What’s healthy and what’s simply marketing?
Can eating a specific brand of yogurt solve your digestive problems? The labels on the food found in your supermarket, would have you thinking so.
But companies don’t actually claim that their products will solve your health concerns and surprisingly their products may not be any healthier than their normal products. However, these healthy labels certainly grab your attention.
And this type of marketing is working, functional food and drink sales totaled to billions of dollars in 2009.
Though keep in mind, the foods with the most nutritional benefits are not found in the aisles. They are found at the front of the supermarket in the organic produce section. These products don’t need the flashy labels and functional marketing, because they are naturally nutritional. No altering here and no questionable health claims.
Chris Waddell
In 2009, he shocked even the most expert climbers as he became the first paraplegic to climb Mount Kilimanjaro using only upper-body strength to summit the 19,340 foot mountain.
Today, his non-profit organization, One Revolution, and new program “Nametags”, aims to encourage others to break boundaries despite what holds them back. What a great concept.
“It’s not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.” -Chris Waddell
Check out this trailer for the upcoming documentary film, “One Revolution”, on Chris’ inspiring climb below.
Chris Waddell- One Revolution Trailer
Plastic Paradise Island in the Pacific
This may become a reality, as Dutch engineer Ramon Knoester, envisions collecting and using the millions of pounds of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean to create a large island about the size of Hawaii. This “recycled island” will be completely green, running on solar and wind energy.
However, what about the problem of chemicals in the plastic that leech into the ocean as they break down overtime? Hopefully this issue will be addressed as the plans continue to develop.
But imagine your next exotic vacation to a plastic island.
Read the entire article here.
Union Island, SVG
I remember when coming into port we navigated around a reef prior to us dropping anchor. The next day I woke up to heavy winds and rain. The boat felt like it was moving so I decided to take a closer look. As I approached the bow I realized that we were about a foot away from smacking into another boat. Luckily, we were able to drop a second anchor from the dingy and pull the boat around. That was a close one.
Mayrou, SVG
I’ve been to this small little island twice. Once by ferry and another time by sailboat. I camped on the beach one night. You can walk from one side of the island to the other in about 45 minutes. It has only one road with about two cars. The only water source on the island is capturing rain. When kids finish middle school on the island they need to be sent to the Union Island, the larger island just to the south, for high school. Much of the boys don’t continue, so lack of education is a big problem on the island.
In Bequia, a small island just south of St. Vincent, had so many of these custom designed boats. Actually, most of the Caribbean did. We stayed on this island for two weeks. What a great place. I met a ton of cool people. The New Years party was the best at this sweet private residence that overlooked the harbor. I know I had a ton of photos from this island, I just can’t seem to find them.
Grenada. The people are awesome! I really liked this island a lot. It has a great balance of western and indigenous culture, plus it has some spectacular beaches and great hiking. I did quite a bit of barefoot hiking on this island. I actually hiked to the summit of the tallest peak in Grenada… barefoot.
