It"s official: access to green spaces leaves you in the pink

People living close to trees and green spaces are less likely to be obese, inactive, or dependent on anti-depressants, according to a new report.

Middle-aged Scottish men with homes in deprived but verdant areas were found to have a death rate 16% lower than their more urban counterparts. Pregnant women also received a health boost from a greener environment, recording lower blood pressures and giving birth to larger babies, research in Bradford found.

Overall, nature is an under-recognised healer, the paper says, offering multiple health benefits from allergy reductions to increases in self-esteem and mental wellbeing.

A study team of 11 researchers at the Institute of European environmental policy (IEEP) spent a year reviewing more than 200 academic studies for the report, which is the most wide-ranging probe yet into the dynamics of health, nature and wellbeing.

The project first appeared as an unpublicised 280-page European commission literature review last autumn, before being augmented for Friends of the Earth Europe with analysis of the links between nature-related health outcomes and deprivation.

“The evidence is strong and growing that people and communities can only thrive when they have access to nature,” said Robbie Blake, a nature campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe, which commissioned the analysis.

“We all need nature in our lives, it gives us freedom and helps us live healthily; yet deprived communities are routinely cut off from nature in their surroundings and it is suffocating for their well-being.”

The report makes use of several studies that depict access to nature as being inextricably linked to wealth inequality, because deprived communities typically have fewer natural environments within easy reach.

Despite this, the study cites research that 26% of England’s black and minority ethnic populations visit natural environments up to three times a year, compared with 15% of the rest of the population.

Patrick ten Brink, the IEEP’s director, praised cities such as Oslo and Victoria-Gasteiz for taking steps to make nature accessible to all.

“We should be inspired by this and work together so that all Europeans have nature within 300 metres of their homes in the next 10 years,” he said.

Previous US research has found that that hospital patients with tree views from their windows were discharged a day earlier than those whose rooms faced walls.

An extra 10 trees on a Toronto city block provided health benefits to residents equivalent to a $ 10,000 increase in annual income, or being seven years younger, another study in 2015 found.

It"s official: access to green spaces leaves you in the pink

Green Bananas – 14 Incredible Health Benefits

Green bananas, also known as unripe bananas, are bitter in taste (due to high tannin contents), hard to peel, and has starchy flavor, all of which make them unpalatable.

To reduce the bitterness and starchy flavor, you can steam, boil or fry them before consumption.

Green bananas are rich in starch contents, roughly half of which are resistant starches. Resistant starches are insoluble fibers that resist digestion by small intestinal microbiota but get fermented by colonic microbiota.

Besides beneficial resistant starches bananas also offer pectin, which is a soluble fiber that gets fermented by the colonic microbiota.

The fermentation yields short-chain fatty acids that include acetate, propionate, and butyrate. The latter is said to feed the microbiota and used by the colon endothelial cells as a source of energy.

The green peel color reflects its high chlorophyll contents (roughly 70). The peels are also high in carotenoids and tannins.

HEALTH BENEFITS

The followings are the health benefits of green bananas:

Increases Satiety

High-fiber contents in green bananas help increase satiety and make you feel full longer, thus they help you eat fewer foods.

Weight Loss

Adding green bananas to your diet can help you lose weight. Resistant starch contents which increase satiety and make you feel full longer help reduce food intakes, thus they help you reduce caloric consumption.

Better Nutrient Absorption

The vast bulk of mineral absorption occurs in the small intestine. Pectin contents in green bananas slow down the chyme movement in the small intestines, thus it promotes better mineral absorption into the bloodstream.

In addition, short-chain fatty acids produced by the colonic bacteria via fermentation have been found to increase the solubility of minerals, thus it leads to better mineral absorption into the bloodstream.

Promotes Better Bone Structure

Taking lots of processed carbs including high-sugar diet can cause ‘bone scurvy’ (oxidative stress weaken bone matrices made of collagen fibers).

Alternatively, substituting these foods with cooked green bananas is thought to help prevent or slow down the bone scurvy. Green bananas contain many minerals for bone health that includes calcium, magnesium, manganese and phosphorus.

In addition, they offer antioxidant and anti-inflammatory tannins plus carotenoids and chlorophyll which help prevent oxidative stress that can damage bone matrices. I am sure green bananas also contain silica which is also vital for building and maintaining collagen fibers.

Fresh green banana is a good source of vitamin C but most are thought to lose during boiling, steaming or frying.

Short-chain fatty acids produced by colonic microbiota fermentation lead to better mineral solubility (fat-soluble minerals), thus they help promote better magnesium and calcium absorptions.

High Antioxidant

A study has found that unripe banana peels had higher antioxidant potency than ripe and leaky ripe. Therefore, consuming (cooked) green banana with their peels remain intact may provide you superb antioxidant properties conferred by the presence of chlorophyll and tannins.

Arrests Diarrhea

Some foods can cause diarrhea which is believed to disturb good bacteria diversities in the intestines. This, in turn, results in the proliferation of bad bacteria which release toxins that inflame your intestines.

Resistant starches and a soluble fiber pectin in green banana pulps function to feed good bacteria. So, next time you have diarrhea why not try eating some cooked green bananas with the peels remain intact.

Green banana pulps and peels are also high in tannin contents which act as astringent as well as anti-inflammatory.

Raises Insulin Sensitivity and Lowers Blood Glucose

A study has demonstrated that resistant starches can help improve insulin sensitivity and lower blood glucose as well.

Eating cooked green banana pulps may possibly be a better way of avoiding diabetes and treating diabetes.

Gluten Free

If you are tired finding alternatives to your gluten-rich grains, then try start eating cooked green bananas. They are gluten free and good for your sugar levels too.

Note: Some people may experience stomach discomfort after eating cooked green bananas due to their resistant starch contents.

Reduces Stress

Pectin and resistant starch contents in green bananas not only help promote better digestion but also believed to make you fell more relax.

I cannot explain the possible mechanism behind this phenomenon but what I can think of is that the soluble fiber pectin and other starches help slow down chime movement, thus they delay evacuation.

This action alone may cause parasympathetic nervous system override the sympathetic nervous system – you feel relax and sometimes feel sleepy!

Another possible mechanism is by way of elevated nitric oxide (NO) levels attributed to antioxidant phytonutrients namely tannins, carotenoids, chlorophyll.

Bye-bye Gastritis and Duodenal Ulcer

If you are experiencing gastritis or stomach/duodenal ulcer and have tried many modern or herbal medicines but failed, then why not try to consume cooked green bananas.

Besides pectin contents which can coat your stomach lining in preventing the abrasive effect of a high strength hydrochloric acid, cooked green bananas (with the peels remain intact) also supply tannins which have antiviral/antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.

Imparts Longevity and Beauty

Tannins, water-soluble polyphenols, are found in green banana pulps and peels. These together with carotenoids and chlorophyll act as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer. These properties is synergized by the resistant starch contents that have been found to exert many health benefits that include modulating the immune functions, improving the brain functions, and controlling/improving insulin sensitivity and blood sugar.

Long-term consumptions of cooked green bananas may possibly exert lower oxidative levels which result in better overall organ system functions, a better-looking skin, and longevity.

Decreases Blood Pressure

Many so-called experts and experts alike think that potassium content in green bananas is a substance that helps lower your blood pressure.

Do you want to know what I think? Potassium is reputed for its function in lowering blood pressure. A medium-size banana (118 grams) provides 12% DV of potassium. But there are other compounds/substances that work together with potassium to reduce the blood pressure.

How about magnesium and vitamin B6? Aren’t they also vasodilators (agents that dilate your blood vessels) as well?.

In my opinion, antioxidant phytonutrients in green bananas that include tannins, carotenoids, and chlorophyll also play a vital role in lowering blood pressure.

How do they do it?

To fully answer the question I will need to write several paragraphs. Suffice to say that many high-antioxidant foods increase NO which help dilate your blood vessels, thus they help reduce your blood pressure.

To conclude, if you take cooked green bananas say a bowl or two per day plus of course a healthy lifestyle that includes a good diet may possibly help maintain your normal blood pressure or reducing high blood pressure (if you are experiencing it).

