McDonald’s confirmed it had eliminated the use of ammonium hydroxide, an ingredient found in fertilizers, household cleaning products, and some roll your own explosive into its hamburger meat.

Could it be because celebrity chef Jamie Oliver gets their attention and had influenced their decision to remove this ingredients in their meat?

This week, McDonald had acknowledge to stop using this pink slime – made from inedible scrap meat with chemical a few months ago.

For your information, beside using as household cleaning and fertilizers, the compound release vapors are highly flammable and it’s widely used in food industry as anti microbial agent in meats and also in leavener in bread and cakes products. True and it’s actually regulated by US Agriculture Department classified these as “generally recognized as safe”??

Jamie Oliver had done a great job in running his campaign in April in his segment “pink slime” on one of his TV show, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.

In a statement, McDonald’s clarified that they had stop using “select lean beef trimmings” – scrap meat soaked in ammonium hydroxide and ground into pink paste at the beginning of last year.

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And this is how their Director of KFC Malaysia responded to the scandal video

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The new USDA food plate

Michelle Obama and its administration decided to ditch the old food pyramid where we’ve been recommended to follow since the last two decades, based on outdated science and influenced by people with business interests.

Image of old USDA food pyramid

This new food which resembles a pie chart, ah we don’t call it a pie chart, you shall call it portion “plate” shaped symbol. This plate size or portion is to remind people of a healthy diet. Its divided into 4 colours, promoting more portion for vegetables and fruits, covering half the plate. Grains occupy additional quarter and protein should be consumed in lesser quantity instead.

According to Robert Post, an official at USDA’s center for nutrition policy and promotion, the message is clear: “Make half your plate fruits and vegetables,”

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What is Orthorexia?

Orthorexia nervosa is a very unhealthy obsession with eating the right healthy food. The term is derived from the Greek “ortho,” which means “right,” or “correct,” and is intended as a parallel with anorexia nervosa.

People with Orthorexia symptom may display any or all the symptoms as below:

• Extreme restriction on diet – a lot of food which they perceived to be unhealthy are cut out from their diet.
• Self diagnosed of allergies on certain food, without doctors diagnosis or medical examinations.
• Social isolation in family gatherings events or eating outside – they might even bring their own food.
• Extremely skinny figure.
• Overly focusing on nutrition, food and or new diet trends.

This new term was introduced by Dr. Steve Bratman, author of the book “Health Food Junkies.”
Dr. Steve Bratman spent years in the health food movement, but became one of its critics after he realized he had started to become orthorexic.

“Bratman spent years in the health food movement, but became one of its critics after he realized he had started to become orthorexic.”

“I began to hear stories of people who took this to such an extent that they harmed themselves, physically,” Bratman says.

One of the people Bratman heard from was Kate Finn, a former gymnast from Rhode Island. Finn developed orthorexia after she moved to California and began trying diets like raw foodism.

“She was so absorbed with cleansing her body of toxins … that was her lifelong goal,” said Erin Finn, Kate’s sister.

In the quest for purity, Finn eliminated more and more from her diet. Her appearance deteriorated. “The beautiful, vibrant Kate had really become someone that looked much older. People would stare,” Erin Finn said.

Finn wasn’t anorexic. Erin Finn said her sister knew she was underweight, but she insisted on eating only foods she considered “pure.”

Like Charlotte Anderson, Kate Finn kept a diary documenting her desperate descent.

One entry reads, “What do I do to gain weight? I’m afraid, confused.”

Finally, Finn agreed to let her family take her to a hospital.

“Our niece went to pick her up,” her sister said, “and found her.”

But it was too late. She was discovered dead, at age 37. As Finn’s family read through her diary, they learned that she had been listening to several health food gurus. Among the experts: Viktoras Kulvinskas.

Eating organic healthy food is good when we ate variety colors of vegetables and fruits. If you think bread contains preservatives, then switch to brown rice instead.

Read about Kate Finn story

http://www.beyondveg.com/finn-k/bio/finn-k-bio-1a.shtml

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Looks can be deceiving…lol

Such a big durian with one seed only

Very disappointed when we open this durian..

Look at these tiny little babies durian

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Yesterday at my parent’s house i started eating Maggi Mee, Rendang, Prepack biscuits, 1 pack of Vico chocolate drink and Muruku. On the next day, i can feel my body immune system has weaken because i was sneezing, headache, abnormal feeling as if i’m floating in the air.

I knew straight away, i’m going to get sick this morning. This is what i eat to boost up my immune system, for i know if i continue eating like this i’ll have to visit my doctor whom i’ve not seen for more than a year ago.

Holland Onion and Ginger

Fruits loaded with vitamin C.

Organic Raw Vege boost immune system, calcium

Manuka Honey a great replacement for antibiotic without destroying good cells

Drink more water to flush out toxins from our body

Protein from Hummus good for health

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Buah Sukun or Sukun fruit or in English Bread Fruit or buah roti in Malay.

About Breadfruit..

Breadfruit is a very popular fruit that originates out of the flowering species. Scientifically known as ‘Artocarpus Altilis’, the breadfruit plant is a member of the ‘mulberry family’, thus making it a variance of mulberry. Native to the Malay Peninsula and the western Pacific Islands, the fruit’s shape, size and feel is unlike any typical fruit, as it looks like bread.”

