399. GARLIC

If you want to be healthy, live a long time and be happy….eat garlic.

Garlic has been in use for thousands of years.

It was used by the Egyptians to flavor food and also used as a traditional medicine.

China produces 80 percent of the garlic world supply.

Spain is probably the biggest producer of garlic in Europe.

The health benefits of garlic are numerous.

Garlic is nature´s most potent immune body booster, a very powerful antibiotic, and it can also increase your libido. 

Garlic can make you get better when you have a cold too.

It acts as a natural medicine to lower high blood pressure by 10 percent and reduces the level of cholesterol.

The best way is to eat fresh raw garlic.

You cut a clove in half or in several pieces and swallow them when eating a yogurt, like taking a pill.

This way you won´t have bad breath

You can also eat the cloves with parsley to prevent the strong taste.

It is generally recommended to take two garlic cloves early in the morning before having breakfast.

If you can´t stand the strong taste of garlic, you can buy garlic capsules in natural food shops if you wish.

Swallow the capsule when you´re eating a yogurt or drinking kefir.

Garlic can reduce cardiological and atherosclerosis problems.

Garlic contains powerful antioxidants which provides protection against cellular damage and thus can make you live longer.

One of the major health benefits of garlic is that it helps to replenish the lost iron in the body.

So, taking garlic provides relief from anemia because it produces the protein called ferroportin, which enhances the absorption of iron.

Garlic contains Allicin. This sulfuric compound in garlic makes it a cancer-fighter.

Cancer cells are damaged  due to dietary and environmental toxins, rampant inflammation, and an immune system in serious risk.

Garlic will target these weak spots in your body giving you an added protection for your immune system.

Allicin also has anti-bacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties, according to the University of Maryland.

Allicin will make your blood cleaner too.

Spaniards eat a lot of garlic. It is used in a lot of delicious recipes  such as stews.

A lot of people also use garlic when they prepare Rice in the oven, Paellla and Gazpacho.

People also like to eat toasted bread with natural tomato and fresh garlic.

You can also mash garlic and add it to salads.

Garlic is delcious and healthy.

So, now we know why Spaniards are living longer!

Vocabulary

healthy  = sano

garlic = ajo

flavor = sabor

also = tambien

biggest  = mas grande

health benefits  = beneficos saludables

booster  = reforzador

powerful  = potente

get better  = mejorar

cold  = resfriado

best way  = mejor manera

raw  = crudo

clove  = diente

like = como

this way = de esta manera

breath  = aliento

parsely  = perejil

taste = sabor

early = pronto

can´t stand  = no soportas

wish  = deseas

swallow = tragar

provides = aporta

damage = dañar

thus = por tanto

replenish = reponer

so = así que

relief  = alivio

enhances = aumenta

cancer-fighting  = luchador contra el cancer

damaged due to  = dañado debido a

rampant  = descontrolado

risk  = riesgo

target = enfocan

weaker spots  = puntos debiles

blood  = sangre

cleaner  = mas limpio

recipes such as  = recetas tal como

stews = estofados

mash  = machacar

longer = mas tiempo

Nina Simone canta " I´m feeling good"  = Me siento bien

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR1bWhdoIXM

398. WOMEN

What would a man do without their better half …… a WOMAN?

I guess men would go crazy, all of them would be gay and the world would be empty and die.

Therefore, thank God that there are women to love, have fun with, learn from them and give birth to our children to make life a better place to live in.

They are as important as men and must be treated equally…but of course, this is not true in many countries and cultures.

Men can at times be motherfuckers and treat women terribly.

Why must a woman be mistreated and perhaps even killed?

This is not a normal behaviour in any civilized country.

 You have to be crazy to think about killing a human being!

Anyway, and to change the subject, there are studies which say that the woman´s brain has thicker  cortices than men.

Thicker cortices are associated with higher scores on cognitive and general intelligence tests.

Thus, women are smarter in many ways.

They are smarter in learning languages.

