Coffee possesses extremely harmful qualities, scientists say

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Coffee cures baldness!

 

Coffee possesses extremely harmful qualities, scientists say

12/22/2005 [article] / Science / Health

 

 

One cup of coffee a day is supposedly enough for developing narcotic

dependence

Greek researchers believe that one cup of coffee a day can increase

the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. According to them, a cup of

coffee will lead to a sharp increase of caffeine content in blood; harden

the walls of the vessels, and raise blood pressure. Some scientists believe

that coffee can dry out the kidneys and disrupt the water supply of the

brain

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Coffee stimulates short-term memory

12/01/2005 [news] / Society

 

 

Caffeine perks up brains, particularly short-term memory, Austrian

researchers reported on Wednesday. It is no news that caffeine is the

world's most widely used stimulant. It can be found not only in coffee, tea,

soft drinks, but also in chocolate. The results, presented this week at the

annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, are the first

to demonstrate a visible impact on the brain from caffeine. Americans

consume an average of 238 milligrams of caffeine daily, which is the

equivalent of four-and-a-half cups of coffee. Scandinavians have the highest

daily caffeine intake -- 400 milligrams daily, according to forbes.com

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City life stresses develop insomnia, which results in post-insomnia

depression

07/05/2005 [article] / Science / Health

 

 

It is generally believed that a glass of red wine or a shot of whiskey

is an efficacious remedy for insomnia

Millions of men, women and children suffer from insomnia, tossing and

turning in their beds every night. Numerous people have to go to work and

spend " the worst day ever " there, dreaming about the end of the horrible

working day. Insomnia, or sleep disorder, is one of the indications of poor

health. Modern life is full of stresses: it is extremely hard to find an

absolutely happy and healthy individual in crowds of poor beings exhausted

with chronic fatigue

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World's most beautiful women reveal their secrets

03/21/2005 [news] / Society / Sex, relationship

 

 

Christina Aguilera, 23, rubs her face with a raw potato and then

sunbathes every day. Goldie Hawn stays young with the aid of a cream

normally used to shrink haemorrhoids. She rubs it under her eyes to get rid

of puffiness. Naomi Campbel, 34, says well-milled coffee is a wonderful

thing to fight cellulitis. She rubs her hips with well-milled coffee once a

week and then wraps her problem areas with foil

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Coffee to cure baldness

12/18/2004 [article] / Science / Technologies and discoveries

 

 

German medics arrived at the conclusion that consumption of large

caffeine doses prevents baldness.

Male's hormone testosterone is responsible for baldness in men,

meaning that the more testosterone a man as, the more prone he is to losing

his hair. Head of the research team Professor Peter Elsner states that

hormonal boldness could in fact be prevented by means of caffeine. However,

the scientific team advises coffee lovers against excess consumption of

their favorite beverage!

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Black coffee to cause atherosclerosis?!

10/21/2004 [article] / Science / Technologies and discoveries

 

 

According to Greek scientists from the Harokopian University of

Athens, frequent consumption of coffee is capable of intensifying

inflammatory processes in one's body and can in fact lead to the development

of a number of illnesses.

After examining more than 3 000 healthy individuals, who in turn were

not prone to any chronic illnesses, the team of Greek scientists determined

the following: those who consumed more than one cup of strong coffee per day

turned out to have an increased number of the so-called " inflammatory

markers " in their blood.

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Milk and coffee produced from.....blood?!

07/12/2004 [article] / Science / Technologies and discoveries

 

 

Scientists from the Russian city of Voronezh managed to produce milk

and coffee from.blood.

Scientists from a technological academy located in the Russian city of

Voronezh developed a revolutionary technique of producing an entire array of

food products such as milk, yogurt, chocolate and coffee from blood,

reported the academy's administration to " Interfax " .

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Twenty food myths

06/04/2004 [article] / Science / Technologies and discoveries

 

 

There exist a lot of bizarre and at times ridiculous views about food.

For instance, many consider that milk with a long shelf life contains

strong preservatives. -That is not true. The secret lies in the application

of high-temperature technologies. Milk is heated to 135C and then quickly

cooled. That makes " bad " bacteria perish, but all the vitamins are retained.

 

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Chocotherapy

05/05/2004 [article] / Science / Technologies and discoveries

 

 

" Chocolate-food of Gods! " such statement of our ancestors still holds

true today

Traditionally, it is believed that Maya Indians who lived on the banks

of the Gulf of Mexico were the first ones to indulge the taste of chocolate.

They even worshipped their special God: the God of cocoa. Only the " chosen "

people were allowed to consume sacred drink.

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Milk & Cigarettes: what is worse?

03/19/2004 [article] / Science / Technologies and discoveries

 

 

According to British professor Jane Plant, milk is just as harmful for

us as cigarettes.

All dairy products should be excluded from one's diet, because they

are known to cause breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men.

According to the professor, one of the ever-present hormones in milk is

carcinogenic. In addition, the amount of it tends to increase and reach

inadmissible high concentrations due to animal's hormone treatment.

 

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Indonesia: you can kiss, but not more 5 minutes

Front page / World

04/07/2006 14:52Source:

http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/07-04-2006/78923-kiss-0

 

 

Couples kissing in public for longer than five minutes could soon face

arrest in one Indonesian city as part of proposed laws cracking down on

behavior seen as un-Islamic, an official and media reports said Friday. The

world's most populous Muslim nation, Indonesia does not enforce Shariah, or

Islamic law, on a national level. But in recent years, several regions have

issued bylaws to regulate personal behavior in line with Islamic morality.

 

 

Tangerang on the outskirts of the capital, Jakarta , is considering

legislation to ban couples from " constant lip-to-lip kissing for more than

five minutes " in public, Koran Tempo daily paper quoted from a copy of the

bill. Nana, an official at the local council confirmed that the legislation

was under consideration, but declined to elaborate.

The legislation would also ban couples from touching each other in a sensual

way, and opening each others' clothing, the paper said. The paper said

violators would face " arrest, " but gave no details. " Don't dramatize this,

we are not oppressors, " city official Ahmad Lutfi was quoted as saying when

asked whether people enforcing the law would be equipped with stopwatches to

time public embraces.

Hajjah Utju, a Tangerang resident, said the proposed regulation was

unnecessary. " The law is all right I suppose. But in my view, I think no

need for it, " the 41-year-old woman said. " In Islam, such lip-to-lip kissing

in public is not allowed, and most of us are Muslims here. "

Laws proposed by Islamic clerics currently being debated in parliament would

also ban kissing in public, as well as erotic art and pornography. They are

facing opposition from nationalist lawmakers, who form a majority in the

house. Tangerang last year introduced laws banning women from being on the

street alone after dark as part of moves to stop prostitution. The

regulation has been criticized by humans rights groups and women activists.

Despite moves to popularize a more conservative brand of Islam, most of

Indonesia 's 200 million Muslims practice a moderate form of the faith and

are tolerant of other faiths and lifestyles. In Indonesia as in many other

Asian countries couples, married or not, rarely kiss on the lips in public.

Women often kiss their husband on the hand when saying goodbye in front of

others, reports the AP.

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