Heart Attack Symptoms in Women

Heart Attack Symptoms in Women - In Indonesia, heart disease still the leading cause of death among men. But, that does not mean women can not be affected by this disease. There are several symptoms which mark the most common occurrence of heart attacks like tightness in the chest, pain, and dizziness. However, the question is, whether the symptoms of a heart attack in men and women equal? The answer, no!

Dr. Larry Weinrauch said, in essence, very little pre-menopausal women who have heart attacks. Except, if they are smoking, diabetes, or taking birth control pills for long period of time. However, he continued, smoking is still the biggest risk factors related to heart attacks in women.

The following are Heart Attack Symptoms will be the emergence of a heart attack in women, as described by Weinrauch:

• Nausea and vomiting that will not stop
• Shortness of breath (but do not sigh) or especially if you wake up at night
• Chest inconveniences which starts from the back of the sternum and radiating to the shoulder or arm, neck, jaw.
• Discomfort in the lower jaw
• Discomfort in the upper back, especially if it occurs only with the power or will not go
• Discomfort in the chest or back that occurs when you eat a lot
• All of a sudden heart beats very fast along with the pulse
• All of a sudden loss of consciousness
• Physical unable to do normal housework

So, who are most at risk of experiencing these symptoms? The point is, the more risk factors you have, the greater your risk of getting heart attacks, such as:

• Stop Menstrual
• Smoking
• Family history of heart disease before age 60 years
• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• High Cholesterol

Air Pollution Can Cause Heart Attacks

Air Pollution Can Cause Heart Attacks - Highway congestion can cause not only stress but also dangerous for the heart. According to research inhale smoke containing pollutants in a long time can lead to heart attacks.

In research published in the British Medical Journal, researchers found exposure to particulate pollutants and nitrogen dioxide that is released the vehicle dangerous to heart health, although the risk is relatively small at only 1.3 percent.

Yet two-particle exposure in a long time into the lungs can trigger heart attacks about six hours after a person is inhaling pollutants. The experts call this condition as an effect of "harvesting" of pollution.

Krishnan Bhaskaran and his team from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine tested on 79,288 cases of heart attacks that occurred in 15 suburban England and Wales between 2003-2006. Then the researchers measured the amount of pollution in the area at the time of the patients had a heart attack. The data used comes from the UK National Air Quality Archive.

The researchers also measured levels of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and ozone, as well as other pollutant particles called PM10 and nitrogen dioxide.

"We estimate that within the context of pollutant PM10 and NO2 levels high enough to trigger a heart attack six hours later," said the researcher.

Professor Jeremy Pearson of the British Heart Foundation explains, can cause air pollution thickens the blood making it more easily clogged and are at high risk of heart attack.

"My advice to patients already diagnosed with heart disease should avoid being outside the polluted air in a long time," he said.

UK study also concluded that air pollution causes 29,000 premature deaths annually.

6 Beverages For Heart Health

6 Beverages For Heart Health - Genetic factors can affect a person's risk for heart disease. But the good news, the disease is largely preventable. We may have heard the sage advice that said, to keep the heart healthy, it must eat nutritious foods and exercising regularly.

But not just lifestyle changes that can be done to reduce the risk of heart disease. What you drink can also make a difference.

Here are some recommended type of beverage that can help maintain heart health:

1. Coffee

Perhaps this sounds strange. But did you know that coffee has higher antioxidant activity than cocoa or tea? Eating the right amounts of coffee may inhibit inflammation and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

A long-term studies and large-scale, which involved more than 83,000 women showed that drinking two cups of coffee a day can cut stroke risk 20 percent lower than those who drank less coffee or none at all.

Suggestions: Drink between 2 to 4 cups of coffee per day including moderate category. But if you suffer from insomnia, anxiety and fatigue, just drink one glass only.

2. Pomegranate juice

Lately more and pomegranate juice reputation soared and alluring nutrition researchers. Why not, the experts from the University of California found that the antioxidant capacity of pomegranate juice three times higher than red wine and green tea. Even early studies showed that regular consumption of pomegranate juice may lower cholesterol, reduce arterial plaque (a risk factor for heart disease), and increases blood flow to the heart.

Suggestion: If possible, avoid additional sweetener when making pomegranate juice.

3. Red wine (red wine)

Red wine contains many compounds that can protect heart health, including resveratrol. Resveratrol has antioxidant properties that may protect the blood vessels in the heart and helps prevent the formation of blood clots. Some evidence also showed that consumption of red wine in moderate amounts can increase HDL (good cholesterol).

Suggestions: For women, it is recommended no more than 1.5 cups per day. As for men, no more than 2 cups.

4. Black tea

Black tea is produced through a fermentation process after the leaves are harvested and then dried. This treatment changed the chemical composition of leaves, thus producing several powerful antioxidants that help support heart health. Black tea has been shown to reduce stroke risk, reduce LDL (bad cholesterol), improve blood vessel function, and increase blood flow in coronary arteries.

Advice: The longer you dip the tea, the greater the benefit derived phytochemicals. Therefore, serve tea with hot water will be much better while maintaining the antioxidant content is maintained. Drinking several cups of black tea each day can help reduce the risk of heart disease.

5. Green tea

Like black tea, green tea contains many antioxidants that are good for the heart. The main difference is that green tea is not fermented. A 2004 study showed that drinking green tea in large quantities can prevent the risk of coronary artery disease. There are many studies linking green tea consumption with lower cholesterol, prevent blood clots and stroke.

Suggestions: Drink 1-3 cups of green tea a day.

6. Water

Dehydration can contribute to multiple risk factors for coronary heart disease, including gore. When you're dehydrated, blood becomes more viscous. This condition makes the heart you spend more energy to pump blood throughout the body. In fact, chronic dehydration can cause hypertension (high blood pressure).

Suggestion: Many experts recommend at least a day a person should drink 8-10 glasses of water (for adults). But the number of recommendations that must be taken not to apply to every person and every condition. To be sure, do not allow your body to become dehydrated. You can also add juice or lemon juice into warm water to add flavor as well as acquiring decay and antioxidant benefits.

19-Hour Food Network Running Diary: The Whole Thing and Various Conclusions

This piece first appeared in 2009. Happy New Year!

This past Wednesday, I watched an entire broadcast day of the Food Network and blogged about it. Then I slept for 67 straight hours.

The experience changed some ways I felt about FN, and reinforced others. For one thing, I always assumed The Powers That Be didn’t pay attention to financial matters, which they clearly do. There weren’t any outrageously expensive dishes all day, and some shows (Throwdown, 30-Minute Meals) made a point of frugality.

On the other hand, I thought FN would give a modicum of time to healthy cooking, and it just wasn’t there. Bobby Flay’s fruit marinades were the closest anyone came to nutritionally-minded meals. Granted, it’s Christmas, which tends to highlight baking and various indulgences, but when Paula Deen chops the only pepper of the day, you know we’re in trouble.

Finally, I thought there would be more 3/4-sleeve sweaters. Turns out, the chefs prefer long sleeves rolled up. (Except Giada. You can always count on Giada.)

The whole thing is attached below, in chronological order from 9:30am to 5am the next morning. You can see I fell into a coma during Food Network Challenge, but revived just in time for Paula’s Cookie Swap. It’s the important things, you know?

Anyway, here goes. Merry Christmas.

9:30am
THE SHOW: Nigella's Christmas Kitchen
THE HOST: British cook/woman I'd date if I went that way, Nigella Lawson
THE CONCEPT: homemade Christmas gifts

9:32am
Nigella is sploshing cider vinegar into sugar. I enjoy sploshing. Someday, I hope to splosh my way into college.

9:35am
Nigella's casual vocabulary is my favorite. She's making jam, and has described it as "fiery crimson" and "volcanically boiling." This is the stuff that goes with peanut butter, right?

9:37am
This entire show is candlelit and set to saxophone jazz. I think Food Network is trying to seduce me.

9:40am
"Let Dad school you with a vertical rotisserie." is a sentence I never hoped to hear, in a commercial or otherwise.

9:43am
A Nigella haiku:
Oh, metric system
You make baking funny with
your grams and liters

9:45am
Nigella's cake batter is "perfectly plain, but anything but austere." Husband-Elect just kissed me goodbye and went to work. Are these related somehow?

9:47am
Unconsidered when planning 19-hour blogging marathon: when do I go to the bathroom?

9:50am
Her strata is (direct quote): "Like a toasted cheese sandwich, but a celestial one, as if eaten by angels." If heaven is filled with grilled cheese sandwiches, I will feel a lot better about death.

9:52am
It's not even time for Price is Right, and Nigella's guests are eating Christmas tree cakes and getting sploshed on espresso martinis. I want to go to there.

9:54am
We're up to fully loaded baked potatoes. Cooked by candlelight, naturally. I've never been attracted to a potato before today, but somehow, Nigella is making them look sexy. Maybe because she just "splodged" them with sour cream, and now - I swear to god - is "forking them together."

9:58am
Nigella ends the show scarfing potatoes on a crimson couch by a roaring fire, while angels play smooth jazz in the background. This is a Luther Vandross video.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: 1
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: nothing too expensive here
HEALTH QUOTIENT: We'll let it slide. It's a Christmas show.
VERDICT: 10/10, for sexiness

10:00am
THE SHOW: Emeril Live!
THE HOST: Emeril Lagasse
THE CONCEPT: The godfather of TV cheffery hosts a cooking show in front of a live audience, says "BAM" a lot. There's a band, too.

10:05am
The theme of the show is cheese. I can get behind this.

10:06am
First tip, from an at-home video segment with a blonde mom: "Never walk away from your pine nuts." Truer words, never spoken. How many times have I set them to toast and sniffed the air three minutes later all like, "What's burning?"

10:08am
We're watching a split screen of the blonde mom and Emeril blending a dressing. It's still more interesting than golf.

10:11am
Speaking of golf, what happens now that Tiger is in the permanent doghouse? I imagine curling will finally have its day as THE sport for people who don't like sudden movements.

