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Tuesday 21st May 2019. Artbox Digital and Anti-Inflammatory Diet.

May 21, 2019

Sylvia Benassy from Alianza Francesa is with us in the second hour, together with Juan Pablo Pacheco from Artbox Digital. Artbox is being inaugurated tonight at the Alianza premises. We talk about what defines

Sylvia, Juan Pablo & Gerry

digital art, also we tak about the participants from African countries that took part as this is highlighting the Africa in America season here in Panama.


Feisty Foodie Sara is back with us and the topic is one that Sara has to deal with being a Crohn’s disease sufferer. So we take a look at the different inflammatory conditions and how your diet can help you. Here are some guidelines as to what foods to eat and what to avoid:

Foods to eat

Cherries and blueberries contain antioxidants, which may help to ease inflammation.

Good choices for a person following an anti-inflammatory diet include the following:

* dark leafy greens, including kale and spinach * blueberries, blackberries, and cherries * dark red grapes * nutrition-dense vegetables, such as broccoli and cauliflower * beans and lentils * green tea * red wine, in moderation * avocado and coconut * olives * extra virgin olive oil * walnuts, pistachios, pine nuts, and almonds * cold water fish, including salmon and sardines * turmeric and cinnamon * dark chocolate * spices and herbs

Foods to avoid

The main foods that people following an anti-inflammatory diet should avoid include:

* processed meats * sugary drinks * trans fats, found in fried foods * white bread * white pasta * gluten * soybean oil and vegetable oil * processed snack foods, such as chips and crackers * desserts, such as cookies, candy, and ice cream * excess alcohol * too many carbohydrates.


Approximately at 11:30 am on Monday, May 20, the oral trial session of former President Ricardo Martinelli ended, it will resume today with the appearance of a new witness.

The Twelfth Criminal Court annulled the order of inquiry (of November 21, 2018) and the correction to this document (of December 6, 2018) issued by the Special Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office against Fotis Lymberópulos, as part of the investigation of the bribes paid by Odebrecht.

Up to noon on Monday, 20 May, 20 challenges have been filed in the Tribunal Electoral against proclaimed candidates.

A metal structure was detached from a crane putting workers and pedestrians on alert, this Monday on the South corridor, in the vicinity of Santa María Park, in the direction of the center of the city.

A 19-year-old boy was dragged by a strong wave at La Garita beach, in the district of Pedasí, province of Los Santos, and is missing.

At the weekend a total of 1,517 packages of alleged drugs were seized the National Aeronaval Service (Senan) inside a container, in the Port of Cristobal, in the Province of Colón.

With the premise that human rights are universal, opening in Panama today Tuesday, the Museum of Freedom and Human Rights, on the causeway of Amador.


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