Interesting Facts About EGGS Kelalang Kon Monday, 10 February 2014 0 comments

Eggs contain all the essential protein, minerals and vitamins, except Vitamin C. But egg yolks are one of few foods that naturally contain Vitamin D. Eggs also contain choline, which is necessary for healthy cell membranes in the body. Choline stimulates brain development and function and helps preserving memory.

 

 

Eggs also are good for your eyes because they contain lutein which helps prevents age-related cataracts and muscular degeneration. In fact, eggs contain more lutein than spinach and other green vegetables.

 

The color of the egg shell is not related to quality, nutrients, flavour, or cooking characteristics. White shelled eggs are produced by hens with white feathers and white ear lobes. Brown shelled eggs are produced by hens with red feathers and red ear lobes. Brown egg layers usually are slightly larger and require more food, thus brown eggs usually cost more than white eggs.

 

An egg shell has as many as 17,000 pores over its surface. There are about 70 calories in an uncooked egg and 77 calories in a cooked egg.

How to determine whether an egg is fresh or hard boiled?

• Just spin the egg. If it wobbles, it’s raw. If it spins easily, it’s hard boiled.
• A fresh egg will sink in water, a stale one will float.

 

Egg (1) Very fresh , (2) A week old, (3) 3 weeks old & (4) 4 weeks old

Source http://didyouknow.org/eggs/

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What Cause The Smell of a Fish ? Kelalang Kon 0 comments

Fish smell because of the decomposition process. The muscle of a fish contain a substance called trimethylamine oxide (TMAO). TMAO is broken down into trimethylamine and dimethylamine during the composition process which results in fishy smell.

How to Remove The Smell ?

•  Rinsed off the trimetylamine by tap water
• Used acidic ingredients such as lemon, vinegar,lime, tomatoes and baking soda. The acid reacts with amine (alkaline) and will neutralize the effect and reduce the smell.

Source : http://humantouchofchemistry.com/everyday-chemistry.htm

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Motivasi Kelalang Kon Friday, 7 February 2014 0 comments

Dalam sibuk mengejar kerjaya dan cita-cita,  hal-hal keluarga hendak diberi keutamaan juga. Di bawah, disertakan beberapa langkah yang boleh diikuti...

Utamakan diri 

Apabila bergelar isteri dan ibu, adakalanya wanita lupa mengenai hak ke atas diri kerana terlalu menumpukan perhatian menguruskan rumah tangga dan kerjaya. 

Jika tidak mengutamakan diri dengan menjaga kesihatan mahupun kecantikan, mungkin aktiviti menguruskan anak, suami dan kerjaya tidak mampu dilakukan dengan sempurna. 

Selain itu, pastikan makanan disediakan sihat dan amalkan gaya hidup sihat. 

Tetapkan jadual kerja 
Buatlah jadual dan buat senarai mengikut keutamaan. Walaupun senarainya panjang dengan disiplin yang ketat, ia pasti boleh dilaksanakan. 


Tinggalkan kerja pejabat di pejabat 
Kerja pejabat seharusnya diselesaikan di pejabat. Jika kerja yang tidak dapat diselesaikan itu diteruskan di rumah, ia akan mengurangkan masa bersama keluarga kerana terlalu sibuk menghabiskan kerja pejabat. 


Lupakan seketika masalah di rumah 
Apabila berada di pejabat lupakan seketika masalah di rumah. Sekurang-kurangnya ia dapat memberikan diri untuk lebih fokus bagi menghabiskan kerja di pejabat. 


Cuti 
Ketika bercuti bersama keluarga lupakan persoalan dan masalah kerja. Walaupun hanya untuk seketika, tanpa disedari ia boleh merapatkan lagi hubungan sekeluarga. 
Berikut beberapa panduan untuk mengeratkan perhubungan dengan anak walaupun agak sibuk dengan kerjaya: 


Luangkan masa bersama sebelum anak tidur. 
Jika menganggap keluarga sebagai keutamaan dalam hidup, pastikan pulang dari tempat kerja sebelum anak tidur. 
Walaupun masa diluangkan itu terhad, apa salahnya bertanya khabar selepas seharian tidak bertemu dan layan anak bermain seketika sebelum masuk tidur. Ia akan membuatkan anak memahami ibunya yang sibuk bekerja tetap tidak mengabaikannya.


