Helth Tips : Eye Care

Eyes have been described as being windows of the soul. However, most of us barely realize the role our eyes play in our world unless we find ourselves jarringly made aware of this sense by being brought into contact with someone who has an infirmity or loss of vision or when our vision seems to be failing.

At such times, we may find ourselves shuddering at the thought of a world without light, color, shape and beauty. An awareness of our vision, the problems that could affect our eyes, and some measures that can be applied to avoid these problems can help with caring adequately for our eyes.

Eye care is necessary

There are several reasons why eye care is essential for us. Some of these include:

• Vision is an essential sense. Our life would be incomplete if we were deprived of vision even in one eye.
• Drinking secretly or alone.
• Our eyes are essential to help with the performance of our daily activities so that we are able to fit in with our world and as not be a dependent burden on those close to us.
• Eyes are essential to the full enjoyment of our life. Imagine the loss of a mother who cannot see her child’s smile, but must only receive it by touch, thereby losing out on part of the beauty of this simple emotion!
• The cost of corrective treatment for eyes that have not been well cared for is much more than what would have been expended on preventive measures in the form of eye care.
• Social activities would be constrained in an individual with impaired or lack of vision, though current advances in science have been fighting this effect with significant success in several areas.

As vision is so essential, a limiting of vision or the lack thereof can result in curtailment of employment and vocational opportunities.

Defects affecting vision

Some of the common defects affecting vision include:

• myopia (near-sightedness) ,
• hypermetropia (far-sightedness) ,
• astigmatism,
• glaucoma,
• cataract,
• diabetic and hypertensive retinopathies.

Caring for the eyes

Just a few simple activities that are factored into one’s daily routine can provide significant eye care support. These include:

• Annual eye check ups. These will have a professional evaluate your eyes and will ensure that any problems that are in the incipient stage are identified and arrested with appropriate treatment.
• Avoid rubbing or meddling with the eyes and eyelashes. If there is a problem, such as itching or redness, consult a doctor instead of resorting to self-treatment.
• Avoid looking directly at bright, intense sources of light.
• Television watching should be indulged in only from a distance of 6 feet and should be restricted to 2–3 h at a stretch.
• Avoid use of chemical substances in and around the eye. Eyeliners, eye shadows, etc., should be used minimally and with caution so as to avoid contact to the inside of the eye or the cornea.
• Seek medical attention if you suspect your vision is diminishing. Some symptoms of problems with vision include:

• Diminishing vision.
• Redness or irritation in the eye.
• Pain within the eyes or persistent or severe headaches.
• Double vision.
• Watering or discharge from the eyes.
• Intermittent flashes of light or sparks in vision.
• Protrusion of the eyes occurring suddenly.
• Spots or defects in the visual field.

• Treat infections of surrounding areas with timely and effective antibiotics. For example, infections of the sinuses can also cause inflammatory reactions to occur around the eye and can contribute to pressure that can alter vision in cases with chronic sinusitis.
• Follow the prescription for glasses provided after vision testing. If self-conscious about wearing glasses, ensure that you try out contact lenses or explore options of Lasik or ophthalmic surgery.
• Workplace eyestrain is an increasing component of occupational disorders. Some measures to reduce eyestrain at the workplace includes keeping the computer at an appropriate distance and height, looking away from the screen often enough to provide relaxation of the eye muscles, wearing appropriate prescription glasses or lenses, avoiding exposure to bright intense light or ultraviolet light.
• Relaxation techniques. Remember that your eyes need relaxation and care if they are to last for all your life. Apply cool compresses over your eyes if they feel strained or worn out.

Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi : Wallpapers With Movie Review

Some things can never change. And never will! One may have a very modern outlook towards life, but most of us continue to be very traditional at heart. Every Rajshri film is rich in emotions and mirrors the traditions and culture with utmost simplicity and understanding. EK VIVAAH... AISA BHI is no exception!

The present-day adaptation of Rajshri's own classic TAPASYA [Raakhee, Parikshit Sahni], EK VIVAAH... AISA BHI is a simple story of sacrifice that aims at pulling your heart strings. Every Rajshri film works for two reasons -- the storyline and strong emotions -- and EK VIVAAH... AISA BHI follows the tradition well.


