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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 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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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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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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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 Delicious and Tasty Tomatoes Are Totally Irresistible!

April 18th 2009 11:11
Some people might enjoy eating fruits and vegetables, while the rest of them might want to puke out, once they’re putting the veggies into their mouth!

Well, if you’re happened to be one of them that have a crush on the fruits and vegetables, especially the tomatoes, then you must keep on reading the article…

For your information, the tomato is an herbaceous and it belongs to nightshade family. Some of its close cousins are potatoes (No wonder it has the words, “-tatoes” as well), eggplants and capsicum (chili pepper).

Do you know that tomato plants are originated from South America. Believe it or not, tomato has more than 7,500 of different varieties. According to the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) latest statistic, there are more than 140 million tons of tomatoes have been produced and consumed in year 2008!

Honestly, it’s always good to grow our own tomatoes plants, as we don’t have to worry about the possibility of the pesticides will cause some harmful side-effect to our health! However, if you unable to grow it yourself, then it’s wise to choose the finest and pesticides free tomatoes from the well-recognized tomatoes growers. After all, the organic tomatoes cost are very reasonable and we can afford to buy it!



Below here is some of the most common varieties of tomatoes, have a closer look on it:

• Beefsteak tomatoes (It’s the largest version of the tomato)
• Large tomatoes (The normal size of the tomato)
• Medium sized tomatoes
• Grape sized tomatoes
• Cocktail tomatoes (It’s the smallest version of the normal tomato)

By the way, I included a tomato jam recipe and hope you’ll love it!

The Tomato Jam Recipe:

Ingredients:

1. 1 pound of good ripe tomatoes (You have to core and chop it precisely!)
2. ¾ cup sugar (You’d better use the brown sugar for healthy lifestyle)
3. 1 tablespoon of limejuice
4. ½ tablespoon of fresh minced ginger
5. ½ teaspoon cumin
6. 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
7. 1/8 teaspoon cloves
8. ½ teaspoon salt

The making process:

First of all, you have to combine the ingredients into a heavy medium saucepan. Boil it over with a medium heat and stir it continuously.

Then, you should reduce the heat; stir the mixture until it has becoming a thick jam.

Lastly, place it into the refrigerator and spread it on wholemeal breads, crackers or any foods you want!

Don’t forget to enjoy the tasty tomato jam with your loved ones, friends and colleagues.

Note: Beautiful tomatoes figure thanks to masdudiable.
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A Healthier Diabetic Diet for Diabetics!

April 12th 2009 14:14
Have you ever noticed that you’re putting your life in the risk everyday? Well, if you think I’m joking with you here, then just take a minute and answer the following questions!

1. Do you a smoker?
A. Nope, I hate the taste of cigarettes!
B. Kind of, but I only smoke occasionally…
C. Of course, and I enjoyed smoking very much!

2. Do you an alcoholic?
A. Nah, I have no interest on alcohol!
B. Sort of, I only drink when my friends/colleagues force me…
C. Yeah, and it’s time for bottom up!

3. Do you a heavy red meat eater?
A. Excuse me, I’m a vegan!
B. It depends on the time and place…
C. Shut up and give me a quadruple cheeseburger!

4. Do you exercise regularly?
A. Yep, I loved to work out all day long!
B. Well, I will do it, if only I have the mood…
C. Are you kidding? I’d better spend my times watching Television programmes!

Ok, guys. If you answered all ‘A’ for the above questions, then I have to give you a credit here, as you’re totally have the lowest risk to getting the diabetes. For those that answered mostly ‘C’ here, oh my god, I have to cross my fingers here and praying for you a little bit more…

According to the latest survey, most of the diabetics are used to be the:

• Heavy smoker s (Yeah, smoking can really cause diabetes!)
• Heavy alcoholics
• Cannibal red meat eaters (Surveys have shown that red meat are not the good option for diabetics or normal healthy people!)
• Lack with daily routine exercises



As a diabetic for over 5 years, I discovered that it’s very important to have healthy balanced diabetic diets, as if you’re neglecting this step, you might be the one who suffer from the consequences of getting seriously ill here (Believe me, as I used to be a very stubborn person and I learned from the lesson).

