Categoría: Lifestyle

Finances, Lifestyle

President Trump Wants a 1% Fed Rate Cut…Are You Kidding Me?

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

Most of the time I don’t talk about financials or the global economy.

You might have noticed that my blog is about general lifestyle topics, and these ones include everything I live, like, do, think, etc. But economics is kind of boring for some people, that is why I haven’t written about it. That is until now.

We are living interesting times, that’s for sure, when lots of things are changing around us and all over the world.

Today, for starters, I would like to address some monetary issues that concern the stock market and the Federal Reserve.

President Trump and Powell Fed Reserve

 

president dra martha castro noriega tijuana mexico

 

One question: If the economy is doing so well, why do the rates have to be cut?

president dra martha castro noriega tijuana mexico

 

In the meantime, let me quote President Trump:

 

«They must Cut Rates bigger and faster, and stop their ridiculous quantitative tightening NOW» Trump boomed, even though the Fed ended their «ridiculous quantitative tightening» LAST WEEK.

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

 

NOTE: I really like to talk about a lot of things, and have many activities and things I like in my life, apart from the love of my life: the science of medicine. And economy and financial affairs is a topic that interests me a lot and have found to like it very much.

Health, Information, Lifestyle

5 Tips How to Avoid Health Quacks! They Don’t Care About You, Only Money – Part 1

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

health quacks dra martha castro noriega tijuana mexico

 

health quacks dra martha castro noriega tijuana mexico

 

How to avoid health quacks:

 

  1. Always confirm his credentials, and ask to see his/her medical or health certification, title, diploma. All of them signed by a reputable University, college, school.

  2. Make sure the medical or health service provider has a good reputation through out the years of his/her career.

  3. Avoid who ever promises you a «miracle cure». There is no such thing anywhere in the world

  4. If you are using the Internet for research, follow the guidelines for verifying information to make sure it is credible and reliable.

  5. A professional world class medical or health provider always will answer all your questions and will let you know when he or she is not capable to help you with your illness because it is not his specialty or it not his expertise, then he will refer you to the proper medical doctor.

health quacks dra martha castro noriega tijuana mexico

 

health quacks dra martha castro noriega tijuana mexico

 

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM

 

Health, Lifestyle

Deceptive » Health Advisers» in Social Media and Websites Promoting Fear – Part 1

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

HEALTH ADVISERS

 

Just like when you want to see a medical doctor, you want to make sure that you are consulting a true qualified graduate medical doctor, don’t you? You want to see his medical license and maybe you check him/her out on the Internet or even call the medical board of your state/country to corroborate that s/he is in fact a physician.

 

advisers

 

And that is how you should behave when you navigate in the internet, exactly the same way. You should always make sure that the person giving advice has the proper qualifications and professional training in the field you want advise or guideline.

 

 

There are thousands of people in social media and all over the Internet that want to make a quick buck, and they use their expertise in advertising to start a digital business promoting health products, physical therapy treatments, «health magazines» that have damaged a lot of people who are desperate for a «cure» and they haven’t found it in traditional medicine for different reasons:

 

 

  1. Graduate medical doctors who are not well trained.

  2. Lack of interest by the healthcare provider in the benefit of the patient.

  3. Medical doctors who just care about billing the medical insurance for pure profit.

  4. Physicians who never had an excellent qualified expertise attending patients as a whole.

  5. Physicians who do not keep on studying the newest medical advances and do not keep up to date on medica scientific advances.

 

advisers of health

 

Even the most credible information found online is useless in the absence of expert physician evaluation and diagnosis. Tell your doctor you fully trust what you have read online. Email them the article that’s captured your interest, or print it out and bring it to your next appointment. A good doctor will walk you through it.

 

JOIN MY HEALTH PINTEREST BOARD

[formidable id=»4″]

[the_ad_placement id=»into-the-content»]

Beauty, celebrities, Lifestyle

Important Events and Famous Birthdays on February 7 Have Fun!

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

Important Events February 7

Many important events happened on this day. But the ones that I consider to be of relevance for our day and age are the following:

  • 1918 Great Britain grants women (30 & over) the vote
  • 1935 «Monopoly» board game goes on sale for 1st time
  • 2018 Elon Musk’s company SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, world’s most powerful rocket
  • 2012 6.9 magnitude quake hits near the central Philippines with 43 confirmed deaths
  • 2013 A magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs off the Solomon Islands coast causing the death of nine people
  • 2018 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Hualien County, Taiwan, leaving 10 dead and over 50 missing

 

BIRTHDAYS

 

Ashton Kutcher, 1978

 

important events

 

The one and only who inspired one of my favorite shows on TV: (LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE)

Laura Ingalls Wilder, who wrote the book and Michael Landon brought it to live to the screen.

