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even if a person were intentionally drinking several glasses of cranberry juice daily to prevent or treat a urinary tract infection.


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Under these conditions one species of alga Anabaena flos-aquae produces a neurotoxin anatoxin-A which depolarizes and blocks acetylcholine receptors causing death in animals that drink the pond water.


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or nutrients so better choices are broth tea with honey sports drinks and pulp-free juices.

Avoid milk products caffeine alcohol and apple and pear juices since they may worsen diarrhea.

Soft bland foods are recommended as well including bananas plain rice toast crackers boiled potatoes smooth peanut butter cottage cheese noodles and applesauce.

Because yogurt cheese and miso contain probiotics which contain strains of bacteria similar to those in a healthy intestine they are also good choices.


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A team of National Science Foundation-funded scientists is investigating how a rampant beetle infestation could change the quantity and quality of drinking water in Colorado.

And so are changes to the quality of drinking water. Decomposing pine needles on the forest floor mix with runoff to create a pine tree tea foul tasting and smelling.

Scientists have found evidence that the fallen needles affect the natural chemical makeup of Colorado's drinking water

and these researchers continue to study the problem. You can learn more about this environmental problem in a video the National Science Foundation created with NBC Learn Sustainability:


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Supersize those fries and diet Coke So yes you now can get a side salad.


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For fighting forest fires retardants consist primarily of ammonium compounds such as ammonium phosphate ammonium sulfate and others. These compounds are used also in agricultural fertilizers.


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In the flies increased blood-alcohol content causes the wasp maggot parasites living in their blood to die in a particularly gruesome way by having their internal organs evert outside their bodies through their anuses Schlenke told Livescience.

The 10 Most Diabolical and Disgusting Parasites Whereas the alcohol can have negative effects on the developing flies it also makes infection less likely.

Infected larvae can also preferentially seek out areas of a fruit with more alcohol Schlenke said.


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Soil digested by earthworms is much richer in nitrogen potassium and phosphates. Their excrement also adds physical structure to the soil that holds in the carbon reduces erosion


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and sells energy bars made of cricket flour. Â Humans aren't the only ones who could stand to eat more insects.


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Soy beverages and tofu are fortified also with calcium. Dark green vegetables also provide calcium. Uses of calcium Pure calcium metal is used as a reducing agent during preparation of other metals such as thorium uranium zirconium and more.


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and grass and sucked the juice of green stalks; at first he rejected bread. The story of the wild boy spread and in February 1726 King George i of England sent for him.


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 Fruit juices give me a stomachache. Do you think I'm allergic to them? Answer:

If you have a problem digesting fruit juices and this is interfering with your life you should see your doctor

If fruit juices are giving you a stomachache there is a possibility that you have a fructose intolerance.

and it's used to sweeten many processed foods and beverages. In addition sorbitol a sugar alcohol is converted to fructose during digestion.

Sorbitol is a sugar substitute often used in diet drinks ice cream mints cough syrups and sugar-free chewing gum.

In addition to fruits honey syrups and table sugar watch out for high-fructose corn syrup powdered sugars regular sodas flavored waters sports drinks and sweetened milks.


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Melted snow in many parts of the world becomes the water people drink year-round. Seasonal snow replenishes streams creeks


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Animals'Dazzling Headgear Like camels giraffes can go for a long time without drinking water because their diet especially acacia leaves their favorite food contains a lot of water.

When they do get thirsty they have to bend down awkwardly to drink which makes them easy targets for predators.

and they eat leaves buds and branches from mimosa and acacia trees. Their height helps them reach food well above where other animals can reach.


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which means they can go for long periods of time without drinking water. Like cows kangaroos have chambered stomachs to help with digestion.


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The word koala derives from an ancient Aboriginal word meaning no drink since they rarely ever drink water


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Doctors may also order a oebarium swallow where patients literally swallow a barium-laced drink

Each X-ray allows doctors to track the barium as the person digests the drink. By using a catheter running from the nose down to the throat doctors may also use a probe to monitor the amount of stomach acid in the esophagus in a technique called esophageal ph monitoring.

Common heartburn triggers include alcohol caffeine chocolate citrus fruits spicy foods full-fat dairy products and mint according to the NIH.


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in addition to supplying workers with grain beer and other products. Vast herds...and herders In order to maintain this level of slaughter the ancient Egyptians would have needed a herd of 21900 cattle


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I would regularly bake my favorite chocolate-chip bars and caramel popcorn both of which I made in childhood.


