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RE: [ALOCHONA] Nimtali Fire



please nimtoli fire alone. please talk about super nova...

G.Dastagir





To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
From: Ezajur@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:25:08 +0000
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Nimtali Fire

 

Nimtali fire

Courtesy New Age 10/6/10

http://www.newagebd.com/2010/jun/10/oped.html


Habibur Rashid Ismail agrees with Sheikh Hasina that fires make people destitute (June 9). It is indeed a remarkable and unique observation by both. Perhaps they could both help us further by focusing on who is responsible for such fires starting in the first place.
   Ezajur Rahman
   Kuwait

 

 

Nimtali fire

Courtesy New Age 9/6/10

The dreadful fire which broke out at Nimtali in old Dhaka on June 3 and killed at least 118 people, including women and children, has left people across the country shell-shocked.
   While expressing her instant reaction to the tragedy, the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, said, `Fire makes people destitute.' She is absolutely right.
   We want the survivors to be compensated soon. May Allah keep the departed souls in peace.
   Habibur Rashid Ismail
   Chittagong




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[ALOCHONA] Increased crime, poverty pull nation towards 'digital disaster'



Increased crime, poverty pull nation towards 'digital disaster'

 

M. Shahidul Islam

 

Our Prime Minister has had a dream; as do many who are involved passionately in the craft of politics, leadership and governance. The only difference in our PM's dream is that her thoughts are 'digitized' and she had dreamt of creating a digital Bangladesh since coming to power in early 2009.
   

Although her vision was timely-though lofty-as days went by, she had slowly but surely crept toward what now seems like a 'digital disaster'. After all, people are groaning under wrenching agonies caused by collapsed buildings, unprecedented tragedy of death from outbreak of fire and arson, chronic power outage, unbearable traffic jam, and the unreasonable rises in prices of the essentials.
   

Besides, PM's own party youths have turned into her Achilles' heel and enemy within. Chronic infighting among AL's student and youth cadres showed no sign of ebbing from the beginning while the instances of increased crime, poverty and economic miseries had exacerbated an already fragile political climate by igniting further anger lately, following closure of media outlets and censoring the gathering of opposition Jamat-I- Islam in the nation's capital.
   

Although the much-publicized meeting on May 5 between BNP chairperson and the JI leadership may not translate into anything substantive in terms of fashioning a serious anti-government movement in coming days, that hardly should sound as music to the government. A number of other 'troubles in the plate' may prove enough for the incumbent regime to stay on the defensive, for now.
   
   Crime & poverty
   Foremost among them are the increased instances of criminality. In the USA, researchers examined national crime rates between 1979 and 1997 and discovered much of the increased instances of criminality linked with falling wages and rising unemployment among men without college education.
   

Our circumstances may be different, but the fundamentals are more or less symmetric. We have an estimated 72.5 million labour force, roughly about 6.5 million of which work abroad. Among the rest, 45% work in agriculture, 30% in industry, and 25% in service sector.
   

A recently released report by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) found the rate of unemployed rising from 4.3 percent in 2006 to 5.1 percent in 2009. During those three years alone, number of unemployed people swelled from 2.1 million to 2.7 million. More alarmingly, numbers of day labourers (marginally poor) increased from 8.6 million to 10.3 million during the same period, indicating the prevalence of surplus manpower in agriculture sector.
   That is hardly surprising. What surprised many is the fact that, by Jan 2010, some 68,000 Bangladeshis working in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia returned home, notwithstanding an increase in the remittance inflow, exceeding $10 billion for the first time, thanks to the imposition of tight remittance regulations by overseas governments that had compelled more official transfer of remittance and inflated the data to that level.
   
   Decaying RMG sector
   Unlike bad news, good news is few and far between. While the government busied in relishing the pleasure from increased remittance inflow, another bad news began to emerge. A sharp decline in orders for RMG products from abroad, especially since June 2009, had coupled with serious labour unrest and intrusion of market by Indian companies, resulting in the closure of nearly 200 textile and RMG factories.
  

