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Jalisco cartel now has presence in 28 states: US Congress

Only four states remain free of the ‘intensely expansionist’ criminal organization

 

by México News Daily

 

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) operates in Mexico City and 27 states, and is the dominant criminal organization in six states, according to a report by the United States Congressional Research Service (CRS).

A map published in the report shows that Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango and Tlaxcala are the only states where the CJNG doesn’t have a presence. It also shows that the CJNG is the dominant criminal force in its home state of Jalisco as well as Nayarit, Colima, Guerrero, México state and Veracruz.

Entitled “Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Organizations,” the report said the CJNG is an “extremely powerful cartel” with a “reputation for extreme and intimidating violence.”

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) “considers the CJNG a top U.S. threat and Mexico’s best-armed criminal group,” the CRS said, noting that U.S. authorities have offered a US $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, “who is believed to be hiding in the mountains of Jalisco, Michoacán, and Colima.”

Informed by media reports, the CRS report acknowledged that, according to some analysts, the CJNG has drug trafficking operations throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

“The CJNG built its dominance internationally first through extending its presence through a rapid expansion inside Mexico,” it said.

“In 2016, many analysts maintained the CJNG controlled a territory equivalent to almost half of Mexico. The group has battled Los Zetas and Gulf Cartel factions in Tabasco, Veracruz, and Guanajuato, as well as the Sinaloa … [Cartel] in the Baja Peninsula and Chihuahua. The CJNG’s ambitious expansion campaign was characterized by high levels of violence, particularly in Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana.”

The CRS also said that the CJNG has consolidated “important components of the global narcotics supply chain” through its battle to dominate key ports on both the Pacific and Gulf coasts.

“In particular, the CJNG maintains reported control over the ports of Veracruz, Manzanillo, and Lázaro Cárdenas, which has given the group access to precursor chemicals that flow into Mexico from China and other parts of Latin America,” the report said.

“As a result, according to some analysts, the CJNG has pursued an aggressive growth strategy underwritten by U.S. demand for Mexican methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl. … Despite leadership losses, the CJNG has extended its geographic reach and maintained its own cohesion while exploiting the infighting among factions of the Sinaloa organization.”

The CRS described the cartel as “intensely expansionist” and acknowledged its “willingness” to attack government officials, such as Mexico City Police Chief Omar García Harfuch.

The report also profiled eight other major Mexican criminal groups, including the Sinaloa Cartel, the Gulf Cartel and La Familia Michoacana.

Once headed by imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the Sinaloa Cartel is the “the Mexican crime organization with the largest international footprint,” CRS said. Its report cited a DEA estimate that the cartel was active in 15 of 32 Mexican entities in 2020 and noted that its leaders have successfully corrupted public officials from the local to the national level.

The report also said that many lawmakers in the current U.S. Congress are concerned about cartel-related violence in Mexico and its impact on border security.

“Some members have been evaluating the amounts and effectiveness of U.S. counternarcotics and security assistance to Mexico and assessing the overall U.S.-Mexico security relationship. Additional concerns focus on how … [cartel]-related violence has imperiled some licit economic sectors, negatively affected U.S.-Mexico trade, and contributed to the internal displacement and outmigration of Mexican citizens,” it said.

“Congress has engaged regularly with these issues, holding hearings, appropriating funds to support Mexico’s anti-crime efforts, and issuing directives and reporting requirements to U.S. agencies.”

Ancient rulers’ ashes may have been used in the Mayan ballgame

Archaeologists hypothesize that remains of three 8th century rulers were used to vulcanize them

 

by the El Reportero‘s wire services

 

A discovery at an archaeological site in Chiapas has led a researcher to conclude that the ashes of ancient Mayan rulers aided the production of rubber balls that were used in the Mayan ballgame.

In 2020, over 400 vessels containing ashes, charcoal, rubber and roots were found in a pre-Hispanic crypt within the Temple of the Sun at the Toniná archaeological site near the town of Ocosingo.

In a statement published Monday, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) set out a hypothesis based on that discovery that was developed by INAH researcher Juan Yadeun Angulo, who has led research and conservation projects at Toniná for over four decades.

