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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Six effective diet rules


 Almost all of us have at some point in our lives tried to diet to lose weight. We've all attempted to knock off one food group or item from our plates. I am guilty of banishing sugar from my food for months, only to come back and devour it with a vengeance! Now I'm wiser thanks to advise given by fitness instructors and nutritionists and here's sharing with you what I've learnt about diets. Believe me these tips work!

 
Six effective diet rules
 
1. Healthy substitutes: This is for all those who need an occasional nibble at work. Stay away from biscuits and other fattening foodstuff. Keep a jar of assorted nuts handy in your office drawer. Carrot and cucumber sticks are also a very healthy option. If these are 'boring' go for good old 'khakra', but make sure it's from a health food store, most of the commercially available 'khakras' contain high levels of oil. Baked snacks like baked 'sev', sesame or peanut 'laddoos' made with jaggery, multigrain rusks or toasted brown bread are healthier options. But make sure you don't overindulge in these. These are only meant to control the insane urge to order a hi-calorie smoothie or chocolate doughnut during the 4 pm craving. So learn to ration the portions.
 
2. Ordering in? If you are really tempted to order in a 'biryani', that is if wild horses can't help in keeping the urge down, then go ahead, order. But right at the beginning give away half of the 'biryani'. This will ensure that you eat less!
 
3.Go slow at night: Most of the working folk tend to attack food at night, the only time they have the leisure of scanning the fridge and hunting for hidden temptations. Precisely for such times do refrigerators come with a lock and key. Once dinner's over, lock the fridge and brush your teeth. If you have a supportive partner, you could hand over the keys to him for safekeeping with a clause that no amount of cajoling or bribing should bend him! This will ensure that the chocolate pastry remains in the fridge and your brushing of teeth will remind you that you are done for the day and you cannot brush again!
 
4. Don't reward yourself with food: Do you think because you've spent an hour at the gym you've earned a slice of pizza or cheesecake? Get realistic. If your goal is serious weight loss, restrain yourself from such indulgences, or it will be an exercise in futility, whatever you sweat out will all come back with the pizza and dessert.
 
5. Give in to your craving: Mark two days in a week when you will give in to your craving. But remember to stick to this schedule. And once again don't go overboard. A small slice, a small piece or a half a glass, that's it. Remember the rest is poison!
 
6. Healthy cuppa: If you cannot do without your coffee and tea fix, then it would be in your interests to go sugar free. Or else substitute the sugar with a healthy option like palm jaggery. Think of white sugar as your ace enemy and you will strike a lifelong friendship with your weighing scale!

 



 

Monday, July 14, 2008

Time your meals to your body rhythms

  1. Yang energy (digestive fire) is highest from 11am to 1 pm, therefore; we must eat our biggest meal at this time of the day. At this time we are able to metabolically process the most food. We are unable to process food at night time. Eating heavy at the end of the day leads to the accumulation of wastes and undigested food in the digestive tract. The liver becomes overburdened and is unable to perform its functions of detoxification and repair of the tissues. Therefore the body becomes weakened and susceptible to Candida, allergies, eczema and toxic overload. Eating at night will also cause insomnia as the body does not allow itself to shut down and make the transition towards the sleep state. If we remain awake past 11pm we interfere with our livers function of detoxification and rebuilding of our body. At this time we often get a second wind as well, making it even more difficult to fall asleep. Therefore, we should aim to go to sleep around 10:00-10:30pm to regulate our autonomic nervous system and avoid depletion of our vitality and Yin (body fluids/hormones/glandular tissue).

    It is also important to allow the digestive system to clean itself after you eat. This happens naturally two hours after you eat. The digestive tract secretes more digestive juices and enzymes to clean and sterilize the bowels. You may feel the urge to snack at this time. If necessary you could eat a piece of fruit, however it is best to allow the body to be free of more work. If we eat during this time we disturb this process of self-cleansing which again leads to bacterial/candida overgrowth and dysbiosis and digestive upset and myriad health problems.

