Effect of Color To Appetite

Eating is one of the basic needs that can not be left on all human beings live is no exception. All human beings must require the food to support life, but often we meet someone who is lazy to eat.

There are a number of studies conducted on how the perception of taste is affected by color. The study concluded that people learn and become familiar with specific combinations of colors and foods. This combination can change perceptions and create expectations about how smell and taste of food.

Any color that can stimulate appetite? Here are some color and psychological effects on appetite, as reported by Lifemojo, Wednesday (05/11/2011):


a. Yellow
Yellow is a bright cheerful colors. Yellow improves concentration, also stimulates the appetite, because this is related to happiness.

b. Green
Green is associated with natural colors, health and often used to demonstrate product safety. Because of its relationship with nature, green is considered as calming and relaxing color.

c. Red
Red is the color of the full emotional and very energetic color. This color can increase the rate of respiration and raising blood pressure, and also can increase appetite. Because it can stimulate appetite, red color is often used as a paint color wall restaurants and also a good choice for color in the dining room.

d. Toska (turquoise)
This color can stimulate appetite. Toska and orange color combination could even be a combination of colors that 'delicious'.

e. Orange
The color orange can help increase the supply of oxygen to the brain, producing a refreshing effect and stimulates mental activity. The color orange is the color that can make people feel comfortable. And like the color orange, orange is associated with healthy foods and can stimulate appetite.

Green, brown and red are the most popular food colors. Red and yellow are often used in the decoration of the restaurant because this color can stimulate appetite.

In order to lose weight, you have to eat food on a plate of black or dark. Dark colors in the subconscious can reduce appetite. Further, supper should be eaten in the dark plate, but the breakfast must be eaten on plates bright.

Prevent Growth of Cancer With Sweet Potatoes And Carrots

The content of carrots and sweet potatoes that are efficacious as anticancer retionat acid, which is a derivative of vitamin A which is also beneficial for eye health. In cancer cells, these compounds can inhibit the growth and spread in breast tissue.

This compound works by binding to specific receptors that play a role in the division of cancer cells themselves. When these receptors bind to retinoic acid, the growth of cancer cells is inhibited so as not to be getting bigger.


Represents the first culture of human normal cells, whereas the second culture represent cells exposed to carcinogens or cancer-triggering. The third culture contains cells that are invasive or grow abnormally and the next is the actual tumor cells with characteristics similar to breast cancer.

The experimental results showed that retinoic acid which are found mainly in carrots and sweet potatoes can inhibit cancer cells. However, its effectiveness is more visible in early stage breast cancer, when the cells have not too invasive or spread.

Some Supplements That Not Allow Mixed With Drugs

To improve fitness, not a few people who take the drug at once supplements. Though there are some supplements that should not be mixed with drugs.

Drugs are consumed in the form of supplements, vitamins, medical drugs or herbal medicines should not be used arbitrarily. This is because some drugs can cause a specific interaction that reflects poorly on the body.

Food and Drug Administration(FDA) said that only a few cases of reported drug interactions that sometimes is not known. This is generally because people are not aware of any interactions between drugs consumed.

Here are some supplements that should not be mixed or consumed together with the drug, the FDA of Health was quoted as saying on Thursday (04/07/2011), namely:


Fish oil
Eating fish oil with blood pressure-lowering drugs may increase the effects of the drug, so a person will experience a drastic decrease in blood pressure and can be dangerous.

If the supplement is consumed together with birth control pills will reduce the effect of triglycerides contained in fish oil.

If the consume high doses of fish oil mixed with herbs (including gingko biloba) can slow blood clotting that can cause bleeding.

Calcium Supplements
When taking calcium should pay attention to other drugs consumed by the absorption of calcium may reduce the ability of many drugs including osteoporosis drugs known as bisphosphonates, tetracycline antibiotics, quinolone class and used levothyroxine for hypothyroidism.

Melatonin Supplements
Melatonin supplements with sedatives can cause excessive sleepiness. In addition, melatonin can slow blood clotting, so if consumed together with anticoagulant drugs such as heparin or warfarin can increase the chances of bruising and bleeding.

And also avoid the consumption of melatonin in blood pressure control medication because it can increase the value of blood pressure.

