Lesheshi's Best Records of 08

1- Deerhunter – Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.,


2- Hercules and Love Affair – Hercules and Love Affair

3- MGMT – Oracular Spectacular

4- El Guincho – Alegranza

5- Tv on The Radio - Dear Science

6- Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

7- Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Can See But Cannot Feel

8- Hot Chip - Made In The Dark

9-M83 - Saturdays = Youth

10- The Walkmen - You & Me

11- Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls

12 - Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours

13- Beach House - Devotion

14- No Age - Nouns

15- Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

16- Lindstrøm - Wherever you go i go too

17- Women - Women

18- Jay Reatard - The Matador Singles 08

19- Morgan Geist - Double Night Time

20- The Dodos - Visiter

Happy Holidays and New Years!!!

Hello guys!!!

Well I know there’s been a serious lack of posting but I've been running around here and there and I am jetting again to the island... Next year they will be some wonderful changes with Lesheshi, so stay tuned... Until further notice, I wish you all tons of Happiness and Joy in this upcoming year....

Much love,

Lesheshi

Prepare For the Party Season

By Sarah O'Meara

Considering the economic climate, many of us will no doubt be trying to party our sorrows away this Christmas. Yet, while drinking and eating to excess might sound appealing, it won't be long before your body starts to rebel.

Tiredness, weight gain and headaches are just nature's way of telling you to take it easy. But before you get desperate and begin wasting your Christmas present budget on exciting-sounding vitamin injections, read on.

PRE-PARTY PREPARATION
NHS Direct spokesperson Jacqui Jedrzejewski understands the toll of the party season. She suggests making a few adjustments to your routine, to see you through those late nights, and early mornings.

"Eating at regular intervals, not skipping breakfast, and getting enough sleep, are good ways to help you maintain your energy levels," she says. "Choose foods that are digested slowly. Wholegrain rye bread, porridge, pasta, beans, lentils and noodles are good choices and contain slow-release energy which may help prevent you from feeling lethargic during the day. Jacqui points out that the foods we turn to when we're hung over or skip meals can often make us feel the worst. "Foods that are high in sugar, such as chocolate, cakes, biscuits, and fizzy drinks, might give your body an instant energy rush when you eat and drink them. But, after the initial rush, your sugar levels will drop. And as they fall, so will your energy levels. As a result, you may find it more difficult to concentrate or you may feel irritable and tired. Likewise, drinking too much caffeine, found in tea, coffee, and cola drinks, can leave you feeling anxious, and restless."

None of which is good news for those planning to hit the office Christmas party with a bang. Jacqui explains that while mince pies might taste nice, they don't contain everything you need to look and feel great. "There are essential nutrients that your body needs in order to work properly. Fruit and vegetables are rich in vitamins and minerals so you should eat at least five portions a every day. Fats and sugars contain more energy than any other food group and so should make up the smallest part of your diet. Save them for special occasions. That way you can enjoy some treats, without the side effects."

Finally, Jacqui suggests that exercise will not only burn off those extra party pounds, but keep you finally festive. "If you exercise regularly, you will benefit from the feel-good factor that you get afterwards. This is due to a release of a chemical called serotonin within your brain. Serotonin is your body's way of making you feel happier and less stressed."

24-HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
Once you're in the party mood, don't let all your hard work slide as soon as you hit the pub. Heavy drinking plays havoc with our skin, liver and mental health, explains Jacqui. "In terms of alcohol, drinking a moderate amount is unlikely do you any physical or psychological harm," she says. "However, for some people, social drinking can lead to heavier drinking, which can cause serious health problems. If you feel your social life revolves around alcohol or you're unable to stop drinking once you start, you may have a problem. So don't put your health at serious risk of conditions such as cirrhosis of the liver, high blood pressure and mental health problems."

Department of Health guidelines state that men can drink between 3-4 units of alcohol per day without serious risk to health, and women 2-3 units. Remember that a unit of alcohol is equal to about half a pint of normal strength lager. And for some people, drinking booze isn't quite enough. So if you are thinking of pepping up your night with drugs, think again.

