The LAST group of people you’d expect to be worried about climate change is the military, since you’d think they’d be used to heat by now, since they’re current fighting two wars in desert regions and helping to bomb in a third. However, climate change presents national and homeland security challenges that will require the US military to adopt a new way of doing business.
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And green tea medicine – We reported on this before, but it was unclear whether or not simply EATING curry occasionally would do the trick, but researchers have now decided that it will. So your new prescription is: eat curry once a week. And finish the meal with a cup of GREEN tea.

Curcumin, one of the main ingredients in curry, seems to prevent the spread of plaques that cause Alzheimer’s. BBC News quotes researcher Murali Doraiswamy as saying, “If you have a good diet and take plenty of exercise, eating curry regularly could help prevent dementia.”

And here’s another reminder about why green is good (green tea that is. And hey, marijuana is green and it’s ALSO an effective medicine)!
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