The Magnesium Miracle: Easing Muscles, Circulation, and Sleep– Magnesium is involved in over 300 vital reactions within the body—everything from how your heart beats to how your muscles contract, and even how you fall asleep at night. If you experience nighttime leg cramps, lingering fatigue after sleep, or persistent tension in your shoulders, your body might be craving magnesium. Unfortunately, modern diets are often lacking in this key mineral due to depleted soils and processed foods.
Luckily, just one or two tablespoons of pumpkin seeds per day provide about 40% of your recommended daily magnesium—no need for pills or expensive supplements. Add them to a salad, mix them with yogurt, or snack on them plain. Once in your system, magnesium relaxes artery walls, eases blood flow, and lowers blood pressure naturally. It helps stabilize your heart rhythm and, especially for post-menopausal women, helps keep bones strong by working hand-in-hand with vitamin D.
This year is very important as drastic climate change is continuing . It means long term shifts in temperature and weather patterns. Normal shifts take place but unnatural high rise in temperature is due to human activities mainly due to burning of fossil fuels. Burning fossil-fuels generates green house gases carbon dioxide and methane majority emissions that trap sun’s heat and raise temperature. Clearing land, cutting forests, transport, construction, oil and gas operations etc are reasons for green house gases.
The earth temperature is now 1.2 degrees warmer then last 100,000 years. If temperature keep on rising , it will be terrible only. It will cause heavy effect on nature and human health. If climate change is there like heavy rains and hurricanes, in some area drought, heat waves, melting of ice bergs. This all will effect heavily human livelihood and heavy impact on health.
So lot of steps are needed to take by Government, Environmental agencies and common people also. So take a pledge to Reduce products of plastic, will not misuse nature , reduce waste, reduce uses of electricity, water etc, more environment friendly and plant plants.
Hundreds of thousands of animals around the world are threatened by human action and climate change and are in need of protection and conservation efforts. They are part of our food chain.
1. Amur Leopard
First on the list of the world’s most endangered animals in 2022 is the amur leopard. Between 2014 and 2015, only around 92 individuals were left in their natural range. This number is now estimated to be around 84.
2. Rhino
Rhinos are one of the most poached animals on the planet. Their horns are used in traditional Chinese medicine and displayed as a symbol and demonstration of wealth. A Javan rhino horn can sell for up to USD$30,000 per kg on the black market. Because of poaching, three of the five species of rhinos are among the most endangered animals in 2022: the black rhino, the Javan rhino and the Sumatran rhino.
3. Orangutan
The two kinds of orangutan– the Bornean and the Sumatran Orangutan – have both experienced sharp declines in populations. A century ago there were probably more than 230,000 orangutans in total, but the Bornean orangutan is now estimated at about 104,700 based on updated geographic range and the Sumatran about 13,846.
4. Gorilla
There are two species of gorillas, the Eastern gorilla and the Western gorilla, which both have two subspecies. Three out of four are Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
5. Saola
Often called the Asian unicorn, the saola is one of the rarest mammals on the planet and for this reason, it makes the list of the world’s most endangered animals in 2022.
6. Vaquita
As both the smallest and most endangered marine mammal in the world, the Vanquita has been classified as critically endangered by the IUCN since 1996 and experts say there may only be about 10 individuals left, despite extensive conservation efforts.
7. Sunda Tiger
Of all the big cats, tigers are the closest to extinction. with fewer than 3,900 tigers remaining in the wild, they exist in only 4%. Sunda tigers in particular are especially vulnerable. With numbers estimated to be at fewer than 400 today, accelerating deforestation and rampant poaching mean it could end up extinct like its Javan and Balinese counterparts.
8. Yangtze Finless Porpoise
Finless porpoises live in the Yangtze River in China. Unfortunately, they are vulnerable to fishing; even though they are not directly targeted by fishermen, large numbers of the species die when they become accidentally entangled in fishing gear.
9. Turtle
Two species of sea turtle are critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Hawksbill Turtles and Kemps Ridley Turtles, while Leatherback sea turtles are classified as vulnerable, though the population is decreasing and several subpopulations are facing extinction.
10. Elephant
Last on the list of the world’s most endangered animals in 2022 are elephants. While some populations of African elephants are increasing, primarily in southern Africa, numbers are continuing to fall in other areas, particularly in central Africa and parts of East Africa. With an estimated 415,000 elephants left on the continent, the species is regarded as vulnerable, although certain populations are being poached towards extinction. Asian elephant numbers have dropped by at least 50% over the last three generations, and they’re still in decline today.
E waste is created when an electronic product is discarded after the use. Due to technology and increased consumption results in large amounts of e waste. It is also called as waste electrical and electronic equipment ( WEEE) or end-of-life (EOL) electronics. Used electronics can be reused, resale, recycling, or burned or just dumped is called e waste. E-waste is causing lot of environmental pollution and will resulting in bad human health.
Electronic scrap components, such as CPU, contain potentially harmful materials such as lead, cadmium, beryllium or brominated flame retardants. Also during recycling and disposal of e-waste will have health problems to workers.