According to Yadeun’s hypothesis, it’s probable that the cadavers of at least three eighth-century Mayan rulers – two men and one woman – were reduced to ashes in order to use them during the production of rubber balls.

A “microscopic analysis” of the organic material contained in the vessels indicated that “specialized persons, possibly priests” cremated bodies of high-ranking members of society, INAH said. Yadeun has concluded that the sulfur of the ashes was used to vulcanize, or harden, the rubber used to make the ballgame balls.

Inscriptions on sculptures that delimit a Toniná ball court led the researcher to believe that sulfur in the ashes of the rulers Wak Chan Káhk´, Aj Kololte’ and Káwiil Kaan were used to vulcanize rubber. The first two male rulers died in the second half of the 8th century while the latter female passed away in the first half of the same century.

“It’s enlightening to know that the Mayans sought to turn the bodies of their rulers into a living force,” Yadeun said, referring to the rubber balls that ballgame players moved around a ball court with their hips and thighs.

“… Just as Egyptians tried to preserve bodies, we know here they were transformed in another way,” he said.

“… We have evidence they were incorporated into balls, which were gigantic during the classic period. … The three central discs of the [ballgame] court say that these … [rulers] came back to life 260 days later. They came out of the death cave,” Yadeun said.

Ancient rulers’ ashes may have been used in the Mayan ballgame

Archaeologists hypothesize that remains of three 8th century rulers were used to vulcanize them

 

by the El Reportero‘s wire services

 

A discovery at an archaeological site in Chiapas has led a researcher to conclude that the ashes of ancient Mayan rulers aided the production of rubber balls that were used in the Mayan ballgame.

In 2020, over 400 vessels containing ashes, charcoal, rubber and roots were found in a pre-Hispanic crypt within the Temple of the Sun at the Toniná archaeological site near the town of Ocosingo.

In a statement published Monday, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) set out a hypothesis based on that discovery that was developed by INAH researcher Juan Yadeun Angulo, who has led research and conservation projects at Toniná for over four decades.

According to Yadeun’s hypothesis, it’s probable that the cadavers of at least three eighth-century Mayan rulers – two men and one woman – were reduced to ashes in order to use them during the production of rubber balls.

A “microscopic analysis” of the organic material contained in the vessels indicated that “specialized persons, possibly priests” cremated bodies of high-ranking members of society, INAH said. Yadeun has concluded that the sulfur of the ashes was used to vulcanize, or harden, the rubber used to make the ballgame balls.

Inscriptions on sculptures that delimit a Toniná ball court led the researcher to believe that sulfur in the ashes of the rulers Wak Chan Káhk´, Aj Kololte’ and Káwiil Kaan were used to vulcanize rubber. The first two male rulers died in the second half of the 8th century while the latter female passed away in the first half of the same century.

“It’s enlightening to know that the Mayans sought to turn the bodies of their rulers into a living force,” Yadeun said, referring to the rubber balls that ballgame players moved around a ball court with their hips and thighs.

“… Just as Egyptians tried to preserve bodies, we know here they were transformed in another way,” he said.

“… We have evidence they were incorporated into balls, which were gigantic during the classic period. … The three central discs of the [ballgame] court say that these … [rulers] came back to life 260 days later. They came out of the death cave,” Yadeun said.

A tale of three cities – how Bakersfield, Columbus and Houston tackled homelessness

by Jenny Manrique

 

According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, around half a million individuals nationwide are currently experiencing homelessness. Yet three cities have been able to make dramatic gains in tackling the problem with important lessons for the rest of the country.

Among these lessons: housing and homelessness are community issues requiring community solutions.

In March, 2020 the city of Bakersfield, California achieved “functional zero” chronic homelessness, while Houston, Texas placed more than 25,000 people in permanent housing, resulting in a 64 percent decrease in homelessness. And in 2018, Columbus, Ohio had successfully housed 70 percent of its homeless population.

During a July 22nd Ethnic Media Services briefing, front line workers in all three cities explained the strategies that led to their success.

