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What’s Your Breakfast Grades?

October 4th 2009 04:20
Breakfast (Honestly, did anyone know why it’s pronounced “Breakfirst”, as it supposed to be “Breakfast”? This question has been bothering for a very long time…!) is to be known as the most important meal of the day, and everyone should take it before they’re heading to work/school!

However, many people seems to be neglected the breakfast, where they’re mostly skipped it for many reasons, such as wake up late, don’t have time, hate to eat breakfast and blah, blah, blah…

Honestly, they didn’t know the fact that those people who don’t love to have breakfast might have higher risk of getting gastrointestinal related cancers than those who practicing it everyday!


Oh, you’re deciding to eat breakfast, after reading the article? Well done, my friend. However, before you’re starting to do it, there are several things that you should know about it!

Did you know that breakfast have its label/grade like brands too? Let me show you, what is the different of grade “A” breakfast from the grade “B”, “C” and “D”!

Grade A breakfast: It must contain oatmeal, wholegrain breads, skim milk, pine nuts and orange juice.

Grade B breakfast: It mostly contain breakfast bar, breakfast shake or pancake with maple syrup!

Grade C breakfast: Sugary cereal, pastry or fast food sandwich.

Grade D breakfast: These are mostly junk or unhealthy foods, such as Pizza, McDonald, Fried Chicken, casserole and other (You named it!)

So, based on the above breakfast, what’s your breakfast mostly fallen into? Is it the healthy style, “Grade A” or the self-destruct style, “Grade D”?

You make your own decision…

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The Top 10 Pregnancy Questions

September 17th 2009 13:20
There are very few events in a woman’s life which merit so many questions as does having a baby. Here are some of the most common questions that pregnant women (especially those who are experiencing it for the first time) ask:

• What exercises are proven safe for pregnant women? Pregnant women are now encouraged to stay fit even during their pregnancy. The acceptable exercises are swimming, brisk walks, golf, yoga, bowling, tai chi, and bowling. Just avoid contact sports that could cause injuries (ball games, skiing, scuba diving and the like). Always consult your OB-Gynecologist before engaging in any type of exercise, though.

• What is the ideal weight for a pregnant woman? Your physician should be able to tell you the recommended weight gain during your pregnancy (this is an additional weight of about 25-35 pounds). Being underweight or overweight during the first phase of your pregnancy would most likely affect your weight throughout your pregnancy so better establish your diet and your exercise regimen early on.

• What are the symptoms that should be a cause for alarm? In case you feel any of the following symptoms, it’s time to go to your doctor: vaginal bleeding; lasting abdominal pain; extreme nausea and vomiting; persistent back pains; blurred vision; fever over 100ºF; regular contractions; too much fetal movement or no movement at all; and water coming out from the vagina.

• Is it safe to have sexual intercourse during pregnancy or should you just wait until after birth? It is definitely safe to have sex even when a woman is pregnant. This is true if the pregnancy has no existing complications such as bleeding or ruptured membranes.

• What food shouldn’t a pregnant woman eat? A pregnant woman should not eat unpasteurized cheeses; raw eggs; tuna, mackerel, and shark which have high mercury content; food and beverages with alcohol.

This is only a handful of the questions that most pregnant woman wants to be answered. There are hundreds more and the best person to approach should be your physician.

This is a guest post from Alan Murray, the editor of a baby health website. Many different topics are covered including, Chicken Pox, Meningitis and much more.
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A Story about My Friend Who Active in Marathon Events!

September 9th 2009 18:38
Each people has different daily requirement. Some of them have to consume more than 3,000 calories per day (Especially the construction site workers), while other might require less than 1,500 calories per day!

Honestly, I personally didn’t encourage people skip their main meals, as it would put yourself in trouble, such as getting gastrointestinal diseases or malnutrition!

Nutrient is one of the essential things in our daily living. Go figure, what is going to happen, if you didn’t eat for more than three days?

The nutritionists always said we have to practice a balanced diet. Talking about the balanced diet, is there any definition for this word? Honestly, it’s totally depend on the person’s needs.

By the way, I would like to tell you a story about one of my friends, Jacklyn, who is a professional marathon runner. Well, as I knew, she is a very talented long distance runner, as she begun to show her ability, when she was participated in the local town marathon event with quite a young age, 13-year-old!

