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#you just know he whips his hair at the end too#the eleven most important frames in my life#slowed down brightened bigger etc#i love him so much#ofmd#our flag means death#ofmd s2#ofmd s2 teaser#ofmd s2 spoilers#ofmd gifs#ida.stuff
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2020 Creator Wrap
2020 Creator Wrap: Favorite Works
I was tagged by the oh so talented @irolltwenties!
Rules: it’s time to love yourselves! choose your 5 (or so) favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought to the world in 2020. tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works!
I’m not a particularly prolific writer (WIPs for days, but completed projects? Not so much). Somehow in this hell year though, I did manage to complete more fics than in any previous year for a total of seven new works (~49k words, all on ao3), plus a chunky chap of a long running WIP (~20k words) so I’m actually pretty damn proud of myself! I also made some new fandom friends in 2020 which has easily been one of the biggest delights of the year & has definitely helped my creative momentum, so ty all for that. <3
Counting down from 5, here are my favs:
5. Downtime
I have endless love for JayRoy and it felt so good to finally finish something for them for once this year! All of my past WIPs primarily focused on them ended up firmly in my graveyard folder, including the fic that this one shot was originally meant to be connected to. I liked the way this turned out well enough to clean it up and post it on its own though, so at least now I can say that I have something published for them at last.
(Also it got me back into the JayRoy headspace enough to outline a whole YJ/Earth16 JayRoy fic that I’m excited to start drafting in 2021, so we’ll see where that goes...)
2.3k NSFW; A mix of playful sweet and roughness, just like them.
4. Mirror Image
Bluepulse Week really saved me this year in terms of forcing me to just write, damn it! Did I finish all the prompts this year? Nope. Did it get me to complete a handful of fics that I ended up really loving? Yes. This was one of them.
This fic zoomed into existence entirely out of necessity as an alt idea to a prompt that I had a much longer idea for, but didn’t have time to complete. It then got a positive enough reception that I decided to turn it from a crack-adjacent, passable one-shot to a slightly more developed two-shot by request of one of my commenters. Really, it was writing that second chapter that ended up endearing the fic to me.
6.3k Humor, time travel shenanigans & accidental dating. This fic is the sweetness of teenage crushes, the confusing mess of discovering your sexuality, & laughter with your best friend.
3. Soft Wesper One Shots
Would you look at that, another nsfw piece. Could it be that I’m starting to get to the point where I can look back at completed nsfw fics without cringing terribly? Love that for me.
This fic took me by surprise, tbh. I wouldn’t consider myself a part of the grisaverse fandom (I’m utterly ambivalent toward the OG trilogy & have no plans to read them), but I did fall deeply in love with the whole Six of Crows gang earlier this year to the point of having quite the book hangover afterward, unable to pick up anything else except related fanfic for a couple weeks straight. These fluffy, nsfw scenes were born out of that, and I was pleasantly surprised to see such a positive response to them in the comments. The whole SoC gang has my heart, but the dynamic between Jesper and Wylan in particular got my writing fingers itching.
3.7k Domestic, post-canon fluff & tender sex with flirty Jesper & blushing Wylan abound.
2. Stick With Me
Ohh, I still get warm fuzzies thinking about this fic! If I’m only low-key proud of the first three on this list, this is one I’m legitimately very proud of. I had this idea on the docket already from a convo with @ivyxwrites early this year (or maybe last year? who knows, time means nothing anymore) but used Bluepulse Week as the excuse to finally get started, and I ended up adoring the process of writing it far more than I anticipated.
As much as I love planning out meticulously crafted, plotty stories, sometimes all you want to do is pick some well-loved tropes out of a hat instead and run with them (in this case: stuck in a cabin, only one bed, & heated argument leading to confession). It was freeing to just mess around and have fun with this fic, knowing pretty much right from the get-go how I wanted it to unfold and seeing it so vividly in my mind. It also probably helped that I was writing it for Ivy; it’s much easier for me to stay motivated when creating directly for my friends.
Finishing this was also such a serotonin-filled burst of pure victory for me since, as previously stated, I’m terrible at finishing projects--particularly multi-chap fics, particularly within a decent timeframe.
25.5k A showcase of the essence of what I love about the best friends-to-lovers dynamic. Part character study, part wires getting crossed & uncrossed, and whole idiots to lovers. This fic is the warmth in the pit of your stomach from a yearning made real & the sudden clarity of realizing what you were looking for had already been there all along.
1. The Rest Pt 1: Delicate (Remember Me Chap 4)
Oh, Remember Me. Of everything I’ve ever written, this story remains the one I’m most proud of and certainly the closest to my heart (not to mention the longest running, whoops). The first iteration of the beginning of this story was actually drafted back in 2017, but I walked away from it for a couple of years before deciding to dust it off and try again. It has spiraled into something far bigger in scope than I originally planned for, but I’ve come to love the path it’s led me down so far, and finishing this whopping 20k chunkster of a chapter was like breathing a huge (if temporary) sigh of relief.
This chap was particularly cathartic to write because it allowed for a number of convos between the boys that had really needed to happen, and was finally the ‘getting together’ moment the fic had been building toward for a while. It’s also so sappy I could die, but I will not be apologizing for that, lol. I was really hoping to get Chap 5 up this year as well, but y’know. Sometimes things just don’t work out like you plan for and that’s okay.
Chap 5 does have 17k done already (with prob another 5-8k still to go) & I’m itching to share it, but no sense in rushing if the end result would suffer for it. Luckily, everyone in comments has been kind enough to beat me over the head with ‘take your time, we don’t mind/we’ll still be here!!!’ which I’m immensely grateful for. So, at least the pressure to hurry up and get it done is purely self-inflicted.
Of all my works, this fic has not only gotten the most passionate responses, but has also been the main gateway for me to interact with other bluepulse creators, which has been a real joy. Nothing brightens my day like the essays people leave me over there from time to time after discovering the fic. That kind of engagement is the highest praise, & responding is very self indulgent fun for me (bc, clearly, I could go on and on about this fic & YJ in general forever).
54.8k total so far (WIP). Bart & Jaime’s relationship journey from beginning to ‘current day’ (aka the moment the fic begins), using amnesia/memory restoration as a framing device. The high highs and low lows of first love, navigating a 3 yr age difference, and the long, winding road from best friends to lovers as the years roll on. Slow-burn-adjacent (in terms of both the boys’ relationship to each other and reader’s relationship to the fic bc of how long I take between goddamn updates).
Tagging @ivyxwrites, @incorrectbatfam, @paintingwithdarkness, @bluepulsebluepulse
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- Huntress Name: Wisperer
- Smoke Grey
- 22 (Volume 1) | 23 (Volume 4)
- Female
- 5’ 6"
- Panromantic / Pansexual (preference towards females)
- Qilin Faunus
- Main-Traits:
A single recurve horn which curves up from her forehead, backward over the top, and curves up away from her head half-way back, grows branching portions per decade of her life, the last two inches of the horn have been cut off.
Three foot long, pearlescent scaled tail with pure white fur along the underside of the appendage for the last foot of it’s length, and the last six inches entirely covered with the same fur all the way around.
- Sub-Traits:
Some shorter fur-like hair along the back of her neck that runs from where her hair would normally end on the back of her head, down just above her shoulder-blades on her back, and around along her collarbone toward tapered ends near the center of her chest. Everything above the middle of the neck is pure black, while everything past gradually greys toward a silver atop her collarbones.
- Long, thigh-length greyscale hair, starting black at the top of her head, greying toward and past her shoulders until reaching a silvery color by the middle of her back, and continuing to gradually turn white by the end
Her hair has been cut down to the above-the-shoulder pitch black aside from the fur mane-like sub-trait along the back of her neck, and doesn’t seem to be growing back any time soon.
- Light grey, almost entirely pale eyes.
Her right eye was damaged severely in a fight with a particularly smart, experienced Beowolf Alpha, and it was removed by a medical team that tended to her after. She and Gotin made a glass eye to replace it a while after, and it’s been enchanted through Gotin’s Semblance to perceive Aura.
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Semblance: Nature’s Breath
Based off Kimetsu no Yaiba’s Breathing Techniques, The Fujiki Family Semblance allows one to use special methods of breathing to enhance physical capabilities for sword techniques, as well as channel the respective elements to their breathing style. But no member of the Fujiki family is locked to any one breathing style, and can train themselves in any of the others available. Though each is born with an affinity towards one style or another, allowing them to master that specific style more easily, and making the others take longer.
The end goal for any Fujiki is the “Perfect Breath” technique, which enhances the user’s physical capabilities, allowing them to move faster, hit harder, and react sooner. This provides “Super-Soldier” like physical capabilities, but, if not handled right, can cause great pain and potentially damage the body severely.
Kemuri’s affinity is Mist style, allowing free-flowing motions of her blade in combat with little issue in redirecting attacks or the speed behind them. With the elemental aspect, she can exhale clouds of mist that are filled with her own Aura. These allowing her to conceal herself within from enemies, and able to confused younger Grimm by spreading out her Aura, allowing her to move and strike with little issue. Older Grimm with more experience will be able to see through the rouse, however, and if they find Kemuri within the mist, they will attack her.
Kemuri has expanded to start practicing with Water, Ice, Fire, Lightning, and a little bit of Beast, starting to understand the simplest of techniques with each.
However, the big downside to this Semblance the Fujiki family bears is that they can not switch between any two Branches of the Semblance without a transitional breathing method being used. The method blends the Branch that they were using last, and the one they wish to use next, making them inhale in the prior method, and exhale in the later, slowly at first, getting faster and faster until they finally switch to the new Branch. If they don’t use this method of breathing for some reason or another to alternate their active Branch of the Semblance, instead jumping from one straight into the other, it will strain their throat and lungs. Repeated use will eventually lead to tissue tearing with the strain, slightly at first, but getting worse the more they continue.
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Weapons:
- Wisteria’s Sting
A Tanto knife, black sheathe and grip with Wisteria purple wrappings and a golden medal mimicking a Qilin’s horn under the wrapping on both sides of the grip. It’s hand-guard a simple circular shape, but with Wisteria-flower shaped openings mimicking a set of such flowers hanging on a vine from such a tree. One behind the flat back of the blade, another in front of it’s cutting edge, and two angled flower openings, one on each flat side. The blade is engraved with ancient writing of a dead language which, when translated, read the following:
“Blood. Pride. Strength. Survival.”
The blade was once owned by an ancestor of Kemuri’s, used to kill their own father, and leaving nothing left of the father’s body but a stain of blood that kept present along the metal. Only after Kemuri abruptly found herself in possession of the blade after a series of confusing events did she eventually decide to clean the blade, after centuries of being stained, and found it never lost it’s edge.
Through testing and use of the Tanto in some hunts and jobs against thieves and bandits, she discovered that the blade has properties which allow it to not only ignore Aura, but practically eat away at it whenever it’s blade is swung at someone and makes contact. Can cut through many materials like butter where other Tantos she’s tried in the past would have issues as well.
- TBA
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Armor: Fujiki Head Garb
2-piece, three layer dark grey body suit of high-durability material with padded portions over important sections of the body (such as the chest and back to protect the heart, lungs, and ribs). Sleeves and legs end at the wrists and ankles respectively. Enchanted by Gotin’s Semblance to regulate heat better and adapt to environmental temperatures to do so.
White Infinity Scarf to provide warmth for the face and a method of hiding her face if needed. Enchanted to deny toxic-gasses from passing through, effectively acting as a gas-mask if ever needed and raised over the nose and mouth.
White Tekkou sleeve arm-guards which double as fingerless gloves for her hands. Reaching over the sleeves of her suit and extending past her elbows by three inches with Wisteria purple detailing. Triple-layer make, similar to her suit with padding for protection. The underside of her left contains a pouch with extra protection around it, in which she stores her closed scroll for ease of access. Enchanted by Gotin for double the standard durability.
White Obi belt to hide the point the bottom piece of the body suit overlaps the top, secure their connection further, and hold weapon sheaths. Enchanted by Gotin to provide a strong grip on anything within the loop made when wrapped and tied around something. Can be used to hold wounds closed and at the very least slow bleeding to a crawl too.
Suneate shin guards with white material as base, dark grey metal plating, and Wisteria purple detailing. Enchanted by Gotin to have double the standard durability.
White slippers for footwear, custom made to double as Tabi-style socks and Waraji style sandals, two things often worn together, as one article of her equipment. Enchanted to have high level of grip to minimize slipping on any and all surfaces.
