March 2007


Rice milk is a kind of grain milk processed from rice. It is mostly made from brown rice and commonly sweetened with sugarcane syrup.
Commercial brands of rice milk are available in vanilla and chocolate flavors, as well as the original unflavored form and can be used in many recipes as an alternative to traditional cow [...]

Make your own rice milk. It’s easy, cheap and you can adjust the sugar
and add flavourings as per your preferences (ie: use frozen strawberries to make strawberry ‘milkshakes’!). You can use this rice milk with frozen bananas to make a sort of ice-cream like treat too. We really didn’t like the price for commercially prepared [...]

“Having a low selfsteem is like driving across our life pulling up the hand brake”
Maxwell Maltz
Selfsteem plays a very important role in every aspect of your life. Have you found yourself, weather at work or in your personal life, in a situation where you felt completely disconcerted by the circumstances and could not thought [...]

Polyphasic sleep is a term used to describe several alternative sleep patterns intended to reduce sleep time to 2–5 hours daily. This is achieved by spreading out sleep into short naps of around 15–30 minutes throughout the day, and in some variants, a core sleep period of a few hours at night. The idea is [...]

Cigarette smoking, the most common form of tobacco use, causes the majority of preventable death and disease in the United States each year. About 46 million people in the U.S.-or 23% of the population-currently smoke. The rates are slightly higher for men than women and for high schools students than other age groups. Smoking accounts [...]

If you ask anyone about why obesity turned into an epidemy, he will surely answer that it has to be with the amount you eat and the amount you burn. Almost everyone has to make some effort to stay thin.
This explanation is in conicidence with common sense, and till now has guided the efforts to [...]

Carbonated water, also known as soda water, sparkling water, fizzy water or seltzer water, is plain water into which carbon dioxide gas has been dissolved. The process of dissolving carbon dioxide gas is called carbonation. It results in the formation of carbonic acid (which has the chemical formula H2CO3).
In the past, soda water was produced [...]

Soy milk (also called soymilk, soya milk, soybean milk, soy bean milk, soy drink, or soy beverage) is a milk-like beverage made from soybeans.
Origin
Soy milk originated in China, a region where soybean was native and used as food long before the existence of written records. Later on, the soybean and soybean foods were transplanted to [...]

Breastfeeding is without a doubt the best food for a newborn baby.
However, not all women are able to breastfeed. For instance, some women who have had breast operations can have difficulty breastfeeding. Fortunately, there are quite a number of aids for breastfeeding available on the market. Talk to your doctor, midwife or health visitor about [...]

Powdered milk (or dry milk) is a powder made from dried milk solids. Powdered milk has a far longer shelf life than liquid milk and does not need to be refrigerated due to its low moisture content.
It is less expensive and easier to store than fresh milk but has a disadvantage in that it never [...]

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