I believe that Fasting is a very good thing for the body. I find that by leaving food for a few hours once a month helps bring clarity and focus to what I am doing. I was searching the web today on fasting and came accross this man:
82-year-old Indian yogi claims good health after fasting 65 years
English.news.cn 2010-05-09 16:11:37 FeedbackPrintRSS
NEW DELHI, May 9 (Xinhua) -- It may sound humanly impossible, but meet "miracle man" Prahlad Jani, an 82-year-old Indian, who claims to have eaten not a single grain of rice or consumed a drop of water for the past 65 years.
Jani, also known as Mataji, has in fact surprised doctors across the globe who have found that the monk's body is performing absolutely well on different medical tests even at this age which is not usually observed in a normal person taking regular diet.
In a recent interview with a local TV channel, Jani has claimed that he has not taken any food or water for over 65 years and by practicing a special type of yoga, even a normal person can survive without food and water.
In the same program, another yogi from India's northern Himalayan region also confirmed that with the help of the special yoga, normal people can survive without food or water.
These practices come handy for people who pray in Himalaya for years without much food, he said.
To find out the truth, a team of 30 doctors conducted several tests on Mataji for 15 days starting from April 22, 2010.
"During the tests we found that in Prahalad Jani's bladder, the amount of liquid fluctuates even when he does not pass urine," local media quoted a member of the team of medical experts which conducted medical tests on Mataji, as saying.
Fifteen days of medical tests on Mataji were completed on Thursday at 15:30 p.m. and all reports of medical tests were normal. And this is an old man at the age of 82 years.
Dr. G. Ilavazahagan, director, Defense Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), and neurologist Sudhir Shah, while briefing reporters about Mataji's medical reports, said different tests at different time were conducted as per the protocol set up by partners.
"We did blood tests for hematology, bio-chemistry, hormone profile and the reports were in the pre-determined safety range throughout the observation period as per the protocol," said Dr. Shah.
The doctors said Jani's nerve conduction studies revealed normal nerve function, which is not likely in a person of his age.
"Mataji's EEG is also normal and we are analyzing data during meditation if there are any changes," Dr. Shah said.
I am not that commited to fasting and neither do I think you should. Howver it is very useful for us to learn to control our impulses.
Fraser
Sunday, May 9, 2010
What is happening with Plastic Bags?
I came accross this in the Dallas online paper.
The single-use plastic bag gives way to the recycled tote
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, May 9, 2010
McClatchy News Service
The single-use plastic bag could be an endangered shopping species.
TOBY TALBOT/The Associated Press
A shopper prepares to load plastic bags of groceries into her car in Montpelier, Vt. The state is proposing a 10-cent tax per plastic bag. The thin plastic bag with handles – known in the industry as the T-shirt bag – is under pressure from municipal bag bans and a growing number of retailers that are encouraging shoppers to bring their own bags.
A new industry has sprung up that's churning out reusable tote bags and is poised to profit from the passing of the traditional plastic bag.
Dan Sabbah, president of Global Design Concepts in New York, is one executive predicting that the days of the plastic bag are numbered.
"Plastic bags are quickly going the way of extinction," Sabbah said. His handbag and tote bag company has joined with a Canadian business to form a venture called Global Way to make tote bags from recycled water bottles.
In April, Global Way shipped hundreds of thousands of the bags to retailers including CVS and Walgreen's for reusable bag promotions tied to Earth Day observances.
"Retailers are getting ahead of this curve," Sabbah said. "I don't believe anyone thinks this is going to go away. This is going to be the wave of the future."
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has pledged to cut its plastic shopping bag waste by 33 percent, or 9 billion bags a year, by 2013. Ikea and Whole Foods Market Inc. stores banished plastic bags in 2008.
Target Corp. handed out 1.5 million reusable tote bags in honor of Earth Day in April and gives shoppers a 5-cent rebate every time they use one of their own bags instead of a new plastic one.
An organization that represents plastic bag makers argues, however, that the future of plastic bags will be one of rebirth and recycling.
"Reports of the death of the plastic bag are greatly exaggerated," said Shari Jackson, director of Progressive Bag Affiliates, an association representing the major U.S. makers of plastic bags and plastic bag recyclers.
"There's another side – the recycling side – that is just not being told, and it's growing," Jackson said. Progressive Bag Affiliates set an industry goal to achieve 40 percent recycled content in all bags made by its member companies by 2015.
In 2008, Jackson said, more than 832 million pounds of bags and other plastic films were recycled. The bags are being made into composite deck materials, fencing, shopping carts, containers and new bags, she said.
Surveys also show Americans reuse supermarket and department store bags for wastebasket liners and lunch bags, Jackson said. "They are heavily reused after they're used to carry groceries home," she said.
McClatchy News Service
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-p2plasticbags_09bus.ART.State.Edition1.3ddd1ea.html
Thats why at Envirothings we have reusable bags..think today enjoy tomorrow
The single-use plastic bag gives way to the recycled tote
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, May 9, 2010
McClatchy News Service
The single-use plastic bag could be an endangered shopping species.
TOBY TALBOT/The Associated Press
A shopper prepares to load plastic bags of groceries into her car in Montpelier, Vt. The state is proposing a 10-cent tax per plastic bag. The thin plastic bag with handles – known in the industry as the T-shirt bag – is under pressure from municipal bag bans and a growing number of retailers that are encouraging shoppers to bring their own bags.
A new industry has sprung up that's churning out reusable tote bags and is poised to profit from the passing of the traditional plastic bag.
Dan Sabbah, president of Global Design Concepts in New York, is one executive predicting that the days of the plastic bag are numbered.
"Plastic bags are quickly going the way of extinction," Sabbah said. His handbag and tote bag company has joined with a Canadian business to form a venture called Global Way to make tote bags from recycled water bottles.
In April, Global Way shipped hundreds of thousands of the bags to retailers including CVS and Walgreen's for reusable bag promotions tied to Earth Day observances.
"Retailers are getting ahead of this curve," Sabbah said. "I don't believe anyone thinks this is going to go away. This is going to be the wave of the future."
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has pledged to cut its plastic shopping bag waste by 33 percent, or 9 billion bags a year, by 2013. Ikea and Whole Foods Market Inc. stores banished plastic bags in 2008.
Target Corp. handed out 1.5 million reusable tote bags in honor of Earth Day in April and gives shoppers a 5-cent rebate every time they use one of their own bags instead of a new plastic one.
An organization that represents plastic bag makers argues, however, that the future of plastic bags will be one of rebirth and recycling.
"Reports of the death of the plastic bag are greatly exaggerated," said Shari Jackson, director of Progressive Bag Affiliates, an association representing the major U.S. makers of plastic bags and plastic bag recyclers.
"There's another side – the recycling side – that is just not being told, and it's growing," Jackson said. Progressive Bag Affiliates set an industry goal to achieve 40 percent recycled content in all bags made by its member companies by 2015.
In 2008, Jackson said, more than 832 million pounds of bags and other plastic films were recycled. The bags are being made into composite deck materials, fencing, shopping carts, containers and new bags, she said.
Surveys also show Americans reuse supermarket and department store bags for wastebasket liners and lunch bags, Jackson said. "They are heavily reused after they're used to carry groceries home," she said.
McClatchy News Service
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-p2plasticbags_09bus.ART.State.Edition1.3ddd1ea.html
Thats why at Envirothings we have reusable bags..think today enjoy tomorrow
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