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Saturday, August 10, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
How to Improve Your Digestive Health
1. Add a probiotic to your diet. Common probiotics include yogurt, kefir, kombucha, tempeh, coconut water, miso, soy and other fermented foods. These foods are filled with similar bacteria to your body's own microorganisms that are needed for digestion, such as lactobacillus and bifidobacterium. 2. Begin adding soluble and insoluble fiber to your diet. Most people get only a small portion of the 20 to 35 mg of fiber that is recommended for healthy digestion. If you are eating low amounts of beans, seeds, whole grains, fruits and vegetables, begin adding them slowly until 75 percent of your diet is filled with these foods. 3. Reduce fat and sugar in your diet. Not only can these substances cause stomach aches in high quantities, but they slow digestion, causing constipation. One way to ensure you are reducing fats and sugars is to reduce the amount of processed food that you eat, as these tend to have hidden chemicals and sugar 4. Drink plenty of water. The combination of high-fiber and water will increase the efficiency of your digestion. Most doctors recommend 8 8 oz. glasses per day (1.9 l). Experiment with this amount to see if your body requires more. 5. Try eating several small meals per day, if large meals give you heartburn or acid reflux. Your body is better at digesting smaller quantities at a time. After you figure out the amount of food that works well per meal, try to keep a regular schedule that your body can adjust to. 6. Eat lean proteins, such as fish and lean cuts of meat. These proteins are essential for healthy muscles, but lean cuts are less likely to cause heartburn and will be quicker to digest. In general, high-fat foods take longer to digest than low-fat foods. 7. Exercise for at least 30 minutes per day. What is good for the entire body is good for the digestive system. Exercise and movement help food move through your system and aid in weight loss, which can also help digestion. 8. Avoid the consumption of cigarettes and alcohol. The chemicals contained inside these substances can cause nausea and they can also erase the effects of good diet choices. Caffeine may also cause an increase in acidity in the stomach that can lead to high levels of heart burn and acid reflux. 9. Reduce stress in your life. Stress has been shown to cause weight gain, constipation, diarrhea and a lowered immune system. It will leave you prone to the h. pylori bacteria that causes ulcers. 10. Keep track of your digestive habits. Use a journal to write down what you eat and any increase or reduction of symptoms that you experience. You may only need to change 1 to 2 things about your diet to improve your overall digestion.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Interesting horse facts
-Horses do not have a gall bladder.
-When a domesticated horse is released in the wild they shed all
traces of domestication rapidly.
-In the wild a foal will suckle until they are one year old, in
some conditions this can be longer.
-Stallions will fight over females but generally not over
territory.
-Horses have better memories than elephants.
-Horses have the largest eyes of any land animal.
-Horses are not color-blind.
-At one time people thought that horses were colorblind. Although
it is more difficult for them to see purples and violets, they have less
trouble with yellows and greens.
-Adult male horses generally have 40 teeth and females 36
-The horse has binocular vision, but can also see different things
in each eye. This is why you need to show your horses the spooky things in both
eyes so the brain can get the message that it's not spooky.
-The measurement 'hand' is 4 inches because that was considered to
be the average width across a mans knuckles.
-In the picture to the left the horse is doing what is called flehmen. This is seem more in males
than females, especially stallions. Flehmen is known to be a way to direct
scents in the air to specialized olfactory glands at the end of the nasal
passage.
-In Australia there were no horses until 1788
Friday, May 10, 2013
Things to see in the USA
Gettysburg National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor
The White House in Washington, DC
Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco,California
Kennedy Space Center in Orsino,Florida
Presidential Libraries and Museums
not all are shown in photo of course..
http://www.presidentsusa.net/libraries.html <--- that website will give you all of them
National World War I Museum Kansas City,Missouri
National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana
The Alamo in San Antonio,Texas
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
14 Summer jobs to concider for teens
1.Babysitter 2.Camp counselor 3. Pool cleaner 4. Career-oriented internships 5.Tutor 6. Movie theater employee 7.Golf course caddy 8.Mobile automobile dealer 9.Lifeguard 10.Newspaper delivery person 11.Handy person/lawncare 12. Dog walker/sitter 13.Restaurant employee 14.Park employee
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Cool Facts About Cell Phones
1.
The Sonim XP3300 Force is
recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's toughest phone. It
earned its title by surviving after an 84 feet (25 meters) drop on a layer of
concrete without suffering any operational damage. In addition, it can be
safely submerged in waste water down to two meters. And by the way, it almost
blends.
2.
Nokia was founded back
in 1865 and manufacturing paper was its primary business. Many years later, it
switched to making rubber products, telegraph wires, and other electrical
cables. During the middle of the last century, it also supplied the Finnish
army with communications equipment, gas masks, plastics, and chemicals. Nokia's
first mobile phones were released in the 1980s.
3. The first cameraphone was created
by French entrepreneur Philippe Kahn. He took the first photograph with a
mobile phone, of his newborn daughter Sophie, on 11 June, 1997.
4. The first SMS message to a mobile phone in the
UK was sent in 1992 by engineer Neil Papworth to his friend Richard Jarvis's
Orbitel 901 handset. It read simply "Merry Christmas", which was a
bit early, since it was sent on 3 December.
5. Cellnet and Vodafone were the only UK mobile providers until
1993.
6. That first portable phone was called a DynaTAC. The original
model had 35 minutes of battery life and weighed one kilogram
7. It has been estimated that 250-300 million cell phones are
currently being used in the U.S
8. Over 1,000 cell phones are activated each minute
9. Most Americans only use their cell phone for 12 to 18 months
before getting a new model.
10. An iPhone has more processing power than the North American
Air Defense Command did in 1965!
Monday, May 6, 2013
14 interesting facts about cats
1.
On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life.
On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life.
2.
Unlike dogs, cats do
not have a sweet tooth. Scientists believe this is due to a mutation in a key
taste receptor.
3.
When a cat chases its
prey, it keeps its head level. Dogs and humans bob their heads up and down.
4.
The technical term for
a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
5.
A group of cats is
called a “clowder.”
6.
Female cats tend to be
right pawed, while male cats are more often left pawed. Interestingly, while
90% of humans are right handed, the remaining 10% of lefties also tend to be
male.
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7.
A cat can’t
climb head first down a tree because every claw on a cat’s paw points the same
way. To get down from a tree, a cat must back down.
8.
Cats make about 100
different sounds. Dogs make only about 10.
9.
A cat’s brain is
biologically more similar to a human brain than it is to a dog’s. Both humans
and cats have identical regions in their brains that are responsible for
emotions.
10. There are more than
500 million domestic cats in the world, with approximately 40 recognized
breeds.
11. The most popular pedigreed cat is the Persian cat, followed by
the Main Coon cat and the Siamese cat.
12. A cat cannot climb
head first down a tree because its claws are curved the wrong way
13. The tiniest cat on record is Mr. Pebbles, a 2-year-old cat that
weighed 3 lbs (1.3 k) and was 6.1 inches (15.5 cm) high.
14. A female cat is called a queen
or a molly.
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