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A rather new cafe at Fortune Center
5 years ago
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Happy Vegan Day!
Almost forgot today is vegan day! Happy vegan day!
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Gangnam style? Nah... Now we have VEGAN STYLE!
A funny parody of the latest dance fashion GANGNAM STYLE VEGAN STYLE.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Jacqueline Traide's animal testing demonstration
Lush cosmetics did a live demonstration against animal testing with Jacqueline Traide as their performance artist. This was something quite well done! But it's impact would be greater if it was conducted in countries which continue to test products on animals, as far as I know, EU has already banned testing on animals for cosmetics.
Still it is quite scary what kind of stuff they put onto the animals. Hopefully this awareness will slowly phase out animal testing in other countries.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Animal visuals simulation
Animal visuals offer a realistic look at "a day in a life of a chicken" or "a day in a life of a pig" by offering 3D computer simulation on how it is like to stay in the cages. It is extremely well done! Placing us in their shoes help us understand how it is like to live a life day in and out like them. It is very much worse than a prison cell since they are so cramped.
How is it like to be a hen?
How does it feel like to be a pig then?
None of us fancy this! Let's go veg to help these poor animals out.
How is it like to be a hen?
How does it feel like to be a pig then?
None of us fancy this! Let's go veg to help these poor animals out.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Being disconnected to our food
The meat was made in a magical store, and no animals were harmed.
According to a recent survey in UK youths 16 - 23 years:
1) 36% do not know Bacon come from pigs
2) 40% do not link Milk to dairy cows - 7% thought it came from wheat!
3) 59% do not link Butter to dairy cows
4) 33% do not know Eggs come from hens - 11% thought it came from wheat/maize!
(Report here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/9330894/Where-do-milk-eggs-and-bacon-come-from-One-in-three-youths-dont-know.html)
It's not surprising to know these days many people do not even know where their food come from! We just buy food and shove them in our mouths without questioning what we are eating. Truth behind food is all blocked and substituted with commercials like the below feeding our brains since young, it is no wonder we do know anything.
Subtle message: cheese burgers come from flowers touched by that criminal.
According to a recent survey in UK youths 16 - 23 years:
1) 36% do not know Bacon come from pigs
2) 40% do not link Milk to dairy cows - 7% thought it came from wheat!
3) 59% do not link Butter to dairy cows
4) 33% do not know Eggs come from hens - 11% thought it came from wheat/maize!
(Report here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/9330894/Where-do-milk-eggs-and-bacon-come-from-One-in-three-youths-dont-know.html)
It's not surprising to know these days many people do not even know where their food come from! We just buy food and shove them in our mouths without questioning what we are eating. Truth behind food is all blocked and substituted with commercials like the below feeding our brains since young, it is no wonder we do know anything.
Subtle message: cheese burgers come from flowers touched by that criminal.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Heart smart oil-free cookbook
Now Vegetarian Society and Healthfriend are bringing out a vegan cookbook, based on Dr Esselstyn's guidelines: The Heart Smart Oil Free Cookbook.
The book is supported by the Singapore Heart Foundation and is now available at major book stores.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Liver and gallbladder cleanse review 1
I have been told by my relatives and my dad about the liver & gallbladder flush by Andreas Moritz.
Was quite skeptical about passing out stones - especially huge calcified ones. And more incredibly, without pain due to the apple juice softening the stones. But logically speaking, mini stones as well as sludge can move out of the system with a flush, that I believe.
Read some reviews on him being a quack, but on the other hand I heard positive reviews from many who have done the flush - including stones with a 80% cholesterol composite (bile only contains 0.3% cholesterol, and olive oil has none, so the "stone" has a high chance of being a cholesterol stone). It will be fair to give the procedure a try before judging.
I did not follow Andreas Moritz's instructions in the book 100%. But I did my best to do so, including eating meals lighter in fat throughout the 7 day program.
Six 1 litre cartons of apple juice, I use the German brand Bio Voelkel. The juice is organic and unfiltered.
Day 1 to 5
1 carton of apple juice throughout the day. Everything was more or less ok, except more frequent urges to go to the toilet.