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Bad carbs aren't. Carbohydrates that come from white bread white rice pastry sugary sodas and other highly processed foods can make you fat.

or another whole grain with your dinner. 4. Choose whole fruit instead of juice. An orange has twice as much fiber

and half as much sugar as a 12-ounce glass of orange juice. 5. Bring on the beans. Beans are an excellent source of slowly digested carbohydrates as well as a great source of protein.


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He went on to co-found the Patrã n Spirits Company John paul Pet & JP Selects.


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Moreover there are emerging issues to deal with like sustainability climate change genetically modified foods and endocrine disruptors in drinking water.


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and move on as if killing them is as acceptable as drinking a coke or a beer afterwards.


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There also would be no tequila the agave plant from which tequila is made depends on the Mexican long-tongued bat to pollinate it.


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For example a 2011 study of 131 herbal tea products found that 33 percent were contaminated. Still the estimates from the new study should be interpreted with caution


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Others target military spending or federal boosts to individual industries such as winemakers or fruit-growers.


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when spirits of the dead could return to their old haunting grounds. Dressing up as ghosts

Another Halloween ritual involved looking in a mirror at midnight by candlelight for a future husband's face was said to appear (a scary variation of this later became the Bloody mary ritual familiar to many schoolgirls.


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but for medicines the bar is set higher. There are many different ways that new medicines are approved for public use.


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and most other birds nips penis development in the bud according to the new research published today (June 6) in the journal Current Biology.


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A realtor in Macon Ga. decided to expand the number of cherry trees in his hometown after visiting Washington D c. in 1952.


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New evidence shows how cranberry juice might prevent or cure urinary tract infections researchers say. Cranberry juice has been touted for at least a century as a remedy for urinary tract infections (UTIS.

Yet doctors remain divided over whether the fruit is truly effective in treating UTIS. The largest analysis to date a review of 24 studies including more than 4400 patients published in 2012 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews suggests that any positive effect is minimal at best.

The limited evidence in studies regarding the effectiveness of cranberries however might be the way the fruit is used as a drink or as an extract in pill form according to Mcgill University scientists.


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or sodas on school premises a fear expressed by opponents of federal or state nutritional mandates she said.


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And with only days to go before turkeys hit dinner tables across the country the Test Kitchen chefs have been busy said Jack Bishop chef TV personality and editorial director of America's Test Kitchen.

From a cooking perspective Thanksgiving is the most important week of the year Bishop told Livescience.

8 Fascinating Turkey Facts Still the prospect of cooking a whole turkey should not intimidate chefs Bishop added.

If possible Bishop suggests purchasing a fresh turkey rather than a frozen one. If you're willing to make the investment in time

The salt will change the protein structure within the muscle fibers so the turkey will hold onto more moisture in the cooking process Bishop explained.

Still Bishop cautions that more is not necessarily better and it's important to avoid making the brining solution too salty.

Before placing the turkey in the oven Bishop suggests brushing the raw bird with butter.

and kosher varieties are processed with salt Bishop said. The most important tip for using frozen turkeys is to let the birds thaw in the refrigerator before cooking them he added. 5 Myth-Busting Facts for a Safe Turkey Turkey temperature This year alone the Test Kitchen chefs experimented with more than 100 turkeys

and temperature Bishop said. In the last 20 years Bishop estimates the Test Kitchen has cooked thousands of turkeys.

The tests'results indicated that roasting a turkey at 400 degrees Fahrenheit (roughly 200 degrees Celsius) works best.

But there are some challenging aspects to cooking a turkey Bishop said. For one the shape of the bird complete with a huge cavity in the center means it heats unevenly in the oven.

because it begins to dry out Bishop said. Dark meat on the other hand shouldn't be undercooked because it'll be chewy.

while it's in the oven Bishop said. The Test Kitchen chefs found that basting the bird does not actually improve the juiciness of the turkey.

Instead to brown and crisp up the skin Bishop recommends placing the turkey on a rack that sits inside a roasting pan.

and the juices will run into the breast Bishop said. At the one-hour mark take two wads of paper towel

and serving the turkey Bishop recommends letting the finished product rest for 30 to 40 minutes.

and physically contract Bishop explained. If you start cutting when it's hot from the oven the muscle fibers will expel juices

and all the juices will run onto the carving board. But if you let the meat rest the muscle fibers will hold onto their internal moisture as you carve.

But there's more to a Thanksgiving meal than just a turkey. Here are other tips from Bishop and the Test Kitchen team:

For perfect pie dough just add vodka: The secret to baking a flaky pie crust is to add vodka to the mix Bishop said.

