Water

Drink water with a wedge of lemon everyday to naturally detox your body and flush out your system.

Medical Benefits of Tea

1. Tea can boost exercise endurance. Scientists have found that the catechins (antioxidants) in green tea extract increase the body’s ability to burn fat as fuel, which accounts for improved muscle endurance.
2. Drinking tea could help reduce the risk of heart attack. Tea might also help protect against cardiovascular and degenerative diseases.
3. The antioxidants in tea might help protect against a boatload of cancers, including breast, colon, colorectal, skin, lung, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, pancreas, liver, ovarian, prostate and oral cancers. But don’t rely solely on tea to keep a healthy body — tea is not a miracle cure, after all. While more studies than not suggest that tea has cancer-fighting benefits, the current research is mixed.

You may be able to boost your fight against the flu with black tea.
Your best defense against contracting the flu is to wash your hands often and get vaccinated against the influenza virus. Black tea may further bolster your efforts to stay healthy. In a recent study, people who gargled with a black tea extract solution twice per day showed a higher immunity to flu virus compared to the people who did not gargle with black tea.

Health benefits of tea#

 A recent study published in the journal Circulation found that drinking more than two cups of tea a day decreased the risk of death following a heart attack by 44 percent. Even less spirited tea drinkers were rewarded: Consuming just two cups a day decreased the risk of death by almost a third.
Tea is a rich source of the flavonoids quercetin, kaempferol, and myricetin, and research shows that high dietry intake of these compounds is associated with a reduced risk of fatal heart attacks. In one study, people who drank about a cup and a half of tea per day were almost 40% less likely to suffer a heart attack compared to tea abstainers.

God's Coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite -- telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups."

"Now consider this," he continued... "Life is the coffee. The jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us."

God brews the coffee, not the cups... Enjoy your coffee!  
"The happiest people don't have the best of everything.
They just make the best of everything they have."
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply.
Speak kindly... and leave the rest to God.

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I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade

I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade..... And try to find someone else whose life has given them vodka and have a party.

10 unusual uses for Vodka

VODKA CAN SOOTHE A TOOTHACHE

Swishing a shot of vodka over your toothache can help disinfect and numb some of the pain in your gums.
Realistically, drink enough of it in the first place and I’m sure you’ll forget about most of the pain anyway.
Nevertheless, give this a shot next time you get a toothache. Let me know how it goes.

VODKA CAN HELP JELLYFISH STINGS
Vodka can disinfect and alleviate some of the pain from a jellyfish sting.
So, next time someone you know gets stung by a jellyfish at your next beach outing, don’t try to pee on him or her.
Run to the liquor store and get some vodka. Pick up some whiskey while you’re there! ;)
It’s worth noting that there are many types of jellyfish and that their stings may yield different levels of severity.
If it’s really bad, go to the hospital.

VODKA CAN REPEL INSECTS
Nobody likes hot, muggy summer days. Part of this is because of the heat. The other part is because of the bugs!
If you find yourself without any bug spray, but do happen to have some vodka on hand, remember Vodka can repel insects.
Pour some in a spray bottle and relax in the comfort of your own yard without having to worry about being eaten alive by tiny
six-legged freaks. Plus, vodka doesn’t contain any DEET, which has been a topic of conversation in the media regarding it’s safety.

VODKA CAN TREAT POISON IVY
The vodka has to be at least 100 proof to work. Just immediately pour it on..

VODKA CAN FRESHEN LAUNDRY
Apparently, vodka was essentially the first Febreeze.
Spraying your clothes with vodka and hanging them to dry in well-ventilated areas can keep your clothes smelling fresh.
Evidently, vodka has the ability to kill odor-causing bacteria, but doesn’t leave a scent when it finally dries.
How amazing is that?! I hate doing laundry…

VODKA CAN SHINE YOUR FIXTURES
Does your shower faucet look awful? How about your kitchen sink? .
Applying vodka to a cloth and getting to work on those faucets will have them shining  in no time.
This seems to work on chrome, glass and porcelain fixtures, so it acts as a pretty well rounded cleaning solution.
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VODKA CAN CLEAR AWAY MOLD
Instead of harsh chemical sprays, fill an old spray bottle with some vodka.
Spray it on the mold, let it sit for 15 minutes and then scrub it away.
Cleaning the mold from your home will give you more quality air.
Clean it with vodka and you’ll have more quality air and a possible buzz.