Remember, health benefits/effects of your food intake depends on your overall diet!

Prevents Colon Cancer

Resistant starches in green bananas act as prebiotic, meaning they feed the beneficial colonic microbiota. This in turn wards off bad bacteria which release toxins that cause inflammation. This mechanism alone is believed to reduce the risk of colon cancer.

The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of tannins (in the pulps) are also thought to play vital roles in colon cancer prevention.

Harmonizes Lipid Levels

Hyperlipidemia is characterized by abnormal lipid levels which, over time, if not treated well can cause cardiovascular problems.

A study conducted involving rats with abnormal lipid levels to find the effect of (yellow) banana peel polyphenols demonstrated that the banana peel polyphenols could effectively reduce the levels of blood lipid in hyperlipidemic rats.

Unripe banana peels had higher antioxidant potency than ripe and leaky ripe. Consuming (cooked) green bananas with their peels remain intact may possibly provide you superb antioxidant properties conferred by the presence of chlorophyll and tannins, thus it may help harmonize the lipid levels.

If the deduction is true, then consuming cooked green bananas regularly can help promote better heart health and prevent heart disease.

Mindboggler is an alternative medicine educator/practitioner who advocates preventive medicines and holistic healings. He loves sharing his knowledge and experience in helping the public to nurture mind, body, and spirit – to help achieve optimal health

Green Bananas – 14 Incredible Health Benefits

Green Bananas – 14 Incredible Health Benefits

Green bananas, also known as unripe bananas, are bitter in taste (due to high tannin contents), hard to peel, and has starchy flavor, all of which make them unpalatable.

To reduce the bitterness and starchy flavor, you can steam, boil or fry them before consumption.

Green bananas are rich in starch contents, roughly half of which are resistant starches. Resistant starches are insoluble fibers that resist digestion by small intestinal microbiota but get fermented by colonic microbiota.

Besides beneficial resistant starches bananas also offer pectin, which is a soluble fiber that gets fermented by the colonic microbiota.

The fermentation yields short-chain fatty acids that include acetate, propionate, and butyrate. The latter is said to feed the microbiota and used by the colon endothelial cells as a source of energy.

The green peel color reflects its high chlorophyll contents (roughly 70). The peels are also high in carotenoids and tannins.

HEALTH BENEFITS

The followings are the health benefits of green bananas:

Increases Satiety

High-fiber contents in green bananas help increase satiety and make you feel full longer, thus they help you eat fewer foods.

Weight Loss

Adding green bananas to your diet can help you lose weight. Resistant starch contents which increase satiety and make you feel full longer help reduce food intakes, thus they help you reduce caloric consumption.

Better Nutrient Absorption

The vast bulk of mineral absorption occurs in the small intestine. Pectin contents in green bananas slow down the chyme movement in the small intestines, thus it promotes better mineral absorption into the bloodstream.

In addition, short-chain fatty acids produced by the colonic bacteria via fermentation have been found to increase the solubility of minerals, thus it leads to better mineral absorption into the bloodstream.

Promotes Better Bone Structure

Taking lots of processed carbs including high-sugar diet can cause ‘bone scurvy’ (oxidative stress weaken bone matrices made of collagen fibers).

Alternatively, substituting these foods with cooked green bananas is thought to help prevent or slow down the bone scurvy. Green bananas contain many minerals for bone health that includes calcium, magnesium, manganese and phosphorus.

In addition, they offer antioxidant and anti-inflammatory tannins plus carotenoids and chlorophyll which help prevent oxidative stress that can damage bone matrices. I am sure green bananas also contain silica which is also vital for building and maintaining collagen fibers.

Fresh green banana is a good source of vitamin C but most are thought to lose during boiling, steaming or frying.

Short-chain fatty acids produced by colonic microbiota fermentation lead to better mineral solubility (fat-soluble minerals), thus they help promote better magnesium and calcium absorptions.

High Antioxidant

A study has found that unripe banana peels had higher antioxidant potency than ripe and leaky ripe. Therefore, consuming (cooked) green banana with their peels remain intact may provide you superb antioxidant properties conferred by the presence of chlorophyll and tannins.

Arrests Diarrhea

Some foods can cause diarrhea which is believed to disturb good bacteria diversities in the intestines. This, in turn, results in the proliferation of bad bacteria which release toxins that inflame your intestines.

Resistant starches and a soluble fiber pectin in green banana pulps function to feed good bacteria. So, next time you have diarrhea why not try eating some cooked green bananas with the peels remain intact.

Green banana pulps and peels are also high in tannin contents which act as astringent as well as anti-inflammatory.

Raises Insulin Sensitivity and Lowers Blood Glucose

A study has demonstrated that resistant starches can help improve insulin sensitivity and lower blood glucose as well.

Eating cooked green banana pulps may possibly be a better way of avoiding diabetes and treating diabetes.

Gluten Free

If you are tired finding alternatives to your gluten-rich grains, then try start eating cooked green bananas. They are gluten free and good for your sugar levels too.

Note: Some people may experience stomach discomfort after eating cooked green bananas due to their resistant starch contents.

Reduces Stress

Pectin and resistant starch contents in green bananas not only help promote better digestion but also believed to make you fell more relax.

I cannot explain the possible mechanism behind this phenomenon but what I can think of is that the soluble fiber pectin and other starches help slow down chime movement, thus they delay evacuation.

This action alone may cause parasympathetic nervous system override the sympathetic nervous system – you feel relax and sometimes feel sleepy!

Another possible mechanism is by way of elevated nitric oxide (NO) levels attributed to antioxidant phytonutrients namely tannins, carotenoids, chlorophyll.

Bye-bye Gastritis and Duodenal Ulcer

If you are experiencing gastritis or stomach/duodenal ulcer and have tried many modern or herbal medicines but failed, then why not try to consume cooked green bananas.

Besides pectin contents which can coat your stomach lining in preventing the abrasive effect of a high strength hydrochloric acid, cooked green bananas (with the peels remain intact) also supply tannins which have antiviral/antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.

Imparts Longevity and Beauty

Tannins, water-soluble polyphenols, are found in green banana pulps and peels. These together with carotenoids and chlorophyll act as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer. These properties is synergized by the resistant starch contents that have been found to exert many health benefits that include modulating the immune functions, improving the brain functions, and controlling/improving insulin sensitivity and blood sugar.

Long-term consumptions of cooked green bananas may possibly exert lower oxidative levels which result in better overall organ system functions, a better-looking skin, and longevity.

Decreases Blood Pressure

Many so-called experts and experts alike think that potassium content in green bananas is a substance that helps lower your blood pressure.

Do you want to know what I think? Potassium is reputed for its function in lowering blood pressure. A medium-size banana (118 grams) provides 12% DV of potassium. But there are other compounds/substances that work together with potassium to reduce the blood pressure.

How about magnesium and vitamin B6? Aren’t they also vasodilators (agents that dilate your blood vessels) as well?.

In my opinion, antioxidant phytonutrients in green bananas that include tannins, carotenoids, and chlorophyll also play a vital role in lowering blood pressure.

How do they do it?

To fully answer the question I will need to write several paragraphs. Suffice to say that many high-antioxidant foods increase NO which help dilate your blood vessels, thus they help reduce your blood pressure.

To conclude, if you take cooked green bananas say a bowl or two per day plus of course a healthy lifestyle that includes a good diet may possibly help maintain your normal blood pressure or reducing high blood pressure (if you are experiencing it).

Remember, health benefits/effects of your food intake depends on your overall diet!

Prevents Colon Cancer

Resistant starches in green bananas act as prebiotic, meaning they feed the beneficial colonic microbiota. This in turn wards off bad bacteria which release toxins that cause inflammation. This mechanism alone is believed to reduce the risk of colon cancer.

The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of tannins (in the pulps) are also thought to play vital roles in colon cancer prevention.

Harmonizes Lipid Levels

Hyperlipidemia is characterized by abnormal lipid levels which, over time, if not treated well can cause cardiovascular problems.

