COUNTDOWN: 3 days till the WORLD CUP in BRASIL

Winners and losers of the football World Cup

For many countries the football World Cup will be great entertainment and fun. The party mood will depend on how the team of the particular country achieves success. Employers will be confronted with many tired workers, because most of them will watch the games late at night. Completely different will be the situation for some people in Brazil itself. They will pay the price for our summer entertainment. 

Especially in emergent countries like Brazil, Millions are invested in enormous stadiums or in streets, which are not needed afterwards. This false investment is very annoying for people living there.

Affluent countries relinquish to have the World Cup in their country, because they would need to invest a great amount of money. Poor countries have to assume this job because some politics there think that they can benefit from it. Therefore citizens from these countries have to pay higher taxes to finance this great activity. The riots in Brazil clearly reflect the opinion of them about the acting of the government. If nothing is going to change in the future, sport events will solely take place in authoritarian states.

If you are interested in further reading about this topic or if you want to know why the World Cup could be a complete disaster, check out this article.

http://www.ibtimes.com/8-reasons-why-2014-fifa-world-cup-brazil-could-be-complete-disaster-1595676

Microwaves

                            Are microwaves harmful?

The use of microwaves is a hard discussed theme nowadays. In the 1970´s microwaves became popular and today almost 80% of Austrian households own one of these machines.  Many people can not imagine a life without this small kitchen assistant. Why? This creation is such a handy tool to defrost vegetables or to reheat food from the last day within seconds. Although there are people who think that the microwave is health-damaging. It is feared that microwaves destroy nutrients or that microwave radiation is harmful and makes sick. 

Is microwave radiation dangerous?

Actually they are not designated hazardous if a few things receive attention. A microwave has strict safety requirements which are responsible that the radiation can not leak. Therefore the radiation is not harmful as long as the device is in a good condition. It is important that people always have enough safety distance towards the microwave. 

The destiny of nutrients

Researches show that the food ingredients do not change more if they are rehashed in a microwave oven. In general food looses nutrients if they get heated no matter by cooking, roasting, frying or by microwave. The longer and the hotter the food becomes heated, the more nutrients will be destroyed.  

Conclusion:  microwaves - yes or no?

Microwaves have advantages as well as disadvantages. Everybody needs to decide for themselves if it is always necessary to heat the food in the microwave. Basically it is recommended that people should cook fresh as often as possible and if there are any temporary bottlenecks they could use the microwave. 

10 ways to beat stress

10 ways to beat stress

As we are talking about Health in class at the moment I was thinking about a good topic to blog about. As every student has their own health related problems I found one thing that every person has to struggle with now and then –stress!

Now I will explain you 5 good ways to reduce stress in your life [if there is any ;)  ]

Too much work, and too less time for sleep: In the long run physical and mental stress can be very unhealthy. A person, who is permanently stressed, has problems like: headaches, dizziness, anxiety and difficulties in concentration.

To avoid such consequences it is important to fight against stress sufficiently early.

Now I will disclose you the best 5 anti-stress-tips:

·       -  Pedometer for more movement!

Sport is the best way to work off stress and to cater for welfare. Recommendable are sports like Jogging, swimming or rowing. Someone who needs a particular motivation can try to use a pedometer. This device counts every step that the person takes. ( 5.000 steps per day are enough to feel better)

·      -   Time for yourself!

A person who is permanently stressed takes no time for him/herself. It´s about time to change something. Think about the last few weeks and find out what you really neglected. It doesn´t matter if you just wanted to read a book or if you wanted to do something more exciting like a balloon flight. Take time for yourself and try to switch of your sense of duty- at least for a moment!

·      -   Waive on Smartphones & Co.

Modern devices can actually make life easier for some people but often it causes stress. The problem: You can be permanently contacted by phone! If you are stressed, switch off your phone for the next 24 hours and feel the difference. If that situation is too extreme, just switch it off for the next few hours.

·     -    Laughing is healthy!

Laughing is one of the best methods to reduce stress. It helps to liberate happiness hormones such as Serotonin.

·     -    Enough sleep!

If someone is stressed, people don´t have enough sleep or at least the sleeping quality is poor.  A sleep deficit leads to the release from the stress hormone Cortisol. If your body has enough sleep, you will feel good.

What good bloggers do!

I´m sure there are a few different things that everyone can do to improve his own blogging. First of all it is important to find a current topic that you think is interesting to read for your audience. How your pet looks like, is maybe good to know for you, but for other students it will become boring after reading two lines of such a text. After you found a great topic it is all about research. Some blogs are indeed very long, but some bloggers just write nonsense and repeat themselves all the time. It is important to create a chronological order of thoughts in your text and that you have enough information to write about. Sometimes it is useful to get information from other resources except the internet, because we all know that the net is not always right. After you wrote your text you should posh your blog up. For instance you can add pictures or videos to support your writing.