We usually perceive Good Manners and Right Conduct as a school subject. However, good manners are imposed on us by our parents at a young age. To live peacefully and blend well with the society, we are taught of the correct behaviours and conduct. The subject has been long removed from the school curriculum and changed to Values Education.
Bring back GMRC
In this digital age, we see some disrespectful actions through social media and news as well. Those kinds are being bombarded with hateful messages and comments from the netizens. The situation opens up the idea that good manners and right conduct should be included in the school curriculum from grade school all through high school.
GMRC Act
July this year, senator Juan Miguel Zubiri filed the GMRC Act or also known as Senate Bill No. 310. The act aims to bring back the GMRC subject to elementary grade to high school. Although the Department of Education insists that Values Education is still up on the present curriculum, Senator Zubiri claims on the fact that many kids today commits on breaking the law.
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Zubiri states,
“I observe that this seeming downgrading of Values Education in the curriculum has made it harder to raise upright citizens. So, we see rising criminality in the streets and inside our homes committed by youngsters and adults who have not undergone GMRC as we had in the old days.”
Gangsterism and bad habits
The senator also escalates the issue on the growing number of gangs and dRuG use involving teenagers,
“We witness this low level of discipline in disrespectful behaviour of children and teens who are most vulnerable to the use of drugs and oftentimes resort to gangsterism.”
Beneficial to everyone
The act, as explained by Senator Zubiri, insists that everyone will “very much” benefit from it. He also points out that countries like Singapore and Japan benefit from focusing on good manners, respect, and discipline.
“We can see how it is effective in their own countries and as a matter of fact praised and emulated by many people across the world,”
Zubiri also insists that adding up GMRC subject in curricula would not cost much and would not take so much time in school.
Rachel Slawson is the first openly bisexual Miss USA contestant in the pageant's historySlawson, who is Miss Utah, has a platform focusing on destigmatizing mental health issues.
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Slawson, 25, was crowned Miss Utah on Saturday and will go on to compete at Miss USA, where she will become the first openly bisexual contestant.
"This is my 7th pageant, my 5th time competing at Miss Utah USA, and tonight I finally experienced hands down the biggest dream of my life," Slawson said.
The beauty queen opened up about her mental health struggles leading up to her win, revealing that she "tried to end my life… the night I lost Miss Utah USA" at age 19 because she questioned, "'Why wasn’t I enough?'"
"After a few trips to the psych ward, being diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder… and finally coming to terms with who I am as a queer woman," Slawson said she found her true worth.
"The only difference between tonight, and the night I left broken-hearted wishing I wasn’t alive, is that I knew I was enough before I arrived," she added.
GLAAD (the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) applauded Slawson's win.
"Rachel’s presence on the Miss USA stage later this year will most definitely send a powerful message to LGBTQ Americans and Utahns, especially those in the bisexual+ community," tweeted Anthony Ramos, GLAAD’s head of talent.
As the new Miss Utah, Slawson promised to "share my truth" during her reign.
"If I’m being honest with you, this crown is a new job, not an answer to the question I spent the last 9 years asking. 'Why am I even here?' I am why," she said.
Slawson concluded her message, "I am so grateful for this crown."
The Utah native will follow in the footsteps of Swe Zin Htet, who became the first openly lesbian woman to compete for Miss Universe in 2019, despite homosexuality being illegal in her home country of Myanmar.
In 2016, Miss Missouri's Erin O’Flaherty became the first openly gay contestant to compete in Miss America, a different pageant from Miss USA.
The date for Miss USA 2020 hasn't been announced yet.
More: Miss Missouri's road to the Miss America pageant
If Your Body Suddenly Jerks While You Are Falling Asleep, This Is What it
Our bodies are very interesting things. They can actually inform us when something is not right. One of the things that our body does is twitching before you fall asleep.
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If this has been happening to you we want to tell you not to panic, you are not the only one. Sometimes, after a long day, you are in your bed and ready to sleep. However, there is a sudden interruption by twitching and this makes you wonder what could be wrong. Just continue reading.
