It is not only tasty to eat eggs for breakfast, but it is also useful for waist slenderness. As informs the magazine “International Journal of Obesity”, consumption of 2 eggs for breakfast promotes improvement of diet results. Thus the author refers to research of the Louisiana University.

The command of researchers has divided 152 tested people into 2 control groups. One group ate rolls for breakfast, and another ate 2 eggs. Though both menus contained identical quantity of calories, results of the diets considerably differed. After 8 weeks at the group ate eggs the percent of fat fell on the average on 16 % more, than at the group ate rolls.

In researchers’ opinion, this effect was achieved due to the egg white. Eating for breakfast a plenty of protein causes long feeling of saturation, so people eat less. However, a person who has decided, that eating of eggs will make him slender, mistaken. This effect can be reached only in the combination with a low-calorie diet.

Researches show, that basil has important antioxidant and antiage properties. It is the close relative of a spicy grass which is widely used in kitchen of the western countries. In Asia its leaves possessing original sharp taste, are a component of many dishes. The native land of a basil is India. Since ancient times its extracts were used in ayurvedic medicine as a medicine returning youth.

First scientific research of basil properties, lead under direction of doctor Vabikhav Shind from Pharmaceutical College in Maharashtra (India), has shown, that the extract of this plant leaves is effective against free radicals — the chemical compounds causing a cancer.

Scientists have presented their conclusions at the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Manchester. «Our research confirms, that use of basil in traditional medicine as the means keeping a youth, is proved. Besides it shows, how this means acts on the cellular level», — doctor Shind has declared. Also he has added: «Now I always have basil on my kitchen and I add it in different dishes. Probably, it will appear effective».

The 63-years sculptor from Pennsylvania (USA) works in unusual technics. It creates sculptures from butter almost full-scale. There are a cow on motorcycle, an old man, milking a cow, a girl in bikini and the detailed model of a dairy farm among his works. The sculptor prefers monumental technics because of butter softness. He should maintain the constantly cool temperature in his workshop because of specificity of the material. The master spends about one month to produce one figure. Except butter, he likes to work with chocolate, cheese, fruit and vegetables. There are chocolate Lui Armstrong, Mikky Runy and Robi Williams among his well known works.

Sweet in big amount raises concentration of attention and even is capable to help to avoid accidents. Investigated subjects reacted more quickly to emergency situations after one hour at the wheel of the automobile simulator if they ate sugar on a regular basis. At the Freiburg University scientists have created the simulator of a twisting line; it has the length of 120 km. Shortly before start and twice on road drivers drank lemonade (0,9 liter = 90 gr of sugar). After a while they have repeated a trip, they drank a sweet drink, but this time it was without sugar.

Result: on a finishing section they have admitted much more mistakes.

Conclusion: sugar raises the insulin that mode that the brain forms more serotonin which stimulates and increases concentration of hormones. However, to eat too much of sugar harmfully, because there is a failure of insulin development.

Successfully overcome the first round on the prestigious Kremlin Cup, tennis players Ameli Moresimo and Dinara Safin did not wait the next duel on a court, but they tried their forces in culinary art.

While the chief-cook explained to competitors the feature of preparation of “Kremli style flounder”, girls already threw impatient sights on fish, marrows, greens and spices. The leader helped girls a little; he cut a fish fillet on slices himself. And tennis players cooked sauces and vegetables.

Dinar bossed kitchen utensils so thriftily as if she costs every day at a plate. But the French has approached to process enough alerted. And Dinars imagination appeared better. Unlike Moresimo who has simply put the flounder over the marrows halves, Safin has decorated all the plate with vegetables ringlets.

But, as it is always happen in such cases, the friendship has won.