Muesli-daughters and culinary health advice

Odd tidbits about food and science, or tidbits of food with odd science... I don't know anymore which is which..

I usually don't duplicate & crosspost my own things.. but this one is on double-duty.. :)

Eat Muesli to conceive a baby-girl! Eat more calories to get a boy! However, ignore statistics if relying on that sort of measure. But, it can't hurt to try (in case of you wanting a boy it just might get you a little on the heavy side..)

Drink coffee to have those fun hallucinations! Why spend tons of money in shady places for getting and using nasty drugs, if you can have it all at home every morning, during work all day and every one encountering you while getting yourself high just gives you that relaxed smile of mhmmm.. that fresh coffee smell...

About that coffee.. not only may it get you to see and hear things.. but do lots of good for women's health!
- Ward off dementia
- Improve sex-drive
WebMD.com has this to say about the magic potion some of us ingest daily, in more or less vast quantities: "Want a drug that could lower your risk of diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and colon cancer? That could lift your mood and treat headaches? That could lower your risk of cavities?"


Another, less and less debated item is my favorite fountain of youth, red wine..

Taken together this sums up to: me as low-calory muesli- and vegetable-eating, coffee- and red wine-consuming woman should stay lean, healthy-hearted, non-dement and otherwise protected from neural issues, won't have cancer, will grow old & be sexually active, and follwing that most likely will have a daugther.

Welcome to the modern ways of reading the future from coffee grounds.. :)

The unrestrained reindeer

Was poor Rudolph so much under Santa Claus's rein that he had to be named reindeer?

[Middle English reindere : Old Norse hreinn, reindeer; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots + Middle English der, animal; see deer.]
From the 'Free dictionary':
"Although Saint Nick uses reins on his reindeer and reindeer are used to pull sleds in Lapland and northern Siberia, the word reindeer has nothing to do with reins. The element -deer is indeed our word deer, but the rein- part is borrowed from another language, specifically from the Scandinavian languages spoken by the chiefly Danish and Norwegian invaders and settlers of England from the 9th to the 11th century. Even though the Old Icelandic language in which much of Old Norse literature is written is not the same variety of Old Norse spoken by these settlers of England, it is close enough to give us an idea of the words that were borrowed into English. Thus we can cite the Old Icelandic word hreinn, which means "reindeer," as the source of the first part of the English word. The word reindeer is first recorded in Middle English in a work composed before 1400."


Actually, I have an icelandic dictionary (fascinating language & country..), and that tells me that hreindyr is the word for reindeer; the 'free dictionary' text above says "hreinn" is reindeer, but in modern icelandic that actually translates to 'clear' or 'pure', so maybe the reindeer was originally a 'pure animal', or somewhere someone's sources got mixed up...

Icelandic is the most well conserved language of the indo-european language family, and shows most of the roots of english and german word pretty well, and is very similar still to it's medieval form. That means the word 'hreindyr' is really close to the source of our reindeer and the german 'Rentier' (Ren does not have any meaning in german, so we just took over the sound of the word).

No room for Santa Claus..
Free the reindeers!

Talk with your mate!

What about that perfect partner that waits for you somewhere, that just has to be found sometime, soon, or sooner, or later.. or what??

We all know that the high ideals we put into our relationships are partly exaggerated by romantic notions of the perfect connection, and the astonishing concept of everything just working smoothly, without any glitch, yet so exciting, and all without us putting any effort or thought into it.. What we might not realize is how much we are influenced by the romance culture put forth by our media - and how much it might interfere with us actually leading good, romantic but realistic lifes..

Check out this article on BBC about how watching romantic comedies leads to more people believing in fate and destiny and may result in couples communicating less - because it should be all obvious if you love each other, no? Shouldn't he just KNOW what I want..?

A follow-up questionaire to the reported study can be found here, fill it out, help research, help yourself, and: talk with your partner!

:)