Is Coconut Water Really Better Than Sports Drinks? As a runner, I always considered sports drinks a necessary evil: While I never loved the taste, I held my nose and downed my Gatorade for the sake of proper hydration. But last year, a friend handed me a little box of coconut water, which, she told me, had just as many electrolytes as Gatorade. I took a sip, loved the mild taste, and found myself regularly shelling out as much as $3 for 11 oz. of the stuff. That is, until it disappeared from my local supermarket earlier this summer. Turns out I'm not the only one with a new coconut water addiction. Although the beverage has been popular for centuries in countries where coconuts grow, it has only recently been marketed in the US. Not to be confused with coconut milk, which is made from the white flesh of the fruit, coconut water is the clear liquid in the fruit's center. But according to Liz Applegate, director of sports nutrition at UC-Davis, coconut water isn't ideal for prolonged bouts of physical activity.
5 Steps for Macrobiotic Beginners 1. Eat Whole Grains When I say "whole", I mean it. These days, huge corporations (and even the USDA food Pyramid) are understanding that not all carbs are bad. So now your favorite breads and cereals include whole grain flour. Think about your best friend: She's got great hair, a perky nose and a husky voice. Now imagine pulverizing her into a powder--is she the same? Whole grains are cheap and easy to cook. 2. I know I sound like your mother here, but "CHEW YOUR FOOD!! By chewing well (50-100 times a mouthfull--gulp!) 3. Think about it. Neither China nor Japan have ever included dairy food in their daily diets, and they seem to be doing okay; much less breast cancer than in the West, very little osteoporosis and obesity a downright rarity. The whole idea that milk is the Perfect Food for combatting bone loss is not only wrong, but some people would argue that dairy food is a major contributor to the problem. 4.
Evolution's Next Step - Passing Knowledge and Experience The theory of evolution might be obsolete as biologist develops a system that can predict that the next step will be a technical living form that will be able to pass its experience and knowledge to the next generation.Darwin’s theory of evolution focuses on the best adapted organisms but leaves out the succession of living things during the process. The developer of this new theory, called the “operator hierarchy” is biologist Gerard Jagers op Akkerhuis, who improved the hierarchy of life by adding a classification of inorganic natural matter. “Biologists’ take on the hierarchy of life has been pretty careless up to now, [and] this hinders the discipline,” says Gerard Jagers op Akkerhuis. Jagers identifies the particles that are independently formed from other particles, directly beneath them in the evolution hierarchy, and calls them “operators” . Every closure is a step towards a new form of self-organization and a new unique entity – a new operator.
The Art of Seeing (9780916870485): Aldous Huxley, Laura Huxley Meditation May Protect Your Brain | Miller-McCune Online For thousands of years, Buddhist meditators have claimed that the simple act of sitting down and following their breath while letting go of intrusive thoughts can free one from the entanglements of neurotic suffering. Now, scientists are using cutting-edge scanning technology to watch the meditating mind at work. They are finding that regular meditation has a measurable effect on a variety of brain structures related to attention — an example of what is known as neuroplasticity, where the brain physically changes in response to an intentional exercise. A team of Emory University scientists reported in early September that experienced Zen meditators were much better than control subjects at dropping extraneous thoughts and returning to the breath. The same researchers reported last year that longtime meditators don’t lose gray matter in their brains with age the way most people do, suggesting that meditation may have a neuro-protective effect. Where does all this lead?
Study: Most Plastics Leach Hormone-Like Chemicals hide captionMakers of water bottles, including Camelback, now sell products that don't contain BPA, a chemical that can mimic the sex hormone estrogen. But a new study says that even if they don't contain BPA, most plastic products release estrogenic chemicals. David McNew/Getty Images Makers of water bottles, including Camelback, now sell products that don't contain BPA, a chemical that can mimic the sex hormone estrogen. Most plastic products, from sippy cups to food wraps, can release chemicals that act like the sex hormone estrogen, according to a study in Environmental Health Perspectives. The study found these chemicals even in products that didn't contain BPA, a compound in certain plastics that's been widely criticized because it mimics estrogen. hide captionPlastiPure manufactures water bottles that it says have no estrogenic chemicals. PlastiPure PlastiPure manufactures water bottles that it says have no estrogenic chemicals. The new study doesn't look at health risks.
Reach Your Goals More Quickly: Use Incremental Change Regardless of who you are, where you live, how much you make, or even your education, your life is on a certain path — similar to a train on a track. You know there are going to be twists and turns, ups and downs, but you can easily figure out where you’ll end up professionally and personally if you stay on the track you’re currently on. For example, if you continue to save this amount, you’ll end up with this. If you look at the path you’re on and you like where you’re headed, you can sit back and keep doing exactly what you’ve been doing and enjoy the ride. There are two ways to change direction to create a better, fuller, richer life: incremental change and radical change. What is incremental change? There’s nothing wrong with incremental change. The trick is to focus on “er.” How can you bench press 100 pounds more than you can bench press right now? The antidote to stagnation is “er.” This is part one of a two-part series on how to create positive change in your life.
