Sunday, December 4, 2011
Apple not good for health - study
Apple juice can pose a health risk - from calories Tech and Science | Updated today at 09:29 AM (KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - It's true - apple juice can pose a risk to your health. But not necessarily from the trace amounts of arsenic that people are arguing about. Despite the government's consideration of new limits on arsenic, nutrition experts say apple juice's real danger is to waistlines and children's teeth. Apple juice has few natural nutrients, lots of calories and, in some cases, more sugar than soda has. It trains a child to like very sweet things, displaces better beverages and foods, and adds to the obesity problem, its critics say. 'It's like sugar water,' said Judith Stern, a nutrition professor at the University of California, Davis, who has consulted for candy makers as well as for Weight Watchers. 'I won't let my 3-year-old grandson drink apple juice.' Many juices are fortified with vitamins, so they're not just empty calories. But that doesn't appease some nutritionists. 'If it wasn't healthy in the first place, adding vitamins doesn't make it into a health food, and if it causes weight gain, it's not a healthy choice,' said Ms Karen Ansel, a registered dietitian in New York and spokesman for the American Dietetic Association.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
End of the world 2012 ? No! Wrong
Mayans never predicted world to end in 2012?
Fri Dec 2, 2011 9:56AM EST
By Pepe Cortes
PALENQUE, Mexico (Reuters) - If you are worried the world will end next year based on the Mayan calendar, relax: the end of time is still far off.
So say Mayan experts who want to dispel any belief that the ancient Mayans predicted a world apocalypse next year.
The Mayan calendar marks the end of a 5,126 year old cycle around December 12, 2012 which should bring the return of Bolon Yokte, a Mayan god associated with war and creation.
Author Jose Arguelles called the date "the ending of time as we know it" in a 1987 book that spawned an army of Mayan theorists, whose speculations on a cataclysmic end abound online. But specialists meeting at this ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico say it merely marks the termination of one period of creation and the beginning of another.
"We have to be clear about this. There is no prophecy for 2012," said Erik Velasquez, an etchings specialist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). "It's a marketing fallacy."
The National Institute of Anthropological History in Mexico has been trying to quell the barrage of forecasters predicting the apocalypse. "The West's messianic thinking has distorted the world view of ancient civilizations like the Mayans," the institute said in a statement.
In the Mayan calendar, the long calendar count begins in 3,114 BC and is divided into roughly 394-year periods called Baktuns. Mayans held the number 13 sacred and the 13th Baktun ends next year.
Sven Gronemeyer, a researcher of Mayan codes from La Trobe University in Australia, who has been trying to decode the calendar, said the so-called end day reflects a transition from one era to the next in which Bolon Yokte returns.
"Because Bolon Yokte was already present at the day of creation ... it just seemed natural for the Mayan that Bolon Yokte will again be present," he said.
Of the approximately 15,000 registered glyphic texts found in different parts of what was then the Mayan empire, only two mention 2012, the Institute said.
"The Maya did not think about humanity, global warming or predict the poles would fuse together," said Alfonso Ladena, a professor from the Complutense University of Madrid. "We project our worries on them."
Friday, December 2, 2011
It is already December !
The weather is getting cooler and the sky is getting gloomier. In further north and south of the horizon, it is getting into winter and X'mas and New year is just around the corner.
In Penang, the north wind from China is blowing south and the wind is cold and dry. I am feeling chilly. Last night, I slept without switching off the air-con and in the middle of the night, I felt chilled to the bones. I have to cover my whole body with a blanket until the chill gets out from my body. Now, I know how is the feeling of chilling to the bones.
December month is normally a festive month with working people planning to go for a year end break and things will slow down a fair bit but big year end sales with big discounts will be coming around soon. The normal christmas song will be played again and again year after year and you do not feel bored about it because the music is telling us the year is out and you have to go shopping for new clothings for a new year. The music is supposed to trigger certain feelings and behaviour in each one of us. To some people it is fun but to those work class people, it is time to bring out their savings for the family.
The global economy is slowing down and there is going to be layoffs, pay cuts and less overtime and the consumer spending is going to be limited for this year end. Despite all the situation, we should learn to dance in adversity. Yes, what can we do about it? Except to dance in the rain since we cannot stop the rain,K? Where it good or bad, we have to live our best in the prevailing circumstances. There is a belief that things goes up must come down and when the situation hit the bottom, it should bounce up. It is only a matter of timing and it is the fundamental evolution theory.
I have been yaking the whole morning and it is lighting up gradually amidst the gloomy morning. The temperature is still chilly and I have to get ready for my yoga class and hope it will warm up my body and light up my soul..
Remember: Live your best in adversity and have a good and nice weekend. We only need to live within our means to stay out of trouble.
Namaste.
In Penang, the north wind from China is blowing south and the wind is cold and dry. I am feeling chilly. Last night, I slept without switching off the air-con and in the middle of the night, I felt chilled to the bones. I have to cover my whole body with a blanket until the chill gets out from my body. Now, I know how is the feeling of chilling to the bones.
