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Obssing with losing weight is a very bad idea to lose weight. Luckily, science has many more effective

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A young doctor appears before his boss and, although he does not say it out loud, he thinks “the last time I was in front of him, I swept at least a liter. But now I’m going to sweat at least ten, that guy will find out what is to sweat!” Then, do not sweat a drop. It is not fiction, it is A real case collected by psychiatrist Viktor Frankl In 1994. He did to explain that many times our fears, objectives and intentions play against us. And yes, we are talking about losing weight. Against us? It’s as if, for using A metaphor of another psychologists (Steven C. Hayes)“We fell into a deep hole and the only thing we had to go out was with a shovel. As we don’t know very well what to do and we despair, we started using the shovel.” The result, despite working day and night, is that we are deeper than before. What in the background tells us a good number of psychologists (from Logotherapists to Specialists in acceptance and commitment) is that we are so culturally attached to certain behavioral strategies that, although they are not useful, we cannot get rid of them. The obsession with “losing weight” is a problem. And yes, obsession is the word. In Spain, where 52% of the adult population presents overweight or obesity, seven out of ten people (72%) They have tried to lose weight at least once in their life. In fact, According to the Mapfre Foundation datathey have done it, on average, about seven times. That leads to “53% of Spaniards has ever followed a popular or miracle diet with the aim of losing weight.” It is not an accident; It is the consequence of what I commented: in the popular imaginary, the way of losing weight is that. That is to say, In words Giuseppe Russolillopresident of the Spanish Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, “the population is not fully aware that the methods that use weight losing are extremes and can put their health at risk and that the recovery of the lost weight is frequent.” And what can we do? The first is to banish false myths. Sï, obesity is a health problem; but Not so clear that overweight is in general terms. “The life expectancy of people overweight is not less than that of Normopeso”, He told us Juan Ramón BarradaProfessor at the University of Zaragoza. Many ideas that we have above all this and that we use to justify our behaviors, are still disciplinary stories. That does not mean that health is not important. It means that many of those ideas about overweight, health and beauty are cultural strategies equivalent to getting to cabin being inside a well. So? There are no scientific knowledge that can help us? “From what we can extract from current investigations, there are three tips that can be given to anyone: Eat healthyexercise and Accept your body. Today, everything is reduced to weight loss, “he continued Barrada. Therefore, “we must be clear that stigmatizing people overweight or obesity such as ‘vague’ or ‘lack of will’ is to promote suffering” unjustified. And do it with ourselves too. Luckily, as Barrada pointed out, there is another way of doing things. Image | I Yunmai In Xataka | The scientific reason why miracle diets do not work is