The Hypnic Twitch Before Falling Asleep
According to scientists, this is known as the hypnic twitch and it resembles a feeling or falling thus making your bodytwitch. Some scientists believe that it might be the consumption of caffeine before bed or certain medications like Adderal and Ritalin. However, this also goes for people who are very exhausted and who finally go to sleep, but too fast. This is due to the fact that the brain cannot keep up with the sleep phases.
One hypothesis says that this happens because you are starting to dream but you are not fully asleep and this is a symptoms of both of these things fighting.
Another evolutionary hypothesis claims that this happens because this was the body’s way to wake up our ancestors before they fell out of the trees.
Namely, when your brain is confused, it will restart and you will wake up with a burst of chemicals. This is however not dangerous for your health, but it is still not a very good feeling. There are still also those opinions that twitches are connected to early onsets of Parkinson’s disease or Alzheimer’s, brain injury or nerve damage. But this is if it is too serious.
The YouTube channels that gained the most subscribers in 2019 show the platform's current trends and surging areas.
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Business Insider looked at the 21 fastest-growing YouTube channels – which all gained over 10 million subscribers in 2019 – according to data provided by the social-media analytics site, Social Blade.
The "Like Nastya Vlog" channel posts regular vlogs of Nastya playing with toys and going on adventures with her family. Like Nastya Vlog/YouTube
YouTube's top stars, like PewDiePie and MrBeast, continued to dominate, obtaining tens of millions of new subscribers in a single year.
T-Series and six other Indian channels also made this list, as did channels from multiple Russian-speaking kids.
The YouTube channels that gained the most subscribers in 2019 show the platform's current trends and the areas that are growing rapidly.
YouTube's top stars, like PewDiePie and MrBeast, continued to dominate, obtaining tens of millions of new subscribers in a single year.
But PewDiePie was dethroned this year in total subscriber count by Indian record label T-Series, which also topped the list of fastest-growing channels, gaining a massive 42 million new subscribers in 2019. The success of T-Series — and the six other Indian channels that cracked this list of 21 channels with the most subscriber growth — shows the rising importance of India for YouTube.
Multiple Russian-speaking kid YouTube stars also made this year's list, including Anastasia Radzinskaya, the face of "Like Nastya Vlog." The 5-year-old star, who was born in Russia and lives in Florida, earns an estimated $18 million yearly from her online success, according to Forbes. With the booming success of her YouTube channels, Radzinskaya's family plans to extend her YouTube empire by launching toys, mobile games, and even publish a book, Forbes reported.
Two of her Radzinskaya's channels made the list: "Like Nastya Vlog" (which gained 27 million) and "Stacy Toys" (which gained 13 million).
Goldmines Telefilms is located in India and produces movies, songs, and comedy sketches.
Subscribers: 30.2 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +11,476,966
20. Aaj Tak
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Aaj Tak is a news channel located in India that covers news in politics, entertainment, Bollywood, business, and sports.
Subscribers: 24.3 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +11,622,542
19. Atta Halilintar
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25-year-old Atta Halilintar is an Indonesian YouTube star who posts vlogs and also has music that can be found on Spotify.
Subscribers: 20 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +11,662,923
18. Shemaroo Filmi Gaane
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Shemaroo Filmi Gaane is a YouTube channel located in India that uploads Bollywood songs.
Subscribers: 30.4 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +11,866,557
17. Pinkfong! Kids' Songs & Stories
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Pinkfong! Kids' Songs & Stories is an educational YouTube channel that uploads songs and stories including nursery rhymes, phonics songs, number songs, and bedtime lullabies.
Pinkfong is the channel behind the viral song "Baby Shark Dance," with 4 billion views.
Subscribers: 27 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +12,955,928
16. MrBeast
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Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast, is a 21-year-old YouTube star. Donaldson is famous for his videos where he gives away cars, houses, and cash awards. His channel is managed under the YouTube-focused management firm Night Media. In his latest video, "Last to Take Their Hand Off $1,000,000 Keeps It" Donaldson gave away $1,000,000 cash to the winning contestant.
Subscribers: 27 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +13,627,579
15. Stacy Toys
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Stacy Toys is a YouTube channel by a 5-year-old Russian-American girl Stacy (known as Nastya in Russian), based in Florida. Stacy has multiple successful channels which follow her adventures with her father. Like Nastya is her most popular channel and is in Russian.
