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How to recycle coffee Grounds Grounds: Don’t know what to do with your leftover grounds? Rather than throwing them away, try recycling them in one of our interesting ways. Use coffee grounds as plant food. Dilute your leftover coffee grounds to make your very own homemade plant food. To make, mix one part leftover coffee grounds with four parts cool water, and water your plants once every other week. Touch up furniture and other wood scratches with grounds and a cotton swab. It’s an easy, inexpensive way to restore your furnishings. Throw coffee grounds on ashes before cleaning out the fireplace to reduce the spread of dust. Use coffee grounds to dye clothing or paper.  

Come across this earlier today thought my readers may like. Why Skipping Coffee Gives You a Headache, According to Science Thanks to Food and Wine .com

   Your morning cup of coffee provides more than a jolt of caffeine—it can also have significant health benefits. One study, showed that drinking four or five cups of coffee daily cut risk of Parkinson’s disease nearly in half compared with drinking little or no caffeine.   The benefits of coffee are wide-ranging—from protecting against type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease to lowering rates of depression among women. But it’s not entirely clear why coffee is so beneficial. So put another pot on and drink up. It rare that some thing that tastes good can also be good for you. At least that's what science says today. Angles cup Coffee club. A great gift for that someone special.

1. Chocolate Improves Cognitive Performance     A report in the Appetite journal noted that chocolate consumption was associated with cognitive performance regardless of other dietary habits. 2. It’s Good for the Heart     Faseb journal , scientists recognized that eating dark chocolate is good for the heart and it can play a good part in battling atherosclerosis, a disease associated with plaque buildups inside the arteries. 3. Reduces Chances of Stroke   Daily chocolate consumption was also linked to a lower risk of stroke, reported in the British Journal of Nutrition last year. Coffee and chocolate are the way to living forever.

Is Caffeine a performance enhancing drug?   While having a cup or two of coffee before performing in a professional sporting event is not a rules violation. It could be in the future. With all of the health news and effects of Caffeine on a person's health and physical performance appearing in the news. Caffeine could soon join the long list of forbidden chemicals that a professional athlete can have in their system.    Recent tests have rendered results of a reduction of 2 strokes off of your golf game. Just have a couple cups of coffee before the round.  Test results on bowling and Frisbee golf are not in as of this posting.

  Well...well... Now a cup of coffee first thing in the morning may not be the best time of day to get the most bang for your cup. Appears  a recent study says that your body's chemistry is not that conducive to a caffeine hit when you first roll out of bed.  The best times for the maximum caffeine buzz appear to be 10,2 and 4......Sound familiar? That's right, good old DR. Pepper.  This is an obvious attempt to cut into coffee's dominance as that morning drink for millions by Big Cola. No doubt the study was funded by the makes of DR. Pepper and other like minded soft drink makers. Now the study that said that coffee harvested during a full moon is one you can hang you hat on. Now that's real science.

  Coffee is said to be the world’s most popular drink after water. So how much is too much?  Isn’t coffee linked to pancreatic and kidney cancer, and doesn’t it make your blood pressure go off the scale.   Well coffee has made an image comeback.  Now that coffee has made it on to Santa's nice list. Some of the latest study's say there is strong evidence that drinking three to five cups a day (or up to 400mg/d caffeine) does no harm at all and that research consistently shows that coffee reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.  Coffee may even help protect you from Parkinson’s disease.  High-caffeine drinks on the other hand are not the same as coffee and should be avoided by adolescents and consumed in moderation by adults. These drinks have huge amounts of caffeine. This can lead to insomnia, jitteriness and palpitations. But the caffeine in few cups of  coffe...

  A study done by the University of Illinois says that drinking up to three cups of coffee one hour before a strong work out has benefits.   Reduced perceived pain during and after the work out is just one. Caffeine helps to block Adenosine. A compound your body makes when you have inflammation due to exercise. Making it just a little easer to go that extra mile in that work out.   An increased alertness is one more. This increase give a person the focus that improves your determination to achieve your exercise bench marks. Some study's have demonstrated that pro athletes perform above their base line levels when they consume coffee shorty before they compete in their selected sport.   

A Californian company with the name "Liquidity" today says that its “Naked Filter” water bottle/filter is now available for pre-order. The bottle/filter is an easy and low cost way to remove microorganisms from water. In addition Liquidity says that the Naked Filter has been in research for more than 15 years with the result of “a new solution for water filtration.”   The startup claims that Naked Filter can eliminate well over 99.99% of  bacteria and protozoan cysts for as long as the filter lasts. When the filter’s is do to be replaced, the water will no longer pass through the filter. This tells the user that it’s time to change it with a new filter.    Just pour water into the bottle and screw on the cap. When you drink water out of the bottle it will pass through the filter and automatically be purified.   Liquidity is running the pre-order campaign on Kickstarter an...

Cardiovascular Protection and coffee. If you are serious about health you know the importance of a healthy cardiovascular system. What you  may not know is that by simply drinking one or two cups of coffee per day they could have a significantly reduced risk of cardiovascular disease-related death. According to a Japanese study of more than 76,000 participants, men consuming one to two cups of coffee daily reduced their risk of dying from a cardiovascular disease by as much as 38%. Keep in mind you still have to exercise. A cup of coffee is not a replacement for a good long walk. Risk Aversion with moderate coffee consumption. Want to lower your risk of death? A National Institutes of Health – AARP Diet and Health study of more than 400,000 people revealed that drinking coffee might be the answer. Between 1995 and 2008, male participants drinking even just one daily cup reduced their risk of death by 6%. Drinking either two to three cups o...

