Liver - Keep it healthy!

Liver is said to be one of the most important organs in our body. I partly agree with this, because I believe all parts of our body is extremely important. But being the place where all the toxins accumulate, it is true that we have to take care of this one organ; the liver.

Why? Liver acts like a filter. It helps to filter out toxins from our blood system before blood is being pumped to the whole body. Toxins are from the food we ate, drinks we drank, air we breathed ...

How often do you change your water filter at home? It only does water filteration, but still, we need to cleanse it once in a while. And that's only the tap water, which seems to be colourless with our naked eye. What about Teh Tarik, air Sirap, and Coke that we drank? Not only that, the food we ate; Nasi Lemak, Roti Canai, fast food with all the variety names and colours. Poluted air that we breathe, smokers, 2nd-hand smokers ... All of these are filtered by our liver, and after that goes to the kidneys for the next filteration process. Our body systems are truly amazing. There has not been a man-made machine which can operate 24 hours a day, every single day till the day it stops working. It may be 10, 20 or even 100 years, but it will continue working till the day it stops forever.

So when our body starts to give signs or symptoms of failure in certain parts, do not ignore these signs. Pay attention to it. Your body does not need a mechanic to repair its parts, it is self-healed. (Remember Claire Bennett?) Yes, we too have the ability to heal. Only that, we don't grow back our toes once we cut it off. The only question is, how good can we heal?

To determine how good can we heal, one of the important factorsto have a healthy liver. Healthy liver will make our immune system be in a good condition, and everything else will come after. Immune system is like a line of defense ready to go for war. Once we have a very good and competent line of soldiers, we could fight any enemies who try entering our body such as viruses, bad bacterias, including SARS, H1N1, etc.

When toxins are not cleansed out from the liver, liver will shrink and harden with scarring. This condition is called cirrhosis. When this happened, the liver slowly loses its functions which includes to cleanse the toxins and wastes in our blood, and manufacture vital nutrients. Causes of liver cirrhosis are from chronic alcohol abuse, drugs usage (including prescribed medicine), and virus infection.

Sounds scary? You better be. But fret-not. If you can't avoid from such kind of lifestyle, there are ways found to prevent liver disease from occuring. Heard of the phrase 'prevention is better than cure'? I would like to highlight here that prevention is CHEAPER than cure. How?

Well, good news to coffee lovers out there. Researchers in the United States have found that several cups of coffee a day could stop the progression of liver disease, according to studies. Sufferers of chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease who drank three or more cups of coffee per day slashed their risk of the disease progressing by 53% compared to patients who drank no coffee. This study was lead by Neal Freedman of the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) .

The researchers put forward several ways in which coffee intake might protect against liver disease, including by reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, which has been associated with liver illness, or by reducing inflammation, which is thought to cause fibrosis and chirossis of the liver.

Even caffeine, the chemical that gives a cup of coffee its oomph, came under the spotlight, having been found in previous studies to inhibit liver cancer in rats. But drinking black or green tea, which also contain caffeine, had little impact on the progression of liver disease, although there were few tea drinkers in the study.

Interesting? Indeed!

Please beware that 'coffee' in the context means REAL coffee. Yes, freshly brewed coffees from your nearest Starbucks store is considered as real (Coffee Frappuccino is not counted). Most ground coffee in the local stores do not provide us 100% real coffee. So, please be wise when choosing the right item.

If you're still thinking of which coffee to buy, apart from Star(cough)bucks, you might want to try CEO Cafe from Shuang Hor which obviously have the good grade of coffee in it, plus, it has extract of YungKien Ganoderma, which has been certified to regulate immune system and liver protection. From where I can see, if you're opting for an affordable liver protection, CEO Cafe is worth trying and of course it is value for your money!

Let's detoxify our liver today!

Source from TheSun, Wednesday, October 28th 2009 & AFP-RelaxNews

Quick update!

Tiger is still on his medication given by MrVet and I would like to thank Ma'am R for donating a box of JiaHor Nutri-Health Tablet for Tiger. At the moment, Tiger is taking 1-2 tablets per day together with 1 capsule of his medicine by MrVet. The antibiotic tablet has finished about a week ago. He's also been given Lu Chun LingZhi Tea once in a while. My observation, some of the wounds on his body are slowly recovering. Nose is still bad but the colour is getting pinkish instead of bloody red. I will update with his photo in my next post.

Another cat of mine, Chuck, infected with a drier version of a type of fungus on his forehead. Has been treating him with Scalpcare Shampoo and applied GreenZhi on the infected area everyday. The infected skin almost dried up and 80% recovered. I am still washing his forehead with Scalpcare Shampoo and applying GreenZhi after washing it off. Will see the progress in another few more weeks.

Another male cat, Neng, just got back from mating session. He's infected with ringworm according to his groomer. He's >10-year-old so a lot of things need to be taken care of. So sad that I only realize about it recently. Will start to give him on-coat treatment tomorrow. Owh, and his stones might have came back. So am feeding him with LuChun LingZhi Tea and we'll see how it goes in few days time. Hopefully he will urinate normally without having to go to the clinic to suck out the stones. Ouch!

