Tequeños or Cheese Fingers
The finger, cheese finger, cheese stick, cheese roll or tequeño is a culinary preparation that consists of a dough of fried wheat flour, filled with white or feta cheese, among other fillings.
**INGREDIENTS**
2 cups of wheat flour
Salt to taste, pinch
2 butter spoons
1 egg
1 cup warm water
**PREPARATION**
In a bowl add the flour and salt, butter and the egg, mix well, add the water little by little, knead until the dough does not stick to your hands, correct with flour or water. You take the dough out of the bowl and in a counter you finish kneading it. Let it rest for 15 minutes. You roll the dough and cut into strips to spirally wrap strips of cheese, fries and when gilding serve.
This dough is used to make stuffed dumplings, ground meat, chicken or whatever you have to fill.
Enjoy.
Homemade Meat Sausage
This sausage is usually seen on our Sunday grills or on certain occasions as a filling for our arepas, in the same way it is also present in the preparation of our grains giving it a different and improved flavor.
INGREDIENTS
1 kg of coarse ground pork
250 gr of bacon without coarse ground leather
Salt, parsley, pepper, cumin, sweet pepper
Milk to cook the sausages and water.
PREPARATION
Gather all the ingredients, except the milk and the water.
Knead the meat and salt to taste, until everything is mixed, then fill the casings loosely to avoid bursting, once you fill them, tie them together with the size you want the pieces, from the size of a lemon to a little larger, it is your taste.
In a pot place enough water to cook the chorizo string and for this amount of meat I recommend half a liter of milk in the water, milk-water that only covers the string, over medium heat for 30 minutes, then let cool in the liquid and you take out the string, drain it, you can put it to dry in the sun for a while and if you want to smoke you put it near a stove, it is optional.
The gut. You can get it in the market, or slaughterhouses, another option is the synthetic one they sell or the plastic one. Better the animal, (bovine, pig or sheep) if you have the animal, when you buy it, you wash it outside and inside, turn it like a stocking for internal washing, put it to soak in a brine and ready to fill, You cut the spout off a PET bottle to make a small funnel. If you smoke it it can be at room temperature, if not, you keep it in the fridge.
Beer, is it really healthy?
Do you have doubts about the virtues of the queen of the summer days? There are data showing that beer is not fattening (it provides few calories and does not contain fat), and that its moderate consumption has health benefits.
Beer is a fermented drink, with a low alcohol content (between 4º and 7º), made with natural ingredients -water, barley, yeast and hops-, and which also contains numerous nutrients, such as B vitamins (especially folic acid) ), minerals (magnesium, potassium, silicon, calcium), polyphenols and fiber, among others.
Since its discovery, beer has served as wages, food supplement, offering to the gods and object of commerce to numerous civilizations and, despite having been pointed out as the culprit of the so-called "beer belly", its caloric content is actually low –About 45 kcal per 100 ml–, and it does not contain fats. Even more so if we bet on non-alcoholic beers, or even craft beers, which you can make yourself at home without preservatives or additives.
Since when do we drink beer?
This refreshing drink, much more palatable when the heat hits, has centuries of history, and around 6,000 years ago it was already taken by the Sumerians who, at first, used it for medicinal purposes. Later its consumption spread to Egypt, where it became the national drink, and from there to other countries in the Mediterranean basin. The Egyptians, in addition, introduced some modifications in its elaboration, including new ingredients and making its flavor more pleasant.
What is botulism?
Botulism causes symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, and body paralysis. Consuming vacuum-packed food that has not undergone sterilization protocols is a risk factor for contracting the disease.
Do you know how to identify a food capable of transmitting botulism? Do you know the bacteria that is causing the disease? This microorganism can appear in any type of food, be it of animal or vegetable origin, but for its growth and proliferation it needs the lack of oxygen.
Symptoms such as double vision, nausea, vomiting, or weakness accompanied by generalized paralysis are indicative of an infection caused by the Clostridium botulinum bacteria. Canned foods are responsible for almost all of the outbreaks.
About Botulism Bacteria: Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium botulinum is a microorganism that is classified within the obligatory anaerobic bacteria, since in addition to not needing oxygen to carry out its metabolic processes, the existence of it kills them. It means that they are forced to live with low concentrations of the gas.
Clostridium botulinum has a characteristic rod shape, and another trait that distinguishes it from many bacteria is its ability to generate spores. This form of subsistence allows it to remain in a dormant state for long periods, and activate when the environment is adequate for its growth and proliferation.
The microorganism has a variable resistance to oxygen. However, various studies maintain and agree that it never grows in atmospheres containing more than 10% of the gas.
What makes it dangerous?
Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxin produced by this microorganism, which acts on the myoneural layer of the human body. Thus, it prevents the correct path of the nervous impulse. Its mechanism of action can be collected in three different phases:
The toxin's hydrogens chain binds to receptors on the neuron's presynaptic membrane. In other words, it concentrates its action on the human nervous system.
The toxin penetrates the neuron by an active mechanism similar to that of endocytosis. The neuronal cell admits the entrance absorbing the molecule.
Inside the neuron, the toxin interferes with the release of acetylcholine. As there is not enough of it, the union between the nerve and the muscle does not fulfill the task of indicating the contraction of the fibers when necessary or when an order is sent from the brain.
In conclusion, botulinum toxin, by preventing the release of acetylcholine from the neuron, makes it impossible to excite the muscles. The end result will be a lack of tone and contraction.
Types of botulism
The botulinum toxin will be, then, the cause of the pathology that we know as botulism. There are three basic and different types of Clostridium botulinum infection:
For food: especially through preserves, in which the bacteria grows thanks to the lack of oxygen, impregnating the toxin in the food.
In wounds: due to the production of the toxin in contaminated skin lesions.
Infantile: due to the ingestion of spores and the subsequent proliferation of bacteria in the infant's intestine. The group of greatest risk is that of children under 2 years of age, and this is one of the reasons why it is recommended not to incorporate foods such as honey until they are older.
Botulism symptoms
Botulism is expressed in different ways, but its symptoms do not usually go unnoticed. Among these are the following:
Weakness with paralysis on both sides of the body.
Abdominal colic.
Difficulty speaking and swallowing.
Respiratory problems.
Nausea and vomiting
Decreased alertness.
After all, the toxin prevents muscle movement, with all the systemic failures that this entails. Therefore, if not treated in time, the patient's prognosis can be fatal.
Diagnosis and treatment
To identify the bacteria, analyzes of the gastric and fecal contents of the patient are performed, and these look for the presence of the botulinum toxin. Once the poisoning has been identified, the primary treatment is based on immediate respiratory assistance.
Then, an antitoxin is applied to reverse the potentially life-threatening effects. The patient usually remains intubated for a variable time for the administration of liquids, in cases in which he does not recover the ability to swallow soon.
The prognosis is positive as long as the disease is quickly identified and life support is provided to the patient. The availability of the antitoxin and the trace of the cases that may arise among acquaintances, relatives, friends or neighbors who have consumed the same contaminated food is also essential.
What to remember about botulism?
Knowing the mechanisms of action of this bacterium and the symptoms of the disease is important, but the essential thing is to know how to prevent it. For this, various food control protocols have been established for canned foods.
By subjecting the packages to a temperature of 121 ° C for the established time, it should be enough to kill bacteria and spores. Botulism prevention depends, to a large extent, on the compliance of the food industry and home manufacturing.
How to prepare a homemade mayonnaise without eggs
This incredible homemade mayonnaise recipe is designed for those who are intolerant to eggs or who simply do not want it to be in the ingredients.
I assure you that it will be delicious, you can keep it in the fridge for up to two weeks. A timely recipe to prepare at home on these days of confinement.
Ingredients:
1 glass of olive or sunflower oil.
1 glass of milk.
Salt and pepper
Juice of ½ lemon.
preparation:
The first thing you should do is pour the glass of milk into the mixer, add the olive or sunflower oil. It is important that you do it this way, since milk is denser than oil, and it is important that it stays down.
At the end of the first step, you should start mixing both ingredients, at full power for 15 seconds. With this trick you will ensure that the mayonnaise is not cut.
After 15 seconds, begin to make movements for a minute with the mixer up and down so that the mayonnaise begins to curdle. After the minute, remove from the mixer and add a pinch of salt to your liking, a touch of pepper and the juice of a lemon.
With the help of a spoon, you begin to mix the added ingredients with the mixture and that's it! Your mayonnaise is finished, if you want it a little thicker, add a little more oil in a fine thread while constantly stirring with the spoon.
6 common mistakes when making a cake
It is no secret to anyone that in these moments of confinement, every day we become addicted to sweets and biscuits, but sometimes the result is not as expected, and here are some of the reasons why it may not turn out as you wish.
Not correctly calculating the proportions of the ingredients
There are many cupcake recipes, but the most basic one has a very easy to remember recipe. "It's the so-called four quarters, a quarter of each of the four ingredients," says Betina Montagne, who was part of the triad of judges at Bake Off, the pastry contest that Mediaset issued last year. In other words, to get a 1 kilo piece, we will use 250 grams of sugar, and the same amount of flour, egg (4 eggs) and butter. It has no loss. And as always, that they are of good quality will guarantee a good result.
Another fundamental requirement before we get our hands on the dough is that the ingredients are tempered, "an egg fresh from the fridge, which is 0 to 4 degrees does not serve us," says the pastry chef.
That the butter does not have the temperature and the percentage of fat necessary
Whipping the butter is the first step in making a sponge cake. We must have it at about 22 degrees Cº, the ideal room temperature before starting to beat it for 5 minutes until it is fluffy. We can mount it with manual rods or with an electric mixer at medium speed. "It is very important that we do it well because when we inject air it will double or triple its size and in those alveoli that appear, the flour, sugar and egg will enter and they will be able to emulsify," says Betina Montagne. For you to read well, the proportion of fat that butter must have is 82-85%, "the normal supermarket butter". Betina is not in favor of replacing it with margarine "because butter melts at 25 degrees and the human body discards it more easily than margarine, which melts at a higher temperature."
