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Have you ever bitten your cheek or tongue while having a meal accidentally ? I sometimes did it and it's usually when I was thinking something else while eating foods. It's painful and it usually continues about a week to be fully recovered.   Last Friday, my husband accidentally bit his cheek quite hard while eating his lunch at work. He said usually after 2 to 3 days, from his experience, the pain gets worse , then it heals. and he didn't say anything about it to me until Sunday afternoon, when the symptoms got worse and I didn't know about it . He looked fine until Sunday afternoon. I was giving him a massage in the afternoon and soon he fell a sleep. He said after he woke up from the nap,  he was getting pain from the cheek. and I noticed that his cheek was getting swollen, as if there was a ball in the side of the lower cheek.  and his face and his body had high fever.  I've never seen and heard that one's face could get so swollen from biting one

Continued from Part 1.                                       http://gallery.xemanhdep.com/2008/10/amazing-landscape-photos/   In the hospital, there was another patient in the same room as my husband Ray. Ray and the other patient had a conversation about what had happened after both of their conditions were starting to getting better. and the patient told his amazing story of what had happened. Exercise is often considered as healthy and required to have good health.   However, in this patient's case, it's the exercise that got him into big kidney trouble. The patient was doing an intense type of fitness program . On the first day of this new fitness program, he had not drank enough water.  He loves to drink tomato juice.   ( and tomato juice is apparently not good for weak kidneys ) In that day, he was doing this fitness training, but after finished, he started feeling nauseous. He was in his car with his wife, and he said, we need to go the hospital, something'

Recently, my husband Ray had a health problem. Through this experience,  I really realized that if we are having Healthy bodies right now,  it's the happiest thing in life. It may sound obvious but if we can live in the moment, without pain and struggle , and keep having a healthy body ,  this is one of the greatest things in life. Every time when health problems arise, we can realize more about it. Emergency It happened early in the morning around 2 am on May 29. He looked fine in the morning on May 28, and also after came back from his work at night. We usually stay up late in our daily life, but in that day, he went to bed earlier. He said he felt sleepy and tired.   So he went to bed. Then after 2 hours, suddenly I heard a noise from our bedroom's bathroom , so I rushed to our bedroom to see what happened. It reminded me of when he got stomach flu a few years ago. The symptoms looked like nausea and pain around abdomen. He said it's ge

Today I would like to talk about coconut oil .   It's getting to be very popular worldwide. And recently I found it's also very popular in Japan and many people who love natural health care are getting into it. Coconut oil has been one of my favorite natural health foods since a few years ago, however for cooking I mainly use extra virgin olive oil or sesame oil , and we haven't used it much until recently.  But after reading many benefits of extra virgin coconut oil , we started taking it again. Extra virgin ( virgin ) coconut oil has so many great benefits to keep good health and also beauty and anti-aging , so it is used by many people worldwide. I didn't know there are two types of coconut oils which are extra virgin coconut oil ( unrefined ) and refined coconut oil , until recently. I only knew extra virgin coconut oil and had never tried the refined coconut oil. According to the information I've read , extra virgin ( or virgin ) cocon

Ray (my husband ) purchased a new pair of shoes last weekend.  I really love these antique look leather shoes. They are amazingly light but using good quality leather. Ray said these shoes feel like he is walking in the air, and his feet are like bouncing every step, very comfortable. This is the second time to purchase this brand Sketcher. The information about them says " More space, improved cushion, instant comfort. " " Roomier Fit - Wider toe area to make every step more comfortable.. Feel the difference immediately. Memory foam insole - A thicker layer of high-density foam quickly molds to your foot for a cushioned, contoured step. Premium Breathable Materials - Crafted with high-quality materials : rich leathers that soften with wear, breathable mesh. "   I'm not trying to market this company's item but I really love this company's shoes. I thought shoes which are good for health were often not fashionable

We recently found a new cinnamon, and we found that it's so powerful.  It's called Cinnamon , ground,  by the company " Tampico Spice Company ".    It's less than $1 in a supermarket. Until we found it, I was always gathering stick cinnamon because it was stronger than other brands ground cinnamon. According to the information I've read about the " Tampico " company , it was founded by a Mexican immigrant Jesus Martinez as a spice company and they started selling many kinds of spices in Los Angeles USA, in the 1940's.  Their quote is " The freshest and finest quality since 1947. " This cinnamon is collected in Indonesia . My husband has been eating homemade muffins and putting some cinnamon and honey on top of it every morning for breakfast, and I noticed that since he started eating the " Tampico " cinnamon, his facial skin became even more clear and getting younger. He doesn't put on any cosme

Happy New Year , 2013 !   I wish 2013 will be filled with love, good health and happiness   for everyone in the world. The area I live in the USA   gets super dry especially winter season.  I had been trying many kinds of skin care for dry skin since I started living here. Actually, even when I was in Japan, I was always looking for something good for curing my dry skin problem. And a few days ago, I happened to find a Japanese discussion thread which talks about skin care cream. Guess what ? It’s Nivea .  Yes, original version of Nivea cream ! I suppose everyone knows that product. I was using Nivea cream when I was a little girl until I became 18.    Little girls are often curious what their mother is doing. In my case, it was my step-mother who was in her 20S at that time.  She was always doing her skin care with Shiseido-cosmetics with her make-up box with mirror after took a bath.     And I was copying what she wa