The Squeeze Juice Café in Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, has made wheat grass juice for many years. They grow their own wheat grass using hydroponic technology. The problem they were experiencing was shelf life of the wheat grass juice: they found that it had to be drunk within 2 hours for maximum benefit.

However, working with a local research institute, they have managed to extend the shelf life to three weeks.

The key was the use of a pressure system to fill sachets, so avoiding the rapid oxidation which spoils the wheat grass juice.

This has proven to be popular both locally and over a new web site they have set up. They have also had export enquiries including from over the border in Southern Ireland.

Good luck to them!

Story from the Belfast Telegraph:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/cuttingedge-technology-helps-wheatgrass-company-grow-16114944.html

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How do you chop garlic when using it for cooking?

Some people resort to a garlic press: others struggle to take off the papery skin and then chop it.

Personally, I go for the simple method.

That is certainly not a garlic press! You end up with a hard-to-clean gadget, when even a dishwasher leaves bits stuck in it.

And peeling garlic is just so time-consuming – so I don’t like that either.

My favourite solution to chop garlic is to take the flat of a large knife, place it over the clove of garlic and squash it with the heel of your hand. The garlic disintegrates, and you can easily peel away the skin. Now chop it a bit more and there you go!

I keep a small chopping board especially for garlic, onions, herbs and beetroot. The garlic and onions smell: the herbs can be easily transported to a saucepan when chopped: and the beetroot doesn’t discolour my main chopping board.

I hope you like this quick method of preparing your garlic. Yes – you might get a bit under your finger nails – but look on it as a bit of extra treatment with a great herb!

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A garlic-like smell caused 250 residents of Glendale, Arizona, USA, to phone the emergency services.

Was the wind blowing the wrong way from a local garlic farm? Did a garlic lorry overturn, spilling its load?

No – the problem probably stemmed from a local propane gas factory.

If it had been garlic it would, no doubt, have been beneficial for health. As it was, residents complained of headaches and itching eyes. One person had an asthma attack which may have been connected to the incident.

In a sign of the times, residents also visited the town’s Facebook page to complain.

Residents were advised to stay inside.

Story from Daily Mail, UK:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107376/Hundreds-Glendale-residents-911-garlic-smell-blankets-Arizona-town.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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To stay slim, it may help to eat early in the day. This goes against the current trend, which is to eat later and later. Our average evening eating time in the UK has slipped from 6pm to nearly 8pm.

It has long been thought that eating later might put more weight on. A recent study adds weight to this conclusion.

Scientists believe that the rhythms of our body make it more like that we will add body weight by eating later.

It might be easier to keep the weight off if you can eat nearer 6pm. Some believe that you will be even better if you can make lunch your main meal, and eat lightly in the evening. Following this guideline can help you stay slim – and stay well away from obesity.

When my partner and I had blood tests in Denver, her cholesterol test didn’t come out. She said fine – she’d get the doctor to do one. After all, her mother had just had a stroke which was good enough resason to ask the doctor for a test.

She hadn’t been to the doctor for years, so it should be a formality.

Not. Talk about the third degree! That surgery just did not want to help with a blood test at all.

She got one – but only because she is a feisty woman and stuck at it. You could see how many people would be put off by the response of the receptionist.

Surely a cholesterol test once in your life should be straightforward to get on the NHS? If you don’t know you’ve got high cholesterol and that leads to artery disease you’re going to be much more expensive than a blood test.

At a minimum, we should all be having cholesterol, homocysteine and c-reactive protein measured every one or two years.

I posted on the 4th about a site containing a video indicating a certain lack of agreement concerning psychiatrists’ and patients’ views of a typical consultation. I gave a ‘FYI’ that the site had links to Scientology.

I noticed a link containing a list of the ‘top 10 people” who you wouldn’t expect to be ‘Big S’ but were. Charles Manson is the number 1 person – but that’s a bit of a cheat because he actually isn’t one: but the twist is that he tried it, but left because he said it was too far out for him.

The most disappointing one is: Beck. He made one tremendous album (Modern Guilt), and… well, I don’t know why I am disappointed really. The album is still good. It just seems a little … tainted.

I was immersed in ‘Big S’ as I lodged with a family when an acupuncture student. I didn’t succumb.

They have their pluses – but they’re weird.

The best part of the visit to Terry Grossman’s anti-aging clinic in Denver was finding a group of people – Terry and his colleagues – who are well-versed in anti-aging methods and the research relating to that topic. This meant I was able to get a lot of feedback about what I had researched.

My research was triggered by reading the book co-authored by Terry Grossman and Ray Kurzweil – the great inventor. (Kurzweil is responsible for dictation software, the flatbed scanner and the electric piano, for example; quite a list.)

