Say No To Soda Drink

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Do you drink soda drink? How often you drink it? Various studies have shown the impact of a series of soda. This is why you should think twice to drink soda.

Does not contain nutrients
According to M Keri Gans, nutrition consultant and spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, soda does not contain any nutrients except sugar and calories. In fact, diet soda also does not provide positive benefits to the body. To quench your thirst, you may prefer water because it can merehidrasi body without adding calories.

Causes of diabetes
Soda contains high fructose corn syrup, a sweetener that is associated with the occurrence of excess body weight. Ability to consume soda also increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. It happened because of the sugar content in soda and its effect on the body's hormones.

Dental Damage
As we sipped the soda, the sugar content in it will coat the teeth along with the bacteria in the mouth which then would form the acid. Both regular soda and diet soda also contains carbolic acid that will damage tooth enamel.

Weakening bones
Most sodas contain phosphorus and caffeine. Both are believed to contribute to the occurrence of osteoporosis, bone fragility alias.

Damaging the organs
Research shows that consuming soda associated with chronic kidney disease, metabolic syndrome, and fatty liver.

Source: everydayhealth
Editor: DailyWeeks

Two HIV-Positive Couples Forced To Leave Village

Penajam Paser Utara. Two married couples have been forced from their village in East Kalimantan after information circulated that they had been infected with HIV.

HIV/AIDS activists said the incident highlighted the lack of awareness about the disease — which has caused discrimination and even violence in many places across the country — especially among those people living in rural areas.

Jodi, head of the HIV/AIDS community at Penajam Paser Utara, said on Sunday that the two families had left their village in the Babulu subdistrict last week, after a group of villagers visited their homes and asked them to leave.

“They are two husband-and-wife couples who have tested positive by the local health office with the HIV virus. The local residents, who couldn’t accept their condition, told them to move to villages that could accept them,” Jodi said, adding that he currently had no indication of the two families’ whereabouts.

Jodi said the information about the couples’ condition spread through the village after a health official leaked it to his friend.

“Based on the law, such information was supposed to be kept a secret,” he said.

“We regret that it was made available to the public.”

Adi Supriadi, the HIV/AIDS program head at the East Kalimantan-based Laras Foundation, said the lack of awareness on the transmission of the virus was behind the villagers’ actions to force the two couples out of their village.

Adi said it was time for the government to boost its efforts to better educate the public about HIV/AIDS.

“We are concerned that more discrimination about the syndrome is still taking place,” Adi said.

Jurnanto, secretary of East Kalimantan’s Aids Commission, said his office would meet with the local authorities to prevent any similar incidents taking place in the future.

People living with HIV/AIDS or with HIV-positive parents still face rejection and discrimination in their neighborhoods, schools and offices, activists have said.

On World AIDS Day in 2011, the country was rattled by an incident where the Don Bosco elementary school in North Jakarta rejected a child because her father, Fajar Jasmin, was HIV-positive.

The school argued that it was the other parents who rejected the child, and they demanded that the parents submit a letter certifying that the child was not infected with HIV.

Iswandi Mourbas, a commissioner of the Indonesian Commission on Child Protection (KPAI), said the country’s laws guaranteed the right of every child to have education and health services that were free from discrimination.

The commissioner added that KPAI had already recorded several school rejections of HIV-positive children, as well as those with infected parents.

She said many parents often could not tolerate the discrimination against their children and instead opted to take the child out of school.

KPAI chairwoman Maria Ulfa Ansor said the minister of education and culture should issue a policy that could be used as an instrument for the commission to monitor discrimination against children.

Indonesia has one of the fastest-growing HIV transmission rates in Asia, and in most instances the actual number of people living with HIV is believed to be far higher than the official data shows. The World Health Organization estimates there are 300,000 people in Indonesia living with HIV/AIDS, with the worst-affected places being Jakarta and the province of Papua, where 2.3 percent of the population is infected

Sources: The Jakarta Globe
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Dimly lights Reduce Appetite

According to the study, dim lights and soft music can make us eat less. "When we change the decor of fast food restaurants, we found the lights were dim and soft music make more people enjoy the atmosphere and mengasup fewer calories," says Brian Wanskink, professor of marketing and director of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab.

The study found that people eat less (reduced by about 18 percent) when the atmosphere of the restaurant changed. Diners also claimed to better enjoy their food.

"The study shows, environments that provide a relaxed atmosphere will increase customer satisfaction and reduce the desire to eat foods," he said.

Source: Healthday News
Editor: DailyWeeks

Cheese Help Prevent Diabetes

Cheese, Dairy products are rich in calcium and vitamins are known to help reduce the risk of diabetes mellitus. But of course, must be balanced with a healthy diet and active.

Preliminary research conducted by a team of European researchers say people who have the habit of eating cheese 12 percent lower risk of developing diabetes than people who do not like cheese.

The study, published in the American Journal of Clinic Nutrition examines the extent to which the intake of dairy products affect the development of type-2 diabetes in eight European countries.

"Intake of total dairy products was not associated with diabetes. Consumption of cheese is one of the dairy products tend to have an inverse relationship with diabetes," the researchers said.

Although in the abstract conclusion does not specify which country the researchers studied, the incidence of diabetes will probably tend to be lower for those with more active lifestyles. Researchers also confirmed that the reduction in the risk of diabetes in the population as a whole, not solely because cheese consumption only.

However, those who are already suffering from diabetes mellitus, consumption should be limited to the portions of cheese. American Diabetes Association recommends a low-fat cheese as an option.

sources: www.medicaldaily.com
Editor: DailyWeeks

3 Secrets Women France

Debra OLLIVIER, author of What French Women Know: About Love, Sex and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind, disclose secrets of French women happy.

more Relaxing
French women are trained for follow his heart rather than the manuals dating. When they like someone, they will follow the feeling, listening to his heart and to trust their instincts completely.

They are also not in a hurry in matters of romance, more mysterious and less open about their first date. All personal information given in small increments over time.

They do not set a target in early in a relationship. Mind offending such as "Does he love me or not?" "Is he the right man?" will not bother them.

Get more
French women prefer to be yourself in enjoying the thrill.

more realistic
Their commitment to a relationship is not much different from many other women. They are very aware that the relationship lies in the experience of living it is not on the end result. With a mindset like this, they are in a relationship with a more happy and when it's all over, it's easier to accept and keep living life without being stuck in a state of prolonged heartbreak.

Source: Match
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