White, sleeveless, shin-length Haori coat with Wisteria purple detailing along the edges at the bottom, up the center, and around the neck, with the Fujiki Family Kamon in the center of the back. One pocket rests on the inside of both the left and right sides of the Haori, both with clasps that keep the contents within secure. Enchanted by Gotin to be resistant to elements like fire, water, electricity, etc. Thus providing better protection for herself, or anyone she covers with it.
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Enchanted Aura-Sensing Eye:
After an incident while fighting Grimm, Kemuri’s right eye was damaged to a point it couldn’t be saved. While receiving medical care, she decided on having it removed. After a short recovery period afterward, she went to her close friend and her Weaponsmith/Armorsmith, Gotin Amachi, finding he was learning how to make a glass replacement. The two worked together for a week to gather and melt down glass to practice before eventually gathering the required materials. Over the course of half a day, they melted down some glass, shaping it to the form of an eye, and giving it a cloudy-white coloration with a small, hollow circle of darker shade to mimic her iris.
Gotin then proceeded to use his semblance to enchant the eye and give it the ability to perceive living beings via their Aura.
Humans and Faunus show as full figures of whichever color their Aura is. Animals show slightly smaller than what their full form would normally be, the rest of their forms being dimmer than their core. Plants are minimal, thin lines or dots of random color for things that are bigger like trees, flowers, bushes, fines, etc. Because of this, Kemuri is able to see emotional changes/shifts in people as they occur through a couple different ways of their aura shifting due to their emotional state:
- Neutral: flat still color and form, no distortions or changes
- Happiness: brightening of the person’s aura and a slight radiating glow beyond their normal figure
- Passion: pulsations of the person’s aura, subtle at first growing stronger as the emotions grow stronger as well
- Confidence: a slight expansion of the person’s aura out from their normal figure
- Anxiety: gentle vibration of the person’s aura
- Paranoia: the person’s aura distorting, bending, and swirling within their form
- Sadness: a slight dimming around the edges of the person’s aura and it slightly shrinking into their overall form
- Anger: the person’s aura flaring up and looking almost like the person is on fire in her eyes
These different changes can mix to show more complex things, if someone is not feeling one way or another exclusively.
Alongside seeing emotions, Kemuri’s also able to see if someone’s injured through the injured areas of a person’s body having the Aura in such area being dulled, similar to an older scar over a healed wound.
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Hey, it's me the Spider-Anon Thank you duuuude 💕 💛🧡💙 the hc are beautiful and brightened my day and tbh I agree with all of them!!! sorry for answering so late rl is distracting sometimes ✨ I wanted to share one of my new fave hc as of late: that after a tentative friendship starts to grow Peter just has this random realization one day watching DP fight that that man is both deadly, graceful and smoking hot at the same time... (1/2)
(2/2) And already bettering himself for being friends with Spidey) Like a small spider-mind-blown moment or a bigger *panic at the feeling!* reaction lol it kinda tickles me both I swear I could throw so many more hc at you rn (like horny Spidey is the unstoppable force vs horny DP’s an immovable object) but this is getting so long lmao I wish you the best and send you all the 🌮 and 🌻 you want with much 💛🧡❤️💚💙 your 🕷Anon🕸
Aaaa, real life can be super distracting, no worries, I hope you’re doing okay, spider-anon! ❤
I love the (reluctant) friends to lovers trope where Peter is in denial/oblivious to his own feelings, until something clicks (with all the drama: time slowing down, some introspection, maybe a skipped heartbeat etc.) and he realizes that he’s in love with Wade, hah. And at risk of going full fangirl on main, I’ll admit that you just pushed one of my fave spideypool kinks in the limelight. Wade is generally so much fun, but when he puts his mind to it there’s nothing that can stop him or even slow him down much. Seeing strong people gracefully fuck shit up without losing their cool or confidence is sexy af, and the contrast between casual!Wade and Wade in full DP mode just makes it more delicious. I love scenes like this in fanfics, but I can’t bring myself to write & post any of my own for the fear of being too transparent in indulging my kinks lmaooops
As for horny Spidey VS horny DP - you just know they will lock together and push at each other until someone drops from exhaustion. With their super stamina it means regular marathon sex. No surfaces at their apartment are safe and the neighbors might want to invest in some good earplugs.
Thank you for the beautiful headcanons!!
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Dear Asami Sato
Summary:
Dear Korra,
My name is Asami Sato. I am 5 years old and I was born in Republic City in the year 152 A.G. My mom’s helping me write this letter. She told me you live in the Southern Water Tribe and that you’re a waterbender. That’s really cool. I’ve never met anyone from there before. Write to me soon, okay?
An AU where Asami’s mother unknowingly lines up the stars when she refuses her daughter be homeschooled and finds a too-big-for-this-town girl from the Southern Water Tribe (who may or may not know she’s the Avatar yet) to be her penpal.
Status: Ongoing
Chapter 6 - The Pen is Mighty
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“Ooh, you should tell her that yesterday, there was this whole crate of moon peaches just tipped over on the street! Someone must have dropped it or something, but me and Mako took them and I don’t even remember how many I ate last night. I think I’m made up of half moon peach right now.”
Bolin patted his stomach to prove it. The two of them sat on the stairs in front of Central Station, soaking up the midday sun. It was early in the year, the middle of winter, which made sitting outside not particularly pleasant, but if Bolin could bear it, so could she. Asami sat with pen and paper in hand, writing down Bolin’s stories to send with her weekly letter to Korra.
“Shouldn’t you have paced yourself?” she said as she wrote.
“They would’ve rotted and I’d never waste good food.”
“It would’ve taken longer than a day to rot.”
“Well, some days you just gotta treat yourself. Oh! And you can tell her I learned this new earthbending move, it goes like this-”
He shot to his feet and started running through a bending form which sent pebbles jittering across the asphalt.
“Woah, Bolin, slow down! You know I can’t really write that, right?”
He stopped. “Oh, sorry. Here, I’ll go slower.”
Asami snorted and put down her pen. “Here, maybe you should try and write it yourself.”
“That’s a great idea!” Bolin perked up for a moment, but then snapped into nervousness. “But uh… I don’t know how.”
Bolin was kicking at the pebbles he’d been bending a moment earlier, hesitant in a way he rarely was about... anything, really. It was Bolin. If someone asked him to jump in the bay and swim to Air Temple Island, he’d probably smile and try.
“It’s easy,” she told him, smoothing out a new sheet of paper. “I’ll help you,”
“Yeah, I know but I, uh... I don’t know how to write that much. Mako’s been trying to teach me but he’s always busy and he… he doesn’t know it all either.”
That sentence hit her with a force that made the world stutter for a moment. A resounding, Oh, was all she could hear in her head. It was moments like these where, as much as she’d like to think that things were back as they were years ago, when they used to sit by the school wall and laugh while they waited for Mako and Bolin’s parents to pick them up, she remembered things weren’t the same.
Of course he didn’t know how to write. Bolin left school when he was six, Mako when he was eight, and they probably hadn’t had a chance to learn much in the three years since then. There were bigger things to worry about than penmanship when you’re homeless on the street.
It was a shame, really. Bolin loved to learn, if his never-ending questions were anything to go by, and Mako was always a great student - she still remembered working away with him at the back of class all those years ago.
It left a bitter taste in her mouth. It wasn’t fair. Bolin deserved to know. He deserved to be able to read and write at a 4th grade level like any other kid his age.
“I’ll teach you,” she told him, and there was a resoluteness to it.
Bolin brightened up. “You will?”
“Yeah. And once I’m done with you, you’ll be the one teaching Mako.”
The two set to work, using the stairs as a makeshift desk and chair. Sheet after sheet of paper filled up with characters upon characters. Bolin progressed quickly, managing to drag up what he had learned in school from the dredges of his memory. It made her smile, as long as she didn’t think about it too hard. To think how far he might’ve gotten if things hadn’t gone the way they did.
It was too easy to ignore how much things had changed since those years in school, and just how strange their friendship was in the grand scheme of things. It still just felt like two kids, sometimes three, meeting up after school, not an heiress lying about wanting to go to the mall just so she could sneak away and hang out with two street urchins who were prone to steal a few wallets every now and then. Bolin still had his beaming smile, and Mako… well, he’d gotten quieter, but he was usually off who-knows-where doing who-knows-what so she didn’t notice as much anyway.
When the three had first met up again after that day at the park, everything that had changed was still stark in her mind, but she was young and confused and didn’t know what she could do to help. Still, she’d pulled Mako aside and told him she could see what her father could do.
“Maybe he’ll help you. Maybe he’ll let you stay with us. I mean, we’ve got more than enough space to spare.”
Mako had shaken his head. “We can’t. He might help for bit, but nobody’s going to let two random kids on the street stay with them for long. He’d bring us to the police and then we’d be back in some orphanage, right where we started.”
Asami told him, half jokingly, that her house was big enough and her dad was there so rarely that they could probably live there without him ever finding out. He still said no.
“Are you sure?” she’d asked again.
He was sure. They were fine, he told her. They’d be fine.
Regardless, Asami did what she could, portioning out a chunk of her allowance so that she could buy lunch whenever they met, or a new pair of shoes when she noticed Bolin had grown out of his, or a warmer set of gloves when Mako’s had frayed at the seams. Mako usually told her not to bother, assuring her every time that they were fine, that they didn’t need the food or the clothes or the money she offered. Of course that wasn’t always true, but Asami knew that Mako was proud - he’d probably have to be on death's door before he asked her for a single yuan.
So instead, she just sent Bolin home with an extra carton of noodles or something when they went to lunch, which she assumed would eventually reach Mako. He never acknowledged it and neither did she, which worked fine for the both of them. Mako didn’t want to ask, and Asami didn’t need thanks.
Hopefully whatever little she could teach Bolin would reach him too. They kept going over characters until Asami realized she only had one sheet of paper left, so when they got to the actual letter writing, she had to squeeze characters into the scraps for Bolin to copy. His penmanship was messy and unsure with a fair share of mistakes, but the earthbender put enough effort and focus into it that Korra would probably be able to feel it off the page. The inkblots where he pushed the pen down too hard said enough.
Despite not being that proficient in writing, Bolin loved using big words in his letters. Or rather, enjoyed espousing long-winded lexemes when composing his correspondences, as he might put it. Apparently the kid had inhaled a thesaurus sometime in the last three years.
The evening train from downtown pulled into the station with two blaring whistles, which was her cue to start heading home. The earthbender rushed to end the note with a messy “Love, Bolin” and a quick smiley face, Asami gave him a goodbye hug, grabbed the paper, and headed off as the ink still dried. When she got home, she folded up Bolin’s letter and stacked it beside her own, ready to be sent in the morning.
A week later, she was happily met with two letters in her mail, fresh from the Southern Water Tribe. Bolin absolutely beamed when she met him at the station and he saw his name scrawled over one of the envelopes. Things might’ve changed throughout the years, but that smile was the same as the one he’d had when he bounded up to her in the schoolyard for the first time, asking if she’d like to see his pebble trick.
It wasn’t often that Bolin could make new friends - there weren’t many other kids around, and those that were there had lived on the streets a few years too long, growing sly hands and shifty eyes. Better off kept at a distance. Given that, Bolin could barely sit still while he wrote an answer back to his new penpal. As the weeks went by and the letters went back and forth, Bolin and Korra quickly found things to bond over: probending, fluffy animals, how cool they thought Toph Beifong was, etc.
Bolin sometimes got Mako to tack on a paragraph or two at the end of his letters. At first, just to answer some questions Korra asked which Bolin didn’t know the answer to, and then he was a second opinion whenever his brother and Korra were arguing, until eventually he’d offer a few lines about his day when asked.
The three hit it off pretty fast after that. It shouldn’t have surprised her. Korra and the brother’s had their similarities. They were already friends with Asami. They were all benders. And all three of them shared experience in being a general nuisance to the public. Simply put, Mako was a delinquent, Bolin was a con-artist and Korra was... a handful. Maybe not explicitly criminal, but definitely a handful. Of course, Asami never saw them any less because of their less than tasteful actions - she understood why they did what they did, and at the end of the day, they weren’t hurting anyone much. Besides, while she might not be on the same level of troublemaking as they were, Asami was probably the best straight-faced liar of the group. She had plenty of practice. Every time she met the brothers was predicated on a lie, after all.
Whatever it was they bonded over, Asami didn't care. She was just happy to see them all a little less lonely. Spirits know how often the world made them feel alone.
