Hate to burst your bubble, but ... 9 Reasons to stop chewing gum

Long before there were homeroom teachers to spit it out, humans have been chewing bark, herbs and resins to remove plaque and freshen breath. But that icy explosion of flavor and extra power whitening marketed to us today by the chewing gum industry 30 billion dollars is not even close to that natural plant our ancestors used. In fact, the vast majority of gums is full of toxic chemicals, artificial colors, sweeteners and flavours. Despite requests for dentists that sugar-free chewing gum can reduce plaque and cavities, there are a lot more reasons to avoid this bad habit. Here are nine:

1. Chew puts stress on the cushioning cartilage in your jaw joints and can lead to a life of pain and discomfort. The muscles of the jaw can also tighten and even lead to chronic headaches.

2. contrary to the myth, rubber is not really a solution to bad breath. Of course, if they were just nibbling on a onion may temporarily mask the smell (but not the folly), but the main cause of bad breath is often deep in your digestive system or the result of rubber or tooth decay and gum will only make Mint-bad instead of just ol ' bad.

3. chewing gum stimulates saliva production. It is natural for these glands to produce a constant stream of saliva for hours and takes away from other important metabolic functions.

4. those who suffer from IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) can have flare-ups following ingestion of chewing gum, because of excess air during chewing. This can put pressure on the intestines and cause cramps and swelling.

5. Secretions sheep rubber? Yep. Oils from the wool of sheep produce a substance called lanolin common in chewing gum base. Because "rubber bases" are considered to be standardized, the producers did not expand the list of ingredients.

6. the gums also consist of polymers and synthetic LaTeX, which can be hard on the digestive system if you accidentally swallow your gum.

7. most of the sugar-free chewing gum on the market is sweetened with aspartame, which has been linked to cancer, diabetes, neurological problems, tinnitus and birth defects.

8. the rest of the gum out there is typically sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, which, in addition to a series of health issues (obesity, diabetes, cancer), is also a major cause of tooth decay.

9. people who chew gum regularly can be using it as a displacer stress or a way to work off nervous energy (especially you ex-smokers), which means that the root cause of anxiety is not addressed and will persist. Try yoga, meditation or other techniques-stress holistic and see if the desire of rubber dissipates.

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5 Reasons Composting Toilets Are No Pipe Dream

 

The idea of a composting toilet might elicit a certain kind of response among most of us: Hesitation, averson or even repulsion. Why? Perhaps because anything poo-related is just gross. Flush and forget is our mode of choice. But, we also might have a notion of composting toilets that is antiquated. Nowadays, the technology is such that you can hardly distinguish between a toilet that is flushing gallons of fresh drinking water away with our waste (that can be quite valuable by the way) and one that uses none and instead turns our waste into fodder for plant growth. When it comes to the composting toilet, it might be time to set aside our preconceived notions and ask, are composting toilets the toilets of the future?

Maybe you have toyed with the idea of going off grid, but how about off pipe? Here are five reasons we're considering the composting toilet as the goldmine of the modern bathroom's future:

1. Because composting toilets keep human excrement out of the household wastewater, the remaining greywater from the kitchen, shower and washing machine can also be used to water lawns and trees.

2. Composting toilets use little or no water. A "normal" toilet adds up to 5 gallons of pure drinking water to an ounce or so of waste so it can be flushed into an expensive septic or sewer system, where it is treated. The American Water Works Association Research Foundation finds that over 30 percent of household water use is just for flushing toilets. What a waste!

3. For centuries human waste has been composted and used as fertilizer in China and the same land is still being farmed, while in America after a few decades of chemical fetrilizers, large areas of land have become sterile. Composting toilets have the power to kill the pathogens in human excrement that spread disease while creating fertilizer, simultaneously!

4. Some composting toilets can consume all wet organics: Human waste, all kitchen scraps and compost, floor sweepings, occassional leaves and garden wastes, cooking grease and oil, and whatever else decomposes.

5. There is no odor. In fact, the system acts as a bathroom ventilator so that the room itself never smells.

Over a hundred years ago, Teddy Roosevelt said "civilized people ought to know how to dispose of the sewage in some other way than putting it into the drinking water." Word! 

sources; Mother Earth News

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Chez Panisse turns 40! I Know ....40 Delicious reasons to love Alice Waters!

If you have set foot in the restaurant of Alice Waters, Chez Panisse, Berkeley, read any of his cookbooks or never heard of her before now, you have most likely influenced by his love of food and uncompromising passion for quality. She is American cuisine what Neil Armstrong is the Moon (except you would never travelled that far to find something fresh and delicious to eat). There are hundreds of reasons to love Alice, but on the occasion of the 40 anniversary of Chez Panisse, we give you our most delicious 40 ...

