Benefits of Hydrogen Pedoxide (household 3%)

Put 1 ounce hydrogen peroxide in 1 quart of water and water and mist plants with solution. For sprouting seeds, add 1 ounce hydrogen peroxide to one pint of water and soak seeds overnight. Use a new mixture of the same solution each time you soak or water the seeds.

Use hydrogen peroxide on wet blood stains. Pour it right on the stain.

Use a 50/50 mix of hydrogen peroxide and water and spray into nostrils whenever you have a cold or clogged sinuses. It will bubble and help kill bacteria. Hold in nose for a few minutes then blow your nose into a tissue. (fill an empty nasal spray bottle with this 50/50 solution).

For an emergency-fix for a bad toothache, put a capfull of peroxide into your mouth and hold it for 10 minutes several times a day. The pain will lessen greatly.

For a lighter, natural look for your blonde or light brown hair, spray a 50/50 mix of hydrogen peroxide and water on your wet hair after a shower and comb it through. It will lighten and highlight your hair gradually.

Pour a cup of peroxide in your bath water to help rid boils, fungus or other skin infections.

Use hydrogen peroxide to clean mirrors with no smearing.

Use hydrogen peroxide as an insecticide spray. Put 8 ounces of white sugar and 4-8 ounces of hydrogen peroxide in one gallon of water and spray away.

Keep a spray bottle of hydrogen peroxide in the bathroom and spray your body after washing to replace the acid on your skin that soap and chloride in the water removes.

Spray toilet paper with hydrogen peroxide before using.

Use hydrogen peroxide spray on a cotton ball as a facial freshener after washing.

Mix hydrogen peroxide with baking soda and use as a toothpaste for whitening and cleaning your teeth.

Use 3% hydrogen peroxide as a mouthwash and throat gargle. It destroys the bad bacteria and helps clear up periodontal disease.

How to open Office 2007 ( .xlsx .docx ) files in older version of MS Office

If you use Office XP, Office 2003, or Office 2000 programs, and you want to open and save documents in the 2007 Microsoft Office formats, you need to install the Office Compatibility Pack.

You may also be required to install additional updates to your Office programs if they have not already been installed.

Download Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack from the following link

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466

After you install the compatibility pack successfully, you are finished. See the next section, "Use 2007 Microsoft Office documents in earlier Office programs," for some tips about opening and saving 2007 Microsoft Office files in your version of Office programs.

Refer to original Microsoft support page here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074

Watch Your cholesterol

Sip green tea or munch on a few nuts to fight bad cholesterol. High blood lipids (cholesterol or triglycerides) requires a combination of diet and exercise as initial treatment. Reducing dietary calories and intake of saturated fat, and consuming a high-fibre diet rich in fresh fruit and vegetables are obvious first steps. Other dietary measures exist, and here is an overview of the most popular ones.

The American heart association (AHA) recommends at least two servings of fatty fish per week to prevent heart disease. The omega – 3 fatty acids in fish lower bad cholesterol and triglycerides. According to the AHA, fish oil supplements, which contain massive amounts of omega – 3 fatty acids, are recommended only in refractory hypertriglyceridemia and are not meant for the general population. Vegetarian sources of omega 3 fatty acids include canola oil, soyabeanoil, flaxseed oil and nuts. Consuming moderate amounts of nuts definitely helps lower cholesterol particularly the bad cholesterol. One study showed that taking 20 percent of daily calories from a PUFA rich source like almonds or walnuts significantly lowered the bad lipids, Green tea and not black tea or oolong tea, has a similar beneficial effect.

Garlic: Something that smells this bad ought to do something good, and garlic indeed has many healthful properties but lowering cholesterol is not one of them. Sorry. And the same goes for soy protein which has only a minor effect on blood cholesterol. Soy protein is a great food but it is not worth having just for the sake of cholesterol.

Guggulipid made from the resin of the mukul myrrh tree, is a controversial product. Indian studies attest to its cholesterol,lowering effect but American research does not bear it out. Moreover, there are questions about the quality of the Indian research that led to the claims of health benefit. Pity.

Red yeast rice: This is a fermented rice dish popular in Chinese cuisine. It contains monacolins, which are substances with HMG COA reductase inhibitor activity similar to that of the statin drugs used to lower blood cholesterol. Unfortunately, not all strains of the rice have the same activity, and extracts of red yeast rice are poorly standardized.

Calcium Supplements improve the composition of blood lipids, and a diet high in calcium is inversely associated with cardiovascular risk. However, in postmenopausal women, who are the chief target of calcium and Vitamin D supplements, there is no reduction of cardiovascular risk with such supplements

Source : The Hindu - Wellness