The idea of ​​”a house for a lifetime” without fear of move

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In the Barcelona of the 21st century, the houses are no longer taken in which one is born, raised, pushes roots and even ends up founding a new family that takes over. Send the change. The horizons for a handful of years seen. That is one of the main conclusions of the report of the Economic and Social Consell of Barcelona (CESB) On the city’s residential park, its area and the Metropolitan Region. It reveals that more or less half Of the neighbors of the Catalan capital they have changed residence or will do so throughout the decade between 2018 and 2027. The big question is: why? Houses for life. The concept of “house for a lifetime” is falling in Barcelona. He last report On its residential park presented yesterday by CESB, it shows that the removals are the order of the day in the Catalan capital and many of its neighbors have changed their house or will do so over the next few years. “An important part of the population expects that it will change housing in the five years after the survey,” Clarify the report of CESB, which is based on a survey made in 2022. Although the survey was conducted several years ago their conclusions are interesting because they show an increase in moving plans among the Barcelona population. Specifically, it has detected an increase of 12.6% compared to the 2017 data. “The Condal city especially records a high change in housing,” They slide Its authors. And what does the report reveal? Thanks to the combination of several sources, the study of CESB provides an “radiography” of residential mobility in Barcelona, ​​the rest of the area and the whole of the Metropolitan Region, a wide territory by which they are distributed 2.2 million homes. The most interesting data is those of the Ciudad Ciudad, where 35.5%of the population provided for changing housing during the five years of the survey, conducted in 2022. In the rest of the Barcelona area they had move plans around a third (29%) of the neighbors and in the region 25.8%. That is the short -term forecast, between 2022 and 2027. The other great question that the report answers is … How many people have already changed residence in recent years? According to its calculations, during the five years prior to the survey, 30.4% of the population of the city. In the rest of the conurbation it was made by 23.1% and in the external crown that completes the Metropolitan Region 25.1%. And what is the general photo? “If changes are combined in the last five years and the forecast of the next five shows how about half of the population of each of the areas has changed housing or plans to do so during the 2018-2027 period,” collect the report Sector published yesterday by CESB. “The city is especially suffering from a high change, being the only area where more than half of the population (50.7%) is expected to change housing throughout that period.” Subscribers to the removals. That the specific case of Barcelona has caught the attention of the technicians is not explained so much for the number of people who have already moved or plan to do so as for those who fit both profiles. That is, Barcelona who have changed home in recent years and plan to do it again. In the Catalan capital They represent 14.9% of the population, compared to 9.1% of the conurbation and 8.5% of the rest of the region. “In conclusion, a high rate of housing is observed throughout the Metropolitan Region, with especially high figures in Barcelona, ​​where more than half of the people are expected during the period analyzed,” The report concludes. “Especially serious is the situation of that 15% of Barcelona who plan to change housing twice in just ten years, with the difficulties that this can behave when it comes to vital stability or roots in the territory.” Why do they move? CESB also answers that doubt. And its conclusion is striking: the main reason that leads the population to change home is “to improve housing or the environment.” That is the reason behind 34.7% of the removals counted in Barcelona and about 40% of those registered in the metropolitan area and the region. The second reason (28.2% in the Catalan capital) is the desire to form a home or other family reasons. Interestingly, the report itself indicates that in a significant part (and also growing) of homes reside only one or two people. And prices? The economic factor is also behind not a few moves, although it motivates less than the search for better locations or family motifs. The study indicates that almost a quarter (24.5%) of the changes registered in the city in recent years respond to “economic reasons” or “forced” reasons and alien to the will of those who reside in housing, such as a demolition, an expulsion or the end of a contract. That reason is far superior to that of moving for labor reasons, which explain between 5 and 10% of residences changes. “Regarding the forecasts for the next five years, about half of the people who plan to change floor plan to do so to improve their own home or environment,” They abound. The economic or force majeure reasons are maintained in third place in the ranking, behind the relatives, although they lose strength: it is estimated that they will go from 24.5% to 14.7%. What is the context? CESB has presented the study in a complex context, marked by The increase of housing (both in the lease market and in the sale) and The pressure exercised by holiday rental, which has even taken Barcelona to Declare war to tourist floors. Such is the situation that housing has become The main concern of its neighbors, tied with insecurity. The CESB report also provides other interesting data that help complete the radiography of the Barcelona Residential Park and its area, such as 15.9% of … Read more

In full world cocoa crisis, in the Canary Islands they have had an idea: cultivate them themselves

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Last week, Ghana expelled all foreign companies that operated in the gold market. The situation had become unsustainable. Not only are they “disastrous economic, health and environmental consequences“Of artisanal mining (which has skyrocketed in recent years), nor the battered accounts of the Ghanaian state; but the boom of gold exploitation was eroding other national industries. The clearest example is that of cocoa. What about cocoa? Only in the last year, Ghana (the second country that produces the most cocoa) lost 20% of its total production. And that happened in a global context in which bad harvests, pests and climate change fired cocoa prices at historical levels: the ton surpassed The $ 10,000 in the New York Stock Exchange. The problem is that for Ghanaian farmers, gold was more profitable in the short term. The arrival of Chinese operators changed the rules of the game a few years ago and the consequences began to be seen now: cocoa was not the ‘golden chicken’ for the African country industry; but it was much more sustainable than the Galamsey: stir tons and tons of land Almost handmade, illegal, dangerous and little regulated form To sell the gold they find. It is also an “infectious disease” and Ivory Coast (the world’s main cocoa producer) already begins to suffer The same problem. Where some see a problem, others see an opportunity. And for “another” I mean Canarian farmers. Because, like They said in the province“It has subtropical climatic conditions that make it a different region to the rest of the continent.” And that has consequences, above all, for agriculture. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Canarian Institute for Agricultural Research (ICIA) I have been two years “Analyzing the possibilities of culture growth (cocoa) in farm -pea farms.” Nor is it that its results are positive. The new jewel of Canarian agriculture? I wouldn’t say so much. As in the case of Café Granada, the Canarian cocoa It does not consider right now as a large crop. It would be about looking for a “boutique” product, something that allows “diversifying” Canarian agriculture and fleeing from the “bananodependence”. But it is not so easy. Because it is not only about convincing enough producers to achieve considerable productive stability; but of being able to develop the entire industrial chain: things like the fermentation of the grain and its drying. And many problems arise: because raising that industry is almost impossible (profitability is very low) and selling cocoa without further ado leaves you in a very bad strategic place. You have to think very well how to take the steps so that this does not become academic hobby. Since the end of 2023, cocoa has gone from quoting at $ 2,581 per ton at 10,371. It is something extremely sweet and, therefore, little by little that we are wrong a deadly trap for the Canarian field. Image | Majestic Lukas | Kyle Hinkson In Xataka | We go to the most expensive chocolate in history: how the cocoa crisis will shoot its price