 Not only had another about 80,000 workers lost their job in the process., between July-December 2009, export earning fell 6.2 percent to $7.27 billion, reflecting subdued demand for readymade garments, which accounts for 80 percent of total overseas sales.
   Consequently, the instances of heinous crimes were bound to hit a crescendo, as they did since September 2009, compelling Home Minister Sahara Khatun to candidly, but grudgingly, admit in the parliament that "Some 10 people were being killed on average each day" during the first eight months of 2009.
   

Sources say, roughly about from that time onward, aggrieved ruling party youths started receiving firearms from unknown sources, for unknown reasons. This fact is acknowledged by senior police sources, one of which said, "Although there are only about 25,000 legally permitted firearms in the country, there are over one million illegal firearms being used by misguided youths."
   Two weeks ago, police and RAB recovered a huge cache of AK-47 ammunitions from Shilmuri village of Comilla's Barura upozilla, which too are linked with some misguided ruling party stalwarts of the locality, according to one source close to the investigation process.
   

Some observers claim, illegal arms are being used by armed cadres of other political parties too, and, by an estimated 132 criminal gangs, many of which are patronized by people in power. Recently, police admitted having recovered some 5,000 unauthorized firearms since June 2009.
   All these have combined to create an environment which warrants strict law enforcement on one hand, and aggressive and radical public initiative to create employment opportunities for this vast army of unemployed, on the other.
   
   Broken promises
   Unfortunately, the reality belied such expectations so far. Despite the Finance Minister's declaration in June 2009 to introduce National Service program at upazila level by 2010, nothing much had happened to facilitate unemployment of the many listed, albeit controversially, from the ruling party's own cadre, to qualify for the perks. This and many other broken promises are piling up to sully government's record of performance further.
   

And, despite PM's assurance in September 2009 during an investors' gathering in New York's Grant Hyatt hotel that her government 'has set its sights on boosting FDI to $7 billion by 2015,' net FDI inflows came down to US$ 228 million in July-January period of the current fiscal, from $662 million during the same period a year earlier, registering a sharp, unprecedented, fall by 67.33 percent. This precipitous drop surpassed the previous record when FDI was seen dropping by a whopping 41 percent between Jan-June 2009.
   In the same gathering, PM also said her government has earmarked $350 million for three public-private partnership (PPP) programs in an effort to draw foreign money. As yet, not a single project of the much vaunted PPP saw light of the day.
   

Added to the lingering uncertainty relating to having access to gas, electricity and other production inputs, the overall economic growth in the coming fiscal may slip far below 5 percent, sparking off further instability. There are fears of falling revenue earnings from corporate sources while the revenue from export and remittance earnings will certainly fail to meet their targets.
   

That should not stop the government from pursuing policies that might reverse this dark course through which this nation of 150 million strong is treading now. Governance being a matter of constant juggling and re-adjustment, the PM should digress from her 'failed strategy', change guards, and create a new team that can steer the nation from what seems like looming disasters in all fronts.

 

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[ALOCHONA] Erdogan Rising?



The New Face of Power in the Middle East

Erdogan Rising?

By PATRICK COCKBURN

Ever since Israeli commandos stormed a ship carrying aid to Gaza killing nine activists, the face of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan – the man who led denunciations of the raid – has been prominent on front pages and television screens across the Middle East.

The bloody fiasco has led to a crucial change in the balance of power in the Middle East, greater than anything seen in the region since the collapse of the Soviet Union deprived the Arabs of their most powerful ally.

While Muslim states were always going to praise any leader who confronted Israel, Mr Erdogan's personal role is one that will have lasting significance across the region. With his leadership, Turkey is once more becoming a powerful player in the Middle East to a degree that has not happened since the break-up of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War.

Turkey was the driving force behind attempts to denounce the raid at a regional summit that ended yesterday in Istanbul. It received the backing of 21 of the members of an Asian summit but the crucial 22nd member, Israel, blocked any mention of the raid in an end of summit declaration.

