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[Note: Mat? is also widely drunk in Argentina]
[Google Translation]
Because of the new flu, wheel mate requires extra care
Experts say traditional habit facilitates infection.
Department of Health recommends that patients do not share the bowl.
Habit of breaking mate can facilitate transmission of new influenza (Foto: Glauco Ara?jo/G1)
One of the most common habits in the state of Rio Grande do Sul may contribute to the contagion of the new flu virus. According to experts at the State University (UFRGS), to divide the mate in the traditional "wheel of gauchos" the virus can pass from one person to another.
See complete coverage of the new flu
Until Friday (31), the state recorded 29 deaths due to disease.
The Municipal Health Department of Itaqui (RS) has made the warning to avoid people breaking the traditional bowl. Itaqui, located in the border region is one of the cities that came into the emergency due to the new flu.
"Anything that passes by word of mouth can facilitate the transmission of the flu or another disease that is transmitted by direct contact," says the teacher to G1 Cl?udio Vageck Canal, the UFRGS. Despite being prepared with hot water, the water temperature does not reach the boiling and therefore is not sufficient to kill the virus.
Another myth explained by Canal concerns bombs used to take the mate. "Some say that the pump nozzle with gold or silver to prevent infection, but there is nothing official about it," he says.
The Secretariat of Health of Rio Grande do Sul that guides people sick, the flu is common, the new flu or other disease, not part of the wheels mate or not divide cuias and pumps to avoid contagion.
Argentine truck drivers divided bowl of mate in the port of Itaqui (Foto: Glauco Ara?jo/G1)
Tradition guarani
The habit of taking a mate, known as mate, originated among the Guarani, which secavam the leaves of the bush and mo?am transform into a pestle until powdered. Professor Cesar Augusto Barcellos Guazzelli, the department of history of UFRGS, in addition to that of Rio Grande do Sul, countries like Argentina and Paraguay also consume mate, each in its way.
"In Brazil, the colonial period, the habit of taking mate was sentenced by the Jesuits, who thought that the drink was aphrodisiac. With time they began to accept and concluded that it had not effect," says Guazzelli. The teacher explains, however, that the drink has a large amount of a form of caffeine, which is used in situations of vigil to keep people agreed.
The mate can be taken in three ways: bitter, sweet (with sugar) with milk or warm. "It is a very common habit in the population of the field and a sign of poverty for those who have no money to buy weed for the kill. In the city, this is a habit shared by all, in wheels of friends, also."
[Google Translation]
Because of the new flu, wheel mate requires extra care
Experts say traditional habit facilitates infection.
Department of Health recommends that patients do not share the bowl.
Habit of breaking mate can facilitate transmission of new influenza (Foto: Glauco Ara?jo/G1)
One of the most common habits in the state of Rio Grande do Sul may contribute to the contagion of the new flu virus. According to experts at the State University (UFRGS), to divide the mate in the traditional "wheel of gauchos" the virus can pass from one person to another.
See complete coverage of the new flu
Until Friday (31), the state recorded 29 deaths due to disease.
The Municipal Health Department of Itaqui (RS) has made the warning to avoid people breaking the traditional bowl. Itaqui, located in the border region is one of the cities that came into the emergency due to the new flu.
"Anything that passes by word of mouth can facilitate the transmission of the flu or another disease that is transmitted by direct contact," says the teacher to G1 Cl?udio Vageck Canal, the UFRGS. Despite being prepared with hot water, the water temperature does not reach the boiling and therefore is not sufficient to kill the virus.
Another myth explained by Canal concerns bombs used to take the mate. "Some say that the pump nozzle with gold or silver to prevent infection, but there is nothing official about it," he says.
The Secretariat of Health of Rio Grande do Sul that guides people sick, the flu is common, the new flu or other disease, not part of the wheels mate or not divide cuias and pumps to avoid contagion.
Argentine truck drivers divided bowl of mate in the port of Itaqui (Foto: Glauco Ara?jo/G1)
Tradition guarani
The habit of taking a mate, known as mate, originated among the Guarani, which secavam the leaves of the bush and mo?am transform into a pestle until powdered. Professor Cesar Augusto Barcellos Guazzelli, the department of history of UFRGS, in addition to that of Rio Grande do Sul, countries like Argentina and Paraguay also consume mate, each in its way.
"In Brazil, the colonial period, the habit of taking mate was sentenced by the Jesuits, who thought that the drink was aphrodisiac. With time they began to accept and concluded that it had not effect," says Guazzelli. The teacher explains, however, that the drink has a large amount of a form of caffeine, which is used in situations of vigil to keep people agreed.
The mate can be taken in three ways: bitter, sweet (with sugar) with milk or warm. "It is a very common habit in the population of the field and a sign of poverty for those who have no money to buy weed for the kill. In the city, this is a habit shared by all, in wheels of friends, also."