Why we should drink mineral water

Water have a lot of benefit to our health and our bodies. That’s why we are encouraged to drink eight glasses a day, because the dosage is believed to meet our fluid needs in a day. But, what exactly the benefit of consuming water? As we know, water is a liquid that’s free of calories and sugar. This makes the mineral water is the healthiest among the other option to keep the body hydrated, while overcoming the thirst anytime. In addition, by drinking water, we also get various benefits for the function for the body. First, it may maintain body fluid levels. Second, it can controlling calories and losing weight. Third, it helps energize the muscles and lubricate the joints to keep them supple. Fourth, mineral water helps remove toxins. Fifth, if we drink mineral water at least 8 glasses a day, it keep our skin to be fresh.

Weekly reflection

Weekly reflection

 Hell-o! It’s near the exam’s test already! Time flies so fast, wow. Anyway, this week I think I wrote a lot things about chili. And yes, it’s because I like chili of course. And from this blog, I just know that chili has so many benefits. I didn’t realize it, hahaha. Even though chili has some disadvantages despite of the benefits, it’s okay because I think there’s no something good without the ugly side. What am I trying to say actually? (lol) Okay, I think It’s already too late. I will end it now, good bye! J

Chili for you hair?

Chili for you hair?

Hair is the most precious crown of women. All of women love to take care their hair because some says that you can judge her based on how she treat her hair and body. And it turns out that chili has some good nutrition that’s good for our hair. Despite to the taste that makes us addicted, chili saves some kind of nutritional content. In chili, there are vitamin C which is more than citrus fruit. In addition, cayenne pepper also contains vitamins A, D and phosphorus. Some of these nutrients are believed to stimulate hair growth. Then, can also accelerate blood circulation to the scalp. As a result, the hair becomes stronger and luminous.

The benefits of consuming chili

The benefits of consuming chili

 Often labeled as the cause of abdominal pain, it turns out the chili has many benefits for your body, for our health, you know. Here is the first benefit of chili, with chili, we may heal our wounds. It’s because chili contains chemicals, capsaicin, which helps the healing process of wounds. Second, it’s good for treating headaches. Also, it can treat thrush. Chili contains high vitamin C which is can treat the thrush. Moreover, it may lower the high fever and minimizes the risks of heart disease.

Get you happiness just from your sleeping habit

Get you happiness just from your sleeping habit

  Having enough sleep time is very important for our health. At least we need eight hours of sleep every day to make the body more fit tomorrow. And it turns out that enough sleep can also make us more happy! Why is that, though? So, it turns out that when we don’t have enough sleep, it will make the body weak and tend to not get excited in starting the day. This can cause us to be moody, tired and lazy to move on that day. The less excited, the more mood unhappy. Conversely, if our sleeping needs are fulfilled in the day, our body and mind will be fresher as well, so we are ready and enthusiastic to go through the whole day.

The benefits of warm bath for the body

The benefits of warm bath for the body

 We often feel fatigue especially after we do some various activity. Usually, we will choose to go to the bed directly after we are feel really tired. But, that’s not the right answer. When we choose to go to the bed directly, it means we didn’t take a bath before we are going to the bed and guess what? The dirt that we got from our daily activities are still clinging to us. In this matter, maybe you should think to take a warm bath. Why? Because first, of course we can clean our body. Besides, we can relax both our body and mind. Second, it smoothen our blood circulation. Moreover, it can prevent us from insomnia. Third, it may eliminate the toxins from the body. 

For those who love spicy food

For those who love spicy food

 Spicy food indeed so delicious. The sensation when your tongue burn because of the taste of the chili and make you sweat a lot because of the spicyness is addicted. Also, with spicy food, when we caught a cold, it can make our nose feel so runny and the next thing that we know is, voila! We are already recovered from the cold. But, despite of that good point about spicy food, there’s some disadvantages coming from spicy food also. As we already know, spicy food can damage the wall of our stomach. If this happened, we can suffer from appendicitis. If we eat spicy food, we will suffer from insomnia too. Moreover, it may cause headache.