Israeli commentators are hopeful that Turkish belligerence is a passing phase and there will be no permanent damage to their country's relations with Turkey. Yet Mr Erdogan has received strong backing for his strong stance following the deaths of his countrymen on board the Mavi Marmara ship.

At a rally in Beirut, thousands of Lebanese waved Turkish flags and nine coffins draped in the red banner were displayed to honour the Turkish flotilla dead. "Oh Allah, the merciful, preserve Erdogan for us," protesters chanted, using language often reserved for Hizbollah's popular leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who has praised Mr Erdogan's stance.

With a population of 72 million and the second largest armed forces in Nato after the US, it is surprising Turkey had not been a major role in the Middle East before now.

In a televised address on the Israeli raid, Mr Erdogan said "this daring, irresponsible, reckless, unlawful, and inhumane attack by the Israeli government must absolutely be punished. Turkey's hostility is as powerful as its friendship is precious."

Such threats from other Middle East leaders could be ignored because their regimes are too shaky and unpopular for them to do much more than cling to power. But Turkey is different because politically, diplomatically and militarily it has been rapidly growing in strength.

In relations with Iraq, Iran, Syria and its other neighbours it is playing a central role for the first time since Kemal Ataturk, the first President of modern Turkey. In Iraq, for instance, the US depends on Turkey to increase its influence and counterbalance Iran as 92,000 US troops withdraw over the next 18 months.

It is not clear how far Mr Erdogan will go this time to assert Turkey's leadership in the Middle East and take advantage of Israel's fiasco. His track record is as a man who is quick to take advantage of others' mistakes. But he likes to pick his moment and is careful not to overplay his hand. He has done this with great skill in domestic politics in his confrontations with the Turkish army leadership who used to determine Turkey's foreign policy.

Mr Erdogan, the son of a coastguard official, was born in Rize on the Black Sea in 1954. He moved with his family to Istanbul when he was 13. He reputedly sold lemonade and sesame buns in working-class districts of the capital while attending religious schools. Tall and strongly built, he became a professional footballer while obtaining a degree in management at Marmara University. He acquired a reputation for piety, saying his prayers before each football match. But from an early stage he was involved in politics. He had met Necmettin Erbakan, the leader of the Islamic Welfare party, when he was at university and became leader of the party's youth wing in Istanbul.

His rapid rise was interrupted by military coups of which there have been four in Turkey since 1960. After the coup of 1980 he lost his job in the capital's transport authority when he was ordered to shave off his moustache – seen as a sign of excessive Islamic fervour – and refused.

An able orator and political organiser, he rose through the party ranks and became mayor of Istanbul at the age of 40, running the city between 1994 and 1998. He was regarded as an honest and efficient administrator.

The army forced Islamic Welfare out of power and Mr Erdogan served four months in prison for reciting an Islamic poem which contained the allegedly inflammatory lines: "The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers."

Mr Erdogan decided along with other young Islamist political leaders that the army and the Turkish establishment would never let them take power unless they showed themselves pro-Western and pro-capitalist. They formed the Justice and Development Party, the AK, in 2001 which won the general election the following year.

Supporters for the new party were newly rich but pious businessmen in Anatolia as well as the peasantry and the poor of the cities. In power, Mr Erdogan was able to justify reduction in the power of the military as a reform made necessary by Turkey's application for EU membership. He was aided by a sustained economic boom during which foreign capital, encouraged by its EU application, poured into Turkey and the economy grew at an average rate of 7 per cent up to 2007. Careful to avoid making enemies unnecessarily, Mr Erdogan placated the US after the Turkish parliament refused to allow US troops to invade northern Iraq from Turkey in 2003.

Generally, Mr Erdogan has come off the winner in a series of skirmishes with "secularists" over issues such as women wearing headscarves. He patiently waited for the army leadership to make a mistake, which they did in 2007 when they tried to prevent the Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gul, becoming president. A General Staff website threatened military action if parliament voted for Mr Gul and Mr Erdogan called a snap general election in which the AK won an overwhelming 47 per cent of the vote.

