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Bouquet for the Arospecs

Happy ASAW everyone! I wanted to make something to celebrate. So, I digitally painted a bouquet just for us arospecs! I tried to include something for everyone - partnering & non-partnering, sex favorable & repulsed, romance favorable & repulsed, aplatonics, loveless, everyone. The only thing missing here is anything to do with romantic love because I’m tired of flowers just being for the alloromantics. The flower meanings are as follows:

Blue Daisies - Long Term Loyalty, Trust, Happiness

Orange Peruvian Lilies - Devotion, Friendship, Passion

Daffodils - Hope, Rebirth, New Beginnings

Globe Thistle - Independence

West Indian Jasmine - Passion, Sexuality

Bluestars - Endurance, Strength, Determination

Honorable mentions: yellow roses (for friendship and joy) and goldenrods (for growth and luck). I am not skilled enough to paint them, so they had to sit this one out.

[Image Description: A digitally painted bouquet of blue daisies, orange Peruvian lilies, daffodils, globe thistle, bluestars, and west Indian jasmine set against a light green background.]

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The best DHT Blocker

What is DHT?

DHT, or Dihydrotestosterone, is a type of androgen, or male sex hormone. It’s the most potent androgen that’s produced by your body. Experts consider DHT to be a pure androgen hormone, as it can’t convert into estrogen.

Your body produces DHT as a byproduct of testosterone through the action of an enzyme called 5-alpha-reductase. 

Like other androgens, DHT is highly important for your development as a male. During the fetal development process, it plays a key role in producing your male genitalia. During childhood and puberty, DHT is responsible for your body hair, facial hair, deep voice and other male features.

In short, DHT is one of the hormones that make you, as a man, male, at least during the early phases of your life. 

DHT is derived from testosterone and contributes to traits such as:

Increased body hair growth

Increased muscle mass

Deepening of the voice

Changes in body fat distribution

Improved sexual health, sex drive and/or fertility

DHT is also involved in the enlargement of the prostate

Natural DHT blockers for DHT level

Here are some examples of naturally-occurring DHT blockers:

Saw palmetto 

Shiitake mushrooms

Wax gourd/Winter melon

Black pepper

East Indian globe thistle

Giant dodder

Equisetum species 

Stinging nettle

 Lingzhi mushroom

Lesser galangal

Japanese climbing fern

Conclusion:

Health Veda Organics DHT Blocker Capsules regulate hair loss, strengthen hair follicles, and condition hair. It even manages damaged & over-processed hair. These supplements flush harmful bacteria from the urinary tract & hamper the bacteria from lining up on the walls of the urinary tract.

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the dots are 131 pubs in ONE port town (not city) in the north of england, called Whitehaven, in Cumbria. population today is ~25,000. this map shows pubs that existed between 1846 to 1958. some of them are still open (or reincarnated) today! like no. 115 the Steampacket, which has moved to the next town Workington and is described as 'West Cumbria's foremost gay pub'

listed:

Ye Olde Inns of Whitehaven from 1846-1958

1. Grand Hotel; 2,Shipwrights Arms; 3, Queens Arms; 4, Crown and Anchor; 5, Blue Bell; 6, Turks Head; 7, Welsh Arms; 8, Brittania Vaults; 9, Old Crown Inn; 10, Coach and Horses; 11, Forresters Arms; 12, Hope and Anchor; 13, Royal Standard; 14, Ship Inn; 15, Steam Packet Inn; 16, Manx Smack; 17, Rose and Thistle; 18, Blacksmiths Arms; 19, Blue Anchor; 20, Lighthouse Inn; 21, Wellington Inn; 22, Whitehaven Pilot; 23, Man and Boat; 24, Manx Arms; 25, Braddylls Arms; 26, Nags Head; 27, Dusty Miller; 28, Fish Inn; 29, Lowther Arms; 30, Anchor Vaults; 31, Bird in Hand; 32, Queens Arms; 33, Sun; 34, Golden Lion; 35, Volunteer Arms; 36, Vine Inn; 37, Wheatsheaf; 38, Freemasons Arms; 39, Lion and Lamb; 40, Bucks Head; 41, Pineapple; 42, Queens Head; 43, Ship Inn; 44, Kings Arms; 45, Union Inn; 46, Brown Cow; 47, The Exchange; 48, Prince Albert; 49, Black Lion; 50, Canterbury Inn; 51, Albion Hotel; 52, Criterion; 53, Royal Mail; 54, Ship Inn; 55, Globe Hotel; 56, Ship Inn; 57, Wheatsheaf; 58, Central; 59, Crown and Anchor; 60, Ship Inn; 61, Sun Inn; 62, Robin Hood; 63, Cross Keys; 64, Grapes Inn; 65, Sailors Return; 66, Masonic Arms; 67, White Lion; 68, Waterloo; 69,70, Robin Hood; 71, Anchor; 72, Dog and Duck; 73, Miners Arms; 74, Beehive; 75, Royal Oak; 76, Grapes Hotel; 77, Commercial; 78, Jolly Sailor; 79, Fox and Grapes; 80, New Star Inn; 81, Royal Albert; 82, The Albert; 83, Three Tuns; 84, Lowther Castle; 85, Vine Inn; 86, Golden Ball; 87, Black Horse; 88, White Bull; 89, Whittington Cat; 90, Packhorse Inn; 91, New Crown; 92, Royal Hotel; 93, Indian King; 94, Shakespeare Hotel; 95, Victoria Vaults; 96, Hope and Anchor; 97, Bowling Green; 98, Royal Oak; 99, The Dog; 100, Foxhound; 101, Anchor Vaults; 102, Lowther Arms; 103, Punch Bowl; 104, The Canteen; 105 Punchbowl; 106, The Puncheon; 107, Rams Head; 108, Golden Fleece; 109 Rising Sun; 110, Riflemans Arms; 111, Castle View; 112, Ducal Crown; 113, Red Lion; 114, Lifeboat; 115, Steampacket; 116, Solway Vaults; 117, Red Flag; 118, Coopers Arms; 119, Brewers Arms; 120, Sunny Hill Hotel; 121, Ship; 122, Red Lion; 123, Waverly; 124, John Bull; 125, Sailors Tavern; 126, Hope Inn; 127, Scotch Arms; 128, Union Jack; 129, Ye Old CASTLE; 130 Artillerymens Arms; 131, Brow Top.