Add sugar very fast
Once the butter is well beaten, it is time to incorporate the 250 grams of sugar. The secret? "Sprinkle it in the form of rain so that it can penetrate the air voids," says the pastry chef who owns Wonder Cookies, a 200-meter space where craft delicacies without preservatives come out. We must emulsify the sugar for 7 minutes with the butter until it mixes well. We can do it with electric rods but also manual ones. "I tell my students in the workshop to work with their arms, or is it that if there is no mixer you are no longer a pastry chef?" Jokes Betina with her sweet singing voice. She comes from a family where gastronomy was always present, and also her aunts and mother were very good pastry chefs.
Mix eggs all at once at low speed
Egg is the natural emulsifier that will unite fat with solids. It must be at 18-20 ºC so that it can emulsify well. The 4 eggs, which are better to be of size M, should not enter the bowl where we are making the cake at the same time, but one by one. "Every time we put one, we mix it at low speed but immediately we increase the speed of the shake because if we are afraid and we do it with little cane the emulsion can cut us", explains the energetic Betina, who, after going through a major New York workshop, has worked with Oriol Balaguer and has been a teacher in Espai Sucre.
We do not add the second egg until the first is well integrated, and so with the next, until finished. "The egg will prepare the mixture for the entrance of the flour." Final texture must be satin and shiny, it is a cream without lumps. Bright, yellow sponges.
Put yeast if it is not necessary or choose the one that is not convenient
If we use wheat flour and emulsify the mixture well, "it is not necessary to add chemical yeast or baking soda to make our cake because the dough will rise on its own," says Betina Montagne. Now, if we have not thoroughly worked out our dough, we can use this resource taking into account that a yeast for bread is not the same as chemical or baking yeast, which does not need time to rest the dough (like bread) but that acts with the heat of the oven. "We are not making a bread dough that rises, develops gluten, rests and doubles in size, we are making a whipped dough," argues the pastry chef.
When is it strictly necessary to use chemical yeast or a substitute?
"When our cake has milk or yogurt it is essential to use 5 grams for every 120 grams of flour." We place it at the moment of adding the flour. For a one kilo sponge cake, a 125 gram yogurt works well for us. "We will put a tablespoon of yogurt and one of flour at the time of beating, until the liquid ends."
Not using the right mold
It may not seem like it to us, but the choice of the mold can make our cake not perfect. "If our cake does not contain chemical yeast, we should use a rectangular-shaped mold, the typical ones for making plumcake, so that it rises evenly and is spongy," explains Betina in detail. If we use a round one we can even cause the structure to break.
Once chosen, we must place a baking paper, (a reusable and non-polluting element) before introducing the dough or spraying with an anti-grease spray. Our expert does not like to cover it with butter and flour because we can have a thicker layer than we want to achieve, we increase the caloric content and we also waste material.
My presentation to the community
First of all, a cordial greeting to all the members of this community, my name is Jose Antonio and I am from Venezuela, a beautiful country located in South America, today devastated by bad policies and bad administration, but anyway, my purpose in this community is to know about other cultures and at the same time share our culture to the world and that at some point they can or dare to visit my country that has a variety of landscapes, flora and fauna unique in the world.
Our main attraction is the Salto Angel waterfall, being the highest waterfall in the world and with great tourist beauty.
Well I say goodbye with the intention of making new friends and learning about new cultures.
Causes of hair loss
It is impossible to deny that hair loss over time is something that worries everyone who constantly finds hair strands in the shower, on the pillow, and almost everywhere they go. This condition can be due to both bad habits and medical reasons, which go beyond basic hair care. Therefore, it is necessary to identify some of its main causes.
Stress
Anxiety and tension affect your body more than you think, as it can cause hair loss of up to ¾ - in extreme cases. This type of loss is easy to identify: when your hair falls out due to stress, it usually tends to fall full locks, while you comb your hair or apply shampoo. If this is your case, try to identify the cause and find something that can help reduce your stress levels.
Hormonal disorders
Changes in hormonal balance can cause you to notice that your hair no longer looks as healthy, strong and abundant as before. States such as pregnancy, lactation and even the use of medications such as the contraceptive pill, are closely related to hair loss. To confirm that this is something you are dealing with, it is best to consult your gynecologist, as well as the relevant analyzes to solve the problem. If the cause behind the fall of your hair strands is hormones, generally when a balance is achieved in this aspect, the hair grows again without any problem.
Thyroid problems
There is a close relationship between thyroid hormones and hair loss. The thyroid stimulates hair follicles and regulates hair cycles, in addition to balancing sebum production and helping to define the tone of your hair. By regulating such cycles, it is not surprising that women with diseases such as untreated hyperthyroidism tend to notice that they lose hair more frequently than usual. It is worth emphasizing that to confirm that this is the cause of your constant hair loss, you must confirm it with a specialist.
Strict diets
An unbalanced or very aggressive diet, usually causes the body to not obtain an adequate supply of nutrients, which directly affects hair loss. To achieve a healthy and strong mane, it is necessary that you ingest the correct amount of vitamin A, biotin, iron and protein.
Anemia
This disease can lead to hair loss, due to the decrease in hemoglobin levels, which prevents the delivery of oxygen to the tissues of the scalp effectively. As a consequence, the hair follicles stop receiving the necessary nutrients and as a result, the hair falls out.
Do cats also dream or have a nightmare?
Cats are one of the domestic animals that we can observe sleeping for a greater number of hours. Therefore, at least at some point in their rest, cats dream or have nightmares.
We will never be able to ask himself if he dreams or about what, but we can draw conclusions based on the characteristics of his dream.
When do cats dream?
If cats dream they would do so at a specific stage in their sleep cycle. This would be the one corresponding to deep sleep or REM phase or rapid eye movement. In this state the cat's body relaxes completely. We can notice it because many times he is lying on his side, stretched out completely. At this moment is when some signs appear that can make us think that he is immersed in a dream. Among them, we highlight the movement of the ears, legs or tail. The muscles of the mouth can also be activated with sucking movements and even vocalizations, purrs or sounds of different types. Another very characteristic movement is that of the eyes, which we appreciate moving under closed or half-open eyelids, while the rest of the body remains relaxed. In some cases, we may notice that the cat wakes up scared, as if he came back from a nightmare.
In any case, all these movements, therefore, are completely normal and physiological. They will be performed by all cats to a greater or lesser extent. They do not indicate any pathology nor do we have to intervene to wake up the cat. On the contrary, we must assure our feline companion places to rest, which must be comfortable, warm and sheltered, especially if several cats or animals of different species coexist in the home that can be disturbed and make rest difficult. We recommend you consult the following article to provide all the care for your cat: «Complete guide to caring for an adult cat».
What do cats dream of?
Both the possibility of cats dreaming and experiencing nightmares seems plausible according to scientific studies of brain function. Now, what they specifically dream about is more subject to our interpretation. Unfortunately, it is impossible to answer this question because, for now, there is no way of knowing what cats dream about. If you dream something, it probably won't be the same as the dreams that we humans experience, however, we insist, there are no studies that show what cats can be dreaming or if they really dream.
Do cats have nightmares?
In line with the above, it is impossible to know if cats have nightmares or any other type of sleep. Sometimes, as we said, we can see that our cat wakes up scared and we tend to believe that it may be due to a nightmare. However, this can be caused by something as simple as having perceived a sudden sound that we have not heard.
Real Madrid would end the season at the Atlético Stadium
Eleven days are missing for the current season of La Liga, which will resume its activities on June 11, come to an end.
Real Madrid would end the season playing at home in the stadium of one of their greatest sporting rivals, that is, in the Wanda Metropolitano, home of Atlético de Madrid.
During an act carried out in the capital of Spain before soccer in that country was resumed, Enrique Cerezo, president of Atlético de Madrid, surprised the press by assuring that there is all the will for his neighbors to occupy the aforementioned property .
And, at the moment, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid, is undergoing renovation works, so it cannot be used to host matches.
It should be noted that Emilio Butragueño, director of Institutional Relations for the merengue box, and Javier Tebas, president of La Liga, were also present at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid.
However, the Real Madrid manager did not say whether or not they will accept the good will shown by the Colchoneros. In the first instance, the whites would play their home games in the sports city where they train.
Eight benefits of the Jamaica flower
Hibiscus sabdariffa, Jamaican rose or also known as Abyssinian rose or Jamaican flower, is an herbaceous plant that can reach 3 to 5 meters in height. It is typical of dry subtropical climates, montane, thorny scrub. This is a plant native to Africa and has great medicinal properties.
Jamaica contains two colorful pigments: hibiscin and gossypitin, which are used as a natural base for colorful syrups and liqueurs. Jamaica Flower can be used for different medicinal purposes, which increase general organic well-being.
Here are some benefits of this flower:
It has large amounts of vitamins (A, C, B1 and E), and minerals such as iron, phosphorus and calcium. The vitamin C contained in the rose of Jamaica protects us from premature aging.
It is excellent to combat alcoholic hangover.
When taken in the form of tea, it relieves insomnia, flu-like processes and eruptive skin diseases.
One of the many properties that flor de jamaica has is that it helps to heal wounds that you may have in the gums.
Consuming some of the infusions regularly will allow you to be free of various inflammations, like the one that occurs in women when they are in their menstrual cycle.
Prevents and fights respiratory infections, anemia and fatigue.
It also cleanses the liver and kidneys.
In medical studies, 100% effectiveness of Jamaican flower water has been fully demonstrated in the preventive treatment of hypertension.
In addition, it lowers "bad" cholesterol by as much as 35%, and triglycerides by as much as 19% in 99% of people who had very high levels of such lipids and who consumed Flor de Jamaica water for a year.
How to know your dog's age through its teeth
Knowing the age of your dog is usually something simple, generally we take into account the years or months they already had when we acquired it and we started counting from there, but did you know that you can also know its age by its muzzle?