I used to ask her, what is the intention of joining the Marathon events? I was surprised with her answer, “Well, Wilson. Nothing else, just want to keep my body-shape in fitness line!” Oh my god, I didn’t expect that her answer would be so simple!

For achieving her dream, Jacklyn decided to take the physical education course in the local college. She managed to find a job in the local sport store, two weeks after she had graduated from the college.

Since then, she started to pursuit more time in the marathon training. She has set up a very tight schedule (She shown the schedule to me once) and stick with it accordingly.
She told me that every morning, she is wake up on 5 a.m. and starts the marathon training around 5.30 a.m. In the beginning, she will run at least 20 kilometers per day. However, after she’d quite her job, and turned into a professional marathon trainer, she tripled up the distance into 60 kilometers!

As a sportswoman, she said that nutrient is highly important, as without the balanced and healthy sports nutrition, she won’t able to perform well in the marathon events!

Even though the life as a marathon runner/trainer is very tough, but Jacklyn said that she’s enjoying her job! Honestly, it’s the best choice that she’d ever made in her life.

Well, Jacklyn. As a friend, I wish you all the best and hope you’ll perform well in the next marathon event…
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The Best Ways to Eat Well and Cheap in This Recession!

September 6th 2009 07:16
Honestly, it’s quite hilarious. Did you know, someone would prefer to skip their lunch to save up more money in their wallet? To be honest, it happened on my colleague, Elaine where she refused to eat during lunch time, as she decided to keep the money for other purpose (Ah, ah, ah…, don’t try to do it, as you’re the one who suffered in the very end!)

Well, if you’re thinking that it’s pretty costly to eat outside, why don’t you wake up an hour early everyday and prepare your own lunch?

Below here is my own recipe of simple pasta and it’s suitable for all people, no matter you’re omnivore, carnivore or herbivore (Sorry, it sounds like we’re animals here! lol)

Tasty Veggie Pasta

• 200 gram of pasta (Any favor is OK)
• 3 tablespoon of virgin olive oil
• 1 big garlic cloves (Minced)
• 1 cup fresh basil leaves
• ¼ cup Brazilian nuts

Cooking Process:

1. First of all, mix all the virgin olive oil, garlic, basil and Brazilian nuts. Remember to put in some salt and pepper into it. Blend it with a blender machine until it becoming a thick sauce.
2. Cook your pasta accordingly.
3. Separate the thick sauce and pasta in a lunch box.
4. Only mix them together, when you’re about to eat it!

Try it out and let me know, how it tastes, OK?
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YGoY - Health and Lifestyle Portal

September 2nd 2009 05:05
We face health issues every day. Whether it is a headache, an upset stomach or knee pain, we would like to have reliable answers in short and crisp fashion. Ygoy is a health and lifestyle portal which achieves exactly the same. It can clear your doubts and can give you practical advice when faced with an issue.

Yesterday, during my lunchtime, I spent 15 minutes browsing through the internet and I found a very interesting website. The website's name is Ygoy and it has about 57 channels relating to health and lifestyle topics, each channel dedicated to a topic you would love to know more about.

Honestly, I've been a diabetic since years ago and I knew, it's very important to maintain my daily diet. In this case, I've done many research on diabetes. In the reaserch, I discovered that Diabetes is the most common and widely spread disease. Proper management of diabetes can make life easier and normal. If you want to know more about diabetes symptoms, treatment, latest research findings, management of diabetes, and many more are covered in diabetes.ygoy.com.

Arthritis - the disease of joints can immobilize you and can make normal activities difficult. However, many of us are ignorant about arthritis treatment, exercises, diet and other things which can help in making our lives normal. Feel free to visit arthritis.ygoy.com to know about arthritis causes, types, treatments, and alternative remedies.
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The Great and Healthy Way to Lose Up to 10 lbs in Seven Days

August 15th 2009 08:10
There are over hundred or thousand of weight loss formulas in the market. The more ironic thing is, over 59.2 percent of people from all around the world have tried at least one weight loss program/product in their life!

Honestly, you’re free to try anything you want, as it’s your own rights to do so! The only problem is, not all the weight loss programs are effective for us, and even some of them will harm our health or leaving side effects to our body!