Every week, millions of flies are released on the Valencia Community and, although it does not seem like it, it is a sensational idea

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The Valencia war against the Mediterranean fruit fly dates back more than thirty years and is A constant reminder That going to war against an insect is never easy. It is not a reminder that is needed, the truth. Hundreds of regions around the world fight their particular conflicts with All kinds of insects, fungi or bacteria. If Valencia is important, it is something else. For a factory in caudete of the sources. An army of flies. Since at least 2017, the one we know today as Valencian Center for Genetic Fight It has been releasing hundreds of millions of flies weekly to combat pests. The technique is not new, but in this Valencian municipality they have led it to its maximum expression. Not for nothing is the largest bioplant in Europe and the second largest in the world: a reference in what is called “sterile insect technique”. Sterile insect? Yes, it is “a method of biological pest control that is based on raising males of the same species to fight that they are sterilized by irradiation.” These sterile males They are released to the fieldwhere they compete with wild males due to mating with females, “reducing plague levels by not giving rise to offspring.” Is a solution that “has been used in agriculture of multiple countries and in various flies and beetles. In addition, it is studied to fight against mosquitoes, in particular the Aedes“vectors of diseases such as dengue and chikungunya.” And is it viable? According to the Valencian example, it seems that. Although the regional government Spend about eight million Of euros a year, it has become a key piece in the defense of a sector that moves more than 10,000 million only in the region. As explained in the country: “In recent years there has been a very pronounced decrease in hectares of citrus treated with chemicals through aerial media (from about 330,000 at the beginning of the 21st century to just a few thousands of hectares today).” That is, it is a relatively cheap and quite effective project that also allows Very specific interventions And safe: “Since sterile males generally only appear with females of their own species, little effect on ecosystems is expected, unlike insecticides, which are toxic to many different species.” An increasingly present future. A few years ago, Manuel F. HerradorProfessor of the UDC Civil Engineering School, he said that in the future, they will be horrified how much of our way of building was summed up in two words: brute force. Something like this will happen when technology historians look at how we cultivate during the 20th century. Now, little by little, we are recovering (and creating) other ways to intervene in the nature much more intelligent, powerful and effective. Font caudete is just the beginning. Image | AlvesGaspar | THAT In Xataka | These mosquitoes are genetically modified to resist the four dengue virus serotypes and avoid their propagation

France has put the soy in the spotlight. Science is not so clear that it is a good idea

