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Recent research revealed that Pure Maple Syrup may be beneficial to your health. According to a recent research conducted by Dr. Keiko Abe from the University of Tokyo, there might be a surprising way of keeping your liver healthy - usage of pure maple syrup in your diet. According to this study, Pure maple syrup may promote a healthy liver. Additionally, a research conducted before this one, at University of Rhode Island, found more than 20 compounds in maple syrup that have been linked to human health. So we are not talking about just liver now, but pure maple syrup can be good for the entire human body. This research was conducted by medicinal plant research specialist Navindra Seeram. So, Pure Maple Syrup is good for your liver.

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Heat kills 30 in Pakistan, gastroenteritis outbreak feared



Islamabad, May 29 (Xinhua) At least 30 people have died of heat and hundreds of people suffering from gastroenteritis have been admitted in hospitals in Pakistan's central Punjab province, Daily Times newspaper reported Monday.

At least three children have died of the disease, the newspaper said.

Most of the deaths were reported from southern Punjab, as temperatures shot up to 47 degrees Celsius in Multan and 48 degrees in Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur.

More than 150 people also fainted due to the sizzling heat, the newspaper said.

The three children died Sunday and 50 people, most of them children, were admitted to hospital in Sheikhupura.

The number of gastroenteritis cases in the district has touched 1,200 within a month and the death toll stood at 11.

Muhammad Azhar Hayat, the medical superintendent of Sheikhupura DHQ hospital, said that water contamination was the reason for the increasing incidence of gastroenteritis in the area.

Around 50 people were admitted to government and private hospitals in Daska and Sambrial Tehsils Sunday.



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