69 cities in the united kingdom and forty seven thousand pubs

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Herbal Viagra for Lasting Longer in Bed

Perhaps no other drug in the entire history of humankind has achieved as much fame (and at the same time, notoriety) as Viagra. Targeted at curing impotency, this drug - developed by the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer - has achieved almost cult status, with sales of over hundreds of thousands of pills everyday around the globe. The success of Viagra itself speaks volumes about how prevalent impotency is among men all over the world.

However, ancient sciences like Ayurveda and Unani have been known and practiced several natural medicines for treating impotence since centuries, and that too with positive results. These therapies are herbal, and most of them have been proven for their efficacies in the western world too.

But before going into details of the natural treatment options available for impotence, let us see what the real Viagra does. Viagra is the trade name for the drug sildenafil citrate. When it is consumed, it helps the blood flow to focus better on the corpus cavernosa of the penis. The corpus cavernosa is composed of several spongy tissues. When these spongy tissues are engorged with blood, the penis becomes hard, which is the state of erection. Thus, Viagra brings about a temporary erection by filling the corpus cavernosa with blood.

There are some disadvantages when a person consumes Viagra. One of the most important ones is that Viagra needs to be continuously used to obtain an erection. No Viagra, no erection. And those who use Viagra know how expensive the little blue pill is! Health-wise, Viagra can produce explained common colds, headaches and dyspepsia. Sometimes, Viagra can produce embarrassing prolonged erections. Prolonged use of Viagra can cause loss of peripheral vision and also total blindness. There have also been cases known of men suffering from heart attacks when having sexual intercourse under the effect of Viagra. Hence, the medical fraternity has always maintained that Viagra is a potentially harmful drug.

This has led both medical experts as well as users to keep seeking for alternatives to Viagra. This has made the herbal supplements ever more popular. The sudden interest of the western world in the Ayurvedic herbs and supplements for the treatment of impotence is due to the success of the Viagra. Before that most men were learning to cope up with their conditions of impotence.

However, now that we know that several herbal supplements exist for the treatment of Viagra, let us see how they affect the male penis. All these are carefully made preparations by mixing just the right amounts of several herbs and then carrying out several intricate processes for blending them. Since the name Viagra has become so common, these preparations are called as herbal Viagras in slang, though they have nothing to do with Viagra. Viagra is a chemical drug, herbal Viagras are made of herbal constituents.

But just like the original Viagra, the herbal Viagras work in two ways:

(i) they improve the circulation of blood to the penis and (ii) they alter the hormones so that the male has better libido.

Herbal supplements are used for the treatment of not just impotence, but several other male sexual problems such as weak libidos, penis curves, penis enlargement, premature ejaculation, etc.

The important herbal constituents used in herbal Viagras are Panax ginseng (Indian Ginseng), Rosemarinus officinalis (Rosemary), Avena sativa (Oats), Muira puama (Potency Wood), Lepidium meyenii (Maca), Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo), Tribulus terrestris (Caltrop) along with scores of other herbs. The first thing that these herbs do is to improve the circulation of blood in the region of the penis, which causes harder and more permanent erections. One more important function is to improve the male sexual hormone, testosterone, which helps in increasing the male libido and also to make the man perform the sexual act better. Some of these herbs can have antidepressant properties, which are very much beneficial in the treatment of men who are suffering from problems pertaining to weak erections.

In the Indian Ayurvedic tradition, there is a whole list of more herbs which are used in the preparation of herbal Viagras. These are different from the above herbs, in the sense that they are used almost exclusively for the treatment of impotence. Some of these herbs are the dong quai, kava, blessed thistle, black cohosh, golden seal, etc. These are the same herbs that are used in the enhancement of breasts in females.

In recent times, a particular substance called as yohimbine has gained a lot of popularity in the treatment of male sexual problems. Yohimbine is extracted in its hydrochloride form from the tree Pausinystalia yohimbe, indigenous to West Africa. Yohimbine hydrochloride has been proved to generate better and more sustained erections in men. It is being widely used nowadays in alternatives to Viagra. Some Ayurvedic supplements are using yohimbine in their preparations.

Herbal Viagras are made by carefully mixing specific herbs like those mentioned above in the proper proportion. They might be mixed in some oils, or burnt into ash, or molten into a semi-liquid semi-solid kind of preparation, or prepared in some other way. The basic intention is to make the best use of the chemicals present in the herbs. The herbal Viagras are generally to be taken with milk.

Since the herbal Viagras contain more than one herb in them, one major plus point becomes that a single preparation can be used to treat several male sexual problems at once. Also, since they are made of natural herbs, they do not have major side effects like the real Viagra does.

But some precautions need to be taken. First and foremost, if you are suffering from hypotension, you need to ask an Ayurvedic doctor whether you can have the herbal Viagra. Some people claim that since herbal Viagras alter the hormonal balance of the body, they are potentially harmful. This is true indeed if the herbal Viagras are taken for a long time. There may be interference with other hormone-driven activities of the body. Some components of the herbal Viagras can also cause depression, dyspepsia, headaches, common colds, etc. when used separately. However, whether they can cause the same effects in their mixture form or not is yet to be studied properly.

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Botobotonisan

Other names: East Indian globe thistle, sambong-gala

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Master tips for your first trek to the Indian Himalaya

Longing to investigate the denying pinnacles of the Indian Himalaya tour, yet not certain where to begin? These master tips from a prepared trekker will enable you to avoid the amateur missteps and guarantee your trip surpasses desires.

