Food Cravings… Is Your Body Talking To You?
Vincent Ho, Western Sydney University Food craving is an intense desire to consume a particular food that is difficult to resist. This is different from hunger, as consumption of any number of foods satisfies hunger. Food cravings are very common. One study of more than 1,000 people revealed 97% of women and 68% of men […]
Could This Be the End for Type 1 Diabetes Injections
Anyone suffering Type 1 diabetes needs no introduction to the inconvenience and discomfort of daily injections of insulin or to the constant monitoring of blood sugar levels. (Insulin is a hormone that regulates blood sugar.) Unlike Type 2 diabetes which is a lifestyle disease, Type 1 is genetic. At this stage, there is no cure […]
The Caffeine Nap!
Humans are about the only species that is monophasic. If you’ve never heard the term, you’re not alone. It simply means that most of us get our sleep in a single session, usually, overnight. Almost all other species are polyphasic meaning that they enjoy multiple sleep sessions every day. But humans haven’t always been monophasic. […]
14 Reasons Why You Need to Start Power Napping!
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Diatom Art – Nature Under the Microscope
You could be forgiven for thinking these are a form of precious stone. You could also be forgiven for knowing little to nothing about these amazing creatures. Diatoms are a form of algae, in fact, a very common phytoplankton. It’s estimated that there could be as many as 200,000 different varieties. They are in such […]
Food for Thought… the Dirty Secrets of the Food Processing Industry
We all want to eat well. We especially want our children to get the best possible nutritional value, in the least harmful way, from their food. In my home, we focus on home prepared meals most days of the month. We do it for taste as well as nutrition. By sticking with easy meals, we […]
The World’s Safest Small Airplane Starts Deliveries!
The Icon A5 has been in development for the past nine years. Icon could have built a plane in months but their goal was to build a sports-plane that anyone can fly… a plane that is virtually crash proof. The World’s Safest Small Airplane: A New Era of Deliveries Begins! The result is the A5, […]
Do Swimming Pools Really Add More Value to Your Property?
Before adding a pool to your home, it pays to consider your medium term intentions. Will you still be living there in five years? Will your children still be living at home? A pool is a major expense. But is it an investment in anything more than leisure? Swimming Pools: A Smart Investment or a […]
Stranger Than Fiction: 5 Stories That Will Amaze You
Stranger than fiction, weirder than weird! There are so many fascinating facts and just as many false beliefs rattling around in all of our brains. For your entertainment – as well as mine, I decided to collate a few of the one’s where I would have said ‘no way’! How many of these did you already […]
Could Natural Swimming Ponds Be the End of Pool Headaches?
If you’ve got a pool, you know the routine. Everyone’s happy to use it but you’re the bunny that has to maintain it! The Benefits of Pool Ownership Doesn’t it make you wonder that while many homeowners consider it a necessity, others see it as a daily burden and a disaster waiting and begging to […]