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Soy has become one more element in our kitchens. Soja drinks, for example, are no longer a simple substitute for milk used by vegan people, but as one more drink. However, soy has also aroused the suspicions of some, generally focused around one of its components. Now those who have just paid their food in this food have been the French health authorities. Advise against. A few weeks ago, ANSES, the National Agency for Health Security of Food, the Environment and French work, issued a recommendation in which soybean products were advised in collective restoration. The motive wielded is in the isoflavones, but Not everyone is convinced in which it has been a good idea. Soy and isoflavonas. The Isoflavonas They are estrogen -like substances (hormones linked mainly to female reproduction) that are produced by some plants. Among the plants that produce these compounds are soybeans, and also to a lesser extent in other legumes and vegetables. The impacts on the human health of these compounds have generated interest in the community, scientific, not only for the risks that could entail but also for potential benefits. Since these compounds can be “coupled” to our hormonal receptors, the possible risks associated with the consumption of these phytoestrogens usually associate with their impact on our hormonal system, especially in that of children and adolescents, even in the growth stage. Avoid excessive consumption. According to details Radio France Internationalthe new measure is focused on avoiding excessive consumption, through the recommendation to eliminate soy products from collective restoration. This includes from nurseries to elderly residences, as well as other teaching centers and the canteens of companies. The new guide of the French agency establishes toxicological reference values ​​(TRV) by ingestion that try to delimit the safe consumption of these compounds (those that are below the value), of which they could begin to suppose a risk. According to the agency, these values ​​would be 0.02 mg per kg of body mass and day in the general population, and 0.01 mg/kg of body mass and day in pregnant women and children. Doubts. The measure has generated some skepticism. As It is explained from Sincthe new limits are based on studies conducted with animal models. While this type of studies represent a fundamental pillar when studying the impact of some substances, extrapolating its results to humans is not always simple. There are at least three factors that could alter these results continue to explain the article. The first, metabolic: mice metabilize these compounds less efficiently, which causes them to accumulate more easily in their body. Secondly, because some of the studies would have been using high doses that would not correspond to those we absorb when we consume isoflavones orally. Finally, the intestinal microbiota could also play a fundamental role in our absorption of these compounds. And in this sense, the gastrointestinal microbioma of humans and mice differs too much to be able to perform reliable extrapolations. And in humans? As they detail from Sinchumans do not yield especially alarming results. Rather on the contrary. These studies, including A technical review published in 2022 In the magazine Critical Reviews in Food Science and NutritionThey tend to point out that endocrine disruption tests associated with soybean consumption or its isoflavones are not detected. Controlling food concentration. Although the recommendations to collective restoration have focused the debate of the new French recommendations, these also pay attention to soy producers and food manufacturers. Not all soy varieties and not all products of this legume contain comparable isoflavone concentrations. That is why It is recommended To these sectors choose plant varieties, agronomic techniques and elaboration processes that minimize the presence of these compounds. In Xataka | In full tariff war, the EU has found a weapon to press the United States: soybeans Image | Tankilevitch polyina

I have no idea how an app is programmed. I just created one in 20 seconds with Google Firebase

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I have tried Learn to program a few times. Each and every one of them I have finished leaving it. Beyond the most basic foundations, I have no idea how to start building an app. My partner Iván Linares, from Xataka Android, has managed to create an application with the new tool from Google, Firebase. And, according to your experience, it is something that is achieved in five minutes. So I wanted to test This tool To check if, the King of Dummies in programming, I could create my own applications in a matter of minutes. It would be an achievement. Google Firebase. Google Firebase It is a cloud platform for the development of applications. It is not a new service, but now it has a new ally that allows you to even create an app: Gemini. Thanks to the implementation of its artificial intelligence, one of the most powerful and covered of the moment, it is possible to create applications in Google Firebase. Best of all, we do not need to have a code idea. We just have to go to Firebase Studio. Point that the process is completely free, and that we have up to three work spaces available. More than enough to to play beautifully with the tool. Gemini’s integration is still in the test phase, so we are warned that there may be errors. Testing Google Firebase: Open Firebase is to open an interface that leaves no margin of error. We have a box to write the prompt, in which some ideas already preferred appear. I have not wanted to complicate or the least: “A CALCULATOR APP”. Gemini has not taken five seconds to generate the keys of “Calcify”. It does suggest the name, and you can change it if you don’t like it. In the summary that has offered me, the following data appeared, information about the app that we are going to create. The UI (the interface). Mathematical Operations Algorithm Dynamic screen to show the results Errors calculation Color palette Wow. In case I did not convince me some part of this return on how to make the app, you only have to describe the changes. Now just play “Prototype This App” and expect magic to happen. It is impressive to see how, in real time, everything is created. I have been especially attracted to checking how errors automatically self -correction, something that takes more than a few seconds. It has not taken a minute, in just 20 seconds the app. Yes, it is nothing more than a calculator app. But it has created it an AI with a prompt of a line in less than 20 seconds. It is quite impressive. So far we have our app, but I don’t hide if I confess that I have released a “jo*er” just after. I wanted to try how long it takes to make changes. With a simple prompt. I want the color of the “ac, c, and +/-” keys to be network, so there’s more distinction. I also want it to have the name “Calcify” Written in the Top Left Corner. He has got to work, changing the necessary aspects to make the modification that I have told him and … It has not taken five seconds to return the app with the relevant modifications. Firefly’s main limitation is in the publication, although it helps us a lot. We cannot directly ask you to generate the APK, and we will have to help ourselves more or technical knowledge to import the necessary files in Android Studio and end up generating the app file to use it outside Firebase. However, it is an impressive tool as much as entertainment and to take our first programming steps. Combined with Chatgpt or Deepseek it has enormous potential. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Jensen Huang is clear: At this point no one should learn to program, AI will do it for us