 Arranging your trek

 Exhaustive arranging (or absence of it) can represent the moment of truth an excursion, so set aside the opportunity to ace your financial plan, time your trek and amass the ideal schedule.

 Plan an agenda

 Do your interests lie in hundreds of years old culture or do remote mountain passes claim? For antiquated religious communities, Ladakh Himalaya Travel or Little Tibet are the spots to go. In the event that you need to trek through rich woods at that point consider investigating Sikkim. For stupendous mountain sees, the little-trekked trails of the Garhwal are comparable to the best in the Himalaya.

 Most importantly, don't be excessively aspiring with your schedule. Permit a lot of possibility days for acclimatization, severe climate, doormen that vanish without see for a large portion of a day, town festivities, or taking an additional day to appreciate a staggering campground. Understanding the Himalaya would take lifetimes to accomplish, so don't hope to ace the mountains on a solitary excursion.

 Set your financial plan

 In case you're trekking freely, work out the cost of employing a guide, doormen, sustenance, settlement and transportation - and after that twofold it. That should deal with all other unexpected costs that dependably appear to crawl into a tight spending plan. In the event that your courses of action are made by a trekking organization, plan to keep cash close by for tips (prone to come to 10% of your aggregate spending plan).

 Time your trek

 Walk until the point that June are regularly considered pinnacle trekking season, yet ensure you remain climate mindful all through your excursion. The Himalaya are liable to a climate design so perplexing that even experienced explorers can get themselves captured out. The districts of Himachal, Uttaranchal Darjeeling and Sikkim are liable to substantial rainstorm rains so stay away from July and August if conceivable. The Indian Himalaya additionally encounter a long and chilly winter from mid November until March – amid this period, it's best to make a beeline for Nepal.

 Security first

 Your movement arranging needs to go past government tourism warnings. Trekking is a pro action so read up on acclimatization (it could spare your life) and don't expect you can depend vigorously on your GPS when you're out there. Indeed, even the most point by point shape maps have a tendency to be temperamental in some remote zones, so your best venture by a wide margin would procure an accomplished neighborhood manage.

 Check your rigging

 There's nobody to inspire in a remote mountain pass, so overlook form and ensure your rigging is sufficiently strong to withstand the alterable mountain climate. There is no motivation to put resources into all the most recent open air outfit, gave your trekking gear is fit as a fiddle. Not at all like Nepal, great apparatus still comes at a premium in India. In the event that your courses of action are being made by a specialist, twofold check what is incorporated. If all else fails you're best to at any rate bring your own particular dozing pack and dozing mat and even your top choice (lightweight) tent.

 Tips for the trek

 So you influenced it to the mountains; here's the manner by which to secure your rigging, pace yourself and get to know local people.

 Be certain and pace yourself

 Being in the correct outlook is similarly as vital as your physical readiness. High elevations aren't the place to release loaded feelings, so endeavor to resist the urge to panic amid disappointing minutes, and leave enough room in your schedule that you won't feel bothered if your plans go amiss. Keep your trekking to an indistinguishable pace from local people. Your trekking mantra ought to be 'short advances, full breaths', especially when rising steep passes or finishing long tough extends. Furthermore, don't cross waterways or quick streaming streams shoeless: your boots will constantly dry out, however sprained lower legs break even with end of trek.

 Secure your rigging

 Utilize a tough kitbag for your trekking gear: these can undoubtedly be supplanted after steady contact with thistle brambles, rough shakes and being offloaded into dusty campgrounds, yet don't hazard harming your costly rucksack (by having it tied specifically to a donkey). And keeping in mind that it's enticing to stroll with your camera good to go, your odds of detecting a snow panther on a far off edge are comparable to winning the lottery. Dusty trails and costly cameras don't blend, and a slip on the trail could bring about untold harm to your photography adapt.

 Keep your basics nearby

 Continuously convey your water-and wind-verification coat with you, together with a dry combine of socks and an extra sunhat Himalaya Trekking (or two - they're very simple to abandon after a rest stop). A supply of stuff sacks is a decent speculation, to facilitate the steady cycle of pressing and repacking. Purchase an umbrella locally, not simply to keep off the sun and rain, yet in addition to shield your humility amid mountainside washroom breaks.

 Be gracious and streak a grin

 Start saying a Salam, Namaste or Julay while on the trail. Keep in mind that the neighborhood individuals are constantly intrigued (or diverted) that you have voyage most of the way around the globe to meet them. Convey a couple of photos from home to demonstrate to them your family or companions, and that will separate the social hindrances. In any case, don't expect you can get snap-content with nearby individuals: photography in some remote areas can cause offense. Sit tight for authorization (a grin in any event) before drawing out your camera.

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Health Benefits & Uses Of Sphaeranthus Indicus (Gorakhmundi Tree)

The Medicinal plants are widely used by practitioners of traditional medicine to cure various diseases in their daily practice.In the traditional system of medicine, different parts of plants or trees are used such as leaves, stems, flowers, seeds and some time even whole plants is used.

Sphaeranthus indicus Linn is among this whose whole plant is used to treat various diseases. Sphaeranthus indicus (Asteraceae) is commonly known as Gorakhmundi. It is used for various diseases in the Indian system of traditional medicine known as Ayurveda. Sphaeranthus indicus is a plant species that belonging to the Sphaeranthus family of Asteraceae. It is an aromatic herb with spreading the spread of glandular hairy stem and branches with purple or pink flowers. It has Stems with toothed wing, alternate, toothed leaves.

The flowers are terminal, globose with purple inflorescence head. It is also known by various names such as the “East Indian globe thistle” in English and Mundi, Gorakhmundi in Hindi Bengali, Marathi and Gujrati. Mundi is the Sanskrit word literally means that which cuts off or wards off. In the ancient scriptures of Ayurveda it is mentioned to be one of the best herbs used as Rasayana Madhya – intellect promote grass. 