Of course, a story like the one in this film may seem regressive to the multiplex junta of metros, but the fact remains that cinema is all about narrating stories and EK VIVAAH... AISA BHI has a strong story to tell. Besides, there're ample moments in this film that strike a chord, that touch the core of your heart, that make you moist-eyed. And that's where this film scores big time.It's really disheartening to note that family sagas have actually disappeared from the face of Hindi movies. Come, watch EK VIVAAH... AISA BHI with your family and re-connect with your roots!


<>Chandni [Isha Koppikar] belongs to a middle class family, living in one of the tiny bylanes of Bhopal. She lives with her father and younger siblings -- Anuj [Master Amey Pandya/Vishal Malhotra] and Sandhya [Baby Ishita Panchal/Amrita Prakash]. Chandni, who is deeply attached to her school-going brother and sister, is trained in classical and folk music. During a stage performance, she falls in love with Prem [Sonu Sood]. Prem hails from a rich business family.

Life is picture perfect, until on the day of their engagement, Chandni's father [Alok Nath] passes away. Suddenly, she becomes the eldest in her family. On one hand, her mehendi adorned hands beckon her to the dream home of her fiancé. On the other hand are her younger siblings whom she cannot take along. Chandni decides not to marry, so that she can raise her little brother and sister with self respect.

Prem understands her and waits for Chandni for twelve long years, until she fulfils all the responsibilities as an elder sister.

Debutante director Kaushik Ghatak [a known name on television circuit] remains faithful to the subject material and most importantly, captures the sensitive moments well. The tale of sacrifice has been witnessed time and again, but it works only if the characters make you cry, even weep. In the latter part of EK VIVAAH... AISA BHI, you can't stop tears rolling down your cheeks at several points in the story, especially the Raksha Bandhan sequence and towards the end, when the brother returns with his wife. Rajshri has placed ample trust in Ghatak and the debutante doesn't let you down one bit.

On the flipside, the music [Ravindra Jain] could've been better. 'Mujhme Zinda Hai Woh' is the only track that merits a mention. Also, too many songs in the first hour put you off after a point. Dialogues are good at places.Both Sonu Sood and Isha Koppikar vie for top honours. Sonu is restrained, mature and acts the part well. Isha is first-rate, exuding simplicity and strength that this character demands. Alok Nath is very good. Ditto for Vallabh Vyas and Smita Jaykar. Vishal Malhotra springs a surprise. He's excellent. Chhavi Mittal is effective as the sister-in-law. Amrita Prakash doesn't get much scope. Anang Desai is okay.

On the whole, EK VIVAAH... AISA BHI is akin to a delicious Indian thali in times of Pastas and Pizzas. You may opt for international cuisine at times, but Indian food, for an Indian at heart, would never go out of vogue. At the box-office, expectedly, the film may start slow, but it has the merits to climb the ladder with each passing show. The strategy of releasing the film at single screens and that too at limited centres makes wise business sense, since EK VIVAAH... AISA BHI is not the multiplex kind of movie. Business at single screens of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar should be the best.

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41 ways to melt a woman`s heart

1. Ask her to dance.

2. On windy days, brush wayward strands of hair from her eyes and mouth.

3. When she's coming down the street, across the room, or up the stairs to meet you, walk towards her as soon as you see her.

4. Kiss her between her shoulder blades when she turns her back to you to go to sleep.

5. Put your arm around her when you introduce her to your friends and family.

6. Grasp her hand when a scantily dressed, beautiful woman walks by.

7. Call her when you're feeling sad.

8. Kiss her eyelids.

9. Ask to see a picture of her when she was a child.

10. Wash her from head to toe in the shower.

11. If she's crying on the phone, go over to her place. Immediately.

12. Stand her naked on a sturdy chair and **** between her legs.

13. Occasionally call her by her first and middle names.

14. Buy her your favourite rock album of all time on vinyl.

15. Order coffee for her, remembering exactly how she likes it.

16. Undress her and put her to bed when she falls asleep in the car.

17. Mention your upcoming anniversary before she does.

18. Send her something in the mail. Anything.

19. When she's feeling insecure, stare into her eyes and tell her there is no-one in the world who could be as right for you as she is.

