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: : How long does it take to make a bento : :
6 bentos so far and not much difference in the timing because I don’t do much preparation before hand.
I usually try to start cooking around 8 pm and finish by 9:30 pm. This includes cutting the veggie and meat, cooking and then decoration.
I’m getting better at it but still needs a lot of work. Noodles are still an issue as I can taste the salt in them. Ah well.
Am bringing one bento box container with me when I go over to UK. At least got a small pre-packed lunch. 🙂
: : Cholesterol of Quail Eggs : :
How much cholesterol is in one egg? How much saturated fat is in one egg?
One Chicken egg has cholesterol of 201mg and 1.6gms saturated fat (55 gm egg)
One Duck egg has cholesterol of 621mg and 2.6gms saturated fat (70 gm egg)
One Quail egg has cholesterol of 76mg and 0.3gms saturated fat (9 gm egg)
One Turkey egg has cholesterol of 747mg and 2.9gms saturated fat (80 gm egg)
One Goose egg has cholesterol of 1226mg and 5.3gms saturated fat (145 gm egg)
Source : http://www.cholesterolcholestrol.com/egg-cholesterol-cholestrol.html
So, looks like it’s safer than chicken eggs.
Funcky Water Lillies…
Well, I have found water lillies, freshly fried, give you a wonderful feeling – especially if used with a mayonnaise sauce…
The Mystery Blog Poster…
: : Conversation with Granny ~ Bento cutting with shapes : :
Yesterday during Sunday’s cooking session.
Granny : Wah! You so rajin (hardworking) make shape one ah.
Wena : Ya lor. Ok what…
Granny : Huh! I tell you. You only do one time. Afterward, you malas (lazy) do one.
The last time she said this to me, it was when I was first starting my new diet back in 14 Feb 2009. So, haven’t stop yet.
Brain is on overload trying to think of what to do. For tomorrow, maybe some kolomee makeover. Still got a lot of red rice noodles to finish off.
: : Oxidative Stress relating to Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Diseases & Other Chronic Modernday Diseases : :
Another article that I wrote on the Health and Fitness Section of the Lowyat.net forums. The original discussion is here.
Introduction
Some of you may know that I’ve been spending the past week with parents and doing a bit of research on diabetes. Somehow along the way, I stumbled across something interesting that touches upon cancer and other diseases / illnesses as well as the impact of exercising regularly. Thinking of parking this post under some of the other posts such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, didn’t quite seem to fit because it also covers the impact of exercises and other illnesses.
 It started out coincidently by a book called “”What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You” by Dr. Ray Strand at a local bookstore. Surprisingly, it didn’t turn out to be a boring read but an interesting one, especially from a medical doctor who can explain in layman terms about modern day illnesses and issues. Plus, the approach is different where he admitted that he had been wrong about nutrition supplements and that it took his wife’s disease and cure to finally convince him.
Oxidative Stress
He gave an explaination about a bodily process known as Oxidative Stress which is currently link to modern day diseases. Click here for an explaination about it : http://www.nutritional-medicine.net/oxidative-stress.asp . The fire-place analogy is a good explaination of the process that is hapenning in our bodies. If you Google “oxidative stress”, you will find more info but it’s written in medical terms that it takes quite awhile to digest.
This includes cancer, diabetes, heart problems, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, lung disease, eye problems, arthritis, osteoporosis, neurodegenerative disease (Alzeheimers, Parkinson although his remedy is only to slow down the disease and not eliminate it like the others). What he says is gleaned from medical research evidence and through google searches, there’s a lot of talk about Oxidative Stress impacting people and that doctors are now looking to see how to get the body to react better to such stresses. And that’s where antioxidants come in.