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Five Things to Remember Before You Order Viagra Online

Possibly no other medicine in the whole history of mankind has achieved the maximum amount of celebrity (and at the same time frame, notoriety) as Viagra. Targeted at treating impotency, that drug - manufactured by the pharmaceutical large Pfizer - has reached nearly cult position, with revenue of over hundreds of tens of thousands of supplements everyday around the globe. The achievement of Viagra itself talks sizes about viagra commonplace impotency is among guys all around the world.

However, old sciences like Ayurveda and Unani have already been known and used many normal medicines for treating impotence since generations, and that also with good results. These remedies are herbal, and many of them have already been proven due to their efficacies in the western earth too.

But before starting details of the normal treatment options available for impotence, let us see what the real Viagra does. Viagra is the business term for the drug sildenafil citrate. When it's used, it helps the blood movement to focus better on the corpus cavernosa of the penis. The corpus cavernosa comprises a few spongy tissues. When these spongy tissues are engorged with body, the penis becomes hard, which is the state of erection. Thus, Viagra brings of a short-term erection by stuffing the corpus cavernosa with blood.

There are a few shortcomings when a person consumes Viagra. Among the most crucial people is that Viagra needs to be continuously applied to obtain an erection. No Viagra, no erection. And those who use Viagra know how high priced the little orange supplement is! Health-wise, Viagra can create described popular colds, complications and dyspepsia. Sometimes, Viagra can generate embarrassing extended erections. Extended use of Viagra can cause lack of peripheral perspective and also full blindness. There have already been cases identified of men experiencing center episodes when having sexual intercourse underneath the effectation of Viagra. Thus, the medical fraternity has always maintained that Viagra is a perhaps hazardous drug.

It has light emitting diode both medical professionals in addition to people to help keep seeking for alternatives to Viagra. It has built the herbal products actually more popular. The quick curiosity of the european world in the Ayurvedic herbs and products for treating impotence is as a result of success of the Viagra. Before that many men were understanding how to cope up using their problems of impotence.

Nevertheless, now that individuals know that many organic supplements occur for the treatment of Viagra, let's observe they affect the man penis. All they're carefully built preparations by mixing the ideal amounts of several herbs and then carrying out many complex processes for blending them. Because the name Viagra has become therefore popular, these preparations are named as natural Viagras in jargon, however they've nothing to do with Viagra. Viagra is a substance medicine, herbal Viagras are made of natural constituents.

But just like the original Viagra, the organic Viagras work in two ways:

(i) they improve the flow of blood to the penis and (ii) they alter the hormones so that the man has better libido.

Natural supplements are useful for the treatment of not just impotence, but various other man sexual problems such as fragile libidos, penis shapes, penis enlargement, rapid ejaculation, etc.

The crucial natural components utilized in organic Viagras are Panax ginseng (Indian Ginseng), Rosemarinus officinalis (Rosemary), Avena sativa (Oats), Muira puama (Potency Wood), Lepidium meyenii (Maca), Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo), Tribulus terrestris (Caltrop) along side results of different herbs. The very first thing that these herbs do is to improve the flow of body in the area of the penis, which in turn causes tougher and more lasting erections. One more essential purpose is to improve the male sexual hormone, testosterone, which helps in raising the man libido and also to help make the man perform the sexual act better. Many of these herbs might have antidepressant homes, which are very much helpful in the treating men who are suffering from problems related to poor erections.

In the Indian Ayurvedic tradition, there's a whole list of more herbs which are utilized in the preparation of natural Viagras. These are distinctive from the aforementioned herbs, in the feeling they are used almost mainly for the treatment of impotence. Some of those herbs would be the dong quai, kava, lucky thistle, black cohosh, fantastic close, etc. These are the exact same herbs which can be found in the development of breasts in females.

In recent years, a particular material called as yohimbine has acquired lots of reputation in the treatment of male sexual problems. Yohimbine is extracted in their hydrochloride kind from the pine Pausinystalia yohimbe, indigenous to West Africa. Yohimbine hydrochloride has been demonstrated to generate better and more experienced erections in men. It has been trusted nowadays in solutions to Viagra. Some Ayurvedic products are using yohimbine within their preparations.

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Sustainable Development Goals Ignore Colonial and Imperial Forces

Marissa Fallico

While the sustainable development goals are noble in nature, they fail to address the history of the world. The U.N.’s Sustainable development goals are purposeful and they are worth striving towards; improving the material and planetary conditions is not only a just, but necessary cause if humanity wants to survive, however, the U.N. must be honest and fair in its assessment of the state of the world. Sustainable development goals do not acknowledge the exploitation of certain countries. If the U.N. is serious about improvement, countries must confront systemic inequalities and discern where reparations fit into the equation.

In addressing these goals, there must be more specificity and precision of language. Goal one, end poverty in all its forms everywhere, is more of a broad and sweeping general statement. Even as goal one is elaborated upon, there is no proposal of tangible steps to be taken. To reiterate, there is also no addressing of systemic inequality. Structural (or systemic) injustices are particularly damaging because they extend beyond the individual and are normalized within the dominant social, financial, and cultural institutions; structural inequities target specific factions of people and are ingrained in societal structure. There is no future for sustainability if there is no acknowledgement of certain countries’ colonialist and extractive histories. What the U.N. does address are the discrepancies between nations. According to the U.N., “The overwhelming majority of people living on less than $1.25 a day belong to two regions: Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.” To admit that there are development discrepancies is the first step, but without examining the history behind those disparities there is no room for progress. Since colonialism and imperialism are global and systemic, it might be more helpful to examine one specific country, Haiti, and apply those same practices globally.

