The Urban Trainer Blog - UK

Many of us choose this fruit as a healthy snack. Yes, I said fruit; so I thought it time to take a closer look. Sunflower seeds are actually the fruit of the sunflower and when the hull is taken off you are left with a kernel. The plant grew wild in North America and was originally used by the native Indians, the first patent for squeezing oil from the plant was in 1716 in England, and the commercial varieties were developed in Russia an imported back to the US in the 19th Century. So sunflower seeds, and sunflower oil have been in use for a long time, it is not surprising then that the sunflower seed is small in size and big on nutritional content. Read more »

Alcohol is a potent antidepressant which affects the central nervous system. Drink it in moderation and you feel euphoric, little bit of lethargy and possibly confusion. As you continue you will spiral into stupor a coma and with excessiveness, death. You choose the state of mind you want to be in and let’s all hope it does not end up in the A & E. Of course not everyone is capable of making sound decisions after a few let alone abstain after your quota.

Alcohol is metabolized extremely quickly by the body. Unlike foods, which require time for digestion, alcohol needs no digestion and is quickly absorbed. Alcohol gets “VIP” treatment in the body – absorbing and metabolizing before most other nutrients. About 20 percent is absorbed directly across the walls of an empty stomach and can reach the brain within one minute. Read more »