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Započnite dan pahuljicama sa celim zrnom kao sastojkom broj 1

Beograd, 16. novembar 2021.

Jedan od vodećih proizvođača pahuljica Nestlé, veruje u moć celog zrna, jer predstavlja važan deo raznovrsne i izbalansirane ishrane za celu porodicu – a uz to je i veoma ukusno. U cilju povećanja svesti o značaju unosa celog zrna u dnevnoj ishrani, ali i širenja svesti o održivosti ekosistema, kompanija Nestlé nastavlja tradiciju obeležavanja Međunarodnog dana celog zrna.

U želji da sačuva ono što je dragoceno, tokom poslednjih 18. godina kompanija Nestlé nastoji da poveća količinu žitarica sa celim zrnom u svim svojim  pahuljicama i doručak kao najbitniji obrok u toku dana, učini boljim zahvaljujući hranljivim i ukusnim žitaricama od celog zrna. Upravo zbog toga, celo zrno je sastojak broj 1 u Nestlé pahuljicama, jer pruža sve neophodne hranljive sastojke koji pomažu da se dan započne na najbolji mogući način.

Žitarice sa celim zrnom su bogate vitaminima, mineralima, vlaknima, skrobom i proteinima, kao i antioksidansima koji zajedno donose brojne prednosti po zdravlje. Zahvaljujući velikom broju naučnih istraživanja dokazano je da unos žitarica sa celim zrnom dovodi do smanjenja rizika od mnogih oboljenja, zbog čega nutricionisti i zdravstvene organizacije uključujući Svetsku zdravstvenu organizaciju, preporučuju unos žitarica sa celim zrnom umesto rafinisanih. Neke od žitarica sa celim zrnom su pšenica (obična, durum, bulgur pšenica), pirinač (divlji ili braon), heljda, spelta, ceo i valjani ovas, kao i ovsena kaša i pahuljice, ceo kukuruz, kao i brašno od žitarica sa celim zrnom. Kada se celo zrno rafiniše, spoljašni deo zrna se baca i koristi se samo njegova sredina, zbog čega namirnice kao što su mekinje, kukuruzno brašno i griz, palenta, beli pirinač i oljušteni ječam, ne sadrže toliko hranljivih sastojaka kao namirnice koje se prave od celog zrna.  Spoljašnji sloj žitarica sa celim zrnom (mekinje) je bogat vlaknima i sadrži proteine, vitamine B grupe i antioksidanse, dok unutrašnji deo zrna (klica) sadrži vitamin E i vitamine B grupe, kao i minerale, poput magnezijuma, uz omega 6 masne kiseline. Izvor proteina i ugljenih hidrata neophodnih za energiju, nalaze se u skrobastom delu u središtu zrna i za razliku od rafinisanog zrna nijedan od ova tri dela zrna nije uklonjen, zbog čega su žitarice sa celim zrnom važan deo izbalansirane ishrane.

Another person from the conservative Civic Institute (Občanský institut) has begun working in the Czech Government's human rights section. Matyáš Zrno has become deputy director to both the section and the Czech Government Human Rights Commissioner. His appointment follows that of Civic Institute director Roman Joch, who advises the Czech PM on human rights questions. Czech Government Human Rights Commissioner Monika Šimůnková confirmed to the Czech Press Agency that Zrno has been given the position.

Representatives of some nonprofit organizations are not welcoming the decision to appoint Zrno, considering it yet another sign of "tolerance for extremism". The Czech Press Agency is in the process of determining Zrno's perspective.

Zrno once worked as an editor and journalist for Czech Television. From February 2010 until not long ago, he led civilian experts in a reconstruction team in the Afghan province of Lógar. Prior to that he worked in the Civic Institute, which lists him on its website as a research staffer.

Earlier this month, Zrno became deputy director of the human rights section at the Office of the Czech Government, which is led by Czech Government Human Rights Commissioner Monika Šimůnková. She says Zrno will assist with economic, human resources and organizational management. "I picked him myself. This is my decision," Šimůnková told the Czech Press Agency, stressing that she would never bring someone with extreme opinions into her team. "I am apolitical and I do things according to the best of my awareness. I don't believe human rights are a priori only a left-wing matter."

Representatives of nonprofit organizations have previously criticized the fact that the Czech PM selected Roman Joch, the Civic Institute head, as his human rights adviser. Joch is known for his radical opinions about domestic violence and the equality of men and women. A similar wave of indignation was prompted when the Czech Education Ministry hired the head of the conservative D.O.S.T. initiative, Ladislav Bátora, who once ran as a candidate for the nationalist National Party (Národní strana - NS). Bátora is currently leading the human resources department at the ministry.

Some nonprofit organizations are not welcoming Zrno's appointment to the human rights section either. Jiří Silný, director of the Ecumenical Academy Prague (Ekumenická akademie Praha), does not consider it positive, but another shift toward "right-wing extremism". Silný said he hopes "civil society will respond" to the appointment. A representative of the Fórum 50% organization, which strives for greater representation of women in Czech politics, said Zrno's appointment crossed the "pain threshold". In these organizations' view, conservatives occupying human rights jobs represents a step backward in the establishment of equal chances for all.

Matyáš Zrno frequently blogs on the EU portál, on euARABIA and on the Virtually server. In the past he has criticized former Czech Government Human Rights Commissioner Michael Kocáb and former Czech Human Rights and Minorities Minister Džamila Stehlíková. He did not like the way "professional human rights defenders pounce[d]" on former Czech Deputy Prime Minister Jíří Čunek or Czech MP Ivana Řápková. "Unfortunately, when someone warns of these problems [with the Romani minority -Editors] or starts addressing them in a way that isn't just empty waffling, professional human rights defenders pounce on them and charge them with racism and xenophobia. Jiří Čunek could tell us all about that. Despite all his flaws, he was the first politician who started to do something about those problems. The current Mayor of Chomutov, Ivana Řápková, is another," Zrno said in May 2009 on Radio Proglas.

Zrno expressed his views about Romani people in an article entitled "The practice of professional human rightsism: The grievous actions of Minister Kocáb" for Revue politika (Politics Review) as follows: "Then there are naturally those unfortunate Roma (previously Gypsies, now the 'socially excluded'). Their departure to Canada is blamed on the rise in right-wing extremism, the public's sympathy for racism, discrimination, Čunek... Could part of the blame for the dismal state of the Romani community lie with the Roma themselves? No, that would hint of racism. Has any research been conducted? By how much has public sympathy for racism in the Czech Republic increased since last year? By how many incidents have the numbers of violent attacks on Roma increased?"