Haiti was once an island rich with Taíno Indians until Christopher Columbus’ excursion of genocide and slavery reduced the population from 8 million to 100,000 by the time the Haitian governor left. Spaniards then “replaced” Taínos with African slaves until they thought it was too expensive to maintain Haiti and slowed production in the colony. Under the Treaty of Ryswick, France gained control of Haiti until 1804 when Haiti gained independence during the Haitian Revolution. Unfortunately, not every nation saw the revolution as a victory and France demanded that Haiti pay them 90 million gold francs for “lost property.” Continuing the trend of imperialism, Haiti was forced to pay this fine as France, the United States, and Britain placed an embargo on the small nation and furthered harmed their already fragile economy. Under the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations, the U.S. has an ongoing history of staging coups, participating in voter suppression, and withholding $200,000,000 of aid in attempt to interfere with Haitian politics. During this time, Haiti has been consistently inundated with natural disasters from as well as man made ones; in 2016 the U.N. admitted it was responsible for Haiti’s 2010 Cholera outbreak. It took six years of denial for the U.N. to finally admit its role in the epidemic. Imperialism is not a historic anomaly in Haiti; it is a congenital tradition.

The unique nature of colonial forces is that they do not stop when the settler physically leaves. These systemic forms of oppression have generational effects that cannot be overcome easily. Haiti’s current GDP per capita is a whopping $813.30 according to Worldbank. According to the U.N., GDP per capita must be at least $2,000.00 per capita in order for a country to be considered above the poverty line. While other countries were extolling Haiti’s resources and becoming richer, Haitians grew poorer. Eventually, the wealth gap became so large that it now cannot be overcome without calculated redistribution. This history has continually repeated itself. In 2011, Fruit of the Loom, Hanes, and Levis worked with the U.S. embassy, the U.N., and the E.U. to block a minimum wage increase from $1.75 to $5.00 a day in order to keep the cost of products down. Despite Haiti’s efforts to join the global economy and “end poverty” as the U.N. has outlined in the sustainable development goals, they have been continually met with oppressive opposition. This is a narrative that exists throughout the globe.

This extremely brief overview of Haitian history does not truly convey the exploitative and painful imperialist forces that this country still grapples with. Under Sustainable Development Goal one, the UN says they strive to “ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions.” When creating this goal, did the U.N. imagine that Spain, France, the U.S., and Britain must be mainly responsible for “mobilizing” those resources to Haiti? The U.N. does touch upon something called “multi-stakeholder partnerships” which are voluntary based initiatives that countries in positions of power can choose to participate in. While these partnerships are somewhat of a step in the right direction, they do not directly hold specific settler colonists responsible. Countries who have inflicted demonstrable and deep rooted systemic harm upon others must be accountable for providing these resources. Reparations are necessary. If the U.N. is in any way serious about progress, it must confront imperial and colonial forces among nations and within their own organization. Anything less is not only damaging, but offensive too.

 (AP Photo / Dieu Nalio Chery) https://www.thenation.com/article/why-haitians-are-chanting-down-with-obama/

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/world/americas/united-nations-haiti-cholera.html?_r=0

http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/history/course/unitone/short.htm

http://iacenter.org/haiti/ramsey.htm

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdinaction

http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/poverty/

https://www.democracynow.org/2011/6/24/haiti_leaked_cables_expose_us_suppression

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/France-Clarifies-It-Wont-Repay-Haitis-Independence-Debt-20150511-0032.html

http://web.mit.edu/thistle/www/v9/9.11/1columbus.html

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/256679-haiti-us-interference-wins-elections

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Milk Thistle: Nature’s Detox Plant

Corey Pemberton

Even if you’re super strict about your diet and exercise, it’s impossible to avoid all the environmental toxins bombarding your system every day. These toxins, ranging from pesticides and heavy metals to BPA and cosmetics, are deeply ingrained in modern life.

Following a healthy Paleo lifestyle will help you cut down – but not completely eliminate – this unhealthy exposure.m

What Is Milk Thistle?

Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is a flowering herb in the Asteraceae family, which also includes ragweed, chrysanthemums, marigolds, and daisies. Native to the Mediterranean, it now grows widely across many regions of the globe. Some people even consider it a weed!

Some may consider milk thistle a weed, but it boasts a ton of health benefits!

Milk thistle flowers are reddish purple. The plant gets its name from the white fluid secreted from its leaves when they are crushed (1). The leaves themselves also contain white splotches or veins.

The seeds are edible, and many people enjoy this flower as tea as well. But, for reasons you’ll see in just a bit, most people prefer to take it in supplement form for a more concentrated dose.

Milk Thistle Has Detoxed Livers for Thousands of Years

People have been using milk thistle to address health ailments for thousands of years. Dioscorides, a Greek physician, described milk thistle’s healing properties before 100 AD (2). Use continued throughout the Middle Ages, the industrial revolution, and until today.

For the vast majority of that time, milk thistle was prized for its ability to help detoxify the liver. It’s often the go-to natural supplement for people dealing with cirrhosis, alcoholic hepatitis, or liver poisoning.

Why?

A lot of it has to do with silymarin, the active component extracted from milk thistle seeds. Silymarin, which is actually a group of flavonoids, provides the liver-protecting effect (3).

Researchers have found that the silymarin actually inhibits toxins’ ability to bind to membrane receptors within liver cells (4).

Numerous animal studies found that silymarin protected the liver against toxins like:

Alcohol

Carbon tetrachloride

Excess iron

Phenylhydrazine

Radiation (5)

We don’t have equivalent human data, as those types of experiments would be clearly unethical. But one review of 36 different studies found that silymarin reduced liver-related mortality in alcoholics with liver damage (6). Another focused on people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and found that milk thistle reduced potentially dangerous liver enzymes (7).

Concerned about your liver health? Milk thistle can help both detox and reverse damage!

This amazing herb doesn’t just help detox the liver. It can even potentially reverse past damage to liver cells. One study exposed rats to ethanol and found that silymarin helped regenerate liver cells afterward (8).

Your liver is your front-line defense against environmental toxins. Adding this supplement to your diet is a straightforward way to strengthen that protection and keep toxins where they belong – outside your body.

More Milk Thistle Health Benefits

Milk thistle’s liver-protecting effect is pretty amazing. But because it’s so well-known, sometimes it causes us to overlook the other things it can do.