Pastikan cuti hujung minggu anak tanpa pengasuh 
Kebanyakan masa anak dihabiskan bersama pengasuh kerana ibu bekerja oleh itu, pastikan tugas itu dilaksanakan di hujung minggu. 

Ia waktu yang tepat untuk menyegarkan fikiran dengan beriadah bersama keluarga. 

Selain itu, walaupun cuti hujung minggu dihabiskan dengan hanya berehat di rumah, berikan perhatian kepada anak dan luangkan masa berkualiti bersama mereka. 


Komunikasi 
Walau sibuk bekerja, jangan lupa untuk menghubungi anak di rumah dan pantau setiap kegiatan mereka. 

Jangan abaikan mereka hinggakan tidak mengetahui perkara yang berlaku di rumah mahupun di tempat kegiatan lain kerana terlalu sibuk dengan pekerjaan. 


Beri galakan 
Apabila menasihati anak, ia perlu dilakukan secara tidak secara langsung melalui aktiviti bersama. Membebel paling tidak disukai anak terutama remaja oleh itu, elakkan tabiat berkenaan.

Sumber: 

1. http://www.hmetro.com.my/myMetro/articles/Keluarga_kerjayabergerakseiring/Article/index_html (7/2/2014)

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Famous Car Logos Kelalang Kon Tuesday, 4 February 2014 0 comments

Stories behind famous car logos.

Original report: Visually

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Did you SMILE today? Kelalang Kon Monday, 3 February 2014 0 comments

Most likely, the last thing you think about when you’re posing for your latest Facebook shot is the science behind your smile. But the truth is, there’s a lot more to a smile than meets the eye. 

Read on for 10 little-known facts that will have you beaming.

Fact No. 1: Smiling has body benefits.

Every time you frown, you’re unnecessarily exhausting 43 facial muscles, while smiling only uses 17 muscles. Some studies show that beaming can benefit your blood pressure levels. Add a laugh and you’ll also slim your middle -- the movement exercises your abs, diaphragm, shoulders and heart. Scientists at Vanderbilt University found that laughing can stoke your calorie burn by up to 20 percent.

Fact No. 2: Grinning is human.

One thing that separates us from animals may be our ability to accessorize, but it’s also our capacity to smile. We don’t learn how to smile from our surroundings; rather, it’s a natural mechanism that’s hardwired in us from birth. Studies have shown that newborn babies crack their first grin as early as two hours after delivery.

Fact No. 3: Women are more likely to smile.

Fact: The average woman smiles approximately 62 times a day. In that same day, a man only flashes his pearly whites a mere eight times. Interestingly enough, a study at Yale University found that the difference declines when the two genders share the same occupation. Why? The researchers believe that it could be because every workplace has an unspoken “smiling standard” that’s followed by all employees.

Fact No. 4: There are different types of smiles.

Happiness isn’t the only thing we can express when we turn up the corners of our mouths. During his research at the University of California, San Francisco, scientist Paul Ekman discovered that people smile 19 different ways, depending on social situations and emotions, including fear, grief and hatred. All types fall under two larger categories: heartfelt and artificial. You can differentiate the two: Sincere smiles cause the corners of your eyes to scrunch up -- insincere smiles don’t.

Fact No. 5: Beauty comes from a smile.

When asked to select more attractive counterparts, study participants at Scotland’s University of Aberdeen pointed to those people who were beaming. In another recent lab report, 69 percent of those asked said that women look younger and more attractive when they wear a smile rather than makeup.

Fact No. 6: Smiling leads to a longer life.

Research conducted at the University of Illinois has suggested that people who generally feel happy and smile more often have a longer life expectancy of nearly a decade. Another study looked at baseball cards. The Wayne State University scientists concluded that those athletes who were flashing their pearly whites in their pictures lived on average seven years longer than those who didn’t.

Fact No. 7: Healthy marriage from a happy smile.

People who grin consistently are more likely to have healthy marriages, say researchers at DePauw University in Indiana. Some say it’s because smilers can more easily express their emotions, and others think that people who smile often attract happier people, allowing them to form stronger, more positive connections.