BORN ON 1865

 

 

Charles Dickens, 1812

 

IMPORTANT NOTE from Dr. Castro:

Please don’t assume that I am a Democrat or Republican just because I write or mention my admiration about certain people who are registered as such. I am neither. I hold no rigid political affiliation.

I admire the human being, no matter his/her political affiliation, religion or lack thereof.

I am a true freedom thinker who do not like labels. I don’t follow hypocrites. I admire what I think it’s admirable to me, and criticise what I sincerely think has to be denounced as a bad policy, error or a crime.

Sincerely,

Dr. Martha A. Castro Noriega, MD

[wpedon id=»2447″ align=»center»]

[the_ad_placement id=»into-the-content»]

Beauty, Lifestyle, Motivation

Strong Mind Equals a Powerful Life – Post 338

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

Strong Mind

 

LIVE STRONG!

Life is full of wonders.

Things happen in life that are out of our control. Some are good, some others are bad and they inflict happiness or pain in our hearts. If we haven’t built a strong mind we might react in a negative way and feel like we are losing control of our lives when they affected us with harm.

 

 

Fear, doubt and worry are feelings that could help you evolve and conquer, or destroy you in the heat of the moment.  When the going gets tough, it takes a special kind of mental toughness to fight those emotions. You need a personal reminder to strengthen your mind, because no matter how great the challenge, your  can be greater.

Albert Einstein explain in this quote what a powerful mind can do to your well-being, your health and even your wealth:

 

 

A Lee Boyd Malvo quote:

Mind over matter. Weak minded people are easily influenced. Powerful minded people you can’t break their will.    — Lee Boyd Malvo

 

That is why is so important that we refresh our mind day by day with positive thoughts, beautiful images, proper information, joy and gratitude. There is a lot of truth to what it has been said about «peace of mind».

 

A mind in peace can function and accumulate better thoughts than a mind in constant battle and disarray. Consequently that mind will make better decisions, decisions that will influence positively once life.

Remember now: Build a strong mind to have a powerful life!

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES AND MOTIVATION GLORY!

 

Animals, Beauty, Lifestyle

Stunning Bird Wing Patterns to Make You Happy – P 336

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

Stunning Birds

 

STUNNING BIRDS

There are thousands of different beautiful species of birds on earth that it would take all of our lives forever to list them all, to photograph them all, to describe them all.

In this article, I want to show you a few of the many who I find just staggering.

Whether it’s for camouflage or attracting a mate, the birds listed below have all the colors of the rainbow in their beautiful feathers!

Southern Ground Hornbill

 

 

Guess what’s for dinner?! …

your favorite! Dragonfly!

Wings

All birds have wings, although not all birds fly. Nor are wings confined to Aves; bats are flying mammals and most insects have wings.

Red bellied Fruit-dove

 

 

Birds’ bodies are beautifully designed for flight, with strong chest muscles and just enough curve to their wings to provide lift. Differences in wing shape provide different advantages to the various bird species. The narrow, sharp-tipped wings of the falcon provide speed; albatrosses soar high on wings much longer than they are wide.

Staggering Wing Pattern

 

Most songbirds have elliptical, evenly shaped wings that facilitate quick, small movements in the tight spaces of their tree homes. Swimming birds, such as penguins and puffins, have flipper-shaped wings that propel them rapidly and gracefully through water.

Is It a bird, a Butterfly or a Crochet?

 

 

FOLLOW ME ON PINTEREST. I WILL FOLLOW YOU BACK.

 

[wpedon id=»2447″ align=»center»]

[the_ad_placement id=»into-the-content»]

eating, Food, Health, Lifestyle

Healthy Salmon Recipe – P 335

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

Salmon Healthy

SALMON RECIPE

Salmon fillets are gently poached and served with a sauce of tarragon, parsley and Dijon mustard. Ready in a mere 20 minutes it’s a great, healthy, mid-week meal. Serve with crisp potatoes.

