coffee may reduce the risk of breast cancer

more coffee less cancer

According to a researcher of the Karolinska Institut in Stockholm, women who drink more than five cups of coffee a day may be reducing their risk of one type of breast cancer known as estrogen-receptor negative cancers. This type of breast cancer is less likely to respond to hormone therapy than estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer.

The study evaluated coffee drinking and breast cancer risk in 2,818 patients with breast cancer and 3,111 study participants who did not have breast cancer.  Participants were all Swedish, ages 50 to 74. The researchers collected information on coffee drinking habits. education, family history of breast cancer, menstrual history, reproductive history, and habits such as smoking, drinking alcohol, and exercising.

The researcher herself is not convinced about the results and is unclear whether this observation was a chance finding. However, a U.S. expert cautiously warns that the only thing this study suggests is: "Drinking coffee doesn’t seem to increase the overall risk of breast cancer."

So, I would suggest: ladies, enjoys your cup of coffee and keep it brewing.

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SOURCES

telegraph.co.uk

webmd

California puts $1 million to convert biosolids (shit) into energy

On March 23, 2011, The California Energy Commission awarded nearly $1 million for a research project that will look at converting biosolids ((aka SHIT) to energy.

Bioenergy

The Commission approved $999,924 to the Antioch-based Delta Diablo Sanitation District  to develop, demonstrate, and implement a system to turn biosolids into energy. The total cost of the project is $4,738,924, with the remainder of costs coming from Intellergy Corporation of Richmond.

There appears to be a need to generate energy form untapped waste and reduce the volume going into state’s landfills. The press release provided more details:

“Biosolids are the treated byproduct produced by wastewater treatment facilities when organics are removed from municipal sewage. Biosolids contain latent energy that can be harnessed in several ways; one conversion method involves heating the material to break down the solids and create gases that are converted to energy.

Wastewater treatment facilities in California must address how to manage biosolids. Existing options for using biosolids are limited (mainly land application and alternative daily cover in landfills) and face increasing environmental challenges that could eliminate those options. Current disposal practices often involves hauling biosolids long distances, which consumes transportation fuels, increases greenhouse gas emissions, and increases ratepayers' costs for wastewater treatment.

The Delta Diablo Sanitation District will lead the implementation of a regional biosolids to energy facility under the project that the Energy Commission is funding. The project will demonstrate the steam/carbon dioxide reforming technology of Intellergy which has yet to be commercially demonstrated with biosolids. The biosolids will be heated at a high temperature in an airlock vessel, vaporizing the liquids and gasifying the organic solids. Steam and carbon dioxide will then be added, producing a hydrogen-rich gaseous fuel known as syngas. The hydrogen gas produced will be used to run a fuel cell to generate electricity.”

A website for women in sports

womeninsports-af.org is a website to give exposure to young women and girls in sports. According to the website:

women in sports

”This site is the cooperative effort of a group of ardent sports fans who collaborated together to help provide young promising minority women athletes the exposure and funding necessary to become successful and to make a difference, not only in their lives but in the lives of other up-and-coming young minority athletes.

Our goal is to make these athletes visible through news stories, opinions, interviews, feature articles and blogs from writers, athletes, parents and coaches. Our effort is to engage our athletes and the public in an ongoing dialog and discussion about how we can help young minority women reach for the stars in the sports they love.

At Women in Sports Angel Foundation we hope to eliminate such hindrance with the help of sponsor ads, sponsorship or donations and to give these talented young athletes a chance at their athletic dreams.”

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More information:

http://www.womeninsports-af.org

ecospiritdating – a new dating site for free spirits

There is new dating site for people interested in all things Green and/or spiritual who are seeking dates, friends or community connections.

www.Ecospiritdating.com

Ecospiritdating.com aims to build a bridge between two often like-minded communities: the spiritual and the eco/Green.  They are not mutually exclusive and the connections and overlaps are obvious.

The site is suitable for a variety of people. If you are: green, anywhere from a gardener to a committed activist, love the outdoors, fitness, health issues, permaculture or sustainable living, spiritual, have a deep connection with nature, interested in holistic living, personal growth, social issues are important to you or just curious about alternative beliefs, then ecospiritdating.com may be place to explore and find like-minded people..

Registration is free. Check it out.