12 years after making fun of Spacex and his idea of ​​landing rockets, Arianegroup is creating a European mini-falcon 9

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Year 2013. An Arianespace manager gives his opinion on Spacex in a symposium in Singapore. His statements still resonate in the European space industry as a summary of the 10 or 20 years lost that now, Arianegroup and the European New Space They are trying recover. “They will wake up.” The question was: how Arianespace will compete, the French company that has been launching all the rockets of Europe for 40 years, with the launch of 15 million dollars that Spacex promises. This was what Richard Bowles repliedDirector of Arianespace in Southeast Asia: “They are progressing incredibly well, but what I see in the market is that Spacex seems to be selling mainly a dream. We should all dream, but the releases of 5 million or 15 million dollars are a dream. And personally I think that reuse is a dream.” “I feel that the question is how I am going to answer a dream. And my answer to answer a dream is’ do not wake up people, they have to wake up on their own.” “They are not superhombres, whatever they can do, we can do it too.” The awakening. Breaking a spear in favor of Bowles, very few would have opted for Spacex in 2013, much less a corporation with the European launch monopoly. By nature, large companies have risk aversion and cannot maneuver with the agility of a startup. However, time gave Elon Musk reason. In 2024, Arianespace launched three rockets: A Ariane 6, A Vega and a Vega-C. Spacex, meanwhile, launched 132 Falcon 9 and two Falcon Heavy. He also beat the reuse record with 26 launches and landings for the first stage of a Falcon 9. Themis project. Arianegroup began to maneuver in 2019 at the request of the French space agency CNES. ARIANEWORKSa collaboration between the two entities, announced the development of a multipurpose rocket of low cost and reusable, known as theomis project. The project received 33 million euros of initial financing. Although the first jump test (a vertical flight of low altitude) was scheduled for 2023, It has been delaying. Themis will merge with another rocket that has ended up being more promising. A rocket called Maia. In 2022, Arianegroup founded Maiaspace, a subsidiary that, this time, would work as a startup. His Maia rocket, competition of Miura 5 of Pld Space and the Spectrum by Isar Aerospacecan put up to 500 kg in Heliosíncrona orbit in its reusable version. Its first stage is essentially the lake that, of methane and liquid oxygen, with the ability to land in a barge in the ocean shortly after taking off from the Space Center of the French Guiana. Skyhopper project. While Maiaspace continues with the disposable version of his rocket (he already has a first client, Exotrails satellites), A newly announced project will develop the necessary modifications so that the first stage of Maia can land. He Skyhopper project It will focus that the propeller can recover, restore and reuse within 12 months since its launch. The first stage could be used again at least five times. CNES has awarded a contract of at least 20 million euros to Maiaspace to lead this advance. The first landing is planned for 2028. Image | Maiaspace In Xataka | “Elon Musk can monopolize everything,” says Arianespace, who has been launching all Europe’s satellites for 40 years

The international wine market was already broken, but a single idea has put it against the ropes: 200% tariffs