Day 6
I finished the 1 carton apple juice by morning according to instructions. It was terrible. May be too acidic for my stomach to handle. By early afternoon, I started to get terrible pains and aches on my upper back and shoulders. Later on, it developed to slight pain and tenderness in my stomach area. Since you have to fast after lunch, I can't eat anything to help with what feels like a gastric problem that used to happen during my university days of irregular meals. I was quite scared as it was the last day and I still have to drink the lemon+orange+olive oil emulsion at night, but didn't want to give it up.
This problem went on for a few hours until I drank the Epsom salt once I reach home around 7+ pm.
I felt tired, dizzy, and tender at my stomach area, so went to sleep (not in the detox protocol).
(This is very important especially if you have gastric problems. My gastric problem was slight in the past, and dormant until this cleanse. So if you intend to do this cleanse with a gastric problem, it may be better to use an apple juice alternative mentioned in the book. Certainly not 1 litre of apple juice in the morning on day 6.)
After another dose of epsom salt at around 9pm, I down the emulsion around 11pm and prayed it won't kick up a gastric attack. The emulsion felt "spicy" in the stomach - something I dread. But I kept to the instructions of lying on the right side of the body for 20 minutes before changing positions. You can feel movements on the liver side of your tummy. I couldn't get back to sleep until after a long while of tossing and turning.
(I do not think this is will be a problem with people who do not have a gastric problem. So far my family members did not have such complains)
Day 7
After the Day 6, I awoke feeling better. Stomach is still a little sore, but not creating problems. I can feel more movements in the gall bladder. Drank the last two doses of Epsom salt solution (urgh!).
Results:
Plenty of diarrhea but no "stones" at all and I had pain in my kidney area during the flush. Was pretty disappointed. However, my colleague told me about an improvement in my skin tone, so perhaps it helped if at all. They say you may need more than 1 flush to get results. So I think I may do that, but maybe omit the apple juice on day 6, substitute the epsom salts and perhaps take a kidney support before the flush.
Was quite skeptical about passing out stones - especially huge calcified ones. And more incredibly, without pain due to the apple juice softening the stones. But logically speaking, mini stones as well as sludge can move out of the system with a flush, that I believe.
Read some reviews on him being a quack, but on the other hand I heard positive reviews from many who have done the flush - including stones with a 80% cholesterol composite (bile only contains 0.3% cholesterol, and olive oil has none, so the "stone" has a high chance of being a cholesterol stone). It will be fair to give the procedure a try before judging.
I did not follow Andreas Moritz's instructions in the book 100%. But I did my best to do so, including eating meals lighter in fat throughout the 7 day program.
Six 1 litre cartons of apple juice, I use the German brand Bio Voelkel. The juice is organic and unfiltered.
Day 1 to 5
1 carton of apple juice throughout the day. Everything was more or less ok, except more frequent urges to go to the toilet.
Day 6
I finished the 1 carton apple juice by morning according to instructions. It was terrible. May be too acidic for my stomach to handle. By early afternoon, I started to get terrible pains and aches on my upper back and shoulders. Later on, it developed to slight pain and tenderness in my stomach area. Since you have to fast after lunch, I can't eat anything to help with what feels like a gastric problem that used to happen during my university days of irregular meals. I was quite scared as it was the last day and I still have to drink the lemon+orange+olive oil emulsion at night, but didn't want to give it up.
This problem went on for a few hours until I drank the Epsom salt once I reach home around 7+ pm.
I felt tired, dizzy, and tender at my stomach area, so went to sleep (not in the detox protocol).
(This is very important especially if you have gastric problems. My gastric problem was slight in the past, and dormant until this cleanse. So if you intend to do this cleanse with a gastric problem, it may be better to use an apple juice alternative mentioned in the book. Certainly not 1 litre of apple juice in the morning on day 6.)
After another dose of epsom salt at around 9pm, I down the emulsion around 11pm and prayed it won't kick up a gastric attack. The emulsion felt "spicy" in the stomach - something I dread. But I kept to the instructions of lying on the right side of the body for 20 minutes before changing positions. You can feel movements on the liver side of your tummy. I couldn't get back to sleep until after a long while of tossing and turning.
