HEALTHY WHITE: Maret 2010

Rabu, 31 Maret 2010

Roommate Living: Your Food, Kitchen, and Sanity

Since freshman year of college, I’ve had approximately 15,000 roommates. Some are still my best friends, favorite people, and life partners. Others smoked crazy things too late at night. One remains the only unrelated adult I’ve ever yelled at. (Surprise! It was over the dishes.)

Whether you’re fresh out of university or shacking up with your significant other for the first time, living with other people has multitudinous benefits. It can save everyone involved a ton of cash. It can be a social opportunity, cultural experience, and culinary education. It can keep you from being plain lonely.

But if you’re not careful, it can also be a terrifying descent into a cohabitational hell, in which anger and discomfort become facts of everyday life. Living with the dishes guy? Was kind of like that.

The center of roommate karma is inevitably the kitchen. Maintain a zen-like equilibrium there, and your time together will be peaceful and harmonious. Forget to buy paper towels for the third week in a row, and you could find a severed goldfish head on your pillow.

That’s why it’s important to discuss food, money, and galley-related issues up front. It puts you on the same page, sets a precedent for the future, and prevents misunderstanding down the line. So, be open with your wants and needs. Ask plenty of questions. And remember the two most important things about living with anyone new:

Don’t be afraid to speak up. If your roommate isn’t doing her dishes and/or owes you money for olive oil, tell her. You can assert yourself and still be considered a nice person.
Don’t be a jerk. You’re sharing this room with others, and should always take their feelings into consideration. Play nice, do your part, and don’t make fun of Bob’s vegan macaroni and cheese.

With those ideas in the back of your head, the ensuing discussion should be easy. For reference, here are a few good areas to touch on, along with a ton of pertinent questions.

1) FOOD

First and foremost, you and your roommate(s) have to feed yourselves using actual food. Broaching the edibles topic could set the tone for the rest of your talk, not to mention the rest of your lease. Tread carefully, be thorough and kind, and ask:

Will you share food? Will you share everything or just staples? Which staples?
Will you share cooking responsibilities? How will you split the job?
When will you cook? Should you set up a schedule? What meals will you eat at home?
Does anyone have dietary restrictions, allergies, or ethical issues?
Will any food be off limits? (ex: If there’s a peanut allergy in the house, it could be best to avoid ‘em altogether.)

2) EQUIPMENT

Once you have food, you need ways to serve it. Your requirements could vary wildly, based on your diet and/or affinity for cooking. Plan ahead, use this checklist for guidance, and ask:

What kitchen equipment do you already own? Is it in good shape?
What do you need to buy? Where should you buy it?
Do you have any doubles (ex: two toasters)? Do you need the extra? If not, what can you do with it?
Who will keep new purchases (microwave, blender, etc.) if/when you move out?
Is there room to fit everything? (See: Storage.)

3) MONEY

Here comes the hard part. Beyond rent, you’ll probably spend most of your apartment-apportioned cash on food and kitchen supplies. Splitting the bills can be tricky, and payment itself even harder. Stay positive and ask:

How will pay for the food you buy jointly? Will you split the bills or alternate months?
How will you pay for the kitchen necessities (tin foil, dish soap, paper towels, etc.)? What falls under that umbrella term?
Who will do the actual buying? Will you take turns?
Will you join a bulk store or CSA? What supermarkets, ethnic markets, and farmer’s markets will you shop at?
How will you handle coupons, sales, or memberships?
How will you handle restaurants and take out? Does that go in the budget?

4) STORAGE

Pots, pans, silverware, dishes, and appliances do more than look pretty: they take up space. And when square feet are at a minimum, having a storage strategy is vital. Consider your cabinets and ask:

Where will you store the food? How about the dishes? And cleaning equipment?
Will you split storage? Who gets which refrigerator shelf? What about the pantry and freezer?
Do you have enough room for bulk purchases?
Is there a way you can easily add extra shelves, cabinets, or pot racks?
Are you allowed to throw things out without permission, if it looks like it went bad? (Note: This comes up more than you think. It’s like a science experiment in there sometimes.)

5) CLEANING

Though dishes are 90% of the issue, cleaning goes deeper than washing your coffee cup. In every kitchen, there are counters to wipe, floors to mop, and microwaves to liberate of caked spaghetti sauce. If this is left to one person - or worse, not done at all – things will very messy, both dirt-wise and relationship-wise.

