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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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Storms black out New Zealand's biggest city



Wellington, June 12 (DPA) Much of Auckland, New Zealand's biggest city, came to a standstill Monday when it was blacked out by a winter storm that cut power lines.

Businesses shut their doors, hospitals cancelled all except emergency services, and the central city was gridlocked as 300 sets of traffic lights were out of operation.

All but two of the city's police stations were closed and officials introduced an emergency management plan to ensure public safety and appealed to people to travel only if necessary.

Alasdair Thompson, spokesman for the business community, said the blackout was a disaster for the city, which accounts for about 16 percent of New Zealand's economic activity and 17 percent of the country's jobs.

Power supplies were only slowly being restored to the region of 1.3 million people, Radio New Zealand reported.

One-third of the nation's population lives in the greater metropolitan area of the city.

Roofs were blown from houses and windows smashed in the capital Wellington, which was struck by winds gusting to 130 km an hour while the main international airport in the South Island at Christchurch was closed by snow.

Thousands of people were also without power in the Canterbury province and snow collapsed verandas over shops in the main street of Geraldine, 130 km south of Christchurch.

Geraldine and the city of Timaru, 35 km further, were also hit, with schools and businesses closed and residents told to stay indoors, Radio New Zealand reported.

Weather forecasters predicted the gales would reach 150 km an hour over most of the North Island but said there would be little respite anywhere in the country with another southerly storm from the Antarctic due later.



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