10:16am
Emeril is running a "Say Cheese" recipe contest. Pam from Maryland is a winner, and she reminds me of every nurse or teacher's assistant I've ever met. Pam is using crab in her macaroni and cheese, which "kicks [it] up to notches unknown." NOTCHES UNKNOWN.

10:18am
Emeril is both a "spoon guy" and a "whisk fan." Can you be both? Is that like rooting for the Yankees and the Mets?

10:20am
Augh! The vertical rotisserie ad is back so "Dad" can school us some more. I think I've found my nemesis for the day.

10:23am
Bathroom dilemma, solved. Thank god for commercials. Did you guys need to know that? Also of note: my computer is resting on a hummus tub so the bottom won't overheat. In Brooklyn, we work with what we have, folks.

10:27am
Emeril is stirring white-gray crabmeat into a yellow-gray macaroni and cheese mixture. You know that scene in Empire Strikes Back, when Han makes Luke a bed out of TonTon intestines? It looks like that. Which is okay, because sometimes ugly food is the best food. (See: eggplant.)

10:30am
Re: Emeril's accent. He's from Boston, right? Because it sounds so Brooklyn sometimes, I imagine him selling me knockoff sunglasses on the corner by the Halal Chinese Food place.

10:32am
Food Network Drinking Game, Rule #437: take a shot every time you wonder how a food show can pay for a full band. You'll be sploshed inside an hour.

10:33am
Emeril is making tamales con queso, and keeps asking for "lahwd." I wondered why he would be using the lord in his cooking, until it occurred to me that he's saying "lard."

10:37am
Another ugly-but-delicious food: refried beans. We can all agree it looks like baby puke, right?

10:40am
As Emeril rolls his second tamale, I find my mind wandering to faraway places. Like Morocco. Were fez hats just decorative, or did they have a purpose? They don't shade the eyes or protect the head very well, so I'm figuring they were invented for aesthetic purposes. In a related story, I think it's time for some coffee.

10:43am
Time for a multiple choice question! What kind of degree does Doc Gibbs have?
A) Funkiness MD
B) A PhD in smoothosity
C) A doctorate in jazz hands
D) Gastroenterology

10:46am
Holly from Ohio is the next winner of Emeril's Say Cheese contest, and she has a very, very red kitchen. Like, all her appliances and countertops are a fiery crimson. Wouldn't that make you angry when you're cooking? Like you're in Hell's Kitchen? "Don't TALK TO ME when I'm making CHEESECAKE, DAMMIT!"

10:49am
Can I tell you how much I love it when Emeril adds alcohol to recipes? Everyone in the audience cheers like crazy, as if to say, "WOO! This flan is gonna get us totally sploshed!"

10:52am
Have you seen the ice cream sandwich bench? It's $950, though if Trading Spaces has taught me anything, you can make it at home with $15.62 and a bedsheet.

10:55am
Emeril's jacket has remained perfectly clean through the entire show, despite making salad, mac and cheese, tamales con queso, and cheesecake. No mess at all. I would look like Pizza the Hut after a day like that.

10:59am
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: a shocking 0
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: good - salad and tamales are pretty cheap
HEALTH QUOTIENT: nada, though points for trying with the salad
VERDICT: 7/10, for gratuitous shots of blending.

11:01am
THE SHOW: Easy Entertaining
THE HOST: Michael Chiarello
THE CONCEPT: "Formal fare in your formalwear." Clever boy.

11:04am
So far, this is an onion- and beet-heavy show. Not kid food, apparently. In first grade, either of those words would have thrown me into total gag reflex failure.

11:09am
Coffee procured! Urge to kill ... fading.

11:10am
Chiarello isn't wearing a 3/4-sleeve sweater, but his pullover sleeves are rolled up to just under the elbow. Does that count?

11:12am
Currently, he's adding a TON of ground fennel to already fennel-heavy roast. Moderate amounts of fennel are always appreciated, but this looks like it's going to taste like a bag of black licorice exploded in your mouth.

11:13am
Up next: a Peppermint Chocolate Tiramisu. I have never heard a finer collection of words. (P.S. Did you know "tiramisu" means "pick me up"? Me neither. Thanks, Mike!)

11:15am
Food Network Drinking Game, Rule #5739: Drink whenever a host claims he/she is "going somewhere," "checking the market out," or "has some errands to run" during the commercial break. We know you need more than four minutes to hit up the orchard, Chiarello.

11:19am
While I like Michael Chiarello, he suffers a bit from John Kerry Syndrome: you know he's totally great at what he does, but you don't necessarily want to have a beer with him.

11:23am
He just poured about a cup of red wine into risotto, making it look like brains. Delicious, delicious brains. Again, the ugly/tasty paradox has been proven.

11:27am
Why don't the Food Network hosts ever wash their own pots and pans? They should have a show made up entirely of Ina Garten and Bobby Flay doing dishes. I guarantee it would be a ratings winner.

11:30am
End of show. How you know: the wine comes out, and Mike changes into a red t-shirt under a charcoal grey blazer. Very Napa.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: 1/2
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: low
HEALTH QUOTIENT: low
VERDICT: 8/10, for Peppermint Chocolate Tiramisu and general attractiveness

11:31am
THE SHOW: Quick Fix Meals
THE HOST: Robin Miller
THE CONCEPT: Week-long dinners for busy families, with Oprah-esque theme song.

11:32am
Robin is searing some scallops, and she just poured a dang gallon of olive oil into a large skillet. Look, I know olive oil is one of the healthier cooking fats, but 1/4 cup per serving doesn't do anyone any good. (Now getting off my high horse before I hurt myself.)

11:36am
Robin is having a tough time lifting her skillet. I can relate, having the upper body strength of a fetal chihuahua.

11:43am
We've moved on to Mexican fondue, meaning cheese, spinach, artichokes, and salsa melted together. I'm still deciding how I feel about this. Also: "take it to a whole new level" should be retired permanently, as should "outside the box."

11:45am
Once and for all: is cumin pronounced "keeyou-min" or "coo-min"?

11:50am
Good tip from Robin: make vinaigrettes and dressings in the bottom of the salad bowl, then toss everything afterward.

11:52am
Chopping montage! In general, wouldn't cooking would be much more awesome if all our chopping was set to Michael Jackson? Here, try it.

11:58am
Robin blended strawberries and yogurt, and I thought for sure it was going to be a smoothie. But she poured it in a bowl, so now it's a soup. If she poured it in a votive glass, would it be a candle?

11:59am
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: 0 (it was full-length)
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: high - nothing was outrageous
HEALTH QUOTIENT: very low - I question serving some of these to kids as dinner
VERDICT: 6/10, for questionable usage of vessels

12:00pm
THE SHOW: Paula's Home Cooking
THE HOST: Paula Deen, y'all!
THE CONCEPT: Today, it's cookies. But most days, it's butter. Just butter.

12:04pm
How you can tell this is an early episode: wrinkles, natural lighting, no cackling, zero appearances by Bobby and Jamie. I miss the cackling, y'all.

12:06pm
Analogy time!
Paula Deen is to Fantasy Grandma as George Clooney is to _______.
A) Fantasy Boyfriend
B) Fantasy Shortstop
C) Fantasy Island

12:12pm
Paula's making Gingerbread Men, and "when we come back, I'm gonna show you how we bring these little [guys] to life." This is going to involve lightning and tiny brain transplants, isn't it?

12:19pm
Edit - Paula is making gingerbread men AND women. Later, they will create gingerbread babies together, unless they use gingerbread prophylactics.

12:23pm
Gingerbread Michael (Paula's husband) has white chest hair, a mohawk, and appears to be wearing a diaper. How does Real Michael feel about this?

12:29pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: 0, though her blouse has shorter sleeves, y'all
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: high, y'all
HEALTH QUOTIENT: super, super low, y'all
VERDICT: 9/10, for gentility, y'all

12:31pm
THE SHOW: Everyday Italian
THE HOST: Giada DeLaurentiis
THE CONCEPT: Hot, talented chef makes authentic Italian dishes and funny tasting faces.

12:32pm
Giada starts out with panna cotta, or translated, "there's a cot in my pan."

12:34pm
My Ma is as Irishiest of Irish ladies, but insists on pronouncing Latin and Italian foods as they would be in the native language. This means "mozzarella" is "mooz-a-dell" and "parmesan" is "parrrr-mi-jhan." Giada also does this. Giada is my Ma.

12:37pm
Giada is frying some oysters. When she's done, they will be "sweet and tender, which is how your date will act after he eats them." I assume this means my date will also be breaded and covered in marinara sauce.

12:42pm
Giada's "this is so good" claw: check.
Giada's tasting O-face: check.
Still waiting for first pronunciation of "pan-CHET-tha."

12:46pm
This is the 37 millionth time the Le Cordon Bleu commercial is airing, and it's only 12:46. If I hear, "Get your career cooking ... LITERALLY!" one more time, I will literally jump through the TV and broil that guy.

12:48pm
Champagne Risotto with Asparagus is G's next date night recipe. (P.S. The theme of this show is "Date Night." Now you know.) Served with Chiarello's Peppermint Chocolate Tiramisu and Nigella's Espresso Martini, there is a 100% chance you will be pregnant by the end of the night.

12:51pm
I love that PR folks think well enough of CHG to send us offers, but ... uh ... my name is Kristen. Not Christine. And I don't have kids. And I hate mayonnaise. Just sayin'.

12:57pm
For dessert, it's Raspberry Limoncello Champagne and an Espresso Panna Cotta. Forget plain ol' pregnancy. These will get you a Duggar-style reality show on TLC.

12:59pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: 1 (You can always count on Giada.)
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: medium; risotto is cheaper than you think
HEALTH QUOTIENT: pretty low
VERDICT: 10/10, for much-appreciated gratuitous use of champagne

1:00pm
THE SHOW: 30-Minute Meals
THE HOST: Rachael Ray
THE CONCEPT: A nice woman from Western New York makes a meal in an unmentioned allotment of time.

1:03pm
Rachael is making sausage, and her accent ("sah-sidge") is making me miss my friends in Rochester and Buffalo. (*sniff*) You guys, lean ground chicken breast reminds me of you.