Sporothrix schenckii

About a month ago, a cat came around to our house. Well, of course there are many cats who came to our house to eat. But this one particular cat was no stranger to us. He has been coming to our house to eat for quite a while. But 4 weeks ago, he came with his body badly wounded. I thought he got a fight with other male cat/dog. The worst part was his nose. Almost half of it was torn. Small patches all over his body, hands and feet. I did not bother to give him treatment at that time because I thought to myself, it was pretty normal for stray cats to get caught in a fight and sooner or later the wound will heal by itself. But I was wrong. Few days back, he came to our house again. This time, I saw the wounds did not get any better at all. In fact, it got worse. The bleeding has not dried yet. All the patches were bleeding. Worst part is still the nose. I decided not to wait any second and put him in a cage. After feeding him, I applied Greenzhi toothgel to the infected area, thinking that it was just normal wound. Knowing that Greenzhi could be a little painful to be applied, I tried to calm him down first. But surprisingly, he did not over react or scratch me when applying Greenzhi on his wounds. He sort of knew that I am trying to help him or maybe he just could not stand the pain anymore and just let me do whatever with him. Only God knows. The next day, it did not get any better and I asked the vet to come over and look at the cat. Let's call the cat Tiger.

The moment MrVet looked at Tiger, he immediately knew what's wrong. He said that Tiger did not get into a fight. He has been infected with a type of fungus called Sporothrix. I was kinda shocked as I was not expecting it to be fungus infection because all this while, I thought fungus infection would be dry, and not bleeding horribly. He recommended a one-month treatment for Tiger together with antibiotic. It will all be capsule & tablet, no cream can be applied. We just started giving him the medication yesterday and MrVet said if there's improvement, it can be seen after 15days. I really hope he will get better because according to MrVet, other cats and even human could get infected. It is dangerous if the infected cat scratched/bit us. So, he said that after a month, if there's no improvement, we should decide on what to do with Tiger, either to continue with the (expensive) treatment or .... :c

For the time being, I feed him medication together with Soy Protein and Lu Chun Tea. At the moment, I can't afford to give him Yung Kien LingZhi. If any of you would like to donate, please contact me on how to purchase the stocks for him. Even Nutri-Health Tablet would help. :c

Picha of Tiger showing the areas infected with Sporothrix fungus

GreenZhi has been applied on the nose and all the wounds

Tiger being strong as he could be

GreenZhi dripping off of his nose

Mr Vet asked me to do some research on the disease and like always, MrWiki never failed me. Here is some info :

Sporothrix schenckii is a thermally dimorphic fungus that can be found world-wide, and is the only active species of the genus Sporothrix.

The species is present in soil, and in vital and decomposing plant material such as peat moss. Colonies grow moderately rapidly at 25°C. They are moist, leathery to velvety, and have a finely wrinkled surface. The colour is white initially and becomes cream to dark brown in time (“dirty candle-wax” colour). At 37°C, colonies are yeast-like and creamy. The colour is cream to beige. The conversion of the mould form to the yeast form is identification of Sporothrix schenckii. Infections due to Sporothrix schenckii are more common at certain geographical areas. Peru is an area of hyperendemicity for Sporothrix schenckii infections.[1] Sporothrix schenckii is the causative agent of sporotrichosis or rose-handler's disease. Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous infection and it starts following entry of the infecting fungus through the skin via a minor injury and may affect an otherwise healthy individual. Following entry, the infection may spread via the lymphatic route (nodular lymphangitis may develop). Patients infected with Sporothrix schenckii may be misdiagnosed as pyoderma gangrenosum due to the large ulcerations observed during the course of sporotrichosis.[2]

References

1. ^ Pappas, P. G., I. Tellez, A. E. Deep, D. Nolasco, W. Holgado, and B. Bustamante. 2000. Sporotrichosis in Peru: Description of an area of hyperendemicity. Clin. Infect. Dis. 30: 65–70.
2. ^ Sporothrix spp. Doctor Fungus.

-taken from MrWiki

Salam Eid Mubarak

To all the Muslim readers, Salam Eid Mubarak. :)

It's been a while since I posted the last entry. Anyways, just would like to highlight that we're moving towards the end of September 09, so there will be only 2 meetings left for this month. The next one will be on the 26th of September 09 (TODAY!) at 3pm-5pm. It'll be in Bahasa Malaysia. The last meeting for September will be the Cantonese slot on the 30th September 09. So if you're free on the said dates, do come and listen to what will be shared by the speakers on those days. For newbies, not to worry, the meeting is free of charge. No registration what-so-eva. Just be present to learn and share knowledge with others. :)

We're still in festive mood and I've been receiving messages from friends and relatives saying that they are not feeling well with stomach upset, fever, headaches and such. So here, I would like to remind everyone, please watch what you are eating. Especially when we have just completed our 1-month of Ramadhan. One simple advice given by my upline was, not to leave Shuang Hor's CEO Cafe behind. It's the most economical way to ease your stomach, relieve your headache, and insya Allah, lower down the temperature of your fever. Always monitor your digestive system and drink plenty of liquid!

Most of you are afraid to take CEO Cafe because of the caffeine contents. Not to worry. Since there is YungKien Ganoderma in CEO Cafe, the excessed caffeine will be flushed out from the body about 2 hours after consumption. And some of you might not know that moderate intake of caffeine in our body could actually improve our health condition. Caffeine helps to activate our body's nerve system which could make the YungKien Ganoderma reaction to be more effective and achieve faster result.

