In a long-term study of the health of the people of in the United States, the U.S. Public Health Service documented the chances of developing heart disease among various groups in the population. Long before the any symptoms appeared, epidemiological research could identify high-risk groups. Among the highest risk factors are male sex, age over 35, cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, high levels of certain blood fats, and a family history of cardiovascular disorders. … [Read more...]
7 Diet Secrets of the Stars
August 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Celebrities always look fabulous. Whether appearing in television or films or strutting down the red carpet during movie premiers and awards, they never cease to fascinate us with their larger than life presence. The truth is, it takes a lot of effort to look the way they do, and being the public figures that they are, they cannot afford to slack off when it comes to taking care of their physical appearances. Their livelihood largely depends on how they look. Aside from the clothes, the hair and … [Read more...]
Earthship reviewed
August 21, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Earthships Defined At its simplest and most powerful, the Earthship concept enables people to re-integrate with nature through their homes. Conventional house building only encourages further dis-integration at all levels.Earthships are solar independent buildings that heat and cool themselves, are self powered, harvest their own water and deal with their own waste. … [Read more...]
Alternative Housing
August 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The standard way to set up housekeeping in the West amounts to this: The American dream is to own a house. If you can’t afford a house you can start with a condominium. Until you can afford either one of those it is expected that you rent either an apartment or a house. Once you can afford the down payment for a house, you are supposed to find a real estate agent to help you find one and then you get a bank to finance it. With a standard 30-year mortgage if you borrow $100,000 you will end up paying … [Read more...]
Green Home Building
August 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I ran across this website on a quest for Earthships. Really I love the idea of having a multi-building environment and they idea of choosing multiple methods to build the houses. This site has got you covered, there is explanations of many different types of architecture, many different mediums. Your hosts at greenhomebuilding.com are Kelly and Rosana Hart. We are happy to be able to provide you with the wide range of information related to sustainable architecture … [Read more...]
BioHome
August 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
BioHOME is the prototype of closed-system housing and sustainable living, built with everyman in mind. It is an ongoing developing project in kit form for the homeowner builder, giving you affordability, ease of construction, free standing power systems and more. The goal at Project BioHOME is to provide a unique and unconventional design you easily can construct yourself, freeing you up from central feeds - power and water - NO BILLS. … [Read more...]
Tantric Breathing
August 10, 2008 By 1 Comment
Tantric breathing has its basis in tantric sex, but can also be used alone to move yourself closer to that ultimate feeling of enlightenment. The Exercise At Rest Don't eat or drink for 2 hours. Knees up, head as low as your back. Loose or stretch clothes will let you expand both chest and tummy. Now you're ready. . . Step 1 Inhale with nose only, mouth closed. First use just half of your inhale breath so just your tummy rises, your ribs don't rise.Don't exhale yet, and. . . … [Read more...]
"Drink at Least 8 Glasses of Water a Day" – Really?
August 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Dartmouth Professor Finds No Scientific Evidence for '8 x 8' Hanover, NH -- It has become accepted wisdom: "Drink at least eight glasses of water a day!" Not necessarily, says DMS physician Heinz Valtin, MD. The universal advice that has made guzzling water a national pastime is more urban myth than medical dogma and appears to lack scientific proof, he found. In an invited review published online by the American Journal of Physiology August 8, Valtin, the Vail and Hampers professor emeritus … [Read more...]
Venus, Roman Goddess of Romance and Beauty
August 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Venus meant "charm" and this Roman goddess certainly knew how to do that! Although she was a latecomer to Roman mythology, she rose quickly among the ranks.Like the Greek goddess Aphrodite whose mythology she inherited, the Roman goddess Venus assumed the divine responsibility for love, beauty, and sexuality, not to mention marriage, procreation, and domestic bliss. Venus was the ultimate multi-tasker! She was also known as the Venus Verticordia, goddess of chastity in women, (despite her numerous … [Read more...]
The One Hundred Pushup Challenge
August 3, 2008 By 5 Comments
As you may have noticed there have been a lot of posts on exercise lately, I guess it is my sublimal mind, or the hammer that I have needed to get off my butt, out from behind the computer and get in a couple of hours of exercise a day. I know from my own experience I need to ease into, and once I get going that rest will come naturally. By chance I happened upon One Hundred Push ups (you have got to love social networking) Seems easy and I could totally use stronger pecs and triceps. First … [Read more...]