How quickly will you have your dishes done? Will you split the responsibility? How?
How often will you light clean (counters, sweeping, etc.) the kitchen? Who will take care of this?
How often will you deep clean (oven, refrigerator, etc.) the kitchen? Who will take care of this?
Who will take out the garbage? How will you handle recycling?
Who will take care of repair issues as they come up? Are you handy? Will you be the point person for the landlord?
Who will keep track of and replace cleaning tools (Lysol, sponges, etc.)?
Should you create a cleaning schedule?

If you address all of these questions up front and periodically revisit them through the course of your cohabitation, you and your roommates/loved ones can enjoy a sparkling, relatively stress-free household. What’s more, you can apply the concepts to almost every shared room in the house, whether it’s the den or the shed you use to make illegal moonshine.

Readers, what about you? Do you have any roommate rules to follow, especially in the kitchen? How about horror stories? You know we loves us some o’ those guys.

(Excellent letter photo from Passive Aggressive Notes.)

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Roommate Living: Your Food, Kitchen, and Sanity

Don’t be afraid to speak up. If your roommate isn’t doing her dishes and/or owes you money for olive oil, tell her. You can assert yourself and still be considered a nice person.
Don’t be a jerk. You’re sharing this room with others, and should always take their feelings into consideration. Play nice, do your part, and don’t make fun of Bob’s vegan macaroni and cheese.

Will you share food? Will you share everything or just staples? Which staples?
Will you share cooking responsibilities? How will you split the job?
When will you cook? Should you set up a schedule? What meals will you eat at home?
Does anyone have dietary restrictions, allergies, or ethical issues?
Will any food be off limits? (ex: If there’s a peanut allergy in the house, it could be best to avoid ‘em altogether.)

What kitchen equipment do you already own? Is it in good shape?
What do you need to buy? Where should you buy it?
Do you have any doubles (ex: two toasters)? Do you need the extra? If not, what can you do with it?
Who will keep new purchases (microwave, blender, etc.) if/when you move out?
Is there room to fit everything? (See: Storage.)

How will pay for the food you buy jointly? Will you split the bills or alternate months?
How will you pay for the kitchen necessities (tin foil, dish soap, paper towels, etc.)? What falls under that umbrella term?
Who will do the actual buying? Will you take turns?
Will you join a bulk store or CSA? What supermarkets, ethnic markets, and farmer’s markets will you shop at?
How will you handle coupons, sales, or memberships?
How will you handle restaurants and take out? Does that go in the budget?

Where will you store the food? How about the dishes? And cleaning equipment?
Will you split storage? Who gets which refrigerator shelf? What about the pantry and freezer?
Do you have enough room for bulk purchases?
Is there a way you can easily add extra shelves, cabinets, or pot racks?
Are you allowed to throw things out without permission, if it looks like it went bad? (Note: This comes up more than you think. It’s like a science experiment in there sometimes.)

How quickly will you have your dishes done? Will you split the responsibility? How?
How often will you light clean (counters, sweeping, etc.) the kitchen? Who will take care of this?
How often will you deep clean (oven, refrigerator, etc.) the kitchen? Who will take care of this?
Who will take out the garbage? How will you handle recycling?
Who will take care of repair issues as they come up? Are you handy? Will you be the point person for the landlord?
Who will keep track of and replace cleaning tools (Lysol, sponges, etc.)?
Should you create a cleaning schedule?

CHG Best of March 2010

It’s been our BME (Best. Month. Evah.) here at CHG (Cheap Healthy Good), both in terms of traffic (over 450,000 pageviews!) and comments (whee!). Thank you, sweet readers, both old school and new wave. Here’s hoping we can keep the streak alive. (Crap! I mentioned the streak! Somewhere, Joe DiMaggio is tut-tutting me all classy-like.) One more article coming tomorrow, and then it’s on to April.

MARCH RECIPES

Banana Oatmeal Muffins

Broccoli with Roasted Red Peppers
Chickpea Cutlets
Curried Apples and Acorn Squash
Dal with Rice and Ginger
Rice Pudding
Salsa Couscous Chicken OR Moroccan Chicken
Vegetarian Chili
White Bean Dip

MARCH ARTICLES

Remember when we fed the Husband-Elect for $25 that one week? Thems was good times. There’s even a clip of our Early Show appearance here! We ended the whole deal with The $25 Food Project Finale: Recipes, Conclusions, and an Exit Interview

Our greatest bombs were documented in CHG Hall of Shame III: Return of the Breadi.

