Too much sugar; Health hazard

if they have 12 g of sugar -- that's about three teaspoons -- per serving.
So, after checking this drink which used to be my favourite one, I got shocked because it contains 20 grams of sugars, which equals to 5 teaspoons excluding the sugar I consume from other resources such as rice. Coffee, cookies. Due to health reason, I would not buy any drinks containing too much sugar. I will keep checking the ingredients and nutrious label on the back of every food or drink I purchase. Thanks for Times which has made me aware about this health issue. Sometimes the food ads both on TV or magazines have blinded us so we buy food causing health hazard instead of nutritious one. We need to be smart in choosing the food and drink to prevent the health hazard which can cause miserable life.
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Sweet Spot: How Sugary Cereal Makers Target Kids

"if they have 12 g of sugar -- that's about three teaspoons -- per serving" whoa...~

Before food politics became a Wikipedia entry and the title of a book, before anyone cared about trans fat or realized we were in the midst of a pediatric-obesity epidemic, Lucky Charms were simply magically delicious.Now the cereal, along with other childhood favorites like Corn Pops and Cocoa Pebbles, is being labeled a public-health menace by Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The center is trying to expose the marketing tactics that make kids clamor for a sugary start to the day, crispy calorie bombs that are often low in fiber and high in junky carbohydrates. Rudd researchers just finished crunching Nielsen and comScore data -- which track television and Internet marketing -- to figure out exactly how much cereal advertising kids see. The result: obesity researchers for the first time have hard data proving that the least healthy cereals are the ones marketed most aggressively to children.This news arrives just as many of the cereals with the worst nutrition ratings are being adorned with the food industry's NEW SMART CHOICES label, a big check mark designed to assure consumers that a product is good for them. The label is being put on hundreds of items, from mayonnaise to ice cream, so why are the Rudd researchers so hopped up about cereal? Because it is more heavily advertised to kids than any other packaged-food category. And because cereals can qualify as SMART CHOICES even if they have 12 g of sugar -- that's about three teaspoons -- per serving
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Bartering: Have Hotel, Need Haircut : Bartercard

When the check arrives at the Patpong Thai restaurant in Chingford, England, Reg Burrows usually pays with plastic. But Burrows, the owner of an industrial-storage-supply firm, doesn't pull out Visa or American Express. He pulls out Bartercard. As a member of the Bartercard trading network, Burrows receives "trade pounds" instead of cash whenever his firm, Global Equipment Trading, works for fellow Bartercard clients. He can then spend that credit at any of the 75,000 member businesses around the world, including Patpong Thai, where he frequently entertains clients. So far this year, Burrows has exchanged around $410,000 in goods and services, helping to offset expenses and keep cash available for other outgoings. "Using barter we've purchased everything from air-conditioning units, computers and desks, to lorries, forklifts and security gates," he says. "It's a phenomenal tool that can enhance almost any company."As businesses battle to get through the recession, more and more are turning to third-party-exchange networks like Bartercard. According to the International Reciprocal Trade Association, the industry trade body, more than 400,000 businesses transacted $10 billion globally in 2008 -- and officials expect trade volume to grow by 15% in 2009. Bartercard, the world's largest exchange network, is leading the charge. So far this year trades through its network are worth more than $2 billion, up by 20% over 2008. Founded in Australia in 1991, when the country was mired in recession, the firm now does business in nine countries -- including New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates -- and boasts clients as diverse as advertising firms, electricians, hotels, paper suppliers, restaurants, translators and even zoos.
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Maltese

Meet the maltese terror | National News | News.com.au

IT may look like a harmless little lapdog but the maltese terrier has joined the ranks of some of New South Wales' most dangerous breeds of attacking canines.

The NSW Government has listed the diminutive pet on the Department of Local Government's dog-attack register. The maltese came in at number 19 after being involved in 12 attacks between July and September this year, the Sunday Telegraph reports.

It is the first time the breed has made the top 20 list of attacking breeds since the register was set up at the start of the year. The terrier joins breeds such as the staffordshire bull terrier, which topped the list with 116 attacks and the Australian cattle dog with 56.

Others to make the top 20 included the german shepherd with 55 attacks, the american staffordshire terrier (45) and the rottweiler (43). The only other small dog to make the list was the jack russell terrier with 21 recorded incidents.

State Local Government Minister Barbara Perry said the listing of the terrier proved all dogs had the potential to attack.

"The fact that dogs of this popular breed are involved in attacks brings home the message that dog owners must keep their pets under control at all times," she said.

Under NSW laws, councils must report dog attacks to the State Government within 72 hours of the incident. The figures showed the number of dog attacks in NSW to have risen, with 823 incidents reported by councils during the quarter.

In the previous quarter, there were 774 attacks.

At least 16 people were hospitalised after a dog attack, with a further 126 requiring medical treatment.

Children were the subject of 108 attacks.

My memory is going to Sydney Harbour Bridge now

I wish I can revisit soon :)
Thousands picnic on Sydney Harbour Bridge

ACCORDIAN and trumpet players banged out jolly tunes as thousands ambled across the lush green grass carpeting Sydney Harbour Bridge and sat down for a picnic breakfast.

The 6000 picnickers brought hampers full of fruit and croissants, while freshly baked breads and jams, apples and yoghurt were also handed out.

It was an unusually serene sight with the Harbour Bridge not only free of bumper-to-bumper traffic, but there were also docile cows looking on and a honky-tonk piano player keeping spirits light.

At a cost of $1 million, the inaugural breakfast on the bridge is the marquee event for Crave Sydney, a month-long festival showcasing the city's entertainment, food and art.

Premier Nathan Rees said it was likely to become an annual event, following the success of today's turnout, which he predicted was worth $10 million in tourism dollars.

"We've got people from as far afield as Tamworth and Glenfield and Mount Druitt, St Ives, Collaroy... people having a ball," he said.

Among the orderly picnickers were a four-week-old baby, a man who proposed to his girlfriend, and a young man celebrating his 19th birthday.

"It's amazing to see the bridge in this perspective," Don Fuchs from Ermington, in Sydney's northwest, said as he strolled across the grass.

"Usually you sit in the car, you cross it (the bridge), and that's it."

Luke Murphy, from Wakeley in Sydney's west, was celebrating his 19th birthday with his mum and dad, grandfather and grandmother.

The happy family drank orange juice from champagne glasses and munched on quiches, croissants, bagels and fruit.

Luke won the chance to treat his family to the experience through a public ballot reserved for NSW residents.

He was lucky to be among those selected - about 190,000 people applied for 6,000 tickets, an organiser said

Around 40 per cent of the 10,620 sq m of kikuyu turf laid down for the event will be transferred to parkland at Sydney Olympic Park.

The rest will be sold by the supplier to the community.