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The Health Minister also warned South Africans against the proven anti-retroviral drugs which had saved millions of lives. This was after the President, Thabo Mbeki, told the public that AIDS was not caused by a virus that could be transmitted by sexual contact. South Africa ended up with the highest percentage of AIDS victims of any country in the world having made no serious effort at prevention. Millions of lives were lost as the result. South Africa, which is in most respects, a very modern nation, with far more competence in government and administration that most nations of Afric. However, in the protest against apartheid a generation of young people did not attend the schools, which although segregated were quite good. The result has been that some of today’s South African leaders, although more idealistic and less corrupt than in many other African nations, there is also great areas of ignorance. In the case of a health minister who does not understand the science and knowledge of the most serious communicable disease of the era, it is rank incompetence. When the President, was also ignorant in the health arena, that sealed the fate of millions of South Africa at a time when the government generally was extremely competent.


When nutritionists like Dr. Ludwig advocated for whole grain food in the diet, and American consumers started eating more of it, food processors and manufacturers started using the term for a wide range of food that involved grains, many of which were unhealthy. The FDA regulations were too lax and soon the term "whole grain" was being used for very healthy and very unleathy food--a little whole grain and a huige amount of sugar for example was margeted as "whole grain" but was very unhealthy. Often whole gran in small amounts were combined with the traditional milled flour and called "whole grain".


Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes
  • Born: August 8, 1998
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Profession: Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He gained a following in 2013, posting song covers on the video-sharing application Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist manager Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton, which led to him signing a deal with the record label. Mendes's self-titled debut EP was released in 2014, followed by his debut studio album Handwritten in 2015. Handwritten debuted atop the US Billboard 200, making Mendes one of five artists ever to debut at number one before the age of 18. The single "Stitches" reached number one in the UK and the top 10 in the US and Canada.