Leigh asked and answered: HOW Old is that Oatmeal? When to Clean Out the Pantry.

Then, she exclaimed mightily, "I Want to Be a Tofu Butcher!"

There was that two-part series on the Junk Food Tax, starting with Reasonable Public Health Measure or Evidence of a Nanny State? and ending with Reader Ideas, Opinions, and Solutions.

Oh, and hey: Need a Weekly Meal Planner, a Grocery List, or Price Books? We Have 36 of ‘em.

Ask the Internet, was ever-so-lovely, as always. We inquired about the following:

For more Cheap Healthy Goodness…

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CHG Best of March 2010

Selasa, 30 Maret 2010

History of Vitamin C

Year 1536. Jacques Cartier of Quebec City, Canada. Finding a way to heal canker sores with tea made from leaves and later revealed that the leaves are rich in vitamin C.

In 1795. British admiral, determined that fresh oranges 1 fruit/day should be given to the sailors who sailed from the British Navy.

1865. British Chamber of Commerce, impose mandatory to consume fresh oranges for sailors from merchant ships.

1911. Theory of vitamins, published by the Polish biochemist about 4 compounds in natural foods are beneficial to prevent the disease of sheep, ricket, pellagra, and skorbut.

Year 1918. EVMc.Collum, an American citizen began naming system assimilation of vitamins, namely "A component is soluble in fat".

1928. Vitamin C was first purified by the Hungarian biochemist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi who worked in Canbridge, England. He formulated a component called heksurat acid, which eventually became ascorbic acid (Vitamin C first generation). Then, expand again into a second generation of Vitamin C is useful for healing skorbut, such as: thirst, depression, muscle pain, appeared tired, bleeding gums and shortness of breath.

From year to year, the analysis of vitamin C continue to grow, until finally found Ester-C, Vitamin C to the third generation.

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Senin, 29 Maret 2010

Broccoli with Roasted Red Peppers, Plus: How to Roast a Pepper

Today on Serious Eats: Orange-Cranberry Muffins. Say goodbye to winter citrus with these super easy, seriously portable healthy breakfast treats.

As a dedicated frugalist and aficionado of tree-like vegetables, I’m forever in search of ways to enliven broccoli. There are fewer cheaper, more nutritious foods in the produce aisle, and honestly, it’s tough to pretend you’re a forest giant with blueberries.

Here's one way to jazz it up:

And you can stir fry it, sure. And broccoli goes pretty well in pasta. But otherwise, if you don’t dig the Cruciferae smothered in cheese or doused in lemon, you’re kinda out of luck.

Enter Broccoli with Roasted Red Peppers. A buttery, sweet twist on a usually staid side dish, the recipe takes about ten minutes if you have jarred roasted red peppers handy. If you don’t, roasting your own pepper will add 20 to 30 minutes to the cooking time, and could be well worth the effort.

To those who've never done it before, the process can be somewhat intimidating. Trust: it’s not so bad. Simply follow these exciting rules:

Preheat your broiler.
Wash and dry the pepper, taking care to remove any stickers. While delicious raw, roasted stickers possess an unfortunate poison flavor.
Place the pepper on a small pan and stick it under the broiler. When the skin becomes blackened, use tongs to turn it over.
When the whole pepper becomes blackened, remove it from the oven, place it in a bowl, and cover the bowl with tin foil or plastic wrap. Walk away and do something awesome for a few minutes. Suggested: Settlers of Catan, knitting, cartwheels.
Once the pepper is cool enough to handle, peel it, seed it, and use the flesh for your own nefarious purposes.
Dance.

By the third and fourth time you roast your own pepper, it’s practically a trip to Disneyworld. (Minus the lines!)

Before we get to the recipe itself, two quick notes on the process: First, I made this at my parents house. (Hi, Ma and Pa!) While they have an excellent pantry and fine selection of produce, they’re not Safeway, and rarely carry fresh herbs. Fortunately, a teaspoon of dried substituted quite nicely. Second, nutrition numbers were provided by All Recipes, and are listed below. Only the price calculations are my own.

