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21 Sept 2013
How Red Wine Helps The Heart, By Scientists
In recent years, red wine has received some
pretty good press. When we think of a healthy
form of alcohol, red wine tends to be the top
choice.
But why – and does it deserve all the attention?
Scientists agree that there is something in red
wine that, when drunk in moderation, can help
to protect the heart, reduce ‘bad’ cholesterol
and prevent blood clots.
But there is little agreement of what is causing
those beneficial effects.
Recently, Uruguayan chemists went to such
great lengths to discover the secret of their
healthy home-grown red wine that they
sequenced the genome of the Tannat grape
from which it is made.
That was prompted by the discovery that those
wines contained high levels of procyanidins – a
class of flavanols found in plants, fruit and cocoa
beans.
Roger Corder, professor of experimental
therapeutics at Queen Mary University of
London and author of The Red Wine Diet, made
the discovery and confirms that the Tannat
wines contain three to four times more
procyanidins than Cabernet Sauvignon.
He says they – alongside the high concentration
of tannins, which combat the ageing of cells –
are likely to be behind its health-giving
properties.
Other scientists are excited about a compound
found in the skin of red grapes called
resveratrol.
For many years, it has been hailed as a kind of
wonder drug – an anti-ageing compound, which
could extend life, combat obesity and cure
cancer.
But, so far, studies on resveratrol have taken
place in the lab – as yet there is no evidence that
it can be effective in humans.
Cancer connection
Dr Emma Smith, science communications officer
at Cancer Research UK, says it is a mistake to
drink red wine and believe it is doing good.
Not all red wines are made the same way
“Red wine only contains very small amounts of
resveratrol and people shouldn’t drink wine in
an attempt to get any health benefits.
“It’s important to remember that, even in
moderate amounts, alcohol increases the risk of
several cancers and has been estimated to
cause around 12,500 cases of cancer a year in
the UK.”
Researchers at the University of Leicester are,
however, looking at whether resveratrol, on its
own and not in red wine, could one day be
developed into a cancer-preventing drug.
Experimenting on mice in the lab, they have
found that a daily amount of resveratrol
equivalent to two glasses of wine can halve the
rate of bowel tumours.
They now want to take their findings further and
find out how the compound might work in
humans by carrying out clinical trials.
Prof Karen Brown, from the department of
cancer studies and molecular medicine at
Leicester, says her research must not be
misconstrued.
“We’re not saying red wine can prevent cancer –
we are looking at the pure compound.
“Alcohol is not good for cancer – but it just so
happens that red wine contains resveratrol.”
Good pips
Even in red wine, Prof Roger Corder says there is
little evidence that resveratrol is an important
ingredient.
“It’s a myth that resveratrol has anything to do
with the health benefits of red wine.
“Most red wines contain only negligible amounts
of resveratrol and those that do contain some
have too little to have any effects.”
Instead he says it’s the pips, and not the grape
skin, which are key.
When the grapes are fermented for several
weeks or more, that is when flavanols can be
released from the pips and these evolve into
more complex molecules.
But the bad news is that doesn’t always happen
with all wines, he says.
“Most modern style wines don’t take that
approach to wine-making.”
What people should focus on, he says, is
drinking wine in a healthy way.
“It’s very hard to say wine is a healthy drink
when people consume too much alcohol, at the
wrong time of day and without food.”
The best way to drink wine is in moderation with
food, Prof Corder says.
Taken in this way, wine is more likely to have a
beneficial effect on our health – not an adverse
one.
Sterling Bank MD, Adeola Exposed in Sex Scandal
The Managing Director of Sterling
Bank, Mr Rasak Adeola has recently
been engulfed in a sex scandal.
According to reliable sources he was
caught red handed by his beautiful
wife with one of his bank staff.
The story is best described like a
commando or FBI operation when the
angry woman left their Ikoyi resident to
track down the alleged randy banker at
a hotel in Ikoyi.
