Health Important Tips

I got an e- mail about health from my good friend again, I found it interesting when practising and wanted to distribute it.
1. Answer the phone by left ear.
2. Do not drink coffee twice a day.
3. Do not take pills with cool water.
4. Do not have huge meals after 5 pm.
6. Reduce the amount of oily food you consume.
7. Drink more water in the morning and less at night.
8. Keep your distance from hand phone chargers.
9. Do not use head phone/ear phone for long period of time
10. Best sleeping time is from 10 pm at night to 6 am in the morning
11. Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping
12. When the battery is down to the last grid/bar do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1,000 times
Hope that this lesson will be advantage to you guys. Chavalvut

How to stay long

Again, I got an interesting lesson about health from e-mail. I'd like to share it. They are as following:-
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That's why you pay them.
2. Keep cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. [Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches]
3. Keep learning. Learn more about computer,crafts, gardening, and whatever. Never let the brain get idle. An idle mind is the devil's workshop. And the devil's name is Alzheimer's
4. Enjoy the simple things
5. Laugh often, long and loud until you gasp for breath. And if you have a friend who make you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with him/her.
6. Surround yourself with what you love. Whether it's family pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, or whatever. Make a spot your refuge. Keep good relationship with God.
7. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us in our entire life, is yourself. Live while you are alive.
8. Cherish your health. If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, Get Help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county, to a foreign country, but not to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them at every opportunity.
These are for your reminder. But don't froget the whole criteria, healthy food, air for fresh breathing, positive thinking[good mood], appropriate exercises, and having sex [if you can]. You have learnt all of these before. I can not do some of them some times. Chavalvut.

Out of work

Today is my first day being out of work after 2 years at Agricultural Research and Development Agency. Now, I don't know the direction what I will do next. My ambition is still taking my time feasible and keep up with my brain. Blogspot is an alternative channel to share idea from my brain to the others. I am afraid that my idea will not be interesting. However, I wish there are some ones to follow my blogspot idea.
I have been in Agriculture for a long time. But I am not good in this scheme. I have just caught up with some information available for working. Now I know that the world is a part of the sun and is rich of many kinds of mineral. Long long time ago, these minerals had formed an organism and became lives afterward. Solar energy has some influence for lives. Without the sun, there wouldn't have been any life in this universal. My life, a part of this nature fact, was born, grew up and recently, deteriorated. One thing is doubted that why my time has gone too fast.
A pride of my old days is being loved by colleagues in the offices. No doubt that I loved them first and they would love me. Beside love, I adored, trust, and had faith in them.
This statement has no objective, I just write what I am thinking and will write again soon. Chavalvut

joy, a miraculous word

Anyone want to have enjoyable life. Joy means happiness. Either poor or rich can lead a joyful life. From a book, the main factor results this matter is the family. In case a good family, the spouse is good, joyful and lovely, home is like a heaven, but if the spouse is angry easily, hate, self-centered, how the home is like.
It is a risk to get married with someone. We just look at one thing before getting married and love each other. But we don't know about how we would be in the far future. What the spouse will be like when the time passes. Many ones are happy. Those are lucky. Most people get happiness and stress in different times, because a person has both good and bad views. Being in the family and getting stress is common. But getting stress easily almost everyday is unbearable.
I have just learnt some interesting article about this and wanted to distribute it. I don't want anyone to get hurt when getting married and the time passes. Your decision and luck will be together. Self discipline or self control could be the main criteria to prevent the family stress affair. Have you heard a person didnot mind to die? It is better than being alive with stress all the time. Try to cheer up, make practical joke, find some laughing. They are the elements of being joyful. Good luck to all. Chavalvut.