Since 2007 Mr Erdogan's government has gone far in bringing the military under civilian control. There has been a prolonged investigation into an alleged plot by junior officers to launch a coup, some 49 officers being arrested earlier this year. The present crisis in relations with Israel may further weaken the authority of older and more senior officers, seen as the protagonists of strong links to Israel and the US.

The Israeli wars in Lebanon in 2006 and 2008 made Israel unpopular in Turkey. Mr Erdogan walked out of a session at Davos because he was not given enough time to respond to Israeli President Shimon Peres' justification for bombing Gaza. Back in Turkey his walk out was vastly popular. His strength then, as now, is that the majority of Turks agree with him.

 


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[ALOCHONA] Re: Amar Desh editor arrested after closure



Dear Alochoks

In my opinion the AL has done the wrong thing in closing down Amar Desh and arresting Mahmudur Rahman. Because no one believes that it is anything other than a poorly disguised political action - even AL activists describe it as a correct political action.

MR may have a tendency to exaggeration but that does not mean the point which he is exaggerating is wrong. Nor can it be said that AL itself does not grossly exaggerate. Finally the initial nonsensical grounds for his arrest have given way to something a more substantive - the charge of sedition. That's good - let us see how he has been seditious.

It is interesting to note (politeness is tiresome!) how the very same AL which charged the CTG with seditious acts is now silent about - even supportive of - the CTG. However, it transpires that for the AL the printed word is more important than military action and so lets go after a newspaper and its editor! 

We are fortunate that the editors of all leading newspapers have protested the closing of Amar Desh. Unless of course they all support sedition?!

AL is brave enough to shut down a newspaper - but not brave enough to control its thugs?! Because thuggery and sedition are two separate things with two different effects on our people? I suppose it makes sense - crime in Bangladesh should be of Bangladeshis, by Bangladeshis, for Bangladeshis. But no foreignors please! We can be even patriotic about it. 

AL has miscalulated the initial reaction to this political operation. Just as it miscalculated on the Facebook ban. 

And MR plays an important role in Bangladesh even if you disagree with him politically. His is the ONLY pro BNP voice that can properly articulate against AL. That's why his arrest is wrong and that's why he was arrested wrongly.

MR's greatest failure was that he could not take Khaleda or Tareq to task.

But then its not like anyone has been born yet in AL who can take Khaleda, Rehana or Joy to task either.

Ezajur Rahman

Kuwait 

 