Frankly, I’ve seen many people suffering like hell, especially when they’re failed to lose away their weight. The even worst thing is, some of them got diagnosed with bipolar disorder or depression, due to their inability to slim down!

According to the nutritionists, up to 60 percent of the overweight people are not from the genetics, but it’s highly related with their daily diets! This means, one of the main reasons why the obesity has becoming a serious problem among human race is due to the unhealthy eating habit.

If you’re one of them who suffering with the obesity, but you resist to try the weight loss pills, maybe the healthy cabbage soup diet is able to help you overcome the problem.

For your information, the cabbage soup diet is a radical weight loss diet, which is well-designed for those people who want to try out the low-calorie cabbage soup and keep diet in the same time.



The cabbage soup diet plan is a low-fat, high-fiber foods plan, which is requiring the users to follow up a serial of healthy diet for the whole week (Seven days).

Many people using this method to cleanse their digestive system and most of them claimed to lose up to 10 lbs in only seven days.

The cabbage soup diet is much effective and less dangerous too, if it compares with other weight loss programs that have many harmful side effects.

Remember, “A bowl of cabbage soup a day, keeps the thyroid cancer away!”

PS: Figure thanks to costarestaurants.
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A 25 ml of Wine a Day, Keeps the Doctor Away

August 5th 2009 03:18
People have their own favorite. Some might have the interest in the foods, while other think it’s good to have some drinks once for a while!

Honestly, there are many reports on the benefits of red wine since two centuries ago.

According to the previous reports, red wine contains a complex mixture of bioactive compounds, such as flavonols, monomeric and polymeric flavan-3-ols, phenolic acids, stilbene polyphenol, resveratol and much more (WoW, it’s going to take forever, if I listed it all out here! lol)



Lindsay Brown, professor in the School of Biomedical Science at The University of Queensland said that by taking only a small amount of red wine (25 ml) per day, it would be effective against these following diseases:

1. Numerous types of cancers,
2. Heart related diseases,
3. Inflammation,
4. Diabetes,
5. Obesity, and even
6. Alzheimer disease!

Brown also pointed out that one of the red wine complex compounds, resveratrol can slow down or inhibits the growing of cancer cells.

However, she advised the public that although red wine is good for our health, but we should take it moderately, as everything in excessive will become a disaster!

PS: Photo credit goes to houseofmenzies.
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What will happen, if You’re Lacking With Vitamin D?

July 26th 2009 12:34
Doctors or physicians have told us that we must intake multiple types of vitamins and mineral resources everyday!

Based on the latest health survey, there is less than 25 percent of the United States’ citizens who taking the vitamins as recommended by the USDA! The even shocking news was there is more than 80 percent of elder citizens are at least lack with one or more vitamin!

Did you know that when you’re lacking with Vitamin D, you might have the chance of getting affected with Osteoporosis? Yep, most people thought that Osteoporosis is caused by the Calcium deficiency, but they didn’t know it has something to do with the Vitamin D deficiency as well!



Normally, Vitamin D can be produced naturally in the body through the exposing under sunlight. Or, you can get it from the dietary sources, such as eggs, fortified milk or cod liver oil.

The lacking of Vitamin D can weaken the bones, and leading to fractures. This problem is mostly happened in post-menopausal women. Hence, doctors are usually recommended women to consume Vitamin D tablets regularly to avoid the Vitamin D deficiency problem!

Note: Picture thanks to cookinglight.
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The Magical Stem Cells from Teeth!

July 20th 2009 01:16
If a doctor is telling you that it’s possible to use the stem cells from teeth to make your body organs, such as lung, pancreas, liver, bones, heart cells or neuro cells, what’s your first expression?

Honestly, it isn’t an April Fool’s joke, as it has been proven that you can really make a brand new organ, by only using the stem cells from your teeth!

Dr. Robert Carpenter, one of the experienced oncologists who’s now reside at United States, had pointed out that adult stem cells have the ability to regenerate. Beside that, it can be used to treat a number of illnesses and injuries as well!

The even more exciting discovery is the stem cells are being claimed to have the great effect on curing the stubborn diseases, such as diabetes, liver problem and even Parkinson’s disease!
“The studies is still in progressing, but I’m pretty sure that it will be finalized very soon in near future. In that moment, the patients won’t need to wait for other people to donate the organs!” Dr. Robert Carpenter said.