20. Call her just before you get on the plane.

21. Pick her clothes up off the floor.

22. Try desperately to make her laugh when she's feeling down.

23. Take her to see your favourite sport live. Pay more attention to her than to the game.

24. Touch her arm when you leave the table to go to the bathroom. Touch her again when you come back.

25. Shave just before you see her. She'll notice.

26. Hug her when she gets jealous. Hug her hard.

27. Worship her breasts.

28. Give her jewellery.

29. Hand her two towels when she gets out of the shower. (The second one is for her hair.)

30. Ask her specific questions about her work.

31. Keep her favourite cereal on hand.

32. In the middle of a conversation, tell her you love her.

33. Send her very expensive flowers when you screw up.

34. Take her to a cabin with a fireplace. Build her a fire.

35. Moan her name when she goes down on you.

36. Read her a story when it's her turn to drive during a long road trip.

37. Offer to fix something at her place that you realise is broken.

38. Notice when she's wearing something new.

39. Make love to her standing up, against a wall.

40. Kiss her hand in front of your most die-hard bachelor buddies.

41. If she's too stressed to want sex...
a. Run a bath for her.
b. Give her a full-body massage.
c. Ask if she wants to wrestle.

Cell phones to cost 8 to 9% more.

 

Just when the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, is talking about a price cut in the industry to boost demand and growth, many leading mobile phone handset manufacturers have started sending out letters to their dealers hiking prices. Telecom is one of those sectors not impacted much by the global economic slowdown.
At the dealer level, the mobile handset prices have been increased by at least 4 to 5 per cent. A retail buyer would pay around 8 to 9 per cent more (towards taxes) on top of the dealer price.
DNA had reported in September that mobile phones are likely to get more expensive in the Indian market. The weakening rupee is impacting the price of mobile handsets, as most of these are imported.
President of the Indian Cellular Association Pankaj Mohindroo has maintained that a price hike is expected for mobile handsets.
While leading handset manufacturer Nokia is learnt to have issued the increased dealer prices for around 10 models, others are in the process of doing the same.
While 90 per cent of the handsets being sold in the Indian market are branded, the remaining 10 per cent are coming from the parallel market. In 2007 calendar year, 90 million handsets were sold in India.
Even as the telecom sector is dong well despite the slowdown, phone manufacturers have introduced low-cost mobile models, keeping in mind rural India which is largely untapped.
India has over 300 million mobile subscribers, and is adding an average of 8 million to 9 million every month. But the rural tele-density is still in single digit.

HUL hikes prices by up to 28 per cent.

 

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has hiked prices of products by 1-28 per cent across categories such as tea, detergent, soap, shampoo and personal care since October, the company's stockists said.

Among key price moves, HUL hiked prices of Lux 100 gm soap bar by 6 per cent, Surf Excel Quick Wash detergent by 5-6 per cent, and Surf Excel Blue by 12-13 per cent, they said.
It also hiked prices of Brooke Bond Red Label tea and Taj Mahal tea by 8-14 per cent between mid-October and early November, stockists said. The FMCG major also soft launched Knorr culinary pastes in Maharashtra, made packaging changes and introduced promotion offers on select products. The price hike move comes even as other FMCG firms were considering options to pass on the benefit of a fall in prices of raw materials such as soda ash and palm oil to consumers.
Amid price hikes, HUL has also launched Red label Tea in an experimental "standing pouch" in 200 gm, priced at Rs 40. Introduced in the Mumbai market in the first week of November, the price point for tea in this new packaging is lower than the regular packaged tea, which is priced at Rs 70 for 245 gm or Rs 280 a kg.
The new "standing pouch" aims to offer consumers "a value proposition during the prevailing economic slowdown", a company official said, but declined to be quoted.
Apart from packaging, there has been no change in quality or blend of tea, the official claimed. "The standing pouch Red Label was first test-launched in Madhya Pradesh before being launched here. We are already seeing good sales off take," the official said.
HUL also introduced new packaging for its Lux international soaps, while hiking the price by about 6 per cent to Rs 18 (100 gm unit).
HUL launched Pond Age Miracle Daily Resurfacing Cream in a new 10 ml pack priced at Rs 150. A premium product, the cream was earlier available only in 50 gm pack priced at Rs 525. The new stock-keeping unit is aimed at providing "value packs" to consumers, and is in response to the launch of the 30ml pack of Olay Total Effects launched by rival Procter & Gamble.
Available in a gift pack, HUL is also including a "free" photo album with the product as a promotional offer.

