Although the taste of olive has become an attraction for thousands of years, modern research presents another reason to eat: Olive oil contains a single-chain polyunsaturated fats, vitamin E and polyphenols. Last two compounds were efficacious reduce cancer risk.

Since long time the experts have to know someone eating patterns associated with risk of breast cancer. In addition to advice to avoid foods high in fat, scientists have now advised the woman to do a Mediterranean diet based on fruits, vegetables, grains, and olive oil, as the best path to a healthy and protected from breast cancer.

Research conducted by scientists from Spain to the mice in the laboratory showed that a compound in olive oil will impede the genes responsible for the growth of tumor cells in the breast. This oil is also working with the deadly protein that becomes “food source” of cancer cells.

Dr.Eduard Escrich, lead researcher, suggested us to eat olive oil 50 ml, or the equivalent of 10 teaspoons of virgin olive oil every day. However, he said that the properties of olive oil as an antidote to this new cancer could be picked if this lifestyle is applied in the long term.

Mediterranean diet has been recognized experts on the protection for diseases such as cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and also to streamline the body.

Greece is the country’s largest oil consumer in the world. People in countries that consume 20 times more olive oil than the United Kingdom and Italy, which also includes as a major producer of olive oil.


Not many plants have a variety of benefits such as eucalyptus. Nothing wrong with white wood to be excellent. The content of volatile oils proven to effectively reduce a variety of complaints.

Eucalyptus been since the days of our ancestors used to solve various health problems. Utilization was certainly known long before the bulk of technology to explore its oil content.

Eucalyptus leaves for example, had always been used to reduce pain and swelling caused by insect bites. The leaves that have been used as extract or dried herb usually used for stamina enhancer.

Mosquito repellent
Fadli, a resident in numbers Cinere, Jakarta, deliberately planting eucalyptus as mosquito repellent in the side yard of his house. “Also planted in the yard, I also usually put in the room, in a pot. The room was free of mosquitoes, “he said.

Aroma plant that makes mosquitoes or insects do not want to be around her. Eucalyptus leaves can also be used as boreh directly to the skin so that mosquitoes do not willingly alight. The Self-wringing or me ¬ numbuk leaves, then membalurkannya to the skin.

If you want to use the whole plant eucalyptus as a mosquito repellent, just put in the room. Halaunya power to be effective, Fadli comparison exemplifies the room with plants, that is for the room two times three-meter plant is filled with one-foot white wood.

“If the larger room, the plants would be more,” he said.

Treat Whooping Cough
Latin name of plants leucadendra Melaleuca L. These were hereditary known in traditional medicine, such as to cope with whooping cough. Sukarsih claimed to have had whooping cough or experience of ordinary people call it a hundred day cough.

“My parents were brought to the doctor for treatment, but the results are not yet available. One day when visiting relatives, I was advised to drink potions kencur and eucalyptus oil, “he recalls.

How to use it is, two medium size grated rhizome kencur to take water. Mix with warm water to taste and add a few drops of eucalyptus oil.

This potion to drink every morning and night before bed. “As a result, when night came, his cough was much reduced,” he said.

After a week of drinking the concoction, he was recovering from whooping cough. “At this time I also applied the treatment to children, the results are not mengmengecewakan. Which certainly cheaper than back and forth to the doctor, “he said.

Distilled LEAF
Development of refining technology have shifted the use of eucalyptus in their entirety. The main content of this plant is essential oil, which can be processed after going through the process of distillation.

No wonder, within a year to reach thousands of liters of products for a variety of household and industrial purposes, ranging from rubbing oil, soap ingredients, perfume, to the drug.

White wooden commodities that are of high economic value. In general, the source of an oil ¬ distilled from eucalyptus leaves, and usually called eucalyptus oil (cajeput oil).

MANY BENEFITS
Because it can relieve a variety of complaints, people calling white as the multi-purpose timber. Just notice, regular oil liniment is used from start to reduce the swelling and itching due to insect bites, toothache, headaches, aches, muscle cramps, abdominal bloating, bruising, up to a mixture of cough medicine.

