Here comes more Tricks for you to teach your dog. Remember to be gentle and give him rewards after any successful attempt. Teaching “Crawl” (Your dog should know “Down” before this) Start by having your dog lie down. Hold a treat just in front of his nose and say, “Crawl.” If he starts to stand [...]

The best way to teach your dog tricks is to make it fun and rewarding for him. Use praise and small treats to reward your dog. Practice new tricks only a few minutes at a time. You never want your dog to get bored when learning tricks. Here ’s how to do it: Teaching “Sit” [...]

Feng shui (pronounced “ah man duh”) is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to achieve harmony with the planet and it´s energy. The literal translation is “wind and water”. Feng shui involves the use of geographical, psychological, philosophical, mathematical, aesthetic, and astrological concepts in relation to space and energy flow. It [...]

“Soft winds that absorb calm waters” This phrase is the literal translation of the term “ feng sui ” that has become fashionable, but, besides that, contributes to our western culture with the oriental concept of seeking something that is beyond our ordinary existence. Before initiating any reflection on decoration it is necessary to have [...]

Is organic food better for consumers and the environment? By eating organic foods, you limit your exposure to synthetic insecticides, fungicides and herbicides, because these chemicals are not applied to organic crops. By eating organic foods, you limit your intake of growth hormones and antibiotics, because organic meat and dairy farmers are prohibited from using [...]

SCIENTISTS PROVE SUPERIOR NUTRITIVE VALUE OF ORGANIC FOOD! Researchers at Rutgers University set out to disprove the claim that “Organic Is Better”. They purchased selections of products at supermarkets and health food stores and analyzed their mineral content. Organic foods were those grown without the use of chemical pesticides or artificial fertilizers. Non-organic foods, referred [...]

As defined by the USDA in 1980 (1), organic farming is a system that excludes the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and growth regulators. Organic farmers rely heavily on crop rotations, crop residues, animal manures, legumes, green manures, organic wastes, and mineral-bearing rocks to feed the soil and supply plant nutrients. Insects, weeds, and other [...]

Bipolar disorder, once known as manic-depression, is a psychiatric diagnosis referring to a mental health condition defined by periods of extreme, often inappropriate, and sometimes unpredictable mood states. Bipolar individuals generally experience mania, hypomania or mixed states alternating with clinical depression and euthymic or normal range of mood over varied periods of time. There are [...]

It is frequent that a patient with bipolar disorder have a late diagnosis of his disease, since there exists an absence of conscience of his state in the phases of obsession or hypomania, and it is frequent that psychiatrist who explore a patient in the depressive phase notice that he is only conscious of the [...]

Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses. It is either an unrefined or partially refined soft sugar consisting of sugar crystals with some residual molasses content or produced by the addition of molasses to refined white sugar. Brown sugar contains from 3.5% molasses (light [...]