(I do not think this is will be a problem with people who do not have a gastric problem. So far my family members did not have such complains)
Day 7
After the Day 6, I awoke feeling better. Stomach is still a little sore, but not creating problems. I can feel more movements in the gall bladder. Drank the last two doses of Epsom salt solution (urgh!).
Results:
Plenty of diarrhea but no "stones" at all and I had pain in my kidney area during the flush. Was pretty disappointed. However, my colleague told me about an improvement in my skin tone, so perhaps it helped if at all. They say you may need more than 1 flush to get results. So I think I may do that, but maybe omit the apple juice on day 6, substitute the epsom salts and perhaps take a kidney support before the flush.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Helping water shortage problems on a vegan diet
Albert Einstein "Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on earth as much as the evolution of a vegetarian diet."
Now scientists have agreed with him and warned that food shortages could forced the world to go veg in 2050. Please read the article from this link http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/aug/26/food-shortages-world-vegetarianism
Food production has been increasing but yet more people are going hungry.
"The food production in the world is more than enough to feed all its inhabitants properly. Yet, a billion are undernourished, around two billion are overeating, and staggering amounts of food are lost or wasted." - Extract from Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
Water and energy are intricately linked and and conserving one helps conserves the other.
"Throughout the food chain, water and energy inputs are both crucial and interlinked. On one hand, making water of acceptable quality available for food production carries a heavy energy bill. On the other, energy production is associated with significant water consumption."
How do we cut back on water consumption to ensure we have sufficient water and food in the future? The answer: Cut back meat intake to 5% or less.
Researchers compared 3 different diet combinations:
1. Food production in line with current dietary trends(3,000 kcal/p d, 20 per cent animal food)
2. A diet in line with current trends but a reduction of meat consumption (3,000 kcal/p d, 5 per cent animal food)
3. The food intake required assuming that all losses could be avoided
The analysis showed there will not be enough water available on current croplands to produce food for the expected population in 2050 if we follow current trends and changes towards diets common in Western nations (3,000 kcal produced per capita, including 20 per cent of calories produced coming from animal proteins). There will, however, be just enough water, if the proportion of animal based foods is limited to 5 per cent of total calories and considerable regional water deficits can be met by a well organised and reliable system of food trade.
Now it longer is only our business, or the animals' business. The entire world is at stake. Please go vegan to help this problem.
Now scientists have agreed with him and warned that food shortages could forced the world to go veg in 2050. Please read the article from this link http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/aug/26/food-shortages-world-vegetarianism
Food production has been increasing but yet more people are going hungry.
"The food production in the world is more than enough to feed all its inhabitants properly. Yet, a billion are undernourished, around two billion are overeating, and staggering amounts of food are lost or wasted." - Extract from Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
Water and energy are intricately linked and and conserving one helps conserves the other.
"Throughout the food chain, water and energy inputs are both crucial and interlinked. On one hand, making water of acceptable quality available for food production carries a heavy energy bill. On the other, energy production is associated with significant water consumption."
How do we cut back on water consumption to ensure we have sufficient water and food in the future? The answer: Cut back meat intake to 5% or less.
Researchers compared 3 different diet combinations:
1. Food production in line with current dietary trends(3,000 kcal/p d, 20 per cent animal food)
2. A diet in line with current trends but a reduction of meat consumption (3,000 kcal/p d, 5 per cent animal food)
3. The food intake required assuming that all losses could be avoided
The analysis showed there will not be enough water available on current croplands to produce food for the expected population in 2050 if we follow current trends and changes towards diets common in Western nations (3,000 kcal produced per capita, including 20 per cent of calories produced coming from animal proteins). There will, however, be just enough water, if the proportion of animal based foods is limited to 5 per cent of total calories and considerable regional water deficits can be met by a well organised and reliable system of food trade.
Now it longer is only our business, or the animals' business. The entire world is at stake. Please go vegan to help this problem.
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