Your Breakfast Cereal is Killing You

Breakfast comes in about as many shapes and sizes as there are people. Some like eggs and
coffee, others prefer a protein bar and tea while others simply skip it altogether in favor of a
meal later in the day.
If a bowl of sugary cereal is what is usually served at the breakfast table in the morning, you
may be setting yourself and your children up for some serious health problems.
Do you experience headaches, stomach discomfort or brain fog? Are your children hyper and
out of control? If so, what youre about to read could change everything.
The majority of commercial, name-brand cold cereals contain quite a bit of additives and
preservatives that are not fit for human consumption. Lets take a detailed look at the health
dangers hidden in each bowl.
Dangerous Breakfast Cereal Additive 1 Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
Monosodium glutamate or MSG is a flavor enhancer designed to impart a savory taste to food
that tricks your brain into thinking youre eating something healthy. It is also cheap to
manufacture and extremely addictive. This addictive factor is what keeps consumers coming
back for more. MSG has been known to cause a host of dangerous side effects including:
Weight Gain
Mental Confusion
Headaches and seizures
Fluttering or Irregular Heartbeat
Gastrointestinal Discomfort
Allergic Reaction such as shortness of breath, swelling and hives

An Additive by Any Other Name
It is important to become a label reader and cut this dangerous chemical from the diet. Be
warned, however, that MSG can hide under other names. Ones to watch out for are:
Textured (Vegetable) Protein
Protein Isolate
Calcium Caseinate
Yeast Extract
Natural Flavors
Seasonings
When in doubt, contact the manufacturer and tell them you have an MSG allergy and must know
if MSG is in their product. Theyll want to avoid a lawsuit and will tell you upfront. However, the
best bet is to avoid processed foods altogether.
Dangerous Breakfast Cereal Additive 2 Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT) and Butylated
Hydroxyanisole (BHA)
BHT and BHA are preservatives commonly found in breakfast cereals, especially those geared
toward children. They are put in cereal and other foods to keep them from going rancid so they
have a longer shelf-life. Not only are they carcinogenic (cancer-causing), studies have revealed
that these preservatives are linked to increased hyperactivity and ADHD in children.
Try This
Instead of using medication to control your childs difficult behavior, try removing all foods that
contain this and the other five ingredients mentioned in the article. The results may pleasantly
surprise you.
Dangerous Breakfast Cereal Additive 3 Soy Lecithin
Soy lecithin is not very appetizing. It is, essentially, a waste product left over from the
degumming of crude soy oil. It is filled with pesticides, herbicides and solvents and has the
consistency of pliable plastic. Despite what youve been told, soy is not the health food youve
been lead to believe it is and its derivatives are even worse. This waste product, now floating
around in that bowl of sugary milk has been known to cause the following health problems:
Abdominal Cramping and Diarrhea
Mental and Cognitive Impairment
Allergic Reaction such itching, swelling and difficulty breathing
Low Blood Pressure
Early Puberty
Menstrual Difficulties
Whats worse is 90-95% of soy is genetically modified to be resistant to pesticides and those
pesticides and those pesticides are absorbed by the soy plant and end up in your food!
Dangerous Breakfast Cereal Additive 4 Fructose
According to statistics, the primary source of calories in the American diet is from fructose
usually consumed in soda. Another source of fructose is in breakfast cereal.
This additive is unhealthy because it is fructose is a whopping 73% sweeter than sucrose and
this can mess with insulin levels, encourage weight gain and leave you with a feeling of always
being hungry. It is estimated that the high level of fructose in the American diet is a weighty
contributor to the obesity epidemic.

