Did you know that Canada exports large quantities of asbestos mainly to developing countries especially in Asia, where it is added to cement building materials? Since the mid-1980 the Canadian government has paid over 20million dollars to promote this mineral uses abroad. They contended that the chrysotile type mined in Quebec is less harmful than [...]
Before antibiotics where discovered, vitamin D was used to treat tuberculous and other respiratory illnesses. There is now renewed interest in researching vitamin D for infectious diseases.
SOURSE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRTORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE JULY 15 2007
In 2006 the US Vitamin D council published a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Infection suggesting [...]
Tatoo’s have been used in religious rites for centuries by different cultures. Recently, in North America it has become a trendy decorative art and seen as a self expression act. It is now so popular that in 2003 researcher’s found that 36% of people aged 25-29 had at least one body tatoo. If you think [...]
Folic acid deficencies are associated with an increase in DNA damage, which may lead to the development of tumors. sourse Cancer Research vol. 66
Folic acid cuts breast cancer. When there was a diatry increase of folate, 64% of females studied,reduced their chance of invasive breast cancer, compared with those who had a low folate intake…. sourse [...]
There are travel company’s and wellness centered organizations that are providing innovative trips focusing on providing an environment of learning and jump starting their participants to a more healthy lifestyle.
You can choose from Yoga retreats such as the www.omyoga.com They have a cleanse program this December that looks tempting. It is for 5 morning’s from [...]
A typical Dover Sole meal
Oysters from Brittany on the West coast of France.
the food does seem to be on the rich side, but it is amazing how many people are not obese. I believe that is because people do alot more calorie crunching by walking. People walk every where and would never dream to take the car to go only 6 [...]
Science has confirmed the benefits of fermentation. Fermentation supplies our intestines with good bacteria and increases the dense nutrients that is lacking in many fruit and vegetables.
A recent study in the International Dairy Journal showed that fermented milk seems to inhibit chemicals that construct the blood vessels and increases blood pressure. A study of participants who ate miso daily, decreased breast cancer up [...]
I have been atttending the Vancouver Film Festival for the past15 years. For the last 7 years I have bought a pass instead of individual tickets because I wanted to see so many films. I have seen up to 75 films in a festival and this year I will probably see around 50. The previews start in [...]
Many famous photographs and movies from France all have one element in common. The people have a cigerettes dangling from their hands. I have been going to France for the last 10 years and the non-smoking zones in restaurants were simply a joke. From my experience, everybody just ignored the law. I had times where people sat down, and [...]