In the US, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classifies e-waste into ten categories:
Large household appliances, including cooling and freezing appliances
Small household appliances
IT equipment, including monitors
Consumer electronics, including televisions
Lamps and luminaires
Toys
Tools
Medical devices
Monitoring and control instruments
Automatic dispensers
E-waste data 2022
In 2022, an increase of 3.4% was estimated of the generated e-waste globally, hitting 59.4Mt, which made the total unrecycled e-waste on earth to 2022 is over 347 Mt.
Matter of concern
It became more concerned due to various health hazards caused by e- waste, look at few below given-
Airborne dioxins – one type found at 100 times levels previously measured
Levels of carcinogens in duck ponds and rice paddies exceeded international standards for agricultural areas and cadmium, copper, nickel, and lead levels in rice paddies were above international standards
Heavy metals found in road dust – lead over 300 times that of a control village’s road dust and copper over 100 times
Future
It’s more difficult days to come, so we should restrict use of multiple gadgets, discarding fast, same chargers for all mobiles or laptops. After all humans/ animals have to pay a cost for this.
We are in the mid of 2022, days and years are passing, time will pass, time never stops, but seems we have closed our eyes. Everything in nature is deteriorating living or non living. By closing our sensory organs , will not allow us to live properly and longer as well. Our environment is changing constantly. There is higher increase in natural disasters, increased and more hot summers likewise too cool winters, excess rains. It all indicates that weather patterns are changing. Environmental issues are increasing due to human activities.These includes overpopulation, pollution, waste disposal, climate change, global warming etc. lot is being done and lot is needed.
Some environmental issues needs urgent attention-
1- Global Warming- The burning of fossil fuels, emissions from automobiles and chlorofluorocarbons add to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This has led to an increase in the earth’s temperature causing environmental changes.
2- Ozone layer depletion – The ozone layer is a layer of concentrated ozone gas. It protects us from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. This very important layer is being destroyed by CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), which are used in industries and everyday life (e.g. aerosol cans).
3- Climate change- Climate change is a great concern in today’s scenario. Greenhouse gases are the major cause of climate change. Environmental changes have several destructive impacts such as the melting of glaciers, change in seasons, epidemics, etc.
4- Air pollution- Air pollution is the result of emissions from industries, automobiles, and the increasing use of fossil fuels. The gaseous emissions have increased temperature and the risk of diseases among individuals.
5- Water pollution – The introduction of harmful substances into rivers, oceans, lakes and ponds, which changes the physical, chemical or biological condition of the water is called water pollution. The polluted water lacks oxygen and therefore the organisms die. 6- Deforestation – Deforestation is the depletion of trees and forests at an alarming rate. The trees provide us with oxygen, and several raw materials and also maintain the temperature of the earth. Due to the depletion of trees there has been a drastic change in the earth’s climate effecting loss of biodiversity. 7- Waste management- waste management is defined as the discipline associated with the generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal of solid waste in a manner that it does not have a harmful effect on the environment.
8- Soil quality – Due to use of various chemicals and uses of machines have killed small animals and microbes living in soil, which will largely effect micronutrient and their recycling. Thus effecting quality of crops and deficiency of those in animal kingdom, leading to diseases.
9- Overpopulation- The earth’s population is increasing drastically. It is estimated to be more than seven billion. The increasing population has led to a shortage of resources. If this continues, it will be very difficult to sustain such a huge population. The other environmental issues including pollution, waste management, deforestation, climate change and global warming are all associated with overpopulation.
What steps to be taken by us – 1- Save water and electricity 2- Reduce use of paper 3- Grow lot of plants in balcony, terrace 4- Convert organic waste into natural fertiliser and use in house plants 5- Reduce sound 6- Use least chemicals at home, use natural things more 7- Reduce use of plastics, carry cotton bags , less plastic in kitchen 8- Non stick pans, micro oven and the things harmful for us should be reduced. 9- Keep appliance switched off, if not using 10- While brushing or bathing use less water, recycle water by using for cleaning or watering plants 11- Reduce use of electronic equipment to reduce bad impact on eyes and brain , especially for young kids 12- Reduce use of animal product, be vegetarian or reduce eating meat as animal extinction is heavy
Like this many more things we can do personally and also by participating in programs running in cities. We can also initiate such programs.
If healthy Environment survives , we will also Survive
Sparrows would always make up happy while they were playing in our gardens or in our balcony. Their chirping make us happy every time. This day started on March 20th 2010.
This year theme is “I LOVE SPARROWS “. Time is passing very fast at frightening rate at which sparrows are disappearing from our environment. People have to participate in actions to save our environment. Over the last two decades, their population have been steadily declining in most cities. For this we have to develop sparrow-friendly habits. We should teach our younger generation to feed the sparrows with water and cereal on the balcony, we can also do things to have more greenery , which will encourage the sparrows to visit us more often.
The major reason for decline is noise, air and water pollution. Both aquatic animals and birds are harmed by chemical waste and plastics. Life span of sparrows is around 4-5 years. Extinction is also due to a lack of nesting grounds due to buildings, scarcity of food and pesticides. Invertebrate fauna declines as a result of pesticides use in gardens and fields. Individuals should be aware that newborn sparrows eat microscope insects. They die due to pesticides and so there is decrease of food . Their population has been threatened by a fall in the habit of feeding sparrows, reduced green spillage, high predation by cats and owls, improved grain storage facilities and competition for food.
