Category Archives: Health

Manuka Honey

Recently, my kids and are were down with some cough, cold, sore throat all-in-one seasonal weather package deal. It’s bad. If one coughs in the middle of the night, the rest will wake up and there’ll be lots of crying as everyone will end up coughing. By morning, the lack of sleep from the previous night will turn the kids cranky and whiny for the rest of the day. If it’s  weekend, i can still live with it. But if it’s a schoolday, everyone suffers. As i’m the kind of mom that do not take my kids to the clinic for every minor ailment, i resorted to Manuka Honey to help ease the sufferings.
This bottle of Manuka Honey is from Eu Yan Sang. My MIL handed it to me as i ran out of King To Nin Jiom Pei Pa Ko. It has a strength of MGO100+. Anyways, it’s did help ease the coughing at night. I wont say it’ll suppress it entirely. But then, a 90% reduction is still better than nothing. Manuka Honey is a very effective natural anti-biotic. Other than coughs, colds and sore throat, it’s does help boost our body’s immune system. Honey also helps those with constipation problems. Drink some warm honey when you wake up in the morning each day.
Do keep a jar or two with you at home. Prepare some for your kids each day. Let them take honey with a slice of lemon on a hot day. I understand many kids do not like to drink plain water, so honey is a really good alternative. You can add honey to almost anything in place of sugar. Use it on bread instead of jams. Moreover, Manuka Honey contains plenty of natural healing properties. If you dont have the time to drive out to a health store, then do check out the ones here and buy some back for your family.
manuka-honey-mgo-550-umf-25+-new-zealand-250g Manuka Honey MGO 550 / UMF 25+ New Zealand 250g
US $50.61
Auction Ends: Friday Sep-03-2010 10:26:56 PDT
  | Watch this Item
healing-strength-manuka-honey-conditioner-by-l-anza-fo Healing Strength Manuka Honey Conditioner by L'anza fo
US $14.99
Auction Ends: Friday Sep-03-2010 12:19:10 PDT
  | Watch this Item
manuka-honey-body-butter-100ml Manuka Honey Body Butter 100ml
US $18.00
Auction Ends: Friday Sep-03-2010 14:48:00 PDT
  | Watch this Item
healing-strength-manuka-honey-conditioner-by-l-anza-fo Healing Strength Manuka Honey Conditioner by L'anza fo
US $14.33
Auction Ends: Friday Sep-03-2010 21:01:28 PDT
  | Watch this Item
manuka-honey-facial-scrub-100ml Manuka Honey Facial Scrub - 100ml
US $14.00
Auction Ends: Friday Sep-03-2010 21:15:43 PDT
  | Watch this Item

Is Milk Bubble Tea Bad For Health? You Decide!

I have lots of friends who loves to drink milk bubble tea. Even during its peak of fame, i’ve never tasted milk bubble tea before. Therefore, i have absolutely no idea why so many people like it so much. Whether they drink it for the taste, or for the texture, i have to ask them to find out what makes them so addicted to drinking milk bubble on a daily basis. Today, i received an email from a close friend about how harmful milk bubble tea can be to one’s health. So, if you are still drinking milk bubble tea, please read the article below and decide for yourself if it’s still worthwhile to continue drinking milk bubble tea at the expense of your health.

Milk bubble tea

The section in English is translated from the Chinese article.

Bubble tea brings a lot of sweet excitement to our taste buds but it is also very harmful to health.

Milk essence is the main ingredient in bubble tea. Ten cups of fresh milk cannot match the taste of a teaspoon of milk essence. The main ingredient of milk essence is hygrogenated vegetable oil, a type of transfat. Experts says that a glass of 500ml of bubble tea a day far exceed the allowable
limit of transfat for any person. It will lead to heart and blood vessel diseases.

Milk essence gives the bubble tea the fragrance and make it tasty. The fragrance and tastiness derived from a type of chemical. This chemical has trace of arsenic, lead, copper and many harmful minerals.
Long term consumption can lead to heart and blood vessel disease, cancer, asthma and other health complications. It reduces the IQ of children.

Consuming the black bubbles pearls is equivalent to consuming plastic. Normally these bubbles were made from
casava (tapioca) powder. This alone does not give the rubbery texture. To make it more rubbery, millet protein is added. Some “black hearted” businessmen felt that this is still not rubbery enough. so, an artificial plastic powder is added. This type of artificial plastic material will never be digested and absorbed into the body. It will remain in the body and cause havoc to our health. You can imagine what will happen to your health after prolonged consumption of transfat and plastic!!!!

FOR YOUR HEALTH SAKE, PLEASE ABSTAIN FROM BUBBLE TEA.