INGREDIENTS:

  1. Skinless fillets 2

  2. Tarragon 2 tbsp, chopped

  3. Flat-leaf parsley 2 tbsp, chopped

  4. 4.Dijon mustard 2 tsps

  5. White wine vinegar 2 tbsp

  6. Olive oil 2 tbsp

  7. Watercress or new potatoes to serve.

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Bring a shallow pan of water to a simmer. Drop in the fillets, put a lid on the pan and cook for 5-6 minutes.

  2. Put all the other ingredients in a small food processor and whizz until smooth (if it’s too thick, add a splash of water).

  3. Lift the fillets up and drain.

  4. Serve the cooked fish with potatoes, watercress and the sauce.

[the_ad_placement id=»into-the-content»]

SUBSCRIBE TO DR MARTHA

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Beauty, Cycling, Lifestyle, Nature

Beautiful Sunday Morning Enjoying 3 days of Rain

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

A SUNDAY TO RELAX AND ENJOY LIFE!

Beautiful Sunday Morning

This Sunday is just gorgeous. My vegetables plants, bulbs, limes, lemons orange and mandarin trees are full with fruit and rain drops on their leaves.

It is winter but my tomatoes are enchanting! Something I notice this season is that they are bigger and sweeter. I wonder. Maybe it’s because I used my own compost last year, since april I started creating my own compost and started using it in the fall with my tomatoes and citrus.

 

The branches are so heavy they are bending down, that’s why I had to get some bamboo pieces to straighten them up. It was so much fun to do it. The smell of the wet dirt with the one coming from the wet oranges and limes, it’s  just to die for!

 

When I am not out cycling on the weekend, I love to take care of my plants. I have so many and in Winter I have as much work to do in the yard as in Spring and Summer, because I have to plant carrots, onion, garlic, etc., and I need to start preparing the dirt and seeds for the coming planting season and for Spring.

Nature is amazing, isn’t it?

I have always loved nature. Call it forest, oceans, animals, humans, lakes, air, sun, stars and anything beyond earth; micro and macro-systems, ecosystems. Breathing life, constantly, living the moment fully, integrating my thoughts with nature to feel myself alive, and not alone.

 

Most Beautiful Trees of the World – Post 331

[wpedon id=»2447″ align=»center»]

SUBSCRIBE TO DR MARTHA

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

[the_ad_placement id=»into-the-content»]

Beauty, Cats, Lifestyle

20 Surprising Fun Cat Facts – Abraham Lincoln Loved Cats!

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

CATURDAY FACTS – INTRO

Abraham Lincoln loved cats

ABRAHAM LINCOLN and his LOVE for CATS!

United States President, Abraham Lincoln, loved all animals, especially cats. He loved cats so much that his wife once said that cats were her husband’s hobby.

The then, Secretary of State William Seward, gave two kittens on Lincoln as a White House gift. The President loved to spend hours just petting the cats and talking to them.

Young cute cat close-up portrait. The British Shorthair pedigreed kitten with blue gray fur

He fed his kitties at the table. One time he used a gold fork to do that, which was too much for Mrs. Lincoln. His response?

“If a gold fork was good enough for former President Buchanan, it’s good enough for Tabby.”

AMAZING FUN CAT FACTS:

    1. Cats have over 20 muscles that control their ears.

    2. A group of cats is  called clowder.

    3. Cats have more data storage than an iPad.

    4. Abraham Lincoln had four cats in the White House.

    5. Adult cats only meow to communicate with humans.

    6. Some cats are ambidextrous. Although 40 to 50% of female cats are typically right-pawed, while male cats are typically left-pawed: Psychologists Deborah Wells and Sarah Millsopp of Queen’s University Belfast tested 42 house cats — 21 males and 21 females — to determine whether they favored their right or left paws when performing tasks of varying difficulty. Their report on the results has been accepted for publication in the journal Animal Behavior of Science Direct (play with your kitties and let me know if this is true. I did it and couldn’t prove it, 🤩 but then again, I’m not a Psychologist).

    7. SO SORRY dog lovers: A cat’s cerebral cortex (the part of the brain in charge of cognitive information processing) has 300 million neurons, compared with a dog’s 160 million. (BTW,  (I love dogs too 🐶).

    8. Cats are very picky creatures about their «bathroom.» If you have more than one feline, you should have one litter box for each one of them.

