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<br>Tip 5 - You cannot do isolated exercise to give you pinpointed fat lose
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<br>Annoyingly, the fat on your belly is the most stubborn fat of all on your body. That last ring below your belly button. Equally as annoying is you cannot isolate your fat loss. In other words you cannot train your stomach and hope to loose fat there. To loose fat on your stomach you need to loose fat everywhere.
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<br>Tip 6 - Pills and supplements or any gimmick ab machine is a waste of money
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<br>You don't need to waste your money on pills, potions or ab machines to get a flat belly. Most don't work and certainly no better than applying the right diet and exercise. I'm sure you know that the people in these ads didn't get their abs using the machines they're advertising.;-) But did you know that applying these 6 tips will still result in failure if you don't apply the right exercise? Most people think that cardio is the best way to a shed those unwanted pounds.
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<br>Unfortunately that's not right and helps explain why so many people still fail to achieve the look they've been dreaming of.
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<br>So if you don't want to be like the 99% of people that never reach the six pack goal, find out the best exercise for your abs. http://www.bestexerciseforabs.org
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<br>About the Author: I was used to being fit and looking great. But something strange happened when I hit 30...I put on weight. My six pack disappeared and I "filled out". I trained harder...but that didn't work. But then I decided to learn the secrets of fitness, diet and overall body fitness. http://www.bestexerciseforabs.org <a href="http://www.bestexerciseforabs.org" rel="nofollow">Best Exercise For Abs</a>
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วันอังคารที่ 13 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2553

Financing Solutions, Merchant Banking Services, And Business Support: Do You Know Why These Are Crucial To Your New Business?

Every new business needs financing Solutions, Merchant Banking Services, and business support. If you are just starting out in business, you will need to find the best services possible to help you start and to grow. Looking for solutions to your needs can be challenging when so many different options are available. Here are some tips for finding what you need.
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<br>Unlike large corporations, which tend to rely on merchant bankers for financing mergers or acquisitions, smaller new businesses use merchant banking services to help increase their revenue by providing payment processing services. Simply having the ability to accept credit cards or online payments can dramatically improve the financial standing of a small business. The financial advice that comes from a good merchant banker is also timely and welcome at this time.
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<br>When seeking out a good merchant banker for your business, you should consider your business industry, and then find the bank that offers the most for your industry. The banks do state their specialties, and often list specific services they offer for particular industries on their websites. You should find the best match for your business needs to get the most for your money.
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<br>Industry specializations that are common include retail stores, e-commerce merchants, restaurants, professional services such as doctors, dentists, and other health care professionals. Hotels and other lodgings, mail or phone order businesses, and services which take tips such as hair or nail salons are also considered separate industries. Because each industry has differing ways of doing business, each needs different ways to take payments and process them. And when these businesses are just starting out, or growing larger, they often will need some kind of financing to help them.
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<br>Any time a customer can use a point of sale terminal to pay with their credit or debit card, this increase the revenue potential for any merchant. Online retailers also need ways to accept transactions securely online. Merchant services generally will help businesses to find the best solutions for accepting payments, and they help their clients keep current with financial and business news related to new technology and products.
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<br>As your business grows, you will want to increase your range of payment processing capabilities. Checks and gift cards may be included as payment types that you accept. You can find merchants that will help you to add these valuable payment types while helping you to lower your overall costs of acceptance for them. You should expect your merchant to provide financial reporting for your options as well.
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<br>Some merchant services will assign one client manager for each business so that all accounts can be consolidated into one bank and managed personally. This service is appealing because it allows the business client to take advantage of the financial expertise of the merchant manager without necessarily impacting the business expenses associated with the service.
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<br>As your business prospers, you will be concerned with reducing risk and data security. From the very start, education in these areas is crucial for your business. The best merchant services provide ongoing education for business clients in their area to ensure that all types of financial transactions may be conducted safely. Some merchants offer educational links from their websites to various online seminars, news feeds, and data security alerts from the various credit card providers.
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<br>Financing solutions, Merchant Banking Services, and business support are the three key things you will need to help your business succeed. Your success will be partnered with their services closely. So it is important to look for merchants who will provide the best services you can find.
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วันศุกร์ที่ 9 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2553

