These Poor People in Haiti Eating Mud Cookies to Survive is So Heartbreaking!

You're lucky if you can still eat 3 times in a day, or let's just say, you're very lucky if you can even eat a single meal in a day!

Poor people in Haiti shows the world what they do just to survive their daily lives. This is so heartbreaking that you'll realize what your parents had been telling you about when you don't finish your food - somewhere in the world, a child less fortunate than you lies dying from hunger.

The estimated volume of edible food wastage is at 1.3 billion tons, with annual direct economic loss amounting to 750 million US dollars, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. Think about how huge this amount of wasted food is. It can even feed these poor people in Haiti for a few years.

Due to their country's struggling economic situation and where majority of them survives on a less than $2 daily budget, poor Haiti people resorted to making cookies out of mud just to live and satisfy their aching stomachs. 

Haitian women buy the dirt from local markets.

Process them into cookies by mixing salt, vegetable oil and dirt.

Formed cookies from dirt is laid out in the sun to dry.

Poor kids from Haiti gets malnourished due to improper food intake.

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North Korea Claims It Has Found Cure For MERS, Ebola, SARS And AIDS

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea claims that they have succeeded where the greatest minds in science have failed.

South Korea, authoritarian, impoverished nation better known for pursuing a nuclear program despite global criticism made an announcement on Friday saying that they have a drug the can prevent and cure MERS, Ebola, SARS and AIDS.

However, the secretive state did not provide any proof leaving a widespread skepticism.

The official Korean Central News Agency said scientists developed Kumdang-2 from ginseng grown from fertilizer mixed with rare-earth elements. According to the pro-North Korea website Minjok Tongshin, the drug was originally produced in 1996.

"Malicious virus infections like SARS, Ebola and MERS are diseases that are related to immune systems, so they can be easily treated by Kumdang-2 injection drug, which is a strong immune reviver," KCNA said.

North Korea banned foreign tourists for more than half a year with some of the world's stricktest Ebola controls, even though there are no reports of the disease anywhere near the country.

According to World Health Organization, North Korea has been struggling to combat diseases like tuberculosis and respiratory infections which are the most common causes of death in the country.

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Addicted to SPAM? Try the newest SPAM SNACKS!

I know most of us likes Spam. It's been on our eating table for a very long time now whether it's stuffed in bread, viand with your favorite rice or just snacks while watching movies and such. Eating Spam is really easy, however, opening a can of it can take a little bit of your efforts. That's why Hormel Foods Corporation made an announcement on Wednesday that they will start producing Spam Snacks (Spam in a small bag). This Spam Snacks consist of bite-sized pieces of Spam. Nice, right?

Rick Williamson, manager of external communications for Hormel, told The Huffington Post that the small pieces of dried Spam will be available in select regions later this fall. They will come in bacon, teriyaki and classic flavors.

"These fun-to-eat Spam brand product snacks are a perfect complement to the fast-growing dried meat snacking category," said James Splinter, group vice president of Hormel’s grocery products, during a presentation with Hormel’s investors. "Spam Snacks will be available in limited geographies this summer as we are now in the process of introducing this to the marketplace.”

Reportedly, Spam Snacks contain 8 to 10 grams of protein per serving. Though no nutritional information is being disclosed yet at the moment, Spam in a can contains 6 ingredients: sodium chloride (salt), pork shoulder and ham, potato starch, water, sodium nitrate and sugar. 

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FRIED RAT? KFC says it's just a big Hoax

A man from California recently made waves on Facebook after posting a weird image of an oddly shaped cutlet that he claims to have received in a meal from a Los Angeles KFC on Friday. The photo had been shared more than 121,000 times and counting since then.

 

 

Devorise Dixon, 25, mentioned on Facebook that he found the rat-looking cutlet rubbery upon having a bit on it. He then claimed to have taken it back to the KFC restaurant where he bought it. Dixon said that the restaurant manager apologized and offered him a free meal as compensation for the inconvenience he had with the fried rat.

 

 

KFC defended themselves by saying that Dixon is misleading the public and that the object in question is just a piece of breaded chicken.

"A customer has made a serious claim against KFC and refuses to cooperate in the investigation," KFC said in a statement sent to The Huffington Post. "Based on this, and the fact that he refuses to allow anyone to see the product, we are left to believe that he intended to deceive the public with this hoax and we are considering all options."

KFC also said that they tried contacting Dixon but he refused to talk directly or through an attorney.

"Our chicken tenders often vary in size and shape and this just happened to be an oddly shaped one," KFC spokesman Rodrigo Coronel told HuffPost in an email. He emailed the following image, which zooms in on a photo from Dixon's Instagram account.

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