One day, late in spring, something new arrived in her mailbox. Two letters, as usual, along with a small box wrapped neatly in parcel paper. It rattled when she shook it. She wondered what it could be - then she saw the date scrawled on the underside and grinned.
Spring was ebbing away when she met up with the two at the station, letter and package in hand. She met the earthbender with a hug.
“Happy birthday, Bolin,” she told him, ruffling up his hair. “10 years old. Finally in the double digits.”
“Finally!” Bolin said, grin lighting his face.
She handed the letter to Mako and tossed the box to Bolin, who caught it and scrunched up his eyebrows.
“It’s from Korra,” she said.
“What is it?”
“I don’t know. Open it and see.”
He turned the little box in his hands before tearing through the parcel paper. Inside was a wooden case with a lid, which opened to reveal a small, smooth stone that caught the midday sun on its surface.
“What is it?” Bolin asked again, staring enraptured at the glossy stone.
“It’s a meteorite,” Mako read from Korra’s letter, “Apparently there was a meteor shower and that came from one of the meteors that landed.”
“So this came from space? That’s so cool!” Bolin said, then looked up at the sky and yelled, “Thank you, Korra!”
Asami smiled. “You know, beginning metalbenders use meteorites to practice metalbending. They say it’s easier to bend than regular metal.”
“What? That’s even cooler!”
The earthbender instantly tried to bend the stone, straining every muscle in his body and staring at the thing, as if not breaking eye contact would make it obey his will. The metal didn’t even shiver. Asami assured him that he’d get it eventually - metalbenders weren’t built in a day after all, and he was still young. He’d have plenty of time to keep trying, but for now, it was his birthday, and they should celebrate. It would be a lie to say he didn’t look a little bummed, but Bolin let the metal slip into his pocket. They spent the rest of the day going wherever Bolin wanted, which, as it turns out, meant Narook’s for noodles and then an hour at the petstore looking at the animals. He was a kid of simple pleasures.
It was about a month later when another package arrived in the mail. Apparently, Korra was starting a tradition.
No peeking! was scribbled on the front, and Asami was a lady of her word, so she didn’t peek. She just took in the rectangular shape, weighed it, studied the hollow sound it made when she knocked it, maybe sniffed it a tiny bit, and deduced from there that it was a book. Hardcover, approximately 200 pages. Subject unknown.
When her birthday rolled around a few days later, she opened the parcel fold by fold. Her conclusion was correct. A weathered, blue cover rested in front of her. There was no title and it smelled of age, which perhaps meant that it was an antique, or passed down, or one-of-a-kind. She flipped through the pages to see tidy passages accompanied by thin-lined sketches of a myriad of inventions, from the ostrich-horse cart to the airship to lightning-powered generators.
What do you get the girl who has everything? Korra’s letter read. I dunno. Still don’t. But hopefully info she can use to make something new is a good enough answer. Happy 12th Asami!
Asami quickly wrote back that Yes, that indeed is a fantastic answer, thank you so much. She spent that night and many after awake in her bed, leafing through the pages, trying to soak up every word she could.
It was no surprise when another box came in the mail a few weeks laters. A larger box than the ones that came before, but not much heavier. She brought it along to the station the next afternoon, where they met atop the station stairs, hiding from the midsummer sun.
Asami tossed the box into Mako’s hands. “Can’t refuse this gift. It came all the way across the ocean for you.”
Mako opened the top and they all huddled in to see what was inside. A thick, brown scarf laid there, meticulously woven and neatly folded. Asami scanned the little note that lay on top of it:
You said it gets pretty cold in Republic City. Well, nothing’s warmer than arctic yak wool! I know it’s pretty useless now, but hope it helps when winter rolls around!
Asami couldn’t help but smile at Korra’s thinking. It was a perfect Mako gift. Simple. Practical. On brand. But Mako was looking at the box with a blank expression, and then glanced to the scarf already on his neck.
Asami sighed. “You’re not going to turn this down too, are you?”
Mako pulled at the worn, red fabric. “This was my dad’s scarf.”
“Oh.” There it was again. That little hard-to-swallow reminder of how much things had changed. “I didn’t know.”
Mako shrugged. “I never told you. It’s partly my fault.” He took the scarf out from its box and studied it. “But it’s nice. And it won’t go to waste.”
He wrapped it around his brother’s neck. Bolin stuffed his face into the fur. “Hmm… smells like the South Pole.”
“You’ve never been to the South Pole,” Mako said.
“I can dream, can’t I?”
Korra had started a spark. Three birthdays done, all somewhat close to each other - Bolin’s in late spring, Asami’s in early summer, and Mako’s just a few days past the solstice. Korra’s birthday was early in the year, right in the middle of winter. Asami had a few months till then to figure out what she could get the girl who wanted the world.
“How about a book?” Bolin asked, picking through the shelves of yellowing, wilted paperbacks. The two of them were perusing through a thrift store near the train station, half to look for gift ideas and half just to get out of the autumn rain.
“Maybe,” Asami answered. Books weren’t a bad idea, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that she needed something bigger. More personal.
Bolin picked one of the books from the shelf. “The Completed Collection of the History of Non-Bending Powered Rails. Boring. Sozin’s Comet, Illustrated? Hmm, maybe. Lovers of the Dragon? Uh... I’ll just put this one back.”
“Let’s go look at the tables,” she said before leading them to the displays.
A quick glance at the dust coated knickknacks told her she wasn’t going to find anything here. She sighed and drifted to the clothing racks. Might as well do some winter shopping for Bolin instead.
“Ooh, how about this cool cup? Or this knitted sky bison? Or a lucky coin!”
“Maybe. Stand still for a second,” Asami said, taking a coat from the rack and trying to see if it’d fit the earthbender.
Bolin pouted but obliged. “Well, if there’s nothing here, why don’t you make her something instead? You’re really good at that.”
“Make something? Like what?”
“I dunno. Anything. I’m sure Korra would love anything you make her.”
“Hmm… maybe you’re onto something. I’ll think about it. But first, how about lunch?”
Asami chewed on the idea that night. She scanned through her bookshelf, picking out the blue spine of the book Korra sent her and spreading it on her desk. Make something - flipping through a book of inventions was probably a good place to start. Eras flew by, from the Steam Age to the Post-War Age to the Electric Age, until she reached the last page, closed it, and started back up at the beginning. Usually, she glanced past those early chapters, more interested in the engines and pistons that came after but she leafed through each entry patiently today. Si Wong sandsailers. Water Tribe ships. Ostrich-horse saddles.
Something sparked in her mind and Asami sat up straighter in her desk. Korra had mentioned something in a past letter, something about Naga and her saddles. How Naga kept biting through the harnesses. How they had to use arctic yak saddles that weren’t shaped right and barely fit. How no one made polar bear-dog saddles. No one had ever tamed a polar bear-dog before. Now there was the start of an idea.
She scoured her room for a bookmark - Asami never dog-eared her books - and shelved the page for the night. Tomorrow, there’d be research. And later, there’d sketches and experiments and library visits and talks with leather workers in the city. Plans drawn out one line at a time, until she had a blueprint that didn’t end up in the scrap pile and went to her dad to show him. If there was anyone that could help make her plans a reality, it was him.
He studied her blueprints and frowned. Asked if maybe her friend would like a doll or a toy instead. Now it was Asami’s turn to frown because, no, Korra wouldn’t like that at all. She asked if there was something wrong with her design.
The answer was no, not at all, then a sigh. It was just… a little out of his expertise, leather and sinew instead of steel and steam. But he’d help where he could. And she had full access to the workshop and all the tools and materials she needed. But there wasn’t much else he could do to help.
That was enough, though, and the next day she set up in the workshop at a bench beside her dad’s, pinned her blueprints up on a corkboard, and got to work.
The weeks pressed on. New Year’s passed and she’d have to send her gifts soon if she wanted them to reach Korra in time. Before she sent off anything though, she needed to make one more trip into the city.
Clouds masked the sky, making midday feel like fogged up dusk. The streetlamps were dark, their internal clocks insisting that it should be sunny and bright right now, oblivious to the wet and dreary reality. It was honestly a day better spent inside, but she had business to do. A bag slung over her shoulder, empty, so she could carry away whatever it was she was here to pick up. Asami, Mako and Bolin met under the Firelord’s statue, where the fire gave them at least a bit of light.
“Did you bring it, Bo?” Mako asked.
“I put it around here somewhere… aha!” He stomped a foot on the ground, which popped open one of the tiles in the pavement, revealing a weathered looking book hugged in dust.
“Here! We couldn’t get wrapping or anything, but here!”
Bolin thrust the book forward. Asami studied it.
“It’s a book… on bending.”
“Yeah! Me and Mako bought it a few years back when we had a bit of extra money. We learned all our bending from it! I think I’ve read it like a hundred times by now.” He held it to his chest for a second, before handing it over to her. “I’m gonna miss it, but I don’t think I can learn anything else from it. And Korra loves learning about all types of bending so I thought she’d like it!”
“Do you think it’s a good gift?” Mako asked, “I know presents are meant to be new and everything, but…”
Asami had no hesitation. “She’ll love it. Trust me.”
Korra loved bending in all its forms. She had a habit of badgering any earthbending or firebending tourists that came to visit the south, and tried to mesh any forms they taught her into her own brand of fiery, stone-tough waterbending.
She took the book gingerly, packed it into her bag, said her goodbyes and left quickly so the moisture in the air wouldn’t damage the pages too much. Once at home, she wrapped the book up in parcel paper and set it on the crate that held Asami’s gift. She’d have to take them to the post office tomorrow. They didn’t exactly fit the mailbox.
Weeks passed before Korra’s answers reached her desk and Asami was practically buzzing with excitement. She set aside the letter intended for Bolin and Mako before opening up her own.
I can’t believe you made this.
She couldn’t help but laugh at that.
No literally, I don’t understand how you made this. I never gave you measurements, how in Yue’s name did you get it to fit so perfectly? And the harnesses too? And I don’t know what you made it out of but somehow Naga can’t chew through it???
Photo analysis was how she got the measurements, taking a ruler to the photos of Naga Korra sent her and extrapolating the data. It was tiresome, but she couldn't just ask Korra for measurements or that would’ve ruined the surprise. As for material, Asami had tested for durability. The leathers from the south were all a little soft - otter-penguin, arctic camel, tiger-seal - so Asami had to look a little more international. As it turned out, Naga’s teeth couldn’t be tamed by anything less than double-layered komodo rhino hide.
By all laws of physics, this shouldn’t be possible. But I guess I should never underestimate a Sato.
Attached to the end was a photo of Naga in full harness and Korra sitting atop her back. When she’d made the harnesses, Asami had actually made two - one streamlined, simple harness, and the other one decorative. Naga wore the latter one, the etchings on the straps jutting out against the polar bear-dog’s fur. Connecting the lines of the harness was a leather patch at Naga’s chest, dyed with the colors of the Water Tribe. On the flipside of the patch would be a stenciled Future Industries logo, because, well, an inventor had to brand herself somewhere. All along the harness hung tassels, giving Naga a sort of fringed necklace. At the end of those threads were knots which could be made to hold something small - knick-knacks, keepsakes, ornaments, whatever memorabilia Korra would doubtless amass throughout her life.
Asami had started her off with one keepsake - the little wooden dove Korra had made her all those years ago. Looking closer though, Asami could see Korra had added at least one thing to the harness - the little mechanical dove Asami had made, flying right beside the wooden one.
Korra herself was beaming from where she sat. Naga’s tail was blurry, caught mid wag.
Naga loves it. I love it. Thank you so much Asami. I don’t know what I’m going to do for your birthday to top this.
It wasn’t something she had to worry about, as it turned out, because the greatest gift Korra ever gave her came just a few months after, in the form of a letter written in rushed script, that simply read:
We finally did it! We saved enough money! You guys better get ready because I’m coming to Republic City this summer and you gotta deal with it!
#lok#legend of korra#korrasami#Asami Sato#korra#bolin#mako#todays korrasami month prompt was childhood friends so i pushed myself to finish this#may the power of korrasami grant us all productivity#my writing
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Extensive Guide for Making Gifs
(On Mac and with Photoshop, but the process is basically the same on other platforms.)
Let’s make this gif together (I know it’s not the pretties, but it serves the purpose):
Prerequisites for this tutorial:
gif capture software, e.g. Giphy Capture
Photoshop
Let’s start with the basic. Capturing that gif from your screen.
(If you already know how to do that scroll down until you see a screenshot of photoshop.)
