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The idea of marriage is usually accompanied with an ecstatic feeling. The idea of being dear to someone, a sense of belonging, affection, the creation of children etc. All these ideas make marriage a dream to be desired and craved for. Unfortunately not everyone harbours this desire as the thought of marriage can be so provocative leading to irrational fear and disgust. Such people are said to be suffering from Gamophobia. Gamophobia is the fear of marriage or being committed. This fear gets so severe that it is often likened to the fear of death. It originated from the Greek

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The white rice that you commonly see in the supermarket was brown rice once, but it was refined and processed to remove the bran and hull so that it cooks faster and is lighter in color. This process also removes most of the nutrients from the rice, including protein, fiber, calcium, thiamine, potassium, and magnesium. This is why you will find most white rice with “enriched” labels. Those are unnatural additives that are meant to restore the important nutrients that have been lost. Most white rice is fortified or enriched with the iron, zinc, and other vitamins that it lost

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Milk Thistle is a herb plant that is native to Europe but also grows in North America and parts of South America and has been used for hundreds of years. Silybum marianum is the plant name for milk thistle and contain leaves and a fruit which traditionally have been both roasted or used in salads. Achenes (seed-like fruits) of milk thistle are the part of the plant that is medicinal with Silymarin, a complex combinations of flavonoids, being the active ingredient of milk thistle. Though it can be used as a herbal tea, milk thistle tends to be taken as

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Do you find your palms getting sweaty at the mention of the Pope? Do you get panicky at the sight of the Holy Pontiff? If you answered ‘Yes’, you may suffer from Papaphobia, a fear of the Pope. Related to Hierophobia (fear of holy people or sacred things), Ecclesiaphobia (fear of church, organized religion or holy people), and Hagiophobia (fear of saints or holy things), Papaphobia is a persistent fear of the pope or the papacy and may extend to fear of the Roman Catholic Church. This fear may be caused by a specific triggering event, or a powerful negative

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Androphobia derived its origin from the Greek word ‘andros’ meaning man or male and ‘phobia’ meaning fear. Androphobia is an abnormal fear of, or hatred for men or total repugnance towards the masculine gender. Androphobics are normal people who live a normal life, make friends but just find it impossible to relate with men, mostly by avoiding men altogether. Androphobia can also be known as Arrhenphobia. Androphobia can be caused by traumatic experiences as most sufferers start experiencing this fear at an early age of 4-5 years. This can be as a result of the victim being physically traumatized or

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People often confuse bacteria and viruses with each other but the fact is, they are very different from each other. Whilst viruses tend to be quite harmful, bacteria on the other hand is generally quite harmless. Check out these 30 interesting facts about bacteria that we’ve put together. 1. People think that using a hand dryer is safer than using a paper towel because there is no contact involved. Wrong! Using a paper towel helps decrease bacterial count by 45-60% while the moist and warm conditions inside the hand dryer is a thriving place for bacteria to live. Using a

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