Risky Fish: The Thrill Of Fugu

June 8, 2009

There s a certain weird appeal to the Japanese delicacy known as fugu. After all, it s not every day that the food on your plate could bring about almost instant death. Fugu is the Japanese name for the blowfish, also known as the pufferfish, which has the ability to puff up to twice its size and project poisonous spikes to defend itself from predators. The spikes of a blowfish contain tetradotoxin, a poison considered to be at least one thousand times deadlier than cyanide. Theoretically, the poison from one blowfish could kill up to 30 people. Fugu is served raw, and its widespread fame and notoriety doesn t come from its taste. In fact, it s been described as a fairly bland, delicately flavored fish that doesn t hold a candle to the more popular forms of Japanese seafood. It s a widely accepted fact that the danger element is what draws people to this peculiar delicacy. In the world of Japanese cuisine, it takes approximately 10 years of...

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Chlamydia - How Not To Get Chlamydia, A Std?

April 18, 2009

Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease STD . It is a silent disease because the symptoms appear very late in some people. They may not be aware that they have Chlamydia. A bacterium causes this infection. A partner sexually passes this bacterium to another partner. The question is- how to enjoy relationships without contacting Chlamydia which is dangerous if allowed to progress. Let me tell you how. Chlamydia- how it is passed. Look inside your mouth and observe the skin inside. It looks different from your body skin, is it not so. This skin inside the mouth is called mucous membrane. The same kind of membrane covers your inner genitals and anal cavity. When this mucous membrane comes in contact with any secretion of a Chlamydia patient, he she will get infected. The clue lies in preventing the mucous membrane coming in contact with any secretions of the affected person. Chlamydia- what will you do to prevent it. Let us take a real life...

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Diarrhea The Loose And Watery Story

February 21, 2009

Diarrhea is defined as frequent, loose, watery stools or an abnormal increase in the frequency and water content of the stool. All stools or bowel movements contain water. However, when the water content increases or becomes excessive and the frequency of the stools increase this is known as diarrhea. It is important to know what a normal bowel frequency is for you. For some people three soft formed stools per day is not abnormal. But for others, three stools per day would be a significant increase in their normal bowel frequency and when that increase in frequency is accompanied by an increase in water content then this is identified as diarrhea. Diarrhea occurs because there is not enough liquid absorbed by the colon. When we eat, the food we take in is mixed with large amounts of water as a part of the digestion process. So by the time the food mixture reaches the colon it is essentially a liquid substance. Then the water is absorbed by...

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