1:06pm
Whenever RR asks us to "eyeball" something, I picture pouring the item (fennel, cloves, oil, etc.) on our actual eyeballs. This is not the intended meaning, I understand, but ... need more coffee.

1:11pm
We're having "ahh-some wanh-ffles" here everybody, but not before we eyeball the molasses.

1:14pm
A haiku for Rachael:
You carry so much
but is that nutmeg ever
a burden too heavy?

1:19pm
Rachael is excellent at remaining upbeat. When you're makin' TV, it's really, really tough to turn on the cheer when you're not feeling it. But she manages. I dig that.

1:21pm
Toffee Hot Cocoa was just described as "SUPER delicious." Just once, I want a TV chef to say, "You know what? It's a broccoli recipe. It tastes slightly better than burlap, but if we don't get some veggies in our diets, we'll die."

1:26pm
On a related note, do you ever wonder if RR narrates her everyday movements when she's at home? "Well, I'm goin' to pick up my toothpaste like this. Awesome! Then I'm going to grab my toothbrush like this. Yummo! Now I'm gonna bring it up to my mouth, and run it back and forth across my teeth. All right! And we end by spitting the froth into the sink. Big finish!"

1:28pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: 0, though the sleeves of her regular sweater were rolled up
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: high
HEALTH QUOTIENT: negative numbers
VERDICT: 7/10, for too many "yummos'

1:31pm
THE SHOW: Barefoot Contessa! WOOOO!
THE HOST: the lovely Ina Garten
THE CONCEPT: incredible food served by a woman you want to hang out with ALL THE TIME

1:32pm
She's making chocolate gelato. For Jeffrey, of course. CURSE YOU, JEFFREY!

1:34pm
Husband-Elect, are you reading this? If so, can we go to Ina's kitchen for our honeymoon? I will let you have the Gandalf ice carving if you say yes.

1:36pm
Ina is wearing a black button-down instead of her usual denim one. If you're not a regular viewer, this means nothing to you, but if you are, it's a plot twist on par with The Sixth Sense.

1:40pm
Ina is visiting her fishmonger. I like to picture her being personal friends with her various mongers, and at the end of every year, they all have a giant monger party. Where they mong, presumably.

1:42pm
She is now making lobster pot pies. I was taught to appreciate fresh-from-the-animal lobster meat from a very young age, and always hesitate to use it in any recipe. I mean, what if I mess it up? And why would I want to dilute lobster flavor? But I'm going with this, Ina. I trust you. Be careful with my heart.

1:49pm
Ina wants us to place pastry dough in the fridge for 30 minutes "to chill and relax." Unmentioned: "to light up some doobage and listen to Steve Miller albums on shuffle."

1:51pm
The lobster pies were just dubbed "rustic." In cooking, is "rustic" a synonym for "messy"? If so, my apartment is very rustic.

1:57pm
Jeffrey is playing a trick on Ina, to make her think he ate all the food. This is cruel and unnecessary. Also, I don't know how to spell "unnecessary."

1:58pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: zero
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: er ... pretty low
HEALTH QUOTIENT: um ... also low
VERDICT: 10/10. It's Ina, and dissent will not be tolerated.

2:01pm
THE SHOW: Semi-Homemade ... you knew it was coming.
THE HOST: Sandra Lee
THE CONCEPT: 70% store-bought ingredients, 30% fresh ingredients, 100% yarg.

2:02pm
The theme is wisteria. So naturally, the first dish is a Fig and Goat Cheese Quesadilla. Leave your logic at the door, ladies and germs.

2:05pm
Aunt Sandy's hair is styled very Farrah Fawcettly. Which brings another question to mind: when I don't wear my hair back when I cook, it gets in the food. (Mmm ... hair chili.) Is this a concern of TV chefs?

2:10pm
"I want to talk to you about making great potato salad without all the work." She is starting with pre-cooked potatoes already seasoned with rosemary and garlic. This is like saying, "The first step is making an awesome cake is to buy an awesome cake."

2:12pm
On microwaving the potatoes: "You didn't have to do any of that peeling, any of that monkey business." I think she just compared potato peeling to sex. I guess both are dirty? And can take a few minutes? And at the end, you get delicious fries?

2:21pm
Sandra is spooning hot apricots on to a delicate cream. You can see the cream itself dissolving as this happens. It looks like, in the following shot, the desserts have been replaced with new ones. I can't say for sure this happened, but I think it happened.

2:26pm
Multiple choice question time! Sandra is currently:
A) Showing us a tablescape with a three-foot, 30+ pound vase of flowers at the center.
B) Showing us ANOTHER new plate of those apricot cream desserts.
C) Showing us the molecular representation of sodium chloride.

2:29pm
End of show
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: 0. It was a lavender blouse.
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: medium
HEALTH QUOTIENT: medium
VERDICT: 5/10, for unexpected attention paid to health and frugality, but also making a potato salad out of a potato salad.

2:31pm
THE SHOW: Boy Meets Grill
THE HOST: Bobby Flay
THE CONCEPT: Bobby Flay and a grill in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G.

2:33pm
Bobby's background music sounds like the chillout room at a '90s rave. We have fallen into a K-hole of flavor, everyone.

2:35pm
Unexpected, terrifying glitch with Blogger, seemingly overcome for now. If it craps out 10 hours into the marathon, I will go on a killing spree.

2:40pm
If Bobby wasn't a cook, he'd be a ballplayer - probably a journeyman outfielder with a .270 average and 15 or 20 home runs a year. Fans would like him because he shows up early to practice, and managers respect him for his knowledge of the game. Three years after retiring, he'd take a job managing Double A, where he'd stay until the majors call him up in his mid-50s. After a few years as a hitting coach, he'd get the full-time manager's job and win the World Series within three years. He'd always have a secret love of mango salsa, but would't know why.

2:45pm
Chickpea Polenta, which Mr. Flay is making, is something I would like to eat right now. In my mouth. With my teeth and gums.

2:51pm
Bobby is now mixing figs and red peppers in a delectable-sounding marinade. However, it looks like Buffalo Bill's bathtub in Silence of the Lambs. "It puts the marinade on the skin or it gets the hose again."

2:57pm
Random people show up on Bobby's rooftop to eat. If only such deliciousness was waiting at the top of every NYC fire escape, instead of the tar paper and Wire-style Mexican standoffs that are usually there.

2:59pm
End of show
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: 0, though Bobby's sleeves were rolled up.
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: medium-low; steak is pricey, yo
HEALTH QUOTIENT: medium; points for lots of fresh produce
VERDICT: 8/10, for the creative use of fruit and being able to smell the grill smoke all the way in my apartment.

3:01pm
THE SHOW: Guy's Big Bite
THE HOST: Guy Fieri (pronounced "Bob Jones-Smith")
THE CONCEPT: Huge freaking food for giant freaking guys.

3:02pm
The More You Know: I'm wearing no makeup, ill-fitting jeans and my beloved hooded sweatshirt, Big Green. If anyone saw me right now, they'd immediately turn to stone.

3:03pm
Props to Guy: he doesn't settle for saying an ingredient "will make this taste great!" He explains why you add certain seasonings and why you cook food a specific way. And he uses way less "Dude! This onion is radical awesome gnarly, bro!" than I thought he would.

3:09pm
He's explaining why he didn't salt Kalamata Couscous ahead of time: "because I wasn't sure what the olives would bring to it." This is the kind of information I want from a cooking show. From Guy Fieri. Who knew? (Also, it helps that he's making dolma [stuffed grape leaves], one of my all-time favorite foods.)

3:12pm
I'm calling it: TV chefs calling pieces of food "bad boys" is officially over. Stuffed grape leaves are delicious, not delinquent.

3:14pm
Return of the rotisserie ad dad! He reminds me of Prince Humperdinck from Princess Bride. Somewhere (Gilder), a village is missing its cowardly noble.

3:20pm
Guy's dolmas are "doing time" in the oven. 15 to 20 for assault and grand theft auto, to be specific. Maybe they ARE bad boys.

3:22pm
There is no elegant way to talk, whisk furiously, and sound composed at the same time. Everyone's voice rattles like they're riding a vacuum cleaner.

3:29pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: 0 - again, the rolled-up sleeve dominates
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: medium-high, dude
HEALTH QUOTIENT: medium, bro
VERDICT: 9/10, for being unexpectedly pretty great, dudebro

3:30pm
THE SHOW: Tyler's Ultimate
THE HOST: Tyler Florence
THE CONCEPT: Tyler shows us how to make a classic dish in the best possible way.

3:31pm
Tyler is kicking the show off by berating a rubber chicken. This is gonna be good.

3:33pm
Ack. He just called all-purpose flour "A.P." (Or, "apey.") How you know when acronyms don't work: when they sound like another, more disgusting word.

3:36pm
"What would life be without bacon?" Tyler asks. A futile existence, my friend. A futile existence indeed.

3:42pm
Tyler is making Coq au Vin, and his lapel mic is picking up the sound of sizzling every time he gets near his Dutch oven. You can hardly hear him above the noise, and it's kind of hilarious.

3:48pm
Also of note: Tyler hits food a lot, as in, "We're gonna hit this with Cognac." and "I'm gonna hit this with Herbs de Provence." No lie, he just said it like, six times. Food abuse!

3:52pm
"Boom!" is another one he's uttered about 70 different times. Methinks Tyler Florence is actually Guy Fieri, and Guy Fieri was replaced with a lookalike English teacher. Up is down, left is right, people!

3:59pm
End of show
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: 0 - rolled up sleeves again.
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: medium
HEALTH QUOTIENT: low
VERDICT: 7/10 - it's been over for a minute, and I barely remember it. There was a rubber chicken, right? (Is that mean? I don't want to be mean. I actually like Tyler a lot.)

4:01pm
THE SHOW: Cooking for Real
THE HOST: Sunny Anderson
THE CONCEPT: Cooking, really. For real. With realness.

