Just a quick post to highlight the excellent blackle.com. Blackle is Google blacked out. It is still all the functionality of google.com but black. Brilliant.
Apparently:
Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. “Image displayed is primarily a function of the user’s color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen.” Roberson et al, 2002
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Hey all
Just three weeks to go until C2S! I can’t believe how quickly it has come around, although having said that, this year is flying by so quickly it shouldn’t be that much of a surprise.
Anyway, for those that don’t know - City 2 Surf is Sydney’s (and possibly Australia’s) biggest fun run. Starting at College Street in the city and winding 14k through Kings Cross, up onto South Head Road, through Rose Bay and ending up at Bondi beach.
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An article on bbc.co.uk this morning reports on a claim being made by researchers at Department of Public Health at Oxford University which states that 3,000 lives could be saved every year in the UK if VAT was added to fatty, sugary and salty foods.
They claim that by taxing these foods there would be less fatal heart attacks and strokes.
That’s good, right?
Well, in an idealistic world, yes I guess it is. But it raises the debate again on how much involvement the government should be playing in our day-to-day lives, particularly where health is concerned.
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Cut out sugar!
If you are ready to start alkalising then your first main aim should be to start cutting out the most acidifying foods, beverages and behaviours from your life. Alongside this you should also start to try and increase the amount of alkalising foods, beverages and activities. But, as I’ve always maintained - don’t necessarily try to do everything at once!
So where to start?
Personally, I think that cutting sugar from your life is the single most effective step you can take to revolutionising your health. To fully understand why, lets get back to some basics of alkalising.
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