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| Asia’s most expensive drink goes for US$26,000 Posted: 19 Sep 2012 09:55 PM PDT  'The Jewel Of Pangaea' - A S$32,000 cocktail " screenshot video. — AFP-Relaxnews pic The cocktail, dubbed 'The Jewel of Pangaea', was recently launched at the Pangaea in Singapore, a club that targets the super rich and famous. Open only three nights a week, the club reportedly charges between S$2000 to S$15,000 for a table. The cocktail, created by award-winning master bartender Ethan Leslie Leong, is a concoction of gold-flecked Hennessey brandy, 1985 vintage Krug champagne and sugar, garnished with a Triple X 1-carat diamond by Switzerland-based jeweler Mouawad. "The Jewel of Pangaea was custom-designed to actually taste great. Most of the expensive cocktails around the world simply throw a precious diamond into a martini, but in this case I wanted to use the most premium products available, and ones that would perfectly complement the stunning Mouawad 1-carat diamond," Leong told Singapore's Today daily last Monday. Some of the most expensive drinks around the world have also been served up with diamonds. In 2007, London's ultra select club Movida launched a £35,000 (RM171,500) Christmas cocktail called 'Flawless', which contained Louis XII cognac, Cristal Rose champagne, brown sugar, angostura bitters, a few flakes of 24-carat edible gold leaf and an 11-carat white diamond ring at the bottom. In 2010, the Ritz Carlton Tokyo came up with a 'Diamonds are Forever' martini drink that cost US$18,000, a blend of chilled Grey Goose vodka with a lime twist, poured over a one-carat diamond. — AFP-Relaxnews
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| High salt consumption endangers US kids, says study Posted: 19 Sep 2012 07:00 PM PDT  A study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that kids between the ages of eight and 18 took in an average of 3,387 milligrams a day of sodium, more than twice the 1,500 daily recommended by doctors. — AFP-Relaxnews pic The study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that kids between the ages of eight and 18 took in an average of 3,387 milligrams a day of sodium, more than twice the 1,500 daily recommended by doctors. The study monitored the diets of 6,235 youths and found that their sodium intake was about the same as that of adults, with more than three-quarters of the salt coming from processed and fast foods. Too much salt is linked to high blood pressure – a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke and several other problems which were once found almost exclusively in adults, but which are now increasingly seen in children. The risk of high blood pressure was particularly high among overweight and obese youths, the CDC said. Health officials in the United States called the study's findings alarming. "It's very disturbing that this nation's children and teens consume too much salt in their diets at school and home," said Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association (AHA). "High blood pressure, once viewed as an adult illness is now affecting more young people because of high sodium diets and increasing obesity," she said. "While new nutrition standards for school meals are helping, progress is slow. This study strongly underscores the need to move faster because our kids are on an early path to heart attacks and strokes." The AHA urged the US Food and Drug Administration to set mandatory limits on the sodium content of foods and urged federal authorities to make the reduction of sodium a national priority. — AFP-Relaxnews |
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