Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Want To Be Happy? Eat Happy Food.

Health of human brain power and happines are related to food that we eat.
Certain micronutrients have effect on brain functions, cognition and emotion so closely related to what you eat just a few hours, days or weeks.

Blueberries and cocoa may cheer the mood after 5 hours of taking it.

It contains flavonoids which also found in green tea, red wine and grapes. Volunteers in the study who drank blueberry smoothie in the morning, did much better at mental tasks in the afternoon than those who drink other beverages.

Findings on cocoa show the same effect after only 2 hours of intake can increase concentration and memory. Flavonoids in cocoa also can lower blood pressure and inflammation.

Dark green vegetables, when taken continuously for days or weeks can get rid of low mood and depression.

Lack of folic acid can cause depression, so the addition of folic acid in the diet can cure or prevent it.

Foods high in protein such as eggs, meat, milk and fish not only healthy but can increase concentration and alertness.

Carbohydrate foods such as bread and potatoes can be calm & relax.

Micronutrient levels are also associated with a powerful long term impact on mental well being, has the potential to prevent from age-related memory loss.
Studies have shown that taking high doses of vitamin B on daily basis can reduce brain shrinkage for those aged over 70 years so they can maintain the memory and brainpower health.

Monday, 8 August 2011

Ramadan 2011

This year 1 Ramadhan 1432H fall on 1 August 2011. The first day of the Muslims began fasting in Malaysia. We all expected to fast for 29 days and will be celebrating Hari Raya Aidil-Fitr on 1 Syawal 1432H on 30 August 2011 a day before Malaysia's Independence Day as well.

Ramadan Bazaar which sells food for break fast have been opened everywhere gloriously. But be careful when buying food here because the food sold there sometimes is not fresh anymore.

For example, as happened to some of my friends. My friend Diana, who lives in Cheras has bought nasi tomato on the second day of fasting, when she ate the rice, it taste good, but when she tasted the ayam masak merah, it was stale and taste bad. She didn't eat rice for break fast on that day.

Another friend Liana, who live in Gombak has bought ikan pekasam (preserved fish)
for sahur . When frying the fish, it shattered, to a soft kind of raw fish. She can not eat the fish for sahur on that day.

A similar incident happened to me. I bought beef soup from bazaar Ramadan near my house in Taman Cahaya. Back home when I want to eat it during break fast I found it was smelly and taste bad.

Another incident, I bought a Ikan Percik from Pandan Jaya Ramadan Bazaar just to get food poisoning, diarrhea and vomiting, two weeks I cannot go to work. This occurred in 2009.

Be careful when buying food at the Ramadan bazaar.