There are so many famous women writers such as Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, Agatha Christe , and of course J.K. Rowling.

Marie Curie was the first and only woman to win the Nobel twice in two different sciences.

One of her famous quotes is: “One never notices what has already been done, one can only see what remains to be done” = “Nunca nos fijamos lo que ya se ha hecho, solo nos podemos fijar en lo que queda para hacer”

In Spain, things have changed in respect to women in this society, but there are still so many things to be done, as Marie Curie says in her quote.

Obvioulsy, women must receive the same salary as men when they have the same studies and know how.

Why should a woman be discriminated just beacuse she´s a woman and thus get a lower salary  than a man.

It doesn´t make any sense at all.

Of course, one of the main reasons in Spain for the huge gap between men and women is the influence of the Catholic church for many years.

Spain has always been a very Catholic and religious country.

The civil war and Franco´s regime made it very difficult in the process of women´s emancipation.

In that time, women were not allowed to open a bank account.

It was practically impossible for women to study or work for so many years.

Their job was mainly limited to only take care of the children and the household  chores.

But of course, things have changed a lot since then.

March 8, 2018 is the day women workers in Spain participated in International Women's Day with an unprecedented strike targeting gender inequality and sexual discrimination.

Their slogan was: If women stop working, the world stops.

And yes. On that day practically everything stopped.

So, let´s once and for all finally stop women discrimination and treat them as equal to men.

Remember: "A woman is the better half of a man"

Como habeis visto aparece unas cuantas veces la palabra “WOULD” (wud)

Se pronuncia como la palabra madera = wood (wud)

Would es un verbo auxiliar que se ponde delante del verbo principal para formar una frase condicional.

I would like to travel more  = Me gustaria viajar mas

Where would you like to go? =  ¿A dónde te gustaria ir?

I would go to Greece  = Me iria a Grecia

Tambien sale la palabra “Should” (shud)  = deberia

Should es un verbo modal.

Companies should pay women the same salary as men in the same jobs =  Las empresas deberian pagar a las mujeres el mismo salario que los hombres en el mismo trabajo

You should try to improve your English  = Deberias intentar mejorar tu ingles.

Hay otro verbo modal:

Must (mast)  = deber (obligacion)

It´s late. I must go  = Es tarde. Debo irme

You musn´t smoke here  = No debes fumar aquí

I must study for the exam  = Debo estudiar para el examen

Men and women must be equal

Vocabulary

Would = haria

Without  = sin

Better half = mejor mitad

Guess = supongo

Would go crazy  = se volverian locos

Would be  = serian

Therefore  = por tanto

Better  = mejor

There are  = hay

Have fun  = divertirse

Give birth  = dar a luz

As important as  = tan importante como

Must  = deben

Of course = por supuesto

At times  = aveces

Motherfuckers  = hijos de puta

Must  = deben

Perhaps  = quizás

Even  = incluso

Behaviour  = comportamiento

Mistreated  = maltratada

Behaviour  = comportamiento

Anyway  = de todas formas

Subject  = tema

Brain  = cerebro

There are  = hay

Thicker cortices  = cortex mas gruesa

Higher scores  = resultados mas altos

Thus  = por tanto

Smarter in many ways  = mas listas en muchas maneras

So many  = tantas

To be done  = para hacer

Such as = tal como

Win  = ganar

Quotes  = frases

Notice  = fijarse

Already  = ya

Still  = aun

So many  = tantas

Know how  = conocimiento

Should  = deberian

Just  = simplemente

Lower  = mas bajos

Than  = que

It doesn´t make sense at all = no tiene sentido en absoluto

Main  = principal

Huge gap  = enorme diferencia

Between  = entre

Always  = siempre

In that time  = en aquellos tiempos

Allowed  = permitidos 

So many  = tantos

Mainly  = principalmente

Take care  = cuidar

Household chores  = trabajos domesticos

Strike  = huelga

For once and for all  =  de una vez por todas

John Lennon canta "Woman"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9GNO-YQNq4