Raw food or Cooked Food?

Which one do you prefer or usually eat? The raw or cooked?

According to the researched, humans discovered fire 400,000 years ago, but still most of them eaten their food raw. For millions of years before the fire was discovered, everything was eaten raw. Cooking changes the molecules in food and destroys many valuable nutrients and enzymes that break food down into components that can be used by

Energy required by teenager

Did you know that teenagers have greater energy requirements than adults because they are still growing and are generally more active? It is vital for them to obtain the right amount of calcium as the majority of bone mass is laid down at this age. Iron is essential for both boys and girls but requirements for girls increase at the time menstruation begins. Three portions of calcium-rich food

Is your water fit to drink?

Water is not simply H2O. Natural water provides significant quantities of minerals: a typical spring water, for instance, provides 100mg of calcium per litre. The recommended daily intake of water is at least 1.5-2 litres a day (that’s eight glasses), while for calcium it is 600mg. So natural mineral water can provide sixth of your calcium requirements. However, not all bottled water is the same.

Stonehenge

There is nothing quite like Stonehenge anywhere in the world and for 5000 years it has drawn visitors to it. We shall never know what drew people here over the centuries or why hundreds of people struggled over thousands of years to build this monument, but visitors from all over the world come to marvel at this amazing feat of engineering just like me.

How did they get these stones to stand

Green Tea

I enjoyed drinking green tea every now and then. I love the natural flavors of red apples and ripe pears blended with green tea leaves. Green tea is created using the young growth of leaves from the Camellia sinensis, quickly dried to retain their distinct light, green flavor. Green tea was first discovered in China. Legend has it that tea was discovered in 2737BC when leaves accidentally fell

Razon's Halo-halo

Every time we go on shopping at Mall of Asia we never neglected to have a snack at Razon’s. We just love the taste of their food. We noticed such families and office workers flock to Razon’s for a filling snack of Pancit luglug and Halo-halo. Pancit is a simple noodle dish with thick, chunky orange sauce and Razon’s winning taste is the distinctly bold seafood flavor, livened by the crunchy

Good Benefits from Banana

Bananas are a favorite food for everyone from infants to elders because they are wonderfully sweet, rich with firm and creamy flesh. Sports enthusiasts appreciate the potassium-power delivered by this high energy fruit.

Bananas are source of Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), Vitamin C, Potassium, dietary fiber, manganese and many more. It also soothes your ulcers, protects eyesight, build better bones,

Fascinating Facts about Life

Here are some of the most Fascinating Facts about Life:

* Barbie's full name is Barbara Milicent Roberts.
* It is impossible to lick your elbow.
* A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.
* A shrimp's heart is in their head.
* People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, you're heart stops for a mili-second.
* In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one

Reader's Digest Most Trusted Individual Survey

Reader’s Digest has conducted a 2009 Trust Survey in the Philippines. They conduct the survey by asking the respondents to rate their level of trust. This will determine who are the most trusted individuals in the Philippines. The complete list will be found at Reader’s Digest website. But I like to share some names of the individuals who are in the higher rankings. Most of my favorite is Ms. Lea

Hair problems?

Women who have an eating disorder often can't recognize the problem or they try to hide it, making diagnosis difficult. But a new method involving hair analysis may provide a more objective means of determining whether someone is a sufferer. As hair grows continuously by adding new proteins (the make-up of which is influenced by a person's nutritional state and eating patterns), each follicle

Benefits from folic acid

If you're concerned about hearing loss as you get older, taking a supplement of folic acid may prove to be the solution. New Dutch research - conducted in Switzerland and published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine - reports favourable results for this B vitamin following a study of 728 participants between the ages of 50 and 70. Half the study group received 800 micrograms of folate (

Breast Cancer

Scientists have long known about two specific mutations of genes that significantly increase a woman's risk of breast cancer, but these mutations are extremely rare. Now, two recent studies, one in Britain and one in the US, have identified four more genes that could indicate increased susceptibility to breast cancer. 'What we hope is that each of these genes will lead us to better understand the

Omega-3 may reduce dementia

Research suggests that older people who regularly consume oils high in omega-3 are 60% less likely to develop dementia than those who do not. Omega-3s are polyunsaturated fatty acids believed to have a number of significant health benefits. The French-funded study examined the diets of more than 8,000 people over the age of 65. None had dementia when the study commenced, but after four years

Benefits from Lemon Tea

We should take lemon in tea as it has many good benefits to our body. According to health mag, a dash of lemon juice could enhance the health benefits of green tea, according to a US study. Researchers tested citrus juices, milk and other substances often added to tea by putting them through a model simulating human digestion. The aim was to test their effect on catechins, naturally occurring

Benefits of the sunshine

Vitamin D may help slow the ageing process, suggests a study at King's College London. Among 2,160 women aged 18 to 79, those with high levels of vitamin D had longer telomeres, which are part of our DNA. As we get older, our telomeres get shorter and are more prone to age-associated illnesses, so longer ones indicate a biologically younger body. Lead researcher Dr Brent Richards said, 'This may

How did Clark Kent get his name?

When conceived in 1934, Superman was endowed with the strength of ten men, but he couldn't fly. After being turned down by fifteen syndicators, the Man of Steel took to the air and acquired the needed strength to become a super legend. Some say Superman's success is within the storyline of his secret identity, whose name was derived from two popular actors of the time: "Clark" Gable and "Kent"

Most dangerous airport

This is the landing of 747 in Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten.

Beauty of Mathematics

This is absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9

Computer Bug

According to Grace Hopper, who led the team that developed the first large-scale computer for the American Navy in 1945, the word was coined when, after tracing an unexplained problem for days, they finally found the cause to be a two-inch bug, a moth, that had gotten stuck in the relay system. From then on, all unexplained computer problems were called bugs.

Where did the coffee habit come from?

I have a habit of drinking coffee every now and then. They said that coffee has antioxidant that is good to our body. But drinking too much is not that good to our health. While reading e-books, I found some interesting facts about coffee.

Muslims were the first to develop coffee. As early as 1524 they were using it as a replacement for the wine they were forbidden to drink. According to legend,