A study conducted involving rats with abnormal lipid levels to find the effect of (yellow) banana peel polyphenols demonstrated that the banana peel polyphenols could effectively reduce the levels of blood lipid in hyperlipidemic rats.

Unripe banana peels had higher antioxidant potency than ripe and leaky ripe. Consuming (cooked) green bananas with their peels remain intact may possibly provide you superb antioxidant properties conferred by the presence of chlorophyll and tannins, thus it may help harmonize the lipid levels.

If the deduction is true, then consuming cooked green bananas regularly can help promote better heart health and prevent heart disease.

Green Bananas – 14 Incredible Health Benefits

A Homemade Green Tea and Aloe Skin Toner

Taking the right foods can help you reduce wrinkles, fight pimples and acne, enhance your skin’s natural beauty too. There are lots of natural foods for beautiful skin, green tea and aloe are two of them.

For making this green tea and aloe skin toner, you just need blend green tea, aloe vera and water to get a gentle astringent action. Use it regularly to remove toxins out of your skin, moisturize it and tighten pores. And you will also see an improvement of other skin problems such as acne, pimples, blackheads and other skin infections.

Apply green tea topically to the skin can be beneficial to your skin greatly:

1- According to a report(1) by the Journal of the American Medical Association Dermatology,  ‘green teas possess anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic potential, which can be exploited against a variety of skin disorders’. Green tea has good antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties which can fight inflammation and infections that may cause skin disorders.

2- The rich antioxidants in green tea protect your skin from the damage of radical and sunshine. They also encourage healing of cells to help prevent wrinkles and age spots.

3- Green tea leaves helps exfoliate the skin to remove dead skin cells to keep your skin clear.

Aloe Vera helps you reduce wrinkles naturally, according to a study(2). And this super plant also benefits to your skin in many other ways:

• Slows down the aging of your skin;


• Moisturizes skin;


• Treats sunburn;


• Heals wounds, cuts and insect bites naturally;


• Reduces stretch marks;


• Relieves allergies.

You can use aloe vera gel in your daily skin care routines:

Cleanse your face with fresh aloe – Rinse your face with water, then apply the fresh aloe vera gel to your face and massage gently. Remove the excess gel and the dirt with a clean cotton ball.

Scrub the toxins and dead skin away from your skin – Sprinkle a little rice flour on a piece of exposed aloe, then rub it on your face for some minutes, rinse with water. This will keep your skin clean.

Use aloe vera gel as a moisturizer – Apply aloe gel to your face and you will feel soft and moist. It’s said that aloe is a natural effective ingredient for improving skin hydration, possibly through a humectant mechanism. (3)

Sources: (1) (2) (3)

Also Read:

Top 10 Worst Skin Care Mistakes Every Woman Should Avoid

26 Natural Uses of Aloe Vera For Health, Beauty and Household

Why You Should Include Tomato Into Your “Skin Food”and Natural Ways to Use It For Your Skin

A Homemade Green Tea and Aloe Skin Toner

Green buildings make you work smarter and sleep sounder, study reveals

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Improved light, ventilation and heat control can boost workers’ productivity by thousands of dollars a year and reduce instances of sick building syndrome

People working in green buildings think better in the office and sleep better when they get home, a new study has revealed.

The research indicates that better ventilation, lighting and heat control improves workers’ performance and could boost their productivity by thousands of dollars a year. It also suggests that more subjective aspects, such as beautiful design, may make workers happier and more productive.

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Green buildings make you work smarter and sleep sounder, study reveals

Fresh hope for Kandahar newborns as Afghan healthcare gets a shot in the arm | Matthew Green

Among the tiniest of the premature babies slumbering in incubators at the Mirwais hospital, one bore a name chosen by hospital staff. At five days old, “Fatima” had been abandoned by her mother after being born so early that her family assumed she was destined for the grave.

Had her relatives grasped the welcome transformation unfolding at the government-run medical centre in Kandahar, the largest city in southern Afghanistan, they might have held their newborn a little tighter.

Where once children crowded three to a bed, single occupancy is now the norm. The number of nurses making the rounds among the rows of infants has doubled, and new incubator units help neonatal specialists nurture the most fragile of lives through their first, vulnerable days.

While much of the news from southern Afghanistan over the past year has been dominated by reports of Taliban advances, the creation of a new paediatric unit at Mirwais hospital has opened a new front in a different campaign: the struggle to reduce extremely high mortality rates among Afghan infants.

Luis Tello, a Spanish paediatrician seconded to the unit by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said the expanded facilities had already helped to persuade more Afghan mothers that, with the right care, even the weakest babies might survive.

“For me, the most astonishing improvement is with [premature] newborns. Before, nobody was taking care of them,” said Tello, speaking in a ward where young children lay on crisp white sheets, mothers at their bedsides. “But we’ve managed to change people’s minds.”

The new unit, which opened in September, is housed in a former nursing clinic in the hospital grounds, converted in a year-long project funded by the ICRC. It has 186 beds, including 15 for mothers – twice the number in the old paediatric wing.

The number of incubators has risen from six to 10, while another new ward caters for children suffering from thalassemia, a hereditary, incurable blood disease prevalent in southern Afghanistan that can be ameliorated with transfusions and medication.

By reducing overcrowding, the unit has dramatically cut the risk of contagious diseases skipping between patients. Staff who might previously have had to discharge barely improved infants to make room for even sicker children can now allow everyone time to recover.

“We won’t force them to go home early,” said Dr Muhammad Sidiq, the unit’s director. “We can let them stay here until they are completely cured.”

The unit is a tangible sign of broader progress in improving infant and maternal health. In contrast to the bleak picture on the battlefield in much of Afghanistan, years of painstaking efforts by the government and donors to improve access to basic healthcare, and train community midwives to assist at births – the vast majority of which take place at home – are yielding significant results.

I’m better off than some people – they’ve lost both their legs and arms

Abdul Matin, 22, student

In 2000, Afghanistan had one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world, with almost 10% of babies dying before their first birthday, according to UN data. Since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, the picture has changed.

According to a comprehensive health and demographic survey, published by the Afghan government in May, the nationwide mortality rate for all infants fell from 66 to 45 deaths for every 1,000 live births between 2001 and 2015. Similarly, for all children under five, the death rate per 1,000 fell to 55 from 87.

Despite these achievements, infant mortality rates still remain high in many areas, partly due to a lack of basic education about the importance of hygiene during births. Tello explained that deadly sepsis infections could result from the common practice of using a knife to cut an umbilical cord on the sole of a shoe.

Beyond Mirwais, meanwhile, large numbers of rural women have no access to even basic clinics. Some of the mothers arriving at the unit with infants swaddled in shawls had travelled hundreds of kilometres from remote areas. Escalating violence in many parts of Afghanistan has also made facilities harder to reach: a UN study published in April documented reports of 125 security incidents affecting access to healthcare in 2015, compared with 59 in 2014 and 33 in 2013.

While the fighting begins to intensify each spring in Afghanistan, paediatric illness also follows a seasonal cycle, with diarrhoea more common in the summer and pneumonia and other respiratory diseases rife in winter. Doctors have witnessed a marked increase in malnutrition this year, possibly tied to the increasing numbers of people uprooted by fighting in the south. Some of the victims have been brought to a new therapeutic feeding centre in the unit for the most severely underweight.

Making a brisk round of the new wards, checking on patients and issuing rapid-fire instructions to nurses wearing gowns and surgical masks, Tello soon encountered one of the deadliest killers. Holding up a chest x-ray from a tiny boy named Hekmatullah, he scrutinised an image of a ribcage dotted with hundreds of tiny lesions – telltale signs of miliary tuberculosis.

“He’s lucky because he has this x-ray, which is very clear for TB,” Tello said, before hurrying to the next ward, where another listless child was battling pneumococcal meningitis.

