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Alrededor del mundo Danone lleva muchos años haciendo una campaña muy agrasesiva anunciando los beneficios para la salud de Actimel y Activia (llamado antes Bio).La única cosa que hace el Actimel es lo mismo que los yogures de toda la vida. No tiene nada más. A parte de mucha publicidad y alguna que otra mentira en esta.
Desde que el Actimel salió al mercado las bacterias que lo componen han cambiado de nombre. Primero fue L.casei immunitas. Con esto querían decir que ayudaba al sistema inmunológico. Ahora se llama L. casei defensis. Así puedes entender que defiende tu organismo. En realidad la cepa del L. casei que utiliza Danone es la DN-114001. No tiene nada de especial. A parte de que el precio es el doble del yogur normal.

La facilidad con la que Danone cambia el nombre de sus bacterias no tiene nada de científico. De la misma forma dicen que tienen cepas exclusivas. Pero de exclusivas no tienen nada

El yogur de toda la vida está hecho por las bacterias Lactobacillus bulgaricus y Streptococus thermophilus. Y se ha de llamar yogur solo cuando las bacterias están vivas al final del proceso. Hay algunos productos lacteos que se llaman yogur pasteurizado, pero si pasteurizas el yogur lo que haces es cocinarlo y matar las bacterias beneficiosas. Pero nunca será yogur, por mucho que algunas empresas de distintos paises han hecho fuerza para que se les permita vender esto como un yogur.

El Actimel es un yogur hecho por otro Lactobacillus. Por tanto, es un yogur sin nada especial.

Recuerdo al principio de salir al mercado el Actimel la misma publicidad decía que cada Actimel contenía 10.000 millones de L. casei inmunitas. Esto es muchísimo si lo piensas detenidamente. Casualmente, por aquella época yo estabaestudiando Biología. En las prácticas de Microbiología de los alimentos analizamos el Actimel y obtuvimos 1 millón de bacterias por cada Actimel. La diferencia respecto a lo que decía la publicidad y lo que obtuvimos fue abismal. Comparando lo que decía Danone y lo que obtuvimos nosotros era.

10.000.000.000 Según Danone
1.000.000 Resultados de laboratorio

La diferencia es bastante importante.

Al igual que el Activia (antes llamado Bio, pero como no tiene nada de cultivo biológico la UE prohibió el uso de este nombre), está hecho por Lactobacillus bifidus. Pero Danone, de nuevo, le pone el nombre publicitario de Bifidus actiregularis. Juega con el nombre de Activia y con lapalabra regulación para vender que regula el tracto intestinal. Y solo es otro yogur con las propiedades de un yogur. Porque si tienes problemas intestinales un yogur normal, de toda la vida, te ayuda a regularizarlo.

De la familia del Lactobacillus bifidus están:

1. B. Longum

2. B. Fijidum

3. B. Infantis

4. B. Breve

Por lo tanto, el nombre de Danone es marketing. La cepa de Danone es Bifidobacterium animalis DN173010. Lo de Actiregularis es un invento de Danone. No tiene nada de científico.

Danone tiene como propias las cepas:

1. Bifidus Digestivum

2. Bifidus Regularis

3. Bifidobacerium Lactis

4. Bifidus ActiRegularis

Pero solo se trata de marketing. Estas cepas no existen en la naturaleza. Cualquier científico que se aprecie de serlo nunca dirá que existen.

El problema es que los organismos que deberían regular esta publicidad engañosa, donde buena parte es mentira, lo permiten.

Incluso la publicidad de Actimel y Activia (curiosa similitud de nombres) te dice hacer el Desafío Actimel o el Compromiso Aactivia para demostrarte cuan bien te encontrarás si los tomas durante un periodo. Si haces lo mismo con yogur de toda la vida obtendrás los mismos resultados.

Pero la gente no se para a pensar esto.

Ahora ya sabes qué hay. Así que puedes tomarte un yogur o tomarte un yogur que te costará el doble y te dará los mismos resultados

Català Español

Anywhere around the world Danone is making a very aggressive campaign showing the benefits for the health that are the Actimel and the Activia (former Bio).

The only one thing that makes the Actimel is the same one than the regular yoghurt. I has nothing else. Just a lot of publicity and some lie at it.

Since Actimel get out to the market the bacterium that compose it changed it name. First was L. casei inmunitas. With this they wanted to say that it helps to the immune. Now is called L. casei defensis. So you can understand that it defends your organism. In reality the L. casei's strain used by Danone is DN-114001 del L. Casei. It has nothing special. Besides the it price is double than a regular yoghurt.

The easy that Danone changes it bacterium names has nothing of scientific. Is the same about they say about their exclusive strains. But they have nothing exclusive.

