Shocking Things You Didn’t Know about Water and Coca Cola

1. Seventy-five percent of Americans are chronically dehydrated (likely applies to half world population). 2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger. 3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as much as 3%. 4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of

12 Common Diabetes Myths

Can eating too much sugar cause diabetes? Is there only one kind of diabetes that is dangerous? There is any number of myths about diabetes–here we debunk twelve of the most common ones.Myth #1: People with diabetes can’t eat anything sweetDespite what you may have heard, a piece of cake or a couple of cookies won’t cause a health crisis. In fact, sweets can be eaten in moderation by people

12 Tips to Reduce Food Contamination from Packaging

Dioxin in paper and chemicals in plastics can migrate into food. For example, everyone knows the taste of plastic found in plastic-bottled water that has been left in the sun. One should go to extremes to eliminate the circumstances that can cause such migrations of chemicals into food because some plastics can disrupt hormones. The following guidelines should help give you ideas of how to

19 Simple Ways to Lower Heart Disease Risk

If you’re thinking, “Why should I worry about heart health?” here’s a reality check: A third of Americans already have some form of the condition. Even if you don’t have a family history of cardiovascular problems, you should take steps to protect your ticker. Why? Because your heart rules the health of every other system in your body.“Every disease is connected to heart health, including

Surprising Uses of Tea

For Health and Beauty Cool sunburned skinWhat can you do when you forget to use sunscreen and have to pay the price with a painful burn? A few wet tea bags applied to the affected skin will take out the sting. This works well for other types of minor burns (i.e., from a teapot or steam iron) too. If the sunburn is too widespread to treat this way, put some tea bags in your bathwater

Ways You Can Waste Less Food & Water

There is a lot of waste of food and water in the world.In New York City alone 270,000 pounds of food are wasted each day. This first video cleverly gives you an idea of what this means.Then watch the other two to see how you can do your part.Waiting for the Apple TrainYou’ll enjoy this. Don’t worry, those apples weren’t actually wasted. It’s all trick photography.The video on page 2 gives you

Top 100 Best Herbs for Your Health and Wellness

If you’re interested in supplementing your health and wellness routine with some natural remedies, herbs offer a valuable and time-tested way to do so. Whether you want to boost the health of your heart, ease the discomfort of arthritis, or just wake up your mind, this list of 100 herbs and medicinal plants can help you do it. Please keep in mind, however, that not all herbal supplements are

The 10 Worst Energy Zappers and How to Beat Them

Lack of SleepDuh, right? Well how come we don't get enough sleep? It needs to be a priority and you need to muster up the proper motivation to make it happen. Now, not everyone needs 8 hours of sleep, but some do. How do you figure out how much you need? Experiment. Measure how much you need by how you feel the next day. Are you dragging with droopy eyelids all day if you only sleep for 7

7 Ills That Don’t Need Pills

1 Arthritis: There's a good chance that losing weight will make arthritis less painful. Combine weight loss with exercise and you may have less pain and more mobility. Even for those who don't need to lose weight, exercise that doesn't put "load" on the joints, such as swimming, reduces pain. 2 Cholesterol: Your LDL level may drop by about 5 percent if you avoid foods high in saturated fat.

Ways to Use Tea

For Health and Beauty Cool sunburned skinWhat can you do when you forget to use sunscreen and have to pay the price with a painful burn? A few wet tea bags applied to the affected skin will take out the sting. This works well for other types of minor burns (i.e., from a teapot or steam iron) too. If the sunburn is too widespread to treat this way, put some tea bags in your bathwater

Lemon Water Diet

A sure, fast and natural way of losing weight is by following the lemon water diet.Hectic lifestyle and demanding careers, leaves little scope for bothering about a healthy lifestyle. Late night working hours and then the parties after hours take a toll on the skin and weight. Poor eating habits and especially, eating high fat content food items crash all the diet plans in a fraction of a

Facts About Ostrich Eggs

The ostrich eggs are nutritious and so is the ostrich meat. Ostrich eggs constitute a part of a healthy diet for many. One of the facts about ostrich eggs is that these are the largest eggs laid by any living bird, till date. The ostrich is a large earthbound, flightless bird native to Africa. It belongs to Struthionidae family and genus Struthio. The male ostrich is referred to as rooster and

Eating Raw Eggs

Before you make a face at the thought of eating raw eggs, find out how it can benefit you, and how you can include it in your diet.Benefits of Eating Raw EggsSeveral risks of eating raw eggs have been outlined, but there are also several benefits of the same. However, you are never going to be sure about the effects of eating raw eggs - good or bad, unless you take a look at the information

Top 10 Food Items Made From Soybeans

If you haven’t found a tasty food item that’s made from soy, then you haven’t been looking very hard. The bean is incredibly versatile – it can be created to resemble many different food-types, notably dairy and meat. But its biggest fans extol its health benefits, which have been well-documented. Studies have shown that soy contains antioxidants – daidzein and genistein – that have an

Surprising Reasons to Eat More Blueberries

1. Catechins found in blueberries activate fat-burning genes in abdominal fat cells to assist with weight loss, and belly fat loss in particular. According to research at Tufts University, regularly ingesting catechins increases abdominal fat loss by 77 percent and double total weight loss.2. They contain a group of natural phytonutrients (plant nutrient) called

Illnesses You Can Cure or Prevent with Chocolate

Here are 10 illnesses you can cure or prevent with chocolate: High Blood PressureChocolate and cocoa contain flavanols, which have both antioxidant qualities and heart-healthy qualities. One of the vascular benefits of eating flavanols is lowering blood pressure. High CholesterolWhen consuming chocolate, you’re ingesting flavanoids which have major antioxidant power known to lower the bad

Few things you do not know about Texas

1. The True Origins of “Don’t Mess With Texas.”Everyone thinks this is some kind of jingoistic crazy Texan shotgun-rack-on-the-pickup-truck-type slogan. The funny thing about it is that it’s really an anti-litter campaign. Yup. During the ’80s, they had all these commercials meant to compete with the crying Native American dude commercial. They would show someone throwing a beer can out of a

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World’s five most valuable diamonds

Golden Jubilee DiamondAt 545.7 carats, this is the largest cut diamond in the world. Graded as a ‘fancy yellow-brown’ colour, it was presented to the King of Thailand in 1997 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his coronation. Thailand was experiencing economic difficulties at the time so, to avoid accusations of extravagance, the government referred to this stone as a large ‘golden topaz’

History of car racing

In the 1920s, the cars used in endurance racing and Grand Prix were still basically identical, with fenders and two seats, to carry a mechanic if necessary or permitted.Cars such as the Bugatti Type 35 were almost equally at home in Grands Prix and endurance events, but specialisation gradually started to differentiate the sports-racer from the Grand Prix car.The legendary Alfa Romeo Tipo A