Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Anti-aging products - if you want to live longer, it's got to come from inside out

"Really, if you want to live longer, it's got to come from inside out," McDonald concludes. "You can't apply it on the outside with a cream, you can't swallow it in a pill, and you certainly can't have a gadget do it for you."


Anti-aging products debunked - Health - CBC News

Tesco, a supermarket chain, has begun a “carbon labeling” program for some 500 products

"There’s no reason we can’t have energy labels, too. For example, in Europe, Tesco, a supermarket chain, has begun a “carbon labeling” program for some 500 products, which displays the amount of energy consumed and greenhouse gases generated from their production, transportation and use. "...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/opinion/09Little.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212

http://www.tesco.com/assets/greenerliving/content/documents/pdfs/carbon_label_findings.pdf

Friday, February 25, 2011

Food in #Islam

Food in Islam
By Zafarul-Islam Khan, The Milli Gazette

Published Online: Feb 25, 2011
http://www.milligazette.com/news/503-food-in-islam-faith-alliance

To get the right physical and spiritual strength, one should consume only lawful (halal) and healthy or wholesome (tayyib) food (Qur’an, 5:88). The faithful are repeatedly enjoined in the Qur’an to consume only lawful and wholesome food. Halal means lawfully acquired, as against stolen, food. In case of meat, it means that it was acquired according to the permissible method of slaughtering an animal, i.e., by invoking Allah’s name while slaughtering the animal and using a sharp knife in order to ensure minimum pain to the animal (which is similar to Kosher rules).



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