Scientists have done additional research and discovered a host of other benefits. Some have been proven more conclusively than others. But all offer promising possibilities and further motivation to give this supplement a try.

Here are a few impressive milk thistle benefits – beyond liver detox.

Milk Thistle Has Antioxidant Properties

The compounds that make up silymarin are powerful antioxidants (9). These antioxidants can help protect your body against oxidative stress, which can lead to a host of physical and psychological problems when left unchecked (10).

Supplementing with milk thistle can help protect your cells against free radicals.

Researchers aren’t exactly sure how the process works. One review published in the journal Antioxidants narrowed it down to seven potential mechanisms (11).

Silymarin has also been shown to boost the body’s ability to create glutathione. Milk thistle extract increases glutathione levels and decreases the reduction after exposure to toxins (12). This is important because glutathione is considered the “master antioxidant” within the cells and protects against damage from free radicals.

Milk Thistle Can Help Control Diabetes

Silymarin may also help restore blood sugar control and improve insulin sensitivity for those struggling with diabetes.

One year-long study split 60 diabetics with alcoholic cirrhosis into two groups and gave one group 600 milligrams of silymarin daily in addition to the standard insulin treatment. The researchers noted a significant decrease in fasting blood sugar and insulin levels, as well as a decreased need for exogenous insulin (13).

In another study, researchers explained why this might happen: reduced biomarkers of oxidative stress. They divided type 2 diabetics into two groups and gave one silymarin supplements. At the end of the four-month study, they noted significant decreases in fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, and LDL cholesterol (14).

Milk Thistle May Improve Heart Health

Various animal and lab studies suggest that milk thistle could potentially lower cholesterol and improve overall heart health.

One animal study found that silymarin’s antioxidant effect helped prevent LDL cholesterol from becoming oxidized (15). Another study noted silymarin’s anti-atherosclerosis (the buildup of fats and cholesterol on the artery walls) effect and demonstrated a potential mechanism. Silymarin inhibited adhesion molecules in human endothelial cells (16).

We need a lot more research focusing on healthy human subjects before we can confirm that milk thistle improves heart health. But the results so far have been intriguing.

Milk Thistle Has Anti-Aging Effects

Milk thistle’s one-two punch of: 1) scavenging for free radicals and 2) helping the liver remove toxins can create an anti-aging effect.

This makes a lot of sense when you think about it. Your skin is just another organ. As your health improves internally, your skin condition improves to reflect that.

Liver detoxification can lead to all sorts of health benefits — including healthy, glowing skin!

One study irradiated mice with UV rays. One group of mice received a topical application of silymarin before UV radiation; the second group didn’t. The researchers found that the silymarin inhibited UV-induced oxidative stress (17).

This is important because UV exposure photo-ages the skin, leading to wrinkles, blemishes, and other visible signs of aging. It can also trigger skin cancer. Some researchers have even suggested that silymarin “may favorably supplement sunscreen protection” and help protect against damaging UV effects (18).

How to Take Milk Thistle

There are plenty of different ways to add this supplement to your diet. You can buy and eat the seeds – or even grow your own. You can drink milk thistle tea. Or choose from a multitude of capsules, extracts, or other supplements.

With all the options out there, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. So let’s break them down.

Milk Thistle Seeds

Milk thistle seeds are edible. Because the plant grows abundantly in so many areas, you can find the seeds at health food stores, online, or even grow your own.

One thing to consider is the taste: these seeds are oily and sweet. Some people don’t care for them. Other people love them, grinding them up in their smoothies or toasting them and adding them to salads.

Even if you like the taste, you’d have to eat a whole lot of seeds to get the equivalent dose you’d get from a specially designed supplement.

It’s best to supplement with milk thistle, instead of eating the seeds, to get the full benefit.

It isn’t milk thistle itself you’re after if you want to reap the health benefits above. It’s silymarin, the active compound. Each seed only contains a little silymarin. Supplements or extracts are a much easier way to consume a significant amount.

Eating the seeds themselves won’t do you any harm, but it’s pretty impractical (and expensive) to munch on them all day in hopes of experiencing health benefits.

Milk Thistle Tea

You can also buy milk thistle tea from reputable brands like Alvita, Celebration Herbals, and The Republic of Tea.

This might be attractive because you get a nice, relaxing beverage and a milder taste than if you ate the seeds.

Again, the downside here lies in the dose. It’s hard to determine exactly how much silymarin a cup of this tea contains, and there’s certainly variety from brand to brand. But having a cup or two of tea is a far cry from the amount you’d find in a supplement.

Bioavailability is another factor. How well can your body absorb the key compound in liquid form? Not too great, apparently, as research published in the Indian Journal of Pharmacology noted that silymarin has poor water solubility (19).

Just like with eating the seeds, having a cup of this tea isn’t going to hurt you. It might even help a little, so if you enjoy the taste, go for it. Just realize that supplements are really the way to go in terms of: 1) getting a significant dose and 2) convenience.

Milk Thistle Extracts and Supplements

Supplements are also widely available. While the quality (and price) varies significantly among brands, overall they offer the most convenient option.

The biggest factor to watch for when assessing a brand is silymarin concentration. The higher, the better.

You can pick up supplements at the grocery store, health food shop, or online. Here are a few quality brands if you’re having trouble making a decision:

Jarrow Formulas Milk Thistle

Puritan’s Pride Milk Thistle Extract

Sonora Nutrition Milk Thistle Standardized Extract

Potential Side Effects of Milk Thistle

For the vast majority of people, milk thistle is extremely safe. There is less regulation because the FDA considers it a supplement instead of a drug, but multiple studies have assessed the safety and haven’t found any significant health consequences (20, 21, 22).

The most common potential side effect seems to be loose stool and/or other gastrointestinal discomfort. But that tends to be on the high end of the daily dosage. If you experience that, try cutting your intake down and tracking the results.