Home & Personal Care

	Lux				Breeze
	Lifebuoy				Dove
	Liril				Pears
	Hamam				Rexona
	Surf Excel				Fair & Lovely
	Rin				Pond's
	Wheel				Vaseline
					Aviance
	Sunsilk Naturals				Pepsodent
	Clinic				Closeup
	Axe				Lakme
	Rexona
	Ayush

FOODS

	Brooke Bond			Brooke Bond Bru
	Lipton
	Kissan			Kwality Wall's
	Annapurna
	Knorr Pureit Water

Rang Rasiya ...exclusive

Though no full-length Indian feature film is competing at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Ketan Mehta's Rang Rasiya added some Indian color to the event.

The movie, based on the story of the legendary 19th-century Indian painter Raja Ravi Verma, was promoted.

 India's own stories and yet won global recognition. That should be a source of inspiration for all of us today.

Portions of the film were screened throughout the evening. A distinct Indian flavour was added to the event
by Rajasthani folk musicians who enchanted the gathering with their traditional songs.

Gmail launches voice and video chat.

Google has launched Gmail voice and video chat, making it simple for people around the world to chat in high-quality video for free right within Gmail. All you need is a webcam and a small web browser plugin, and you can start video chatting with your friends, family, and coworkers on Gmail and Google Apps. Gmail voice and video chat lets you start a video chat without switching to another application or signing up for another account. And if you don't have a webcam, you can simply chat by voice. We've made it easy enough that your mom -- or your employees -- will actually use it.
The launch comes as video communication grows in popularity; many of the latest lines of laptops, for example, come with built-in webcams. Businesses stretched across continents and timezones want more face-to-face collaboration among their employees, but in this economic climate, they're looking for ways to cut travel and IT expenses. Having a meeting with a colleague over video allows communications to continue in person without the expense of traveling there. Whether it's a coworker demoing a new product, or a first-time grandmother saying hello to her new grandson, sometimes there's no substitute for speaking to and seeing someone. Google is offering browser-based voice and video chat as a natural extension to webmail and instant messaging, allowing people to choose how they want to communicate at each moment -- by email, instant message, voice, or video.

BSA Motors launches largest range of eScooters in India.