Visit Shuang Hor's website for further details on the ingredients and functions of CEO Cafe (also available in sugar-free : suitable for diabetic patients).

Type A H1N1 Influenza

I just recovered from Type A H1N1 symptoms :

- fever

- cough

- sore throat

- body aches

- headache

Yes, the symptoms are very much similar to regular human flu's because by the name itself, Type A H1N1 Influenza is just another flu. From what we've heard in news where the number of cases increased daily, it can be said that anyone (in Malaysia, specifically) could be infected with the virus.

Many of us freaked out when this virus becomes the no. 1 cause of death these days. When the fact is, many people even died from the normal seasonal flu and some suffered badly for the rest of their life from high fever at a very young age. Truth is, any type of flu is as dangerous as Type A H1N1. So my advice is, if you're having flu symptoms - fever, cough, sore throat, etc. - do not take it lightly. Get early treatment. Do not wait for the test result to confirm whether you are a H1N1 positive or otherwise. I have a friend whose sister was diagnosed as a normal patient with regular flu and later when they checked at another medical centre, she was confirmed H1N1 positive. Imagine how many people have been infected with the virus while waiting for her status to be confirmed. And why didn't the first doctor detect the virus?

The thing is, we have to keep ourselves protected all the time. Just because the doctor says it is a 'normal flu', we should not shove it off our shoulders. So aside from putting on your face masks and avoiding crowded places, don't neglect the most powerful 'army' who can fight those merciless viruses which is your own body's immune system. Make sure it's strong enough to face all the enemies coming from any angle. How, you must say? Of course, one of the ways is to consume our special Yung Kien LingZhi which has been researched and tested to be able to strengthen our immune system and protect our liver so that we are ready to fight any disease!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Yung Kien Ganoderma-D is now awarded the Health Food Accreditation on function to Regulate Allergic Physical Constitution (A00069). Click here for certificate.

The contents of the certificate (A00069) are :

I - Results of animal tests have shown that the product helps increase the survival rate of Senescence Accelerated Mice

II - Results of animal tests have shown that the product helps :

i) Discourage the secretion of enzymes by cells associated with allergic reactions and;

ii) Discourage the proliferation on antigen-specific immune cells

Chicken Wings

Avoid eating chicken wings frequently (or at all!) - ladies especially...

As told by a friend :

A friend of mine recently had a growth in her womb and she underwent an operation to remove it. The cyst removed was filled with a dark coloured blood. She thought that she would be recovered after the surgery BUT she was terribly wrong!

A repalse occured just a few months later. Distressed, she rushed down to her gynecologist for a consultation.

During her consultation, her doctor asked her a question that puzzled her. He asked if she was a frequent consumer of chicken wings and she replied YES wondering as to how he know of her eating habit.

You see, the truth is in this modern day and age, chickens are injected with steroids to accelerate their growth so that the needs of this society can be met. This need is none other than the need for food.

Chickens that are injected with steroids are usually given the shot at the neck or the wings. Therefore, it is in these places that the highest concentration of steroid exists. These steroids have terrifying effects on the body as it accelerates growth.

It has an even more dangerous effect in the presence of female hormones, this leads to women being more prone to the growth of a cyst in the womb. Therefore, I advise the people out there to watch their diets and to lower their frequency of consuming chicken wings!

xoxo

Vertigo Reactions

In one of Shuang Hor's OPP Slide pages, there's one titled "Initial responses generally experienced after taking LingZhi". These are :

1) Improvement of subjective symptoms (eg : headaches)
2) Normal appetite
3) Normal sleep
4) Normal excretion
5) Fresh with vitality
6) Vertigo Reactions

What are Vertigo Reactions?

Vertigo Reactions = Getting Well Reactions (Detoxification)

*Vertigo Reactions are temporary signs with no cause for alarm

Examples of possible Vertigo Reactions :

1) Existing symptoms à slightly aggravated
2) Appetite à reduce/increase craving for food
3) Sleep à unable to sleep well
4) Excretion à constipation or diarrhea
5) Alertness à frequent bouts of fatigue, sleepy
6) Others à thirst, farting, urticaria (itchy on skin), etc.

**During consumption of LingZhi, there is no need to stop on-going medication or therapy (if any)

Personally, I've experienced different reactions throughout my long term of LingZhi consumption. I started with Lu Chun LingZhi Tea, and then to JiaHor LingZhi, JiaHor Nutri-Health Tablet, CEO Café up till the very amazing YungKien LingZhi. I also compliment my daily dosage with JiaHor Soy Protein, Jia Hor Hi-Fibre, and recently, I put some JiaHor Seasoning Powder to my dishes and it tastes good too. :)

To some of you, you may think that I must be earning so much that I can afford consuming all of the products at once! Well, not really. I don’t consume all at once. I keep taking LingZhi continuously every month and compliment it with other products once in a while. I consume according to my budget. And the benefits I got from the products have actually driven me to do the business so that I can consume more products with more discounts, and hopefully one day, FOC! It is possible, but definitely takes time and effort and lots, lots of patience. At the same time, I can share my knowledge to help others to improve their lifestyle to a healthy one too. 

