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Olympics Medal Tally Resuts Day 14

Olympics Medal Tally Resuts Day 14
Countries in the lead in Medal Tally Results count as of Day 14 5:30PM

1. USA
Gold-30
Silver-35
Bronze-35
Total-100

2. China
Gold- 46
Silver-15
Bronze-22
Total- 83

3. Russia
Gold- 16
Silver-16
Bronze-21
Total- 53

4. Great Britain
Gold- 18
Silver-12
Bronze-11
Total- 41

5. Australia
Gold- 11
Silver-14
Bronze-16
Total- 41

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Nutritionists and Dietitians

Nutritionists and Dietitians
If anyone had any doubt about the differences between Nutritionists and Dietitians Catherine Collins put them straight on Radio 4 recently - ‘if your urine is too dark or you are thirsty then drink squash and coffee’ she told the Radio 4 listeners

She insinuated her clinics are full of people maimed by incompetent Nutritionists. In our nutritional therapy clinics we regularly see people who feel they have to pay £95 an hour because they have been failed by their NHS GPs and dietitians, left to suffer for up to 20 years with missed obvious clues to their underlying symptom causing conditions.

I guess that’s another difference with dietitian Catherine Collins and a good nutritionist , instead of hyperbolic whinging on the radio that all Doctors and dietitians should get some basic nutrition training or be thrown in jail, qualified Nutritional therapists get on with the job of healing people.

The final difference between Nutritionists and dietitians is the most important one. Patients rarely get ’sent’ to a nutritionist, they don’t have to come, sent by their doctor. Patients choose to come, choose their therapist, choose to pay and choose to follow a nutritionist’s advice. Patients usually arrive at our clinics after a personal recommendation from someone who’s life we have already transformed.

Yes it is a constant thorn in our side too, that there are some truly awful practitioners out there that call themselves nutritionists. Surprisingly we can’t get wait to get regulated (as long as the EU leave us the tools to do the job). However although regulation will weed out some of the Personal Trainers that call themselves nutritionists and a host of other ‘Jack of all trade’ alternative therapists it won’t solve the kind of problems that provoke Collin’s vitriolic attacks. GP’s are heavily regulated, it doesn’t stop them missing things that experienced qualified nutritional therapists regard as blatantly obvious. You can’t know everything - that’s why you have specialists.

It’s great that dietitians are finally regulated and now required to participate in regular professional development but old habits die hard and there are still the odd few that are able to do more harm than good. (Ice cream and custard creams for osteoporosis!!??!!) Frustated by the constraints of dietetics as a therapeutic tool some dietitians have gone on to learn about nutritional therapy and are now some of the most dynamic practitioners out there.

A modicom of common sense maybe useful here. Choose a nutritional therapist who specialises in nutrition, with experience, with insurance, with recognised qualificatons and preferably with a personal recommendation.

Nutritional therapy is performance based. If therapists don’t get people well, patients won’t come back, they won’t tell their friends and they won’t pay the money. Chances are they won’t be in business for very long.

If you want a dietitian make sure you get a good one

Always go to your Doctor first (it’s free!) if they can’t help you give us a call!

Tony Bishop-Weston - Nutritionists London Foods for Life

‘Brainy Bread’ Saves Environment

‘Brainy Bread’ Saves Environment

Response Source | Press Releases - Brainy Bread Now Affordable With Omega 3 Algae Oil Food Ingredient - Could Save Environment

Omega 3 Brainy Bread, Pasta, cheese and yoghurts could save the planet!

The company that gave us V-Pure, the world’s first fish free vegetarian and vegan Docosahexaenoic acid - (DHA) and Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) product has recently bought the rights to a new product that could make products such as ‘Brainy Bread’ and ‘Brainy Pasta’ a viable and affordable possibility.

Eau Plus now have a range of Algal Oils and products and have dramatically increased their production capabilities through acquistion of a new European fermentation facility. Other algal oils on the market just contain DHA but V-Pure has both DHA and EPA making it the perfect product to use to manufacture vegan and vegetarian superfoods that will sustainably address the essential fat famine in modern diets.

“This nutrient rich algae food ingredient could transform the food manufacturing industry and at last re-address the balance between easily available foods that contribute to health and foods that leave us with a net nutrient deficit” says London Nutritionist Yvonne Bishop-Weston.

Eau + also have a new groundbreaking dairy free calcium drink.

See also Nutra Ingredients

Vitamin B12 Protects Brain
Minyanville - Market Commentary, Investing Ideas, Global Finance, The Economy: “Anna Vogiatzoglou, a member of the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at Oxford, in a prepared statement on brain shrinkage said that “Research shows that Vitamin B-12 deficiency is a public health problem, especially among the elderly, so more Vitamin B-12 intake could help reverse this problem.”

Vitamin B-12 deficiency can also cause anemia and troubles with the nervous system, researchers found.