Dangerous Breakfast Cereal Additive 5 Food Dyes
In the past fifty of so years, our consumption of food dyes has increased 5-fold on account of
the steady rise in the availability of fast, processed and convenience foods. The rate of ADHD
and child behavioral problems has also been climbing steadily in this time period. Coincidence?
Not likely. Food dyes such as Red #40 and Yellow #5 have been linked to serious health
and behavioral problems in children including:
Aggressive Behavior
Extreme Tantrums
Nervousness and Agitation
Insomnia (Yellow #5)
Mood Swings
Severe Allergic Reactions
If the above-mentioned behaviors are a problem in your house-hold, eliminate all foods
containing food dyes from your childs diet and watch for improvement.
Food dyes have also been tested and proven to be carcinogenic in nature and smaller, still-
growing bodies are more susceptible to reactions and severe health problems. It may be best to
cut them from the familys diet altogether.

What Are the Functions of Additives Listed on Cereals?

Sweeteners
Many cereals contain sugar, sometimes in several forms. Commonly used sweeteners include maltose, malt extract
or barley malt extract, high-fructose corn syrup, dextrose, honey, malt syrup, brown sugar syrup and evaporated
cane juice. Some reduced-sugar cereals contain sugar substitutes such as stevia, sucralose or aspartame.
Texturizers and Stabilizers
Texturizers and stabilizers help foods hold their shape, keep doughs together, give cereals a lighter or crunchier
texture and adjust the acidity of a product. In cooked cereals such as oatmeal, they may cut down the cooking time.
Cereal makers often use modified food starches and phosphates, such as trisodium phosphate, tripotassium
phosphate and tricalcium phosphate, for these purposes. Lecithin and sodium bicarbonate, more commonly known
as baking soda, are also frequently used as texturizers or stabilizers.
Preservatives
Preservatives extend the shelf life of cereals by keeping ingredients such as whole grains from going rancid. Cereal
manufacturers commonly use BHT, often in the packaging rather than the cereal itself, and vitamin E, also labeled
as tocopherols, to preserve their products freshness.
Flavorings
Flavorings make cereals taste better. Cereal labels usually identify common foods such as cinnamon and vanilla by
name. But labels often lump other flavorings into the generic categories of artificial or natural flavors.
Colorings
Colorings give cereals a more appealing appearance. The use of food dyes is obvious in brightly hued childrens
cereals, but many regular cereals contain colorings as well. Artificial colorings are preceded by FD&C or
followed by Lake. Natural colorings often include brown caramel coloring, or annatto extract or beta-carotene,
which are both yellow dyes derived from plants.
Vitamins, Minerals and Fiber
In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration requires food processors to fortify cereals with folic acid, a
B vitamin that can prevent birth defects. Cereal manufacturers often better their products' nutritional profile by
adding other vitamins and minerals as well. Some additives that serve other purposes also boost nutrients. For
example, phosphates not only act as texturizers and stabilizers, but also contribute phosphorus, an
essential mineral. Tocopherols, used as a preservative, provide vitamin E. Cereal makers may also add
ingredients such as inulin, a natural soluble fiber, and maltodextrin or other modified food starches to
increase the fiber content of their products.


MATH

If the quadratic function is set equal to zero, then the result is a quadratic equation.
The solutions to the equation are called the roots of the equation.
The coefficient a controls the speed of increase (or decrease) of the quadratic
function from the vertex.
The coefficients b and a together control the axis of symmetry of the parabola.
The coefficient b alone is the declivity of the parabola as y-axis intercepts.
The coefficient c controls the height of the parabola, or more specifically, it is
the point where the parabola intercepts the y-axis.
This time you can see that changing a will stretch the graph vertically (and reflect it
vertically if a is negative), changing h causes a horizontal shift, and changing k causes a
vertical shift.
Let's start with the second question, because it's very easy to visualize. Say you start
with k = 0 and draw the parabola - getting the y value that corresponds to each x value
(go ahead and actually draw a parabola to help you visualize this - remember that with h
= 0, the vertex of your parabola will be on the x axis). What would happen if you
changed k to 1? The y value associated with every x value would increase by 1. So
every point on your original parabola would be shifted up 1 on your graph, which means
the whole parabola would be shifted up one. Any value of k, positive or negative, just
shifts your graph up or down.