But for this post, let me just focus on my reactions I have experienced so far...

When I started taking JiaHor LingZhi few years back, only I experienced real and visible reactions. First, it was the headache¹ (OK, this is not visible ;P). For those of you who started to get this reaction, I understand if you feel like quitting because I TOO HATE HEADACHES! Very painful, felt like vomiting (and sometimes I literally did), can’t do any work, and you have that urge to bang your head on the wall. Stop! But knowing that it’s a first sign of a positive reaction, I was patient enough to bear with the pain and suck it all in, and Alhamdulillah, I got through it. Few days later, I started to have some rashes² on my knees. I remember this happened after having few prawns for lunch.

And then I experienced having a massive discharge. Usually this type of reaction only happened to those with menstruation problem. I used to have clots during my monthly and that clots actually contribute to period-pain where most people say it is normal since we have ‘Panadol Menstrual’ selling at all 7-11 stores. But some people have light and some people suffer from bad period-pain. There are people who do not suffer any pain at all during menstruation. So ladies, face the fact that period-pain is NOT normal.

When I started consuming CEO Café 2 sachets per day, consistently, I started to have itchiness² on my hands after 2 weeks. It continued with a slight fever and the itchiness/rashes developed throughout my whole body. I knew at that time it was one of vertigo reactions but when I couldn’t handle the rashes, I went to see the Doctor and get some cream to relieve the itchiness. Some said it was hay-fever. Doctor suspected dengue fever (because red spots started to appear on both of my hands) and did a blood test on me but the result was negative. Thank God. I continued CEO Café consumption and used VCare Shower Gel for bathing, on top of applying medicated-cream given by Doctor and also some GreenZhi paste on the rashes. Result : rashes got dried out and skin started peeling off -- To those of you who were there during my skin-change, you know how it was, right? It’s like getting back from Port Dickson after sun-bathing for a few days. My skin dropped off everywhere! Erkkhh. After couple of weeks, everything got back to normal. :D

Also after CEO Café consumption that I realized my bowel habit was getting better. I am not sure when did I start to have constipation but I never remember going to the toilet to do that ‘thing’ everyday. So, probably since I was a small kid. Hm.

More reactions happened after complimenting LingZhi intake with other products. My stool texture becoming better after consuming JiaHor Hi-Fibre. Less hairfall and dandruff since I have been using VCare Scalpcare Shampoo and having JiaHor Soy Protein for breakfast every morning. There was one time I had a tiny layer of cataract-like on my white-eye. Went to check with the Doctor and she said it was common and nothing to be afraid of. Only that after 20 years I need to undergo a surgery to remove it. Hm. What a relieving explanation. I am not blaming the doctors, though. I am sure it’s written like that somewhere in their syllabus. I just don’t like to attend surgeries, that’s all. So I rinsed my eyes with GreenZhi. And few days later that ‘thing’ in my eye was gone. Alhamdulillah.

After I have secured my first day-job, I started consuming YungKien LingZhi every month. I started with high dosage of 12 capsules per day together with about 20 capsules of YungKien Pollen and the first week made me went to the toilet not less than 10 times per day. I was pee-ing heavily and was told by more experienced people that it’s a sign of kidney-cleansing. After that, I did not experience much reaction so I reduced my consumption (due to a very tight budget) but continuously everyday.

Last 2 weeks I had a fever. It’s been a while since I experienced one. I started to get a slight temperature on Wednesday. By Friday, my fever was gone. During this period, I consumed about 6-10 JiaHor LingZhi per day. And then I had sore throat. As advised by AN, I opened up 1 capsule of JiaHor LingZhi and pour directly to my throat. Only 1/3 of the capsule went through with that method. The rest had to be mixed into my coffee. Very bitter. ;P On Sunday morning, I started to cough³ a little. Towards late in the afternoon, coughing became worse. I increase the dosage and by late evening, my JiaHor consumption was 15 capsules on that day. About couple of hours before I hit bed, my breathing was normal. I could inhale deeply and no wheezing at all. Alhamdulillah… 

Long-term of LingZhi consumption can definitely prevent diseases to build-up in your body and could cure/reverse current disease you’re suffering…insya Allah. J

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¹Back when I was 12 years old, I suffered from a very bad headache almost every day for about a year

²I used to have a bad allergy towards fish when I was <8 style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> keropok ikan, fishcake, even those tiny anchovies! No-no. The only F-food I could consume at that time was Bawal Putih fish. Maybe because it’s pricey. (my high-taste preference showed at an early young age, huh ;P)

³I have a history of asthma when I was much younger. The worst asthma attach when I was 16-17 years old. EVERYTIME I have a cough, I will definitely get shortness of breath at night, wheezing. Usually I have to spend few nights sitting body straight-up on sofa, not sleeping, in my living room, where it’s a larger space compared to my bedroom so that I can get air to breathe easily.