Usually ice water is what brings pie dough together to make it workable but if you skimp on water you end up with a dough that's cracked

and hard to work with Bishop said. So most cooks add extra water which makes the dough easier to work with

but the extra water activates the glutens in the flour. And too much gluten makes the dough tough instead of flaky.

Test Kitchen chefs discovered that the ethanol in vodka helps moisten the dough but it does not activate gluten development.

As such Bishop recommends using half-ice water and half-vodka when making pie dough. And there's no need to worry about boozing up your pie dough.

The alcohol bakes off in the oven so you can't taste it Bishop explained.

 Use a ricer for lump-free mashed potatoes: For fluffy lump-free mashed potatoes Test Kitchen chefs found that a potato ricer is the best tool to use.

so it's easier to work with the cooked potatoes Bishop said. It's pretty cheap

but Yukon Gold potatoes can also be used Bishop said. Cook stuffing separately not inside the turkey:

but it slows down the entire cooking process Bishop said. Stuffing has eggs in it

But in order to get up to that temperature you end up overcooking the bird Bishop said. You don't want to be waiting for the stuffing

however Bishop recommends warming it up before the stuffing goes inside the bird. Â Warming stuffing in the microwave so it's not ice cold will at least give it a head start he said.


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The U s. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) swiftly issued a statement condemning the research both on the grounds that embryos were destroyed in the research process


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Even Coca-cola is fighting back: The company which owns Minute maid has announced plans to invest $2 billion to plant 25000 acres of new Florida orange groves.

Coca-cola's investment is a real morale boost to the industry and a sign they have confidence we will find a cure for greening Adam Putnam Florida s agriculture commissioner told The Times.


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and orange juice may increase a woman's chances of developing PMS by boosting levels of a hormone linked to water retention.


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or filtered milk that are there for energy storage or blood juices in which our blood cells float.


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Malik is referring to the polyphenols in olive oil nutrients also found in wine tea cocoa

Think of olive oil as olive juice with a maximum two-year shelf life said Selina Wang research director at the UC-Davis Olive Center.


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This war was a take-no-quarters affair Kupperman writes. oein 1623 they invited Indian leaders to a peace parley where they served poisoned wine


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Broccoli steamed for a longer period of time is more bitter which may explain why the children didn't like it.


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Tea bushes blueberries Brazil nuts azaleas and persimmons are all members of the plant order Ericales along with kiwifruit.


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The lake has a number of lagoons and baymouth bars which are made formations of sand mud


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In 1544 another Spaniard Cristobal de Pedraza the Bishop of Honduras claimed to have glimpsed a white city in his travels;


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Mexico is known for its tequila which is made from agave cactus that is well suited to the climate of central Mexico.

Soda is a very popular drink in Mexico as the country has developed a well beverage industry.


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if the soil is very acidic or alkaline. 3. Use a cabbage juice indicator. Prepare your indicator solution by chopping a red cabbage into very fine pieces.

Pour 100 milliliters (ml) of hot cabbage juice indicator over each sample and let them sit undisturbed for 30 minutes.

Compare the color of the cabbage juice indicator in each container. Soils with a nearly neutral ph will have little color change.


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Previous research has explored the link between people's milk-drinking habits during childhood or as adults and their bone mineral density as they grow older.


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#Most Ancient Romans Ate Like Animals Ancient Romans are known for eating well with mosaics from the empire portraying sumptuous displays of fruits vegetables cakes and of course wine.


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As he left his home for the last time before it was engulfed by the lava he set the table with a snow-white cloth and a bottle of his finest wine as a gift for Mongibello o


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Amazonian Butterflies Drink Turtle Tears The sight of butterflies flocking onto the heads of yellow-spotted river turtles in the western Amazon rain forest is not uncommon at least

Butterflies Drink Turtle Tears Drinking tears Turtle tears are not the only source of such salts for butterflies;

'Torres has witnessed also bees drinking turtle tears. Bees appear to annoy the turtles more than the butterflies perhaps due to their buzzing wings he said.

The tear-drinking phenomenon doesn't appear to take place often outside this region. I have been studying turtles in the wild from the northern U s. Mexico


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and blow tobacco smoke over stones to communicate with otherworldly spirits or diagnose illnesses she wrote.


