Dangers of eating sardines

Risks of eating sardines

Sardines are considered one of the healthiest foods to eat because they contain omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA which reduce cholesterol levels and benefit heart. However one downfall of eating too much fish is the possibility of consuming too much mercury, which is found in a variety of ocean fish in varying amounts. While extremely low amount of mercury are not harmful to your health, eating excessive quantities of fish that contain higher than normal levels of mercury could cause detrimental health conditions. Fortunately, sardines are a type of fish that generally contains minimal amounts of mercury and usually poses no health risk.    

WHAT IS MERCURY?

Mercury is a naturally occurring mineral that is also released into the atmosphere via industrial pollution. Dropping from the air into the ocean and other bodies of water, mercury is converted into methylmercury once it touches the water. Fish cannot help but absorb this substance in to their bodies, where it accumulates and causes problems when human eat fish that have been contaminated. According to the environmental protection agency, if you are regularly eat types of fish that are high in methylmercury, it can accumulate in your blood stream over time. Methylmercury is removed from the body naturally, but it may take over a year for the levels to drop significantly." Symptoms of mercury poisoning.

Symptoms of mercury poisoning resemble symptoms of arsenic poisoning - vision impairment, especially in peripheral vision; a feeling  of "pins and needles" in the extremities and mouth area; uncoordinated movements; speech difficulties and extreme muscle weakness. The National institutes of  health states that organic mercury poisoning is treated by administering chelators, substances that eliminate mercury from the system. Occasionally, chelator medication must be taken for several weeks to several months in order to be effective. How many sardines can be safely eaten.

According to Dr. Tamir Katz, says that pregnant women and children can probably eat two or three servings of sardines each week, and others can probably safety consume three to six servings weekly. Other fish that contain amounts of mercury similar to sardines include salmon , canned Atlantic Mackerel, canned light tuna, flounder , smelt , whitefish and haddock. They also can be eaten in the Same amounts as sardines, with the same limits for pregnant women and children. Large fish that live long lives contain the highest amounts of mercury. They include sharks, king mackerels, tilefish and swordfish.    

When  sardines are eaten in recommended amounts, they provide a variety of health benefits. In addition to omega 3 fatty acids, sardines also provide rich amounts of vitamin B-12 an important vitamin for cardiovascular health. It also reduces levels of homocysteine,  a substance that can harm arterial walls and promote atherosclerosis. Sardines also contain calcium and vitamin D, which are necessary for bone health and the prevention of osteoporosis. Selenium is another beneficial nutrient found in sardines. It contributes antioxidant activity, which may reduce the risk of certain cancers.

The risky of drinking cow's milk

THE DANGERS OF DRINKING COW'S MILK
  Due to the extreme processes that milk goes through and the high amounts of antibiotics, hormones and genetically modified substances that cows are continually exposed to, l believe there are real and and eminent concerns associated with drinking milk from cows. All cows release toxins theory their milk, as milk is a natural exit-portal for substances that the body cannot use.

Ingredients added to cows milk

*  A veritable hormone  Cocktail-   including pituitary, asteroid, hypothalamic and thyroid hormones - "remember most cows are extremely stressed".    * Gastrointestinal peptides- Nerve and epidermal growth factors, and the growth inhibitor MDGI and MAF

*RBGH (Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone): a genetically engineered hormone directly linked to breast, colon and prostrate cancer. This is injected into cows to increase milk production.

*Pus- National average show at least 325 million cell-counts of pus per glass, This is well above the human limit for pus-intake, and has been directly linked to paratuberculosis  bacteria, as well as crohn's disease. The pus comes from infected udders on the cows known as mastitis.

