Turmeric, the Asian spice, since ancient times, is applied in the medical purposes to reduce attributes of an inflammation, healing of wounds and reduce pain. As the inflammation plays the important role in many illnesses and is involved in development of adiposity and diabetes of the second type, endocrinologists from the Diabetes Center in Colombia University have decided to find out, what effect has this plant against the given frustration.

So scientists have proved, that turmeric, added in the food allowance of laboratory mice, has made animals less susceptible to development of diabetes. Also it has been found out, that at these rodents processes of an inflammation in fat and liver considerably have decreased. The American physicians believe, that turmericum, an antioxidizing component in the grass, possesses properties to reduce resistance of insulin and to prevent diabetes.

Turmeric has no restriction of the consumption doze, at least, 12 gram daily will not damage to a human body, doctors speak.

Europeans can soon try traditional African fruit — fruits of baobab. Within two years African trading association of natural products “PhytoTrade Africa” negotiates with the European organizations for an opportunity to deliver dried fruits of baobab, and only now exotic fruit has been recognized as corresponding new rules of EU market.

It will be possible to try exotic fruit as a component of drinks, choolate bars and some other confectionery products.

Baobab represents large green or brownish fruit huge baobab tree growing in the Southern Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The pulp of a baobab is good prebiotic, it stimulates growth of useful intestinal microflora, also possesses strong antioxide properties. Fruits of baobab are rich with various nutrients: vitamin C, pectin, riboflavin, niacin, apple, citron and amber acids. Oil of the fruit contains vitamins A, D and E. 

If deliveries of baobab will go successfully it marks a new stage in development of the African business and trade.

Authorities of Pekin have asked hotels and restaurants of the city to withdraw from their menus dishes from doga during all Olympiad in August and Paraolympiad in September.

Not only representatives of a numerous Korean community, but also inhabitants of south china provinces Yunnan and Guydgiu eat dogs.

The Interdiction is entered because of fears of statements of the western organizations on protection of animals.

South Korea has criticized for dishes from dogs during Olympiad in Seoul, passed in 1988.

Authorities of Pekin have obliged also owners of feed institutions to replace names of dishes and to name them more attractively for foreign visitors.

Australian scientists have lead the review of researches, devoted to action of garlic extract, and have found out, that the bioadditives containing garlic, reduce arterial pressure as effectively, as usual medicines. «The garlic extract may become comprehensible alternative or additional means in treatment of an arterial hypertension», — speaks Karin Ried (University of Adelaide, Australia).

Karin Ried and its colleagues have included 11 researches in their review in which patients accepted the garlic extract or placebo. Dozes of an extract varied from 600 up to 900 mg a day. Course of treatment lasts from 12 till 23 weeks.

On the average at the participants of research accepted the garlic extract, arterial pressure has decreased on 4,6 mm. Thus, the above there was a pressure at the beginning of research, the more strongly it decreased after course of treatment.

Authors of the review mark that action of the garlic extract little differs from action of traditional medicines, for example, beta blockers which reduce pressure on 5 mm.

It is counted up, that if it was possible to lower pressure upon 4-5 items in our population, death rate from cardiovascular diseases would be reduced almost to 20%.

On Olympiad it is important all for the sportsman — from the spirit to the feed. The New Zealand Olympic Committee has gone further: together with the New Zealand sportsmen barista will go to Pekin.

Usually participants of Olympic Games are content with the drinks welded by coffee-machines. But such variant has not pleased to representatives of New Zealand. To choose barista for a command from 182 person, the competition has been declared in the country. Its winner became 21-years Giulian Friss. It is planned, that she will prepare up to 500 cups of coffee a day.

As Dejv Karri, the chief-cook of New Zealand delegation declared, there is no anxieties with dope-tests at Olympic Committee because the quantity of caffeine in blood of athlete after he drunk a cup of coffee minimally and does not influence results of the analysis.