Numerous studies also proved that this plant is nutritious diaforetik (peluruh perspiration), analgesic (pain reliever), disinfectants (germ killers), expectorant (peluruh phlegm), and antispasmodik (abdominal pain).


you who enjoyed the Harry Potter series would know butterbeer. Drinks can be served cold or hot can be found at the Leaky Cauldron in Diagon Alley, the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade, or anywhere in the world of magicians.

So impressed him drinks essay J.K. Rowling is, to the point that the famous culinary magazine Bon appetit was intrigued by the recipe. Rowling herself admitted not sure how to make it (his name is also the author is free!). But he thought were similar to butterscotch drinks (like syrup or caramel topping for ice cream). Butterscotch itself is made from a mixture of brown sugar and butter, as well as corn syrup, vanilla, cream, and salt.

Not hard to make their own butter. Butterscotch is poured in the bottom of the glass, then ginger ale or soda water (to replace sugar, use soda water) poured up to meet the glass. Can also be added ice cream, milk, or cream to produce a more creamy foam and durable. So that it feels much stronger drink, add rum or Scotch with ice cream before ginger ale or soda water filled the glass.

Now, before starting to make butter, you must first make the butterscotch sauce. First, mix and butterscotch ice cream mixture in advance in order to be enjoyed with a straw. Continue to pour foam on top.

Ingredients for butterscotch sauce:
1 / 4 cup butter
1 / 2 cup dark brown sugar
1 / 2 cup whipping cream
1 / 4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla

How to make the butterscotch sauce:
Stir all ingredients, except vanilla, over low heat. Simmer for 5 minutes. Remove and add vanilla. Chill before using it to make butter.

Ingredients for butter:
Vanilla ice cream, frozen yogurt, milk, or cream.
Butterscotch or caramel sauce
Ginger ale (soda flavor of ginger, or ginger ale)

How to make the butter:
* Take one scoop vanilla ice cream, put into a tall glass, and mix it with one or two tablespoons of butterscotch.
* Stir until ice cream is mixed with butterscotch sauce.
* Add ginger ale or soda water to meet the glass.
* Serve.
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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Food colors are composed of fruit and vegetables is very important for health. All the nutrients needed by the body’s immune system is so formed and able to ward off various diseases.

The nutrients the body needs can be met with a diverse diet. Because, no one single food that contains all the nutrients in sufficient quantities. The more variety of food consumed, the more complete the acquisition of nutrients to achieve optimal health.

Simply put, the amount of food consumed should be described as the food pyramid. Food pyramid is much referred to by various countries to achieve population health.

The bottom of the pyramid is composed of ingredients of food sources of carbohydrates (bread, rice, cereal, pasta, etc.) consumed the recommended servings per day of 6-11. The middle of the pyramid consists of 2-4 servings of fruits, 3-5 servings of vegetables, 2-3 servings of milk and other dairy products, as well as 2-3 servings of meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and nuts. While the top (tip) of the pyramid only consists of a little fat, oil, and sugar (sweetener).

From the pyramids apparent consumption of vegetables and fruits is very important to guarantee the population’s health. So the importance of vegetables and fruit, the World Health Organization (WHO) and nutrition experts in the United States recommends that we consume at least five servings of vegetables and fruits every day. A serving of fruit is equivalent to 150 grams, while one portion of vegetables equal 75 grams of raw vegetables.

Indonesia is still less
A survey conducted in 2004 revealed that only about 15 percent of the Indonesian population who consume vegetables and fruits more than five servings per day. So, as much as 85 percent of the population of Indonesia is less vegetables and fruits. This is really ironic because as a tropical country, Indonesia is a paradise of vegetables and fruits.

The low consumption of vegetables and fruits is unfortunate because the two commodities is a source of various vitamins, various minerals, dietary fiber (dietary fiber), as well as a variety of phytochemical compounds.

