How do you fancy tucking into a bowl of ice cream that has no more fat than as carrot? Or eating a burger that will lower your cholesterol? If you are allergic to peanuts, perhaps you'd like to fix your food so that any nut traces pass harmlessly through your body.
Welcome to the world of nanofoods, where almost anything is possible: where food can be manipulated at an atomic or molecular level to taste as delicious as you want, do you as much god as you want, and stay fresh for....well, who know? a world where smart pesticides are harmless until they reach the stomachs of destrutive insects, where food-manufacturers promise an end to starvation, where smart packaging sniffs out and destroys the micro-organisms that make good food go bad, in short a food heaven to those who see it spelling the end of obesity and poor diet, food hell to those who believe the case for nanofood safety is still far from proven. One thing is certain: after the controversy that surrounded genetically modified foods, nano is set to become next kitchen batleground.
Whether nanoengineered foodstuffs land on our tables will, to a large content, depend on consumers. If it proves as controversial as GM to many food buyers and environments, then marketing it could be difficult, something of which the industry is well aware. We have to explain to consumers that good side of nanotechnology and what benefits it can bring them.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Talk about Yogo
Yoga is a type of practive which you can used like a sport. Can yoga really treat what ails you?
In the part the yogo was a new trend in the minds of money, a novelty destined have it's rise then as all trends do, and inevitable fall. During those days, articles would always begin with simple yet vague definition of yoga, with the angle that it would help you get lean and sexy. I usually protested, since losing weight was always more of a problem then a challenge and I'm drawn to practice for it's mystical side more than anything else.
For me, yoga is a lot about the way I live. Simply getting on the mat and doing a physical practice of yoga is one of the best things you or I can do for our body.
Once you learn some of the basis of youga, you too can continue to practice by yourself at your own schedule. A short 15 to 20 minutes a day, six days a week and in a week or two, you'll feel better than you have in years.
In the part the yogo was a new trend in the minds of money, a novelty destined have it's rise then as all trends do, and inevitable fall. During those days, articles would always begin with simple yet vague definition of yoga, with the angle that it would help you get lean and sexy. I usually protested, since losing weight was always more of a problem then a challenge and I'm drawn to practice for it's mystical side more than anything else.
For me, yoga is a lot about the way I live. Simply getting on the mat and doing a physical practice of yoga is one of the best things you or I can do for our body.
Once you learn some of the basis of youga, you too can continue to practice by yourself at your own schedule. A short 15 to 20 minutes a day, six days a week and in a week or two, you'll feel better than you have in years.
Get dressing-Pha Khao Ma
One thing a lot of compers bring along on an excursion in the ever-versatile Pha Khao Ma, a type of sarong traditional worn by Thai men. This narrow length of fabric can serve several purposes : as a substitute for a hat during the day, for example; or a bathing suit in the evening; or when dried out, as a blanket. It can be put to numereous other uses, too. Be inventive ! How about as a makeshift bowl, for instance?
Normally, most trekkers just bathe in a stream. But for those times when it's getting dark and you don't wat to venture into deep water on your own, a pha khao ma allows you to wash without runing any risks.
Simply hold one end and dangle the other in the stream. Let the cloth absorb water for a few seconds and then pull it up.
Writing it out and you'll find that your sarong can hold almost as much water as a bowl. Drop it into the stream again when you need more water, and enjoy your shower/sponge bath. If you don't have a pha khao ma, a T-shirt or anything made of lightweight cloth that's not too difficult to squeeze out will do just as well.
Normally, most trekkers just bathe in a stream. But for those times when it's getting dark and you don't wat to venture into deep water on your own, a pha khao ma allows you to wash without runing any risks.
Simply hold one end and dangle the other in the stream. Let the cloth absorb water for a few seconds and then pull it up.
Writing it out and you'll find that your sarong can hold almost as much water as a bowl. Drop it into the stream again when you need more water, and enjoy your shower/sponge bath. If you don't have a pha khao ma, a T-shirt or anything made of lightweight cloth that's not too difficult to squeeze out will do just as well.
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