Nyum nYUm HOney :')

As related to one of my post, i like vinegar. And honey as well :D

So, we gonna talk about honey today~ ^^

Ops!! not this haha.. this was the totally wrong thing.
The honey we wanna talk about is


Because when Honey met apple cider vinegar...
Then will be the born of Apple cider Honey!! Muahahah!!

its a great stuff for refreshing and tireness reliefing .. aw~~
Nyum nyum.. haha..

So, now let us see what did honey actually contain :D

The data below is about the amount of nutrient in 100g of honey

• Carbohydrates - 82.4 gm
• Sugars - 82.12 gm
• Dietary fiber - 0.2 gm
• Protein - 0.3 gm
• Water - 17.10 gm
• Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) - 0.038 mg
• Niacin (Vitamin B3) - 0.121 mg
• Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) - 0.068 mg
• Vitamin B6 - 0.024 mg
• Folate (Vitamin B9) - 2 μg
• Vitamin C - 0.5 mg
• Calcium - 6 mg
• Iron - 0.42 mg
• Magnesium - 2 mg
• Phosphorus - 4 mg
• Potassium - 52 mg
• Sodium - 4 mg
• Zinc - 0.22 mg
• Energy - 300 kcal (1270 kJ)

As what we can see from above, honey belongs to the carbohaydrate group of foods which mainly contain dextrose and levulose, two kind of invert sugar which can be directly absorb by our body unlike cane sugar which need to over few digesting processes then only can be absorb and used by our body. It is because dextrose and levulose are the simplest form of sugar.

Between this 2 kind of sugar, levuose seems to be more important as dextrose only half as sweet as cane sugar while leluvose is twice as sweet as sugar. It is the sweetest sugar in nature. But it is good for our body because the absorption of levulose in our body is slowly and it is a very good glycogen producer. Glycogen is stored in our muscular and mainly in the liver and is being change into energey when we need it. So due to the slow speed of the absorption, the intake of levulose dosent cause the rise of blood sugar. So that, levulose is and ideal sugar for replacement of our daily sugar for diabetic patient. However the manufacturing cost of levulose sugar is so high so that it cannot be manufact for a large amount, or else levulose can replace cane sugar for our daily use sugar as it is good for our body.

Although honey is good for our body, but there is nothing than we should take excessively. So, what is the maximum amount of sugar we can take daily? Due to some honey store specialist(not professional clinicians), it is not advisable to take more than 10 tablespoon of honey per day (50ml). But actually the amount is vary due to different person with different life style. As some people take many other form sugar daily, or someone who take in large amount of sugar, but he exercise for very hard then used out the energy. So its actually depends on the life style of the consumer.

Besides that, honey can also be a remedy for many sickness such as:

• Anemia
• Asthma
• Baldness
• Fatigue and exhaustion
• Hay Fever
• Headaches & Migraine
• High Blood Pressure
• Infertility
• Insect Bites
• Insomnia
• Osteoporosis
• Paralysis
• Stress
• Tuberculosis

So let us just pick asthma as an example. Honey is believed to be cured asthma because it contain some anti inflamation properties inside. Although it doesnt ensure 100% succesing in cure asthma, but statiscally has proven that it is effective for many people. And one of the recipe for this home remedy is ginger juice taking with honey once a day.

When i was small, i actually have asthma, but now its cure d.
i wonder.... is it the work of honey ? haha

So why dont after u read this post, just make a honey for ur honey :D i belief most the people like the taste since it is so irresistable~ nyum~ haha

so before i end my post, there is a site which got provide so much honey recipe let me introduce u ba if any of u is interested in cooking :D

http://www.grouprecipes.com/93834/honey.html

thats all,
BB my honey reader
~ muackz~

Refrences:

http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/benefits-of-honey-1790.html

http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/about-honey.html

http://www.honey-health.com/honey-6.shtml

http://ezinearticles.com/?Asthma-Home-Remedy---Honey-and-Ginger-to-Relieve-Asthma&id=682269

Ee?? Why KOLO MEE so tasty d??

As a very "wai sek“ guy. i always wonder why kuching's "Kolo Mee" was so nice. Until one day someboday told me that the secret is they put ajinomoto.

Hmm..
Ajinomoto, this name was totally not a new thing for us. As we always can hear the advertisment from TV.

Do you know what ajinomoto is??
Actually the scientific name of ajinomoto is monosodium glutamate.

