No bottled water in Ghana contains minerals - Nutrition expert

According to research by water safety expert at the University of Ghana, no single bottled water company in Ghana is producing water that contains minerals.

Bottled mineral water is the preferred choice of water for the middle and high class in Ghana. Consumers say it is the most expensive and the safest too.

According to experts, those who have been consuming water labeled “mineral water” thinking they will get useful minerals like calcium, magnesium or iron to improve their health and nutrition should rethink it.

The Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, Professor Kwaku Tanoh-Debrah, with over three decades research into water safety in Ghana says bottled mineral water producers have been deceiving the consumers.

In an interview with Joy News’ Raymond Acquah, Prof Tanoh-Debrah said he is baffled that companies advertise their bottled water as containing minerals.

“If you want to call water mineral water, it should have some useful minerals in certain concentrations. The levels that are there are so low that they don’t qualify as mineral water,” Prof Tanoh-Debrah.

He said what consumers see on the shelves are, “very purified water that they [producers] have taken away a lot of the dissolved substances. That actually makes tap water healthier.”

He explained that during the reverse osmosis system, producers take away all the dissolved minerals to the lowest level, which makes it even acidic to the extent that tap water is better.

According to Prof Tanoh-Debrah, “if the water comes from spring sources you should be sure that the water has no arsenic three, which is a heavy metal [carcinogenic] that is dangerous to our health. Spring is one of the sources of trihydrate form of arsenic, which is highly toxic.”


Source: Myjoyonline.com

3 South African Men Arrested By BNI Were Training NPP Guards - Perry Okudzeto

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has admitted knowledge of the three retired South African police officers picked up by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and said to be posing a threat to the country's security.

According to the party, the three were training some members of the party’s security detail on crowd control mechanisms.

The three South Africans were arrested  on Sunday at Agona Duakwa in the Central Region for allegedly training some young men in various security drills, including unarmed combat, weapon handling, VIP protection techniques and rapid response manoeuvres.

But speaking on Citi FM, the Deputy Communications Director of the NPP, Mr Perry Okudzeto noted that their men, numbering 16 had only been sent to Delta Force Security Company Limited to be trained on how to handle crowds.

He said it only happened that the security company had hired the three South Africans, Major Ahmed Shaik Hazis (retd), Warrant Officer Denver Dwayhe and Captain Mlungiseli Jokani as consultants.

According to Mr Okudzeto, the training of their security detail had been necessitated by “the continuous popularity of our flagbearer and running mate…”


Source: Graphic Online

Asamoah Gyan Slaps A Worker Of Alisa Hotel

Information reaching ultimate1069.com indicates that the captain of the Black Stars Asamoah Gyan has allegedly slapped a worker of Alisa hotel in Accra.

The incident it is gathered occurred when the Black Stars of Ghana were checking in at the hotel ahead of their 2017 AFCON qualifier game with Mozambique on Thursday.

The victim it is gathered reminded the Captain on the need to abide by a new security arrangement of the hotel which he did not cooperate well.

This was said to have degenerated into some argument with the worker uttering some unpleasant words which  reportedly did not go down well with the former Al Ain striker which resulted  in the attack.

It is gathered that  Ghana’s Striker has since apologized to the said worker of the hotel, and the worker too acknowledging his fault for verbally abusing the striker.

This is not the first time Asamoah has been engaged in physical assault. It will be recalled in some few years ago, the all time highest Ghana scorer slapped a fan of the Black Stars at LindaDor, a restaurant off the Accra – Kumasi main road.


Source: Ultimate1069.com

Fattest Man In Colombia Taken To A Weight Loss Clinic In A Fire Truck

The fattest man in Colombia had to call on a team of 20 men and a fire truck to take him to a weight-loss clinic so that he could receive urgent life-changing treatment.

After gorging on a diet of junk food for decades Oscar Vasquez Morales, 44, who clocks in at 63 stones - around 400kg or 882lbs - was warned that if he did not lose weight his condition would cost him his life.

In desperation he reached out to a local heart foundation, in the city of Palmira, and thankfully its team of specialists agreed to help him with a series of assessments and tests at their centre.

However, before he began his vital treatment he faced another obstacle – leaving his house.

Mr Morales needs assistance carrying out simple day-to-day activities such as going to the toilet and dressing himself and hasn’t walked unaided for years.

Leaving his home was always going to be a monumental task, but fortunately, when his local fire department heard about his plight they rushed to his aid and helped him on his way.

He will now undergo treatment from nutritionists, a psychologist and physicians before facing gastric surgery.

Mr Morales hopes to lose 47 stones (300kg/662lbs) in four years, with the treatment allowing him to live a normal life.

He said: 'When my whole family goes out for a walk, I stay alone, because I cannot move. But I would, even if it was only to walk a few blocks to visit my brothers.'

Even going to the toilet is a problem, he added: 'To go to the bathroom, I have to get out of bed with the help of my family.'

Mr Morales' battle with his weight stems from trauma caused by the death of his parents - both suffered fatal heart attacks just a year apart - when he was in his late teens.

He swiftly fell into deep depression and sought comfort in fast food and an unhealthy lifestyle.

Salvador Palacio, who runs the Antiochian Gorditos Heart Foundation treating Mr Morales, said he decided to help the patient because he needed to be 'rescued'.

The foundation receives 4,300 applications a year from Colombians with obesity problems.