Sweet readers, how do you make broccoli less boring? If it involves ranch dressing, open flame, or mangoes, I’m all ears.

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If you like this recipe, you’ll surely enjoy:

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Broccoli with Roasted Red Peppers
Makes 6 servings, 2/3 cup each.
Adapted from All Recipes/Taste of Home.

5 cups broccoli florets, cut small
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 cup roasted red pepper, diced (or more, if you like)
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley OR 1 teaspoon dried parsley
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

NOTE: If roasting your own pepper, please use the instructions in the above post. If using jarred peppers, read on.

1) Steam broccoli, either in your microwave or on your stovetop. For stovetop: Fill a small pot with 1 or 2 inches water. Place a steamer basket in pot. Add broccoli to basket. Cover, leaving a crack. Steam 3 to 6 minutes, until broccoli is crisp-tender (not limp).

2) While that’s happening, melt butter in a medium pan over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, 30 to 60 seconds. Add peppers, parsley, salt, and pepper. Warm through. Remove from heat.

3) In a medium bowl, combine broccoli and pepper mixture. Stir to coat. Add more salt or pepper if you like. Enjoy!

Approximate Calories, Fat, Fiber, and Price Per Serving
41 calories, 2 g fat, 1 g fiber, $0.34

Calculations
5 cups broccoli florets, cut small: $1.48 (Broccoli on sale for $0.99/bunch.)
1 clove garlic, minced: $0.04
1 tablespoon butter: $0.08
1/4 cup roasted red pepper, diced: $0.39
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley OR 1 teaspoon dried parsley: $0.01 (dried)
1/2 teaspoon salt: $0.01
1/8 teaspoon pepper: $0.01
TOTAL: $2.02
PER SERVING (TOTAL/6): $0.34

Broccoli with Roasted Red Peppers, Plus: How to Roast a Pepper

Today on Serious Eats: Orange-Cranberry Muffins. Say goodbye to winter citrus with these super easy, seriously portable healthy breakfast treats.

Preheat your broiler.
Wash and dry the pepper, taking care to remove any stickers. While delicious raw, roasted stickers possess an unfortunate poison flavor.
Place the pepper on a small pan and stick it under the broiler. When the skin becomes blackened, use tongs to turn it over.
When the whole pepper becomes blackened, remove it from the oven, place it in a bowl, and cover the bowl with tin foil or plastic wrap. Walk away and do something awesome for a few minutes. Suggested: Settlers of Catan, knitting, cartwheels.
Once the pepper is cool enough to handle, peel it, seed it, and use the flesh for your own nefarious purposes.
Dance.

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Broccoli with Roasted Red Peppers
Makes 6 servings, 2/3 cup each.
Adapted from All Recipes/Taste of Home.

Sabtu, 27 Maret 2010

Tips for Sufficient Child Nutrition

Here are some tips that can be done to provide child nutrition:

1. Parents can control the nutrients that children get the nutrients you need according to the growth of age stages. It can be seen among the activities of daily child.

2. When the child enters school age, environmental influences were stronger. Required so that the active role of parents in controlling child development.

3. Proper nutrition according to their age stages to optimize the growth and development of the child to face the challenges of the future that more and more.

4. Parents should prepare them with the best since the early to answer the challenges of the future.

5. One food that can provide nutrition for every age and every one of them is milk that plays an important role in supporting the growth of 3B (body, bone, and brain).

Supplements for Men's Vitality

Multivitamins
Multivitamin supplement is required for all people, especially for those who rarely or do not like to eat fruits and vegetables. Be sure to buy the supplements created specifically for men.

Multivitamins are devoted to women usually tend to contain iron. That does not mean you do not need extra iron, but too much iron can also increase the risk of heart disorders.

Creatine
For those of you who want to exercise, it is worth taking creatine supplements before and after undergoing a physical training session though. Because creatine supplementation works to accelerate muscle recovery and increase muscle mass growth.

Lycopene
This antioxidant found in red tomatoes has been shown to reduce cancer risks, which is one major cause of death for American men. If you do not like to eat tomatoes, you can take supplements that contain lycopene.

Green Tea
Wonders of green tea never ceases to amaze! Content of antioxidants in it play a role against cancer, green tea also works to burn fat.

