Playing Basketball is good for you.

Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world. Men and women play them. What benefits do we derive from playing basketball?What are it advantages?
Burns calories-An hour of basketball can burn 630-750 calories
Builds up muscles and tones the body- Basketball is a great and fun workout.Almost all the limbs in our body are used and moved during the game.
Can be a great cardiovascular workout. Basketball really works the heart and lungs. It is an amazing workout for your body.
Builds endurance- Basketball is a very tough and demanding game that requires the players to be in great physical shape. 
Improves coordination-By playing basketball we are able to practice our coordination skills and learn to improve them.
Enhances confidence- Basketball truly improves anyone’s confidence.

Some Weird French Foods

Oeuf à la coque (aka soft-boiled egg yolk) – This is a French sta­ples for kids. Boil an egg for three min­utes and place it in an egg cup . Cut off the top of the egg with a knife and dip strips of but­tered bread (known as mouil­lettes) to eat the runny yolk and semi-solidified egg white.
Croque-monsieur (aka grilled cheese sand­wich) – Peo­ple think French cui­sine is fancy. It’s actu­ally pretty basic, just the names of dishes are fancy. For instance, we don’t call this French com­fort food “sand­wich au fro­mage et jam­bon grillé” but croque-monsieur—it sounds fancier.
Boudin noir (aka blood sausage) –This is prob­a­bly while for­eign­ers stay away from this tra­di­tional French sausage made with pork, fried onions, fat, and blood.
Steak tartare (aka raw meat) – Steak tartare is a dish made from finely chopped or minced raw beef or horse­meat, often served with onions, capers and sea­son­ings. 
Horse meat or rab­bit – I never eat this...Why are you cut pretty rabbits man ? :)

Earth Microbe on Meteorites...

The microbe above is happier living on meteorites than on Earth.The microscopic organism—an archaea known as Metallosphaera sedula (seen as a cluster of tiny dots sitting in the middle of the meteoritic dust particle pictured above)—was originally found in 1989 living in Italy's hot acidic sulfur springs around Vesuvius. These so-called chemolithotrophs normally feed on iron and sulfur minerals in rocks and leave behind a residue of heavy metals. This makes them useful in mining operations as an environmentally friendly alternative to leaching the metals with toxic chemicals.To test these microbes’ "astrofermination" capability, the researchers gave them an energy drink made of powdered meteorite and recorded how much nickel they released in the jars. Future work will include testing the survivability of the microbes in a vacuum and with synthetic martian minerals...

Some Dangerous Ingredients in CocaCola

Are you drinking coffee so much?

An after-dinner espresso may taste great, but it can keep you up. Drinking the equivalent of a double espresso 3 hours before bedtime shifts the clock back by an average of 40 minutes.Although caffeine’s effects on alertness and sleep are well known, researchers weren't sure how it affects the circadian clock in humans. The researchers also found that human cells in the lab exposed to caffeine lengthened their circadian clocks, an effect that the researchers linked to molecules known to play a role in cells’ 24-hour rhythms. The work also suggests that drinking coffee at the right time can help people adjust more quickly to jet lag, which is due to the body’s clock being out of sync with the local time zone.   Other research has shown that caffeine affects the circadian clock in animals such as fruit flies.

Hydrating Strawberry Facial

What you need: 10 fresh strawberries; ¼ cup bee pollen (sold at health-food stores); 3 tablespoons raw honey (health-food stores); 1 tablespoon olive oil mayonnaise; and a few drops of lavender essential oil.
How it works: Strawberries not only are rich in vitamin C but also contain alpha hydroxy acids, which exfoliate the skin. The grainy texture of the bee-pollen granules helps to exfoliate, too, allowing the honey, a potent humectant, to better penetrate the skin’s surface. Olive oil moisturizes and is infused with antioxidants; mayonnaise softens the skin while giving the whole shebang a rich, creamy texture. The lavender? Pure aromatherapy.
Do it yourself: Combine all the ingredients. Apply to the face, avoiding the eye area. Relax for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water.

Benefits of Walking

-It strengthens your heart

Regular walking has been shown to reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. It lowers levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol while increasing levels of HDL (good) cholesterol and keeps blood pressure in check. 

 -It lowers disease risk

A study in the British Medical Journal showed taking more steps every day can help ward off diabetes. And according to the charity Walking For Health, regular exercise such as walking could reduce risk by up to 60 per cent. Those of us who are active have around a 20 per cent lower risk of developing cancer of the colon, breast and womb than those least active.

 -It keeps weight in check

-It can help prevent dementia

Dementia affects one in 14 people over 65 and one in six over 80. We know being active has a protective effect on brain function and regular exercise reduces dementia risk by up to 40 per cent. And, according to Age UK, older people who walk six miles or more per week could avoid brain shrinkage and so preserve memory as the years pass.

-It tones your legs, bum – and tum

A good walk can help strengthen and shape your legs, giving great definition to calves, quads, hamstrings and lifting your glutes (buttock muscles) – especially if you add hills. But if you really pay attention to your posture as you walk, it can tone your abs and whittle your waist, too.

- It boosts your vitamin D levels

-It gives you energy

It might seem like a paradox (and the last thing you might feel like) but a brisk walk is one of the best natural energizers around. It boosts circulation and increases oxygen supply to each and every cell in your body, helping you to feel more alert and alive.

- It makes you happy...