BSA Motors, a Strategic Business Unit of Tube Investments of India (TII), part of the Rs.9582 crore (USD 2.4billion) Murugappa Group, launched five models of BSA eScooters today in the city. The eScooters are manufactured at the BSA Motors new plant in Ambattur, with an investment of Rs.200 million for the first phase. The Ambattur plant has an initial production capacity of 150 eScooters a day which can be ramped upto 300 units per day as and when required. The first batch of eScooters would be rolled out from Chennai on 10th November 2008.
BSA Motors announced Actress Tamannah, the rising star in south Indian movies as the brand ambassador for BSA eScooters, to create strong linkage with the target audience of the age group between 14 to 30 years. She has acted in trendsetting films like 'Happy Days' in Telugu and 'Kalloori' in Tamil.
Mr. M A Alagappan, Executive Chairman, Murugappa Group launched the product range. The management of BSA Motors comprises of Mr. M M Murugappan, Chairman, Tube Investments of India, Mr L Ramkumar Managing Director, Tube Investments India, Mr. Arun Alagappan, Senior Vice President, BSA Motors and Mr. K B Srinivasan, General Manager, BSA Motors.
The five models of the BSA eScooters are,
· Smile - The most competitively priced e-Scooter in the country for the age group of 13 to 18 years; 250 W, top speed of 25kmph. License and Registration is not required for riding this eScooter
· Diva - First e-Scooter designed exclusively for girls in the age group of 16 to 20 years; 250 W, top speed of 25kmph. License and Registration is not required for riding this eScooter
· Street Rider - Unisex sportz model from teen to twenties; 250 W, top speed of 25kmph. License and Registration is not required for riding this eScooter
· Roamer - For working men and women for the age group of 18 to 25 years; 500 W, top speed of 40kmph, requires license and registration.
· Roamer+ - The Family eScooter; 800W, top speed of 45kmph, requires license and registration
Company proposed to sell 60,000 eScooters during 2009. The price ranged between Rs 29,000 to Rs 37,000.
Commenting on the occasion, Mr. M M Murugappan, Chairman, Tube Investments of India said, "We see our entry into the electric two wheeler market as a logical extension of our current business, from bicycles to electric two wheelers. The eScooters is presently a Rs.450 crore market in India and the industry is expected to double in a year's time. BSA's foray into the eScooters category helps us to expand our portfolio in the two wheeler market. He also added, "BSA eScooters will undoubtedly be the next big success from TII."
The Ambattur plant will have facility for painting, assembly and testing of eScooters. Key parts like motor, controller, battery, lamps, wheel discs, tyres & tubes have been sourced from reputed automotive vendors. The plant is equipped with State-of-the- Art technology with comprehensive full vehicle performance testing with a test track, motorized conveyor assembly line with modern assembly tools.
The BSA eScooters are certified by Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to be used in public roads in India. Maintenance free batteries and motors make BSA eScooters 100% trouble free. The BSA eScooters have an efficiency of 82-85% in comparison to petrol run vehicles which has an efficiency of 35-38%.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Arun Alagappan, Senior Vice President, BSA Motors, said, "BSA Motors, a Strategic Business Unit was consciously formed to ensure focus and attention to the growing eScooter market in India. The BSA marketing team is constantly tracking leading style and fashion trends among the youth and their way of life. Hence, care has been taken on every aspect of the marketing mix to suit it to the target group. He also added, "Our initial thrust will be in the south Indian market and would be accessible with wide range of dealership network shortly."
BSA Motors has carried out extensive market research to understand customer preferences in terms of features, colours, graphics and product names. The products have been specifically designed to suit Indian conditions. Every model has gone through extensive tests and validation to suit to the Indian roads and weather.
Each eScooter will have four colour options with the exception of Diva which will have five colour options. The unique features of these eScooter models are its protective safety switch, twin passenger foot rest, ergonomically designed seats, great storage space, side reflectors and many more innovative features that are not currently available in the market. The forte of BSA Motors lies in product design and top notch quality. Out of the five models, three models are in 250 watts, one in 500 watts and one in 800 watts.
Press advertisements of BSA Motors calling for 40 dealerships in South India had an overwhelming response from 400 applicants. Strict criteria were applied for dealer selection and the best 45 applications were selected for the launch phase. BSA Motors initially plans to set up 45 exclusive dealerships before December 2008 in states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry and Goa. All BSA Motors showrooms in the country will also have service centres with best in class equipment to provide complete service and satisfaction to the BSA customers.
For effective after sales service, BSA Motors plans to set up a centralized customer care call centre. BSA Motors' customers can shortly call on GSM and Toll free VSNL number or SMS for product queries, test rides.

 

Chandrayaan: Closer to the Moon

India's maiden lunar mission completes yet another crucial landmark.

The Chandrayaan completed one of its most complicated maneuvers on Saturday when it was "injected" into the lunar orbit. After being released from the Earth's orbit, the Chandrayaan, which was orbiting the moon in an elliptical orbit with an aposelene (farthest point from the moon) of 7502 km and a periselene (nearest point from the moon) of 504 km, has had its periselene reduced to a mere 200 km. Currently, the aposelene continues to be at 7500 km. The gradual reduction in the periselene was achieved by giving commands to the engines on board the Chandrayaan, which fired at the right time-forcing the craft to its changed orbit.

