Health
Olives
Olives
18 July, 2013
lives are too bitter to be eaten right off of the tree and must be cured to reduce their intrinsic bitterness. It has a good taste and is very good for our health.
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Water is not just a thirst quencher!
Water is not just a thirst quencher!
27 June, 2013

Water is fundamental to life, including the human body. In fact, the average adult is about 70% water, and so is our planet. Drinking water helps maintain the balance of body fluids. The functions of these bodily fluids include digestion, absorption, circulation, creation of saliva, transportation of nutrients, and maintenance of body temperature.

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Honey, please bring me some honey!
Honey, please bring me some honey!
20 June, 2013
Honey has a long history of human consumption, and is used in various foods as a sweetener and for flavouring. Honey gets its sweetness from the monosaccharide (simplest form of sugar that are usually colourless, water-soluble, crystalline solids) fructose and glucose, and has the same relative sweetness as the granulated sugar. Honey contains flavanoids (group of oxygen containing aromatic antioxidant compounds that includes many common pigments) and antioxidants (molecule that inhibits the oxidation of other molecules), which help reduce the risk of certain forms of cancer and heart disease.
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TEA – why so popular?
TEA – why so popular?
13 June, 2013
As a medicinal drink, tea must have originated in China in the 16th century. Later, Great Brittan had embraced it who introduced tea to India to compete with the Chinese monopoly on tea. Thanks to its positive health benefits, tea became more and more popular. It is a proven fact that green tea can resist the risk of cardiovascular disease, certain forms of cancer, promote oral health, reduce blood pressure, help with weight control, improve antibacterial and antivirus activity and increase bone mineral density. It may also reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes.
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Start summer with colorful citruses
Start summer with colorful citruses
09 May, 2013

Citruses support health immune system and reduce cancer risk, reduce anemia, prevent osteoporosis, and asthma. Orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime and tangerine – all of them might be broken up into two categories: bitter or sweet. So, when buying them, you have to be careful to please your pallet. In the 9th century citruses were introduced into Europe, and after that it spread all over the world. Today, citrus fruit is one of the most consumed kinds of a fruit on the planet.

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‘A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg’
‘A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg’
02 May, 2013
The most common egg is the hen’s egg, though duck, goose and other fowl eggs are available for consumption in some areas too. The color of the yolk depends on the hen’s diet. Wheat-fed hens will have darker yolks than hens fed by other grasses.
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Obesity and Diabetes
Obesity and Diabetes
02 May, 2013
Obesity is an ongoing worldwide issue that every nation is subjected to. According to the World Health Organization, it has doubled in its prevalence since 1980. With the United States leading the list of the countries with the highest obesity rates, one may wonder where Georgia stands. But just because we slather our Churchxela(s) in sweet syrup, doesn’t mean we should sugarcoat the truth.
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Nothing fishy in fishy dietary!
Nothing fishy in fishy dietary!
25 April, 2013
Researchers worldwide have discovered that eating fish regularly – one or two servings weekly – may reduce the risk of diseases accompanying us from the very childhood of ours. Fish is low in fat and it is a great source of omega-3 (an unsaturated fatty acid that occurs naturally in fish oil and is valuable in reducing blood-cholesterol levels). It can contribute to the health of brain tissue and the retina (the light sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye).
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Society for Giorgi
Society for Giorgi
28 March, 2013
Tbilisi concert hall in March 31 will host event where participates nearly all Georgian artistic society and this event has one reason to help Giorgi Korganashvili. Giorgi is an actor of Marjanishvili theatre who unexpectedly stumbled upon one of the hardest challenges of life – health problem. One month ago Giorgi was diagnosed aplastic anemia that made his friends organize all their moral forces to stand by him.
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Donate and Save Lives of Others
Donate and Save Lives of Others
07 February, 2013
Charity that showed a considerable mobilization of donors

Recently, with the mediation of Georgia Red Cross Society, Ilia University became a venue for voluntary blood donation. There are several special days, including the World Aids Day, International Volunteers Day and World Blood Donors Day, on which such charities are always conducted. However, it was a happy coincidence, when the wish to help the children ill with leukemia, came in accordance with the quantity of volunteers, which made it possible to hold the charity event.
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Russian figure skating duet set new world record
Russian figure skating duo of Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov set a new world record with 83.05 points
Man tried to jump of the Balcony in Tbilisi
An amateur photographer recorded a middle aged man on Vukol Beridze Street in Tbilisi on October 19 telling passersby he would jump off his second storey balcony if his wife and child were not brought to him.
Sophie Villy - Georgian singer known as ‘a world class artist’
Her real name is Sopo Khutsishvili. Born in Tbilisi, she began her musical career in Georgia, but has been pursuing it abroad – mainly Ukraine - for years.
Evgeny Papunaishvili and Alena Vodonaeva with merry quickstep on Russian show
The couple of Evgeny Papunaishvili and Alena Vodonaeva was again remarkable in the most recent episode of the Russian “Dancing With the Stars” show
Storm in Batumi: Damage is more than 1 million GEL
Batumi mayor Jemal Ananidze visited Batumi Boulevard, damaged by storm. Boulevard infrastructure and pedestrian paths are damaged. Clearing-up operations are under way to deal with storm damage.
2 Georgians in a dramatic battle on Russian Voice
The Russian “Voice” show contestants have moved from blind casting to the stage encounters, with four Georgian singers – Nodar Revia, Gela Guralia, Eter Beriashvili and Giorgi Melikishvili – participating in this year’s competition.
Best Georgian sights in a video made of 10 000 photos
Photographer Irakli Gedenidze captured a three minute timelapse video combination of views of Georgia with ten thousand photographs taken in the regions of Svaneti, Kazbegi and Kakheti.
'Artistic' quickstep from Sopo Nizharadze on Dancing with the Stars show
The October 17 episode of Season Three of “Dancing With the Stars” show featured contestants dancing pieces from popular films.
Skull found in Georgia may change human evolution history
The Guardian reports about the haul of fossils found in Georgia which suggests that half a dozen species of early human ancestor were actually all Homo erectus.
Saakashvili, Adeishvili, Merabishvili and Baramidze – Gogla Zhvania lists the names
Former Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze participated in setting up the post-mortem scenario of late Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania’s death in 2005 alongside President Mikheil Saakashvili
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