New Fossil Findings Shock Scientific Community

In science news something shocking came out, what was thought about fossils for the past couple of years has come into question. Rocks were gathered in China and these little micro-organisms were found that were not cells from animals or embryos. Basically it was believed that the cell division pattern was for embryos. So now they are saying this is not the case and quoted “the reproductive spore bodies of single-celled ancestors of animals”. They were believed to be living during the Ediacaran period, which is around the end of the ice age, which they like to call Snowball Earth because the entire ocean system was frozen.

Do you think that climate shocks initiated an evolution process causing multicellular existence? This is a great theory that makes a lot of sense. I am just hopping that the scientists can combine the previous studies with the new data and be able to get a complete picture of exactly what happened. It is so amazing for me to sit here and think that change has happened like it has. The ability to expand and grow into a more intelligent life form naturally through changes in climate and possibly something else. Science is cool, just saying.

Nobody is Unbeatable Not Even a Shark

There are thousands of beings on this earth. Human beings, animals who are broken down into mammals, amphibians, reptiles, ocean animals, who are then put into their own categories, insects and so many others that may be at the bottom of the sea that have not been discovered yet. Looking at a national geographic documentary about predators the other day, I have always thought that sharks are the strongest and most lethal of them all. With very sharp teeth that are shed just about thirty five thousand in one lifetime. Considered to be the lion of the oceans just like a Lion is on dry land, they are so big and so fast that even us as humans pay close attention to the areas they live in so, we stay out of harms way. But just as I had made up my mind about their invincibility there came along the one place where this may not be the case. Located in the ocean floors of the Puget Sound in the Northwest of the United States lives what is known as the giant octopus, measuring about thirteen feet without measuring its tentacles or better known as arms. Hard to believe but these are carnivores and one of their favorite things on the menu, well are sharks. Makes sense they are so big that one, should do for a couple of days worth of food. Hard to believe, but so true. This metaphor can be applied to our daily life, when our health is great, and we think we have accomplished everything and no one can touch us, there is always something that can outsmart us, and beat us to the finish line.

Low-salt Eating Habits Increase my Heart Disease Likelihood? Say What?

It was just yesterday I was all stoked and happy that for the past couple of week the amount of salt that I consumed was a lot less than what it used to be and good for my heart. The shaker has been put away and the processed meats decreased. Here I thought I was doing something good for my health, then all of the sudden I run into some article today saying that what I have been working towards is actually bad for me. This is not the first time this has happened and actually has taken place numerous time during my life. This is not a study that has a huge amount of data to back up this, but it does start a few questions to turn up and possible scientists to look further into the issue. The main issue that doctors want their patients to focus on is getting their blood pressure down, and lowering the sodium intake helps this happen. The odd thing is that cholesterol and triglycerides go up. What in the world? This was only looked at over a four week period of time and obviously needs to be done over months or years with a large sample size. So, as of now I am going to continue with my current eating habits until this is looked into further.

North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-il Passes 12-19-2011

Today, going through the news there was a major headline that has been pretty much on every station, and all the newspaper covers, one of the world’s most brutal dictator had passed away, from heart failure. In power for many decades, his own people had suffered many injustices and much heartache, because of his own will to do things, without taking anyone else’s well being except for his own and the immediate people surrounding him. We have come across with many of these types of tyrant dictatorships, from Stalin, Hitler, to the most modern Saddam and the late Kim Jong.

In my own opinion I think we as humans for our well being of our children and the planet as a whole must exercise our power to vote and prevent these types of people from ever getting into positions of power. We cannot let things happen and not take a stand. So many atrocities have already occurred in my lifetime only being in my thirties, simply since we have chosen to look the other way, and think that someone else will fix the problem. It kind of makes sense that I don’t get involved, being that this is not my country, but it still makes me want to help those who want freedom yet can’t experience it because of something like this in their way. So if we are in a position to move people, and educate them, even if it’s just our kids, teaching them our own morals and then letting them make a choice of what is best for them, so when they are adults they will also see things for what they are and help out those who may be suppressed from people like this.

Babies and Umbilical Cord Blood

Going through nine months of pregnancy is not the easiest thing in the world, you should have seen my wife and can’t even imagine what it was like for her. I witnessed the first few months as she was taking multiple trips to the restroom and had some serious morning sickness. It was tough to watch because there is not much that can be done, she has to go through it and stay happy and healthy because the baby is growing so fast. Then it came the days of her talking about the stretching, simply watching the stomach grow, to an extent where it was hard to breath and simply walking was a mere true effort for her. Eating right, taking all vitamins and making sure that the little one kept growing the right way. All to look forward to that one day on the hospital bed where we would be able to finally see him and hold him in our arms with his precious little fingers.

There was one more thing that we need it to give so much attention to, but not much information is out there. All parents need to go above and beyond to be able to bank their child’s umbilical cord blood. There is so much new scientific research done on what it can do and about all the amazing benefits. So many diseases that it can possibly cure. We are no fortune tellers and can’t imagine what our most prized possession our kids, future will be like. So to guarantee the most amount of good health possible out there for them, this putting away this life saving miracle, is a must. We cannot protect them from all harm, the best that we can do is to try our best having a way of some types of child cancers is definitely worth all the effort in the world.

Another Reason to Have Another Cup of Coffee

There are a number of things that we are willing to take to better out health, vitamins, liquid herbs, protein shakes and other supplements. This all to make up for the not so good stuff that we truly enjoy, simply because they taste amazing, this being our favorite food. Luckily there is one daily daily habit, that being coffee that about ten to fifteen years, we thought it was great to keep us awake but not for the health. Thankfully in the last few years this great and wonderful beverage has been proving to be full of great benefits, especially for women like lowering risks of depression, skin cancer, prevent type two diabetes and the latest one endometrial cancer which is very common for women in their Uterus. Study found that females that drank four times the amount of coffee had a significant twenty five percent chance. The research was conducted in twenty six years so there is plenty of evidence to back it up. So for those females who crave that one more cup of joe, but think we should not, maybe it’s time to succumb to that craving, who would have thought it could save your life and may help you be more alert and pleasant to be around in the morning at work.

40 Percent of Cancers?

I just read that over 40% of cancers are a result of lifestyle choices. It took me a minute to think about it and then I continued to read. It mentions that there are things that we put into our bodies that are totally avoidable and we know they are bad for us. Smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, and eating bad foods. Those things are so well known by just about everyone. I am pretty up on the latest research and what causes ill health but after seeing this statistic is made a different impression on me. It is weird because often we do these things during the middle ages of life and then have to pay for it later and this does not help increase longevity. We have so much power to control our hands and not put tobacco into our mouths, as well as not picking up a hotdog and eating it. There are a few differences between men and women. Men need more fiber and women do better when they are thinner and have less weight on their body. This is a really neat report from the British Journal of Cancer and hopefully more like this will come out in the future. All of this information can help us all make healthier choices and live longer.