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13%. That is the magical figure because, given the uncertainty of what will happen to the tariffs, that is what the “main consumer country in the world“For Spanish wine. In 2024, to get an idea, they were sent 97 million liters valued at almost 400 million of euros. That’s why The announcement of a 200% tariff and the letter of the United States wine alliance (USWTA) recommending “Sorted to US companies that They suspend all the shipments of wine, liquors and beer from the EU “has fallen like a jug of cold water in a sector that was already very scrambled. And that has not even been a big surprise. In December 2024, after Trump’s choice, Exports fired 23%. And, during these months, many Spanish wineries have been protecting preventively anticipating the sending of reserves to American soil. What has surprised has been the entity of the coup: no one expected a 200% tariff and, although was suspended, As I pointed out Jose Luis Lapuente, general director of the Denomination of Origin of Rioja, “much more harmful than tariffs itself is uncertainty, not knowing.” That is precisely what is behind the USWTA letter: despite its efforts so that tariffs do not apply to goods that are already in transit, the US government has refused to give a clear answer what it will happen. If companies do not suspend shipments, they could meet huge losses overnight. “Deep concern” Last Thursday, the Brussels Regions Committee hosted an emergency meeting of the intergroup of wine to ask the commission to “take out the wine from the tariff war.” And, a priori, it seems that the pressures have had an effect because the union left out of his countermeasures to wine, sparkling and the American bourbon. In this context, it is not only to avoid more reprisals from the White House and prevent European wine sales from collapseing in the US, it is about Protect huge investments that the sector (and union) have done in the North American market during the last decade. “The tariffs announced by the US are totally unjustified in the particular case of the wine if we consider that currently the tariff difference between the rates that apply the EU and the US is minimal,” reasoned the general director of the Spanish Federation of Wine, José Luis Benítez. However, we have already seen in recent days that the Trump administration strategy is difficult to understand. In fact, it is a measure that does not convince anyone … “This will be great for wine and champagne businesses in the United States,” Trump wrote when he threatened with the 200%tariff. However, not all American producers They agree. Because, although it is true that the price increases can ‘rekindle’ the interest in the broths of the country, we talk about a fragile sector, overloaded and very touched by the fires and droughts of the main producing area, California. Not only that. As John Williams explained at CNNfounder of Frog’s Leap, a winery in the Californian Valley of Napa, US wineries are just a very small part of the commercial chain. If tariffs harm distributors, the problem will be rapidly generalized. In the end, “we all depend on the same distributors. The health of these companies is important for wineries around the world,” said. … and that can become counterproductive. Because, the American tariff system has peculiarities that can end up running the market completely. The clearest example is that “the US customs and border service. offers reimbursements of certain rights, taxes and fees paid for imported items, provided that the company exports similar articles. ” That is, the big distribution platforms can end up flooding the most expensive European products market as a strategy to compensate for the price of tariffs. Although, in reality, the background problem is another. That world wine is going through a very bad time. In September 2023, Luigi Moio, president of the International Wine Organization, climbed into a gallery in the heart of La Rioja and said “Vineyard’s start was something inevitable.” And it’s not just La Rioja, of course. In France (which can serve us as proxy of what happens in the international sector), already It has been assumed That 100,000 hectares of vineyards will have to be started – in fact, they have launched a plan to start about 30,000. It is the only way that the sector finds for a devilish situation: that the sector does not stop growing, but These floods “They are not enough to cover production costs and farmers’ needs.” And in that context, tariffs arrive. Are we facing a? Image | Chuttersnap | Mika Baumeister Xataka | We already knew that Spanish wine was on its way to collapse. What we didn’t know was that drought was going to accelerate it so much

We have been discussing whether it is a good idea or not bassinally during long flights. Crews are clear