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source:

http://ecospiritdating.com/

circle of friends cookbook - 25 dip & spread recipes, FREE [kindle edition]

Amazon is offering FREE Book which will be will be auto-delivered to your Kindle or other device on June 7, 2011

circle of friends cookboo

Title:     Circle of Friends Cookbook - 25 Dip & Spread Recipes [Kindle Edition]

Author: Gooseberry Patch

List Price:         $0.99

Kindle Price:     $0.00 includes free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet

You Save:        $0.99 (100%)

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Dips and spreads for every occasion! Try Robert’s Corn Dip, Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball, Vickie’s Favorite Guacamole and Undefeated Bacon Cheese Dip!

Product Details

Format: Kindle Edition

File Size: 624 KB

Publisher: Gooseberry Patch (June 7, 2011)

Sold by: Amazon Digital Services

Language: English

ASIN: B004TTHKY2

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More Information:

Amazon

legislation to give tax benefits for bike, public transit commuters

bike, public transp

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.),who often rides a bike to work himself, is introducing a legislation to help people and businesses cope with bad economy and high fuel prices.  

According to Blumenauer ”the only way to meaningfully protect Americans from spikes in gas prices is to make alternatives to driving more convenient and affordable.”

His proposed “Commuter Relief Act”  offers commuters immediate relief and options with the intent of adding no additional cost to the federal deficit. The legislation will would expand tax credits "for individuals and employers to make it easier for commuters who wish to commute to work by bicycle, walking, carpooling, or using public transit."

Specifically, the bill would equalize the parking and transit benefits at $200 per month; let people claim benefits for more than one mode of transportation; and allow employees the option to take cash instead of an employer's parking benefit, "reducing the incentive to drive instead of take alternative transportation." It would also increase the current bike benefit (which Blumenauer got passed back in 2009) from $20 to $40 per month.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer  said "Our goal is to lay out a budget-neutral alternative that gives people some choices,.. One of my favorite options here is giving people the opportunity to cash in their employer-provided parking…giving a commuter the opportunity to say, I'd like to take that money and buy a bike and a bus pass and enrich my life and my health."

Rep. Earl Blumenauer has been joined in his efforts by Rep. Jim Moran and Mazie Hirono. I am glad to see we have sensible politicians who care about people and the community.

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SOURCES

http://blumenauer.house.gov/

grist.org

Yogavive – producer of healthy organic snacks

If you are interested in eating healthy snacks, here is a company, Yogavive, that you may want to know.

yogavive apple chips

Yogavive, based in Napa, CA,  is a leading producer of USDA certified organic fruit products.

This company aims to produce healthy alternative snacks that will help people live a balanced and healthy life. Yogavive products contain no added chemicals or preservatives and no chemical/ synthetic pesticides or fertilizers are used during farming. Overall, these products are good for comsumers and the planet. 

PRODUCTS

The most popular product is Yogavive Apple Chips. It is made from USDA certified organic Fuji apples and is 100% fat-free. The product maintains the nutrients and flavor of the fresh fruit and is packaged in convenient snack size single serve packs but larger sizes are also available.

SIZES  2

1-apple (10g)

5-apple (50g)

VARIETIES     7

Original Flavor

Cinnamon Flavor

Caramel Flavor

Peach Flavor

Strawberry Flavor

Garlic Flavor

Ginger Flavor

WHERE TO FIND

Yogavive products can be purchased online from the company.

These products are also available at a number of retail locations.

In LOS ANGELES AREA, these are some of the stores that carry Yogavive products:

Nature Mart     2080 Hillhurst Ave        Los Angeles , CA 90027

Locali               5825 Franklin Ave        Los Angeles , CA 90028

Joe's Market    1855 Industrial St         Los Angeles , CA 90021

Erewhon Mkt.  7660 Beverly Blvd        Los Angeles , CA 90036

Vitamin World 2700 Colorado Blvd     Los Angeles, CA 90041

Vitamin World  5675 Telegraph Rd      City of Commerce, CA 90040

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Contact for information:

www.yogavive.com/

service@yogavive.com

1.707.254.8800

Melaleuca, tea oil tree, gets in a nasty war with the USDA

melaleuca trees

Melaleuca is member of  myrtle family of plants most of which are endemic to Australia. Melaleucas are popular garden plants, both in Australia and other tropical areas worldwide. They are also found growing wild in open forest, woodland or shrubland, particularly along watercourses

and the edges of swamps. Famous Melaleuca is also known as tea tree which contains an essential oil, notable anti-fungal, and antibiotic properties. Because of those medicinal value tee tree oil is used in  many topical applications.  There are some multi-level businesses (melaleuca.com) that sell health and wellness products based on  metaleuca and provide home-based business opportunity to its consumers.

