Chocolate Reduce Stroke Risk

German researchers studied 20,000 people over eight years by sending a few questions about their diet and eating habits. Researchers found that those who consume six grams of chocolate per day, about one bar of chocolate, 39% had a lower risk of heart attack or stroke. These observations are published in European Heart Journal, Tuesday (30 / 3).

Previous studies said that consumption of dark chocolate in small amounts is good for you. But this is the first study showing the impact of chocolate consumption in the long term.

Flavonol researchers believe that the elements contained in chocolate that causes this. Flavonols were also found in vegetables and red wine, helps as well as expanding the blood so muscles work to help lower blood pressure.

"It's actually too early to recommend people consume more chocolate. But this is expected to be better than the people's choice of consumption of sugar or high-fat snacks," said Brian Buijsse, head of research epidemologis nutrients from Germany Institute of Human Nutrition, in Nuthetal, Germany

Research subjects from Buijsse and his colleagues possess the characteristics do not have a history of heart problems, has a similar habit of having a heart risks like smoking and heavy exercise, and weight index did not vary.

Since research is usually only observed and did not give them chocolate to find out the effects of early, researchers noticed that most observation even eliminate the possible impact of chocolate on the body. This research was funded by the German government and European Union.

But doctors also warn that excessive consumption of chocolate can increase your weight, so that even a major factor of heart attack and stroke risk.

"This is not a recommendation to consume more chocolate," said Dr. Robert Eckel, professor of medicine at the University of Colorado and a former head of the American Heart Association.

"If we just eat a little chocolate every day of life, our weight will also be slightly increased by a few pounds," he said.

Alice Lichtenstein, a nutritionist from Tufts University School of Medicine, said it was difficult to find the relationship declining risk of heart attack or stroke just from chocolate consumption, there is still another possibility of consumption of the subjects that differ from one another.

"The relationship between chocolate and good health is still uncertain," said Lichtenstein. "If someone enjoys the consumption of chocolate, they are supposed to be consumed in small amounts in order to really be enjoying it," he added.

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Complete schedule of 2010 World Cup South Africa

Drawing the World Cup has done some time ago. Certainly there are countries which rejoice that get opponents 'may' be taken lightly. But, of course there are countries that feel they are in the 'Group of hell' because they have to deal with world soccer giants such as Brazil, England, Spain, Germany, Holland, Argentina and others.
With opponents already knew to be faced in the group phase, of course psychological war has begun from today. War mentality that aims to overthrow the opponent is already mostly done, either through print media or electronic media. But, after all, the best team who will go out as champions in 2010 World Cup in South Africa later.

Here is the schedule of matches starting from the group phase to the final round to see who will become world champions South Africa later in 2010.

Complete Schedule for 2010 World Cup South Africa

Group A:
June 11, 2010
21:00 South Africa v Mexico, Soccer City, Johannesburg
June 12, 2010
01:30 France v Uruguay, Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

June 17, 2010
01:30 South Africa v Uruguay, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
June 17, 2010
18:30 France v Mexico, Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

June 22, 2010
21:00 Mexico v Uruguay, the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
21:00 France v South Africa, Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Group B:
June 12, 2010
18:30 Argentina v Nigeria, Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
21:00 Greece v South Korea, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

June 17, 2010
21:00 Argentina v South Korea, Soccer City, Johannesburg
June 18, 2010
01:30 Greece v Nigeria, the Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

June 23, 2010
01:30 Greece v Argentina, Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
01:30 South Korea v Nigeria, Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Group C:
June 13, 2010
01:30 England v United States, the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
June 13, 2010
18:30 Slovenia v Algeria, Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

June 18, 2010
21:00 England v Algeria, Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
June 19, 2010
01:30 Slovenia v United States, the Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

June 23, 2010
21:00 United States v Algeria, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
21:00 England v Slovenia, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Group D:
June 13, 2010
21:00 Germany v Australia, Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
June 14, 2010
01:30 Serbia v Ghana, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

June 18, 2010
18:30 Germany v Serbia, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
June 19, 2010
18:30 Australia v Ghana, the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

June 24, 2010
Australia v Serbia 01:30, Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
01:30 Ghana v Germany, Soccer City, Johannesburg

Group E:
June 14, 2010
18:30 Netherlands v Danish, Soccer City, Johannesburg
21:00 Japan v Cameroon, Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

June 19, 2010
21:00 Netherlands v Japan, Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
June 20, 2010
Cameroon v 01:30 Danish, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

June 25, 2010
01:30 Danish v Japan, the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
01:30 Netherlands v Cameroon, Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Group F:
June 15, 2010
01:30 Italy v Paraguay, Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
June 15, 2010
New Zealand v Slovakia 18:30, Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

June 20, 2010
18:30 Italy v New Zealand, Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
21:00 Slovakia v Paraguay, Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

June 24, 2010
21:00 Paraguay v New Zealand, Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
21:00 Slovakia v Italy, Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Group G:
June 15, 2010
21:00 Brazil v North Korea, Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
June 16, 2010
01:30 Ivory Coast v Portugal, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

June 21, 2010
01:30 Brazil v Ivory Coast, Soccer City, Johannesburg
June 21, 2010
18:30 Portugal v North Korea, Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