4:04pm
Sunny's telling us about her tattoo. True story: in college, I was out with a friend, and came fairly close to getting the Chinese symbol for moon tattooed on my lower back. I decided not to, went home and told my dad about it. His response: "So, let me get this straight. You were about to get a MOON tattoo two inches above your ass?" I have never been tempted by tattoos again.

4:09pm
Fill in the blank time!
"Flauta" is the Spanish word for ______:
A) flute
B) to flout or express disdain
C) flatulence
D) ex-Bills quarterback Doug Flutie

4:12pm
The last three - possibly four - shows have involved tempering/whisking eggs into a hot mixture. Is that intentional? Does Food Network pick really specific themes like that? Today, it's tempering eggs. Tomorrow, it's grinding coriander. The day after that, it's sectioning a lemon on a snowy day if you live in a state ending with the letter "O."

4:20pm
Heh. It's 4:20.

4:24pm
19 hours of straight blogging, and there will be no Ace of Cakes. The lack of Duffness depresses and frightens me. So I will look at this dog making cookies to cheer me up.

4:25pm
Sunny is a very sunny person, yes? If she was named Frowny, this would be an entirely different show.

4:26pm
She's making Mexican soda! The bodegas in my neighborhood have these, and the colors are insane. They're like drinking a B-52s album.

4:29pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: nada - cute short-sleeved pink top
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: medium-high
HEALTH QUOTIENT: very low - flautas were deep fried
VERDICT: 7.5/10, for the fact that I want Mexican food now

4:30pm
THE SHOW: Everyday Italian
THE HOST: Giada DeLaurentiis
THE CONCEPT: This episode, Giads makes easy Italian-style cookies.

4:31pm
Giada just described a "decadent and deliciously adult cookie," meaning the next half hour will see her either making Florentines or directing a porno.

4:34pm
Didn't this woman just have a baby? How does she still look like a tiny Italian hourglass? (*curses the heavens*)

4:37pm
A Giada haiku:
Little big head chef
makes cookie log so pretty
we forget claw hand

4:44pm
We live down the block from a pizza place that sells single slices in individual boxes. Our front stoop has become the garbage pail for the neighborhood kids, all of whom buy one on the way from school to the subway. Short of water guns, how do I solve this problem?

4:50pm
Giada is rolling out dough, and trying to fill the time with words. "I'm rolling out the dough. Rolling. Rolling. Uh ... more rolling. Hm. Nice day today, right? How 'bout them Mets? More rolling."

4:57pm
Giada is hosting a cookie tasting party, and her friends and family are all abnormally hot. This is probably because they usually have asparagus tasting parties.

5:00pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: 1! Finally! I thought I was taking crazy pills.
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: high - baking is cheap
HEALTH QUOTIENT: low - it's a cookie show, man
VERDICT: 8/10 - for having biscotti that looks like it might actually be very good

5:01pm
THE SHOW: Barefoot Contessa
THE HOST: Ina Garten
THE CONCEPT: For this episode, it's treats for people and their dogs.

5:02pm
Food Network Drinking Game, Rule #83892: chug every time a TV chef adds nebulous "flavor," without describing the qualities of said flavor. Ex: "This cupcake could use more flavor." "Potatoes are great when they have flavor." "My socks have a flavor."

5:04pm
Remember, like, four hours ago? When Sandra Lee made potato salad using potato salad? Ina don't play that way. She's got her Adidas and Kangol on, she has her ghetto blaster turned to 11, and she's cooking those dope spuds from scratch. Word.

5:09pm
Ina has chopped at least three large onions, and is visibly tearing up. That's no good. I will kill the onion that makes Ina cry. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED, ONIONS.

5:11pm
A chocolate sheetcake is in the process of being baked. Normally, this would sound awesome. But I don't know if it's good to combine dogs and chocolate in a party setting. Y'know? The pugs have one drink too many, then they start teasing the Boston terrier, and before you know it, all the shih-tzus have poisoned themselves. Party over.

5:19pm
The more I watch this show, the more I think Ina looks like my mom. Maybe this is why I like her so much, and why I keep asking her for money.

5:20pm
Did you know Ina used to work on U.S. nuclear policy in Washington? I think that's why her recipes don't bomb. (HAHAHAHAHA ... sorry.)

5:26pm
Joe Lieberman is a terrible, terrible person. Just sayin'.

5:27pm
First the onions made Ina cry. Now she's grilling on the beach, where it's clearly windy and freezing. If she's attacked by one of those labradoodles, I'm boycotting the Earth.

5:29pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: none
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: medium
HEALTH QUOTIENT: umm ... look over there! A shiny thing!
VERDICT: 10/10, for the appearance of the StandMixer. If Barefoot Contessa is Cheers, the StandMixer is Norm.

5:31pm
THE SHOW: Down Home with the Neelys
THE HOST: Gina and Pat Neely
THE CONCEPT: A couple you might otherwise like is forced to yell as loudly as possible while making soul food.

5:36pm
There's a guest! A brother of Pat's! And I like him! He's speaking with his inside voice, is why.

5:37pm
They're smoking pork butts in the kitchen. We used to smoke butts in the kitchen in college. Then we smoked too many butts and had to quit. Smoking butts, I mean.

5:40pm
An analogy!
The Neelys are to total deafness as Kate Hudson romantic comedies are to _____.
A) brain damage
B) drooling
C) incontinence
D) all of the above

5:44pm
You know what? Maybe I'm looking at Down Home the wrong way. When I cook, it's usually alone, and it's usually quiet and methodical and relaxing. Others are more gregarious and make it more of a group activity. If that's what the show is aiming for, it's doing okay.

5:50pm
Brother Neely is making pulled pork, a secret diet food. By that, I mean: if you're on a diet and find yourself at a barbecue joint, go for the pulled pork. It's usually the lightest of all the meat choices, and you can customize the flavor with various sauces.

5:52pm
Liveblogging health update: nine hours in, my back is starting to get a little twingey. I call it Futon Spine.

5:56pm
Gina's making margaritas. She's into the tequila. We're about to enter migraine territory.

5:59pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: none
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: medium
HEALTH QUOTIENT: barely visible from space
VERDICT: 4/10, for Pat's brother and his ponytail.

6:01pm
THE SHOW: Paula's Home Cooking
THE HOST: Paula Deen, y'all
THE CONCEPT: This episode, it's slow cooking.

6:02pm
BEAR WITNESS! Paula is chopping a vegetable, y'all! I'm already in contact with Washington and lobbying for a national holiday.

6:04pm
As a New Yorker, I have never had chicken fried steak. But I've also never had malaria. Is it worth it?

6:09pm
Paula melted half a stick of butter with several cups of grated cheddar cheese, dumped them into the crockpot, and spooned through it wearing an expression I can only describe as total human contentment. She is simultaneously delighting and scaring the crud out of me.

6:14pm
The show has stopped while Paula feeds the mac and cheese to the camera. I LOVE THIS WOMAN.

6:17pm
Limerick time!
There once was a lady named Paula,
"More buttah, y'all!" she would holla,
Her restaurant took off-o
And her show was so boff-o
She earned a million and one dolla.

6:22pm
Blueberry Peach Cobbler is distinctly American in a great way. Eating it with Swiss steak and macaroni and cheese is distinctly American a not-so-great way.

6:25pm
Paula says the cobbler requires some "one on one personal time." Between her, Nigella, and Giada, this is the sexiest day of food programming in history.

6:29pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: none.
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: medium
HEALTH QUOTIENT: infinitesimal
VERDICT: 8/10, for the face. I aspire to make that face someday.

6:30pm
THE SHOW: 30-Minute Meals
THE HOST: Rachael Ray
THE CONCEPT: Dunno. Never heard of it.

6:32pm
How you can tell this is late-period Rachael: much more eye makeup, shorter hair, increased fresh foods, better knife skills, a voice that's clinging to audibility, motions exaggerated to the Nth power.

6:37pm
Rachael's making gorgonzola-stuffed meatballs. If there were more recipes based on meat stuffed with cheese, we'd have world peace, a public health option, and money leftover for universal foot massages.

6:41pm
Fun fact: food commercials use women in their 20s to play the mothers of tweens and teenagers. While this is totally possible, it makes it seem like real-life mothers should look much younger than they actually are. Which isn't cool.

6:49pm
Finally, something I can criticize without feeling terrible: Big Top Cupcake is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. IT'S A POINTY CAKE PAN, EVERYBODY.

6:52pm
I stand corrected. Micro S'mores is the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

6:57pm
Rachael makes a good point: always pull the bay leaves out of your food. Who among has not forgotten, and ended up with a mouthful of pointy leaf? (Uh ... anyone?)

6:59pm
End of show
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: nope
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: medium-low
HEALTH QUOTIENT: low
VERDICT: 7/10, for being easily distracted by BigTop Cupcake

7:00pm
Halfway done!

7:01pm
THE SHOW: Food Network Challenge - Edible Ornaments
THE HOST: The guy with the glasses and spiky hair who isn't Guy Fieri
THE CONCEPT: Cakemakers are taking real trees and covering them with edible ornaments

7:03pm
Today's competitors are three New Yorkers and a dude from L.A. whose "mother would cry if [the tree] wasn't pretty enough." Has mom trained him well enough? Will the New Yorkers bring their crowbars? Can everyone make nice flowers? FEEL THE EXCITEMENT.

7:06pm
There is a shocking lack of Carrie Whats-her-face, the terrifying British judge that usually reduces the contestants to weeping piles of mushy goo. It's going to be up to the guy with the glasses and spiky hair who isn't Guy Fieri (TGWTGASHWIGF), and I don't think he has the cojones.

7:10pm
Lisa Simpson is trying to find her way north, and Bart has a faucet stuck to his ... damn, this isn't the right channel.

7:11pm
Food Network brought in the contestants' parents and siblings in as special assistants, and there is immediate friction between the Staten Island mother/daughter pair. I hope this doesn't devolve into Jersey Shore-style shenanigans. There's not enough spray tan in the world.

