Lulur Kopi Hitam

Biji kopi yang telah dihaluskan menjadi bubuk akan menghasilkan minyak antioksidan yang bersifat menghaluskan, membuat kulit menjadi cerah dan terlihat lebih putih.

Bahan-bahan lulur kopi:
- ½ kg biji kopi bali
- Olive oil /minyak zaitun secukupnya
- Tepung bengkuang secukupnya

Cara membuat lulur kopi:
- Tumbuk biji kopi bali menjadi setengah halus.
- Tambahkan minyak zaitun dan tepung bengkuang, lalu campur hingga rata, dan siap digunakan.

Cara pemakaian:
Usapkan lulur kopi pada seluruh tubuh, sambil digosok-gosokkan secara perlahan. Diamkan lulur kopi lebih kurang 1 jam pada tubuh agar minyak yang terkandung pada kopi menyerap ke seluruh tubuh. Setelah itu, bilas dengan air bersih yang telah dicampur sedikit garam.

Wisnu Sulistyanto

Source : lulur kopi hitam untuk tubuh mulus putih

10 Steps To Reduce Risks If You're Pregnant

My sister told me that she's pregnant... and i'm very excited knowing that i'm gonna have a niece...
so here's what i found on keeping pregnancy risk-less...
though it doesn't say about the harm of drinking coffee on pregnancy, i do advice you to stop drinking them for a while. Instead you could still inhale the fragrance of Java Brewed should you crave for it badly... :)

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10 Steps To Reduce Risks If You're Pregnant
By Diane di Costanzo











Photo courtesy Shutterstock Images

The womb acts as a wonderfully protective cushion between the fetus and the jolts and bumps of the outside world. On the inside, though, the placenta simply cannot shield the womb from all of the man-made chemicals that have, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, collected in our bodies. You can, however, take simple steps to reduce the risk to your offspring by paying special attention to what you eat, drink and breathe.

You probably already know to avoid alcohol, cigarette smoke, caffeine and kitty litter. Unfortunately, prenatal exposures to other common contaminants can affect the fetus during critical windows when vital systems are developing, says pediatrician Philip Landrigan, M.D., director of the Center for Children's Health and the Environment (CCHE) at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Below are 10 kinds of toxins capable of crossing the placenta and how to avoid them.

1. Trim consumption of animal fats
When you're pregnant, it's more important than ever to choose lean cuts of meat, trim away fat and opt for fat-free dairy products. Here's why: Some toxins linked to prenatal nervous system and hormonal damage are stored in fatty tissue. These include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which pose risks of reduced intelligence to the developing fetus; brominated fire retardants; dioxins and other pollutants that persist in our air and water.

2. Put a stop to insecticides in your home and office
Organophosphates are a family of insecticides that attack the nervous system. In two New York City studies conducted last year, babies of women who had been most exposed to two organophosphates, chlorpyrifos (Dursban and Lorsban) and diazinon (Spectracide), had significantly lower birth weights. Fortunately, these insecticides were phased out of residential and school use by the EPA in 2001-03. However, other organophosphates are still in circulation, as are similar compounds called pyrethroids. Pesticides also release inhalable volatile organic compounds (see below).

What to do instead? Researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) recommend that pregnant women switch to sticky traps and other bait stations, "which are safer, last longer and are more effective," while keeping surfaces clean of food residue, removing trash and treating cracks with boric acid, classified by the EPA as of low toxicity, then sealing with caulk. (Keep boric acid and baits out of the reach of children and pets.)

3. Select foods to minimize pesticide residues
Chlorpyrifos and diazinon (see above), along with many related toxic pesticides, are still used widely on food crops. Prioritize your grocery list to allow for the purchase of the following organic fruits and vegetables that, when conventionally grown, tend to harbor the most pesticide residue: apples, bell peppers, celery, nectarines, peaches, pears, potatoes, spinach, strawberries and peppers.