WEEKLY REFLECTION

WEEKLY REFLECTION

 Hellooo!!! Yeah, as you can see actually I’m a little bit depressed now because I couldn’t find any topics for my blog! It’s actually super hard if you must write a post once a day. I can’t get the same topics for the whole week. Anyway, I think next week is the last week to write some posts in this blog. Hope I can finish it! J But, before that I think I rarely use some new words that I got from mu class such as therefore, moreover, and the rest of them. I actually used it in my posts but sometimes I just not use it. I must use some words in my next posts. Okay, see you next week!

4 Ways to eat your way to lower cholesterol

4 Ways to eat your way to lower cholesterol

 Cholesterol is a common disease in the world. Everybody can stricken with this disease if they are not careful with the food that they eat. But ,actually do you know that you can just simply change your menu to lower you cholesterol? It’s like, if you are a big fan of meat, just eat it less than the usual and eat more vegetables, fruits, or whole grains. It can reduce your cholesterol by 25% or more. Here are 4 steps for using your diet to lower your cholesterol. First, stick with unsaturated fats and avoid saturated and trans fat. Second, get more soluble fiber. Third, include plant sterols and stanols in your diet. And the last but not least, find a diet that works on you. :) 

The easiest way to lower your high cholesterol

The easiest way to lower your high cholesterol

 More than 100 million people in America suffer from a high cholesterol. The causes are clear. It’s because of their habit, they love to eat a fast food which is high in cholesterol. Their unhealthy dietary habit plus irregular can make their lipid substances increased any time. And the bad news is that people with high cholesterol is very susceptible to other diseases such as heart disease and or stroke. So, this is some tips that you can do in easiest way. First, eat some foods that rich in vitamin B3 and consume a food which rich in fiber. Second, exercise. There’s no doubt that exercise doesn’t have any advantages. Third, consume a fish-oil. 

The healthiest bread

The healthiest bread

We need to eat our breakfast everyday before we start our day. Otherwise, we won’t have much energy left for the whole day. As an Indonesian people, we usually eat rice whenever we have our meal. But actually, we can have the others like a cereal, bread, oatmeal or even some fruits as our breakfast. However, most people will choose bread as the second choice if the rice aren’t cooked yet or they are in hurry. But, do you know that among the types of bread, there’s the healthiest than the rest? According to Steven Gundry, a cardiologist, the most helathy bread is the one that’s lectin free. He said that lectin is a poison for our body. Also, he said that we should see the content of the bread. And the bread that’s lectin-free is a bread that doesn’t contain wheat at all. A bread which contains almonds, seeds, and flowers of the coconut are recommended for those who search for a healthiest bread.

How to reduce food waste

How to reduce food waste

Food is what we need to keep our tummy from the hunger. Indeed, when we are hungry, we will take as much food as we want and we will eat it until we are satisfied. But, sometimes this condition makes the food that we already took become wasted. And so, today I will give the tips how to reduce food waste. First, plan ahead. Yes, you need to plan it all. So, your food won’t become waste. Second, buy what you need. Third, cook the right amount. So, you won’t throw anything. Fourth, eat it all or store the leftovers for later. And the last but not least, recycle what you can’t eat! J

Is steamed-egg better than boiled-egg?

Is steamed-egg better than boiled-egg?

 Egg. This white-round-fluffy food is like a friend for our rice. Even if we just fried the egg or just boiled it, it still goes well with the rice. But, do you know if we need some skills to make our boiled-egg look perfect? If we boiled it too long, the egg will produce a greenish color near the yolk. And it can reduce the aesthetic of its egg. In the other hand, if we boiled it too fast, the skin of the egg will become hard to peel. That consideration is one of the reasons why you shouldn’t boil an egg. You can get the same taste by steam it. Moreover, it’s mentioned that steaming is better than boiling. The steaming process turns eggs with a softer texture. In addition, you do not have to bother setting the hot temperature in the pan and the length of time steaming.

Weekly Reflection

Weekly Reflection

 Hello guys! We meet again in this weekly reflection! J So, I think I don’t have much topics for this week posts. It’s truly hard to find a topic these days. And I was stayed late at campus these days. On Monday and Tuesday, I wrote something related with hair. And it’s about hair loss. Because indeed, for women hair is our crown. So, hair loss is actually a big no for us. And because of that, I need to wrote it for the girls who need this information (is it useful? //cries//) and for me too, ehehehe. For the day after tommorow and the rest, I really made some post randomness. (lol) And, see you next week!

