Chili Peppers: An anti-cancer cure?

New study on Chili Peppers

Taking supplements from the ingredients of this food has anti-inflammatory qualities.  It may be possible use this food for a cancer cure down the road but for the time being it may have protective qualities.  I don't do hot food well so a supplement that gives me some of the benefits is the only way I'll get there.

Check out your options on this.  Here is one I take for inflammation.

Eternal Life Bacteria for improved health

Health is a big part of what tennis players find attractive about the sport.  Running parallel to that is the idea that you can give yourself an edge on the court with healthy habits.

New technology sometimes helps in this regard but old fashioned things like home remedies and simple use of basic foods and herbs.  Another concept is the use of a natural balance of bacteria in the digestive system and even on the skin that strengthens the immune system.

Here is a story of a scientist who took his experiment personally.  If successful he expects to gain better health and longer life.  I can't say I'd try this particular approach but the idea that in general there are many unknowns that can improve your health and this includes microorganisms.  Digestive bacteria is already one area that appears to improve a person's immune system that may have been damaged by antibiotic use or illness.

Proven foods that help in this may include any foods that introduce and replace gut bacteria.

Here is an interesting article on ways to introduce good bacteria into your digestive system.

Blood Type Info.

There are some diets out there that say your blood type can help you lose weight or control diseases.  I can't say what is right on this other than what mainstream medicine concludes which is that it won't help in dieting.

Here is some webmd information on blood types that it is probably worth knowing.  Since you are into sports any medical and health knowledge is a good thing.

Watch out for Diabetes

Signs of Type 2
Slideshow from WebMD

Benefits of a Fast Delivery Versus a Slow Delivery in Serving

This is a follow-on post to the one on hitting all tosses on your serve.
With that I don't mean hit a wildly errant toss that you can't reach without missing, but just don't get in the habit of doing the toss catch when it is slightly out of position.  Most servers have problems with their toss if they have the classic skyscraper toss that takes forever to fall back into position.  Meanwhile, wind can move the ball as you wait for it.

The Benefits of a fast serve delivery

The most important benefit of a faster delivery is that the toss height is minimal and therefore is less susceptible to wind and toss control issues.

Ideal Toss Height

The ideal toss height is one that you strike at full extension, but not hyper-extension,  and where the ball effectively sits still in the air as it transforms from a rising ball to a falling one.

Wind

When you have lots of wind or gusts of wind your benefit of having an abbreviated delivery with a just-high-enough-toss is a major advantage.  In really bad wind you can even shorten the toss to eye level with this practiced skill of a short and rapid delivery.    Those players with high tosses tend to have a miserable time on a windy day because their serve is grooved and timed for a ball that drops back into their strike zone.

Angle of Travel

Depending on how accurately you release the ball the angle of the travel is accentuated on a high toss where a low one that is hit not long after release simply has less time to travel out of position.

Timing

The need to time the drop on the serve toss is eliminated with a short delivery and toss.   A skyscraper toss on the other hand requires excellent timing of the fall of the ball relative to the backswing.  Examples of servers that had the high toss with timing problems are numerous.  The most memorable one for me is Sharapova though I do remember Ivanovic having problems.
Remember that once the ball begins to fall it is now a moving target and the speed of the drop limits the time it sits in the strike zone.  The higher the toss and the longer the drop the less time the ball will stay in the strike zone.  Lower tosses are easier to time and hit.

Conclusion

You'll find it easier to learn a serve if you focus on a short toss and when I say short I mean very close to your maximum extension and that can include your jump/hop up and into the court.  Depending on your jump height you'll need to increase the toss height to compensate for it.  In my case rather than increasing the height considerably I'd just put the ball further out in front which of course would pull me forward for a serve and volley play.

Dietary Fraud on a National Level: Guidelines Change Again and Again

New Study Says Fat is Good and No to Carbs
It would be nice if the experts would make up their minds.  This has changed repeatedly over the years but for at least the past 20 years the idea was that carbs are better for you than fats.  Now with the advent of massive health issues as a result of the bogus science new studies are challenging that long running trashing of the old food pyramid.  Now a new pyramid will probably come into use that puts fats above all sources of calories.

Guess what?  Now cheese, eggs, and butter are back on the dietary approved list according to newer studies after decades of ruining the party.

102 Year Old Woman in New Jersey says Eat Everything
Don't diet and enjoy life.

Cancer risk reduced by living in the Suburbs

New Study

It's hard to believe any of the new studies coming out when it comes to these type of casual influences.  One thing for sure is that for mental health it is better to be in natural settings rather than the city.  This may be the influence that improves health and resistance to cancers and other diseases.  Better air might help too fewer pollutants entering the lungs have to be a benefit.

Try playing tennis in natural environs for your health, happiness, and to build memories.  I can still imagine those soft summer sunsets surrounded by trees while hitting with friends.  The same goes for Fall when the leaves are turning and the temperatures are changing.