Cheese is one of the hardest habits to regulate day to day. You may, in fact, be hooked. And, it turns out there’s a reason behind our cravings. Cheese contains contains casein fragments called casomorphins, a casein-derived morphine-like compound. Basically, dairy protein has opiate molecules built in. When consumed, these fragments attach to the same brain receptors that heroin and other narcotics attach to.

Between 1999 and 2016, suicide increased by 28 percent across most American demographics; in 25 states, the suicide rate rose by more than 30 percent. Here are the common causes of suicide, the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide, and how you can help them.

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), an antioxidant found in green tea, has been shown to positively impact a number of illnesses and conditions, including obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Drinking 3-4 cups of green tea daily has been shown to promote heart and cardiovascular health, and help prevent arteriosclerosis, heart attack and stroke.

Find out the 6 amazing benefits of having green fingers. Just for starters — do you know how many calories you burn in the garden? You’ll be amazed!

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Daily sun, earth and space science for Friday June 22, 2018 by Suspicious 0bservers: Earthquakes, Solar Watch, Agenda 21, science news, ‘The Entire Habitat is Gone’: Hawaii’s natural wonders claimed by lava

Daily sun, earth and space science for Thursday, June 21, 2018 by Suspicious 0bservers: geometrically preposterous storm, tornadoes, flooding, a big story about the cosmos, coronal holes, plasma filaments dancing over the sun’s limb, and a newly active sunspot group, plus another 5.3M volcanic earthquake in Hawaii.

Daily sun, earth and space science for Wednesday, June 20, 2018 by Suspicious 0bservers: Titanic Plasma Filaments, Large Sunspot Growing, Storms across US, Severe Flooding in Ivory Coast, Quakes in Australia, more…

Daily sun, earth and space science for Tuesday, June 19, 2018 by Suspicious 0bservers: earthquake risk, a preposterous flurry of sunspots, yet another 5.3M volcanic earthquake in Hawaii, May 2018 Climate Report, more…

The FIFA World Cup being held in Russia may just be what the country needs to renew it’s dark image in athletics.

Life is a long road filled with signs, we all need a little guidance to be on a path that is positive and balanced. Here are 11 spiritual books that will for sure lend you the guidance you need.

Buddhist Music can bring many health benefits to your child’s brain and inspire them as they discover and open themselves to understand the world; fostering their ability to make kind and compassionate choices that will eventually influence their practice on compassion, happiness, and ability to experience joy.

Posting memes, remixes, and other similar content could soon be banned from the Web in the European Union, according to critics who are speaking out against a recently proposed copyright law. The law, known as the “Copyright Directive,” will be voted on later this month by the European Parliament, and lawmakers suggest that this will protect content creators in the Internet age. However, one of the primary reasons why the internet age has brought us so much innovation and novelty is because of the fact that such a large aggregate of people are able to share their ideas and build upon the ideas of others to create something uniquely special. Article 13 of the proposed bill calls on platform providers such as Google, Facebook, and Web hosts to “take measures to ensure the functioning of agreements concluded with rights-holders for the use of their works.”

If you’ve been thinking a tiny house would be too small for you, maybe this kind of larger tiny house will work.

The study by U.C. Berkeley economists examined the effects of the incremental wage increases in 2015 and 2016. After analyzing Seattle job data prior to the wage hikes—which were signed into law by Seattle Mayor Ed Murray in 2015—and after they began to take effect, researchers found “no evidence of job loss in the city’s restaurant industry, even as pay reached $13 for workers in large companies.”

An irrevocable trust is a gift given, typically the gift is money or a business, that cannot be undone. This type of trust, unlike a revocable trust, is permanent and may not be altered or canceled. If you would like to give a trust where you may change your mind regarding the conditions of it then you will need a revocable trust.

There’s no question time is our most precious resource. Here’s the most important time management rule you can know — and some tips on how to live by it.