*Blood Cells- The USDA allows up to 1.5 millions White blood cells per milliliter of commonly sold milk. Yea, you are drinking cows  blood in the milk and the USDA allows this

*Antibiotics- Currently, cows are in such a state of disease and mistreatment that they are continually being injected with antibiotic medicines, and rubbed down with chemical-laden ointments to deal with their chronic infections. Currently, regulating committees only test for 4 of the 85 drugs in dairy cows. This means that the other 81 drugs in cow's milk are coming directly into your glasses and bodies. Estimates show that 68% of milk in Nigeria is "contaminated with sulfa drugs or other antibiotics," according to a study by the centre for Science in the public interest and published in the wall street journal on December 29, 1989. A study from the FDA data showed that over half of all milk was laden with traces of pharmaceuticals yet nothing has been done to control this.

How does this affect the cows? Milk cartoon

Not only people are drinking these toxins, but they are also taking in the energetic effects of the life of cows.

Studies show that many cows are affected with incredible painful inflammatory infections such as mastitis. Due to over milking, artificial hormones, bacteria and medications, cow's udders can become chronically inflamed, thus altering the color and taste of the milk.
Over time, this bacterial invasion cause harm to the cow's mammary gland, reeking havoc on the milk being produced. From parasitic worms to cancerous tumors, these diseases are often passed along to the next generations of cows and more often, into the milk we drink.

Often times the conditions in which cows live, as well as the rigorous milking regimes, cause dairy cattle to live in a permanent state of sympathetic stress response, as well as adrenal overload. When our adrenal glands are over worked for long periods of time, there is a overload of cortisol in the blood. When we drink this milk , we are then exposed to the millions of stress response cells in the milk of cows.

Avoid dangers related to cow's milk

Here are some ways to avoid the danger associated with cow's milk.
     Replace cows milk with healthy natural substitutes- rice milk, almond milk , raw goat's milk and hemp milk.

     If you do insist on drinking cows milk, make sure to buy only the non-genetically modified, range fed, organic raw versions. Even better talk to your local organic farmers to make sure the cows are treated kindly.

Sweetener Foods, The Danger Of It

The dangers of food sweeteners we eat e everyday

Food sweetening substances are greater advancement in the field of chemistry. It is used widely in Nigeria for the production of juice, powdered juice, wine, yoghurt, milk, beverages and other food drinks and food substance. It is cheaper and 200 times sweeter than sugar and saccharin, there are several and server side effects that comes along with the consumption of these chemical compounds. Nigerian legislators, like other country legislators do not make any comment on these substances.

Some of the chemical compound food sweetener includes:

NEOTAME-cancer  causing substance

ACESULPHAME-Used in the sweetening of flavours drinks and some other drinks. It can cause cancer  when taken in large dosage or quantity.

ASPARTAME-used in the sweetening of powdered juices, It can cause cancer when taken in large quantity and it prevent the quick healing of wounds even when taken in small quantity.

CYCLAMATES-food sweetener that contains very toxic substance that can cause bladder cancer, its has been bound in the USA.

The last 16: Champions League draw

Arsenal and Manchester city had been handed tough draws in the Champions League against Barcelona and Champions Bayern Munich.

Manchester city who finished second to Bayern in Group D after stunning the Germans with a 3-2 win in the last pool game, fared little better as they have been paired with Spanish giant Barcelona, winner in 2009 and 2011, And will have to stop the world's best player of the year Lionel Messi.

Victors over fellow German side Borussia Dortmund at Wembley in the 2012-13 final, Bayern's bid to retain the trophy continues against table topping Arsenal who were expecting a tough draw after second in Group F.

The last 16 draws.

Arsenal        vs         Bayern Munich

Manchester city       vs         Barcelona

Olympiakos   vs   Manchester United       

Ac Milan     Vs      Atletico Madrid

Bayer Leverkusen      Vs      Paris ST Germain

Galatasaray           vs          Chelsea

Schalke 04            vs          RealMadrid

Zenit             vs           Dortmund

Which to be played February 18, 19, 25, 26 March 11, 12, 18 and 19.

