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30 Jul 2011
Food Tips

All Fishes on Weekends

Shortages due to stop importing beef from Australia should make the people of Indonesia immediately seek healthier food alternatives that are available on this beloved earth. The choice would fall on the fish.

The results showed that the fish contain high quality protein. Proteins in fish consists of ASID-acids, the body needs for growth. Fish protein is very easily digested and absorbed by the body. In addition, various vitamins also contained in fish, such as vitamins A, D, thiamine, riboflavin, and niacin. There are two vitamins in the fish water-soluble and fat. The water-soluble vitamin found in dark meat fish. This is classified as B vitamins, B6, B12, biotin, and niacin. While the fish is white, about the same amount of vitamins with beef or chicken.

A person who ate fish once a week away from the risk of heart disease and stroke. Eating fish also helps protect the heart and blood flow. ASID Omega-3 fats in fish is essential for healthy eyes and brain. Hence, mothers who are pregnant are advised to consume fish intake in the list.

Singer Oppie Andaresta is one person who actively campaigned to eat fish. He was involved in the rescue campaign seafood or fish habitat from the WWF. The campaign is aimed at conserving the species of fish or seafood. “At first I thought impossible. But it turns out we can move from the small things by selectively choosing,” Oppie said when met at the show “Choosing Seafood Wisely” at Grand Indonesia. Read more

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05 Jun 2011
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Spices Flavour Bring The Appetite

Indonesia famous traditional cuisine and herb spices so rich. The presence of spices in every dish that caused the distinctive aroma and is believed to increase the delicacy of the cuisine.

In addition to onion and garlic, there are a lot of spices in the menu offerings of the archipelago. For example, lemon grass, ginger, galangal, tamarind, turmeric, pepper, coriander, cinnamon, bay leaves, lime leaves, nutmeg, cloves, cumin up. In fact, to drink too delicious flavourful spices such as lemongrass and various teas are served hot drink.

So many culinary herbs in Indonesia, many are thought to cook traditional dishes of this country quite a hassle. Not to mention many of recipes are based on knowledge about, without giving a definite dose.

Another difficulty is making sure the food is acceptable to anyone. In fact, everyone has different tastes. Well, for connoisseurs of culinary tastes are different levels of spiciness, there are a variety of hot sauce.

Typically made from raw chilli sauce, and chilli sauce both red and green peppers, and onions plus salt. Spice In Restaurant, South Jakarta, is available tuk-tuk sauce, chilli paste, sambal picit, lemongrass sauce, soy sauce, and chilli oil. Do not miss the anchovies sambal dried tangerine which includes menus. While Restaurants Pecan provides, among other things, chilli paste and sambal matah. Read more

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10 May 2011
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Various Food Spices For Body Odour Remover

Body odour is not pleasant. If not addressed could undermine the comfort and confidence. Many ways can be done to disguise body odour and repel. However, many do not know that natural deodorants available in the kitchen. What are they?

Beluntas Leaves (Pluchea indica)
This plant is an unpleasant smell and taste bitter. To eliminate body odour, usually eaten raw beluntas leaves or steamed first. Beluntas boiled leaves are also delicious eaten as an ointment (vegetables with spiced grated coconut). When eating a leaf routine beluntas, surely body odour will disappear. In addition, the lack of bad breath odour will disappear. For those who do not like, can by drinking boiled water leaves every morning and evening. Beluntas also beneficial because it lowers body temperature to trigger sweating.

Basil (Ocimun bassilicum)
Basil leaves contain essential oils that are believed to eliminate body odour. In addition, it also serves as an antiseptic. How can the use as a salad of raw vegetables or ointment. Alternatively, puree the leaves, seeds, and roots of basil, then pour boiling hot water, filtered, and added sugar. Drink 2 times a day, morning and night.

For women who are menstruating, eating basil leaves roughly one cell in the morning and afternoon during menstruation, to avoid the odour that often befall women menstruation. Read more

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28 Apr 2011
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Green Tea Not Just for Slimming

Do you realize, that the various menus of food and cosmetic ingredients are now fortified with green tea? If you’ve enjoyed the Green Tea Frappuccino, or scrubs with a fragrant green tea cream, you certainly will instantly remember.

Many manufacturers of food and beverages and cosmetics that are now increasingly realizing the benefits of green tea for humans. In the past you might only know him as a slimming drinks. But green tea turned out to save the various health benefits to others. If you may not know, or even to have forgotten, this article can be a reminder.

1. Reducing cancer risk
The content of polyphenols, antioxidant ingredients in green tea helps keep cancer cells are not entrenched in the body. You do this by preventing their growth, and combating the production of new blood vessels that tumours need to grow. Various studies have found that people who drink green tea regularly will reduce the risk of breast cancer, colon, prostate, stomach, and esophagus.

2. Soothe the skin
If your skin is scratched or scuffed, take the rest of your green tea. Dip a cotton bud or a little cotton in green tea, then apply to the wound. Tea is a natural antiseptic ingredients that will relieve the itching or swelling. Try also in the inflamed skin, sunburn, or swollen eyelids. Read more

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03 Apr 2011
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Enjoying Tea Based On A Person’s Mood

Linking tea with the mood of this is packaged by tea houses to sell their products. To facilitate visitors choose the right tea to drink, Tea Addict lists in the left column and the mood at the right hand column on the menu. “So that guests can choose the right tea to the conditions of his mood at the time,” said Tessa Monica Nanda, Store Manager at Tea Addict Gunawarman Road.

On the list was written, tea “jasmine black” to fit the mood that was filled with anxiety, “earl of the Orient” is useful to refresh anxiety. If you want peace there is a “pure nirvana”, i.e. the combined “white tea” and “oolong”. While the lemon and ginger tea is said to stimulate the mind fit and relaxation.

Tea trend that began writhing in big cities like Jakarta is what makes Stephen Twining came from London to promote the tradition of drinking tea to the young executives in Jakarta, late last April. Stephen is the 10th generation of business owners branded Twinings tea

Twinings was founded in 1706 and is the first tea company that popularized the tradition of drinking tea to the British public. Like the TWG, Twinings also brought tea from plantations in Asia and create a diverse mixture of flavours.

According to Stephen, along with the development of lifestyle and community awareness of health benefits, demand for tea in international markets increased. Tea demand in international markets is the most black tea, green tea, and herbal or fruit teas.

Well, there are many choices of drinks. Wine, coffee, tea, and others. You may choose and it all becomes a lifestyle.

“Wine and coffee are imaged as a Western lifestyle. This idea is more easily absorbed by the Indonesian people who still want to imitate everything Western, “said Suwarni, Sun Afternoon Tea shop owner who is also an expert in Japanese tea and Chinese banquet.

When the Western world to intensify a healthy lifestyle and began to look to the East, the prestige of tea now began to rise.

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