--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, "Mohd. Haque" <haquetm83@...> wrote:
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> In my opinion AL did the right thing by closing down the Amar Desh and shutting up Mahmudur Rahman. He was going too far to established his freedom of speach.
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> Few years back, an official (a non bangladeshi friend of mine) from a Development Financing Institution commenting that before we even invite for the bidding for a project, Daily Star starts printing lot of allegation of corruptions, so to speak.
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> We have noticed every possible human group were formed to decry corruptions done by BNP until they unseat them.
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> AL is brave enough, not to let them into the same trap. Well done!
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> --- On Wed, 2/6/10, Isha Khan bdmailer@... wrote:
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> From: Isha Khan bdmailer@...
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] Amar Desh editor arrested after closure
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> Date: Wednesday, 2 June, 2010, 2:47 AM
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> Dhaka, June 1 (bdnews24.com)â€" Police early on Wednesday morning stormed the Amar Desh newspaper office and arrested acting editor Mahmudur Rahman on fraud charges, hours after the government closed the BNP-leaning daily.
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> The newspaper's deputy editor Syed Abdal Ahmed told bdnews24.com that Mahmudur was taken away minutes before 4am after police had talked with his lawyer at his Karwan Bazaar office. The arrest capped a 17-hour drama played out after the paper's publisher Hashmat Ali Hashu, who himself was briefly 'detained', sued Mahmudur on Tuesday night.
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> Police had been trying to arrest the acting editor, a BNP stalwart, but were held out by staff since shortly before midnight. The staff barricaded the main entrance to the office for several hours and shut the lift for the 10th floor office. They staged protests and vowed that their chief would have to be arrested 'over their dead bodies' as police reinforcements were brought in. Police then sought their cooperation but were refused before forcing their into the office at 3:30am to end the standoff. Ahmed, also the chief correspondent, had earlier told bdnews24.com that police shut down the paper's press at Love Road in Tejgaon at 11:30pm.
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> Leaders of opposition BNP and its associate organisations gathered at the scene after bdnews24.com broke the news. BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman, standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan, BNP chairperson's press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan, Shimul Biswas, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal president Sultan Salahuddin Tuku were also there.
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> The events unfolding since morning--when Hashmat's family said he had been whisked away by intelligence men to an undisclosed place--took a new twist when the Dhaka's deputy commissioner Muhibul Haque cancelled the paper's declaration. The commissioner signed an order to this effect at 10pm, an official of his office said, preferring anonymity. But Mahmudur had told reporters at his office that police shut the press without showing the papers of the order cancelling the declaration.
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> It was not clear on what grounds the broadsheet, which hit the stands during BNP-led government's term in Sept, 2004, was closed. The government last month knocked private TV station Channel 1 off the air citing irregularities.
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> Journalist Abdal told bdnews24.com around 11:35pm, " The press started printing Wednesday's paper an hour before but police did not allow distribution to news agent's. "They said printing will stop." Tejgaon Industrial Area police chief Omar Faruk earlier told bdnews24.com that a complaint had been lodged against Mahmudur, who earlier in the day alleged that the government was planning to shut down the newspaper. Faruk said the case alleged financial losses.
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> The former energy adviser to ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia rushed a news conference at the pro-BNP daily's office and said he had talked with Hashmat after he had returned from his detention at National Security Intelligence office, who had told him that he was 'frightened'. Mahmudur said the NSI men took Hasmat and forced him to sign two papers. "He was made to sit at their office until 2pm while the investigators pressed him to sign two papers." "One of the papers was addressed to Dhaka's deputy commissioner and the other to Tejgaon police chief. The papers state that Hashmat Ali is not the publisher of Amar Desh. Legal steps can be taken as his name is being printed as the publisher."
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> "He was forced to sit until he signed the papers. Later Hashmat Ali signed the papers and was released after a five-hour detention," said Mahmudur. A former executive chairman of the Board of Investment, Mahmudur said the press meet was organised to protest the current government's 'fascist' behaviour and conspiracy against the news media.
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> Mahmudur had claimed around 1pm that National Security Intelligence took Hashmat and were forcibly trying to file a case against him.
> NSI director Shafiqullah told bdnews24.com earlier that they had not detained anybody by that name. "He is probably sitting at home."
> "This is reminiscent of June 16, 1975 when all but four newspapers were banned," Mahmudur said of Ali's detention. "Coincidentally, this is June again."
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> "I have heard that he is being coerced into bringing charges against me," he told bdnews24.com. "Is this what they have learnt from the Moeen Uddins, the perpetrators of 1/11?" "I guess they will try to file a case against me," he said.
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> Mahmudur took over the management of the newspaper in 2008. Later he sent a letter to the deputy commissioner for serving as editor of the newspaper. Since then he has been the acting editor of the newspaper. Mahmudur, also the chairman of Amar Desh Publications Limited, said "This daily speaks for a free and sovereign state. As a result, many of its news are not going in favour of the government and are displeasing them. So they are trying to shut it down." 
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> http://www.samakal. com.bd/details. php?news= 13&action=main&option=single&news_id=69691&pub_no=354
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[ALOCHONA] Re: Health Benefits of Cinnamon



The miraculous curing power of honey and cinnamon.

The magic mixture of honey and cinnamon is known for hundreds of years for their miraculous curing power. If we look back into the history we can see both these items used by different countries and cultures across the world for different medicinal purposes.