The regular yoghurt is made from the bacterium Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Strerptococus thermophilus. And it has to be named yoghurt just when the bacterium are alive at the end of the process. There are lactic products called pasteurized yoghurts, but if you pasteurize the yoghurt what you make is to cook it and to kill the beneficial bacterium. But it never will be yoghurt. Doesn't matter that some companies from different countries made force to be allowed to sell this product like yoghurt.

Actimel is another yoghurt made by another Lactobacillus. So, is a yoghurt without something special.

I remember that in the beginning to appear in the market the Actimel the publicity said that every Actimel had 10 billions' L. casei immunitas. That's a lot if you think about it. By coincidence, I was studing Biology at that time. At Food microbiology we analyzed the Actimel and we obtained 1 million of bacterium by any Actimel. The difference between what it was said at the advertisements and what we obtained was huge. Comparing what it said Danone and what we obtained was:

10.000.000.000 According with Danone
1.000.000 Laboratory result

The difference is big.

Is the same with the Activia (former Bio, but like it wasn't from a biological culturing the EU forbade to use this name), it is made by Lactobacillus bifidus. But Danone, again, uses the publicity name Bifidus actiregularis. It plays with the name Activia and the word regulation to sell that it regulates the digestive tract. And it is just another youghurt with a yoghurt properties. Because if you have digestive problems an ordinary yoghurt helps to you to regulate it.

From the Lactobacillus bifidus family are:

1. B. Longum

2. B. Fijidum

3. B. Infantis

4. B. Breve

Because that the Danone's name is just marketing. The Danone's strain is Bifidobacterium animalis DN173010. That about Actiregularis is just a Danone's invention. Nothing scientific.
Danone has like ows the strains:

1. Bifidus Digestivum

2. Bifidus Regularis

3. Bifidobacerium Lactis

4. Bifidus ActiRegularis

But, this is just marketing. Those strains don't exist in the Nature. Any scientific never will say to you that strains exist.

The problem is that the organizations that had to regulate this deceiving advertisements allow this.

Even the Actimel and Activia (curious name similarity) advertisements say to you to make the Actimel challenge or the Activia challenge to prove how good you will feel when you eat it for a time. If you make the same with the ordinary yoghurt you will have the same result.

But people don't stop to think about it.

Now you know what's the matter. So you can eat a youghurt or you can eat a yoghurt that will cost to you double and it will give you the same res

English Español

Arreu del mon Danone porta molts anys fent una campanya molt agresiva anunciant els beneficis per al salut de l'Actimel i l'Activia (abans anomenat Bio) L'única cosa que fa l'Actimel és el mateix que el iougurts de tota la vida. No te res més. A banda de molta publicitat i alguna que altra mentida a aquesta. Des que l'Actimel va eixir al mercat els bacteris que el componen han canviat de nom. Primer va ser L.casei immunitas. Amb això volien dir que ajudava al sistema immunològic. Ara es diu L. casei defensis. Així pots entendre que defen el teu organisme. En realitat la soca de L.casei que utilitza Danone és DN-114001 del L. Casei . No té res d'especial. A banda del preu que és el doble de un iogurt normal. La facilitat amb la qual Danone canvia el nom als seus bacteris no te res de científic. Al igual que diuen que tenen soques exclusives. Però d'exclusives no tenen res. El iogurt de tota la vida està fet pels bacteris Lactobacillus bulgaricus i Streptococus thermophilus. I s'ha d'anomenar iogurt només quan els bacteris estan vius al final del procés. N'hi han productes lactics que s'anomenen iogurt pasteuritzat, però si pasteuritzes el iogurt el que fas es cuinar-lo i matar els bacteris beneficiosos. Però no mai serà iogurt, per molt que algunes empreses en diferents païssos han fet força perquè se'ls permeta vendre això com iogurt.
L'Actimel es un iougurt fet per un altre Lactobacillus. Per tant, és iogurt sense res especial.

Recorde que al principi d'eixir al mercat l'Actimel la mateixa publicitat deia que cada Actimel contenia 10.000 mil·lions d'L. casei inmunitas. Això es molttissim si penses detenidament. Casualment, per aquella època jo estava estudiant Biologia. A les pràctiques de Microbiología dels aliments analitzarem l'Actimel i obteinguerem 1 mil·lió de bacteris per cada Actimel. La diferència respecte al que deia la publicitat i el que obtinguerem fou abismal. Comparant el que deia Danone i el que obtinguerem nossaltres era:

10.000.000.000 Segons Danone
1.000.000 Resultats de laboratori

La diferència és prou important.