    Take home message: Meals should be timed appropriately.
    Breakfast = 7-9 am. Lunch = 11-1pm. Supper = 5-7pm. (These are the Stomach, Heart and Kidney times)

  2. Relax when you eat

    The digestive system only works properly when we are relaxed and at ease. This is because the first level of digestion occurs in the mind and brain. When we eat in a relaxed manner we will taste our food and become absorbed in the process of nourishing ourselves. This is natural. Eating in a distracted way, for example watching TV or having involved conversation during our meals will take us away from the relaxed and absorbed state. This will disengage the brain and mind from digestion and lead to all sorts of digestive and systemic difficulties.

  3. Avoid all cold food and drink

    When cold food and drink makes contact with your stomach, the secretions of the stomach are decreased. Food will sit in the stomach longer to be warmed before it can be digested. The food we eat cold is not properly digested leading to illness.

  4. Avoid drinking water with meals

    Water dilutes the acid and enzymes of the stomach. The stomach functions to turn the food we eat into a 100 degree soup. Therefore it needs some fluid, but this fluid must be in the form of broth or light tea which does not dilute digestive secretions like water. Sipping hot tea or eating soup will help our stomach to make our meal the appropriate consistency. This will decrease the workload and energy expenditure of the stomach and digestive system and increase our absorption power and overall vitality

  5. Decrease raw and concentrated (heavy and fatty) foods

    Raw foods are densely packed with vitamins, minerals and are very fibrous. This makes them difficult to break down and digest. Steaming vegetables briefly until they become brighter will make them much easier to digest and therefore will provide you with much more nutritional value. Boiling and stir frying are also good ways to prepare foods. Thick sauces, high fat foods and too many vitamin pills/supplements will also weaken the digestive system over time and should be moderated.


Dr. Maria Papasodaro, ND
www.naturestouchnd.ca


Sunday, July 13, 2008

Treat yourself right



Being your own doctor and popping pills without prescription can be fatal. It's not always advisable to consider yourself to be a medical authority and manage diseases on your own In US cough and cold medications have been linked to a significant number of adverse effects like convulsions, rapid heart rates, and unconsciousness and several deaths
Kiran Yadav
 
  Article Rank 

I T'S an easy reference check you can do open the medicine box you have at home and count the number of drugs you actually bought on prescription. Chances are that all the antidotes you have in there, for fever, cold, cough, indigestion, headache, constipation, painkillers etc, were bought over the counter.

A few other antibiotics in the box may remind you of the indiscriminate advice on dosage your friendly neighbourhood chemist gave you. Worse is when the chemist doesn't hesitate to administer a full course of medication over the counter, just as doctors do.

Well, if you thought that you don't really need to consult a doctor for common ailments it might help to read on.

In India, according to a study done by Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad, fever, headache, general body pain, knee-joint pain, vomiting and asthma are some of the illnesses for which people take medicines on their own.

"Only a few drugs such as antipyretics, antacids, multi-vitamins, and cough suppressants belong to the OTC (over-thecounter) category. Most others, like antibiotics, tranquillisers, cardiac drugs, hypnotising drugs and several analgesics or painkillers, belong to Schedule H category, and therefore shouldn't be sold without prescription," says Sushum Sharma, HoD, Preventive Health Program and senior consultant Internal Medicine at Max Healthcare in Delhi. He adds that even OTC drugs should be used only in an emergency and that too in the lowest possible denominator. The doctor must be contacted soon after.

Self-medication becomes risky when some disease, unknown to the patient, gets suppressed for a long time. For instance, what you consider to be fever, can turn out to be dengue, a recurring headache can actually be meningitis, what you perceive as simple knee pain might be a severe orthopaedic problem, says Sharma.

"Parents need to be particularly careful in case of administering drugs to children below the age of two. Most people, for instance, take cough and cold casually. Even nonconcentrated cough and cold formulations are easily available over-the-counter. In the US these medications have been linked to a significant number of adverse effects like convulsions, rapid heart rates, and unconsciousness and several deaths. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommend against their use for children less than two years old," says Rajiv Chabbra, Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Intensivist, Artemis Health Institute.

In fact, more than 40% of parents use cough syrups for children younger than two, even though it is not recommended, nor proven effective for this age group.

Though persistent cough is the body's mechanism for shedding viruses and the duration of a cough is commonly two weeks in children and three weeks in adults, it's better to exercise caution.