7:16pm
In New York, there's a children's behavioral adjustment program commercial that promises to fix your kid's bad habits. One part claims it will even "turn your child's attitude around in one minute or less." Imagine the possibilities there. I imagine it will involve threats to send kids to China.

7:22pm
One baker is making garland out of metal tubing and cream puffs. Another is doing it with amber sugar-covered chestnuts. These may end up tasting like roofing material, but they sure look good.

7:30pm
Another baker basically took some lasagna ingredients, spray painted them, and threw them up wherever they'd fit. I'm not sayin' I could do that, but I'm very good at sticking lasagna in trees.

7:32pm
Food Network Drinking Game, Rule #2893752: If something can go wrong with a Food Challenge ingredient, it will. And it won't be something you'd ever expect. "Oh no, my tortilla is too flaky!" "Oh no, my edible silver beads are too roll-ey!" "Oh no, my cream puffs are becoming too moist, which will disconnect them from the adhesive chocolate!"

7:40pm
The Long Island baker's brother is hilariously inept.
~~~
Interviewer: What do you like, David?
Brother: Sports and ... uh, sports.
~~~
Brother (holding up ornament): Where should I put these?
Baker: It's a Christmas tree, David.

7:42pm
Question for readers: would you want to eat ornaments that have been shoved in a sap-filled Christmas tree? Where squirrels and birds might have lived? I suck on tinsel every now and then, so no judgment.

7:44pm
Staten Island baker is using an edible film paper, which I had no idea existed. I will be licking a lot more random paper now. Y'know, to test it out.

7:47pm
How I know the Husband-Elect is the right guy: he saw me after ten hours of blogging and didn't scream "CRONE!" and run away to Timbuktu.

7:52pm
L.A. guy just told his mom to clean up his mess! It's a shocking parent/child role reversal and it's making me uncomfortable. The familial hierarchy exists for a reason, people!

7:55pm
Edible Film Baker is getting reamed by the judges. (A pun! It's a pun!)

7:59pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: zip
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: n/a
HEALTH QUOTIENT: n/a, unless you're into eating trees
VERDICT: 5/10, for lack of terrifying Carrie judge and bizarre four-level pineapple tree topper that will never leave my nightmares

8:01pm
THE SHOW: Paula's Cookie Swap
THE HOST: Paula Deen
THE CONCEPT: Friends and family of the Deenster are dropping by with their favorite cookie recipes. Jamie and Bobby are here! Finally, y'all!

8:02pm
Paula 2009 is SO MUCH MORE GLAM than Paula 2006. Whereas Paula 2006 probably enjoyed bridge and 60 Minutes, Paula 2009 would wear leather pants and tour with the Scissor Sisters.

8:04pm
Time for another multiple choice question! Paula is wearing:
A) a brightly-colored shirt
B) Jimmy Buffet
C) several pomegranates
D) a Polynesian barbecue

8:06pm
Paula 2009 is the kind of grandma you'd introduce to all your friends, and then take to a champagne bar/drag club to hang out with ladies with names like Barbara Ghanoush and Honey Crisp. The next day, she'd disappear back to Georgia and you'd be sad for like, 100 years.

8:11pm
Hee. The lady cooking with Paula now is named Mrs. Susie Butts. In college, I worked making cold calls to hundreds of people with (really real) names like Warren Peace, Homer Simpson, John F. Kennedy, and Mrs. Shitrit.

8:14pm
Also, they're toasting nuts. Hee. Toasted nuts.

8:22pm
The further we get into this show, the more apparent it's become that Paula might be partaking in some Christmas spirits. I wish I could join her, but there are EIGHT HOURS OF BLOGGING LEFT. Eat your heart out, Jerry Lewis.

8:29pm
Seen today: Ina, Giada, Bobby, Tyler, Rachael, lots of Paula
Unseen today: Mario, Ace, Sara, Anne Burrell, Santa Claus, James Bond

8:32pm
Jamie and Bobby sighting! They're making ... sand tarts? What the hell are they saying?

8:33pm
How do the Deens have so many family recipes? It seems like every dish has been in their family since the beginning of time. We have one family recipe, and it's for wallpaper paste.

8:38pm
If our first child is a boy, we're naming him Paul Dean. He will be Southern, super gay, and totally delightful.

8:44pm
Crossover alert! Paula's brought in Bobby from HGTV. He's teaching her how to wrap cookies all pretty-like, with ribbon and such. History Channel wishes it was this riveting.

8:48pm
Y'all, we're not done yet! Paula's decking the halls in a tasty way. Or something. It's late, and I just ate two pounds of sesame noodles.

8:52pm
Reader Robyn has an excellent question: "What happened to the lady who won the last Food Network Star?"

8:53pm
Paula is calling her decorator out for bringing store-bought cookies to the swap. The decorator looks mortified, like you just told her she has toilet paper stuck in her teeth.

8:54pm
Michael's here! He's dressed in a Santa suit to enhance his natural Santa-ness, and even in the jacket, it's apparent he's lost significant weight. Paula has too, come to think of it. Anyone know what they're doing?

8:59pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: none - but the bird of paradise blouse made up for it
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: n/a
HEALTH QUOTIENT: below absolute zero
VERDICT: 10/10 - insanely entertaining, y'all

9:00pm
THE SHOW: Throwdown
THE HOST: Bobby Flay
THE CONCEPT: The Chef of note challenges a renowned Chicken Cacciatore cook to discover whose version is best.

9:01pm
New York City firehouse chef Keith Young is 6-foot-6, and has a Long Island accent that's almost as big. He loves "protectin' prah-petty" and "caw-melized onions." I love his bald head.

9:06pm
Do you have a distinctive accent? Does it get worse when you're around your family? Mine does, and Bobby's is too, the longer he hangs out with these New York firefighters.

9:10pm
Chicken cacciatore literally translates into "hunter's chicken," or "chicken that you caught with a big gun and then soaked in tomatoes until it's bloody-looking."

9:12pm
Big difference between Bobby and Keith's cacciatore: Flay uses red wine, while the firefighter opts for white, figuring it goes better with chicken. I think I have to go with the Iron Chef here, folks. Red wine + tomatoes = party in my mouth, and everyone's invited.

9:15pm
Bobby walked into the firehouse to propose the challenge and Keith ate him. It was awful.

9:18pm
Oh, how I jest. Both men are still alive. Their fight will be fought in an arena of food.

9:19pm
But seriously, Keith ate him.

9:20pm
If my ears doth not deceive me, Keith just called his poultry "chicken bosom." I'm using that from now on and claiming it as my own. No one will ever know. MUAHAHAHAHA.

9:22pm
Bobby's adding honey to his tomato sauce. I've never seen that before. Italian grandmamas that read this blog: does this happen?

9:27pm
The fire chief/referee has an incredible handlebar mustache not unlike this Emperor Tamarin.

9:28pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: none - will the mustache suffice?
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: surprisingly relevant - there was a budgetary aspect to the challenge
HEALTH QUOTIENT: uh - okay, I guess
VERDICT: 7/10, for the mustache

9:30pm
THE SHOW: Throwdown
THE HOST: Bobby Flay
THE CONCEPT: Bobby's challenging a priest for the Best Fajita crown. Expect a lot of holy plays on words.

9:33pm
Leo's a breakdancing Catholic priest who loves cooking and has a third-degree black belt. He also has many, many religious cooking puns in his back pocket. Bobby is a dead man. And his soul isn't too safe, either.

9:38pm
A haiku about Father Leo:
Awesome ninja priest
preaches peace but will nunchuk
you if provoked, dude.

9:41pm
We have entered Hour 12 of the blogathon. There is a butt-shaped jello mold where my actual butt used to be.

9:43pm
Father Leo is a ham of the highest order. Can I say that? Will I still get into heaven?

9:48pm
Father Leo's secret marinade ingredient: "holy water." And he was taught to chop by Mother Theresa. What a cool life, Batman.

9:52pm
Dear Pope Benedict,
Hi there! How are you? So glad you seem to be doing well. I was just wondering - is there a way to incorporate more fajitas into the average mass? I promise I would go more often.
Hugs,
Kristen
P.S. I understand if you don't want to dignify this with a response.

9:58pm
The bed music sounds like it's excerpted from Rocky 16: Rocky Goes to Crate & Barrel.

9:59pm
End of show. Father Leo won, duh.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: none
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: pretty high
HEALTH QUOTIENT: fairly high, I guess. I'm flustered
VERDICT: 9/10, for avoiding the obvious holy cow jokes

10:00pm
THE SHOW: Dinner Impossible
THE HOST: Robert Irvine
THE CONCEPT: The Chef has to feed 1000 volunteers in Biloxi, Mississippi. He has nine hours.

10:03pm
At the end of the show, they're giving Brenda keys to her renovated home, which was ruined in Katrina in 2005. Y'know, we've been looking at pictures from the hurricane for three years now, and it's still infuriating and sad.

10:12pm
Robert is squaring off/doing a dance of love with the local soul food restaurant owner. If they're not making out by the end of this, I will eat my own socks.

10:14pm
Does everyone in Mississippi play banjo or blues guitar? Is that a prerequisite to live in the state? On Long Island, you have to know the lyrics to every Bill Joel song.

10:17pm
This show ends in 13 minutes and no one's started cooking yet. They're about to have some very angry Habitat for Humanitarians on their hands. And they have hammers.

10:24pm
Ooo - I lied. This is an hour-long show. Irvine is safe ... FOR NOW.

10:31pm
Sweet and sour sauce spill. Back in a minute.

10:36pm
Our brown rug is now a brown rug with red spots. Merry Christmas!

10:38pm
The manufactured drama in this show is freakin' killing me. Have they ever not finished in time?

10:40pm
In regard to Bobby Flay's repeated Throwdown drubbings, reader Kat writes: "Challenging anyone and everyone to a Throwdown is getting slightly embarrassing, especially when you lose every dang time. I'm only trying to protect you, man."

10:42pm
Irvine is hilariously reluctant to yell at his fellow volunteers. It's like watching a pit bull with a Barbie jump rope tied around its muzzle.

