Showing posts with label food and drinks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food and drinks. Show all posts

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Energy drinks known properties make eye sight. But the effects of heart palpitations because of its caffeine content. This can lead to abnormalities in heart rate and systolic blood pressure increased. The team of researchers from the United States analyzed data from seven studies that have been published previously. The goal is to see the correlation consumption of energy drinks can affect heart health.

This set of studies involving people aged 18-45 years with a healthy body condition. The first part in a collection of analyzes examined the QT interval, heart rate segment of the electrocardiogram in 93 people who have consumed one to three cans of energy drinks. They found that participants QT interval is 10 milliseconds longer. Longer QT beats often associated with arrhythmia disease, heart-related diseases. In this disease there are three categories: too rapid heartbeat (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or irregular.

"Physicians in general concerned if the patient has an additional 30 milliseconds in the QT interval from baseline," said Dr Sachin Shah, as head researcher and assistant professor at the University of the Pacific, the United States told the Daily Mail (03/22/2013). The results were presented at the conference of the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention also found that systolic blood pressure, blood pressure where the heart beats while pumping blood increased an average of 3.5 points in the set of 132 participants.

"The correlation between energy drinks and increased systolic blood pressure was very reassuring and worrisome. More studies should be done to examine the impact on heart rate, "added Dr. Shah. He also cautions to people with high blood pressure or long QT syndrome should consider the consumption of energy drinks. Because energy drinks also contain caffeine, people who do not habitually consume too much caffeine can increase blood terkanan excessive.

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Salami, black olive fruit, bacon, scrambled eggs, pasta, pizza, strawberry, and the sausage was delicious if eaten. But what if the snacks are used as an accessory, would you wear it?


An online store in Japan to make food-themed accessories are made ​​of plastic. Although fake, but it looks very realistic jewelry. Some of them, namely headbands bacon and scrambled eggs, sausage and pizza necklace, earrings and a pair of black olives.

Necklace of Fake Food Hatanaka pizza sold 75 pounds or Rp1, 1 million, while a pair of earrings black olives priced over 10 pounds worth Rp147 thousand. The spaghetti carbonara ring valued 16 pounds, or Rp235 thousand.

Customers can also buy earrings salami, sushi, green peppers, and hamburgers, including strawberry hair band, hair clips bacon, fried potatoes headbands and key chains plastic noodle bowls and ice cream.

On site Hatanaka, fake food designers said, "Hatanaka produces fake food in a self-contained plant, Tokorozawa, Saitama. We made an interesting fake food enjoyed with eyes using technology expert craftsmen. "


source : okezone.com

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This dish comes from the Greek. However, if it is sold at the Turkish restaurant, the food is named after the doner kebab. Another dish that is served in the restaurant Arabic, the name was changed so shawarma. However, all three means 'play' in their respective languages.


Gyro (read: jiro) is vertically roasted meat on special tools. The meat is served as a sandwich, use pita bread and stuffed with sliced ​​tomatoes, onions, and French fries. The tzatziki sauce complements this dish.

Meat used for gyro meat usually lamb, beef, chicken, or pork. The meat is cut into round, thin, and flat. Then, pieces of meat stuck to an iron rod. Each piece of meat covered with spice mixture made of salt, sweet paprika, spicy paprika, white pepper, black pepper, dried parsley, garlic powder, and dried oregano. From bottom to top, the pieces gradually enlarged so that the result becomes cone-shaped.

The rod contains meat baked with electric vertical rotisserie. The lower part is always smaller fat globules of flesh exposed at the top, while the upper part itself is more crisp as it is closer to the heat source.

In electric rotisserie, the meat will rotate so that mature evenly across the surface. When he wants presented, meats sliced ​​thin from top to bottom to produce a variety of flavors. Slices were then placed on a piece of pita bread that has been oiled and slightly burnt. Tomatoes, onions, and French fries are added. Sometimes lettuce are also included. It was not until the sauce is poured, folded pita bread and gyro ready to be eaten.

Tzatziki used in gyro usually made of Greek yogurt, cucumber, salt, pepper, garlic, and dill. Lemon juice, parsley, and mint is usually added to the white sauce is thick. However, not only can be used for tzatziki gyro sauce. Sour cream, mix mayonnaise and mustard, ketchup, chili sauce, barbecue sauce and even also sometimes used. In addition to Greek, gyro is also quite popular in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Iran, the Middle East, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States.

According to Kronos Foods, the world's largest manufacturer of gyro, there are more than 300,000 artificial Kronos gyro consumed each day in the United States. That is, there are more than 100 million per year gyro. "Consumers now prefer to experiment and try new flavors and dishes from around the world. Gyro provide desirable taste sensations by combining all the savory meat and the rich sauce over pita bread," said Michael Austin, CEO of Kronos Foods, as reported Fox News (5/14/12).