The Saccharine Killer - Understanding Diabetes Mellitus

According to an estimated projection made by World Health Organization (WHO) in 1997, by the year 2025, the number of confirmed diabetics in Malaysia is likely to increase by 870,000. Meaning that from among our population of 25 million, as many as 1.6 million will have fallen prey to diabetes mellitus, or diabetes, in short. In other words, 6 out of every 100 individuals on average are diabetic patients. it can thus be seen that diabetes has taken a heavy and extensive toll on the everyday living of the modern people. Apart from hereditary factors, the onset of diabetes is also closely linked to excessive eating and drinking, the lack of exercise, long-term stress and so on. As such, it is necessary and imperative for those who seriously care about their physical well-being to learn more about diabetes and the ways to prevent.

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is a chronic, long-term metabolic disease characterized by excessively high level of blood sugar arising from decreased insulin production or its reduced utilization. Basically, we can classify diabetes into 2 major types :

Type 1 Diabetes : Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM)

◘ As the beta cells in the pancreas that produce insulin are attacked and destroyed, the body loses its ability to produce insulin. the patients have to depend on daily injection of insulin in addition to observe appropriate eating & drinking habits apart from taking up regular exercise to control the blood sugar level.

◘ Type 1 Diabetes is mostly found in patients who inherit a genetic tendency from their parents or have a family history of this type of diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes : Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM)

◘ The cause of type 2 diabetes is the insufficient production of insulin by the body or its reduced ability to utilize insulin. It is usually brought about by hereditary factors, bad eating & drinking habits, and unhealthy lifestyle.

◘ For patients who suffer from this type of diabetes, they have to rely on having appropriate diet, oral intake of hypoglycaemic agents (medicines aimed at bringin down blood sugar level), regular exercise and healthy lifestyles. To achieve the objective of controlling the blood sugar level. When the condition deteriorates, the patients may have to rely on insulin injections to control the level of blood sugar.

Patients of diabetes generally show the following symptoms :

1. Abnormally good appetite and the tendency to become hungry easily

2. Increased volume of urine and the need to urinate frequently

3. Frequent thirst

4. Losing bodyweight and the tendency to feel tired easily

About 85% of diabetic patients also suffer from other complications such as heart problems, hypertension, cerebrovascular diseases, renal diseases or kidney ailments, problems in the lower limbs, a decline in visual functions, and the list goes on. As all these complications are closely related to an elevation in the blood sugar level, they can be effectively prevented or retarded if the blood sugar level is appropriately and timely controlled.

For effective prevention of chronic complications, diabetic patients have to observe the following do's in their everyday living :

1. Have the levels of blood sugar, blood lipids, and blood pressure under proper control.

2. Go for an eye check-up at least once a year.

3. Have more frequent exercises that involve the lower limbs.

4. Go for more frequent check-ups on the lower limbs and take necessary precautions to avoid feet and leg injuries.

5. Take necessary precautions to avoid infection of the urethra.

6. Go for frequent check-ups on the content of 'trace albumin' in the urine

Therapy through a nutritional approach is the key to a holistic or overall care and management of diabetic conditions. Essentially, the control of blood sugar level should begin with having a balanced diet and healthy living habits, while attentions must also paid to the following areas :

1. Maintain an ideal bodyweight.

2. Reduce the intake of oily and deep-fried food, fatty meat, chicken skin, and food with high contents of fat and cholestrol.

3. Use cooking oil of plant origin instead of animal origin for all cooking purposes.

4. Preferably cook the food by steaming and boiling, or eat fresh vegetables and salads.

5. Increase the intake of food that is rich in fibre, such as fruit & vegetables, whole grains, and anything similar.

6. Reduce the intake of food that is rich in sugar, for example sweets, carbonated soft drinks, cordials, sweetmeats, buns and others.

7. Take food that has low content of salt.

8. Avoid alcoholic drinks.

How LingZhi helps in the prevention and treatment of Diabetes?

A patient develops diabetes as a resule of problems in the secretion of insulin, which leads to disorders in metabolic activities involving carbohydrates, proteins, fats, water, and electrolytes, eventually bringing about a disturbance in the physiological equilibrium of the body and subsequent onset of lesions or pathologic changes.

Since time immemorial and through the ages, LingZhi has been regarded as a top grade crude drug of exceptional helath-giving attributes. On-going development of modern sciences, relentless research work, in-depth analyses, and extensive clinical studies have proven that LingZhi is rich in a good number of active constituents, which include macro-molecular proteins. In effect, it shows remarkable curative values in promoting our physiological functions in the prevention and treatment of many modern diseases.

Taking diabetes as an example - once you have suffered from it, chances are it will continue to haunt you throughout your life. LingZhi is not only effective in bringing down blood pressure, but is also capable of elevating the concentration of insulin in the blood. It has been proven through experiments that LingZhi is notable in slowing down the speed with which the blood sugar level rises and reducing its concentration after meal. Besides, it also excites the secretion of insulin, enables the insulin in the blood to remain at a stable level of concentration for a longer period of time, and improves the utilization of glucose in the blood by tissue cells, hence achieving the objective of bringing down the blood sugar level.

LingZhi's ability in helping the prevention and treatment of diabetes is attributed to its major functions as listed below :

◘ It increases the concentration of insulin in the blood.

◘ It facilitates the utilization of glucose in the blood by tissue cells.

◘ It assists the liver in metablosing the glucose in the blood.

◘ It is effective in bringing down blood sugar level.

