Sunday, May 9, 2010

EFFECTS OF COLD WATER

EFFECTS OF COLD WATER

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Baca dan terus sebarkan kepada teman dan kenalan anda.

Serangan Jantung dan Amalan Minum Air Panas ....


Artikel ini berguna untuk semua.




Bukan sahaja amalan meminum air panas selepas makan, tetapi berhubung SERANGAN JANTUNG!!!!.
Kita tidak akan kehilangan apa-apa... malah
akan mendapat faedah dari amalan ini.

Kepada sesiapa yang suka minum AIS, artikel ini sesuai untuk anda baca. Sememangnya sedap minum air berAIS selepas makan.
Walaubagaimanapun, AIS akan membekukan makanan berminyak
yang baru kita makan. Ia akan memperlahankan penghadaman kita.
Bila lemak-lemak ini terbentuk di dalam usus, ia akan menyempitkan banyak saluran dan lama kelamaan ia akan menyebabkan lemak berkumpul dan kita semakin gemuk dan menuju ke arah mendapat pelbagai PENYAKIT.
Jalan terbaik...adalah untuk minum sup panas atau air PANAS/suam selepas makan.

:Nota penting tentang SERANGAN JANTUNG!!!


Anda patut tahu bahawa bukan semua tanda-tanda serangan jantung akan mula terasa pada tangan sebelah kiri.
Berhati-hati juga pada permulaan sakit sedikit-sedikit pada bahagian atas dada anda.
Anda mungkin tidak akan mengalami sakit dada pada
serangan pertama serangan jantung.
Keletihan dan berpeluh adalah tanda-tanda biasa. Malah 60% penghidap SAKIT JANTUNG tidak bangun selepas tidur.
Marilah kita berwaspada dan berhati-hati..
Lebih banyak kita tahu, lebih cerah peluang kita untuk terus hidup...
PAKAR SAKIT JANTUNG berkata, jika semua orang yang mendapat e-mail ini menghantar kepada 10 orang yang lain, beliau yakin akan dapat menyelamatkan satu nyawa.
Baca ini..... ia juga mungkin dapat menyelamatkan nyawa anda!!!!.

**Jadilah teman yang setia dan teruskan menghantar artikel ini kepada teman-teman yang anda sayangi.....!!!!

Saturday, May 1, 2010

10 DIY Bentos: Animated Food From Anna The Red

Japan takes the cake, or the Bento, when it comes to food art. In fact, presentation is nearly everything in Japanese cooking. Bento, an art form that can be traced back about 900 years, is hot right now, and getting hotter as Japanese natives teach the rest of the world how it's done. "Anna The Red," a Japanese-born New Yorker, is such a wonderful teacher that you can easily learn how to create your own bento.

Bento, usually a packaged or boxed lunch in Japan, is an artistic presentation of food, generally consisting of rice, a fish or meat, and vegetables -- pickled, cooked, or raw. It sound like kids would naturally reject this kind of meal, but actually, one of the goals of bento is attract children to healthy eating. The art of kyaraben, or charaben, is in creating well-known characters or cartoon figures out of healthy foods -- like this Wall-E bento below -- so that kids will have fun eating them.

1. Wall-E Bento, Anna The Red

Here are a few more of the many kid-friendly characters Anna The Red has created (and eaten) for kids in the U.S.

2. Rayman Raving Rabbids Bento, Anna The Red

This game gives hours of pleasure to kids and there are even action figures available for the younger ones. Here's an action figure they can eat! By the way, if you create the figures in the second photo, who's to know that they are not Easter bunnies?

3. Head Crab Bento From Half-Life, Anna The Red

For the "adult" game players, you might want to try some Half Life characters. Here are yummy potato salad balls with french fry legs that serve as the centerpiece crabs.


4. Calvin And Hobbes Bento, Anna The Red

Have you ever seen such cute Calvin and Hobbes portrayals? The rice is naturally colored with ketchup. Anna The Red is big on natural; she even gives away her secrets for natural food colorings.


5. Onigiri Big Mouth Girls Bento, Anna The Red

Onigiri are Japanese sushi molds, which look like they would come in very handy in shaping your characters. The girls’ faces are primarily made of rice balls, egg, cheese, and ham.

6. Where The Wild Things Are Bento, Anna The Red

Aww. They do look good enough to frame, but Anna The Red promises they were eaten. One book and DVD that your children will long remember, the characters of Bernard, Max and Moishe from Where The Wild Things Are will surprise and delight your kids.

7. Cooking Mama Bento, Anna The Red

What an inspiration for kids to learn to cook. Not just Cooking Mama, but eating her likeness. Anna The Red makes her recipes for bento easy enough for kids to make with you.


8. Battlestar Galactica Bento, Anna The Red

True to the show, everything in this Battlestar Galactica bento has no corners. Anna The Red, who designs most of her bentos on paper first, used all her creativity to actually make what she drew; but of course having her as your pioneer, it will be much easier for you.

9. Spirited Away Bento, Anna The Red

Spirited Away is one of several animated Japanese films by director Hayao Miyazaki and it is available in English and French, as well as Japanese. The voices in English are created by several well-known American actors. The Spirited Away bento has the sweetest characters!

10. No Face, Kodama, and Makkurokorosuke Bento

All Hayao Miyazaki characters from his animations: No Face, the poignant central figure of this bento is from Spirited Away; Kodama, the white spirits, are from Princess Mononoke; and Makkuro Kurosuke are little soot spirits from My Neighbor Totoro.