A lot of vitamins contained in vegetables and fruits namely vitamin C and vitamin B complex. Some vegetables and fruits is also a good source of vitamins A, D, and E with huge potential. Carotenoids (precursors of vitamin A), vitamin C and natural vitamin E is an antioxidant useful against free radicals, causing premature aging and various types of cancer.

A lot of minerals found in vegetables and fruits are iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P). Some of these minerals, such as Cu, Zn, and Mn, also an antioxidant mineral.

Compared with the source of dietary fiber (dietary fiber), other vegetables and fruits are good sources and most major. Dietary fiber is useful for preventing various degenerative diseases, such as colon cancer (colon cancer), divertikulosis, atherosclerosis, heart disorders, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and kidney stones.

Starting from the pattern vegetarian
One of the phrases that need to be cultivated in the daily diet is “let’s paint your plate with color!” The phrase can be translated as “eat a plate of colorful dishes.”

For optimal health, nutrition experts recommend a variety of colors of food consumption. The plate should look like a rainbow. Eating colorful fruits and vegetables five or more servings are an important part of healthy lifestyles.

Another phrase that also need to ponder, “Eat your colors Every day to stay healthy and fit”, which shows how important the colors of food consumption daily for reaching health and fitness.
Colorful food concept has long been introduced in Japan.

The development of Buddhism in Japan encourage people to live with a vegetarian-style diet. A diet that encourages the development of vegetable origin foods, as well as the emergence of the eating habits of vegetables and fruits.

In a Buddhist vegetarian lifestyle, Japanese society as it developed the concept of five colors and six main flavor in his food everyday. The five kinds of color is: GREEN, RED, YELLOW, WHITE, and PURPLE, while the sixth sense are: bitter, sour, sweet, spicy, salty, and savory. That culture is still left in modern Japanese society.

Buddha’s teachings that underlie why the food in Japan is generally presented with a solid-color match interesting, different taste, and presentation is very slick.

In the Japanese culinary arts, food is a way of presenting the most important thing, even more important than the taste of food itself. In the presentation, there are a harmonious combination of colors, shapes and textures.
Japanese people love the combination of certain colors in food. This, for example, can be seen in sanshoku buckwheat, which is a kind of noodle products with three colors (brown, white, and green) are presented in harmony in a tray.

Other foods that are presented in three colors: pikel (pickled vegetables) with a combination of purple (eggplant), white (daikon), and green (mustard). Sandwiches have generally sold with three different kinds of vegetable colors.

During the Indonesian people consider this green vegetables are the best for health. In the concept of colorful foods, we are encouraged to consume vegetables from different color, like green, blue, purple, red, yellow, white, and brown.

Colors were derived from the pigment, a phytochemical compounds found in various plants. These natural compounds not only protect the plants, but also protect humans from diseases like cancer, aging, heart disease, and vision problems.

Optimal protection, gugah appetite
Colored fruits and vegetables contain hundreds of phytochemicals, compounds which differ from each other. By eating foods from all groups of color, we’ll get optimum protection from diseases and other health disorders.

Phytochemical compounds work naturally with the method can not be copied by food supplements. According to Dr. Lorelei DiSogra of the National Cancer Institute, “By eating fruits and vegetables from each color group, we would benefit from a unique set of phytochemicals, vitamins, minerals, and fiber is important that each group contained in the color.”

National Cancer Institute recommends consumption of at least five food groups every day in color, namely red, white, blue or purple, yellow and green. Each color indicates the presence of certain phytochemical compounds are efficacious for preventing various diseases.

Colorful food is a concept that combines food serving a variety of food ingredients based on color. Color here is a natural color instead of synthetic dyes. God must have some purpose in creating food that is colorful.

Colorful plate of food is not only tempting, but also provide health benefits is overwhelming. Different color for each food show and nutrition content of different phytochemical compounds.

The more color variations and the food we consume, the more complete nutrients obtained. That is why, colorful foods are absolutely necessary.
Color can also indicate the flavor of a food ingredient. When the color of a food colors that deviate from generally applicable, the material they are determined not taste good.