If you choose not to consume eight or more cups a day, try to move in the form of supplements, such as capsules. Not only that, green tea also work wonders for your skin.

For your convenience, creatine supplements can be mixed with protein powder when consumed.

Saw Palmetto
Content of this one is very helpful for men, especially when they begin to show signs of hair loss.

In the view of health experts, the content contained in saw palmetto can slow you experience hair loss process. In addition, saw palmetto also serves to prevent and treat impotence, improve health and fitness and vitality of men.

Fish oil
If you have a family history associated with heart problems. The experts claim that fish oil (one to two grams per day) can help prevent heart disease. For that, you can consume fish oil supplements high quality as this can make your life healthy and free of health problems.

Read previous article food-for-brain-intelligence

10 Food for the Brain Intelligence

Here is a list of 10 foods that are proven to improve overall brain health. Hopefully you've become to consume daily.

10. Oysters/clams

If you are a hobby of seafood, of course you like to eat it. Research has shown that the oyster is very beneficial for your brain. Oysters are rich in minerals zinc and iron, which helps you to keep the mind sharp and improve your ability to recall information easily. Zinc and iron have been associated with the brain's ability to stay focused and remember information. Lack of zinc and iron can lead to distortions of memory, poor concentration, and of course other diseases throughout the body.

9. Whole Grains

This is brown rice, oatmeal, whole-grain breads, wheat, etc.. Food is working to increase blood flow to the brain is very supportive of the quality and quantity of brain function. These seeds contain lots of vitamin B6, which is full of thiamine. Thiamine is great for anyone trying to improve memory. Scientific research has shown that memory loss has increased dramatically at the time you reach the late 60's or early 70's, eating whole grains is good for you at the age of aging.

8. Tea/Green Tea

You like to drink coffee in the morning? You try to replace it with a cup of tea! Just freshly brewed, green tea or black tea is very beneficial for your brain because it contains catechins. Did you ever have a day where you just feel tired, tired, and "too lazy" to think? Maybe because you are less catechin in your brain. Catechin useful to keep your mind sharp, fresh, and work properly. It also allows for more relaxed and help to combat mental fatigue. Green tea is much stronger than black tea, both very good for you.

7. Eggs

As we get older, our brains begin to shrink because of something called brain atrophy. However, we can fight this natural process by routinely eat the eggs. This is because eggs contain a lot of vitamin B12 and lecithin. Vitamin B12 helpful against brain shrinkage, which is often seen in Alzheimer's disease. Eggs, although very unhealthy if you eat too much, because it is full of essential fatty acids. Egg yolk, although very high cholesterol, also high choline, which is the building substance of the brain cells. Choline can help improve your memory. But do not most, just 1-2 eggs a day.

6. Curry/Spices

Spices very diverse and not limited to the coriander, turmeric, pepper, chili powder, paprika, cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, mace flower, kelabet, fennel, bay leaves koja, and cloves. This herb is very useful to keep the brain fresh. As the main ingredient of curry powder, curcumin full of antioxidants that help fight brain aging and maintain cognitive function as you get older. Antioxidants are also struggling against free radical damage that can occur in the brain and body. Free radicals can cause inflammation and other diseases in the body. Kari is not only good for the brain, can also fight diabetes and heart disease.

5. Berries Fruit

Blueberry is very good in improving motor skills and abilities you learn as a whole. Most berries, including blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, etc., are full of antioxidants that are good for improving brain health. You can help reverse the effects of aging on the brain by eating this fruit once a day. Berry, most contain fisetin and flavenoid, which is very good for improving memory and allows you to easily recall past events.

4. Nuts and Seeds

Looking for snacks that have good things to the brain? Is a snack of nuts and seeds. Like peanuts, hazelnuts, cashews, almonds, walnuts, pecans, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and other types of nuts or seeds that you can think of, good for your brain. Nuts and seeds are full of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, and folate, vitamin E, and vitamin B6. All of these nutrients allows you to think more clearly. They also help you think more positively, because the Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids work as natural antidepressants. Some grains and beans are also full of thiamine and magnesium, which is good for memory and cognitive functions of the brain.

