Eat 1 Teaspoon Of Turmeric Every Day

urmeric has been harvested for millennia in Indonesia and southern India.

This amazing ingredient has served a crucial role in many cultures throughout the East and has been a staple of the Ayurveda medicine. Turmeric has become popular in western culture only recently, despite being introduced into Europe by Arab traders in the 13th century. Most of its popularity is thanks to the many scientific studies which outline its therapeutic properties. The leading producers of turmeric in the world are India, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Haiti and Jamaica.

In medieval England, turmeric has been referred to as the “Indian saffron”, but it wasn’t valued for a long time. Besides its amazing health benefits, people have often been using it as natural food dye.

Here are some of the health benefits of turmeric:

• Brain health and memory

The brain is crucial for the ability to think and learn. Turmeric can improve the oxygen intake of the brain and improve its function. When the brain works at its best, you increase the uptake of hormones such as serotonin and melanin. Healing the basic function of the brain also heals mental illnesses.

• Skin and aging

Turmeric skin healing properties that can reduce redness and skin irritations. It also has antibacterial properties that help it deal with blemishes and acne easily and effectively. Turmeric can even improve the skin texture as it acts as an exfoliant and is rich in antioxidants.

• Relieves chronic inflammation and pain

According to research, curcumin, the active compound in turmeric is a more potent anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative agent than Aspirin or Ibuprofen. This makes the turmeric can deal with chronic pain easily and safely, while providing long-lasting results.

• Depression

Researchers from the Government Medical College from India published a study that examined curcumin’s ability to treat depression in a controlled setting. The study examined 60 subjects with depression and found out that turmeric is as effective as Prozac and doesn’t have the side-effects of this medication.

• Diabetes

Turmeric is known to lower the blood glucose levels and reverse insulin resistance. Studies have shown that it’s 400 times more potent than Metformin in activating AMPK and its downstream target acetyl-CoA carboxylase. When treating diabetes, turmeric acts as an antioxidant and anti-diabetic agent, improves the metabolic function and reduces the risk of plaque build-up in the arteries of people suffering from type 2 diabetes.

• Cancer

According to studies, turmeric is a strong weapon against cancer. The curcumin can boost the antioxidant levels in the body, inhibit cell cancer growth, and boost the immune system as well. It can improve the mitochondrial function at a cellular level and the metabolism too. Curcumin causes cancer cell death even in the drug-resistant leukemia types.

• Brain health and memory

The brain is crucial for the ability to think and learn. Turmeric can improve the oxygen intake of the brain and improve its function. When the brain works at its best, you increase the uptake of hormones such as serotonin and melanin. Healing the basic function of the brain also heals mental illnesses.

• Rheumatoid arthritis

The anti-inflammatory properties make turmeric a great option for dealing with rheumatoid arthritis. A recent Japanese study examined turmeric’s relationship with interleukin-6, an inflammatory cytokine involved in the RA process. The results showed that curcumin considerably reduces the inflammatory markers, and its regular use can be a great strategy that can prevent the onset of RA.

Note: curcumin is poorly absorbed in our body, so you need to increase the absorption by 2000% to feel its effects. This can be achieved by adding a pinch of black pepper in turmeric every time you consume it.

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Transplants May Allow Men To Give Birth Within 5 Years

After last week’s announcement that the Cleveland Clinic is performing uterus transplant surgery on women who were born without a womb or whose uterus is diseased or malfunctioning, many began to wonder whether this medical advancement could be replicated in men.

The simple answer is yes. Theoretically, men could receive a uterus, carry a baby to term, and give birth. But what really blew our minds is that the day of male pregnancy is closer than you’d think, reports Yahoo Health.

“My guess is five, 10 years away, maybe sooner,” says Dr. Karine Chung, director of the fertility preservation program at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. Yahoo adds, “Today, medical advances let transgender women adjust their biochemistry to suppress male and introduce female hormones, have breasts that can lactate, and obtain surgically constructed vaginas that include a “neoclitoris,” which allows sensation.”

Yahoo reports:

Until now, however, a place to carry the fetus — a womb of its own — was a major missing link. Uterus transplants could conceivably surmount that hurdle.