4. Pass on high-mercury fish
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that can harm a developing fetus. Say "no" to high-mercury fish such as fresh tuna, canned albacore, wild bass, swordfish and tilefish. (One meal of moderate-mercury fish, such as canned light tuna, can be eaten once a month.) Eat up: low-mercury "yes" fish such as sardines, wild salmon and farmed striped bass.

5. Let Old Paint Lie
Since lead has been banned from gasoline (in 1996) and paint (in 1978), most exposures now come from old lead-based paint. This heavy metal, which can also contaminate water and soil, can interfere with nearly every aspect of fetal development, causing brain and kidney damage, according to the CCHE. If your old house has lead paint in good condition, cover it with fresh paint rather than removing it, which releases lead dust into the air. To test paint for lead, see www.epa.gov/lead or call the EPA's lead hot line at 800-426-4791.

6. Make sure your water is safe to drink
Your local utility must by law provide you with an annual "Right to Know" report listing the EPA-recognized pollutants that exist in your water at potentially unsafe levels. Trihalomethanes, for instance, can increase the risk of miscarriage. See Green Guide #101 for contaminants to avoid and best filters. If you suspect there's lead in your pipes, allow the tap to run for 30 seconds to clear them before using water. Find lead-testing services at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/labs/index.html.

7. Avoid the VOCs that offgas from paints, glues, air fresheners
Toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can evaporate from many conventional building, decorating and other household products, including air freshener sprays. Exposure to air fresheners during pregnancy and within the first six months of life was associated with diarrhea and earache in infants and headaches and depression in mothers, according to a study published in the October 2003 Archives of Environmental Health.

If exposed to fumes at work, speak up: Thirty-two children exposed in utero to organic solvents had lower scores on language and other developmental tests, according to a study published in the October 2004 Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. In the workplace, their mothers had come into contact with such solvents as toluene, xylene, mineral spirits, isopropyl alcohol and trichloroethylene.

8. Steer clear of vehicular and smokestack emissions
Research conducted by Columbia University links "combustion-related" chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with shorter gestation periods for pregnant women, resulting in smaller babies. PAHs are in car or bus exhaust and emissions from residential heating and power generation. Before exercising outdoors, check the EPA's Air Quality Index at epa.gov/airnow. Keep windows closed during peak traffic hours.

9. Stay away from phthalates in vinyl, personal-care and cleaning products
Chemicals called phthalates, known hormone-system disruptors that have caused birth defects in lab animals, are widely used as plasticizers in nail polishes and vinyl and as solvents in synthetic fragrances. Avoid soft vinyl products and cosmetics containing "Fragrance."

10. Get rid of those crumbling foam cushions, already!
The latest chemicals found to be approaching possibly unsafe levels in American women's breast milk, as well as umbilical-cord blood, are fire retardants known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs. Furniture foam tends to release PBDEs into house dust when it breaks down.

Source : http://www.thegreenguide.com/kids/pregnancy/reduce-pregnancy-risks?source=email_gg_20090429&email=gg

Drinking lots of Coffee reduces risk of Cancer in Womb

Women who drink a lot of coffee have less chance of contracting cancer of the womb, according to the Japanese Health Ministry which conducted a study on 45 thousand women between the ages of 40 and 69. The research lasted 15 years and 117 women died from cancer of the womb. The researchers of the Japanese National Cancer Centre divided the woman into four groups on the basis of their caffeine intake and discovered that those who drank more than three cups of coffee a day had a 60% less chance of developing tumours in the uterus compared to those who drank coffee less than two times a week.

Coffee can reduce insulin levels and reduce the risk of cancer?, explained the researchers. The tem of doctors also examined the effects of green tea on health but found that it had no bearing on the chances of developing cancer in the womb, the fourth most common cancer among women.

Coffee may lower risk of uterus cancer: Japan study

TOKYO (AFP) — Women who drink a lot of coffee may have less risk of developing cancer of the uterus, a Japanese study said Monday.

