Makes about 4 portions

Ingredients:

1 cup oats
1 cup best quality flour you have
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
1.5 cups non-dairy milk (almond, rice, soy, other)
2 eggs (preferably organic and from free-range birds. Choose omega enriched and low cholesterol grades)
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons honey or other sweetener of your choice
Maple syrup
Variety of fresh fruit (eg bluberries, strawberries, bananas)

Directions:

1. Lightly coat bottom of large flat pan with a little olive oil over medium heat

2. Combine all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and give it a quick stir.

3. Add wet ingredients and whisk until batter is smooth - the oats will create a slightly bumpy appearance; the idea is to make sure that the powdery ingredients are well combined with the wet ingredients.

4. Use a small ladle to transfer batter to pan, and fill the ladle to about the same level every time. This will give you even sized pancakes

5. When the pan is sufficiently warm transfer enough batter to the pan to create the size that you desire.

6. When bubbles begin to appear, give the pancakes a flip and cook for another minute or two. Cook till golden brown.

Serve with fresh fruit or a little maple syrup

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Vegetarian Chili Recipe
Makes about 8 servings

Ingredients:

1 can kidney beans
1/2 cup lentils, cooked
1/2 cup bulgur wheat
1 large can (about 28 ounces) crushed tomatoes
2 cups yellow or red onion, finely chopped
1 cup bell pepper, finely chopped
1 cup diced carrots
4 cloves garlic, finely minced
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste
1 cup vegetable broth
Extra-virgin olive oil

Directions:

1. In a large pot, saute onion, bell pepper, carrots, and garlic in olive oil over medium heat until onions are translucent. Don’t burn the onions (about 5 minutes).

2. Add chili powder, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, and cayenne pepper. Cook for another 5 minutes, stirring regularly.

3. Season with sea salt and pepper, to taste.

4. Add vegetable broth, kidney beans, bulgur wheat, lentils, and crushed tomatoes. Allow all ingredients to get close to boiling, then reduce to a simmer for about 10 minutes, or until bulgur wheat is tender.

Serve when hot with fresh green salad and whole wheat bread. Freeze leftovers…it’s even better a day or two later.

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A report on “Booming Global Obesity Drug Market”, Research and Markets states that the prevalence of obesity is increasing globally at alarming rates. Obesity drugs market has shown a radical growth in recent times but in contrast, the market for weight loss drugs has failed to match this growth. By 2012, it’s expected that more than two billion people will be overweight and 600 million will be obese, representing immense opportunities for both the markets.

The market for weight loss drugs is characterized by numerous failures. A number of drugs have failed to get approval, some have been recalled, and those that have entered the market either suffer from serious side effects or have just failed to give the desired weight loss results consumers expected from them. Refusal of healthcare authorities to grant reimbursement to these drugs has also impeded the growth.

One of the most recent examples can be taken from Sanofi’s Acomplia; the drug was hailed as multibillion blockbuster before it was launched. But Acomplia, like most of its predecessors, failed to have a sufficient benefit to risk ratio and was taken off the market just two and a half years after its launch.

The future of the obesity drugs market, however, may not be so gloomy. This is because the market has high unmet demand, and any drug that manages to provide a high benefit to risk ratio can easily achieve blockbuster status. Moreover, despite some of its recent failures, the obesity drugs pipeline is rich and a large number of drugs are in phase-III and late phase-II trials. If some of these drugs manage to reach the market and posses a strong efficacy and safety profile, they can quickly become billion-dollar blockbusters.

Country-wise, the US is presently the biggest market for weight loss drugs with around 68% of its population either overweight or obese. The US is followed by the UK and other European countries. In future, emerging economies such as China, Russia, India and Brazil are also expected to become a huge market for weight loss products. With China’s obesity and overweight levels touching 665-670 million in 2015, the country will emerge as the most potential weight loss market.

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Did you know that a little over 2 million Americans suffer from gout symptoms every year? If you want to reduce your chances of suffering from gout for too long, you’ll need to know the signs to look for so you can get immediate treatment and decrease the amount of time it takes for you to recover. After reading the following indicators of gout below, you’ll be equipped to more easily stave off the more debilitating aspects of this arthritic disease.

