Tea
1. Anti-thiamine action and thiamine inactivation. This means that tea blocks the action of Vitamin B1.
2. Contains fluorine at substantial levels and also fluor-aluminium complexes.
3. Inhibits absorption of iron, especially from cereals. High levels of Vitamin C minimize this action.
4. Has a diuretic action, which, as a consequence, upsets Na/K balance in favour of sodium.
5. There is some evidence of carcinogenic effects from tea tannins.
6. Tea tannins affect the heart and can cause heart-muscle lesions in rats.
7. Some statistical evidence links tea-drinking in expectant mothers with congenital abnormalities in their babies
Coffee
1. Affects stomach secretions, including HCI - stomach acid.
2. Affects acid/base equilibrium in the body.
3. Upsets electrolyte balance, especially Na and K and upsets water balance - a definite diuretic.
4. Like tea, has anti-thiamine action.
5. Increases atherosclerosis.
6. Affects behaviour.
7. Gives rise to methylitrosourea that may be a cause of bladder tumours.
8. Adversely affects blood fatty acids and blood sugar control.
9. Some work suggests a link with teratomas, ie tumours of the unborn foetus.
10. Has been linked with duodenal ulcers.
11. Has a mutagenic action. ie causes abnormal germ cells - viz sperm and ova.
12. Inhibits iron absorption.
13. Produces nitrosamines, which are known cancer-causing agents.
14. Statistically, high coffee consumption is correlated to the incidence of carcinoma of the pancreas.
15. De-mineralises the tissues.

REFERENCE: http://www.foodalive.org/articles/teacoffee.htm

Recently I was very interested in one fact which my friends are working for, addiction and the types of addictions. Actually, addiction refers to a wide and complex range of behaviors. In addition to familiar addictions such as alcohol dependence, drug dependence, and smoking, addictive behaviors have also been associated with food, exercise, work, and even relationship with others. These can be categorized into five types as: patterns, habits, compulsion, impulse control orders, and physical addiction. Compulsions differ from patterns and habits since they originate from the purpose of relieving anxiety. Impulse control disorders, such as overeating and overworking, provide short-term gratification but are harmful in the long run. In contrast to these types of behavior, physical addiction involves dependence on a habit- forming substance. An addiction is generally associated with relieving anxiety or blocking out other types of uncomfortable feelings. The addiction makes people neglect other areas of their lives. They are commonly secretive about it. When somebody wants to talk about their problem, they generally deny that they have a problem although privately they regret their addictive behavior, which in many cases they have tried without success to discontinue. Within themselves, they are usually very uncomfortable about having an addiction and feel ashamed of it. They try to escape the shame by telling themselves that they can stop whenever they want. However, addiction is difficult to treat and the recovery process cannot start without admitting that there is a problem. Biological intervention sometimes may be necessary, including medication to treat withdrawal symptoms and treatment for malnutrition.
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A. Dumas “The Count of Monte Cristo”

Alexsadre Dumas is my favorite author and I have read almost all of his compositions. But my favorite novel is “The Count of Monte Cristo”. Before the beginning of the novel let me give you the short information about the life of A. Dumas.
A. Dumas was born in 1802, in France. He was married an actress and had four illegitimate children from other women. He was buried where he had been born, but under the order of the French President Jacque Chirac his body was exhumed and transported in a solemn procession to the Pantheon of Paris, the great mausoleum where French luminaries are interred. Once President Chirac said: “With you (A. Dumas), we were D’Artagnan, Monte Cristo, or Balzamo, riding the roads of France, touring battlefields, visiting palaces and castles- with YOU, WE DREAM”. The honor recognized that although France has produced many great writers, none have been as widely read as A. Dumas. His novels have been translated into hundred languages and inspired more than 200 movies. He wrote the novels like “The Three Musketeers”, “Two Dianas”, “The Knight of Saint-Hermine”, “The Count of Monte Cristo”, and others.
As I said before my favorite novel is “The Count of Monte Cristo”. The book is mainly about one man’s adventures, love, betrays and vengeances, falling and rising in society, and other interesting events of one’s story. And the main character of this story is Edmond Dantes. He was the young man of years of eighteen- twenty, high harmonies, with beautiful black eyes and with as black as pitches hair and his shape breathed body whole with calmness and determination which are peculiar to people since the childhood who got used to struggle with danger. The main message I got from this book is being honest, being respectful for yourself and people around you even if they do not deserve it and also being respectful for their opinions and thoughts, being ambitious, and patient. Moreover, very significant point of this novel is learning forgive people and never take revenge even if you desire it by all your heart, because vengeance never give a satisfaction. He learned it at the end of the book and he was very sorry that he did not understand it before; suffers that he gave to his enemies would deeply touch him as well.

