MyLifeYoga

Ria Chhabra

A recently published article has provided tantalizing clues on the benefits of eating organic food. The study compared fruit flies grown on organic banana, raisins, soybeans, and potato versus those fed on conventional produce. Flies raised on diets made from organically grown produce had greater fertility and longevity. In addition certain organic foods provided greater activity and resistance to stress when compared with conventional produce. This is one of the first studies to clearly demonstrate that organic food provides direct health benefits.

There have been previous studies that have shown that organic foods have increased amounts of vitamins, carotenoids, unsaturated fatty acids, and polyphenols. However the corresponding health benefits of consuming organic food have till now not been clearly established. This study now does that. It clearly demonstrates the benefit of eating organic food.

While the results of this study are remarkable and path breaking, what is even more remarkable is that this study is the brainchild of 13-year-old Ria Chhabra! One day when Ria found her parents arguing about the benefits of organic food, she decided to conduct an experiment to settle the issue. For her middle school science project she evaluated the content of Vitamin C in organic produce and found organic performed much better than conventional produce. Encouraged, she decided to take this a step further. She wanted to clearly establish the impact of organic food on overall health. She began researching on the Internet. She determined that studying the impact of organic food on fruit flies would suit her purpose. She then e-mailed several professors who maintained fruit fly laboratories. She hit pay dirt when Dr. Johannes Bauer of Southern Methodist University in Dallas responded positively. Continue reading →

The Glory of the world is so obvious that we sometimes become blind to it. We then have to resort to tricks like slowing down or speeding up time to jar us out of the illusion of ordinariness. Watch this video and you will find that the very fabric of this world is vibrating in love and grace. This is worthy of sharing and passing on the love!

You may also like: Be Thankful!

A monk joined a monastery and immediately took a vow of silence. He vowed that he would break his silence every five years and speak only two words every five years.

Accordingly he remained silent for five years, and then went to the Abbot, who congratulated him on his achievement. He was anxious to know what two words the monk will speak.

The monk just said, “Bed hard.”

Five more years pass. The monk sees the Abbot again.

He then speaks the following two words: “Food bad.”

Five years later, the monk again visits the Abbot and says, “I quit.”

“Well, you might as well quit,” the Abbot responded. “You’ve been complaining ever since you got here!”

Does not matter if we speak less or more, but if complain is all we do, then how is it going to do us any good? Remaining silent but having a constant dialog of complaints within is no different. Instead when you replace complaints with gratefulness you will witness a transformation that will astonish you.

Credits: This has been compiled from various sources.

You may also like: Why Yoga Matters