7 Surprising Benefits of Drinking Water on Empty Stomach

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 Improves Your Metabolism

 Studies have shown that drinking water on an empty stomach can help increase metabolic rate up by 30%. This means that the rate at which calories are burned increases by nearly one third. You know what that means right? – Quicker weight loss!

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If your metabolic rate is high, then you will be able to digest food faster and maintain a slim figure despite eating those extra calories. However, this doesn’t warrant you to bite down on all that junk food. Furthermore, you will need to incorporate around four liters of water into your daily routine for best results.

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Helps in Clearing Your Bowels

 

Constipation is one of the most irritating conditions which also results in retention of toxins inside the body. But did you know that one of the other benefits of drinking water is that it helps to clear out your bowels? 

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The colon, which is in part responsible for bowel movements, require water to function properly. So just gulp down a glass of water and sit on your toilet for a clean colon.

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Helps to Balance Your Nervous System

 

Yes, drinking water on an empty stomach especially if it’s hot, can improve the health of your nervous system. Early morning, the stomach is most receptive.

 

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At this moment, if you indulge in coffee, which is a central nervous system stimulant, your nervous system will be affected from the get-go. On the other hand, if you just have a glass of warm water, it can properly hydrate your nervous system, which will help it function properly.

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 Prevents Migraine Attacks

 Again, if you are prone to migraine attacks, then water can help fight it off. Your doctor might have already told you that migraines happen due to dehydration amongst other reasons. 

 

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So just by increasing your water intake, you are basically preventing your chances from suffering another migraine attack. This is especially so when you drinking water on an empty stomach, as your body didn’t get any fluids when you were asleep.

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 Improves Health of Urinary Tract

 After a certain age, urinary tract infections become common. The thing that happens is that your bladder builds up with urine throughout the night. 

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Prolonged periods of holding in urine inside the bladder can lead to the formation of harmful bacteria and toxins on the walls of the bladder. However, if you treat yourself to a single glass of water after waking up, then it can help to properly empty your bladder as it has a diuretic effect.

 

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Improves Your Appetite

 

Early in the morning, with your stomach totally empty, it is natural you will feel hungry. So another benefit of drinking water is preparing you to have the most important meal of the day – breakfast. Besides this, we all know that having a healthy appetite is good for overall health.

 

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 Prevents Premature Aging

 

And now to finish off, let’s see how drinking water on an empty stomach can prove to be some sort of an elixir. Water can help release toxins such as bacteria and other harmful elements from your system

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This, in turn, can help your body fight the effects of free radicals which can cause premature aging. Furthermore, if your skin is properly hydrated internally, it will feel rejuvenated, which can help it maintain an elastic and toned appearance.

China to Blacklist Those Refuse to Pay Social Insurance Fees!

Chinese authorities plan to implement a blacklist system that punishes those who illegally use social security benefits, reported China News these days.

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Under the new rule, individuals or companies involved in social insurance Misconduct, such as: 

  • Refusing to pay insurance fees, 

  • Forging certificate materials

  • Trafficking personal data, 

  • etc.

The person who has behavior as above could be blacklisted and prohibited from working at government positions and traveling by train or plane.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security published the draft guideline on Oct 16 to solicit public opinion.

In China, the social insurance system is composed of several parts: 

pension, 

  • Medical insurance, 

  • Work-related injury insurance, 

  • Unemployment insurance, 

  • Maternity insurance

  • Housing provident fund.

Employers are required by law to cover social insurance for their employees, but in reality, many of them shy away from their responsibilities.

No Social Security Fees In Five Situations! 重磅:这五类人不用交社保!

No Worry! New Social Security Rule Won’t Bite You! 各地一律保持现有社保政策!

More than 70 percent of companies failed to pay mandated social insurance premiums for their employees, and 32 percent of them only paid the minimum, according to a report published this year by 51shebao, an independent social insurance agency.

