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        What goodness is in a banana? Other than being plentiful in vitamin B6, bananas are a decent wellspring of L-ascorbic acid, dietary fiber and manganese. W cap do these mean for your wellbeing? The Dietetics Division at Tiong Bahru People group Wellbeing Center makes sense of.   BANANAS are plentiful in nutrients and fiber, but on the other hand are sans fat and without cholesterol. At any point considered what goodness is in a banana? Other than being plentiful in vitamin B6, bananas are a decent wellspring of L-ascorbic acid, dietary fiber and manganese. Bananas are likewise without fat, sans cholesterol and for all intents and purposes without sodium. So how might these affect your wellbeing? Ms Peggy Tan, Dietitian, Tion g Bahru C ommunity Wellbeing Center, an individual from the SingHealth bunch, makes sense of why bananas are great for yourself and when you ought to eat them. Medical advantages of bananas   1. Bananas are one of th...

Fasting has been practiced for centuries as a way to cleanse the body and achieve spiritual enlightenment. However, in recent years, fasting has gained popularity for its potential health benefits beyond just spiritual purposes. In this article, we will explore the science behind fasting and specifically focus on intermittent fasting, a popular fasting method. Intermittent fasting involves alternating periods of eating and fasting, and it has been shown to have transformative effects on health. The Science Behind Fasting To understand the science behind fasting, we need to delve into how our bodies respond to periods of food restriction. When we fast, our bodies go into a state of ketosis, where they start burning stored fat for energy instead of glucose from food. This metabolic switch not only helps with weight loss but also has numerous other health benefits. During fasting, our bodies produce ketones, which are molecules that act as an alternative fuel source for our ...

Feeling groggy and unfocused after a night of tossing and turning is a common experience for many people. In fact, a survey conducted by US News & World Report found that over 20% of American adults "rarely or never" wake up feeling well-rested.  Additionally, almost half of the respondents reported experiencing insomnia in 2023.  If you're among those struggling with sleep deprivation and its effects on cognitive performance, there's good news: a recent study suggests that just 20 minutes of moderate exercise can significantly improve your brain function, regardless of your sleep status. The Study: Examining the Impact of Exercise on Cognitive Performance The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Portsmouth in the UK, aimed to explore how exercise affects cognitive performance after both partial and total sleep deprivation. It involved two experiments, each with 12 participants, and the results were published in the journal Physiology a...

Considered an unflinching American loyalist to some and a war hawk to other people, Henry Kissinger left a permanent and polarizing engrave across many pieces of the globe. In any case, the previous U.S. Secretary of State, who kicked the bucket on Wednesday at 100 years old, is affectionately recollected in China — scene of ostensibly his most seismic strategic achievement and where fresh insight about his passing has earned warm recognitions. China's state telecaster CCTV named Kissinger — referred to locally as a "twofold centenarian" for the two his age and the way that he'd visited the Center Realm multiple times — a "unbelievable representative," featuring his vital job in laying out attaches with Socialist China in the intensity of the Virus War. Xie Feng, China's minister to the U.S, posted on X that Kissinger's passing was "a huge misfortune for both our nations and the world" and that "he will constantly stay aliv...

LONDON (AP) — Shane MacGowan, the boozy, riffraff animating vocalist and boss lyricist of The Pogues, who implanted customary Irish music with the energy and soul of troublemaker, kicked the bucket Thursday, his family said. He was 65. MacGowan's songwriting and persona made him a notorious figure in contemporary Irish culture, and a portion of his pieces have become works of art — most outstandingly the clashing Christmas number "Fantasy of New York," which Irish President Michael D. Higgins said "will be paid attention to each Christmas for the following hundred years or more." "It is with the most profound distress and heaviest of hearts that we report the death of our most lovely, sweetheart and beyond all doubt dearest Shane MacGowan," his significant other Victoria Clarke, his sister Siobhan and father Maurice said in an explanation. The vocalist passed on calmly with his family close by, the assertion added. The artist had been hospi...

 "حيونة الانسان" للكاتب ممدوح عدوان، من اكثر الكتب التي أثرت فيَّ في هذا الفترة والتي وجهّت تفكيري. الى امور و حقائق ام اكن منتبهاً لها، فتحت بصيرتي الى العبودية التي نعيش فيها و تعايشنا فيها بعمقٍ مخيف الى أن اصبح امراً مسلماً به و من البديهيات! يظهر الكاتب مظاهر العبودية من أقرب اشكالها إلينا و هي التي تبدأ من العائلة الى المقربون ثم المجتمع وصولاً الى سلطة الدولة المطلقة علينا، و كيف أن الخوف من القامع قد يغير سلوك الإنسان جذرياً الى ان يصبح لاإنسان! و حتى الإستفادة من القامع قد تجعلنا نتغاضى عن سلوكياتنا الغريبة كإنسانٍ حُر. الخوف، المنفعة، الطمع، والعنف، سلوكيات باتت بديهية في مجتمعنا المعاصر و قد نرى منها عشرات الأمثلة الحية خلال يومنا، إنها طريق البشرية الى مصيرها المآسوي الوحشي! تحول الانسان الى وحشٌ ضاري... يناقش الكاتب أيضاً كيف يحول العنف المُمارس من قِبَل السلطة الانسان الى شخصٍ آلي، إنسان بلا شعور بلا انسانية. عندما تتقدم في قراءة الكتاب تبدأ الانوار بالإضاءة من حولك و تبدأ بملاحظة مظاهر العبودية و التسلط و العنف من حولك و اول شي سوف تراه هو وقوعك أنت...