Health again, this time the content were from the daily newspaper and e-mail

I read Matichon, a Thai newspaper, this morning[October 19th], there was a front page column, there were 2 organizations, Sukhothaithamathiraj Unversity and the International Anti-Aging Institute[IAAI]. This column said that Thai people had to face the deterioration before the appropriate age because of some diseases and mental condition. Besides, we were in the unfavourable environment and food, too much fast food, starch, sugar and coffee by which these stuff released free radicals that resulted rapid old. Sleeping between 10pm-6am. was the best time because growth hormone was released for the body.
Medical Doctor Klisda Sirampuch from the Matichon's column offered 3 suggestions called 3H. They were
1. Healthy Weight. Ruducing starch, sugar, particularly from bread and cake. For sugar, the sweetened substances which was not natural were dangerous as being related to cancer infection.
2. Healthy Diet and Lifestyle. We should eat 5 handfuls of vegetable,and two fishes from Marine[Pla Too-looks similar to mackerel]
3. Healthy Mind. Practising meditation by deep breathing in, stopping for 4 seconds and then breathing out.
He also suggested that we should use 2 sides of our brain such as using both hands working. Making ourselves a little hungry,this could stimulate growth hormone and made us feeling happy. He also mentioned about 30 times sit up for exercise and a control of a cup of coffee a day. The warmer, the coffee, the increase, the caffeine. Caffeine was an important free radical.
The above content was from the papers. Remember that there are many suggestion about health and the recommendation are similar, nearly to each other. There are more recommendations which concern to health . One example is trying to practise good things everyday. There are 3 good practising, doing good, thinking good and looking good. Don't believe in one recommendation but if there are more and they are almost the same, we have to believe and practise some of them. Chavalvut

Prebiotics and Probiotics

A few days ago, I went to a shopping center's super market, there was a young lady demonstrated her prebiotic beverage and handed a leaflet on detail to me. Besides, I met an issue in Sansara [Reader Digest] about prebiotics in page 158 of October 2008 edition. Therefore this statement was interpreted from that leaflet on Inulin and above said San Sara.
If you have suffered from problems as following
- too often stomach upset
- functional disorder of excretory system
- disease sensitive infection, exhaustion, and allergy
- risk of cancer which caused from less vegetable and fruit eating
- unpleasant mouth and body odour
The same leaflet said that Dr. Elias Metchnikoff, Nobel Prize Biologist found that death and getting old were mostly from toxin accumulation in large intestine. The alarm of being sick could start from feeling imbalance. This was because of the increase of harmful micro-organism in large intestine.
Excrete waste should be in characters of floating, golden yellow, soft round with long fiber, and no smell. For those who didn't go to the toilet everyday, the waste would be fermented, released gas and might produce the free radical. Leaving it in a long time, the waste might be absorbed back to the blood vessel and caused intestine cancer and many diseases.
Facts. There were 400 strains of micro-organism which could be extended into million millions. The micro-organism in one person was 3 kilograms in weight. The micro-organism could be in 2 groups, probiotics, and harmful bacteria.
Probiotic bacteria. Bifidobacteria. This bacteria protected intestine wall that preventing toxin absorbing to the body organs. It also produced lactic acid and short-chain fatty acid. These two acid substances stopped growth of harmful bacteria such as E. coli, Clostidium perfringens, Salmonella spp. Besides, Bifidobacteria contributed the producing of vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, Nicotinic acid, and Folic acid, and increased the efficiency of vitamins absorbtion.
Lactobacilli was the stimulant of the natural immunity to increase.
Balance of micro-organism in large intestine. Weakness and sickness might come from the imbalance of bacteria in intestine. Probiotic bacteria was less whereas the harmful bacteria was increased. When a person getting old, the number of Lactobacilli is still fixed but Bifidobacteria might decrease, resulted the immunity of the old people being weak and the excrete waste was black and bad smell. This might cause the risk of intestine cancer. The problems were:-
-taking the antibiotic medicine in a long time
-being stress in a long time
-too much eating sweet, animal meat, and fat
-always taking purgative pills
-intestine detoxification by saline water or coffee water.
-eating contaminated food.
However, these problems could be overcome by :-
-eating high fiber food for fibers[fruit, vegetable, brown rice, etc]
-reducing high protein and fat food[ some fishes should be OK]
-drinking 6-8 glasses of fresh water
-practising exercise everyday
Prebiotic was the indigestible food fiber in the digestive system but it was the probiotic bacterial nutrient which secured diet balance and good health. If you are interested in their product in the leaflet[Inulin], website is www.nutracare.in.th I am not concerned with them except reading about it in the leaflet distributed from a supermarket.

