Chicken eggs are high in cholesterol, and a diet high in cholesterol can contribute to high blood cholesterol levels. However, how much the cholesterol in your diet can increase your blood cholesterol varies from person to person. Eggs: Are they good or bad for my cholesterol?  When deciding whether to include eggs in your diet, consider the recommended daily limits on cholesterol in your food: If you are healthy, it’s […]

When Antibiotics Fail, Are Herbs the Answer? “If you’ve reached the point where you don’t pay attention to anything that might disturb your orthodoxy, you’re not doing science, you’re not even pursuing a discipline. All you’re doing is perpetuating a smug, closed-minded sect.” –  Paul Krugman The Evolution of Antibiotics: We perhaps are at the point in time when certain established beliefs and methods need a hard look, especially the […]

Today marks the last time a full moon falls on Friday the 13th until 2049 The event is visible across large parts of the world including U.S. and UK The two events combine on average about once every 20 years And the last time this happened was back on 13 October 2000 Friday the 13th is a date that elicits superstitions in many people, while a full moon has often […]

I started my journey into teaching yoga walking into a Federal office building here near to my neighborhood. It was my first-ever class, apart from the studio where I taught free classes. There I was, a million sequences in my mind, awesome music to coordinate the poses, all ready to wow. I couldn’t wait to exhibit my talent as a yoga teacher. Guess what … reality struck me as I […]

Friday the 13th of June —  — will see businesses lose up to $900 million, according to The Independent, because as many as 21 million Americans are freaked out by the day and refuse to fly on airplanes, go to work, purchase a house or buy stock on the market.But why, in this day and age, does the supposition persist that the date is unlucky?If you answered that the 13th […]

Four women have been found hanging from trees in remote villages in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the last fortnight. The families of at least three of the dead, two of them teenage cousins, have alleged that they were murdered after being raped. Is this spate of grisly murders new?   Such crimes are not new to Uttar Pradesh, indeed to India. As a young girl, when I […]

We, as human beings, as versions of the Universe experiencing itself, are always dwelling between our hearts and our minds; our divine and our human side, our body and our soul. The understanding of the fact that the divine rests within ourselves is crucial to our own happiness. In order to excel and to evolve beyond our primal needs, we need to search for solutions to remove this imbalance between […]

From the singing sales pitch of beach vendors to the echoing roar of soccer fans at the Maracana stadium, there is a percussive quality to the everyday life in Brazil that is hard to miss but not always easy to photograph. Two months before the World Cup opening ceremony, Italian photographers Edoardo Delille and Gabriele Galimberti travelled to Brazil to follow in the footsteps of Rio de Janeiro’s residents, capturing […]

The U.S. Government alone classifies over 500 million pages of documents each year. As far as transparency goes, there is none. How can we know anything about what is happening on our planet if so much information is hidden from the public domain? By now, the classified world has moved far beyond the reach of the public, and far beyond in its power and capabilities with regards to technology, scientific […]

From a historical standpoint, rabbits have normally been the animals of choice when it comes to similes concerning reproductive prowess, but a particular guinea pig is making a strong case for his species after pulling quite the stunt on a farm in England. According to ITV, a guinea pig at a local attraction called Hatton Country World escaped his enclosure and managed to sneak into another habitat containing solely members […]