Caravela, a cow from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, allowed Túlio Madureira, 30, a producer of homemade cheese, who could not drink milk, to recover a little more of the taste for life. Caravela produces a different type of milk, which does not affect humans' gastrointestinal system. Targeting people with the same problem as Madureira, a research is trying to produce more cows like Caravela in the country.

Madureira, who had not drunk milk for years, is not alone. Problems related to the consumption of milk are common. The Brazilian Society for Food and Nutrition says some two thirds of the world population does not have the enzyme lactase. The enzyme is responsible for breaking the sugar lactose, which is found in dairy products.

Caravela belongs to the gyr breed, which can produce milk without or with little beta-casein type A1 protein, says Aníbal Vercesi, a researcher at the São Paulo Institute of Animal Husbandry. That makes the milk produced by those cows healthier and therefore it has fewer chances of causing problems.

As milk with beta-casein type A2 is less allergenic, a study of the São Paulo Institute of Animal Husbandry began to breed animals that produce milk only with this type of protein through the insemination of gyr cows. "Medical research has already shown that this protein causes some inflammation in the intestinal mucus membrane," says Vercesi.

Vercesi says that a partnership with Unicamp university has just been started to carry out more studies on the effects of this type of milk on human health.

WATANABE, Phillippe. Trad: MUELLO, Thomas.

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With mosquito season in full swing, concerns over the Zika virus continue to climb–making one Brazilian scientist’s cutting-edge work particularly timely. Leda Castilho, Ph.D., a professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, was named the winner of Johnson & Johnson’s Latin American QuickFire Challenge in February for research that her team is currently conducting on Zika–research that has the potential to lead to a vaccine.

The QuickFire Challenge was created to encourage the development of innovative healthcare technology focused on preventing and eradicating diseases in Latin America.

The challenge’s grand prize? A six-month residency for Castilho and her team at JLABS@TMC, a state-of-the-art new research facility in Houston, Texas, where they will have access to top-notch technology and fellow scientists. “JLABS not only has state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, but they’re surrounded by other eminent researcher institutions in Houston. It’s perfect for networking, which can help accelerate our research,” Leda Castilho said.

Disponível em: <http://www.jnj.com/gph/the-

quest-to-quash-zika-meet-the-brazilian-scientist-workingto- develop-a-vaccine>. Acesso em: 20 nov. 2016. Adaptado.

Al menos 14,3% de los mexicanos padece trastornos de ansiedad generalizada, que es la enfermedad de salud mental más común en el país, y le siguen los males del afecto, como la depresión y las adicciones, ambas en un porcentaje de nueve por ciento, señaló Edilberto Peña de León.

El director de Investigación del Instituto de Neurociencias, Investigación y Desarrollo Emocional (Incide) expuso que para poner en contexto su importancia, puede decirse que la prevalencia de diabetes en el país es de seis a ocho por ciento. “Hay más deprimidos que diabéticos”.

Con motivo del Día Mundial de la Salud Mental alertó de la ignorancia que prevalece en torno a estos males, que ha llevado a estigmatizar a quienes lo padecen. “Conocemos a muchos que padecendiabetes, pero a pocos que dicen tener alguna enfermedad mental”.

El estigma llega al grado que dos terceras partes de las personas que padecen enfermedades mentales siguen pensando que su mal es producto de una debilidad de carácter y no de una enfermedad neurobiológica.

HAY MÁS DEPRIMIDOS que diabéticos en México, afirma

especialista. Disponível em: <http://www. excelsior.com.mx/nacional>. Acesso em: 10 out. 2016. Adaptado.

Setting aside time for a 30-or 60-minute workout is ideal, “but you can burn a lot of calories in not-so-ideal workout situations, too,” says Jeff Katula, PHD, associate professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest University. In fact, there’s nothing wrong with breaking up your 150 recommended minutes of weekly moderate exercise into short bursts throughout your day. “If you can fit in 10 minutes in the morning, 10 minutes at lunch, and 10 minutes at night, and if you can do that five days a week, you’re there,” he says.

Katula tells his patients to think of their food choices the same way they think of saving money. “We do so many little things – clip coupons, buy store brands – to save a dime here or a quarter there, because we know it adds up,” he says. It’s the same with food choices: “Whether it’s leaving the cheese off a hamburger or switching from mayo to honey mustard, there are so many little things you can do and so many little swaps you can make over the course of a day that can add up and save you calories without costing you any extra time.” Think about your daily beverages too, not just your solid foods. Switching from soda to seltzer water with lemon (or even to diet soda), or using less sugar in your coffee, for example, can save you several pounds a year.

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lose-weight-when-busy/>. Acesso em: 20 nov. 2016. Adaptado.

O conceito de liberdade sempre esteve ligado à ideia do livre-arbítrio, ou seja, ao poder de decidir sobre o próprio destino. Contudo, por mais que a raiz dessa concepção permaneça a mesma desde a Grécia Antiga, houve uma grande mudança de lá pra cá. "Hoje a liberdade é entendida na esfera individual e não coletiva, ou seja: lança-se o olhar para o indivíduo e não mais para o homem inserido na sociedade", explica a filósofa e professora Adriana Maamari.

Na atualidade, a busca de liberdade é um caminho para a felicidade, mesmo que fugaz e temporária. Rogério da Costa Santos, professor e doutor em história da filosofia, concorda que ser livre, atualmente, também significa poder desfrutar dos prazeres da vida e do corpo. "Isso era impensável nos primeiros anos do cristianismo, em que a liberdade estava associada à superação das tentações da carne e do corpo pecador", afirma.

Apesar disso, a liberdade continua restrita à necessidade de se adequar à vida em sociedade. "No contexto social, é livre quem exerce sua liberdade até o limite da liberdade alheia", esclarece Adriana. Quem não se importa com os outros só se sentiria mais livre se estivesse vivendo isolado em uma ilha.

OLIVEIRA, Marina; TREVISAN, Rita. Liberdade é respeitar

as próprias escolhas e o limite dos outros. Disponível em: <http://estilo.uol.com.br/comportamento/noticias>. Acesso em: 20 nov. 2016. Adaptado.