Tequila Is Actually Proven To Help Weight Loss

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We are just about to make your day: based on a recent study, tequila can aid in weight loss.
Yes, you read that correctly. TEQUILA WILL HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT.

Not only will it assist in the weight loss process, but it will also help to lower blood sugar. This is amazing news for people suffering from type-2 Diabetes.

A recent study conducted at the American Chemical Society has blessed us with this amazing information on this glorious humpday.

Basically agavina, a sugar that comes from the agave plant used to produce tequila, triggered insulin production and lowered blood sugar in an experiment conducted with mice. In addition to these astonishing results, the sweetener also helped the overweight mice drops some hefty LBS.

Agavin, unlike sucrose, fructose and glucose, is not absorbed by the body, so it will not increase blood glucose.

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Can I get a “hallelujah”?

We’re not telling you to rip tequila shots with every meal, however — these agavins are actually a type of fiber that creates a full feeling, ergo suppressing appetite.

The scientists who conducted this study believe that agavins are a viable light sweetener substitute since, “they are sugars, highly soluble, have a low glycemic index, and a neutral taste, but most important, they are not metabolized by humans.”

Currently there are approximately 26 million Americans suffering from diabetes, with another 2 million getting diagnosed annually.

The fact that there is the potential for developing a different type of sweetener that lowers sugar levels instead of raising them is revolutionary.

Source: http://elitedaily.com/

Coca-Cola Installing Clean Water In Mexico's Schools

Sara Jerome - WaterOnline.com
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July 30, 2014

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Fundacion Coca-Cola will spend $2 million installing drinking fountains that purify tap water at 741 public schools in Mexico - a country where its top-selling products are taxed in an effort to trim waistlines.

The Mexican charity arm of Coca-Cola is making an effort to provide clean water to schoolchildren in Mexico, announcing plans to donate drinking fountains that purify tap water to 741 public schools.

Fundación Coca-Cola will spend $2 million, and has already installed 42 drinking fountains. "The fountains purify municipal water using sediment filters, activated carbon, and ultraviolet lamps, Fundación Coca-Cola said," according to a report by the soda giant.

Mexican water is notorious for its poor quality.

"Mexicans' mistrust of municipal tap water runs deep and many communities lack access to clean drinking water. This combination has helped make Mexico the Coca-Cola Co.'s second-biggest market in the world by volume of sales, and largest by per-capita sales.Mexico is also a top consumer per-capita of bottled water," the report said.

What is Coke's motivation for showing its charitable side?

The company is "under fire for contributing to obesity," according to the Wall Street Journal. "Some blame the country's soft-drink binge, and the companies that make the soda, for contributing to Mexico's high rates of obesity and diabetes."

Mexico enacted a soft-drink tax earlier this year, and the new law may inspire similar efforts across the across the border in the US.

"A groundbreaking tax on sugar-sweetened beverages recently passed in Mexico could provide the evidence needed to justify similar laws across cities in the US," stated a report by The Guardian in January.

Lawmakers wanted the tax revenue to pay for clean water in schools.

"The money to be raised - estimated at $15 billion pesos - is intended to be earmarked for drinking water in schools. In some communities there are none, while in others it is not potable and bottled soft drinks are safer," The Guardian's report said. 

 

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Casa Nika Trains Dogs for Diabetics

by Maureen Dietrich

2 Jul 14  

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The Casa Nika Foundation, supported primarily by donations from foreign residents and money earned from its second hand store on Luis Zúñiga in El Centro, has opened its door to a project to train dogs to detect high and low sugar levels in diabetics.

Hugo Cruz, trainer of the first generation of the service dogs, said they try to use rescue dogs found in local shelters for training which lasts between six and eight months.

The cost for service dog and companion is no more than 10,000 pesos, most of the which the foundation absorbs, he said.

The dogs are taught to recognize sugar levels in diabetics and warn their owner by sitting down and presenting its paw when it is too low, or bowing with two paws on the ground when it is too high.

 (from Noroeste)