“I’d bet just about every transgender person who is female will want to do it, if it were covered by insurance,” says Dr. Christine McGinn, a New Hope, Pa., plastic surgeon who performs transgender surgeries on men and women and is a consultant to the new movie The Danish Girl, about one of the first recipients of sex reassignment surgery.

McGinn, a transgender woman and mother of twins, says the “human drive to be a mother for a woman is a very serious thing. Transgender women are no different.”

Uterus transplants are still in the research stage for women suffering from uterine factor infertility (UFI). A Swedish team already has successfully transplanted uteri harvested from live donors and achieved five pregnancies and four live births. In the coming months, the Cleveland Clinic team plans to transplant uteri from deceased donors into UFI female patients.

Transplant surgery is difficult and dangerous, requiring patients to take antirejection drugs throughout their pregnancies, putting them at risk for infection. But for many women — and presumably for many transitioning women — the risk is worth the reward.

However, biological women have a leg up on biological males when it comes to accepting and nurturing a transplanted uterus. Women already have: vasculature needed to feed the uterus with blood, pelvic ligaments designed to support a uterus, a vagina and cervix, and natural hormones that prepare the uterus for implantation and support the pregnancy.

Men have none of those support systems — naturally — but none are impossible to create. “Male and female anatomy is not that different,” says Chung. “Probably at some point, somebody will figure out how to make that work.”

In fact, medical techniques already exist to overcome many obstacles to male pregnancy.

Hormone therapy can shut off testosterone and introduce progesterone and estrogen needed to prepare the uterus for pregnancy.

Eat 1 Teaspoon of Turmeric Every day - This Is What Happens To Your Body

Turmeric has been used and crowned the “Queen of all Spices” for over 2500 years. Although it was first used as a dye, over the centuries its true healing powers slowly came to light.
Long known for its anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and detoxing properties, recent studies reveal how this natural wonder can treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer, too.
Here are 7 proven ways on how turmeric can improve your health and happiness. I’m sure that after reading this article you will start adding this miracle spice to your diet every day.

1.      Fights inflammation naturally

Chronic inflammation is believed to be the culprit of many of our modern diseases. Curcumin, or turmeric’s active compound, is found to be a potent anti-inflammatory compound which matches or even exceeds the effectiveness of many anti-inflammatory drugs available. (1)

2.      Protects your brain

Cognitive disorders such as dementia and Alzheimer’s are often linked to decreased levels of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), which is a type of growth hormone.  Researchers have found that curcumin positively influences the levels of BDNF and may delay or even reverse many brain diseases or age-related decline of our brain functions. (2)

3.      Reduces the risk of several types of cancer

Turmeric may be one of the most potent natural anti-cancer substances out there.  Not only can it prevent cancer growth, but inhibits the development and spread as well and may even hold the natural cure for this dreadful disease. (3)
For more info, also read: Turmeric and Cancer: How a Cooking Spice Can Cure a Dreaded Disease

4.      Improves digestion

Eating turmeric on a daily basis stimulates the gallbladder, reduces bloating and gas, and prevents inflammation of the digestive tract.  However, when suffering from a gallbladder disease, turmeric should not be taken on a daily basis to avoid overstimulation, which can make things worse. (4)

  5.    Protect your heart

Curcumin has shown to reduce LDL (or bad) cholesterol, prevent blood clotting, and remove plaque build-ups in the arteries. (5)

6.      Soothes symptoms of Arthritis

Although more research is needed in this field, many people report various improvements of their condition. It helps them fight chronic inflammation and reduces the pain too. Some even claim curcumin supplements work better than many OTC or prescribed drugs available on the market today. And without any side-effects. (6)

7.      Delays aging and improves longevity

Free radicals and inflammation are believed to play a major role in aging and curcumin affects both. And given that it also protects our heart and fights cancer, which are 2 of the biggest killers in today’s world, it obviously benefits longevity too. (7)
These benefits are only the tip of the iceberg of what turmeric can do for you.
To improve overall health and happiness, add 1 teaspoon of turmeric to smoothies, juices, soups, curries, stir-fries, homemade cultured sodas, and dressings on a daily basis.
FYI: curcumin, or turmeric’s most active and healing compound, is poorly absorbed by our body. Luckily there are a few ways to up the absorption by up to 2000 percent. Adding a pinch of black pepper is one of them. Click here to discover 3 more ways to up curcumin’s absorption to make sure you get the full benefits of adding turmeric to your daily diet.
Sources include:

1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19594223
2. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0031211
3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18462866
4. https://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/turmeric
5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19233493
6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22407780
7. http://www.immunityageing.com/content/7/1/1 

WHY GOD FORBIDDEN THE EATING OF PORK?