Callum Jacobs, spokesperson for national drugs information service FRANK, says it's best to always have an 'exit strategy' lined up in your mind, should you be offered something you don't want to take. "No one wants to feel like a party pooper, but the best way to stand up to persistent persuasion is to keep it simple," he says.
"You might want to make a joke out of it or tease friends who try to pressure you. "Make sure you know how you're getting home - book a taxi in advance, or arrange for someone who isn't drinking or doing drugs to collect you," he adds. "And remember to save the all important 'emergency tenner' to pay for a taxi should your lift let you down. Trying to run away from the taxi driver in your party shoes on the icy streets - not a good look.

"And if you do take drugs, try to make sure you are with friends and tell them exactly what you have taken in case you run into difficulties.

EASE THE POST-PARTY PAIN
Even if you manage to conscientiously supplement your alcoholic drinks with water at the office party, a heavy head is often inevitable. But while water and time can usually alleviate the effects of too much booze, there can be other things to think about.

According Rebecca Findlay, spokesperson for the Family Planning Association, very few of us expect to have a one night stand. "We don't want people to worry about STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections) and unplanned pregnancies over Christmas. But if you have sex with a new partner without a condom, it doesn't matter whether you're 30, 40 or 50, you're exposing yourself to infection. And for younger women, the risk of pregnancy."

Rebecca says that over Christmas the FPA helpline goes very quiet. "We then get lots of calls in January, because people have thought about what's happened to them, and started to panic," she says. "But if you're worrying, go to a sexual health professional, get tested and get reassurance. The worst thing is to sit and worry about, and do nothing. On the whole, people don't go out expecting to have unprotected sex. It just happens."

Rebecca has one other top tip for Christmas. - "Remember that clinics and doctors surgeries aren't going to be open over Christmas, so make sure your contraceptive prescription is up to date or you've got plenty of condoms. You don't want to run out at the wrong time. Some pharmacies will let you buy emergency contraception over the counter, in case you do miss a pill or anything else goes wrong."

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Keeping in it nutty for the upcoming year

Daily nuts may help boost health

Nuts may help cut inflammation

Adding nuts to a healthy diet may help release people from a dangerous combination of health problems.

Up to 25% of people in the UK are thought to have "metabolic syndrome", which includes obesity and high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar.

A Mediterranean diet of vegetables, fruit and fish plus daily nuts boosted health in more than one in eight at-risk volunteers, a Spanish study found.

The research was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine journal.

Disease risk

The healthy properties of certain kinds of nuts, eaten in moderation, has been noted before.

However, the researchers from the University of Rovira i Virgili in Spain, tested more than 1,200 volunteers with metabolic syndrome to see if adding nuts could boost existing healthy diets.

People with metabolic syndrome are at greatly increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

The group was split into thirds, the first of which were just given advice on low-fat eating.

You can't just sit on the sofa this Christmas and eat nuts British Dietetic Association

The next third got quarterly teaching on the Mediterranean diet, which as well as eating plenty of vegetables, cereal crops and fruit, also means cutting down on dairy produce and red meat. They were each given a litre of olive oil a week to supplement this.

The final third got the same teaching, but they were given a 30g bag of mixed nuts every day.

None was told they had to restrict their calorie intake.

After a year, the volunteers were reassessed to see whether their health had improved.

Approximately 2% of the group who were told about low-fat diets had improved to the extent that they were no longer classed as having metabolic syndrome.

Among those following a Mediterranean diet including olive oil, the figure rose to 6.7%.

Finally, 13.7% of those eating their daily bag of nuts as well as the Mediterranean diet had improved.

Even though none of the participants' weight had dropped significantly over the year, waist circumferences had diminished in the nut-eating group, and cholesterol and blood pressure levels had dropped.

Salt concerns

The researchers said that the nuts may have been helping to cut the amount of chronic inflammation linked to their weight.

Dr Jordi Salas-Salvado, the lead author, said: "The results of the study show that a non-energy restricted traditional Mediterranean diet enriched with nuts, which is high in fat, high in unsaturated fat and palatable, is a useful tool in managing metabolic syndrome."

However, a spokesman for the British Dietetic Association warned that the findings did not give people licence to eat large quantities of nuts in the hope this would improve their health.