The World wastes millions of tons of food

The World wastes millions of tons of food

 Much of the food that goes to waste around the world is discarded based on aesthetics, or othe factors that don’t relate to the food’s taste or quality. According to the food and agriculture organization of the U.S, if we managed to save just one-fourth of the food that typically goes to waste, it could feed 870 million hungry people. Some business have also taken it upon themselves to purchase and sell the foods that farmers and other business don’t want, but they constantly find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer amount of the “reject” food.

Why you always get sprayed when you try to peel citrus?

Why you always get sprayed when you try to peel citrus?

 Have you ever noticed  that everytime you peel your citrus, you’ve got a spritz of acid in your eye? It’s hurt so much, right? And today, I will tell you why the spritz of citrus makes your eye hurt so much. So, every orange is pocked with oil-filled glands that explosively rupture when the peel is broken and the experimenters used engineering tools to measure exactly what the pressure states caused those glands to shoot their substance in a high-speed jet. Their findings, which were presented at the annual meeting of the society for integrative and comparative biology could inspire a new type of one-use asthma inhaler.

What is the best time to study?

What is the best time to study?

  One of the attempts to get a good score during a test is with study hard. But, sometimes eventhough we want to study as hard as possible, the timing is just wrong. Like when we go home directly after the class, we want to do our homework. And when we open the book, suddenly we are yawning and then we just sleep and we already forgot about our homework. So, have you ever wodered what is the best time for us to study? Actually, the best time is at 02.00-04.00 am. Because at this time, the absorption of learning materials can reach 90%-100%. The second is at the afternoon. It’s not an ideal time but it can be tolerable. The possibility of absorption of the subject matter is about 60%-70%. And the last is at 20.00-22.00 pm. Maybe it’s the least ideal hour. With the possibility of the absorption of the subject matter is just about 20%-30%, we will use the last energy that left behind from our body. 

Hair loss and what to do

Hair loss and what to do

You just wash your hair and when you see the floor, Oh My God! There’s a lot of hair on the floor! Indeed, hair loss makes you not confident. So, what should we do if our hair become thinner day by day? Today, I would like to give some tips for you to prevent hair loss! First, avoiding damaging your hair. It includes bleaching, either hair straightening or hair curling, and the others. Second, caring actively for your hair. It means, you can wash your hair with a suitable shampoo for your hair. Third, eating right for healthy hair. Consume plenty of iron like red meat, chicken or fish. Eat enough protein by eating seafood, poultry, milk, cheese, yogurt, eggs, beans, pork tenderloin, soy, lean beef and protein bars. And the last, consume vitamin C. Food with a lot of vitamin C indeed can help in the good absorption of iron. Good sources of vitamin C are Citrus fruit, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, baked potatoes and tomatoes.

Hair loss and what causes it

Hair loss and what causes it

 Most women believe that hair is the most beautiful crown. Your hair condition describe how you keep your hair. If your hair are healthy, shiny, smooth and so on, it will make you more confident as well. Unfortunately, not all people have a healthy and shiny hair. Some of them have a frizzy typed hair, curly hair, and the others. The most problem of our hair is hair loss. The American Academy of Dermatology noted that 80 million of men and women in America have hereditary hair loss. It can affect just the hair on your scalp or your entire body. Although it’s more prevalent in older adults, it’s possible in children as well. According to kids health, it’s normal to lose 50 and 100 hair a day. Because normally the new hair will replace it. But, this doesn’t always happen. Hair loss can be permanent or temporary. So, what causes it? The most common cause of hair loss is heredity. In some cases, hair loss can caused by stress, hormonal changes, effects of certain hairstyles, major illness, surgeries or even traumatic event. A diet lacking in protein, iron and other nutrients can lead to thinning hair too.

Weekly Reflection

 Hello! So, this week I start to write a weekly reflection again. Last week, I didn't write anything for the 5th day of the week, Friday. I had a campus event(is it a campus event? Idk) called Training Kader and it was 3 days and 2 night. It was really tiring. It's like that I went to military academy (lol) but it's not bad. I love the last day. Because I can go home, yay! Eventhough I arrived at night, but it's still the happiest moment for the last 3 days. By the way, this week from wednesday until this day, I wrote something related with blood. I found that this topic is interesting. So I read and made the posts based on what I read. Okay, I think it's already long enough to end it. Good bye! See you next week! :)

Are our traits determined by our blood types?