The hotel is said to be the love nest of
the lover man. Having tracked him, it
was reported the wife went berserk on
sighting her husband and the alleged
mistress, she went loose, tearing his
shirt and screaming over her voice.
Findings reveal that the otherwise quiet
woman got frustrated and tired of her
husband’s randy ways, we learnt that
Alhaji Adeola lovenest is the IKOYI Boat
club and the prestigious Protea Hotel
which he has turned into a second
home.
It was discovered that ever since the
matter took place Alhaji Adeola has
gone low key or changed direction as
he rarely goes to the boatclub or Protea
and the Sterling Bank staffer who was
caught with him has since been relieved
of her job and our findings reveal she is
right now in South Africa,it is not clear
whether she was sacked or simply took
a break for the matter to die a natural
death.
20 Sept 2013
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The true story -- Girl cuts friends face with razor blade for snatching her Sugar daddy; stripped naked by angry mob
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After confronting her friend for taking her man, the other girl went on boasting on how better she treated the man and how good on bed she was, resulting in the man giving her more stuffs and preferring her to her friend. they went into heated argument calling each other names
Knowing the cause of their quarrel, the aggrieved crowd as have become the custom of dealing with offending ladies, stripped off the lady for cutting her friend with some beating her till some interventions came in to stop them from doing worse. Who knows what extent they could have gone
19 Sept 2013
Samsung Confirms BBM™ on Galaxy Smartphones
Samsung today confirmed that when BBM™, the
mobile social network, launches for Android
smartphones on the 21st September 2013, it
will be available as a free download for Samsung
Galaxy smartphones across Africa from the
Google Play store.
“We are pleased to officially announce that BBM
will be available for Samsung Galaxy
smartphones across Africa,” said
EmmanouilRevmatas, Director of Hand Held
Products, Samsung Electronics West Africa. “We
are focused on driving consumer experiences
based on customisation to suit every lifestyle. By
offering an additional messaging service through
our Samsung Messaging Hub, it has never been
easier to stay connected. This is another way
that we are providing our customers with a
more integrated lifestyle experience and a
powerful new way of communicating and
sharing. It’s really about giving the African
market what they want – and what they want is
choice.”
Samsung users will join a vibrant community of
60 million BlackBerry® smartphones customers
who rely on BBM to stay in touch with friends,
family and colleagues every day. Samsung
GALAXY smartphone users will have access to an
extensive range of BBM features, including BBM
chats and multi-person chats with BBM Groups,
as well as the ability to share photos and voice
notes. BBM will form part of Samsung’s
Messaging Hub as a complementary addition to
the current slate of propriety and third party
messaging services that Samsung customers
enjoy.
"We are excited to welcome Samsung
customers in Africa to the global BBM
community,” said Andrew Bocking, Executive
Vice President for BBM at BlackBerry. “Samsung
customers will enjoy the conversational
immediacy that BBM offers with the distinctive
‘R’ that lets you know your message has been
read. They'll also be pleased with the control
BBM gives them over their contact lists and how
they share their information. Every BBM
customer gets a unique PIN, so you don’t have
to give out your phone number or email address
to a new or casual contact."
BBM for Android can be downloaded for free
from the Google Play Store on 21st September
2013 and is compatible with GALAXY
smartphone devices that run Android 4.0 (Ice-
Cream Sandwich) and above. Data charges may
apply, as determined by local operators and
service providers.
To download BBM or more information, please
visit www.BBM.com
For customer service or technical assistance
http://www.bbm.com/support/android
10 Surprising Health Benefits Of Beer - Health
1. Stronger Bones
Beer contains high levels of silicon, which
is linked to bone health. In a 2009 study
at Tufts University and other centers,
older men and women who swigged one
or two drinks daily had higher bone
density, with the greatest benefits found
in those who favored beer or wine.
However, downing more than two drinks
was linked to increased risk for fractures.
For the best bone-building benefits, reach
for pale ale, since a 2010 study of 100
types of beer from around the word
identified these brews as richest in silicon,
while light lagers and non-alcoholic beers
contained the least.
