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Archive for June, 2009

In this book, which might be very important for many of us, author, journalist and philosopher Michael Pollan describes his absolutely unexpected to us vision on kind of relation between Man and Nature, on how people and domesticated plants have formed each other. Reffering to such human desires as sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control and linking them with the satisfied plants – the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato, and how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind’s most basic yearnings.

“…our sense of plants as passive objects is a failure of imagination, rooted in the fact that plants occupy what amounts to a different dimension.”

”The fact, simply, is this,” Pollan writes. ”Apples don’t ‘come true’ from seeds — that is, an apple tree grown from a seed will be a wildling bearing little resemblance to its parent.” A tree grown from Red Delicious seed may bear fruit that’s emerald or umber, golf-ball-size or big as a grapefruit, cloyingly sweet or ”sour enough to set a squirrel’s teeth on edge,” as Thoreau put it — anything, that is, except Red and Delicious. ”Thoreau claimed to like the taste of such apples,” Pollan adds, ”but most of his countrymen judged them good for little but hard cider — and hard cider was the fate of most apples grown in America up until Prohibition. Apples were something people drank.” Johnny Appleseed was so beloved, in other words, because he ”was bringing the gift of alcohol to the frontier.”

Who is really domesticating whom that is the quastion.
The book is highly recommended to all thoose who are prone to thought.

US passes million swine flu cases since the H1N1 virus emerged nearly three months ago, BBC reports.

First UK swine flu victim was woman aged 38 died in a Scottish hospital.

Swine flu has now infected almost 500 people in Scotland alone, out of 1,261 cases in the UK.

How does novel H1N1 virus spread?
According to CDC (Center for Disiase Copntrol and Prevention) virus H1N1 spreads thought to be happening in the same way that seasonal flu spreads. Flu viruses are spread mainly from person to person through coughing or sneezing by people with influenza. Sometimes people may become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose.

How long can an infected person spread this virus to others?
At the current time, CDC believes that this virus has the same properties in terms of spread as seasonal flu viruses. With seasonal flu, studies have shown that people may be contagious from one day before they develop symptoms to up to 7 days after they get sick. Children, especially younger children, might potentially be contagious for longer periods. they are studying the virus and you can try to read and learn more about getting new information as it becomes available.

Here is BBC map you can check Swine flu: Country by country

That interesting fact has been found during the study followed 11,326 adults in Canada for 12 years then published online in the journal Obesity June 18. A few extra pounds might bring extra years – overweight people were 17 percent less likely to die than those of normal weight. The risk for obese people was the same as for people of normal weight, the study authors noted as well. The findings do not mean that normal-weight people should try to pack on extra pounds, the researchers said.

“It may be that a few extra pounds actually protect older people as their health declines, but that doesn’t mean that people in the normal weight range should try to put on a few pounds,” said study co-author Mark Kaplan, a professor of community health at Portland State University.

“It’s not surprising that extreme underweight and extreme obesity increase the risk of dying, but it is surprising that carrying a little extra weight may give people a longevity advantage,” co-author David Feeny, a senior investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., said in a Kaiser news release.

But Kaplan noted that there’s more to health than just living longer. “Our study only looked at mortality, not at quality of life,” he pointed out, “and there are many negative health consequences associated with obesity, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.”

Being healthy involves more than body mass index (BMI) or the number on a bathroom scale, said Dr. Keith Bachman, a weight management specialist with Kaiser Permanente’s Care Management Institute.

“We know that people who choose a healthy lifestyle enjoy better health: good food choices, being physically active every day, managing stress, and keeping blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels in check,” Bachman said in the news release.

via HealthDay

Recent studies published in Lancet 2001 (medical journal) have shown that glucosamine does have a controlling factor over osteoarthritis symptoms. In 2003 The British Journal of Sports Medicine reviewed the results of fifteen studies using Glucosamine upon osteoarthritis of the knee. The studies concluded that the taking Glucosamine supplements will improve mobility in 20% of cases.

