Do you eat eggs sparingly so as not to drive up your cholesterol levels? In fact, the food doesn’t have the best reputation at the moment; it doesn’t fit in with the trendy vegan lifestyle and is perceived as unhealthy by many people. The latter is completely wrong! We’ll tell you why you should definitely include eggs in your daily diet. These things happen when you eat an egg every day: You lose weightStudies have shown that people who eat eggs for breakfast lose weight faster. This is because eggs…
Read MoreThis is the safest seat on an airplane
Airplanes are becoming safer and safer, and flying is generally the safest form of transportation. Regarding flight safety, 2023 was the second safest year on record. The Flight Safety Foundation evaluates incidents and accidents every year. There were 135 accidents, five fatalities, and 105 passenger deaths on the 35 million routes examined. The average over the last five years is 13 fatal accidents and 300 deaths per year. That may sound like a lot, but it’s still dramatically low. A study by Northwestern University in the USA compared the death…
Read MoreRisks of shopping at online low-cost stores!
Everything under 100 euros and two free printers to boot: Who wouldn’t go for it? But, as usual, there is a catch. Online stores with breathtakingly low prices are no longer a rarity. We come across them on almost all platforms, and they are becoming increasingly visible with all kinds of advertising campaigns. The online mail-order company Temu, in particular, has been indispensable in Europe since the beginning of 2023 at the latest and is currently high up on the app charts. According to lawyer Christian Solmecke, partner at law…
Read MoreAre headphones safe or harmful?
There are now different types of headphones, with or without cables, large or small. When they harm our hearing health. Most of us use headphones every day to listen to music or podcasts; some of us even watch a series. Headphones have even become very popular for making phone calls. Is this harmful to us, or are headphones safe? Headphones only have a negative impact on our hearing health if we exceed the usage time and the volume is permanently too high. The incorrect use of them repeatedly causes hearing…
Read MoreFreezing rain now brings danger of black ice
Basically, a warm front with dense clouds lies over Austria in the middle of the week. The chances of sunshine will therefore, remain low until the evening. In Tyrol and Vorarlberg, it is already raining frequently in the morning with a rapidly rising snow line. Slippery roads due to freezing precipitation are to be expected in basins and valleys. By the evening, precipitation will also begin to fall in the parts of the country north of the Danube and occasionally in East Tyrol, Carinthia, and Salzburg. Here, too, there is…
Read MoreThe most powerful passports in the world in 2024
The Henley Passport Index provides an up-to-date insight into the state of freedom to travel worldwide. Based on data from the world’s largest database for travel information, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), among others, the ranking compiled by the consulting firm Henley & Partners lists all 199 passports in the world according to the number of destinations that passport holders can visit without first applying for a visa. Towards the end of 2023, Japan lost its place at the top of the pass rankings for the first time in…
Read MoreDo you make your bed when you get up? Here’s why you should stop
It’s pretty disgusting! You get up, get dressed, get ready for the day, and then make your bed so that it looks nice and tidy when you go back to sleep, don’t you? Making your bed one of the first things you do when you get up is not a good idea. No, it’s not about taking valuable time out of your morning routine but about your overall health. You’re about to read knowledge that’s been around for nearly 20 years, but it’s about time it became common knowledge. According…
Read MoreWeather warning: Storm sweeps across eastern Austria
After a sunny day, the clouds will slowly thicken in the north and east as the day progresses. However, there will be considerably more clouds on the northern edge of the Alps, and it will snow lightly at first. South of the main Alpine ridge and in south-eastern Styria and southern Burgenland; however, the weather will be mostly sunny until the evening. Temperatures will rise from minus 12 to plus 2 degrees in the morning to minus 1 to plus 5 degrees during the day. The winds will be moderate…
Read MoreWhy viruses are now spreading even faster
The sub-zero temperatures have Austria firmly in their grip and promote the spread of viruses. An expert explains why. Colds, coughs, and fevers—although the number of coronavirus infections is slowly declining, other respiratory diseases keep workplaces and classrooms empty. According to ÖGK, over 200,000 insured persons were reported sick in the year’s first week. The virology department at MedUni Vienna also recorded increased influenza virus activity. “This signals the start of the flu epidemic in Austria,” says virologist Monika Redlberger-Fritz. The enormous cold snap in the country is also playing…
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