When discussing healthy and balanced nutrition, we cannot ignore fruits, as they are known for their numerous benefits and contributions to the desired nutrition of the human body, such as vitamins, essential minerals, fiber, water, and antioxidants. The promotion of fruit consumption for a healthy diet has been recognized worldwide, even by the World Health Organization (WHO), which has promoted its well-known campaigns for the consumption of 5 portions of fruit per day. Despite the described benefits of eating fruit, we must not forget one element they contain: natural fructose…
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Up to 15 degrees: Warm fronts bring mini spring to Austria
The coming week will be very warm in Austria, but also very windy. According to the experts at Geosphere Austria, several warm fronts will ensure temperatures of up to 15 degrees in the new week. However, it is also likely to rain again and again. Rain is expected to begin Monday afternoon.A warm front’s clouds will cross from the west throughout the day on Monday, bringing more dense clouds. Rain will fall later in the afternoon and evening, both in the far west and from the Inn to the Waldviertel.…
Read MoreCorona variant “Juno” comes with new symptoms
The currently dominant variant “Juno” causes three new symptoms not previously associated with an infection. While the coronavirus wave is already dying down, it has been dominated by another new variant, JN.1, or “Juno,” which has seen a massive increase over Christmas. This is also shown by wastewater monitoring. Juno is a descendant of the Omikron variant BA. 2.86, “Pirola”. In its latest update, the World Health Organization (WHO) claims that JN.1 poses a relatively low risk to public health, especially in well-vaccinated countries. However, the rapid spread of the…
Read MoreNew Years address of the Austrian President: Talk more “with each other” than “about each other”
In his New Year’s address on Monday, Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen called for people to talk “more with each other” and “less about each other.”. Because those who only ever allow themselves to be confirmed in their own opinion will “never come to new insights,” he said, also with a view to the super election year 2024. And he called on the campaigning parties to “examine” “what they bring out of people” and whether they are “constructive forces.” He hopes “that we, as a society, will succeed in…
Read MoreWhat will change in health insurance in 2024
The new year 2024 will improve the health sector for those with health insurance. Here, you can find the details of the changes to health insurance benefits. Health insurance throughout Austria will cover examinations such as prostate MRI and coronary CT, and psychological treatment will be subsidized. Reimbursement of costs following visits to elective doctors will be faster starting July 1 because they will have to send their fee notes digitally to the health insurance fund. Implementation of the recently adopted healthcare reform is also set to begin. Changes to…
Read MoreSimply be grateful: how to start the new year on a positive note
Instead of making good resolutions, such as exercising or changing your diet, you can simply be grateful at the start of the year. And you can even practice this with apps, diaries, or simply a piece of paper.They are a real classic at the turn of the year: good resolutions. While we are still ready to hit the ground running in January, our motivation is rapidly declining by February at the latest. But why do we strive for change in the first place instead of simply being grateful for what…
Read More12 degrees, snow – completely crazy weather on New Year’s Eve
The low-pressure system “Costa” is making for a very changeable turn of the year this year. Everything from spring-like temperatures to rain and snow. The year 2023 is slowly but surely drawing to a close. However, the outlook for New Year’s Eve is pretty mixed. In the foehn-like Montafon and south-east of Styria, the thermometer rises to 12 degrees during the day; towards the evening, the low-pressure system “Costa” ensures that it then clouds over in the west and south and rain sets in from Vorarlberg to Carinthia, with the…
Read MoreUp to eleven degrees throughout Austria from Monday
The weather will be mild in the coming week. The Geosphere Austria forecast shows a very changeable west-northwest weather situation has begun. However, individual cold-air lakes are still present; regionally, there may still be black ice early on Monday. The daily highs will be around eleven degrees, with ten degrees also possible over the course of the week. On Monday, the sun must share the sky with many dense clouds in Austria until midday. Especially around the main Alpine ridge, but also in the eastern lowlands, it will still rain…
Read MoreOur Lady of Penafrancia Choir in Vienna holds a Christmas get-together
An intimate Christmas celebration was held on December 9, 2023, at the hall of the Don Bosco Parish in Vienna’s 10th District. Our Lady of Penafrancia Choir members gathered to celebrate the season. The event featured Filipino food, traditional Christmas carols, music, and dance. A surprise visit from the president of the Bikol Society in Austria, Ms. Marizel Rojas, was one of the highlights of the get-together. Rojas expressed her gratitude to the group for their untiring service to the INA of the Bikolandia Region since they have accompanied the…
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