Note: Guys, did you know that there’s a 42-year-old blind man, Martin Jones had gained his vision back, after 30 years of blindness? He was overjoyed, when he looked at her wife for the first time in his life! Thanks to the stem cells, he’s not only can see the colorful world again, but it’s also giving him a new hope as well…
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Kasha Chili

July 18th 2009 01:21
Are you in need of protein, but you want to minus meat and fat?

Well, take a look at this recipe, it might serve you well because this recipe is a healthy way to get low-fat protein. You can also garnish with shredded vegan cheese or vegan sour cream (these can be found at most health food stores) and serve as a dip with tortilla chips.

It can be made as salad too


Kasha Chili Makes 6 servings
Recipe extracted from Cancer Project weekly recipe mail
Image extracted from fatfreevegan.com

Ingredients

1 28-ounce can stewed tomatoes
3 cups vegetable broth
1 14.5-ounce can pinto beans
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon crushed or minced garlic
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon celery salt, or to taste
1/4 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
3/4 cup whole dry kasha

Directions
In a large skillet, combine all ingredients except kasha. Bring to a light boil for 10 minutes. Add kasha, cover, and reduce to simmer. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, or until kasha is tender. Serve hot.

Options: Substitute 1/2 cup dry lentils for pinto beans and increase light boil time to 20 minutes.

Nutrition Information
Per serving (1/6 of recipe):

149 Calories
1.2 g Fat
0.2 g Saturated Fat
7.4% Calories from Fat
0 mg Cholesterol

7.2 g Protein
30.4 g Carbohydrate
5 g Sugar
7.7 g Fiber

899 mg Sodium
82 mg Calcium
3.3 mg Iron
14.6 mg Vitamin C
693 mcg Beta-Carotene
2 mg Vitamin E

Recipe originally comes from The National Buckwheat Institute

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You Should Know These Useful Healthy Tips

June 25th 2009 04:56
People in present days are always complaint of having too little time, as they’ve devoted most of the time into the job/work. Plus, with the heavily polluted environment that full with contaminated substances, we’re having higher risk to be infected by numerous types of diseases/illnesses.

Due to the insufficiency and lacking of multivitamins, it’s very easy for us to fall sick. However, did you know that there are several symptoms might appear, before you’re getting sick? Well, you should pay attention, when you’re having:

• Headaches,
• Dizziness,
• Joint aches,
• Fatigue, or
• Sleepiness.

In this period, you might want to take a day off, take a good rest, by simply relaxing your mind or body. Well, I knew it’s easier said than done, as many people didn’t have enough time, even for having meals!

However, when you take a minute and think about it, “Would I still able to work like this way, if I suddenly fall ill, such as having the cancer?” I didn’t mean to curse you here, but did you know that in Japan or worldwide, the people who died because of Karoshi (It means ‘overlyworked’) have been skyrocketing since the past few years?

By the way, when we’re overstressed, you’re likely to get the constipation! I got several ways to help you overcome the matter.

1. You must drink at least a glass of fresh tomatoes juice daily.
2. A glass of warm water after you’ve woke up is good for overcoming the constipation.
3. Eat an orange an hour before you’re going to sleep!

If you’re practicing the above tips for health, then the nasty and irritating constipation problem will be gone in several days.

For those who love to consume high fructose corn syrup, you need to beware of it, as my friend, Ronald, a nutritionist in one food producing company, had told me that high fructose corn syrup is known as the main cause of leading to many diseases, such as diabetes, heart burn, heart related diseases and cancers!

Therefore, please take note about it and mind about the diet information, before you’re become the victim of this invisible killer.

Have a healthy lifestyle and keep smiling…
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Walnuts – The Best and Essential Food for Elders!

June 18th 2009 10:08
Well, we’ve always been advised to add certain types of foods into cooking, as it might help to prevent assorted diseases.

Today, I would like to talk about the Walnuts. For those of you that love the walnuts taste, then here’s the another solid reasons, why you must insert walnuts into the diet!

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have been discovered that by adding a moderate amount of walnut into a cooking might help to improve the elders’ motor and behavioral skills.