Subscribers: 23.1 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +13,753,281
14. WWE
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World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. runs a successful channel on YouTube, uploading short 1 to 3 minute clips multiple times a day.
Subscribers: 52 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +13,862,295
13. Blackpink
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The South Korean girl group, Blackpink, consists of four members: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. Blackpink became the first K-pop girl group to perform at Coachella.
Subscribers: 31.9 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +15,104,957
12. Zee TV
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Zee TV is a media and entertainment company based in Mumbai. The channel uploads clips of Hindi TV series and movies.
Subscribers: 38.7 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +16,004,466
11. 5-Minute Crafts
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The popular DIY channel, 5-Minute Crafts started in 2016 and today uploads daily videos like "17 hilarious crafts and pranks," with 69 million views, and other beauty and life hack content.
Subscribers: 63 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +16,987,420
10. Boram Tube Vlog [보람튜브 브이로그]
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Boram Tube Vlog is a children's entertainment YouTube channel from South Korea. Boram is one of many YouTube child stars who share videos of themselves playing with toys and going on adventures. She has two channels, Boram Tube Vlog and Boram Tube ToysReview.
Subscribers: 22.1 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +17,006,774
9. Marshmello
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American electronic music producer and DJ, Christopher Comstock, known as Marshmello, has a YouTube channel where he uploads music videos and skits weekly.
Subscribers: 41.5 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +17,662,318
8. Billie Eilish
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18-year-old singer/songwriter Billie Eilish uploads music videos, live performances, and interview clips to her channel. Her most viewed YouTube video is "Ocean Eyes" with 189 million views.
Subscribers: 23.7 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +17,987,119
7. Zee Music Company
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Zee Music Company is an Indian music company and a branch of Zee Entertainment Enterprises.
Subscribers: 47.5 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +18,560,265
6. SET India
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Sony Entertainment Television (SET India) is a 24-hour Hindi General Entertainment Channel which uploads family entertainment content to YouTube.
PewDiePie, aka Felix Kjellberg, got his start doing gaming walkthroughs and reviews, but has since expanded to more satirical commentary and meme roundups. PewDiePie is one of the most popular YouTube personalities in the world, with the second-most total subscribers.
The Kids Diana Show follows the antics of Diana and her brother, Roma. The channel features the Russian-speaking kids unboxing toys and going on fantastical adventures.
The Like Nastya Vlog channel posts regular vlogs of Nastya playing with toys and going on adventures with her family.
Subscribers: 41.9 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +27,480,604
2. Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes
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The Cocomelon Nursery Rhymes YouTube channel is a part of Treasure Studio, Inc. and joined YouTube in 2006. The kids educational channel uploads 3D animated shorts with music and rhymes for children.
Subscribers: 67.4 million
Change in subscribers in 2019: +36,063,045
1. T-Series
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Indian record label T-Series gained worldwide fame for knocking PewDiePie off the top spot for most popular YouTube channel in March.
Turmeric has been historically known for its many health benefits, and this simple turmeric tea recipe may help you optimize your thyroid treatment plan. Turmeric health benefits include improved oxygen intake and low cholesterol levels which makes this recipe extremely good for your thyroid. Find out how to make the most out of turmeric in this tea recipe!
Prepare your turmeric powder, about half a teaspoon. Put this in a small cup.
Step 2: Add Black Pepper Powder
This additional ingredient may help enhance the benefits of the turmeric. Black pepper has been known to increase the bioavailability of the turmeric powder by allowing your body to make the most of the turmeric’s curcumin content.
Step 3: Fill the Cup with Boiling Water
Once the turmeric and black pepper are in a small cup, fill the cup with boiling water. The boiling water will dissolve the pepper and turmeric. Make sure to stir the tea to let the ingredients mix together in the cup.
Step 4: Add in Virgin Coconut Oil
Add a teaspoon of virgin coconut oil. This oil may also help your body absorb the curcumin with ease because turmeric has been known to be better absorbed when taken with fat soluble. Virgin coconut oil may also help you maintain a healthy thyroid gland because of its fatty acids.
Step 5: Mix in Ginger
To add some extra taste and thyroid health benefits to this turmeric tea recipe, put in a few slices of ginger. Ginger is especially great for inflammation and improving thyroid function. It may also help your thyroid regulate your metabolism.