In nature, Prebiotic food were in our daily diet if we ate regular Thai Food. They were onion, banana, garlic plant and legume. Anna Denny from an English Nutritiion Foundation said that we could eat pre and probiotics together or nearly together such as Yoghurt with honey and banana.
These were my translation. As being a Thai, 63 years old man, I was not sure if this statement could be well understood. However, my ambition was for everyone finding it useful for the next days diet. Thanks for attention. Chavalvut.

went to see a doctor

Finally, I went to see a doctor to look at my fever which seemed never recover. He said that my internal throat was bruised and red. He prescribed a set of antibiotics, bruised relief pills, paracetamol, and antihistamine. my bill was charge about 1,500 baht or was equal to US.$44. I wonder why we can not win the microorganism naturally. However, I'll take the medicines as prescribed. I want to recover as soon as possible.
What happens if I have no money and can not go to the hospital which is expensive. My fever may be worse everyday and the germs will kill me afterward. This is why I have to provide a sum of money for my health care. I have not heard of any health insurance around here except the one connected with life insurance. Are there any health insurance in the well developed countries? I think, there are some.
I send my wish to the ones who read this statement for keeping away from any diseases. Make yourself strong by healthy food, exercises and think in the good ways for having good sleep. Good luck, everyone. Chavalvut

could not sleep at night

Last night, I got a fever and could not sleep. This had happened for 4-5 days and the night before I had a few bottles of beer, making me sleep less and felt sleepy in the day time yesterday. I tried to sleep by closing my eyes, deep and long breathing and put my mind in Breathing, breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out....... Then I fell to sleep a while and woke up. I did it again and had a short sleep until dawn. Certainly, bad headache remained but I tried to eliminate it by exercise and washing some cars. In the late morning, I accessed e- mail and felt sleepy, then, I had a few minutes nap and now I feel better. I don't want to see the doctor, just try to make myself stronger and let it recover naturally. Hope that tonight, the condition will be better but now the fever still remains.
I always find a hard time of sleeping less at night. I think the healthy people who sleep long hours are the happy and lucky people. I used to watch TV., do some walking as meditation[ think of walking steps, left step, right step,..... ] or walking outdoor, or reading when I could not sleep. I thought that when I could not sleep, my brain was full of thinkng and was not in rest. I tried to make my brain in peace and sleep again. Never take any sleeping pills but I did it when I was young for many years and found that it was dangerous.
In buddhism, the principle teaches us to rest our minds, put our mind in what we are doing. That means, idea is the main machine of the body to commit sin or do merit. The frustration and hatred are the main factors keeping you awake. But for me, I have been stressed for working hard, worrying, and serving too many people for many years. This has made me a short sleep at night. Now I tried to sleep early but I wake up after a few hours of sleeping
I think you are lucky you are able to sleep at night everyday. This is a wish of the people who could not sleep. What is more in your life if you can lead the normal life and have good sleep everydays. Chavalvut

Bumpy road to Chiangmai and other area

As I went to Chiangmai by car. I found that some parts of road to Chiangmai and back to Bangkok were destroyed in many area. The very bumpy roads were as far as some hundred kilometer. They started from Kampaengpet through Tak, Tern, and ended at Lampang and also on the way back. These rough roads made me think how the authority officers left them damaged for a long time and made the cars' wreckage.
In Bangkok and many provinces, there are water drainage tubes laying under the main roads which the round or rectangular caps or covers are lower or higher than the road surface. These different levels on the road surface shorten the working age of the car anti-bumping mechanic parts. I had these experience on Wipawadee, Gham-wongwan, and roads in Thonburi, Samutsakorn. There must be bumpy roads in other areas too. I don't know why they don't build the road by the same level smoothly, at which they are able to. The car spare parts business like to have this situation. Good money for them. I wonder if there are the same things in other countries, or just concentrate in Thailand, the land of smile.