◘ It protects the cardiac blood vessels, thus preventing and delaying the onset of complications caused by the hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis) or hardening of the micro blood vessels.

Source : ShuangHor Magazine Nov2K4 [pg22-23]

Baby is Hirschsprung-ed.

Remember about that 2-month-old baby who's suffering from digestion problem and had to wait for about a month till the doctor came out with the result? Well, I shall make a correction about a statement in my earlier post that the baby is actually a boy, named AZ.

He's 3-month-old now and the result has been out. He's confirmed with Hirschprung disease and was scheduled to undergo a surgery to remove part of his intestine last Monday. According to the last message from the father, AZ would be having a hole on the side of his stomach to replace his digestion 'pipe' and he'll be living like that till AZ is 7-8 months old or at least when he already weighs 8kg. The last time I saw the baby, his condition was very weak, very small and he merely made 2kg for his weight.

After the first few consumption of YKLZ, AZ indeed got better, in terms that he had some bowel movements after about a week of not having it. Later, the father stopped giving him YKLZ because AZ refused to take it, probably because he could taste the bitterness of that triterpenoids contained in YKLZ. AZ's condition got worsen after that and I tried to convince the parents to continue YKLZ consumption with an addition of JiaHor Soy Protein. AZ was said to refuse taking both YKLZ and JHSP thus not making his condition any better.

I felt really sad for his health and just wish that he could have more courage to live the many more days to come and overcome the disease he's currently suffering. So to those of you out there who feel pity for this baby, you could at least be extra careful on what to feed your babies, and especially to nursing mommies or pregnant women, watch what you eat, cause it will go straight to your baby and that defines whether your baby would be healthy or not.

Others who have extra moolah, you can extend your donation straight to the father of the child, which could reduce the burden of settling off the medication fee which the father is handling it alone right now, since the mommy is a full-time housewife. All donations can be made to :

MAYBANK ACC : 164100258387

FIKRI BIN YA'ACOB

If 100 people donated RM1 each, it could help a lot to this family. Please have some mercy for the young guy as if he's yours.

And everyone else, let's take some moment to pray for AZ's health so that he could live for the many more years to come healthily with his 2 elder sisters.

" In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful ... "

LingZhi for Your Cats (or Pets).

I have cats. A lot of them. Short hair, Long hair, Persian, Siamese, you name it. I have (or had) all of them. I've been wanting to have a Scottish Fold! Haven't got the chance, yet. Maybe because haven't got enough fund to afford one! Haha. Any free Scottish Fold? Ehem. So. It started since 1994. My cousin gave us these two most adorable cats - Garfield and Simba. Both were male, orange, long hair, cute and playful. Garfield is the skinnier one (I know, he should be that big, fat, lazy) and Simba grew up looking fierce but he's not that really.

Then, came along Smokey, a pure persian, female, grey, very fierce but cute. She's Mom's most favourite. So that's when the family tree started. After about 15 years of becoming a very successful cat-breeder, I'm proud (or not?) to announce that to date, we have 21 cats under one roof. Yes. *Clap clap*. Through out the years, Mom has been the main person behind the scene. She's been taking care of all of them everyday, went back and forth to the clinic when one got sick, doctor for mommycats delivering babies ... She's been everything to the kitties. I only adore them when they're cute and when they grew bigger, I don't get too attached. Simply because I used to have one cat that I truly love and suddenly she died which really upset me and I never want to go through that same feeling again. Yes, I AM that emotional. Sue me.

We've had cats with leukimia, kidney disease, stone in the bladder, caesared for delivery, spayed, FIV, etc. Not that we're proud with any of these diseases / complications, but we truly understand how cats too can suffer from all the chronic / critical diseases like human do. 

When I first started to become conscious of my health, one of my male cats - Junior, was having difficulty to urinate. This had also happened to another cat which I used to have. Everytime it occured, Mom would take him to the vet to suck the stones from his bladder. After that, he needs to be fed with a good (expensive) food to avoid the stones from occuring again. But after a while, we couldn't afford to feed him with that good food anymore, and the stones will re-appear and need to be sucked again. It was painful. It has to be! Imagine sucking something hard and larger from your bladder passage. Ouch! 

With the simple understanding of how LingZhi can normalize our body system at that time, I boiled some Lu Chun LingZhi Tea which consists of 5% of Jia Hor LingZhi and give it to him for a few days. The first day consuming the tea, a few droplets of blood was spotted when he tried to pee. Few days later, the blood became thinner and watery. About a week after the tea consumption, he can pee freely till now. I still check his voiding habit from time to time and it seems OK now. Am very proud with his improvement. :)

Recently, I fed one of my nursing cats (yes, there are more than 1 nursing mom now) with Jia Hor Soy Protein. She likes the taste but I don't give her everyday. Maybe because I too need that Protein and can't afford (yet) to sponsor it as her daily health-food. ;P 

Other than that, I also used to feed some of my sick cats with YungKien LingZhi, YungKien Pollen and Jia Hor Nutri-Health Tablet. All the products are 100% natural so there's nothing to be worried about. It's much much better than some people who give Panadol to their sick cats. Erk. Please do not give Panadol! Even if you think it's necessary, just give 1/8 of the tablet! Not that whole large one!

