Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Food for Night Sleep

Between you may have trouble sleeping at night. Do you like animals newly bats more active when people were already asleep. Relax, there is no solution to you.

Because it was difficult to sleep, the activity of "counting sheep" are you going to get tired brain and body to rest quickly. But instead could close your eyes, your brain work harder and the body was not ready to break.

Difficulty sleeping problems are often associated with psychological problems. In fact, the type of food you consume also have a role in causing. Therefore, make sure the food you make for dinner menus can help you sleep soundly. Here are some foods that can help, as the Times of India exposed.

Salmon
The healthy fats contained in salmon (docosahexaenoic acid, or abbreviated as DHA) can increase levels of the hormone melatonin, the hormone that regulates sleep.

Nuts

Beans and other types of nuts are good sources of B vitamins, like B6, B12 and folic acid, which helps the body to regulate sleep cycles and produce hormones or hormone serotonin company feel relaxed. In fact, research has shown that improving vitamin B may be a solution for people with insomnia.

Low-fat yogurt

Yogurt is a source of calcium and magnesium are good. Both are important resources to help you sleep better quality. Both sources of these minerals together helps you to sleep faster. If lack of calcium and magnesium, the body will experience muscle cramps, stress levels higher, and sleep problems worse.

Spinach

Green leafy vegetables are good sources of iron. Iron is proven to help protect the body against attacks "sleep thieves" or better known as restless legs syndrome (RLS).
Restless legs syndrome occurs when a person's foot becomes very uncomfortable and is characterized by unpleasant sensations such as burning, tingling, and interesting. Many people feel like pins and needles under the skin of the foot.
This feeling makes an uncontrollable desire to get up and walk around to try to get help. Curiously, the solution to stand and walk around it usually does not help reduce symptoms of patients to be able to go back to bed and slept. In more severe cases, medical intervention and treatment may be necessary.

http://lifestyle.okezone.com/read/2010/03/30/27/317613/27/makanan-untuk-anda-tidur-pulas


Sunday, March 21, 2010

Junk Food Triggers Child Mental Disorder

Parents should pay attention to the food intake of fruit hearts. Trash (junk food) that cause poor nutritional value of children tends to behave naughty, hyperactive, and difficulty concentrating.

Research Australia Central Queensland University found that children who frequently eat foods high in fat and junk foods high in sugar tend to be susceptible to interference, physical and psychological health.

The study also reveals children with unhealthy eating patterns tend to have performance that is not good in school. The majority had poor results.

As a researcher, Dr. Burke said, the specific disorders is due to junk food, depression and hyperactivity in children. "There is significant evidence that diet affects children's mental health," he said.

Besides the impact on mental health, consumption of unhealthy foods also cause obesity. Because so many foods now have an additional treatment with high-calorie foods such as salt, sugar and fat. "At some level, would endanger the lives of children," he said.

Burke, advised parents to increase their intake of unprocessed foods like fruits and vegetables for the food of children. Of course, with the balance of healthy physical activity and sport.

"We can eat healthy foods, but people who do not exercise have a risk factor for the lack of movement," he said. "The important thing is that parents are a good example for children. If parents can not live a healthy life should not expect that the opposite occurs in children."


http://id.news.yahoo.com/viva/20100318/tls-junk-food-picu-gangguan-mental-anak-34dae5e.html

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Kinds of Sauce Vietnam

No incorrect to say that Vietnamese dishes full of flavor and unique at the same time. You will agree with this salad of flowers after trying to bananas. This salad salads than most. Besides lettuce, cabbage, nuts and sesame seeds over the salad, a banana heart. It was almost like Karedok. Very cool with a slightly acidic taste.

However around the salad, but unlike the previous one. Name Bun Bo. Vietnamese salad seems you can only find in Vietnamese restaurants. In a container large enough, there are glass paste. The glass noodles in a lettuce, basil, sliced carrot, cucumber, and roasted meat. According to the manager of Mi Casa Hanoi Rigel Kasiuhe DY, after provisions, the beef sauce and pour into a bowl.

The flavor of the meat sauce really feels. Naturally, this soup has cooked for eight hours so that all the spices that are used as a spice has merged its maximum. There are seven types of spring rolls on a plate that can be enjoyed by four people. Its contents vary, no chicken, meat, rice, some vegetables they contain. This dish is served with peanut sauce.

No wonder if the menu is full of flavor. Not very different with spring rolls or RISOL and flavor. No doubt, plenty meat, well adapted to hold only the belly. However, this dish is only available Monday through Friday. Because, said Rigel, to visitors next weekend much as you can not handle all the roll combo.

Note, each of the spring rolls are not already in advance and stored in the refrigerator. Only then will be fried after the order. However, because the cooking process of Vietnam, emphasizes the freshness and new terms, then immediately spring rolls filled with various ingredients, then fried when a visitor message. Indisputable freshness longer.