“We accomplished this because we changed our mindset and our beliefs,” said Mary Scott, client services director at Open Door Network in Bakersfield. “We now believe homelessness is not an individual issue. Homelessness is a community issue.”

With that new mindset, organizations, government agencies, landlords, and homeless residents were able to partner to create support services and permanent housing for the community, Scott explained.

Work began with a comprehensive register of every person in the county experiencing homelessness, with names listed under the following categories: chronically homeless, veterans, youth, elderly, and families.

“We with the different organizations and go one by one to each person, to find out what the service provider is providing, what their status is, and what are the barriers,” Scott said.

Housing vouchers, low-income units, landlords working with housing locators, and the ‘Milestone project’ – which is refurbishing motels and turning them into permanent housing units – are all part of the strategy.

“Some of our continued challenges are the lack of affordable housing: we have a 2 percent vacancy rate, and we identified 1,603 unduplicated homeless individuals in our 2022 headcount,” she continued. “It is also a struggle finding landlords and property owners who are willing to rent to our clients who have little to no income.”

Evictions are another challenge. In Columbus, Ohio, addressing the homeless crisis meant “getting ahead” of eviction filings.

“We are bringing more landlords on board, not to sell them on the tenants themselves, but on the support services that we have in place to keep people housed,” said Marcus J. Salter, housing stability specialist at the Community Mediation Services of Central Ohio.

His agency is one of several that form the Homeless Prevention Network, a collaboration of housing providers and mental health agencies created after the pandemic to connect homeless residents to support services.

“I’ve heard landlords say, ‘We had a tenant here, a situation happened, and we didn’t know who to contact.’ We can make those support services more accessible,” said Salter.

Currently, the Homeless Prevention Network is working to reduce demand at the city’s five single adult centers and two family shelters, all of which are filled to capacity, by moving people into more permanent housing.

According to Scott, the network “diverted 311 people away from entering shelters” between January and March of this year, with a total of “2,035 long-term homeless residents served by permanent supportive housing.”

Houston took a similar approach, moving 25,000 people from the streets and into permanent housing over the past decade. Back in 2012, the nation’s fourth most populous city had the sixth largest homeless population in the country, with service providers operating in silos.

“We were not looking at our data to make sure that the decisions we were making were in line with what the community needed. And our recidivism was very high,” said Ana Rausch, vice president of program operations at the Houston Coalition for the Homeless, an umbrella organization that brings together more than 100 nonprofits and local government agencies.

“Our partners and funders all came together to identify the common goals for the homeless response system.”

The results: since 2011, the city has seen a 63 percent decrease in overall homelessness, a 69 percent decrease in chronic homelessness, and an 82 percent decline in family homelessness. Veteran homelessness ended in 2015, and in the current year, of the 3,124 individuals experiencing homelessness, 1,622 are now residing in a shelter.

And according to Rausch, 95 percent of individuals supported stay housed.

“We use the Housing First model: we take someone from the streets and we put them into a place and then once they feel safe, having a roof over their head and food in their belly, then they can begin to focus on the issues that might have led to them becoming homeless,” she noted.

Harris County, where Houston is located, also managed to decommission 57 homeless encampments, thanks in part to additional COVID resources from the federal government, with individuals being moved into permanent housing.

“We had a lot of market-rate units,” said Rausch, “but it’s gotten to the point where there’s really not many vacancies left.”

California now holds the dubious distinction of having the nation’s highest homeless population, tallied at an eye-popping 60,000 people.

“And that’s not because they’re mentally ill, on drugs, or because they’re criminals,” said Matthew Lewis, director of communications at California Yimby, a statewide housing policy organization. “It’s because they lost their homes.”

YIMBY is the acronym for Yes In My Backyard and refers to those who support greater housing developments in their own neighborhoods.

Despite California’s continued economic growth – if it were a nation, California would rank as the world’s fifth largest economy – zoning law restrictions and a legacy of redlining, which prohibited minorities including Asians, Latinos and African Americans from purchasing homes in certain neighborhoods, are impeding the construction of affordable, multifamily housing.