The research group pointed out that walnuts are rich in polyphenols and other unsaturated fatty acids. These essential minerals are important to boost up the neural tissue and hence improving the performance on tasks of the aging people, especially when they require the motor and behavioral skills to do some simple tasks in their daily life.

If you do love about your parents or the elders, then you must add at least 20 grams of walnuts into the main meal everyday!

By the way, I got a recipe here and it’s called, “The Sweet Candied Walnut”. You can try it if you want to…

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup of coarse sugar,
• ½ cup of brown sugar,
• ½ cup of brown sugar,
• ¼ cup of sour cream,
• 2 cups of walnuts.

Cooking Process:

First thing first, mix all the sugar, brown sugar and sour cream into a pot. Cook it until the whole mixture becoming sticky.

Secondly, add the walnuts into the pot and stir it until all the walnuts has been coated with the mixture.

Lastly, pour the candied walnuts into a plate and put it into the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

Voila, you’re now have the icy cold and sweet candied walnuts!
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The Fermented Soy Food and Its Benefit – Part 4

June 9th 2009 04:54
Welcome back and thanks for sticking with me from the part 1 until this new part. Well, this is the last part of the fermented soy food series and I hope you’ll enjoy it as you did in the first three parts! Hooray, I was a little bit overwhelmed about it (Am I a freak or what?!) lol

Ok, back to the topic. Does anyone here ever hear about this word, “Tempeh” or “Tempe” before? By the way, I’m not talking about the Tempe City at Florida, but rather a traditional food.

Well, for your information, Tempeh is a very famous Javanese food, where is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process. The Tempeh makers will bind soybeans into a cake form and let it fermented for over a period. Tempeh is a staple source of protein and is very common in the Southeast Asia region!



Beside that, tempeh has been claimed to have a higher contain of protein, fiber and vitamins compared to tofu. Tempeh also has a very strong and complex flavor. Well, it’s hard to describe it, is some kind the mixture of nutty and meaty-like taste. That’s why, tempeh also being referred as “Javanese meat” in other form!

Along with tofu, natto and miso, tempeh also has been listed into the “Top Four Healthy Fermented Soy Foods”.

Amongst the variety of tempeh, I loved the Tempe goreng (Deep-fried tempeh) in Indonesian Language the most. By the way, here’s the recipe of the Tempe goreng, try it if you dare!

Ingredients:

• 2 garlic clove (Make sure to crush it first)
• 2 teaspoon salt
• ½ pound fermented tempeh (You have to slice each of it into 2" X 1/2" in size!)
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• Two hot red chilies (It has to be seeded and sliced)
• ½ teaspoon shrimp paste

Cooking Process :

1. First of all, try to mix together the garlic and salt. Then, rub this mixture all over the tempeh. Put it aside and wait for at least 15 minutes.
2. Then, heat the oil in a skillet, and fry the tempeh over medium heat for about 3 – 5 minutes.
3. Blend the chilies and shrimp paste into a paste form. Serve the fried tempeh with the tantalizing paste!
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The Fermented Soy Food and Its Benefit – Part 3

June 3rd 2009 04:26
After the pickled tofu and miso, I continue to recommend you another fermented soy food, Natto.

Based on its name, you know that it’s another Japanese traditional foods. It made from fermented soybeans and it’s one of the most popular breakfast types for the Japanese.

Natto is normally sold in small polystyrene containers, which is included with a small packet of soil sauce (shoyu) and mustard (karashi).

The medical researchers discovered that there’s one substance, pyrazine who giving the natto the distinct smell, has the ability to reduce blood clotting, thrombosis, heart attacks, pulmonary embolism or even stroke! In the latest studies, Taiwanese scientists found that the nattokinase in natto could be used to prevent or cure the Alzheimer’s disease.



Also, natto has been proven effective to:

• Prevent cancers,
• Lowering the high cholesterol level,
• Strengthen your immune system,
• Prevent obesity,
• Improve digestion,
• Slow down the aging problem.

However, the natto has a very strong ammoniacal smell, which is similar with the strong smell from the raw cheese. Some people might think it’s totally gross and disgust to eat the sticky yet strong smell food.

Go to the local market, buy one natto and taste it yourself! Love it or hate it? Remember to speak out your comment about it…

PS: Picture credits goes to bookmice!
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