Seeing the old red chili must show a sense of spiciness in the mouth, spicy flavor than the green chili. Red pepper extracts is identical with the spicy, but the red in tomato indicates that tomatoes must be fresh and juicy in the mouth feel. Seeing the bright colors of yellow bananas, imagine the sweetness.

Color in foods are also tempting. When we visited the restaurant in Padang, one of the attraction is the red chili that was almost there on all menus.

When visiting Sundanese restaurant, it is incomplete without raw greens (salad). When visiting a food Chinese restaurant, one of the favorites menu is a cap cay which is a combination of vegetables of various colors.
In the art of good food, color is an important factor that must be considered. Solid-match colors and nice restaurants are among the factors that will be selling food. Bad color combinations may damage the overall appetite.

Color pigments are identical with
Food color comes from a number of specific pigments. The most powerful pigment will give the dominant color. Pigments are chemical components contained in the food, which when illuminated by white light will give you the sensation of a particular color that can arrest the eyes.

Archaeologists estimate the pigment plays an important role in human life since 400 000 years before Christ. At that time, pigment is widely used by women as decoration materials to beautify themselves. In addition, the pigments are also widely used for painting.

Why pigments produce different color? It is due to chemical bonding capabilities for selecting pigments to absorb light waves and that should be reflected. A food that has the ability to reflect the color red, when illuminated by white, a color other than red will be absorbed. Meanwhile, the red color will be reflected to our eyes so that the material is shown in red.

The same thing will happen if the banana has a yellow reflective pigment or vegetables that have a green reflector pigment illuminated by white light.

White color has a very broad spectrum of colors so that when focused on the pigment, white light can be decomposed into a color that is absorbed and reflected color.


How is the health condition when viewed from the color of your nails? Yes, said someone color and nail conditions can provide clues how the actual condition of our health. The following explanation:

- When some or all of the nails are white, perhaps it is a sign of fungus or disease interference in the liver.

- If the nails are white dots, it indicates the possibility of zinc mineral deficiency.

- Nail the chocolate shows the growth of fungi or kidney disease.

- Nails which indicate the possibility of yellow jaundice.

- When the blue nail color, it indicates poor oxygen circulation, the liver disease, or lung disorders.

- Nail freckled skin disorders indicates the possibility, such as psoriasis or eczema.

- Easily broken nails indicate a thyroid problem.

- Nails are yellowish or pink is often associated with diabetes.

- Nails that curve may indicate a respiratory disorder.


you certainly know that dry mouth, thirst, or prolonged fatigue, a symptom of dehydration. So, why are you not also get used to drinking water? In fact, advice to drink eight glasses of water a day that we’ve heard since elementary school.

Indeed, sometimes it feels boring to drink plain water. In fact, if you drink plenty of water, there are three problems that can solved lho. Not only is the thirst, but also weight and general health condition. What is?

1. Adding energy
Lack of fluids can make women become exhausted. According to research, drinking water during exercise can help a person to undergo training with a more vibrant. You are advised to add a drink in two or three hours before doing activities like going to the gym, swimming, and various other activities that require a lot of energy. To give another taste, add the lemon flavor, mint, or frozen fruit, the white water.

2. Stop snacking
Hunger can be caused by thirst. Thirst is sometimes disguised so that the felt is hungry. Drink water slowly throughout the day to cope with such thirst. When diligent drink, your stomach feel more full so you do not be tempted to look for snacks. Drinking can also be done on the sidelines of the food they eat, thus giving a sense of satiety sooner.

3. Benefits for the brain
According to research from the European Journal of Neurology, a person who has migraine disease can reduce the duration and intensity of headaches by consuming six glasses of water each day.

Remember, dehydration can develop into something serious, such as low blood and a rapid heartbeat. So fluid is needed to avoid these things. When feeling bored with ordinary water to drink, try a refreshing alternative to diversify your drink.

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