Woman drinks and bathes in her Urine

Carrie is a 53-year-old cancer victim who according to her friend has 'done some strange stuff over the years'. But this may be the strangest of all.

The middle-aged brunette from Colorado Springs has taken to drinking her own urine, a four-year-old, five-glass-a-day habit that she calls 'comforting'.

On TLC's finale of the shocking series, My Strange Addiction, Carrie explains that drinking the warm pee for the first time didn't make her throw up so she decided: 'You know what, I can do this.'

Diagnosed with stage three malignant melanoma eight years ago, the mother of four daughters began drinking her urine in the hope that it may help with her recovery.

But it seems that the alternative medicine fan has taken quite a shining to the beverage. Of the taste, Carrie enthused about the variety of flavours that change depending on her diet.

The quirky pee-drinker describes how on sampling her daily urine she can taste the different foods going through her body and as such has had to give up foods that she once loved.
'I love love love asparagus but I won't eat it anymore. It makes the urine taste...ugh not good,' she laughs.
But Carrie not only drinks her own liquid waste, she uses it to rinse out her eyes, brush her teeth and she even ages it and applies it as an ointment all over her body.

Dr Michael Stroud, an expert in nutrition at Southampton University, went so far as to say that people who believed that urine could cure disease were 'daft as brushes'.

Helen Andrews, of the British Dietetic Association, told the British paper: 'There are no health benefits to drinking your own urine, and in fact I think it could be quite detrimental. 

 

Man, 31 kills girl, 15 for refusing to have sex with him

A 31-year-old man who killed a 15-year-old girl because she refused to have sex with him has been arrested on suspicion of her murder.

Daniel Robert Lehi Ferry was detained yesterday after an investigation sparked by Annie Kasprzak's bloody and bruised body being pulled out of the Jordan River, Utah, last week.

The Riverton teenager was last seen on March 10, when she left home following an argument, and her body was found the following day.

A witness has claimed she saw Ferry physically assault his alleged victim in a home after she refused to have sex with him, Draper police wrote in a report to Salt Lake County jail.



The same witness also said they saw him take her unconscious body out of the home and place her in a vehicle.

Blood and one of her red trainers were also found near a pedestrian bridge over the river.
Ferry, who is being held on suspicion of first-degree felony murder, was also the subject of an outstanding warrant for several driving offences.

Veronica Kasprzak, Annie's mother, said the family was 'in shock' and told the Salt Lake Tribune that they did not know of Ferry before his arrest.
She had initially reported Annie missing on Saturday, March 10 after she left the house.
Annie's uncle Scott said last week how his niece had been going through 'a tough time of late'.
He told Fox 13: 'Within the last few years her parents had been divorced and remarried, and that was difficult for her.'
Annie's stepmother, Jennifer Kasprzak, added that the family thought she had just gone for a walk when she left the house.

Man marries doll in Britain for the second time

An English man married a plastic bride for the second time following failed relationships with real women, Daily Star reported. Everard Cunion has been living with plastic dolls for some time after reportedly deciding that women “talked too much”.

He has had nine plastic women in his life in the past nine years; his first plastic wife was Caroline, whom he married in 2008. Cunion’s second marriage took place in the early days of March. The doll bride wore a wedding dress during a ceremony attended by Cunion’s close friends.

The groom was happy but the bride “did not smile,” a guest said.

“I prefer my dolls than women living” “This is my male instinct, to have so many beautiful women in my life as possible”, said Everard Cunion.

Video: Everard Cunion celebrating Christmas with his dolls, on the 25th of November 2006.

Eating white rice 'could raise your risk of type 2 diabetes'

The likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes could be increased by eating white rice, research suggests.

The more white rice people eat, the higher their chance of developing the condition, according to a review of four studies involving around 350,000 people. The U.S.-led review looked at two studies from China and Japan and two from the U.S. and Australia.

Asian people tended to have a much higher intake of the food than those in the West, averaging three to four servings a day compared with one or two servings per week. And they also had a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with those who ate most at highest risk.

Researcher Dr Qi Sun, of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, said: ‘Each serving increment per day in white rice intake was associated with a small, yet significantly higher diabetes risk.

‘It is probably fine to occasionally eat white rice, one or two servings per week, although the consumption seen in Asian countries will increase diabetes risk substantially.’

The link might be explained by the effect of white rice on blood sugar levels, as it is relatively high on the Glycaemic Index (GI), which measures how quickly glucose is released into the bloodstream after eating.

Low GI foods such as brown rice break down slowly, which makes people feel fuller longer and keeps blood sugar levels more stable.

White rice also has fewer nutrients, including fibre and magnesium, that may help prevent type 2 diabetes.

The review, published in the British Medical Journal, assessed a serving of rice as 158g, and took into account factors such as weight, exercise levels and diet of volunteers. During follow-up research, ranging from four to 22 years, around 13,200 people developed diabetes.

Catherine Collins, principal dietician at London’s St George’s Hospital, said increasing consumption of white rice among Asians might raise diabetes risk, but it was unlikely to be a risk transferred to the West.

This was not only because of a lower consumption in countries such as the UK, but also due to difference in diet and lifestyle. Dr Iain Frame, director of research at Diabetes UK, said the review did not provide conclusive results.

Some 2.5million people in the UK have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and another 850,000 do not know they have it.

Two men cleaning inside giant industrial oven cooked after colleague turned it on by mistake

TWO men lost their lives after a colleague turned on the giant industrial oven they were cleaning leaving them to cook to death.

