Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Did human kind changed after the fall of Human kind?
Certainly mankind had acquired the knowledge of good and evil in the Garden. Adam and Eve’s disobedience, as evidenced by their consumption of the forbidden fruit, was what made God sad. Male and female were originally designed to live forever with God in the Garden. This rebellious act changed man’s relationship to his Creator. But did man’s biochemical makeup also change in the Garden of Eden after the fall? It is interesting to note that most animals have the ability to produce an enzyme that creates vitamin C from sugar molecules in their own body. For this reason, animals don’t experience heart attacks and can live for many years without the attention of a doctor. It is believed that humans also had the ability to make vitamin C at one time, but eventually lost the capacity to make the essential enzyme. Whether eating of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden had anything to do with this is purely conjecture. But there was obviously some reason why God forbade Adam and Eve from eating the fruit in the middle of Eden. Did the fruit biochemically change mankind forever? Vitamin C may not result in immortality, but a constant supply of vitamin C is likely to lengthen the human life span. Americans consume about 100 milligrams of vitamin C daily. One study conducted at UCLA found 300 milligrams of daily vitamin C, three times the amount provided by the average American diet, can lengthen men’s life span by six years. [Epidemiology 3: 194, 1992] Regardless of biochemistry, man’s rebellion against God’s plan has continued throughout history. The curse of death came upon mankind. The lesson in the Garden of Eden is not about forbidden food, but about defiance and resistance against God.
Labels:
Healthy Diet,
Healthy life,
Vitamin C
Healthy ideas for better life
In March 1990, Health and Welfare Canada published its new nutritious recommendations for Canadians which are:
Make your nutrition more enjoyable by variety.
Give the bigger part of your nutrition to cereals, breads and other grain products and also to vegetables and fruits.
Choose more dairy products, meats and more lean foods.Try to obtain and maintain a healthy weight by being active regularly and by eating healthy.Consume salt and caffeine in moderation.With a little imagination, it is possible to improve our nutrition and to vary our daily menus. To feel physically fit and obtain the necessary nutrition for good health, variety is the secret to a balanced diet. We should consume nutrients of every group of the Healthy Food Pyramid each day:
Grain Products: include all kinds of breads, cereals, rice and pasta. They mainly supply Vitamin B Complex and fibre.Fruits and Vegetables are a source of dietary fibre, Vitamin A and Vitamin C.Dairy Products are important for bone development of adolescents and maintenance of bone structure of adults. It contains mostly calcium and protein. Meat and Meat Substitutes are an excellent source of iron and protein. All meats, fish, tofu, legumes and nuts.Fats and refined sugar may be consumed in moderation.
Later on we are going to present to you some healthy menus, balanced according the Healthy Food Pyramid. We also propose ways to convert so called “standard” menus into more health-conscious ones.Our philosophy is that the pleasure of eating well does not have to be complicated!
Make your nutrition more enjoyable by variety.
Give the bigger part of your nutrition to cereals, breads and other grain products and also to vegetables and fruits.
Choose more dairy products, meats and more lean foods.Try to obtain and maintain a healthy weight by being active regularly and by eating healthy.Consume salt and caffeine in moderation.With a little imagination, it is possible to improve our nutrition and to vary our daily menus. To feel physically fit and obtain the necessary nutrition for good health, variety is the secret to a balanced diet. We should consume nutrients of every group of the Healthy Food Pyramid each day:
Grain Products: include all kinds of breads, cereals, rice and pasta. They mainly supply Vitamin B Complex and fibre.Fruits and Vegetables are a source of dietary fibre, Vitamin A and Vitamin C.Dairy Products are important for bone development of adolescents and maintenance of bone structure of adults. It contains mostly calcium and protein. Meat and Meat Substitutes are an excellent source of iron and protein. All meats, fish, tofu, legumes and nuts.Fats and refined sugar may be consumed in moderation.
Later on we are going to present to you some healthy menus, balanced according the Healthy Food Pyramid. We also propose ways to convert so called “standard” menus into more health-conscious ones.Our philosophy is that the pleasure of eating well does not have to be complicated!
Labels:
Healthy Diet,
Healthy food,
Healthy life
Friday, September 19, 2008
Honey as an antibiotic
Honey was used in Biblical times as a salve and wound dressing and also to stop diarrhea among children. Modern studies confirm that honey shortens the duration of bacterial diarrhea. [British Medical Journal 290: 1866, 1985] The antibacterial and anti-fungal properties of honey are well documented and have been shown to heal wounds significantly faster than modern antibiotic (ampicillin) ointment. However, some samples of honey may contain spores and must be sterilized prior to application. [Infection 26: 30, 1998] The major antibacterial agent in honey is hydrogen peroxide, which can be acquired at drug stores to cleanse small cuts. [Journal Royal Society Medicine 92: 283-85, 1999] Some types of raw honey have been found to kill Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium that causes gastric ulcers. [Journal Royal Society Medicine 87: 9, 1994] Raw honey has been found to be superior to antiseptics in promoting wound healing. Patients whose wounds were treated with raw honey had a mean hospital stay of 9.4 days compared to 19.9 days among patients treated with antiseptics. [European Journal Medical Research 4: 126-30, 1999] Scientists didn’t confirm the antibacterial properties of honey till 1892. Certain varieties of honey are active against a wide variety of germs, including bugs that cause anthrax, pneumonia, cholera, dysentery, tuberculosis, meningitis, diphtheria, typhoid, even the bacterium that promotes dental caries. [Bee World 73: 5, 1992] The processing of honey, and its exposure to light and heat, reduces its antibacterial properties. [Journal Pharmacy Pharm-acology 43: 817, 1991] The antibacterial agents in honey go beyond the action of hydrogen peroxide to the phenols, flavonoids and other components often found in bee propolis, the resinous material collected from trees which honey bees use to seal their hives. [Bee World 77: 8, 1996] There is renewed interest in the antiseptic and antibiotic properties of honey.
Labels:
Antibiotic,
Honey
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