Vitamin D
Vitamin D is known to decrease the effectiveness of cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin (Lipitor). Consuming high doses of vitamin D along with diuretic drugs can cause too much calcium in the body which can lead to kidney problems.

Drinking Coffee After Eating, Can Disturb Health

Are you or your family have a habit of drinking coffee after a meal? From now on try to stop the habit, because according to researchers from the University of Guelph in Canada, drinking coffee after eating foods that contain fat can increase blood sugar levels doubled.

Apparently, fat affects the body's ability to produce insulin and distribute it to the muscles that trigger blood sugar rises to the level of potentially dangerous.


"Finally we found that fatty and caffeinated coffee could damage the communication between the intestine and pancreas, which can cause we can not clean the sugar from the body easily," said study author, Marie-Soleil Beaudoin.

The research team found that those who drank two cups of caffeinated coffee drinks five hours after digesting fatty foods will find that his blood sugar levels 32 percent higher than those who do not eat fatty foods or beverages. In subsequent testing, showed that blood sugar levels increased by 65 percent compared to when the respondent does not digest fat and caffeinated coffee.

Apparently Shopping Can Prolong Life

Most of people would want a longer survival in this world or longevity. Many studies have been conducted to find out how someone can live a long life. But recently it is known that the secret of longevity can be obtained by frequent shopping.

At least there are 3 reasons that make the hobby of shopping can make a person stay young in the sense of more rare deadly illness. One of them is, involving expenditure of physical activity because they have to at least walk down the supermarket aisles.


Compared to never moved at all, mild physical activity is certainly very useful. Variety of serious diseases ranging from obesity to heart attacks is much influenced by the factors of physical activity, ie less sedentary.

The last reason is the intake of nutrients, because someone who diligently spending tend to have more stock of fresh food at home. People who rarely rely on stored food shopping in the fridge, which was not fresh and sometimes nutrient has decreased.

"This fact is very nice, but I would not conclude that the expenditures made ​​longevity. Characteristics of individual people who like to spend more influence longevity," said Prof. S. Jay Olshansky of the University of Illinois, as quoted from HealthDay, Thursday (7 / 4 / 2011).

Herbal Medicines To Cure Tonsillitis

Tonsillitis are the two bulge of flesh is in the esophagus on the left and right of the pharynx, behind the rear fold both ends of mult. Tonsil useful to make lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell Namely useful to kill the germs that enter through the mouth.


Here's a traditional medicines potions to cure tonsillitis:
1. 30 grams and 10 pieces of fresh bitter leaf cocor fresh duck boiled with 600 cc of water until the remaining 300 cc. after filtered, use water to rinse his mouth.
Consumption: Mouthwash mouthwash 2 times a day-

2. 7 pieces of boiled leaves of life connects with 400 cc of water to the remaining 200 cc, and the water is drunk while warm.
Consumption: Consumption of 2 times a day

3. 25 grams of grated turmeric, then add 2 tablespoons of water to drink. Stir until blended then extorted. Feelings of water added with 1 chicken egg yolk and a little water whiting. Whisk until evenly distributed, then the drink.
Consumption: Consumption of 2 times a day

4. Some ripe noni fruit blended then add honey to taste and then drink.
Consumption: Consumption of 2 times a day

5. 30 grams of root development at four boiled with 400 cc of water to the remaining 200 cc, and the water is drunk while warm.
Consumption: Consumption of 2 times a day

Dont Wash Your Face When Hot

Face wash helps clean the face of the particles-particles and dirt on the face. Washing the face to retain moisture to keep skin soft and supple, and can prevent acne.

But you should not wash your face while hot air or heat, because heat and sweat can clog pores. For that wait a while until the body temperature returned to normal and the pores of the skin is in normal condition.


After the normal body temperature before are advised to wash your face. But the most important step is to wash your hands first so that dirt, germs and other substances that stick in hand does not move to the face, as quoted by Discovery, Friday (4/8/2011).

In addition, should resist the urge to rub the face with a towel in order to quickly free from sweat. Because if the body temperature is hot or not normal, the pores of the face will remain clogged.

When you wash your face do not use hot water because it can make the skin dry and dangerous. Use warm water to wash your face and then rinse it and ended by washing face using cold water.