When I read the book – Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever – I had heard of Kurzweil, but not of Terry Grossman. Then I met Terry in November at a conference, and took to him.

Fine Tuning My Lifestyle

So, I found out things which will enable me to fine-tune my lifestyle. I found out things about my diet, exercise regime and general lifestyle which will help me greatly.

Not that I am perfect in my habits. No use getting stressed over trying to be perfect. But where I can make a change in my lifestyle which is easy for me, and which reduces the aging effect on my body, I do it.

An example of this is how I dealt with glycation – the process which causes wrinkles.

I’ll cover this in a few days in another post.

Further to my US visit for the anti-aging clinic, there is another very good reason to go to America.

It is absolutely essential if you are pursuing an anti-aging route to have a solid set of blood tests taken; preferably annually. These allow you to spot problems in advance and also to monitor the effects of any treatment you are undergoing.

Cost of Blood Tests

I mentioned in a previous post about the importance of knowing your blood levels of c-reactive protein (CRP) and homocysteine as they indicate your potential for having a heart attack or stroke – much more so than cholesterol does.

If I wanted to get my CRP measured privately in the UK it would cost around £100. The same with homocysteine. That’s £200 gone already.

You might be able to beg your doctor to do one or the other for free – but what about when you want a follow up test? You certainly will want a follow-up if it is raised and you want to know if your treatment is working.

Now let’s look at the costs in America.

In April 2009 I had homocysteine and CRP blood tests done – plus 61 other blood factors measured for a total of just £250! This has to be a massive bargain when compared with UK costs.

Next Step – Denver, Colorado

My trip to Denver in July 09 built on these results from last year. I needed to go to the next step – finding someone who I respected who could give me sound advice.

I had read up on the tests and educated myself about what they mean – as far as I can.

Consulting with Terry Grossman at his anti-aging clinic in Denver was the result of my decision to find a mentor who would help me interpret my test results more completely and help me to take my health to the next level. I was lucky enough to be at a conference with Terry a few months back and to talk with him and see him in discussions and on a panel.

It was a fascinating and very worthwhile experience.

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Are you interest in my holiday trip to Colorado? Read about it on my website about visiting lovely Denver and Beautiful, exciting Colorado.

Visit my anti-aging blog, livingto150.com

I visited an anti-aging clinic in Denver, Colorado during July 2009.

This was a great experience and some readers and Specialist Herbal Supplies customers have expressed interest in what happened there.

I will write a few posts over the next few weeks about why I went, what went on, and some of the things I learned there.

They are linked below.

For fuller details of the whole trip and the reasons behind my doing it see my anti-aging blog, livingto150.com.

Holiday in Colorado

I will also be describing each place I visited in the 2-week holiday I took immediately after the clinic visit. This describes all the fantastic scenery and holiday locations I visited in the lovely city of Denver and the beautiful state of Colorado, which lies on the Rockie Mountains.

SHS Blog Posts About Visit to Anti-Aging Clinic, Denver

As I make the posts, I will make the links below ‘live’.

Health Clinic Visit – Denver, Colorado
Where Is Anti-Aging In The UK?
Blood Tests – Has To Be USA
A Mentor Group For Anti-Aging
Anti-Aging – The Danger Of Glycation
What Causes Glycation?
Waiting For Blood Test Results

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Are you interest in my holiday trip to Colorado? Read about it on my website about visiting lovely Denver and Beautiful, exciting Colorado.

Read my anti-aging blog livingto150.com for details of what you can do to slow aging down to a minumum. You might be surprised how much you can do with little effort.

I have not blogged much in July. I was away in Denver, Colorado for the best part of 3 weeks. What took me there was a health clinic focused on anti-aging – Dr Terry Grossman‘s Frontier Clinic. I decided to have a complete ‘once over’ for my health, which was done over 2 days.

It was a great experience. I learned loads and I found someone very knowledgeable – Terry – who I feel I can trust to help me with my health and anti-aging plan.

Not that my health is bad – it’s good. I just want it to keep that way.

Full Report

If you want a blow-by-blow account of what happened at the clinic, keep tuned in to my anti-aging blog for a full report. Otherwise, I’ll be writing about some of the most interesting features on this Specialist Herbal Supplies blog over the next few weeks.

While I was in Denver and the clinic stuff was over, I had a little holiday – well, you’ve got to haven’t you? Colorado is an absolutely beautiful state. I recommend a visit to anyone.

And the zip-wiring and white water rafting was particularly good!

Tomorrow I will list the whole series of posts about the clinic visit in Specialist Herbal Supplies blog.

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Are you interest in my holiday trip to Colorado? Read about it on my website about visiting lovely Denver and Beautiful, exciting Colorado.

Visit my anti-aging blog, livingto150.com