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Friday 22 February 2019

Harmful foods during pregnancy


Many things need to be highlighted and it's very important to tell pregnant women that there are some foods she must never eat. Often official guidelines from medical staff, doctors and midwives say that fish and red meats are not good. People wishing to start a family must be told that there's a load more foods to avoid, and those foods appear harmless because they eat it anyway. Pregnant women are encouraged to stay healthy and are told what to eat and drink, and not what to eat and drink. Midwives and nurses always outline this. The NHS advice for food during pregnancy mentions the same foods to avoid, such as soft cheese, eggs, pâté, raw meat, processed meat, liver, game if killed by lead, fish, tea, alcohol and fruit juice. When you want to find out what you can eat there is just a tiny piece about fruit and vegetables. 
Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables because these provide vitamins and minerals, as well as fibre, which helps digestion and can help prevent constipation. Eat at least five portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day – these can be fresh, frozen, canned, dried or juiced. Always wash fresh fruit and vegetables carefully.
 Link to article of NHS on pregnancy diet here.
This is all it says about it. The problem is that it doesn't mention any fruit and vegetables to avoid while pregnant. Certain fruit and vegetables, especially exotic ones, are best avoided during pregnancy as they can cause harm.

Fruits to avoid during pregnancy:

Pineapples
Grapes
Bananas
Tamarind
Papaya
Dates
Sesame seeds
Watermelon
Frozen berries
Canned tomatoes

Mainly papaya, pineapple and grapes are very harmful during pregancy. There are also vegetables and other plants to avoid eating too while pregnant. .

A list of vegetables and herbs to avoid during pregnancy are:

Fenungreek
Asafetida
Garlic
Angelica
Peppermint
Raw sprouts
Rosemary
Sage
Turmeric
Ginger

While some pregnant women have been encouraged to take the above spices and herbs to help ease nausea, the foods on both fruit and veg lists are very harmful and bring on a miscarriage. If starting a family please research and be careful. Not all fruit and veg is good for you whilst pregnant.

  

Friday 15 February 2019

Can humans have purple eyes?



It’s extremely rare in humans. Purple eyes have been considered a fantasy colour such as the eyes of people in ASOIAF world, although this does happen in real life too.

There is a name for this: Alexandria Genesis.

An English girl called Alaxandria Augustine was born in 1329, and her eyes were purple or violet. Her parents thought that she was probably possessed by a demon and took her to a priest. The priest found the girl healthy and not possessed. He believed that purple eyes can appear among humans, and it started when a flash of bright light appeared over ancient Egypt, causing peoples eyes to turn purple, and their complexion to go very shining white. Stories around hint that these people with shining white skin and purple eyes are immune to heat and don’t burn. They are said to have a high immune system and don’t age like everyone else. This is probably also just a story.

Actress Elizabeth Taylor had violet coloured eyes, although it must be mentioned that violet is a type of blue shade. Purple is actually a combination of the colours blue and red. Violet is a type of purple as well as a type of blue. Violet contains more blue and has less red than purple. Also this eye colour is a mutation of blues and other pigments. Some liken it to a disease.

Purple eyes are often debated.

Posted by Rayne
(Originally posted by me on Quora but with some minor edits)


Monday 4 February 2019

Green lady



Today I just wanted to post on here about a ghostly experience that I had last December. It might be to do with the fact I was feeling tired. Anyway I stayed up very late and started to finish what I was doing on the computer. Everyone was all asleep in their beds and I was the only person awake. Then around 3:30 ish a.m. something caught my eye. A strange woman appeared in the dining room and she silently walked passed me. Then she vanished when she reached near the bookshelf. I did an image search and found an example of what the woman was dressed like (see picture above).
She wore a green dress with bustle and a green hat. She had red hair. The era was about 1870 to 1890 fashion. If this was just an hallucination, then why did I see a woman dressed in these clothes down to every fine detail? Was I scared? No actually I wasn’t. Instead I felt amazed by what I saw.
(Originally posted on Quora).
Rayne