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Xiaonian

Xiaonian is a traditional festival of our Chinese people. It is in the twelfth month of the lunar year, some regions think it is 23th, some is 24th.

It is a day for offering a sacrifice to the Kitchen God because the legend said the Kitchen God will go to the Jade Emperor to tell all people’s good or bad on this day. Being afraid of punished by the Jade Emperor, people get a good idea to fawn on the Kitchen God. So when going to see off the Kitchen God, people will put many delicious candy on the table in front of Kitchen God image. And add some fresh water, beans, grass too. These are prepared for Kitchen God’s saddle horse.

Still, they need to melt Guandong sugar to daub it on Kitchen God’s mouth which can make him Read more…

These Food Will Make You Dull

  • Gum
  • Fresh orange juice with sugar
  • Pidan
  • Strong-smelling preserved bean curd: it will lead to lead poisoning
  • Gourmet powder: less than 6 g per day or excessive glutamic acid will restrain the absorption of calcium and magnesium.
  • Sunflower seed
  • Pork liver
  • Pickles
  • Popcorn
  • Fillet
  • Deep-fried dough sticks
  • Coffee

Ginger Cola Can Fight Against Cold

Catch cold due to bad weather is not a comfortable thing in winter. You may feel cold of the whole body, sneeze, run at the nose but not sweat at all. That is a type of common cold which can be totally cured by ginger cola.

Ginger is a warm food so it can dispel cold inside body. It is quite useful in the early time of cold.

How to cook ginger cola? It is quite easy. Cut a big ginger into small pieces without skin. Then boil a can of cola. Put ginger into it after boiling. Boil it with small fire for 10 minutes is OK. It tastes sweet and spicy.

Do remember, it can only help to cold due to cold weather. While cold caused by hot is not proper to use this method. When having a hot cold, people will have fever, sweat, throat dry and pain, run nose with yellow color and constipation. It is the opposite type of the former one. So ginger sugar may aggravate the disease Read more…

Half-moon

The white part on the root of the nail called half-moon of the nail. And it also has another name called circle of health. That means it can be related to the health of the body.

The number of half-moon you have depend on both innate factor and postnatal factors. So if you find your half-moon is less than others, do not worry about it. It is quite normal just like some people are thin and some are fat. But you can also compare with yourself. Look at your fingers at times, then you will find the change of your half-moon.

When you are in good health, the number of your half-moon will increase than before. Some people say the best is to have 8 to 10 half-moons. And when you find your half-moon turn small and the color get light, it shows that you should pay attention to your body. Maybe you are in sub-health already. Many things can lead to the change of the half-moon. For example, you eat less than before to get a slim figure, you stay up to do more work, you feel anxiety about the life stress. All of the above can make you tired Read more…

10 Top Food

The best staple food——wholewheat

The best fruit——kiwi

The best vegetable——spinach

The best breakfast——grain

The best fast-food——pizza

The best nut——almond

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People Who Are Not Proper To Eat Spicy Food

Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases patients, hypertension patients.

Chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, esophagitis.

Chronic cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, pancreatitis.

Haemorrhoids.

Pinkeye, keratitis.

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Do not Lick Your Lip in Winter

When it is cold in winter, some people like to lick their lips to get moist. But it is not a good habbit to keep moist. That is because there is a kind of amylase in saliva. When licking your lip, you will put the amylase on your lip. The amylase is thick which will make your lip more uncomfortable after the short cozy time. And your lip will get drier and may even peeling. So when feel dry on the lip next time, do not lick it but to choose some lipstick without pigment. It will make you feel much better. And drink more water and eat more fruits in winter is good for your lip too.

Why We Yawn

Almost everyone yawns when they feel sleepy. So do most animals.But we don’t completely understand why people and animals for that matter, yawn.

It’s widely assumed that yawning occurs because we are tired or bored or because we see someone else doing it, but there isn’t any hard evidence to support these beliefs.

Scientists do not purport to know all of the biological mechanisms of the yawn, but tend to agree that a yawn is an involuntary respiratory reflex, which regulates the carbon dioxide and oxygen levels in the blood. Read more…

Merry Christmas

Much joy to you in the up coming year.

Thinking of you and wishing you a beautiful Christmas season.

May Christmas and the New Year be filled with happiness for you.

A Christmas greeting and good wishes to you who is thought about all the year through. Have a beautiful Christmas and a happy New Year.

With all good wishes for a brilliant and happy Christmas season. Hope things are going all right with you. Read more…

Add Sugar to Make Beaf Tender

How to make beef tender when chop it? The tip is add some sugar into beef before cooking. Beef is a kind of food like sweet taste, so no matter what dish of beef, cooked, boiled or dry beef are all need to add some sugar in. Sugar can make beef more delicious. What is more, it can increase the ability of keeping water of the protein. Then it will taste tender with more water in.

The method to cook: cut the beef into small pieces, add a spoon of sugar in, wait for 20 min so that the sugar can go into beef. Then add a little water, stir it in lest the beef lose water and get dry. At last put some amylum in, stir it. Then chop it until its color turns.