You can find references for this wonder combination in medical streams like Ayurvedic, Yunani etc. And the best part is that it does not have any side effects and most of the times can be taken parallel with any other form of medicine. Listed below are some of the well known uses of the combination of honey and cinnamon.

1.  For Curing Arthritis

A paste should be made from one part honey and two parts of luke warm water added with a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. This paste should be massaged on the itching part of the body and the pain should recede within fifteen minutes in most cases.

2.  Hair Loss

For hair loss or baldness, patients may apply a paste made out of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder. This should be applied before they take bath and keep it for approximately 15 minutes. After that they can wash it off with luke warm water.

3.  Toothache

A paste made of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey when applied on the aching tooth (may be done 3 times a day) reduces the pain within a matter of 15 minutes.

4.  Reducing Cholesterol

 

Take two tablespoons of honey, three teaspoons of cinnamon powder and mix in 16 ounces of tea, when given to a cholesterol patient, reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. Pure honey is also sometimes used with food to check cholesterol.

5.    Cure Colds

For those who are suffering from common or severe colds, they should take one tablespoon of luke warm honey with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.

6.   Potency Various ancient medical streams like Ayurveda and Yunani have been using honey for years in medicine to strengthen the semen of men. Two tablespoons of honey before they go to sleep is what is prescribed by many experienced practitioners. This combination will work wonders for women as well. In China, Japan and other Asian countries, if the women who do not conceive, and or if their uterus is weak, then they have been prescribed cinnamon powder. Women who cannot conceive may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half a teaspoon of honey, and apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body.

7.Stomach Upset

Honey taken with cinnamon powder also helps in curing stomach ache. For people who are suffering from gas problems, honey should be taken with cinnamon powder in equal quantities, relieves gas and pain in the stomach.

8.Immune System

The daily intake of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacterial and viral attacks. Researchers have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts and its use strengthens the white blood corpuscles. Here is a great article which i found on how to boost your immune system. I really hope you read this for your own sake.

9.Longevity

Ancient cultures used Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder for longevity. 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water are boiled to make this tea. The prescribed amount is to drink 1/4 cup, 3 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and slows down old age.

10.Weight Loss

 Drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup water first thing in the morning (empty stomach). If taken regularly it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also drinking of this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body, even though the person may eat a high calorie diet. Weight loss can be due to different reasons.  Some people do over dieting to reduce weight which affects their body's immune system. Losing weight is fine but that should not be at the expense of harsh dieting and skipping your vitamins and minerals. You can always lose weight naturally. I highly recommend this free article on some Exotic and healthy juice recipes which will help you reduce weight among other health benefits. Here is a list of natural source of vitamins cheaply and commonly available.

Note These tips should not be used for self treatment. I strongly suggest consulting a doctor for regular medicines. This can be used as supplementary medicines.

http://healthmad.com/alternative/10-miraculous-health-benefits-of-honey-and-cinnamon-combo/



On 6/8/10, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
Health Benefits of Cinnamon



Studies have shown that just 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon per day can lower LDL cholesterol.Several studies suggest that cinnamon may have a regulatory effect on blood sugar, making it especially beneficial for people with Type 2 diabetes.

In some studies, cinnamon has shown an amazing ability to stop medication-resistant yeast infections.

In a study published by researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Maryland, cinnamon reduced the proliferation of leukemia and lymphoma cancer cells.

It has an anti-clotting effect on the blood.

In a study at Copenhagen University, patients given half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder combined with one tablespoon of honey every morning before breakfast had significant relief in arthritis pain after one week and could walk without pain within one month.

When added to food, it inhibits bacterial growth and food spoilage, making it a natural food preservative.One study found that smelling cinnamon boosts cognitive function and memory.

Researchers at Kansas State University found that cinnamon fights the E. coli bacteria in unpasteurized juices. It is a great source of manganese, fiber, iron, and calcium.

http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/10-health-benefits-of-cinnamon.html




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