Why the meat of the pig, or swine or hog for food has been forbidden in both Judaism and Al-Islam?

15 Things You Should Know About Pigs:

1) A pig is a real garbage gut. It will eat anything including urine, excrement, dirt, decaying animal flesh, maggots, or decaying vegetables. They will even eat the cancerous growths off other pigs or animals.

2) The meat and fat of a pig absorbs toxins like a sponge. Their meat can be 30 times more toxic than …beef or venison.

3) When eating beef or venison, it takes 8 to 9 hours to digest the meat so what little toxins are in the meat are slowly put into our system and can be filtered by the liver. But when pork is eaten, it takes only 4 hours to digest the meat. We thus get a much higher level of toxins within a shorter time.

4) Unlike other mammals, a pig does not sweat or perspire. Perspiration is a means by which toxins are removed from the body. Since a pig does not sweat, the toxins remain within its body and in the meat.

5) Pigs and swine are so poisonous that you can hardly kill them with strychnine or other poisons.

6) Farmers will often pen up pigs within a rattlesnake nest because the pigs will eat the snakes, and if bitten they will not be harmed by the venom.

7) When a pig is butchered, worms and insects take to its flesh sooner and faster than to other animal’s flesh. In a few days the swine flesh is full of worms.

Swine and pigs have over a dozen parasites within them, such as tapeworms, flukes, worms, and trichinae. There is no safe temperature at which pork can be cooked to ensure that all these parasites, their cysts, and eggs will be killed.

9) Pig meat has twice as much fat as beef. A 3 oz T bone steak contains 8.5 grams of fat; a 3 oz pork chop contains 18 grams of fat. A 3 oz beef rib has 11.1 grams of fat; a 3 oz pork spare rib has 23.2 grams of fat.

10) Cows have a complex digestive system, having four stomachs. It thus takes over 24 hours to digest their vegetarian diet causing its food to be purified of toxins. In contrast, the swine’s one stomach takes only about 4 hours to digest its foul diet, turning its toxic food into flesh.

11) The swine carries about 30 diseases which can be easily passed to humans. This is why God commanded that we are not even to touch their carcase (Leviticus 11:8).

12) The trichinae worm of the swine is microscopically small, and once ingested can lodge itself in our intestines, muscles, spinal cord or the brain. This results in the disease trichinosis. The symptoms are sometimes lacking, but when present they are mistaken for other diseases, such as typhoid, arthritis, rheumatism, gastritis, MS, meningitis, gall bladder trouble, or acute alcoholism.

13) The pig is so poisonous and filthy, that nature had to prepare him a sewer line or canal running down each leg with an outlet in the bottom of the foot. Out of this hole oozes pus and filth his body cannot pass into its system fast enough. Some of this pus gets into the meat of the pig. (That is the reason why pigs’ feet are so sticky when cooked)

14) According to Jewish law, pork is one of a number of foods forbidden from consumption by Jews. These foods are known as “non-kosher” foods. In order for a meat to be kosher, it must first come from a kosher animal. A kosher animal must be a ruminant and have split hooves – therefore cows, sheep, goats and deer are all kosher, whereas camels and pigs (having each only one sign of kashrut) are not kosher.

15) Quran, Holy book of Muslims also prohibits consumption of pork.

“HE has made unlawful for you that which dies by itself and blood and the flesh of swine and that on which the Name of any other than The One G-D has been invoked. But he who is driven by necessity, being neither disobedient nor exceeding the limit, then surely, G-D is Most Forgiving, Merciful.” Quran 2:173

I cannot understand why anyone would eat it. You might as well vacuum all day and then take the vacuum bag and make a nice soup out of it.”

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Of course our Creator has given us the health laws through the Holy Quran and not eating pigs is even CLEARLY mentioned in the Bible (Leviticus 11:07).

During the times of American slavery; the slaves’ daily food was so bad that they looked forward to the times when they were given pork to eat.

Their hunger was so great that they ate every part of the pig, including the intestines (now called chitlins), which were saturated with feces

The meat of pigs is being consumed all over the Earth; except in the countries with large populations of Muslims and Hindus.