The lighter and easier way is to boil a pot of Lu Chun LingZhi Tea and distribute it to all the water bowls. This way, your cats will at least have something in the body to remove the toxins from the cheap cat food available in the market which contains colouring and preservatives. 

Cats too need to be healthy, you know. ;P

The Role of LingZhi in the Immune War

So we went to the talk by Dr Chen on Monday night. He explained about how our own body's immunity could fight viruses.

Human's real predator is the virus. According to research, new virus appears almost every year. This happened because of mutation of viruses in our environment.

Since 1918, H1N1 flu was found in Spain which killed more than 30 million people worldwide. World War I even ended possibly because of this influenza disease.

Around 1957, H2N2 flu was found in Asia and In 1968, H3N2 flu was spotted in Hong Kong, which killed more than 1 million victims. Few years back, we were shocked by the existence of SARS and now, we're haunted by the latest mutation of virus, Type A(H1N1) flu. Please refer to the diagram below for the growth of different viruses since early 1900s. 

Image source from Wikipedia.

Type A(H1N1) flu or it's more popular by the name of 'Swine Flu' is awfully dangerous to everyone. This is because, it is very difficult for one to know whether he/she is infected with the disease since the 'hiding period' for the virus to stay in the body before that person suffers from fever/flu is about 7 days. Hiding period is the duration where the virus stays before it starts attacking the body. And the worse thing is, we never know who is already infected with A(H1N1) virus before that person is diagnosed with fever/flu and he/she doesn't have to fall sick to transmit the disease to the next person. This virus can also spread at a warm temperature so it can be transmitted to anyone, anywhere and anytime. 

Illustration of influenza antigenic shift

So how can human survive from this virus?

There's no other vaccine out there which can help to cure this disease. Even when the scientists have came up with a solution, by that time, a new virus has appeared and this process will go on and on. The best way to fight the in-coming virus from attacking our body is our own immunity system. That's why people say, "The best doctor for you is your own body". Which is very true. If you have a very powerful immunity system, it can fight all the viruses from attacking your body and the rest of the systems.

This is where Lingzhi can play a role. Lingzhi is not a vaccine in immune war. It is instead a representative of immune power. Lingzhi has the capability to regulate the immune system in our body. The immune system should not be too weak, as predators can easily break in, and it should not be too strong, where it can attack back our own body. By taking Lingzhi, the immune power can be regulated so that it will make sure the defense cells are powerful to fight viruses and diseases.

When the 1st and 2nd defense cells are powerful, the most important weapon in our body will be strong, which is the antibody, used to identify the known virus and foreign objects (mutated virus).

The requirements for a powerful immunity system are to:

- avoid over reaction of immune cells

- supply sufficient immune cells

- terminate phatogen

- produce antibody in short time

In conclusion, when we have a powerful immune system in our body, we can (God willing) fight all the new virus mutations no matter where they come from, be it bird, swine, or human-sourced.

So everyone, please do take care of your own body. Do not abuse this hardworking 'machine' which has been operating ever since you were not even born to this world yet! Take care of it so that our body can still be used in the many more years to come. And hopefully it will still be in good condition till the day it stops working. Insya Allah~

Till the next one~

Are you healthy?

"I am healthy. I don't catch a flu. I'm not having fever. I can still go to work and exercise regularly. I eat good food and seldomly see the doctor. I am healthy"

Sure you are. That's what we always get from people's first response to, "Are you healthy?". But when we asked further questions, it determines whether he/she is truly healthy or not.

• Do you get headache often?
  
• Can you sleep easily at night before midnight?
  
• Do you feel fresh everytime you wake up in the morning?
  
• How's your day at work? Feeling lazy? Sleepy?
  
• Do you suffer from constipation?
  

If most of the answers to the above questions are YES, it means you're not 100% healthy. 

If you experience the above symptoms, it shows that toxin has started to enter your body. If toxin is not removed, it will accumulate in the body and start to affect our body systems. Accumulated toxin in our body for many years could lead to chronic diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure, and the end of all diseases; cancer.

Is it normal for us to feel lazy and sleepy during the day? The answer is NO. Feeling sleepy and lazy during the day shows that our body is lack of oxygen. When toxin is accumulating in our body, we need a very high level of oxygen to get rid of the toxin. This process is called 'detoxification'. There are many ways to detoxify your body. So many products are available out there claiming that they are good for detoxificating your body. But how do we know which is the best one?

Of course, you can do a simple research to define which is the best detoxificat-or (erk?), but if you ask me, of course my answer would be LingZhi. =D Do I sound biased? Maybe. But if you do your own research on LingZhi, you will agree with me, I'm sure. :)

There are many kind of LingZhi products out there. But so far, I've never came across any other product better than Shuang Hor's LingZhi. Visit their website and find the testimonies from real consumers to understand better. The certifications achieved for Shuang Hor on its products prove that all the products (especially YungKien LingZhi) is safe for everyone and anyone to consume. (Including cats! - yes, I've tried).