According to veterinarians, to calculate this parameter we must base ourselves on three factors: the wear of the pieces, the appearance of tartar and the loss of tooth holding, which generally happens when the animal is older.
It is important to note that the growth of permanent and milk teeth in small breed dogs occurs more slowly than in those dogs belonging to a larger species.
Between three and four weeks the so-called temporary growth canines arise, this being the first stage; For those between 10 and 15 years of age, the tusks must already show wear with a large amount of tartar and even the lack of some of them.
At MAscotas.com we recommend taking care before checking your dog's muzzle, as they do not usually like this. We also suggest you visit a veterinarian if you have any questions about your pet's dental health.
Why it is dangerous to self-medicate with ibuprofen
Ibuprofen is one of the most common household medications.
Many people use ibuprofen as a common medicine to relieve a headache or fever. However, its abuse can cause serious problems.
That is why it is important to avoid self-medication when we are not entirely sure what it is that we suffer from. In these cases it will be better to go to a doctor.
Ibuprofen is a double-edged sword. Although it is a very common medicine in homes, its use, or better said, its abuse can generate other health problems. The risk increases if other medications are being consumed.
Taking large doses of this medication increases the risk of heart attack, as well as other coronary problems. Those who use blood thinners and take ibuprofen may be at risk for heart attack and constant bleeding.
Avoid consuming ibuprofen if you are undergoing any medical treatment or if you take medications such as meloxicam, naproxen, ketorolac or even diclofenac, according to a study published by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The risk of having a stroke increases if your consumption is mixed with these medications. On the other hand, those who have liver or kidney problems should avoid consuming it, just like pregnant women.
According to the French National Medicines Agency, a minimum dose should be used for a short period, and discontinue use when pain passes. If in 3 days the fever has not stopped or in 5 the pain has not passed, its use should be discontinued.
In any case, before self-medication, for any discomfort or pain, it is necessary to go to a doctor to determine the causes and receive appropriate treatment. This way you can ensure that your well-being and health will not be affected.
Insomnia? What you must do to sleep through the night
Not all people are lucky enough to sleep well, without waking up all night long and for many it is a nightmare not being able to fall asleep, since, during the day, they feel tired, irritable, their performance decreases, They stress more, and if that were not enough, it is proven that sleeping poorly or fewer hours than they correspond accelerates the aging of the skin, therefore, in this note we tell you 5 very easy tricks to sleep straight through the night.
Sleeping well is essential for our health, both physically and emotionally, and there are two important factors to have a good rest: the hours we sleep and the quality of sleep, but this depends on the needs of each organism and especially how old we are. Well, according to a publication by the National Sleep Foundation, in the United States, not everyone needs to sleep the same number of hours:
A 0-3 month old baby should sleep 14-17 hours a day
From 4 to 11 months you should sleep 12 to 15 hours a day
Children from 1 to 2 years old need 11 to 14 hours of sleep a day
From 3 to 5 years old, children should sleep 10 to 13 hours a day
Children from 6 to 13 years old need approximately 9 to 11 hours of sleep
Teens ages 14-17 should sleep 8-10 hours
Young people between 18 and 25 years need to sleep 7 to 9 hours a day
In an adult stage, between 26 to 64 years, you should also sleep 7 to 9 hours a day
And adults over 65 need to get 7 to 8 hours of sleep a day.
Now that you know how many hours you should sleep, with these tricks you won't wake up all night!
Drink a banana infusion to help you relax and sleep like a baby:
This powerful drink is an excellent remedy to combat stress and have a restful sleep, since, the banana contains potassium and magnesium, essential ingredients for the relaxation of muscles, veins and lowering the level of cortisol, also known as the hormone of stress. In addition, it is rich in tryptophan, an amino acid that increases the production of serotonin, which is necessary to sleep well.
To prepare it you only need: a banana, a liter of water and if you prefer ½ tablespoon of cinnamon (I do add it because it favors digestion and blood circulation).
Once you have the ingredients ready, you must cut the ends of the banana without removing the peel, then add it in a pot with boiling water, once it breaks the boil, lower the flame of the stove and leave it to act for 10 minutes, after that time remove the pot from the stove, let it rest for another 10 minutes and then strain it, in the end add a pinch of cinnamon and 40 minutes before bed enjoy a delicious banana infusion, you will fall asleep.
Start sleeping on the left side:
On which side do you usually sleep normally? I was one of the people who had a hard time falling asleep until my mom passed me this wonderful tip and there is no night when I do not do it, because sleeping on the left side has these benefits: it stimulates blood flow, promotes digestion while you sleep and prevents reflux or heartburn, helps you wake up without feeling so tired, relieves back and neck pain. In addition, pregnant women should also sleep on this side to avoid stillbirth.
Use a pillow between your knees:
This trick is also one of my favorites because its effect is very fast and effective, when I do it it takes me between 5 and 10 minutes to fall asleep. By sleeping with a pillow between your legs you will release pressure and tension in the muscles of the lower back and hip, reduce stress, improve blood circulation in the legs and promote a restful sleep. In addition, sleeping in this way is highly recommended for those who suffer from low back pain, varicose veins or pain in sciatica.
Aromatherapy never fails:
Believe it or not, unconsciously the aroma of your room can make you feel uncomfortable and therefore you cannot fall asleep or rest the way you should. They say that the power of aromatherapy is incredible and that it is capable of defeating insomnia, I recommend that at night you light a candle with a scent of lavender or chamomile to relax your body and mind, this will allow you to sleep soundly without interruptions to have a restful sleep.
It is important that you extinguish the candles once you start to feel the effect of these scents, this will avoid any type of accident and you will sleep more peacefully.
Avoid sleeping at all costs with a stiff pillow:
When sleeping with a rigid pillow you run the risk of damaging your neck and it will be sore when you wake up, this is because when you rest, your pillow does not allow you to have an adequate angle when sleeping. The ideal is to have a pillow that provides good support to the head without being excessively soft, it must be soft, it does not accumulate heat and it is breathable.
A pillow can be chosen according to its material and the posture in which you sleep. These are the most recommended materials to sleep and rest well.
**Fiber:** They are comfortable, breathable and fresh, you can wash it without any problem to maintain proper hygiene while you are in the "arms of Morpheus".
**Latex:** They are soft and very pleasant, their composition ensures that they have adequate ventilation.
**Viscoelastic:** This type of material adapts perfectly to the shape of the head and is also heat-sensitive, that is, it provides perfect support to the head and therefore you will completely rest the cervical.
Now that you know the best tricks for sleeping straight through the night, apply them and fight insomnia today.
Where's Armageddon
Most of the world views this end time battle as some catastrophic event that will take place at the end of time. Christ is going to come back to the earth and defeat the Antichrist in this battle. Vernard Eller a retired college professor suggests selling tickets to this battle; it would bring in millions.
In Hebrew the term is Harmageddon and is known as Armageddon in several versions of the Bible. Harmageddon means mountain (or hill) of Megiddo or Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible reads Mount Megiddo. It is a battleground situated at the south rim of Esdraelon. Megiddo is a plain situated between two mountains. It was a place for many bloody battles throughout history. Not just biblical history but secular battles as well. Let's take a look at some of the Old Testament accounts on the battlefield.
The bible first mentions Megiddo where a king was defeated by Joshua. (Joshua 12:21).
Another war that took place near the waters of Megiddo that Deborah and Barak defeated the Canaanites. (Judges 5:19).
Gideon won over the Midianites on the plains of Megiddo. Judges 7.
Ahaziah died on Megiddo after being stabbed by Jehu's arrow. II Kings 9:27.
Megiddo is where the Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt killed King Josiah. II Kings 23:29-30.
Another battle during in the last few decades and in some of our readers' lifetime was fought there. In 1918 the allied forces under General Allenby entered northern Palestine, through the Megiddo pass to take it from the Turkish forces, after which the British commander was named Viscount Allenby of Megiddo. So it can be concluded that it is a battlefield used during bible times as well as during some of our life times. This is the verse below that most take this doctrine from.
And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the almighty. Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his garments, lest he walk about naked and men see his shame. And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called Harmageddon. Revelation 16:13-16.
Can we conclude there is going to be a great battle on the last day just from these few verses? Is there some doubt here to what this means? Does this actually make any sense at all? What are these frogs coming out of a beast and then out of a false prophet? Sounds like some movie in Hollywood. We may not know the answer to all the questions but if you consider who this was actually written for the truth will become clear.
This verse about Harmageddon is found in the highly symbolic book of Revelation. To try and make this verse something that will happen in our life time goes against the real message of the book of Revelation.
The Christians of Asia Minor were being severely persecuted by the Roman Empire and the whole book is based on the hope that they will have victory over their enemy and that their relief from persecution would come swiftly. Do you think these first century Christians were thinking of a war in Iraq while trying to persevere through the most trying of times?
I don't want to cover too much into about the book of Revelation as we will cover some on that later. But I must tell you of the when, the audience and why. The book of Revelation was written by the apostle John sometime in the latter part of the first century. John was exiled to the isle of Patmos because of his belief in Christ. Rev 1:9. Being exiled was the lesser of the punishments that Rome would inflict on Christians. He was made to work in the rock quarries and they were basically starved to death with little food, water and rest. However this book was meant to fall in the hands of the early Christians and more specifically the seven churches of Asia. They were the audience. They too were being persecuted for what they believed. Some were tortured and put to death in an inhumane manner. Nero an emperor in the middle to latter part of the century use to put animal skins on the privates of Christians so that the animals would attack them. Church historians say that even for some who were involved it was too much for them. This is the under what conditions. The book was written kind of like a code. The book of Revelation is very deep in the Old Testament roots and Hebrew. The purpose was to conceal and reveal to the intended audience. The Romans if they came across it would not understand because of the Hebrew roots. This is no different then other codes used in secular history.
