BACKGROUND Ice cream is one of the Philippines’ most favored treats. Ice cream is so widely available that it is also sold in school cafeteria’s where children can have purchased them. It is a fact that ice cream isn’t exactly a health food. Its main ingredients are milk, cream, flavoring and the most important, sugar. Ice cream can be delicious but the downside of that is ice cream doesn’t provide us the nutrients the body needs daily. We believe that we can be able to…
consume 14 grams of fiber for every 1,000 calories eaten. For vegans, this level is no problem to achieve: 1 cup of peas has almost 9 grams; 1 cup of black beans has 19 grams; 1 banana has 3 grams; 1 ⁄2 cup of blackberries has more than 4 grams; and 1 tablespoon of shredded coconut…
picked up by people, articles, or television that are telling people the wrong things to do in the kitchen. This article is going to explore 9 common mistakes made in the kitchen. Learn these tips and your cooking will be much more pleasurable. Tip 1: People are taught to put oil in the water that they are going to cook pasta in. Don’t do this! When cooking pasta the water in the pot should be salted and never oiled. If you use oil in the water it will coat your pasta and prevent the sauce from…
Introduction Eutrophication is a condition in an aquatic ecosystem where high nutrient concentrations stimulate blooms of algae (e.g., phytoplankton). Eutrophication is a natural process that occurs to all lakes over time as the weathering of rocks and soils from the surrounding area that leads to an accumulation of nutrients in the water. It can also be caused by run-offs of fertilisers. Three of the key components of modern fertilisers are nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. After a rainy…
Most of the meals I ate were from a box. Some came from a bag and others from my father. Whenever I had to cook food, it would turn out burnt and tasting like a pile of dirty socks. To avoid my horrible tasting food, I decided to use other methods to feed myself. Most of my lunches at school were from some sort of fast food restaurant. There were some days when I tried to eat healthier and not eat at the very convenient Jack in the Box, but restaurant food can only be so healthy. I was content…
Electronic Cigarettes Are Not a Safe Alternative to Tobacco Products The emergence of liquid nicotine and E-Cigarettes has piqued the interest of many. At first glance E-Cigarettes seem like a safe alternative to traditional tobacco products because there is no smoke, which has been linked to cancer and heart disease. However, most people are not aware of what exactly an electronic cigarette is and the effect of these products on the body. E-Cigarettes and liquid nicotine are not as safe as they…
1. Apple Pumpkin Puree(6-8 months) Ingredients: 1 sugar pumpkin 3 apples water cinnamon, nutmeg (optional – sprinkle into the cooking water or when you puree/mash) Directions : 1. Halve the pumpkin seed . 2. Slice the apple . 3. Add 3 inches of water to a pot and then insert a steamer basket – add the pumpkin cubes and apples 4. Bring water to a boil and then steam gently until soft and cooked. Be sure to check on the water level. 5. Allow to cool slightly, then puree or mash as for…
A few people used to eat; the length of like, when are an ideal opportunity to taste. A few individuals have a comparable example to bolster the feline, the feline to form into a propensity for eating. In any case, for felines or people, this is not an adhering to a proper diet tendencies. Help the feline to build up a standard dietary pattern; there are two principle benefits. As a matter of first importance, during the time spent preparing, as a reward for sustenance in a roundabout way…
A developing controversy surrounding standardized test may have you question what education is really coming to. Topics concerning standardized tests have been a growing controversy since 2004, and even in 2016, the issues surrounding them refuse to cease. The way standardized test are used now; are to measure, predict, and compare a student’s intelligence and academic performance, and a schools ability to provide students with a strong academic performance. Even some school districts are…
In Jamie Oliver’s Ted Talks he speaks about the amount of sugar in one small carton of school provided milk. He states in one day a student drinking milk would have consumed eight tablespoons of sugar. That is three and a half cups of sugar a week, only from school milk. This is such a staggering fact and if you think about it this is such a little detail people do not think of when eating school lunches. This shows that something as…