Constipation? What is constipation? It is very simple to know if we're constipated. You must make sure you have a regular bowel movement, easy-not forced, and the stool must have these 5 criteria :

1 - Big

2 - Yellow to Light Brown

3 - Long

4 - Floating

5 - Not too stinky

The topic on constipation can be a very long one. I shall do more study on this and share with the rest of you some other time. For now, just make sure you have a healthy stool, OK? If your stool sinks, that means you're lack of fibre. Eat more good quality food which are high in fibre and avoid consuming too much of toxic food such as fried ones, fast food and others which contain lots of additional colouring and preservatives.

Till then, stay healthy~

Wanna help? Here's how.

I've just got the update from AN. Here's the details of the mother of that 20-year-old boy who's in comma now.

If you feel like donating to the family to lessen their burden of buying him pampers, medication and other supplies, please direct your donation to :

ZARINA BINTI OTHMAN

BSN ACC : 10138-29-00008619-2

We maybe comfortable of what we have now. But at times, think of others who suffer. May God bless your sincerity.

Amiin.

Baby, be strong.

Last week, KN came up to me telling that her friend's baby was diagnosed with a serious disease. The 2-month-old baby almost underwent a surgery last Monday in JB. She was suspected to be having Hirschsprung Disease. The surgery was supposed to remove part of her defected intestine. But would it cure her?

KN gave me the father's contact number and we met up. Apparently, the baby was normal for the past 2 months. Only recently, when she was supposed to be vaccinated, the nurse in charged informed the parents of the baby's abnormality. She looked very skinny. Then, the parents realized that the baby has a constipation problem for 8 days already. After explaining to the father about health and some of ShuangHor's product, he was convinced with the product and bought a bottle of Yung Kien Lingzhi. AN suggested a capsule per hour till the constipation problem solved.

The baby was admitted in JB Hospital. So the following night, the baby was given a capsule of YKLZ. The next morning, the stool came out green. Not too hard. Not too soft. That's a good reaction. Only that, according to AN, green stool might be a sign of bad liver. The father continued giving YKLZ to the baby and she has improved day by day. The latest news was she produced yellow stool. Alhamdulillah.

This morning, the father informed me that the baby already refused to take YKLZ. Previously, he opened up the capsule, put YKLZ in a bottle of water and feed the baby. Now, the baby can differentiate the taste, and mind you, YKLZ has only one taste, that is VERY BITTER! So the mother continued to consume the capsules. I adviced the father to put YKLZ in a syringe and force-feed the baby. That's the only way.  But his concern is now whether YKLZ will reverse the effect of hormone-pills the wife is taking.

For everyone's info, hormone-pills are no good for nursing mother, baby, teenagers with pimple problems, family planning or girls with monthly-cycle problem. In short, hormone-pills are no good for anyone! Don't be surprised that even some guys take hormone-pills. The possibility of one getting side effects from that medication is extremely high and the side effects include breast cancer, blood clots, stroke, tumors, and the list goes on and on. 

So to answer the father's concern, no, YKLZ will not reverse the effect of hormone-pills, but it may somehow reduce the possible side effects that might occur during the consumption. But for me, why take the risk?

The baby is now waiting for another month for the doctors to confirm whether she needs to undergo a surgery to remove part of her intestine or not. Let's pray that she'll do fine without any alteration in her body. Imagine if it happens to your 2-month-old baby. What would you do?

How can we help?

This was told by Aunty Nina who just got back from visiting a family yesterday. That family is like a normal one. The father worked as a Security Guard, the mother is a housewife, the eldest son is turning 20 and there are 5 other siblings. 

The reason why she visited the family was because of the eldest son's condition. He's a very young lad, tall and lanky figure. Supposed to be the family's first hope to help the parents and the younger siblings. Unfortunately, the boy is helpless now. He has been in a comma and bedridden for a year. He used to be dependant on the life-support machine but he can breathe normally now. He looks like a normal boy lying on the bed, he's not too skinny, he's not pale, he can blink his eyes slowly once in a while, and he even cries sometimes. So what's wrong with him? 

A year ago, he was badly beaten by a group of heartless-boys which cracked his skull (both right and left), slashed his feet and made him became what he is now. The first impression when I asked Aunty Nina about his condition, she replied, "He's a living vegetable".

His mother looked as if she's given up. She's been feeding and taking care of her son for a year now with not a slight of hope that he'll recover. Imagine that both sides of your skull were ripped and nothing covers your brain. But God is So Great that the boy is still breathing till now. Lately, the doctor said that the boy also has a high sugar level in his blood. On top of other medications his mother is 'feeding', he also needs to take diabetic medication. His mother also covers his face with a mosquito net to avoid flies. Very sad but so true.

How did this happen? 

We can easily blame the boy for getting into the fight at the first place. Or maybe point finger to the parents for not taking care of their child properly. We can do that. Blames after blames. But what's done is done. I'm sure if he was given a chance to turn back time, he wouldn't have gotten involved in that bunch of immoral kids. Aunty Nina also believes that this might be a way how he could get closer to God. It's the most saddest way, but if he's been given another chance to live a normal life again, I'm sure he won't waste it this time.

Apart from being sympathize and pay visit to the family, we can only pray from far that the boy will get better soon to lessen the burden of his family. I'm also trying to get Aunty Nina to provide the father's account number so that anyone who wants to help could channel the payment straight to him. I shall update everyone on the details once I've got it.

Let's take a moment to cherish what we have now and never forget about the people in need. 

Salaam.

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