Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Great juice for those who are suffering from diabetes or high blood sugar level?

First Combination
Carrot 10 oz
Spinach 6 oz

Second Combination
Carrot 16 oz
Celery 4 oz
Parsley 2 oz
Spinach 4 oz

Third
Combination
Carrot 6 oz
Lettuce 4 oz
String beans 3 oz

Fourth
Combination
Carrot 7 oz
Celery 5 oz
Endive (escarole) 3 oz
Parsley 3 oz

Fifth Combination
Carrot: 9 oz
Celery: 5 oz
Parsley: 2 oz

Sixth
Combination
Carrot: 8 oz
Radish 4 oz
Lettuce 4 oz

Seventh
Combination
Carrot: 6 oz
Brus. sprouts: 5 oz
String beans: 5 oz

Now that you have 7 combination's of vegetable juices that are good for those who have high blood sugar level or diabetes, you may label them what combination to drink on sunday, monday, and so on and so forth.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME Other uses:

  • Toothbrushes immersed in lemon juice, diluted with water, remain clean, as well as do the teeth.
  • Add lemon juice to a stain on cotton and let it sit out in the sun to naturally bleach it out.
  • Cleans stains on porcelain, copper, bronze and aluminum - dip cloth in lemon juice, polish, rinse with warm water.

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME How can you enjoy?

  • It’s easy to eat more lemons and limes – just be creative.
  • Add to your drinking water to add nutrients and flavor easily.
  • Ice-cold lemonade is all time favorite.
  • Squeeze the juice on vegetables, salads and grilled foods.
  • Add lemon zest to pancake batter or cookie dough.
  • Lemon Pickle is very good with curd rice.

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME Younger-Looking Skin:

  • Prevent dark circled eyes by twice daily applications of lemon juice.
  • It is proved that lemon stops the free radicals that cause the signs of aging even better than vitamin E.

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME Cures Infected Finger:

Infected finger or toe is cured fast with the finger or toe is inserted into the lemon, and bound up

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME Subsides Fever:

The juice of one lemon is to be added to a cup of hot water with honey and drunk at once every 2 hours till fever or chill subsides.

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME Weight Reduction:

Lemon juice daily on an empty stomach first thing in the morning eliminates water retention and helps with weight reduction and keeps the system alkaline.

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME Stronger Bones:

With its heavy fruit calcium it supplies bones, teeth, and nervous system with basic nourishment.

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME Digestion:

Lemon and lime contain phosphorus and one of its greatest properties is its ability to "digest" proteins when put on meat, poultry, fish, beans and eggs.

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME Nutritional Value:

Lemons are a great source of B6, iron, potassium.
Rich in antioxidants and pectin.
They offer dietary fiber, vitamin C, calcium, folic acid, manganese, magnesium, zinc and other nutrients.

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME Goodness:

No matter how many times you squeeze lemons and limes into your diet, it is probably not enough -

One medium lemon has
  • 18 calories
  • no fat or cholesterol
  • 10 milligrams of sodium and supplies
  • 35% of the daily recommendation of Vitamin C.

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME Interesting Facts

  • Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries!
  • Lemons were once a highly prized commodity used for trading. In today's dollars, people would have paid $17 for one lemon!
  • Women used them on their lips to make them more colorful.
  • Lemons contain about one-third more vitamin C than limes.
  • Add lemon juice to dishes just before serving because its vitamin C components break down during the cooking process.
  • To avoid browning of apple slices, sprinkle the cut pieces with lemon juice that's been diluted a bit with water.

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME II

How it is Grown?
  • Lemon tree is a small tree about 15 ft tall with thorny branches and purple-edged white blossoms. Lime plant is smaller and it is shrub like.
  • Trees bloom throughout the year, and fruit is picked 6 or more times a year.
  • Not fond of too much rain, grows well along rain-free coastal areas.
  • Average commercial tree yields about 1,500 lemons per year.
  • Lemons take a long time (up to 18 months) to ripen once they have been pollinated

The Secret Of...LEMON & LIME

  1. Lemons and limes are believed to have originated in Kashmir, India in 4000 B.C.
  2. Lemons and limes are related fruits of tropical citrus tree, but they are two different fruits.
  3. Lemon is bright yellow fruit with thick peel and has more vitamin content.
  4. Lemons and limes are the richest source of minerals and vitamins of any food or foods known to man.
  5. Lime is bright green fruit smaller than the lemon, more globular, more acid, and with a thinner rind.

Food Tips

  1. Fat can be removed from hot soup by floating a large lettuce leaf on the surface!
  2. Add atea spoon full of vinegar in water while boiling eggs. Even if they crack content will not come out!

Thursday, August 20, 2009

What is cuisine?

Cuisine (from French cuisine, "cooking; culinary art; kitchen"; ultimately from Latin coquere, "to cook") is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture.

It is often named after the region or place where its underlining culture is present.

A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade. Religious food laws can also exercise a strong influence on cuisine.

Different cusine

Most traditions have a recognizable cuisine, a specific set of cooking traditions, preferences, and practices, the study of which is known as gastronomy.

Many cultures have diversified their foods by means of preparation, cooking methods and manufacturing. This also includes a complex food trade which helps the cultures to economically survive by-way-of food, not just by consumption.

Many cultures study the dietary analysis of food habits. While humans are omnivores, religion and social constructs such as morality often affect which foods they will consume.

Food safety is also a concern with foodborne illness claiming many lives each year. In many languages, food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in "food for thought".

There were different types of cuisines are available
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Caribbean
  • European
  • Latin American
  • Mediterranean
  • Middle East
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South Asia

Friday, August 14, 2009

Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates or saccharides are the most abundant of the four major classes of biomolecules. They fill numerous roles in living things, such as the storage and transport of energy (e.g., starch, glycogen) and structural components (e.g., cellulose in plants and chitin in animals). In addition, carbohydrates and their derivatives play major roles in the working process of the immune system, fertilization, pathogenesis, blood clotting, and development.

Carbohydrates make up most of the organic matter on Earth because of their extensive roles in all forms of life.
  1. Carbohydrates serve as energy stores, fuels, and metabolic intermediates.
  2. Ribose and deoxyribose sugars form part of the structural framework of RNA and DNA.
  3. Polysaccharides are structural elements in the cell walls of bacteria and plants. In fact, cellulose, the main constituent of plant cell walls, is one of the most abundant organic compounds in the biosphere.
  4. Carrbohydrates are linked to many proteins and lipids, where they play key roles in mediating interactions between cells and interactions between cells and other elements in the cellular environment.

What is Food?

Food is any substance, usually composed of
  1. Carbohydrates
  2. Fats
  3. Proteins and water
Food can be eaten or drunk by an animal, including humans, for nutrition or pleasure. Items considered food may be sourced from plants, animals or other categories such as fungus or fermented products like alcohol.

Although many human cultures sought food items through hunting and gathering, today most cultures use farming, ranching, and fishing, with hunting, foraging and other methods of a local nature included but playing a minor role.