Mr. Mohammed Dilawar, founder of the Nature Forever Association, has worked as an Indian Conservationist for many years to raise awareness about the importance of conserving house sparrows.
The purpose of celebrating this day is to safeguard these species from the effects of pollution and other factors. The day is also observed to honour the beauty of nature and biodiversity.
Ash gourd is also called as winter -melon or Petha in Hindi. this vegetable is used in cooking in different ways. Also largely used in Ayurved.
Health Benefits
1- kidneys-It stimulates excretory system and removes toxic elements.
2- Thyroid- This veggie have high content of Iodine and zinc.
3- Diabetes- It has dietry fibre so control sugars
4- Weight loss- Its low in calories, high in essential nutrients. Keeps stomach full
5- Heart- Improves heart condition
6- Joints- This veggie have calcium, magnesium and phosphorus and anti inflammatory properties
7- jaundice- contains nutrients and vit C, so increase immunity.
Juice- 500 g ash gourd remove peel add two deseeded green capsicum, also can add any vegetable like other suitable vegetable like ridge gourd one ( tori) , lemon juice, ginger piece. Crush and filter juice and add turmeric, salt , pepper and any other spice as per required.
Today is World hypertension Day. The best treatment is to make healthy changes to our lifestyle. For that we have to look all factors like diet, weight loss and lifestyle changes along with medication. We have to take care otherwise it can cause stroke, dementia, heart attack, vision loss and kidney disease.
Mostly people are unaware that they suffer from hypertension because they find no specific symptoms. only after some stroke or heart attack, they come to know. There are various risk factors-
# Age- older people are more prone.
# Overweight- if weight increases , more blood is needed to supply oxygen and nutrients to the tissues, so hypertension risk increases.
#Salt intake-Reduce salt intake and look towards potassium intake.
#Family history- if family history is there, we have to be cautious.
#Alcohol intake- it should be under control
# Stress- this is one of the major factor, one has to check on this.
To do
@ opt healthy life style – Exercise, less processed food, Reduce sugar, bad fat, more salads and vegetables, fruits
@Drink healthy drinks – green or black tea, coconut or almond milk, smoothies, fresh juices etc
@weight Reduction- difficult task but necessary . Can be done by looking diet, exercise etc
@ Reducing smoking
@ Reducing stress by meditation and changing mind set.
@Micronutrients- like magnesium, calcium, potassium etc.
People should keep checking when they go to doctor as this disease is not limited to aged people but young people are also suffering. So once a year doing blood test, along with blood pressure monitoring is good.
A staggering 784 million people live without basic access to clean water. That’s roughly 1 in 10 people on earth. Monday, March 22 is World Water Day 2021, a day to consider the impact of clean water in the world, and make a difference.
Safe and readily available water is important for public health, whether it is used for drinking, domestic use, food production or recreational purposes. Improved water supply and sanitation, and better management of water resources, can boost countries’ economic growth and can contribute greatly to poverty reduction.
In 2010, the UN General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. Everyone has the right to sufficient, continuous, safe, acceptable, physically accessible, and affordable water for personal and domestic use.
When Did World Water Day Start?
World Water Day was established by the United Nations (UN) in 1993 as an international day to highlight the importance of safe water and brings awareness to the world water crisis. Today, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims to “ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” by the year 2030.
We believe every child deserves safe water. That’s why, for over 40 years, we’ve worked to end the water crisis by constructing high-quality, lasting safe water sources in the world’s most water-poor communities.
10 Facts About the World Water Crisis
784 million people around the world are without basic water access. That’s more than twice the population of the United States.
More people die from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war.
Two billion people, or about 1 in 4, lack access to toilet or latrine.
Diarrheal diseases, caused primarily by unsafe water and poor sanitation, Kill more children under 5 years old than malaria, AIDS, and measles combined.
Diarrheal disease kills one child every 60 seconds.
About a quarter (22%) of health facilities in Least Developed Countries have no safe water.
In sub-Saharan Africa, women and girls spend an estimated 40 billions hours a year collecting water.
An estimated 400 million school days are lost each year due to water-related diseases, with 272 million lost to diarrhea alone.
Lost time gathering water significantly reduces productive farming time for women in parts of the developing world. With safe water nearby, it’s estimated that women could feed 150 million of the world’s hungry.
For every $1 invested in safe water and sanitation, a yield of $5 to $ 28 USD is returned in increased economic activity and reduced health care costs. Access to safe water stimulates the economy for the long-term.
World Water Day 2021: Solve the Crisis in our Lifetime
The problem is huge, but it is not unsolvable. For over 40 years, Lifewater donors have helped millions of people get safe water and practice life-saving healthy habits. Every year, the number of people worldwide without safe water is reduced. The water crisis is retreating.
We can solve this crisis in our lifetime, and we expect to. Still, there is still a long way to go.
We can’t do it without you. This World Water Day, give safe water. Help solve the world water crisis so that no child goes without safe water.
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