That such children can even reach Mirwais hospital reflects the shifting contours of the war in the south. At the height of the US troop surge in Afghanistan in 2010 and 2011, intense fighting in Kandahar province flooded wards and corridors with casualties bearing blast and gunshot wounds. As the vast majority of western forces withdrew ahead of a security handover in 2014, the locus of the conflict in the south shifted into neighbouring Helmand and Uruzgan provinces, which continue to provide the hospital with a steady stream of war-wounded.

In the main hospital, a 22-year-old student named Abdul Matin was undergoing treatment after losing his right arm when a mortar round crashed into his family home in the district of Marjah in Helmand province a month earlier. Sitting up in a bed near other patients lying swaddled in bandages concealing even more grievous wounds, he greeted his injury with a certain degree of resignation.

“This is the situation,” he said. “I’m better off than some people – they’ve lost both their legs and arms.”

Despite the overwhelming challenges many patients face, Tello and his colleagues are starting to offer hope for sick children that many families might once have imagined possible. Though young “Fatima” did not survive, many more Afghans may one day look back and thank the staff at Mirwais hospital for giving them a second chance when they were most in need of help.

Fresh hope for Kandahar newborns as Afghan healthcare gets a shot in the arm | Matthew Green

Eleven Reasons You Need Powdered Green Juice

When it comes to your wellness, there are many things that can be done. We are all familiar with the common routine such as eating right, exercising, meditating, physical workouts etc,  all geared at making one stay healthy. Green Juice have gained popularity over the years that you could find a juice machine at almost any restaurant. There are many advantages associated with consuming green juice. For one, green juices are filled with dozens of essential vitamins, antioxidants, and energizing nutrients. The powdered green juice is the perfect replacement to restore nutrients lost from the body during the day’s activities. People involve in several tasking challenges but often forget to take proper care of their bodies, a situation that may result in a weakened immune system. At old age, different health problems start setting in as a result of years of neglect. But why should you opt for the powdered green juice?Here are eleven reasons why the green powdered juice might be very good for your health.

1. Essential for a younger Skin

Almost everyone desires to look younger. While exercise does a good job at making this a reality, the powdered green juice also helps. Whether we like it or not, we all carry the saddlebag genes that give us drooping skin during our later days. The powdered green juice energizes the collagen and elasten-building capacity of the body which translate to a healthy, brighter and glowing skin.

2. You are more responsive and smarter

I think it’s important to point out that the green powdered green juice is not an energy drink. However, with its organic mushroom and wheat grass compositions make it the suitable juice to improve your brain functions. The brain is the powerhouse for the body. If the brain functions optimally, other parts of the body will perform in a similar manner. This is one of the reasons the green powdered juice should be considered as an everyday companion. The powdered green juice is equipped with brain boosting substances and many other healthy enzymes. These all work together promoting the brain function.

3. It can be carried about

Because of it’s light weighted, you can take powdered green juice virtually to anywhere with you. You don’t have to worry about getting it to work since it fits perfectly into your bag.

4. Green powdered juice is cheap

Even though the green powdered juice boasts of a variety of functions, it does not cost a fortune. This means you can actually save money and buy off some other things. There are some that only cost about $ 2.50.  So, getting access to the green powdered juice is easier because it is affordable.

5. Preserving Doesn’t Lose Its Nutrient

It is usually advised to consume fresh juice immediately to prevent it from losing its freshness. However, a powdered green juice does not need that. A powdered green juice that is at least 50% organic and processed with protection from UV rays will ensure that the major nutrients and chlorophyll are intact. Besides, quality powdered should be stored in cool dry place to avoid nutrient loss due to exposure to heat/light.

6. Green powdered juice helps with hangover

After a heavy drink at the pub, your body gets dehydrated and you probably get a headache. Hangover can be difficult to handle without the right approach. With the green powdered juice, you don’t have to worry about hangovers each time you are having a few bottles with your closed circles. Its wheatgrass and mushroom components will keep you hydrated.

7. It is rich in fibers

The green powdered juice is able to preserve its fiber contents during the rigorous production processes. This is a great addition because the chemicals and preservatives often times erode the fiber components for certain juices during production. Fibers are essential requirements for biological processes in the body.

8. You can keep it in your locker during a sweaty workout class.

Powdered green juice doesn’t have to be kept cold, so if you’re looking to skip the sugar-laden bevies that allegedly provide hydration, recovery, and energy after an exercise; the powdered green juice is a perfect solution. It is a rich source of electrolyte for the body coupled with protein, amino acids and other essential nutrients.

9. Low in Sugar

The powdered green juices have much less calories, compared to the juice. It is rich in healthy fruits that the body will appreciate. It is equally less in sugar as well. Thus, people having hypoglycemia mood swings can effectively use the powdered green juice without side effect. Specifically goof for diabetics’ patient as well.

10. It is easily absorbed

The powdered green juice is easily absorbed into the body. It doesn’t choke or block the intestines. This allows all the nutrients it contains to enter into the blood.

11. MultiPurpose Use

One of the ways in which a powdered green juice stands out is its multipurpose use. A powdered green juice is much more useful than a freshly pressed juice in many ways. A powdered green juice can be added to a number of food recipes. It can be used to boost smoothies and make a green juice at any required time.

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Anti Aging

Organic Green Juice

Green Powders

Eleven Reasons You Need Powdered Green Juice

7 Health Benefits of Green Beans which may Prompt You to Eat it More…

Green beans are a popular cooking ingredient in many parts of the world. Also called nutrient-loaded beans, green beans gain much love from many people in health community. Generally, benefits of green beans contain its ability to reduce the risk of cardiovascular issues, diabetic regulation and many other problems.  More than this, green beans can support the process of eliminating free radical. Therefore, people are recommended to include more green beans into their daily diets. In this article, readers are provided with top 7 popular health benefits of green beans which have been confirmed by many scientific studies.

1. Gastrointestinal Issues

As mentioned before, green beans contain with a high level of fiber. Thus, it is easy to understand that benefits of green beans contain gastrointestinal regulation. Additionally, the appearance of fiber in diet can reduce the danger of constipation, ulcers, acid reflus, etc.

2. Heart Issues

One of the most commonly-known benefits of green beans is to improve heart health. A research have revealed that green beans are capable of lowering the danger of heart-related problems due to its loading with high levels of flavonoids. Facts have shown that flavonoids serve as powerful antioxidant components in fruits and vegetables. By producing anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic abilities, flavonoids may result in blood clot prevention in both arteries and veins. Undeniably, blood clots are important factor which may lead to heart problems. Hence, it is easy to understand that green bean intake can effectively limit the likelyhood of heart diseases.

3. Diabetes

To improve the condition of diabetes is among another benefits of green beans. Nowadays, more and more people are going down with diabetes, especially one with type 2. In general, the imbalanced levelsof blood sugar levels is the main factor triggering diabetes. Facts have shown that green beans can effectively provide instant relief from diabetes’s annoying symptoms, which can be a good new for both diabetic patients and green bean lovers.

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4. Immunity

Another field which benefits of green beans shine brightly is in immunity health improvement. Clearly, green beans are an excellent source of flavonoids as well as carotenoids. In fact, those pigments can remarkably strengthen immunity health. Therefore, the habit of eating green beans can naturally reduce the danger of common cold, flu, infections and many other weak immunity-related issues. What’s more, catechinsin green beans can support the fight against stroke well.

5. Eye Health

No one can deny the importance of eyes as they help us enjoy the beautiful life. In reality, green bean consumption may be a deciding factor which can support to improve visual condition. Particularly, lutein and zeaxanthin are 2 key elements which can take responsibility to lower stress on the inner eye areas. Luckily, green beans are a powerhouse of these 2 elements.

6. Colon Cancer

Another outstanding benefits of green beans is to regular colon cancerous cells. In these days, more and more people are experiencing colon cancer. Unluckily, this problem remains uncurable. As a result, it is necessary to prevent colon cancer right from its early stage. Of all many natural foods which can help with colon cancer, green beans seem to be very popular. Some recent research have said that the greater amount of green beans you eat, the more likely you are to face colon cancer thanks to its ability to neutralize pre-cancerous polyps – main reasons for colon cancer. Furthermore, fiber in green beans can positively influence digestive functions. Specifically, fiber is responsible for lowering stress on intestinal tract, promoting bowel movements. What’s more, the chance of colon cancer will be limited effectively.

