If you are keeping up with the news of the American financial crisis, the sheer magnitude of the events and ill governance it should cause you to pause. What is going on? What is money? Where does money come from? This fascinating, simple and well done video will provide answers. Check it out here.
Financial Meltdown, what’s going on?
Vegan Halloween Candy
I found this recipe and wanted to share it with my readers. If your little ones have a sweet tooth, well, and you too, this recipe could make for a fun Saturday afternoon. Homemade vegan candy corn.
‘Tree Man’ improving
The Indonesian villager know as the “Tree Man” for massive bark-like warts on his body returned home today after doctors removed six kilograms (which is equal to slightly over 6 pounds) of the growths.
Dede, a 37-year-old from rural West Java, was taken home from Bandung city after nine months of operations to remove the woody growths that had smothered his hands and feet, doctor Rahmat Winata said.
He said he hoped to return to normal life and find a new wife after decades burdened by the root-like growths, which had left him unable to move and work except in a travelling “freak show”.
“Now I can live with my children… I can move and go anywhere,” Dede said via telephone from his village.
“I haven’t got any plans to get married yet, but I would like to.”
Dede had lived alone in the village after his wife left him and his teenage children went to stay with relatives because he could no longer care for them.
He said he had not yet talked to his ex-wife and did not know what he would do for work now that he was once again able to freely move his limbs.
His massive warts, which began growing out of control when he was still a teenager, were diagnosed last year by a US dermatologist as the result of a combination of the human papilloma virus and a genetic disorder that means his immune system is too weak to fight them off.
He will return to hospital at the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in October for at least one more operation – the ninth – to remove the remaining 300 grams of the growths, doctor Winata said.
He has been given a strong course of medicine, including vitamin A, in an attempt to prevent the return of the growths, Dr Winata said.
Watch the video —->Tree Man video
Tree Man News
3/16/2009 More news: Tree Man Comes Home after treatment
Build your health with Quercetin
What is Quercetin?
Quercetin is a flavonol and antioxidant which is found in plant foods, such as onions, broccoli, apples, red wine, tea and coffee. Yea, plants. Onions and garlic are rich sources of the potent anti-cancer bioflavonoid quercetin. Cooking onions does not destroy the effectiveness of quercetin.
Health Benefits of Quercetin
Benefits of quercetin: reduces inflammation, reduces symptoms of prostatitis (enlarged prostate) and fights viruses. Toss some fresh chopped onions in your salad or finely chopped garlic. Tastes good and good for you.
Quercetin Research
A study done with mice shows protective benefits of quercitin to reduce stress. Read below…
Quercetin protects against acute immobilization stress-induced behaviors and biochemical alterations in mice
Oxidative stress is a major contributor to the alterations of various pathological conditions, including neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric problems. Antioxidative flavonoids, ubiquitously included in vegetables, fruits, and teas, are expected to prevent degenerative diseases. Recently, flavonoids have been characterized as neuroprotectants in the treatment of various neurological disorders. The present study was designed to investigate protective effects of quercetin, a bioflavonoid, against acute immobilization-induced behavioral and biochemical alterations in mice. Mice were immobilized for a period of 6 hours. Quercetin (20 and 40 mg/kg, i.p.) was administered 30 minutes before subjecting the animals to acute stress. Behavioral tests (mirror chamber, actophotometer, and tail flick test) and biochemical analysis (malondialdehyde, reduced glutathione, catalase, nitrite, and protein levels) were subsequently performed. Acute immobilization stress for a period of 6 hours caused severe anxiety, analgesia, and impaired motor activity in mice. Biochemical analyses revealed an increase in malondialdehyde and nitrite levels as well as partial depletion of reduced glutathione and catalase activity in immobilization-stressed brain. Behavioral and biochemical parameters were significantly altered as compared to naive mice. Pretreatment with quercetin (20 and 40 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly reversed immobilized stress-induced anxiety and analgesia and reduced locomotor activity. Biochemically, quercetin treatment attenuated malondialdehyde accumulation and nitrite activity and restored the depleted reduced glutathione and catalase activity. Neuroprotective effects of quercetin were significantly improved as compared to control (immobilized stressed) animals.
Results suggest that neuroprotective properties of quercetin can be used in the treatment and management of stress and related disorders.
Rocket Fuel in your drinking water – EPA won’t regulate
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will deny calls to set drinking water safety standards for the chemical perchlorate, documents show.
The federal agency says there’s no need to legally regulate the chemical, a component of rocket fuel found in soil and groundwater that affects thyroid development in newborns and young children, a draft of the decision, obtained by The Washington Post (NYSE:WPO), recommends. (more)