Healthy Lifestyle

[RedPepper]

Tamarind....tamar-ind

Just thought about this when I read about the tamarind. Years ago when I was visiting our middle-eastern neighbor, she served a juice. It looked like grape juice but tasted like tamarind. I asked what it was. She showed me the store bought bottle of a juice named tamarind juice. She also explained that it is tamar-ind ('tamar' in their language means dates, dates is very common in middle east). She said it is tamar-ind - Indian tamar!!!
Well, I had to laugh hearing her explanation. I didn't know people use it as a drink.

[tfmlover]

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[RedPepper]

i too buy organic milk and eggs. and few vegetables. i used to buy more when my toddler was a baby, used to feed him all organic food. but now i buy only milk, eggs, flavored yoghurt, spinach and few vegetables. the organic section in my local grocery store doesnt seem to be having a variety of vegetables. and whole foods is far from where i live. but most of my friends dont care. some times i too wonder whether its worth. but any way, atleast for my son, i keep buying it.

We too started buying organic stuffs when we started solids for our daughter when she was a baby. Our local grocery store doesn't have thaat many organic stuff either, the ones that they have are way toooo expensive. Luckily we have got a whole foods market somewhaat close to where we live. I think thats one of the reasons we keep buying organic!

[RedPepper]

but make sure the product has proper govt 'seal ' , it might be not fully organic you pay higher price which might be having tiny organic ingredient .thats how the farmers trick

confusing coz increased demand tendency , not able to practice 100 % organic somehow become sustainable .
find where food coming from ? dont be fooled by lables

Ya it does have USDA approved seal.

[Anoushka]

tfmlover/redpepper: Thanks for the explanation on tamarind

[pradheep]

Is it true that organic produces are more nutritious?

The nutrient content of non-organic foods are lower than the food grown through natural means. In 2005 a research (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry) study found the cancer preventing lycopene content was found in higher amounts in the tomatoes grown organically compared with those not. It was interesting comment that, the non-organic tomotoes have less challenge of bugs and so produce less lycopene compared to organic one which produce more lycopene to defend from predators. Higher lycopene content in tomaotoes are good for our health because they act as anti-oxidants.

http://sakthifoundation.org/organic.htm

[RedPepper]

Is it true that organic produces are more nutritious?

The nutrient content of non-organic foods are lower than the food grown through natural means. In 2005 a research (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry) study found the cancer preventing lycopene content was found in higher amounts in the tomatoes grown organically compared with those not. It was interesting comment that, the non-organic tomotoes have less challenge of bugs and so produce less lycopene compared to organic one which produce more lycopene to defend from predators. Higher lycopene content in tomaotoes are good for our health because they act as anti-oxidants.

http://sakthifoundation.org/organic.htm

Thats interesting. Thanks for that link.

[tfmlover]

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[gkals]

Hi dev,

Thanks a ton for posting the kollu rasam recipe.I would try it out without fail.Thanks again

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kals

[dev]

Hey Raghuji,

I managed to lose a few inches & put on around 4 kgs of lean body mass in the last few months... Now my weight is up by around 5 kgs but I look slightly thinner than what I used to be a few months back... & feel much stronger active too... Now I can advise anyone on diet without guilt...hehehe...