The people of the world don’t seem to understand that we have had Human devils among us for over a thousand years.

These Devil’s Advocates have been secretly working to turn humanity away from G-D’s Commands.

Whatever G-D has forbidden then they try to make those things attractive to us. 

When information was revealed by the scientific community that the meat of the pig had numerous parasites in it.

Then these conniving devils explained the report away by saying that you must cook the pork thoroughly to ensure all the parasites are dead before you eat it.

What other meat do we eat that has this type of warning?  

They have been recently telling us that, “pork is the other white meat.”

Just like now they have convinced the world that homosexuality is ok and that we should now raise our children to embrace this perversity as normal.

Whatever G-D says don’t do then these devils say go ahead and do it.

They are turning humanity away from G-D.

Making immoral acts like fornication, adultery, abortions, atheism as acceptable behavior. 

But their most successful scheme from the past was deceiving Humanity into consuming this filthy, worm filled and forbidden meat.

But many humans who have been deceived, think that they are more intelligent than the Creator; so they choose to continue eating the vile meat of the pig.

*G-D instead of god. When it is spelt backwards it is “dog.” This is not a respectful spelling to be used for The Lord-Creator of the Heavens and Earth.

In addition this English spelling of god, for the Creator was a secret joke on the Gentiles by these same devils who tricked the Christians in Europe into eating this forbidden meat.

Relax

Being and doing. Surrender and effort. Yin and yang. They are two sides of the same coin.

It’s important to get stuff done, and ideally in an effective, efficient, sustainable way. Unless we relax firstthough, we can’t get anything effectively done.

So, how to relax, in spite of feeling busy, overwhelmed, stressed, anxious or depressed? Well, if you’ll allow me to boast for a sec—I’ve gotten pretty darn good at relaxing.

This is not to say that I don’t have my moments of rage, irritation, jealousy, fear and all the rest of it. Those kinds of difficult emotions are just more manageable and usually last more briefly than they used to.

Here are 15 relaxing practices that I employ regularly. May they be of benefit.

Practicing supine yoga.

Or any yoga, really. But the horizontal variety is ideal for maximum relaxation. Get on the floor. Do yin or restorative poses. Take deep breaths. Practice yoga nidra. Take a ridiculously long savasana.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. ~ Jimi Hendrix

Mindful eating.

Prepare something healthy and delicious. Sit down. Hold your hands over the plate. Feel gratitude. Think of all the elements and people who went into getting this food to your mouth. Eat slowly, paying close attention to the taste, texture and sustenance of this miraculous meal.

Laughing.

Ideally, uncontrollable giggles, hearty laughs that may cause hiccups and howls resulting from intense amusement. Hang out with silly old friends, watch some stand-up comedy or a funny movie. Do whatever it takes to get in some quality laughter as often as possible. Your sense of humor makes you more beautiful.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. ~ Audrey Hepburn

Reading brilliant books.

Literature, classics, dharma books, yoga books, children’s books. Read and get inspired.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ~ Socrates

Making art.

Draw. Paint. Sculpt. Make music. Make a mosaic. Create something!

Gardening.

Plant things, water them, watch them grow. Cultivate.

Bicycling in the countryside.

Bonus points for going on a picnic.

Floating.

In a river, a pool, a lake, an ocean. Lie back and float, with and without a flotation device.

Lying in a hammock.

Read one of those brilliant books. Or take a nap.

Going away for the weekend.

Road trip! Bed and breakfast. Beach. Camping. Take a little trip for two or three nights. It can make a world of difference, because even a short vacation can change our way of thinking. And…

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. ~ Swami Vivekananda

Lovemaking.

Touch. Be sensual. Trade massages. (Of course, massages are amazingly relaxing and can occur in a platonic situation too.) Kiss. Cuddle. Have sex. Have an orgasm!

Exercising.

Hike, run, bike, swim, do active yoga practice. Get your heart rate up. Enjoy your body and marvel at its capabilities.

Listening to music.

Sing along if you know the words. Listen to jazz, opera, country, rock, salsa, classical, any quality music. Dance with the music at least once per day.

Journaling.

Write about your day, your feelings, your thoughts. Write out your plans and ideas. Write in a diary. Write stream of consciousness. Write honestly and regularly, just for you.

