Milk, Yoghurt and Cheese

Milk, Yoghurt and Cheese
Dairy products have an important role to play in the diet of a growing kid.

Here’s what you need to know in order to ensure that your child receives the recommended number of servings from the milk, yoghurt and cheese group on a regular basis.

Milk is an excellent source of vitamin D and calcium – the nutrients needed to build healthy bones and strong teeth.

Although vitamin D can be obtained through sun exposure, increased use of sunscreens limits the amounts of vitamin D that can be obtained from the sun.

Consequently, it’s more important than ever to ensure that your child’s diet contains vitamin D-rich foods, especially milk.

Although it’s okay to offer your child chocolate milk on occasion, don’t let it replace the regular milk in her diet.

Chocolate milk is such higher in sugar than regular milk.

If your child relay enjoys her chocolate milk, dilute with regular milk so that she’s not getting quite as much sugar.

Chocolate milk is much more nutritious that soda pop, however, so if you want to give her the choice of ordering something other than regular milk at a fast food restaurant, chocolate milk is a healthy choice.

Limit your child’s use of processed cheese slice and spread, as these products are much higher in salt than natural cheeses.

Don’t get in the habit of serving ice cream and frozen yoghurt on a regular basis because they tend to contain a lot of fat and sugar.

Flavored yogurts tend to be quite high in sugar.

You can get a lot of mileage out of a small serving of flavored yogurt by letting your child use it as dip for fruit slices.

Or, if you prefer buy plain yogurt and add your own flavoring and such as some fresh fruit, vanilla flavoring, and so on.
Milk, Yoghurt and Cheese

Antioxidant Activities of Chrysanthemum

Antioxidant Activities of Chrysanthemum
The antioxidant properties of flavonoids extracted from chrysanthemum could have been responsible for the broad pharmacological effects of chrysanthemum.

It was found that water extract showed significant antioxidant activities in the linoleic acid system in vitro.

The inhibitor rate against peroxidation of linoleic acid was much higher than that of antioxidant alpha-tocopherol.

In the liposome model system, the extract showed significant inhibitory activity against peroxidation of lecithin, suggesting that the extract may reduce lipid peroxidation and play a role in protecting against damage to the cell membrane.

The water extract of chrysanthemum also showed significant direct inhibitory effects on various free radicals.

Similar to other antioxidants chrysanthemum extract has been shown to be an electron donor with strong reducing power.

The significant correlation between phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity indicates that the polyphenolic directly to the antioxidant activity of the extract.

It was demonstrated that flavonoids, a subgroup of phenolic compounds, were responsible for the antioxidant activity of the chrysanthemum extract, which can scavenge reactive oxygen radicals such as hydroxyl radicals and superoxide radicals.

The flavonoids can also be absorbed into cell membrane and hence protect the cells from the damage of free oxygen radicals.

The overall observations seem to indicate that the chemical reducing property may contribute to the free radical scavenging activities of chrysanthemum extract.
Antioxidant Activities of Chrysanthemum

Tea bags consumption and history

Tea bags consumption and history
A New York tea merchant named William Sullivan invented tea bags accidently in 1904.

He had the idea of sending samples of tea to customers in hand sewn silk bags rather than in a tin.

He was soon flooded with orders for the convenient tea bags.

Making herbal blends from scratch might not be everyone’s cup of tea and for that reason, tea bags are a welcome convenience.

Although true tea aficionados shun them, tea bags can make an acceptable cup of tea.

They’re also readily available and provide convenience for those with a go-go-go lifestyle for new comers to the world of herbal teas, and for those who are traveling or dining in restaurants.

If your carry a few wrapped tea bags in your purse, briefcase, or backpack, you have only to request, “Hot water, please’” when you are on the road or in places where herbal teas are not available.

Happily, herbal teas are now more available than ever. Yet in order for the herbs to be put into tea bags, they are ground into a very fine cut that exposes the surfaces areas of the herbs thousands of times, thus allowing flavorful and therapeutic essential oils to evaporate more quickly.

When the tea bags sit for many months before being used, the herbs they contain lose potency. Many companies compensate for this loss by adding natural or unnatural flavorings to the herbs.
Tea bags consumption and history