Sinoal diet can reduce the risk of heart problems by almost 20 %. A new major study using the data of the British bio -Bank shows that even a slight reduction in salt consumption can be healthy. The results of the study were presented in Amsterdam at the annual conference of the European Society of Cardiologists. Previously, studies have shown that an increase in the amount of salt in food increases the likelihood of cardiovascular diseases and premature death.

Archaeologists discovered the figure of the dragon made of mussel shells at Kaitaopo’s parking lot in Chifen, in the autonomous district of Inner Mongolia in northern China. It was made by representatives of the Neolithic culture of Hunshan (4700–2900 BC). The dragon found in the southwest corner of the house about twenty centimeters consists of several shells smoothly connected together and forming the whole body from head to tail.

The persecution of Soviet power to the Russian Church was such that it was not to say about their faith, but even silently follow it as a feat. The new martyrs and confessors, glorified in the face of the saints did not come: believed, prayed and meekly went to their Calvarys. “Polit.ru” recalls those who gave their lives for faith and by whose prayers the Russian Church is alive - even if almost nothing came to us besides the name.

Political scientist Abbas Gallyamov (included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of foreign agents - Polit.Ru) sums up the results of a study on the effectiveness of boycotting elections for the opposition: “Participation in voting itself does NOT legitimize the system, just as non-participation in it does not DElegitimize it. The mass of people who never go to the polls are quite loyal to the system.

Political strategist Konstantin Kalachev writes : “The transition to Catholicism was in the 19th century for individual elitarians the form of progressism and Westernism. In 1905, Nicholas II issued a manifesto on religious tolerance, which provoked a massive transition of the Orthodox to Catholicism. According to official figures, from 1905 to 1909 233 thousand people became Catholics.

Porcelain became the greatest symbol of Chinese culture. This is one of the outstanding inventions that have made an invaluable contribution to world civilization. Imperial ceramics, that is, ceramics of imperial ceramic workshops, is an important bearer of palace culture. It was a product of the monarchical era, and state power served as the basis on which the culture of porcelain flourished magnificently.

Telegram channel "Notes on the fields" writes : “Federalism goes far beyond the territorial structure, but rather relates to the specifics of building relationships in the political system as a whole. In general, federalism can be described as the principle of a political organization, which involves a certain level of independence at each tier of decision -making. That is, the hierarchy of the political system is balanced by the division of powers at each of the levels.

Constantiner "Kommersant" Dmitry Drieze writes : “The co -founder of Yandex, Arkady Volozh, sent an official request to relieve sanctions to the EU authorities. The expected event. Earlier, the entrepreneur condemned Russia's actions in Ukraine. It is clear that if the EU responds positively - this creates a precedent for the rest of the many Russian businessmen who really do not like to be under sanctions.

The telegram channel "Notes on the fence" writes : “In the Moscow Planetarium, there is still a stand with the mention of the Moon 25. At the same time, the wardrobe is closed until September, and the toilet is repaired. The guide shows the ISS layout suspended to the ceiling. Someone asks: "We, with the Americans, is equally comparted?" “Here is equally, but in fact they already have more,” he says.

Yan Chunnyan Polit.ru introduces readers with books included in the long list of applicants for the Enlightener. Transportation Award of 2023. The prize for the fourth time notes the best works of editors and translators of popular science literature into Russian. In total, twenty books were included in a long list. A short list of the Enlightener. Transportation Prize will be announced until the end of September.

The director of the International Monetary Fund of Kristalin Georgiev writes in Foreign Affairs about what changes need to be made to the work of the fund in view of the threat of growing deglobalization: “The International Monetary Fund plays a key role in the international economy. This is the only organization that has the right granted to it on behalf of 190 members to conduct a regular and detailed analysis of the state of the economies of these countries.

Economist Igor Lipsits on the Forbes YouTube channel says : “Still, higher education is a certain product of the imperial structure of society. There was an emperor, he had to have an army, he was tired of having his own imperial culture, different from the cultures of other empires, he needed his own elite. And in this system there was a higher education.

Polit.ru introduces readers with books included in the long list of applicants for the Enlightener. Transportation Award of 2023. The prize for the fourth time notes the best works of editors and translators of popular science literature into Russian. In total, twenty books were included in a long list. A short list of the Enlightener. Transportation Prize will be announced until the end of September.

Blogger Mikhail Pozharsky compares the figures of Maxim Martsinkevich and Evgeny Prigozhin in a public field: “It seems that people are endlessly distant from each other, but they are united by the main thing - both created media empires built around the theater of violence with cheap tickets. Tesac opened a gold mine, supplying perky vidos on a media market, where he had fun, with a twinkle mocked people.

The expert of political and regional communications Ilya Ananyev writes : “As a result, after the crash of the aircraft, the most incredible and conspiracy theological version of the“ trace of Putin ”in the death of Prigozhin became the most discussed in languages. Be that as it may, the Kremlin will have to deal with the reputation risks of this version, which, it seems to me, is almost impossible to play. Only minimize the “shadow” to Putin from the disaster with Wagner with several moves: 1.