Entries tagged as ‘Energy’
Did you know you can unlock your car by your mobile using the spare keys miles away? I’m fascinated.
Apparently if your car has remote keyless entry and if you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, you can call someone at home on their mobile phone from your mobile.
Hold your mobile phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end.
Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you.
Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other “remote” for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the boot)
Denise tried it out and it unlocked her car over a mobile phone.
Categories: Domestic · Uncategorized
Tagged: Energy, survival, You can unlock your car over a mobile
For centuries, natives to the Amazonian rain forests have used Guarana as a way to stay energised, alert and cool in the tough environment. Guarana is probably one of the best known of Amazonian herbs – but also one of the most misunderstood. If you thought that Guarana was ‘just caffeine’ – then think again.
For centuries, natives to the Amazonian rain forests have used Guarana as a way to stay energised, alert and cool in the tough environment. Guarana is probably one of the best known of Amazonian herbs – but also one of the most misunderstood. If you thought that Guarana was ‘just caffeine’ – then think again.
How does Guarana work?
The special combination of actives that gives Guarana its unique benefits are gradually released into the body over a sustained period – this is because the seed contains oily substances which act as buffers and slow the uptake of the other actives. This provides a natural ‘time release’ mechanism that gives gentle stimulation for up to six hours.
The average daily dose of Guarana (1000mg) contains just 35mg of caffeine – compared to the 80-100mg dose you’ll get in just one cup of fresh coffee. This means Guarana is a good alternative to using strong stimulants, and a good way to reduce caffeine consumption.
Researchers at Northumbria University recently conducted a human trial to compare the effects of Guarana with Panax or Asian Ginseng – and found that the subjects using Guarana extract performed better over a number of tasks involving concentration and mental agility.
The researchers concluded that Guarana’s actions could not be attributable to its caffeine content alone.
Who can use Guarana?
Guarana is ideal for students, shift workers, sportsmen and anyone who wants to remain alert and energised in the hectic modern world.
Excellent for long distance driving and popularly used for jet lag – Guarana is also great for a party – something the Brazilians know how to do very well.
If you are too tired to Samba – perhaps its time to try Rio Amazon Guarana?
Rio Amazon Guarana is the original brand of the rain forest energiser – available in best selling 500mg vegicaps, as well as in a potent ‘jungle Elixir’ and many other formats – so you can enjoy this amazing tonic herb in any way you choose.
Rio Health © Rio Health 2007
Categories: General
Tagged: Amazon, Energy, Guarana
5 November, 2008 · 1 Comment
B Vitamins are vital for human life. They help to release energy from foods and maintain the health of the nerves.
We need to eat various foods daily to maintain good blood levels, as B Vitamins are water-soluble and will not be stored by the body. At certain times in our lives we will need more of the B Vitamins than others, and ideally it should come from a variety of wholegrains and cereals, nuts, pulses, meat, poultry, fish, liver, eggs, potatoes, bananas, dried fruit, yeast extract, brewer’s yeast and green leafy vegetables. However, in todays hectic lifestyle this is not always possible, and therefore supplementation may prove to be of benefit to maintaining our health.
- Vitamin B1 (thiamin) is essential for healthy nerves and release of energy from food.
- Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) helps to utilise energy from food, and is involved in the transporting and metabolism of iron around the body.
- Niacin plays a role in over 50 different processes in the body – including promoting healthy skin.
- Pantothenic acid is well known for helping to maintain healthy hair, and it helps the body and nervous system to deal with everyday stresses and strains.
- Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) is well known for helping to ease PMS, and is also needed for protein metabolism, nerve function and health of the red blood cells.
- Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is especially important for nerve cell communication and formation of red blood cells. It is a supplement commonly taken by vegetarians and vegans as its main source is animal based foods.
- Biotin is required for the utilisation of fatty acids and glucose, and also for healthy sking and hair.
- Folic acid helps the body to produce red blood cells. It is especially used during pregnancy to safeguard against neural tube defects in the foetus (such as spina bifida or cleft palate).
These vitamins occur in the same foods, and were originally thought to be one and the same vitamin (B). Although the functions may overlap, it was later discovered that they were in fact vitamins each with a specific role to play, hence they were grouped together as the B Complex.
As discoveries were made as to the exact compounds of what were originally thought to be vitamins, certain ‘vitamins’ such as B4 and B7 were no included in the B Complex – hence the gaps!
Tracy Owen © Goodness Direct 2006
Categories: General
Tagged: Energy, Healthy Skin, Nervous System, Vitamin B
Low-energy light bulbs, as the name would suggest, are great for energy saving but it has recently been noticed that they contain small amounts of mercury which has people worried.
Mercury is a toxic metal traditionally used in thermometers. Up to 5 milligrams can be found in energy saving bulbs compared to the 3 grams you would find in the thermometer.
“No amount of mercury is good for you, but the very small amount contained in a single modern CFL is unlikely to cause any harm, even if the lamp should be broken,’ says the UK Department for environment, food and rural affairs (Defra).”
Mercury is present in every compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL), and always has been – strip lighting typically found in kitchens and garages are prime examples, but on the plus side, the amounts of the liquid metal they do contain are now a fraction of the 100 milligrams that could be found in first generation bulbs.
Louise Molloy from the environmental group Greenpeace said that “Rather than being worried about the mercury these light bulbs contain, the general public should be reassured that using them will actually reduce the amount of mercury overall in our atmosphere.”
