INGREDIENTS Cinnamon is a spice produced from the bark of numerous trees from the genus Cinnamomum. Cinnamomum cassia has been used as a spice in culinary cuisine and as a traditional herbal medicine for centuries.1 The highly refined sugar and high fat content of US diets and other westernized countries make it difficult to maintain healthy blood sugar levels. For most of the world population,...

The study analyses the political theology and imagery of a female Russian ruler in first half 18th century context European discourses on feminine rulers during baroque period. coronation ritual Empress Elizabeth (ruled 1741-1761, crowned 25 April 1742) reflected book (1744) illustrates transition images into semiotics westernized absolutism. appears court media (sermons, engravings book, poems...

OBJECTIVE A meta-analysis showed an inverse association of a prudent/healthy dietary pattern with all-cause mortality and no association of a western/unhealthy dietary pattern. However, the association of distinctive dietary patterns of Japanese population with mortality remains unclear. We prospectively investigated the association between dietary patterns and all-cause, cancer, and cardiovasc...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome has become a major public health concern, but the role of diet in the etiology of this syndrome is not well understood. This study investigated the association between major dietary patterns and prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a Japanese working population. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted among 460 municipal employees (284 men and 176 women),...

Over the last four decades, rapid industrialisation and a Westernized lifestyle have changed disease patterns in South Korea. This study was conducted to review the current state of men's health in South Korea. By reviewing reports of government authorities and domestic and foreign studies related to men's health, we found that in men ≥ 65 years of age, 28.4% considered their health status good...

Employing critical autoethnography, this article conveys how over my four decades of social work, I have come to adopt a contextualized work stance and identifies what emerge as key areas work. These include attention race, ethnicity culture experienced in the local environment, articulation conditions appropriate responses, activation knowledge generation curation, finally, addressing resistin...

The relationship between Chinese models of science and those in the West has been the topic of one of the most striking scholarly undertakings of the last thirty years, Joseph Needham's multi-volume history of science and technology in China.' The central theme of Needham's study is the autonomy of Chinese science and its central role in the development of a scientific world-view of the "Orient...

The establishment of the Imperial University Peking was a major event in Hundred Days' Reformation and preserved conflict between reformers conservatives. Before fall Qing Dynasty, witnessed ancient empire's attempts to improve its backwardness. Against backdrop imperial reform, newly established university also experienced impact old new forces from court itself. country's talent training syst...

Science and technology are experiencing rapid developments marking the entry of globalization in a country. Globalization has had major impact, both positive negative. This affects lifestyle westernized society reduces values ??and nationalism Indonesian nation. Education is one most effective ways to build good character for younger generation. research was conducted using qualitative data col...

INTRODUCTION The Western diet is associated with high consumption of processed foods preserved with phosphate. Higher dietary phosphate consumption stimulates production of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), which heightens risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality. We hypothesized that adults living in a more westernized society have higher levels of FGF23 due to increased phosphate cons...