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-surprise-coed-dorms-fuel-sex-drinking. html>2. 5 times more likely to binge drink</a>every week than undergrads in single-sex dorms.</

</p><p>Drinking too much alcohol can impair decision-making. And a study out this year drove this point home:

Canadian researchers reporting results that will be published in January 2011 in the journal Addiction said they ran 12 studies looking at the link between blood alcohol

and the likelihood of agreeing to<a href=http://www. myhealthnewsdaily. com/2003-drinking-alcohol-unsafe-sex. html>use a condom during sexual intercourse</a>.The more alcohol in a person&#39;

blood alcohol levels there was a 5 percent increased likelihood of having unprotected sex.</</p x


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The storage room stocked at least 3000 bottles'worth of the intoxicating beverage in massive pottery jars researchers report today (Nov 22) at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Baltimore.

The ancient wine bore little resemblance to the Bordeaux and Chianti of today it was preserved

and spiced with resin and herbs including juniper mint and myrtle. The closest modern analogue is a Greek wine flavored with pine resin called retsina study researcher Assaf Yasur-Landau of the University of Haifa told reporters.

If you take retsina and you pour a bit of cough syrup inside I guess you get something quite similar Yasur-Landau said.

The find is important less for the wine's palate and more for what it reveals about the culture of the ancient Canaanites a group that dominated

what is now Israel and Lebanon. See Images of the Oldest Wine cellar Discovery Yasur-Landau

Texts and inscriptions from the era describe herbal wines but this is the first true chemical evidence of their existence.

 Intoxicating discovery The wine storage room is at a site called Tel Kabri in northern Israel where archaeologists are unearthing the remains of a sprawling palace dating back to about 1700 B c. that was built

It may have been this earthquake that crushed the wine storage room leaving toppled jars for archaeologists to uncover.

They estimate that the jars were held in a storage room measuring about 16 feet by 26 feet (5 m by 8 m). Together the 40 jars could have held about 2000 liters (500 gallons) of wine the team said.

7 Amazing Archaeological Finds Wine chemistry At the excavation site Brandeis University researcher Andrew Koh who specializes in archaeological chemistry took shards of the pots

Tartaric and syringic acids both hallmarks of wine proved that the jars indeed held vino.

Resins would have helped preserve the wines. If the ancient wineswere anything like retsina the resins also would have lent a distinctive turpentine flavor to the beverage.

Honey sweetened the wine the researchers found and juniper mint cinnamon bark and other herbs flavored it.

The jars were remarkably consistent in their contents suggesting that winemakers were sticking to a recipe.

The vesselsare plain and without markings or labels to reveal their contents. The storage room is next to a large hall that archaeologists think was used for banquets.

and the wine includes imported ingredients pointing to maritime trade around the Mediterranean. Doors from the storage room may lead to at least one other storage chamber

Texts from the ancient town of Mari Syria describe herbed wines from this time period Yasur-Landau said.

The chemical analysis of the ancient wine continues erhaps in enough detail for creative winemakers to one day recreate this ancient Canaanite brew.


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The samples included drinking water and soil from the areas as well as swabs from birds'throats. Twenty samples tested positive for the H7n9 virus all from poultry markets in Shanghai.


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#Optical Technique Sorts Grapes for Wine Quality (ISNS) A team of German scientists has developed an automated process that sorts grapes into different levels of quality for winemaking.

The goal of developing the technique is to produce wines that will satisfy refined palates but cost less than current prices.

Different colors correspond to different amounts of sugar in the grapes a basic criterion for their wine-making characteristics.

the grapes for white wines Riesling and Weisser Burgunder and those for the red wines Trollinger and Lemberger.

Our experiments have proven that wine quality has improved obviously due to our sorting said Kai-Uwe Vieth of the Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics System Technologies and Image Exploitation (IOSB) in Karlsruhe Germany who oversaw

but time-consuming method used by vintners. Its high throughput allows us to harvest and select grapes

And the winemaker determines the quality by setting the appropriate parameters. So the quality does not depend on the person who does the hand-sorting.

Although optical sorting has been used for years in related industries such as the cork industry its application in the wine industry is said pretty new Anita Oberholster a specialist in enology the study of wine

The wines are currently settling and we will start chemical analysis soon she said. The German process uses a special conveying system to load de-stemmed grapes onto a belt that travels past a sorting module.

of wine. In effect the software takes over the role of categorizing individual grapes from human experts.

The technology that the process uses to separate grapes of different wine-making characteristics remains secret.

and making wine out of the selected grapes Vieth said. University viticulture experts will also put the resulting wines through taste tests.

