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Article by Jessica Sanders

Eating too much sodium can raise your blood pressure and increase your chances of developing heart disease. If you have heart disease, it’s important to eat a low sodium diet to help your heart do its work.

For healthy Americans, limiting sodium to 2,300 mg or less per day is recommended. If you have heart disease or you are at high risk of developing the disease, limit sodium to 1,500 mg or less per day.

If you’ve tried to eat less sodium, you know that it can be difficult to find foods in the supermarket that fit into a low sodium diet. Use these tips to help keep your diet low in sodium:

Eat lots of fresh foods – few foods are naturally high in sodium. Base your diet on fresh fruits and vegetables, grains, beans, unsalted nuts, low fat milk and yogurt, and unprocessed meats. Some high-sodium processed foods come in low salt or no salt versions. Choose lower sodium versions of canned soups and broths, tomato sauces and canned vegetables. Better yet, prepare these foods at home or buy fresh vegetables so you can control the sodium. Salty snacks like pretzels and chips can boost your sodium intake quickly. Instead, snack on unsalted nuts, fruit and low sodium versions of crackers, chips and pretzels.There are some foods that are packed with sodium. Eat small quantities of these foods, if at all: pickles, soy sauce, canned broth or bouillon, fish sauce, capers, sauerkraut, anchovies, lox and anything pickled. Avoid fast food. It’s just about impossible to order a fast food meal that is low or even moderate in sodium. The sodium content of deli meats might shock you. Fresh deli meats as well as pre-packaged versions are often high in sodium. Avoid hams, smoked meats, bologna, corned beef and pastrami. Even turkey and chicken can be too high in sodium to fit into a very low sodium diet. Check the nutrition facts pamphlet at your deli for the lowest sodium meats. Cheese is salty. Because of the way cheese is processed, sodium is quite high. Processed cheeses (American, processed cheddar, etc.), cottage cheese and processed cheese sauce are highest in sodium. Beverages. Even though they may not be considered high in sodium, realize that some drinks, like club soda, do contain sodium. It can add up if you drink cans frequently throughout the day. Fresh meats can have salt added. While chicken, pork, beef and other raw meats are generally low in sodium, salt may be added in the processing. Look on the ingredient listing, where salt will be listed if it is added. You won’t find a sodium value on most meats but if salt is an ingredient, the sodium value is significantly higher than un-salted meats. Finally, watch your salt shaker habits. While most of our sodium comes from processed foods, adding salt at the table still contributes, especially if you are a heavy salt-er. One teaspoon of salt contains 2,300 mg of sodium, the maximum recommended for even healthy Americans. Cut back a little each time you salt, and as the weeks go by, your sodium intake will fall.

Follow these important tips to help lower high blood pressure and keep heart disease at bay. Since the chances of high blood pressure increase with age, it’s especially important to cut back on sodium as we age. Doctors routinely check blood pressure during office visits and they are happy to suggest ways of keeping blood pressure within a healthy range through a combination of a heart healthy diet, exercise, and sometimes prescription medications.

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by Shetland Arts

Article by Teresinha Roberts

I will share with you some secrets that I have learnt over the years on how you can get bright and strong colours with natural dyes. It is vital to both prepare the wool properly and to use tried and tested traditional natural dyes, such as woad, weld and madder etc. Chalk may help to brighten up some colours, whilst using rainwater is important for other colours. There are also a couple of easy tricks that you can use to get dark colours.

The wool

Some types of wool take colour better than others and white Blue-Faced Leicester wool is my favourite. Yarn is much easier to handle in the dye pot but you often get better dye penetration on clean fleece.

Knitted items, on the other hand, can be difficult to dye. You need about 10 litres of dye liquid for 100 grams of fibre and a 500 gram knitted jumper would, therefore, need a very large container.

Soaking

Whatever type of wool you use, it will benefit from being soaked in water for at least two hours. Soaking the wool opens up the fibres, making the wool easy to scour, mordant and dye; the fibre is also less likely to float at the top of the dye bath. Leaving the wool longer in the saucepan during any of the steps below can also help to produce darker colours.

Preparation

Failure to clean wool properly is one of the main reasons for not getting good colours from your dyes. Wool needs to be well scoured before it is dipped in the dye pot even if it has just been bought and looks clean. Scouring is much more than washing; when you scour you remove grease and oils from the fibre as well as dirt.

After scouring the wool needs to be mordanted. With the exception of woad and the indigos, most natural dyes do not adhere very well to the fibres and need the help of a mordant. A mordant is a chemical binding agent that adheres well to both the fibres and the dye. I use alum and cream of tartar to mordant wool.