Since your parabola is oriented vertically - it's line of symmetry is vertical - moving the
parabola up or down doesn't change the location of the axis of symmetry.

Now let's think about the first question. What happens when we change the value of h?
Let's do the same thing as before, consider the case where h = 0, and draw the
parabola (this time, the vertex is on the y axis). Now, what happens if we change h to 1?
Well, let's look at the point we plotted at x = 0 on the original graph. When we plugged x
= 0 into y = a(x - 0) + k, we take 0 - 0 = 0, then multiply that result by a and add k. Now,
when we take x = 1, with h = 1, we have y = a(x - 1) + k, and we take 1 - 1 = 0. It's the
same result as before! Then, we multiply that result by a and add k, and we get the
same y value as before.

We can do the same thing with other points. If we take x = 2 in the original equation, we
subtract h = 0 to get 2, and we multiply that by a and add k. If we take x = 3 in the new
equation, we subtract h = 1 to get 2, and multiply by a and add k. Same y value!

So, we're seeing that, from the original graph with h = 0, to the new graph with h = 1, the
curve is being shifted to the right by 1. This works in general, for any value of h, positive
or negative, the curve shifts right or left. And if the curve shifts right or left, the vertical
axis of symmetry shifts right or left by the same amount!

Make sense?
if h increases, say to h + 2, the axis of symmetry is moved 2 units to the left on the x-
axis, if h is decreased by 2, the axis of symmetry is moved 2 units to the right

If k changes the axis of symmetry is unchanged



When the "h" value is added to the vertex form of an equation then it affects the
horizontal shift (moves the vertex). It is shown how it moves the "opposite" direction of
that number. For example, if the equation is y = (x - 2)^2 then this will shift the parabola
two units to the right and vice versa.
The effect of "k" is that it shifts the parabola up or down. The amount of the "k"
coefficient is the vertical shift of the parabola. For example, if the equation was y =
(x^2)- 4 then this parabola would be shifted four units dow