The studies also found that reduced symptoms only occur several weeks after starting a Glucosamine program, so immediate pain relief cannot be expected. There were are also no findings that continued use impacts the effectiveness of dosage, however it is recommended that caution be taken when embarking upon a long term program.

Although the above studies are from well respected sources there are many issues of bias and quality that overshadow a lot of the research behind glucosamine and its effects upon osteoarthritis. Until larger studies have been conducted there can be no conclusive evidence of glucosamine’s effects.

Having said this, large amounts of scientific research does point to Glucosamine as the solution to cartilage damage, which has led to a large number of medically qualified people recommended its use for osteoarthritis sufferers.

Definitely you are what you eat. This idea has come to us via quite a tortuous route. Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote, in Physiologie du Gout, ou Meditations de Gastronomie Transcendante, 1826:

“Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es.” (Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are).

In an essay entitled Concerning Spiritualism and Materialism, 1863/4, Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach wrote:

“Der Mensch ist, was er ißt.”

That translates into English as ‘man is what he eats’.

That’s right and no doubt your eating habits can say a lot about you. Is your fridge stocked full of fresh fruits or fat-filled and overly salted processed convenience foods? You are what you eat and the fact is there are many ways on how to win and keep health with a diet which might includes actually any food you like, though it were any salads or perfect pripared meat with a bocal of your favorites wine.

No one denies that with what you eat you can change not only your cognition and mood but a little bit the world.

Well let’s start with fat, all of us have it and some of us need less and some need more, but the ones who need less try many methods of getting rid of it.
Smart Lipo utilised a laser to tighten the skin through collagen formation and coagulation, wow just got completely confused?? I bet you did, let me explain in “English” what that means,
Collagen is a type of protein, it’s fibrous in nature and it connects and supports other bodily tissues such as what we all know, skin, bone, tendons, muscles and cartilage. It also supports the internal organs and its even in your teeth.
Coagulation is a fairly complex process in which blood forms clots e.g. if you cut your finger etc. you need coagulation for your finger to stop bleeding, so I hope now your more familiar with the process of smart lipo.
How Smart Lipo works
Smart Lipo works by melting small areas of fat to mildly change the shape, now this is quite painless and in doing so the patient does not necessarily need a general anaesthetic. This is one of the reasons that Smart Lipo is such a good technique and the patient does not need much recovery time as they would if they were under a general anaesthetic. So the recovery time is much quicker.
The most common areas to be treated by Smart Lipo are the abdomen, waist and hips less common are the inner thighs, outer thighs the back and the chin, this technique works very well in those areas as well.

According to the World Health Organization a swine flu pandemic — the first global flu epidemic in 41 years — as infections in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere climbed to nearly 30,000 cases.

The long-awaited pandemic announcement is scientific confirmation that a new flu virus has emerged and is quickly circling the globe. WHO will now ask drugmakers to speed up production of a swine flu vaccine. The declaration will also prompt governments to devote more money toward efforts to contain the virus.

WHO chief Dr. Margaret Chan made the announcement Thursday after the U.N. agency held an emergency meeting with flu experts. Chan said she was moving the world to phase 6 — the agency’s highest alert level — which means a pandemic, or global epidemic, is under way.

“The world is moving into the early days of its first influenza pandemic in the 21st century,” Chan told reporters. “The (swine flu) virus is now unstoppable.”

Yoga Diet is an important part of common yoga style life and also one of the basic Five Principles of Yoga one has to keep. To eat for live but not to live for eat this is the idea of Yoga diet.

No doubt eating properly aids your health and makes you feel fitter and cleaner, the diet is a perfect complement to Yoga exercise as well. Despite the fact that the Yoga diet is not a diet in the common sense it is absolutely healthy, balanced food, aiming to cultivate and preserve energy, vitality, and longevity.

