Top Ten Reasons to Buy Organic Clothing and Bedding

Organic food has come a long way in the last few years. The reasons are not too difficult to figure: people have become more aware of health issues and they like their food to be as free as possible from pesticides, fertilizers and additives.

But organic clothing? And bedding? Why would you bother to spend more on stuff you don’t even eat?

Here are some reasons:

1. You avoid contact with synthetic chemical surface treatments. A switch to an organic mattress and organic bedding will instantly reduce your exposure by about one third – or whatever proportion of the day you spend in bed. One of the most common fire retardants used on mattresses – boric acid – is also used to kill rats!

2. You support organic farming. By choosing organic clothing, you divert your disposable income towards supporting organic agriculture, which will encourage more farmers to employ environmentally friendly farming methods. Continue reading “Top Ten Reasons to Buy Organic Clothing and Bedding”

Plastic Bag vs Paper Bag Facts – What is Best?

Growing concern over the waste of plastic and paper bags has many people puzzled over what is the right thing to choose. Here are the facts.

The US uses about 100 billion plastic bags per year according to the EPA, and less that 2% are recycled. Virgin resin to make the bags costs less than recycled resin, so it is not very cost efficient to recycle bags Most municipalities do not accept the bags in their recycle programs because they can gum up the machines. The average family uses about 1000 plastic bags each year. Most are used just one time, but about 7% do get reused to line waste cans, pickup dog waste, etc.

Plastic bags do not decompose. The sun photodegrades the bags, meaning that over time, the sun breaks down the plastic into smaller and smaller pieces. This actually is not good as the small particles can enter the food chain, particularly when the bags litter the sea and are accidentally mistaken for food by wild life. In the water the bags look like jellyfish and are eaten, causing choking and sometimes entanglement. Millions of animals are killed each year by plastic bags. When an animal eats the plastic, it cannot digest it, so the toxins in the plastic remain, which humans can then ingest when they eat the animal. Continue reading “Plastic Bag vs Paper Bag Facts – What is Best?”

Restaurant Review: Nirula’s Yummy Kebabs for Your Tummy

For some months now Nirula’s has been experimenting with special items on the menu. While it could be sacrilegious for someone like Nirula’s to tinker around with its regular menu, Delhi’s homegrown food chain has been offering Specials in the form of food fests for some time now.

Close on the heels of its Thali Special, Nirula’s has a lip-smacking Lucknawi Kebab Mela that is heating things up.

With its constant endeavour to innovate Nirula’s Kebab-e-licious brings together a fantastic concoction of authentic and delicious vegetarian and non-vegetarian kebabs from India’s best known place for kebabs.

The festival gets some of the best selections from Lucknow region that include Galouti Kebab, Murg Banno Kebab, Lagan ki Seekh, Paneer Saunfiyana Tikka and Dahi ke Kebab besides some more. Continue reading “Restaurant Review: Nirula’s Yummy Kebabs for Your Tummy”

Organic Cotton – Am I Bothered?

When you talk to anyone who is interested in health and fitness issues they are generally aware of the concept and ideas behind the organic food market. But conversely there is very little consciousness of agricultural products which are grown to provide textiles and the methods involved. We tend to forget that clothes come from plants too. Whilst wearing non organic cotton has not been proved to be directly bad for people’s health it does have a very significant impact on those who cultivate the raw product and the environment we live in.

Although cotton is principally grown to provide a textile for us to wear it also yields valuable by- products such as cottonseed oil which is extremely crude and requires chemical refining to make it edible. This is used together with the husks as an ingredient in many livestock feeds and also in human food. Continue reading “Organic Cotton – Am I Bothered?”

Slider Foods Spell Weight Regain For Weight Loss Surgery Patients

For most people eating sliders is a good thing. Popularized by the American food chain, White Castle, a slider (originally slyder) is a miniature grilled hamburger or cheeseburger on a steamed bun often served with onions and dill pickle and other condiments. They originally sold for a nickel a piece in the 1940s making it affordable to add a side of fries for just pennies. By all accounts this is a good kind of “slider” food.

