Saturday 14 June 2014

[www.keralites.net] : Benefits of Cherry.......Arthritis pain

 

 
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How Cherries Help Fight Arthritis

Studies show cherries may be good medicine.

By Linda Rath

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Generations of people have reported that cherries help keep painful osteoarthritis (OA) and gout flares in check. Now, scientists

are putting this popular folk remedy to the test, with promising results.

Researchers have tested different amounts of several varieties of cherries in almost every form, from juice to pills. And though

most studies are small and the findings preliminary, evidence of the benefits of cherries is growing.

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Gout Management

In a study of 633 participants, Boston University Medical Center researchers found that eating at least 10 cherries a day protected people with existing gout from recurrent attacks. The findings were published in a supplement to the journal Arthritis Rheumatism.

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"Cherry intake was associated with a 50 percent lower risk of gout flares over a 48-hour period," says study co-author Hyon K. Choi, MD. "We extrapolate that cherries will continue to work long-term." He attributes the positive results to anthocyanins – plant pigments that have powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory

 

properties. Anthocyanins are found in red and purple fruits, including raspberries and blueberries, but cherries, especially tart cherries, may contain higher levels.


 

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Liquid cherry extract – found in health-food and specialty stores – appears to provide the same benefits. In a retrospective study of 24 patients presented at the 2010 annual meeting of the European League Against Rheumatism, researchers at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J., saw a 50 percent reduction in flares when gout patients took one tablespoon of tart cherry extract – the equivalent of 45 to 60 cherries – twice a day for four months. "This is definitely a topic worth further investigation," Dr. Choi says. "If cherries prove effective in large trials, they could provide a safe, nonpharmacological option for preventing recurrent gout attacks."


 

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Osteoarthritis Relief

Other studies suggest that cherries may also help reduce symptoms of osteoarthritis (OA). Researchers at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center say 53 patients with knee OA who consumed two 8-ounce bottles of tart cherry juice daily reported a significant improvement in pain, stiffness, and physical function after six weeks. Each bottle of juice equaled about 45 cherries.

 

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Patients lost these gains when they stopped drinking the cherry juice, "so it is alleviating symptoms, not curing disease," says principal investigator H. Ralph Schumacher, MD. The findings were published in the same Arthritis Rheumatism journal

 

Supplement : Cherry pills may also improve OA pain and stiffness. In a pilot study at the Baylor Research Institute in Dallas, Texas, more than half of 20 enrolled patients reported improved pain and function after taking one cherry capsule a day for eight weeks. Each

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capsule contained 100 milligrams (mg) of anthocyanins. (Three ounces of pitted dark cherries are estimated to contain from 80 to 300 mg of anthocyanins). But in a follow-up study, when patients took two capsules daily, the cherry pills performed no better

than placebo. Until more is known, most researchers are reluctant to recommend a specific cherry regimen. But many agree that for overall

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health, and as a possible tool in managing gout and OA pain, a handful of cherries, especially a tart variety such as Montmorency,

or a glass of cherry juice every day may be beneficial.


 
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When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them, 


 

and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, 


 

remember that someone has prayed for you.

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[www.keralites.net] Prime Minister dedicates India's largest aircraft carrier INS VikramadityaBy Rahul Kanwal

 

Prime Minister professes 'pride' as he dedicates India's largest aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya
 


 
Amid heavy rainfall and lashing winds on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Indian Navy's costliest and most potent acquisition, aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, to the service of the nation.
By choosing to come on-board the INS Vikramaditya in his first trip outside Delhi after taking the oath of office, Modi sent a message to sailors present on the ship and the world that was watching that military matters would be given top priority by his government.
The first thing the PM did after alighting from a Sea King helicopter was to get into the cockpit of a MiG-29K fighter aircraft specially customised by the Russians for operations on the INS Vikramaditya.
By choosing to come on-board the INS Vikramaditya in his first trip outside Delhi after taking the oath of office, Narendra Modi sent a message to sailors present on the ship and the world that was watching that military matters would be given top priority by his government. Modi inspects the Guard of Honour at INS Hansa airbase at Dabolim in Goa
Flanked by a young pilot and Navy Chief Admiral Robin Dhowan, a beaming Modi signalled he would be steering India's military policy into bold new waters.

'Moment of pride'
 

Addressing the sailors, the PM declared, "For me, it is a matter of pride and happiness that INS Vikramaditya is joining the Navy. It is a historic step. We need to give immense importance to latest technology. This will help the nation. Why should we import defence equipment? We must be self-sufficient. Why can't we send our defence equipment to other nations?"
For officers and sailors used to the armed forces being neglected by the previous UPA government, PM Modi was a refreshing change.
Not only did he present a crisp salute during the Steam Past presented by the 11 ships of the Western Fleet of the Navy, he also reached out to the sailors and promised to make maritime security a national priority.
Modi said, "Hum kisiko naa aankh dikhaayenge, naa aankh jhukaayenge, duniya se aankh milaa ke baat karenge (We will not try to intimidate other nations, neither will we bow before others, from now we will look every country straight in the eye and talk)."
The PM linked economic progress to maritime security and cited the example of Maratha King Chattrapati Shivaji, who is credited with having conceptualised the first Indian naval doctrine to make the point that a country could prosper only if its maritime interests were secure.

Criticism

Taking a pot shot at the UPA government, he said, "The decisions taken by this government have been the strong desire of our veterans and I don't know why these important task was not accomplished by our predecessors."
Captain Suraj Berry who is the first Commanding Officer of the INS Vikramaditya told Mail Today, "It is a moment of great pride for the Navy that the new PM has come on-board the Vikramaditya so soon into his tenure. It shows the seriousness which he attaches to military affairs and this bodes well for India."
Goa CM Manohar Parrikar, MoS Defence Rao Inderjit Singh, Tourism Minister and North Goa MP Sripad Rao Naik and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval accompanied Modi for the PM's Day-at-Sea.
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the deck of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya in Goa on Saturday. The original cost estimate of the aircraft carrier was Rs 4,881.67 crore, or $947 million. It will now cost $2.3 billion
 

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[www.keralites.net] Women breeds 100,000 cockroaches in her house Yuan Mexia, from China, breeds the beasts for Chinese medicine uses. BY David Harding / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS / Saturday, June 14, 2014, 10:27 AMA. A. A. . 58 5 Share this URL. G.K. & Vikki Hart/Getty Images Cockroaches are used in medicine in China. Imagine this woman as your neighbor. A Chinese woman uses her house as a breeding ground for 100,000 cockroaches. Yuan Mexia, from eastern China, breeds the cockroaches as they are popular to use in Chinese medicine. She claims the insects are her "children, my babies" and pampers them with sugary treats and a warm stove where they can rest, reports the South China Morning Post. But it is a tough kind of love. Mexia packs the cockroaches off to pharmaceutical companies for around $100 a kilo after she has killed them by drowning them in vats of water, and drying them in the sun.

 

Women breeds 100,000 cockroaches in her house

Yuan Mexia, from China, breeds the beasts for Chinese medicine uses.

 
Not Released G.K. Vikki Hart/Getty Images Cockroaches are used in medicine in China.
Imagine this woman as your neighbor.
A Chinese woman uses her house as a breeding ground for 100,000 cockroaches.
Yuan Mexia, from eastern China, breeds the cockroaches as they are popular to use in Chinese medicine.
She claims the insects are her "children, my babies" and pampers them with sugary treats and a warm stove where they can rest
But it is a tough kind of love.
Mexia packs the cockroaches off to pharmaceutical companies for around $100 a kilo after she has killed them by drowning them in vats of water, and drying them in the sun.

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