According to new research, the women drinking daily some cups of tea, to some extent protect themselves from the development of atherosclerotic plaques.

Scientists from National Institute of Medical Researches (France) have found out that at elderly women who drink three cups of tea in a day, the atherosclerosis of carotids arises less often, than at the women not drinking tea or drinking it in smaller quantities.

2 613 men and 3 984 women participated in research. Middle age of participants is 73 years. Data about atherosclerotic plaques in the carotids, received by means of ultrasound, have compared to data about quantity of cups of the tea drunk daily, and other habits.

Diet, factors of cardiovascular risk, age, place of residing and educational level was not influenced the connection between quantity of drunk tea and presence of plaques in carotids.

Authors of work signify that it was not possible to find out any connection between consumption of tea and an atherosclerosis of carotids at men.

Experts from the Chocolate British Academy give first place to elite chocolate from the Italian area — Tuscany for the third year one after another.

" Tuscan black ”, produced by the firm “Amadeus”, has won the main prize of the prestigious premium “Gold Bean ”, annually handed over Chocolate London Academy. “Amadeus” production already became its winner in 2005 and 2006.

This year else three chocolate products of “Amadeus”, including the most expensive line “Porcelaina” (white chocolate similar to porcelain) received gold medals of the Academy.

The price of a 450-gramme bar of this delicacy achieves 90 dollars. This is that case when the price defining the highest quality, matters.

The research lead by Associated Press agency has shown, that the potable water delivered approximately for 41 million of Americans, contains set of pharmaceutical preparations, including antibiotics, sexual hormones, the soothing and anticonvulsive preparations anesthetizing, and also many other things, released only under the recipe of the doctor.

Certainly, concentration of these preparations in potable water is insignificant small, however scients are seriously disturbed by possible consequences of the long use let and insignificant dozes of medicines.

Researchers have tried to find out, how pharmaceutical preparations get in potable water. It has appeared, that the mechanism is following: people accept medicines, a part from them are acquired by an organism, and that was not acquired, removed by natural way. And accordingly gets in the water drain. Sewage, having passed through necessary clearing, again get in the rivers or lakes. Resources of potable water whence replenish.

Made clearing is not capable to remove from water all pharmaceutical preparations. Besides experts have installed, that addition in water of chlorine, standard procedure at water treating, on the contrary, strengthens toxicity of some medical products containing in water.

Many companies-suppliers of potable water have been compelled to recognize, that do not spend testing for presence in water of pharmaceutical means.

The association of China cooks has called all restaurants owners of the countries to refuse from of wooden chopsticks use for the sake of nature riches preservation of the country. Cooks are afraid, that inflow in capital of Olympic Games-2008 visitors will sharply lift demand for this traditional Chinese tableware.

And it in turn will lead to that Olympic Games in Pekin will be far from “green” — the characteristic given by national demand committee.

The organizing committee of Olympiad in Pekin already addressed to cafe and restaurants owners with the request to reconsider the attitude to sticks pernicious for ecology. The government of the country supported Olympic officials, this year, in April it established 5 percent surtax for all institutions where wooden sticks are offered.

However restaurants visitors prefer wooden sticks to the sticks made of alternative materials and institutions owners while follow clients tastes.

In Canada has begun the «sugar season». Canadians name “sugar season” some weeks in a year when all country collect maple juice for manufacture of the syrup well-known for the whole world.

These days in many cities various maple festivals take place: on them local cooks represent original dishes and drinks with maple syrup, various competitions are spent.

Local restaurants during the “sugar season” offer “maple” menus.

The seasonal menu of restaurant at hotel Crowne Plaza in capital of the country Ottawa uses special popularity: blue cheese with maple syrup, walnuts fried in the syrup, chicken under maple sauce and an air biscuit with glaze from the syrup.