Eye of the Buyer: When Rehabbing, Don’t Forget Curb Appeal

When renovating a house, my biggest problem has always been striking a balance between perfectionism and practicality. My propensity is to want every aspect of a project to be as close to ideal as possible, an especially challenging undertaking with older housing stock. To make matters worse, I sometimes focus too much on the aspects of construction that are unseen, at times unnecessary, and therefore unappreciated by potential buyers. As a contractor, I naturally have a tendency to want to concentrate primarily on the things that relate to structural integrity. But as an investor, I have had to learn not to underestimate the power of curb appeal.
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<br>Value is in the Eye of the Beholder: The average homebuyer does not necessarily value the improvements that contractors find important. Don't be too surprised if your buyer is not overly excited by your astute choices in sheeting and vapor barrier, or your wise selection of solid moulding instead of finger-joint, or that extra thick carpet padding . If you think you will use these to successfully justify your price point, you may be disappointed.
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<br>Image is Everything: The average homebuyer does value external appearance, and the perceived superiority of the home. A house may be superior structurally to every other house on the block, but if it does not appear that way, it may not be valued by the buyer. Curb appeal always seemed to me to be silly. Flowers, shrubs, plastic shutters -- we contractors know these are all meaningless compared to the "important" things like wiring size, stud spacing, and plumbing vents. Yet, the visible portions of the property are often what makes or breaks the sale.
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<br>Find a Balance: Do what's right, but don't go overboard. Be careful not to focus all your time and capital solely on the unseen aspects of a project. Make a concerted effort to direct some energy into areas that buyers appreciate. That may mean mowing that raggedy lawn, trimming the overgrown bushes, and shining up grimy windows. Or maybe the driveway and sidewalks could do with a good power-washing, or re-paving if they're cracked. Fresh paint can do wonders. Generally, take a survey of what may need to be repaired or replaced, such as mailboxes or door knockers. None of these fixes has to be particularly labor-intensive or expensive. But they can go a long way toward adding to the appeal of the property and increasing profit margin upon resale.
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<br>First impressions are important, and, when it comes to houses, curb appeal is the first impression. Of course you should focus on the structural integrity of the home, just don't neglect what buyers will see. If they don't like what they see on the outside, you're not likely to get them inside. Putting yourself in the potential buyer's shoes will give you a much needed perspective, one that will enable you to see through someone else's eyes: the eye of the buyer.
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<br>About the Author: Bob Kmosko has been a full time contractor /re-habber/ investor for over 25 years. His company, TK Homes, is focused on providing discounted wholesale properties to contractors and investors. If you are currently in the market for a wholesale property, or are considering purchasing one the in the future, log on to <a href="http://TKHomes.net" title="http://TKHomes.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://TKHomes.net</a> and let us know what you need!
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วันจันทร์ที่ 5 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2553

