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Dried Cranberries - Not as Healthy as It Seems  These  dried cranberries  are supposed to be a healthy snack.  They taste strangely good, sour-sweet. Because the  added sugar  is in a huuuuge amount. Well, if you are at risk of diabetes, as we all are, you should take notice. Daily recommended amount of sugar is between 25 and 37 grams ( 6 to 9 teaspoons , for man and women, respectively).  This pack has 71 grams of sugar .  Many people devour it in one go. And they think they eat healthy food. What a scam! NEXT: Müller Greek Yogurt ... with Added Sugar Yoghurt  is good for your gut.  However, not in the case below.  The ' velvet ' taste is due to sugar being added - almost 10 grams for less than one serving .  It ruins not only its taste - but also any health claims .  Sugar  is a bigger problem than fat in today's obesity and diabetes epidemic . Mr Muller, your  yoghurt-like drink has to be bani...

Growing views against the use of plastic  do not mean that food manufactures will gladly comply with the new demand.  Some customers still choose to indulge themselves in a horrible plastic waste scheme.   The stores and manufacturers will produce for those ignorants a few things that should be on a ' blacklist ' of any eco-fellowship; not to mention simple reasoning that it should be banned straight away . With huge fees paid on this gross misconduct and sham. Because this is what it is. How can those people buy the abhorrent stuff and then watch happily, for example, David Attenborough pledge to reduce the use of plastic ?! We have witnessed such a situation. This is how hypocritical it gets: Mark & Spencers - You Should Shame Yourself Selling This: M&S Classic 10 One Cup Filters are a complete and utter shock-waste.   These are used ONLY for ONE coffee . Then it is thrown away; the plastic cup of a size of a cup is simply thrown AWAY . A huge amount of...

The Shard stands alone on the historic south bank of the River Thames , opposite the clusters of the City of London and Canary Wharf high-raisers, next to London Bridge station. Many had objectives to its presence when it was built but eventually it blended into modern London cityscape. The Shard is the tallest building in the United Kingdom with 95-storeys, over 300 metres (over 1000 ft) high. The top is sometimes completely invisible due to heavy London fog and it changes its appearance through the time of the day and seasons. Its construction began in 2009, completion in 2012, by Sellar Property Group owning 5 percent, the rest 95 percent belongs to the State of Qatar . Al Jazeera, the Qatari television is housed there. Other tenants include investments companies, recruitment consultancy, international law firm, marketing agency, publishing house, business school.  There are three restaurants, the Shangri-La Hotel and few residential apartments. The View...

Sherwood Rise Community Fair Keeping up the community spirit is difficult in a society where moving homes is so common. When you are in your 30s and you moved more than three times, you are not likely to feel the community spirit of your locality.  The Tin Forest So, the true magic and a trick is to keep a community spirit in a truly medieval manner ( in a positive, enchanting way) in a place where most of the households are on the 'move' - in and out. And this is what one can experience in some parts of England. Truly amazing, fan loving fairs. A variety of things to see, touch, eat. On a one sunny September afternoon we heard a rumble from a nearby 'green' place. Curious, we stuck out our noses along with the rest to see what's the noise all about. We have lived on the street for only two months now (moving in and out is our speciality).  Human Fruit Machine Just round the corner is a very small Hedley Villas Park on the Sherwood Rise area in Nottingham. Small but...

Among the vast plain of Cheshire, on the A56 way, south-west of Warrington, lays Daresbury , a two-streets tiny village of around 250 inhabitants. It would be a countryside sleepy surround if not the unconventional things that have been happening there. The village seems to have a knack for multi-dimensional exploration . First - it is the birthplace of Lewis Carroll, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There , one of the first enigma and fantasy novels, having a huge impact on generations of readers to this day. He had been inspired by some local legends . On the opposite side of the A56 is a large scientific facility, Daresbury Laboratory . It is the UK's forefront in world-class and cutting-edge research in nuclear physics , computing, AI , bio-medicine, chemistry. It could be named 'the Local CERN ' as it also deals with the tiniest particles in the Universe and is  partnering with the CER...

In the first day of August 2008, we had set off to Wiltshire to experience first-hand the strange phenomena of ' crop circles '. Hardly any simple 'circles' in recent decades - the pattern became more complex and ornamented. The term 'crop pictograms' or 'crop formations' are more suitable. Wiltshire is the world-capital of crop circles. Hundreds, if not thousands, appear there every year, and the debate continues - how, by whom and why they are being made. One interesting connection is that Wiltshire is home to Stonehenge and many other stone circles and ancient monuments - in a quantity, quality and antiquity - not met anywhere else in the world. Archaeologists have established that those monuments were built by the people who introduced farming in Britain. In the early morning hours, we started our stay in Avebury , home to the largest stone circle in the world. In the centre of the village, there is an idyllic rural pub next to some of the larg...

The most interesting areas in central London can be enjoyed by foot. Everything is in close proximity. Of course, you will need a few days to cover many other places of tourists interests but to get the real quick feel of London , this is what we recommend. The area covers a large part of London's West End : Covent Garden and Leicester Square, the historic sites of Trafalgar Square , Buckingham Palace , Downing Street , Palace of Westminster . Covent Garden is associated with sophisticated leisure time. There are theatres, numerous pubs and bars, an exclusive shopping area, a craft market, floral market and regular street performances. We popped in there in the early hours and in some parts it was already busy, in others still very quiet. Covent Garden For centuries, Covent Garden had been a market where Londoners had been buying fruits and vegetables. Before that, since around 1200's it served as a garden for the needs of Convent monks, hence the name.   Pu...