VODKA CAN PRESERVE FLOWERS
Simply add a few drops of vodka and a teaspoon of sugar to the water in your flower vase, changing the mixture every day or two,
and your flowers will last a whole lot longer.

VODKA CAN MAKE YOUR HAIR SHINIER
Add a bit of vodka to a 12-ounce bottle of shampoo, shake it up and enjoy. Vodka has the ability to make your hair healthier and more lush.
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VODKA CAN MAKE A SOOTHING LAVENDER TINCTURE
Lavender is known for it’s soothing capabilities.
If you have aches and pains after a long day at work, it may be worth it to give this a try.
Fill a glass jar filled with fresh lavender flowers and then top it off with vodka.
Seal the lid and place it in the sun for three days.
When you’re done, strain the liquid through a coffee filter and you have homemade lavender tincture.
Rub it on your aches and pains.

Interesting facts about Caffeine and Coffee

The word “cappuccino” comes from the 16th century Capuchin order of friars, whose hoods were called cappuccinos. A cappuccino is a coffee topped with steamed milk.

An espresso has less caffeine than a cup of coffee

A cup of drip brewed coffee has about 115 milligrams of caffeine, an espresso (and percolated coffee) about 80mg, while instant coffee has about 65mg of caffeine. Decaffeinated coffee is not totally caffeine free, containing about 3mg of caffeine. A 8oz can of Coca-Cola has about 23mg of caffeine, Pepsi Cola 25mg, Mountain Dew 36mg, and TAB 31mg. Tea has about 40mg of caffeine, while an ounce of chocolate contains about 20mg. 

The first Espresso machine was introduced in 1822 by the French, but it was the Italians who perfected and distributed it.

Coffee is the world’s most popular stimulant: 4 out of 5 Americans drink it, consuming more than 400 million cups a day. Consumption in Scandinavian countries is more than 12kg (26lb) per capita. With more than 25 million people employed in the industry, coffee is one of the largest trade industries in the world.

Although coffee is believed to have been grown near the Red Sea since the 7th century, an Arabian author of the 15th century, Shehabeddin Ben, wrote that Ethiopians enjoyed coffee ever since anyone could remember. By the 16th centuries, coffee plants were found throughout the Yemen region of Arabia. After a Turkish ambassador introduced it to the court of Louis XIV in 1669, Europeans quickly acquired a taste for it. A few years later, the Dutch introduced coffee into Java. In 1714, the Frenchman Desclieux planted a single cutting of a coffee tree on the island of Martinique. Plantations soon grew from French Guiana to Brazil and Central America. Today, coffee is planted in moist regions around the world.

Instant coffee was invented in 1906 by Mr. G. Washington, an Englishman living in Guatemala.

Coffee is the seed of a cherry from the tree genus Coffea, a tree yielding about 1kg (2lb) of coffee per year. There are more than 25 species of coffee, the 3 main commercial types (varietals) being Robusta, Liberia and Arabica, the latter representing 70% of total production. It takes 42 coffee beans to make an espresso.

Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines. Ironically, caffeine withdrawal also is one of the most common causes of headaches. Women who drink 2 or more cups of coffee a day also have an increased risk of developing osteoporosis. This, however, can be offset by drinking milk or yogurt to replace the lost calcium.

Caffeine is removed from coffee by treating the green beans – large seeds are commonly referred to as beans – with chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents. Instant coffee is prepared by mixing ground and roasted coffee with hot water. The water is then evaporated by spray dryers and high pressure, leaving only the coffee powder. In some coffee products, coffee is replaced with chicory (a wildflower herb), fig, date, malt, or barley, remotely resembling real coffee.

Caffeine is known medically as trimethylxanthine, and the chemical formula is C8H10N4O2.

Coffee makes the world go round.

Do you prefer coffee or tea to get you going in the mornings?