3. Green Leafy Vegetables

Green leafy vegetables such as cabbage, katuk, spinach, etc., very good for the brain of children and adults. These vegetables are very helpful when it comes time to recall old information and the process as you just learned yesterday. This is because these foods are full of vitamins B6, B12, and folate, which is an important compound in the brain needed to break down homocysteine levels, which can lead to forgetting and even Alzheimer's disease. These vegetables are often contains high iron.

2. Fish

Fish as a whole is very beneficial for your health, especially for your brain. Fish is full of Omega-3, which is a fatty acid that is very beneficial to the body in various aspects. Eating one serving of fish a week can greatly reduce the chance of getting Alzheimer's disease. These fatty acids help the brain function because they coat the neurons that have sometimes stiff layer of fatty acids, because the high content of cholesterol and saturated fats in the body. Omega-3 will cover the neurons with good fats, which allows them to move easily throughout the brain. Omega-3 also provides more oxygen to the brain, and allows one to store the new information while still remembering the old information. The best fish to eat for brain health is salmon, tuna, and herring.

1. Chocolate

As you replace your coffee with hot chocolate drink in a day, but delicious, chocolate is very nutritious for the brain. Scientists have proved that the antioxidant content found in only two or three tablespoons of cocoa powder is more powerful than the antioxidants found in other foods, such as green tea or red wine. The main antioxidants found in cocoa, known as flavonols, it is important to help increase blood flow to the brain.

Jumat, 26 Maret 2010

A Pair of Announcements

Sweet readers! The links are coming a little later today, but first: Leigh and I wrote an opinion piece for CNN. It's here: Want Healthy Kids? Learn How to Cook.

In related news, Husband-Elect and I will be appearing tomorrow morning on CBS' The Early Show to discuss the $25 Food Project. We are super excited, and currently in desperate search of things to wear.

See you back here in a few hours.

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In the meantime, hello everyone from CNN! If you’re visiting the blog for the first time, welcome! We’re so happy to have you. Bathroom’s on the left. If you’re a longtime reader, we love you! We’re not kidding. It's a little scary.

To get an idea of what CHG is all about, our FAQ and mission statement are good places to begin. To go a little deeper, these six posts give a pretty solid overview of what we do here:

Our master article directory of over 135 similar pieces can be found here. We also post one or two frugal, healthy, and delicious recipes per week, which are compiled here. There's something like 300 right now, and we’re always adding to the list. Here are ten fairly simple favorites to get you started:

Hope you’re enjoying the blog so far. We’d love to hear from you if you have suggestions, and best of luck with your cooking!

A Pair of Announcements

Hope you’re enjoying the blog so far. We’d love to hear from you if you have suggestions, and best of luck with your cooking!

Benefits and efficacy of garlic for health and endurance

Garlic Benefits

Other studies have shown that administration of garlic essential oil equals 1 gram of fresh garlic/kgBB/day are provided with high-cholesterol diet, will lower cholesterol levels, serum triglyceride levels. VLDL, LDL and increase white HDL.Bawang been used as herbal medicine in medicine for thousands of years ago.

Since the number of components contained in garlic cause the preparation and extraction methods (old and extraction methods and the type of solvent) plays an important role for bioactive components of garlic. Solvent (solvent) is often used is ethanol, methanol, acetone, and water or a combination. Bioactive components found in garlic works in synergy with each other to cause health effects.

Among several bioactive components found in garlic, sulfide compounds are numerous compounds. These compounds included in dialil sulfide or oxidized form called alisin. Same as other phenolic compounds, physiological function alisin has a very broad, including the antioxidant, anticancer, antitrombotik, inflammatory, decrease blood pressure, and can lower blood cholesterol. Epidemiological data also show that there is correlation between garlic consumption with a reduction in cardiovascular disease, such as atherosclerosis (fat accumulation), coronary heart disease, and hypertension.

In the year 2700 1900 BC garlic has been used by workers building the pyramids as drug and antidote to the disease being tired. And around the year 460 BC its efficacy has been praised by Hippocrates. When the world war years 1914-1918 of garlic is used by French soldiers to treat wounds.

In Thailand "Institute of Scientific and Technological Research" made capsule containing garlic extract which is equivalent to 7 grams of fresh garlic per capsule. The dose used was one capsule twice daily for 5 months. In the first month of giving blood cholesterol increases. This is the possibility of erosion of fatty deposits in blood vessels. HDL cholesterol increased after 2 months of delivery. Cholesterol levels decreased significantly after 8 weeks, but only triglyceride levels decreased after 5 months of giving garlic.

