Benefits of consuming green tea...

Do you know consuming green tea 4 or more cups per day may actually helps to reduce weight of your body? It actually does.

Our day time activities may actually helps to burn 8-10% of calories and body's own calorie burning process is called thermogenesis in medical terms. Drinking of green tea with every meal contribute 4% more to this calorie burning process which would add up to 37-40% total calorie burning. Green tea may also reduce the risk of heart diseases and certain types of cancers.

So drink green tea. Always buy tea from a reputed brand. Thyroid patients, avoid drinking it without consulting your doctor.

The goodness of olive...

Olive oil is the only kind of edible oil whose 70% of fat is mono-unsaturated. Oil is extracted from oil and the quality of olives greatly determines the quality of oils. There are about 700 types of olives grown in wolrd. Different grades of olive oil has different quantity of anti-oxidants level. The quality of olive-oil not only depends only on the quality of olives, it also depends on the extraction process.

Those suffering from diabetes and coronary heart disease do benefit from consumption of a MUFA rich oil in the prescribed amounts. There is some new evidence regarding the benefits of this oil. It seems that olive oil has a role in getting rid of Helicobacter pylori infections, which is a common bacterial infection of the gut with symptoms such as heartburn, acidity, pain in the abdomen.

There are also some studies to show that consumption of olive oil may retard gallstone formation. All in all, a good oil to use in its pristine and virgin form! ......Neelanjana Singh, Senior Nutrition Consultant PSRI,New Delhi.

A very easy and delicious recipe for you. It is from my mother's recipe book. Just boil the fresh olives till they become soft. After cooling, make a fine paste of them, add sufficient quantity of sugar and small amount of salt to it. You may discard the seeds. A delicious sweet dish is ready for you. Take it after a heavy lunch or dinner.

Aloo (Potato) Pakora..

A very quick and easy recipe for you all knowing that most of you are already aware of this one.

Ingredients: 3-4 big potatoes, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon ginger paste, 2 tblspoon onion paste, 3-4 green chillie paste (optional), salt and oil to fry.

Method: Boil potatoes and peel them. Mashed the potatoes smoothly and mix eggs, ginger paste, onion paste, chillie (optional) paste and salt with it. Take a small portion of this mixture with your hand, make a flat round shape and fry till red in a fry pan with a little oil.

Serve while hot with any sauce or chutney. It's delicious!!!

Singapore food

A very nice blog on Singapore food. We the people of other countries actually know nothing about this country, especially about the food. We actually don't know that this country has a special kind of food, as this city-state is occupied by the people from all over the world. He himself explained it clearly that the Singaporean food consists of the foods of Malaysia, Indonesia, China and India.

The template of the blog is very nice and attractive and pictures are also very good. The preparation of an item is well explained. He also post a recipe of 'Chicken Bumbu Bali' with video.

You must visit this site to know everything (food) about Singapore.

Atopic Dermatitis

Atopic dermatitis is a type of non-contagious skin disease which relapsing periodically. The word ‘dermatitis’ means inflammation on skin and ‘atopic’ refers to those diseases which are hereditary. The extreme itchy and inflammable redness and swelling condition occurs on skin in atopic dermatitis and the most commonly affected parts of the body are the inner parts of elbow and knee.

Atopic dermatitis is generally a set of three other diseases: such as eczema, asthma and allergies or hay fever. Not all those three diseases occur at the same time on a body, but these patients are usually susceptible to all these conditions in his whole life.

The infants and young children are affected mostly by this disease. In case of many children, atopic dermatitis may remit permanently when they become adult, although their skin remains dry and sensitive and easily irritated by the slightest provocation from the environment or other allergens. Some people may also be affected by this disease for the first time in much later period of their life.

Although this dermatitis is hereditary, it may be aggravated by the contact with some certain allergens or may be influenced by some other environmental factors. There is a close association between atopic dermatitis and food intake, so avoid them which may trigger your allergic reactions. Avoid dust and polluted environment. Keep your skin clean, clear and well moisturized.

In severe case of dermatitis use of mild dose of corticosteroid ointments may help to reduce the irritation to some extent.

A nice blog on recipes...a must see for everyone

Here is a beautiful blog on healthy and delicious cooking peacecooking.blogspot.com. She maintains the motto 'Be happy--and make others happy too' which is very unusual in today's blogging world. She is publishing many authentic recepies which are mainly from India. I love her 'stuffed cucumber' and 'Spicy Pumpkin'. Almost all the recipes are good especially for their beautiful pictures. Procedures and ingredients are well written and well explained.

I am requesting you all to visit this website and follow her religiously. You can find her here.