Japan milk bubble greentea

珍珠奶茶在給人們的味蕾帶來甜美刺激的同時也給人的健康帶來隱患。
“奶精”是珍珠奶茶之魂。十杯鮮奶的味道,也不如一勺奶精來得香濃。奶精的主要成分氫化植物油是一種反式脂肪酸。
專家指出:每天一杯500 升(?mL)珍珠奶茶中反式脂肪酸含量已超出正常人承受極限,飲用者易患心血管疾病。
奶精”使奶茶變得香濃源自於奶精中一種名為”植脂末”的化學物質.
< font face=”MS Mincho” size=”6″>這種物質中含有砷(砒霜)、鉛、銅等有害物質,長期攝入,可增加患冠心病、腫瘤、哮喘等疾病的幾率,幼兒更會變得智力低下。

吃”珍珠”等於吃塑膠
吃 ” 珍珠”等於吃塑膠?珍珠奶茶正因為這些黑色的小顆粒而得名,我們一般叫它為珍珠粉圓,公開的主材料是木薯澱粉。然而,單純的木薯澱粉並不能讓珍珠彈性足,如今比較通用做法是在其中加入小麥蛋白。即使如此,有的商家也覺得彈性還不夠,為了讓珍珠有“嚼頭“,於是再添加人工合成的高分子材料。

說白了,高分子材料就是塑膠,這也是行業內心照不宣的秘密。這樣的成分不可能被人體吸收,吃塑膠是什麼結果,大家可以想像。

Don’t drink any more!

Malcolm’s Banana Yogurt Is Ready

This is the banana yogurt i made last night. What a lovely color. I just placed the whole tub into the fridge. Hope to chill it before giving some to Malcolm. He wont be going to school today.

I’ll make sure he eats some yogurt every now and then. Hope he likes the banana yogurt i made specially for him. Gordon also likes yogurt and of cos, he can share some of it.

You can read an old post here on how to make homemade yogurt using a yogurt maker. It’s not difficult and only takes about ten minutes. Really really easy and beneficial to your health.

If you dont have a yogurt maker, then check these out. Every household will benefit from any of these yogurt makers. Some can even be used to make sorbet and ice-creams too.

vintage-1977-salton-yogurt-maker-nib Vintage 1977 Salton Yogurt Maker NIB
US $14.99 (1 Bid)
Auction Ends: Friday Sep-03-2010 11:22:00 PDT
  | Watch this Item
new-euro-cuisine-automatic-yogurt-maker NEW EURO CUISINE AUTOMATIC YOGURT MAKER
US $53.99
Auction Ends: Friday Sep-03-2010 13:39:33 PDT
  | Watch this Item
yogotherm-yogurt-maker-w-free-culture-non-electric Yogotherm yogurt maker w/ free culture (non-electric)
US $34.90 (1 Bid)
Auction Ends: Friday Sep-03-2010 14:14:20 PDT
  | Watch this Item
balkan-yogurt-maker-made-in-usa-dish-w-lid Balkan Yogurt Maker Made In USA Dish w/Lid
US $4.50 (0 Bid)
Auction Ends: Friday Sep-03-2010 15:18:01 PDT
  | Watch this Item
yogourmet-electric-yogurt-maker-series-2000-1-canada Yogourmet Electric Yogurt Maker Series 2000-1 Canada
US $29.99
Auction Ends: Friday Sep-03-2010 16:03:38 PDT
  | Watch this Item

Strawberries & Avocados

Bought a box of strawberries and three avocados from Tesco yesterday.It’s been quite a long time since i last ate avocados. I used to eat lots of them when i was still living in KL. It’s actually hubby who started buying them back one day and somehow, it got me back into eating this wonderful fruit again.

Strawberries and Avocado

Fruits have lots of antioxidants to neutralize all the free radicals in our body. Free radicals are baddies that contribute to aging. So, if you want to stay healthy and age slowly, do try your best to eat lots of fruits each day.

Strawberries

I read a study published in the Archives of Ophthalmology indicates that eating 3 or more servings of fruit per day may lower your risk of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), the primary cause of vision loss in older adults, by 36%, compared to persons who consume less than 1.5 servings of fruit daily.

Avocado

What are the benefits of avocado? Avocado has been used traditionally to help people with sexual problems. It’s also a great antioxidant and can be used to treat skin disorders. If you are suffering from digestive and circulatory problems, avocado may help heal these disorders too. You can also apply avocado paste to rashes and rough skin to make it smoother.

Spoonful of avocado and strwaberry

Took this just before it ends up in my mouth…. mmmMmmmm mmMmMMMMmmM mMmMMmM. Oh, dont just stare at my beautiful pics. My Nokia N82 really sibeh geng chau, haimai. Go pick up some strawberries and avocados on your next trip to the supermarket. Do you lots of good.

Pankaja Kasthuri – Ayurvedic Remedy For Cough

Just made myself a large glass of this Ayurvedic medicine called Pankaja Kasthuri. Bought it from an Indian Supermarket at Ipoh Oldtown. The lady at the supermarket told me this Pankaja Kasthuri drink is traditionally used to reduce phlegm and symptomatic relief of cough.

I’ve been coughing for weeks and making sleep almost impossible at night. It’s good and it works. It tastes just like those traditional Chinese medicine Pak Fung Wan balls. But this has a sweet taste plus the ginger in it really helps keep the coughing at bay. If you are coughing like mad, do try this Pankaja Kasthuri Ayurvedic cough remedy, ok.