Open Giphy Capture and your video. (I’m grabbing from Netflix, so I’m using chrome to avoid the Netflix Blackscreen)
No need for fullscreen, a fullscreen gif will be too big anyway! Be aware that GC only records 30 seconds at a time. So move a few seconds before your scene - to allow leeway for moving your cursor and for any unwanted details to disappear from the screen (e.g. timeline bars etc.) Adjust the record frame to the size of the video. Start to record one or two seconds before your desired scene.
Stop video and recording when you’re done. Might take two or three tries to get there. don’t worry if it isn’t exact, record too much if you’re unsure. We’re gonna cut this down later.
Now, open your recorded gif by clicking on its icon. Adjust the section you want to export as a gif.
Don’t worry about being exact here either. Better be on the safe side and have a frame or two too many. We can delete frames later in Photoshop. You can also change here if you want it to be a normal loop, ping-pong (back and forth) or reverse, and adjust framerate and size. Don’t worry about the size, we can change that in PS later.
Export your gif. Ignore the file size warning if necessary and save as gif anyway.
Now, open your saved gif in Photoshop.
Look through the gif and delete frames in the beginning or end if you want. Do that in the frame section (timeline), NOT in the layer section. You’ll see why in a bit.
Play the gif every time you change something to make sure it’s what you want, and change things back if needed. (cmd + Z/alt+cmd+Z if more than one step back/shift+cmd+Z if step forward again)
Let’s say I want to remove the first 5 frames. Click on frame 1 and then hold shift and click frame 5. Voila, you selected the first 5 frames. Now delete.
Play gif. Not good? Cmd + Z and try again.
Let’s say we’re happy with your frames, but it’s playing too fast/slow. Select the frames you want slowed down. Let’s say all of them. Click the first frame, then hold shift and click the last frame. Now click on the little number under the frames, on any frame - it doesn’t matter as long as it’s one of those you selected (in case you didn’t select all of them)
Don’t slow down too much or it will look like a slideshow rather than a gif. You want it to still be smooth.
Check and revert if necessary, just as before. Let’s slow ours down to 0.1 seconds instead of 0.07s.
Now that looks fine. Let’s move on and improve the images.
For the sake of this tutorial I’m gonna delete some frames.
Now we convert the frames to a timeline.
We move over to the layers section now.
You’ll see that not all of them are visible. The invisible ones are those we deleted, so we can go ahead and delete those layers as well.
Now we selected all the layers and convert them into a smart object (Right click --> Convert into Smart Object)
Let’s sharpen our gif and see if that makes it look better. (Undo if you hate it, obviously.)
Since our gif is really dark I want to brighten it up.
Right click on layer and Duplicate Layer... (Or use cmd + J)
Set that layer to screen. You can repeat this step as often as you want, but beware, it’ll make your gif look awful at some point.
We can go one forever adding more screened layers, but it’s gonna look bad at some point.
Instead of adding another screen layer, let’s add an adjustment layer instead.
Go to Layer —> New Adjustment Layer —> Curves…
Adjust darkness and light until you’re satisfied. If you’re not happy later on, you can always go back into the layer and adjust it if needed. This goes for every adjustment layer.
From this point on you can basically add as many layers for as many effects as you need/want.
Let’s play a little with saturation.
Layer —> New Adjustment Layer —> Hue/Saturation
I’m lowering the saturation a bit because I want to add an orange glow…you know, create some sunlight streaming in…
I’m adding an empty layer now where I can add the orange glow effect.
Now, if you’ve moved in your timeline, the new layer will appear at your marker. You may have to move it back and adjust the length to the rest of your timeline.
Now let’s get some glow.
Got to the gradient tool in your toolbar (or just press G on your keyboard). This may be set to bucket fill tool, so you’ll have to right click to switch from bucket to gradient.
Then go to the gradient picker and click on that field at the top to choose your colour and variation.
Pick the Foreground colour to transparent and change the foreground colour to what you want (orange here).
Now back to your image and drag that gradient.
Make sure you’re in your empty layer!
Start dragging from where you want the light to shine to the lower part of the image/gif. Don’t worry about being exact. We’ll adjust this anyway.
Now this looks horrible, so let’s adjust it.
Press cmd + T, that allows you to change the size and angle.
Let’s make it a lot bigger to diffuse the transition, and let’s also change the angle to where we want it. (move your cursor along the sides to any of the middle points until you get a curved cursor - that lets you rotate the layer.)
Then move it up a bit so the orange isn’t fully visible, but only a transparent glow over the image.
Play a little with the position, angle and size until you’re satisfied. Press enter or the accept button on top.
Now, I actually do not want such a blatant orange, so I’m setting my layer to “soft light”…it’s still too much for my taste so I’m going to lower the layer’s opacity a little.
Now that looks fine, let’s check if we like the gif so far.
The quality of mine is terrible, obviously, it’s gonna look much better if the source video has better quality (and maybe other gif capture software can do this better. I think Giphy Capture lowers the image quality drastically.)
Anyway, let’s check the size of this gif. Go to File —> Export —> Save for Web (Legacy)
Now, mine is over 5M…that’s not gonna let you play it on tumblr, so we need to scale it down. We have an image of 750x650 pixels. A nice size, but tumblr won’t display that anyway. Close that tab.
Let’s scale the image down to what tumblr can display. Tumblr display pics with only 540 pixels in width anyway, so let’s scale it down to that (make sure the aspect ratio is locked or it’ll distort.) Set it to pixels and change the width to 540.
Checking size again —> Still 3.8M, so we need scale down or cut something. We don’t want to give up image quality just yet. (Make sure transparency is clicked, or the file will be bigger.)
We could crop the image to where we want the focus (obviously, that’ll make the image smaller again) Select part of your image and crop down to that.
Check file size again —> mine is still over 3M —> I’m going in for the presets.
File —> Export —> Save for Web (Legacy)
Then find the field for presets and choose “Gif 128 no Dither”, that drops our colours from 256 to 128…it’s barely noticeable in our case, but it may be in other cases, see if you like it.
What it does do here is drop the file size from over 3.8M down to 2.6M —> file size restriction for moving gifs on tumblr is 3MB, so it should be fine.
Now make sure that the Looping option is set on forever instead of the default “Once” —> go to Save… and save wherever you want.
Voilà, have fun with your gif.
PS: If you want to watermark your gif do that in a new layer. I watermark mine as follows:
Dependent on whether it’s a dark or bright gif I choose text in black or white. Choose a spot where it doesn’t ruin the gif but is still visible if necessary. I usually go for a corner and type with a small font.
Lower transparency of the layer until it’s barely visible, but still readable. Remember to adjust the length of the clip in your timeline.
If you still have questions about the process don’t hesitate to reply to this post. I can always edit it to add certain info/screenshots of specific steps if necessary.
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Bruce Wayne x Reader Ship Meme
Author’s Note: Super big thanks to @twisteddamselartwork for her kindly donation for not one, but two ship memes!! Here’s the first one!! Be on the lookout for the bonus question that I got too carried away with and thus had to create an entirely separate post for 😘 Happy reading!!
who is more likely to hurt the other?: Bruce, without a doubt. Not physically, but emotionally. It isn’t even like he intends to, but Bruce is already an emotionally stoic man. Frankly, it’s a trait that’s only gotten worse with time, alongside his emotional welfare. During the events following the Kryptonian attack, he became hypervigilant and all the more bitter and suspicious towards people and less agreeable towards those who may hold a slightly more sympathetic view towards the Superman, so if you happened to be one of those people there was a decent chance that he might coldly insult you or scold you. Of course, being that you’re his significant other, he tries to be a bit more reasonable with you than he would with others but that doesn’t necessarily do much. Post-Doomsday Attack, however, as he works toward regaining his former principles, Bruce also is working toward controlling his temper far better. He owes you that much.
who is emotionally stronger?: You’d think it’d be Bruce, but it’s honestly most likely you. (For crying out loud, the man’s response to his parents getting gunned down in front of him was to put on a bat suit, play ninja, and beat the shit out of people who wear brazen makeup and ridiculous clothes!) All jokes aside, though, the circumstances surrounding Bruce’s emotional stability is complex. Because on one hand, the fact that he’s withstood all that he has and more without collapsing in the traditional sense is pretty astounding. But on the other, enduring all that he has at the frequency with which he has, coupled with his unhealthy coping mechanisms, makes for the chance of his emotional state being a true ticking time bomb. You may not be the scarily enduring soldier of sorts that Bruce has proven to be, but you’re at least more likely to confront and sort out your feelings.
who is physically stronger?: Oh, Bruce, without a shadow of a doubt. The man has been training for ages, pushing his body to its limits to assure himself as a commendable fighter for Gotham City. Even in his older age, he doesn’t show any sign of slowing down his intense regimens: He does chin-ups with heavy weights tied to his hips, he pulls bigass truck tires, he lifts dumbbells restrained by chains to produce resistance – his 6’3” ass had better be physically strong after all that!
who is more likely to break a bone?: Despite all of the coverage that armor gives him, Bruce always manages to find a way to get a broken finger, rib, toe, tailbone, etc.
who knows best what to say to upset the other?: As stated before, Bruce isn’t exactly the best when it comes to softness all the time. When he’s in business mode, he’s better at holding his tongue because it’s what the job demands. But a both good and bad thing about Bruce being able to be himself with you is just how easy it is for his more lax nature to let something slip out and frustrate you. That isn’t to say that you’re completely innocent, however: You can say some things that Bruce finds just as hurtful (i.e. that he’s being a complete asshole of a brute, that he’s being inconsiderate, nothing he’s doing is working, etc.)
who is most likely to apologize first after an argument?: Bruce is. Even though his image will always be associated with that of a playboy (it’s hard to scrub that image off even years after the fact), Bruce still knows the right and wrong ways to treat a lady, especially the one with whom he’s in a relationship. He can get fired up at you all he wants, but he’ll hear the voice of his father in his head scolding him for being “an uppity jackass” and begin to truly weigh in on just how unimportant the argument probably was in the grand scheme of things. After he’s taken some time to cool down and think up the right words, he’ll ask if you’ll listen and gently try and explain himself and ask for your forgiveness.
Of course . . . there are some arguments between the two of you that are, regardless of how minuscule in general, feel mighty big to you both. In which cases, apologizing becomes a lot more difficult to do, even with Bruce’s typical consideration for being the bigger man. The two of you can probably go for days just ignoring one another, with you tending to sleep at your old apartment or Bruce preferring to spend his nights in the Batcave or even patrolling way past his usual hours until the sun is coming up and you’re due to be on your way to work.
It’s moments like these that require a little “nudge.” That is, if Alfred threatening to strangle Bruce or drag him by the ear as though he were twelve again counts as a nudge. In which case, it’s still technically Bruce apologizing, but it was kick-started by Alfred getting irritated by watching the both of you silently squabble like children. He’s done his time raising wee ones: Unless you’re planning on bringing a Wayne heir into the mix, he’s not going to be dealing with two big children! He is firmly Done™.
who treats who’s wounds more often?: You barely do anything warranting wounds to begin with, so it’s easily you who treats Bruce’s wounds. Thankfully (though perhaps more worryingly), Bruce is so used to being busted up all over that he barely flinches through the entire ordeal, making him the perfect wound patient.
who is in constant need of comfort?: Don’t be fooled by his cold, independent exterior: Bruce is in desperate need of comfort, far more than he would ever readily let in on. He needs it on all three levels: Physical, mental, and emotional. While Bruce isn’t what many would consider touch-starved (after all, all those women who came before you sure were rather handsy with him), he’s been starved of touches that communicate genuine affection; an intimacy no one-night stand or even year-long fling could conjure up to the fullest extent that you can. Mentally, Bruce is canonically described as “morally bankrupt” – and who could blame him!? He’s been at this essentially thankless job for decades, becoming more and more exhausted to the point of cutting corners to assure that the people he puts away stay away (or, in the cases of those branded, down). With the things he’s seen and done, the things he must live with the consequences of, it’s a surprise Bruce hasn’t had a complete mental breakdown at this point and forced himself to check into a rehabilitation center to calm down.