The study led by Japan's health ministry monitored some 54,000 women aged 40 to 69 over about 15 years, during which time 117 women developed cancer in the womb, according to the medical team.

The researchers at Japan's National Cancer Center divided the women into four groups by the amount of coffee they drank.

They found the group of women who drank more than three cups of coffee every day were more than 60 percent less likely to develop uterine cancer than those who had coffee fewer than two times a week, the study said.

"Coffee may have effects in lowering insulin levels, possibly curbing the risks of developing womb cancer," the study said.

The medical team also studied the effects of drinking green tea, but did not find any link to uterine cancer.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control, uterine cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women.

Source : http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hw0UZWGop29LLIS70woKWtASN0qw

Women's Secret of Long Living

Coffee Drinkers Might Live Longer. For women, especially, the brew could boost heart health, study finds

Posted June 16, 2008

By Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) - Good news for coffee lovers: Drinking up to six cups a day of caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee daily won't shorten your life span, a new study shows.

In fact, coffee might even help the heart, especially for women, the researchers found.

"Our results suggest that long-term, regular coffee consumption does not increase the risk of death and probably has several beneficial effects on health," said lead researcher Dr. Esther Lopez-Garcia, assistant professor of preventive medicine at the Autonoma University in Madrid, Spain.

Her team published its findings in the June 17 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Lopez-Garcia stressed that the findings may only hold true only for healthy folk. "People with any disease or condition should ask their doctor about their risk, because caffeine still has an acute effect on short-term increase of blood pressure," she said.

In the study, the Spanish team looked at the relationships between coffee drinking and the risks of dying from heart disease, cancer, or any cause in almost 42,000 men who participated in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study and more than 84,000 women who had participated in the Nurses' Health Study. At the study start, all participants were free of heart disease and cancer.

The participants completed questionnaires every two to four years, including information about their coffee drinking, other dietary habits, smoking and health conditions. The research team looked at the frequency of death from any cause, death due to heart disease, and death due to cancer among people with different coffee-drinking habits, comparing them to those who didn't drink the brew. They also controlled for other risk factors, including diet, smoking and body size.

The researchers found that women who drank two or three cups of caffeinated coffee daily had a 25 percent lower risk of death from heart disease during the follow-up (from 1980 to 2004) than non-drinkers. Women also had an 18 percent lower death risk from a cause other than cancer or heart disease compared with non-coffee drinkers.

For men, drinking two to three cups of caffeinated coffee daily was a "wash" -- not associated with either an increased or a decreased risk of death during the follow up, from 1986 to 2004.

The lower death rate was mainly due to a lower risk for heart disease deaths, the researchers found, while no link was discovered for coffee drinking and cancer deaths. The relationship did not seem to be directly related to caffeine, according to the researchers, since those who drank decaf also had a lower death rate than those who didn't drink either kind of coffee.

In the past, studies have come up with mixed results on the health effects of coffee, with some finding coffee increased the risk of death and others not.

More recently, research has found coffee drinking linked with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and some cancers, and preventing the development of cardiovascular disease, Lopez-Garcia said.

The strength of her current study, she said, includes the large number of participants and long follow-up period.

While the study is interesting, it does have its shortcomings, said Dr. Peter Galier, an internal medicine specialist, former chief of staff at Santa Monica UCLA and Orthopedic Hospital and associate professor of medicine at the University of California Los Angeles' David Geffen School of Medicine.

Self-reporting is one shortcoming, he said, because people may have under- or over-reported their coffee consumption, for instance.

"I think what this study tells us is not so much that coffee is the answer to everything," he said. But, rather, that some compounds, such as the antioxidants found in coffee, may be healthy.

Galier's advice for consumers: "I would tell them to weigh the subjective risk of their coffee consumption," he said. For instance, "if they love coffee, but it makes them jittery, and they can't sleep, the need to adjust it," he said. "Look at your symptoms," he tells patients. "If decaf is no problem, I wouldn't put a limit on that."