Research scholar Misel Trajanovska from the University of Melbourne found 98% of the respondents purchased an over-the-counter medication in the past year and Paracetamol was the most commonly used drug (95.9%).

The implications are startling: 16% of poisonings reported in the emergency department were due to Paracetamol and 11% were caused by cough and cold medicines.

A lot more is happening globally. Earlier this week the US FDA imposed an urgent warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause tendon ruptures, a serious injury that leaves some patients incapacitated.

Indiscriminate use of medicines should also be avoided because the sensitivity levels of people vary - what might be an appropriate dose for one might be an overdose for another.

There's also the possibility of different drugs reacting to each other.

Adults need to be as careful. It is important to go beyond the symptoms and investigate the real cause, says Dr Khusrav Bajan, Head of Internal Medicine department in P D Hinduja, Mumbai. "A person having cardiac or hypertension history needs to be extra cautious. For example a person, already on medication for blood pressure, can suffer from increased BP and even a cardiac arrest if he pops in the wrong pill. A medicine taken for mild giddiness can cause severe swelling. Antibiotic overdose can result in resistant bacteria. There are several combinations of the same drug available under different names and you need to pick the right thing," adds Bajan.




Thursday, July 10, 2008

US cancer death rate drop tied to education levels

US cancer death rate drop tied to education levels
Declines in death rates from the four leading types of cancer in the US since the early 1990s have been driven largely by progress among college-educated men and women, researchers said. The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, was the latest to illustrate how a person's health can be closely tied to socioeconomic factors such as education and income level. Researchers at the American Cancer Society and Emory University in Atlanta calculated death rates for lung, breast, prostate and colorectal cancer by level of education among US blacks and whites ages 25 to 64 for 1993 through 2001.
Obesity levels in China rising fast:
Obesity levels in China are rising fast, with more than a quarter of the adult population overweight or obese, as people add more and more meat and dairy products to their diet, causing serious health problems, a new study says. Of all the developing countries, only in Mexico is the rate of increase in obesity among adults faster than in China, the study, published in Health Affairs, says. Chinese people now derive a far larger proportion of energy from fat and animal-based foods, such as meat and eggs, compared with in the past, the study found.
Common wildlife is alien to UK kids:
UK children's knowledge of wildlife comes a poor second to their ability to identify science fiction creatures such as Star Wars characters, says a survey. The National Trust poll said that while only 50% knew what an oak leaf looked like, nine out of 10 were able to identify Jedi grand master Yoda. Only 29% of children were able to recognise a magpie, while 50% could not differentiate between a bee and a wasp. As part of its campaign, the NT plans to tour England's major cities in a specially adapted red bus, complete with an outdoor garden on the top deck.
'Green Wall' to check spread of Sahara:
Preparations for an African 'wall of trees' to slow down the southwards spread of the Sahara desert are getting underway. North African nations have been promoting the idea of a green belt since 2005. The project has been scaled down to reinforce and then expand on existing efforts, and will not be a continent-wide wall of trees, despite the name of the project. According to a report in Environmental News Network, the 'Great Green Wall' will involve several stretches of trees from Mauritania in the west to Djibouti in the east, to protect the semi-arid savannah region of the Sahel, and its agricultural land, from desertification.

BARING HER SOLE: A model presents shoes to promote 'Soulexpress', a shoe fair in Duesseldorf on Wednesday. About 100 young designers will present their latest shoe designs in the western German city


FASTER THAN A BLINK
Researchers at the University of Utah have found that certain songbirds can contract their vocal muscles 100 times faster than humans can blink an eye
— placing the birds with a handful of animals that have evolved superfast muscles. They found that two types of songbirds produce tunes with superfast muscles, similar to those used by rattlesnakes, several fish and the ringdove. "We discovered that the European starling and the zebrafinch control their songs with the fastest-contracting muscle type yet described," said Coen Elemans, who conducted the study.