The dyes

You will get much better colour if you use traditional natural dyes that have been tried and tested for hundreds of years. Tropical wood dyes such as brazilwood, logwood and fustic produce bright colours very easily. Cochineal is a very strong dye but it produces much brighter colours if you use rainwater.

Woad, weld and madder are some of the best European dyes. Madder likes hard water and adding a teaspoon of chalk to a madder dye bath makes for stronger reds. Chalk can also brighten wool dyed with weld considerably, changing it from a dull buff to an almost neon yellow.

It can be difficult to get dark blues with woad using a chemical vat as the Spectralite can strip the colour from the wool as fast as it is being deposited. The secret to very dark blues either with woad or indigo is to use a fermentation vat rather than a chemical vat.

Master dyers often build up the colour in layers. Rather than using a very strong dye bath, they re-mordant the wool after it has been dyed, and either put the wool back into the dye pot or over-dye it using another colour.

Proportions

Instead of using, for example, 100 gram of madder to 100 gram of wool to get red, you could try splitting the wool into three lots. Adding just the first batch to the dye bath made with 100 gram of madder should result in a very dark red. Take the first batch out and add the second batch. This way you end up with a gradation of very dark to light red, rather than an uniform medium red wool.

Easy tricks for dark colours

Adding a pinch of iron (as ferrous sulphate) at the end of the dye bath can darken the colours dramatically. Make sure you only use a pinch, as too much iron damages the fibres. It is also important to wash the wool well afterwards to remove all traces of iron.

The easiest way to get dark colours, however, is to start with dark wool. According to the British Coloured Sheep Breeders Association ‘when coloured wool is over-dyed it develops a depth of colour far beyond that achievable with white wool’. My favourite coloured wools are grey Jacob’s and brown Blue-Faced Leicester. This may give you the incentive to start exploring the wool of small and endangered breeds of sheep and even to start spinning.

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by Sauce Babilonia

Article by Sheraz Butt

If you aspire to approve of extra pot or pan in the kitchen, you initially point out linking a specimen with or lacking non-stick. We examined how non-stick coatings bring about and how they are preeminent used and maintained pro a long time.

Teflon as a coating on pots and antiaanbakpannen

Most non-stick coatings are manufactured with Teflon or (poly) by (tra) fl (u) o (r-etylee) n: Molecules comprising single carbon and fluorine. Teflon is a relatively heat-resistant, waterproof thermoplastic phony resin with the intention of be inflicted with a particular Dupont accidentally exposed in 1938.

The plastic is used, inter alia pro the storage space and convey of chemicals, in order to get on to coatings and valves, and in order to detach copper wire. The lofty benefit is with the intention of the little reactive substance reacts as he comes in friend with other substances.

The all-purpose broadcast knows Teflon primarily since of its antiaanbakwerking with pots and pans. For model, public waste all through the production of pots and pans a Teflon coating. This non-stick with destruction can not be reapplied.

Teflon and your shape

Teflon coating is damaged carcinogenic? According to lone source it is a rumor, according to the other, it is at that time proven through studies. Inside fleeting, in fact know the science itself yet. Future investigate will tell. The single business we know pro guaranteed, is with the intention of a damaged Teflon coating reduces the antiaanbakwerking.

An upset Teflon layer allows smoke. This would not create a expose to humans and pets, apart from pro birds. Hold lone or more birds in the kitchen, be very precise with overheating or move them to a further place in the household. These creatures be inflicted with a very insightful respiratory logic with the intention of Teflon fumes can principal to death.

Use of Teflon non-stick coatings and

An ordinary pot or pan can take a beating, but with the intention of is not the justification pro specimens with non-stick coatings. This you should aid with caution, you aspire to be able to experience enjoyment.

Tips pro aid:Before initially aid, you must wash the nonstick well.Treat the coating pro the initially calculate with smear with oil: The so-called grease. Repeat afterwards occasionally. How sort out you bring about? Put the pan or pot semi a little ended low excitement, remove it from the excitement and pour a tablespoon of vegetable smear with oil in the pan or pot. Rub the Teflon layer with paper towels.

If you are a non-stick frying pan or pot, and you’ll thumbs down smear with oil or grease to aid as preparing meals. For a taste with the intention of could, of way.

Antiaanbakpotten could be used pro boiling liquids.Avoid overheating. Use low and distinguished temperatures to dodge inscription appear on the Teflon layer and the pan to warp to generous warmth differences. Use single plastic or wooden objects in a non-stick pan. Metal objects can destruction the coating. Some brands offer pans in which you generally metal objects are allowable to aid, with the exception of forks, knives and backyard, but pro the life it is better to not be inflicted with to aid metal utensils in your non-stick pan or pot.Some specimens can furthermore be used in the oven. Check the Owner’s Manual. Much depends on the handles and knobs pro pans, pots and lids. Parts of stainless steel in the kiln could be heated to 260 ° C, aluminum, or Bakelite tolerate single oven temperatures up to 175 ° C. Plastic is not in the oven.

