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I cooked this beef with beans last month…sorry but I still don’t have the complete recipe for this one but I can try now..

Ingredients:

500 grams ground beef
500 grams baguio beans
5 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon vinegar
3 teaspoon cooking oil
3 cloves garlic
1 medium onions sliced in small pieces
pepper (sprinkle according to the quantity you want)
salt (sprinkle a little bit)

Procedure:

Put the oil in a pan and wait till its gets hot.
Put the garlic first. When it is already a bit brown put the sliced onions and the ground meat. Also put the soy sauce and vinegar and mix it together. Let it stay around 15 minutes.
Put the beans and wait till it is half cook or depends if you want it fully cook.
Add pepper and salt according to your own tasting.

I usually eat this with a cup or two cups of rice. Enjoy your meal.

Oh yes, I finally written here my first recipe. You can try it!! Happy cooking!~!

I guess this is a very good info especially for those who love to chew gums. I am one of those..I love to chew gums and sometimes I am feeling the same…Got this news courtesy from arcamax.com…have a nice day to all!!

Chewing gum may reduce stress

CHICAGO (UPI) — An Australian study suggests chewing gum can reduce stress and anxiety, the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company said Friday.

The study by Andrew Scholey, professor of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at Swinburne University in Melbourne, said chewing gum helped relieve anxiety, improve alertness and reduce stress among individuals in a laboratory setting.

The findings will be presented Saturday at the 2008 10th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine in Tokyo.

The Wrigley Science Institute, which helped funded the research, said gum chewers showed a reduction in anxiety as compared to non-gum chewers by nearly 17 percent during mild stress and nearly 10 percent in moderate stress. Gum chewers showed improvement in alertness over non-gum chewers by nearly 19 percent during mild stress and 8 percent in moderate stress.

by: Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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NEW YORK (UPI) — Flu vaccines may not provide a significant decrease in the risk of death for elderly patients, Canadian researchers said.

Research by the University of Alberta, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, suggests the overall benefit of flu vaccines “appears to have been exaggerated,” the American Thoracic Society said Friday in a release.

The study involved 700 matched elderly subjects, half of whom had taken the vaccine and half of whom had not.

“Previous studies were likely measuring a benefit not directly attributable to the vaccine itself, but something specific to the individuals who were vaccinated — healthy-user benefit or frailty bias,” Dean T. Eurich of the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta said. “Over the last two decades in the United Sates, even while vaccination rates among the elderly have increased from 15 (percent) to 65 percent, there has been no commensurate decrease in hospital admissions or all-cause mortality.”

Dr. Sumit Majumdar, principal investigator in the study, said people with chronic respiratory diseases, immuno-compromised patients, healthcare workers and family members or friends who take care of elderly patients should still be vaccinated each year.

just thought of sharing this very delicious picture of appetizer. I took this photo yesterday during my husband’s cousin’s birthday!! I don’t know exactly how to call this but these are cherry tomatoes with some kind of cheese I guess..need to ask the Chef cook!!wink..

hope you have a very great day today!! It’s September now…time really flies so fast!!

KINGSTON, Ontario (UPI) — Canadian scientists say they’ve found shaping one enzyme might lead to using the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra to help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

“As scientists, we’re excited about this discovery because it’s a fundamentally new approach to regulating what enzymes do in cells,” said Queens University Professor Donald Maurice, who led the study. “The fact that it also offers a potentially novel use of a drug already widely in use for other applications is an unexpected bonus.”

The enzyme, PDE5, is known to regulate the activity of platelets: small blood cells needed for normal blood clotting. Problems can arise when people have stents permanently implanted in their arteries to maintain blood flow. Their platelets sometimes bind to the stent and, if enough platelets accumulate to form a blockage, this may cause a heart attack or stroke.

Viagra has been shown to inhibit PDE5, said Lindsay Wilson, graduate student and first author of the study. “The idea is to use a PDE5 inhibitor such as Viagra to selectively inhibit platelet function,” Wilson added.

The study appears in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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Short Hair

If you have long hair and have decided to get it cut short, do so slowly over time. It’s better for your hair, and not quite as shocking to your friends and family!

I just took this photo of a cake in one of the German party where I went to last time…. sharing it to you now….yummmyyyyy!!! hope you like it..

photo taken by Eurostar

I just wish I have the list of the recipe here and how to cook it….I just don’t have too much time to write it..I love this vegetable with Coconut Milk.. here are some of the vegetables I used here eggplant, long beans, pumpkin and fried fish..for sure Filipinos love this food…hopefully I will share the recipe here next time..

have a great day to all!!

I guess this post is especially good for women..got it from my subscribed email and sharing it to you before I delete it!!… why not try it!!! stay beautiful and happy!!!

Showers for Winter Skin Care

As nice as a hot shower may feel first thing in the morning on a winter day, don’t make it too hot. This makes it more difficult for your skin to retain moisture. Watch the temperature, and cool the water off a bit right before you get out. Your skin will lock in more moisture, and you’ll avoid that nasty cold shock when you get out of the shower!