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Archive for February, 2008

Super Food That Will Help You Live Longer

Very informative nutrition video. one thing I found through research is that there’s really no studies that prove it has any kind of benefits other than the fact it’s a berry an berries are good all around. It’s probably not worth buying it since it’s so expensive.

Various Salad Dressing and Preparations

Various salad dressings may be made to serve with salads. The kind of dressing to select depends both on the variety of salad served and on the personal preference of those to whom it is served. Some of these contain only a few ingredients and are comparatively simple to make, while others are complex and involve considerable work in their making. Whether simple or elaborate, however, the salad dressing should be carefully chosen, so that it will blend well with the ingredients of the salad with which it is used.

A number of recipes for salad dressings are here given. They are taken up before the recipes for salads so that the beginner will be familiar with the different varieties when they are mentioned in connection with the salads. As many of the recipes as possible should be tried, not only for the knowledge that will be gained, but also for the practical experience.

FRENCH DRESSING -1

Mix 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon pepper or few grains cayenne pepper in bowl; add 3 to 4 tablespoons olive oil, beating constantly. Place on ice until ready to serve.

FRENCH DRESSING -2

A dressing that is very simply made and that can probably be used with a greater variety of salads than any other is French dressing. For instance, it may be used with any vegetable salad, with salads containing almost any combination of fruit, and with meat, fish, and egg salads.

3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. mustard
1/4 tsp. pepper
3 Tb. vinegar
1/4 tsp. paprika
1/2 c. oil

Measure the dry ingredients and place them in a bowl. Measure the vinegar and oil and add them to the dry ingredients. If possible, place a piece of ice the size of a walnut in the bowl. Beat with a fork until the ingredients are thoroughly mixed and the oil and vinegar form an emulsion that will remain for a short time. The ingredients will separate if the dressing is allowed to stand, but the colder they are, the more easily will the emulsion form and the longer will it remain. If ice cannot be used, have the ingredients as cold as possible before mixing them.

Lowering Your Cholesterol Level Naturally

What is Cholesterol?
Cholesterol is a normal fat-like content found in all animal tissue — humans included because it is region of all cubicle membranes. Cholesterol is too region of the myelin sheath that surrounds and protects nerves, and it is used to have vitamin D, bile, and some hormones. Our bodies turns all the cholesterol we need for better health, and all the extra cholesterol coming from a poor diet gives zero benefits and it clogs our arteries.

High cholesterol can be caused by several factors, some you can change and some you can’t. Some people can have an perfect lifestyle and yet get higher degree of cholesterol because their bodies naturally develop more of it, our bodies’ output of cholesterol is really autonomous from what we consume. Also, LDL cholesterol increases naturally with age, then if you started eating junk/fat foods when you were younger, each passing year has made you more likely to get health problems.

Fats – What they are and what they do to you.



The out¬standing fats eaten daily in the United States and Europe are butter, eggs, whole milk, cream, meat, fish and poultry fats, and cheese in various combinations. These fats, at 9 calories pergram, contain more than twice the amount of calories than protein or carbohydrate does at four calories each per gram. As we have noted and shall describe in later chapters, excessive intake of fats leads to the shortening of life, premature death by heart attacks and strokes, obesity, and numerous crippling ill¬nesses.

Fats (or lipids) contain the elements of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in various combinations of animal and vegetable fats. Examples of animal fats are butter, lard, cream, milk, eggs, and the fat in meats. Vegetable fats are soyabean oil, olive oil, cottonseed and corn oils, and peanut oils; these are found in nuts, coconuts, avocados, margarines and other vegetable fats used in cooking.

Fats do not dissolve in water, and when pure they are odor-less and tasteless. They are found in most bodily tissues, parti-cularly in combination with other elements, proteins, or minerals. Fats or lipids act as vehicles for the absorption of the natural fat-soluble vitamins such as vitamins A, D, and E.

In order for fats to be utilized by the body, they must first be digested and broken down into constituent parts before being absorbed. They are absorbed in the following manner: After the food is masticated and enters the stomach, the digestive sys¬tem supplies its first fat enzyme called lipase, to begin the diges¬tion of the fat. Enzymes or ferments are unique chemical com¬pounds manufactured by the cells of the tissues. In the digestive tract they are vital for the chemical breakdown of all foods before they can be absorbed.

Why Do We Like Happy Foods?

Why do we need happy foods when we’re upset? Common wisdom dictates that whatever comforted you as a kid makes a fast, calming reaction when you’re an adult. If mommy gave you pickles to relax with teething, it’s possible you’ll use pickles when you’re in pain.

There’s surely a reason to that, but all signs aim to the solace nutrient phenomenon being something much than mental. According to one hypothesis advanced by the University of California, we take high-fat, high-sugar foods to balance away our hormones during times of chronic strain. When the system is subjected to emphasize, adrenal glands issue sure hormones called glucocorticoids. In immediate-danger situations (like, tell, an automobile wreck or utmost physiological pain) the sum of glucocorticoids released can finally ram our stress-response systems. But during periods of chronic strain, the hormones are released at lower degree; instead of shutting us downward, they push us to try away enjoyable foods.

The bottom line is our bodies physically react to solace nutrient, meaning your craving for Mac n’ Cheese after a funeral isn’t just in your chief. People do unhealthy and irrational things to help with pain and sadness, from self-harm to drugs; surely eating some additional fat can’t be that terrible, especially when your system is telling you to do so :)