10:47pm
Fill in the blank! There is a disturbing amount of food _____:
A) stitting outside without refrigeration
B) in close proximity to the ground
C) being prepared by men whose primary talent is sweating

10:57pm
Miss Brenda just got a look at her new home, and she's stunned. The dining room almost knocked her over. What a sweet lady.

10:59pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: 0
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: pretty high - they're volunteers
HEALTH QUOTIENT: they've been working out, so it's okay
VERDICT: 6/10, for the lack of yelling.

11:00pm
THE SHOW: Good Eats! Finally!
THE HOST: Alton Brown!
THE CONCEPT: Cooking nerd schools us, is generally pretty great.

11:02pm
Alton is explaining flour, and he's uncomfortably close to the camera. He has 257 eyebrow hairs.

11:05pm
This is brilliant. Alton's given us the show recipe's ingredients, but hasn't revealed the name of the recipe itself yet. We have to figure it out ourselves. He is the Will Shortz of TV chefs.

11:09pm
Oh! He's buying a popover pan. He's making popovers. I'm a genius. All hail me.

11:12pm
Have those popover signs been popping up throughout they whole show? They have, haven't they? I'm not a genius, then. I'm merely brilliant.

11:15pm
The popovers are being filled with all kinds of disturbing things - fruit, ice cream, broth, etc. Where's the butter? Where's the jam? They are afraid and alone. Unfrozen Caveman Popovers.

11:20pm
We have suddenly jumped to Yorkshire pudding, as defined in the 1500s. We have gone Back to the Future, and Doc Alton Brown is our guide, Marty.

11:21pm
Holy ... the recipe for Yorkshire pudding is almost exactly the same as the recipe for popovers! This show makes everyone smarter. Is there any doubt it's the best on Food Network?

11:25pm
How much I wanted to see "It's Complicated" at the beginning of the day: 54%
Number of commercials for "It's Complicated" seen today: approximately 30
How much I want to see "It's Complicated" now: -4%

11:27pm
Alton now preparing a Dutch Pancake, or, as it's more commonly known, a Pancake That Pays for its Half of a Date.

11:29pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: zero - Weird Al Yankovic shirts is Alton's preferred look
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: sky high
HEALTH QUOTIENT: medium
VERDICT: 12/10, for being my TV boyfriend (with apologies to Tim Riggins).

11:31pm
THE SHOW: Oh god ... Unwrapped.
THE HOST: Marc Summers
THE CONCEPT: How boring mass produced food is boringly made.

11:33pm
The Husband-Elect and I have a private joke about this show in that sometimes, we have entire conversations using Marc Summers vocal inflections:
Me: "Hon, can you get me ... a cup of coffee?"
Him: "Would you like ... a little milk?"
Me: "Maybe also ... a paper napkin?"
Him: "Of course, I'll ... be right back."

11:40pm
Alternate names for Unwrapped: The Conveyor Belt Show, People in Hairnets, White Owners/ Non-White Employees, and Drippy Chocolate.

11:45pm
It's a quarter to midnight and I'm drinking iced coffee. The hallucinations should start soon. My Christmas tree is already starting to look like a Tim Burton movie.

11:52pm
Unwrapped is profiling organic grocery store Whole Foods, a.k.a. Whole Paycheck, a.k.a. That Place Where I Can't Afford Apples. They're trying to "dispel the myth that organic has to cost more." Unmentioned: "sell $40 chicken legs."

11:58pm
Now profiling snackmakers Pirate's Booty. It's the same damn conveyor belt with different food on it. You won't fool me, Summers!

11:59pm
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: nope
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: nope
HEALTH QUOTIENT: nope
VERDICT: 2/10, for infuriating me with ... factory line footage.

12:01am
THE SHOW: Oh no ... the same Throwdown we saw three hours ago.
THE HOST: Still Bobby Flay
THE CONCEPT: Still the Chicken Cacciatore thing.

12:07am
Oh man. I'm gonna need a different angle for this one, fast. What if we made up a song to the tune of Bob Dylan's "The Times, They Are A-Changin'"?
Come gather 'round firemen
Wherever you drink
And admit that you left your
dish in the sink.
And accept it that soon
You'll be forced to think
About whose chicken
you're pickin'.
So you better start eatin'
'Cause it'll be done in a wink.
For the Throwdown, it is a ... goin' down.

12:12am
Okay, maybe not that.

12:17am
It's now 12:17, and I don't have a bit for this yet. Unless this running bit that I have no bit is actually the bit. Oh crap. The Le Cordon Bleu commercial again. Have I fallen asleep without knowing it? Is this a nightmare?

12:20am
Okay. FN is airing repeats (Dinner Impossible, Paula's Cookie Swap, etc.) straight through 4am. SO, I'm gonna break for a few hours and continue this then. That's not cheating, right? I don't think so. Either way, thank god I JUST DRANK A CUP OF COFFEE.

4:01am
THE SHOW: Tasty Travels
THE HOST: Rachael Ray
THE CONCEPT: Rachael eats her way across the Northeastern seaboard.

4:04am
This narration is far too chirpy for four o'clock in the morning: "For a true Kennebunkport experience, cast your net at Mabel's Lobster Claw!" It's only missing a cheerleading pyramid.

4:06am
I woke up with "Do They Know it's Christmas?" in my head. Tonight, thank god it's me, INSTEAD OF YOOOOOOOOOU.

4:07am
Also on TV at 4:07am:
CW: Frasier
ABC: News
CSPAN: An old man complaining
TV Guide Channel: an infomercial for Dermawand, the stick you put on your face.
PBS: An old man complaining

4:11am
Holy cow! It's a commercial for The Clapper! This has to be at least 15 years old. Is that a cassette player in there?

4:12am
Back to Rachael, who's eating lobster at the Algonquin. It is, as you might imagine, "ahhhb-so-LUTE-ly dah-LISH-ous."

4:14am
My heat's off. Is my heat always off now?

4:18am
Rachael is in Portsmouth (literally: "there is port in my mouth"), New Hampshire (literally, "there is a shire in my hamp"). She's at the Muddy River smokehouse, where men are men and women are also men.

4:20am
Was that mean? I don't care. It's 4:20 in the morning.

4:21am
"Locals are enchanted with the cuisine." This phrase is not used in Brooklyn very often. Here, it's more like, "Locals will not shiv you over the cuisine."

4:23am
Next, Rachael goes to Gloucester, the Massachusettsiest of all the Massachusetts-sounding towns in all the world. It is wicked Massachusettsy. Red Sox.

4:24am
Commercials at 4:24am in the morning:
AARP Medicare Supplement Insurance
Hair transplants
... that's it. It's me and balding old people awake right now.

4:27am
We're now at Halibut Point restaurant, where Rachael is eating CHOWDAH next to FISHAHMEN. All this trip is missing is a Kennedy.

4:29am
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: I forgot to count. It's cold in here.
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: medium - she mentioned some numeric thingies.
HEALTH QUOTIENT: low - what?
VERDICT: 4:29am

4:30am
THE SHOW: How'd That Get On My Plate?
THE HOST: Sunny Anderson
THE CONCEPT: Unwrapped, but with fresh food and no ... Marc Summers.

4:32am
Sunny kicks off the show in an open field. If Martin Scorcese taught me anything, the only people in open fields at 4:32 in the morning are about to be whacked by the mob. Run, Sunny!

4:34am
Did you know: industrial garlic bulbs are peeled by something called a clove blower. In college, the words "clove blower" had a very different meaning. It usually involved a Phish album.

4:36am
Food Network is pushing the White House Iron Chef HARD. Do you think Mario and Emeril will accidentally bump tummies on the floor? Like jolly dueling Santas? Because oh, how I'd giggle.

4:38am
In 2001, my job required that I pull into work right about now. New York is always eerily silent this time of the morning, but I did see a guy get jumped from my cab once.

4:39am
Was that story not riveting enough? My judgment of interesting stories is a little off right now. I'm 20 seconds from babbling about the coldness of my nose.

4:41am
There is a vat of Bloody Mary mix being made on my television. It looks like the scene from Nightmare on Elm Street when the bed eats Johnny Depp. Did you know - and this is not a joke - that he was credited under the name "Oprah Noodlemantra" for his cameo in the sequel? ABSORB THIS KNOWLEDGE, YOUNG PADAWAN.

4:46am
Sunny is back at the garlic factory. You know how you come home sometimes smelling like work? That must be a genuine work hazard for people who work in a garlic factory.

4:48am
Now she's standing next to a 5000-pound garlic mountain. There are 5000 vampire jokes just waiting to be made here. I'll be a gentlewoman and let y'all handle it.

4:52am
I can taste garlic in the air in my apartment all of a sudden. This means either this show is really effective, or there's an old pizza stuck in my walls. Both are equally likely.

4:53am
Sunny is currently wandering through a tremendous warehouse, stacked floor-to-ceiling with barrels of dried garlic. I assuming the Ark of the Covenant is also in there somewhere.

4:58am
It's roasted garlic hummus now, which has an inherently hilarious texture. You guys don't know what you're missing. But it's okay - no worries. You can stay asleep. That's why I'm here.

4:59am
End of show.
3/4-SLEEVE SWEATERS: zero - Sunny stuck to overalls
FRUGALITY QUOTIENT: n/a
HEALTH QUOTIENT: astronomic - garlic is good for you, y'all
VERDICT: Who am I? How did I get here?

5:00am
Folks, 19-1/2 hours later, we are DONE! It's been a trip. I'm going to bed. Hasta la pasta.

Tips Safe Eating Instant Noodles

Instant noodles sold in the streets once rumored to be mixed with formalin made​​. Noodles (example: chicken noodle) sold in the streets too often using materials that harm the health, well the material itself or sauce noodles and other ingredients that exist in the noodles.

Formalin itself is very dangerous if inhaled, the skin and swallowed. The impact may include burns to the skin, respiratory tract irritation, allergic reactions and cancer hazard in humans.

Some makers also add noodles dye synthesis to make instant noodles are made ​​more attractive to look at. these dyes in foods can cause damage to the liver.