The new rule is the latest attempt by the Chinese government to blacklist people for dishonest behavior. In March, authorities published a regulation, stating that individuals who 

  • Spread rumors, 

  • Engage in fraudulent activities 

  • Misbehave on planes,

and etc could be banned from traveling by airplanes for a year.

 

The country’s social credit blacklist has punished 12 million people as of Oct 26, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.

Must See! 6 Halloween Costumes to Avoid Tonight

Halloween again, here are 6 Halloween costumes to avoid so you aren’t dressed like everyone else. 

1. Harry Potter 

Rather than wearing traditional robes, try putting a unique spin on your “Harry Potter” costume.

Must See! 6 Halloween Costumes to Avoid Tonight

With the 20th anniversary of “Harry Potter” upon us and a new “Fantastic Beasts” movie set for release in November, everyone will want to dress as a character from the wizarding world this Halloween.

 2. Black Panther

This is the first Halloween since the release of “Black Panther,” so catsuits will be everywhere.

Must See! 6 Halloween Costumes to Avoid Tonight

Superheros outfits are usually a solid choice for Halloween, but the popularity of the recent “Black Panther” movie is sure to increase the number of Wakanda-related costumes.

 3. The Incredibles

The Incredibles are going to be a common costume for families this year.

 

Must See! 6 Halloween Costumes to Avoid Tonight

People loved “Incredibles 2,” so there’s a good chance that tons of families will dress up as the dynamic super group this Halloween.

 4. Avengers

Just about every Marvel character came together for “Avengers: Infinity War,” so they’re all going to be common costumes.

Must See! 6 Halloween Costumes to Avoid Tonight

People are still pretty upset over the ending of “Avengers: Infinity War,” so it’s probably best to avoid dressing up as characters from the Marvel universe altogether. Besides, superhero costumes are a bit tired in general.

 5. Game of Thrones

“Game of Thrones” costumes will be popular as ever.

 

Must See! 6 Halloween Costumes to Avoid Tonight

Fans are gearing up for the eighth and final season of “Game of Thrones,” so you can expect to see multiple versions of Daenerys Targaryen at any Halloween party you attend.

6. Cat costumes

Overly simple cat costumes shouldn’t be worn.

Must See! 6 Halloween Costumes to Avoid Tonight

Wearing an all black outfit and pair of cat ears on Halloween is more of an easy way out than a classic Halloween costume.

Source: Insider

No Money, No Hope, They Live Like Rats in Shenzhen

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When you hear the city name Shenzhen, you, an expat might you are, will give it a thumbs-up because of its leading status in economic development, technological advancement and the city’s modernity in China.

Shenzhen once was the birthplace and test ground of China’s reform and opening initiative in the 1980s, it is China’s most important high-tech and manufacture base.

No Money, No Hope, They Live Like Rats in This City...

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 Small in coverage as it is, the city is nicknamed as “China’s Silicon Valley”, many world-renowned enterprises are based in there including Tencent, a Chinese IT tycoon, Huawei, China’s largest smartphone maker and DJI, a world-famous drone producer. Shenzhen is widely called the Dream Land.

No Money, No Hope, They Live Like Rats in This City...

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Every year, countless young people flock to this dynamic city with their wildest dreams. But under the city’s dazzling appearance, there exists a DARK world, it is the infamous SanHe Talent Market. Far from talented, people who looking for job opportunities in there are probably the most untalented, most incompetent and most obscure ones. They live like rats, or even worse than rats.

Located in Shenzhen’s Longhua district, SanHe Talent Market is regarded as the worst place by locals. Just like a dirty dark world, illegal intermediary agents, illegal net bars, illegal factories, illegal street vendors and local villains are all mixed together to make the place more infamous.

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Every day, many young people come here and search for job openings. Illegal work intermediary agents help keep the whole system running in the market and it runs like that: 

 when a factory wants to hire a part-timer with a salary of 200RMB (29USD) per day, then the manager in charge the factory’s employment outsources the job-hiring to Illegal work intermediary agents with a salary of 150RMB, he himself deducts 50RMB, and then the illegal agents hire job seekers in SanHe talent market with a salary of 100RMB, another 50RMB goes to the agents’ pocket.