Fact No. 8: Smiling releases endorphins.

Research shows that the simple act of turning your mouth up, whether authentic or not, can help release endorphins, feel-good hormones. Serotonin, a chemical that’s a natural stress-reducer, is also increased when you smile.

Fact No. 9: Fight a cold with a grin.

Cut down on those sick days by plastering a big, cheesy grin on your face. Every time you flash your teeth, your body produces greater quantities of antibodies and T-cells (or white blood cells), which may give your immune system a huge power boost.

Fact No. 10: Smiling is contagious.

During an experiment conducted in Sweden, participants reported that they found it very difficult to frown when they saw other participants who were smiling. Many began to turn their mouths up without even realizing it. Start smiling and the whole world will smile with you.

Adapted from: Stella Katsipoutis

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Salam Ramadhan.. Kelalang Kon Wednesday, 25 July 2012 0 comments

Selamat menyambut Ramadhan Al Mubarak dan selamat beribadah buat semua kakitangan JSG dan juga blogger yang sudi singgah-singgah di ruangan Kelalang Kon.. Beberapa fakta menarik tentang sahur untuk dikongsi bersama pembaca sekalian... Selamat bersahur ya!

Tuntutan Bersahur


Para ulama telah ijmak tentang keutamaan dan berkenaan sunnahnya bersahur. (Fathul Bari 4/139. Ibnu Hajar) Rasulullah bersabda:


عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ : تَسَحَّرُوْا فَاِنَّ فِى السَّحُوْرِ بَرَكَةً

“Dari Anas berkata: Bersabda Rasulullah: Bersahurlah kamu sekalian, kerana dalam bersahur itu terdapat barakah”. (Hadis Riwayat Bukhari 4/120. Muslim 1059. Diriwayatkan juga oleh Tirmizi, Nasaii dan Ibn Majah)


Keutamaan Bersahur


تَسَحَّرُوْا وَلَوْ بِجُرْعَةٍ مِنَ الْمَاءِ

“Bersahurlah walaupun hanya dengan meminum seteguk air”. (Hadis Riwayat Abu Ya’la 3340. Ibnu Hibban No 884. Hadis Hasan)


اَلسَّحُوْرُ أَكْلُهُ بَرَكَةٍ ، فَلاَ تَدَعُوْهُ وَلَوْ أَنْ يَجْرَعَ اَحَدُكُمْ جُرْعَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ فَاِنَّ اللهَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّوْْنَ عَلَى الْمُتَسَحِّرِيْنَ

“Bersahur makanannya diberkahi, janganlah meninggalkan sahur walaupun hanya meminum seteguk air kerana Allah dan malaikat-Nya berselawat kepada orang yang bersahur”. (Hadis Riwayat Ibnu Abi Syaibah 2/8. Ahmad 3/12,44)


اَلْبَرَكَةُ فِى ثَلاَثَةٍ ، اَلْجَمَاعَةُ ، والثَّرِيْدُ ، وَالسَّحُوْرُ

“Keberkatan itu pada tiga perkara: Jamaah, Sayuran dan makan sahur”. (Hadis Rriwayat Thabrani (dalam al-Kabir) 6127. Al-Khatib (dalam Mawadah) 1/263)

اِنَّهَا بَرَكَةٌ أَعْطَاكُمُ اللهُ اِيَّهَا فَلاَ تَدَعهُ

“Sesungguhnya bersahur itu adalah berkah yang Allah berikan kepada kamu maka janganlah kamu tinggalkannya”. (Hadis Riwayat Nasaii 4/145. Ahmad 5/270. Sanadnya sahih)


إِنَّ اللهَ جَعَلَ الْبَرَكَةَ فِى السَّحُوْرِ وَالْكَيْلِ.

