the coffin in soft drinks risk

This is another nail in thecoffin for soft drinks"
Professor Graham MacGregor
Chairman of the Blood Pressure Association
For the study, the participants who were aged 40-59 from the UK and
the US were asked to record what they had eaten in the preceding 24
hours on four separate occasions. They also provided a urine sample
and had their blood pressure measured.
The researchers found that sugar intake was highest inthose consuming
more than one sugar-sweetened beverage daily.
They also found that individuals consuming more than one serving per
day of sugar-sweetened beverages consumed more calories than those who
didn't consume sugary drinks - around 397 extra calories a day.
For every extra can of sugary drink consumed perday, participants on
average had a higher systolic blood pressure by 1.6mmHg and a higher
diastolic blood pressure by 0.8mmHg.
Overall, the people who consumed a lot of sugar-sweetened beverages
appeared to also have less healthy diets and were more likely to be
overweight.
But regardless of this, the link with blood pressure was still
significant even after adjusting for factors such as weight and
height.

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After sneeze... Say.. Why

Why do muslims say"Alhamdulill ah"
when we sneeze?
Because for that moment of the sneeze all your bodily functions stop even your
heart. When the sneeze is over and all bodily functions are restored
we are grateful and praise Allah for returning all back to us again.
SubhanAllah

Egypt’s military ruler speaks out after protests

The head of Egypt's armed forces today rejected accusations that the
military is throwing its weight behind a candidate in next month's
presidential elections a dayafter thousands of people demonstrated
against the ruling generals.
The statement from Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who leads the
military council that has ruled Egypt since Hosni Mubarak's ouster
last year, came a day after tens of thousands of Egyptians packed
Cairo's Tahrir Square to denounce military rule. Protesters accused
the generals of trying to manipulate the May presidential vote.
Speaking at a military training exercise today, Mr. Tantawi said the
armed forces are focused at the moment on handing power to an elected
civilian government, not on hanging on to power. He also insisted the
military was not picking favourites in the presidential race.
"The armed forces stand at an equal distance from all the parties
without taking sides at the expense of another party," Mr. Tantawiwas
quoted as saying by the state news agency MENA.
He also said that the military was able to respond to insults with
"violence from an iron fist,"but that the military wouldnot do so in
order to keep Egypt safe. The military hasover the past year used
deadly violence to disperseprotests against its rule.
The elections set to begin May 23 were intended to be a landmark in
Egypt's transition: the first free choosing of a president after
decades of authoritarian rule. After thepresident is installed, the
military is to hand over thepower it took after Mubarak's ouster by
the end of June.
Mr. Tantawi has insisted, however, that Egypt's new constitution be
written before the presidential vote, raising fears that the deadline
to hand over power may be pushed back.
The military, which has produced Egypt's last four presidents, is
widely viewed as trying to avoid being subject to civilian oversight.
The field marshal's remarkstoday aimed to counter allegations that the
military wants to push a candidate it favours into the presidency to
ensure its continued influence andblock dramatic reform.
This week, the election commission disqualified 10candidates,
including the top three contenders. The move enraged Islamists because
among those excluded were the Brotherhood's nominee and a favourite of
ultraconservatives known as Salafis.
Hundreds of supporters of the disqualified Salafi candidate, Hazem Abu
Ismail, rallied for a second day in Tahrir. They accused the military
of pulling levers to eliminate Abu Ismail and boost support for former
regime officials particularly former foreign minister and leading
presidential candidate Amr Moussa.

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Allah says: "And [by] the Nafs and He who proportioned it And inspired it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness, He has succeeded who purifies it,

Allah says: "And [by] the Nafs and He who proportioned it And inspired
it [with discernment of] its wickedness and its righteousness, He has
succeeded who purifies it, And he has failed who instills it [with
corruption]."(Surah Ash Shams 91:7-10)
The Nafs invites the body to indulge in every form of material
activity. It is not concerned about moral principles or avoidance of
prohibited things. As long as the material body can find pleasure in a
thing or an action the nafs will entice the person to become involved.
If not checked it will cause the person to deviate from the correct
path.
It is because the nafs is attracted to materialistic matters that
Satan is able to influence a person. He does this by decorating
thematerial things to make them attractive and he is also able to
whisper inside the person material suggestions to impact upon his
thoughts. The results of the working of the nafs can make a
personentertain only material desires thereby becoming aslave of his
passion, desiresand ego. (12:53)
The nafs can also be cultured to act responsibly. This can be done by
restraining it from behaving like an animal and developing fear of
consequences.
The nafs can be controlled by the will of the person. This is a
special quality given by Allah, the power to choose what's right from
wrong.
Man can be influenced by knowledge and through acquisition of wisdom.
Knowledge will help a person to differentiate good from evil and right
from wrong; while wisdomwill enable its possessor to understand the
effect his action will have on the personality.
If the nafs is trained to become morally and spiritually good, it goes
through stages of growth. It moves away from being dominating to a
stage of self accusation. This stage is called Nafsul Lawwamah.(75:2)
In this stage the nafs is conscious of right and wrong. It
acknowledges its mistakes and tries to make amends by asking for
forgiveness and repenting.
The third station is called Nafsul Mutma'innah.(89 :27)In this stage
the nafs attains peace and tranquility. This is because it has
developed desires that do not conflict with the desires of Ruh (soul).
It does not impact negativelyon the ruh, rather, it helps to keep it
shining and its own energy becomes refined.
The mission of every person is to purify the nafs so that it can work
in harmony with the ruh, resulting in peace and stability.