Category: Feature Stories

The way we eat also affects how much we eat. Smaller bites, for example, help cut calories. But that’s not all. There are also digestive benefits to chewing well and not gulping down food. When you’ve eaten quickly, you often feel bloated, totally exhausted and unwell. This subjective feeling is not deceptive. The influence of fast eating and the duration of chewing on digestion and calorie intake has been investigated by several studies. Influence of fast eating on the intake of caloriesA recent, small study comes from Pennsylvania State University…

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Cheap designer clothes or attractive technology offers – dubious online stores are difficult to recognize at first glance. One feature is pre-payment. “The prepaid goods then don’t arrive at all or consumers get a different, inferior product that is blatantly different from the one they ordered. But: the money is gone,” says AK consumer protector Daniela Zimmer. ÖIAT was commissioned by AK to examine examples of advertisements on four selected social platforms – Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Google. The result shows: one hour of research per platform was enough to…

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Pain and discomfort after a vaccination show that the immune system is working. But what if vaccination reactions fail to materialize? Headaches, fatigue, fever: many Corona vaccinees can sing a song about these and other vaccination reactions. These complaints are normal and occur as an immune response develops. However, the immune system does not react to the same extent in all people. Thus, some people are spared pain and discomfort altogether. This causes not only joy, but often concern that the vaccine may not work. Generally, an immune response results…

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The hot season should be enjoyed! However, it can’t hurt the line to replace one or two calorie traps with something else tasty in between.Some things are preferred to eat and drink during the hot months. Unfortunately, they come with some unexpected calories. Whether in summer, fall or winter – if you’re healthy and happy with your body, you’re naturally allowed to indulge yourself. But especially nowadays, when we actually want to show our crispy side in skimpy clothes, there are bigger and smaller calorie traps lurking around every corner.…

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More than 172.37 million people worldwide have now been confirmed to be infected with the corona virus. That’s according to a Reuters survey based on official data. According to the survey, more than 3.8 million people have died in connection with the virus since it was first detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The United States has the most deaths, with nearly 600,000. There, 33.5 million infections have been detected – also the highest in the world. India ranks second in the number of cases, with Brazil third. However,…

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A partial solar eclipse will be visible in Austria on June 10. However, the celestial spectacle will have no effect on the surrounding area. After more than six years, a solar eclipse will be visible again in Austria on June 10. However, the current celestial spectacle will not be a major event like the partial solar eclipse of 2015. On average two solar eclipses per yearWhile the moon covered the sun’s disk to a maximum of 63 percent, this time it will not even be five percent. Therefore it becomes…

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More and more quarantine rules are falling – both at popular travel destinations and when returning to Austria. Thus, since June 1, Croatia is finally also in Annex A (low incidence of infection). Vaccinated, recovered and now also tested persons can return from their vacation without quarantine obligation with the appropriate certificate. Although there is now no quarantine obligation when entering Italy, a negative PCR or antigen test, which must not be older than 48 hours, is still required – even for vaccinated and recovered persons. This applies to children…

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WHO has decided to name the different coronavirus variants after Greek letters in the future. Naming the variants after the country where they were discovered was “stigmatizing and discriminatory,” it said. The different variants of coronavirus should in the future be named after the letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatizing the countries where they first appeared. As the World Health Organization (WHO) announced in Geneva on Monday, this applies to variants that have been classified as “of concern” or “of interest.” The Greek letters are not intended to…

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More than 3 million Austrians have already received the first dose of a Covid 19 vaccine. But does the one dose already protect? A British scientist has compiled data from various studies and makes a clear statement for all four vaccines approved in the EU. According to his data, even the first dose of vaccine provides a high level of protection against the coronavirus. Countries such as the United Kingdom are therefore extending the period between the two shots to guarantee initial protection for as many people as possible. For…

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