Alcohol's part in Neuralgia...

Neuralgia is an umbrella term for any type of throbbing, or paroxysmal, pain that extends along the course of one or more of the peripheral nerves. Neuralgia is classified by both the part of the body affected and the cause. In some cases, doctors can’t find cause; in others, the cause is an infection or underlying disease, such as arthritis, diabetes or syphilis. Tumors, both cancerous and benign, can cause neuralgia, as do structural problems in which nerves become compressed or pinched. Sciatica, the throbbing pain that can extend from the lower back and buttocks to the feet, is one of the most common examples. Various medication as well as arsenics and other toxins, can also produce neuralgia.

Deficiencies of the b-complex vitamins can result in neuralgia involving numerous nerves throughout the body, a condition known as polyneuralgia or polyneuropathy. This condition often occurs in alcoholics whose diet is generally poor. A deficiency of thiamine- a b- complex vitamin found in various animal products are fortified cereals, breads, and other grains products is especially common among alcoholics, who may suffer from nerve pain as well as muscle weakness. Their treatment starts with detoxification, to rid the body of alcohol, and high-dose thiamine supplements. As recovery progress and the diet improve, the supplements can gradually be decreased.

Hazards of Overdressing...

A salad that is drenched in dressing is high in unnecessary calories and becomes soggy quickly, because vinegar wilts lettuce and other greens. These unnecessary calories may have adverse effect in your health. It will increase your body cholesterol, which in turn boosts body weight. The ultimate result of shoot up in cholesterol level is heart attack. Thus overdressing of food is directly or indirectly related to our life. Use a very light sprinkling of oil to coat the greens and mix the other ingredients, such as raw vegetables or artichoke hearts with a small amount of vinegar, which may facilitate digestion. Then toss the two together just before serving, by doing so u may reduce the hazards due to overdressing of food. As general rule, 1 to 2 table spoon of dressing should be ample for four cups of salad greens, and one fourth cup of a mayonnaise type dressing should be enough for 4 cups of potato, tuna or chicken salad. Other important aspect in overdressing of food is its wastage. Most of the people will not prefer eating those things kept for garlanding the dish, thus we are spoiling those materials used for dressing our food too.

Coffee...

The world’s first coffee shop is reputed to have opened in Constantinople in 1475 and the first coffee plants were only introduced to South America in 1723. Today more than 400 billion cups are drunk every year; the U.S. being the world’s largest consumer. The coffee filters was invented in 1908 by housewives from Dresden, Germany. Melitta Bentz was looking for a way to brew a perfect cup of coffee without the bitterness often caused by over brewing. She decided to try making filtered coffee, pouring boiling water over ground coffee and filtering out the coffee grounds. Mellitta experimented with different materials, until she found that the blotting paper that he son used for schooling worked best. She cut a round piece of blotting paper, put it in a metal cap, and the first coffee filter was born. Shortly thereafter, Mellita and her husband, Hugo, launched the company that still bears her name.

Coffee grows on trees that reach a height of up to 6 meters, but growers keep them pruned to about 2 meters to simplifying picking and encourage heavy berry production. The first visibility of coffee tree is the appearance of small white blossoms, which fill the air with a heady aroma reminiscent of jasmine and orange. The mature tree bears cherry-sized oval berries, each containing two coffee beans with their flat solid together. A mature coffee tree will produce 450 grams of coffee per growing season. It takes 2000 hand-picked Arabic coffee berries to make 2.2 kilograms of roasted coffee.

Healing power of herbs.

Adding flavorful herbs in your cooling may do more than provide enjoyment to your meal. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture evaluates a number of culinary and medicinal herbs and found that many are packed with key antioxidants that can provide protection from heart disease , some cancers and some of the effect of aging. Among the herbs that were found to be effective sources of these antioxidants were sage, dill, savory, Coriander, Thyme, rosemary and oregano, with oregano possessing high antioxidant activities, not only were the antioxidant properties in some of the herbs higher than the reported value of vitamin E and they even beat out well-known antioxidant-rich foods such ad berries and some vegetables. While the researchers aren’t suggesting you forego your antioxidant rich fruits, vegetables and grains in favor of meal of oregano and thyme, it is good to know that the addition of these herbs may boost your health even more. Claims that oregano can cure a variety of disease, however, are not supported by scientific research. In India most of the food they consume are herbs, which have the natural healing power, thus Indians consider that their food itself has too many medical values.