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Veg-licious June 2017

June 21, 2017 kenyavegclub

Yoga for Health

Recognizing the role yoga plays in ensuring good health to all, this year’s theme chosen by the United Nations is Yoga for health. When we talk of harmony and well being it has to be in tandem with nature and the world around us. Yoga can contribute in a holistic way towards achieving this harmony between mind and body. If we have to achieve harmony with nature, then we need to collectively embrace a lifestyle that helps us move towards sustainable development. Everything in this world is interconnected. Man is a limb of this society which in turn is a part and parcel of nature. So any talk of health and well being should include lifestyle, sustainable development, care of the earth, conservation of resources and preservation of nature. We cannot view ourselves only as consumers but custodians of resources too.

Introducing the draft proposal for the observance of International Yoga Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address during the opening of the 69th session of the General Assembly, said: “Yoga is an invaluable gift from our ancient tradition. Yoga embodies unity of mind and body, thought and action … a holistic approach [that] is valuable to our health and our well-being. Yoga is not just about exercise; it is a way to discover the sense of oneness with your self, the world and the nature.”

The resolution adopted at the General Assembly notes “the importance of individuals and populations making healthier choices and following lifestyle patterns that foster good health.” The World Health Organization, aware of the fact that physical inactivity is among the top ten leading cause of death worldwide has advised its member states to get actively involved in the health and well being of its citizens.

Yoga is the panacea for many ills – physical, mental and emotional. It ensures holistic development of a person’s body, mind and soul. In the words of one of its most famous practitioners, the late B. K. S. Iyengar, “Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.”

21st June is observed as International Yoga Day

Easy Recipes for you

Italian Sev Puri

Ingredients

  • Eggless Mayonnaise
  • Cheese spread
  • Green, Red and Yellow Capsicum
  • Cabbage
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Packet of Sev Puris

Method

  1. Mix eggless Mayonnaise and Cheese spread in 2:1 proportion respectively.
  2. Cut small pieces of Green, Red and Yellow Capsicum and Cabbage. Mix them in the above mixture.
  3. Add salt and pepper as per taste.
  4. Mix it properly.
  5. Put the final mixture on Sev puris with a spoon and serve.

Time required for preparing the dish: 10 minutes

News from the Veg World

Some Neanderthals were vegetarians who used natural forms of penicillin and aspirin as medicine

Neanderthal-model

image: A Neanderthal model on display at the Natural History Museum The Natural History Museum, London

‘Apparently, Neanderthals possessed a good knowledge of medicinal plants … the use of antibiotics would be very surprising, as this is more than 40,000 years before we developed penicillin’ Despite their popular reputation as meat-eating simpletons, some Neanderthals ate a vegetarian diet and appear to have used natural forms of penicillin and aspirin to treat infections and pain.

Dental plaque was found on the fossilised teeth of Neanderthals who lived in what is now Asturias, Spain, and in Belgium up to 50,000 years ago. In a startling demonstration of just how astonishing science can be, a team of researchers from Spain, Australia and the UK were able to extract DNA from the plaque that allowed them to tell what the individuals had eaten.

Neanderthals were thought to be enthusiastic meat eaters and an analysis of the remains found in Belgium revealed DNA from woolly rhinoceroses and wild sheep, along with a few mushrooms. But the teeth of the Spanish group revealed they had eaten wild mushrooms, pine nuts and moss, but no evidence of meat, according to a paper in the journal Nature.

One of the researchers, Dr Antonio Rosas, of Spain’s National Natural Science Museum, said: “We were surprised not to find any remains of meat in the Asturias Neanderthals, given that they were thought to be predominantly meat eaters. However, we have found evidence they enjoyed a varied diet including a wide range of plants. “What’s more, some of these plants may well have been cooked before being eaten.” The enamel and dentine of one Neanderthal’s upper teeth were chipped, and it is thought he may have used his like a third hand when sharpening stone tools.

But there were also signs that he was in severe pain and had taken surprising advanced steps to alleviate it. Dr Rosas said: “We have evidence that this Neanderthal self-medicated. “We have discovered that the plaque preserved in his teeth contains sequences of the pathogen Enterocytozoon bieneusi, which causes gastrointestinal problems, including serious diarrhoea. “Additionally, thanks to a hole in his jaw we know he had a dental abscess. Both health issues must have caused him intense pain.” The plaque contained traces of the penicillium fungus, the natural antibiotic from which the drug penicillin is derived, and also poplar. That tree’s bark, roots and leaves all contain salicylic acid, which is used in aspirin and other painkillers.

Professor Alan Cooper, of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA at Adelaide University, who helped carry out the genetic analysis, said the evidence showed Neanderthals were more sophisticated than previously thought. “Apparently, Neandertals possessed a good knowledge of medicinal plants and their various anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties, and seem to be self-medicating,” he said. “The use of antibiotics would be very surprising, as this is more than 40,000 years before we developed penicillin. “Certainly our findings contrast markedly with the rather simplistic view of our ancient relatives in popular imagination.”

Researchers have previously found evidence that Neanderthals were aware some plants had medicinal properties, apparently taking camomile and yarrow to help their digestion. The remains were found in El Sidrón cave in Piloña, northern Spain. Discovered in 1994, the cave is one of the most active archaeological dig sites in the world. So far 2,500 skeletal remains from 13 Neanderthals, male and female, young and old, have been discovered there.

Another of the researchers involved in the current study, Professor Keith Dobney, of Liverpool University, said the techniques available to scientists were enabling them to “access direct evidence of what our ancestors were eating”. “This extraordinary window on the past is providing us with new ways to explore and understand our evolutionary history through the microorganisms that lived in us and with us.”

http://www.independent.co.uk

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