“Sesungguhnya Allah telah memberi keberkatan pada makan sahur dan takaran (timbangan)”. (Diriwayatkan oleh Asy-Syirazi. Lihat: Jami’ as-Sagir 1715)


هَلُّمَ اِلَى الْغَدَاءِ الْمُبَارَكِ : يَعْنِيْ السَّحُوْرُ

“Marilah menuju ke makanan yang berkah: Iaitu bersahur”. (Hadis Riwayat Ahmad 4/133. Ibnu Hibban 223. Nasaii 4/146. Sanadnya sahih)

Perbuatan Bersahur Membezakan Dengan Puasanya Ahli Kitab



فَضْلَ مَا بَيْنَ صِيَامِنَا وَصِيَامِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ أَكْلَةُ السَّحَرِ

“Perbezaan puasa kami dan puasa Ahli Kitab ialah bersahur”. (Hadis Riwayat Muslim, 1096)



Bersahur Dengan Kurma


Jenis makanan sahur yang afdal ialah buah kurma. Rasulullah bersabda:


مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَصُوْمَ فَلْيَتَسَحَّرْ بِشَيْءٍ

“Barangsiapa mahu berpuasa hendaklah bersahur dengan sesuatu”. (Hadis Riwayat Abi Syaibah 3/8. Ahmad. 3/367. Abu Ya’la 3/438. Al-Bazzar 1/465)

نِعْمَ سَحُوْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِ التَّمْرُ“Sebaik-baik makanan sahur seorang mukmin ialah kurma”. (Hadis Riwayat Abu Daud 2/303. Ibnu Hibban 223. Baihaqi 4/237. Sanadnya sahih)

Melewatkan Makan Sahur


Adalah sunnah mensegerakan berbuka dan melewatkan makan sahur, kerana ‘Amr bin Maimun al-Audi dia berkata:


كَانَ أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّىاللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّى أَسْرَعَ النَّاسِ إِفْطَارًا وَأبْطَاءَ هُمْ سَحُوْرًا
“Para sahabat Muhammad sallallahu ‘alaihi wa-sallam adalah orang-orang yang paling cepat berbukanya dan yang paling lambat makan sahurnya”. (Hadis Riwayat Abdulrrazzak, dalam al-Musannaf, 7591. Hadis ini disahihkan oleh al-Hafiz Ibnu Hajar dalam Fathul Bari 4/199. Dan Al-Haitami dalam Majma’ Zawaid 3/154

~rmJ~

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Selamat Datang Bulan Rejab Kelalang Kon Tuesday, 22 May 2012 0 comments

Doa menjelang bulan Rejab

Kelebihan bulan Rejab

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Sharing... Kelalang Kon Tuesday, 8 May 2012 0 comments

Hello everyone! First of all thanks to Syam to give an opportunity to write in JSG blog.  Seriously I got no idea what to write about. Anyhow I think its worth to share a story that I have been reading for the past few weeks, Wings of Fire”.  It’s an autobiography of a wise man named Dr. APJ Abdul Khalam, the former president of India.

The book tells about a Muslim boy, who had big dreams about his future and what inspired him to become a distinguished scientist. The narration is simple, direct and shows how a boy with humble background (a fisherman’s son) from a remote corner of India could dream of aeronautics, rocket science and missiles. Throughout this book he shares those moments, which inspired him to maintain his focus towards realizing his dreams of becoming an atomic scientist.

A must read book!

By:

~Vicinisvari~

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Petua Dari Ceruk Dapur Kelalang Kon Thursday, 19 April 2012 0 comments

Jom lihat petua dari dapur yang boleh kita amalkan. 

Menghilangkan kesan dakwat

Titiskan air limau yang bercampur garam pada tanda dakwat dan gosok-gosokkan dengan tangan. Biarkan seketika kemudian basuh seperti biasa.

Menghilangkan bau peti ais
Letakkan beberapa keping kulit nanas yang telah dikupas di setiap tingkat peti ais. Biarkan hingga bau tadi hilang. Anda juga boleh mencuba titikkan sedikit esen vanila atau soda kuih pada perca kain dan simpan dalam peti sejuk.

Melembutkan Rambut
Bancuh satu sudu teh dengan air suam. Basuh rambut dan bilas dengan menggunakan air teh suam tersebut. Gosok dan biarkan selama sepuluh minit. Selepas itu bilas dan biarkan kering. Ulangi selalu.

