Friday, July 10, 2009

Are you aging?

Most elderly citizens who aren't living with a serious illness feel young at heart, on a average about 18 years younger.

In a recent survey reported on the 'Journals of Gerontology Series B:psychological Sciences and Social Sciences', that the respondents thought they look younger too by about 7 years.

The researches concluded that the main reason for this is due to a positive self-image potrayed by these respondents.

Is it true if we able to think only positive thoughts daily, we would definately chase the negative vampires away and we would life a healthy long life.

Goodness of Cumin Seeds

I am very convinced in most indian household we would store cumin seeds, which is an essential spice used in cooking.

What are ‘cumins’ or also known as ‘jeera’ in hindi or ‘shiregam’ in tamil.

There lots of benefits in consuming this cumin. It has been reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society that the main ingredient in cumin improves one’s cells’ resistance to infection and cancer by changing the physical structure of the membrane cell itself.

It has been documented that the researchers at the University of Michigan used a technique known as solid –state NMR (“NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE’) spectroscopy to view actions of molecules in the membrane cell.

The same researches are also studying at the effects of curcumin on the formation of amyloid plaques (protein clumps) which are typically found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.