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07.06.2008
New Kind of Chocolate
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Experts of known American company Ebbot have worked at development of a new version of chocolate. The delicacy contains traditional bitter-sweet taste of dark chocolate and differs by the maintenance of antioxidants, which actually is an innovation.
Under the statement of developers the combination of dark chocolate and such antioxidants as vitamins C and Е, and also a mineral — selenium, is an excellent source of protein and positively influences immune system. The new version of chocolate will be presented in three kinds: double dark chocolate, dark chocolate with almonds taste, and also the one with strawberry taste.
Manufacturers hope, that the new kind of chocolate will attract not only gourmets, but also the people caring their health.
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06.06.2008
Wine Is Useful for Liver
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Scientists from California University (USA) have published results of new research according to which the moderate use of wine (nearby 100 g a day) not only does not render harm of a liver, but also prevents development of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASG), which is one of the most widespread diseases of a liver.
According to the research, at people, who daily drink a glass of wine, the risk of NASG occurrence is below on 50 %, than at those who does not drink alcohol at all.
«Properties useful to a liver are found out in wine, but not found out in beer and spirits. At their amateurs even under condition of the moderate use, the risk of NASG has appeared in 4 times above. Additional researches will be necessary, to understand if these effects are depend of alcoholic or not alcoholic components of wine», — scientists said.
For the research scientists used the information about 12000 persons. Among them there were 7211 people who were not taking alcohol, and 4543 persons taking alcohol in moderate quantities.
The received result was not influenced by such factors as age, sex, race, educational level, level of physical activity, index of body weight and other parameters connected with health.
Scientists emphasize, that any alcoholic drinks is counter-indicative to those who is inclined to abusing alcohol, also recommendations do not concern those who already has diseases of a liver.
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05.06.2008
The Chief-Cook has Become Famous
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Every day people catch sharks in huge quantities only because of culinary value of fins. They prepare soups which are considered as a delicacy all over the world. As for other parts of sharks they are simply thrown out, including meat which until recently was not popular among cooks because of unpleasant taste.
However, recently one of Bali Island resorts — Jimbaran – has become famous owing to the chief-cook. He managed to prepare the shark meat very tasty and the dish cannot leave anybody indifferent. The cook prefers not to share his secrets, he only marks that owing to new recipe the shark meat became more appetizing and pleasant on taste.
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04.06.2008
Salt Doubles the Risk to Get Cancer
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Salt is really white death, Japanese scientists once again were convinced in it. After supervisions and numerous analyses they have come to conclusion, that abusing salty products doubles risk to get cancer of a stomach.
This tendency is most obviously observed at men.
Ministry of Health and Work, which is also supervise questions of well-being, has lead the grandiose work, as a result of which experts-oncologists during 11 years observed the way of life of approximately 40 thousand Japanese of middle age. Physicians paid special attention to a daily food of these people, their attachment to the certain drinks, and also the bad habits directly influencing health, for example, smoking.
According received data, among men (amateurs of salty products) one person from 500 was exposed to risk to be ill with a cancer of a stomach. It twice exceeds the parameters fixed among those who tries to abstain from the salt usage.
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03.06.2008
Parade of Vegetarians
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For the first time in history of New York the fancy-dress parade of vegetarians has passed. More than 600 participants in colorful suits of vegetables and fruit, having started in area with symbolical name Meatpacking, have peacefully passed on streets Greenwich Village of New York with demonstration «Vegetarian Sounds Proud».
Adherents of vegetarian diet proclaimed the advantage of vegetarianism from positions of ethics, protection of an environment and advantage for health. The culmination of parade became the competition on the best vegetarian suit and a slogan. Celebratory procession has finished with rock music festival in Washington Square Park. The most remembered moment of the holiday became the open wedding ceremony during which the groom in a suit of carrots and the bride in a two-meter green suit of peas pod became the lawful husband and wife.
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