Anti-Inflammatories: It's all in what you eat

Berries are a great anti-inflammatory food choice, especially blueberries and strawberries which are packed with anti-inflammatory phytochemicals and anti-oxidants. The pigments in brightly colored fruits, vegetables and berries contain many phytochemicals that have anti-inflammatory properties. One phytochemical is quercetin, which is found in apple and red onion skins and has strong anti-inflammatory properties.

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Canada labels BPA toxic!

BPA which is found in those clear polycarbinate plastic bottles has been labeled as a toxic chemical in Canada and banned from use in infant bottles. Hooray.
BPA aka Bisphenol-A poses a risk by mimicing human hormone.

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Another link to 'Green'

ReGeneration.org

is another interesting website devoted to 'green' living.

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Heart Disease: What's your risk?

Learn YOUR Risk!
By age 20, you should know your risk factors. The important risk factors you can control or treat include:
smoking
high blood pressure
high blood cholesterol
diabetes
being overweight or obese
physical inactivity
It’s essential that you measure your risk of heart disease and make a plan for how to prevent it in the near future. The Risk Assessment Tool is for people age 20 or older who do not already have heart disease or diabetes.
Click here for the Heart Attack/Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment Tool from the American Heart Association.
This tool will help you assess your risk of having a heart attack or dying from coronary heart disease in the next 10 years. It will also check to see if you may have metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that greatly increase your chances of developing cardiovascular disease, including stroke and diabetes.

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Inflammation: How it relates to 'Western' Diseases

Inflammation is the body's basic response to injury. Conditions that have 'itis' and 'osis' at the end of their names are all some form of inflammation. Inflammation is a process in which white blood cells and chemicals protect the body from infection, and repair injury. More and more research is also finding a significant link between inflammation and a host of seemingly unrelated diseases that have begun to be epidemic in Western cultures, such as asthma, diabetes, obesity, depression, heart disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, and other aging diseases.

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Cooler Roofs

Over 90% of the roofs in the United States are dark-colored. These low-reflectance surfaces reach temperatures of 150 to 190°F (66 to 88°C) and contribute to:

Increased cooling energy use and higher utility bills;
Higher peak electricity demand, raised electricity production costs, and a potentially overburdened power grid;
Reduced indoor comfort;
Increased air pollution due to the intensification of the "heat island effect"; and
Accelerated deterioration of roofing materials, increased roof maintenance costs, and high levels of roofing waste sent to landfills.
In contrast, cool roof systems with high reflectance and emittance stay up to 70°F (39°C) cooler than traditional materials during peak summer weather. Benefits of cool roofs include reduced building heat-gain and saving on summertime air conditioning expenditures. By minimizing energy use, cool roofs do more than save money – they reduce the demand for electric power and resulting air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
For more information: Cool Roofs

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