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Way too many people hate their jobs. Exactly how many is hard to say, but depending on which study you believe, somewhere between 20 percent and 40 percent of employees are miserable at work. And to a lot of people this is just the way things are. Once when I was in the U.S. to do a speech, a young man told me that, "Of course I hate my job -- that's why they pay me to do it." Many people still have the attitude that if you're enjoying work, you're not working hard enough, and that the only path to career success is to work long hours and sacrifice everything else in your life for a job that makes you miserable. Well, it turns out that not only is this kind of thinking completely wrong (studies show that people who like their jobs are actually more productive and successful at work) but it's also dangerous, because it can make you sick. Here are five ways hating your job can harm your health. 1: Hating your job can lower your immune system. It...

                                    The Top places where Microbes  lurk: cell phones, ATMs and more NaturalNews) Germs (meaning bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms) are everywhere - at home, in the office, on door handles or on the soles of shoes. Fortunately, about 99 percent of them are harmless. But the other one percent can lead to a potentially life-threatening infection at worst, or an annoying cold at best. Cellphones and other gadgets hide germs A recent study undertaken by the  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine  showed that hands and mobile phones were contaminated with bacteria, including the dangerous Escherichia coli. According to the study, it was found that one in six mobile phones in Britain is contaminated with fecal matter (E. coli), usually as a result of not washing hands properly after going to the toilet. Nigerians are not left out ...

Pesticides and Your Health One of the most insidious and harmful chemicals in our environment today is pesticides.  Pesticides go by a variety of names like insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and bactericides.  Anything that is designed to kill weeds, bugs, bacteria and fungus is a pesticide. This includes weed prevention, weed abatement, mosquito fogging, bug bombs, ant spray, mosquito spray, termicides, rodent control, flea and tick spray, lice treatments, bee and wasp spray, crop spraying etc. Most people are not even aware that they are exposed to these toxic substances on a daily basis and have no concept of the very harmful consequences they have on our health. They are unaware that they are a powerful neurotoxin, carcinogen and endocrine disruptor. Pesticides are found in almost every public place, such as the grocery store, schools, office buildings, hospitals, banks, golf courses, neighbors yard, highways, parks, on your food and often in your own house....

                                          Aflatoxin----Beware of toxic fungi in your food Walking through Nigerian market, one cannot miss the women winnowing, roasting, cooling and grinding groundnuts and simsim into a paste locally called odii. This delicacy is as old as time. But did you know that by the time this paste comes to your table, it could be contaminated with aflatoxins? Aflatoxins are highly- toxic, naturally occurring chemicals produced by fungi known as aspergillus flavus and are directly linked to liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma).  Aflatoxins mostly occur in oilseeds especially groundnuts, maize, soybean and cottonseeds. However, they may also be detected in milk, cheese, eggs and meat products because animals eat aflatoxin-contaminated feeds. “Exposure in Nigeria is high because we rely on some of these fungi-vulnerable foods as our stap...

The Benefits of Fasting Affecting our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects. Can the benefits of fasting really be so broad? Yes, they can, and they are. We are so much more than a physical body and fasting affects every part of our being. When we cease the over-indulgence that has become so common in our modern world, even for a short while, our lives and our priorities become clearer. Do these "short while"s occasionally, and you have a tool that will greatly add to your life. Fasting will: rest the digestive system allow for cleansing and detoxification of the body create a break in eating patterns, while shining a spotlight on them promote greater mental clarity cleanse and heal "stuck" emotional patterns lead to a feeling of physical lightness, increasing energy level promote an inner stillness, enhancing spiritual connection These benefits of fasting are not limited to just traditional fasts like  water  or  juice , bu...

T he Benefits of Water Therapy – Advantages of Drinking Water in the Morning Did You Know…that  drinking water in the morning immediately upon waking up  can have amazing therapeutic effects for a multitude of health conditions—ranging from  pain  to  asthma  to cancer ? This remarkable water therapy originates from ancient Ayurvedic medicine. In Sanskrit, the name for the practice is  Usha Paana Chikitsa , which roughly translates to “early morning water treatment.” Can Water Wash Away Disease? It has long been known that drinking water first thing in the morning on an empty stomach purifies the body’s internal system. An especially important result of this treatment is that it cleanses the colon, which makes the body much more able to absorb nutrients from food. This is achieved through the production of new blood, or  haematopaises . This fresh blood has an  immense restorative effect  in the body and can even cure exi...

                  HARMFUL CHEMICALS IN CIGARETTES         As smokers, we try not to think about the chemicals in cigarettes. Instead, we think about how  cigarettes help us cope  with the stress of daily life, how they calm us down when we're angry, help us relax at the end of a long day, comfort us when we're sad or lonely. Harmful chemicals in cigarettes? No, we do our best to avoid thinking about that. The truth of the matter is that smoking does the opposite of just about everything we give it credit for. While researchers are still working to uncover all of the hazards cigarettes present to human life, we do know that air tainted with cigarette smoke is dangerous for anyone who breathes it, smoker or not.When the chemicals in cigarettes are inhaled, they put our bodies into a state of physical stress by sending literally thousands of poisons, toxic metals and carcinogens coursing through our b...