People who are allergic to ragweed or any other plants in the Asteraceae family are better off avoiding milk thistle as well. If just being around that stuff makes you break out or launch into a sneezing fit, ingesting it in supplement form will make you miserable.

Also, people taking medications for allergies, high cholesterol, anxiety, or blood thinners should definitely consult with their doctors before supplementing (23). Because milk thistle affects the liver, it can counteract certain types of medications.

Finally, as tends to be the norm for most natural supplements, expecting and breastfeeding mothers should avoid milk thistle.

The Bottom Line

Milk thistle isn’t a cure-all or magic solution.

Yes, it will help detoxify your liver and can lead to some other cool health benefits. But if you’re flooding your system with things like alcohol, caffeine, and processed foods, expecting to just take a supplement and have it undo all the damage is unrealistic.

More research needs to be done to corroborate some of the other health benefits noted above and fully understand how milk thistle works. But, because the initial research has been promising and milk thistle is extremely safe for most of us, it’s worth a shot – if even just for the liver detox benefits.

Focus on establishing a healthy foundation of nutrition, exercise, sleep, and stress management first. Then you can worry about supplements.

Have you tried milk thistle before? If so, what effects did you notice after you started taking it? Leave a comment below and share your experience!

Originally at :Paleo Blog Written By : Corey Pemberton

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True Health Ultimate SlimDown

Ultimate SlimDown is a weight loss supplement that is described as a revolutionary formula! Describing a diet pill as revolutionary is not actually very revolutionary – after all we must have seen this claim made a thousand times!

Could it be that this time things are different? We take an in depth look at Ultimate SlimDown to find out more.

True Health Ultimate SlimDown Pros

On sale from a well-established US supplements company

Unlikely to cause side effects

Contains branded ingredients that have undergone clinical testing

True Health Ultimate SlimDown Cons

No customer feedback

No warning to customers about the inclusion of grapefruit – may cause drug interactions

Expensive at $59.95 for one month’s supply

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What You Need To Know About True Health Ultimate SlimDown

Ultimate SlimDown is a weight loss supplement from True Health, a well established US supplements company. It contains a blend of branded products Meratrim, Sinetrol and ChromeMate, and clinical evidence suggests that these three ingredients may help you lose weight.

The downside is that this exact formula has never been tested and it lacks any customer feedback, so the true experience of taking this supplement is uncertain. It may be worth a try and we love that it looks safe, but at close to $60 for a month’s supply it all looks a little unproven for the money.

In addition, you need to know that you should probably avoid this supplement if you are taking prescription medication such as Statins.

What Are The Side Effects Of True Health Ultimate SlimDown?

Ultimate Slimdown looks safe for most people, although you should not take this supplement if you are taking prescription medication such as Statins because it could cause interactions. Other potential side effects are likely to be mild and may include nausea, abdominal discomfort or headache.

If you are very sensitive to caffeine you may experience caffeine related side effects such as insomnia, jitteriness and increased anxiety.

How Much Does True Health Ultimate SlimDown Cost?

In our opinion, Ultimate SlimDown is expensive given that there is no real proof that it will work. If you buy direct from the True Health website it costs $59.95 for a month’s supply of 120 capsules.

It is available for the same price on Amazon USA. Ultimate SlimDown is not available to buy direct from the UK or from anywhere outside the USA.

Our Verdict On True Health Ultimate SlimDown

Ultimate SlimDown looks to be a reasonably good supplement. It comes from a well known and reputable looking US supplements company who will not trick you into auto billing. In addition, all the ingredients have been clinically tested and manufactured according to GMP (good manufacturing practice). However, this supplement is obviously not popular with consumers and at $60 for a month’s supply we feel that it is simply too expensive for most people. It may be worth a try but we feel that there are better supplements available on the market.

Therefore, we do not recommend True Health Ultimate SlimDown.

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With a combination of proven ingredients, superb customer service and a 60-day money-back guarantee, Phentaslim is making big waves in the diet world.

Find out why thousands of people are choosing Phentaslim to achieve their weight loss goals, and why it's also the editor's top selection.

Read the Watchdog Phentaslim review here.

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Ingredients

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True Health Ultimate SlimDown Review

Ultimate SlimDown comes from US supplement company True Health based in Arizona. The company produces a wide range of health supplements to address different issues and all the supplements are made in the USA and overseen by the company doctor Dr Michael Cutler. Despite this Ultimate SlimDown does not seem very popular with buyers.

True Health Ultimate SlimDown Facts

Each bottle contains 120 capsules (one month’s supply)

Contains three branded supplement ingredients – ChromeMate, Sinetrol and Meratrim

Comes from True Health – a US nutritional supplements company

Ultimate SlimDown is a weight loss supplement that contains a blend of three branded supplements, plus caffeine. The aim is that this supplement combination will help you lose weight safely without too many unpleasant side effects.

The principle ingredient is Sinetrol, a branded citrus supplement composed of whole fruit extracts including sweet orange, blood orange, grapefruit plus Guarana – a natural stimulant that contains caffeine. Sinetrol has been clinically tested and, according to results, helps stimulate fat burning or lipolysis especially around the abdominal area, waist and thighs.

Ultimate Slimdown also contains Meratrim – a branded formula that has been featured on the Dr Oz show. It is comprised of Sphaeranthus Indicus, also known as Indian Globe thistle, and Purple manogsteen; together these two extracts may help prevent fat from being stored by the body.

How to Take True Health Ultimate SlimDown

Two capsules twice daily 30 minutes prior to meals – or as directed by your health care professional.

The third branded ingredient is ChromeMate – a chromium supplement combined with vitamin B3 that may help regulate insulin and blood sugar levels. The final ingredient is caffeine – ideal for giving you a lift and which may have a short-lived effect on the speed of your metabolism.

We have never seen this exact combination of branded supplements before. However we have featured many other supplements that contain these ingredients such as Meratrim Platinum, http://ift.tt/2j7V8r5 and Sinetrim. http://ift.tt/2iNHX0O

You can also buy Meratrim, Sinetrol and ChromeMate as individual supplements.