The first of several gout symptoms will more than likely creep up on you at night while you’re sleeping. You’ll wake up to swollen, shiny red skin pulled tightly over an inflamed joint. The big toe is usually the main culprit, but other joints can be affected too. Check your wrists, elbows, ankles, knees, and fingers.

Next, monitor the pain your joint to see if it becomes more painful over several hours. After a few hours have passed, you may not even be able to touch the joint without wincing due to the excruciating pain.

Sometimes gout symptoms can come in the form of feelings of extreme tiredness and a slight fever. If you feel chronically fatigued and listless in addition to having a painful and swollen joint, then you probably are suffering from gout. Also, take your temperature: 99.5 degrees Fahrenheit or higher in addition to that painful joint may signal gout too.

Running down the gout symptoms checklist again: do you have a shiny, red, swollen joint that warm and painful to the touch? Does the pain get progressively worse over the course of a few hours? In addition to the painful joint, do you have a slight fever or do you feel fatigued? If you experience these indicators, get treatment or try gout pain remedies as soon as possible.

You probably have something in your kitchen right now that can immediately relieve pain from any gout symptoms you have. Control and prevent current and future gout attacks naturally without medications, prescriptions, or untested remedies by visiting http://www.GetGoutRelief.com right now
 

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If your overweight, you may be experiencing back pain.

Traditional medical wisdom has long stated that the firmer the mattress, the better it’s for back pain sufferers.

Now, a Spanish scientific study- published in the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet on November 2003 - strongly suggests that traditional wisdom is wrong.

The study, conducted by Francisco Kovacs of Kovacs Foundation in Palma de Mallorca, has analyzed 313 people with cronic non-specific low back pain, that sleeped on mattresses with different levels of firmness.

After 90 days, the results showed that the medium-firm mattresses outscored the firmer ones by a significant margin, a definitive response and a definitive debunking of traditional wisdom.

But, more important, the study also showed that sleeping on a new mattress, whether it’s very firm or medium-firm, rather than an old one, was associated with more frequent discontinuation of drug treatment and relevant improvement in pain and disability. So, we have the scientific support that replacing an old mattress with a new one can improve back pain.

These results have been recently confirmed by a new, groundbreaking study “Subjective Rating of Perceived Back Pain, Stiffness and Sleep Quality Following Introduction of Medium-Firm Bedding System,” published in the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine (Winter 2006), authored by Bert Jacobson, EdD, Tia Wallace, MS, and Hugh Gemmell, DC, EdD of Oklahoma State University.

The study shows the critical link between mattress quality and sleep quality, as well as the importance of regular mattress replacement. In fact a new mattress, compared to a 5-7 years old ones, improves sleep quality by 62% and sleep comfort by 70.8%, plus reduced back pain by 55.3% and back stiffness by 50.7% over a four week period. The study has also found that lower back pain was much more prominent for people who sleep on cheaper beds and older beds.

So please, don’t let anyone tell you that sleeping through the night is a luxury: a good night’s sleep is essential to great health! Here are some number.

Recent statistics say 70 millions Americans are affected by sleep problems and the latest scientific researches suggest that our life could depend on sleeping well. Even minor sleep deficits rocket your production of stress hormones. Sleeping less than 6 hours can raise the risk of numerous health problems. Some examples?

An healthy night’s sleep can help your body: manage stress and maintain healthy blood sugar, because sleep deficits increase the levels of cortisol and other stress hormones, and this can have a negative impact on healthy blood sugar levels too; stay at a healthy weight because some studies show that adults who sleep the least appear to be the most likely to gain weight, because sleep deprivation increases levels of two critical hormones involved in regulating food intake - ghrelin and leptin - and this may lead to overeating and weight gain.

Now, we’ve scientific proofs that a new, high quality mattress leads to a good night’s sleep and this leads to an healthier and more productive life. The mattress should be one of the most important investment we ever make…don’t sleep on it!

Oliverio Abitrante - Materassi Sogni d’oro - http://www.materassisognidoro.it

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