Reaction To Stress And Disease

<p class="articletext">Variations In Nutritional Requirements<br />
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Mild abnormalities may call for only a few dietary improvements, but serious illness, when stresses are piled upon stresses, causes the nutritional requirements of the entire body as well as of the pituitary and adrenal glands to be increased. Any deficiency becomes worse in proportion to the number, kind, and intensity of stresses. Often such large quantities of vitamin A are excreted in the urine that any amount stored is quickly exhausted. Severe stress also causes the "non-essential" amino acids-those normally made in the body-to become essential because the body cannot produce them rapidly enough. To meet such dietary demands is by no means easy.<br />
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How well each of us copes with stress depends on the adequacy of our diet both before and during the stress itself. Malnutrition has been compared to an ,iceberg, which is largely hidden until hit by the Titanic of stress; then its disastrous effects quickly become obvious.<br />
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The Antistress Factors<br />
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Certain vitamin-like substances called the antis tress factors are still unidentified but have a fantastically protective action against most types of stress, though not all. For example, when rats are given strychnine, sulfanilamide, promine, atabrine, stilbestrol, excessive thyroid, cortisone, or aspirin, all cause harmful effects that cannot be overcome by increased amounts of any known vitamin, mineral, or other nutrient. Yet the animals are completely protected if given foods supplying the antistress factors. These substances also prolong the survival time of rats exposed to x-rays; and wheat germ particularly causes a marked resistance in animals injected with various bacteria.<br />
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The antistress factors are found in liver, especially pork liver, wheat germ, some yeasts, kidneys, and soy flour from which the oil has not been removed. Another equally protective antistress factor, different from the one in liver, is found in the pulp of green leafy vegetables. Research indicates that ill persons should work as many of these foods as possible into their daily diets.<br />
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A symptom of an illness or even a disease itself is often nothing more than the body's reaction to stress. An adrenal hormone, desoxycortisone, or DOC, for example, often counterbalances the effect of cortisone, keeping it in check. DOC helps the body to fight infections and protects it by setting up an inflammation around bacteria and toxic substances, preventing them from spreading to surrounding tissues; thus is a boil or tubercular lesion walled off. This hormone causes blood and tissue fluids to be drawn to a damaged area and white blood cells and other defense mechanisms to be called in; although swelling, pain, and fever result, the remainder of the body is protected. Thus the reaction to stress, occurring during any inflammation, becomes the disease itself. <br />
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Arthritis, bursitis, colitis, nephritis, and allergies, among others, are spoken of as "stress diseases." Ii If so little cortisone can be produced that DOC is not held in check, the inflammation can get out of hand and continue year after year, as it does in arthritis, some allergies, and many diseases. On the other hand, if too little DOC can be produced or if cortisone is given as a medication, the body becomes susceptible to infections, inflammations, and damage from toxic substances. Another adrenal hormone, aldosterone, holds salt (sodium) and water in the body, thus preventing dehydration. When it is being produced in excessive amounts during the first two stages of stress, so much water may be retained that the hands, ankles, and eyes become puffy and too much potassium is lost in the urine. Such a condition can be the cause of high blood pressure and may become a major problem during certain types of kidney and heart disease. Restricting the salt intake at such a time causes aldosterone to be excreted and prevents the loss of potassium. Taking potassium to replace the urinary losses also rectifies this situation.<br />
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Adrenals exhausted from prolonged stress are unable to produce sufficient amounts of aldosterone; too much salt and water are lost from the body, the blood pressure usually falls below normal, dehydration occurs, and potassium is withdrawn from the cells. In this case salt (sodium) rather than potassium is needed. The salt intake, therefore, should be restricted during the "alarm reaction," moderate during the "stage of resistance," and high if the adrenals become exhausted. Rats under prolonged stress, allowed to select their own diet and offered separate nutrients-except .vitamin C which they synthesize-will particularly increase" their intake of salt and pantothenic acid.<br />
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There are times when ACTH or cortisone must be given, and each physician carefully weighs the many advantages against the disadvantages. Either sets up a condition analogous to the onset of stress accelerates the breakdown of body protein, prevents healing, or the synthesis of new proteins causes the thymus and lymph glands to atrophy, or shrivel, and water and salt to be held in the body. They decrease natural hormone production, inhibit the synthesis of antibodies and white blood cells needed to fight infections, and increase both the need for almost everybody requirement and the urinary loss of amino acids, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, and vitamin A, C, and all the B vitamins. Persons being given ACTH or cortisone often develop stomach ulcers and severe spontaneous bruising, nosebleeds, and hemorrhages; and if the sugar formed from the destruction of body proteins is not used for energy, it is changed into fat, which accounts for part of the gain ill weight when cortisone is taken. <br />
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Filling The Demands Of Stress<br />
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That adrenal exhaustion has become widespread is shown both by the millions of persons suffering from "stress diseases" and by the number of illnesses for which physicians now give cortisone. Yet the person deficient in pantothenic acid-which seems to be most of our population-receives the same benefit from taking the vitamin as from being given ACTH or cortisone and with no toxic effects.<br />
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A combination of vitamins give excellent results and believe should be obtained during every illness or severe stress, we might call the antistress formula. Because these vitamins dissolve in water, they are readily lost in the urine; hence greater improvement occurs when small amounts are taken frequently rather than larger quantities at one time. Vitamin B2 is essential for the synthesis of adrenal hormones, but if given alone, a vitamin-B6 deficiency is produced.</p>


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