Other studies have shown that administration of garlic essential oil equals 1 gram of fresh garlic/kgBB/day are provided with high-cholesterol diet, will lower cholesterol levels, serum triglyceride levels. VLDL, LDL and increase HDL.

Benefits of Noni Fruit

Know Mengkudu/Pace

Tree 3-8 m tall with a clear main stem. Average edged leaves, yellowish green. The flowers are leaf-shaped bulbs diketiak. Fruit-berbenjol irregular bumps. Reached 5-10 cm in length. pace to grow in chalky soil height of 1.000m above sea level.

Gynecology and efficacy of Noni/mengkudu

Scopoletin, these compounds serve regulate blood pressure. When high blood pressure, help lower scopoletin. Conversely if blood pressure is low, he will raise it. In addition to antibacterial indicated, these compounds also regulate hormone serotonin, which helps reduce levels of anxiety and depression.

Morindin, this substance efficacious in improving the body's defense system. In addition to the above two substances, pace also contains gum, malate acid, citric acid, and antiseptic compounds.

Research Results

Based on the research, there are about 61 more potent compounds contained mengkudu. They work synergistically and mysterious. For example, some compounds that play an active role in the treatment of certain diseases, it does not mean only the compounds that contribute to it. But the prop is also the other compounds. That is why consuming compounds extracted one of his properties would be different than if we drank the juice mengkudu overall.

Say in treating blood pressure. Mengkudu juice can increase blood pressure for people with low blood but on the other side of the blood can lower blood pressure for hypertension. This phenomenon is not going to happen on that mengkudu fruit extract.

According to research dr. Mona Harrison of the faculty of Medicine, University of Bolton, the consumption of fruit juice will help provide megkudu hormone xeronine. Xeronine of work mengkudu contradictory. In people with high blood pressure, lowering blood pressure xeronin be normal. In people with low blood pressure, increase blood pressure mengkudu blood. In other words, mengkudu juice serves as adaptogen, balancing function of body cells.

Mengkudu fruit contradictory effects have also been studied by Y. Murati (1981) from the Faculty of Medicine Gadjah Mada University. Lemon pulp mengkudu provide very significant change in heart, namely reducing the strength of heart muscle contraction, heart rate slowing down and increasing the number of heart coronary blood flow per minute.

Preclinical tests on cats showed limb hipotensif influence, namely reducing the blood flow resistance (vasodilatation) limb blood vessels but also have a cat hipertensif effect. research by A.M. Djojosugito et al. (1975-1976) showed, in the juice mengkudu there are at least two components are opposite.

How to take care your Teeth

Caring for teeth is very important to us, why not, your teeth are very sensitive things from our bodies. What if your teeth hurt? really very disturbing.

And also very easy gear holes, because a lot of leftover food instead of living due to no good in treating tooth. so, how to correct dental care? follow the following tips.

Here Tips Caring Dentistry

1. Brush your teeth, most people already understand some of these ways, the need to remember try to brush your teeth at least 2 times a day, or at least after a big meal. It is also necessary in the recall are Tooth Brush dressing when it's the age of 3 - 4 months. Do not forget to brush your tongue too, because the tongue is one of a gathering place for the bacteria that causes bad breath.

2. Drinking Water After a meal, drink water after every meal, try the first White Water

3. Expand eating fibrous fruits, in addition to health, the fruit can also help to remove dirt in my teeth

4. Eat balanced, do not eat too much eat one type of food, but try to balance

5. Avoid bad habits like biting nails, sucking the bottle, opened the bottle with your teeth, etc..

6. Check Doctor Gigi into every 6 months, this goal to see the development of our teeth and gums.

Maybe it's some things we can do in caring for your teeth bright and responsible. Not expected to hurt your teeth naturally and may also be too sick to heal.

How to Correct Brushing your Theeth

Not the same as brushing your teeth with toilet brush scrubbing furiously, despite the dirty mouth is more dirty than the WC. because the mouth is a zoo of bacteria.

Want to know how to brush your teeth good and right ...?

First select the brush that fur is not too coarse or smooth. So "the mediocre".