Now, that said if the pot is hot. That shabu-shabu style of Vietnam. Just as shabu-shabu, in general, dishes, various fresh vegetables and thin slices of beef dish was a plate full and ready to be boiled. Stay items you want to cook in a broth that has fragrant aroma. There are mushrooms, onions, meatballs vein, tofu, mustard greens, and beef. Well, not priceless. Pas eaten during the day with a stomach that is currently empty. This plate of food with a bowl of rice is given a dash of sesame seeds. Vietnam rice as typical style.

Vietnamese dish is rich in spices and sauce is no exception. In a restaurant table will always have three types of salsa, sauce of Vietnam, namely Hanoi House and chili pepper. Each sauce has its own taste. There is a spicy, sweet and very spicy. It even ensures that eating more heartily. To eat hot pot sauce if this is the same, namely if the sauce. Lemongrass sauce with the stew.

Restaurants that operate in 11.00-23.00 WIB has a capacity of 80 seats. Mi Casa Hanoi often used for purposes of collecting, birthday or meeting. There is also Wi-Fi service. The modern design of the restaurant concept, but do not forget the atmosphere in the country of Vietnam. On the wall is a hat of some of the banana trunks used as the farming population of Vietnam.

There are also several paintings depicting life in the country. This painting, according to Rigel, arrived from Vietnam. On the roof of the body is an ornament resembling a fiber boat banana trunks are also imported from the country of origin.


http://www.okefood.com/read/2010/02/18/299/305058/aneka-saus-vietnam

Friday, February 19, 2010

Healthy dishes of Vietnam

Vietnamese cuisine is well known. In addition to using fresh and natural ingredients, the food was processed without the use of flavor. The resulting taste is different.

Take a look, many Vietnamese original food using vegetables, spices, seafood, and do not miss the great variety of sauces to make food more appetizing. Not to mention the lemon or lime to make fresh, fragrant dish. The commonly used vegetables like onion, garlic, basil, fresh Thai pepper, lemons, limes, lettuce and cabbage.

Authentic Vietnamese cuisine is also free of flavor. Instead, use the fish sauce. In addition, because Vietnam is famous for healthy cooking, then the cooking process is not over heating. By contrast, in general, Vietnamese cuisine restaurant will be processed as soon as the guest book, including the House of My Hanoi.

"So here they call home cook because the food is cooked immediately and without flavor," said the manager of Mi Casa Hanoi Rigel Kasiuhe DY.

The city of Hanoi, with a population of approximately 6.5 million people, but also is the second largest city in Vietnam. Apparently, this city is not only attractive to tourists visited. More than that, the dishes of the city also became a magnet for food lovers. I see, not a couple of Vietnamese restaurants in Jakarta, in particular, flooded with visitors. There is no exception to my house in Hanoi is already present in recent years.

The restaurant is located in La Plaza Sentra Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, seeking full of visitors when lunch or dinner. On weekends, this restaurant is visited by guests. Hanny and Yuliana as deliberately stopped at this restaurant. Hanny admitted for the first time tried the restaurant.

The woman who is a private sector employee, said, Hanoi food in My house has its own flavor. Hanny Accident Vietnamese food enthusiasts. "The most delicious Vietnamese cuisine with a combination of salsa. Taste the sauce is sweet and salty," Hanny said.

"Here is the strategic location, right ambience, the food, too," said Yuliana.
Raw materials for food processing, according to Rigel, many imported directly from Vietnam. For example, a spring roll skin used to make spring rolls menu. Spring roll skin networks is very thin and fit. Because of that, he did, even people who are experts in order not to disrupt the schedules of the skin.

Not only spring rolls of skin. To this restaurant coffee has a taste similar to the country of origin of coffee, coffee beans imported from Vietnam. Other materials such as noodles, several sauces, and fish sauce are also imported from there. The meat is imported from New Zealand. According to Rigel, the local meat sometimes remains difficult even when cooked.

"We are using imported meat because the texture of the meat faster and more lucrative offer," he said.

The menu can not be lost in a restaurant dish is Pho Vietnam. This is a Vietnamese-style noodles made from rice and typically served with lemon wedges, bean sprouts and pepper can be added alone. Tel is served with meat that has been finely chopped. There is also the presentation of the menu with chicken breasts or chicken liver.
For more information, a restaurant that sells food phoini opened in Hanoi around the 1920s. In Hanoi, Pho is a sense in each region are not the same. It could be in an area of Tel was a bit sweet, while in other parts of this dish more spicy. North Vietnam noodles commonly used in a larger size. In southern Vietnam, the size of Minya thinner and added bean sprouts and vegetables in a bowl. These have become popular in southern Vietnam.

