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Melatonin is a natural compound released by the body, usually at night, and throwing off that balance by adding more of it to your system can cause additional sleep issues, if you decide to take it, remember it's all about the timing of the melatonin, not the amount of melatonin. The general rule of thumb is taking the melatonin two hours before your desired bedtime, because if you take it too late, it can throw off your sleep schedule. – Raj Dasgupta	Found on CNN 3 years ago
If there is anyone who felt it was OK to touch, that's not someone we have inside our four walls, you do so much work, putting in everything —' How is the silverware laid out ?' ' What's the lighting ?' — and it takes one table of drunk knuckleheads to throw off the whole thing. So you have to comb your clients and you have to teach them as much as anyone else. – Hugh Hefner	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We all have bacteria, yeasts and other types of microbes living in our digestive tracts and many strains of these actually provide a benefit — that's why fermented foods and probiotics are so healthy, but excessive sugar intake can throw off the balance leading to an overgrowth of normally occurring yeast and pathogenic bacteria. This can have a negative effect on our energy, skin, immune function, mood and many other consequences. – Robin Foroutan	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Plus, things like stress can throw off ovulation, so even if you think you are scheduling everything out to the T, your body could naturally be delayed a little bit, if you have sex and take a pregnancy test a few days later, it can still come back negative. That doesn’t mean the test is not accurate or you’re not pregnant, it could mean that you’re doing it too early. – Foods Pregnant Women	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
There are a number of big REITs that own good juicy portfolios of properties that throw off cash flows, there is also enough scale there that you could see potentially a large deal. – Lorne Steinberg	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
One of the most intelligent traffickers has been Chapo, his son is not the brightest star on the Christmas tree. The best recorded intelligence on the son is that he doesn't have his father's intelligence. But I caution this could be a diversion to throw off authorities. – Phil Jordan	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Talks on the Iran nuclear issue face a historic opportunity, and striking a comprehensive deal on schedule is the trend of the times and the desire of the people, reaching comprehensive agreement is beneficial to Iran upholding its own legal rights, including the right to the peaceful use of nuclear power, and for the people of Iran to throw off the difficulties of sanctions as early as possible and focus on energetically developing the economy. – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Cares are often more difficult to throw off than sorrows; the latter die with time, the former grow. – Jean Paul	added by anonymous 10 years ago
We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stutter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost at once. – Logan Pearsall Smith	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Melatonin is a natural compound released by the body, usually at night, and throwing off that balance by adding more of it to your system can cause additional sleep issues, if you decide to take it, remember it's all about the timing of the melatonin, not the amount of melatonin. The general rule of thumb is taking the melatonin two hours before your desired bedtime, because if you take it too late, it can throw off your sleep schedule.

– Raj Dasgupta

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If there is anyone who felt it was OK to touch, that's not someone we have inside our four walls, you do so much work, putting in everything —' How is the silverware laid out ?' ' What's the lighting ?' — and it takes one table of drunk knuckleheads to throw off the whole thing. So you have to comb your clients and you have to teach them as much as anyone else.

– Hugh Hefner

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We all have bacteria, yeasts and other types of microbes living in our digestive tracts and many strains of these actually provide a benefit — that's why fermented foods and probiotics are so healthy, but excessive sugar intake can throw off the balance leading to an overgrowth of normally occurring yeast and pathogenic bacteria. This can have a negative effect on our energy, skin, immune function, mood and many other consequences.

– Robin Foroutan

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Plus, things like stress can throw off ovulation, so even if you think you are scheduling everything out to the T, your body could naturally be delayed a little bit, if you have sex and take a pregnancy test a few days later, it can still come back negative. That doesn’t mean the test is not accurate or you’re not pregnant, it could mean that you’re doing it too early.

– Foods Pregnant Women

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

There are a number of big REITs that own good juicy portfolios of properties that throw off cash flows, there is also enough scale there that you could see potentially a large deal.

– Lorne Steinberg

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

One of the most intelligent traffickers has been Chapo, his son is not the brightest star on the Christmas tree. The best recorded intelligence on the son is that he doesn't have his father's intelligence. But I caution this could be a diversion to throw off authorities.

– Phil Jordan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Talks on the Iran nuclear issue face a historic opportunity, and striking a comprehensive deal on schedule is the trend of the times and the desire of the people, reaching comprehensive agreement is beneficial to Iran upholding its own legal rights, including the right to the peaceful use of nuclear power, and for the people of Iran to throw off the difficulties of sanctions as early as possible and focus on energetically developing the economy.

– Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Cares are often more difficult to throw off than sorrows; the latter die with time, the former grow.

– Jean Paul

added by anonymous
10 years ago

We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stutter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost at once.

– Logan Pearsall Smith

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

– H. Jackson Brown Jr.

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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