Is there anything wrong with not eating sugar? From morning tea to sweets. Sugar adds sweetness not only to our food, but also to our lives. Without this sugar, we would not be able to eat foods like sweets, chocolate, cakes or soft drinks. But where did this sugar come from and how did it reach our kitchen? Sugar and then brown sugar were first made in India from sugarcane juice. Historical books and various reports from India and abroad provide evidence of this. According to a research report titled ‘A History of Sugar: The Food Nobody Needs, But Everyone Craves’ published by the British media outlet network ‘The Conversation’, sugar was made in India around 2,500 years ago, i.e. 500 BC. From here, the technology to make it spread eastwards to China and reached the Middle East via Iran. In the first century, the historian Pliny the Elder, who wrote the encyclopedia ‘Naturalis Historia’, said that Indian sugar was better than sugar made in Arabia. It is said that sugar first reac...
How does noise pollution affect the heart? Noise pollution is a problem that gradually harms health. Thousands of people lose their hearing every year due to noise pollution. The ear can only hear a certain intensity of sound. Loud noise damages the ears. There is a link between traffic noise and heart attacks. Traffic noise increases the risk of stroke, diabetes and many heart-related diseases. Loud noise is also considered a risk factor for heart disease. Due to excessive noise, people do not sleep at night and it also causes stress and restlessness. The number of heart patients has increased rapidly in the last few years. Especially young people are falling prey to heart attacks and noise pollution is also a major cause. A recent study published in the journal Circulation Research found a link between traffic noise and heart attacks. A team of international researchers has analyzed a large amount of data and found that traffic noise increases the risk of stroke, diabetes and ot...