to re-use or not to re-use

You might be helping the environment when you re-use water bottles, but researchers say you could also be risking your health. A study of kids’ re-used water bottles at a Canadian secondary school found the kinds and levels of bacteria that would prompt a health department warning to boil tap water. About a third of the samples were contaminated, some with feacal bacteria that probably came from the kinds’ hands and mouths as they repeatedly used the same bottles without washing them. However, study suggests the kind of washing needed to kill the bacteria might accelerate the breakdwon of plastic, potentially causing the toxic chemicals (DEHA) to migrate into the liquid.

Food safety and plastics experts contend, however, that many bottles are safe as the are made with non harmful substance (i’d rather not mention abbreviations to express the content more effeciently). Although these so called non-harmful bottles are design for single use, the can be re-used without any health risk provided that they are cleaned and handled hygienically…tadaaa.

too much D can cause you the C

The connection between sunlight, vitamin D and cancer is growing stronger. And getting the right amount of D is key: Scientists in Norway, Sweden, and Finland analysed blood samples of 622 men with prostate cancer and 1451 cancer-free men. Those with the lowest amounts of vitamin D were 50 per cent more likely to develop prostate cancer than those with an average amount. Yet men with the highest levels of D had a 70 per cent higher risk.

The body makes vitamin D when skin is exposed to sunlight. Getting enough D can be as easy as exposing your face and forearms for 10 to 20 minutes in the noonday sun, but of course this would probably not apply here in our country since noontime heat is one bad case of a sunburn, now try exposing your face with that ass wipe. You can also get D from milk and cold-water fish like salmon (maybe a much more non sweaty option). A safe target is 600-800 IUs a day. And until we know more about the relationship between too much D and cancer, you may want to avoid D supplements.