Meat????

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Time to take it easy on the meat!
Meat has traditionally had a proud place on the dinner tables, but recent research from the University of Texas cautions that people who eat meat regularly, especially red meat that is cooked medium or well-done, may run a higher risk of developing bladder cancer. Cooking meat at high temperatures generates cancer-causing chemical called heterocyclic amines.The UK Food Standards Agency suggests that people can reduce their risk by cooking at lower temperatures for a longer period of time and keeping flames from touching food when barbecuing or grilling.

Sugar and Cancer

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How Sugar feeds Cancer

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah have uncovered new information about the notion that sugar “feeds” tumors. While its accepted that tumor cells use a lot more glucose (a simple sugar) than normal cells, the new study sheds light on how this process takes place and might be stopped.
The researchers discovered that during both normal and cancerous cell growth, a cellular process takes place that involves both glucose and glutamine, a common amino acid found in many foods. Glucose and glutamine, both essential for cell growth, were thought to operate independently.
This groundbreaking research now shows not only that they are interdependent, but that restricting glutamine works to stop the utilization of glucose. Essentially, if glutamine is absent, the cell is short-circuited, due to the lack of glucose: thus, it suggests a new way to halt the growth of tumor cells. The researchers hope that their findings will lead to more effective cancer treatment therapies.

Interesting News.

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Water Bankruptcy
A recent report by the World Economic Forum warns that half the world’s population will be affected by water shortages within 20 years.Unsustainable conditions are headed toward what the researchers term, “water bankruptcy,” that would incite a crisis greater than the current global financial downturn. Crops and people are in danger, as geopolitical conflicts are expected to rise due to dwindling water resources.
During the 20th century, world population increased fourfold, but the amount of fresh water it used increased nine times over. Already , 2.8 billion people live in areas of high water stress, according to the analysis. A concurring UN World Water Development Reports adds that shortages are already beginning to constrain economic growth in areas as divers as California, China, Australia, India, and Indonesia. The Associated Press reports that the pivotal Ogallala Aquifer, in America’s Great Plains breadbasket, starching from South Dakota to North Texas, continues to be drained at alarming rates, while the natural recharge rate is considered negligible.

Affirmation Today:

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Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.

Affirmations today:

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The most destructive habit ………………… Worry
The greatest joy…………………………….. Giving
The greatest lost …………………………… Self-respect
The most satisfying work …………………. Helping Others
The ugliest personality trait ……………….. Selfishness
The greatest problem to overcome ………… Fear
The most effective sleeping pill……………. Peace of mind