Not to mention the fact that the instant noodles that we've encountered is clearly containing a candle to 'preserve' crispy noodles itself. Evidence that the waxy material found in instant noodles can be seen when the boil instant noodles are the clumps that settle to the boiling water.

Instant noodles are a source of carbohydrate. Eating noodles as much as 100 grams is about 400 calories of energy that can meet the energy needs of adult total of about 2000 calories per day. Fibers contained in the noodle is a bit of protein, fat, minerals (calcium, phosphorus and Fe).

Well, that's what needs to be aware before you consume it themselves. Safe is to make their own noodles.

Besides, There is the assumption that the noodles are less fiber. "For that need to be multiplied protein, like eggs and do not add preservatives and food coloring," said restaurant manager in rungut, who has managed the restaurant since 2007.

In addition, if you make your own noodles, he also gives advice to after it is created directly included in the refrigerator, and not keep it for too long. "Maybe today make, must have consumed the next day was," said restaurant manager who also have children of customers who are fanatical.

"When I want to be eaten, should also be added to vegetables, eggs, chicken or meatballs add more variety to keep getting adequate nutrition," added the manager of the restaurant which also has a menu mainstay Penyet mob (penyetan empal, chicken, bakwan, shrimp tempeh, tofu , eggplant and fresh vegetables with a mortar jumbo sized 30cm).

At the end of the meeting he also appealed to consumers not to use indiscriminate sauce, "Do not give Instant noodles with tomato sauce or chili sauce are sold cheaply on the market."

So from now on, do not be afraid to eat noodles, advice and tips from Mr. Stevent above is all you have to consider, may be useful.

Women Voice more Sexy in Fertile Period

Women Voice more Sexy in Fertile Period - Not only men who experience voice changes. A study proves, in the fertile period, women's voices become sexier. Unique study conducted by researchers at New York University United States. They take a sample of a woman's voice in her fertile period, and at ordinary times. The tape was then mounted and listened to a number of people.

The audience later in the survey, which sounds more interesting and inherent in their hearts. For the listener, the sound of women at childbearing is more alluring and sexy,

According to Dr. Manny Alvarez is quoted by FoxNews, hormonal changes in women in the fertile period can affect the sound.

When experiencing the fertile period, there are some structural changes in hormones in women, the combination of rising estrogen hormone and pituitary gland. The hormone estrogen not only affects the reproductive system but also femininity of a woman. [World health]

How to Read Sex Temperament from Face

Read Sex Temperament from Face - It turned out that not only the character and human nature that can be recognized from his face. Tendency of a person's sex can be known from the face or appearance. The results of the research of psychologists in Scotland to understand the attraction and its role in finding a partner.

The survey done by researchers from the University of Durham assisted a team from the University of Aberdeen and St Andrews this involves about 700 heterosexual respondents who are still in their 20s. One of the key points from the results of this research is young heterosexual men and women turned out to have very different criteria in terms of establishing a relationship or a relationship. The survey results found that men generally prefer women who rate their relationship is always open on the short-term sexual activity. While the woman is the opposite, actually attracted to men who opened the opportunity or the possibility of long-term relationship.

Also revealed that in the eyes of most men, a woman who seemed more open about sex look much more attractive. While men are just looking for a moment in terms of physical relationships are characterized by a more masculine appearance with a square jaw, small eyes and larger nose.

The experts who compiled the study says, many people use the first impression or impressions to quickly make decisions about mate selection and what kind of relationship they want. In research funded by the Medical Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council, the participants were asked to assess the attractiveness of the opposite sex and temperament types by looking at pictures or photographs of his face.

This assessment is then compared with the behavior and temperament everyday people in the photos are revealed through detailed questions. The results of these experiments found that men and women who took part could generally judge who is more attractive in the short-term romantic relationship with the only way to see expressions and faces.

Many previous studies have shown that people can judge a lot about a person from his face, including on health, or even a character or personality such as introversion. However, this is the first study showing that people are also sensitive to the signs of facial complex of the type of romantic relationships that might be enjoyed by others, said Dr. Ben Jones of the University of Aberdeen's Face Research Lab.

Well for you that will be in a relationship, looking for information such as whether the nature and character of course is very important partner, especially if the relationship will be forged this seriously. So do not let one judge. Could be luck away, instead of failure obtained. [untukku.com]

The Important of sport to prevent diabetes

The Important of sport to prevent diabetes - Research shows, one of the best ways to avoid the risk of diabetes is to always handle the weight, then work out. This can be achieved by conducting regular physical activity as well as undergoing "a healthy diet pattern" which focused on the "fruits and vegetables".

Many people are reluctant to work out on the grounds that busy and there was no spare time. In fact, physical activity is an important means to prevent many serious diseases and conditions health disorders.

Some studies have shown the importance of regular exercise, even the experts still debate how long it an ideal sport to prevent diabetes disease. As a result, recommendations were also wide, ranging from 1 hour, 30 minutes, and 15 minutes.

In fact, recent studies claim, make physical activity a day for 1 minute (eg jogging) can substantially reduce the risk of a serious disease such as diabetes type 2.

Moreover, researchers argue that doing physical activity with the short time span can also help, but also help treat diabetes, although more research is needed on this matter.

In recent research, for example, members of the Department of Health, University of Bath, involving several participants asked to do a sprint cycling two times (20 seconds) for three times a week. The experiment lasted for six weeks. After that, the scientists did some physical measurements and tests. This research result shows that an increase in insulin function participants 28 percent on average.

Researchers say this is not the first findings that show positive effects from short-term physical activity to increase insulin function and blood sugar levels. In principle, regular physical exercise with the proper amount proved to be the best way to prevent type 2 diabetes and keep blood sugar low.

However, factors such as lifestyle, habits, bad habits, poor motivation, and they often become barriers busy and contributing greatly to the lack of physical activity most of us.

9 Side Effects of Drugs

9 side effects of drugs - Each type of drug purchased either freely, or use the recipe basically have side effects. Most are minor effect, but not a few also can cause discomfort. There are also drugs that provide serious side effects, even bizarre.

Side effects of drug common is at drug that associated with the digestive system, especially nausea and abdominal discomfort. For drugs used outside, a common side effect is skin irritation.

Here are some types of side effects of drugs that include unusual.

1. Eating while sleeping

Several types of insomnia drugs can indeed help coming sleepiness. But, not a few users of these drugs are complaining strange habits, like walking in his sleep, eat, and even having sex while asleep.

2. Trouble sleeping

Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins, in some people can cause side effects sleep difficulties.

3. Frequent passing of gas

There is a weight loss medication which has the uncomfortable side effects, which cause frequent flatulence, slimy stools, until diarrhea. The drug is quite effective in preventing the absorption of fat in the intestine, but if we take a lot of fatty foods then the side effect of drug is diarrhea and stool mixed with fat.

4. Missing fingerprints

A cancer patient taking the drug capecitabine types of reportedly experienced a rare side effect of the loss of his fingerprints. It was known when he was checked at the airport immigration section. Other strange side effects that may arise from the drug is very delicate skin, bleeding, and ulcers in the skin. According to doctors, so the drug is stopped, usually fingerprints will be back again.

5. Impaired sense of smell

Vasotec prescription drugs commonly used to control blood pressure and heart failure is known to cause side effects of drug such as loss of sense of smell.

6. Nightmare

Smoking is a risk factor for chronic disease that can be avoided. One of the drugs to eliminate this bad habit, ie Chantix, proved quite effective but cause some side effects. This drug users complain of insomnia disorders as well as if they were asleep, they'll have nightmares.

7. Sight into the blue

A man in England who often use the anti-impotence drug Viagra, claiming his views became blue after drinking this medicine.

8. Increased sex drive

Not rest foot syndrome (restless leg syndrome) can indeed make sleeping rough. One drug to overcome the Mirapex, which is also used to treat Parkinson's disease turned out to cause adverse effects on mental health. Some patients who take this medication admitted the urge to gamble, eat, to increase sex drive.

9. Black stools

Several types of drugs, especially to address the burning sensation in the chest and diarrhea, which turned out to have strange side effects of drug but not dangerous. After taking this drug, patients may experience tongue felt thick and black and black-colored stool.

How to Avoid Child From Obesity

How to Avoid Child From Obesity - Today many families who find it difficult to maintain a normal weight and healthy children. The best way is to get children to eat healthy foods and beverages.

To get children a healthy diet should be exemplified from the parents and the whole family. With examples from all the families, the children will be more receptive to the habit. Besides the food should be presented with an attractive appearance tastes of children, because children are usually very fond of food that looks attractive or sweet foods, for example: as advertised in various media.

Sweet foods are high in sugar, which can cause children in obese. A child is considered obese if his weight was 20 percent exceeded healthy weight.

Obesity can be caused by eating more calories than needed for growth and also because the physical activity of children who are too little.

Causes of obesity in children

1. Heredity
When one or both parents obese, then their children also tend to be obese.

2. Physical activity is less
If children spend much time in front of the television, games, or computer can lead to unused calories converted to fat

3. Overeating
In families whose family members no history of obesity, obesity is generally caused due to excess eating.

Avoiding obesity in children

1. Provide a healthy diet in children
The diet includes foods that are healthy nutritious and balanced diet, including eating lots of fruits, vegetables, and grains. Be sure to calculate the calorie intake, according to the age of the child.

2. Limit sugary drinks no more than one serving per day.
Encourage children to drink more water, so that children do not consume too many sugary drinks.

3. Make a habit of a healthy diet for the family.
Eating together at the dinner table with a menu of healthy food can get children to eat healthy foods. Surely a healthy diet is also valid for all family members in order to be a good example for children.

4. Do not send children to eat when not hungry or to spend all the foods that are already on the plate. Allow the child to eat slowly and stop eating when they begin to feel full. Do not be forced to spend the food already taken the child to the plate that he used.

5. If you want to give gifts to children, offer a reward other than food.
If giving gifts to children with food may make the child too oriented towards food. So it is best if you will give gifts to children should not be food.