"You can't just sit on the sofa this Christmas and eat nuts - you should be making sure that if you add this many calories to you diet, you should take them out somewhere else if possible.

"And this probably only refers to tree nuts, such as hazelnuts and almonds, rather than peanuts, which aren't actually a nut at all.

"People should also be careful not eat too may salted nuts, as that certainly is no good for your blood pressure."

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Yeah the usual procrastination menu.... you guys win!!! any who watch out for some good events coming up. I will be away for the holidays posting here and there but as you know one most take care of business and pleasure. So here we go again. Plus donation are been taken for this particular relief effort of giving a pair of breast to the one in need, perhaps you?

Attacking Alzheimer's with Red Wine and Marijuana

Two new studies point to a wonderful way to ward off Alzheimer's disease and other forms of age-related memory loss.

Mon, Dec 08, 2008 1:52 pm

more: headline news, medical news

Source: alternet.org , hightimes.com

Two new studies suggest that substances usually associated with dulling the mind -- marijuana and red wine -- may help ward off Alzheimer's disease and other forms of age-related memory loss. Their addition comes as another study dethrones folk remedy ginkgo biloba as proof against the disease.

At a November meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Washington, D.C., researchers from Ohio State University reported that THC, the main psychoactive substance in the cannabis plant, may reduce inflammation in the brain and even stimulate the formation of new brain cells.

Meanwhile, in the Nov. 21 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, neurologist David Teplow of the University of California, Los Angeles reported that polyphenols -- naturally occurring components of red wine -- block the formation of proteins that build the toxic plaques thought to destroy brain cells. In addition, these substances can reduce the toxicity of existing plaques, thus reducing cognitive deterioration.

Together, the studies suggest scientists are gaining a clearer understanding of the mechanics of memory deterioration and discovering some promising approaches to prevention.

Previous research has suggested that polyphenols -- which are found in high concentrations in tea, nuts and berries, as well as cabernets and merlots -- may inhibit or prevent the buildup of toxic fibers in the brain. These fibers, which are primarily composed of two specific proteins, form the plaques that have long been associated with Alzheimer's disease.

UCLA's Teplow and his colleagues monitored how these proteins folded up and stuck to each other to produce aggregates that killed nerve cells in mice. They then treated the proteins with a polyphenol compound extracted from grape seeds. They discovered the polyphenols blocked the formation of the toxic aggregates.

"What we found is pretty straightforward," Teplow declared. "If the amyloid beta proteins can't assemble, toxic aggregates can't form, and, thus, there is no toxicity." If this also proves true in human brains, it means administration of the compound to Alzheimer's patients could "prevent disease development and also ameliorate existing disease," he said. Human clinical trials are upcoming.

At Ohio State, researchers led by psychologist Gary Wenk are studying the protective effects of tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as THC. They found that administering a THC-like synthetic drug to older rats performed better at a memory test than a control group of non-medicated elderly rodents.

In some of the rats, the drug apparently lowered inflammation in the hippocampus -- the region of the brain responsible for short-term memory. It also seems to have stimulated the generation of new brain cells.

"When we're young, we reproduce neurons and our memory works fine," said co-author Yannick Marchalant, another Ohio State psychologist. "When we age, the process slows down, so we have a decrease in new cell formation in normal aging. You need those cells to come back and help form new memories, and we found that this THC-like agent can influence creation of those cells."

Wenk added two cautionary notes to his report. First, to be effective, any such treatment along these lines would have to take place before memory loss is obvious. Second, the researchers still have much work to do.

"We need to find exactly which receptors are most crucial" to the generation of new brain cells, he said. This discovery would "ideally lead to the development of drugs that specifically activate those receptors."

In the meantime, should aging baby boomers who are worried about old-age mental impairment light up a joint? Wenk was cautious in his answer, no doubt because marijuana is suspected to be harmful to health in other ways.

"Could people smoke marijuana to prevent Alzheimer's disease if the disease is in the family? We're not saying that, but it might actually work," he said. "What we are saying is it appears that a safe, legal substance the mimics those important properties of marijuana can work on receptors in the brain to prevent memory impairments in aging. So that's really hopeful."

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