All grains, with the exception of rice, and the various grain meals, require prolonged cooking with gentle and continuous heat, in order to so disintegrate their tissues and change their starch into dextrine as to render them easy of digestion. Even the so-called “steam-cooked” grains, advertised to be ready for use in five or ten minutes, require a much longer cooking to properly fit them for digestion. These so-called quickly prepared grains are simply steamed before grinding, which has the effect to destroy any low organisms contained in the grain. They are then crushed and shredded. Bicarbonate of soda and lime is added to help dissolve the albuminoids, and sometimes diastase to aid the conversion of the starch into sugar; but there is nothing in this preparatory process that so alters the chemical nature of the grain as to make it possible to cook it ready for easy digestion in five or ten minutes. An insufficiently cooked grain, although it may be palatable, is not in a condition to be readily acted upon by the digestive fluids, and is in consequence left undigested to act as a mechanical irritant.  Read more...

A garage is the perfect home for all sorts of items and activities  from storing sporting equipment to tools and machines; and it’s original purpose for car parking to activities like a home-office, a gym or a workshop. If your garage is only used for storage rather than other activities it really needs some shelves for organization.

Usually garage shelves can be found in two main forms: site-built  and prefabricated. Site-built shelves are usually less expensive and  allow you to adapt the sizes to the space available. You can find  everything that you need at the local home center, lumber yard,  discount store or hardware store.

One of the basics of the garage shelves is made of a simple piece of  ¾” plywood or a length of 1x or 2x lumber on a set of heavy-duty  shelf brackets. This is mounted by attaching the brackets to the  studs directly using long screws then by attaching the shelf to the  brackets. To strengthen the shelf you can add a brace at each stud.  Read more...