The African slaves use to sing while working. Their masters must have thought they were very religious people. The songs they use to sing meant something to the others. Wade in the Water was one of them and there were many more. They sung about escaping slavery and traveling north to freedom. Unless I was the recipient of the message then I wouldn't understand. Since we weren't the actual recipients of the book of Revelation, it too would be and is hard to understand. Take a first century Christian and sing to him, Wade in the Water and see if they would understand. Show them a road sign on one of our major highways or tell them that someone has "road rage" and see if they would be quite perplexed. This is how Christians today are concerning the battle of Armageddon.
If there is no battle of Armageddon and it is totally symbolic then does it have any meaning at all? How do we go about figuring it out? One correct interpretation that no one can deny is, Whatever it meant to them (i.e. First Century Christians) is what the battle of Armageddon was or is or shall be, (W.B. West, Revelation Through First Century Glasses, [TN: Gospel Advocate], 109).
What was the message to first century Christians? Just like a battleground in Palestine it is a battleground in the heart. It is the war of and in the heart. It is not a physical war with guns and tankers. It is a spiritual emotional war. God shows us in the book of Revelation who is victorious. The church is victorious and is so prophesized by the prophet Daniel as well as Jesus saying the same thing about the kingdom. See Daniel 2:44 and also Matt 16:18. Jesus on trial says that his kingdom is not of this world. John 18:36. If Jesus kingdom is not of this world then why would anyone believe that the battle is of a physical nature? Additionally it isn't a question of who wins the war but rather how many Christian's God will take with him.
Christ foretold that some would fall away from the faith because of the persecutions. Their love would grow cold. Just read about the seven churches and their struggles in the first chapter of Revelation. The ones who stayed fought this battle of Armageddon everyday. Christians today fight the battle of Armageddon everyday, the battle between right and wrong. God's battle didn't have anything to do with a physical battle, but a spiritual one. II Cor 10:3-6. "Perhaps it suggests the place of decision," (James Burton Coffman, Revelation [TX: ACU Press], 367). This battle is much more stressful then a physical battle in which it's an emotional type of battle within the hearts and minds of Christians.
How to Make Cream Cheese at Home.
This cheese is a kind of spreadable white cream widely used in breakfasts and desserts throughout the Americas. Its preparation is very easy, come with me and I will show you how to prepare and flavor it with the ingredients that you like the most.
INGREDIENTS
1 liter of milk
2 to 3 tablespoons of lemon juice
salt and pepper (optional)
bacon to flavor, you can also use paprika, olives, etc (optional)
PREPARATION
In a saucepan over medium heat pour the milk, when it begins to boil, add the lemon juice and stir until the milk is cut into lumps, remove from the heat and let stand.
Then you separate the whey from the curd with a sieve. You can use a pot, place a pasta strainer on top and inside the strainer, put all the resulting mixture (as tight as you can) into a clean cotton cloth.
You should let the serum drain for about 2 hours.
Then in a container you pour curd and you can season with whatever you want: salt, pepper, bacon, etc., beating vigorously for a few minutes.
The resulting whey can be used to knead the arepas or as a base to make pancakes.
To the fridge and ready to spread it on a hot bun!
Rich and Divine Piñita Bread
These are some sweet buns covered in sugar to which we call pineapple bread, they really are very rich and easy to make I leave the recipe for you to make them and enjoy a great cup of coffee with milk.
INGREDIENTS
500 gr of Flour all use
250 ml of cold water
11 gr of instant dry yeast.
5 g of salt
125 gr sugar
30 gr of butter
10 gr of powdered milk
2 eggs
Aniseed
Vanilla
PREPARATION
Mix all the ingredients except the salt and the Anise. Mixes add the Salt. You knead very well, strong until the gluten is developed. Now you add the Anise granites. You water them on the table and knead them, so they gradually incorporate into the dough.
Cover with a cloth and leave to ferment for 1 hour.
You paint with a beaten egg and make a Cross Cut with foil and sprinkle with sugar.
You bake in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for 15 to 20 minutes.
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Our friendless society
Here's an important question to answer: right now, if you really needed some help, how many friends do you have that you could call who you know would immediately be there for you?
Still thinking?
This is not good!
You were not made to go it alone.
God created us for relationships with others.
Have you ever realized that four of the Ten Commandments deal with our relationship to God while the remaining six deal with our relationship to each other. All 10 are about relationships.
The most important relationship is a personal relationship with our heavenly Father through His Son Jesus Christ . But we are also supposed to be connected to others.
"Bowling Alone "is the title of a popular book from a few years ago that talked about how we in the United States have become a nation of loners.
This is not good. Doctors tell us that loneliness is a major health problem. A Boston Globe story on the issue reported recently that people who are socially isolated like this but otherwise healthy are twice as likely to die as those who have friends. A similar study fund that isolated men are up to 25% more likely to die of all causes at any age versus non -isolated men. The odds for women are 33%.
George Callup's organization says Americans are among the loneliest people on earth, with more than a third saying they fell isolated and alone.
But George Gallup tells us something else, something he personally discovered that he says is "profoundly good news." Let me quote him:
"I want to report to you now on a trend that may be contributing to a transformation of America. You will not read about this trend in our daily newspapers or on television, yet it is a powerful undercurrent in our society that, I believe, gives us cause for encouragement about the future! This trend could be described as a sociological and spiritual phenomenon: Americans on a massive scale are rediscovering each other, and coming together regularly in small nourishing support groups, many with a spiritual dimension."
The news Gallup discovered is so profound that he has now basically retired from his survey company's day-to-day leadership and has devoted the remaining part of his life to the development and encouragement of small groups. George Gallup, in case you didn't know, is a devout Christian.
Small groups are all about relationships. And that's something that Jesus teaches in the Bible that we are to develop and nurture.
Jesus said our love for each other is to be our witness to the world.
There is nothing intimidating about a Christian small group. They're a lot like families. Think of them as a group of friends who meet regularly to support and encourage one another and to grow in knowledge of the Lord through Bible study, prayer and application.
For most, application means reaching out and helping others, beyond their immediate circule of friends. Many groups have regular outreach projects during the year. There is no shortage of needs. Working at a food pantry, babysitting for single Moms, mentoring school kids and visiting the sick in hospitals are just a few ideas.
Interpersonal relationships bring balance to life. And the best such relationships are when we make connect with others in a basic Christian community.
That's the small group.
If you were to count them all up, the New Testament has over 50 references to how Christians are to be connected in friendship and fellowship. Bible scholars call them the "one another" passages. For example, we're commanded to "love one another", to "pray for one another" and to "build up one another".
It's clear from the Bible that God wants us to be in regular, close fellowship with each other. But such relationships are often the first to be sacrificed to our busy schedules.
This doesn't make sense. For relationships, not wealth or prestige or the accumulation of material things, are what matters most in life.
Now listen. That is just plain wrong. That is sinful. And I say this on the authority of the Bible.
In Matthew 22:36-40. "Jesus said, 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart...soul...and mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and Prophets hang on these two commandments.' "
That's called the Great Commandment.
In Matthew 28:19-20. "Jesus said, 'Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.' "
That's called the Great Commission.
Both of those commandments emphasize relationships.
Here's the bottom line: You cannot be the mature believer God intend unless you get involved with people. You will stagnate. It is unbiblical not to be connected with others. Pastor Rick Warren in big Purpose Driven Life Book said it this way: "If you are too busy to be connected you are too busy."
Clearly, we must make friends a priority if we are going to be obedient to God.
This isn't just an idea. It's a command from jesus, who says we are to join together with others and be friends, loving and praying and supporing one another.
What are you waiting for? Join or start a small group today.
5 Important Considerations When Using A Training Collar
The basic dog training collar goes by many names, including choke collar, choke chain, training collar, correction collar and slip collar. These training collars are among the most popular and most commonly used tools with both amateur and professional dog trainers.
While a training collar is an effective tool, like any tool it must be used properly in order to be effective for you and safe for the dog. Among the most important considerations when using a training collar are:
How the collar fits the dog. It is essential that the training collar be properly fitted to the dog. A properly fitted training collar is easier to use and safer for the dog.
Putting the training collar on properly. There is a right way and a wrong way to fit a training collar, and putting it on wrong will make it both ineffective and potentially dangerous.
Using the collar properly. A training collar should be used as a sharp reminder to the dog, not as punishment. It is important that constant pressure be avoided when using a training collar.
The weight of the chain and the size of the links on the training collar. It is important that the weight of the chain be appropriate to the size and weight of the dog.
The placement of the collar on the dog. It is important to properly place the collar on the dog.
**The importance of a properly fitted training collar**
Determining if the training collar is the right size is relatively easy. The ideal size training collar should fit snugly, yet comfortably over the dog's head. It is important that the training collar not fit too tightly, but it should not be too loose either. A training collar that is too tight will be too hard to put on and off. On the other hand, a training collar that is too loose can accidentally fall off of the dog's head when it lowers its head.
It is also important to know that a training collar that is too long for the dog requires a great deal of finesse to use properly. A collar that is too long can still be used, but it will require more skill on the part of the handler.
**Properly sizing and measure the dog for a training collar**
It is best to measure the dog's neck with a tape measure, then add 2 to 3 inches to that measurement. So if your dog has a neck 12" in diameter, you would want to buy a training collar that is 14" in length. Chain slip collars are generally sized in two inch increments.
**Fitting the collar properly**
When fitting a training collar, the part of the chain which is connected to the leash should be on the top of the dog's neck. With this type of arrangement, the collar releases the instant the leash is loosened. Training collars work by making the collar tight and loose in a fast manner. Tightening the collar is the first part of the correction, and making it loose is the second part of the correction.
If the part of the training collar that is attached to the leash is not on the top of the dog's neck, the collar can still be made tight, but it will not release back to a loose state easily. This constant pressure on the dog's neck initiates a counter response on the part of the animal, and the dog will quickly learn to pull and strain against the leash.