California Yimby works at the state level to try to reform the legislative framework around housing, which, according to Lewis, stands in the way of serious attempts to address the homeless challenge.

“The legacy of segregation lives on in these neighborhoods and our cities have made it virtually impossible to add housing at all ends of the income spectrum,” he said. “We’re trying to reverse those historic mistakes.”

Jalisco cartel now has presence in 28 states: US Congress

Only four states remain free of the ‘intensely expansionist’ criminal organization

 

by México News Daily

 

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) operates in Mexico City and 27 states, and is the dominant criminal organization in six states, according to a report by the United States Congressional Research Service (CRS).

A map published in the report shows that Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango and Tlaxcala are the only states where the CJNG doesn’t have a presence. It also shows that the CJNG is the dominant criminal force in its home state of Jalisco as well as Nayarit, Colima, Guerrero, México state and Veracruz.

Entitled “Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Organizations,” the report said the CJNG is an “extremely powerful cartel” with a “reputation for extreme and intimidating violence.”

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) “considers the CJNG a top U.S. threat and Mexico’s best-armed criminal group,” the CRS said, noting that U.S. authorities have offered a US $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, “who is believed to be hiding in the mountains of Jalisco, Michoacán, and Colima.”

Informed by media reports, the CRS report acknowledged that, according to some analysts, the CJNG has drug trafficking operations throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

“The CJNG built its dominance internationally first through extending its presence through a rapid expansion inside Mexico,” it said.

“In 2016, many analysts maintained the CJNG controlled a territory equivalent to almost half of Mexico. The group has battled Los Zetas and Gulf Cartel factions in Tabasco, Veracruz, and Guanajuato, as well as the Sinaloa … [Cartel] in the Baja Peninsula and Chihuahua. The CJNG’s ambitious expansion campaign was characterized by high levels of violence, particularly in Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana.”

The CRS also said that the CJNG has consolidated “important components of the global narcotics supply chain” through its battle to dominate key ports on both the Pacific and Gulf coasts.

“In particular, the CJNG maintains reported control over the ports of Veracruz, Manzanillo, and Lázaro Cárdenas, which has given the group access to precursor chemicals that flow into Mexico from China and other parts of Latin America,” the report said.

“As a result, according to some analysts, the CJNG has pursued an aggressive growth strategy underwritten by U.S. demand for Mexican methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl. … Despite leadership losses, the CJNG has extended its geographic reach and maintained its own cohesion while exploiting the infighting among factions of the Sinaloa organization.”

The CRS described the cartel as “intensely expansionist” and acknowledged its “willingness” to attack government officials, such as Mexico City Police Chief Omar García Harfuch.

The report also profiled eight other major Mexican criminal groups, including the Sinaloa Cartel, the Gulf Cartel and La Familia Michoacana.

Once headed by imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the Sinaloa Cartel is the “the Mexican crime organization with the largest international footprint,” CRS said. Its report cited a DEA estimate that the cartel was active in 15 of 32 Mexican entities in 2020 and noted that its leaders have successfully corrupted public officials from the local to the national level.

The report also said that many lawmakers in the current U.S. Congress are concerned about cartel-related violence in Mexico and its impact on border security.

“Some members have been evaluating the amounts and effectiveness of U.S. counternarcotics and security assistance to Mexico and assessing the overall U.S.-Mexico security relationship. Additional concerns focus on how … [cartel]-related violence has imperiled some licit economic sectors, negatively affected U.S.-Mexico trade, and contributed to the internal displacement and outmigration of Mexican citizens,” it said.

“Congress has engaged regularly with these issues, holding hearings, appropriating funds to support Mexico’s anti-crime efforts, and issuing directives and reporting requirements to U.S. agencies.”

NOTICE INVITING BIDS The Peralta Community College District

NOTICE INVITING BIDS

The Peralta Community College District (PCCD) is calling for sealed Bids from qualified firms to provide General Contracting services for the Merritt College New Landscape Horticulture Complex Project (Bid No. 22-23/01). Bids are to be submitted electronically (via Vendor Registry), by 3:00 PM, on August 25, 2022. Follow the link below for the bid opening:
https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/99967227126

This project consists of abatement and demolition of existing buildings and site improvements
construction of new classrooms, greenhouses, and support spaces to house the Merritt College
Landscape Horticulture Program, with associated site improvements. All buildings are single
story. Occupancy classifications include A-3, B and U. Construction type is V-B, fully sprinkled.
Automatic sprinkler system per NFPA 13, automatic fire alarm system per NFPA 72. Seismic
zone E.