2. A Stronger Heart
A 2011 analysis of 16 earlier studies
involving more than 200,000 people,
conducted by researchers at Italy’s
Fondazion di Ricerca e Cura, found a 31
percent reduced risk of heart disease in
those who quaffed about a pint of beer
daily, while risk surged in those who
guzzled higher amounts of alcohol,
whether beer, wine, or spirits.
More than 100 studies also show that
moderate drinking trims risk of heart
attacks and dying from cardiovascular
disease by 25 to 40 percent, Harvard
reports. A beer or two a day can help
raise levels of HDL, the “good” cholesterol
that helps keep arteries from getting
clogged.
3. Healthier Kidneys
A study in Finland singled out beer among
other alcoholic drinks, finding that each
bottle of beer men drank daily lowered
their risk of developing kidney stones by
40 percent. One theory is that beer’s high
water content helped keep kidneys
working, since dehydration increases
kidney stone risk.
It’s also possible that the hops in beer
help curb leeching of calcium from bones;
that “lost” calcium also could end up in
the kidneys as stones.
4. Boosting Brain Health
A beer a day may help keep Alzheimer’s
disease and other dementia at bay,
researchers say.
A 2005 study tracking the health of
11,000 older women showed that
moderate drinkers (those who consumed
about one drink a day) lowered their risk
of mental decline by as much as 20
percent, compared to non-drinkers. In
addition, older women who downed a
drink a day scored as about 18 months
“younger,” on average, on tests of mental
skills than the non-drinkers.
5. Reduced Cancer Risk
A Portuguese study found that marinating
steak in beer eliminates almost 70 percent
of the carcinogens, called heterocyclic
amines (HCAs) produced when the meat
is pan-fried. Researchers theorize that
beer’s sugars help block HCAs from
forming.
Scientists also have found that beer and
wine contain about the same levels of
antioxidants, but the antioxidants are
different because the flavonoids found in
hops and grapes are different.
6. Boosting Vitamin Levels
A Dutch study, performed at the TNO
Nutrition and Food Research Institute,
found that beer-drinking participants had
30 percent higher levels of vitamin B6
levels in their blood than their non-
drinking counterparts, and twice as much
as wine drinkers. Beer also contains
vitamin B12 and folic acid.
7. Guarding Against Stroke
Researchers at the Harvard School of
Public Health found that moderate
amounts of alcohol, including beer, help
prevent blood clots that block blood flow
to the heart, neck and brain—the clots
that cause ischemic stroke, the most
common type.
8. Reduced Risk for Diabetes
Drink up: A 2011 Harvard study of about
38,000 middle-aged men found that
when those who only drank occasionally
raised their alcohol intake to one to two
beers or other drinks daily, their risk of
developing type 2 diabetes dropped by 25
percent. The researchers found no benefit
to quaffing more than two drinks. The
researchers found that alcohol increases
insulin sensitivity, thus helping protect
against diabetes.
9. Lower Blood Pressure
Wine is fine for your heart, but beer may
be even better: A Harvard study of 70,000
women ages 25 to 40 found that
moderate beer drinkers were less likely to
develop high blood pressure—a major
risk factor for heart attack—than women
who sipped wine or spirits.
10. Longer Life
In a 2005 review of 50 studies, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
reported that moderate drinkers live
longer. The USDA also estimates that
moderate drinking prevents about 26,000
deaths a year, due to lower rates of heart
disease, stroke, and diabetes.
These benefits appear to apply in other
countries as well, with an earlier study
reporting that, “if European beer drinkers
stopped imbibing, there would be a
decrease in life expectancy of two years—
and much unhappiness.”
LINDA IKEJI TURNS 33 - HAPI BIRTHDAY LINDA.
LINDA : Yay, it's my birthday today...and I feel so
blessed! It's been an incredible journey for me
and I love where my life's journey has brought
me. I have a great family, great friends, a job I
love, LIBers who have my back, money in the
bank and a future so bright, I gotta wear
shades. Haha. What more can a girl ask for? OK,
a husband, but that will come in God's
time...lol.