Mencantikkan kulit
Ambil beberapa potong kulit tembikai merah atau kuning dan potong atau racik bahagian isi yang berwarna putih nipis-nipis. Tekapkan pada seluruh kulit muka. Jika selalu diamalkan kulit akan menjadi putih dan cantik.

Sayur yang dicelur tetap segar
Campurkan sedikit minyak masak dalam periuk berisi air rebusan. Setelah sayur-sayuran dicelur, toskan airnya. Hasilnya, sayur-sayuran akan nampak segar dan  berkilat.

Selamat Mencuba !!

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Insomnia Kelalang Kon Wednesday, 18 April 2012 0 comments

Adakah anda sedang mengalami masalah ini?

Insomnia bukan sejenis penyakit. Ia merupakan masalah sukar tidur pada waktu malam. Jika anda fikir ubat tidur mampu mengatasi masalah ini, anda silap. Ubat tidur bukan merupakan jalan penyelesaian yang bijak bagi mengatasinya. Malah anda akan mengalami masalah lain pula. Meskipun ia agak remeh namun insomnia boleh memberi kesan yang buruk terhadap individu yang menderita masalah ini. Mari kita kenalpasti tanda-tanda individu yang mengalami insomnia.

- Sangat susah untuk tidur sehinggakan terpaksa berbaring di katil beberapa jam sebelum tertidur.

- Terjaga dari tidur seawal pagi dan mengalami masalah untuk sambung tidur semula.

- Sering terjaga beberapa kali pada waktu malam sehingga berasa letih pada keesokan hari.

Masalah insomnia ini dipercayai berpunca daripada:

a) Persekitaran bilik yang kurang sempurna; bising,terlalu panas atau terlalu sejuk, tilam atau bantal yang terlalu keras atau terlalu lembut.

b) Perubahan corak hidup yang mendadak; bermalam di tempat baru, melancong atau bekerja di luar negara.

c) Tekanan di tempat kerja/rumah.

d) Sakit yang dialami seperti selsema (sukar untuk bernafas dengan sempurna), sakit gigi, alahan mengandung yang teruk, masalah buang air kecil.

e) Takut pada sesuatu.

f) Sering berjaga lewat sehingga melangkau waktu tidur sama ada untuk belajar ataupun menonton tv.

Apakah yang perlu dilakukan jika anda menderita masalah ini?

-Pastikan persekitaran bilik anda selesa untuk tidur; jauhkan segala bunyi bising, bau yang busuk, katil yang berselerak.

- Betulkan rutin harian anda untuk tidur. Anda perlu masuk tidur pada waktu yang sama setiap malam (contohnya pukul 11.00 malam dijadikan waktu wajib untuk anda tidur).

- Elakkan tidur pada siang hari.

- Elakkan minum kopi, teh atau sebarang minuman berkafein.

- Elakkan makan menu yang berat (contohnya nasi, burger) sebelum masuk tidur. Minum susu suam jika anda lapar.

- Jangan merokok sejam sebelum anda ingin tidur (lebih baik cuba berhenti merokok untuk kesihatan).

- Lakukan senaman 3 hingga 5 kali seminggu.

- Elakkan dari memikirkan apa-apa masalah sebelum tidur.

- Berjumpa dengan doktor untuk mendapatkan nasihat lanjut sekiranya masalah anda berlarutan.









Selamat malam ya!
~rmJ~

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Did You Know ? Kelalang Kon Sunday, 15 April 2012 0 comments

• Asparagus can cause painful gout attacks - asparagus contain purines, substances that promote the overproduction of uric acid that precipitates painful attacks of gout. Asparagus consumption should be kept to a minimum by gout sufferers.

• Milk can be a chill pill - To quell the fire from eating a hot pepper, the best antidote is a glass of milk. The capsaicinoids are fat soluble and milk (other than skim) contains fat. A glass of water is less effective since the capsaicinoids are only slightly soluble in water.

• Eggs are a "complete protein food" - protein is composed of 20 different amino acids. Nine of these amino acids cannot be made by the body. These nine are considered essentials amino acids and must come from food. Foods that contain all nine essentials amino acids are called  "complete protein food".

