Health Benefits of Cayenne Pepper. By Glenn Reschke What are the health benefits of cayenne pepper (Capsicum)? The purported therapeutic benefits are almost too unbelieveable, but its reputation keeps growing among medical researchers as well as alternative health afficionados and deservedly so. It can do everything from kill cancer cells in the prostate, lungs, and pancreas to immediately stop a heart attack within 30 seconds. Let's get into some of the specifics of Capsicum benefits. Capsicum increases metabolism by immediately influencing the venous structure. It is nothing short of amazing with its effects on the circulatory system as it feeds the vital elements into the cell structure of capillaries, veins, arteries and helps adjust blood pressure to normal levels. Yes, Capsicum for high blood pressure is certainly one of its core uses, but Capsicum cleans the arteries as well, helping to rid the body of the bad LDL cholesterol and triglycerides.
Capsicum is also great for the stomach and the intestinal tract. Dr. Seed Companies Safe from Monsanto Ties. Maybe we can post here what we like about the above mentioned companies. My favorites are Heirloom Seeds, Seed Savers, groworganic.com (because they are local), and Baker Creek (aka rareseeds.com). Heirloom Seeds has really good organic butternut squash seeds. Very hardy. Good all around company that I've never had problems with. Baker Creek has lots of variety and always something new each year and fun. If I can ever get the cassabanana seeds to produce I'd be happy. I've tried thier nipple fruit too which is fun. Seed Savers is always got lots to choose from as well. Groworganic.com (Peaceful Valley Farm Supply) sells seeds from renee's garden, seeds of change and several others.
Nettle beer. This is an easy recipe to follow and creates a delightful, if not usual tasting beer. It is very cheap to make and follows a traditionally english recipe. Before hops were widely used in the 17th century all sorts of plant were used to flavor the ale including nettles. (Urtica dioica). It was also thought to help alleviate rheumatic pain, gout and asthma. Nettle beer can still be bought in the Czech republic and in the north of England where it is brewed with hops and is called internettle. Ingredients 900grams (2lb) young nettle tops 3.8lts (1 gallon) of water 230 grams (8oz) of sugar, brown or demarrara sugar works best. 7.5 grams (0.25oz) of fresh yeast small piece of toast 7.5 grams (0.25oz) of ground ginger Method Boil the nettle tops in the water for half an hour (you will need a very large pan for this or preferably a cauldron). Keeping the mixture, strain and add sugar, stirring to dissolve. Spread the yeast onto the toast and float on the surface of the nettle liquid.
School Gardens Promote Learning While Fighting Hunger. GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 11, 2011 (Tierramérica) - "Yesterday I planted 20 broccoli plants at home. God willing, they will grow and we will be able to eat them," said 12-year-old Juan Francisco Ordóñez, a student at a school in San Cristóbal Totonicapán where a school garden has been established in an attempt to alleviate hunger.
By the end of this year, the Alliances to Improve the Situation of Children, Food Security and Nutrition programme, initiated in 2010, will have planted a total of 44 school gardens in the western Guatemalan department (province) of Totonicapán. While serving as a teaching tool, the gardens are also aimed at combating the high rates of chronic malnutrition in this Central American nation.
"We learn how to plant vegetables and when to water them. The principal of his school, Benjamín Tax, told Tierramérica that "we are happy because children and parents have come to ask us for seeds to plant at home. " The signs of hunger are evident in the classroom. Britain Completes First Green Zone. Amidst the flurry of bad news being broadcast out of the UK, as London riots rage across the city, there has been some good news on the alternative energy front as well.
Westmill Solar Farm, the UK’s largest solar farm, was connected to the national grid a couple of weeks ago. Power from adjoining solar and wind farms in Oxfordshire now provide energy to 4,000 homes for the next 25 years, at least. The solar farm covers the equivalent of eight soccer pitches. It features 23,000 solar panels and went online just a few days before government changes to feed-in tariffs.
“The installation offsets 3,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, it will provide power for a minimum of 25 years and from an aesthetic point of view, it is quite a sight to behold”, said Chris Dean, managing director of Blue Energy, which constructed the solar farm. The solar farm began harvesting sunlight at 4pm on July 19. Article by Antonio Pasolini, a Brazilian writer and video art curator based in London, UK. The Real Story about the Famine in the Horn of Africa: The Humanitarian Aid Business | Sovereign Independent.
Hazardous Fruits and Vegetables: Do You Know the Dirty Dozen? | TakePart - Inspiration to Action. Sometimes it's good to cheat. In the grocery store, that is. Ahem. We're not advocating getting more-than-friendly with the produce manager. The TakePart way to get ahead in the grocery store is with a hazardous food cheat sheet. Image Courtesy of Heidi Kenney, of My Paper Crane Rules for food shopping seem to multiply daily, and navigating the supermarket has become a fact-frenzy nightmare. It makes sense to have the facts handy. But what if you want in on the data trend but don't have an iPhone? The Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen cheat sheet, created by mom and foodie Heidi Kenney, is a the size of a business card.
Kenney says she created the handy device out of necessity: "We have been trying to buy as many organic fruits and vegetables as we can, but the area we live in sometimes makes it a bit of a challenge. The cheat sheet is available on Heidi's site, My Paper Crane, in a printable file. Know Your Rights | Redwood Curtain CopWatch. Their job is to Collect or Create Information to arrest you and help prosecute you. They are not trying to win justice or help you. “I choose to remain silent. I want to see a lawyer.” Unfortunately, saying different words that mean the same thing may not be as legally protective. “Interrogation” does not necessarily sound like questioning. It sounds more like conversation. You have no legal obligation to converse with police. They will pull out every trick to intimidate you or to be friendly enough to get you chatting. Exercise your RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. before you get tricked into talking, ask them: “Am I being detained or am I free to go?”