Many Malaysian are not familiar with this fruit called Sukun. It’s a big tree with big leaves.

I have never seen Sukun in any of our fruit stall, pasar malam or even supermarket or hypermarket.

Have you seen these fruits before?

We are fortunate to taste Sukun when we passed by a corner house and this nice Pak Cik (uncle) gave us one after we ask him whether we can take one. He even teach us how to fried Buah Sukun, using flour to fried into “Fried Buah Sukun” or BreadFruit Fritters.

The very thought crossed our mind is Fried??!!

We are not so much into fried food, so my husband and I thought of eating it in its most natural form. Therefore, we waited for few days.

By day 3, outer layer is very soft.. feels like poking your fingers into a dough, while some of the inner layer are not too ripe. Perhaps we should cut it after day 5 or so.

How does a Sukun taste like?

Taste sweet when it’s fully ripe. Just like eating jackfruit (cempedak) or durian. It’s flesh is yellow, cream in colored, which is sweet with a nice fragrant smell.

Nutrition Benefits Of Eating Breadfruit:

The Nutrients that one cup or 220 grams of Raw Breadfruit contain, are:
- Vitamin B1, Thiamin- Vitamin B2, Riboflavin- Vitamin B3, Niacin- Vitamin B5, Pantothenic Acid- Vitamin B6, Pyridoxine- Vitamin B9, Folate, Folic Acid- Vitamin C (Extreme Amount)- Vitamin E- Vitamin K- Protein- Choline- Calcium- Iron- Magnesium- Phosphorus- Potassium (Good Amount)- Sodium- Zinc- Copper- Manganese- Selenium- Natural Fats- Omega 3 Fatty Acids- Omega 6 Fatty Acids- Natural Sugars- Dietary Fiber (Good Amount)- Carbohydrates (Good Amount)- Calories

Healing Benefits

- Improves wound healing- Prevents cells from damages- Improves gums health- Improves teeth health- Improves Immune System- Protects from free radicals- Reduces Aging- Lowers Risks of some Cancers- Improves Iron absorption- Improves Lung health- Prevents from frequent colds- Protects from frequent infections

- Improves nerve function- Improves muscle function- Reduces confusion- Reduces irritability- Reduces fatigue- Lowers chance of heart problems- Lowers chance of high blood pressure- Protects from chronic diarrhea- Improves exercise ability

- Normalizes Blood Sugar Levels- Normalizes Cholesterol Levels- Helps prevent constipation- Helps prevent hemorrhoids- Supports Weight Loss

Where to buy Sukun in Malaysia

Putra Perdana in Puchong

Direction by one of my Facebook friend Kay Poh Chee

“By the road side.. some kelantanese selling… from ioi mall go straight until tractors malaysia, turn left and go straight above the fly over, next fly over trafic lights turn right… go straight only until see a petronas on ur right, opposite the petronas got those people selling fruits by the road side… if there they dun have keep going straight coz got a few people and only 1 of them sells it”

Time: Afternoon 2pm – 4pm

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Commissioned by Tokyo Sewage, Okayama Laboratory scientist Mitsuyuki Ikeda extracted protein from feces and run through some reaction enhancer and “exploder”, flavoured with steak sauce. And one would mistake for meat.

Is there a demand for such meat in consumer market? What do you think?

Watch how scientist Mitsuyuki Ikeda turn poo into an artificiality meat

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According to Xinhua news agency , 20 farmers in Jiangsu province village apparently planted imported seeds from Japan, with 10 farmers saying their watermelons began exploding one by one.

A farmer by the name Liu Mingsuo told Xinhua that more than 2/3 of his crop were ruined.

It’s claimed that farmers in China had miused chemicals which intended to accelereate the fruits’s growth.

However, several farmers including Mr. Wang Dehong, who has been farming watermelons for 20 years, couldn’t understand why his fruits also exploded as he had not used any chemicals.

Agriculture experts couldn’t provide explaination on why chemical free melons exploded. They however cited the weather and abnormal size of the melons as the factors.

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Po Ling Temple to be exact or some people refer to as Guan Yin Temple/ Kuan Yin Temple is situated within walking distance from KLCC Petronas Twins Tower. You can take the LRT and stops at KLCC station. Don’t worry, it’s not that far.

I’m not 100% vegetarian and i’m not a meat lover too. But most of the time, i’ll try not to consume meat too much. I’ll try to hunt down vegetarian food whenever i eat outside. Po Ling temple is a great place for vegetarian, it’s cheaper and it’s delicious. Most of all, they serves the most delicious vegetarian mix rice with the option of white rice or fried rice, Hakka Lui char, noodles and different variety of vegetarian food on different days.

I have no idea why i adore their Vegetarian Char siew so much, it taste soooooo delicious. Look like a char siew but it isn’t pork!..

It’s cheaper eating in Po Ling temple compare to other food stall around Kuala Lumpur.  No wonder, we saw quite a number of “Ang Moh” there. By the way, always remember to take the right portion and don’t waste your food. After eating, we need to place our plates into a basin easier for workers to wash.

According to their timetable the opening hours starts from 11 am, they haven’t actually finish preparing their food yet. Therefore, it’s best to arrive around 11.40 am.

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