Linking with these things are his emotions: Bruce has trained himself to be a stoic of sorts, and isn’t too great at expressing emotions beyond collectiveness and anger. As a result, he tends to bottle up a lot of his real thoughts and feelings and it’s sort of corroded him from the inside out along with the passage of time. He desperately craves constant relief in the form of gentle touches or speaking his own truth to the fullest extent that he can. And you would gladly help him with those things – if only he would just admit to it more often.
who gets more jealous?: Honestly, the both of you tend to display traces of jealousy. Even though Bruce has put his playboy days behind him, labels are sticky and therefore are difficult to shake loose. As a result, some women still haven’t quite gotten the picture that he’s perfectly happy in a committed relationship with you. And honestly, you try to remember that last part. You really do. But when you accompany Bruce to a gala and see those socialites gathering around him, smiling with those pearly whites and fluttering their mascara-caked lashes as they press their breasts against his arm in ways so obvious that a person on the other side of the room could feel them . . . you just can’t help it! Thankfully, Bruce is pretty good at reading you and can essentially sense your frustration. He has no qualms with calmly excusing himself from the women’s presence to take you elsewhere.
This calm and collected appearance also accompanies Bruce when he’s the one experiencing jealousy, though it’s far less amicable. Unless you were originally a part of Gotham’s elite, it’s very unlikely that you’re familiar with these sorts of events. This sort of innocence coupled with how dolled up you look tends to make you catch the eyes of sleazy attendants whom Bruce is all too willing to keep you out of reach of. Unfortunately, with the crowds and people constantly stopping Bruce or pulling him to the side to talk or be interviewed or establish a business connection, it would only been a matter of time before the two of you became separated. Almost immediately, like piranhas to an unsuspecting animal, the previously mentioned sleazeballs would approach you, offering you drinks, eyeballing you as one eyeballs a tender porterhouse steak.
Thankfully, this predicament doesn’t last long – the shadow of your towering boyfriend is cast upon them, brightened by the glint of his smile (which you almost swear has a sort of menacing hint to it). Once the pests bug off, Bruce takes extra care to assure that you don’t venture too far away from where he can see you and make sure that you aren’t getting harassed.
The truth of the matter is that while many may consider Bruce to be a catch, he places your value above his own. He’s grown too accustomed to your presence to suddenly be without it. And even though he knows you’d never go for any one of these creepy, arrogant asshats, some part of him still fears the possibility of you somehow uncovering somebody better than him. Which brings us to . . .
who’s most likely to walk out on the other?: All things considered, you. Bruce is a difficult man to be with, even without taking his moonlighting job into account. On his own, he’s an often aloof, very busy man who’s developed a bit of a drinking problem over the years. But then you add in the fact that he’s the Bat of Gotham and everything gets a lot more complex: The long hours, constantly keeping secrets “for your safety”, the fact that your life is now even more in danger than what it already was by just being with a billionaire . . . It could be overwhelming for anybody. Dating a vigilante, no matter their abilities or resources, is not for everybody. And the sad truth is that if it ever gets to a certain point, it may prove not to be for you.
who will propose?: Bruce does. Honestly, deep down he sort of wishes you would, but he also understands that he doesn’t exactly communicate “I want to genuinely settle down with somebody and I want that somebody to be you”, what with his philanderer past still wisping about on his association (plus, being a vigilante who honestly can die at any moment does little for your confidence in his desire to wed). However, you’d be surprised to find that marriage is something Bruce has thought about more than you assumed. Certainly, the two of you had discussed it before, but never to the extent that Bruce implies he’s been thinking on it for.
He wants to connect your name with his, to show the world who he’s with and vice-versa, but on a level that states commitment more than moving out to his place in the middle of nowhere could. On top of this, from a slightly more business standpoint, Bruce just wants to make sure that you’re taken care of in the event of his death. As soon as the events involving Steppenwolf have been settled, he wastes no time getting ready to pop the question. The only thing stopping him from marching right up to you, still damp from the much-needed shower, and bluntly going, “Marry me? I nearly died today and maybe it’s the adrenaline still in my system but I just really think now’s the time to tie this down” is that Alfred dragged him to the side for a talking to. (Though, if such a brusque proposal is more your bag, you can fuss at Alfred’s sabotage later.)
What he winds up going for is renting one of the finest restaurants on this side of the Gotham-Metropolis Bay just for the two of you. If we’re being perfectly frank here, a man with Bruce’s financial status could easily afford to do a lot more for his proposal. Sometimes showy like establishing an entire festival in your honor. But he doesn’t: He just wants to keep it as simple as possible, as intimate as he can. Besides, he’s honestly still a little sore from Russia; he can’t have the paparazzi or other prying eyes looking in on such a life-changing moment, now can he? You initially think that maybe this is a celebratory dinner, considering the mission was a success and he didn’t die. However, this makes you wonder why he’s not spending it with the newly found group; after all, all you were able to do was assist in the Batcave here and there, pose as a superior-than-Bruce host. Little things. So why was he spending this with you – Oh.
As Bruce lowered himself down to one knee before you, you finally understood why the only person he wanted to be with after the incident was you.
You’re not sure how the news was able to spread to fast (maybe somebody Snapchatted from the kitchen), but you frankly didn’t care. Not when a small group of cameramen and women gathered outside of the eatery and began barking questions at the two of you, not when the engagement was suggested as a rumor by that evening’s late-night talk show, not when your coworkers gathered around you asking if it was true the next time you came into work.
All you needed to show was the ring on your finger. Martha Wayne’s ring had been mangled in the heat of the fire that consumed Wayne Manor, but Bruce couldn’t bring himself to part with it. But luckily, by combining it with a newer metal and placing the newly conceived ring on the finger of his fiancée, it appeared he’d never have to part with neither the heirloom or you.
who has the most difficult parents?: Yikes.
who initiates hand-holding when they’re out in public?: You do. Bruce doesn’t mind light PDA, he just doesn’t really initiate it unless it’s at a gala (“Gotta feed the damn paparazzi,” he mutters, though he won’t deny enjoying the contact with you). You like holding his big, calloused hand. It makes you feel nice and safe.
who hogs the blankets?: You do. Bruce is a big, walking bag of heat and often sleeps in next to nothing – a ballsy move for somebody living in a house that’s 98% glass. As such, the covers are typically all yours, something which you take full advantage of.
who gets more sad?: Both of you do, but it’s easier to tell with you. You haven’t trained yourself to express an air of calm the way Bruce has; even when you try to hide the feelings of dread and worry that you bottle up every time Bruce goes out on patrols, or displays mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion, the man can tell that they’re there. But Bruce is the one actually enduring these things, and he’s been going through them for a long, long while. By the time of the events surrounding his battle with Superman, Bruce was essentially depressed at the notion that all of his work towards a better, brighter future had been for naught. However, he doesn’t translate his sadness very well; usually it comes out in the form of aggression, the most of which he takes out on perpetrators.
who is better at cheering the other up?: It’s kind of weird between the two of you but to anyone who knows Bruce, they would be able to tell that you make him feel a whole lot better than what he normally would be. He doesn’t smile a whole lot for one reason or another, but sometimes just hearing you talk about your day as though you belong to a normal relationship, or seeing you wiggle around in one of his button downs (of which you drown in) is enough to crack a smirk out of him. And let’s be real: A smirk to Bruce is like a huge grin on regular people.
who’s the one that playfully slaps the other all the time after they make silly jokes?: You don’t really slap him when he makes a joke, either because Bruce’s joke are silly but in a different way or just because it’s not really in your nature to. You prefer to squeeze his arm instead.
who is more streetwise?: Bruce. Don’t let his status as the Prince of Gotham fool you – this man has had to learn all that he could about seedy urban underbellies. The man attends underground fight rings for God’s sake!
who is more wise?: You are, at least in the way that you take more time to consider all the options or potential circumstances. Bruce is mighty gung-ho for a man his age.
who’s the shyest?: Definitely you! It was a wonder you were even able to talk when you first met Bruce. You’ve gotten a bit better, but you still have a slight tendency to cling close or even try to hide behind him whenever he’s approached by other high society figures. He doesn’t mind it much and actually finds it quite cute. He just worries that this will make you even more easy to be taken advantage of.
who boasts about the other more?: Bruce does, though not often. It’s not that he isn’t proud of you (far from it; the man simply adores you), it’s just that he prefers to keep his private life exactly that: Private. This may be ironic considering that the man has a history for flaunting himself and that his decision to reconstruct a home resulted in a house made out of glass but remember: That glass house is in the woods, way out of city limits. Even when being showy, there’s an air of limitation to how much people get. Plus, it’s not as though there are many opportunities for Bruce to bring you up within reasonable conversation: The League keeps in contact regularly (in fact, Arthur seems to prefer communicating with you than with Bruce, much to the latter’s ire), leaving no real reason for him to bring you up to them. And Alfred already sees you as his daughter-in-law before marriage is even considered as a possibility; in short, he doesn’t need Bruce to boast about you, he’s practically trying to sell you to Bruce as a worthy mate.
At most, this sort of situation will likely pop up during conferences or when Bruce is meeting with CEOs from other companies looking to partner up with Wayne Enterprises. Maybe during lunch or dinner, some of the honchos will talk about their women at home, maybe jab a joke or two at her expense. But when Bruce is asked about you, he keeps it brief but makes it very clear that he has no intention of making jokes about you. How could he when he finds that there’s so much more to crow about? He’s got a devoted woman who loves him for him, who makes him smile, who makes coming home a lot easier and life less lonely.
“Plus, I’m pretty sure she could cook a better blackened catfish than this,” he chews thoughtfully before popping another piece into his mouth. And that was the end of that. If he had less control over himself, he just might’ve gone on a bit more about you, but frankly he wants to be out of this thing and back home to you as soon as possible.
who sits on who’s lap?: Bruce is a 6’3” pile of muscle and meat: I sincerely hope you don’t plan on having this man basically terminate you lap by sitting on it. But in all seriousness, this man loves having you sit on his lap, especially after a long day at work when he can just wind down and breathe for a little while. (Plus, on a naughtier note, it really plays into his daddy kink if the mood is just right.)
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THE MOST IMPORTANT VITAMIN IN YOUR BODY
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THE MOST IMPORTANT VITAMIN IN YOUR BODY
Vitamins and minerals are considered essential nutrients because acting in concert, they perform hundreds of roles in the body.
They help shore up bones, heal wounds, and bolster your immune system. They also convert food into energy, and repair cellular damage.
What is the most important vitamin for your body?
Magnesium – This mineral plays an important role in muscle contractions. …
Calcium – This mineral is very essential for bone and teeth health. …
Vitamin C – This water-soluble vitamin plays important roles in immune system function. …
Vitamin B-12 – This is one of the most important essential vitamins.
VITAMIN A. GOOD FOR: Healthy eyes and general growth and development, including healthy teeth and skin. …
B VITAMINS. GOOD FOR: Energy production, immune function and iron absorption. …
VITAMIN C. …
VITAMIN D. …
VITAMIN E. …
VITAMIN K. …
FOLIC ACID. …
CALCIUM.
Is it important to take vitamins?
Most people do not need to take vitamin supplements and can get all the vitamins and minerals they need by eating a healthy, balanced diet.
Vitamins and minerals, such as iron, calcium and vitamin C, are essential nutrients that your body needs in small amounts to work properly.
What vitamins do we need daily?
According to Nutritionists, These Are some of Ingredients Your Multivitamin Should Have
Vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies absorb calcium, which is important for bone health. …
Magnesium. Magnesium is an essential nutrient, which means that we must get it from food or supplements. …
Calcium. …
Zinc. …
Iron. …
Folate. …
Vitamin B-12.
What vitamins can be made by the human body?
Vitamins-what vitamins the body produces. The human body can produce vitamin D and vitamin K. Vitamin K is a vitamin that acts in the liver, affecting the manufacture of the substances that makes the blood.
Does multivitamin increase weight?
By taking multivitamins, there’s an increased chance that your body will have all the nutrients it needs to function properly.
This may impact upon your weight because of its effect on the metabolism, which is assisted by a wide variety of nutrients.
What happens when you start taking vitamins?
You might experience transient digestive upset when you first start out. It’s very common to experience this side effect when you start a supplement regime and typically it happens when you take your vitamins on an empty stomach.
Does multivitamin have side effects?
When taken as directed, multivitamins are not expected to cause serious side effects. Common side effects may include: upset stomach; headache among others.
Can I take vitamins at night?
Medics suggests taking your dietary supplements at night isn’t advisable. “Digestion slows down during sleep, so taking your nutrient supplement late at night would not be associated with an efficient absorption.”
How can a skinny person gain weight?
Don’t drink water before meals. This can fill your stomach and make it harder to get in enough calories.
Eat more often. …
Drink milk. …
Try weight gainer shakes. …
Use bigger plates. …
Add cream to your coffee. …
Take creatine. …
Get quality sleep.
What happens if you take vitamins everyday?