Never antiaanbakpannen and pots in the microwave.

Maintenance of Teflon non-stick coatings and

For the life of your pots and pans with non-stick coatings to proffer you precise with the teflon coating and they by the book maintained.

Tips pro maintenance:Make a pot or pan with a nonstick clean with lukewarm fill up and a hardly any drops of detergent.Water lonely is not sufficient, since here remains a layer of fat behind with the intention of in the then aid will leave stains.Authentic woks must single be wiped clean with aid with a sheet of kitchen paper, stir with a Teflon coating with the intention of you be inflicted with to wash with soap and fill up since otherwise the left over layer of fat.

Use a sponge or soft vegetation brush to clean teflon. Do not aid abrasive sponges or steel skin. Leave chemicals dispensed in the maintenance of teflon. Normally could Teflon pots and pans in the dishwasher.

Check to be guaranteed the user. Put this stuff in the top rack of the dishwasher, everywhere it is a reduced amount of sweltering.

Even with washing in a dishwasher is recommended to grease the Teflon coating. A washing apparatus is much more powerful than a blue-collar.

Proper maintenance prevents food ingredients in the long run to stick to the pan or pot!

Teflon Gearing For European Tour: Read More: Reggae artist Teflon just put the finishing touches on his latest medley video for “Jah Nuh Let Me Go” on the Grace & Gratitude Riddim (produced by Romeich Records) and “That’s Life” on the Steady Flow Riddim (produced by GT Taylor). The medley video was directed by RobIn ChIn of Enhanced Realizm Films and filmed in Jamaica’s capital of Kingston. In “That’s Life” the director brings to the screen the harsh reality of corruption, poverty and greed, while on opposite spectrum with “Jah Nuh Let Me Go” the director taps into the natural beauty and gifts of nature with Teflon performing his appreciation for his blessings.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

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Dallas, TX (PRWEB) February 16, 2012

If you are looking for a cost effective foundation repair system, consider soil injection foundation repair. It is both a landscape friendly and an environmentally safe process.

There are environmentally friendly non-toxic, water soluble chemicals available such as potassium ions and ammonium salts. Make sure to ask your contract what kinds of chemicals they are using and if they are environmentally friendly, says Fred Marshall, owner of Advanced Foundation Repair.

WHEN TO USE

Foundation problems are caused when soils under foundations either swell up or shrink as they absorb or lose water. Soil injection foundation repair (chemical injection) is a process designed to reduce or eliminate the ability of the soil to shrink or swell as the water content changes.

Consider this technique when upward movement has started to affect a small area under the foundation. It is best used when uplift is less than 1.5 inches and has not yet extended more than 10 feet towards the interior of the building. It does not remove the upheaval but stops the upheaval from increasing and/or spreading.

THE PROCESS

There is very little equipment needed – a truck equipped with 2 tanks containing the chemicals, pumps, hoses and reels and the injection wand.

In most cases, for existing structures, injections are done around the perimeter of a foundation. If there are driveways, patios, decks, or other paved surfaces,

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Article by Debbie Benson

You are told to go on a low sodium diet. The dietitian or doctor may tell you to keep your daily sodium intake below 2000mg or 2g. Perhaps you are told to stay below, 1800mg, or 1000mg, 500mg or even 100mg of sodium per day. How do you calculate how much sodium you are consuming every day?

Here are 3 tips to help teach you how to figure this out and stay below your recommended daily sodium allowance:

Tip #1 How to calculate your daily sodium intake. On the nutritional label, take the serving size (which is usually your serving size) and look at the sodium amount. Add all of the sodium amounts together to get the total amount of sodium in your meal. If you are allowed 2000mg of sodium per day, then you will want to stay around or below 500mg of sodium per meal and about 250mg per snack. This would allow you approximately 3 meals and 2 snacks.

Staying below 350-400mg per meal is actually better because you just might forget (most folks do) to add-in something you have consumed during the day. Make sure to count, all snacks and drinks, even cream for your coffee, etc. Be honest here. Cheating on totals will only hurt the one on a low sodium diet, not anyone else.

Be sure to look closely at the serving size. This is where many sodium counting mistakes are made. For example, the sodium may be listed for a serving size of 1/2 cup of soup, when you are actually eating 1 cup of soup or more. Don’t forget to add-in the condiments, as they are usually high in sodium. Just one teaspoon of a condiment could easily add 50-100mg of sodium or more.