The research was funded by grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Source : http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008/06/16/coffee-drinkers-might-live-longer.html

6 hal sifat wanita

Ini dikirimin ama temen gue lewat e-mail, singkatnya mengenai kompleksitas wanita. Kalau saya tidak salah dikutip dari serial atau novel JOMBLO... atau mungkin dari novel lain (???)

jika ada yg tau... harap kasih tau gue ya... gue mau beli nih buku...

So... saya ingin mengucapkan mohon maaf lahir bathin kepada penulis aslinya...karena telah mengutip karyanya... sekaligus berterima kasih ama tips nya mengenai kompleksitas wanita.

Saya jadi lebih mengerti kenapa saya sering berantem ma pacar. Ternyata wanita itu kompleks...

"Karena Wanita ingin dimengerti" -- Ada Band

"Karena Pria ingin diberi dukungan" -- JT

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Budi dan Ani adalah tipikal pasangan pacar orang Sunda di mana sang pria memiliki panggilan 'Aa' dengan wanitanya 'Neng'. Satu bulan pertama, bagi Budi dan Ani, adalah surga. Mendekati 9 bulan pacaran, drama dimulai.

1. Cemburu

Ani menatap Budi dengan tajam. Kedua tangannya melipat defensif,menunjukkan sikap penuh permusuhan.Budi sedang mengonsumsi dosis harian menerima semprotan Ani. Satu isu kecil dapat berubah menjadi letusan gunung.

"Kenapa semalem Neng nelepon gak Aa' bales?"

"Geulis (cantik)?, soalnya Aa' semalem baru pulang jam 2."

"Ngapain aja?"

Mata Ani semakin tajam , membuat Budi merasa seperti imigran gelap yang sedang diinterogasi petugas imigrasi.

"Aa'?Aa' semalem kan siaran."

" Kan sampe jam dua belas."

"Abis itu, mengantarkan pulang Risa."

Kesalahan terbesar kebanyakan pria adalah kejujuran."Enak amat yah jadi Risa. Dianter kamu pulang malem-malem. Padahal kan dia bukan pacar kamu." Matanya semakin hostile. Budi menggaruk-garuk kepalanya.

Dia mulai mengerti maksud omongan Ani. Sudah saatnya wanita bersikap mandiri dan mampu pulang sendiri ke rumahnya di tengah malam melewati gang-gang penuh preman, maling pemerkosa. Belum lagi resiko dicabik-cabik anjing liar gila.

Di tahap ini, pembantu Ani yang berprofesi ganda sebagai pengamat sinetron Indonesia secara transparan berpura-pura tidak menguping pertengkaran.

"Daerah rumah dia kan Cikaso. Gak aman."

"Suruh dia pindah rumah dong. Biar kamu gak perlu anter-anter,"

ujarAni sambil mengabaikan beberapa faktor kecil seperti:

a. Bahwa mencari rumah baru sulit

b. Harga rumah mahal"Neng kenapa sih mesti cemburu?"

"Cemburu? Neng gak cemburu. Siapa yang cemburu? Apakah Neng terdengar seperti orang yang cemburu? Menurut kamu ini cemburu? Menurut kamu Neng cemburuan? Nggak!"

dengan desibel yang meningkat dari 8 kali level normal dengan dahi berkerut.

2. Dominasi

Ini adalah agenda keseharian Budi.

Pagi - Antar Ani ke kampusnya.

Siang - Mendatangi Ani di kampusnya, makan siang bersama.

Sore - Menjemput Ani dari kampus.

Malam - Menelpon Ani.

Budi mulai jengah dengan aktivitas yang menuntut mobilisasi tinggi ini. Dia mengusulkan agar Ani juga pro-aktif untuk pergi ke kampus Budi sesekali dan mengurangi frekuensi pertemuan.