1. before becoming a noted chef, she was an activist who supported the free speech movement at Berkeley.
2. it was also a Montessori school teacher trained.
3. Alice accredits the kind people of Turkey with her infusing with a approach to hospitality and respect for local communities.
4. Chez Panisse takes its name from an old character kind of trilogy of beautiful film of Marcel Pagnol: Marius, Fanny and César.
5. He founded Chez Panisse as a place to entertain his friends.
6. Alice has built a network of local farmers for its ingredients, many of whom still works with 40 years later!
7. tomatoes Heirloom today probably wouldn't be so popular if it were not for the influence of Alice on food quality.
8. you can cook almost anything over an open flame without burning it.
9. Alice is a committed organic foodie, helping to move the industry into the mainstream.
10. the edible Schoolyards program at Berkeley, and the whole country is the brainchild of Alice.
11. it was the first woman to win the title of "Best Chef in America."
12. Alice was the only woman to win the lifetime achievement award awarded by the Association s. Pellegrino 50 best restaurants.
13. Inductee for the California Hall of Fame.
14. one of the ten best chefs in the world in 1986 by cuisine et Vins de France.
15. How is this for a nickname: ' the mother of American cuisine.
16. Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook was named one of 50 best cookbooks of all time.
17. Chez Panisse Foundation, established 1996.
18. the Obama The White House Garden has been urged by Alice during a segment of 60 minutes 2009.
19. Alice is working on a policy programme to offer free healthy lunches for students throughout the country.
20. Vice President of Slow Food International.
21. has contributed to building the Yale sustainable food project.
22. at the request of Director Werner Herzog cooked his shoe, Alice for the film by Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe.
23. Alice is the Dean at the French Culinary Institute.
24. She has been sighted (writer) wandering Los Angeles ' Hollywood Farmers Markets sampling seasonal fruits and vegetables as if she is not Alice Waters!
25. the art of simple food is just that — an art and a beautiful one at that.
26. She said"teaching kids how to eat and how to live responsibly in a community is at the heart of an education."
27. and ask, "what is a revolution in education-a veritable delicious revolution. When the hearts and minds of our children are captured by a curriculum, enriched with experience in the garden, sustainability will become the lens through which they see the world. "
28. and. .. "Our full humanity is contingent on our hospitality: we can be complete only when we are giving something away; When you sit at the table and pass the peas to the person next to us we see that the person in a whole new way. "
29. Alice recognizes that eating is the most intimate place in the life of a human being — what we consume becomes us, therefore the quality is all about.
30. not only is it important what we eat, but Alice also believes that the presentation and surprise are the key elements to the eating experience.
31. Alice abhors the microwave oven.
32. However, she prefers simple methods of cooking: large metal spatula; a cast iron skillet; a gas stove or open flame.
33. Herbs are integral and important part of a meal.
34. Believes best when fresh salads are — as in just collected.
35. Condiments are facts, not bought.
36. Rearranged, "Alice Waters ' spells:" Slice "eat raw
37.67, retirement isn't even a thought for Alice.
38. Chez Panisse Foundation Mission: "to cultivate a new generation."
39. his love for uncompromising commitment to quality food has inspired and helped millions of others to pursue a pleasant and healthy relationship with their food.
40. Alice and Chez Panisse are expected to get much better — that were only to him for 40 years.

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Remember, your handkerchiefs? 7 reasons to carry a

Is the symbol of old-timey movie: "here, take my handkerchief".  AW. Yes, people really did carry folded pieces of cloth around for dabbing dewy eyes or turn off the cold, for centuries. (Heck, probably even millennia.) They were also passed down from generations — after all, what could be more intimate than Grandma's handkerchief?

But, by the mid-1920s, trademark of Kimberly-Clark Kleenex post World War was building momentum with its disposable tissues, virtually wiping out the handkerchief reusable. They even insinuated that wearing a cloth handkerchief was similar to "carrying a cold in your Pocket! Now, the brand is so symbolic of the product, which we call virtually any veline "Kleenex" even if it is made by another manufacturer. And while we may have fond memories of those soft tissues comforting us through pain, cold and flu season and scenes from the film old timey sentimental, seeing how damaging are the products on the environment will give you more reasons to DAB his eyes. Fortunately, the handkerchief reusable is making a comeback for a lot of valid reasons. Here are seven.

1. PeopleTowels According (producers of environmentally friendly reusable towels hand/face), to make a ton of products of paper towel/tissue requires killing 17 trees.

2. the same tonne of paper tissues will use 20,000 litres of fresh water in processing!

3. every day, only in the United States, more than 3,000 tons of tissue paper products are sent landfills to produce methane gas, which is an important contribution to climate change.

4. Paper occupy more space in landfills than any other element of junk.

5. you are always covered when you run your own tissue rather than hunting for a fabric or use the toilet paper to blow your nose. No other dripping panic!

6. you can reduce the risk of spreading germs having a handkerchief handy rather than use your hands.

7. regularly Using a handkerchief/reusable hand towel/whatever-you-call-it, remind people that can do too much, thereby spreading the message that early facial tissue paper products are about as necessary as plastic bags.

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