Pope Francis name as person of the Year

Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its person of year. Saying the  Roman Catholic church's new leader has changed the perception of the church in an extraordinary way in a short time.
The pope beat out NSA leaker Edward Snowden for the distinction, which the newsmagazine has been doing each year since 1925. The former Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was selected in march as the first Latin Pope, Since taking over at the Vatican,     Francis has urged the  Catholic church not to be obsessed with "small-minded rules" and to emphasize compassion over condemnation in dealing with touchy topics like abortion, gays and contraception.
     "He really stood out to us as someone who has changed the tone and the perception  and the focus of one of the world's largest institutions in an extraordinary way," said Nancy Gibbs, the magazine's managing editor.
  The Vatican said the honor wasn't surprising given the resonance in the general public that Francis has had since his election, but it nevertheless said the choice was a "positive" recognition of spiritual values in the international media. The Holy father is not looking to become famous or to receive honors," said the Vatican  spokesman , the Rev.Federico Lombardi. "But if the choice of person of year helps spread the message of the Gospel, a message of God's love for everyone he will certainly be happy about that.

Tutu's home robbed

Police in south African said retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's home was robbed while he was away to attend a memorial honoring Nelson Mandela. A statement  Wednesday from the South African police service said the robbery of Tutu's home in Cape Town happened between 7pm and 9pm on Tuesday. That was the day the Noble peace prize laureate and foe of apartheid spoke at the memorial service at the soccer stadium in Soweto township of Johannesburg. The statement said: At this stage, we can not give further details, as the investigation into the matter is still ongoing. No arrest had been made yet. "The 82 year old  Tutu had his home robbed in  August as he and his wife slept inside.
     Both were unhurt , Burglaries and home invasion frequently occur in South Africa.

Body goes to Eastern Cape on Saturday

On Saturday, events will shift south. A military aircraft will take Mandela's remains from a Pretoria airbase to mthatha, the main town in the province of Eastern cape. Thousands of mourners are expected to line the streets from mthatha airport to watch as the military transports Mandela's casket on a gun carriage to the remote village of Qunu, where the former leader spent his childhood years. Mandela's death in Thursday at the age of 95 has brought an outpouring of grief and mourning in the country he led as president from 1994 to1999, as well as celebration and Thanksgiving for his life and achievements.

Cuban-American, Republicans lawmakers hit Obama over castro handshake

United states Republicans have expressed anger over President Barack Obama's handshake with Cuban leader Raul Castro with one senior lawmaker likening the act to appeasement of the Nazis.  The gesture between Obama and the brother who took over the duties of longtime Cuban dictator Fidel Castro occurred in south Africa at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela, and seen by millions Around the world on live television. A white house official said it was not "pre-planned," but that did not stop Republicans from assailing Obama for greeting an iron-fisted ruler. "It gives Raul some propaganda, to continue to prop up his dictatorial, brutal regime, that's all," said senator john McCain, who lost against Obama in his 2008 bid for the White House. McCain said it was a mistake to "shake hands with somebody who is keeping American in prison." Jailed U.S contracter Alan Gross this month marked four years in prison in Cuba, after his arrest and conviction there for distributing communications equipment to Jewish groups. "What's the point?" McCain said when asked by AFP if Obama should have made the gesture. "Neville Chamberlain shook hands with Hitler," he said. Senator Macro Rubio, whose parents left Cuba three years before Fidel Castro took power, offered a more measured reaction. Obama "should have asked him about those basic freedoms Mandela was associated with that are denied in Cuba," Rubio told ABC news. Republican Senate James Inhofe said the hand-shake was "not appropriate." Cuban-American  lawmakers also voiced disappointment Obama shaking the hand of Castro, calling it a "propaganda coup" for the Cuban government. It is nauseating, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., who fled Cuba with her family when she was a child, told Fox News. Speaking later at a hearing with secretary of state John Kerry, the Congress women held up photos of the handshake and said political dissidents would be "disheartened" by them. "Sometimes a handshake is just a handshake, but when the leader of the free world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like Raul Castro, it become a propaganda coup for the tyrant," she said. 
Sen. Macro Rubio, R-Fla., also released a statement saying: "if the president was going to shake his hand, he should have asked him about those basic freedoms Mandela was associated with that are denied in Cuba. Ted Cruz, the only senator in the Congressional delegation to Mandela's memorial, walked out of the service in south Africa when Castro spoke. " just as Mandela was released after 27 years in prison, Castro should finally release his political prisoners; he should hold free elections, and once and for all set the Cuban people free," the Texas senator's spokesman Sean Rushton said late Tuesday. Washington maintains a 52-year embargo against the communist island nation, but ties have thawed somewhat as Obama pledged to reach out to US enemies including Havana.