 Melaleuca quinquenervia (Broad-leaved Paperbark) was introduced in the Florida Everglades in the past few decades in order to help drain low-lying swampy areas. However, now it seems to have become serious disaster to the Everglades. These plants are highly flammable, suck a lot water and are able to spread aggressively as they swallowed up precious marshes, mangrove forests, and tree islands.

Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has come up with an idea to control melaleuca trees. The proposal calls for releasing massive amount of snout beetle because of their ability gobble up the leaves of invasive plants like melaleuca. Weevils known as the Australian snout beetle, were released into the wild over  a decade ago and, since then, they have been munching the leaves of melaleuca trees to stop them from spreading seeds.

The federal scientists, at the Invasive Plant Research laboratory (IPRL) of Agricultural Research Services (ARS) of the USDA, in Davie, FL, will rear tens of thousands of the snout beetles and other useful insects over the next few years to successfully combat melaleuca. They hope that within 10 years melaleuca will be a non-issue.

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More information:

USDA/ARS Lab (IPRL)

mechanical fitness boot camp in Tarzana by Servando Dominguez

Hello, Southern California people, you don’t have to be in the westside of Los Angeles or near beach communites to exercise and look great. Here is something that will interest people of San Fernardino Valley (SFV), CA.

mechanical fitness boot camp

The Mechanical Fitness Boot camp in Tarzana is run by fitness expert Servando Dominguez who himself is a resident of SFV. The program is primarily a fitness boot camp for women but not exclusively for women.

This boot camp can help you:

Finally LOSE weight

SHAPE up your thighs & hips

FLATTEN your stomach

TONE your arms

LOSE inches off your waist to fit back into those old jeans

Have more ENERGY

REDUCE FAT by eating all day in my "No Hunger Meal Plan"

& Have FUN while working out at your FITNESS LEVEL

LOCATIONS

The classes take place in 3 locations: 

Tarzana

Chatsworth

Porter Ranch

The popular HOURS are:

Mon Wed Fri   6AM, 9AM, 7PM

Tue Thurs         6:30 PM

What kind of guarantee?

Apparently, this is the only women's boot camp in Chatsworth, Tarzana and Porter Ranch with a 100% Money Back GAURANTEE. According to Servando:

 “I am so confident that my personal fitness program, my unique boot camp formula, can help YOU look and feel great that if for ANY reason YOU are unsatisfied in the first 30 days of the boot camp Program… I'll give you a FULL refund plus $50 CASH!”

So, there is no need to wait. About 500 people a month inquire about this fitness program. If you are in  San Fernardino Valley (Tarzana, Encino, Sherman Oaks, Chatsworth, Granada Hills, Northridge, Porter Ranch, Reseda, West Hills, Woodland Hills and Simi Valley),  you may want to check out Mechanical fitness boot camp.

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Contact for more information:

www.mechanicalfitness.com/

servando@mechanicalfitness.com

Tel: (818) 314-2775.

cell phone use can cause cancer

According to the World Health Organization (WHO, radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer similar to engine exhaust and chloroform.

cell phone cancer

WHO felt it was important to investigate, understand and monitor any potential public health impact of cell (mobile) phone use. Cell phones are now an integral part of daily communication and there were an estimated 4.6 billion subscriptions globally at the end of 2009. In some developing countries, the mobile phones are the only means of telecommunications.

WHO also mentioned  that that no harmful health effects had been established yet. However, a team of  31 scientists from 14 countries, felt that there was enough evidence to conclude that mobile phone use can potentially cause cancer in humans.

Mobile phones communicate by transmitting radio waves through a network of fixed antennas called base stations. The type of radiation emitted by a cell phone is called non-ionizing. It is not like an X-ray. It is more like a microwave oven radiation and it can potentially cook your brain similar to what microwave oven does to food.

It is worth noting that many cell phones already come with some form of health warning from the manufacturer and advise consumers to keep their phones away from their body.