Problem: Article: Keep your brain alert by reading every day. This is the most important thing you can do to keep up for school next year. Choose books that you want to read so you'll stay motivated. If you have required reading, break it up with fun reading. Read at the beach, the pool, or the park. Switch up your summer learning by visiting museums, historical sites, aquariums, and zoos. Take in a play or a classical music concert. Increase your learning by reading signs, explanations, and playbills. Try to find a volunteer tutoring position -- you'll understand subjects better if you need to explain them clearly. Look for a volunteer position related to your career goals, like with the police department or in the library. You'll learn about your future career and be learning relevant skills. Consult your school's website to see if there are recommended websites for working on math, science, or reading. Talk to your teachers about websites or apps they recommend for studying over the summer. Check out the American Library Association lists of best websites for teaching and learning. Look into Khan Academy if you're in middle or high school and PBS Kids if you're in elementary school. Find a website for practicing your typing skills, like Typing Club.
Summary: Read a lot. Go on field trips. Volunteer. Tap into sources for educational activities.

Problem: Article: Poke the skewer through the longest part of the mushroom. For example, if the mushroom is short and wide, thread the skewer width-ways through the mushroom. Alternatively, if the mushroom round, or long and skinny, thread the skewer length-ways through the mushroom. Leave a gap between each mushroom to help them cook evenly. This recipe works with any type of mushrooms; however, button mushrooms tend to stay on the kebab skewers best. If you don't have metal skewers use wooden skewers instead. Make sure to soak the skewers in water for 20 minutes before threading the mushrooms onto the kebabs. Buy skewers from a cooking store or a supermarket. Use a pair of metal tongs to gently turn each kebab over. This helps to brown both sides of the kebabs and ensures that the middle of the mushrooms cook evenly. If the mushrooms haven't browned, leave them on the grill for another 2 minutes. Mushrooms taste best when they are fresh off the grill, as they tend to go soggy once they cool down. Enjoy the mushrooms by themselves, or serve them with a salad, meat, or vegetables.
Summary: Thread 4 mushrooms onto a metal skewer. Turn the mushroom kebabs over and grill them for another 5 minutes. Enjoy the mushrooms hot with your favourite sides.

Problem: Article: If you thought cardio was a great way to burn calories, well, you'd be right. But what you'd be missing out on is that there are even better ways -- and that's interval training. The benefits of cardio (which are innumerable to start with) are amplified with this tactic. High-intensity interval training involves repeatedly exercising at a high intensity for 30 seconds to several minutes, separated by 1-5 minutes of recovery (either no or low-intensity exercise). Consider the benefits: You'll burn more calories. The more vigorously you exercise, the more calories you'll burn even if you increase intensity for just a few minutes at a time. You'll improve your aerobic capacity. As your cardiovascular fitness improves, you'll be able to exercise longer or with more intensity. Imagine finishing your 60-minute walk in 45 minutes or the additional calories you'll burn by keeping up the pace for the full 60 minutes. You'll keep boredom at bay. Turning up your intensity in short intervals can add variety to your exercise routine. You don't need special equipment. You can simply modify your current routine. Lifting weights isn't the fastest way to burn calories, no. But you do need both cardio and weights to reap the ultimate benefits. Your metabolism relies on it -- more muscle, higher metabolism. Higher metabolism equals more calories burned. Many women avoid weight training because they're afraid of bulking up. But a little heavy lifting is actually your number-one key to calorie burn: The more lean muscle you have on your body, the faster your metabolism, the more calories you'll burn, and the slimmer and trimmer you'll look. That's because even when your muscles are at rest, they still require three times more energy than fat for tissue maintenance and rebuilding. We've established that you need cardio and weight training to really amp up your calorie expenditure. But what's more, if you do it right, you'll get an afterburn effect; you can burn up to 300 calories post-workout. Seriously. A simple definition of how to do this would be to lift something heavy, sprint and repeat several times over. It works your heart and lungs but also helps tone your muscles at the same time. Mix up a run with burpees, squats, deadlifts, and sprints to burn calories even while you have your feet up on the couch. Gyms often offer classes that involve both these domains. Ask yours about the cardio/weight classes they have available. You'll get the workout and find buddies to gripe with afterward -- and you thought only Charlie Sheen was winning. Often people fall back into thinking that cardio is code for running. While running is a very efficient way to burn calories, there are others. Swimming, rowing, boxing, and dancing are all great workouts, too. A good, solid rowing workout can easily have you burning 800 to 1,000 calories in an hour's worth of work. Just 45 minutes in the pool will easily burn 800 excess calories just itching to be stored as fat. Boxing rings in at about 700 calories per hour, depending on your weight. Something simple like ballet even burns about 450 calories an hour. If you can jog around your block blindfolded and with both arms tied behind your back, it's high time you find something else to do. Not only will this keep your mind fresh, but your body needs the challenge, too. It adapts to activities and burns fewer calories when they become old hat. To give your metabolism the ol' fake-out, go for cross-training. Don't forget about the after-burn! When your body does something it's not used to, it takes time to recover. In that recovery period, your metabolism is still up. Whatever you do, discover new muscles and keep 'em guessing.
Summary: Try high-intensity interval training. Pump the iron. Train to burn fat. Mix it up. Take up a new sport.

Problem: Article: Some of the chemical compounds in garlic help to counteract infections of the lymphatic system. Get 2-3 cloves of garlic and crush them. Spread this mixture on top of a piece of bread and eat it. Repeat this process daily and watch for the swelling to improve. Get a full glass of tap water and mix in 1 tablespoon (14.8ml) of apple cider vinegar. Drink this mixture 2 times a day until you feel better. The acetic acid in the vinegar will help to rid your body of harmful bacteria that can abscess inside swollen nodes. If you are vitamin C deficient, then your body will not be able to fight off infection effectively. You can get additional vitamin C by taking a supplement or by eating the right foods, such as oranges and strawberries. If you decide to take a supplement, make sure to clear it with your doctor. Mix together 2-3 drops tea tree essential oil with 2-3 drops coconut oil. Use a cotton swab to apply this mixture on to the irritated nodes. Repeat this process a maximum of twice daily to avoid irritating your skin.
Summary:
Eat raw garlic cloves. Drink an apple cider vinegar and water mixture. Get enough vitamin C. Rub tea tree oil into the swollen skin.