Jewellery can be a reason for backache

London: Those shiny earrings, neck chains and even fillings might be giving you the 'bling' edge over the others, but in the bargain you're putting your back at stake, that's what a leading chiropractor says.
    Simon King from New Zealand said earrings, neck chains, watches and even fillings and gold crowns could trigger debilitating muscle ache. His theory is "irritation from metal causes muscle inhibition which means muscles are weaker than is normal."
    Muscle weakness causes pain and injury resulting in back and neck pain, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, repetitive strain injury and slipped discs, he says.
    "Nobody wants to remove dental work or jewellery unnecessarily, but if an injury or health problem is going to cost you your job or sporting career or cause you years of pain and suffering, it may be worth having a crown or a filling replaced or going,"
the Mirror quoted him as saying.
    Explaining the science behind the theory he's been researching for the past eight years, Simon says wearing metal jewellery causes the nervous system to move body parts away
as it's uncomfortable to the skin that surrounds them.
    The muscles used in that movement then place strain on other larger muscles as they try to maintain a distance. "One of the great advantages of this theory is that the treatments are all natural, completely safe and can be reversed at any time," he said. ANI

BLING AT A PRICE

Eating less a surefire way to longer life

LESS IS BETTER

Calorie Restriction Found To Cut Risk Of Many Diseases Such As Cancer, Heart Disease And Stroke

In the quest for the Fountain of Youth, researchers say that there is one antiaging trick that has been found to work — eating less. The formula for extending human lifespan by up to five years has now been accepted by leading researchers.
    Eating less could add years to your life, several experts now say. And done in moderation, it could at least help you live a more healthy life, reports LiveScience.
    While little short of a nip-and-tuck will make you look younger, calorie restriction, as it is called, is as close to a real Fountain of Youth as any known technique comes. Even scientists who are cautious about anti-aging hype say it works, both by cutting risks for some diseases and by allowing all body cells, somehow, to hang in there longer.
    "There is plenty of evidence that calo
rie restriction can reduce your risks for many common diseases including cancer, diabetes and heart disease," says Saint Louis University researcher Edward Weiss, who last week announced a new study that brings fresh understanding to how it works. "And you may live to be substantially older."
    Here's a rough rule of thumb that many experts generally agree on now: Eat 15% less starting at age 25 and you might add 4.5 years to your life, says Eric Ravussin, who studies human health and performance at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana.
    One important caveat: Ravussin's estimate is based mostly on studies of other animals and only preliminary research in humans. But the work by Weiss and others is unlocking the mysteries of aging and suggesting the animal studies
apply to humans. "There is absolutely no reason to think it won't work," Live-Science quoted Ravussin as saying.
    Perhaps even more promising, though in early stages of research, are drugs de
signed on the basis of what's been learned from calorie-restriction studies. Those drugs would target human cells to deliver the same benefits, turning off bad things and turning on good things to extend cell life in general, or offer new therapies and cures to vexing diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer.
    If you can hang in there until these promising new drug therapies are developed, you may live in a world where lifespan increases by 10 to 15 years, researchers say. Don't plan on living to be 200, Ravussin said, "but I think we're going to gain quite a few years."
    Scientists aren't sure exactly why calorie restriction slows aging. But they're on the verge of a firm understanding. In a nutshell, it is thought to lower metabolic rate and cause the body to generate fewer damaging "free radicals". One hy
pothesis is that it decreases a thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine (T3), which then slows metabolism and tissue aging.
    Evidence that calorie restriction boosts lifespans in rodents is solid. Christiaan Leeuwenburgh of the University of Florida's Institute on Aging showed in 2006 that eating just 8% less and exercising a little more over a lifespan can reduce or even reverse aging-related cell and organ damage in rats.
    Various studies have shown that cutting calories by 20 to 40% significantly both extends life and, with a little exercise, leaves old animals in better shape.
    Eating fewer calories also reduces agerelated chronic diseases such as cancers, heart disease, and stroke in rodents. That's important because it suggests ways to not just make us live longer, but to allow us to age more gracefully, healthwise. AGENCIES

Calorie Restriction Found To Cut Risk Of Many Diseases Such As Cancer, Heart Disease And Stroke