Finally, it is important to purchase a training collar that is well made and strong. Buying a high quality training collar, slip collar or choke collar is vital to the safety of yourself and your dog.
If the worst happens, and your dog's training collar does break, it is important not to panic. Most dogs will be unaware that they have broken the collar, at least for a few minutes. In most cases, if you act as if the leash is still connected, you can probably get control of your dog back quickly.
When securing a loose dog, the best strategy is to make a quick slip lead by running the snap on the leash through its handle and then slipping it over the dog's head. It may not be the best arrangement, but it will certainly do in a pinch.
Chinese pancakes
Venezuelan Chinese Bread is one of those breads that when you taste it while you wait for the main course, you get out of control and want to eat more. Its sweet and smooth flavor, with its particular aroma, make it addictive and you can eat many servings without realizing it; the ideal is to spread butter while it is very hot. But in addition to accompanying a dish of Chinese cuisine, it is excellent for a snack with coffee with milk or hot chocolate. Their preparation is simple and eating them even easier.
INGREDIENTS
15 grams of fresh yeast.
80 grams of sugar (if you want it sweeter you can add up to 100 grams of sugar)
580 grams of wheat flour.
250 ml of warm water or warm milk.
6 g of salt.
2 eggs (separate the white from one egg and reserve it to paint the breads)
57 ml of vegetable oil.
Oven at 180 C
Cook time: 20 to 25 minutes.
PREPARATION
In a container, dissolve the yeast plus one teaspoon of sugar and one teaspoon of wheat flour in the water or warm milk (250 ml). Rest for 10 minutes for the yeast to rise. In a bowl mix the sugar, a yolk and the complete egg, the salt, the oil and the reserved mixture of the activated yeast, beat with a mixer or by hand. In another bowl, place the wheat flour and add the previous mixture, and add by hand until all the flour absorbs the liquid. Bring the mixture to a surface and knead for 10 to 15 minutes. Until the dough is manageable, Divide the dough into portions of approximately 40 grams. Crush each portion by hand and gather the edges bringing them to the center to form a bun or a ball. Bolt them in a circular motion with your hollow hand. Grease the mold. Place the dough balls from the center of the mold towards the periphery. Cover with plastic wrap and leave to ferment for an hour and a half (90 minutes).
Preheat oven to 180/190 degrees. Brush the buns with the egg white that you had reserved.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes depending on your oven.
Anemia and weight loss
There are multiple causes that can lead to anemia, as well as a multitude of causes that can also lead to weight loss. Furthermore, there is a relationship between anemia and weight loss.
There are multiple forms of anemia, each with different origins. This can happen temporarily, or can last over time, ranging from mild to severe.
Like every sign in our body, weight loss can be indicative of a multitude of pathologies, and it is important that they be ruled out and studied by healthcare professionals.
In this post you will be able to know everything you need to know about the relationship between anemia and weight loss.
What is anemia?
Anemia is defined as the presence of low hemoglobin levels in our red blood cells. Red blood cells are responsible for supplying oxygen, thanks to the fact that the hemoglobin they contain transport it to the rest of the body.
Hemoglobin is a protein rich in iron, to which oxygen binds to be transported. In addition, this substance is what gives our blood red color. Generally speaking, normal hemoglobin levels are:
Women: greater than 12 grams per deciliter.
Men: greater than 13 grams per deciliter
As you can see, anemia is a very common disease in which there is a deficient amount of hemoglobin. This can lead to our tissues and organs not having an adequate supply of oxygen, and hence the symptoms.
Symptoms of anemia
Apart from the fact that the symptoms that characterize anemia are characteristic of the different varieties, it should be known that the way in which anemia occurs depends on conditioning factors. These factors are:
Severity of anemia
Speed at which it occurs: The slower it is, the later the signs will appear.
Previous state of health: anemia is not the same in previously healthy people as in an oncology patient, for example.
Due to these factors, the symptoms caused by anemia are very nonspecific, that is, they vary greatly between each person and are not always repeated. The most characteristic symptoms are:
Fatigue and weakness
Difficulty breathing
Dizziness from hypotension
Palpitations or tachycardia: in very severe cases, intense chest pain, heart attack and danger of death may appear if not acted on time
Pale skin and mucosa with cold skin
Headache
Menstrual disturbances
Loss of libido: decreased sexual desire, especially in men
Gastrointestinal symptoms: lack of appetite, indigestion or nausea
How are anemia and weight loss related?
Knowing the symptoms that anemia causes, we can see that it can cause gastrointestinal involvement. Lack of appetite can cause significant weight loss, which in extreme cases worsens the state of health. Weight loss would be explained by the lack of absorption of the necessary nutrients for our body.
Also, just as anemia can lead to weight loss, there is a possibility that it could be the other way around: weight loss can lead to anemia. This is explained in the deficit of nutrients necessary for the normal functioning of red blood cells.
The main cause of anemia due to weight loss, by decreasing food intake, is the deficiency of vitamin B12, iron and folic acid, which are part of our red blood cells. https://read.cash/@raptorx1/vitamin-b12-and-its-health-benefits-e731a55d
Unfortunately, there are countless diseases that lead to weight loss from multiple causes, thus worsening the anemia situation. An example of this are intestinal diseases that prevent the absorption of vitamins and minerals and that end in pernicious or iron deficiency anemia.
Anemia and weight loss should be studied
There is a relationship between anemia and weight loss, but they do not have to go hand in hand. On numerous occasions, the appearance of these pathological processes are signs of other diseases, of which the cause must be ruled out. When there are signs of anemia or involuntary or excessive weight loss, detailed study by healthcare professionals is necessary.
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Does God Exist?
"I don't believe in God. I believe in something, just not in God".
When questioned about their belief in God, a lot people seem to have a very narrow view of what God is supposed to be, inextricably linked to organised religion. When they cannot reconcile that narrow view with their own belief system they state that they do not believe in God and therefore have no relationship with the divine. That relationship may still be desired, as it could bring security, unconditional love, support at times of need and a sense of belonging, but it would constitute a lie to oneself and can therefore not be maintained. Many who claim they are non-believers however, are still left with the feeling that there is something bigger than ourselves, something they would like to connect to at some level, just not within the traditional context of organised religion.
As I see it, there are many ways to approach the concept of God and organised religion is just one of them.
Organised religion generally poses the personal God, usually male, an omnipotent (all powerful) being who rules the world and who, by allowing human beings the freedom of choice, also allows the existence of His Antagonist, the Devil. This God wants His subjects to come to Him of their own free will, but when they don't, they will spend eternity in the flames of Hell. There is only one life and it must be lived by God's rules. Within Christianity, there are ways of purging sins, through confession and true repentance, in which case an officially assigned representative of God can grant you forgiveness and cleanse your soul. If you can not get access to such a representative of God before you die, tough luck, you die and go to Hell whether you are repentant or not. Up until very recently, the Catholic church did not allow stillborn babies into heaven, they had to stay in 'Limbo' for eternity because they were not baptised before death. ('Limbo' is a place just outside Heaven, away from Hell but also away from the presence of God.)
I personally believe that this is a very limited view of God. This God is not omnipotent; there seem to be enormous shortcomings to his power if he is incapable to grant forgiveness to a repenting soul, without an intervening human representative (e.g. priest) acting on his behalf. This God is not omnipresent (present everywhere at the same time) either: he is absent in Limbo, absent in Hell for eternity and absent until access has been granted through baptism, again performed by an officially assigned human representative. Choice is relative, here: 'you do as I say, or you will burn in Hell for eternity'. After death, this God refuses shelter to anyone who has not abided by his rules; the concept of forgiveness is pretty short lived. Access to heaven is, up to a certain point, simply luck of the draw. It is not granted on the basis of your contribution to the world as a caring, loving, non-judgemental human being, who is never afraid of helping out other people, and making right and just decisions, rather than ones driven by personal gain. This may play a part, but not the most important one. Access to heaven is gained mainly by baptism, worship on Sunday, by praying and reading your bible, by telling God you think he's great, you love him and can't live without him. So if you happen to be born in a place that has never heard of this God; if you die alone; if you cannot get access to one of those representatives before you die, who can grant forgiveness for your sins and cleanse your soul; if you die angry with God because you have been hurt and abused, you are not allowed to be with God. You go to Hell.
Life in this context is not a process of growing: it is a cruel and unfair test, with most people in this world seriously disadvantaged, or even incapable of passing, through circumstances beyond their control.
Organised religions are frameworks, encompassing theological theories about the nature of the divine, usually represented as absolute truths, and rules about approaching and incorporating the divine into one's life, usually predicting dire consequences if these rules are not adhered to. The most important thing to understand about organised religions is that they have to keep their institutions alive and as such it is within their best interest to stipulate worship through their facilities, using their people. The need to be needed in order to survive must prevail, because otherwise, they will cease to exist. That is why giving money to religious institutions, in collects or as gifts, is considered a divine duty, why one can only receive true salvation through the institutions and why members are ordered to keep coming back, every morning in the past, and now, as most congregations are waning, at least once a week. Institutions, at their best, do wonderful things. Through them, wonderful people help other people in wonderful ways. But they remain organisations whose belief structures and divine rules are coloured by a need to survive.
I believe that the problem many people seem to have with the concept of God could be due to a failure of organised religions to move with the times, theologically. Many individual representatives of the churches do not subscribe to the idea of hell as they used to, nor to the idea of God as a vengeful, punishing force. Many even acknowledge the possibility of a relationship with God outside the confounds of church and traditional worship, but in essence, the churches still put forward an imposing patriarchal society in all aspects of religious life: a personal male God, benevolent father, head of the household, prescribing a framework of morals and lifestyle rules and restrictions as well as regular worship within religious institutions. The feminine is still entirely absent from the divine. Mary has never been granted divinity; she may be the 'mother of God' but she is still considered human. The archangels are male; Jesus is male. Nobody in this divine family has ever had sex because sex, although quite necessary for the survival of the human race (we can not all achieve 'immaculate conceptions'), is still dirty and, at the heart of it, sinful. At the heart of most religious life is still worship, rather than love for one another in day to day life. Why would God care so much about being worshipped and thanked all the time? Does he have such a big ego?