A recent study of 14,000 men aged 50 and older found that daily multivitamin supplementation “significantly reduced the risk of total cancer.”
Boosts immunity: Vitamin C is a strong antioxidant known for strengthening the immune system. Vitamins D and E boost immunity, too.
What does multivitamin do to your body?
The vitamins and minerals in your daily multivitamin can also significantly reduce levels of stress and anxiety.
The body uses B vitamins to convert food into energy, keep the nervous system functioning properly, and to produce stress hormones.
Taking multivitamins daily can replenish your body’s supply.
What vitamins actually work?
A team of researchers in Canada found that common supplements such as multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium and vitamin C provide no protection against heart disease, heart attack, stroke or premature death.
Folic acid and B-vitamins were associated with a reduced risk of heart disease and stroke.
Does multivitamin make you sleepy?
After controlling for age, sex and other variables, the scientists found a slightly higher rate of poor or interrupted sleep in people taking multivitamins.
Do multivitamins actually work?
If you take a multivitamin, it’s probably because you want to do everything you can to protect your health.
But there is still limited evidence that a daily cocktail of essential vitamins and minerals actually delivers what you expect.
Most studies find no benefit from multivitamins in protecting the brain or heart.
Which fruits increase weight?
Fruits that help in gaining weight naturally
Mango. One of the most delicious fruits, mango is a rich source of several nutrients such as copper, vitamin B, and vitamin A and E. …
Bananas. If you want perfect muscles, then bananas happen to be the best choice. …
Coconut. …
Dried fruits. …
Avocados This exotic fruit is great for someone who wants to gain weight.
What foods help you gain weight?
Homemade protein smoothies. Drinking homemade protein smoothies can be a highly nutritious and quick way to gain weight. …
Milk. Milk has been used as a weight gainer or muscle builder for decades (1). …
Rice. …
Nuts and nut butters. …
Red meats. …
Potatoes and starches. …
Salmon and oily fish. …
Protein supplements.
How long do vitamins stay in your body?
Vitamins Hang Out in Water and Fat
They wait around in your body fat until your body needs them. Fat-soluble vitamins are happy to stay stored in your body for awhile, some stay for a few days, some for up to 6 months!
Is multivitamin good for skin?
Vitamin D is one of the best vitamins for your skin, along with vitamins C, E, and K. Making sure you get enough vitamins can keep your skin looking healthy and youthful. This could translate to a reduction in: dark spots.
Are vitamins a waste of money?
Most vitamins may be a waste of money, but study finds two exceptions. The majority of vitamins and other nutritional supplements don’t increase lifespan or protect one’s heart health, a huge analysis out of Johns Hopkins University has found.
What is the No 1 food supplement in the world?
USANA
2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — USANA, a leader in the health and wellness industry, was named the number one vitamin and dietary supplement brand in Philippines*.
This claim was granted by Euromonitor, the world’s leading provider for global business intelligence, market analysis and consumer insights.
Can I take all my vitamins at once?
Combining supplements will not normally interfere with the way they work and in some cases may be beneficial, for example vitamin C helps iron absorption.
However, certain supplements may interact with each other.
Is Centrum a good vitamin?
Centrum One A Day Men’s Health Formula
One tablet of this multivitamin includes all essential nutrients for men, except iron.
However, it provides less than 100% of the RDI for several important nutrients, including thiamine, niacin, biotin, calcium, magnesium and vitamins A, E and K.
Which fruit is good for skin glow?
The best sources are blackcurrants, blueberries, broccoli, guava, kiwi fruits, oranges, papaya, strawberries and sweet potatoes.
Vitamin C is needed to produce collagen that strengthens the capillaries that supply the skin. Read more about vital vitamins and the health benefits of oranges.
Which fruit is high in sugar?
Watermelon
A medium wedge of this summer treat has 17 grams of sugar. As its name suggests, it’s loaded with water, and it has special minerals called electrolytes that are just what your body needs to recharge after some time in the sun. Just keep it to a slice or two.
Does banana make you fat?
Let’s just make it clear here itself that bananas in themselves are not fattening. In fact, banana can help in losing weight as they have high fibre content and also have a good number of calories.
Even during weight loss, your body needs a certain number of calories which should not come from unhealthy foods.
Does milk make you gain weight?
The creation of low fat and no fat dairy products has further added to the belief that dairy foods are fattening.
But research shows that having enough milk, yoghurt and cheese every day, as part of a healthy diet, is not linked to weight gain.
How can a woman gain weight in one week?
Consumption of energy-rich foods: Make sure to eat, energy-dense foods like nuts including almonds, walnuts, peanuts, dried fruits including raisins or prunes, dark chocolate, high-fat dairy foods like condensed milk, full-fat cream, cheese, milk, veggies like potatoes and yams, etc.
What is the most toxic of all vitamins?
Owing to their ability to accumulate in the body, fat-soluble vitamins have a higher potential for toxicity than do water-soluble vitamins.
Iron-containing vitamins are the most toxic, especially in pediatric acute ingestions
Which vitamin makes skin white?
Vitamin C helps to lighten and brighten skin naturally to fight dark spots, while promoting collagen production and defending against free radical damage.
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The Costa Rica Medical Marketplace
Costa Rica News By Galya Gerstman – I often joke to outsiders that in Costa Rica, it would appear that traffic regulations are not obligatory, but merely suggestions, judging by what I see on the roads. I have since found that this flexible attitude toward what would normally be considered serious matters seems to extend to other areas as well. I will give you a case in point.
I have a friend, let’s call her Maria, who is a lawyer. Her specialty is contract negotiations, and so I must assume that she is a pretty deft negotiator. Why am I telling you this? Be patient.
Well, Maria went for her yearly mammogram and the doctor discovered a mass. That’s not a very funny intro, but what is funny is all that transpired after. She then went to an oncologist who sent her off to do an MRI and a biopsy. There’s something else you should know about Maria: she’s one of those tree-hugger types. You know, vegetarian (except when it comes to The Cheesecake Factory’s Shrimp Scampi), makes herself a tea when she has a headache instead of taking aspirin, didn’t let her kids watch TV till they were, like, in high school, etc. So she wasn’t overly thrilled at the idea of putting her body through these tests. Moreover, she told the oncologist, she had had the same mass 2 years ago and a biopsy at the time had shown a negative result. He was not convinced.
“That was a fine needle aspiration,” he explained, “and those are at best 60% accurate.” This was news to my friend, as well as to the doctor who had sent her for the first biopsy and the one who had performed it, she surmised. But the present doctor’s convincing demeanor forestalled her protests. “The core biopsy, on the other hand, gives us a bigger sample, and thus more accuracy.” Bigger sample meaning bigger needle? She gulped.
So first she endured the MRI, in which she was encapsulated in a big metal tube and told not to move an inch—for thirty whole minutes—while the machine banged out noise like your sixteen-year-old’s garage band. Even with the noise-obstructing headphones, she still heard the clanking and whirring, as if the Wizard of Oz’s tin man were doing a Zumba class. But the worst was not being able to move for thirty whole minutes. She was sure she would suddenly sneeze or have one of those spaz attacks where your whole body shudders, and have to repeat the process again. And did I mention the price? Eight hundred dollars. Private medicine, of course. Otherwise she’d probably have had to wait two years for the Costa Rican Social Security to fit her in. But anyway, she was in luck. They were having a sale! I didn’t know medical procedures could be marked down (was it a slow season?) but indeed, for all that month, there was a sale on MRIs, so she only had to fork over five hundred.
After that she had the core biopsy, wherein the doctor and nurse had to give her five mammograms until they found the spot to gouge. “Isn’t all that radiation from the mammograms dangerous?” she worried. The nurse assured her it was less than the radiation one is exposed to on a transatlantic flight. Maria hadn’t known about radiation on planes. Now she had yet another thing to worry about next time she flew to Madrid. Finally, they inserted a little titanium coil there after they were done, so that for her next mammogram they wouldn’t have so much trouble finding that damned spot again.
The diagnosis: Lobular Carcinoma In Situ. Well, like any self-respecting internet surfer, my friend quickly discovered that this is the most inoffensive type of tumor you can have. “In Situ” means it’s “in place”, in other words, not spreading. The Cancer.org site began thusly: “[Blah blah blah] but it differs from DCIS in that it’s not a pre-cancer. The main difference is that LCIS cannot become an invasive cancer, even if it isn’t treated.” And furthermore: “Since LCIS is not a true cancer or pre-cancer, often no treatment is recommended.” My friend was, as one might expect, overjoyed.
Until she went back to her friendly neighborhood oncologist. “That doesn’t mean it doesn���t have to come out,” he corrected her. In fact, the MRI seemed to show some very small but nonetheless suspicious masses that it would be best to remove, he advised. Moreover, he suggested removing the original mass as well as ten centimeters around it, and also injecting a substance the day before to see if it had spread to the lymph nodes or was capable of spreading to them and if so, he would take out part of the underarm as well. The man was nothing if not thorough!
Maria left his office shrunken with fright. If she had been traumatized by the MRI which was not even invasive, and the core biopsy which was only a very thick needle, she was positively quaking at the thought of surgery and its aftermath. For though the doctor had told her it was a simple procedure (for him) (she hoped to God), and that she wouldn’t even have to spend the night in the hospital, he also mentioned in passing radiation and possible chemotherapy treatments afterwards. Having seen the effects of chemo on various people before they died anyway, my friend was understandably frightened.
She decided to get a second opinion. The second oncologist she consulted was equally lauded for being a specialist. Nonetheless, after hearing stories of acquaintances’ radical double mastectomies, my friend was in a bad state. By the time Maria sat down in front of the new doctor, she was like the cowardly lion (again from the Wizard of Oz! My childhood exposure to culture was limited)—shaking and stuttering. And, doing the lion one better, hyperventilating to boot.
But this doctor gave her good news. MRIs are very detailed, true, she said. But with so many little dots and spots, it’s easy to mistake something benign for a tumor. As for the main tumor, the LCIS, however, she was of much the same opinion as the first doctor: surgery, radiation and possibly chemo. She even agreed with the armpit removal.
By now Maria had calmed down a bit, and regained some of her lawyerly wherewithal. “Look,” she complained. “I’m hardly a B-cup as it is. You take out 10 centimeters [4 inches!], and I’ll look like an empty hot water bottle!”
“Well, I don’t think we have to take out 10 centimeters,” the doctor agreed. “I’m sure we can get away with 1 centimeter.”
“Now that’s more like it,” my friend began. “That, I can live with, no pun intended. But what’s this about removing my armpit?”
“I wouldn’t necessarily have to remove it. You get a substance injected into the area which will cling to the parts that are susceptible to be invaded by the tumor.”
“But you said the tumor was non-infiltrated. Not spreading.”
“Yes.”
“So why test for seeing if it would move toward the lymph nodes?”
“Well, that’s the usual treatment.”
“But—“
“But okay. Never mind. There’s very little probability of it spreading, you’re right.”
“Good.”
“We’ll just perform the surgery and then you’ll either do the post-operative treatments—“
“You’re talking about chemotherapy, aren’t you?”
“Well, that’s sometimes warranted…” My friend made a face. “…but as your tumor is really not a cancer, I guess we can skip that.”
Maria’s face brightened. “Great! Whew! I was really scared of that!”
“OK, then, fine. No chemo. Just radiation.”
“Uh, radiation?”
“Yes, either you do something like ten post-operative treatments for about an hour each time over the course of several weeks, or I give you one strong and concentrated blast right over the area after I’ve opened you up and removed the tumor. Your choice, but I would recommend the concentrated blast, since it’s a one-time thing.”
“Well, doctor, I really don’t like the sound of either. I mean, doesn’t radiation itself cause cancer?”
“Well, yes, but sometimes it’s necessary to remove any remaining cancer.”
“But you said it’s not invasive cancer. You said it’s not even considered cancer.”
“True, but in the future it could develop…”
“I really, really don’t want to have radiation.”
“Well, okay, then. I guess you have a point. Since it’s not spreading, I suppose we can forego the radiation. I guess you can get away with just taking an estrogen-blocker.”
“Um, you’re referring to Tamoxifen, right?”
“Yes, that’s one type.”
“Well, doctor, I read that that drug can cause endometrial cancer.”
“In very rare cases.”
“I’m not a betting woman.”
“Well, there is a new type of estrogen-blocker…”
“Look, doctor. Now, I know you might think I’m one of those crazy all-natural types, but I’ve been doing a lot of research into alternative medicine. I’ve read about all kinds of different treatments that, although not approved by the FDA (and everyone knows those guys are in the pockets of the medical and pharmaceutical lobbies),” my friend said to her doctor, straight-faced, “have cured lots of people!”
