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How to See Yourself As You Really Are (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) It could be something religious, or simply a matter of taste... I leave the decision to you. ----- By ANDY NEWMAN As religious question go, it is a relatively small one. But inevitably, it must be asked: Is it O.K.to eat a chocolate statuette of your favorite holy figure? The matter arose at Bond Street Chocolate, a boutique in Manhattan that traffics in detailed figurines of Jesus, Moses, the Buddha and the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh. Last month, an organization called Universal Society of Hinduism issued a demand: “Upset Hindus urge withdrawal of Lord Ganesh -shaped edible chocolate.” The owner of the store, Lynda Stern, was puzzled. For more than five years, she has been selling the gold-dusted Ganesh and his shelfmates, beside passion fruit bonbons and chocolate- coated wasabi peas, with barely a whiff of controversy. In the news release, the society’s president, Rajan Zed, wrote that Ganesh...

So much depends on the mother... ----- Posted: 19 April 2011 WELLINGTON : An expectant mother's diet during pregnancy can alter her baby's DNA in the womb, increasing its risk of obesity , heart disease and diabetes in later life, an international study has found. Researchers said the study provided the first scientific evidence linking pregnant women 's diet to childhood obesity, with major implications for public health. "This a a major breakthrough because for the first time it gives us the potential to work out the optimal diet a mother should eat," Professor Peter Gluckman from Auckland University 's Liggins Institute told AFP . "That's likely to vary slightly from mother to mother, but it could be a major tool in addressing the obesity epidemic." The study, conducted by scientists in Britain, New Zealand and Singapore, showed that what a mother ate during pregnancy could change the function of her child's DNA through a...