NEWS

Earth Hour is happening.
Turn off your all your lights/electricity for one hour on:
Saturday March 28th at 8:30pm.
Now we can all become inventive world wide
in candlelight or otherwise and save some energy.
A good time to do some astronomy..Saturn is fairly visible
if your in Austrailia.
If enough of us are doing it in London, check out the satellites.

URGENT NEWS

There is a very important vote taking place on March 31st.
It is to do with a new directive that will govern how animal
research will be conducted across Europe,the U.K included.
It will replace the current rules which are 23 years old.
The proposals are alarming for animal welfare.

If you are so inclined please look at this link to Animal Aid
and include your support immediatly.
Emails have to go off today and tomorrow.

NEWS

Think of Canada - ah yes - wide open spaces? Lumberjacks? Native people living happily? Think again.

Get onto this please, it's outrageous.

You can do something about this if you want to. Don't let Canada get away with acts like this.

Watch the video - and see for yourself.

Just a great picture

MUSIC

Now I've sung a bit of country in my time so you will be hearing a little bit of it every
so often.

Check out this great tune from Deana Carter.
With this chorus: "Did I shave my legs for this?"...
well..you just can't go wrong.

FOOD

I discovered this at the yoga studio I go to. It's seriously delicious and healthy:

• put some sunflower seeds in a pan
  
• toast on low heat for around 10 to 15 minutes - till they're roasting - they'll be golden brown
  
• keep them turning the whole time (they'll burn quickly if you don't
• add 10-20 drop of Tamari - Japanese wheat free soy sauce.

Eat with anything. They're good...

NEWS

I guess you can see by now that I am an animal lover and supporter.
I wanted to put this entry on early so you can put it in your diary:
It's to mark World day for Laboratory Animals.
Saturday April 25th - meet at Speakers Corner Hyde Park -12 noon.
Anti Vivisection - National March and Rally.
This could be the largest antivisection protest for many years.

Fact: Vivisection is unethical because:

• primates (for example) are surgically mutilated, psychologically damaged, forcibly restrained, poisoned to death, deliberatly brain damaged.
  
• aside from physical suffering, primates experience fear, lonliness,frustration and stress simply from being in captivity. Some are killed after one experiment, others are made to endure procedure after painful procedure sometimes for years.

• Although there are important similarties between humans and non human primates, there are huge differences. I could go on but I dont want to ruin your day. Check out the link above.

FOOD Condiment

A simple and good condiment.
It goes with everything and is quick to make.

Onions are a good source of vitamin C
and full of heart-healthy flavonoids.

Onion Relish
1 white onion, quartered,very thinly sliced
1/2 tsp sea salt
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp cayenne
2 tbsp chopped coriander

From Deborah Madison, Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
*Use organic ingrediants whenever possible.

YOGA Pose of the day

This pose is called child's pose, it will bring instant relief to aching shoulders and lower back pain. It is great for relaxation and steadies your breathing rhythm.

• Sit on your knees and buttocks and bring yourself forward, stretching out your arms in front of you, bring your arms around so that they are behind back and legs.
• If you are having trouble getting your head to the floor you can put your hands in a fist shape, bring them back in front of you and rest your forehead on your fists.
• Breath into your lower abdomen slowly and deeply. You will feel your lower back just above your hips extending as you breath in, this helps you to feel that you are breathing from your abdomen. Hold this for a minute to two or until you find relief.
  

HEALTH Video

Good for your HEALTH

Journalist, broadcaster and film maker. Worth checking out.
Will there be food riots on the streets of the U.S? It will be on here first if so..

HEALTH and well being

Did you read about the demo last night
at the 'Miss University of London' beauty contest?
13 Uni-beauties strutted their stuff on the cat walk amid chaos.
Great stuff.

NEWS

67% of British people are using social networking sites so says Net imperative.
Social networks and blogs are "now more popular than email".
The biggest increase in visitors globally came from the 35-49 age groups.

YOGA Video

BEAUTY For the sake of

I don't want to talk about celebrities and their fashion sense
but this really needs to be put on.
Have a look: bad celebrity fashion sense

HEALTH - Men and Women

With the recent media frenzy surrounding Jane Goody, below is some information sent to me from my sister who has had cancer. It is from her Orthomolecular Nutritionist. It has been proven that diet can be preventative against cancer.

Food for thought...

• Reduce carbohydrates drastically or eliminate them these include breads especially white pasta/rice, pastries, chips.
  
• Eat 10 to 14 servings (equals 1/2 to 1 cup) of fruits and vegetables combined per day
• All cruciferous vegetables are supreme cancer fighters, Brussel sprouts are king.
• Be sure to get fat into your diet - good fats rich in omega 3's: olive oil, salmon and/or small fishes, butter. Avoid vegetable oils which are high in omega 6's-too much can be bad.
  
• Eat all dairy organically - very important.
• Drink three cups of Japanese green tea daily.
• Eat very small portions of chicken and fish.
• Eliminate red meat, eat only organic red meat which has been grass fed.
• Vitamin D -very important cancer preventative - get your D levels checked by blood test = "25 hydroxy D" test, depending on your level,start taking 2000 IUs vitamin D daily, liquid D drops are best.

Supplements are just as important as this: low "glycemic diet".

FOOD Organic

Dont let the 'crunch' stop you,
this site is helpful.