Just sitting.

Sit up with a long spine. Relax your jaw, neck, shoulders and face. Notice the breath going in and the breath going out. Just sit and notice. And sit and notice some more. Always returning to the anchor of the breath, the flagpole of the present moment. Meditate. Do it for as long as you can, then do it again tomorrow.

Here is a story
to break your heart.
Are you willing?
This winter
the loons came to our harbor
and died, one by one,
of nothing we could see.
A friend told me
of one on the shore
that lifted its head and opened
the elegant beak and cried out
in the long, sweet savoring of its life
which, if you have heard it,
you know is a sacred thing.,
and for which, if you have not heard it,
you had better hurry to where
they still sing.
And, believe me, tell no one
just where that is.
The next morning
this loon, speckled
and iridescent and with a plan
to fly home
to some hidden lake,
was dead on the shore.
I tell you this
to break your heart,
by which I mean only
that it break open and never close again
to the rest of the world.~ “Lead” by Mary Oliver

Simple “Non-Spiritual” Things that make for Daily Happiness.

It’s the Little Things.

What’s something “non-spiritual” or “non-religious” you do that others can do, too, to be happy day-to-day? Say in comments, below. Be specific-ish!

1. Touch water. Whether in the form of a hot bath, a cool drink of water (stay hydrated!), swimming or the ocean, water heals.

2. Sweat once a day. Exercise—find something you enjoy doing, and do it. I like bicycling, climbing, and yoga.

3. Eat real food. If it has more than three ingredients, generally, or if you’ve seen an ad for it, generally—skip it.

4. Support, subscribe, read a good magazine (print or online) that’s better than you are—with a hot drink of coffee or tea and a little sunshine and quiet.

5. Keep our clothes off the floor. While a messy house, full of love, can be delightful, our environments reinforce our mental states, just asour physical posture can enlighten or depress us. So let’s practice keeping things relatively clean not out of a sense of uptightness, but out of a sense of matter-of-fact delight in daily beauty, respect and simplicity.

6. Community. Even if we don’t meditate, seeing community—bicycling around, at the dog park, at the grocery, at the cafe—will uplift and open our troubled hearts.

7. Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Smile at a stranger. Smile, period. It gets easier with practice (I say this as someone who doesn’t suffer new agey fools, gladly). Laughter, too, is one thing that’s no less delightful even if you’re faking it until you really mean it.

8. Work in an office, or live with, a dog. Dogs are shown to dramatically up folks’ happiness, and productivity, both. And they’ll force you to get outside. Caveat: only adopt if we’re ready, more or less. Never buy.

9. Breathe in and out, slowly, once a day. Feel one’s breath like the rising, falling waves. Breathe deeply, clearing out old air. Breathe up into one’s collar bones.

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10. Never eat while standing up, or driving. We’ll overeat, generally, and we won’t enjoy the food so much.

11. Never cell phone while talking, or walking. Do one thing at a time, and know that it’s not a waste—being present is always more efficient, and leads to space for good ideas and fresh approaches.

12. Hike. Or, just walk. Get out in nature. Or, a park. Nature opens us up, and calms our kleshas.

13. Stop obsessing about one’s own happiness. Help others. In small or ongoing ways.

14. Put on a favorite song and sing it out, like we mean it.

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15. Pick up trash in the street. Take a bottle out of the trash, and put it in recycling. Save unused napkins from a restaurant for use at home. Do little things for society that may go “unrewarded.”

16. Watch a movieand eat a little too much ice cream/pop corn/vegan ice cream/edamame/nuts. Collapsing into one’s core once in a while is necessary to one’s creative energies.

17. Put a few photos of loved ones around.

18. Be honest. This includes doing work for money that we can believe in, or finding a way to feel good about it.

19. Sleep more. Even a little more. I have no idea how, but it’s a good idea.

20. Write. Whether a journal or a blog, expressing oneself is cathartic and sensical-making.

21. Meditate. There’s nothing “spiritual” about meditation. It’s simply sitting still, with good, relaxed posture, and paying attention to one’s outbreath. When we notice a thought, that’s fine, we acknowledge it with a “label” by saying, silently, to ourselves, “thinking,” and returning to the outbreath. Before we know it: present moment, from whence all great and good things manifest.