Archive for January, 2010
An Apple a Day Takes on a New Meaning whether You’re Dieting
I have to confess, I have a love/hate relationship with apples. I usually have to be in a very specific mood to actually want to consume an apple. When I am, they taste delicious, and nothing else but their taut, firm skin and juicy inside will do to suppress your hunger. However, whether I’m not in the mood, and more specifically, whether the apple is nor organic and of a variety that I really like, next I pretty much have to force myself to gag the apple down, knowing that it’s one of the healthiest, most portable snacks I can possibly put in my body.
That’s why it’s so challenging to eat healthy all the duration though. Our bodies naturally crave crap, to put it simply. And, when we’ve been on a crap bender, eating whatever we want for days or weeks at a date, and thereupon have to get back in the habit of eating healthy snacks like apples instead of something like say, chips and dip, next our bodies naturally rebel. Quite simply, we have grown used to the chemicals, the fats and sugars in all the processed and fattening foods, and our bodies go through nothing other than what I can describe as withdrawal.
These are the times when it’s all the much more crucial to reaquaint yourself with the apple. Not only does it help cleanse out all the poor stuff you were eating, but it gradually gets your body used to the natural sugars again, and how wonderful they can taste once you’ve gotten all the processed cravings out of your system.
Apples contain so many good things for you body, but I will tell you that I only recommend the organic variety. Apples are sprayed with chemical pesticides a lot whether they are not organic. They are additionally irradiated to preserve freshness longer. I can tell you that both of these processes not only rob the apple of some of it’s nutrients, but they additionally completely ruin it’s flavor, in my opinion. whether you don’t believe me, try a fresh, organic apple as opposed to a regular old grocery store produce section non organic apple, and you tell me. You should notice quite a difference in texture and flavor that will leave you appreciation the apples’ naturally light sweetness and fragile flavor much more fervently!
Apples contain tons of fiber. Wanna get regular? Eat apples! They contain a special fiber called pectin that has been thought to really help dieters even more considering it is so filling and cleansing to the digestive tract. Apples have actually been pegged as an excellent food to eat in the considering they supposedly help you to wake up! They are low calorie, with a larger apple clocking in at about 60 to 80 calories, every bit usable and favourable to your body.
Apples plus contain some mighty antioxidants that not only help to fight free radicals but plus help in the anti aging fight by keeping cells healthy longer and tissues more supple and healthy. They plus contain flavanoids, which are excellent for the body. I like them most considering they are super filling. I can eat a half an apple after dinner and it totally makes me full for hours longer than whether I had just eaten dinner with no apple “dessert”. They are truly the dieters friend – and the person who watches their weight would be smart to add these to their repertoire.
Original post by EatingToLive
New treatment for malaria possible
Malaria causes more than two million deaths each year, but an expert multinational team battling the global spread of drug-resistant parasites has made a breakthrough in the search for better therapy. Better understanding of the make-up of these parasites and the way they reproduce has enabled an universal team, led by John Dalton, a biochemist in McGill’s Institute of Parasitology, to identify a plan of attack for the development of urgently needed new therapys……..
Original post by Heather Craven
Are new genes always better?
Re-vegetation seems like a favourable strategy for conserving and restoring damaged ecosystems, and using a variety of species can help increase biodiversity in these systems. But what are the risks involved with introducing seeds from other locations to plants located near the damaged site? Introduced populations often hybridize with the local populations from the same species, which can aftermath in “polluting” neighboring populations with genes that are poorly adapted to local conditions. Long-term consequences of such “pollution” could negatively impact the survival of the existing native populations……..
Original post by Heather Craven
Blood experiment can predict rheumatoid arthritis
Scientists from University Hospital in Umea, Sweden, have identified several cytokines, cytokine-related factors, and chemokines that increase significantly previous to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease onset. These findings confirm those of earlier studies which propose that the risk of developing RA can be predicted and disease progression appears to be prevented. Complete findings of that study are reported in the recent issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology……..
Original post by Heather Craven
Research may find new treatment for aneurysms
New research findings from a team at the Providence Heart + Lung Institute at St. Paul’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia (UBC) may lead to new therapy options for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) a potentially fatal disease that currently has no pharmacological therapys. An aortic aneurysm is a bulging of the aorta, the largest blood vessel in the body. whether the aneurysm ruptures, it causes rapid blood loss and a high risk of death. About 75 per cent of all aortic aneurysms occur in the part of the aorta that is located in the abdomen, which supplies blood to the lower limbs……..
Original post by Heather Craven
Brain responses during anesthesia
The brains of public under anesthesia reply to stimuli as they do in the deepest part of sleep lending credence to a developing theory of consciousness and suggesting a new method to assess loss of consciousness in conditions such as coma. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, led by brain researcher Fabio Ferrarelli, reported their findings in that week’s edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science…….
Original post by Heather Craven
Prenatal exposure to convinced chemicals
A newly released study led by Mount Sinai scientists in collaboration with researchers from Cornell University and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has found higher prenatal exposure to phthalatesmanmade chemicals that interfere with hormonal messagingto be connected with disruptive and problem behaviors in children amidst the ages of 4 and 9 years. The study, which is the first to examine the effects of prenatal phthalate exposure on child neurobehavioral development, will be published January 28, on the Environmental Health Perspectives website……..
Original post by Heather Craven