December month is normally a festive month with working people planning to go for a year end break and things will slow down a fair bit but big year end sales with big discounts will be coming around soon. The normal christmas song will be played again and again year after year and you do not feel bored about it because the music is telling us the year is out and you have to go shopping for new clothings for a new year. The music is supposed to trigger certain feelings and behaviour in each one of us. To some people it is fun but to those work class people, it is time to bring out their savings for the family.
The global economy is slowing down and there is going to be layoffs, pay cuts and less overtime and the consumer spending is going to be limited for this year end. Despite all the situation, we should learn to dance in adversity. Yes, what can we do about it? Except to dance in the rain since we cannot stop the rain,K? Where it good or bad, we have to live our best in the prevailing circumstances. There is a belief that things goes up must come down and when the situation hit the bottom, it should bounce up. It is only a matter of timing and it is the fundamental evolution theory.
I have been yaking the whole morning and it is lighting up gradually amidst the gloomy morning. The temperature is still chilly and I have to get ready for my yoga class and hope it will warm up my body and light up my soul..
Remember: Live your best in adversity and have a good and nice weekend. We only need to live within our means to stay out of trouble.
Namaste.
Two disturbing news yesterday
I read the newspaper today and I read about a snatch thief incident. The thief was unable to snatch a pillion rider's handbag and they kick their victim's motorbike and both the rider and pillion fell on to the road. One of them suffered scratches on her hands and legs and the other suffers head injury. This is not the first time such incidents have happen. A few of the victim die but such snatching was getting less until this incident disturb us again. The Penang state Police chief have announced that Penang have reduced its crime rate by 20% and it was the first time in many years.
I found this incident very disturbing is that why do you need to kill or attempt to kill? The purpose is to snatch the bag and why they need to kill the motorbike and the let the rider fell? Is it a moment of madness or these people are mentally disturbed ? There is not a sense of compassion for the fellow human beings.How could we do it unless there is an influence of drug? I want to tell these guys " live and lets live" and if not, go and check your heads.
Another incident was an e-mail sent to me by a friend asking help to locate a young girl in KL. The young girl was abducted by three person and the last message from this girl to her mother was " they are raping me" and the phone went dead. I do not know the background of the story and it maybe revenge or jealousy or strained blood ties. But, why the young girl? If the parents are at fault, you should only take it out on the parents and not the innocent child. The guilt of the parents does not flow to the Child, it is so unfair.
What is happending to this world ? An eye for an eye, leaves us all blind.
However, I have witness a real incident and it happens on my daughter May's good friend E. She was a nice person and I have came to know her when she came to Penang to stay with May. E have a boyfriend in back home but he is a school dropout but E came to study in a college in Penang. At the college, she came to know of a boy and they became close and finally, the boy became her boyfriend. So, she broke up with her boy friend back home. E is a keen FB member and I saw people pasting " automatic vibrators" advertisments under her messages or in the comments sent to her. This harrassment went on for sometime and force her to quit the FB. It was really very embarrassing for her. I felt bad for her. A love sick man is like a wounded lion and such animal could kill but luckily, he only harrass her.
The re-action from human beings are unpredictable which is the same as our emotions. It changes by a simple word, a funny smell, a disturbing action and we do not what will happen next. Because of these unpredictable behaviour, life becomes so interesting, otherwise, if we can predict the outcome, it will be so boring. Take a day at a time and keep learning the unpredictables for Time waits for no one.
Namaste.
I found this incident very disturbing is that why do you need to kill or attempt to kill? The purpose is to snatch the bag and why they need to kill the motorbike and the let the rider fell? Is it a moment of madness or these people are mentally disturbed ? There is not a sense of compassion for the fellow human beings.How could we do it unless there is an influence of drug? I want to tell these guys " live and lets live" and if not, go and check your heads.
Another incident was an e-mail sent to me by a friend asking help to locate a young girl in KL. The young girl was abducted by three person and the last message from this girl to her mother was " they are raping me" and the phone went dead. I do not know the background of the story and it maybe revenge or jealousy or strained blood ties. But, why the young girl? If the parents are at fault, you should only take it out on the parents and not the innocent child. The guilt of the parents does not flow to the Child, it is so unfair.
What is happending to this world ? An eye for an eye, leaves us all blind.
However, I have witness a real incident and it happens on my daughter May's good friend E. She was a nice person and I have came to know her when she came to Penang to stay with May. E have a boyfriend in back home but he is a school dropout but E came to study in a college in Penang. At the college, she came to know of a boy and they became close and finally, the boy became her boyfriend. So, she broke up with her boy friend back home. E is a keen FB member and I saw people pasting " automatic vibrators" advertisments under her messages or in the comments sent to her. This harrassment went on for sometime and force her to quit the FB. It was really very embarrassing for her. I felt bad for her. A love sick man is like a wounded lion and such animal could kill but luckily, he only harrass her.
The re-action from human beings are unpredictable which is the same as our emotions. It changes by a simple word, a funny smell, a disturbing action and we do not what will happen next. Because of these unpredictable behaviour, life becomes so interesting, otherwise, if we can predict the outcome, it will be so boring. Take a day at a time and keep learning the unpredictables for Time waits for no one.
Namaste.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
It is Friday again.