To the weight loss surgery patient slider foods are the bane of good intentions and ignorance often causing dumping syndrome, weight loss plateaus, and eventually weight gain. Slider foods, to weight loss surgery patients, are soft simple processed carbohydrates of little or no nutritional value that slide right through the surgical stomach pouch without providing nutrition or satiation. The most innocent of slider foods are saltine crackers, often eaten with warm tea or other beverages, to soothe the stomach in illness or while recovering from surgery. Continue reading “Slider Foods Spell Weight Regain For Weight Loss Surgery Patients”

Smoking Facts – Nicotine Is Good For Your Health!

Don’t believe it is? Well medical research proves it is read on and find out why.

Smoking is bad for you. We know that, it kills million however a smoking fact that is true and backed up by medical research is that nicotine in its pure form is safe, non toxic, part of the natural food chain and is good for you.

Other chemicals are the real killers.

The World Health Organization has stated that tobacco smoke contains about 4,000 chemicals, of which nicotine is just one.

Smoking means you take into your body the following poisons:

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A Complete Guide For Restaurant Real Estate Investments

Restaurants are a favorite commercial property for many investors because:

Tenants often sign a very long term, e.g. 20 years absolute triple net (NNN) leases. This means, besides the rent, tenants also pay for property taxes, insurance and all maintenance expenses. The only thing the investor has to pay is the mortgage, which in turn offers very predictable cash flow. There are either no or few landlord responsibilities because the tenant is responsible for maintenance. This allows the investor more time to do important thing in life, e.g. retire. All you do is take the rent check to the bank. This is one of the key benefits in investing in a restaurant or single-tenant property.
Whether rich or poor, people need to eat. Americans are eating out more often as they are too busy to cook and cleanup the pots & pans afterwards which often is the worst part! According to the National Restaurant Association, the nation’s restaurant industry currently involves 937,000 restaurants and is expected to reach $537 billion in sales in 2007, compared to just $322 billion in 1997 and $200 billion in 1987 (in current dollars). In 2006, for every dollar Americans spend on foods, 48 cents were spent in restaurants. As long as there is civilization on earth, there will be restaurants and the investor will feel comfortable that the property is always in high demand.
You know your tenants will take very good care of your property because it’s in their best interest to do so. Few customers, if any, want to go to a restaurant that has a filthy bathroom and/or trash in the parking lot.

However, restaurants are not created equal, from an investment viewpoint. Continue reading “A Complete Guide For Restaurant Real Estate Investments”

Philippine Food – A Food Lover’s Guide

When it comes to food the Philippines has it all — a fabulous mix of foreign cuisine plus its own mouth-watering delicacies.

Background

As a result of its successful mix of Eastern and Western cultures and cuisine, the Philippines is considered the melting pot of Asia. Philippine food is the result of Malay, Spanish, and Chinese influences going back over 400 years. These influences, combined with Filipino ingenuity, have created an array of food that is totally different from the neighboring Asian countries such as Thailand, China, Korea, and Japan.

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Organic Smorganic

“SMORGANIC?”

Is that a word? It was in my house before repeated discussion and comparison changed Butch’s and Tabby’s mind. I think it was the difference in the taste of fresh organic produce that eventually convinced them that not only was organic food better for the human body but it was also good for the planet.

The crew at The Muscle Repair Shop know that the right fuel is essential for a smooth running body. Along with the need for Align Up, Tune Up, and Lube Up

The Fuel Up section is so important. How can a body run well on unhealthy fuel?

Organic farming is sustainable and redirects the energy consumption away from the food chain reducing the use of petroleum products and eventually reducing the cost of organic food to make it affordable and available. Consumer demand will drive the market. Continue reading “Organic Smorganic”

Indium Supplements – Discover What Indium is Used For and the Best Food Sources

Indium is a mineral that has only recently been regarded as essential for human health. For the longest time, indium was thought of as an element that did nothing for the human body and was thus a non-essential mineral.

So how did this thinking change? Read on to know more.

Minerals are present in the soil and from there they get absorbed into the plant and animal foods that we eat. But with the increasing pollution levels in today’s world, and the use of unhealthy practices in farming, the quality of the land and soil is getting worse by the day.

Because of this, many minerals are being lost in the soil, and hence not getting absorbed into the food chain. One such trace mineral is Indium. Continue reading “Indium Supplements – Discover What Indium is Used For and the Best Food Sources”