Monotheism is the existence of a single omnipresent, omniscient (all knowing), omnipotent deity, or God. It is claimed that Christianity is monotheistic, but there are some problems with this claim. In practice we do not see an omnipotent and omnipresent God, as discussed earlier in this article. His omniscience is questionable also. Firstly, his perspective is limited by his sex: he is male and therefore lacks female perspective. (Although in the Old Testament this view of God as solely male is contradicted, e.g. Gen 5.1-2: ... When God created man, he made them in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.) Secondly, there are many occasions in the Old Testament where God asks questions in order to get answers, e.g Job 1.7 (To Satan:) "Whence have you come?" (God does not know where Satan came from) or: Gen 18.26: And the Lord said, "If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake." (God does not know how many righteous people live in Sodom). But even if we are to take the bible as written by fallible people, rather than God himself, it is still hard to sustain the notion that this God is truly monotheistic.
So why is this an issue at all? Well, it is an issue because there is an inherent contradiction in organised religion. We are told on the one hand that this God is omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient, but on the other hand, the entire frameworks prescribed to us by organised religions tell us that he is none of these things. The theology limits God's power, God's understanding, God's knowledge, God's reach. The fact is, that many people who claim they 'don't believe in God but believe in something' believe in God as something much more than that.
True monotheism, which Christianity claims to be but is not, encompasses a God that is truly omniscient, neither male nor female, and at the same time, both; a God that is truly omnipotent, who controls all and yet nothing because the world would run this way because there is no other way; a God that is omnipresent, who is all things and yet, nothing, because the very nature of being is already finite. This God is past, present and future, and all at the same time because this God is time and beyond time. This God is so all encompassing that we cannot escape it, no matter how 'bad' we are or how much we deny its existence. To deny this God would be to deny ourselves. This God does not need or demand worship, nor praise or prayer, because this God has no ego. Rather, we are the ones that need prayer, in order to connect back with what is true. Connecting to this God would mean connecting with what needs to be, to embrace life. Hell is merely an illusion, a state of denial, an absence, rather than an active force of being. Hell does not truly exists because God is omnipresent and therefore a place without God can not exist.
So in answer to the main question: does God exist, we might say this: the concept of God as an all-encompassing thing, or life itself in all shapes and forms, embraces any view of the world around us. There is no limit to what you can believe or disbelieve. We know so little and we are so little, in this world. One might say that angels and ghosts and fairies do not exist, because there is no 'real' proof. There is even less proof that they don't exist. One might say that reincarnation is just an inability to accept that when we're dead, that's it, we're really not that important. On the other hand, not believing it might just be an excuse not to learn what we need to learn, because if we don't, we will have to in the next life. The existential doubt of the existence of God has always struck me as slightly odd. The sun rises every day, doesn't it? You are breathing, aren't you? Do you deny the existence of the universe, just because we can not measure it, just because we do not understand?
So what about that relationship with God? How can you connect to all these things at the same time, and why would you bother if you don't believe in the grey man on the cloud?
Well, the answer is simple. You don't have a relationship with God for God, that would be ridiculous. You have a relationship with God or 'the divine' for you, in order to find a moment of peace and tranquillity and in order to feel connected and in control in a very demanding, stressful world. Addressing God in those brief moments does not automatically mean you believe God is a man on a cloud. You could pray, you could talk to God when no one can hear you, write a letter to God, do yoga, meditate, take some quiet time of contemplation. You won't be lying to yourself. You can have your theological cake and eat it. And at its best, maybe that is what organised religion manages to offer to some of us: an almostm tangible relationship with something that is ultimately beyond definition.
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Fun Dog Activities
All dog breeds (www.dog-breed-facts.com/index.html) were developed for a purpose. Some breeds were developed to herd sheep, some to hunt game, and some to pull sleds. Dogs, like humans, enjoy having a purpose in life. Dogs like to lead a structured life and be able to associate with their owners in activities and be given the opportunity to please their owner. The following is a short list of fun activities that you may want to consider for your dog.
Dog Agility is a sport in which a handler must control and direct his dog around an obstacle course within a set period of time. Dogs must be controlled off-leash using only voice and body language commands. The handler runs beside the dog and directs the dog through the obstacle course with precision and speed - trying to accumulate the minimum number of faults (both missed obstacles and time faults). Obstacles include: A-frames, elevated dog walks, teeter-totters, tunnels, jumps (such as hurdles and tires), weave poles (like a slalom), pause tables (where the dog must lie down for a fixed time), and other obstacles. In order to be fair, there are usually classes of competition to group dogs of similar size and experience. Therefore there will be several winners at a competition. Dogs and handlers need to be very well trained and seem to enjoy this sport immensely. There are a number of organizations involved in agility performance around the world who sanction clubs to allow them to host agility competitions. In the US, some of these organizations include: the American Kennel Club (AKC), the United Kennel Club (UKC), the United States Dog Agility Association, and the North American Dog Agility Council. Elsewhere in the world: the Kennel Club (in the UK), the Agility Association of Canada and the FCI (World Canine Organization) are all involved.
Obedience is a skill that ranges from mastering everyday commands that all dogs should know to competitive exercises that require significant training and aptitude to excel. You may start out teaching your puppy and young dog the basic obedience commands and find that you and your dog have an aptitude for obedience skills that you would like to take to a higher level. In competitive obedience the dog and handler team must perform prescribed activities off leash and in a carefully defined way. If the dog has the aptitude and training it will gain skills to allow it to advance through the ranks from Novice to Open (intermediate) to Utility (advanced) competitions. At each level the requirements become more difficult and the number of exercises to be performed get longer. Exercises are all done off leash using voice and body language commands and include such activities as: having the dog stay while you walk away; follow the handler in the heel position through complex patterns; come on command; sit and lie down for fixed periods of time while the handler is out of the dog's sight; retrieve items over a high jump; and find a scented object amongst a group of identical non-scented objects. Dogs can earn obedience titles in obedience championships. Purebred dogs can compete in obedience trials sanctioned by the AKC, while the UKC recognizes other purebred dog competitions. As well, there are mixed breed competitions sanctioned by the Mixed Breed Dog Club of America and other organizations. In Canada, the Canadian Kennel Club sanctions obedience trials and awards titles.
Lure coursing is a sport for sighthounds that involves chasing a manually or mechanically operated artificial lure across a field in a "coursing" pattern. The competition is usually restricted to pure-bred sighthounds including: Afghan Hounds, Basenjis, Borzois, Greyhounds, Ibizan Hounds, Irish Wolfhounds, Italian Greyhounds, Pharaoh Hounds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Salukis, Scottish Deerhounds, and Whippets. The operator keeps the lure or "prey" just in front of the chasing sighthounds until they have completed the course. The course must have a minimum number of turns and is usually 600 to 1000 yards long. The hounds love to play this sport and puppies can be introduced to the sport through lure coursing practice sessions. Competitions usually consist of two runs for each dog breed for dogs that have been pre-certified or qualified. In the US, the American Sighthound Field Association or the AKC can "certify" that dogs have been trained and are eligible to enter their sanctioned competitions. In Canada, the Canadian Kennel Club sanctions lure coursing but excludes the Italian Greyhound because they consider it a toy dog.
Tracking can be learned by all dog breeds (www.dog-breed-facts.com/index.html) because all dogs use their noses to identify things and explore the world. Training can be started as early as 10 to 12 weeks of age as all puppies love to use their noses to sniff out a trail. As with all training, positive rewards (treats, praise etc,) and re-enforcement work best. The AKC sanctions tracking tests and events in the US. This vigorous non-competitive outdoor sport allows dogs to demonstrate their ability to recognize and follow human scents. In Canada, the CKC sponsors tracking events and you can check their website for a list of nearby events.
Field Trials are regularly held for Basset Hounds, Beagles and Dachshunds to demonstrate their ability to find and track game. Similarily Field Trials and Hunting Trials are held almost every weekend across the country for: the Pointing Breeds, the Retrievers, and Spaniels to allow them to compete and demonstrate their hunting abilities under a strict set of conditions. If you are an owner of a hunting dog puppy, you will want to look into many of the organized activities designed for your dog. Check out the AKC or CKC websites for a list of contacts and field trials in your area.
Other Fun Activites that you might wish to explore include flyball, frisbee, herding and drafting competitions.
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Great Danes - Their Origin And Temperament
The origin of Great Danes, like that of many other varieties of dogs, is so obscure that all researches have only resulted in speculative theories, but the undoubted antiquity of this dog is proved by the fact that representatives of a breed sufficiently similar to be considered his ancestors are found on some of the oldest Egyptian monuments.
A few years ago a controversy arose on the breed's proper designation, when the Germans claimed for it the title "Deutsche Dogge." Germany had several varieties of big dogs, such as the Hatzrude, Saufanger, Ulmer Dogge, and Rottweiler Metzgerhund; but contemporaneously with these there existed, as in other countries in Europe, another very big breed, but much nobler and more thoroughbred, known as Great Danes.
When after the war of 1870 national feeling was pulsating very strongly in the veins of reunited Germany, the German cynologists were on the lookout for a national dog, and for that purpose the Great Dane was re-christened "Deutsche Dogge," and elected as the champion of German Dogdom. For a long time all these breeds had, no doubt, been indiscriminately crossed.
The Great Dane was introduced into this country spasmodically some thirty-five years ago, when he was commonly referred to as the Boarhound, or the German Mastiff, and for a time the breed had to undergo a probationary period in the "Foreign Class" at dog shows, but it soon gained in public favour, and in the early 'eighties a Great Dane Club was formed, and the breed has since become one of the most popular of the larger dogs.
