Monday, June 20, 2011

Fact About Nutrition

You often hear the benefits of antioxidants? That said, he's fighting forces of free radicals, molecules trigger cell damage and premature aging. However, some experts claim is still denied benefits due to antioxidant properties of research results are still weak. Although antioxidant supplements are so rampant is promoted, Dr Inge Permadhi MS SpGK advise people to choose natural food ingredients only.


Nutritional supplements can bring about toxic effects. Because, so consumed, the body has no mechanism to reject it even if the substance or vitamin that reserves are sufficient. Conversely, from natural sources, namely fruits and vegetables, excess supply will automatically be discarded by the body.

Anemia can occur due to iron deficiency. It could also be due to folic acid or calcium reserves in the body is minus. To avoid the negative impact of these deficiencies during pregnancy, the consumption of an extra 200 micrograms of folic acid and 250 grams of extra calcium in the form of natural foods and supplements.

Each day beyond the period of pregnancy the body forward intake of 400 micrograms of folic acid. Folic acid is one of those B vitamins are in green leafy vegetables and nuts and citrus fruits. He plays a role in DNA synthesis.

When not pregnant, the body needs 1,000 mg of calcium per day. Milk and its derivatives as well as fish food is the best source of calcium. Suppose that body reserves are not sufficient when a woman was pregnant, the fetus will absorb calcium from the bones to his mother's bones kalisfikasi process. This can lead to bone loss in the mother.

The body requires 55 percent of carbohydrates in food. Composition of fat protein and just 30 percent as much as 15 percent.

Humans need fiber by 25 to 30 grams per day. Make sure there are fruits and vegetables in your daily diet. Choose fruit slices as well as to maintain dental health. Chewing process is useful to avoid loss of the teeth. If you get bored with the fruit in its original form, choose one that is already blended than in the form of juice. "That way, we still get fiber from fruits," says Inge.

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Friday, May 20, 2011

Chris Hondros remembered by hundreds at memorial service

BROOKLYN - Chris Hondros, the renowned American war photojournalist who captured images of conflicts from Iraq and Afghanistan to Liberia and Libya, was honored in a Brooklyn memorial service today. Hondros and "Restrepo" director Tim Hetherington were killed in Libya last week. The two were hit by a rocket-propelled grenade on April 20 during intense fighting between rebels and government forces in Misrata, Libya.

An Ukrainian doctor was also killed during the fighting, and two other photojournalists were injured, but survived.

The service took place at the Sacred Hearts & St. Stephens Church in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn amidst hundreds of family, friends, and colleagues, bouquets of blue, yellow, and purple spring flowers, and the music of Bach, Beethoven, and Mahler. Hondros was remembered not only for his powerful war images, but as a humanitarian who was committed to telling the stories of the silenced, the living and the dead alike.
Father Anthony J. Sansone, who presided over the service, called Hondros a "prophetic witness," who was able to maintain the strength and courage necessary to do his work, because of the "heart of his conscience."

"(Hondros) never ran away from reality," said Father Sansone. "He was present there all the time."

Hondros was on assignment for Getty Images in Misrata when he was struck by the mortar, along with Hetherington, who died from his injuries moments after arriving at a Misrata hospital. Hondros was revived twice but died hours later due to a severe head injury. Shortly before his death, Hondros filed a number of photographs of the intense battle.

Due to be married to Christina Piaia, just months from now in the same church where his memorial was held today, attendees wept as Piaia spoke of her love for her fiancee.

"Oh, how I wish this were our wedding day," she said.

Best known for his photograph of a Liberian militiaman jumping into the air in exaltation after firing an RPG, and his shot of a young Iraqi girl crying alone, covered in her parents' blood after U.S. soldiers fired on her family's car when it didn't stop at a checkpoint. Hondros was often lauded for capturing both the thrill and the horror of war.

He was also regarded as a generous humanitarian who never forgot the people he photographed. Two years after capturing the photo of the Liberian commander, Hondros returned to the country to track him down, finding 28-year-old Joseph Duo lost without a purpose in peacetime. Hondros revisited the bridge with Duo and paid for his tuition at a computer school.

In an essay for The Digital Journalist, Hondros later wrote "Maybe the scars of a lifetime of horror and bloodshed are too deep to heal. But maybe not. And in any case, the future of Joseph Duo is, for the first time ever, in his own hands."

A funeral for Hondros will be held Saturday in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

In lieu of flowers, the loved ones of Chris Hondros have requested donations be made to The Chris Hondros Fund, which will provide scholarships for aspiring photojournalists and raise awareness of issues surrounding conflict photography.

The Chris Hondros Fund

c/o Christina Piaia, Getty Images

75 Varick St., 5th Floor

New York, NY 10013

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Osama Bin Laden Dead

WASHINGTON, KOMPAS.com - President of the United States (U.S.), Barack Obama on Sunday (05/01/2011) U.S. time, will announce that the Al Qaeda terrorist network leader Osama bin Laden, is dead, almost 10 years after the September 11 attacks, said a senior U.S. official told AFP.

The official, who requested anonymity, said that Bin Laden was dead, but gave no details about how the death occurred. However, according to CNN reports, Osama killed in a U.S. military raid on a house on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday evening local time.

Still according to U.S. officials, the announcement that Obama will be delivered via broadcast television on Sunday night U.S. time (Monday morning GMT).

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