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"Pick and Pay Herb and Vegetable Store"

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I read this front page news article from Inquirer, a local broadsheet which features a pick and pay herb vegetable store. "The article says that it's the first of its kind in the Philippines, where the store customers can do their own harvesting of herbs and vegetables they want" from a greenhouse structure with "movable tables displaying different kinds of herbs". The selling pitch is 'freshness'. "Top sellers so far are gotukola (memory enhancer), stevia (natural sweetener for diabetes) and chocolate mint (for tea) and rosemary (for fish, chicken and meat). The store is owned by an enterprising lady Adela T. Ang. It is located at the Manila Seedling Bank Environmental Center in Quezon City. The store looks like this except for the absence of the movable tables where the herbs can be picked. I have been to Manila Seedling Bank. It's a good source of plants to nurture. In fact that's where I got my baby plant herbs like basil, rosemary,

Do you know the real effects of Appetite Supressants?

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Do you need to control your appetite naturally? Read this :-) It is a pity that those who do not have the discipline to control food cravings resort to appetite suppressants . This report shows experimental evidence that taking appetite suppressant is not worth it. Contraindications Several researches done in the past have proven that, for sympathomimetic appetite suppressants, the following should be considered: * Allergies If person has ever had some unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or amphetamine, dextroamphetamine, ephedrine, epinephrine, isoproterenol, metaproterenol, methamphetamine, norepinephrine, phenylephrine, phenylpropanolamine, pseudoephedrine, terbutaline, or other appetite suppressants- it should report it to the doctor * Diet If person keeps the same eating habits during the appetite suppressants treatment- there will be no results! Person must follow a reduced-calorie diet while using an appetite suppressant in order to lose weight. Important thin

Apple Coleslaw Salad

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It's Christmas time once again. Apples are in season, particularly in this part of the world. This is one salad concoction I can recommend to go with any fried or grilled fish or meat dish. You'll need the following: 2 cups shredded fresh cabbage 1/2 cup grated carrots 3/4 cup thinly sliced apples soaked in lemon juice to avoid browning 2 tablespoons fresh chopped celery 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup sour cream 1/8 teaspoon tabasco I borrowed the photo from Foodnetwork. (But due to copyright reasons they decided to remove it) :-) Mix all the veggies and apples together with the mayonnaise, sour cream and tabasco. Refrigerate for a little while. Serves 4.

Ibanag's Favorite Chef is Naked

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Jamie Oliver is a celebrity in his own right. He is truly my favorite chef. His cooking is mostly derived from fresh and occasionally organic style of cooking. James Trevor Oliver MBE was born on May 27, 1975. He is better known as Jamie Oliver and acquired the monicker 'The Naked Chef'. He is English. I like his advocacy that which is his campaign against unhealthy overly processed foods in British schools. He is known to be a "shrewd yet generous businessman as well as a gifted chef".

Your lips look luscious, lipstick anyone?

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I read from a local broadsheet article about cosmetics containing lead. Take lipstick specifically. It says if you want to test if there is too much lead in your lipstick here is what you should do. "Put a small amount of lipstick at the back of your hand, then rub the lipstick vigorously using a gold coin or earring or anything that has gold. If the lipstick turns black it has a high level of lead". But why do manufacturers use lead? To add stability and vividness to the lipstick's color. But it has been found out from studies (John Hopkins University) that substantial lead in the body can cause memory lapses. Lipsticks and what we should know about them. 1. Safe levels of lead content in lipsticks should be .1ppm (one tenths part of million) 2. There are lipsticks in the market today which contains lead in the range of 16ppm to 31ppm. These are in fact dangerous levels. But a website has this disclaimer to what was reported. However, this counters the above. It

MSG in most coffee blends?

I got this from my email: The food additive MSG (Mono-Sodium Glutamate) is a slow poison. MSG hides behind 25 or more names, such as "Natural Flavouring." MSG is even in your favorite coffee from Tim Horton's and other brand-name coffee shops! I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity epidemic, and so did a friend of mine, John Erb. He was a research assistant at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, and spent years working for the government. He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals for a book he was writing called The Slow Poisoning of America. In hundreds of studies around the world, scientists were creating obese mice and rats to use in diet or diabetes test studies. No strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so scientists have to create them. They make these creatures morbidly obese by injecting them with MSG when they are first born. The MSG triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creat

FoodLabel Humor

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Thanks to http://www.NewsTarget.com for the cartoon Art:Dan Berger Concept:Mike Adams