Cynthia

Yellowstone is not just a geyser. Besides being a great place to visit, this favorite tourist destination is a great visual example of geothermal energy. Impressive as Yellowstone is to visit, it s just one small example of an incredibly huge source of clean, sustainable energy. Geothermal energy-literally, heat from the earth-is a clean, abundant and versatile natural resource that s just waiting to meet an ever greater share of the world s steadily escalating energy needs. This source of energy can be used in three ways: for electricity production, directly to provide heat and via geothermal heat pumps. Today, geothermal resources already supply about 6 percent of the energy produced in California, 10 percent in northern Nevada, 25 percent on the island of Hawaii, as well as significant power in Utah. Geothermal steam and hot water are routinely used to generate electric power with the gentlest of environmental impacts. Thermal waters piped from the ground support greenhouses, fish farms and municipal heating systems. Heat pumps use electricity and coils, or pipes buried in the earth to extract heat...

Beta-carotene is a variety of carotenoid, commonly identified by the red, yellow, and orange pigments that color a whole host of fruits and vegetables. Once in the body, beta-carotene gets converted to Vitamin A, an essential vitamin first identified in the 1930s. It is a vitamin that is very important to help the body improve itself and grow. Beta-carotene works as a powerful booster of the immune system as well as a potent antioxidant that battles free radicals. These free radicals are what damage cells in human bodies. Therefore, beta-carotene plays a vital and important role in helping the body function properly and for general health. Whenever we eat lots of vegetables and fruits, we are taking in quantities of beta-carotene at the same time. These fruits and vegetables are thus our biggest source of beta-carotene. Supplements, however, are also popular with many people, and that s why a variety of health food stores sell beta-carotene in that form. However, supplements are not necessarily the right choice in some cases. On the issue of supplements, it s relevant to note that enthusiasts and...

Are harmful forces insidiously destroying the quality and length of your life. Do you even know whether your life is at risk. Scientific and technological advances have greatly increased the average lifespan. With youth no longer short-lived, adults can now look and feel like they re twenty, thirty years younger. Regardless, multitudes of Americans are excluding themselves from such opportunities. reported that about 129 million people are overweight or obese. Heart disease is the first leading cause of death in the United States, and strokes are the third leading cause. It is time to become informed; often, these and many other ailments can be avoided. The fountain of youth may be only a myth. But with the right choices, you can come close to it. An American Psychological Association APA survey found stress to have a direct relationship with the health problems in the country s health concerns. Stress has the potential to impair health directly. However, as Americans handle stress with dangerous behaviors, stress indirectly becomes a major cause of unnecessary deaths. According to the American...

It was not until I became pregnant with my son that I began to scrutinize a world overrun with chemicals. I thought I would be done with the research portion of the program following a few hours on the internet one Saturday afternoon. Three years later, stacks of books, newspapers, magazines, countless hours following online leads, numerous conversations with environmental advocates, I am no closer to understanding chemical exposure but I have added reason to be concerned. Environmental scientists have been sounding the alarm for years but not much is being done to stop the poisoning of our supply of food, air, and water. For every step forward we take, we slip back even further as thousands of new chemicals are introduced each year with almost no testing being done as to how these chemicals will react when combined together. During this journey I have learned that it is not only the future at issue but where we are right now. Consider today s escalating disease statistics and if you delve just a little bit deeper than acknowledging sickness and disease is running our economy and our lives, you will...