Regulators and health professionals have known of this risk for decades, but always assumed that it would only affect people breathing in especially high concentrations in factory settings.
Then in 2007, a man who regularly ate two bags of microwave popcorn every day was diagnosed with popcorn lung, proving that diacetyl enters the air and lungs when microwave popcorn is cooked.
Anxious to reassure consumers, many microwave popcorn companies replaced diacetyl and sadly the truth is they are using other similar type of chemicals.
After rice and wheat, the most important human carbohydrate source is not what you might guess?
It’s not the starchy potato, or any of the major sweetener-producing crops (sugar cane, sugar beet or corn).
Remember those delicious tapioca chips.. It’s a tropical tuber known by the names cassava, manioc and yuca (in Spanish), and it’s the main ingredient in tapioca pudding. Tapioca predominantly consists of carbohydrates, with each cup containing 23.9 grams for a total of 105 calories.
The plant was carried by Portuguese and Spanish explorers to most of the West Indies, and the continents of Africa and Asia, including the Philippines and Taiwan. It is now cultivated worldwide.
Did you know?
Tapioca starch, used commonly for starching shirts and garments before ironing.
The almond like seed present inside the peach fruit has an anti- cancer medicine called laetrile.
Peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots and almonds are all closely related fruit trees with similar types of center pits and contains the seeds which are almond shaped.
These seeds of all these species in fact contain high concentrations of chemicals l known as laetrile, amygdalin or vitamin B-17.
Research has suggested that laetrile induces programmed cell death in cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone.
This one is really crazy food fact! Did you that the L-Cysteine a common ingredient in the bread is actually derived from human hair?
It is a non-essential amino acid added to many baked goods as a dough conditioner in order to speed industrial processing.
It’s usually not added directly to flour intended for home use. While some L-cysteine is directly synthesized in laboratories, most of it is extracted from a cheap and abundant natural protein source: human hair.
The hair is dissolved in acid and L-cysteine is isolated through a chemical process.
Other sources of L-cysteine include chicken feathers, duck feathers, cow horns and petroleum by products!!
Is it good or bad you decide!!!
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Did you know the world’s most expensive coffee goes through an animal system? The world’s most expensive coffee, kopi luwak ( “civet coffee”) is brewed from coffee beans that have been eaten and partially digested by the Asian palm civet, a catlike wild animal.
This variety of coffee can reach up to $150 per pound. In the past 10 years, kopi luwak has won the hearts of global consumers. A cup sells for $30 to $100 in New York City and London, while 1 kg of roasted beans can fetch as much as $130 in Indonesia.
The beans are harvested from the droppings of the civet and washed, and can be brewed into an aromatic coffee renowned for its low bitterness and excellent flavor.
Traditionally, the coffee was so rare because harvesters had to scour the rain forest floor looking for civet droppings that contained coffee beans.
In recent years, some people have started caging wild civets and feeding them the beans directly.
This has become a questioning practice as the free animals are caged to produce human needs.
India is the world’s largest producer, consumer and exporter of chilies in the world.
India also has the largest area under chilies in the world. Chilies are the most common spice cultivated in India. It is estimated that India produced 1060345 tons of dry chili from an area of 8, 84,183 hectares. Chili peppers are not native to India.
The Portuguese introduced chili to India in the 15th century—Indian consumers have fully embraced the spicy plants.
Not only do Indians grow and eat more chili peppers than any other nation in the world, but they also have some of the spiciest peppers.
One of the hot pepper, ‘The bhut jolokia’ (also known as the “ghost chili”) is grown in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur and is said to be 400 times hotter than the average hot sauce!!
Do you know?Carolina pepper is the hottest pepper in the world with 2,200,000 SHU. It gets this insane heat from being a cross between a Pakastani Naga and a Red Habanero. Oddly enough this pepper doesn’t just have heat, but excellent flavor as well.
A home is where the heart is! Who does not want their home to look beautiful? When we live in a house, we want it to be perfect and welcoming with gracious colors.
Selecting wallpaper or paints depends on one’s preferences. Sometimes we need some advice on color selections. Grandma has some suggestions related to painting.
Based on our personality, needs and moods colors can be selected.
Paint color selections and tips for painting your home – are listed below.
If you are fond of colored walls in your house then, use easy to apply removable wallpaper. Choose pattern you love and decorate accordingly. After sometime if you feel bored you can easily remove the wall paper and get a new one. Do not forget to recycle the old one!
If you are going to paint the house – remember – The glossier the paint, the easier it is to clean up.
When you are ready to paint the walls, use softest hue pain in rooms if you want natural light feeling. Like in kitchen, you need use light and soft color. This gives clarity to the work you do at kitchen.
In small places like powder room or bathroom use bolder color paint, this makes room comfortable.
To feel uplifted use yellow color in the living room – it is not the easy color to use for decoration. However, right selection of yellow paint brings sunny and upliftinglook for the room.
Do you know orange works best when used in moderation – it makes a bold statement on a single wall, chimney breast or stairwell. Keep walls and woodwork bright white and use orange sparingly as an accent color.
If you have a green house – use green and white combination of paints. When you keep plants it makes the room more elegant and feels like spending more time with plants – which is healthy for you!
For smaller rooms use blue or grey color paints. Blue color gives calm and restful rather than chilly and strict appearance.
To keep it clean with small children and high traffic at home – like in a playroom, or tends to get grease on the wall such as in a kitchen, opt for high gloss sheen as you can easily wipe the wall down with a damp sponge. Kids can play without any fear of ruining the wall or paint!
In case you are thinking of selling the house then, paint house with white or off-white color as the choice for walls.
Do you know the concept of neutral color has changed – Apart from beige and white there are other colors are added to neutral color list. Neutral colors offer elegance and flexibility within a room. For example almond walls with red toned browns on the trim give neutral look for the house!
If you are prone to anxiety, avoid more intense colors for the home walls.
While painting:
1. Cover the floor with drop cloths. Definitely do not forget this. You will fling paint somewhere random, no matter how daintily you paint.
2. Fill any holes or imperfections in the drywall with spackling paste
3. Make sure the walls are clean by wiping off all the dust or grime with a damp cloth.
4. Remove all outlet plates.
5. If you have areas that you don’t want painted, you can use painter’s tape to prevent paint from getting on those areas.
6. Prime if needed.
7. Wash your hands properly. If needed while painting use a mask to avoid inhaling any toxins from the paint.