    In the quest for the Fountain of Youth, researchers say that there is one antiaging trick that has been found to work — eating less. The formula for extending human lifespan by up to five years has now been accepted by leading researchers.
    Eating less could add years to your life, several experts now say. And done in moderation, it could at least help you live a more healthy life, reports LiveScience.
    While little short of a nip-and-tuck will make you look younger, calorie restriction, as it is called, is as close to a real Fountain of Youth as any known technique comes. Even scientists who are cautious about anti-aging hype say it works, both by cutting risks for some diseases and by allowing all body cells, somehow, to hang in there longer.
    "There is plenty of evidence that calo
rie restriction can reduce your risks for many common diseases including cancer, diabetes and heart disease," says Saint Louis University researcher Edward Weiss, who last week announced a new study that brings fresh understanding to how it works. "And you may live to be substantially older."
    Here's a rough rule of thumb that many experts generally agree on now: Eat 15% less starting at age 25 and you might add 4.5 years to your life, says Eric Ravussin, who studies human health and performance at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana.
    One important caveat: Ravussin's estimate is based mostly on studies of other animals and only preliminary research in humans. But the work by Weiss and others is unlocking the mysteries of aging and suggesting the animal studies
apply to humans. "There is absolutely no reason to think it won't work," Live-Science quoted Ravussin as saying.
    Perhaps even more promising, though in early stages of research, are drugs de
signed on the basis of what's been learned from calorie-restriction studies. Those drugs would target human cells to deliver the same benefits, turning off bad things and turning on good things to extend cell life in general, or offer new therapies and cures to vexing diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer.
    If you can hang in there until these promising new drug therapies are developed, you may live in a world where lifespan increases by 10 to 15 years, researchers say. Don't plan on living to be 200, Ravussin said, "but I think we're going to gain quite a few years."
    Scientists aren't sure exactly why calorie restriction slows aging. But they're on the verge of a firm understanding. In a nutshell, it is thought to lower metabolic rate and cause the body to generate fewer damaging "free radicals". One hy
pothesis is that it decreases a thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine (T3), which then slows metabolism and tissue aging.
    Evidence that calorie restriction boosts lifespans in rodents is solid. Christiaan Leeuwenburgh of the University of Florida's Institute on Aging showed in 2006 that eating just 8% less and exercising a little more over a lifespan can reduce or even reverse aging-related cell and organ damage in rats.
    Various studies have shown that cutting calories by 20 to 40% significantly both extends life and, with a little exercise, leaves old animals in better shape.
    Eating fewer calories also reduces agerelated chronic diseases such as cancers, heart disease, and stroke in rodents. That's important because it suggests ways to not just make us live longer, but to allow us to age more gracefully, healthwise. AGENCIES

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Does Your Blood Type Reveal Your Personality?

 
Blood type and Rh
How many people have it?
O +
40 %
O -
7 %
A +
34 %
A -
6 %
B +
8 %
B -
1 %
AB +
3 %
AB -
1 %






 
Does Your Blood Type Reveal Your Personality?


 

According to a Japanese institute that does research on blood types, there are certain personality traits that seem to match up with certain blood types. How do you rate?


 


TYPE O
You want to be a leader, and when you see something you want, you keep striving until you achieve your goal. You are a trend-setter, loyal, passionate, and self-confident. Your weaknesses include vanity and jealously and a tendency to be too competitive.
TYPE A
You like harmony, peace and organization. You work well with others, and are sensitive, patient and affectionate. Among your weaknesses are stubbornness and an inability to relax.
TYPE B
You're a rugged individualist, who's straightforward and likes to do things your own way.  Creative and flexible, you adapt easily to any situation. But your insistence on being independent can sometimes go too far and become a weakness.
TYPE AB
Cool and controlled, you're generally well liked and always put people at ease. You're a natural entertainer who's tactful and fair. But you're standoffish, blunt, and have difficulty making decisions.