In the very beginning, people always told me that I cannot intake too much of foods, including those coarse grains, sugars, unsaturated fats and blah, blah, blah… I did listen to their advice, but I found I started to become weaker and weaker day after day! I noticed that it’s wasn’t a great sign at all, as I might be got myself killed if I continue what’d people told me.

As a result, I searched all over the internet with hope to find something relate with diabetic diets. Thanks to god, I found a very effective daily diet for the diabetics named “1,800 Calorie Diabetic Diet”. The special part about this method is it teaches you the proper ways to intake less than 1800 calorie per day. The 1,800 calorie diabetic diet is the optimal diet to help us control our blood sugar and maintain our health.

By the way, below here is one of my sample of 1,800 calorie menus, you can try it if you want!

a. My breakfast: Two slices of wholemeal breads with low fat margarine or 1 cups of bran cereal.
b. My lunch: One ounce of poultry or fish, two servings of vegetables and one serving of fruit.
c. My tea-time: A few piece of low fat crackers and a glass of green tea!
d. My dinner: One ounces of meat or protein, one cup of brown rice, three servings of vegetables, one serving of fruit.

People always said, “Prevention is better than cure!” Thus, if you don’t want your life being spoiled by diabetes, then you should change your daily unhealthy lifestyle as soon as possible…

Note: Figure thanks to topnews.
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The Incredible Top 5 Cholesterol Lowering Foods

February 1st 2009 12:47
“Oh My God! My cholesterol level is rising up like rocket. Can anyone help me, pretty please?”
“Ok, can you please tell me, what are your daily meals?”

“Hmm…, give me a minute! Well, I love all those fast foods, such as cheeseburgers, French fries, fried chicken, peanut butter and much more…”

To all the beloved readers, if you think that you have the same eating habit like the above person, then you’re already a footstep closer to the door of heaven (or hell?)!

According to the U.S FDA latest national nutrition and health surveys, most of the U.S adults intake 357mg of cholesterol and it’s 12 percent more than the recommended level, 300mg per day!

For your information, 67% of the heart related diseases are mainly cause by the high cholesterol level. So, it’s better to change your unhealthy eating habits today, if you do care about your health!

Here are some suggestions for you:

Eat one bowl of oatmeal as the breakfast
If you continue to eat oatmeal for your breakfast, then your cholesterol level will at least drop 10 percent or even more. Oatmeal is rich with soluble and non-soluble fibers, where it prevents the bad cholesterol from being absorbed during digestion. As a result, it will reduce the high cholesterol in the end!



A bowl of beans for lunch
Same with the oatmeal, if you only eat a bowl of beans for the consecutive 8 weeks, then your high cholesterol level will decrease more than 20 percent (I have no problem for it, as green pea is my favorite lol).

Choose olive oil as you daily cooking oil
Since olive oil can efficiently reduce the bad cholesterol and raise up the good cholesterol level, thus it’s an ideal choice to use it to cook the daily meals!

Eat an apple a day

The same old saying, “An apple a day, keeps the doctor away!” Apple is rich in pectin, and it can help lowering the high cholesterol.

Drink a cup of ginger tea twice a week
For your information, the ginger contains Triazene phenol, where it can reduce the Triglyceride for over 27 percent and 33 percent for the bad cholesterol!

Drink at least a cup of soybean everyday
The FDA has approved that soybean has the ability to lower the bad cholesterol and prevent heart related diseases.

Consume walnuts and almonds frequently
These two types of nuts have been recognized as the “Nemesis” of bad cholesterol (The almond is also good for preventing the Alzheimer’s disease too)!