True Health Ultimate SlimDown Concerns:

Contains grapefruit extract, so will probably interact with prescription medication

Lack of customer feedback

Expensive, especially if it does not work

Ultimate SlimDown comes from a US company called True Health, established back in 1979. According to the “about us” information, all supplements are made in the USA and conform to GMP (good manufacturing practice).

There is a wide range of products to address many different health issues including vision health, heart health and weight loss. There is a newsletter that you can subscribe to for health tips written by the True Health doctor, Dr Michael Cutler.

There is an image of the doctor and, because he looks just like everyone’s idea of a doctor being quite good looking and wearing a white coat, we assumed this was just a model. Surprisingly, Dr Michael Cutler turns out to be real and obtained his qualifications at Tulane medical school. These days he is a believer in nutritional supplements as well as the public face of True Health.

What Does True Health Ultimate SlimDown Claim To Do?

According to the product information,

NEW Ultimate SlimDown™ is a revolutionary formula that works four different ways to boost your body’s natural fat processing mechanisms.

We found this claim confusing because it then goes on to list these ways which the sharp eyed among you will notice are more than four;

Break down stored fat

Increase fat-burning thermogenesis

Raise your metabolic rate

Improve blood glucose levels

Enhance your lean muscle-to-fat ratio

Support incredible weight loss success

The advertising goes on to explain each ingredient.

Meratrim®, a patented combination of Sphaeranthus Indicus flowers and Garcinia mangostana fruit rinds. Clinical research shows that this all-natural extract blend helps reduce fat accumulation in your cells by preparing fat particles for better natural enzymatic breakdown.

Sinetrol® A polyphenol powerhouse and a combination of grapefruit, sweet orange fruit, blood orange fruit and Guarana seed extracts. Together they deliver impressive fat-burning benefits by coaxing the body to use stored fatty acids for energy.

ChromeMate® that is not only highly absorbable, but also has been shown in clinical studies to help preserve lean muscle mass, even during dieting and weight loss!

And “caffeine for a natural energy boost”.

According to the advertising, taking this supplement will help you to,

Finally say goodbye to unwanted fat—safely and naturally.

Does True Health Ultimate SlimDown Work?

The Ultimate Slimdown product information looks convincing but there is really no evidence that it will work as well as described. The branded components of the supplement have all undergone clinical testing, but in all cases only by the manufacturers. There is no real independent testing so it is highly possible that the supposed weight loss benefits may have been exaggerated.

In addition, this supplement does not seem very popular and there are no customer reviews written by anyone who has actually tried it. We like that it seems safe and unlikely to cause too many side effects, but essentially Ultimate SlimDown is an unknown quantity when it comes to helping you lose weight.

What Are The Ingredients of True Health Ultimate SlimDown?

Serving size is equal to two capsules. Information here relates to serving size.

ChromeMate® is (200mcg): This branded formula is a blend of vitamin 3 (niacin) and essential trace mineral chromium. Made by US company Inter Health it has been clinically studied and may be used to help maintain healthy blood sugar, cholesterol levels and body weight. http://ift.tt/2j7LPrb

Sinetrol X Pure Blend (450mg): Sinetrol®is a patented weight loss ingredient derived from Mediterranean fruits combined with the stimulant Guarana – a natural bean rich in caffeine. There are two quoted clinical trials for this trademarked supplement. One to test effectiveness, the other to test safety. No adverse effects were observed and in the test for effectiveness, two groups of just 10 people were given Sinetrol to test for its lipolytic (breaking down of fat cells) effect. This was measured by how many free fatty acids were released. The control group lost 5.2 kilos of weight collectively over 12 weeks compared with the 10 people in the placebo group who lost just 2.2 kilos so the SINETROL obviously did work for this group. According to the clinical information, these results suggest that SINETROL has a strong lipolytic effect, which is made possible by inhibiting cAMP-PDE (the messengers in the body that regulate sugar and lipid metabolism) http://www.fytexia.com/

Meratrim (400mg): Like ChromeMate, this supplement is also distributed by Inter Health. It is composed of two herbal extracts; Sphaeranthus Indicus flowers and Garcinia mangostana fruit rinds. The clinical evidence provided by Meratrim suggests that when combined these ingredients may cause significant weight loss. While it is true the test results were positive in one clinical trial, this formula requires further evaluation and testing. http://ift.tt/2j7Ew2M

Caffeine (50mg): Most weight loss supplements contain caffeine. It is ideal for giving you a quick energy boost and it does increase the speed of the metabolism and help fat burning but the effects are often short lived as you become accustomed to use. Here is the equivalent of around half a cup of coffee.

Does True Health Ultimate SlimDown Have Any Side Effects?

Although Ultimate Slimdown looks to be a good quality supplement there may be mild side effects. In addition long term safety is not known.

Potential side effects may include:

Nausea

Abdominal discomfort

Headache

If you are very sensitive to caffeine you may experience caffeine related side effects such as:

Insomnia

Jitteriness

Increased anxiety levels

Ultimate Slimdown contains grapefruit extract, which may cause interactions with many prescription medications.

Caution: Not suitable for individuals under 18. Avoid if you are pregnant or breast feeding. You must check with your doctor before taking this supplement if you are on any prescription medication. Grapefruit is well documented for causing interactions with numerous drugs including heart medication and blood pressure drugs including Statins.

Are There Any Customer Reviews For True Health Ultimate SlimDown?

We were unable to find any customer reviews for Ultimate Slimdown. There are numerous reviews for other True Health supplements, but even the official website does not have any reviews for Ultimate Slimdown.

Does True Health Ultimate SlimDown Offer a Money-Back Guarantee?

There does not appear to be a money-back guarantee.

Where Can I Buy True Health Ultimate SlimDown?

Ultimate Slimdown is not available in the shops or stores. You can buy it online direct from the official True Health website. Alternatively it is on sale via Amazon USA.

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