One BIG Way To Increase Your Values and Self-EsteemWritten by Catherine Franz
One hour here, two hours there, even fifteen minutes, it all adds up, and quickly too. Television is toxic to our self- esteem. In fact, 90% of television programs are a depressant. That leaves only 10% as a stimulant. With such a high percentage of negativity fueling majority of this country television must play into fact that anti- depressant consumption is doubling by year. So, if you are wondering why you have low self-esteem, think about your television habits.Look how long tobacco industry used television to convince us smoking was "Cool." If that doesn't hit you, now we know that fluoride is a toxic substance that manufacturers couldn't figure where to dump, so advertisers convinced public, and majority of dentist community, how great it was for our teeth, especially our children. Now, truth is really out, including cancer in children in academic portions. When is enough, just that, enough? Is public that gullible? Advertisers say yes, and we keep supporting it because we keep buying and doing behavior. In order for advertising to work, advertisers must create a problem or target a problem. If problem isn't big enough, they blow it up with misleading information to push problem up in our perception. Then they promote a solution with a limited perception. These internal messages tell us we need to be dissatisfied with our lives, what we own, and especially our self-worth with their answer. No matter where you are on social scale, commercials purposely make us feel that we haven't arrived yet. If you love your two-year car, they tell you how great it is to buy a new one, and, of course, your self-esteem will rise just because you drive it. The next time you drive your car this message plays even if you don't think it’s playing in your mind. In addition, with all car ads on television, how can you miss one even if you mute or leave room during commercials, you still get tail end of one? Advertiser even play people by giving expensive cars to celebratees, create hype about them having car, which in turn creates “keep up with Jones” effect. Then, fans of those celebratees have just “got to have” that car in order for them to respect themselves in morning. The individual’s emotional roller coaster begins in shopping for car, through buying process, and first few months with new car. Afterwards they must sit down, watch 30 or 40 car television "gotta have" messages just after writing a their car payment check for that new car and immediately get depressed because they have $10 left in account and they now want other new car. Then talk show programs tell them they can't manage their money and all it takes is simple common sense. They get down on themselves, grab another anti-depressant, and watch another car ad. Its a-no-wonder depression is doubling year in children in America. The message we're bombarded with is whatever we own isn't good enough. Moreover, we allow television to be our babysitter while we are off doing something else. Would you hire an individual to stand in front of your children and yell at them every 10 to 15 minutes for 3 to 6 minutes on what to buy? No, television is doing it for you already. Parents, what-are-ya-thinking? Or aren't you?
| | Why do we get fever?Written by Granny's Mettle
God provided us with an ingenious body that knows what to do when something unwelcome invades it. As an animal must defend itself against enemies, so does our body fight bacteria or viruses when they try to occupy our system.The normal body temperature of a healthy man is 98.4 degrees Fahrenheit. When bacteria, viruses, or even fungi, invade our body it usually results to an infection. When our body gets infected, its natural response is to activate cells in immune system. These cells are called white blood cells. When they are activated, they fight these bacteria in many ways, one of which is to raise body temperature. That's when you have a fever. When virus or bacteria enters body system, they produce toxins that can directly set body's temperature up. Meanwhile, these toxins also trigger white blood cells to emit substances that can also increase body temperature. Fever then, fights off toxins when we are sick. Toxins are usually weaker than normal cells and have low tolerance to heat. When we start to sweat because of fever, our body starts to detoxify from viruses, tumors and other toxic cells that caused infection. Moreover, blood circulation and respiration increases during fever. Both these processes help body fight off poisonous germs present in our body when we have infection.
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