How did I get so FAT? Written by Dr. Jeff Banas
“I never saw it coming, how did I get so fat” is what people all over world are thinking. Lets do a little math to see how we all got fat.3500 is magic number. If we take in 3500 more calories than our body needs, we will put on one pound of fat. How easy is this to do? Unfortunately it is very, very, easy. Lets say you currently are drinking only one soda a day and you have stayed same weight for years. Then you discover a new better tasting soda and you want two sodas a day. That soda may have 100 calories in it. This means you just added an additional 100 calories to your diet than your body needs. Remember 3500 is magic number and every time you add up to 3500 you just added a pound of fat. This means you will gain one pound of fat every 35 days just by adding 100 additional calories to your diet. That adds up to around 10 pounds a year!
| | BlackberryWritten by Judi Singleton
BLACKBERRY aka Bly, Brombere (Ger), Bramble, Brambleberry, Bramble-kite, Brameberry, Brombeere, Brummel, Brymbyl, Bumble-kite, Cloudberry, Dewberry, Fingerberry, Goutberry, Piao (Chin), Scaldhead, Thimbleberry Rosaceae Rubus villosus (Amer) and Rubus fruticosus (Eur) ImageBlackberries (notably R. fruticosus) are subject to legal control as a weed in parts of Australia and in some other countries. CONTAINS: Leaves and roots contain tannins (tannic acid from root can be obtained by boiling water or dilute alcohol), and flavonoids. Root also contains villosin. Fruits contain Vitamin C, Vitamin A, malic and isocitric acids, monoglycoside of cyanidin, sugars, albumin, and pectin. Culpeper: It is a plant of Venus in Aries...If any ask reason why Venus is so prickly? Tell them 'tis because she is in house of Mars. This member of rose family is part of a large genus worldwide consisting of raspberries, dewberries, thimbleberries, etc. Most are used in a similar manner. Blackberries have provided food for man since ancient times which is attested to by fossil evidence. Flowers and fruit can often be seen on same plant at same time. Trailing, perennial plants found in dry or sandy soil. Canes heavily studded with stout, recurved prickles; leaves ovate, double serrate, pinnate with 3 to 5 leaflets; flowers white with 5 petals. R. fruticosus has a relaxed calyx. Was mentioned by Aeschylus (ca.525-456 BC) and Hippocrates (ca.460-357 BC). At one time, it not only had a reputation as a medicinal, but also as a charm against various illnesses. The dried bark was official in USP from 1820 to 1916 and in NF from 1916 to 1936 as an astringent tonic. Berries were official in NF from 1916 to 1926 as a flavoring agent in syrups. PROPAGATION: Spreads easily enough on its own, but can be propagated by seed, softwood cuttings in summer, leaf bud cuttings in late summer, hardwood cuttings in winter, division in early spring or autumn; root cuttings 1/2 inch long are taken in autumn and stored in sand over winter at about 50ºF, then in early spring cuttings are set vertically into soil and covered with 3 to 4 inches of soil (or branches can be layered in late summer when cane tips are slightly thickened and grow without leaves). R. fruticosus can be tip layered in summer and can also be trained against a wall.
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