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People who make their living by working diligently should feel proud for themselves and deserve to be respected despite what kind of work they do, as long as it is legal.

But most job seekers in SanHe talent market are losers. Why is that? Because their laziness, they have no aims and hopes for life, they stay idle for most of the time and have less or nearly no willingness to work. They are labelled as SanHe Da Shen(三和大神) or SanHe Losers, they share one common tag: only take part-time jobs lasting one or two days long, require employees to pay their salary daily and in cash, work for one day and take a three-day break.

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Most of them are in desperate poverty, some of them can’t even afford their basic daily life consumptions.

At night, SanHe Da Shens have no place to live, most of them rent a bed in a hostel with 15RMB(about 2USD), some can’t even afford for renting a bed, so they find a relatively clean place and just sleep on the ground or on park chairs.

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When they feel hungry, they buy a bow of soup noodle, the noodle is cooked in a very simple way, it only costs 4RMB, 1 more RMB if you want to have a boiled egg in it.

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For SanHe Da Shens, they have been driven into a corner and can’t find a way out.

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The 27-year-old Song once worked as an assembly-worker in FOXCONN, a high-tech company famous for iPhone-assembling, but he felt tired after several-months work in there. So he resigned. He has been in SanHe for a while, he refuses to go back to work in a factory and thinks it is useless and meaningless. To support his life, Song takes daily-wage jobs from time to time. Song has no money to rent himself a house or even a bed in a hostel, he often sleeps on park chairs, but he has got arrested for that two times.

My life is very boring. When I was a little child I had a dream, but now I only daydream. I can’t go back any more. My mom called me and asked me to go home, but I refused, it’s a shame to go home without making enough money, I can’t even afford a train ticket says Song.

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 Li is Song’s best friend in SanHe, Li is also 27 years old and he is still single. 

No girls will choose a boy like me. In a marriage or relationship in China girls ask a lot from boys, and I have nothing, I have no future  says Li.

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Zhao refuses to be labelled as SanHe Loser and insists that he is different.

 “I once saved 200000RMB in my bank account, can you imagine that, but I lost it in gambling. Every my friend around are idling their youth away, I have been influenced by their negative thoughts 

Zhao once had a good job with a decent salary, but he resigned because has no patience to work in one place for a long time.

 I don’t like the current situation either, I hate myself but I don’t how to change it, I’m now deeply trapped in this mire. 

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Recently, a worrying fact has emerged in SanHe talent market, that is more and more post 90’s workers come to this place and look for jobs. And Dongdong is one of them.

Dongdong is a 22-year-old boy, he has come here for a while and he is still looking for a job. Dong dong quitted his last job because his boss blamed him for taking nap and playing mobile games during working time.

 “I can’t stand any blames, I hate to be blamed,” says Dongdong. Dongdong loves playing games either on the computer or on mobile, he doesn’t have much money but he goes to the net bar to play computer games very often. 

When he feels tired at night, he rents a bed in a hostel. Bedclothes in the hostel are very dirty, but Dongdong says it’s OK.

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 “Everything is fine and good as long as the hostel provides free WIFI access. With WIFI, I can play games on my mobile phone and game is everything for me. 

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This documentary goes viral on Youtube and Chinese portal video websites. Viewers don’t believe that the prosperous mega city Shenzhen has a shabby and dirty place like that, they also don’t believe that men can be lazy and poor like that. 

What SanHe Da Shens want are three things: high salary, easy money and quick money. They come to this big city and find it is so hard for them to achieve what they want, so they fall into desperation and gradually give up on themselves. 

But they should realize that life is not so easy for most people on this planet, you want a good life you fight for it not wait for it. Always be positive and stay inspired!

“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies”

                        –The Shawshank Redemption