7. Bone Health

Everybody knows that calcium plays a key role in bone health. To specify, calcium will make a contribution to bone deterioration and osteoporosis prevention. Serving as a good source of calcium, green beans can turn into a natural medicine for bone-related problems. In addition, this legume can be a supplier of vitamin K, A and silicon without which we may go down with bone loss or even decrease in bone strength. For instance, silicon is a key factor for regenerating bone health.

In addition to these above benefits of green beans, this food can bring about many other health-supporting effects. Commonly, people can feel safe when consuming green beans because they pose no threat to our health. However, there are some cases in which green bean intake accompanies with some unwanted consequences. Facts have witnessed that high levels of phytic acid in green beans can trigger nutrient deficiencies, which is really dangerous. Also, lectins in green beans can trigger carb-binding protein phenomenon, etc.

Source:

https://wikihomenutrition.com/green-beans-nutrition-facts-health-benefits/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22545/

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1753-4887.2009.00189.x/full

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Plastic substitutes and other breakthroughs from 25 years of green chemistry

This year, green chemistry celebrates its 25th birthday. The science of finding more sustainable and less toxic chemicals was once a revolutionary idea, but has since become a part of the consumer product landscape. From removing carcinogens from furniture to banning ineffective antibacterial chemicals, the struggle to create a healthier and more sustainable chemical landscape continues to attract widespread attention.

Customers – and companies – are taking note. A recent survey estimates that the global market for green chemicals is on track to grow from $ 11bn in 2015 to $ 100bn in 2020. In North America, the numbers are expected to go from $ 3bn to $ 20bn in the same period.

As green chemistry prepares to enter its next quarter century, we asked some pioneers in the field to tell us about some of its most important advancements. Here’s what they told us.

Petroleum made in a lab?

Martin Mulvihill, co-founder and former director of the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry and co-founder of Safer Made, a venture capital fund that invests in the latest green chemistry technologies.

“One of the most influential trends has been the move to bio-based feedstocks for chemistry. Historically, chemistry has relied on petroleum based products, which means that we have to extract petroleum from the ground, transport it and process it. As the recent problems with fracking show, that’s expensive and environmentally damaging.

“When we’re done with these products, they don’t biodegrade; instead, they pile up in landfills and in the ocean. It’s interesting that people think that our leftover plastic and other products are just going to disappear: fossils fuels are the remains of organic matter that have managed to stay around for millions of years. What makes us think that [plastics] are going to go away just because we’re done with them?

“Scientists have begun using microorganisms to biosynthesize materials, which means that, rather than using chemicals that come from oil, we’re growing our chemicals in the lab. In the future, it’s entirely possible that the basic building blocks of our chemistry will come from biomass, including food and crop waste. In other words, this biotechnology revolution will help us use our waste to make new materials.

“This is one of the most exciting new areas of chemistry, and it provides us with an opportunity to design safer and more sustainable chemicals. Companies like Amyris, BioAmber and Elevance are already commercializing this process, and the next generation of chemists are already beginning to reach for biosynthesized materials, rather than petroleum based ones. It’s a vast change, and it’s transforming the way we develop and manufacture products.”

A BPA-free future

David Levine is the co-founder and CEO of the American Sustainable Business Council, a coalition of business organizations dedicated to building a more sustainable, less toxic economy.

“The biggest advancement in green chemistry has been a shift in consciousness and practice. The public has become aware of the need for and value of green chemistry and companies have become aware of the economic opportunities that it offers – as well as the danger of not taking advantage of them, which the 2015 report by the American Sustainable Business Council, GC3 and Trucost demonstrate.

“Nalgene’s bottle recall in 2008 is a perfect example. The presence of BPA in plastic bottles became a major media story and captured the public’s interest. The public demanded action on numerous products, from baby bottles to the water bottles that college students were toting around. Within a year, many companies were changing their production to cut BPA out of their products. And those that didn’t watched their reputations – and their market share – evaporate.

“Today, you walk into every store and see ‘BPA free’ products on the shelves. There are new plants, new advertising, new products. Consumers are demanding products without hazardous chemicals, companies are realizing that they can be responsible, innovate and improve their profits, and regulators and legislators are realizing that they can provide more comprehensive regulations. Green chemistry is providing an opportunity for a stronger economy and a healthier society.”

Breathing new life into greenhouse gases

Libby Bernick is senior vice president, North America for Trucost, a research firm that measures the way that companies use natural resources.

“One of the biggest advancements in green chemistry is the growth in manufacturers that are starting to use pollution as a raw material for making their products.

“This is incredibly significant: according to the World Economic Forum, the biggest risk currently facing our society is its failure to mitigate or adapt to climate change. We’re continuing to produce greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide, which are leading to further climate change that will, in turn, have massive financial implications for the economy.

“But there’s another approach that we can take. Instead of looking at methane and carbon dioxide as an inevitable byproduct of manufacturing, companies like Novomer and Newlight are seeing it as an opportunity. They’re using it to make new products: Newlight makes a price-competitive plastic, and Novomer makes chemicals that can be used to produce anything from diapers to paints. In so doing, both companies are creating new markets and new economic opportunities.”

Letting nature do the heavy lifting

Larry Weiss is the chief medical officer at AOBiome, which develops bacteria-based hygiene products. He also founded CleanWell, which uses botanical chemicals in its disinfectants.

“The biggest advancement in green chemistry has been a shift in our relationship to chemicals. Rather than figuring out which chemical to use, we’re figuring out how to use fewer chemicals – or none at all.

“The recent ban on triclosan, an antibacterial chemical, is a perfect example. Since the 1970s, the FDA has been questioning triclosan’s use in consumer products, but real change didn’t start until 2010, when the Natural Resources Defense Council sued the FDA [and forced] them to issue a final rule. That year, the FDA stated that triclosan was no better than soap and water at preventing infections, and that it may even contribute to antibiotic resistance.

“Since then, awareness has grown. And now, after years of litigation, the FDA has ruled that, within a year, no company can market antibacterial soap that contains triclosan, tricarbon and several other chemicals. We have decided to stop using a chemical that was marketed as a value-add, but which actually had negative effects.

“Our entire economic architecture is designed to create needs and then fill them. But what if we designed products with positive long term effects? What if our chemistry was focused on making health a primary design parameter, so that our products slowly made us healthier over time? That’s the challenge – and the greatest advance – of green chemistry.

“We’re slowly becoming aware that, rather than experiencing better living through chemistry, we might have better living with less chemistry.”

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Green Tea Extract: How to Burn Fat and Super Charge Weight Loss

Green tea extract offers an amazingly effective, natural way to burn fat, lose weight and enjoy superior health benefits. Unlike many other supposed fat burning supplements, green tea’s ability to burn fat works for just about anybody, whether you’re an avid fitness buff or a person who simply takes a daily walk.

How Does Green Tea Extract Burn Fat?

Boosts Metabolism

Green tea naturally boosts metabolism with its unique properties which include natural caffeine as well as other substances that help burn fat. In fact, it’s so effective, you can even use caffeine free green tea and still enjoy the metabolic boost that burns fat.

Super Charges Endurance

For those that are serious about fitness and exercise, green tea dramatically enhances endurance levels, especially when exercising or while doing any physical activity.

Strengthens Immune System

Aside from the major fitness and fat burning benefits, green tea also boosts the immune system because it is a super antioxidant that helps to fight off illness and slows the effects of aging.

How Much Green Tea Extract to Take

Green tea is found in supplement and tea form. In order to benefit from the super fat burning benefits, it’s generally more effective and easier to use in supplement form. You can get green tea extract in pills or capsules.

A recommended daily dose to burn fat is 600 mg of EGCG (epigallocathechin gallate – the metabolism boosting element of green tea.). You can split the dosage up into two or three doses to spread it out over the day.