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KNOW ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF HAVING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
  REGARDS, MANIKANDAN,


Fruit
Benefit
Benefit
Benefit
Benefit
Benefit
 
  apples
Protects your heart
prevents constipation
Blocks diarrhea
Improves lung capacity
Cushions joints
 
apricots
Combats cancer
Controls blood pressure
Saves your eyesight
Shields against Alzheimer's
Slows aging process
 
artichokes
Aids digestion
Lowers cholesterol
Protects your heart
Stabilizes blood sugar
Guards against liver disease
 
avocados
Battles diabetes
Lowers cholesterol
Helps stops strokes
Controls blood pressure
Smoothes skin
 
bananas
Protects your heart
Quiets a cough
Strengthens bones
Controls blood pressure
Blocks diarrhea
 
beans
Prevents constipation
Helps hemorrhoids
Lowers cholesterol
Combats cancer
Stabilizes blood sugar
 
beets
Controls blood pressure
Combats cancer
Strengthens bones
Protects your heart
Aids weight loss
 
blueberries
Combats cancer
Protects your heart
Stabilizes blood sugar
Boosts memory
Prevents constipation
 
broccoli
Strengthens bones
Saves eyesight
Combats cancer
Protects your heart
Controls blood pressure
 
cabbage
Combats cancer
Prevents constipation
Promotes weight loss
Protects your heart
Helps hemorrhoids
 
cantaloupe
Saves eyesight
Controls blood pressure
Lowers cholesterol
Combats cancer
Supports immune system
 
             



Tuesday, July 8, 2008

The Value and Types of Yemeni Honey




HONEY
is a tasty pleasant-smelling sticky syrup with many advantages. It has a tonic quality to the human body and cures diseases. The religion of Islam has given special interest in honey and its advantages for curing many kinds of diseases. Prophet Mohammed said: "Seek cure from honey and Qur'an". So, honey was made next to the Qur'an in curing diseases.

There is even one Chapter in the Qur'an named "Al-Nahl" meaning bees. Moreover, in another
Hadith, Prophet Mohammed said: "He who has a spoonful of (honey) in the morning, three times a month, shall catch have no serious disease".
Eating honey three times a month could safeguard you against so many diseases and strengthen your immunity system. It is said that the Pophet was used to have honey diluted with water the first thing in the morning.

Types of Honey There are two major types of honey:
a) Flowers' honey: Which is dependent on flower nectar sucked by bees , and this is divided into two main categories:
1- Mono-flower honey: produced the nectar of one type of flowers
2- Multi-flower honey: produced from the nectar of more than one type of flowers.

b) Stone honey: This honey is produced by undomesticated bees that live among stones. It has a great taste and a Pleasant smell. Some people believe that light-colored honey is the best whereas many others believe that the dark-colored honey is of better quality because it contains more mineral salts like iron, magnesium and copper. As in regard to its odor, some types of honey bear good smell while other types, which are extracted from certain trees, have unpleasant odor.

Component elements of Honey Honey is:-
Composed of sugar, water, vitamins, mineral salts along with some proteins, enzymes, yeasts and other substances- 18% water, 40% fructose, 34% glucose, 4% sucrose and maltose and many other types of sugar.

Sugar is thus the main ingredient of honey, constituting about 75% to 80% of it. Therefore honey tastes sweeter than sugar and nevertheless it is good for treating diabetes and good for liver. In addition, honey is used to cure peptic and intestines ulcer, digestion problems, eyes diseases, sinusitis, flu and the inflammation of the urinary canal.

Yemen possesses many of the best kinds of honey. The most famous ones are:
Al-Dawa'ani that is found in Dawa'an, Hadramout,
Al-Jardani in Shabwa,
Al-Jawahi in Awash,
Dhamar and there are also some good kinds of honey found in Al-Kibbayta, Al-Dimna, and Maweyah in Taiz.

"Al-Dawa'ani" or "Sidr" is the most expensive kind of honey in Yemen and the best in quality. Honey has become one of the most precious gifts that are presented to Sheiks, ministers or well known social personalities. Therefore, many people prefer buying Yemeni honey to low-quality foreign honey which is usually mixed with water.

The Yemen Times has interviewed Mr. Abdullah Hassan Ahmed Al-Shara'abi, Technical Manager of the Apiculture Development Project, who has told us about the types of Yemeni honey, their properties, where are they found and which are the best one's: "Apiculture is one of the very ancient jobs in the history of Yemen. The history of honey goes back to the 10th century B.C. Then, Yemen was known as the nation of perfume and honey and honey trade was ranked 4th in importance to the country's economy.