Currently, 2,000 people are being treated there, out of the 200,000 who suffer the disease throughout the country, according to the Colombian Association of Obesity and Bariatric Surgery.

Mr Morales will now undergo a three-phased process - the implantation of a gastric balloon, then a gastric sleeve and finally a gastric bypass.

Among the discomfort he suffers on a daily basis are painful sores from the creases in his skin, severe pelvic lymphedema and sleep apnoea.

However, with the promise of a brighter future he is staying positive, he said: 'I want to take care of myself.'


Source: Daily Mail

Identical twins have sex with their shared boyfriend together because they get in 'the mood at same time'

Identical twins Anna and Lucy DeCinque have revealed they share every aspect of their lives - including time in bed with their boyfriend.

The 30-year-old sisters baffled ITV's This Morning hosts Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby as they bluntly admitted they sleep with him at the same time.

They said: "We're in the mood at the same time. He's a lucky guy, He needs double the energy, he gets double the love and double the attention."

Although the sisters admitted people have an issue with their arrangement, they have stood by their decision.

"They can have their opinions but this is the way we want to live our lives," they argued. "We're not hurting anyone and it makes us happy.

"We're always going to be together. Because we're with each other 24/7 of our lives it's so much easier to share a boyfriend."

Recently, the 30-year-old sisters have even said they want to have babies at the same time “because our bodies need to be the same.”

The girls are both in a relationship with mechanic Ben Byrne, who is also a twin - but not an identical one.

Even though the two aren’t actively trying for babies, yet, they told Australian current affairs and discussion show The Insight their plans when they do start planning a family.

Anna said: “If I got pregnant Lucy would definitely get pregnant straight way — because our bodies need to be the same.

“We would try to make that happen, definitely. We are not trying right now — we love children and kids love us, but it’s not the time for us.

“We would have to be exactly the same — even if we went through IVF at the same time.”

The pair shared their story on the show, as part of a double episode about twins.

Following the programme, the twins spoke to the Herald Sun (which weren’t able to say which of the girls was speaking as “their voices are pretty much identical too.”)

One of twins said: “We actually felt a bit intimidated by the other twins, because we always thought we were the centre of attention.”

The Insight investigation looks at what the latest twin research can reveal about humanity at large — for social and scientific researchers, twins are ‘the perfect natural experiment’, especially identical twins who share 99.9% of the same DNA.

The pair became famous after they were dubbed the 'world's most identical twins' on a Japanese prank TV show, when facial recognition technology could not tell them apart.

The two - born just a minute apart - have reportedly blown £130,000 on cosmetic surgery to make sure they look as similar as possible.

Source: mirror.co.uk

Manny Pacquiao Banned From Entering Los Angeles' Shopping Mall

Professional boxer-turned-Philippine politician Manny Pacquiao has been banned from entering Los Angeles' shopping mall The Grove yet again for his previous homophobic remarks.
As reported on PEP News, the mall's owner Rick Caruso announced the decision recently, saying that a lot of people from the gay community are frequent visitors of the mall, and have the right to feel uncomfortable. "[Therefore], Manny Pacquiao is no longer welcome," he said. Last month, the boxer angered the LGBT community and its supporters over his statement that gay people are worse than animals. Although he later apologised, it seemed that the damage has already been done. But this isn't the first time Pacquiao was banned from The Grove. Back in 2012, he was banned from the mall for quoting the Leviticus passage that says homosexuals should be put to death. Caruso stated, "Based on news reports of statements made by Mr. Pacquiao, we have made it be known that he is not welcome at The Grove and will not be interviewed here now or in the future. The Grove is a gathering place for all Angelenos and not a place for intolerance."

Source: The Hive Asia

JHS girl raped and killed by ‘wee smoker’ at Ejisu Juaben

A man believed to be in his early 30s is said to have butchered an 18-year-old girl at Hwereso near Boankra in the Ejisu Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

This was after he allegedly raped the Junior High School final year student whose name was given as Azuma infront of the mother and her grandmother on Monday night.

The alleged killer, whose name was given as Adongo, also slashed the mother of the girl’s throat and head. The deceased’s paternal grandmother who was on a visit also sustained a cut on her back. They are receiving treatment at a nearby health facility.

Adongo, after committing the atrocity, bolted but the police are currently on manhunt for him.

Narrating the incident to Onua FM’s Yen Sempa Tuesday, the Assembly Member for the Electoral Area, William Kwaku Obeng explained that he was waken at about 1am this dawn, only to be greeted with the sad news of someone being killed in the area.

He said Adongo allegedly entered the victims’ room at midnight while they were asleep and demanded that they handed over the lady to her without any tangible reason. Brandishing the lethal cutlass, he threatened to kill everybody in that room, so the two women including two others obliged without a struggle.

Right in their presence, he raped the deceased. After the ignoble act, blood-thirsting Adongo slashed the poor girl’s chest right in-between the breasts.

Not satisfied, Adongo pounced on the victim’s mother and the old lady, inflicting cutlass wounds on them but left the two other children.

The Assembly Member told Yen Sempa host, Kwame Karikari that the people started shouting for help which attracted other tenants on the compound house but Adongo took to his heels after sensing danger.

Mr. Obeng said Adongo is known in the area as someone who smokes marijuana but discounted any perception that he might be insane.

He is currently being pursued by the police.


Source: tv3network.com