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Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavorings..

DO YOU KNOW.. The difference between margarine and butter?

• Both have the same amount of calories.
• Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams; compared to 5 grams for margarine.
• Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.
• Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few and only because they are added!
• Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods.
• Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years .

And now, for Margarine.

• Very High in Trans fatty acids.
• Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.
• Triples risk of coronary heart disease .
• Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)
• Increases the risk of cancers up to five times.
• Lowers quality of breast milk.
• Decreases immune response.
• Decreases insulin response.

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Music video of the song: Don’t Inject Me (the Swine Flu Vaccine Song) by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, editor of www.NaturalNews.com. This song was written in protest of the widespread swine flu vaccinations now being pushed around the world.

Mike Adams
Natural News
October 14, 2009

Prepare to have your world rocked. What you’re about to read here will leave you astonished, inspired and outraged all at the same time. You’re about to be treated to some little-known information demonstrating why seasonal flu vaccines are utterly worthless and why their continued promotion is based entirely on fabricated studies and medical mythology.

If the whole world knew what you’re about to read here, the vaccine industry would collapse overnight.

This information comes to you courtesy of a brilliant article published in The Atlantic (November 2009). The article, written by Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer, isn’t just brilliant; in my opinion it stands as the best article on flu vaccines that has ever been published in the popular press. Entitled Does the vaccine matter?, it presents some of the most eye-opening information you’ve probably ever read about the failure of flu vaccines. You can read the full article here:http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200911/brownlee-h1n1

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There are as many variations of trail running as there are runners. Many individuals prefer running trails for daily training and exercise, while other trail runners spend weeks out in the backcountry. There is a growing number of people participating in solo backcountry trail running trips, which are a sort of ultra light backpacking.

For the past few months I have been trail running every other day and biking the rest of the days. If it is raining I will choose to run instead, this is less muddy than on the bike and I can stay warmer overall. What I have noticed is that my climbs on the bike have now become much easier, this is due to the extreme stress that the running puts on my leg muscles. I can actually feel my legs swell up with blood in the firs 15 min of any run.

I have been using the same trails that I ride on to run on and I notice that I run in the same path and manner I would use to ride in. Placing my feet right where I would put my bike tires and shifting on the trail so that I’m on the firm or hard pack not on the soft or loose. My fitness level has increased much more with the cross training than with the bike alone and I do get more out of it in less time getting to that high faster. Don’t get me wrong I love to mountain bike, but you can’t always hit the trail when the weather is bad or your bike is broken.

There is a lot more stress to the body doing this than when I’m riding a 6+ inch full suspension bike. When you get sore joints from the running then the bike is a welcome ride you can always get back to!

I know this isn’t about mountain biking, but this is a very touchy subject now. As our so called government pushes their health care reform bill into law you have to stand back and think for yourself. Sure health care for everyone sounds great to me but what is the cost of this wonderful idea. For the past 15 years my only option has been not to get sick or hurt and If I do take care of myself. I know this isn’t the best plan but it is one that I can afford and live with. So when this all started I was all for it but now I’m not so sure it’s a good idea!

First off they say that the American people wouldn’t understand the bill and that is why we wont be able to see it! Are you kidding me, do you think we have that much trust in congress. Do you? What do you think could be hiding in this bill that would make it to complicated for the public to understand, I smell something rotten here and this doesn’t sound like free to me! Now we are hearing that if you don’t sign up for it you could be penalized or jailed and this is good right! So how do I afford this if I can’t buy health insurance now! This doesn’t make any sense to me, I think Obama and Congress have smoked crack!

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Breathing techniques and awareness can be an important aspect for optimizing your riding and increasing your performance on the trail. Although maybe not as limiting of a factor as leg endurance, or cardiovascular fitness, it can greatly influence your riding style and enjoyment, and for some riders it may be THEIR limiting factor to keep on pedaling… Here are some tips which may help you to ride faster & increase your stamina and endurance, as well as make it more fun. If you have any tips you would like to add, just let us know, and we’ll put em’ in!

RHYTHMIC BREATHING involves breathing in various rhythms to coincide with your pedal stroke. Correlate your breathing to be in sync with pedaling. Use a 1:1 ratio to start – one breath in, one out, for each pedal stroke. If you find it is too much, then switch the ratio to 1:2 – one breath in, one out, for two pedal strokes… adjust accordingly to fit your need. Experiment and see what pattern fits your ride. Also consider another variation by taking in 2-3 short inhales in a row, and then 2-3 short exhales in a row. This could be called 2/3 breathing. Practice different combo’s like 4/2 (4 inhales for 2 exhales), etc…

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Common Names: Great stinging Nettle, Common Nettle
Genus: Urtica
Species: dioica
Parts Used: roots and leaves

This plant is a very interesting plant. When you look at it, it looks like an ordinary, hairy weed with attractive little flowers. It can be a very dangerous plant, however, because when you touch it with your bare skin, you will get a terrible sting, which is very painful. When you get this sting it can be so bad that you might need treatment for it. If it is a minor sting and you get home quick enough, you can put some anesthetic cream on it. The sting feels very much like a bee sting and can last for hours or days. The stinging sensation is caused by formic acid which covers the tiny hairs of the plant.

The stinging nettle grows to a height of 2 to 4 feet. The slender

stems are four-sided. It has a creeping, stretching root from which new shoots emerge. The dull, dark green leaves grow opposite each other on the stem. They are thin and sort of egg-shaped with a toothed and tapered end and covered with stinging hairs. They are 2 to 6 inches long and 1 to 2 inches wide. The hairs on the leaves are particularly painful. They loose their stinging qualities when they are dried.

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A regular complaint from cyclists is that their hands feel weakness, clumsiness, cramping and pins and needles after a long ride. These symptoms often indicate a condition known as handlebar palsy, a nerve compression syndrome in the hand caused by bearing weight on the handlebars.

Handlebar palsy effects both MTB and road cyclists. This condition was first described in cyclists by researches as early as 1896. More recently studies of the injury’s occurrence in long-distance cyclists have found that symptoms of nerve compression prevalence are as high as 70% (Dettori and Norvell). The term palsy has been regularly used to describe this condition because the riders’ hand develops muscle paralysis. Handlebar palsy particularly refers to the loss of muscle function in the hand.

Interestingly, cyclists who experience handlebar palsy may be unaware they are causing significant nerve damage until a severe nerve lesion develops. This is because easily recognisable symptoms of numbness, pins and needles and pain may not always accompany other less distinguishable symptoms, such as hand weakness and loss of dexterity (Capitani and Beer).
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