Al-Elb "Al-Sededi" honey is the best quality honey, because of its preferable qualities to consumers. Therefore, apiarists compete to satisfy consumers inside and outside the country by producing better quality honey. As for the different kinds of Yemeni honey, our country has many different kinds that vary as the available farms in each district vary.
Some of the finest kinds of honey is

Al-Elb "Al-Sededi" - Ziziphus spina chisti),
Al- Silm (A cacia ehrenbergiana),
Al-Asak (A cacia asak),
Al-Sal (Eiaphorbia),
Al-Dobbah (A cacia menthfera),
Al-Sommor (A cacia mellifera),
Al-Mara'aee and
Al-Tonb (cordia abbess).

Al-Elb, the finest type of Yemeni honey, has many local names according the district for example Dawa'ani, Bogiah, Osabi, Dimna and many others. Other types are found in different area of the country:

Dimna (Taiz, Hadramout, Shabwa, Tihama, Osab, Ibb and Abyan),
Al-Silm (Al-Zaydiah, Tihama and Shabwa),
Al-Asak (Taiz, Ibb, Hajja, Al-Mahweet, Sana'a and Lahj),
Al-Sumur (Hadramout, Shabwa, Tihama and Abyan),
Al-Dobbah (Taiz, Tihama, Al-Mahweet, Hajja and Lahj) and
Al-Mara'aee which is found in summer in all the districts.

The Yemeni honey has special properties in comparison with other Arab and foreign kinds. It has different taste, odor, color and density. For example, Al-Elb honey has a golden coloured, with an aroma and flavour like that of the Elb flower and a thickness property unique to this kind of honey. Each kind of honey has its different season.
For instance,

Al-Elb is available in - (August, September, October and November),
Al-Silm in - (January and February),
Al-Dobbah - (January and February),
Al-Asak - (May and July),
Al-Sal - (January and February),
Al-Sommor - (January, February and March) and
Al-Mara'aee - (July, August and September).

The Yemeni environment is fit for these kinds of honey to be stored and kept for long periods of time, sometimes reaches 2 years if the honey was appropriately separated and stored.

Khasiat Madu Lebah Yaman

A) MENGEMBALIKAN KEKUATAN TUBUH.

1. Memulih. menyegar dan menambah tenaga tubuh badan.
2. Memulihkan sel-sel urat besar.
3. Menjaga dan mengimbangi kekuatan badan.
4. Merangsang tenaga batin.

B) MEMBERSIH DAN MENAMBAH DARAH.

1. Memulihkan kembali bekuan darah dan membetulkan pengaliran darah.
2. Membersihkan lapisan darah dan darah menjadi bersih.
3. Mengimbangi kandungan lemak dan membuat janlung aktif.
4. Menghilangkan rasa kebas-kebas dan mengurangkan tekanan darah tinggi.

c) BAYI/KANAK-KANAK.

1. Membantu pertumbuhan janin dan bayi dari segi fizikal dan mental.
2. Menyembuh dengan segera cirit-birit.
3. Mengelak daripada cacing perosak dalam perut.
4. Mengeluarkan lendir dalam badan bayi dan menguatkan minda kanak-kanak.

D) REMAJA

1.Membantu menyempurnakan kesihatan berkekalan, luar dan dalam.
2.Sumber tenaga yang banyak bagi remaja yang sentiasa aktif (Mental, Fizikal dan Rohani)

E) WANITA

1.Menambah kejelitaan rupa paras yang asli dan tubuh badan yang menarik.
2. Mempunyai kulit yang halus, bersih dan berseri-seri.

F) LELAKI

1.Tampan dengan kekuatan asli dan kelihatan lebih muda.
2. Menguatkan tenaga batin.

G) PENGIDAP KENCING MANIS (DIABETIS)

Menstabilkan kandungan gula dalam darah. (Gantikan gula kepada madu lebah)

H) UNTUK SEMUA

1. Mengelak dari kegemukan yang tidak terkawal.
2.Memudahkan proses penghadapan dan lawas buang air.
3.Memulihkan penyakit berpanjangan.
4. Menguatkan jantung, buah pinggang dan badan.
5. Menyembuhkan penyakit dalam perut.
6.Mempercepatkan luka atau kesan pembedahan sembuh.
7. Memulihkan batuk dan lelah.
8.Menghindarkan badan letih dan lesu.
9. Kurangkan kesakitan bila datang haid.
10.Baik untuk perempuan bersalin.
11.Membantu/menerangkan pemandangan.
12.Baik untuk mereka yang berpenyakit 'Insomnia' (sukar tidur malam).InsyaAllah setelah mengambil madu sebagai amalan, tidur anda amat nyenyak sekali.