It would be difficult to take this amount in tea form, since an average cup of tea offers about 40 mg of EGCG. To burn fat at an accelerated rate, you’ll need to take it in supplement form.

For those who want to modify this suggestion, you can take the advice of noted dermatologist and nutritionist, Dr. Perricone. He suggests drinking green tea in place of your coffee over a period of 6 weeks to easily lose 10 lbs. without any other changes to your diet.

Of course, your fat burning efforts will benefit most from taking green tea extract when you exercise and lower your caloric intake.

Safety and Precautions

Green tea extract is generally safe for everyone, except for those who suffer from serious liver damage. Some people might experience jitters, stomach ache or minor anxiety because of the caffeine content. You can always opt to take caffeine free green tea extract or simply drink tea, if you prefer.

If you have any health concerns, be sure to discuss the use of green tea extract to burn fat with your trainer or health care professional.

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7 Reason to Drink Energy Green Apple Juice! How to Make This?

As, we all know fruits are very good and healthy, however, green apples are especially good for you. There are almost 7000 types of apple available in the world. The red apple is very popular as well as the green apple.

Green apples are rich in Vitamin A, Vitamin B, and Vitamin C, Zinc, iron, manganese, copper, potassium, and many other minerals are essential for the proper functioning of the human body.

Pineapple-Green-Apple Juice Recipe

Ingredients:

-3 cups chunked pineapple
-2 large green apples
-1/2 lemon
-8-10 mint leaves

Directions:

-Combine all ingredients in a juicer.
-Pour juice into a glass or serve over ice.

7 Reason to Drink Energy Green Apple Juice

Antioxidants

Green apples contain both flavonoid and polyphenol — all forms of antioxidants. Because of this, they can prevent various forms of cancer and DNA damage.

Good For Liver

Along with being a natural detoxifying agent, green apple juice is also known to possess antioxidants in good quantities. These antioxidants actually prevent the free radicals from damaging the liver.

Anti-Aging Properties

Green apples are packed with antioxidants which are responsible for cell re-building and rejuvenation. Antioxidants present in green apples also help to retain the elasticity of your skin thus giving you a youthful look.

Strong Bones

Green apple juice has a rich presence of calcium, which is essential for strengthening the bones and teeth and keeping them healthy (8). Women, especially, in their menopause, should include this drink in their diet to prevent osteoporosis.

Anti-inflammatory Properties

Green apple juice contains a good quantity of antioxidants, which prevent our body from oxidative stress and inflammatory painful conditions, such as rheumatism and arthritis. Elderly people who suffer from such inflammatory conditions are suggested to consume green apple juice on a regular basis.

Prevent Dandruff

Green apples are a natural remedy for dandruff. They help to moisturize your scalp by providing your scalp with nutrients to keep it moisturized thus keeping off dandruffs.

Boost immune system

Green apple is loaded with vitamins, especially vitamin C, which boosts your immune system and protects your body from cold, flu, and other recurring health conditions.

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Could Dark Chocolate and Green Tea be the Perfect Combination for Increased Concentration?

 

A new study has found that combining dark chocolate with green tea could be a better concentration pick-me-up than coffee.

Hershey Company sponsored a scientific study to find out whether their new product idea could become the ultimate concentration booster. A team of researchers at Northern Arizona University conducted the study, which included 122 participants between the age of 18 and 25.

What were the results?

Five different cacao concentrations were used to test the mental response of all participants, with 60% cacao counting as the minimum for the dark chocolate category.

It was found that those who ate chocolate containing at least 60% cacao were more alert and attentive, but also showed an increase in blood pressure. When green tea was added to the same chocolate, their blood pressure decreased!

“It’s remarkable! The potential here is for a heart-healthy chocolate confection that contains a high level of cacao with L-theanine that is good for your heart, blood pressure, and helps you pay attention”, says Larry Stevens, a professor of psychological sciences at North Arizona University who led the study.

The study was published in the Neuro-Regulation journal and claims to be the first to used electroencephalogram (EEG) technology, which measures electrical activity in the brain. By doing so, researchers were able to capture images of brain activity after the stimulants were given to participants, which helped them to prove the direct and positive effect of a green tea and dark chocolate combination.

What’s L-Theanine?

L-theanine is a type of amino acid found almost exclusively in tea and is especially potent in pure green tea.

It is known as a non-sedating relaxant, which helps to calm nerves, clear the mind, and reduce blood pressure naturally. Combined with dark chocolate, L-theanine is highly effective at reducing blood pressure while complementing the concentration and energy boost that the caffeine in both products gives.

Where to get it?

Professor Stevens says that green tea dark chocolate bars are not available on the market yet, but that Hershey’s was so impressed by the studies that they plan to include it in their new product launches.

Recent studies have already proven that including dark chocolate, red wine, and green tea in a healthy diet can boost weight loss, balance blood pressure, and increase energy and concentration, so the new findings come as no surprise.

Any other health benefits?

Dark chocolate is packed with iron, fiber, magnesium, caffeine, protein, antioxidants, and a range of vitamins and minerals, which has been proven to help with weight loss, anxiety, headaches, and preventing multiple diseases.

Green tea is packed with antioxidants, polyphenols, catechins, caffeine, and L-theanine, which helps with boosting mental, physical, and overall wellbeing.

While a variety of chocolate bars and green teas are available on the market, it’s best to stick to chocolate containing 60-100% cacao and pairing it with a cup of organic green tea.

The good thing is, the more intense the cacao concentration is, the less refined sugar you’ll get, which is excellent for promoting better health!

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10 Amazing Health Benefits of Green Chilli

Green chilies are known to be a staple of American and Indian diets. Green chilies are rich sources of antioxidants capsaicin, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B, vitamin E and minerals such as iron, magnesium and potassium and these makes them act like janitors of the body. They can protect the body against free radical damage giving you natural immunity to cancer and also slow down the aging process. Capsaicin helps keep cholesterol numbers tamed and oxidative stress in check too.

10 Amazing Health Benefits of Green Chilli!

Protection Against Cancer

The study found that Capsaicin, a chemical found in green chilies helps fight against prostate cancer. Green chilies are rich sources of antioxidants which protect the body against free radical damage giving you natural immunity to cancer and also slowing down the aging process.

Reduce Blood Sugar Level

A diabetic can benefit green chilies. It can balance the blood sugar levels. That does not mean you eat too many sweets and then have chilies.

Digestive Health

Green chilies are high in dietary fiber that helps in colon cleansing and keeping your bowel movements healthy. Fiber help in removing waste and preventing constipation.

Anti-inflammatory

Green chilies have anti-inflammatory properties which help in relieving the pain and swelling associated with severe bone disorders like osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.

Boosts Immunity

Green chilies also a rich source of vitamin A, it gives protection against invading pathogens by helping the development of healthy mucus membranes in the nasal passage and lungs thereby providing immunity against infections.

Vitamin C

Green chili is also rich in vitamin C, which helps in protecting from scurvy, develop the immune system and works against free radicals.

Heart Health

Green chilies contain minerals like potassium, manganese, iron, and magnesium. These minerals are an important component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure.

Improves Blood Circulation

Green chilies improve the blood flow of our body. It helps to remove that entire blotch, stimulates the blood to flow our body, makes sure that the vitamins are properly delivered to all areas, and guarantees that waste is removed.

Painkiller

Consuming green chilies regularly and with the right dose will help you to relieve the pain. Green chili can be used as a painkiller. As the content of green chilies will stimulate endorphins that can reduce pain. It helpful for those have diabetes, herpes, muscle spasms and rheumatism.

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Green party candidate Jill Stein accused of "anti-vaxxer" sympathies

The Green party’s presumptive nominee for president, Jill Stein, has claimed questions may remain about the oversight of vaccines, drawing accusations that she has associated herself with the discredited “anti-vaxxer” movement.

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Stein, a Harvard-educated physician, has both cited the proven importance of vaccines, noting that they save lives and have eliminated devastating diseases, and suggested that Americans cannot trust the people who recommend widespread vaccination. Responding to criticisms this week, she said her concerns were about the influence of corporations in government.