In the coming days, there are three more maneuvers to be completed, which include steps to further decrease the orbital height. The final maneuver would put India's Chandrayaan in its intended orbital path around the moon, which would be a circular one, resulting in the craft flying at a distance of just 100 km above the surface of the moon. Once that happens, the Moon Impact Probe is expected to detach from the craft and crash-land on the moon. Post the probe detachment, all the scientific instruments aboard the craft will switch on, thereby signaling an end to the "travelling to the moon" phase and the start of the "exploration" phase. Chandrayaan happens to be the most heavily equipped lunar probe to have visited the moon in recent times.

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi [Movie Stills]

Have you ever stopped to think if the most ordinary, uninteresting, unobtrusive man you might see on the road or around you might have a love story to tell?

Maybe not! How can an ordinary man have a breathtaking, goose flesh igniting, awe inspiring love story of all things to tell?

But guess what - love does not differentiate between the ordinary and exceptional, the uninteresting and interesting, the unattractive and attractive. Because love knows no distinction.

It can happen to anyone and once it does it engulfs us into it completely and gives us those miraculous experiences that only love can yield.

This is what happened to Surinder Sahni (Shah Rukh Khan) - a simple, clean hearted, honest man working for Punjab Power, leading a humdrum life, when he meets his total opposite and finds love in the flamboyant, fun-loving, vivacious - Taani (Anushka Sharma) for whom the whole world is her canvas and she paints her own life with the colours of rainbow all until unforeseen circumstances changes it all and brings them together.

What follows is a journey filled with laughter, tears, joy, pain, music, dance and a lot of love. A journey that makes us believe that there is an extraordinary love story in every ordinary jodi.

Aditya Chopra’s well guarded secret… the story of his forthcoming flick starring Shahrukh Khan and newcomer Anushka Sharma is finally out.Shahrukh Khan’s different look, that of an ordinary boring government employee has evoked quite some curiosity from people and now that the story is out, all curiosity will fizz out.

A source at the Yash Raj Films revealed on the condition of anonymity that RNBDJ is a romantic tale of an older man Shahrukh Khan his young teenage bride. The source says,

“There is a big age difference between them and they are not what you’d call a perfect couple. They are merely stretching their marriage with no real romance in between them. They are two very different people. There’s a reality dance show called Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi — which is the main backdrop of the movie. The show is on the lines of popular television show, Nach Baliye.”

The source continues, “Anushka wants to take part in the dance competition but she can’t because her husband is an old and not hip and happening. She fears that if she dances with him, she will lose the show and become the laughing stock among all her friends, who are taking part in the same. Shah Rukh over hears his wife’s problem and decides to go in for a makeover. He then watches some movies and changes his image completely and comes back to the show and woos Anushka off her feet. All the way through the dance competition, she keeps on falling in love with this new and improved Shah Rukh, without once realising that the man she is dancing with is her real husband.”

Bone Mineral Density

It has been observed that, aging has much impact on Bone Mineral Density. This is the reason why one can see walking in different way when one ages.

Vitamin C is often called "The king of the anti-oxidants" and for good reason. Vitamin C has shown to be effective in treating over forty-six separate health concerns in either a primary or supporting role. It has been shown to either diminish or totally alleviate the symptoms or conditions for which it is applied. A new study recently published has shown that vitamin C can help to preserve bone density in older men.

Vitamin C is needed to make collagen, the "glue" that strengthens many parts of the body, such as muscles and blood vessels. Vitamin C also plays important roles in wound healing and as a natural antihistamine. This vitamin also aids in the formation of liver bile and helps to fight viruses and to detoxify alcohol and other substances.

It's been known that Vitamin C is necessary for normal bone development; though recently some new evidence has come to light which shows that it may be a possible player in retaining bone density -- particularly for older men.

Over a four-year period, 231 men and 393 women whose average age was 75, were monitored by Katherine Tucker and a team of her colleagues at the Tufts university school of nutrition science and policy to observe any correlation between vitamin C intake and bone mineral density (BMD).