Ang Kabihasnang Greek

Ang Panahong Hellenic (800 B. C. E. 338 B. C. E.)
Hellene Katawagan ng mga Greek sa kanilang mga saril Hango ito sa salitang Hellas na tumutukoy sa kabuuang lupain ng
sinaunang Greece.
Panahong Hellenic Ang panahon ng kasikatan ng kabihasnang Greek hanggang sa pagtatapos nito noong 338 B. C. E.
Ang Polis
Polis Ang tawag sa mga unang pamayanan sa Greece na itinuturing na lungsod-estado o city state sa kadahilanang ito ay
malalaya, may sariling pamahalaan ang bawat-isa at ang pamumuhay ng mga tao ay nakasentro sa iisang lungsod.
Acropolis - Ang pinakamataas na na lugar sa mga lungsod-estado kung saan itinayo ng mga Greek ang kanilang mga templo.
Agora Isang bukas na lugar sa gitna ng lungsod kung saan maaaring magtinda o magtipon-tipon ang mga tao.
Athens: Isang Demokratikong Polis
Athens at Sparta Dalawang malakas na lungsod-estado na kalaunan ay naging tanyag sa Greece. Naging sentro ng kalakalan
at kultura sa Greece ang Athens samantalang ang Sparta naman ay sinakop ang mga karatig na rehiyon nito.
Oligarkiya o Oligarchy Isang uri ng pamahalaan na binuo ng mga taga-Athens kung saan ang pamumuno ay hindi
sentralisado at sa halip ay binubuo ng isang lupon ng mga dugong-bughaw upang palitan ang hari.
Mula 594 B. C. E., pinalawig nina Solon, Pisistratus at Cleisthenes ang pamahalaan ng nakararami o democracy.
Council of 400 Binubuo ng tig-100 kinatawan mula sa apat na pangunahing tribu ng Athens na nilikha ni Solon.
Ostracism Sinimulan ang sistemang ito sa panahon ni Cleisthenes. Pinahintulutan ng sistemang ito ang mga mamamayan an
palayasin ang sinumang opisyal na sa kanilang paniniwala ay mapanganib sa Athens.
Direct Democracy Sistema ng pamamahala kung saan direktang kabahagi ang mga taga- Athens sa pagpili ng kinatawan at
maaari rin silang manungkulan.
Pericles Sa panahon niya naranasan ng Athens ang tugatog ng demokrasya. Itinaguyod niya ang pag-upo sa opisina ng
pamahalaan ng mga karaniwang mamamayan.
Sparta: Isang Mandirigmang Polis
Higit na binigyang halaga ng Sparta ang pagkakaroon ng malalakas at magagaling na sundalo. Nanatili rin ang Sparta sa
pagkakaroon ng pamahalaang Oligarkiya.
Ang Banta ng Persia
Nakailang ulit na tinangka ng Persia na sakupin ang Greece. Nanguna ang Athens at Sparta sa pakikidigma sa Persia.
Cyrus the Great Noong 546 B. C. E., sinalakay niya ang Lydia sa Asia Minor. Humalili sa kanya kalaunan ang anak niya na si
Darius I.
Ang Digmaang Graeco Persian (499 B. C. E. 479 B. C. E. )
Noong 490 B. C. E., tinangka ng plota ng Persia na salakayin ang Athens. Pumunta ito sa Marathon Bay na 25 milya lamang
ang layo mula sa Athens. Bagamat hindi dumating ang tulong na hiniling ng Athens mula sa Sparta, nanalo pa rin ang hukbo ng
Athens.
Xerxes Anak ni Darius tinangkang pabagsakin ang Athens. Noong 480 B. C. E., tinalo ng kanyang hukbo ang pwersa ng Sparta
sa Thermopylae.
Ang Digmaang Peloponnesian (431 B. C. E. 404 B. C. E. )
Delian League Isang malawak na pederasyon ng mga lungsod-estado sa Greece na pinagbuklod sa pangunguna ng Athens.
Dahil sa inuna ng Athens ang sarili nitong kapakanan, ang Delian League ay hindi naging ganap na napagbuklod ang mga
lungsod- estado sa Greece. Sa halip, ito ay naging daan para sa pagpapalawig ng imperyong pangkalakalan ng athens.
Noong 431 B. C. E., sumiklab ang Digmaang Peloponnesian. Dito, nagsama-sama ang mgfa lungsod-estado sa Peloponnesus.
Pinili nila ang Sparta upang pamunuan sila laban sa Athens.
Noong 404 B. C. E., tinalo ng Sparta ang Athens.
Nagpatuloy ang alitan sa ibat ibang lungsod- estado at bumagsak ang pamumuno ng Sparta sa Labanang Leuctra noong 371
B. C. E.
Iniwan ng Digmaang Peloponnesian ang mga Greek na mahina at watak-watak.
Imperyong Macedonian (336 B. C. E. 263 B. C. E. )
Philip II Hari ng Macedonia na nagnais na pag-isahin ang ang mga lunsgod-estado sa Greece sa ilalim ng kanyang
pamamahala. Bumuo siya ng isang hukbo at sinanay sa pinakamabisang paraan ng pakikidigma.
Alexander the Great Naging tanyag na lider ng Macedonia na anak ni Philip II. Noong 334 B. C. E., pinangunahan niya ang
isang hukbo na lumusob sa Kanlurang Asya.

