Archive for November, 2008

Lawmakers Complain Of 'Shocking' Videos

November 30, 2008 - 4:40 pm Comments Off
lawmakers complain of shocking videos

Young people post movies containing all sorts of nonsense onto YouTube. One of the latest floods of new releases contain videos of people smoking Salvia and ‘tripping’. Anyone wanting to buy Salvia and use it for its hallucinogenic properties is free to do so under federal law. So why all the fuss about these videos? If I want to buy Salvia then why can’t I do it in peace.

The fuss is caused by the same groups of people who have helped to perpetuate the Salvia phenomenon in the first place: politicians, lawmakers and those in the media. The media have found a good story, something they can safely criticize without loosing any readers, listeners or watchers: Salvia is a common enemy. Politicians have found something that they can rally against and win voters in doing so. The fact that I can go and buy Salvia legally on the high street or online doesn’t seem to matter. Soon you won’t be able to buy Salvia legally anywhere in the US.

Salvia is not a dangerous drug, and it is most definitely the case that many of the videos on YouTube contain activities that are vastly more dangerous than tripping on Salvia. If you want to do it, then go and buy Salvia. It’s up to you, not the government.

Buy acai and stay fit and healthy

November 28, 2008 - 1:20 am Comments Off
buy acai and stay fit and healthy

If you’re wondering where to buy acai, then you’ve probably already made the decision to buy acai from somewhere… what a great choice this is. Acai is renowned for providing a large proportion of the goodness and nutrients that our bodies need on a daily basis in order to combat disease and infection.

But perhaps because of the manner in which acai is delivered (in bottles or jars, mainly) people who buy acai don’t stop think to back when the delicious acai product that they have in front of them was actually on a tree. In Brazil.

The acai berry looks a lot like a grape and grows in bunches at the top of a tall palm. The acai palm only grows in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, and it is fairly difficult to get at. If you’ve ever wondered why acai is a little more pricey than your standard food, then this is probably the reason.

The locals that live around the areas in which the acai is harvest depend on the berry a great deal. Not only does the sale of the acai berry to people like you and me that have decided we need to buy acai, but they also eat a lot of the berry. Buy acai and support these people.

Acai supplements can fight aging

November 21, 2008 - 11:34 am Comments Off
acai supplements can fight aging

Acai berries — and the acai berry supplements that are made from them — contain a very high concentration of antioxidants, amino acids, and essential omega fatty acids. All these ingredients can help your body to fight diseases, infections, illness and even aging. That’s right: one of the benefits of acai supplements is they can actually stop you from looking older.

If that didn’t catch your attention, then consider this: the benefits of acai berry supplements have been featured by Dr. Perricone in his book The Perricone Promise, they have been featured by Oprah Winfrey on her TV show, and they have even been mentioned by the New York Times as being one of the most nutritious foods that they have ever had the opportunity to try. All of these famous and eminent people talking in unison about this one food must mean one thing: there really is some benefit it using acai supplements.

If you are still not convinced then consider this little snippet of a fact: family doctors are starting to recommend acai berry supplements as part of a controlled diet. Not only can acai supplements help you get fit and stay fit, but they can actually help your to lose weight too. If this all sounds a bit like acai is the greatest panacea known to man, then that is because it is. Simple.

Spore is amazing Mac Games

November 19, 2008 - 8:05 pm Comments Off
spore is amazing mac games

Playing God is something that some people do every day. For the rest of us mere mortals, our ‎desires can be sated with the recent mac games release, Spore. Spore sees you control a small cell ‎on a new planet, helping it to slowly evolve and blossom into a creature, a tribe and eventually a ‎space traveling astronaut. Eventually your little creatures will control the Universe. How’s that for ‎play God?‎

Spore Creature Creator is a piece of add-on software — this type of add-on is common with mac ‎games — that enables you to create and play with your creature. You can dress him and make him ‎do fun things, all the while photographing or recording his actions for posterity.‎

More news — better even than all these fantastic releases — is the fact that there is a freely ‎downloadable version of Spore Creature Creator available on the net. This will just give you a taster ‎as it only has 25% of the functionality of the full version, but what a taster it is! ‎

If you like mac games then you will definitely want to try Spore. Even if you don’t like mac games ‎then you should seriously consider this offer of a free version. What is there to lose?‎

Acai berry not a passing fad

November 15, 2008 - 6:43 am Comments Off
acai berry not a passing fad

The benefits of introducing the acai berry into your diet are many, ans such a move is slowly becoming widely considered as one of the best ways to get and stay healthy. The acai berry is carefully harvested in the remote Amazon basin; because it degrades so quickly after it is picked the only way to ensure it is in a usable condition when transported is to transform it into some other form. Acai juice, acai pulp and acai preserves are a great way to maintain the nutritional goodness offered by the acai berry while making it convenient and cheap to transport.

Super foods like the acai berry do come and go, but the acai berry is more than just a passing fad. It really is good for you; nutritionists and doctors have said as much, and some family doctors are even prescribing it.

Among other things, acai helps to maintain your pH level which is vital if your immune system is to function as intended. High levels of antioxidants — up to 10 times those in red grapes — in the acai berry will help prevent the signs of aging; the acai berry also boasts up to 30 times the anthocyanins present in red wine. Impressive numbers for an impressive fruit!

Acai preserves a taste treat

November 14, 2008 - 9:08 pm Comments Off
acai preserves a taste treat

Acai is a pure, organic is a fruit packed with energy. Acai is natural super food and antioxidant that originates from the Brazilian Amazon basin; acai makes up 42% of the food by weight consumed by the people in that region.

The fruit itself contains a dark purple pigments getting a rich, vibrant appearance. It is this pigment which contains all the goodness that makes the acai berry such a truly wonderful thing. Packed with antioxidants, amino acids and plenty of essential omega fatty acids (that’s the good fat, by the way), you can be sure that acai preserves your mind and your body.

After acai has been harvested it degrades very quickly. This is why you see so many examples of acai juice, acai preserves and other acai products: it’s easier to make these when the acai is still usable then it is not wasted. Things like acai preserves can be transported much easier than can rotting berries! Products like Amazon Thunder are a type of acai puree.

Acai preserves tend to maintain a lot of the berry’s goodness a lot better than some of the other products, partly because almost the whole berry is used in the production of the preserve, and partly because it’s just less processed than some alternatives.

FDA researches Monavie for false promises

November 8, 2008 - 4:25 am Comments Off
fda researches monavie for false promises

If you’re an active dieter or you read up on health literature, then you will have heard of acai berries. If you have heard of acai berries then you will have heard of acai juice: this juice is the best way to get acai goodness into your body.

So where do you get this acai juice from? A quick Google search will reveal a number of sources. One of these sources is a juice called Monavie that is manufactured by Monarch Health Sciences. This Monavie juice has been the subject of much criticism and controversy over the past two years. Suffice to say it’s probably not the best product out there!

First up was in investigation into Monavie and the parent company because of the claims they were making about the juice’s benefits. Monavie’s claims were challenged by doctors and nutritionists who pointed out — rightly — that they were largely unproven.

Next up was criticism from consumer boards who didn’t like the fact that Monavie — purportedly an acai juice — contained very little acai indeed.

By now the chance for Monavie to recover had been lost, and far more competent rivals like Amazon Thunder have been stepping up to the plate to assume the role of market leader.