Coming back from Chiangrai and Chiangmai

Chiangrai [September, 24-26th, 2008]
I had not been in Chiangrai for sometimes and then I was able to go there again. I stayed at Wiang Inn Hotel for 2 nights. The first night, I ate at the 24 hours roadside restuarant [boiled rice restuarant] in front of the hotel where I used to have fun drinking with friends until dawn quite a few times. The second night, I went to a Maekok riverside restuarant. I had good times bringing back my memory at both nights.
The first night after eating, I asked a young masseuse coming to my room for traditional massage and finding that a girl [Ar Ka Hilltribe] did an exellent massage to me. She said that she had first training in Chiangmai for one month at 3,000 baht. She had 5 years experience of this job. I paid 300 baht for her massage and 100 baht for a tip.
In Chiangrai, I went to attend the 10 anniversary of Mae Fa Luang University. The program was so grand and every one enjoyed their participation. Ceremony was started with the student procession to the HRH King's Mother[Mae Fa Luang] monument for paying respect and love. The procession was consist of the group of international flags, local senior citizens, and students. The senior people, administrators and university committees were participated in this respecting worship.
In the Hall, there were the ceremony of congratulated speeches of many VIPs, including the ambassadors and consuls of almost ten countries that donated or gave some assistantship to the univesity. The important part was the presenting of tokens to the outstanding students, lecturers for their works and researches and the people who contributed to the university success including some of the ambassadors. This was the one of impressive occasion.
In the afternoon, I joined a part of an international seminar for a while and then went to Mae Sai to tour the bordering market. I bought a short pant for home dressing. There were some boys selling viagra approaching me. I thougt they came from the otherside of the area. I teased them I was on duty officer, then more boys came to approach me. I had to shout them getting away. They must have something back up and were not afraid of me.
The plane price from Bangkok to Chiangrai and back[one economic and one business class] cost me about 9,700 baht or being equal to the salary of a first start bacheral degree government officer in Thailand. Things were expensive.

Chiangmai[ Sept. 27-29th]
After coming back from Chiangrai to Bangkok by plane, next day, 6.00am, I and my family and cousins, 5 adults and one small boy, went to Chiangmai by a Toyota Hilux Vigo double capped pick up car. This car was powered by 3,000 cc. diesel engine with 4 wheels drive. We stopped at the car rest areas 3 times on the road and 2 times on the way back. The fuel round trip was taken about 110-120 liters for approximately 1,500 km. It was not so bad comparing to the plane expense.
We arrived in Chiangmai at 2 pm. Starting the program with late lunch at Lamduan Restaurant for traditional curried noodle. Later, we went to a company out of town for my son's business. I drove the others to Chiangmai Orchid Hotel. This was one of my favourite hotel and it was by the shopping center. In the evening, we went to a popular local retuarant and two of my very close friends joined our dinner. We had a very good time discussing in many topics including life's fact in buddhist principle.
The next day was Sunday and offices closed. We, therefore, went for leisure to the hot spring tourist site in Sankampang. We enjoyed boiling eggs in hot spring for eating and someone took a foot bathe in the warm water stream. The temperature at the spring was 105 degree celcius, but at the stream, it was down to around 50 degree. We took a few pictures. Then, we went to the resturant there for lunch. There were small rain shower when we ate. At the end, we went back to the hotel for taking rest. Someones went to the shopping center for window shopping, hair dressing, and foot massage. I and my grand-nephew went to find some ice cream at KFC. In the evening, we went to my friend's home for home made dinner. It was so delicious as usual. I and this friend used to live together when we were young. Before going back to the hotel, we went to Night Bazaar for shopping. I and my grand nephew got each local made shirts. Others got the curtain fabrics and some souvenirs.
The last day before going back, my son and my wife went for their business with the bank and Land Department Office. I went to our small land to witness some people measuring the area. Everything was done before noon and we went to the road side local market for the last shopping of local food stuff and lunch. We left Chiangmai at 1.00 pm. and headed for Bangkok. On the way back, we were stopped by the policemen twice because of driving fast. My son drove all the way around 100-120kms/hour, but sometimes, it went to 125. We arrived at Bangkok around 8.30 pm. and had dinner at Thai E-san Restuarant near our home.

These two trips gave me some excitement after 2 years of retiring. I went back to the places where I used to go before. I thought that there must be other chances to come back again. My life should be looking forward to far distance and hope. I will not stay at home and do some house work. This world is still big enough for me to see. This is my ambition. Wish that everyone agree with me. Chavalvut.