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Whether you’re moving into your first apartment, getting started in a new dorm, or living it up at your parents’ place, furnishing your living space should be all about you. Here are some things you can get to make your home more CF friendly.

Finding strength in trying times can be tough. But finding the right time to fart during a date can be tougher. Stay strong, CFers. Stay strong.

Most people don’t realize the struggle, but that’s OK. Sometimes all they need to hear is that your stomach is acting up and they’ll understand without prying any deeper. 

No offense to anyone, but sometimes you just don’t want to go out. We get it. If these excuses don’t work, here’s a foolproof fallback solution: “I have a club meeting and the first rule says I can’t talk about it.” 

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When any food starts looking like an attractive snack, grab your enzymes.

Don’t try to pass the blame on your passed gas. Cutting the cheese is just another symptom of EPI.

…So remember to take your enzymes when you eat. Your body will thank you.

It stinks when you forget those pesky enzymes at home. You know it. We know it. And some of the people you hang out with might know it too. To avoid being stranded without your PERT, try leaving some in places where you normally go (like at work, school, in your purse, in your SO’s medicine cabinet).

Avocado is loaded with healthy fat along with nutrients and vitamins. Perfect for getting a ton of calories without being unhealthy.

The struggle is real when it comes to remembering your enzymes. Coming up with creative ways to bring them with you ensures that, no matter where you are, you can take your enzymes when you eat.

CF and EPI aren’t an easy pair to go up against. Every good flush is a little win worth celebrating. 

Nature to illuminate research

Here you can see fireflies, a type of beetle that glows.

Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light from enzymes called luciferases. In nature, many organisms such as jellyfish and fireflies ‘glow’ using these enzymes. 

In scientific research, bioluminescent proteins are used to monitor changes to cells. 

In the bottom images around 7000 bacterial colonies have been printed on an agar plate.The bacteria have been genetically engineered to display the bioluminescent enzyme from the firefly Photinus pyralis. 

The images were taken with a sensitive camera which can detect the light output from luciferase in each colony. The light output of different types of luciferase can be analysed to discover which ones have enhanced characteristics that could be used in research.

Image credits: Terry Priest, s58y, Cassandra Stowe

Artificial muscles powered by glucose

Artificial muscles made from polymers can now be powered by energy from glucose and oxygen, just like biological muscles. This advance may be a step on the way to implantable artificial muscles or autonomous microrobots powered by biomolecules in their surroundings. Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have presented their results in the journal Advanced Materials.

The motion of our muscles is powered by energy that is released when glucose and oxygen take part in biochemical reactions. In a similar way, manufactured actuators can convert energy to motion, but the energy in this case comes from other sources, such as electricity. Scientists at Linköping University, Sweden, wanted to develop artificial musclesthat act more like biological muscles. They have now demonstrated the principle using artificial muscles powered by the same glucose and oxygen as our bodies use.

The researchers have used an electroactive polymer, polypyrrole, which changes volume when an electrical current is passed. The artificial muscle, known as a “polymer actuator,” consists of three layers: a thin membrane layer between two layers of electroactive polymer. This design has been used in the field for many years. It works when the material on one side of the membrane acquires a positive electrical charge and ions are expelled, causing it to shrink. At the same time, the material on the other side acquires a negative electrical charge and ions are inserted, which causes the material to expand. The changes in volume cause the actuator to bend in one direction, in the same way that a muscle contracts.

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- YOR Shake
- YOR Berry Blast
- YOR Super Greens
- YOR Aminos
- 1 Cup Oats
- 400ml of Cold Water
- Banana

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JUICING VS. BLENDING: WHICH ONE IS BETTER?

Does one offer more health benefits than the other? Juices and smoothies both play an important role in any wellness program and both juicing and blending are very beneficial, but in different ways.

What’s The Difference?

JUICING

Juicing is a process which extracts water and nutrients from produce  and discards the indigestible fiber.  

Without all the fiber, your digestive system doesn’t have to work as hard to break down the food and absorb the nutrients. In fact, it makes the nutrients more readily available to the body in much larger quantities than if you were to eat the fruits and vegetables whole.

This is especially helpful if you have a sensitive digestive system or illness that inhibits your body from processing fiber. The fiber in produce helps slow down the digestive process and provides a steady release of nutrients into the blood stream. 

Freshly squeezed vegetable juices form part of most healing and detoxification programs because they are so nutrient rich and nourish and restore the body at a cellular level.

A word of caution: When you remove the fiber from the produce, the liquid juice is absorbed into your blood stream quickly. If you are only juicing fruits, this would cause a rapid spike in blood sugar and unstable blood sugar  levels can lead to mood swings, energy loss, memory problems and more!

Fiber is also filling and without fiber in the juice, some people tend to get hungry again quickly.

BLENDING

Unlike juices, smoothies consist  of the entire entire fruit or vegetable, skin and all and contain all of the fiber from the vegetables. 

However, the blending process breaks the fibre apart (which makes the fruit and vegetables easier to digest ) but also helps create a slow, even release of nutrients into the blood stream and avoids blood sugar spikes. Smoothies tend to be more filling, because of the fiber, and generally faster to make than juice, so they can be great to drink first thing in the morning as your breakfast, or for snacks throughout the day. 

By including the fiber in your smoothie, the volume will increase. Also, you can pack more servings of fruits and veggies into a single serving of juice than you can into a smoothie.

Juicing and Blending Rules

1. It’s best not to combine fruits and vegetables (unless it’s apple). This can affect how well your digestive enzymes function. 

This doesn’t seem to matter too much in green juices and smoothies, but vegetables like carrots, beetroots, broccoli and zucchini don’t combine well with fruit due to their high starch content. In his book Food Combining Made Easy, Dr. Herbert Shelton explains that starchy foods have to be eaten alone because starches are digested with enzymes different from those used for any other food group. Combining starchy foods with fruit may cause fermentation and gas. However, Dr. Shelton found that green leafy veggies combine well with pretty much everything.

2. Try to drink your juice or smoothie straight away. After 15 minutes, light and air will destroy much of the nutrients. If you can’t drink it straight away, transfer to a dark airtight container until you’re ready.

Using The Right Equipment

To get the most benefit from your juices and smoothies, it’s important to use the right equipment. Invest in a good-quality juicer. Cheaper, centrifugal juicers introduce heat and oxygen and destroy the enzymes and nutrients in your fruits and vegetables. While it may cost you a bit more initially, a premium cold-press juicer will produce a superior-quality juice and allow you to extract more from your fruit and vegetables, saving expense in the long-term. 

The machines themselves will also generally last longer. In contrast to the rough extraction of centrifugal juicers, mastication or cold-press juicers compress fruit and vegetables to ‘squeeze’ out their juice.

The same goes for a blender. You want a blender that is gentle on your produce and doesn’t heat up the enzymes as it’s pulling apart the fibres.

Text via Food Matters

Photo viaSpell Designs

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Michaelis-Menten Kinetics: enzyme kinetics model

• Binding interaction between the enzyme and the substrate