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May not reach the level of the debate of whether the tortilla It must or should not carry onionbut when we talk about airplanes there are A dilemma that arises in virtually long flights: barefoot or not barefoot? Is it justified to take off your shoes to make a transoceanic flight of more than eight hours more? Is it uncivic? Is it unsafe? To start, do companies allow it? The debate jumps From time to time In networks. And surprising analysis and Surveys That is good to keep present. Travel and shoes. If you take the train or plane frequently, especially for long journeys, you will have seen it A few times (You may even do it yourself): There are passengers who, according to the trip, take off the shoes to be more comfortable. There are those that stay in socks. And others that directly leave their naked foot. It is a relatively common stamp. Just as it is to see how other passengers from the car or plane begin to look at those feet with anger. Click on the image to go to Tweet. A figure: 56%. It may seem a minor issue, but the flights (and train trips) with or without shoes is relevant enough for companies that have dedicated themselves to studying the topic thoroughly. An example is the Kayak platform, which in 2023 published A report with “the tacit rules” of air trips in which he collected the opinions of passengers on issues such as the use of support and players or telephone calls One of the issues he asked in his survey was the footwear in the planes. Are you okay if the flight is long? He obtained two answers, to each more striking. The first is that at least among the Americans there is no A clear opinion on whether it is correct or not take off your shoes on the plane. 56% believe that passengers must remain shoes, but as Slide Kayak itself That supposes that there is another 44% that differs from that opinion. Moreover, according to their data one in five people believe that it is fine to go to cleaning without shoes. Socks, the red line. In what is much more unanimity is that, although a traveler removes the shoes, heels or shoes, what he should never do is get the socks. 76% Of the surveyed by kayak it does not see that people dare of that garment in the airplanes. The percentage exceeds even those who consider that phone calls should not be made inside the plane or that to listen to music or watch movies you have to wear headphones. “It is unpleasant”. In other countries opinions are much more categorical. A while ago Jetstar made a similar survey Among more than 20,000 travelers and found that the majority “unworthy” that there are people who walk barefoot through the airport. The idea only convinces 6% of Australians and 9% of the Japanese. “An airport or plane is not a private living room,” says Zarife Hardy, responsible for the Australian School of label. “Remove your shoes in crowded spaces is coach for others.” In your opinion, you can get your shoes acceptable if we talk about long journeys, during which the traveler spends hours and hours in her seat, but Zariffe remembers That does not mean that I should be with the naked foot. “Wait for the plane to be flying and wear socks or slippers,” he advises. Education question … and personal hygiene. There is another reason why we should think twice if we should get our shoes on a plane. We may win comfort, but in the long run you can carry more serious problems. Especially if we are still barefoot when we want to go to cleaning. “On long -term flights I have realized that people (often children) walk barefoot towards or inside the bathroom,” Explain Jagdish Khubchandani, Professor of Public Health at New Mexico State University. “It is a very antihigienic trend with infection potential if someone has cuts or wounds.” “Sometimes it’s not water”. In case there were doubts about it, Leysha Pérez, regional flight assistant, even went further in An interview with Business Insider in which I explained why moving barefoot through a plane may not be the best idea in the world: “Sometimes what you see on the bathroom floor is not water. Surely body fluids are what you step on.” There are airline crew that directly They confess That “they would never” go barefoot to a bathroom, however long the flight is. “Walking on the barefoot or socks is disgusting,” They underline. And what do companies say? There are cases where traveling barefoot is not even an option. The reason: the airlines themselves prohibit it in their use policies. For example, American Airlines establishes Clearly that all its clients must dress in “appropriate” aboard their ships, and if there were doubts about it adds: “No bare feet or offensive garments are allowed.” Something similar occurs with Hawaiian Airlines, which remember that your staff can refuse to transport a client if you do not meet “the Hawaiian standards of clothing.” And that, clarifies, implies wearing “safety” shoes. Images | Kenny Eliason (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | We have been binding to the suitcases to identify them at the airport for years. Your employees warn that it is a bad idea