The District is asking experienced and proven General Contracting firms to have been pre-qualified through Quality Bidders prior to bid submission. To become pre-qualified, please go to the Pre-qualification for Public Works Projects page on the Peralta website, and click on the “Click here to sign up” link to get started with the prequalification process.

In order to perform the work, Bidders at the time of the Bid Opening and for the duration of the project shall possess a valid California Contractor’s license and certifications in order to qualify to perform the Work: Class B General Contractor.
A Mandatory Pre-Bid video conference meeting will be held on Wednesday August 10, 2022, at 10:00A.M. via Zoom: Conference Meeting ID 938 9934 5398.

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/93899345398
A Mandatory Pre-Bid site walk will be held at the project site at the Landscape Horticulture Complex (Building H) located at 12500 Campus Drive, Oakland, CA 94619 on August 12, 2022, from 1pm – 3pm.
Copies of the bid documents may be obtained by clicking on the following link: https://build.peralta.edu/vendorregistry
https://vrapp.vendorregistry.com/Bids/View/BidsList?BuyerId=4d041f6c-7568-4c8a-8878-c82684292a3c
Governing Codes:
GC 53068
EC 81641 Publication Date: July 29, 2022-El Reportero

 

FREE Music on the Courthouse Square – downtown Redwood CityC

Celebrating its Sweet 16 anniversary through September 2

 

Compiled by the El Reportero‘s staff

 

A favorite at the Redwood City Salsa Festival, “Edgardo & Candela” returns to combine dancing styles like Mambo, Cha-Cha-Chá, Merengue, Bolero, Bachata, Timba, Cumbia and much more. A great audience communicator and seasoned performer, Edgardo will assure that everyone is entertained while he mixes singing tunes by classic legends and the real treat: Edgardo’s original music, presenting him as a poetic lyricist and accomplished writer.

With top-quality local and national musical performers — from rock and reggae, to Salsa and much more— music fans of all ages will be thrilled to discover and enjoy the most popular summer concert series on the Peninsula! Redwood City is well known for its events, but Friday night’s Music on the Square is one of the most treasured nights of summer.

Aug. 5, Native Elements; Aug. 12, Edgardo & Candela; Aug. 19, Foreigner Unauthorized; Aug. 26, Foreverland, September 2, Steel ‘n’ Chicago

Edgardo & Candela – Salsa 6-8 p.m., Friday Aug. 12. FREE

At the Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway, Redwood City. For more info call 650-780-7311.

https://www.redwoodcity.org/musiconthesquare

Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djlFKVRSTng

https://www.musicandela.com

 

Tahoe Heartbeat Festival a music, art, culture, and community Benefit Event

Born from the desire to promote musical arts, conscience awareness, sustainability and green community efforts, Tahoe Heartbeat Festival will feature a full day and evening of national music headliners, local artists, arts & craft vendors, food & beverage offerings, games and more. All ages, families welcome, vendor village, food and beverage trucks.

Featuring Thievery Corporation, Trevor Hall, Ozomatli and more.

This fundraising event will benefit Tahoe Fund, a local 501c3 organization dependent on private funding to spearhead environmental projects around the Lake Tahoe Basin with an emphasis on forest health, lake clarity, sustainable recreation, transportation and stewardship. The Tahoe Fund provides a common vision from which to build a sustainable future for this irreplaceable resource and for those who cherish and enjoy this mountain landscape.

Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022 at 2 p.m., at Lake Tahoe Community College Outdoor Playing Fields, 1 College Dr. South Lake Tahoe, CA. Tickets on sale now: tahoeheartbeatfestival.com. To benefit the Tahoe Fund.

