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05.08.2008
Wine Ice-Cream
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In New York they have started to sell ice-cream with wine filling.
However not all fans of sweets can estimate this innovation: on demand of the state governor at purchase of the ice-cream the buyer should show the document confirming his age.
Ice-cream is saled with various fillings, including Peach White Zinfandel, Red Raspberry Chardonnay and Cherry Merlot.
Among initiators and active supporters of the law acceptance resolving sale of the dessert is senator Joseph Griffo and William Mejdzhi, a member of legislative assembly of the city.
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04.08.2008
At the All-Russia Exhibition Centre the Automatic Devices With Aerated Water Appeared
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In Moscow, in territory of the All-Russia Exhibition Center, automatic devices on sale of soda water with syrup or not, similar to that have been widespread in days of Soviet Union have appeared.
First eight automatic devices are established on the Central avenue, the Industry Square and near the Peoples Friendship fountain. Some kinds of various syrups are in assortment: “Lemonade”, “Baikal”, «Тarhune», “Pear” and others, and also mineral water «Аrhiz». If desired it is possible to order double portion. Cost of a drink is from 5 rubles up to 15 rubles. Unlike Soviet times, in automatic devices they use plastic glasses instead of glass ones.
The All-Russia Exhibition Centre management plans to establish 20 automatic devices at the territories of the Center. As the press-service of the All-Russia Exhibition Centre has informed, initially the financial benefit from installation of such automatic devices was not planned. “It is necessary to create of certain atmosphere in territory of the All-Russia Exhibition Centre”, — have noted in the press-service.
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01.08.2008
You Are that Your Mum Ate
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Experiments with rats, lead by the British scientists, have shown, that surplus of fats, sugar and salt in a diet of pregnant and feeding dams lead not only to the excess weight of a child, but also raises the probability of diabetes and heart illnesses development in adult age even if after a birth they feed little rats with balanced food. At rats posterity which fed with fast food during pregnancy and lactation, were burned cubs with a high level of cholesterol, glucose, insulin and triglycerides in blood that conducts to early development of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
The same law is observed at people. The women preferring fast food (chips, cakes, rolls, sweets, fried food), more often give birth to children with excess weight and weakened health.
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31.07.2008
If to Drink Green Tea Regularly, It Is Possible Not to Worry About Heart Illnesses
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Consumption of green tea quickly improves function of endothelial cells which promote correct blood circulation and support work of blood vessels.
The Greek scientists from Athens Medical School have studied properties of tea, caffeine and hot water (as placebo) on vessels at 30, 90 and 120 minutes after drink. Cardiologists have fixed the top expansion of arteries on 3,9 % and activity of the blood-groove regulator 30 minutes after drinking green tea.
Favorable action of the considered kind of tea is attributed to flavonoids and their antioxidizing and anticancerogenic effects found also in red wine and cocoa. Flavonoids in green tea are more powerful, than the same structures in the black tea which is practically not having antioxidants, doctors say. According their assumptions if to drink green tea regularly several times a day, it is possible to prevent cardiovascular diseases and to lower the risk of heart death rate.
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30.07.2008
To Feel Yourself Thick Is More Harmful, than to Be Thick
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German scientists have investigated, using data of national interrogation in which 7 000 children and teenagers in the age from 11 till 17 years participated. All of them were weighed and asked to estimate the weight independently (from “too thin” up to “too thick”). After that boys and girls have filled the questionnaire, allowing to estimate quality of their life.
It has appeared that approximately 75 % of children and teenagers had a normal weight. Almost 55 % of girls and only 36 % of boys considered themselves “very thick” though only 18 % of participants of research actually had excess weight. At 7-8 % of boys and girls the weight was less norms.
At children and teenagers having excess weight, quality of their life differed in the worst party and strongly depends on their own estimation of the weight. The teenagers considered thick, had the lowered quality of the life without dependence from real weight. Especially strongly this tendency was showed at girls. At the same time, the teenagers considered the weight normal, did not lose their quality of the life even if their weight actually exceeded norm.
Also scientists have found out that the quantity of children and teenagers considering thick, last years increases more quickly, than real quantity of children and teenagers having excess weight.
In clause accompanying research, German scientist Johannes Hebebrand marks, that teenagers acquaint with powerful pressure of public opinion which orders them to be harmonious. As the great value is given to leanness, and excess weight is condemned.
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