Magtymguly- the Great Poet of Tukmens

Magtymguly is one of my favorite Turkmen poets, he wrote so many poems related to our life and they are all still amazing us with their meanings. He IS a poet of the highest spiritual dimensions. He has written on a variety of themes – mystical, lyrical, religious, social, patriotic and others which make his poems attract to various strata among the Turkmens and other peoples.He was the great poet of the xviii century who wrote too expressive and predicted poems which touch on deep points of your heart. However, archives yield very little information about Makhtumkuli. What we know about him comes above all from his own poems and from the wealth of popular stories.Kemine who is also regarded as the one the most loved writers of our country said “Magtymguly gathered all corns from the field of the poetry and he left us only the grains to be picked up”.
There are over a hundred manuscripts of Makhtumkuli's collected poems in Turkmenistan, and many others in Iran, Afghanistan and other places; there is one manuscript of Makhtumkuli's poems at the British Library which also has poems by other Turkmen classical poets. None of these manuscripts are complete. The original manuscript of the author has never been discovered. A large manuscript which is believed to belong to Makhtumkuli was seen at the turn of this century, once in a village in northern Iran and another time in Garry Gala in Turkmenistan, but it has not been seen since. Under the Soviet system, people were persecuted for having books with Arabic script in their homes since they were regarded as religious. Many destroyed or buried old manuscripts or even hung them in old wells. Some were discovered after Perestroika, but many had already disappeared and the poet's own manuscript might be among them.
He wrote some poems in the classical forms, but most of them use the popular form "qoshky". Qoshkys are poems consisting of quatrains with lines of eight or eleven occasionally seven syllables. This form of poem, lucidly written and rooted in folklore, creates a musicality which suits Turkmen folk music and makes it easily understood and eagerly taken up by "Bagshys", the folk singers.
He wrote the like "Dawn Is The Time", "When Judgement Day Comes”, "The Twelve Imams", "When I Cease To Be", and others.
Let me also write one of his “Goshgy” "Making My Dear Life Lost":


Making my dear life lost to all that's good,

An evil fate wrought awesome sacrilege,

Hurling the books I'd written to the flood,
To leave me bookless with my grief and rage

The Olympic Games

Did you know that Olympic Games first began in 776 B.C. in Greece, originally as religious celebration in honor of the god, Zeus, not as a competition between the big countries for big awards? It was the highest honor to be allowed to participate in the Olympics, and only males of good character were chosen to take part in these sports events. Women, slaves, non-Greeks, and people who had ever been in any kind of trouble in society could not participate. Because the participants performed naked, that is they did not use wear any clothes, the women were not allowed to watch the Olympic Games. At the first Olympic Games, in 776 B.C., there was only one event, footrace of 200metres. After the thirteenth Olympic Games, however, other events were included, too; wrestling, disgus rowing, and chariot racing. The competitions were held every four years, just as they are today. The Olympic athletes had a ten-months training period to prepare for the competition. They devoted themselves entirely to their training during this time. They had a special diet and followed a difficult but carefully designed training program. The athletes did not work, instead their families and home city-states supported them completely. Olympic winners were given many exceptional privileges by their city-state: they did not have to pay taxes, and they were given the best seats in the local theater for the rest of their lives. People believed that winners not only chosen by gods, but also they became like gods themselves through the winning. In 394 A.D. the Olympic Games were stopped by Emperor Theodosius II of Rome because he think that Olympic Games were bad for Christian society in the point that Games encouraged people think about their body rather than the spirit. In 1896, the modern Olympic Games began. Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France was the father of the modern Olympic Games. He believed that an international sports competition would be good way to create peace and good feelings among the people from different countries. Women were first invited to participate in the modern Olympics in 1912. Since then, women’s events have become very important and popular. People look forward to watching the women’s gymnastics and volleyball events in particular because women have shown great sports ability in these actions, but they also excel in many other sports as well. Female athletes have changed people’s ideas about what women can do with their lives.

Before coming to university I have been reading so many books and I was really interested in literature. However, after taking literature class I was too surprised with deepness of the literature that all the books I have read now seem to be like I read them just for nothing. I just read them and I never thought that all the meaning of our life written between the lines. If only I knew all the things I know now maybe I could little learn meaning of life or part of it, answer to the questions that in my head which disturb me all the time, or just easily understand people around me, because in literature so many psychological and philosophical knowledges that could be learned even without experiencing them.
Let me also share with you one of my favorite poem, which impressed me too much, “Not Waving, But Drowning”. When I was reading this poem for the first time I saw only exact meaning of the words, just drowning of the man in the sea and not the deepness of meaning of those words. But after analyzing it I could not even imagine that behind of these words was hidden the nature of the words, the real meaning, that the sea is our life and he is drowning because of the problems of our life, and waving because he wants to be escaped, but nobody could understand him. It was really amazing……… because it is real and understanding these things now is greatly important for me.