Fat Loss - Apply Ice

An article I ran across claims that ice packs might be helpful for weight loss.

Simply strapping an ice-pack to a fatty area like the thighs or stomach for just 30 minutes can burn away hard-to-shift calories. 

The cold compress works by triggering the body into turning flabby white fat into calorie burning ‘beige’ fat.

 The article goes on to suggest that we should lower the temperatures inside our homes in order to encourage fat loss. I find this claim to be rather interesting. We do stay indoors more and more in these modern times and we certainly tend to heat our homes more, especially when we compare our lives to previous generations. Could our obesity problem be rooted in the temperature we keep our homes? It certainly seems too easy/simple to be true but this study is certainly interesting.

Marijuana Users Have Abnormal Brain Structure -- More Links to Developing Schizophrenia

A Northwestern Medicine® study has shown that marijuana users develop abnormal brain structures. They also state that this new study shows the heavy use of marijuana may lead to developing schizophrenia. The results also show that this abnormal brain structure produces a poor working memory.

As with other studies that have been done, this one also confirms that those who begin using the drug early on in their teens are the highest at risk for developing these problems.

To read more about this study, click here.

Ethical to Kill Babies?

Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva are the authors of a new article in the Journal of Medical Ethics that is titled, “After-birth abortion: Why should the baby live?”

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New York, California, and New Jersey -- Least Free States

This is a great video my friend Jason posted on Facebook. It should be NO surprise to anyone that these states are filled with liberals and their crazy mindsets. The control freaks that they are, they simply do not understand having freedom, nor giving freedom to others. They have come to the conclusion that they know best and if you dare challenge them, you are filled with hate. You will be accused of hating the poor, being a racist, being a warmonger, a stupid red neck, and any other insulting comment that can quickly spew from their vile mouths will be hurled at you. Of course they then turn around and expect you to subsidize all of the fanatical desires.

Do they really wonder why people are leaving their states?

The great thing about freedom is that the people who support it are those that have come to terms with the fact that they might not know everything, they may not have superior ideas, but they are going to try and do things in a way that works for them, they will try to do moral things and care about how they treat others, and allow others to do the same. That is freedom and freedom is love.

New Study PROVES Nancy Pelosi Is An Idiot!

Beautiful men, women are more likely to be smarter with high IQs, too: study

Beautiful people don't just get all the breaks, scientists say they're likely smarter than most people, too.

A study in England conducted by researchers at the London School of Economics found that attractive men and women generally have higher IQs.

"Physical attractiveness is significantly positively associated with general intelligence," said LSE lead researcher Satoshi Kanazawa, in the latest issue of the journal Intelligence.

The study indicated attractive men have IQs that are 13.6 points above the average, while beautiful women are 11.4 points higher than average.

Risks of Calcium Supplements

In a recent study, it is now being reported that calcium supplements increase risk of heart attack - by 30 percent, stroke, and even death.

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People often take calcium to prevent osteoporosis but, it looks like more harm can come than good. The article recommends eating more food that is calcium enriched, so that it absorbs more slowly in the body, rather than taking the supplements that raise the calcium in the blood level too quickly.

I take calcium supplements. Uh-oh.