“More mercury is emitted by fossil-fuel fired power plants when producing electricity for the incandescent lights, than for the energy-saving CFLs.”
What does need to be addressed however is the lack of information on energy-saving packaging about how to safely dispose of these trace elements of mercury. The lighting industry and the government say the risk of mercury pollution posed by low-energy bulbs is minimal, but:
“Official advice from the Department of the Environment states that if a low-energy bulb is smashed, the room needs to be vacated for at least 15 minutes.
A vacuum cleaner should not be used to clear up the debris, and care should be taken not to inhale the dust.
Instead, rubber gloves should be used, and the broken bulb put into a sealed plastic bag – which should be taken to the local council for disposal.”
When a bulb blows in the house, are we expected to walk to the local town hall and give it to the receptionist?
Kevin Verdun of the Lighting Association said:
“warnings on how to safely dispose of smashed bulbs “might” be put on packaging in future, if the government and the public demanded it.”
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Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: Energy, environmental
For centuries, natives to the Amazonian rain forests have used Guarana as a way to stay energised, alert and cool in the tough environment. Guarana is probably one of the best known of Amazonian herbs – but also one of the most misunderstood. If you thought that Guarana was ‘just caffeine’ – then think again.
How does Guarana work?
The special combination of actives that gives Guarana its unique benefits are gradually released into the body over a sustained period – this is because the seed contains oily substances which act as buffers and slow the uptake of the other actives. This provides a natural ‘time release’ mechanism that gives gentle stimulation for up to six hours.
The average daily dose of Guarana (1000mg) contains just 35mg of caffeine – compared to the 80-100mg dose you’ll get in just one cup of fresh coffee. This means Guarana is a good alternative to using strong stimulants, and a good way to reduce caffeine consumption.
Researchers at Northumbria University recently conducted a human trial to compare the effects of Guarana with Panax or Asian Ginseng – and found that the subjects using Guarana extract performed better over a number of tasks involving concentration and mental agility.
The researchers concluded that Guarana’s actions could not be attributable to its caffeine content alone.
Who can use Guarana?
Guarana is ideal for students, shift workers, sportsmen and anyone who wants to remain alert and energised in the hectic modern world.
Excellent for long distance driving and popularly used for jet lag – Guarana is also great for a party – something the Brazilians know how to do very well.
If you are too tired to Samba – perhaps its time to try Rio Amazon Guarana?
Rio Amazon Guarana is the original brand of the rain forest energiser – available in best selling 500mg vegicaps, as well as in a potent ‘jungle Elixir’ and many other formats – so you can enjoy this amazing tonic herb in any way you choose.
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: Energy
I’ve just read Prince Charles’ interview with the BBC on global warming and farming, so yes, I turn to blogging to register my sentiments. Entirely agreeing with the Prince in that it is a majorly serious issue, and so relieved that someone of note and profile yet again puts it into the media spot light.
My conscience is gnawing at me a little though, because we can point the finger at the US, at China and the rest, and there is massive work to be done in so many areas, but I must put my own house in order. What can I do?
- Buy local organic produce
- Switch all appliances off at the mains when not in use – even those with a standby button, like the office printers of which I have 3, and often forget to switch them off.
- Walk and cycle when I can, even in the rain?
There must be loads of simple everyday things we could do, if we were aware of them making a difference, so if any of you have a list of what things we can do in our everyday lives to make a difference please let me know.
Categories: Eco/Environmental
Tagged: Eco, Energy, Global Warming
I read this yesterday – The Independent 23.6.05
“STANDBY BRITAIN”1 million tons of greenhouse gas is pumped into the atmosphere a day because TV’s & other electrical appliances are left on Standby instead of being switched off.
I’m afraid I’ve been guilty of this, I just didn’t think. well, now I’m thinking and flicking the off switch. Please join me.
Categories: Eco/Environmental
Tagged: Electric, Energy
I was at the Isle of Wight Festival at the weekend, there were 6 of us. I’d worked out the “menus” and packed the nosh, and felt quite proud of my balanced nutrition planned for our camping adventure. I’d worked out simple meals with fresh foods that would be fine in the cool box for the 5 day duration, with a little help from tinned veg toward the end of the hols…but all was thwarted.
I’m a seasoned festival goer with numerous Glastonburys under my belt but have never come across the same security as I did at Wight Noise. I wasn’t allowed to take in my calor gas cooking stove, or any cook-in sauces in glass jars. Was it to be bye-bye to my lovely organic Biona sauces? No, I found I could decant them into plastic bags! The things you do when you have to improvise… if i’d have been stuck the stewards were selling empty tetra packs for… £1 each for this very purpose… not sure how I would have got chunky sauce through the little hole designed to pour milk out of when decanting in the middle of a field?
So, the carefully planned nutritious diet was in the van in the car park and not in our tent. Never mind we had fruit and Eat Natural bars. I’d taken loads of the Yogurt coated ones, almond and apricot. Iappreciatedd them very much and realised what a healthy and tasty munch they are. They do have glucose syrup and honey added so they are a little sweet, but the whole nuts are really great. I’d definitely recommend them for all camping trips with or without security stewards to contend with!
We did get the large calor gas in eventually, so I didn’t turn into a yogurt coated nut.
Categories: General Food
Tagged: Energy
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