“As a medical doctor, of course I support vaccinations,” she tweeted. “I have a problem with the FDA [Food and Drug Administration] being controlled by drug companies.”

But in comments to the Washington Post on Friday and on an online forum earlier this summer, Stein echoed the concerns of anti-vaccination campaigners in her suggestion that unfit or influenced regulators could open the door for dangerous medicine.

“I think there’s no question that vaccines have been absolutely critical in ridding us of the scourge of many diseases,” she told the Post, citing the efficacy of vaccination against smallpox, polio and other diseases. She then questioned regulators, and by extension the vaccines they approve, saying: “People do not trust a Food and Drug Administration, or even the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] for that matter, where corporate influence and the pharmaceutical industry has a lot of influence.”

Stein claimed corporations involved with genetically modified food have influenced government oversight of medicine.

“Monsanto lobbyists help run the day in those agencies,” she said, referring to the controversial corporation that also draws the ire of environmentalists. Research shows GM food is generally safe.

Eleven of the 15 sitting members of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee are medical doctors who work at hospitals and universities, not pharmaceutical companies. Only two committee members work at pharmaceutical companies, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur US. Both are doctors. The committee’s designated federal officer holds a PhD, and a management specialist also sits on the board. Two seats are vacant.

Stein, who has tried to court progressive voters disillusioned by the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s more center-left policies, made similar comments earlier this year in a Reddit AMA.

“Regulatory agencies are routinely packed with corporate lobbyists and CEOs,” she wrote. “So the foxes are guarding the chicken coop as usual in the US.”

Stein also advocated for more safe vaccinations, writing that dropping rates “can and must be fixed” but that the real issue was “widespread distrust of the medical-industrial complex”.

She added: “Vaccines should be treated like any medical procedure. Each one needs to be tested and regulated by parties that do not have a financial interest in them.”

Speaking to the Post on Friday, Stein claimed that she remembered, from her time practicing medicine, that “there were concerns among physicians about what the vaccination schedule meant, the toxic substances like mercury which used to be rampant in vaccines”.

Research has shown schedule-related concerns about vaccines to be unfounded, and that delays to vaccines actually put children at greater risk. Anti-vaxx campaigners often claim there are dangerous compounds in vaccines, though decades of safe vaccinations contradict the claim and no evidence shows that trace amounts that remain in some approved vaccines cause any harm to the body.

“We have a real compelling need for vaccinations,” Stein said, before insisting: “I think some of [the questions] at least have been addressed. I don’t know if all of them have been addressed.”

Many anti-vaccination fears stem from a paper published in 1998 and since retracted which helped lead to the barring of its author from medicine. Andrew Wakefield, a British doctor, insisted without credible evidence that vaccines could be linked to measles, mumps, rubella and autism. The completely discredited report continues to influence vaccination rates, which have fallen around the US in the last 20 years.

Stein seemed to echo such fears in her interview on Friday, though again as part of a broader argument about regulators.

“To assure the American public, whether it’s vaccinations, whether it’s administering estrogen to, you know, treat symptoms of menopause,” she said, “or at one point it was the solution to prevent Alzheimer’s and then it was discovered – oh, my goodness – it may actually contribute to Alzheimer’s – it’s really important that the American public have confidence in our regulatory boards so that all of our medical treatments and medications actually are approved by people who do not have a vested interest in their promotion.”

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The Republican nominee, Donald Trump, has explicitly linked vaccines to autism. At a September debate, he claimed, without specifics or evidence: “People that work for me, just the other day, two years old, beautiful child went to have the vaccine and came back and a week later, got a tremendous fever, got very, very sick, now is autistic.”

In contrast, Bernie Sanders, the progressive candidate whose voters Stein has tried to win since his defeat in the Democratic primary, has forcefully rejected anti-vaccination ideas.

“I think obviously vaccinations work,” he said last year. “The difficulty is if I have a kid who is suffering from an illness, who is subjected to a kid who walks into a room without vaccines, that could kill that child. And that’s wrong.”

Clinton, too, has been unequivocal, tweeting: “The science is clear: The earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork. Let’s protect all our kids.”

Green party candidate Jill Stein accused of "anti-vaxxer" sympathies

This Tea Has 137 Occasions More Antioxidants Than Green Tea

Matcha is a extremely potent type of green tea that is grown beneath special problems. Throughout the final month prior to harvest, the tea leaves are covered in shade to protect them from sunlight. This increases the antioxidants, chlorophyll, and polyphenol content. In addition, helpful amino acids are also enhanced. The tea leaves then go by way of a unique processing that includes drying, aging, and stone grinding. This is an incredibly time-consuming and labor intensive process.

Matcha Preparation

Matcha indicates “powdered tea”. As opposed to normal green tea the place the complete leaves are steeped then removed, matcha includes whisking the entire leaf powder into the water and drinking it totally. Matcha is historically manufactured by incorporating about a teaspoon of powder into sizzling water and whisking with a bamboo whisk. It comes in many grades with a “ceremonial grade” currently being regarded the greatest. There is not any type of standardization with these grades, even so, so it would be best to analysis the sellers claims just before buying.

Benefits of Matcha

Matcha is normally connected with meditation thanks to its history with Zen monks and Japan’s tea ceremony. Japan is regarded as to have some of the highest high quality matcha in the globe. It is so prized that they only export about 4% of their provide.

Substantial quality matcha has a wealthy grassy taste that ends with a lingering sweetness. It’s a great encounter. In truth, it’s so fantastic that I’ve replaced my morning cup of coffee with matcha. Here’s why:

• Matcha was identified to have 137 instances the antioxidants of green tea(1)


• It is loaded with vitamins and trace minerals (A, B-complicated, C, E, and K).


• It exhibits higher antioxidant activity with EGCG


• Includes substantial quantities of chlorophyll, which aids purify and construct blood.


• Mixture of caffeine and l-theanine benefits in increased performance and a calm concentrate(two).


• 1 cup of matcha consists of the positive aspects of as a lot of as 10 cups of green tea.

1 antioxidant located in considerable quantities in matcha is EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) which is a strong polyphenol identified to have sturdy antioxidant effects against totally free radical injury. It has been shown to market cardiovascular wellness(3), support in fat reduction(four), and even acts as a therapeutic adjunct in cancer therapy(5,6,7).

L-theanine, a calming amino acid, is fond in large quantities in Matcha. This is due to shade development, which permits theanine material to enhance. L-theanine promotes rest, but without any sedating results. It is been proven to regulate brain waves and improve alpha brain waves which are connected with a meditative, relaxed state(eight). This is how it counteracts caffeine and delivers a synergistic result.

I discovered that coffee, even though offering emphasis, gave me as well much of a jittery feeling. It elevated my nervousness and I never felt really proper on it. Matcha, on the other hand, supplied me with the very same power and target as coffee, but the theanine counteracted the hyperactive feeling that coffee gave.
Waking up to my everyday cup of matcha is 1 expertise I appear forward to each and every day. It is considerably far more than just a cup of tea. The nutritious and meditative element of matcha has forever changed my daily outlook on daily life for the far better. I’m much happier, productive, and grounded.

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(two)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18681988

(3)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17906191

(4)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17906192

(five)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22280355

(six)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19542190

(7)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25544670

(8)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18296328

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If I had been queen for a day, this would be a month of genuine foods, not detoxers’ nauseous green slime | Christie Watson

I would ban juicing in January. Absolutely. Prison for all juicers. For any person skulking about Holland &amp Barrett looking for spirulina or chia seed or stevia or aloe vera anything that appears like it may well be excreted from a snail. In truth: no detoxing whatsoever. On New Year’s Eve Gwyneth Paltrow would be escorted to a safe location, to resurface only in February.

I would also force the meals organizations to publish warnings on practically every thing: packets and jars and tins: “Invisible sugar in this foods is addictive and will make you body fat and sick”. Or: “You may as effectively give your little one a cigarette as feed them this, because the extended-term well being consequences are as severe”. And extra hormones in meat and milk would be outlawed. We have ample super-size young children hitting puberty at the age of eight previously.