"Neng, kalo kayak gini terus, Aa' bisa cacat permanen dan jatuh miskin."

"Katanya sayang?"

"Gak mesti tiap hari kan ketemuan?"

" Kan kangen A'."

"Kalo Neng kangen, ya Neng juga dong sekali-kali pergi ke kampus Aa'."

"Nggak. Aa' aja yang ke kampus Neng."

"Ntar Aa' kecapekan."

"Kalo sebaliknya, Neng dong yang kecapekan."

"AAAARRRGGGHHHHHHH"

3. Sensitifitas

"Neng keliatan gendut gak sih Aa'?"

"Nggak."

"Liat dong ke Neng kalo bicara."

"Oke."

"Gendut ah."

"Nggak kok sayang."

"Gendut."

"Ya mungkin sedikit perlu fitness kali ya?"

"JADI MENURUT AA', NENG GENDUT? TEGA!"

"Loh?"

"Apa liat-liat?"

"Tadi katanya disuruh liat."

"Liatin saya gendut?"

"Aa' minta obat tidur...4 butir...please."

"Buat?"

"Bunuh diri."

"Kenapa mau bunuh diri? Malu yah punya pacar gendut?"

"ARRRGGGHHHHH! !!"

4. Drama-drama-drama

"Halo?"

"Halo? Aa' ya?"

"Iya sayang, Neng, Aa' gak bisa ke rumah malem ini gak apa-apa ya?"

"Kenapa?"

"Aa' mau pergi sama temen-temen. Bimo ulang tahun dan mau nraktir makan."

"Nggak. Aa' ke sini sekarang juga."

"Tapi Neng, semua anak-anak pada ikutan."

"Jadi Aa' lebih seneng bergaul sama temen-temen Aa' daripada sama Neng?"

"Bukan gitu, ketemu kamu kan udah tiap hari. Bimo ulang tahun kan cuman sekali setahun."

"Bilang aja lebih sayang Bimo ketimbang sama Neng."

"Nggak kok, kamuh gak nangkep nih esensinya."

"Saya cuman sapi gila yang kamu gandeng kemana-mana. . ya, kan ?"

"Sapi sih nggak ya.."

"Hu hu hu.. udah gak ada yang sayang lagi sama Neng di dunia ini.."

"Ehm...cup cup sayang...duh, bageur..."

"Neng mending mati aja sekalian... giles aja Neng sekalian sama truk ayam, A'."

"Aduh Neng, ini bukan masalah yang besar kok, cuman semalem aja."

"Kalo bukan masalah yang besar berarti Aa' bisa ke sini, kan ?""....."

5. Teman

"Saya gak suka sama sahabat-sahabat kamu. Yang satu bau. Yang satu logat Sumateranya nyeremin dan yang paling Neng gak suka, yang paling deket sama kamu itu... tukang maenin cewek!"

6. Makna ganda

Budi mulai menyadari perkataan Doni di UNJAT dulu bahwa terkadang wanita bisa menjadi makhluk yang kompleks. Mereka berjalan-jalan di shopping mall. Minggu depan adalah ulang tahun Ani.

"Ih, bagus ya Budi yah sepatu ini," ujar Ani menatap sepasang sepatu.

"Kamu mau Aa' beliin ini untuk ulang tahun kamu?"

"Nggak lah nggak usah."

"...Oke..." Budi melanjutkan jalan-jalannya, meninggalkan Ani yang masih berdiri di depan etalase sepatu.

"Kok segitu aja?"

"??"

"Paksa dong bujuk Neng supaya mau."

"Kamu tadi baru bilang bahwa kamu nggak mau."

"Iya, tapi bukan berarti saya gak mau, kan ?"

"Jadi kalo kamu bilang gak mau, itu artinya kamu mau?"

"Belum tentu juga."

"Kalo kamu bilang mau, itu artinya kamu gak mau?"

"Belum tentu juga." Budi garuk-garuk.