Step 6: Add Cinnamon for Taste
Sprinkle some cinnamon powder on top of your turmeric tea. The cinnamon will add some taste to the tea and help with your hypothyroidism. Just like the ginger, it also has anti-inflammatory properties. It may also help regulate your body’s sugar levels to prevent diabetes.
Step 7: Drink this Tea Regularly
You may try this turmeric tea recipe twice a day, once in the morning and before you go to sleep. Try it for two weeks then take a two-day break before continuing this routine.
Tip: The best pair to any thyroid treatment plan is consistency and patience. It’s better to take this drink 30-40 minutes after your thyroid medication.
This turmeric tea recipe may help with weight loss as a counter to thyroid symptoms of weight gain. It may also boost your body’s immune system while it accelerates your metabolism. Turmeric is filled with health benefits for your thyroid, and these added ingredients may help enhance the turmeric powder’s effectiveness.
Now that you’ve got your tea ready you can sip on it while skimming these turmeric health benefits!
9 Ways Turmeric May Benefit Your Thyroid Function
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) Definition: It stimulates the thyroid gland to reduce hormones.
Curcumin Definition: An active compound in turmeric. It has potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
Serotonin Definition: A neurotransmitter in your blood platelets. It transmits feelings referring to mood, libido, and even sleep.
Cortisol Definition: A hormone the body produces when it’s under stress. When produced in rare occasions, it can help the body decide between fight and flight. But when the body constantly produces large amounts of cortisol, it may have negative physiological and psychological implications.
1. Has Powerful Anti-Inflammatory Properties
Inflammation is a major cause of many thyroid complications such as Grave’s disease and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis.
In most cases, inflammation itself is not the root cause of the problem. Rather, it aggravates and worsens the thyroid diseases over time.
While the objective in treatment is to determine and resolve the cause of the problem, using anti-inflammatory compounds can help suppress the pain and speed up the healing process.
One of the most common turmeric health benefits includes suppressing inflammation in the body.
Ask your doctor about using turmeric supplement for curcumin’s anti-inflammatory properties. It’s a holistic natural alternative to many chemical-infused drugs thyroiditis patients use.
2. Boosts the Immune System
One of the main reasons the turmeric root and plant helps with many thyroid problems is because it’s a powerful antioxidant.
With autoimmune diseases, the patient’s body attacks its own organs and glands, including the thyroid. When this happens, the body stops functioning normally, and this affects the patient’s day-to-day life.
Luckily, you may avoid autoimmune diseases by strengthening your immune system with turmeric. Taking turmeric regularly allows curcumin to regulate the activity of immune cells and cytokines.
Along with a healthy lifestyle, learning how to use turmeric properly may boost your immune system.
If you have a healthy immune system, the chances of you developing thyroid diseases drop significantly. Keep in mind that other factors such as your genetics and environment heavily affect the development of thyroid complications.
3. Protects and Heals the Intestinal Barrier
The intestines serve as barriers protecting the bloodstream from harmful bacteria and toxins. Your body functions properly because your guts keep these disease-causing compounds at bay.
But when your intestines malfunction, these toxins and bacteria may permeate the wall and enter the bloodstream. In layman’s terms, we call this the leaky gut.
A healthy diet and regular exercise can help maintain proper intestine function. But if you really want to help your gut, you might want to consider supplementing with turmeric.
Some of the health benefits of turmeric include protecting and healing the intestinal barrier.
Products such as turmeric tea, turmeric powder, and turmeric capsules, among others, can prevent and potentially cure the leaky gut.
4. Turmeric Curcumin Has Tumor-Inhibiting Properties
Curcumin is a natural polyphenolic compound in the turmeric plant. It’s a powerful antioxidant widely used in herbal medicine.
Recent studies show that the curcumin in turmeric supplements may prevent the worsening of thyroid cancer. Researchers found that curcumin suppresses the growth and spreading of tumor in thyroid patients.
Keep in mind that the curcumin in the common turmeric dosage is relatively low. You should not use it as a substitute for proper treatment.
What you can do is experiment with turmeric recipes as a precautionary measure to prevent thyroid cancer. Remember: prevention is always better than cure.