The metalworker who switched on the cooker is receiving counselling after detectives discovered the men had tried to rip insulation off the walls and clawed at the door in a desperate bid to escape.

The horrific accident happened after they ignored safety measures that would have warned colleagues they were still inside.

The furnace — used to heat metal ready for smelting — can reach temperatures of 800C (1,472F).

Somehow its automatic door closed on them and when staff finally realised they were missing their charred and blackened bodies were found lying on the floor inside.

Cops say they had actually finished the cleaning job before returning a second time without telling colleagues.

Officials said they ignored four safety precautions used at the factory owned by the Salzburger Aluminium AG company in Lenz, Austria, to avoid such incidents.

These included putting up a sign to tell others they were inside and securing the door so it stayed open.

After they entered a second time the door swung shut and a co-worker assumed they had finished before turning it on.

Police spokeswoman Daniela Gstvttner said the pair, a veteran employee and 49-year-old temp, would have known what was about to happen as hot air began to flood the chamber.

She said: "Because of the intense heat at some point the men's clothes caught fire - and from there their bodies were burned.

"At the moment we are trying to work out how the door was closed and how it ended up being switched on. It could have been done manually or by remote control."

Woman dies after sending Romantic text messages to boyfriend

MONTREAL — A grieving boyfriend has released the final, romantic text message that his girlfriend typed before she slammed into the back of a transport truck and was killed instantly.

Emy Brochu, 20, died east of Montreal, prompting lover Mathieu Fortin to post their deadly exchange on Facebook to raise awareness about the dangers of texting behind the wheel.

Fortin says he didn't know his girlfriend was driving when he texted, "I love you Mme Brochu."

Her final text message read, "I love you too and I will try my best to make you happy Mr. Fortin."

The woman's car then collided with the truck around 10:45 a.m. Fortin, unaware of what happened, sent several other texts including one that read, "I would have preferred to hear your beautiful voice, but anyway...we'll talk again this evening before six. Have a good day at school bb, I kiss you all over :)"

After his next text went unanswered at 12:27 p.m., he sent Brochu another message at 1:24 p.m.

"Is everything ok my love?" he wrote.

The final posted message, sent at 2:48 p.m., reads "bb, I'm a little worried there."

The police investigation found Brochu collided with the truck because she was distracted by her cellphone. Fortin said the reality of her death has yet to sink in.

"It was a shock to me, since I was communicating with her," he wrote on his Facebook page.

In a plea to the public, he wrote: "I hope that every time you look at your cell when you're driving, you will think of Emy."

He ended his post by writing "it could be a child crossing the street while you're staring at your phone...THINK HARD!"

Fortin and Brochu's mother declined interviews with QMI Agency because they say they're still too shaken.

Quebec's automobile insurance board says texting while driving increases the risk of a crash because the driver takes their eyes off the road for between 4.6 and six seconds.

At a speed of 90 km/h, that's like driving the length of a football field with your eyes closed.

DEAdLY TEXT EXCHANGE BETWEEN MATHIEU FORTIN AND EMY BROCHU

- Mathieu: "I love you Ms. Brochu"

- Emy: "I too love you and I will try my best to make you happy Mr. Fortin."

- Mathieu: ":)))))"

- Mathieu: "Me too bb"

- Mathieu: "xxxxxxxxxxxx" (at 10:56 a.m.)

- Mathieu: "I have a meeting at 12:30 p.m., I would have liked to hear your beautiful voice before, but anyway...Talk to you tonight before six. Good day at school bb, I kiss you all over:)"

- Mathieu: "Bb will you be on time to school?"(At 12:27 p.m.)

- Mathieu: "Is everything ok my love?"(At 1:24 p.m.)

- Mathieu: "Bb I'm a little worried there ..."(At 2:48 p.m.)

16 year old rape victim kills herself after Judge foced her to marry rapist

Angry Moroccans are demanding a change to the country's strict Islamic penal code after a 16-year-old girl killed herself after being forced to marry her rapist.

An online petition, a Facebook page and countless tweets expressed horror over the suicide of Amina Filali, who swallowed rat poison on Saturday in protest at her marriage to the man who raped her a year earlier.






Article 475 of the Moroccan penal code allows for the 'kidnapper' of a minor to marry his victim to escape prosecution, and it has been used to justify a traditional practice of making a rapist marry his victim to preserve the honour of the woman's family.

'Amina, 16, was triply violated, by her rapist, by tradition and by Article 475 of the Moroccan law'.

The victim's father said in an interview with an online Moroccan newspaper that the court pushed the marriage on her.

"The prosecutor advised my daughter to marry, he said 'go and make the marriage contract,'" said Lahcen Filali in an interview.

In many societies, the loss of a woman's virginity outside of wedlock is a huge stain of honor on the family. In many Middle East societies, there is a tradition whereby a rapist can escape prosecution if he marries his victim, thereby restoring her honor.

In cases of rape, the burden of proof is often on the victim and if she can't prove she was attacked, a woman risks being prosecuted for debauchery.

According to the interview with the father, the girl was accosted on the street and raped when she was 15, but it was two months before she told her parents.

He said the court pushed the marriage, even though the perpetrator initially refused. He only consented when faced with prosecution. The penalty for rape is between five and 10 years in prison, but rises to 10 to 20 in the case of a minor.

Filali said Amina complained to her mother that her husband was beating her repeatedly during the five months of marriage but that her mother counseled patience.

A page called "We are all Amina Filali" has been formed and an online petition calling for Morocco to end the practice of marrying rapists and their victims has already gathered more than 1,000 signatures.