Are our traits determined by our blood types?

  One day, A, B, O, and AB are going to the beach. Who is the tardiest of them all? If you can answer it, you must be believe in classification of properties based on blood types. Maybe you all have read that A people are always on time, B is the opposite of A, O like to acts whatever they want, and AB is strange. So, are our traits determined by our blood types? Actually, it’s just a myth. But, if it’s just a myth, why everyone people with the same blood type have the same traits? This phenomenon can be described by the term confirmation-bias. That is, as human we tend to like to find some info that can support our beliefs. It’s like when we believed that the people with blood type A are very disciplined. We become optimist with our friends who is blood type A and believe that they are really discipline. Eventhough, it’s not 100% true.

Why do we have different blood types?

Why do we have different blood types?

How many blood types in the world? We may know that blood types are divided into A, B, AB, and O. So, why do we have different blood types? Although our blood’s color are same. Before the 20th century, people thaught that that there’s no different between my blood and your blood. And because of that, a lot of people died because they got wrong blood transfusion. After that, a researcher named Karl Landsteiner found that human’s blood are divided into A, B, and O. In general, we can have different blood types because our body have something called “antigen”. Someone who has antigen A, will have blood type A and so on. But, people who have antigen A and B will have blood type AB. Our immune system then will read our antigen in our blood cells. And if our immune system find something different from the else, they will consider it as something dangerous that could harm our body. And so, they will fight it. The reaction of resistance will cause blood clots and can killed people. 

Why we should donate our blood?

Why we should donate our blood?

  As we already know, if we donate our blood, we can help people’s life. Some conditions like accidents, organ transplantation, have diseases such as anemia, cancer, hemophilia, and the others are indeed need blood donation so they can still alive. With donate our blood, we can maintain our heart’s health and make our blood’s flow smoothly. We can increase the production of red blood cells. From there, we can also do our health check. It's also reduce the risk of cancer. And the most important thing, we can save people’s life.

Why we always have room for dessert?

Why we always have room for dessert?

We just finished our meal and our tummy are full. And then, when the cake arrives, suddenly our tummy still have room for one or two pieces of cake. Why does that happen? According to school of thought, it all comes down to something called Sensory-Specific Satiety (SSS). Sesory-Specific Satiety refers to the idea that the more you eat one kind of food in a single sitting, the less appealing that food becomes. So, actually we weren’t full. It just our senses were bored. And so, when another meal come out, you probably faced something different and you’re ready to eat again.

The benefits of Yoga

The benefits of Yoga

 What do you think when you heard about yoga? Some of you will think that yoga is a good exercise. But, the others might say different. Don’t underestimate the benefits of yoga, girls. Yoga have a lot of benefits. Let me tell you the benefits of yoga, :

1. It can prevent stress

Indeed, in yoga, we learn the technique of breathing which can make our body and mind healthier

2. Lose weight

3. Can cure Carpal Tunnel Syndrom

4. Make your skin healthier

5. Prevent diabetes

The relation between drawing and memory

The relation between drawing and memory

Have you ever forgotten your grocery list? Don’t worry, It’s a natural thing that human’s do. A recent study by University of Waterloo, discovered that putting things visually gives people more advantages of recalling it better than writing it down. Even if you do it multiple times at once. Drawing will just do, or even by putting doodles of details around the written word will still be better than just mere letters.

Food Waste into an Ice Cream?

Food Waste into an Ice Cream?

  A big scoop of ice cream with streaks of sweet apple rum? Sounds delicious, right? But, what if those flavours were 'secondhand'? An ice cream chain in Portland, Oregon called Salt & Straw is featuring “rescued food” flavours in their June 2017 seasonal menu in a small batch. This is done because wasting food is actually a huge problem while plastic spread in our water and pollution in our air. A 2016 study in the journal found that we actually produce more than enough amount of food to feed all the people in the world. And the problem is, a lot of people didn’t finish their meal and throw their food so their food are being wasted. Kim Malek, the founder of Salt & Straw, in it to “swipe out hunger”. While their ice cream may only save around 2,000 pounds of food, her team hopes to create awareness for local organizations that rescue and redistribute food to communities in need.

Welcome to Warley Museum, The World’s smallest museum!

Welcome to Warley Museum, The World’s smallest museum!