6. Limit fast food.
At fast food is usually high in calories. Therefore, when children often eat fast food, can cause obesity.

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The Characteristics of a Healthy Breast

The characteristics of a Healthy Breast - Beautiful breast shape is important, but far more important if the breast is also healthy. Healthy breasts that means must be free of disease, especially breast cancer and functioning correctly. How do the characteristics of healthy breast?
Breast structure owned

by women is very complex. In addition consists of fat and connective tissue, breast milk also contains channels, blood vessels, lymph nodes and the structure known as the lobes and lobules.

Each breast has 12 to 20 parts of lobules (milk-producing glands at the end of the lobe) and duct (milk ducts). Around the nipple, each duct widens to form a sac (ampulla).

The characteristics of a Healthy Breast According Womenshealth

1. Breast tissue under the skin feel soft and no bulges or bumps.
2. When touched, breasts feel there is nodular or fibrous.
3. Putting harder but symmetrical and smooth
4. The size of both breasts symmetrical but if there is a difference between the right and left were still normal.
5. Not feel pain or tenderness when touching the breast
6. The shape is tight (no loose or fallen down).
7. The position of the breast should be facing slightly upward at an angle of approximately 20-45 degrees
8. Nipple color depending on skin pigment has, for example if the nipple is usually white, pink, but if your skin is somewhat dark brown nipples.

Still present in breast tissue that a person can change depending on the age and phase of life, such as the menstrual cycle. And consumption of drugs or hormones can also affect breast tissue.[World Health Medicine]

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Breasts Can Big by Eating Tofu Tempeh

Breasts Can Big by Eating Tofu Tempeh - Having large breasts healthy and a dream of many women. Besides surgery, there are some natural ways that can enlarge breasts, one of which by eating soy products such as tofu and tempeh. But eat a normal portion because if excessive can trigger breast cancer.

Some foods can increase the levels of hormones such as estrogen and prolactin, which can directly increase the size and shape of the breast tissue. One of the foods that can increase the hormone is derived from soy products, such as tofu, tempeh and soy milk.

Tofu and tempeh have compounds such as genistein and daidzein are naturally present in soybeans and other legumes. This compound is part of a class of molecules called isoflavones, estrogen-like compounds which can affect the hormones in the human body.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) recognizes the use of soy as a food theoretically breast enlarger, but using it is based entirely in the theory and tradition, because there has been no scientific studies that prove this, as reported by Livestrong, Friday (12/09/2011).

Benefits of soy products

1. Helps maintain bone density, thereby reducing the risk of osteoporosis

2. Relieve the symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes (feeling hot or frequent overheating)

3. Help prevent some types of cervical cancer, breast cancer and other cancers, which are also found in men (when consumed in normal and not excessive).

Dangers of too much consumption of soy products

1. The study, funded by the National Cancer Institute in the 1990s showed that in large doses, soy can lead to increased risk of breast cancer. According to scientists, this is caused by an increase in the growth of milk ducts, which usually lead to developing breast cancer.

2. Can reduce the effectiveness of letrozole and tamoxifen, two popular treatments for breast cancer.

3. In large quantities, soy can also pose a risk to brain development and function of a baby boy.

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5 Vital Nutrition to Children

5 Vital Nutrition to Children | Here are 5 types of nutrients that children need more of in future growth.

1. Calcium

Calcium will maximize the growth of bones and skeletons, both in childhood and beyond. In sufficient quantities, the calcium in the body necessary for muscle function, heart rate, and blood clots. The body will take calcium from bones to maintain required levels in the blood. This is why children need adequate calcium intake every day.

In teens age, girls need enough calcium because of lack of this mineral could be at risk of bone loss in old age. How much calcium is needed by the child? At the age of 1-3 years, children need to be 500 mg, and the age of 4-8 years when the need rises to about 800 mg. These needs can be met from dairy products and vegetables.

Another advantage of adequate calcium intake in childhood is low body fat levels.

2. Protein

"The protein is part of every tissue in the body therefore it is necessary the child," said Sheah Rarback, director of nutrition of the Mailman Center for Child Development.

Proteins are produced in calories, but actually taken the body is an amino acid which is the raw material to build cells and tissues as well as components in the whole process of the body, including enzymes and hormones.

Protein can be obtained from animal and vegetable products. Animal protein, especially eggs accounted for the essential amino acid that can not be made the body and are not found in vegetable products.

3. Fiber

Kids need fiber as well as adults need it. Research shows those who consume enough fiber has a risk of diabetes is lower, as well as high cholesterol. In children, the fiber will prevent constipation and meet their needs for vitamins and minerals.

4. Antioxidants

Antioxidants, including vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, and the mineral selenium, in the last decade received much attention from scientists in particular will benefit in preventing disease. In children, antioxidants also serve to boost the immune system.

In children, antioxidants can be met through food. Especially fruits and brightly colored vegetables, like broccoli, cherries, spinach, tomatoes, and much more.

5. Iron

In children, growth is strongly influenced by the adequacy of iron in their bodies. Their blood cells need iron to carry oxygen to every cell in the body. Iron also plays an important role in brain development and function.

According to Rarback, the adverse effects of iron deficiency in a child's brain may not be fixable.

Children at high risk of iron deficiency because their rapid growth while their intake of less. Meanwhile, the young women who begin menstruating also lose red blood cells each month. Iron deficiency can lead to anemia.

Food, either from animals or plants contain iron. However, iron from meat and seafood is more readily absorbed.

Eating Fish Important to Women

Eating Fish Important to Women | Eating fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids, such as: salmon can significantly lower the risk of a young women affected by heart disease, as reported by experts from Denmark.

The researchers found that women of childbearing age who never ate fish had a 50 percent higher risk of cardiovascular problems affected than women who frequently eat fish.

"We found evidence that although only a few times a month a woman eat fish, but they still benefit," lead investigator Marin Strom, from the Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen.

"But it is important to stress that, to obtain the greatest benefit of fish and fish oils, women should follow the dietary recommendation to eat fish as a main dish at least twice a week," he added.

Strom and colleagues collected data 49 000 pregnant women between the years 1996-2008. Researchers asked how much and what kind of fish they eat - hoping to find out if eating certain fish help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. The women aged around 15-49 years and they also asked about lifestyle and family medical history.

During the eight years of follow-up, there were 577 cardiovascular events - including hypertension, stroke and heart disease - are recorded. Five women died of cardiovascular disease.

Overall, little is known that women get intake of fish or not at all more likely to be hospitalized related to cardiovascular disease than those who frequently eat fish.

The researchers also noted, associated cardiovascular risk three times higher in women who never ate fish than women who consumed fish high in omega-3, at least once a week.

"The best source for omega-3 fatty acids are salmon, herring, mackerel, trout, and Greenland halibut," said Strom.

According to Strom, these previous studies only focused on men, not women. "This is the first study that focuses exclusively on women of childbearing age," he said.

10 Foods that Fight Breast Cancer

10 Foods that Fight Breast Cancer - Living a healthy lifestyle is key in preventing illness. Several studies have shown, the application of a healthy lifestyle, active and balanced able to keep a person from the threat of terrible diseases such as cancer.

For women, one type of cancer that frightening is breast cancer.
To prevent and avoid the risk of breast cancer, it is advisable to undergo a healthy diet by consume the kinds of nutritious foods. According to research by experts, there are some natural foods that can help prevent this deadly disease. What are these foods?

1. Mushrooms

A study published in Nutrition and Cancer in 2010 stated, the habit of eating higher fungi associated with a lower risk of breast cancer among pre-menopausal women. Cremini, oyster and shiitake mushrooms, contain antioxidants such as L-ergothioneine, which can provide protection against cancer.

2. Broccoli sprouts

Broccoli sprouts has a high content of sulforaphane which is a form of antioxidant. Scientists from the University of Michigan found that these compounds may target and destroy tumor cells.

3. Pomegranates

Crunchy seeds of pomegranate fruit (also called arils) contains a compound called ellagic acid - a powerful antioxidant that can inhibit enzymes that play a role in the development of breast cancer, according to scientists from the U.S. from the City of Hope Beckman Research Institute.

As a rich source of antioxidants, the pomegranate has also been linked able to promote heart health. You can get antioxidants from pure pomegranate juice with one cup (250 ml) per day.

4. Lentils

A study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2009 analyzed the dietary patterns of more than 3,500 Asian-American women and found that high intake of legumes, including lentils and other beans, is associated with lower breast cancer risk.

5. Walnuts

Preliminary data indicate that snacking about 60 grams of walnuts every day can stop the progression of breast cancer tumors. Researchers from West Virginia Marshall University School of Medicine suspect omega-3, antioxidants and phytosterols in walnuts as an actor that inhibit cancer cell growth.

6. Blueberries

Research shows that pterostilbene, a phytonutrients in blueberries, can stop tumor growth of breast cancer by causing cancer cells to self-destruct (a process called apoptosis).

7. Spinach

Premenopausal women who had high dietary intake of folate (the best source is the spinach) had a 40 percent lower risk of breast cancer, according to a study of the American Journal of Epidemiology in 2011.

8. Eggs

Choline, an essential nutrient that is abundant in eggs, can reduce the risk of women suffering from breast cancer sebesr 24 percent, according to a U.S. study involving more than 3,000 respondents. These essential nutrients found in egg yolks. U.S. Institute of Medicine recommends, women have to meet about 425 milligrams of choline per day. Some other sources of choline include fish, poultry, beef, broccoli and wheat.

9. Salmon Fish

Salmon is one of the few foods that contain vitamin D in significant numbers. Researchers at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital said that increased vitamin D from sunlight is associated with reduced risk of breast cancer by 24 percent.

Vitamin D can prevent cells becoming cancerous. Consumption of fresh salmon or canned in which the rich content of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), omega-3 can kill breast cancer cells and help stop the spread of disease to other parts of the body.

10. Rye bread

After reviewing published studies, Finnish scientists determined that the consumption of wheat bread can help cut the risk of breast cancer. A synergy between the fiber, lignans, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients makes phytic acid wheat bread good for those who are struggling with breast cancer.