I) IBU MENGANDUNG

1. Menambahkan tenaga untuk ketahanan diri semasa mengandung dan semasa menghadapi saat kelahiran cahaya mata.
2. Mencegah dari berbagai penyakit seperti kencing manis, darah tinggi,kencing kotor, batuk selsema, lelah dan lain-lain.

J) ANAK DALAM KANDUNGAN

1. Mencegah dari pelbagai penyakit kerana kandungan antibiotik dalam madu dapat membunuh kuman-kuman.
2. Kandungan zat galian dalam madu boleh membantu membina dan menguatkan janin.
3. Kulit yang bersih dan sihat dengan terdapatnya vitamin C yang 'penuh kuasa' dalam madu asli.
4. Membantu secara khusus pertumbuhan fizikal dan mental janin.
5. Penyakit Hepatitis B yang biasa menyerang bayi dapat dihindar dengan amalan madu oleh para ibu yang mengandung.

K) BAGI BAYI YANG BARU LAHIR

1. Meneruskan pemberian madu asli pada bayi yang baru lahir dapat mengeluarkan secara positif lendir yang mungkin terminum semasabayi itu dilahirkan yang merupakan punca lelah jika tidak habis dikeluarkan.
2. Membersihkan perut bayi dari najis 'gagak' yang menyelaputi dinding perut. Proses penghadaman dapat berjalan dengan sempurna menghindar dari sakit perut.
3. Bayi membesar dengan sempurna dan sihat.
4. Mengelak dari kembung perut bayi.

L) BAGI IBU SELEPAS MELAHIRKAN ANAK

1. Amalkan madu bersama jamu dan telur untuk membina darah sertamempercepatkan proses penyembuhan luka dalam perut atau rahim.
2. Membantu proses penghadaman dan lawas buang air.

CARA MENGGUNAKANNYA

1. Tukar atau kurangkan penggunaan gula kepada madu dalam penyediaan minuman harian.

2. Campurkan sedikit madu ke dalam air suam sebagai minuman.

3. Campurkan madu di dalam segala persediaan membuat kuih/masakan. Keharuman madu akan menawan selera anda.

4. Jika batuk atau lelah, minum satu atau dua sudu madu. Jangan dicampur dengan ais. (Berhati-hati jangan tersedak)

5. Untuk memulihkan tenaga, campurkan telur ayam kampung dengan sedikit madu. Dikacau kemudian diminum.
6. Campurkan sedikit madu ke dalam minuman kanak-kanak, kanak-kanak akan lena dengan nyenyak.

7. Minumlah sesudu besar madu bersama segelas air suam setiap pagi untuk kesegaran sepanjang hari.

8. Penyakit mata, Titiskan sedikit madu pada mata. (Campurkan dengan sedikit air)

9. Sapu pada kesan gigitan atau sengatan serangga berbisa.

"MIRACLE ANTIBIOTIK , "SAPULAH MADU YAMAN ASLI
JIKA ANDA...

a) Kemalangan ke atas luka; memberhentikan darah dengan segera dan luka terlindung dari kuman.
b) Kelecuran akibat api, air panas, ekzos motor, minyak panas dan lain-lain.
c) Kudis, kurap dan lain-lain penyakit KULIT.
d) Sakit mata - Titiskan madu lebah dalam mata.

MENAMBAHKAN KELAZATAN MAKANAN

a) Makan bersama roti / biskut.
b) Bahan membuat kuih / kek.
c) Goreng atau panggang ayam.

Perhatian:

. Jangan disimpan dalam peti sejuk.
. Elakkan dari memakan madu bersama tembikai.
. Elakkan dari terkena pancaran cahaya matahari.
. Jauhkan dari litar elektrik.
. Kurangkan pendedahan kepada unsur logam dan haba.
. Jangan gunakan madu untuk rawatan penyakit 'kronik' tanpa nasihat pakar.