 When we said ‘museum’, you usually imagine it as a big building with a lot of things inside a glass. Maybe you should throw your thought from now on. Because, not all the museum as big as you seen in the movie, or that you usually see. Warley Museum, the World’s smallest museum that just fit for one person inside located at Warley Village, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. In this tiny museum, it stored a various of local history such as, old photographs, glass painting, and some personal items like a pieces of antique clothes and jewelry. Interestingly, there’s only one room in this museum. This museum made from a telephone box which was transformed into a museum. So, Yea! It’s the reason why there’s just one room in this museum! Eventhough the museum is so tiny but, the citizens are really excited and love to come to the museum.

The benefits of Japanese ‘Forest Bathing’

The benefits of Japanese ‘Forest Bathing’

 Sometimes, when we feel really tired, too much pressure or stress, we will think that we need a breath of fresh forest air. In Japan, there’s a practice of ‘Shinrin-yoku’ or ‘forest bathing’. It’s not a type of bath that you can relax inside the tub and enjoy the view of the forest. It’s more like having fun with nature. Besides, shinrin-yoku has a lot of benefits. It has been scientifically proven to reduce stress and strenghten your immune system. Also, with just 30 minutes of walking in the forest can lower your blood pressure and cortisol levels. The aroma from the trees in the forest can heal you from a variety of physical illness. There’s a study says that the scent of the trees also can cure cancer. 

WEEKLY REFLECTION #1

WEEKLY REFLECTION #1

 Holla! This is the first reflection of the week after the midterm test. This week, I make some posts random as usual. But, the topic is one. It’s “food”. Why did I choose this topic? I love to read some articles related to food. I find it really insteresting. Like, some new innovation of food, or the benefits of some fruits, sometimes the recipes of some foods, and the others. It’s quite hard actually to make those posts. I read the articles in Indonesian and then I will translate it into English. It’s hard but it’s quite fun if I focused on it (lol).

Why we shouldn’t eat raw meat instead of raw fish?

Why we shouldn’t eat raw meat instead of raw fish?

 We usually find raw fish in Japanese dish like sashimi, sushi, and the other. But, why is it always raw fish? Why we can’t use raw meat instead of raw fish? Actually, eating raw meat is a terrible idea because the bacteria inside the raw meat, like beef or pork are more dangerous than the bacteria in fish. It’s because of the cut, the way it’s stored and the microbes and parasites that live in the animals. In fact, raw fish can be infected by some parasistes too. But generally, if it’s frozen or comes from a clean kitchen, it’s probably safe. On the other hands, ground beef is a little more dangerous, because those surface germs can be mixed inside. 

The relation between onions and tears

The relation between onions and tears

Have you ever cried while cut the onions? Why we always cry whenever we cut the onions? Here is the explanation. The oil in the onions contain a lot of sulfur substances. This substances evaporated very fast. Therefore, when we cut the onions, the oil and the sulfur change into the gas very quickly and if the gas hit your eyes, it will makes your eyes sore and triggering your eyes. Then, what can we do to avoid being teary-eyed while we cut the onions? Well, maybe some of you already know this tips. You can hold a silver spoon in your mouth, hold a piece of bread in your mouth, cut the onion underwater, or use a super sharp knife. This simple trick can help you so you won’t be teared up.

When East meets West: Bao-zza!

When East meets West: Bao-zza!

 Sometimes, it’s difficult to decide whether to eat Western food or Chinese food. But, now if you can’t decide on Chinese food or Western food, don’t worry! There’s perfect solution for you who wish to eat both Chinese food and Western food : Bao-zza! Bao-zza is a combination of steamed bun, or Baozi in Chinese and Pizza. This unique food consists of Chinese steamed bun and stuffed with pizza fillings, like chopped vegetables, pork, and shrimp. Alex Cree and Loren Heinold are the Entrepreneurs who have the idea to combine two kinds of food into one. And now, they have opened up a store selling the fusion buns in Beijing. The idea first comes when Mr.Cree talked to Mr.Heinold about his thought of combining baozi with more American traditional flavours like burger or different things. Then, he started experimenting with the recipes while living in the U.S. He later quit his job and moved to China in 2016 to set up a shop in the basement of a Beijing shopping mall with Mr.Heinold. They are currently charging 20 yuan for two buns.