“Such as?”
“Oh, there’s just loads. Intravenous vitamin C treatments, vitamin B-17 which is extracted from apricot kernels, selenium pills, the Budwig protocol which is a mixture of cottage cheese and flaxseed oil…” Seeing the doctor’s face, she found it prudent to leave out the coffee enemas.
“I have never heard of most of what you just mentioned,” the doctor responded, stone-faced, “except for the intravenous vitamin C which is a beauty treatment.” A beauty treatment? Who’d be crazy enough to spend a half hour with a throbbing needle in his or her vein? Wait, what? If people are willing to go through surgery or have needles stuck between their eyes for purely aesthetic reasons, then why not intravenous vitamin C?
“Okay, look, doctor,” my friend made her pitch. “If, as you say, what I have is a non-cancer, and if, as you yourself said, it hasn’t changed since the first biopsy two years ago, let’s do this: give me six months to do some of the treatments I’m telling you about, and if in six months it hasn’t changed, then I’ll do what you say and go under the knife.”
The doctor sighed. “Fine. If that’s what you want. But not six months. Three.”
“Three, fine. Three is okay.”
“All right then. After three months from now, you’ll get a mammogram… Now what?”
“How about just an ultrasound? You know there’s new research saying that mammograms might actually cause cancer—“
“All right! Ultrasound instead of mammogram!”
In fact, my friend was already scheming to postpone the surgery indefinitely if the tumor didn’t change, at the price of an ultrasound every three months, if need be.
It would seem that in Costa Rica, you can bargain over anything.
From QCostaRica
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My Bodybuilding Journey
On August 10th of 2017, I started going to the gym. I started training because I wanted to get appear more muscular, as I felt I was
skinny-fat*. Before going to the gym I had gone to rowing training
from 2015 until the start of summer 2016 (gaining a bit of muscle,but still being fat), then I had a break from any kinds of training because I was to have surgery in September of 2016, and I had to recover for a few months. Around the time of my surgery I lost a lot of weight and muscle and went from being fat to skinny-fat* by eating way less and doing lots of cardio (mostly football) and doing way too many sit-ups among pushups and squats and occasional dumbell curls.
After my initial surgery recovery time I just felt down and depressed
because of things in my life not going as well as they could be and I
couldn’t get myself to go and do any kinds of training, I gained a
bit of fat back. I wanted to start going to the gym at the start of
summer 2017, but instead I would play football and have fun with my
friends for most of the summer until the beginning of August. I
didn’t want to go to the gym because I felt really unfit and I
feared I couldn’t do anything worthwhile in the gym without gasping
for air. I lost a bit of fat, but again I lost more muscle, looking
even more skinny-fat*. All this time I hesitated going to the gym
because I felt insecure and feared being judged. But since I started
going to my gym, I realised no one really cares about what strangers
are doing in the gym as long as they’ŗe not disturbing their work.
I’ve been going to the gym for about 5 months now and I’ve made some okay progress, but I’ve got a lot of work to do – still. I’m writing this blog for my English, IT work and for myself. My English work requires me to write an essay-like blog post about my subject of interest, write down ten new words to me I find interesting that pertain to my subject. My IT work requires me to write a monthly blog about my subject and present it at the end of the school year. This blog could help me track my bodybuilding goals and progress, things I’ve learnt about it, interesting things I’ve found. Throughout the year I will write down measurments of my muscles, changes in my training program, my weight, nutrition, track my quest of addressing imbalances in my body.
During my first 4 and a half months of training I have been going to the gym every day I that my schedule allows. I’ve also played football for many hours on about 3 fourths of the weekends that have passed during this time. I’ļl concede that I might’ve been better off having a bit more recovery, but since I’m a beginner I feel I don’t need quite as much rest as a seasoned gym goer. I haven’t been following a specific training program, I’ve been training different body parts in this kind of manner - chest on Monday, legs on Tuesday, arms (biceps and triceps) on Wednesday, back on Thursday and then from the start (also sometimes I train abdominals after the initial training for about 30 minutes). .My training time ranges from 1 hour minutes to over 2 hours. I usually start training an hour after school on weekdays, late in the evening on weekends. For the first 2 months I trained with lower volume and higher repetitions, higher volume and lower reps in the 3rd and 4th month. For the last few weeks I’ve been training with a balance of volume and repetitions. I’ve been bulking* (eating extra calories to gain more muscle) for about 4 and a half months. At the start of summer 2017 I was at a weight of about 75.5 kg, now I am about 183 cm and 80 kg.
‘For serious lifters, rest days can be the absolute worst. Rather than
enjoying the day off, we spend the free hours in torture, just
imagining what we could do if we could get our hands on some weight.
When that mindset takes over, rest days go out the window. We’re in the gym hour after hour, day after day in order to feed our inner iron
demon. As epic and alpha as this mindset is, it doesn’t exactly make gains any easier to come by. In fact, going balls-out every single day can be severely detrimental. A lack of proper recovery and conditioning can lead to plateaus. Packing heavy weight on a dysfunctional movement can (and probably will) lead to injury. Your iron addiction can also affect your friends and family: Who wants to spend time with someone who is constantly stressed out about getting back into the gym?’ - “https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/make-the-most-of-your-rest-days.html”>https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/make-the-most-of-your-rest-days.html"
The Case For Lower Reps
“High reps deliver big gains, right? Well, low reps have a place, too!
The low-rep zone can be defined as anything between 1 rep with near-maximal effort and 5 reps in a set. They’re often viewed as being geared more for powerlifting or Olympic lifting, but if you really want to make high-threshold motor units work, you will need to push some serious weight!
This focuses on making your nervous system more efficient. If you switch from sets of 10 to sets of 3, you coerce your body to unfamiliar, shocking stressors, especially since low rep ranges encourage the use of much heavier weights. Every movement requires more "tightness” and a more intense focus. Further, more motor units and muscle fibers are recruited, and your body gets better at turning off antagonists (or opposing muscle groups) as well.
The result is that you’ll get jacked, but in a slightly different way. Since the goal is more on strength, your body composition will greatly differ from someone who performs exclusively high-rep sets. Powerlifters are strong as hell and can move jaw-dropping weight, but probably lack a bit of the size and definition of a well-trained bodybuilder.
By now, it’s probably ingrained in you that you need to perform high reps per set (I’m looking at you, bodybuilders). Let me clarify that I define high reps to dawdle in the 8-12 rep range but could be as low as 6 reps per set.“
The Case For Higher Reps
"There shouldn’t be anything really earth-shattering here. If you train with high reps, your goal is to build a bigger muscle.
Some folks call this "structural hypertrophy” since the higher rep sets allow you to focus primarily on the muscles themselves. They also lend themselves to fewer total sets per exercise. By virtue of slowing down the movement, coupled with the sheer amount of reps you do per set, you’re going to increase time under tension, which is a necessary stimulus for hypertrophy. No doubt, gains in strength will come along for the ride, but increases in muscular growth will outpace the increases in strength.
But what happens if you spend all your time here? Quite simply, your body will adapt to your training in this rep range if you continue it for extended periods of time. Furthermore, training in that zone will ultimately limit the amount of intensity you can use as well.
Do high-rep sets (15, 20, or more reps per set) have a place in programming? Sure, but they’re probably they exception rather than the rule.“
-https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/high-reps-low-reps-which-rep-scheme-is-best.html
Through the evidence I gathered and from what I’ve heard I conclude that I have to refurbish* my training schedule. I should rest more to do more in the gym. It’s recommended I have have one rest day during the week. I should try and follow a training system that leaves a bit less time for my body parts to recover - "Push, Pull, Legs”. It is one training of pulling weight (rows etc.), one of pushing it (variations of bench press etc.) and one where I train legs and from the start. I also recognize that I should minimize upper abdominal work to not overdevelop them even more and that I should do more shoulder exercises. I also now realise I should do a mixture of high and low reps with low and high volume to challenge my muscle and increase their growth. I also have to be brave and do exercises that I’m uncomfortable with completing to give my muscles new experiences for even more development.
To conclude - I have to see what works for me, I need to eat more to gain more muscle, I need to get more rest during my training week, I need to not be indolent* and do harder exercises. Also - I musn’t give up if I don’t see progress all the time, because everybody goes through that when bodybuilding. I musn’t get discouraged!
CURIOUS WORDS
*skinny-fat - When someone is thin and looks great in clothes, but is all flabby underneath.
*coerce - persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats.
*hypertrophy - the enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells.
*stimulus - a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue.
*powerlifting a form of competitive weightlifting in which contestants attempt three types of lift in a set sequence.
*virtue - behavior showing high moral standards.
*motor unit - A motor unit is made up of a motor neuron and the skeletal muscle fibers innervated by that motor neuron's axonal terminals. Groups of motor units often work together to coordinate the contractions of a single muscle; all of the motor units within a muscle are considered a motor pool. The concept was proposed by Charles Scott Sherrington.
*stressors - a stimulus that causes stress
*refurbish - to brighten, freshen or polish; to restore or improve
*indolent - lazy
date of initial post - 28.11.2017
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THE MOST IMPORTANT VITAMIN IN YOUR BODY
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THE MOST IMPORTANT VITAMIN IN YOUR BODY
Vitamins and minerals are considered essential nutrients because acting in concert, they perform hundreds of roles in the body.
They help shore up bones, heal wounds, and bolster your immune system. They also convert food into energy, and repair cellular damage.
What is the most important vitamin for your body?
Magnesium – This mineral plays an important role in muscle contractions. …
Calcium – This mineral is very essential for bone and teeth health. …
Vitamin C – This water-soluble vitamin plays important roles in immune system function. …
Vitamin B-12 – This is one of the most important essential vitamins.
VITAMIN A. GOOD FOR: Healthy eyes and general growth and development, including healthy teeth and skin. …
B VITAMINS. GOOD FOR: Energy production, immune function and iron absorption. …
VITAMIN C. …
VITAMIN D. …
VITAMIN E. …
VITAMIN K. …
FOLIC ACID. …
CALCIUM.
Is it important to take vitamins?
Most people do not need to take vitamin supplements and can get all the vitamins and minerals they need by eating a healthy, balanced diet.
Vitamins and minerals, such as iron, calcium and vitamin C, are essential nutrients that your body needs in small amounts to work properly.
What vitamins do we need daily?
According to Nutritionists, These Are some of Ingredients Your Multivitamin Should Have
Vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies absorb calcium, which is important for bone health. …
Magnesium. Magnesium is an essential nutrient, which means that we must get it from food or supplements. …
Calcium. …
Zinc. …
Iron. …
Folate. …
Vitamin B-12.
What vitamins can be made by the human body?
Vitamins-what vitamins the body produces. The human body can produce vitamin D and vitamin K. Vitamin K is a vitamin that acts in the liver, affecting the manufacture of the substances that makes the blood.
Does multivitamin increase weight?
By taking multivitamins, there’s an increased chance that your body will have all the nutrients it needs to function properly.
This may impact upon your weight because of its effect on the metabolism, which is assisted by a wide variety of nutrients.
What happens when you start taking vitamins?
You might experience transient digestive upset when you first start out. It’s very common to experience this side effect when you start a supplement regime and typically it happens when you take your vitamins on an empty stomach.
Does multivitamin have side effects?
When taken as directed, multivitamins are not expected to cause serious side effects. Common side effects may include: upset stomach; headache among others.
Can I take vitamins at night?
Medics suggests taking your dietary supplements at night isn’t advisable. “Digestion slows down during sleep, so taking your nutrient supplement late at night would not be associated with an efficient absorption.”
How can a skinny person gain weight?
Don’t drink water before meals. This can fill your stomach and make it harder to get in enough calories.
Eat more often. …
Drink milk. …
Try weight gainer shakes. …
Use bigger plates. …
Add cream to your coffee. …
Take creatine. …
Get quality sleep.
What happens if you take vitamins everyday?
A recent study of 14,000 men aged 50 and older found that daily multivitamin supplementation “significantly reduced the risk of total cancer.”
Boosts immunity: Vitamin C is a strong antioxidant known for strengthening the immune system. Vitamins D and E boost immunity, too.
What does multivitamin do to your body?
The vitamins and minerals in your daily multivitamin can also significantly reduce levels of stress and anxiety.
The body uses B vitamins to convert food into energy, keep the nervous system functioning properly, and to produce stress hormones.