A l'igual que l'Activia (abans anomenat Bio, però com que no en té res de cultiu biològic la UE va prohibir aquest nom), està fet per Lactobacillus bifidus. Però Danone, de nou, li posa un nom publicitari Bifidus actiregularis. Juga amb el nom Activia i amb la paraula regulació per vendre que regula el tracte intestinal. I és només un altre iogurt amb les propietats d'un iogurt. Perquè si tens problemes intestinals un iogurt normal, de tota la vida, t'ajuda també a regularitzar-lo. De la familia del Lactobacillus bifidus estàn:

1. B. Longum

2. B. Fijidum

3. B. Infantis

4. B. Breve

Per la qual cosa, el nom de Danone és marketing. La soca de Danone es Bifidobacterium animalis DN173010. Allò d'Actiregulares és un invent de Danone. No té res de científic. Danone te com propies les soques:

1. Bifidus Digestivum

2. Bifidus Regularis

3. Bifidobacerium Lactis

4. Bifidus ActiRegularis

Però, només es tracta de marketing. Aquestes soques no existeixen a la natura. Qualsevol científic que s'aprecie de ser-ho no mai et dirà que existeixen. El problema és que els organismes que haurien de regular aquesta publicitat enganyadora, on tot és mentida, ho permeten. Inclòs la publicitat de l'Actimel i l'Activia (curiosa similitut de noms) et diu de fer el Desafiament Actimel o el Desafiament Activia per demostrar-te com de bo et trobaràs en quan els prengues durant un periode. Si fas el mateix amb un iogurt de tota la vida obtindràs els mateixos resultats.

Però la gent no es para a pensar això.

Ara ja saps el que n'hi ha. Així que pots prendre't un iogurt o prendre't un iogurt que et costarà el doble i et donarà els mateixos resultats.

Català Español

There are some songs that have a lot of success, that everybody remember ti, but never more where heard about the groups who sing it.

Whe start with the german group Fool's garden and Lemon tree. With this song they had top hip in Europe and Asia.

Lou Bega has his biggest hit with this version from the Dámaso Pérez Prado's Mambo nr 5



Here the Dámaso Pérez Prado's song


The song Tic Tic Tac was heard in the 90's thanks to the band Carrapicho. They had a hit with this song in Europe, Southamerica and Israel. They had'nt another hit like this one.

Carry on with the brazilian music we have to Ballini i Samba de Janeiro


If you pay attention the dance is a mix between the dance form Whigfield, with Saturday night, and Los del Rio with Macarena




To them who just know to Los del Rio from this version of Macarena, there was in Spain a first version. Which was made disco to make it more commercial in the rest of the world.



To finish today, another one-hit wonder, the Ketchup (they had more records, but no so success like this hit) and the Asereje (you can heard the original Spanish version in the Spanish like in this topic). It's true that they had more CD's, and they did sing in Eurovision, but this was their only one top hit. The Chorus is a plagiarism from the beginning from The Sugarhill gang's song Rapper's Delight. And they copied the music from the son Good times from Chic

English Español

Existeixen unes cançons que tenen moltissim d'exit, que tots recordem, però que els grups que les cantes no se'ls ha tornat a sentir mai més.
Comencem pel grup alemany Fool's garden i Lemon tree. Amb aquesta cançò tingueren molt d'exit a Europa i Asia.

Lou Bega tingué el seu major éxit amb aquesta versió de la cançò de Dámaso Pérez Prado, Mambo nº 5



Ací la cançò de Dámaso Pérez Prado


La cançò Tic Tic Tac es va sentir als 90 gracies al grup Carrapicho. No es tornà a sentir sobre ells.

Continuant amb la música brasilenya tenem a Ballini i Samba de Janeiro


Si et fixes al ball és una mescla entre el ball de la Whigfield, con amb Saturday night, i Los del Rio amb Macarena


Ací está la versió original de la cançò. Res a veure amb la que els hi donà exit.


Per a terminar per huí, un altre grup d'un sol exit, les Ketchup i l'Aserejé (podeu sentir la versió en anglés a l'enllaç en anglés a aquest mateis fil). És cert que tragueren un altre disc i que tingueren una intervenció a Eurovisió, però sols tingueren aquest èxit. La tornada es un plagi del principi de la cançò Rapper's Delight de The Sugarhill gang. I aquest copiaren la música de Good times del grup Chic

Català English

Existen unas canciones que tienen muchisimo exito, que todos recordamos, pero los grupos que las cantan no se les ha vuelto a oir jamás.

Empecemos por el grupo alemán Fool's garden y Lemon tree. Con esta canción tuvieron mucho éxito en Europa y Asia.