The taste brings out by ajinomoto is claim to be the 5th basic taste besides sweet, sour, salty and bitter. And japanese named this taste as "Umami".

Actually, human had used this taste since long long ago. The taste actually come form glutamate, and nowadays we manufact it in the form of monosodium glutamate.

Glutamate Glutamate is actually a kind of amino acids contain in all protein-containing food.We can easily find glutamate contained in food such as seaweed, cheese and tomatos.

Umami is realeased or activated by glutamate in particular food.

Seaweed is a important source of glutamate in Japanese cuisine. It is used to make dashi, a kind of stock used in Japanese cooking. Many Japanese cuisine is made by this kind of stock. Few example of those dishes are steamed custard, egg omelettes, soups, dipping sauces and some of the dressings.

Konbu dashi soup with clam

Monosodium glutamate
Monosodium glutamate AKA MSG, it has the similar effect as glutamate when added into the food. MSg was made from starcg, corn sugar or other material through the fermentation process that used to produced foods such as beer, vinegar and yogurt.

Our human body treats glutamate and MSG which was taken into our body by the same way. It doesn't distinguish it between glutamate in the natural food, or in MSG.

We know that MSG can improve the taste of certain food. But it cannot improve bad tasting food such as u have over cook a meat, but u cant just use MSG hope to make the food to become tasty again. NO WAY!

So, for using MSG you must also know the proper way of cooking but just not treat it as a secret fairy ingredient @@

even witches also recomend it :D

Now, let us talk about the safe problem of MSG as it was concern by most of the people. MSG is safe as it is one of the most extensive researched substances in the food supply for so many years. But, there is still some problem occur as some people is allergy to MSG as it is the same thing as some of the people allergy to some kind of food. And for children, infant or premature babies, it is safe because the rate of metabolize to glutamate of them is same as the rate of metabolize to adult. In fact, the do like the taste as the contain of glutamate in breast milk is 10times higher than the glutamate contain in cow milk.

But, if some people still worry about it, its still ok, as this is a personal view.

So have fun on eat Eat and EAT :D

Refrences:
http://www.ajinomoto-malaysia.com/2009/en/index.asp

http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/msgbroch.cfm

Laundry Day~

Lol.. Since i was new to this house.. i never know that today is a laundry day??!!

As i planning to get my cloth out to wash i found that everyone is queueing for the washing machine...@.@ And this remind me a bitter memory of 1st time washing cloth at here..

I accidently left my pen in one of my jean then i throw all the cloth into the washing machine..

And tragic happens!! =.='' As i was wearing bright colour cloth for that few day, so u can imagine that your dearly cloth suddenly get few Big Mole on their faces T_T

My brain was blank.. But luckily that a Breeze advertisment flash through my brain..
I immediately pick of few of the cloth and do what the advertisment teaches..
Althought it doesnt solve the problem throughoutly but it really did help..

Now, do you know what can detergent do?:D
Enjoy



Actually, they are few important substances involve in these processes such as:

Surfactants

Builders

Enzymes

Oxygen Bleach

Antiredeposition Polymers

Perfumes

Some of it may be unfamiliar to us. But, its ok man, let us learn this together since i not knowing them also. Lolz.

Surfactants

The main ingredient of detergent is surfactants which can be easily obtain from the petrochemicals. There are types of surfactants that have different cleaning properties, so that a good detergent would contain various kind of surfactants. Surfactants work by lower the surface tension of the water so that it can act with our cloth easier. But, the hardness of water can affect the effect of surfactants, so that builder is needed.

Builders

Builders soften the water so that surfactants can perform their work better. The builer in detergents are usually phosphtae builder, but due to phosphate builder bring pollution to the enviroment, so many country had banned it and use zeolite as a substitution for phosphate builder.

Enzymes

Its a protein component that can remove food deposit or stain. A good detergent normally contain varius kind of enzyme due to enzyme only react with specific substance.

Oxygen Bleach
Oxygen bleach can remove colour stain that stick on our cloth.

Antiredeposition Polymers

As what we can see from their name, they can prevent the food deposit or stain in the water from deposit back to our cloth by suspending them in the water.

Perfumes

No need further description :D
this guy make our cloth smell so nice~ haha


Refrences:

http://www.ireland-dar.co.uk/How_Does_Laundry_Detergent_Work.html

http://chemistry.about.com/od/howthingswork/f/detergentfaq.htm

http://www.bza.org/zeolites.html