Hangganan:
1. Silangan Aegean Sea
2. Kanluran Ionian Sea
3. Timog Mediterranean Sea


estratehikong lokasyon para sa kalakalan at pangingisda
mga daungan o look
maganda sa labas, ngunit mabato, mabundok at malubak sa loob
highly motivated ang mga Griyego sa kanilang kapaligiran, kayat mataas ang antas ng lakas
at talino

Heograpiya:
*Timog Silangan ng Europe
*Balkan Peninsula
*Irregular ang baybay dagat at maraming magandang daungan
*Binubuo ng 1000 pulo
*Crete pinakamalaking pulo
*Hindi nabiyayaan ng mainam na yamang likas ang kalupaan ng Greece
*75% - kabundukanMabato, hiwa-hiwalay, pulu-pulo, mabundok at hindi
*patag ang mga lupain kaya ang nabuong kabihasnan ay mga watak-watak na lungsod-estado

Mga Paniniwala:

*1.Paniniwala sa Maraming Diyos
Mga Halimbawa ng Diyos sa Gresya:
a.Zeus-pinakaimportanteng Diyos
b.Hera-Goddess Of Marriage(asawa ni Zeus)
c.Poseidon-God Of Sea
d.Ares-God Of War
e.Apollo-God Of Music,Prophecy.Medicine & Rational Thinking
f.Athena-Goddess Of Wisdom & Handicrafts
g.Aphrodite-Goddess Of Love & Beauty
h.Demeter-Goddess Of Farmland & Grain
i.Hades-God Of The Underworld


*Festivals
Olympic Games
-Gresya ang nagpatanyag ng patimpalak na ito na alay sa kanilang Dakilang
Diyos na si Zeus.
Mga Laro sa Olympic Games:
-Foot Racing
-Jumping
-Discus Throw And Javelin
-Wrestling
-Boxing

Kontribusyon ng Gresya Sa Kasaysayan:
1.Olympic Games
2.Paniniwala sa Maraming Diyos
3.Panitikan-Iliad & Odyssey
4.Oracles(hula)
5.Arkitektura-Ionic,Corinthian,at Doric

Pilosopiya
1.Socrates
2.Plato-The Republic
3.Aristotle-Scientific Method
-Logic

Mga Taong Dapat Tandaan sa Kabihasnang Griyego:
*Hippocrates-ama ng Medisina at nagpalaganap ng Hippocratic Oath.
*Herodotus-ama ng Kasaysayan at sumulat ng Persian Wars.
*Thucydides-siya ang sumulat ng Peloponnesian Wars.



Lungsod-Estado ng Athens at Sparta
Demokratikong Polis ng Athens

*Demokratikong Polis
*Cradle of the Western Civilization
*Malapit sa karagatan (kalakalan)
*Kapatagan na may mga burol at bundok (Mt. Lyccabettus)
*Iniwasan ang sentralisadong pamumuno at monarkiya

Pamahalaan
*Isinilang ang DEMOKRASYA pamahalaan ng nakararami

Kultura
-Lahat ng mga lalaki ay edukado
Sa edad na 7 18 taong gulang, sila ay pinag-aaral sa mga pribadong paaralan o mga pribadong tutor;
walang pampublikong paaralan
* Pagbasa
*Pagsulat
* Math
* Palakasan
* Pagkanta at Paggamit ng mga instrumento

Mandirigmang Polis ng Sparta


*manidirigmang polis
*matatagpuan sa Peloponnesus
*sandatahang lakas at militar
*pananakop ng lupain at pagpapalakas ng militar
*Lacedaemon dating pangalan
*Oligarkiya
*Karibal ng Athens

Kultura

militaristiko makagawa ng mga mamamayang magtatanggol sa Sparta; maging pinakamalakas sa
Gresya; manakop ng lupa
-7 taong gulang ang simula ng training ng military
-20 taong gulang magpapakasal
-30 taong gulang maninirahan sa kampo military hanggang 60 taong gulang
-May kalayaan ang mga kababaihan
-Makapagproduce ng malusog na bata

*mahilig sa bugtong, sports
*takot sa pagbabago
*Xenophobia takot sa dayuhan
*Mas mahalaga ang militar

Dahilan ng Pagbagsak
*Athens
*Rebelyong Helots
*Kurapsyon
*Pagbaba ng birth rate
*Kakulangan sa teknolohiya