Lou Bega tuvo su mayor éxito con esta versión de la canción de Dámaso Pérez Prado, Mambo nº 5



Aquí la canción de Dámaso Pérez Prado


La canción Tic Tic Tac se oyó en los 90 gracias al grupo Carrapicho. No se volvió a saber de ellos.


Continuando con la música brasileña tenemos a Ballini y Samba de Janeiro


Si te fijas en el baile es una mezcla entre el baile de Whigfield, con Saturday night, y Los del Rio con Macarena



Para los que solo conozcais a Los del Rio por esta versión de la Macarena, tuvo en España una primera versión. La cual se hizo disco para hacerla más comercial en el resto del mundo.


Para terminar por hoy, otro grupo de un solo exito las Ketchup y el Aserejé (podeis escuchar la versión en inglés en el enlace en inglés de este mismo hilo). Es cierto que sacaron otro disco y que luego tuvieron una intervención en Eurovisión, pero solo tuvieron este éxito. El estribillo es un plagio del principio de la canción de Sugarhill gang, Rapper's Delight. Y estos a su vez copiaron la música de la canción Goods times de Chic

Català Español Magyarul

Since I remember always was taught that Christopher Columbus was a trader from Genoa which arrived to America believing that he arrived to the old Cipango (Japan) and Cathay (China) and furthermore he arrived by chande. Moreover it is said that he was cartographer and he did know Marco Polo's history and he did want to arrive to Cipango by the West, since as he believed that the Earth was more little that is in reality. He offered the project to the king of Portugal who did turn down it and later he offered the project to the Catholic Kings, who accepeted it and they helped him to subsidize it. So he embarked to Asia and he did find America.
Basically this is the story and so I did believe it for a long time (in fact this is the official story). But long taime ago, in the beginnig of the 90's, when it was talked about the conmemoration of the America discovery's V centenary, it arrived to my hands a newspaper article where the journalist talked about Juan Manzano, Columbus scholar, and who defended the hypothesis that the sailor knew already America's existence before "discrovered" it. According to him it arrived to the mariner the America's knowledge through an unknown pilot. Columbus was married with a noble portuguesse and he went to live to the Madeira island where her father was gobernor. When he was there arrived dying an unknowun pilot. There is who says, like the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega in his Comentarios reales de los incas (translated complete into English in 1961 as The Incas) who says that this pilot was the mariner Alonso Sánchez de Huelva. On the other hand there are who say that the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega just did write a story that he heard to some saylors about Columbus when he was child and the pilot's real name is unknown.
According with Juan Manzano, studing Columbus diary you can see that from the Canari Islands the distances doesn't coincide, but if you go down to the Green cap islands, the distances coincide. Furthermore the sea streams can transport the ships even without wind (like some occasions according with Columbus diary). On the other hand Manzano also said that Columbus followed the sea streams that go to America on the way out and the streams that go to Europe to return. Avoiding the Sargasso sea where there is almost no ship motion because the Sargasso sea characteristic, which is surrounded by two big streams that cross the Atlantic

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Regardless of the circumstances is seems very interesting that Columbus live is an enigma. From his pictures all are identikit pictures. He never did pose for a picture. If no, why any picture is different?

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But, how is possible that somebody could manage to make good contacts with the nobility and even with the royalty? Besides to obtain a deal about something that in theroy was not discovered already.
In the head of the Santa Fe Agreement says:
"The things implored and that Your Highness give and bestow to Mrd Christopher of Columbus, in any satisfaction of that what discovered in the Oceans and the travel that now, with God's help, he has to make by it to Your Highness service, are the ones that are below:"

But if nothing was discovered yet, why it is writted "of that what discovered"? Columbus did know that there was something, and it was not Cathay.
The fact that Columbus had a previous knowledge from the lands to "discover" is not new. From a long time more people worked with this idea. But Juan Manzano was the first to use tangible proofs. From the information that I did read about the topic, I did like the more the one form José Antonio Hurtado, who proves that Columbus had a Templar origin's map (that is writted just in Spanish) and in his web about Columbus he set out that he had previous knowledges about America because he was cartographer and cartographer descendant (that could include some kind of lodge). Even set out very clear how wrong were made the Ptolemy maps when it was tryed to interpret it and how doing well done the calculations you can see very clear that everything was well cartographyed and not the distort maps showed from the ancient times.



If you pay attention to the map above, on the very left side there are islands aligned ones above the others in the Atlantic. Impossible that island are the Canary Islands because they are not ones above the others. But if you pay attention to the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, you will see that those are aligned. Those are the Fortunate Island that said Ptolemy.

A lot of people said that there was this previous knowledge. The problem, like several things, is that there is an agreement to don't move anythind and left it like is known now. Not to make any kind of revision.