June 25, 2010
21:00 Ivory Coast v North Korea, Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
21:00 Portugal v Brazil, Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Group H:
June 16, 2010
18:30 Spain v Switzerland, Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
21:00 Chile v Honduras, Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

June 21, 2010
21:00 Spain v Honduras, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
June 22, 2010
01:30 Chile v Switzerland, Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

June 26, 2010
01:30 Switzerland v Honduras, Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
01:30 Chile v Spain, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Big 16
June 26, 2010, 21:00
Group A v Winner Group B Second Rank, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth (Party 49)

June 27, 2010, 01:30
Group C v Winner Group D Second Rank, Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg Party (50)

June 27, 2010, 21:00
Group D v Winner Group C Second Rank, Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein (Party 51)

June 28, 2010, 01:30
Winner Group B v Second Rank Group A, Soccer City, Johannesburg Party (52)

June 28, 2010, 21:00
Winner Group E v Second Rank Group F, Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban Party (53)

June 29, 2010, 01:30
Winner Group G v Second Rank Group H, Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg Party (54)

June 29, 2010, 21:00
Winner Group F v Second Rank Group E, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria (Party 55)

June 30, 2010, 01:30
Winner Group H v Second Rank Group G, Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town (56th Party)

Quarter-Final
July 2, 2010, 21:00
Party Winner 53 v Winner 54 Party, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth (57 Party)

July 3, 2010, 01:30
Party Winner 49 v Winner 50 Party, Soccer City, Johannesburg Party (58)

July 3, 2010, 21:00
Party Winner 52 v Winner 51 Party, Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town (59th Party)

July 4, 2010, 01:30
Winner 55 v Winner Party Party 56, Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg Party (60)

Semi-finals
July 7, 2010, 01:30
Party Winner 58 v Winner 57 Party, Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town (Party 61)

July 8, 2010, 01:30
Winner 59 v Winner Party Party 60, Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban Party (62)

Third Place Scramble
July 11, 2010, 01:30
Losing Team Losing Team v 61 Party 62 Party, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth (63 Party)

Final
July 12, 2010, 01:30
Party Winner 61 v Winner 62 Party, City Soccer, Johannesburg Party (64)

(Time in GMT)

source: goal.com

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Google Buzz, Counter Twitter & Facebook from Google

Facebook and Twitter fame was the envy of Google. It was not an easy matter to captivate the netter in the world to be incorporated in a new social networking website. Realizing this,Google also took another step more boldly and more creatively.

Combining the old and the new product. That finally pilihn which Google introduced Google Buzz is now into the virtual domain. What is Google's Buzz?

Still in the context of the social networking world in general, Google Buzz offers the ease in which we can share writings, photos, links and even videos. Only difference this time all you can do by just using Gmail only. Without this set it to bother. Google's own party hope that with the forward side of the familiar Gmail and Google's popularity will make it easier Buzz received and digested its users in a short time. Gmail is now loved by 180 million users around the world, without a doubt Google Buzz equip with 5 mainstay features to compete in the world of social networking.The first feature is Auto-Following. This feature automatically build your own network without the need to bother to follow someone to connect to each other. Google Buzz will automatically connect you with people you normally chat or send email using your Gmail account. Surely this means, only the people closest to you who can access your content, so you need not fear going to appear spam-spam that is not obvious source.

The second feature is the integration of Gmail itself. Gmail now are experiencing a lot of progress from time to time. Especially with the addition of Buzz Google features, Google reportedly Buzz currently only been integrated with Picasa, Google Reader, Flickr and Twitter. In the future Google's party also wanted to integrate with other Google Buzz again.

The third feature is the concept of fusion of capabilities possessed by Facebook and Twitter, where we can make public and private sharing. From Twitter, Google is adapting this content to be in the index later that will show what topics are popular today. Meanwhile, from Facebook, Google is adapting content submitted should be addressed to specific people you want to share.

Features keempt integrate inboxes and Buzz item itself. Every conversation in the group along with the comments Gmail will get into your inbox. Plus, the addition of the Recommended Buzz, which is how the automation of content that might make you interested or are popular among your friends.

The fifth feature is an extension to the mobile world. See the development of the mobile web is now a drastic increase even very influential, Google does not forget to integrate these features into its mobile version. Now you can access Google Buzz from anywhere and anytime using a device your iPhone or Android. You also can visit the mobile web at the URL: buzz.google.com and also via Mobile Maps. With it, you can see Buzz is shipped directly from the people who are located near you now. Well, you waiting for, be the forefront to try new flavors of the world is social networking a la Google.

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7 Supports ICQ Facebook Chat & Status Update to the FB and Twitter

old players in the world of messenger ICQ was still alive and innovate, with the launch of ICQ messengernya software version 7, added support for Facebook chat so that you are still hooked playing ICQ or may want to try to directly download this ICQ 7Indeed in Indonesia ICQ is not popular anymore, but apparently there are still many loyal ICQ users in the world.

By ICQ 7 you can see updates from social networks and chat with friends directly from your ICQ FB also. Even you also can post a status update to the FB and Twitter also loh.

And in ICQ itself there is also a social networking feature where we can share photos, add to contact list (like add friend), komentarin status, well as other social networks.

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