Researchers at Oxford University established the link between diet and brain size by conducting memory tests, physical exams and brain scans on 107 people aged 61 to 87. The volunteers were retested five years after the initial exam and researchers found those with the lowest levels of Vitamin B-12 were more likely to have suffered brain shrinkage. The tests support earlier research that established a link between brain atrophy and low levels of Vitamin B-12.

Alcohol also hammers the brain. Researchers found that brain scans of more than 1,800 people who had 14 or more drinks a week sustained 1.6% more brain shrinkage than those who didn’t drink at all. Beer does less damage than wine.

Aging hippies who say marijuana is harmless are mistaken. Researchers found that cannabis has the same brain-damaging effect as alcohol”

4 must sees!

4 must sees!
I’ve been out of town, and AFK for almost a month, and I come back to find all sorts of amazing things waiting for me! These are four (count them *four*) MUST see places!

1) Dyna Fleur by Douglas Story & Desdemona Enfield Dizzy Banjo - music and sound Poid Mahovlich – terraforming
a. SLURL
b. Dyna Fleur Blog

2) PARSEC by Dizzy Banjo, Eshi Otawara and Chase Marellan
a. SLURL

3) The Electric Forest by Spiral
a. SLURL

4) Art by Pheonix Dreamscape
a. SLURL

Whalesong

Whalesong

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Miki Gymnast’s installation is framed by pocket universe clips and augmented with humpback whalesong in this little movie I put together today.

Vegan Recipes : Make your own TEMPEH
Vegan Recipes: Make your own TEMPEH

Fancy making your own Tempeh? Here’s the recipe!

A lovely old couple who made Tempeh commercially for many years failed to sell the company as a going concern when they retired. Now they are making their Tempeh recipe secrets publically available to all.

Medvedev seeks fresh start in Russia-US ties - Seattle Times

Medvedev seeks fresh start in Russia-US ties - Seattle Times
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s move to the White House is a chance for a fresh start between the two powerful, nuclear-armed nations, whose ties have deteriorated over the past decade. “We are ready to develop really good-neighborly relations

Cloud of Soot Above Asia Is Affecting Cities, U.N. Says - Wall Street Journal
BEIJING — A three-kilometer thick cloud of brown soot and other pollutants hanging over Asia is darkening cities, killing thousands and damaging crops but might be holding off the worst effects of global warming, the United Nations said Thursday. The vast plume of contamination from factories

Stocks stage huge rebound; Dow jumps 553 points - Miami Herald
NEW YORK — Investors did an abrupt turnaround on Wall Street Thursday, muscling the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 550 points after driving it down near its lows for the year on a stream of negative economic and corporate news. After three days of selling that wiped out about $1 trillion

Jobless claims and deficit jumps, but stocks soar - Philadelphia Inquirer
WASHINGTON - The nation’s financial picture grew darker Thursday, a day marked by breathtaking numbers: a quarter-trillion-dollar budget deficit for a single month, a half-million new applications for unemployment benefits and a 900-point swing that led Wall Street to its third-biggest point gain

Cloud of Soot Above Asia Is Affecting Cities, U.N. Says - Wall Street Journal

Cloud of Soot Above Asia Is Affecting Cities, U.N. Says - Wall Street Journal
BEIJING — A three-kilometer thick cloud of brown soot and other pollutants hanging over Asia is darkening cities, killing thousands and damaging crops but might be holding off the worst effects of global warming, the United Nations said Thursday. The vast plume of contamination from factories

Medvedev seeks fresh start in Russia-US ties - Seattle Times
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s move to the White House is a chance for a fresh start between the two powerful, nuclear-armed nations, whose ties have deteriorated over the past decade. “We are ready to develop really good-neighborly relations

Explosion flattens Colorado restaurant 6 injured - Washington Post
PUEBLO, Colo. — A restaurant collapsed after an explosion on Thursday, trapping at least one person inside and injuring at least one other person, police said. The injured person was found outside the building, but it wasn’t clear whether the person was inside the Branch Inn at the time of the

Stocks stage huge rebound; Dow jumps 553 points - Miami Herald
NEW YORK — Investors did an abrupt turnaround on Wall Street Thursday, muscling the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 550 points after driving it down near its lows for the year on a stream of negative economic and corporate news. After three days of selling that wiped out about $1 trillion

Cloud of Soot Above Asia Is Affecting Cities, U.N. Says - Wall Street Journal

Cloud of Soot Above Asia Is Affecting Cities, U.N. Says - Wall Street Journal
BEIJING — A three-kilometer thick cloud of brown soot and other pollutants hanging over Asia is darkening cities, killing thousands and damaging crops but might be holding off the worst effects of global warming, the United Nations said Thursday. The vast plume of contamination from factories

Obama resigning Senate seat effective Sunday - Kansas City Star
Seen in file photos are Tammy Duckworh, a disabled Iraq war veteran and currently the Illinois veteran affairs director, U.S. Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr., of Chicago and Jan Schakowsky, of Evanston, Ill., Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Illinois Senate President Emil Jones. The five have been

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