  Easter is this coming Sunday, so the odds are you will have some chocolate in the house. You know chocolate bunnies, eggs, kisses, and on and on. So you try and think of new and inventive ways to pilfer those chocolate goody's from the kids Easter baskets.        The old tried and true ploy is of course "chocolate is bad for you" but you internet savvy 5 year old tell you about the health benefits of dark chocolate. Rat's you think to yourself. So you resort to bartering, A new game app for their iPhone you offer for one chocolate bunny. No deal is the reply you get. The new game app and 1 additional hour of internet surfing time is the counter offer. Knowing you are out classed you give in and do the deal.    Now the next big question you must answer is. What adult beverage goes best with your chocolate bunny? Well here are some recommendations. Prosecco – all chocolates --White Burgundy – milk or white chocolate -...

The great health news on coffee just keeps rolling in. Is it real or press hype.    In todays world the saying that the press can make or break you is more true than ever.  So is coffee being place just one step short of the health food of the century only to be ruthlessly kicked from that mountain top by some study or test results that cast a shadow on coffee's current healthy image.   The king makers in the press love nothing more than place a product on the top of the must have or use list only to sweep away with one article.  Prepare your self, for some one some where is plotting coffee's health image demise. The only question is who and when?   Keep a sharp eye on those tea drinkers on this one.

Climate change! Global warming and a hot cup of coffee. What do they have in common? CO2 Carbon Dioxide.   Yes it's sad to say that those bubbles you see in you fresh cup of Joe is the dreaded green house gas Carbon Dioxide.   You are most likely to see the this if you dispense your coffee from a pump. Like the ones at your local mini mart.  But take hart the EPA has bigger fish to fry for the moment.   

  A class action lawsuit says many California wineries produced and sold wine with high levels of arsenic.   The suit was filed earlier this week in a California Superior Court saying that 28 wineries knowingly violated California law by producing wine contaminated with arsenic and failed to inform consumers about the potential dangers. Testing on the wines was done at BeverageGrades in Denver Colorado. The lab tested over 1,300 different types of wine and found over 80 showed dangerous levels of inorganic arsenic. With two additional labs confirming the results.   According to the lawsuit, some wines contained arsenic levels that exceeded the safe daily intake limit by 500%.  The majority of the wines listed in the lawsuit are lower cost white or blush varieties, including Moscato, Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc. Some brands named in the lawsuit are Franzia, Sutter H...

 Moderate alcohol intake—perhaps red wine especially—is associated with health and long life, This appears to be the standing thought from many health experts today.   Light drinking in general—up to a drink a day for women, and two for men—is known to be good for you. It’s associated with lower risk for coronary artery disease, diabetes, congestive heart failure and stroke. With most experts agreeing that red wine takes the first place. Red wine is clearly the drink of choice if you are doing light to moderate drinking for your health, and daily consumption just before or with the evening meal may be the most protective pattern.  So this brings us to the next question. Are all Red wines equal in their health benefits or does a top of the line Red wine have more of what your looking for over a lower cost Red wine?  

 Spring is almost here and summer is not far behind. We all know what that means . Thats right sunburn. Well throw away that greasy sunscreen and stock up on the dark chocolate.    A study, published by the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology in 2009, determined that chocolate consumption helped protect against ultra-violet (UV) sunshine exposure. They divided 30 participants into two groups of 15. One group was given high flavanol (HF) chocolate while the other 15 were fed low flavanol (LF) chocolate daily for 12 weeks.   After the 12 week period, the minimal erythema dose (MED) level was twice as high for the HF group. Erythema is when the skin starts turning pink from sun exposure. The MED test measures that threshold. So if you want to suck up more UVB sunshine-sourced vitamin D without burning, skip the Mars Bars and eat high organic cacao content dark chocolate.

  E cigarettes are getting a lot of bad press lately. With the recent report of an e cigarette going ballistic as the user was enjoying his e cigarette in bed as the latest. The unexpected launch sent the e cigarette flying into and penetrating the ceiling. The user suffered only minor burns but was a little shaken by the event as evidenced by the 911 call. This will be used as yet one more reason for government to fast track e cigarette regulations.    Case and point. A recent draft bill in a state that will go unmentioned was so over reaching that it would have regulated the vapor you see from your breath in cold weather. That's right.  Punishable by a fine of up to $25.00 for "vaping" with in 8 feet of an entrance to a public building and $100.00 if on school property.   The supporters of the bill said it was an oversight and would be corrected in the final version.

  Need to lose weight? Champagne may be the alcoholic beverage to turn to if someone is looking to lose a little weight, as it is as a rule is lower in calories than red wine, white wine or beer.    And that is not all that champagne has to offer.  Like red and white wines, champagne has heart-healthy properties, according to some study's.  Researchers found that, as in red wine, champagne has a positive effect on endothelial function, a strong indicator of heart disease. Study results indicate that daily moderate consumption of champagne may improve vascular performance. Beyond the heart, champagne could benefit your brain as well.  Three glasses a week of bubbly could help prevent brain disorders, including dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Study's have found that certain black grape varieties used in champagne can aid memory because of a compound called phenolic acid.  Researchers recommend that ...

Chocolate sales in China are expected to grow but over 50 percent in the next four to five years, and people in the Asia-Pacific region are eating nearly double the amount of chocolate as ten years ago.    Europe’s huge consumption of chocolate of all kinds is straining growers ability to produce enough coco. Adding to the problem are two other issues, disease and bad weather. Disease has wiped out the trees in Costa Rica, the bad weather is lowering rainfall in West Africa. The new found preference for dark chocolate isn’t making it any easier on the world’s supply, either. While the average chocolate bar contains about 10 percent cocoa, dark chocolate contains up to 70 percent.coco.  Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/ana-veciana-suarez/article11930324.html#storylink=cpy