And ethanol:

The intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel. Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University (more…)

Your heart began working before you were born. It will continue to work until you die.

Two factors determine the health of your heart:
The heart tissue itself
The number of times it beats during exercise or rest.

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We have all heard about the studies and reports. We all know we need to do cardiovascular exercise. We hear it from doctors, scientists and sports professionals. But do you know why?

Before I became fit, I knew I needed to exercise. I knew it was good for me. (more…)

Did you know that an average of five percent sugar is added to cigarettes? Air curing takes about three months and only traces of natural sugars are left in the tobacco, so more is added. In flue curing (which of course is faster), fires are set outside the barn and the heat is led via iron pipes or flues into the building in which the tobacco is hung fresh from the fields. Since the temperatures reach up to 170 degrees, this process speeds the cure. (more…)

Sugar comes in many disguises. It is a simple carbohydrate and may be called glucose, dextrose, fructose, maltose, lactose, corn syrup, honey, molasses, barley malt, cane and beet juice, date sugar and the latest, evaporated cane juice. (more…)

In your seventh week of pregnancy, your embryo is five weeks old.

The embryo will more than double in size this week, growing from about four millimeters long to roughly 11 to 13 millimeters, or about half an inch. The embryo can now be seen with an ultrasound machine.

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I had an acquaintance recently tell me that his son ruined his DVD player by sticking coins into it. My question here is: How does his two-year-old child have access to coins and to his DVD player? My question to him was: “So, who runs your household?” His answer: “My children.” They are two and seven years old. (more…)