Black birch tea as good as aspirin

Drinking black birch tea everyday can lower your risk of a heart attack just as effectively as low-dose aspirin, but without the side effects of taking a pill, a naturalist has suggested.The twig of the black birch, which tastes like spearmint is used in muscles to relieve pain.Self-taught naturalist Steve Brill showed the Medicine Hunter Chris Kilham, the twig also known as betula lenta, and asked him to give it a try. UGG Classic Tall 5815 “It has these leaves with these teeth, (and) it has these cones,” Fox News quoted Brill as saying.“You chew on the twig, and tell me what you taste.”Kilham said that the twig tasted like spearmint and reminded him of the compound methyl salicylate, which is used in muscles to relieve pain.“And it relieves pain,” Brill said.“The Native Americans discovered (this). It actually tastes like wintergreen. Oil of Wintergreen is the common name. And this is a classic compound from which aspirin was derived. They actually used the willow tree, not the black birch,” he added.

15-minute workout can keep you fit

A 15-minute workout at the gym helps keep you young as well as fit, according to a study. Researchers found that brief vigorous exercise tends to slow the ageing process. Just 15 minutes of energetic activity a day reduces stress and prevents the deterioration of vital cells which lead to us feeling and looking older, reports express.co.uk. UGG Classic Cardy Even if we are stressed, which tends to speed up the ageing process, we can hold time at bay by working up a sweat. Psychologist Eli Puterman, who led the groundbreaking research, said the study is built on previous work that showed how changes in DNA result in ageing. "We have extended those findings to show that, in fact, there are things we can do about it," said Puterman. "If we maintain the levels of physical activity recommended by public health bodies we can prevent the damage that psychological stress may have on our body," he added.