Top 5 prehrambenih proizvoda koje pod svaku cijenu treba izbjegavati Koliko god privlačno izgledali, kunuli se u svoje ne tako štetne sastojke i tako dalje i tako dalje, postoje prehrambeni proizvodi koje pod svaku cijenu treba izbjegavati Mirisne, slasne sa sto vrsta punjenja, pa ruku na srce i ne tako skupe, ukusne krafne izbacite iz menija. Većina tih okruglih slastica sadrži čak 35 do 40 posto štetnih masnoća i šećera. Ne, ne i ne. Domaća ili nedomaća, masnija ili manje masna , činjenica je da u nekim djelovima Hrvatske ona uživa kultni status. Najomiljenija grickalica starih i mladih. Kaloričnim bombama u plastičnim bocama ime je gazirano piće. Dugoročna konzumacija gaziranog donosi oslabljene kosti, umjetna sladila povezana su s napadima tjeskobe i povećanom željom za slatkim.
Kulkmann´s Gamebox - 7 Wonders As the former IGA-winner Through the Ages has shown to us, the "boardgamization" of all these endless ages of human civilization has led us to hard challenges of resource management, building wonders and other modern comforts and, of course, investing lots of playing time. However, as it seems the Belgians with Sombreros (a.k.a. Cédrick and Thomas from REPOS) have become fed up with these never ending gaming evenings, and so they have decided to publish Antoine Bauza's newest game 7 Wonders which brings us three ages of civilization in a nutshell. As indicated, 7 Wonders runs for a total duration of three ages (rounds), and each player starts with a randomly drawn plan for one of the Seven Wonders of the World, a start capital of three coins and a hand of seven building cards corresponding to the current age. Well, this rotation of the players' hands certainly leads to a jolly revelry, but what can the players actually do with their chosen cards?
Spiel der Spiele Logo seit 2007 Logo 2001 bis 2006 Es wird jeweils ein Spiel mit dem Titel Spiel der Spiele ausgezeichnet und elf weitere Spiele Hits in sechs Kategorien (für Experten, mit Freunden, für Familien, für Kinder, für Viele, für Zwei) vergeben. Es können nur Spiele prämiert werden, die im österreichischen Fachhandel erhältlich sind. Jury[Bearbeiten] Die Spielekommission besteht aus fünf Mitgliedern der „Wiener Spiele Akademie“, einem eingetragenen Verein: Dagmar de Cassan (Vorsitzende), Gerhard Bergauer, Samy Molcho, Manfred Schreiber und Helmut Wresnik. Die Preisträger[Bearbeiten] Andere Bedeutungen[Bearbeiten] Eine Publikation von Jesse Livermore – Das Spiel der Spiele. Weblinks[Bearbeiten]
Deutscher Spiele Preis Deutscher Spiele Preis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Deutscher Spiele Preis (German for German Game Prize) is an important award for boardgames. In contrast to the Spiel des Jahres, which tends to be awarded to family games, the DSP is awarded for "gamers' games" with particularly good or innovative gameplay. Winners[edit] 2013[edit] 1st: Terra Mystica2nd: Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar3rd: Brugge4th: Bora Bora5th: Legends of Andor6th: Hanabi7th: Yedo8th: Keyflower9th: Rialto10th: Augustus 2012[edit] 1st: Village2nd: Trajan3rd: Hawaii4th: Ora Et Labora5th: Helvetia6th: Targi7th: Kingdom Builder8th: Vegas9th: Africana10th: Santa Cruz 2011[edit] 2010[edit] 2009[edit] 2008[edit] 2007[edit] 1st: The Pillars of the Earth2nd: Notre Dame3rd: Vikings4th: Yspahan5th: Zooloretto6th: Arkadia7th: Imperial8th: Leonardo da Vinci9th: Thebes10th: Colosseum 2006[edit] The prizes for Best Children's Game and Best Rules were both won by Nacht der Magier. 2005[edit] 2004[edit] Variants
Why Do Some People Learn Faster? | Wired Science The physicist Niels Bohr once defined an expert as “a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” Bohr’s quip summarizes one of the essential lessons of learning, which is that people learn how to get it right by getting it wrong again and again. Education isn’t magic. A new study, forthcoming in Psychological Science, and led by Jason Moser at Michigan State University, expands on this important concept. The Moser experiment is premised on the fact that there are two distinct reactions to mistakes, both of which can be reliably detected using electroenchephalography, or EEG. The second signal, which is known as error positivity (Pe), arrives anywhere between 100-500 milliseconds after the mistake and is associated with awareness. In this new paper, Moser et al. extends this research by looking at how beliefs about learning shape these mostly involuntary error-related signals in the brain, both of which appear in less than half a second.