    9. They are the only mammals that cannot taste sweetness (no cake for my kitty-cats on my birthday).

    10. A cat can jump six times his length in a single bound.

    11. Cats love routine. Any change in their routine makes them mad, upset. Some cats get sick, they can vomit or refuse to eat.

    12. When Cats Leave Their Poop Uncovered It’s a Sign of Aggression.

    13. Kneading is a sign of contentment and happiness. Cats knead their mothers when they are nursing to stimulate the let-down of milk.

    14. There are currently 45 Hemingway cats living at the writer’s former home in Key West, Fla.

    15. A cat’s nose is ridged with a unique pattern, just like a human fingerprint.

    16. The first cat in space was a French cat named Felicette (a.k.a. “Astrocat”) In 1963, France blasted the cat into outer space. Electrodes implanted in her brains sent neurological signals back to Earth. She survived the trip.

    17. A cat can travel at a top speed of approximately 31 mph (49 km) over a short distance.

    18. In several countries of Europe and North America black cats are a sign of bad luck, but in Britain and Australia black cats are considered lucky!

    19. Usually, a cat has about 12 whiskers on each side of its face. Have you counted them already? 😇

    20. A cat’s jaw can’t move sideways, that is why a cat can’t chew large chunks of food.

[wpedon id=»2447″ align=»center»]

SUBSCRIBE TO DR MARTHA

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

[the_ad_placement id=»into-the-content»]

eating, Food, Lifestyle

Overcome Eating Disorders and Obesity Be Happy! – Part 1

Dr. Martha Andrea Castro Noriega, MD WMA FACS

obesity disorder

OBESITY AND EATING DISORDERS INTRODUCTION

There is a classification about eating disorders in the American Medical Association (AMA), but obesity is not in it. Eating disorders are described as illnesses that are characterized by irregular eating habits and severe distress or concern about body weight or shape.

A.M.A. has recognized that being overweight or obese is a chronic disease and not simply due to poor self-control or a lack of will power. But A.M.A. has no legal-scientific worldwide authority to make this kind of decision.

Being a disease and/or an eating disorder has to be taken seriously, by the patients, their relatives and the medical doctors taking care of them. Obesity leads millions of people around the world to unwanted weight gain, and the roles that excess weight and fat maldistribution play in contributing to chronic diseases such as

  • Heart Disease

  • Diabetes,

  • Dyslipidemia,

  • Liver problems

  • Osteomuscular diseases,

  • Some types of cancer.

AVOID BASHING

Bashing overweight patient sufferers is not only ignorant but cruel. That is not the proper way to treat another human being.

Usually, any person who bullies another one about any issue, it’s because of fear and ignorance. In the health campaign against fat, we should avoid bashing obesity and idealizing thinness, which only fosters the self-destructive thought processes that characterizes eating disorders from anorexia to obesity.

Anorexics with jutting collarbones think they’re fat. Binge-eaters often think, after eating too much, that they’ve already done the damage so they might as well keep eating.

Apparently, people who overeat are not concerned about body weight or shape. Oh, but they are, they are just reacting in an opposite way to those who deprive themselves from food, like anorexic patients.

Severe obese people feel a lot of guilt after eating enormous amounts of food. They know they are hurting themselves but «there is something that doesn’t let me stop and all I want is to continue eating everything I see»-patients say often.

PREVENTION

Being overweight is the result of over-eating, of an obsession and addiction to eating big and low quality amounts of food. Tackling this problem when it starts is the best way to prevent morbid obesity,  which causes many medical problems and unhappiness to the ones suffering from it.

ADULT BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. A high BMI can be an indicator of high body fatness.

Adult Body Mass Index (BMI)
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. A high BMI can be an indicator of high body fatness.

  • If your BMI is less than 18.5, it falls within the underweight range.

  • If your BMI is 18.5 to <25, it falls within the normal.

  • If your BMI is 25.0 to <30, it falls within the overweight range.

  • If your BMI is 30.0 or higher, it falls within the obese range.

Obesity is frequently subdivided into categories:

  • Class 1: BMI of 30 to < 35

  • Class 2: BMI of 35 to < 40

  • Class 3: BMI of 40 or higher. Class 3 obesity is sometimes categorized as “extreme” or “severe” obesity.

[wpedon id=»2447″ align=»center»]

SUBSCRIBE TO DR MARTHA

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

[the_ad_placement id=»into-the-content»]