Phobukan only special meal at home Hanoi. There is also a diverse selection of soup. Try the seafood soup bitter and pungent. This is a cream soup was salty and slightly spicy. Suitable for opening tastes. For lovers of seafood, especially crabs, do not miss fabuilt. Dry fried crab claws, and then mixed with an ear mushrooms and served with mushroom sauce.
That is no less interesting is the beam mia tom, meat mincer shrimp laced with sugar cane. Similar to quench the envelope of Bali, but no mother, but the rod of lemon grass is used. Shrimp dishes are also available. Try a message grilled tiger shrimp, baked shrimp with spicy seasonings and served with salad.

Often, eating beef, black pepper? So you should try bo luc lac, black pepper beef with spices typical of Vietnam. There are also grilled chicken sexy. It is said that the article has already used the chicken is a boneless chicken seasoned with lemon grass has one. After flavors, chicken kept for 3-5 hours. No wonder the right seasonings permeate and produce a feeling of solidity.
The same with Cha Ca, Dori fish imported aquatic life in the Mekong River. After spices, fish gets the same period, with grilled chicken sexy. Roasted peanuts and fried onions are placed in the dish makes it taste more delicious fish.

Another chicken dishes, GA nguvi Huong. Fried chicken cooked with five different spices, including lemon grass, galangal, and turmeric. Large portions, because it uses half the chickens in the village. Therefore, you could share with friends. Curious what it is? See for yourself.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Grape

Grape is a fruit that grows from creeping main stems woody in the family Vitaceae. Grapes grow in clusters of 6 to 300 stems, and are in black, blue, golden, green, purple, red, pink, war, yellow, reddish or white. He may be eaten raw or used to make raisins, jelly, wine, jelly, Wain and grapeseed oil. Planting done in the fields of wine grapes, and is identified as vitikultura.
Leaf wine itself may be eaten and used to produce dishes Dolma. The principal grape is often used as a staple food for the larvae of the order Lepidoptera sesetengah. Wild grapes are often considered rumpai, kerana he covered other plants due to the inappropriate growth.

Savor the grape:



  • Content of High vitamin C .
  • Other efficacy including vitamins A, B1, B2.
  • Have a low calorie.
  • 80 % contain adequate water and a good source of potassium.
  • Contain adequate phytonutrien, the active ingredient is believed to protect the human body than material and heart disease.
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Friday, January 22, 2010

A miracle of Apples

The apples had always known as nutrient-rich fruits. There is even a saying: "An apple a day keep the doctor away." Saying that is not excessive. A recent study found a component of apple pectin is able to increase the amount of good bacteria in the gut.

A microbiologist at the University of Danish National Food Institute to test the effects of apple consumption by rats fed on apples, or eaten immediately or as juice.

The experts then examined the intestinal bacteria in rats. It turned out that the number of good bacteria in their intestines increases. Good bacteria is not only beneficial for digestive tract health, but also reduce the risk of some diseases. According to a study published in the journal BMC Microbiology.

Substance called pectin, also believed to reduce levels of bad cholesterol in our body. In addition, an apple contains about 8 mg vitamin C.

In addition to the intestines, the effectiveness of the block that may also meet in the teeth. When we eat an apple, the apple flavor will stimulate our salivary glands to produce more saliva, which can "wash" the teeth of bacteria.

In the rainy season, prone diseases such as influenza now can also count on our apples. In substance in apples called quercetin, a substance that can destroy the flu virus when the body was unable. Besides apples, the flu virus-fighting substances are also found in onions, broccoli, and tea.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Red Meat and Cancer Risk

Red meat and cancer, as compared friends. Various literature states dangers of eating too much flushed meat. One of them is causing cancer. But how could the flushed meat to cause cancer?

Health recommendations that say meat causes cancer, a conclusion derivative from individual studies of European populations in the 1990s. The study showed that people who often take more meat with cancer compared with vegetarians.

Since then, numerous studies continue to learn more about the impact of meat for health. There are individual hypotheses about this, including reducing the meat fiber, antioxidants and other essential nutrients that hit proved effective to counteract the cancer cells.

Also contains a lot of flushed meat and fat are often additional hormones in livestock products, this will increase the cancer-causing hormones, such as breast cancer or prostate cancer. Meat is also high in protein, and protein will break down ammonia, which is carcinogenic in humans.

Meat grilled in high temperatures can also lead to cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogenic) as hetercycil amines (HCA) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Studies in mice showed these compounds are carcinogenic.

Types of meat
Various literature mentions flushed meat increases cancer risk. Meat to watch include beef, sheep, goats, pigs, and processed meats.

In addition to type of meat, is also noteworthy cooking process. Meat is processed in a very high temperature, either fried or baked to produce large amounts of HCA. Cooking in a long time, like cooking a steak, can also cause carcinogenic compounds.

To reduce the risk of cancer, experts recommend replacing activity of flushed meat with albescent meat. Another alternative is to choose organic meat or meat derivative from animals without giving center dikembangbiakan antibiotics or hormones.

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