Facebook has started monetising instagram with ads

Since over a year when Facebook acquired instagram for $1billion, mark zuckerberg and Co might rot have been reaping fully of their billion-dollar investment. Today, ads have started displaying on Instagram but not without a little "sponsored" not by the side, user can choose not see or disable the ads by clicking a "......" Sign near the posters. Facebook is expected to invest in $340 million from Instagram's new ad system by the end of next year.

Gionee Elife E7 announced with 3GB of RAM, Japanese display touchscreen

Gionee has realise the latest member of their flagship Elife line.The Gionee Elife E7. The  elife e7 breaks cover as the first mobile phone to use a Japan display screen. The touchscreen display on the Elife E7 measures 5.5 inches at 1920×1080 pixels resolution. The Elife E7 features a 16-megapixel largan m8 camera with 1.34um size. In the front site an 8mp camera that can deliver high resolution pictures. The 3G only Gionee Elife E7 is powered by a 2.2GHz quad-core krait 400 CPU and Snapdragon 400 chipset. The 4G LTE variant packs a 2.5GHz krait 400 CPU and snapdragon 800 chipset  too. Memory, you can have a 16GB model with 2GB OF RAM, or the 32GB variant which houses 3GB of RAM. The device is fed by a 2500mAH battery that is non user removable. Gionee Elife E7 runs on AmiGo 2.0 OS, an Andriod-based operating system the engineers over there took out time to develop. The AmiGo 2.0 can still run Android games and apps like most Android phones do, but Gionee said it has added some application which will enhance performance and experience with any phone running the OS. Gionee Elife E7 will hit  the  shelves on 5th December in black, white ,blue ,yellow ,pink ,green and Orange, you can have the 16GB model with 2GB of RAM for $443 or the 32GB with 3GB of RAM for $525, the device will be available on 5th December. If you don't live in China it might have to wait till first quarter of next year for the device to hit international market, or you can make an order from online retailers.

Google's LG Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 is now available in HongKong and India

Google's LG Nexus 5 and Asus Nexus 7 (2013) have become available to Indian and hongkong customers for purchase via Google play store. If you live in india, the 16GB Nexus will set you back Rs28999 while the 32GB version goes for Rs32999. The 2013 nexus 7 cost Rs 20999 and respectively. If you need LTE , you will have to pay Rs27999 for a 32GB variant with LTE convectivity. In Hong Kong , the Nexus 5 16GB cost HK$3198 while the 32GB cost HK$3588, you can order the 16GB version of the Asus Nexus 7 for HK$2398.

Tecno phantom A3 launched with 6.0 " touchscreen

Tecno on Monday held a launching ceremony for their new flagship device, the Tecno phantom AIII (phantom A3) unfortunately mobilecashzone.blogspot.com wasn't at the event even  though Tecno said on it's Facebook page that gentleman of the press were there to cover the launching. 'James; bloggers may have now became "gentleman of the press " as I haven't seen any information about the launch in any of the websites/blogs as of Tuesday morning. Back to the phone , I managed to give some information on the specifications of the Tecno phantom A3, the phantom A3 has a 6.0 inches display with 720×1280 pixels resolution. Other features coming with the A3 include a quad-core 1.5 GHz media Tek MT6589 processor 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage (about 13.5GB available for user). The phantom A3 strikes a 13 megapixel rear and 5 megapixel front-facing camera likes it's predecessor. It can record videoz  up to 1080p at 60 frames per second, Tecno seemed to have ditched their "F" series naming the phantom A was also known as F7, the phantom AII as F8 while AIII was supposed to be named Tecno F9.