The Kennel Club has classed Great Danes amongst the Non-Sporting dogs, probably because with us he cannot find a quarry worthy of his mettle; but, for all that, he has the instincts and qualifications of a sporting dog, and he has proved himself particularly valuable for hunting big game in hot climates, which he stands very well.
Respecting the temperament of the Great Dane and his suitability as a companion writers have gone to extremes in praise and condemnation. In his favour it must be said that in natural intelligence he is surpassed by very few other dogs. He has a most imposing figure, and does not, like some other big breeds, slobber from his mouth, which is a particularly unpleasant peculiarity when a dog is kept in the house. On the other hand, it must be admitted that with almost the strength of a tiger he combines the excitability of a terrier, and no doubt a badly trained Great Dane is a very dangerous animal.
It is not sufficient to teach him in the haphazard way which might be successful in getting a small dog under control, but even as a companion he ought to be trained systematically, and, considering his marked intelligence, this is not difficult of accomplishment.
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10 Cat Care Guidelines
There area many common sense rules to follow when caring for your cat. These rules are simple and will ensure your cat will be healthy and happy.
**When your cat arrives at home:**
Bringing your new cat home can be frightening for it. Be prepared by having a food and water spot already set up. Also have a litter box setup in a quite spot away from the food. Your new cat should be transported in a cat carrier. When you bring the cat inside set the carrier down and open the door. Let the cat come out and explore on its own. Confining the cat to a quiet room for a day or two will make the experience less overwhelming.
**Going Outside:**
Before letting your cat outside for the first time be sure it is comfortable with you and its indoor surroundings. There are many dangers outside so let your cat have an escape route in case it needs it. My cat uses a cat door and it has save him a few times.
Judge the risk to letting your cat outdoors. If you live close to lots of traffic having an outdoor cat may not be a good idea.
**Litter Boxes:**
If you are using a cat box it should be cleaned daily. Clumping cat litter makes this easy. Simply scoop out the clumps and you're done. Put the litter box in a place where the cat will not be disturbed.
**Food and water:**
Your cat should always have a supply of fresh food and water. I prefer to use a heavy ceramic bowl to prevent the cat from pushing it or tipping them over.
The water bowl should be changed daily and food should be added to maintain a good supply.
My cat is now on a high quality dry food. I found feeding him can food was a waste. He generally left some behind at each meal regardless of the portion. At 15 I weaned him onto dry food only.
**Scratching Posts:**
Any cat is going to have the urge to scratch. The question is where is it going to do it? Best to have a scratching post that is safe and secure. Play with your cat on the post so it gets used to being allowed to scratch there. Rubbing a bit of cat nip on the scratching post will encourage your cat to scratch.
**Cat Toys:**
There are so many different cat toys on the market these days it is hard to choose a toy your cat will like. After much trial and error I determined my cat likes the string attached to the toy much better then the toy. Whenever I want to play I get a string, or better yet, my gold necklace (his favorite).
**Sleeping Places:**
A cat always needs a quiet, out of the way place to sleep the day away. A bed near a heater or furnace vent is ideal. In the winter most of the vents in my house have a cat bed near them. If you have small children make sure they can't disturb your cat when it sleeps
**Care for eyes and ears:**
When cats get a build up of discharge around the eye simply clean it with a damp cloth. A small amount of discharge is normal for a healthy cat but if there are excessive amount then consult a vet.
Regularly check your cats ears for dirt or ear mites. Any dirt can be removed with a damp Q-tip. If you spot small brown clumps of discharge you should consult your vet. This is a sign of ear mites.
**Care for the claws:**
If you have an outside cat, claw care is less important. Climbing trees, and other outdoor stuff helps to keep claws well maintained.
An inside cat has far less need for its claws. There is really no environment where your cat needs to use its claws. You should trim your cats claws once or twice a year. Clip the very tip of each claw. Taking any more then just the tip can hurt your cat. It is recommended that you have a vet show you how to clip their claws properly.
**Care of the mouth and teeth:**
As cats age their teeth start to get calcium build up which can cause gum inflammation. Check your cats mouth every 6 or 8 weeks. Find and remove and calcium build up before deposits get too large.
Caring for a cat is quite simple, common sense really. I believe that good food, fresh water, lots of love and exercise is best for a cat. By following these 10 simple guidelines your cat can live a long and healthy life.
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Spiritual Secrets of Concentration
For most of the time, we are barely aware of what it is all about, because there are so many projects, memories, words, and images that quickly chase through our brains, overlapping and intertwining in a totally free and chaotic way.
There are not many people who can decide to devote their attention exclusively to something, even if only for an hour, and then keep their thoughts on the road without getting confused or distracted.
There is right! We scatter and dissipate our mental energy all the time. Sometimes it is possible to focus a lot on the heat of the moment, perhaps when it is influenced by powerful emotions or an urgent need. But even then, you are giving in to the situation rather than controlling it.
This is not the kind of deliberate, calm and active concentration that Maria Duval wants to discuss with you here, the type that opens doors to success and achievement.
In this world, there are students who in two flat hours can produce jobs that their comrades would find difficult to achieve in four hours.
There are people who, when they have a problem to solve, think about it for fifteen minutes and come up with the answer.
There are attorneys or attorneys who only begin to study your case files an hour before attending a hearing.
There are surgeons who examine their patients for just ten minutes before performing an operation. And those who are capable, during the course of this operation, to modify their technique every time a new factor comes to light.
The truth is, these people perform well because they know how to focus their minds quickly and effectively. How do they manage to do this? That is what Maria Duval is about to explain briefly.
Concentration is the power to focus all your psychic forces on a single point at a time, without being distracted by any event or situation that occurs around you, says Maria Duval.
If you get a magnifying glass and let the sunlight shine through it, the light will focus to such an extent that it can burn many objects and burst into flames. Similarly, if you focus on one problem as hard as you can without being distracted, you will experience a flash of enlightenment. Therefore, using this technique, problems that get into the mind can be solved after a few minutes of concentration.
Concentration is the power that makes people great. If you want to be successful, do something worthwhile, and reach the top rungs of the social ladder, Maria Duval says it is important that you learn to channel your attention, your thoughts, your feelings, your desires, and your will by focusing them. to a single point like the rays of the sun.
People who become flyers in absolutely any field of human activity are people capable of concentrating their minds. Let Maria Duval explain the two main aspects of the concentration, so that we can better understand the mechanisms involved:
There is a type of concentration that involves regular practice sessions, performed at specific locations, times, and body postures, and possibly accompanied by certain breathing techniques;
The other type applies to life itself, as it happens, with its obvious repetition, but with all its variations and surprises as well.
Although they can be exercised independently, an esoteric law known as the law of complementarity in fact links these two types of concentration because these practices support and reinforce each other. Understanding and observing this phenomenon is one of the keys to success.
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Vitamin B12 and its health benefits
Providing the body with foods rich in vitamin B12 can make a big difference in the quality of life, since the benefits of Vitamin B12 have a positive impact on the health of our body, improving hearing, preventing anemia, improving the functioning of the immune system , in the regeneration of muscles among many other benefits that you can find in vitamin B12.
What is vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is part of the B vitamins complex. Like the other B vitamins, it is involved in energy metabolism and other related biological processes.
It is a nutrient that helps keep neurons and blood cells healthy. In addition, it contributes to the elaboration of DNA. It also prevents megaloblastic anemia, which causes tiredness and weakness in people.
Vitamin B12 is only present in foods of animal origin and is unique among vitamins because it contains the cobalt metal ion. For this reason, compounds with vitamin B12 activity are called cobalamin.
What is vitamin B12 for?
Vitamin B12 is responsible for maintaining the health of neurons, the brain and blood cells. A nutrient that, generally speaking, contributes to strengthening the nervous system and increasing concentration. Furthermore, it is essential for the formation of red blood cells, cellular metabolism, the metabolism of amino acids and the creation of DNA.
Vitamin B12 benefits
Vitamin B12 helps treat nerve problems and keep our body cells healthy. Its benefits are linked to its role in the performance of various body processes.
Vitamin B12 converts carbohydrates into glucose and this is what helps produce energy and has an impact on reducing fatigue in the body.
It also helps regulate the nervous system to decrease depression and stress.
It maintains the digestive system in optimal conditions. Vitamin B12 helps protect against cardiovascular problems and diseases by improving cholesterol levels in the body, it is beneficial against the dangers of stroke and high blood pressure.
Vitamin B12 improves the health of our skin by improving the appearance of brittle nails and hair. It helps in cell reproduction improving the appearance of the skin keeping it constantly renewed.
Vitamin B12 can help protect against various types of cancers.
Vitamin B12 is one of the nutrients responsible for reducing tiredness and fatigue and increasing energy.
Foods rich in vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is naturally present in a wide variety of foods of animal origin and in certain foods fortified with added vitamin B12. Plant-based foods do not contain vitamin B12 unless they are fortified. To obtain the recommended amounts of vitamin B12, you must consume various foods such as:
**Eggs**
If you like to eat cooked, poached, or scrambled eggs, your body will enjoy the absorption of the various vitamins and minerals housed in the white interior and in the yolk of the egg. Eggs provide the body with riboflavin, folic acid, vitamin D, protein and vitamin B12, which are essential in a healthy body.
**Salmon**
Like many varieties of fish, salmon is rich in omega 3 fats, selenium, vitamin D, and vitamin B12. If you are concerned about getting enough vitamin B12, salmon is a healthy addition to your diet. A 100 gram serving contains more than 300% of the amount of vitamin B12 that the average person should consume per day.
What happens if I don't get enough vitamin B12?
Vitamin B12 deficiency causes tiredness, weakness, constipation, loss of appetite, weight loss, and megaloblastic anemia. In addition, neurological problems such as numbness and tingling in the hands and feet may occur. Other symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency include balance problems, depression, confusion, dementia, poor memory, and inflammation of the mouth or tongue. Vitamin B12 deficiency can damage the nervous system, even in people without anemia. For this reason, it is important to treat a deficiency as soon as possible.