In each and every store there would be a greater assortment of fresh, unadulterated, reasonably priced foods and drink to outweigh their additive-ridden, vitamin-deficient counterparts stuffed with secret sugar. With actual meals filling our supermarkets, and fake meals labelled accordingly, we wouldn’t want extreme food obsessions in January.

My flirtation with juicing started on 1 January 2014. “If it seems to be like Angel the hamster would consume or drink it, then it is healthier. It’s excellent for your insides,” I informed my suspicious children, handing every a glass of green slime. For three tiny servings, the juicer had devoured twenty quid’s worth of natural greens, but I was established to ply the little ones with micro-nutrients. And then I tasted it myself. I felt dangerously nauseous, my young children hated me, and I was miserable.

The outlawing of detoxing would make certain no more: one) individuals feeling dizzy, unable to focus or drive two) working to the toilet with diarrhoea, a consequence of the three cucumbers, the pack of spinach, and the 17 sticks of celery it will take to make each and every shot three) generating daily journeys to foodie Borough Marketplace for huge quantities of veggies four) taking painkillers for the headaches and abdomen cramps this diet program causes and five) even thinking about juicing raw kale, which tastes so rank I can get rid of bodyweight now just remembering it.

“Instead of all this weird overall health juice,” my 10-12 months-previous asked, “can you make it your new year’s resolution up coming year to have enjoyable? Obtaining enjoyable is a lot far better for your insides.” A clever lady, my daughter. The variety of smart courtier a queen would want all around.

If I had been queen for a day, this would be a month of genuine foods, not detoxers’ nauseous green slime | Christie Watson

The Green Edit: normal treatments for hayfever eyes

The organic choices to soothe sore, itchy eyes in the course of hayfever season from our green beauty blogger Imelda Burke

BY Imelda Burke |
13 June 2014

Sunny June often comes with a new round of hayfever triggered by grass pollen, and for a whole lot of us that signifies watery, scorching, itchy eyes. Thankfully, for the all-natural beauties amongst us, there are a few guidelines and tricks we have found to assist keep the pollen-induced tears at bay.

The homeopathic spray: persistent hayfever sufferers will use a combination of tactics to end the irritated, itchy eyes. One particular really worth attempting is the Weleda Hayfever Relief Spray , which is a mixture of homeopathic treatments in spray form for relieving itchy, red eyes and sneezing.

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The tincture: hayfever has become this kind of an problem for consumers at Content, my normal elegance boutique, that we had our herbalist Jennifer Derham formulate the Hayfever Tea. One of the herbs I notably really like in this blend is eyebright. Not only is it considered 1 of the most beneficial tonics for the alleviating sinusitis, congestion, continual sneezing and hay fever symptoms, it was traditionally employed to deal with any problem affecting the eyes, and is imagined to alleviate the redness, puffiness, itchiness and irritation triggered by colds or allergy symptoms. Becoming astringent, it assists alleviate streaming eyes. Even in the 14th century eyebright was mentioned to remedy all ‘evils of the eye’.

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The sensitive mascara: there is one rule for natural beauties when it comes to mascara – if it is waterproof it possibly is not natural. But although normal mascaras could be a bonus for men and women with delicate eyes, when it comes to battling itchy, streaming eyes, it truly is very likely you may locate your colour moving south. You may possibly be nicely versed in the use of primers underneath basis, but have you regarded as the very same for your lashes? Even though it will not make your mascara magically waterproof, Jane Iredale’s PureLash Extender and Conditioner helps your all-natural mascara keep place for longer. Apply a couple of layers, allowing to dry between every one particular and then apply your all-natural mascara.

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The cooling cream: by the finish of the day your tired eyes will be ready for their rest and will need to have a treat. Switch your normal eye cream for a soothing, cooling gel formulation which includes anti-inflammatory components to assist relieve puffiness. Two of my favourites at the second are the Dr Jackson 05 Encounter and Eye Essence , which is based mostly on cooling aloe and Roman chamomile, which serves as an anti-inflammatory and the Ren’s Energetic seven Eye Gel which is made up of arnica and ginseng to assist decrease puffiness – retailer in the fridge to boost the cooling effect. Never have these to hand? Get into the kitchen for some skin foods – the normal attractiveness trick of a couple of slices cucumber resting on eye lids cools irritated eyes nicely!

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Growing Green Winners Give A Sneak Peek Into What "Sustainable" Really Seems Like

I have written a great deal lately about what is incorrect with our meals system: firms lobbying towards the very factors they say they are carrying out in their CSR reviews, the shocking price of food waste, and the nauseating problem of too much pig poop, to title a handful of.

So it is good to get the possibility to write as an alternative about folks and tasks working to adjust the foods method in good ways.

The Natural Sources Defense Council and the Berkeley Foods Institute announced nowadays the winners of their Expanding Green awards.  In its sixth year, the awards highlight four men and women whose function impacts the foods technique in diverse ways: a Sustainable Livestock Producer, a Regional Foods Leader, a Pollinator Protector, and a Sustainable Farm and Foods Educator.

This year’s winners include Sibella Kraus, a leader working to preserve agricultural land close to fast-developing San Jose, and Will Harris, the owner of White Oak Pastures in southwest Georgia, $ 25 million-a-12 months ranch which includes two processing plants (run on solar power) and employs 100 men and women.

The work of these individuals is genuinely inspiring.  What would agriculture search like if the work of individuals like these became the norm, and not just the anomalies of the food system?

Growing Green Winners Give A Sneak Peek Into What "Sustainable" Really Seems Like

Fluorescent Green Stem Cells Regenerate Heart Muscle tissue Right after Heart Attacks

Two weeks following possessing heart attacks, three macaque monkeys received injections of a billion heart cells, derived from human embryonic stem cells, to fix their broken muscle. About 40 % of the broken tissue was regenerated n the macaque’s hearts utilizing this strategy, in accordance to a examine published in the journal Nature.

Heart attacks do harm to the cells that make the heart beat, which are named cardiomyocytes. Injury to them makes it more difficult for the heart to pump blood throughout the entire body, which is why several folks usually remain on medication completely right after heart attacks. About one million people in the U.S. have heart attacks each and every yr.

English: A Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Monkey eating peanuts. Pictured in Bangalore, India Français : Un Macaque crabier (Macaca fascicularis) mangeant des cacahuètes, Bangalore, Inde. (Photograph credit score: Wikipedia)

Men and women generally experience heart attacks when a waxy cholesterol plaque breaks open in an artery, triggering a blood clot to form. The clot, if big ample, can absolutely block blood from flowing by way of the heart’s arteries. The muscle ordinarily fed by the blood movement via that artery commences to die. The dead muscles don’t increase back — rather they are replaced by scar tissue, which helps make it harder for the heart to pump blood. Heart attacks can lead to other severe problems, like heart failure, arrhythmias, and death.

The hope of stem cell therapy is changing the tissue broken by the heart attack with new cells that could enable the heart to heal back to one thing like normal perform. Today’s review suggests that may possibly be attainable. The stem-cell derived heart muscle cells matured and started to beat along with the macaque heart cells, and after three months, they were completely integrated. The scientists were in a position to determine this by making confident the human stem cell-derived cells would express a fluorescent green protein, creating them less difficult to spot. Not only had been they fairly standard, new blood vessels had grown to feed the heart cells, the 1st time that is been noticed.

There have been some hiccups. Very first, all the monkeys needed immunosuppressive treatment to stop their bodies from rejecting the human cells. And ultrasound studies of the animals’ hearts showed that the muscle’s capability to pump blood improved in some but not all of the animals. But the most worrisome thing were episodes of irregular heartbeats that occurred shortly after the stem cell injections. These disappeared following two to three weeks following the injection, as the stem cells matured.

But the method, even though employed in only a couple of animals, might one particular day offer support for heart failure individuals, the examine authors wrote. Of program, a lot more analysis wants to be carried out.

Fluorescent Green Stem Cells Regenerate Heart Muscle tissue Right after Heart Attacks