If you are free to go (in other words, if they do not state that you are detained or arrested), you may walk away. If you are not driving, you do not have to carry I.D. It is a crime to be without I.D. If the cops say you are ‘detained’, you can give your name and address (if you have one), but then say the magic words. SAY THE MAGIC WORDS and BE QUIET. Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman. Library of Congress number 72-157115 (stolen from Library of Congress) copyright ©1971 PIRATE EDITIONS [ NOTE: Much of the information in this text is out of date being over 30 years old now, especially phone numbers and addresses.] Restaurants Food Programs Supermarkets Wholesale Markets Food Conspiracies Cheap Chow Free Clothing Sandals Free Furniture Hitch-Hiking Freighting Cars Buses Airlines In City Travel Communes Urban Living Rural Living List of Communes List of Free Universities Birth Control Clinics Abortions Diseases Treated Free Press Conference Wall Painting Use of the Flag Radio Free Telephones Pay Phones Movies and Concerts Records and Books Welfare Unemployment Panhandling Rip-Offs The International Yippie Currency Exchange Buying, Selling and Giving It Away Growing Your Own Laundry Pets Posters Security Postage Maps Ministry Attrocities Veteran's Benefits Watch Vacations Drinks Burials Astrodome Pictures Diploma Toilets Starting a Printing Workshop Underground Newspapers High School Papers G.I.
News Services The Underground Press. No Free Pass for New Genetically Engineered Crops! In April, we asked organic activists to take action to stop an outrageous US Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposal for the biotech industry to police itself. Despite the opposition of 10,000 Organic Consumers Association members, the USDA is going forward with the controversial deregulation, which allows companies like Monsanto to decide whether their genetically engineered crops pose environmental risks. And if this wasn't bad enough, this month, things got much, much worse.
For the first time ever, the USDA announced that it was waiving its regulatory authority over a new genetically engineered lawn grass made by Scotts Miracle-Gro, letting the company start selling the Franken-grass without any review of how it might effect human health, the environment, or organic farmers whose pastures will be contaminated. Essentially, the USDA has created a new class of genetically engineered plants, animals and animal drugs that get a free pass through any government regulation or review.
London's Unpackaged Grocery Shop: No Packaging Whatsoever - Food. Reddit user Girlfriendhatesmefor’s three-year-old pitbull, Otis, had recently become overprotective of his wife. So he asked the online community if they knew what might be wrong with the dog. “A week or two ago, my wife got some sort of stomach bug,” the Reddit user wrote under the subreddit /r/dogs. “She was really nauseous and ill for about a week. Otis is very in tune with her emotions (we once got in a fight and she was upset, I swear he was staring daggers at me lol) and during this time didn’t even want to leave her to go on walks.
We thought it was adorable!” His wife soon felt better, butthe dog’s behavior didn’t change. Girlfriendhatesmefor began to fear that Otis’ behavior may be an early sign of an aggression issue or an indication that the dog was hurt or sick. So he threw a question out to fellow Reddit users: “Has anyone else’s dog suddenly developed attachment/aggression issues? The most popular response to his thread was by ZZBC. Any chance your wife is pregnant? Urban Beekeeping: NYC. Free solar panels: the small print exposed. The world can be powered by alternative energy in 20 to 40 years. Environmental Impacts of Cultured Meat Production - Environmental Science & Technology. University of Oxford, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, The Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Oxon OX13 5QL, U.K.
University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Molecular Microbial Physiology Group, NL-1018 WV Amsterdam, Netherlands Environ. Sci. Technol., 2011, 45 (14), pp 6117–6123 DOI: 10.1021/es200130u Publication Date (Web): June 17, 2011 Copyright © 2011 American Chemical Society Section: Abstract Cultured meat (i.e., meat produced in vitro using tissue engineering techniques) is being developed as a potentially healthier and more efficient alternative to conventional meat. Citing Articles View all 9 citing articles Citation data is made available by participants in CrossRef's Cited-by Linking service.
Eat Less Meat And Cheese, Environmental Group Recommends. Gidon Eschel, a professor of climate physics at Bard College in New York, spent much of his youth in Israel with cows — tending to a dairy farm as a boy and his own beef cattle farm years later. “I loved it,” he said. “It’s too bad it is so unequivocally bad for the environment.” That message is not all that new. From the documentary Food, Inc. to Michael Pollan's bestselling books to the cautions of many doctors, meat — red meat in particular — has gotten a bad rap in recent years. A report published on Monday by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a Washington, D.C. -based advocacy organization, adds to the criticism, providing a comprehensive "cradle-to-grave" assessment of 20 popular protein-packed foods. The group took into account the environmental impact of production, processing, transportation, cooking, and waste (20 percent of edible meat winds up in landfills), before reaching a relatively familiar conclusion: people should eat less meat and dairy.
Largest ever marijuana plantation hidden under black netting in Mexican desert. Discovery comes as Mexico drug violence takes upswingMore than 40,000 people have died in drug violence in Mexico since late 2006. By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 17:49 GMT, 15 July 2011 Mexican soldiers discovered the largest marijuana plantation in the country's history, hidden under black cloth in the middle of the desert. The 300-acre plantation is four times larger than the previous record discovery by authorities and workers had even installed toilet facilities, the Defence Department said.
The towering pot plants sheltered under black screen-cloth in a huge square on the floor of the Baja California desert, more than 150 miles south of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego. Hidden: This desert plantation looks innocent enough but underneath the black tarpaulin was the largest marijuana farm in Mexico's history A house and facilities sit uncovered at one end of the massive plantation More than 40,000 people have died in drug violence in Mexico since late 2006. How Federal Food Subsidies Turn the Food Pyramid Upside Down - yearofplenty.
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