Today when we were having breakfast with Chris and the guys at Jamba Juice the topic of vitamin B was raised. Therefore I thought of a short summary about these essential water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism. We know 8 different vitamin Bs. Their roles are manifold. Various enzyme activities depend on vitamin B complex. It influences growth, development, metabolism, the functioning of cells, their regeneration and their turn-over. Immune cells and nerve cells need vitamin B complex.

B vitamins are particularly concentrated in meat, and other good sources are potatoes, bananas, lentils, chili peppers, beans, liver oil, liver, turkey, tuna, yeast, brewer’s yeast, and molasses. Marmite and Vegemite are famous for being one of the world’s richest known sources of vitamin B. As might be expected, due to its high content of brewer’s yeast, non-filtered beer is a source of B vitamins.

Just about everyone in the Western worls already gets all of the B vitamins they could possibly need in their diets… Extra B vitamins are generally just flushed out of the system—although everyone’s limit of absorption is different in regards to B complex vitamins and no-one knows how much is needed on an individual basis of these vitamins…

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Today is our first day in Kailua-Kona. What you usually do on your first day here, and so we did too, is shopping. First goal was Walmart to get the basics for our condo. Meanwhile I had completely forgotten that the swine flu panic was still on. On our journey we hadn’t met any controls, our temperature was not checked anywhere, nor did we undergo any other examinations. We as biestmilch junkies feel safe anyway   … And then we arrived at Walmart this morning, and I couldn’t believe it, how patiently people were cuing in front of a desk with little medical odds and ends. They were actually waiting for their swine flu shot.

People waiting patiently for their flu shot

What would they do, if they knew that biestmilch is as a matter of fact more effective than a flu shot? They would probably unbelievingly laugh at us.

Charity is a very controversial subject in our hemisphere. It has become a business field of its own, a moral fig leave for the very very reach. I am not a fan of charity of this kind. I love small scale charity like the one I hope we got involved with now.
Everybody knows that lots of donated money disappears in dark channels, and never reaches the victims. The project we just made our commitment for seems to be different. In charge is a small non-profit association “we care4″ founded by triahtlete Sven Hungerbühler and his wife. Team streetkids is one of their projects. In the center of the activities are the triathetes Sven himself, and the brothers Till and Lutz Schenk. Their goal is to raise money for homeless kids in South Africa. The donated money will be invested in school, education and shelters for the poor kids. We care4 does not takes any administrative fees. All the money goes right to the executors of the projects on ground.

The projects started already and will end with the Ironman South Africa on April 25, 2009. On sereval platforms you can follow the activities of the guys:  tillschenk@gmail.com – www.wecare4.ch – www.tridudes.com

Biestmilch Seven consists of persons who themselves have worked in the humanitarian field, therefore whenever we think the approach is honest and professional in the same time, we are ready to support the cause as good as we can.

Die Auflösung des Rätsels:

Wer Lust hat Sebastian Kienle als Glücksfee zu beobachten, der die Gewinner zieht,  hier der Link

Gewinner des 1000,- Euro Reisegutscheines nach Hawaii:
1. Anthony Phillipe, Auxelles-Haut, France
2. Eckhard Brunner, Klagenfurt, Austria
3. Robert Baust, Diesenhofen, Germany

Gewinner des 500,- Euro Reisegutscheines nach Clearwater:
1. Birgit Metzler, Wiesbaden, Germany
2. Petra Loos, Hamburg, Germany
3. Richard Spreitzgrabner, Temitz, Austria

Gewinner der Biestmilch-Päckchen:
Christian Musso, Seseglio, Switzerland
Christoph Fisch, Zürich, Switzerland
Nicole Merz, Karlsruhe, Germany
Enrico Ernst, Steffen, Switzerland
Holger Masuch, Bremen, Germany
Angela Nikians, Burgdorf, Switzerland
Marlene Fahnemann, Bockenem, Germany
Alain Krickel, Sout-les-Spa, Belgium
Simon Billeau, Boussais, France
Günter Hörandner, Krumpendorf, Austria
Heidi Rothgang, Lünen, Germany
Rolf Timm, Algermissen, Germany
Frank Dörr, Püttlingen, Germany
Liam Dolan, Bridge-a-crin, Dundalk, Ireland
Tomaz Sink, Kranj, Slovenia
Heiner Göring, Berlin, Germany
Jörg Domke, Nürtingen, Germany
Tina In-Alboa, Jinwilgen, Switzerland
Yves Dumay, Gerardmer, France
Brido Schuler, Würentingen, Switzerland
Thierry Meister, Saint-Paul-Trois Chatgauy, France
Stephane Guer, Ollon, Switzerland
Frank Hagedorn, Celle, Germany
Arno Dissertori, Tramin, Italy
Martin Harnischmacher, Karlsbad, Germany
Betina Schmidt, Viborg, Denmark
Declan Doyle, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
Stefano Troise, Naples, Italy
Sarah Fuhrmann, Warszawa, Poland
Manuela Kronenberg, Oberkirch, Switzerland

Extra-Trostpreis für Hans Muralter, Voitsberg, Germany