#cocculus

This is the smaller of the two, which I priced at $40

Here is the big sister, this one was priced at $60

Both utilized roses, alstroemeria, and santini poms. The smaller has cocculus greens, and the larger uses baby blue/spiral eucalyptus and Israeli ruscus.

For the grand finale, here they are together

What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like white with a yellow tinge. It sits along the artery walls, blocking blood flow to the heart. This can cause the blood flow is impeded or completely cut off. Under optimal conditions, a normal cholesterol level is good. Your body needs some cholesterol to function properly. Produced by the liver, cholesterol is used by the body to build cell walls. It also produces estrogen, testosterone, vitamin D and bile acids that help digest fat. Cholesterol is also found in foods such as eggs, milk and cheese. Only when cholesterol levels are too high is the person at risk for heart disease. Heart disease is the number one murderer of Americans. If your levels are too high, simply means that your body is not able to remove or use up excess cholesterol. The blood test If your doctor considers it necessary, may order a blood test to check your cholesterol level. The day of the test, you must not eat or drink for twelve hours. The test itself is relatively simple and consists of a vial of blood drawn for testing. Furthermore, to avoid inaccuracies of the test, you may want to abstain from alcohol for several days. If you have had a rare disease before the test, be sure to inform your doctor as you may have an effect on the test. Be informed To keep abreast of your physical health is vital. You should ask your doctor any questions you may have about your cholesterol levels. The following questions may help you prepare for a discussion with your health care professional: What is my overall cholesterol level? What are my cholesterol levels of LDL and HDL? What standards should be my goal? How often should I have my cholesterol? HDL vs LDL? Everyone has two types of cholesterol, the good and bad. LDL or low density lipoprotein, is commonly known as bad cholesterol. This is the type of cholesterol that forms on artery walls. HDL, high density or protein actually helps remove excess cholesterol from the body. These proteins good collection of fatty material on artery walls and lead to the liver for disposal. If LDL, the bad, is high not only the accumulation of cholesterol in the artery wall, but will also invade the artery wall, becoming a part of it. This can have dangerous consequences, with the buildup can cause the wall of the artery to rupture or cause a blood clot. The result is a heart attack. Risk factors you at risk? The following factors increase the risk of high cholesterol that leads to heart disease: Do you have a close relative (parent or sibling) with heart disease? If you are a woman with peri-menopause is not taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT)? Do you currently smoke cigarettes? Do you have high blood pressure? Do you have diabetes? If you are overweight by more than 30%? Do you live a sedentary lifestyle? Is your HDL cholesterol level less than 40? If you've had a heart attack, it is essential to keep your cholesterol level checked and in the normal range. A person who has already had a heart attack is at high risk of having another. What the numbers mean? His cholesterol level was measured by a simple blood test. Cholesterol was determined in milligrams per deciliter of blood. Under optimal conditions, the total cholesterol level should be below 200. 200-239 borderline high, and high is 240 or more. However, it is not enough to know their general level. You should know your LDL and HDL levels. HDL levels should be 60 or higher, while LDL levels should be 129 or less. How I can reduce my cholesterol level? Regular exercise of at least 30 minutes a day helps raise your HDL, lowers your blood pressure and keeps your heart muscle in shape. If you smoke, stop now. In the first year of quitting, your risk of heart disease decreases by 50%. If you are overweight, lose a few pounds. A person who maintains a healthy weight reduces your risk of heart disease. Any weight loss program should include a healthy diet. Its main objective should be to eat less saturated fat and trans. Choose lean meats, vegetables, fruits and whole grains instead of fast food. Fat is not your enemy, there are healthy fats like monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. Just be sure to read labels. So far this year, walking should be a part of your daily routine. As with any weight loss program, consult your doctor before starting. Some dietary suggestions include: Use low-fat meal or fat / deli. These are good in sandwiches and salads. Use fat-free cheese. Make tuna salad with fat-free mayonnaise and vegetables (onions, carrots, celery, green peppers). Be sure to use water-packed tuna. Use natural peanut butter. Opt for mustard for mayonnaise. Cut fruit into bite-sized pieces to have for snacks. Cut celery, carrots, cucumbers and salsa and low fat dressing or salsa. Use cottage cheese. Healthy snacks include popcorn "lite", rice cakes, sunflower seeds, macadamia nuts, almonds For dessert, try gelatin, ice cream bars nonfat yogurt, sorbet, and juice. Always use whole grain breads make a fish from your diet at least once a week. If your doctor believes that exercise and maintaining a healthy diet does not lower cholesterol, may prescribe drugs to help. Several prescription drugs cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, or in the market. Your doctor will know what is best for you. These should not be taken if you have a chronic liver disease or if you are a heavy drinker. As with any drug, if you experience side effects, contact your doctor immediately. In addition, it is recommended that you have regular liver function tests while taking these medications. Most popular recipes are listed below by their generic name in parentheses: Vytorin and Zocor (simvastatin), Lipitor (atorvastatin), Crestor (rosuvastatin), Pravachol (pravastatin) statins work to lower cholesterol by inhibiting an enzyme called HMG CoA reductase. This enzyme allows cells to produce cholesterol. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle Changing the way of eating, increasing exercise and possibly medication may be difficult at first, the benefits are well worth it. These changes may help to have a longer and healthier by reducing cholesterol. While these measures do not guarantee a life free of heart problems, maintaining a healthy lifestyle will greatly reduce the risk of becoming a victim of heart disease.