 

Mexican girl discovers an asteroid; NASA recognizes the feat

by the El Reportero‘s news services

 

Ashley became the first Mexican girl to discover a star; We tell you the story of this little girl.

Ashley Martínez, an 11-year-old from Morelos, became the first Mexican girl in history to discover a star.

This was confirmed by the International Astronomical Union, a body that added that the discovery of the minor is specifically an asteroid.

A young promise in the search for celestial bodies

Ashley Martínez made this discovery as part of the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) program, sponsored by NASA, in which students, amateurs and members of astronomical clubs from around the world collaborate.

Like all participants, Ashley received hundreds of digital photos taken by the Pan-Starrs Double Panoramic Survey Telescope, which is located in Hawaii. Like the others, the minor analyzed each image on her computer with the help of software.

A complicated task to track celestial bodies

“It took a long time to find the asteroid, since I had to analyze several images carefully, not to miss anything; it was complicated by occasional software failures that confused me, but once I identified it I felt very proud”, said the girl from Morelos.

The point where the celestial body was found was in the main asteroid belt, which is identified as 2021 FD26. Because of her feat, the 11-year-old girl will have the opportunity to baptize him with her name, but she will have to wait a bit.

In less than 10 years her asteroid will be called “Ashley”

This is because asteroid detections are kept in the MPC database for as long as necessary until a sufficient number of locations have been obtained to fully confirm the orbit, a process that can take up to 10 years.

It will be until then that the asteroid in question will be able to bear the name of “Ashley”. She for as long as she was recognized with a diploma from IASC and NASA.

The war on men: 9 ways masculinity is under attack

by Paul Joseph Watson

Men are facing a full frontal assault on their rights, health and culture like never before. The war on masculinity has never been so brutal – but it’s not a war being waged by women. The attack is coming directly from the top, as the establishment desperately attempts to emasculate and disempower men in order to force women to be more dependent on the state, thereby enabling more power to be centralized and aiding the growth of big government.
Here are ten ways in which the state has declared war on men and masculinity;

1) Falling Fertility
Sperm counts amongst men have significantly decreased over the last half century and particularly over the last 25 years. In some European countries, sperm counts have dropped by as much as a third since 1989. Part of the fall can be explained by exposure to pesticides, endocrine-disrupting chemicals like Bisphenol A, and the many other artificial horrors that increasingly pervade our water and food supply. Many have made the connection between falling sperm counts and the open calls by innumerable elitists to drastically reduce world population by as much as 95 percent. Research shows that underpopulation, not overpopulation, will be the major demographic crisis of the 21st century as a result of humans failing to achieve the replacement rate of 2.1 children.

2) Chemical Warfare “Feminizing” Boys
Exposure to phthalates, which are found in many plastics, is “feminizing” boys by blocking normal male testosterone and causing genital abnormalities, according to scientists. “Boys exposed to high levels of these in the womb were less likely than other boys to play with cars, trains and guns or engage in “rougher” games like playfighting,” according to a BBC News report. According to Elizabeth Salter-Green, director of the chemicals campaign group CHEM Trust, phthalates are a true “gender-bender” because they lead to a reduction in “male behavior”.

3) Degradation of Positive Masculine Role Models
Whereas 50 years ago, advertising, Hollywood and television was filled with examples of positive masculine role models that young men could look up to, today’s entertainment industry routinely portrays men as clueless and bumbling oafs at best (think Homer Simpson, Everybody Loves Raymond, Married With Children) or at worst as aggressive sexual predators. Since advertising is primarily aimed at women, men in commercials are also now routinely depicted as either being emasculated losers or stupefied morons. Young men consuming this content grow up thinking that it is acceptable and even encouraged to aspire to these character traits. In doing so, they are robbed of their natural masculinity and find it extremely difficult to attract well-rounded women, who are rightly disgusted by such behavior.

4) Metrosexual Malaise
Second wave feminism was a creation of the establishment itself and at its core has little whatsoever to do with genuine concern about women’s rights. Radical feminism deliberately confuses gender roles and makes young men apprehensive about exercising their masculinity for fear of being seen as overbearing or aggressive towards women. This has contributed to an entire generation of “metrosexual” men who are promiscuous, unwilling to commit to a relationship and unable to fulfil a women’s basic needs for healthy companionship, destabilizing society and making it more difficult for women to find suitable long term partners with whom to have children.

