Wednesday, July 25, 2012

The Food - Enriched breads Folic Acid Help Prevent Fetal Defects


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The Food - Folic acid is a substance that is essential in the process of pregnancy. Adequate intake of folic acid to ensure optimal fetal development and birth of a baby is perfect. The scientists also agree that the bread can be enriched with folic acid to prevent spina bifida.

Spina bifida is the most common conditions of a group of disorders known as neural tube defects (neural tube defects / NTD). Neural tube is part of the fetus that would develop into the brain and spinal cord.

Damage occurs when the neural tube fails to close properly during the early weeks of pregnancy. Some symptoms include physical disabilities, developmental delays, and impaired bowel and bladder control.

According to the Daily Mail, this condition is 5.000 attacked children in the UK each year. However, in Chile, the birth of a child with symptoms of neural tube defects is reduced by half after the local health minister requiring folic acid added to flour.

"To help prevent birth defects, we recommend that pregnant women who want to mengasup daily folic acid supplement of 400 mg," said a spokesman for the UK health departments.

As a country that makes the bread as a staple food, of the United Kingdom and Chile could benefit from the bread fortified with folic acid or vitamin B9. When in Indonesia, maybe rice or rice fortified with folic acid?

The Food - World's Most Expensive Bottle of Tequila Worth USD 33 M


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The Food - After that came a giant lollipop in San Francisco, now present sebuh world's most expensive tequila bottle. This tequila bottle sold for 3.5 million or approximately USD 33 M, a fantastic price for a bottle teqila. 1.3 liter bottle of tequila was nicknamed "The Sterling Diamond".

According to Cultur Map, created by a bottle of Tequila Ley 925, is the most expensive bottle ever placed in the sale. The bottle contains 100% agave tequila distilled for 7 years by Hacienda La Capilla, but not the content that gets expensive, but the outside of the bottle.

Mexican artist, Fernando Altamirano, creating a bottle design that consists of 4,000 diamonds totaling 328 carats. Pounds of diamonds arranged in a bottle is made ​​of platinum. Actually, for now "The Sterling Diamond" has not officially received the title of world's most expensive tequila bottle.

The title also held by Altamirano, a bottle made ​​of platinum and white gold, sold for $ 225,000, or about $ 2 M in 2006. Before the auction, now "The Sterling Diamond" is being taken on tour.