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07.04.2008
Bad Feeding Weakens Immunity
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Scientists have confirmed of what all mothers have been assured for a long time: that for the immunity consulted with work, it is necessary to eat well. In experiment on white-footed mouse Liin Martin and his colleagues have proved, that at reduction of a diet at 30 % in the quantity of B-cells in an organism essentially decreases. B-cells produce antibodies and support the organism immune memory. At shortage of B-cells the organism should study” anew to overcome even with those infections with which it already had to struggle earlier.
There is a question, whether the less of food can affect on work of a person immune system.
For a long time it is known, that children, with insufficiency of meal, suffer from infections more often and the diseases more often pass in the chronic form.
Authors of research hope, that it will be possible in future to find out, which component of a feed influences the immunity work (calorie, protein or micronutrients).
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04.04.2008
Red Wine Helps from Cancer
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American scientists from Rochester University under direction of the doctor of medicine Paul Okunev for the first time have shown that red wine and a thin skin of grape berries effectively destroy cancer cells at malignant tumors of a pancreas.
Natural antioxidants containing in red wine, break the functioning mitochondrial ferment of cancer cells. Scientists consider that red wine not only helps an organism to struggle with cancer cells, but also renders strong preventive influence, warning cancer development.
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03.04.2008
Monument for Paraguay Tea
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In Uruguay they have opened a monument for Paraguay tea — one of the most popular soft drinks on a planet.
The place is chosen not casually: Uruguay wins first place in the world on consumption of this tea, more than 85% of inhabitants drink it regularly.
The have installed the monument in San Jose city. It represents the huge hand holding stylized calabash of red colors (a pumpkin vessel in which they prepare and submit the tea) with bombil (a special hollow tubule through which they drink this «South American tea»).
Sculptural composition is surrounded by herbs mate bushes, it is a plant of which they prepare the well-known drink.
Solemn opening of the monument took place within the limits of Paraguay Tea National Festival, which took place in Uruguay already in fifth time.
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02.04.2008
Vivacity Elixir
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Some years the Japanese scientists searched for means to cope with the exhaustion arising at computer operators. They investigated tens products and drinks and have come to conclusion, that cold tea with lemon struggles with weariness best of all. The quantity of the mistakes supposed by employees of information centre, has decreased twice when through everyone 2-3 hours they drunk this tea. It is interesting, that green tea (favorite Japanese) reduced quantity of mistakes at 20 percent, and jasmine tea — on 25 percent.
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01.04.2008
Do not Hurry
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Inventors from Ukraine have introduced the mite in a line of the means intended to help the person in struggle against excess weight. They have created the device, capable to limit a quantity of products consumed by the person: to use it, you should attach it to a spoon or a plug: as soon as it will appear in a mouth it starts to submit blinking and vibration signals. Such signals warn the person that he did not eat very quickly and too much. It will be easier to orient in that, how many you have already eaten, that will prevent excessive stomach fullness.
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