Here is 2 summer recipes you can prepare quick

White Sangria with Fruit
In the summer, white sangria is a refreshing change from white wine. To peel peaches, cook them in boiling water for 30 seconds, then plunge into ice water. The skins should slip right off.

Lavender Milk Bath will make a soothing and relaxing,
Fill a tub with hot water, then add the following:

1/2 cup dead sea salts
1/2 cup epsom salts
8 drops organic lavender essential oil
4 drops neroli essential oil
1 cup powdered milk
1/4 cup lavender

Today plastic surgery is a very popular procedure. Many people have become professionals in this field and today they help others to become good-looking. There are many los angeles plastic surgeons who work with celebrities and are ready to give a helping hand to those who want to be provided with the best service.

Today such procedures as beverly hills breast augmentation are well-known and affordable. But did you know that everything started around 600 BC in India.

Many researchers agree that the first procedures to repair noses were performed in this country and described in ancient Indian texts. In these texts descriptions of how to repair noses and ears can be found. This method was kept secret for several hundred years. The procedure was performed by cutting skin from cheek or forehead after that this skin was twisted over a leaf and sewed into place. Not very pleasant, but helpful.

Fortunately, today methods are different. Everything is done in an appropriate place and by qualified professionals. People can not only repair their noses and ears but have tummy tuck beverly hills. And remember, it is always better to overpay and have guarantee.

Weight Loss Diets is the theme many people are interested in trying to choose the right one lately. The fact is good mood, vegetables, fruits and any kind of acting are the secret of your good looking. Besides that the possibilities to choose a diet that will fit your lifestyle, if you after all do need it, are endless from Atkins Diet, Plan or Grapefruit Diet to Hollywood Diet, Jenny Craig or Russian Airforce Diet. By the way here is 7 day menu for the Russian Airforce Diet including day-by-day eating plan.

Day 1
Breakfast – Coffee
Lunch – 2 eggs and 1 tomato
Dinner – 7 ounces red meat + green salad

Day 2
Breakfast – Coffee and toast or water cracker
Lunch – 7 ounces red meat + green salad
Dinner – 5 ounces of ham and 1 cup of yoghurt

Day 3
Breakfast – coffee and toast or water cracker
Lunch – Green salad and 1 tomato and 1 orange
Dinner – 3 ounces of ham, fruit salad, 2 eggs

Day 4
Breakfast – Coffee and toast or water cracker
Lunch – 5 ounces gruyer cheese, 1 egg, 1 carrot
Dinner – Fruit salad and 1 cup of yoghurt

Day 5
Breakfast – 5 ounces ham and 1 cup carrots
Lunch – 7 ounces broiled fish and 1 tomato
Dinner – 8 ounces of red meat

Day 6
Breakfast – Coffee and toast or water cracker
Lunch – 1/4 chicken based and 1 orange
Dinner – 2 eggs and 1 raw carrot

Day 7
Breakfast – Coffee and toast or water cracker
Lunch – 7 ounces red meat and 1 orange
Dinner – Anything you weant up to 500 calories
(you should repeat diet for 6 more days)

If you are too busy to cook or if you don’t enjoy cooking, consider a diet based on meal-replacement protein shakes diet programs that are easy and quick to prepare. If you have time and enjoy planning a meal, then you may prefer a diet program that allows for three meals each day and more numerous food choices.

Besides that you should to consider exactly what you want. If you want to lose a lot of weight, be prepared to include exercise into your daily regime and perhaps more restrictive dietary habits and not only. Anyway be aware that it is generally not considered healthy to lose more than 1 to 2 pounds per week, so don’t try to lose too much too fast.

Take the necessary time to learn about different diet programs to learn about for choosing to ensure that you’re able to follow the program closely. Don’t forget to investigate the benefits of all of the diets you are considering and to consult your doctor before you begin a diet, to ensure safety. Remember that dieting isn’t strictly what you eat. It also takes exercise to make it work.