In babies, signs of a vitamin B12 deficiency include growth retardation, movement problems, delays in reaching typical developmental milestones, and megaloblastic anemia.
In short, vitamin B12 is one of the most necessary nutrients for our body. Its presence is very beneficial in guaranteeing that the body can perform fully. A diet rich in foods of animal origin will help us enjoy the necessary intake of this vitamin every day.
Benefits of consuming gelatin regularly
Gelatin is a food that never seems to go out of style. Mainly viewed as a dessert, it is an unsuspected source of various health benefits.
Regular consumption of gelatin can help to have better digestion, take care of the skin and bone health, among other benefits.
According to health experts, the benefits of gelatine are due to the fact that its main content is gelatin, a substance that provides collagen that is extracted from the skin of certain animals.
Collagen is a protein capable of providing complementary nutrients for the skin, nails, hair, bones and cartilage, helping them to be healthier.
Among the main health benefits of consuming gelatin frequently are:
**CONTROL THE WEIGHT**
Thanks to its fiber and protein content, gelatin helps you feel full, thus eliminating cravings for some sweet foods, thus avoiding eating what your body does not need. In addition, this food increases the production of growth hormone and stimulates your metabolism through nutrients and amino acids.
**BONES AND HEALTHY JOINTS**
In addition to the protein that gelatine contains, it also provides selenium, phosphorus and copper, which helps your bones stay strong and increase the bone mineral density of your body, thus ensuring that osteoporosis stays away for a long time. .
If we add the power of amino acids to this, you will reduce the inflammation that affects your joints, it will also help you with the development of cartilage, which makes your joints and bones strengthen.
**HEAL WOUNDS QUICKLY**
As is well known, protein is a fundamental part of wounds or injuries, which is why it is highly recommended to eat protein after exercising, so that muscle damage is repaired. But, in this case, the gelatin proteins help with the healing of external wounds, such as those from a cut.
On the other hand, we also have glycine, an amino acid that is closely linked to the reduction of inflammation, which results in that, when we eat gelatin, we receive a good dose of protein and glycine that help regenerate new skin and speed up the healing process.
**IMPROVE SLEEP**
Have you noticed that lately you can't sleep well? What you need is to eat gelatin, since glycine stimulates certain neurotransmitters and enzymes that increase the quality and duration of sleep, therefore you will have better sleep cycles. Sleeping helps us regain energy, so if you don't have a good rest your performance will drop.
Try eating a little gelatin a couple of hours before going to sleep and you will see how you will have a deeper sleep and you will wake up much more rested and full of energy.
**HEALTHY HAIR, SKIN AND NAILS**
Surely you have read that keratin is the one that helps us to have healthier hair, skin and nails, but there are times that it suffers some wear and tear, so there is no other option than to acquire it in other ways and what better way to do it than through jelly. Forget about spending a lot of money on those products that claim to contain high levels of keratin and better turn it into something delicious and cheap eating gelatin.
**RELIEVES ALLERGIES**
Several of the allergies that exist are due to the fact that you have a leaky intestine that is unable to process certain substances, so if you want to alleviate these discomforts, you should eat gelatin, since it will cure certain problems caused by these discomforts. It is advisable to occasionally eat a good amount of gelatin and stay alert to what foods are harmful to you.
**FIGHT AGING**
In case you do not know, after 25 years your body decreases collagen production naturally, so from this moment it becomes important to obtain it by other means and what better than through gelatin. This food is dry collagen and by consuming this element we obtain elasticity and tension between the dermal cells, so if you increase the amount of this substance you can keep your skin firm and looking younger.
Obviously this does not indicate that wrinkles or signs of age will never appear, but it will be later.
**PROVIDES DIGESTIVE HEALTH**
Eating gelatin regularly will help reduce constipation problems and the inability to properly absorb nutrients, it also stimulates digestive juices and increases peristaltic movement in the intestinal muscles. This is because this food has the peculiarity of naturally joining water, so your body assimilates the fiber it contains more easily, what good benefits of eating gelatin do we get, don't you think?
**STIMULATES THE IMMUNOLOGICAL SYSTEM**
Proline is associated with improving the immune system of many species of animals and humans, and this amino acid is found in gelatin, which means that if you consume it, you will improve your ability to fight infections and diseases.
The magnificent thing about gelatin is that it has no contradiction, on the contrary, what it contributes will always be good for health, as everything, if consumed in excess it could cause bloating and stomach pain, but it is very rare that this it happens, so you will have no problem including it in your daily diet.
Interesting curiosities of cats that perhaps you did not know
Cats are one of the most popular pets in the world and are famous for their short tempers and the urge to sleep curled up in your favorite chair. Perhaps they are less expressive than a dog, but no less interesting for that.
They are fascinating animals, experts in not leaving anyone indifferent with their sympathy and, above all, with their peculiar behavior. They are enigmatic animals that are a mystery to people.
Cats appeared on Earth before most of today's pets, however they have been one of the last to be domesticated. It is believed that they may have been domesticated about 10,000 years ago by the first farmers in the East and later spread to Europe.
Fun facts about cats
Except for newborns, who also meow to communicate with their mothers, adults only meow to communicate with humans and are capable of making over 100 different sounds.
When a cat rubs its body or head with someone or something, it is because it is marking its territory.
If a cat is turned face up, it means that it has confidence with that person, since in that position it could not defend itself from an attack.
A cat's range of vision does not include the area below its nose.
Cats greet each other with pink noses.
Cats have more bones than humans, they beat us by 24.
Cats have 12 whiskers on each side of their faces.
At birth, the vast majority of cats have blue eyes, which change color as they grow.
In England and Australia, black cats represent good luck.
Cats not only smell with their nose, they also smell with an organ called Jacobson's located between the nose and throat, at the top of the mouth. That is why sometimes they are left with their mouths open, thus assimilating odors better.
In general, purring can mean tranquility, but this is not always the case. They also purr when they are sick or scared and do it to reassure themselves.
The claws of a cat's front paws are sharper than those of its hind paws.
The brains of a cat are more similar to those of a human, than in the case of dogs.
They sleep between 16 and 18 hours a day, but even asleep, they are always alert to any stimulus. In addition, they like to sleep with the bib resting on something, thus preventing something or someone from appearing behind them.
People who have cats live longer, have less stress, and fewer heart attacks.
Cats eat grass to clean their digestive system of any lint they have swallowed.
An average domestic cat lives 16 years, while a stray cat only 3 to 5 years old.
Cats like their food at room temperature.
Cats, over the years, become lactose intolerant.
Cats hate lemons, onions, vinegar, and virtually any citrus product.
Some human foods are toxic to cats, such as chocolate.
The cat's diet must contain a certain amount of fat since its body does not produce it naturally.
Arachnophobia, the irrational fear of spiders
Arachnophobia causes very annoying symptoms to those who suffer from it and can even limit their lives. Currently, there are treatments that have been shown to be effective in remedying this problem, such as exposure therapy.
Arachnophobia is one of the most common fears in humans. This is striking when you consider that spiders are one of the animals that make a presence in most homes on a daily basis. Still, many people fear them.
Despite the fact that dangerous spider species are very rare, for those who suffer from arachnophobia, all these animals are cause for apprehension. Obviously, it is not a rational fear, since these insects almost never generate risk.
In some people, arachnophobia reaches such an extreme that they can experience panic just by thinking about these animals. Others do not reach that degree of fear, but their quality of life is limited by the presence of these insects. Why does this happen? Is there a way to fix it?
What is arachnophobia?
As many know, arachnophobia is an irrational fear of spiders. Phobia is defined as a disorder characterized by extreme fear of a specific object or situation. Due to its intensity, it goes beyond normal fear and, in some cases, significantly limits a person's life.
Phobias are estimated to be the most common mental disorder in women and the second most prevalent among men over the age of 25. The irrationality of this fear is in the disproportion between the object or situation that is feared and the level of threat that they represent.
The interesting causes of this phobia
The general opinion among scientists is that arachnophobia is established in childhood and that it is a learned fear, based on threats or inappropriate behavior by adults. Sigmund Freud, for his part, considered all phobias to be an unconscious displacement; that is, the child's real fear is transferred to a harmless object because it rejects the existence of primordial fear.
Recently, an interesting theory has come up around the fear of spiders. It was developed by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive Sciences and the Brain in Leipzig - Germany - and published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.
According to these scientists, fear of spiders is genetic and is passed down from generation to generation. To test this theory, the researchers took a group of babies and presented them with various images. The objective was to measure the level of anxiety that each image caused them, through the dilation of the pupils.
The result was that babies showed increased signs of anxiety when presented with pictures of snakes or spiders. Instead, the fish and flowers calmed them. It is believed that if a negative experience with these animals is added to this natural repulsion, arachnophobia is generated.
Manifestations of arachnophobia
The symptoms of arachnophobia are similar to those of other phobias. They include, among others:
Jerking of the heart and / or elevation of the heart rate.
Palpitations and sweating.
Tremors and tightness in the chest.
Nausea, dizziness, and fainting.
Feeling of suffocation and unreality.
Chills or suffocation.
Hectic breathing and temporary paralysis.
Fear of losing control or dying.
Solution routes
Everything indicates that the most effective treatment to overcome this irrational fear of spiders is exposure therapy. To carry out this therapy the help of a psychologist is needed. The first thing it does is to develop a subjective anxiety scale; This is a measure that allows establishing the degree of the phobia.
Typically, the psychologist requests that the patient rate the level of anxiety caused by various situations, from 1 to 100. The situations that are investigated are as follows:
Read the word spider in a book.
Talk to someone about spiders.
See a spider in a movie.
Go for a walk in the fields.
Know that there is a spider nearby.
See a spider from afar.
See a spider a meter from us.
Hold a spider in your hand.
Based on the score of each situation, an exposure to fear begins, first virtually. The goal is for the person to tolerate fear, until it disappears. Then, the same will be done, but with real exposure and the same result will be sought.
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