Taking multivitamins daily can replenish your body’s supply.
What vitamins actually work?
A team of researchers in Canada found that common supplements such as multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium and vitamin C provide no protection against heart disease, heart attack, stroke or premature death.
Folic acid and B-vitamins were associated with a reduced risk of heart disease and stroke.
Does multivitamin make you sleepy?
After controlling for age, sex and other variables, the scientists found a slightly higher rate of poor or interrupted sleep in people taking multivitamins.
Do multivitamins actually work?
If you take a multivitamin, it’s probably because you want to do everything you can to protect your health.
But there is still limited evidence that a daily cocktail of essential vitamins and minerals actually delivers what you expect.
Most studies find no benefit from multivitamins in protecting the brain or heart.
Which fruits increase weight?
Fruits that help in gaining weight naturally
Mango. One of the most delicious fruits, mango is a rich source of several nutrients such as copper, vitamin B, and vitamin A and E. …
Bananas. If you want perfect muscles, then bananas happen to be the best choice. …
Coconut. …
Dried fruits. …
Avocados This exotic fruit is great for someone who wants to gain weight.
What foods help you gain weight?
Homemade protein smoothies. Drinking homemade protein smoothies can be a highly nutritious and quick way to gain weight. …
Milk. Milk has been used as a weight gainer or muscle builder for decades (1). …
Rice. …
Nuts and nut butters. …
Red meats. …
Potatoes and starches. …
Salmon and oily fish. …
Protein supplements.
How long do vitamins stay in your body?
Vitamins Hang Out in Water and Fat
They wait around in your body fat until your body needs them. Fat-soluble vitamins are happy to stay stored in your body for awhile, some stay for a few days, some for up to 6 months!
Is multivitamin good for skin?
Vitamin D is one of the best vitamins for your skin, along with vitamins C, E, and K. Making sure you get enough vitamins can keep your skin looking healthy and youthful. This could translate to a reduction in: dark spots.
Are vitamins a waste of money?
Most vitamins may be a waste of money, but study finds two exceptions. The majority of vitamins and other nutritional supplements don’t increase lifespan or protect one’s heart health, a huge analysis out of Johns Hopkins University has found.
What is the No 1 food supplement in the world?
USANA
2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — USANA, a leader in the health and wellness industry, was named the number one vitamin and dietary supplement brand in Philippines*.
This claim was granted by Euromonitor, the world’s leading provider for global business intelligence, market analysis and consumer insights.
Can I take all my vitamins at once?
Combining supplements will not normally interfere with the way they work and in some cases may be beneficial, for example vitamin C helps iron absorption.
However, certain supplements may interact with each other.
Is Centrum a good vitamin?
Centrum One A Day Men’s Health Formula
One tablet of this multivitamin includes all essential nutrients for men, except iron.
However, it provides less than 100% of the RDI for several important nutrients, including thiamine, niacin, biotin, calcium, magnesium and vitamins A, E and K.
Which fruit is good for skin glow?
The best sources are blackcurrants, blueberries, broccoli, guava, kiwi fruits, oranges, papaya, strawberries and sweet potatoes.
Vitamin C is needed to produce collagen that strengthens the capillaries that supply the skin. Read more about vital vitamins and the health benefits of oranges.
Which fruit is high in sugar?
Watermelon
A medium wedge of this summer treat has 17 grams of sugar. As its name suggests, it’s loaded with water, and it has special minerals called electrolytes that are just what your body needs to recharge after some time in the sun. Just keep it to a slice or two.
Does banana make you fat?
Let’s just make it clear here itself that bananas in themselves are not fattening. In fact, banana can help in losing weight as they have high fibre content and also have a good number of calories.
Even during weight loss, your body needs a certain number of calories which should not come from unhealthy foods.
Does milk make you gain weight?
The creation of low fat and no fat dairy products has further added to the belief that dairy foods are fattening.
But research shows that having enough milk, yoghurt and cheese every day, as part of a healthy diet, is not linked to weight gain.
How can a woman gain weight in one week?
Consumption of energy-rich foods: Make sure to eat, energy-dense foods like nuts including almonds, walnuts, peanuts, dried fruits including raisins or prunes, dark chocolate, high-fat dairy foods like condensed milk, full-fat cream, cheese, milk, veggies like potatoes and yams, etc.
What is the most toxic of all vitamins?
Owing to their ability to accumulate in the body, fat-soluble vitamins have a higher potential for toxicity than do water-soluble vitamins.
Iron-containing vitamins are the most toxic, especially in pediatric acute ingestions
Which vitamin makes skin white?
Vitamin C helps to lighten and brighten skin naturally to fight dark spots, while promoting collagen production and defending against free radical damage.
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THE MOST IMPORTANT VITAMIN IN YOUR BODY
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THE MOST IMPORTANT VITAMIN IN YOUR BODY
Vitamins and minerals are considered essential nutrients because acting in concert, they perform hundreds of roles in the body.
They help shore up bones, heal wounds, and bolster your immune system. They also convert food into energy, and repair cellular damage.
What is the most important vitamin for your body?
Magnesium – This mineral plays an important role in muscle contractions. …
Calcium – This mineral is very essential for bone and teeth health. …
Vitamin C – This water-soluble vitamin plays important roles in immune system function. …
Vitamin B-12 – This is one of the most important essential vitamins.
VITAMIN A. GOOD FOR: Healthy eyes and general growth and development, including healthy teeth and skin. …
B VITAMINS. GOOD FOR: Energy production, immune function and iron absorption. …
VITAMIN C. …
VITAMIN D. …
VITAMIN E. …
VITAMIN K. …
FOLIC ACID. …
CALCIUM.
Is it important to take vitamins?
Most people do not need to take vitamin supplements and can get all the vitamins and minerals they need by eating a healthy, balanced diet.
Vitamins and minerals, such as iron, calcium and vitamin C, are essential nutrients that your body needs in small amounts to work properly.
What vitamins do we need daily?
According to Nutritionists, These Are some of Ingredients Your Multivitamin Should Have
Vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies absorb calcium, which is important for bone health. …
Magnesium. Magnesium is an essential nutrient, which means that we must get it from food or supplements. …
Calcium. …
Zinc. …
Iron. …
Folate. …
Vitamin B-12.
What vitamins can be made by the human body?
Vitamins-what vitamins the body produces. The human body can produce vitamin D and vitamin K. Vitamin K is a vitamin that acts in the liver, affecting the manufacture of the substances that makes the blood.
Does multivitamin increase weight?
By taking multivitamins, there’s an increased chance that your body will have all the nutrients it needs to function properly.
This may impact upon your weight because of its effect on the metabolism, which is assisted by a wide variety of nutrients.
What happens when you start taking vitamins?
You might experience transient digestive upset when you first start out. It’s very common to experience this side effect when you start a supplement regime and typically it happens when you take your vitamins on an empty stomach.
Does multivitamin have side effects?
When taken as directed, multivitamins are not expected to cause serious side effects. Common side effects may include: upset stomach; headache among others.
Can I take vitamins at night?
Medics suggests taking your dietary supplements at night isn’t advisable. “Digestion slows down during sleep, so taking your nutrient supplement late at night would not be associated with an efficient absorption.”
How can a skinny person gain weight?
Don’t drink water before meals. This can fill your stomach and make it harder to get in enough calories.
Eat more often. …
Drink milk. …
Try weight gainer shakes. …
Use bigger plates. …
Add cream to your coffee. …
Take creatine. …
Get quality sleep.
What happens if you take vitamins everyday?
A recent study of 14,000 men aged 50 and older found that daily multivitamin supplementation “significantly reduced the risk of total cancer.”
Boosts immunity: Vitamin C is a strong antioxidant known for strengthening the immune system. Vitamins D and E boost immunity, too.
What does multivitamin do to your body?
The vitamins and minerals in your daily multivitamin can also significantly reduce levels of stress and anxiety.
The body uses B vitamins to convert food into energy, keep the nervous system functioning properly, and to produce stress hormones.
Taking multivitamins daily can replenish your body’s supply.
What vitamins actually work?
A team of researchers in Canada found that common supplements such as multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium and vitamin C provide no protection against heart disease, heart attack, stroke or premature death.
Folic acid and B-vitamins were associated with a reduced risk of heart disease and stroke.
Does multivitamin make you sleepy?
After controlling for age, sex and other variables, the scientists found a slightly higher rate of poor or interrupted sleep in people taking multivitamins.
Do multivitamins actually work?
If you take a multivitamin, it’s probably because you want to do everything you can to protect your health.
But there is still limited evidence that a daily cocktail of essential vitamins and minerals actually delivers what you expect.
Most studies find no benefit from multivitamins in protecting the brain or heart.
Which fruits increase weight?
Fruits that help in gaining weight naturally
Mango. One of the most delicious fruits, mango is a rich source of several nutrients such as copper, vitamin B, and vitamin A and E. …
Bananas. If you want perfect muscles, then bananas happen to be the best choice. …
Coconut. …
Dried fruits. …
Avocados This exotic fruit is great for someone who wants to gain weight.
What foods help you gain weight?
Homemade protein smoothies. Drinking homemade protein smoothies can be a highly nutritious and quick way to gain weight. …
Milk. Milk has been used as a weight gainer or muscle builder for decades (1). …
Rice. …
Nuts and nut butters. …
Red meats. …
Potatoes and starches. …
Salmon and oily fish. …
Protein supplements.
How long do vitamins stay in your body?
Vitamins Hang Out in Water and Fat
They wait around in your body fat until your body needs them. Fat-soluble vitamins are happy to stay stored in your body for awhile, some stay for a few days, some for up to 6 months!
Is multivitamin good for skin?
Vitamin D is one of the best vitamins for your skin, along with vitamins C, E, and K. Making sure you get enough vitamins can keep your skin looking healthy and youthful. This could translate to a reduction in: dark spots.
Are vitamins a waste of money?
Most vitamins may be a waste of money, but study finds two exceptions. The majority of vitamins and other nutritional supplements don’t increase lifespan or protect one’s heart health, a huge analysis out of Johns Hopkins University has found.
What is the No 1 food supplement in the world?
USANA
2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — USANA, a leader in the health and wellness industry, was named the number one vitamin and dietary supplement brand in Philippines*.
This claim was granted by Euromonitor, the world’s leading provider for global business intelligence, market analysis and consumer insights.
Can I take all my vitamins at once?
Combining supplements will not normally interfere with the way they work and in some cases may be beneficial, for example vitamin C helps iron absorption.
However, certain supplements may interact with each other.
Is Centrum a good vitamin?
Centrum One A Day Men’s Health Formula
One tablet of this multivitamin includes all essential nutrients for men, except iron.
However, it provides less than 100% of the RDI for several important nutrients, including thiamine, niacin, biotin, calcium, magnesium and vitamins A, E and K.
Which fruit is good for skin glow?
The best sources are blackcurrants, blueberries, broccoli, guava, kiwi fruits, oranges, papaya, strawberries and sweet potatoes.
Vitamin C is needed to produce collagen that strengthens the capillaries that supply the skin. Read more about vital vitamins and the health benefits of oranges.
Which fruit is high in sugar?
Watermelon
A medium wedge of this summer treat has 17 grams of sugar. As its name suggests, it’s loaded with water, and it has special minerals called electrolytes that are just what your body needs to recharge after some time in the sun. Just keep it to a slice or two.
Does banana make you fat?
Let’s just make it clear here itself that bananas in themselves are not fattening. In fact, banana can help in losing weight as they have high fibre content and also have a good number of calories.
Even during weight loss, your body needs a certain number of calories which should not come from unhealthy foods.
Does milk make you gain weight?
The creation of low fat and no fat dairy products has further added to the belief that dairy foods are fattening.
But research shows that having enough milk, yoghurt and cheese every day, as part of a healthy diet, is not linked to weight gain.
How can a woman gain weight in one week?
Consumption of energy-rich foods: Make sure to eat, energy-dense foods like nuts including almonds, walnuts, peanuts, dried fruits including raisins or prunes, dark chocolate, high-fat dairy foods like condensed milk, full-fat cream, cheese, milk, veggies like potatoes and yams, etc.
What is the most toxic of all vitamins?
Owing to their ability to accumulate in the body, fat-soluble vitamins have a higher potential for toxicity than do water-soluble vitamins.
Iron-containing vitamins are the most toxic, especially in pediatric acute ingestions
Which vitamin makes skin white?
Vitamin C helps to lighten and brighten skin naturally to fight dark spots, while promoting collagen production and defending against free radical damage.
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