5. Reduces Goitrogenesis or Goiter
Goitrogenesis refers to the inflammation of the thyroid gland. This occurs when the patient’s immune system attacks the host’s own thyroid.
As a result, the thyroid cannot produce enough thyroid hormones and starts secreting thyroid-stimulating hormones instead (TSH). With an imbalance of TSH and thyroid hormones, the thyroid gland starts to inflame causing goiter.
By using turmeric, patients can maximize both its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
Its antioxidant properties can help fight damage-causing free radicals which harm the immune system. This prevents goiter from happening in the first place.
At the same time, its anti-inflammatory effects can help reduce thyroid inflammation in the case of a damaged immune system.
6. Improves Cognitive Function
When suffering from hypothyroidism, you may experience some difficulty with your memory and cognitive skills. This is especially true for older patients with thyroid complications.
Luckily, apart from maintaining good thyroid health, patients can also use turmeric to ease the damage these diseases do to their cognitive skills.
Turmeric’s active ingredient curcumin increases the levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). It’s a protein that plays an important role in stimulating the production of new brain cells.
This benefit of turmeric is useful for elderly patients who can no longer produce a sufficient number of brain cells regularly.
Plus, it doesn’t take much to maximize this benefit. In fact, you can already increase your cognitive skills just by sprinkling a few pinches of turmeric powder in your morning toast.
7. Removes Heavy Metal Toxins
We expose our body to different types of heavy metal toxins on a daily basis. If you take in too much, it can spell disaster for the different organs and glands that maintain your bodily functions.
Plus, it can disrupt your hormones and increase inflammation in your thyroid.
A solid way to fight this is to supplement with turmeric and curcumin.
Apart from balancing your hormones and reducing inflammation, it can rid your body of these toxins fast. That way, these heavy metal toxins won’t even get the chance to damage your body.
Tip: Apart from supplementing with turmeric, reduce the pollution in the air you breathe and water you drink. People consume a lot of heavy metal toxins through these.
8. Alleviates Depression
Despite being two different complications, hypothyroidism may lead to depression. The imbalance in your hormones affects your overall mental health as well.
Most patients who suffer from these symptoms take medication to ease the pain. But, a lot of these chemical-infused drugs have harmful side effects.
That’s why some patients opt for turmeric instead. Turmeric helps decrease brain fog and confusion by improving the oxygen flow into your brain.
Studies also show that curcumin eases the symptoms of depression by increasing serotonin levels while simultaneously reducing the amount of cortisol in the body.
9. Detoxifies the Body
Turmeric is a powerful compound that helps the liver flush out toxins in the body. You may not know it, but you take in a lot of toxins from the food you eat.
Unhealthy food choices can really build up the toxin and cholesterol level in your body. If this continues, your liver will not be able to flush out all the impurities and may eventually lead to gut and thyroid complications.
Try to include turmeric into your daily diet to reduce the number of toxins in your body. Make sure to follow a healthy thyroid-friendly diet to maximize its benefits.
Tip: Are you suffering from gastrointestinal diseases? Then try supplementing with turmeric. This helps remove gas and reduce inflammation in the digestive tract.
How to Take Turmeric
You can take turmeric by mixing the spices in your meals or grinding it into tea, then follow the recipe above! But if you really want to improve thyroid health through turmeric, then you need to use an effective supplement.
The best turmeric supplement to use would be one that pairs it with other ingredients that prevent thyroid complications.
For example, Thyroid Support System by Dr. Seeds is a powerful supplement that maximizes the benefits of turmeric, vitamin K2, and iodine, among others. Order a bottle today to see if it will help you with your thyroid health.
Note: Before undergoing any medication or supplementation, make sure to seek the advice of a medical professional.
Want a healthy Thyroid? Watch this video and check out this turmeric tea recipe that is definitely best for your Thyroid!
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What is turmeric good for and how can it benefit patients dealing with thyroid complications? The answer: Reducing inflammation and removing damage-causing toxins from your body.
Overall, a healthy lifestyle combined with effective turmeric supplements may be just what patients need. Try to reduce your stress levels, exercise more often, and make healthier food choices to maintain good thyroid health.
Have you tried this turmeric tea recipe before? Do you have your tea recipe for thyroid health? Share your thoughts and experience with us in the comments below!