I have written two article on TGF, that is Thank God,it's Friday. The thought came back to prick me to write something on this last workday of the week. The feeling is always looking to the weekends to rest and recover. I was so tired last night because of work and also my yoga session. I woke up feeling fresh and ready to face the day. And I remembered today is Friday. What a relief.
Yeah, there have been so many Fridays before and it passes on and another Friday will come. For me, I have gone through more a thousand Fridays already and what is another Friday to come. Having saying that,it is still a wonder that Friday brings relief to all of us. Hopefully, this weekend could be happy and relaxing for me and my family.
Our consciousness of Time is really amazing. We count the week days and look forward to the weekends to do something different. But, weekend turns ot week days and we frowl on Monday. Yes, Karen Carpenter sang her famous song " Raining days and Mondays always let me down" and she expressed the feeling of most of us. If raining and Monday is torturing what if it is a raining monday. Double blows, isn't it?
We are influenced by songs, articles and other people's opinion and we automatically feel down and doubly down when it is a raining Monday. Such days should not make us unhappy or down if we think positively. The rain will cool down the soaring temperature and gave us a chance to wear the clothings which have not been wearing. A chance to check whether our umbrella is still working or around anymore or the roof of our house is okay and is not leaking. Our drains and rain glutters are fine. So, on and on... there will be things happening in this situation. Life will be different for a day.
Time to go to work now. The sky is gloomy and the temperature is cooling. It will rain soon I think but come what may, I have a lot of work to do and the day will pass very fast. So, have a good Friday, Fellas.
Namaste.
Yeah, there have been so many Fridays before and it passes on and another Friday will come. For me, I have gone through more a thousand Fridays already and what is another Friday to come. Having saying that,it is still a wonder that Friday brings relief to all of us. Hopefully, this weekend could be happy and relaxing for me and my family.
Our consciousness of Time is really amazing. We count the week days and look forward to the weekends to do something different. But, weekend turns ot week days and we frowl on Monday. Yes, Karen Carpenter sang her famous song " Raining days and Mondays always let me down" and she expressed the feeling of most of us. If raining and Monday is torturing what if it is a raining monday. Double blows, isn't it?
We are influenced by songs, articles and other people's opinion and we automatically feel down and doubly down when it is a raining Monday. Such days should not make us unhappy or down if we think positively. The rain will cool down the soaring temperature and gave us a chance to wear the clothings which have not been wearing. A chance to check whether our umbrella is still working or around anymore or the roof of our house is okay and is not leaking. Our drains and rain glutters are fine. So, on and on... there will be things happening in this situation. Life will be different for a day.
Time to go to work now. The sky is gloomy and the temperature is cooling. It will rain soon I think but come what may, I have a lot of work to do and the day will pass very fast. So, have a good Friday, Fellas.
Namaste.
My yoga session today
The pace of yoga session have been picking up gradually and I feel exhuasted during the weekday classes. On Saturday morning, I could still take the pace. Today, the weather was rather warm before a stormy rain and I have not been sleeping well because of the barking sick dog for the past few days. My body condition have not been at its normal condition and coupled with the hectic yoga session, I could felt breathless at one point of the session.
My left leg was feeling weak as it started to rain. It could be due to the old injury during my football days. The body was not listening to my command and on certain pose, my leg was shivering and during other poses, my hand was shivering. Shivering with pain. But, I hold to the pose as my joints reach the breaking point of pain. I slowed down during certain yoga routine as my teacher push us to a faster pace. At the end of the yoga session, she told us that we were lucky that we missed the prayer pose due to the lack of time. Otherwise, some of us could have flatten out.
Again, I start to wonder whether I am still fit for it. There is a saying " my heart is willing but my flesh is weak". However, I have seen older people than mm doing a more strenuous yoga routine. They can also beat many of the youngsters in energy level and flexibility. Hence, it is not all about the age factor when we go through a strenuous routine.
At imes, I wonder why we are still feeling with pain after I have four years practicing yoga under the same yoga teacher, Mich . The pain is very sore and irritating. For me, I have to acknowledge that age is catching up with me and I have not been as fit as before. Haiyaa.....
Namaste.
My left leg was feeling weak as it started to rain. It could be due to the old injury during my football days. The body was not listening to my command and on certain pose, my leg was shivering and during other poses, my hand was shivering. Shivering with pain. But, I hold to the pose as my joints reach the breaking point of pain. I slowed down during certain yoga routine as my teacher push us to a faster pace. At the end of the yoga session, she told us that we were lucky that we missed the prayer pose due to the lack of time. Otherwise, some of us could have flatten out.
Again, I start to wonder whether I am still fit for it. There is a saying " my heart is willing but my flesh is weak". However, I have seen older people than mm doing a more strenuous yoga routine. They can also beat many of the youngsters in energy level and flexibility. Hence, it is not all about the age factor when we go through a strenuous routine.
At imes, I wonder why we are still feeling with pain after I have four years practicing yoga under the same yoga teacher, Mich . The pain is very sore and irritating. For me, I have to acknowledge that age is catching up with me and I have not been as fit as before. Haiyaa.....
Namaste.
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