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Energy vampire

The unsatiable Energy Vampire
Hunting for prey

I came across the the term "Energy Vampire" in some article some years ago and wished that I had been aware of the danger  involved in a relationship with an energy vampire much earlier before too much damage had been done. I wished I could have turned back the time and saved myself from the destructive power,- that poetically said "almost sucked the life out of me".

I guess writing this article is an attempt to help me come to terms: I cannot change what has happened and it is no use to cry over spilt milk. Life has to go on. It is humane to err. Blah, blah. And so on. 

But I also want to warn others not to make the same mistakes I had commited, and save themselves from the dangerous energy vampires. 

Huh, but what is actually an energy vampire?

Watch out...

It is easy to define what an energy vampire is: somebody who sucks out your good energy till you are left with less or without much energy to live your own life. You are left feeling exhausted, drained and depressed since the other person feeds off your energy.

Williams Syndrome: Behind the smiling, cheerful face

Picture from: Williams Syndrome

I am always interested in learning something new, so I read quite a lot. 'Learning by reading (interesting things!)', that is my motto.

This time I am reading a novel about an 8 year old red haired child who has remarkable hearing and strong language skills, looks like an elfin and is very friendly to EVERYONE. 

She smiles a lot, even seeks physical contact with strangers (hugging, etc). Wow, an over-friendly, cheerful child, I thought. I have never met anyone like that before, or maybe I have been ignorant? True, I had bumped into some nice looking people carrying a sign 'A Hug is Free!' but I don't think they fitted into the descriptions above, at least not a single one of them looked like an elfin, otherwise I would probably  have been running into their arms and giving them hugs for free.

Long Live Green Smoothies!

The powerful, magical effects of GS on some individual

See what Green Smoothies did to a health-barbarian friend:

After trying a portion of my greenish poisonous looking mixture, her imagination was soared and her creativity was boosted! And out of the blue popped up an idea for the illustration you see on the right and below:

MSG / Glutamat

An Radio Ö1

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, 

Ich höre gern Ihre Sendungen besonders Help! und Radio Kolleg und finde dass sie sehr gut, informativ und interessant sind.

Ich habe die Sendungen über Natriumglutamat mit grossem Interesse verfolgt da ich unter Unverträglichkeit gegen Natriumglutamat leide, auch wenn es noch keinen wissenschaftlichen Nachweis dafür gibt. 

In Indonesien, wo ich geboren und aufgewachsen bin, verwendeten meisten Leute (leider auch meine Mutter) Glutamat.
(Anmerkung: Nicht nur in Indonesien, sondern auch in asiatischen Laden in Wien werden Glutamat in kleinen und großen Packungen verkauft)

Jetzt höre ich aber, dass mehr und mehr Indonesier die Verwendung von Glutamat ablehnen und sagen,

Sendung / Artikel über Green Smoothies?

Sg Damen und Herren

Ich habe dieses Email an Sie geschrieben, weil ich eine Frage zu den Empfehlungen des Gesundheitsministerium (Esspyramide) habe. 

Auf dieser Seite werden die folgenden Portionen von Gemüse und Obst empfohlen: 

Essen Sie täglich 5 Portionen Gemüse, Hülsenfrüchte und Obst.

Ideal sind 3 Portionen Gemüse und/oder Hülsenfrüchte und 2 Portionen Obst. 

Eine Portion entspricht: 

• Gemüse gegart (200 – 300 g), 
• Rohkost (100 – 200 g), 
• Salat (75 – 100 g), 
• Hülsenfrüchte (roh ca. 70 – 100 g, gekocht ca. 150 – 200 g), 
• Obst (125 – 150 g),
• Gemüse- oder Obstsaft (200 ml). 

Green Smoothie alert?

I have been drinking  green smoothie for more than three weeks now and still decide to drink it for

1. Health

Illustration by lisamanneh

I notice that though my energy level doesn't soar as many green smoothie fans claim, but it doesn't fluctuate strongly anymore as it used to.

Are  those used to poor diets get the benefits of green smoothies more than health conscious people..

(Note: Energy level may fluctuate due to different factors such as poor eating habits (no, not me, surely?!), thyroid problem (last time I let it checked, it was ok), sleep disorders (sometimes when I get excited, thinking about what articles I am going to write for this blog), depression (hmm, due Pre Menstrual Syndrome attack?), anemia (THIS can be the culprit), etc.)

I used to drink fruit juice in the morning but 1-2 hours later my stomach started to growl, an alarm signal saying that I had to eat something (this something was usually warm things like soup, rice and veggies, noodles, fish, or else, but cooked, mind you). If I waited longer, I felt weaker already. Maybe my blood sugar level was at that time already too low?

Now I don't seem to have that problem anymore, I only feel hungry but not weak if I eat later than usual.

Furuncle

 homeopathic creme and globules

I took the homeopathic remedies which fortunately were effective to cure the annoying furuncle I mentioned earlier:

1. Myristica sebifera (Creme)
2. Mercurius Solubilis D12 (Globules)
3. Belladonna D12 (Globules)

I stopped taking the Belladonna after noticing that my eyesight was somehow affected. I didn't know for sure if this symptom was caused by Belladonna.