Interested in lessons for beginners? Anna The Red has a about as live a blog as a chef can have at her site. Her photographer (alias web-designer, bento taster, and boyfriend) presents great step-by-step photos and Ms. Red writes the descriptions with her whole heart.

There are dozens more incredible bento recipes on her website and many are for Japanese kyaraben! Her site is easy to navigate with great graphics that let you know what ingredients are in each piece of a bento by just pointing to them with your cursor. It is hard to believe that Anna The Red and her photographer work on Anna The Red's Bento Factory in their spare time and that her lessons are avaiable to everyone for free!

Sources: Anna The Red's Bento Factory, IMDB, Wikipedia

How to Avoid Junk Food Cravings



Junk foods are hard to resist, delicious, and convenient but they are also not good for our bodies. Eating too much junk food can make you tired, lose energy, and put on weight. This article gives ways on how to fight the craving.



  1. Step 1

    The first thing to do to fight the cravings is to eliminate temptation. Clear out the junk food and replace with healthy food. Stock up on fruits and vegetables.

  2. Step 2

    Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. It will give you plenty of vitamins, minerals, and vitamins. To satisfy your sweet tooth eat fruits instead of candies and chocolate. For instance, try frozen grapes, pineapples, and etc.

  3. Step 3

    Eat complex carbohydrates instead of simple carbohydrates. Complex carbohydrates give you energy and are filled with fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Simple carbohydrates are not healthy because it contains refined sugar and it doesn't provide the essential nutrients that we need.

  4. Step 4

    Instead of drinking carbonated beverages, try drinking water or put lemon/lime to add flavor to it.

  5. Step 5

    Be more active. Do exercises that you love. Increase you awareness about fitness. Exercise for at least 30 minutes. Exercise helps boost your metabolism and burn calories.

  6. Step 6

    Instead of dining out, try packing lunch or cook at home . It can also help avoid spending money on fast food or snack.

  7. Step 7

    Learn to eat in moderation. Completely cutting junk food from your diet will not make it easy to kick the habit.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

10 Reasons Why You're Not Losing Weight

If you have decided to lose weight, that's good for you. You might be eating healthy now, working out on a regular basis and using all trades of the weight loss book to achieve your goals. But for some reason, the scale refuses to go down. You are trying very hard to lose weight and might be following instructions to weight loss, but the needle just doesn't budge.

Here are the top reasons why you are losing your battle with weight:

  1. You eat too little: Some people often think that by having a light breakfast and lunch they will be losing weight as their calorie intake is going to be less. There is a misconception that skipping any meal saves calories. Skipping meals and fasting results in your metabolism slowing down, and your body stops metabolizing fat to lose weight. You should never consume less than 1,200 calories per day. Strive for atleast three meals a day and always start your day with a healthy breakfast.

  2. Liquid Calories: When counting calories, we often ignore calories from alcohol, smoothies, coffee with cream and sugar, sweetened juices, teas, and soft drinks which can easily make or break your weight loss plans.

  3. Too much stress: Being under constant stress can increase the production of the hormone cortisol that can increase your appetite and make you store more fat (especially around the abdominal region). The simplest way to overcome the overeating is to find a way to manage your stress more effectively. Simple ways to manage stress include taking a few minutes a day to relax or meditate, listening to your favorite music or taking a walk outside.

  4. Hypothyroidism: If thyroid hormone levels decrease, everything in your body slows down including metabolism, a condition called hypothyroidism. All of the extra calories that you are consuming become stored as fat resulting in weight gain. The right medications will get you back on track towards losing weight.

  5. Cheating in your diet plan: Being too restrictive can result in binge-eating, and you'll be less likely to sustain your diet. You can eat what you like once a week but you should seriously restrict the quantity.

  6. Irregular meal timing: If you're juggling a job and a family, it's hard to eat at regular times. Eating infrequently can also cause weight loss plans to stop working. Your eating habits are directly proportional to your weight loss.

  7. Lack of sleep: When you don't get enough sleep, it may affect the secretion of the hormone cortisol that regulates appetite. Studies have shown that lack of sleep could increase appetite and compromise insulin sensitivity which can contribute to weight gain. Furthermore, a new study suggests that even getting too much sleep (nine or more hours a night) may also lead to weight gain. To be an efficient fat-burning machine, your body requires at least eight hours of sleep a night.

  8. Not eating enough protein: Lean protein helps you stay satisfied for longer and it boosts metabolism to help you burn more fat. Protein also happens to require the most energy for the digestion process so your total net calories are lower.

  9. Gaining muscle: Weighing scale doesn't tell the whole story always. For example, it doesn't measure the fat mass and muscle mass. Weight training along with proper diet will lead to fat loss, but it also promotes muscle gain and better bone density. So, if you don't see any improvement although you feel good, it's most likely extra muscle and stronger bone from weight training. You can measure your body fat percentage to get a more accurate progress from your weight loss efforts.

  10. Insulin resistance: Chronically elevated blood sugar levels result in greater metabolic dysfunction. This is called Syndrome X. If you suspect that you might be insulin resistant, see your doctor for a simple test followed by proper medication.

Obesity is a very complex medical problem in our society and achieving an ideal weight requires a multifaceted approach. Despite what you might hear, fat loss is not just about diet and exercise. Most people tend to shift from one diet or exercise program to the other when they do not see immediate results. When it comes to weight loss, Patience is a virtue.

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