What they found is that the men with the highest levels of vitamin C intake maintained their original bone mineral density during the four-year study. The men with the lowest levels of vitamin C intake, however, did not. Their bone mineral density decreased. In women they found that vitamin C exhibited some protection against bone mineral density loss, although their findings were not "statistically significant. "

Tucker further explains; "Vitamin C is an antioxidant vitamin and reduces oxidative stress, which has a negative effect on all cells in the body. Antioxidants are needed to protect against oxidative stress, therefore protecting against inflammation. Inflammation drives bone resorption, which is basically taking calcium away from the bones. Vitamin C, theoretically, should help slow that resorption."

Vitamin C is just one nutrient among many that are responsible for both bone growth and is needed to help prevent decrease in bone density and loss. Calcium plays a well known vital role. Recent studies have also shown that vitamin D and protein intake may also play vital roles in maintaining bone density and decreasing fracture risk.

Getting sufficient supplies of omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids in the diet along with natural forms of calcium such as bone meal are also critical to re-growing and maintaining bone mass and density.

Calcium intake needs to be as natural as possible as Dr. Weston Price showed in his book "Nutrition and Degeneration" . When native peoples ate their traditional raw foods diet, which included the finely ground up bones of animals, their teeth and skeletal structures showed zero or near zero decay even well into old age. They had all their original teeth and many of them were totally cavity free without ever having seen a dentist. Osteoporosis was also non existent among such peoples.

Bone re-mineralization requires not only natural calcium intake but high levels of naturally derived omega 3 and 6 fatty acids. Along with judicious amounts of natural enzymes present in raw foods, this combination of nutrients is critical for strong bones and teeth even into old age and for re calcification of bones to take place. If any one of these is not present in the necessary amounts then bone and teeth regeneration will be inhibited or cease altogether. This is why many people today still get osteoporosis and fractures even though they might be drinking plenty of milk (most of which is not absorbed by the body) or taking calcium supplements.

As more and more evidence shows, humans are meant to get their foods fresh right from nature, unprocessed and untampered with. The further away we get from nature the more rapidly our bodies deteriorate and the faster disease sets in. This is a simple and immutable law of nature and study after study coupled with centuries of experience continue to reaffirm this universal truth.

Vitamin C is just the latest vitamin to now be implicated as being a vital part of maintaining healthy bones and probably teeth well into old age. It's known that this vitamin helps with prevention of gingivities and helping to maintain healthy gums and strengthen teeth. Now we've seen it may also help with maintaining bone density which could by extension also include helping to retain tooth density as well.

Here is a list of the fantastic benefits of vitamin C;

Athletic performance (for deficiency only),
Bronchitis
Bruising (for deficiency only)
Capillary fragility
Common cold/sore throat
Gingivitis (periodontal disease) (for deficiency only)
Glaucoma
High cholesterol (maintain LDL cholesterol)
Infection
Infertility (male) (for sperm agglutination)
Injuries (minor) (oral and topical, for sunburn protection)
Scurvy
Wound healing
Athletic performance (for exercise recovery)
Autism
Cataracts
Diabetes
Immune function
Influenza
Iron deficiency anemia (as an adjunct to supplemental iron)
Minor injuries

Some other known benefits include ;

Alcohol and drug abuse withdrawal support
Asthma
Atherosclerosis
Backache
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Ear infections (recurrent)
Eczema
Gallstones
Gastritis
Gout
Hay fever
Hepatitis
High blood pressure
HIV support
Hypoglycemia
Macular degeneration

Vitamin C is also critical for nerve and brain cell protection as the protective sheaths that surround these cells are almost entirely composed of vitamin C. The body pumps extra vitamin C into these parts of the body at ten times the normal rate. The brain requires another ten times that or one hundred times the normal amounts of vitamin C as the rest of the body. This is why memory and cognitive function often show significant improvement on mega doses of vitamin C. 3000-6000mg of vitamin C per day is an excellent maintenance dose to begin to enjoy the numerous benefits of this critical and fantastic vitamin.

Some good natural sources of vitamin C include; broccoli, red peppers, currants, brussel sprouts, parsley, rose hips, acerola berries, citrus fruit, and strawberries.