Míriam Guasch
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Pharmacist who loves health and nature. Curious and cheerful. I hope you like it and that it helps you
Stories (15/0)
Who invented the mythical hamburguer?
I'm alking about the hamburger, perhaps the most famous sandwich and quintessential fast food. It has traveled the world, especially thanks to chains like McDonald's (in this regard, we recommend watching the film The Founder by John Lee Hancock), and today we find it in a thousand variants, from classic meat to vegan.
By Míriam Guasch2 months ago in Humans
What is an electric generator?
In this article we explain how to use it and how to choose the right model for you. A gasoline electric generator is a machine that produces electric current. If we specify a little more we could say that it is a machine that transforms mechanical energy into direct or alternating current.
By Míriam Guasch2 months ago in Earth
Who invented air conditioning?
But it could be said that the first sketches of this system were already born in ancient Egypt and China. It was on that day that the American engineer Willis Haviland Carrier introduced the first modern air conditioning system . The one he developed was a voluminous device full of devices that managed the passage of "refrigerant" gases from the liquid state to the aeriform state, an action that led to a drop in their temperature and, consequently, to cooling the surrounding environment and dehumidifying it. . The basic idea at that time was to find a system that would remove excess humidity from the environment and cool down the hot temperatures.
By Míriam Guasch2 months ago in Humans
Matsutake, the oldest and most expensive mushroom in history
Matsutake ( Tricholoma matsutake ) is a demanding fungus : it does not settle for an autumnal undergrowth rich in leaves and humus, but prefers forests disturbed by humans . It is a species capable of tolerating environmental disasters, it is no coincidence that it is said to have been the first form of life to appear after the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. The Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora) is the most host common , also prefers sunny, mineral soils left by man- made deforestation , but today the collection of this fungus also expands in the western regions of North America.
By Míriam Guasch2 months ago in Longevity
Mandragora, the hallucinogenic "magical" plant
Like edible plants such as spinach and borage, the mandrake is a wild plant and similar to those mentioned, but it is highly toxic . It causes abdominal pain, vomiting, tachycardia, and hallucinations. In the most serious cases of poisoning it can also lead to coma and have lethal outcomes.
By Míriam Guasch2 months ago in Longevity
Stone man syndrome
But precisely this bony scaffolding can become a cage that forces immobility and compresses the very organs that it is supposed to protect. This is the fate of patients suffering from one of the rarest and most devastating genetic diseases known today: Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) or stone man syndrome.
By Míriam Guasch2 months ago in Longevity
Theories of skin aging. Hormonal influences
Anti-aging cosmetics sought to counteract chronological aging, based on anti-aging, anti-wrinkle, restructuring treatments. This concept evolved into the pro-aging or age-friendly concept, which sought to show beauty in the real age of each person. It proposes a maturity that does not hide your age.
By Míriam Guasch3 months ago in Longevity
In which case is it advisable to take magnesium?
80% of the population has magnesium deficiencies due to insufficient diets or very high requirements. Magnesium is mainly found in plant foods such as seeds, fruits, legumes and cereals, in particular pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, almonds, peanuts, chickpeas, peas and bulgur.
By Míriam Guasch3 months ago in Longevity