Getting coffee in the ass is not a good idea, according to science

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Coffee is a food full of health benefits that we did not know until not too ago. However, introducing it to the anus is not in the list of what scientific evidence recommends to obtain its properties. And not only for a DOSIS MOST DIRECT CAFEINEbut to treat cancer. They are coffee enemas, and they can do more bad than good. PEC. Literally. If you had to write a ‘Young speaking guide‘In recent years, an expression that could not be missing is’ pec’. It is the acronym for “by the ass”, a modernization (and vulgarization, depending on who we ask) of the already classic “it is very cool.” In the case of coffee, it is something that is being carried out in a curious way: enemas. ‘Brain. Are Lavatives of coffee they became fashionable a few years ago due to the advice of the actress and businesswoman ‘Wellness‘Gwyneth Paltrow. Through your brand Goop -Centrada in him lifestyle and alternative well -being And holistic beauty-the actress has sold several cosmetic and well-being products, but also others of the most controversial. On the one hand, Jade eggs and vaginal vapors for intimate health. On the other hand, the Implant-o-rama. The latter is a curious name for something much easier to describe: coffee enemas. Its price is at the level of Best specialty coffee: 150 dollars. These products have been criticized For the scientific community because they lack support and it is not so much that they can be harmful to health, but there are people who replace treatments that support evidence to go to these pseudoscientific practices. The enemas that Paltrow sells, accompanied by phrases of people who claim that their cancer has been diluted thanks to them For sample, royalty. There is a real example. Literally. In February of last year it was announced that Carlos III, king of England, had been diagnosed with cancer. It was not specified what type of cancer was, but the monarch began to follow a conventional treatment while performing its functions. A few days ago, however, the story gave a flying: Carlos III was news because, according to nearby sources, left conventional therapy -The chemotherapy- and bet for alternative solutions. What solutions? Well, those dictated by Gerson therapy. It is an alternative treatment created by the doctor Max Gerson in 1930 designed to treat both cancer and other degenerative diseases. The trident is based on vegetarian and low sodium diet with a huge amount of daily natural juices, supplements such as vitamins, enzymes and extracts to support detoxification and crown jewel: coffee enemas. Detox. Gerson Consider that cancer appears as a result of a metabolic deterioration of the body and is reflected in a tumor. Therefore, restoring metabolic balance by eliminating toxins and strengthening the immune system, cancer is diluted. Of course, scientific evidence was thrown over because there were no controlled clinical studies that demonstrated the effectiveness of this method for not to cure cancer, but to improve the quality of life of patients. The National Cancer Institute has carried out studies, concluding that reported cases do not offer objective evidence of therapeutic benefits and, in addition, it is an extremely expensive treatment. When Carlos was still prince of Wales, he praised Gerson therapy in a speech on complementary therapies related to cancer to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The theory after coffee enemas aims to help detoxify the body by stimulating liver and bile ducts. The caffeine It is absorbed through the rectum and dilates ducts, facilitating the elimination of toxins accumulated by cell metabolism. In addition, it relieves pain and improves the immune system. And there are defenders who They affirm that doctors used them in the Second World War or in the Crimean War to relieve the pain of the soldiers. A portable machine to get enemas. There was a time when everything was worth it to enter the anus, even tobacco smoke And science arrived. He National Cancer Institute or the United Kingdom Research Cancer They have commented that there is no scientific evidence that supports those statements. And the American FDA, directlydid not approve the use of these practices to treat any disease. It is something that professionals and the medical community have turned its back due to that lack of evidence since the human body already has organs such as the liver or the kidneys responsible for that detoxification. More bad than good. Well, here we enter a thorny terrain because these alternative theories can be “good” whenever they combine with those that have scientific support. Drinking water with sugar can have a placebo effect Positive for a patient whenever he does not abandon medicine backed by science. The problem of coffee enemas is that it is no longer that it does something positive, but that it can be counterproductive. Specialists in the digestive system have warned that this practice can be dangerous even in healthy people due to a series of adverse effects that do not sound too well. Inflammation of colon or rectum, infections such as septicemia, electrolytic imbalances, rectal burns and intestinal perforations are on the risk list. Not all enemas. But, despite all that scientific evidence and information, there are still defenders of these alternative practices to conventional medicine. And public figures that advertise and submit to them. But something important in this matter is that enemas, In some casesthey are necessary. That is, it is a procedure that consists of inserting a liquid into the rectum to empty the intestine before surgeries, in very severe cases of constipation or as part of the treatment of people with intestinal inflammation. In the end, seeing the case of Carlos III I cannot not think of a phrase of the humorist Ricky Gervais in one of his millionaires and Netflix monologues in which he affirms that it seems very good that someone with a disease resorts to alternative practices as long as he does it while undergoing a treatment that has the support … Read more

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