That’s for today, eat well and stay healthy all the time…

Note: Picture thanks to topnews.
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The Untold Mysteries of Cabbage

January 7th 2009 06:31
When I was still a kid, my mother always wrapped the cereals with a slice of cabbage and feed me! (Honestly, I didn't know what the h*ll of the cabbage was, I just be the mummy boy and chew every slice of cabbage! lol)

Cabbage is one of the cheap vegetable, but you cannot deny that it is one of the richest when it comes to protective vitamins. Do you know that raw cabbage can be used to clean the waste from the stomach and upper bowels which improves digestion and reduces constipation?



Beside that, cabbage can act as a cancer inhibitor, particularly colon cancer, where it to be used to stimulates the immune system, kills harmful bacteria, soothes ulcers, and improves circulation.

The outer leaves are a good source of vitamin E, making it good for the complexion. Some of the hidden benefits of cabbage are:

It is rich in vitamin C (raw white cabbage contains as much vitamin C as lemon juice) and sulphur,
The cabbage is a health food store in a compact edible package.

All these benefits are yours at only 24 calories per 3.5 ounces. If you want to keep fit, then I have a delicious cabbage soup for you to try out. There you go:

* 1 head cabbage, shredded or chopped
* 2 large onions, chopped
* 16-28 ounces canned tomatoes, chopped
* 2 green peppers
* 4 stalks celery
* 1-2 packages Lipton onion soup mix, or any dry onion soup mix (optional)
* black pepper
* any fresh herb(s) of your choice, chopped
* 6 carrots, sliced
* 1/2 pound green beans, sliced on diagonal
* 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar (optional)

First, put all vegetables in a big pot and cover with water.
Then, bring it to a boil, stir in the soup mix (if desired), and boil gently for 10 minutes.
After it, cover, reduce heat, and simmer until all the vegetables are soft.
Lastly, stir in the black pepper and chopped herbs (saving some for garnish).

Voila, remember to serve the soup while it's hot!
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The Healthy Diet Plan and Recipes For Diabetic

December 28th 2008 08:18
Diabetes, as one of the top ten killers, has been spreading like wild fire all across the world. Do you know that there are over 246 million people in the world are currently living with the Diabetes?

According to the reliable survey, diabetes causes 6 deaths every minute and one in 20 deaths in the world is due to Diabetes! Every year, there are more than 3 million people in the world die and it’s mainly causing by the diabetes.



Diabetes is known as the number one silent killer disease, as it usually doesn’t have any early symptom of the disease. If you want me to point out the commonest early symptom, it would be feeling extremely thirsty.

There are three common types of diabetes, which as:

Type 1 Diabetes:
This Type 1 diabetes also known as “Juvenile diabetes” and the diabetics will need the help from insulin treatment, as their pancreas failed to produce insulin.

Type 2 Diabetes: This Type 2
Some called it “non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus” is a metabolic disorder that is characterized by high blood glucose in the context of insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency.

Gestational Diabetes
This type of diabetes is a condition, where the women have been diagnosed diabetes exhibit high blood glucose levels during pregnancy. The good thing is, it’s only for temporary and it will disappear, after the baby is born.

No matter what types of diabetes you’ve been diagnosed, you should learn to control the high blood glucose level. With the good diabetic diet plan, adequate exercise and medicine control, you can have a normal life like others did! (You should believe all the statements, as these words are coming from a Type 2 Diabetic, Me!)

As a diabetic, I would suggest you to intake all those wholesome bread, fruits and vegetables. For your information, the oatmeal has been proven effective to control the high blood glucose level. Hence, I’ve included the oatmeal as my main breakfast meal. For your information, I also have my very own favorite diabetic recipes, such as the Lemon lime chicken, asparagus vinaigrette and oatmeal cookie! (Isn’t these recipes started to make you mouth watering here?)

Honestly, having diabetic is not the end of the world. It just your own fear of it, you just need to learn how to overcome it. Face it bravely or you’ll be suffered from it!

Note: Photo credit goes to shoprite.
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