Next consider the following picture and do it gently, according to the following sequence.

how to correct brushing your theeth

1. Put brush position 45 degrees to the gums
2. Brush movement from the gums down to Upper jaw teeth (like poke)
3. Movement from the gums brush up for the lower jaw teeth
4. Brush entire surface facing the lips and cheeks and the inner and outer surfaces of teeth in this way.
5. Brush chewing surfaces of teeth from the rear to the front.

Kamis, 25 Maret 2010

Veggie Might: I Want to Be Tofu Butcher

Written by the fabulous Leigh, Veggie Might is a weekly Thursday column about all things Vegetarian.

Last night there was a vegetarian quorum in my living room: two lacto/ovo vegetarians, one vegan, and one omnivore (who had once been a vegetarian). We voted a moratorium on the question, “So, will you ever eat meat again?”

BA mentioned she was coming up on her 17-year vegan anniversary and that people still asked her that question. We all nodded in sympathy. “They may as well ask if I’d ever eat wood.”

Well, according to the trend piece Flesh Mob in the New York Press, it’s not such a crazy question. Apparently, the bacon craze and conscious carnivorism has vegetarians abandoning their previously held convictions and signing up for butchering classes and joining CSAs for the grass-fed beef—really getting back to the land.

“People were encouraged to avoid meat with scary PETA videos and horror stories about factory farming, but these days, newly carnivorous New Yorkers are able to cushion their consciousnesses with locally grown, free range and all-around-happy meat.”

I found the claim that vegetarians are lining up to become butchers quite disingenuous. Whatever their reasons for becoming vegetarian, none of my current veg-head friends would dream of consuming meat just because it’s de rigueur.

Most former veggies I know, including BH of our living room quorum, made the switch after some soul searching and for myriad reasons, including access and convenience, love (of another human)—and nearly all of them eat meat sparingly.

Plus, I thought people were catching onto the idea that a little meat goes a long way. What happened to being a flexitarian to improve one’s health, bank balance, and environment?

A 2009 Vegetarian Resource Group Poll put the nation’s vegetarian numbers at about 3%, up from 2% in 2006. Even my sister, whose husband hunts and fishes, and a pair of dear friends and avowed omnis are giving part-time vegetarianism a try.

Food is deeply personal, and increasingly, has become moral and political. I am not questioning people’s decision to eat what they choose and live as they believe is right. (I have lots of omni friends!) My beef (har) is with the framing of the story: that vegetarianism is a “phase” we’ll all get over when we grow up—an get a good whiff of frying bacon.

Maybe wood pulp and poly-cotton will be the next big thing. BA and I are on board, since they’re vegan.

Readers, what about you? Are you vegetarian, vegan, part-time vegetarian, or conscious carnivore? Would anything make you change your diet? How do you balance your ethics with your grocery bill? Is food a moral issue in your household? Let ‘er rip in the comments.

(Photo courtesy of Flickr member FantasyFan.)

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High Protein Diet - Top High Protein Low Carbohydrate Foods For Lean Muscles

By Barbara Knight

Protein is most essential of all the nutrients which help a person in building lean muscles. Without protein, the muscle and tissues cannot grow. A high protein diet does not only help to build muscles but also keeps a body healthier. This diet should be low in carbohydrate as it has saturated or trans-fat in it. A person must eat proteins like egg, milk, meat and cheese and he must avoid carbohydrates like potatoes, bread, pasta or rice which will make the body bloated.

Here is a diet which contains high protein and low carbohydrate to build lean muscles:

1. Milk- Milk is considered to have a complete protein which helps in building muscles. Drinking milk is a great way to achieve your daily protein target. A person must take milk in skimmed form. He should drink 2 cups of skim milk in a day which does not contain any trans-fat. It helps to speed up the muscle recovery after lot of workout.

2. Eggs- This is a healthy source of supplement and has a very high protein in it. Egg protein has an excellent source of vitamins and nutrients that feed the muscles and tissues to become stronger. The egg white contains 0 grams of fat. So the egg white is an excellent form of protein.

3. Fish- This is one of the best sources of protein. It helps a person to gain weight and build muscles rapidly. Fish must be eaten after baking it properly and should be taken 2-3 times a week. It also contains a very high amount of 3-omega fatty acids which is very helpful to build muscles.

4. Red meat- Another high protein diet is red meat. This meat is extremely lean and has a great source of protein. It contains iron and vitamins that can help for growth of muscles.

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