So I'm having a birthday party on the 27th and
28th of Sept in London and Manchester
respectively, hosted by Cokobar. They hosted
my birthday party last year - check on it HERE .
Hope UK LIBers will come out and party with
me next weekend. So looking forward to it!
Hmmm...imagine if only 10% of my readers
wished me a happy birthday...the number of
comments would be insane and so cool. Haha!
Love you guys...thanks for everything! *hugz*
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU LINDA.......
CHECK OUT RIHANNA WITHOUT MAKE-UP PHOTO - - - what do you think?
Riri uploaded this photo to instagram, with the
caption: "What now?"
Recently her bestie Katy Perry Said:
"I think Rihanna always looks so fresh and I'm
like, 'How do you do that? We all know how
much pot you smoke!'" the 28-year-old "Roar"
singer recently told ELLE Canada. "And you don't
sleep because you're on Instagram at four
o'clock in the morning."
I Was One of The Reasons Why US Barred Nigeria from Visa lottery – Kemi Olunloyo
Nigerians bombarded me with
questions today on why the visa
lottery ended. Did I not tell you that
I was one of the reason it was gonna
END?
Why does America need Nigerians? Our
people have killed their wives. 17 Green
Card lottery winners were in the
bloodbath of wife killing across the
years in the USA, Nigerian youth are
continuously scamming Americans, our
people hate gays and lesbians and we
even have one terrorist over there
serving a life sentence.
So when I wrote the State department
in 2012 and posted the letter on
Facebook you were all cussing me out
that I am discouraging opportunities for
others. Come on, you guys ruined this
country for people like me that lived 30
years in America and came home to
violence in 2006 forcing me to flee back
thru Canada. The Canadians aren’t
wanted either. So now, Nigeria and
some other countries will no longer be
eligible to participate in the America
Diversity Visa lottery program. I am very
happy because it will give Nigerians the
opportunity to build their own country.
Information from the United States
Department of State sighted on Sunday
said Nigerians and citizens from few
other countries were not eligible for
DV-2015
The department said Nigeria was
excluded since over 50,000 Nigerians
had immigrated into the United States
in the last five years.
The department listed other countries
not eligible as Bangladesh, Brazil,
Canada, China (mainland-born),
Colombia, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, El Salvador and Haiti.
Others are India, Jamaica, Mexico,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines,
South Korea, United Kingdom (except
Northern Ireland) and its dependent
territories, and Vietnam
However, many African countries would
continue to enjoy the lotto.
Ha! Ha! Stay home and fix your
country.
18 Sept 2013
Denrele Edun disses Sound City awkwardly
Denrele Edun came to limelight when he started working working with Sound City displaying those weird hairstyles that got him the fame he walks on now. It is safe to say he was Sound City as there were no VJ Adams or Moet Abebe and Pearl as at then.
Well he had issues with them and moved on to Channel O and now he thinks he's been even more successful and better than the SC days. He posted the above pic and took time to break down the difference. Check them out below:
Left: Soundcity heydays. Right: ChannelO divinity.
Left: Harassed look. Right: I-gat-dis-on-check!
Left: Chaotic Hair. Right: Tangled Fabulousness!
Left: Recycled Jacket. Right: Sparkly Bling of Life!
Left: Naira Power. Right: Dollar Speaking! #Trouble #instagram
DJ Switch Wins Glo X Factor [PHOTO
P-Square Having Fun In Their N130 Million Luxurious Limo Truck (PHOTOS)
Music star, P-Square just ended their US/Canada Tour and as a way of celebrating had a blast with friends in their N130 Million Luxurious Limo Truck.
The duo are headed next to the East African country of Ethiopia and also announced that their world tour will take them to the Caribbean, Europe and Asia and will climax with Dubai on the 26th of December.
These two know how to party hard and make their fans ask for more with Peter going wild during their concert in Canada by letting his female fans touch his ‘Manhood’ while performing on stage.