When my daughter was a child and I was putting to bed I said, "Go to bed soon and I'll tell an interesting fact:" My idea was to make bribery of knowledge so that she discovers the joy of knowledge its own sake. I think it worked and that she is a bright, more or less intelligent, inquisitive person, besides being handsome. When I told her she said, "Dad, you're my father, you're supposed to think that does not mean it's true." What more proof could require such an observation is a shrewd selection of the facts? They said it in all ages, but particularly on the date of the last few years, first because they were more recent and I remember best, second many of the above facts were very short and simple. ------------------------------------------- Sometimes change as the facts I go --- One night I said, "You know that there are three states of being, solid liquid and gas. Like when the water is ice cold is a little warmer water becomes, then heat and becomes steam. Most things go through these three states, but some, such as iodine, deliquesce, that means going directly from solid to gas and some liquid waste. "What is iodine?" Ellie asked. Is an element of a group called the halogens, a very useful group of chemicals that react with all sorts of things to make a lot of useful compounds. Since the most reactive to less reactive than are fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine. " And then, in answer to your question about iodine, "Yes it condenses back to a solid again." That was a fact that got carried away with itself, which began with the intention of saying that the glass at normal room temperature is a liquid, but a very viscous, viscous explain what it means, and tell him about the glass panels in very old churches that have run over the centuries so that the top is thinner than the lower. I went back the other night, that night we got into things chemically joined to do something completely new and different, such as chlorine and sodium salt making. Since then I heard the glass is a myth, the glass is so viscous and old time glass making inaccurate would be the same probability of finding the top wider than the lower and the plasma, which I thought of the gas deionized water, should be seen as another state of being, I do not know. In fact bedside come directly from my head, I can not go to hunt. Of course, Ellie would not tell a deliberate lie, but I do not visit, so do not depend on me. The following is not apocryphal (A Greek word meaning "false writings"), I checked in the dictionary before putting Ellie to bed. "In France there is a town called Nimes. The town of Nimes discovered a way to weave cotton cloth so it is very strong. The fabric became well known and was called Nimes fabric. Over time the little cloth fell and became "De Nimes" a bit like "A Wilton" can describe a particular type of carpet in English. In French the word "of" is "of" that joining the bit of Nimes and became denim, which became denim. Denim is not the only type of cloth to get their name from a city, Damascus, a kind of thick cotton embroidered on both sides with silk and linen are used to old-fashioned, originated in Damascus. That day she had gone shopping and got Ellie.? his first pair of jeans right =================== Remember that just about denim asked well-documented fact leads to another and talking about names reminded me. - - "Most cheeses are named after the place where made, Cheddar Cheddar, where the ravine is in Gloucester Gloucestershire and so on. but not Stilton. Stilton cheese was made in the West, but the farmer who lived next door made the route of the coach and used to put it in the car to go to a large inn that sold in Stilton. They are very popular and bought all their produce is so, although the cheese was made in Stilton, which was where it came from as far as the people who bought the case and that became his name. If you go for a long time following a line of thought as it becomes boring, better take a break and return to the topic later ===================== ==== Alexander the Great is an epithet as anyone else. Titles like "The Pious" and "The Good" are not in the same class, I can not even remember the names that go with them, so one night I told Ellie ---. . "Felipe was the king of Macedonia, about 2,300 years ago and had a son named Alexander, when Alexander was about sixteen some horse dealers from a place called Thesselay parents came to his court Thesselay was a country of grassy plains famous for its horses, maybe it was where the idea of the brand in Middle-earth comes from one of the horses they brought with them was a beautiful black horse. King wanted this horse, but not let anyone up, as soon as they tried to ride threw them. Phillip came away disappointed and saw Alexander was in the back of the crowd of men muttering, as children do when they disagree with their elders. As parents asked if he thought he could do what the grown men could not. Alexander said "yes" so his father told him that he would try to buy the horse for him if he could walk, do not know if he said what would happen if I could, but, of course, he did . Going to the horse the boy took the bride turned around horses and riding. What Alexander had noticed that the horse was back to the sun and the change in the shape of its shadow as the man riding it was frightening.