This story was provided by Inside Science News Service. A former science editor of Newsweek Peter Gwynne is a freelance science writer based in Sandwich Massachusetts i


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Also watch out for marinades that are made with beer. Even crumbs from food containing gluten being left behind can be harmful for a child with celiac disease

Buckeye Bars*Ingredients: Directions:**Be sure to let other cookout guests know that this dish contains peanuts.


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and Richard Coke of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in Bangkok Thailand wrote in an editorial accompanying the report in the journal.

and Coke said. Some animal studies also suggested that H7n9 can spread between mammals. But so far the virus does not appear to spread efficiently there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission with H7n9 Rudge

and Coke said. In the case of the father and daughter the daughter was involved deeply in caring for her father she cleaned up his mucus

and Coke said. The report provides a timely reminder of the need to remain extremely vigilant Rudge

and Coke said. The threat posed by H7n9 has passed by no means. Follow Rachael Rettner@Rachaelrettner. Follow Livescience@livescience Facebook & Google+.


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crops include stellar wine grapes nuts and kiwis. Agricultural pesticides and fungicides have been detected more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the east in the rural Sierra nevada's snow water air and amphibians.


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It s the processors and brand-name companies like Kellogg s Coca-cola General mills Walmart and Mcdonald's.


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Grapefruit juice might be the best-known example. In addition to the powerful antioxidant Vitamin c the juice contains a chemical that can disable enzymes needed to break down medications in the digestive system.

This means that consuming grapefruit can spike the potency of a long list of drugs such as cholesterol-lowering statins.


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#Poop Sausage to Pee Drinks: 7 Gross'Human Foods'With food taste is highly subjective.</

but a a href=http://www. livescience. com/41015-metabolomics-wine-and-cheese-curing-disease-no-doping-please. html>wine

and minerals it could also lead to dehydration if drunk as a stand-alone beverage.<<a href=http://www. space. com/20867-astronauts-drink-urine-and-other-wastewater-video. html>Video:

Astronauts Drink Urine and Other Waste</a p><p>The trend of new moms eating their placenta after giving birth has been on the rise in certain segments of the U s. population for years now.

Many women have been freezing and turning their<a href=http://www. livescience. com/2470-gooey-origin-human-placenta-revealed. html>placenta</a>into pill form to eat after they give birth.


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#Protecting the Nation's Drinking water Means Protecting Forests (Op-Ed) Kathy Abusow is president and CEO of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.

Investing in land protection to protect sources of drinking water is smart both economically and environmentally.

and management to protect drinking-water quality. Dozens of communities across the country are taking similar steps to protect their watersheds.


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1 in 6 Who Drink It Gets Sick On average one in six people who drink raw milk becomes ill with bacterial or parasite infections according to researchers at the Minnesota Department of health.


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Pregnant Women & Infants Shouldn't Drink It, Pediatricians Say Pregnant women infants and children who drink raw milk are at particularly high risk of developing serious life-threatening illnesses said a leading U s. group of pediatricians.


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because the thought of a sweet treat can instantly lift your spirits but junk food may actually contribute to depression.


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The pup had been preserved in alcohol at Museum Victoria in Melbourne. Its genetic material was inserted into mouse embryos


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#Roses, Wine or Chocolate: Weather Controls it All This article was provided by Accuweather. com. With Valentine's day right around the corner everyone is searching for the perfect gift for their loved one.

From roses to chocolate and wine weather plays an important role in production. Roses The biggest weather-related factor in the production of beautiful roses is the temperature.

Wine How romantic it is to share a bottle of fine wine during a candlelit Valentine's dinner.

To produce grapes that will transform into a delicious bottle of wine the grapevines need to grow at a site with good soil drainage full sunlight and soil that is nutrient-poor.

Full sunlight is another important factor to growth of good wine grapes. Sunlight is the biggest part of a plant's photosynthesis process.

That energy then is converted into glucose in the plant by photosynthesis. Glucose is the sugar in the grape that ferments to become alcohol.

Nutrient-poor soil also makes for a good wine grape. The color and flavor that come from a grape are stored mostly in the grape's skin.

A large grape has more juice and less skin. To concentrate the flavor the vine is grown in nutrient-poor soil

A stressed grapevine will produce smaller grapes perfect for making wine according to motherearthnews. com. http://www. motherearthnews. com/Real-Food/2003-04-01/Growing-Grapes

-and-Making-Wine. aspx#axzz2kisqwofj) Chocolate How can weather affect chocolate? Chocolate is made from cocoa beans.


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