Friday, May 16, 2008

Fried Food – is it safe?

Heating vegetable oil above 300 degrees Fahrenheit damages the oil causing toxin formation. Heating the oil increases the rate of chemical reactions (oxidation) especially if it is in the presence of air (oxygen) and light. Many toxic products of oxidation occur, including trans fatty acid and other unnatural breakdown products (dimers and polymers etc). Our cells accumulate these toxic product and age more rapidly.
The nutritional value of browned food is poor. Proteins turn into acrolein a known carcinogen.
Frying food is an unhealthy practice and should be avoided.
For those who cannot help themselves and insist on frying, the following suggestions are made.
Saturated fats are the most stable to heat. Monounsaturated are the second most stable. Polyunsaturated fats are unstable to heat. Canola oil, corn oil and other liquid vegetable oils form the most toxins when heated. This is because they are damaged the quickest with heat and air. Never fry with Canola oil.
Saturated fats that are low in the essential fatty acids are safer for frying. They are however also to be avoided because the raise your cholesterol.
Mixing water with the oil when cooking helps prevents overheating of the oil.
Safer (not safe but less toxic) oils for frying are (in order of safety);ButterTropical fatsPeanut oilsesame oilolive oil
BTWVirgin olive oil is the only Supermarket oil that has not been heated to 392+ during processing.

gay's happiness in romania

Until 1996 gay romania was illegal under Article 200 of the penal code. In June 2001 the Romanian Government sought to abolish Article 200 but it was only on 14th January 2002 that final approval to abolition this Article was given by the Romanian Parliament and Presidency. Meanwhile, in September 2000 Romania introduced anti-discrimination law which provided protection from discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation (oddly though this was before homosexuality was actually legalised!) The position for gays has therefore improved enormously over the last few years. In 2005, Romania's first Gay Pride event was held despite strong opposition from the Mayor, the Police, the Government and the Church. Following international pressure the President relented and the March was allowed. Following the legalising of homosexuality in Romania in 2002 the gay scene in Romania has improved hugely. Though the scene is still mostly out-door cruising gay or gay friendly bars have started to appear in Bucharest and some of the other main cities of Romania. Check out the websites below. We think that Romania could make for an interesting alternative holiday destination. such as Miss travesti . One would feel happy when he visits Romania in Gay Fest 2008, which is a festival especial for gay in Romania every year.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

pain

Pain, in the sense of physical pain, is a typical sensory experience that may be described as the unpleasant awareness of a noxious stimulus or bodily harm. Individuals get acquainted to pain through various daily hurts and aches, and occasionally through more serious injuries or illnesses. For scientific and clinical purposes, pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage".
Pain is highly subjective to the individual experiencing it. A definition that is widely used in nursing was first given as early as 1968 by Margo McCaffery: "'Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he says it does".
Pain of any type is the most frequent reason for physician consultation in the United States, prompting half of all Americans to seek medical care annually. It is a major symptom in many medical conditions, significantly interfering with a person's quality of life and general functioning. Diagnosis is based on characterizing pain in various ways, according to duration, intensity, type (dull, burning or stabbing), source, or location in body. Usually pain stops without treatment or responds to simple measures such as resting or taking an analgesic, and it is then called ‘acute’ pain. But it may also become intractable and develop into a condition called chronic pain, in which pain is no longer considered a symptom but an illness by itself. The study of pain has in recent years attracted many different fields such as pharmacology, neurobiology, nursing sciences, dentistry, physiotherapy, and psychology. Pain medicine is a separate subspecialty figuring under some medical specialties like anesthesiology, physiatry, neurology, psychiatry.
Pain is part of the body's defense system, triggering a reflex reaction to retract from a painful stimulus, and helps adjust behaviour to increase avoidance of that particular harmful situation in the future. Given its significance, physical pain is also linked to various cultural, religious, philosophical, or social issues.