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According to a study, nine out of 10 items that make claims about protein are unhealthy

Nine out of 10 products with protein claims are unhealthy, according to a study conducted by Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche.

In an analysis of the nutritional values of over 4,300 processed products of twelve different types, conducted by researcher Marta Beltrá and Ana Belén Ropero, professor of Nutrition and Food Science at the UMH, it was discovered that 13% of the products contained statements about protein, and that more than half of them had been enriched to increase the content of this nutrient. Furthermore, study showed that, despite animal protein’s more complete amino acid profile, vegetable protein was used more frequently in these products.

According to the study’s findings, 91% of goods with protein claims like “high protein” or “+ protein” are unhealthy. Three factors contribute to this: over half are heavy in fat or salt, one in four are high in saturated fats or free sugars (the “bad”), and one in five have sweeteners.

Additionally, only two-thirds of the items were fortified, despite the fact that the study indicates that foods with protein claims contain more than those without. As a result, the authors of the investigation draw the conclusion that a product with a nutritional claim about its protein content does not necessarily have a higher protein content than alternatives that do not.

However, the UMH in Elche study found that eating extra protein has two choices. One option is to choose goods with higher protein content, and the other is to consume more naturally high-protein foods like legumes and fish. Selecting the second option has the benefit of having more other nutrients, such vitamins and minerals, in these foods.

According to the study, there are some benefits to eating goods with protein claims, though, as when they are enriched, they can be a fun way for physically active people to meet their daily protein goals without consuming more calories.

Additionally, they can lower the prevalence of anorexia in these demographic groups by assisting older adults, particularly those residing in nursing homes, in increasing their protein intake.

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Man accused of raping a disabled woman could serve 14 years

The trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a disabled lady in a town in the Vega Baja region is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday March 7th, in Elche.

According to the prosecution, the victim and the defendant were near the municipal sports centre at around 10:00 p.m. when the defendant threw the woman to the ground and forced himself on her sexually in spite of her protests and resistance.

For the offence of sexual assault with penetration of a person in need of special protection, the Public Prosecutor’s Office is asking for 14 years in jail.

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A fire at a pyrotechnics factory injures two

A fire that began in a fireworks factory in the Fontcalent neighbourhood of the municipality of Alicante has injured two people.

AToday Emergencias 112 Comunitat Valenciana were called to a fire at a fireworks factory.

In addition to two helicopters (one medical) and a drone from the Alicante City Council fire department, three units from the Alicante Provincial Fire Brigade, five units from Alicante City Council Firefighters, two ambulances, and a basic life support (BLS) unit have been sent to the area to offer medical assistance.

As well as this, High-speed trains between Alicante Terminal and Monforte del Cid have been suspended at the request of the fire brigade, affecting trains running between Alicante/Murcia and Madrid.

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Avatel simplifies its structure and integrates 25 companies including Torrevieja TV

For a number of years, the Avatel corporation has been purchasing telecom businesses in the Valencian Community, including the province of Alicante. Televisión Costablanca SL, a Torrevieja-based corporation that runs TVT Radio, Televisión Vega Baja, and local Televisión Torrevieja (TVT), was one of the last ones it made in Alicante in 2024. Local and regional reference channels. Now, a merger has absorbed this company along with twenty-four others.

By combining these 25 businesses into its parent firm, Avatel Telecom SA, Avatel has streamlined its organisational structure. As a result, the absorbed companies transfer all of their assets and obligations to the parent company in one lump sum and are dissolved without liquidation. It accomplishes this using the 2023 closed balance sheets and the June 28, 2024, approved Joint Merger Project. In particular, it is a special controlled merger in which Avatel actively participates and owns all of the share capital of these 25 companies.

According to the Official Gazette of the Commercial Registry, the group’s parent company has therefore executed a merger by absorption that will serve to combine some of the local operators that it has been purchasing in recent years and whose original firms still had legal individuality. The operator is often acquired by the company, which then appoints its key executives to the board before rebranding the acquired business as Avatel Telecom.

Valle de Almanzora Telecom, I-Way Community, Scan SAT Network, Fibre Optic Malaga, Aireon Telecom, Extremeña de Comunicaciones por cable, Intercable Fibre, Inforcelra, Canal Priego TV, Cloud Fibre, Carthagosat Antennas, Altasis Telecom, Fam P & G Telecom, Opegal Telecomunicacions, Torneonetwork, Puente Genil Telecommunications Services, LC & LC Telecom, New Communication Systems Operator, Televisión Costablanca, Videopaltelecom, Navega Telecom, Avatel Canarias, Avatel Ceuta, Avatel Data, and Holafibra Telecom.

According to a resolution released by the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) and reported by Europa Press, Avatel was fined 1.81 million euros in February for supplying “inaccurate or erroneous” information regarding its operations in 2023. Avatel was fined 1.81 million euros, however the CNMC applied a 40% discount for acknowledging responsibility and paying in advance, so Avatel ultimately paid 1.08 million euros.

In the resolution, the CNMC clarifies that Avatel supplied “inaccurate,” “erroneous,” or “out of date” information for the agency’s statistical bulletin for 2023, as well as for the sectoral economic report and geographic monitoring of the telecommunications industry for the same year. For instance, Competition notes that according to the data for the second quarter of 2023 that was requested from Avatel in order to include it in the statistical bulletin, the company supplied data that showed the rise of over 60,000 pay-TV subscribers “without any justification” in a single quarter.