5) The ‘Men are Paid More’ Myth
The establishment promulgates the myth that men are paid more than women because of discrimination, .

Study: Regular consumption of citrus fruits can reduce dementia risk by 15%

by Zoey Sky

 

08/02/2022 – Dementia continues to affect more people worldwide, and countries with aging populations like Japan are especially vulnerable. To address tAdd Newhis matter, researchers from Tohoku University studied the health benefits of eating citrus fruits.

According to the study findings, regular consumption of citrus fruits like oranges, grapefruits, lemons or limes could help reduce the risk of dementia among older adults by almost 15 percent. The research team hopes that the dietary approach could be both a simple and effective solution for dementia prevention.

When incorporated into a balanced diet, citrus fruits can help improve your overall well-being. Citrus fruits are full of vitamin C, a nutrient that strengthens your immune system and keeps skin smooth and elastic. One medium-sized orange has all the vitamin C you need in a day.

Citrus fruits also have good amounts of other vitamins and minerals that your body needs to function properly, such as copper, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium and B vitamins.

Citrus fruits are also full of plant compounds with many health benefits, including anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Over 60 varieties of flavonoids, carotenoids and essential oils are behind many of citrus fruit’s health benefits.

When incorporated into a balanced diet, citrus fruits can help improve your overall well-being. Citrus fruits are full of vitamin C, a nutrient that strengthens your immune system and keeps skin smooth and elastic. One medium-sized orange has all the vitamin C you need in a day.

Citrus fruits also have good amounts of other vitamins and minerals that your body needs to function properly, such as copper, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium and B vitamins.

Citrus fruits are also full of plant compounds with many health benefits, including anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Over 60 varieties of flavonoids, carotenoids and essential oils are behind many of citrus fruit’s health benefits.

Citrus fruits, flavonoids and brain health

The edible parts of citrus fruits are full of flavonoids.

Findings from some cell and animal experiments have shown that citrus flavonoids can cross the blood-brain barrier and play a part in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actions. Earlier studies suggest that this could help reverse and repair some forms of cellular damage.

Before the Tohoku University study, only one cross-sectional study had been done, with results suggesting that a high intake of citrus fruits is positively associated with better cognitive function.

The Tohoku University research team performed statistical analysis using data from the Ohsaki Cohort 2006 study to take a closer look at the link between citrus consumption and incidence of dementia.

The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 study involved Japanese participants aged 65 and older. The volunteers were living in Ohsaki City, northeastern Japan, on December 1, 2006.

Researchers conducted a baseline survey to collect data on the frequency of citrus fruit consumption in the community. They then followed up with 13,373 responders in 2012 to find out how many in the cohort had developed dementia within six years.

The survey included different questions about the dietary and lifestyle habits of the participants.

The responses related to the consumption of citrus were broadly classified into three groups:

  1. Those consuming citrus fruits less than two times a week.
  2. Those consuming citrus fruits three to four times weekly.
  3. Those consuming citrus fruitsalmost every day.

The researchers also characterized the baseline of other factors that may be linked to dementia like cognitive functions, motor functions and psychological distress. The primary outcome was the onset of dementia as defined by the Long-term Care Insurance system, a mandatory form of national social insurance used in Japan.

Yasutake Tomata, a lecturer at Tohoku University, and Professor Ichiro Tsuji led the research team. They did analyses to assess whether their finding was an artifact of reverse causality.

The researchers are hopeful for the potential use of the data from the study, but they acknowledged that more factors must be considered before a definitive conclusion about citrus consumption and dementia can be reached.

Some of the factors include the causes of dementia, along with demographics and the location of the study group.

Follow a balanced diet and eat citrus fruits to boost your overall health.

Visit Brainhealthboost.com to read more articles with tips on how to boost brain health.

Watch the video below to learn more about how citrus fruits can help prevent dementia. Foods.news

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