• High blood pressure drugs deplete potassium - Many anti hypertensive drugs deplete the body's reserve of potassium, an electrolyte that maintain the body's fluid balance and is also essential for nerve and muscle function. People on these medications should eat lots of bananas, citrus, and dried fruits, tomatoes and other potassium rich food.

• Pasta is a mood food - The brain uses the chemical serotonin to make us feel good. When you eat carbohydrate such as pasta, there's a rapid increase in blood sugar and serotonin levels. The good feeling arrive within about 30 minutes and last for several hours. Eating protein with pasta however can negate the effect.

• Tomatoes may block the effect of environmental toxins - tomatoes contain a compound called chlorogenic acid which may help guard against cancer by blocking the effect of certain environmental toxins.For instance nitrosamines, cancer causing compounds in tobbaco smoke and cured meat.

Source : Foods that Harm Foods that heal, An A-Z guide to safe and healthy living.

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Bila kaca pecah...kenapa tak boleh bercantum semula seperti asal? Kelalang Kon Tuesday, 21 February 2012 0 comments

Amusing Mystery of Everyday Life..

"When glass breaks, why don't the pieces fit back together perfectly?"

If you throw a ball through a plate of glass window, the glass will try to accommodate the force thrust upon it; it will bend. But if bent beyond its limits, glass shatters or ruptures.

At the point that the glass breaks, the glass's shape is distorted but the break is a perfect fracture - the parts would fit back together again. But as soon as the glass shatters, the parts begin to minimise their distortion and return to the unstressed state.

When the pieces return to their unstressed state, the fracture is no longer 'perfect'. Like a human relationship, things are never quite the same after a break-up.

Adapted from: Imponderables

AzJue

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 Kelalang Kon 0 comments

The 2011 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to three American-born scientists for discovering that the expansion of the universe is surprisingly accelerating, and not slowing down, through the study of exploding stars known as supernovae.



One half of the prize will be given to Saul Perlmutter of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., and the other half jointly to Brian P. Schmidt of the Australian National University in Weston Creek, Australia and to Adam G. Riess of the Johns Hopkins University Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae."



Saul Perlmutter

Adam G. Riess

Brian P. Schmidt



 



"Imagine the amazement that the expansion [of the universe] was not slowing down but it was actually accelerating," said Uppsala University professor Olga Botner during the Nobel Prize announcement in Stockholm Tuesday morning. "The unreal feeling could be likened to the feeling you get if you in your car step on the brake and suddenly you realize that your car is actually accelerating."







from: www.insidescience.org









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Tahukah Anda? Kelalang Kon Monday, 13 February 2012 1 comments

              

Hanya nyamuk betina yang menghisap darah. Darah ini bukanlah sumber makanan. Ia merupakan sumber protein yang diperlukan untuk perkembangan dan pertumbuhan telur nyamuk. Kedua-dua nyamuk jantan dan betina hidup dengan memakan sari bunga dan buah (nektar). Kadangkala nyamuk juga lebih tertarik untuk menghisap darah sesetengah orang berbanding yang lain. Kecenderungan nyamuk untuk menghisap darah adalah disebabkan beberapa faktor antaranya :

• Nyamuk tertarik kepada karbon dioksida. Orang dewasa membebaskan lebih banyak karbon dioksida berbanding kanak-kanak. Wanita  mengandung juga lebih terdedah kepada risiko digigit nyamuk kerana mereka membebaskan 21%  lebih banyak karbon dioksida dari orang biasa.

• Nyamuk juga lebih tertarik kepada orang yang mempunyai suhu badan yang tinggi.

• Pembebasan bahan kimia seperti asid laktik (dibebaskan ketika bersukan dan ketika mengeluarkan peluh) oleh tubuh meningkatkan risiko digigit nyamuk.

Jadi jika tidak mahu digigit nyamuk, elakkan dari memakai pakaian yang berwarna gelap, jangan memakai perfume yang berunsur bunga dan buah, elakkan dari berpeluh, gunakan penyembur nyamuk yang mengandungi DEET (dimethyl-m-toluamide) atau menghalau nyamuk secara semulajadi dengan menanam pokok-pokok yang kuat baunya di sekeliling rumah antaranya pokok pudina, bunga tahi ayam dan pokok bawang.

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