My Reflections

Hydrating Foods to Keep Your Health Afloat

Hydration is typically approached one glass of water at a time. You aren’t wrong to try that when tracking your liquid intake. Drinking plenty of plain water really is the best way to attain healthy hydration. But you can also easily add several hydrating foods to your daily menu to help out. It’s important to do everything you can to stay properly hydrated because it’s essential for good overall…

To practice social distancing… stay 6 feet away

In order to stop the spread of the coronavirus, we need to slow it down. And one of the best ways to do that is through social distancing, a public health intervention that encourages people to avoid well, other people. That means events with large crowds such as weddings, concerts, sports, have been cancelled. And places where people congregate…

                     Coronavirus is spreading in different parts of the world. . How fast and far it will spread, how many people will get sick, and how many of those will die are still unknown. This early phase of the outbreak is critical: We still have time to apply some of the lessons learned from China, where the virus originated and has taken the greatest toll so far. New cases in China are…

Moments of Happiness: Manuscript Speeches

Moments of Happiness

Is happiness in a new bag? What about a new dress? Perhaps a new pair of shoes will do? No? Then what is happiness?

It is experiencing something special and wanting to keep it to yourself, to cherish those moments. Being happy doesn’t mean having a lot of money, a big house, a car or being popular. It is being content with the things you have and the people you want to spend…

Fire retardant – what is it and how does it work?

We all heard of the bush-fires that happened in Australia. We were shocked as well as scared if the incident can be controlled. This was how they controlled it. They used Fire Retardant. Let’s learn something about it;

Fire retardant – what is it and how does it work? A fire retardant is a substance that is used to slow or stop the spread of fire or reduce its intensity. This is commonly…

The word “bushfire” builds on the concept of “the bush,” referring to sparsely-inhabited regions. Bushfires in Australia are generally defined as uncontrolled, non-structural fires burning in a grass, scrub, bush, or forested area. Australia, being a geographically and meteorogically diverse continent, experiences many types of bushfires. There are two main categories, depending on local…

Birds string together meaningless sounds to make ‘words’

Summary: A new study sheds light on whether animal vocalizations, like human words, are constructed from smaller building blocks. By analyzing calls of the Australian chestnut-crowned babbler, the researchers have for the first time identified the meaning-generating building blocks of a non-human communication system. _____ Stringing together meaningless sounds to create meaningful signals is a…

Early Death and Soda Drinking Connection

Summary: A large European study found that compared with participants who drank less than one glass of sugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened soft drinks per month, participants who drank two or more glasses of these drinks per day had a higher risk of all-cause mortality. _____ A new study coordinated by researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) examined the…

Involving Kids in Food Preparation : Kitchen Tips

Here are seven tips to help you get the food on the table with minimal fuss and maximum enjoyment:

Assign age-appropriate tasks: You aren’t going to give your toddler the cleaver. But there are jobs in kitchen that are suited for certain age groups. Kids under 5 years old can wash produce, count, measure, and even hand mix. Older kids (8 and up) can read recipes, stir food, grate, and even chop…