With practice, you will learn to calculate the sodium amounts very quickly. Especially when eating many of the same foods, as you will have already learned their sodium values. In the beginning this can be very time consuming, looking-up everything and adding-up the totals, (double-check your math, no mistakes here). In time, this does become faster and easier.

Tip #2 Time saving sodium calculations. List the foods you commonly eat on a sheet of paper with the serving size and sodium amount. You can make this low sodium list even easier when listing the foods by a group and in alphabetical order. This reference sheet lets you quickly look-up and add-up the sodium amounts of your meals.

Tip #3 Keep a daily food log. This might sound hard but this log is especially helpful when beginning a low sodium diet. It is easy to forget everything you have eaten all day. By forgetting one snack, you could easily go over your daily allowance of sodium. If you go over your daily sodium allowance one day, then be more careful the next day and go a little below your daily sodium allowance. Stay around 14,000mg of sodium a week or less.

It is better, if you go over the sodium amount in one meal, to then lower your sodium amount for the next meal. Don’t forget about it and let it go. Sodium adds up quickly. Don’t try saving up your sodium count to splurge on a meal or a snack.

Sodium counting is not like counting calories. A higher sodium splurge can cause your heart or kidneys to work harder. This is what you want to avoid and is usually why you are following a low sodium diet.

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Article by Diane Saint

It can be difficult to both start and maintain gluten free diets. The following tips can help you make the gluten free diets transition a little easier.1. When you can, buy certified foods. A special seal on the box will indicate that they are truly free of the protein.2. A good diet cookbook such as Paleo Cookbook can help you expand your diet choices3. Some junk foods are okay. Plain potato chips are fine, but watch out for flavored chips as they may contain it.4. Always check the list of ingredients. Companies will sometimes change the list of ingredients in their foods.5. Brown rice is an excellent source of fiber for people living with this diet.6. An ingredient that is often overlooked is red food dye. Red food dye contains gluten, so be careful.7. Instead of wheat flour in your baking, swap it out for rice flour or potato flour in your diet baking.8. If you are not sure whether or not something truly is uncontaminated, contact the company that sold it and ask them if it is, or for a full list of ingredients.9. Becoming constipated on this form of diet is common. If this happens to you, increase your water intake every day.10. Fruits and vegetables are safe to eat, but wash them well first because the sprays used in supermarkets are often contaminated.11. Switch up your diet often and introduce new foods so that you will not become bored with eating a very limited selection of foods.This list includes only some of the things that you need to keep in mind when grocery shopping for a diet of gluten free foods. The most important thing is always check the labels and keep yourself educated at all times.

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Article by Vikram Kuamr

If you are shipping products internationally and you are looking a MSDS authoring services you want to make sure that the MSDS authoring services you use are GHS MSDS compliant. GHS MSDS compliance means that the MSDS authoring program generates information sheets that conform to the Global Harmonized System that is used to classify chemical compounds and products. GHS MSDS can be a definite benefit because it takes the wide range of different MSDS authoring requirements and provides a set series of guidelines for the MSDS authoring services to follow.In the past, before the GHS MSDS system was developed, different countries had rules and regulations on how potentially harmful materials were classified and treated. This could make it extremely difficult for companies to ship products internationally to more than one country. The regulations and reporting requirements for one country may have been completely different than those for another before GHS MSDS. Now that GHS MSDS is beginning to be implemented it has been much easier for MSDS authoring services to produce sheets that will be accepted in many different countries around the world.There are several different options available to companies that are looking for MSDS authoring services. One is to purchase and install a program on company computers that will help provide MSDS authoring services. These can be used by a company to generate MSDS sheets for new products so that these sheets can be sent out with the products as they are created and shipped. Another solution is to find MSDS authoring services that will generate sheets for a company and save them the time and expense of doing so themselves. For some companies, choosing third party MSDS authoring services can be a valuable way to save time, money and company labor.If you are considering paying for software that will enable you to perform your own MSDS authoring services it is very important that it is GHS MSDS compliant. This is because some countries may not accept sheets that are generated in such a way as to make them GHS MSDS non-compliant. It can be extremely expensive to have to pay fines and charges that may result if your products and reports cannot be shown to be GHS MSDS compliant. If you are outsourcing to a company that can provide you with MSDS authoring services you want to make sure that it will be easy for you to access or utilize the information that is provided to you. If you find that you are on the go a lot you may want to look for MSDS authoring services that can be accessed from any computer rather than services that can only be accessed from a specific terminal or location.You also want to make sure that any MSDS authoring services are GHS MSDS compliant so that you do not have to spend time and money revamping information sheets so that they conform to international standards. If you want to find a company that can provide you with MSDS authoring services the internet can be a great place to look. That way you can compare the services that different companies offer and find the company that has the most to offer your company.