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Sunday, December 18, 2011
Sharp Healsio Water Oven Recipe : Steamed Chinese Kale (Gai Lan) in Oyster Sauce
Healthy Cooking Sharp Healsio Water Oven Recipe : Steamed Chinese Kale (Gai Lan) in Oyster Sauce
This is a healthy dish that is high in fibre, low in oil and calories.
This is a healthy dish that is high in fibre, low in oil and calories.
A. Ingredients
1. Leafy Vegetable, Kai Lan
2. Shallot, 3 pieces or 1 Table Spoon
3. Oyster Sauce, 1 Table Spoon
4. Cooking Oil, 3 Table Spoon
B. Cooking Methods for Steamed Vegetable Kai Lan in Sharp Healsio Water Oven
1. Prepare and clean Kai Lan
2. Select Steam High function in Sharp Healsio Water Oven, Select Manual, Preheat
3. Once the Healsio Water Oven has preheated, place Kai Lan into the Healsio Water Oven, steam for 8 minutes. Remove the dish from the water oven.
4. Slice Shallot into thin slices
5. Place Sliced Shallot into a glass, add 3 Tsp of Cooking Oil to cover the Shallot
6. Select Microwave function of Sharp Healsio Water Oven, place shallot into the oven, select 4 minutes, start cooking shallot in Microwave mode.
Please note that avoid metal utensil in 'Microwave' mode.
7.Shallot will float at the surface of the glass when cooked.
8. Remove Shallot from Healsio Water Oven, drain some of the oil off , leaving about only 1 Tsp Oil with cooked Shallot, add Oyster Suace, stir well, add 1 Tsp of water, stir the sauce well, then pour the oyster sauce over the the steamed Kai Lan. The dish is ready to served.
8. Remove Shallot from Healsio Water Oven, drain some of the oil off , leaving about only 1 Tsp Oil with cooked Shallot, add Oyster Suace, stir well, add 1 Tsp of water, stir the sauce well, then pour the oyster sauce over the the steamed Kai Lan. The dish is ready to served.
More Information about Sharp Healsio Water Oven :
Why cook with water?
The secret is Superheated Steam. The Healsio is a completely different way of cooking. The Superheated Steam used in the Healsio is a clear, colourless vapour consisting of ordinary steam heated to an even higher temperature above 100°C. Superheated Steam transfers heat efficiently and has a high cooking capacity.
Cooking with water using the water heat technology
What attracted me is the oven offers 4 modes of cooking :
1. Supersteam Convection
2. Steam
3. Convection
4. Microwaves
It provides healthy ways of cooking and food cooked with Healsio Water Oven preserving the original taste as well as retain and even adding moisture under the 'Steam' function..
Cavity dimensions: 35.9 (W) x 33.9 (D) x 25.6 (H) cm
Outside dimensions: 55.3 (W) x 48.3 (D) x 43.8 (H) cm
Weight: Approx. 24kg
Why cook with water?
The secret is Superheated Steam. The Healsio is a completely different way of cooking. The Superheated Steam used in the Healsio is a clear, colourless vapour consisting of ordinary steam heated to an even higher temperature above 100°C. Superheated Steam transfers heat efficiently and has a high cooking capacity.
Cooking with water using the water heat technology
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Cavity dimensions: 35.9 (W) x 33.9 (D) x 25.6 (H) cm
Outside dimensions: 55.3 (W) x 48.3 (D) x 43.8 (H) cm
Weight: Approx. 24kg
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
How to be Rich in Warren Buffett's ways
Learning Warren Buffett 10 ways of getting rich
With an estimated fortune of $62 billion, Warren Buffett is the richest man in the entire world. In 1962, when he began buying stock in Berkshire Hathaway, a share cost $7.50. Today, Warren Buffett, 78, is Berkshire's chairman and CEO, and one share of the company's class A stock worth close to $119,000. He credits his astonishing success to several key strategies, which he has shared with writer Alice Schroeder. She spend hundreds of hours interviewing the Sage of Omaha for the new authorized biography The Snowball. Here are some of Warren Buffett's money-making secrets -- and how they could work for you.
1. Reinvest Your Profits:
When you first make money, you may be tempted to spend it. Don't. Instead, reinvest the profits. Warren Buffett learned this early on. In high school, he and a pal bought a pinball machine to pun in a barbershop. With the money they earned, they bought more machines until they had eight in different shops. When the friends sold the venture, Warren Buffett used the proceeds to buy stocks and to start another small business. By age 26, he'd amassed $174,000 -- or $1.4 million in today's money. Even a small sum can turn into great wealth.
2. Be Willing To Be Different:
Don't base your decisions upon what everyone is saying or doing. When Warren Buffett began managing money in 1956 with $100,000 cobbled together from a handful of investors, he was dubbed an oddball. He worked in Omaha, not Wall Street, and he refused to tell his parents where he was putting their money. People predicted that he'd fail, but when he closed his partnership 14 years later, it was worth more than $100 million. Instead of following the crowd, he looked for undervalued investments and ended up vastly beating the market average every single year. To Warren Buffett, the average is just that -- what everybody else is doing. to be above average, you need to measure yourself by what he calls the Inner Scorecard, judging yourself by your own standards and not the world's.
3. Never Suck Your Thumb:
Gather in advance any information you need to make a decision, and ask a friend or relative to make sure that you stick to a deadline. Warren Buffett prides himself on swiftly making up his mind and acting on it. He calls any unnecessary sitting and thinking "thumb sucking." When people offer him a business or an investment, he says, "I won't talk unless they bring me a price." He gives them an answer on the spot.
4. Spell Out The Deal Before You Start:
Your bargaining leverage is always greatest before you begin a job -- that's when you have something to offer that the other party wants. Warren Buffett learned this lesson the hard way as a kid, when his grandfather Ernest hired him and a friend to dig out the family grocery store after a blizzard. The boys spent five hours shoveling until they could barely straighten their frozen hands. Afterward, his grandfather gave the pair less than 90 cents to split. Warren Buffett was horrified that he performed such backbreaking work only to earn pennies an hour. Always nail down the specifics of a deal in advance -- even with your friends and relatives.
5. Watch Small Expenses:
Warren Buffett invests in businesses run by managers who obsess over the tiniest costs. He one acquired a company whose owner counted the sheets in rolls of 500-sheet toilet paper to see if he was being cheated (he was). He also admired a friend who painted only on the side of his office building that faced the road. Exercising vigilance over every expense can make your profits -- and your paycheck -- go much further.
6. Limit What You Borrow:
Living on credit cards and loans won't make you rich. Warren Buffett has never borrowed a significant amount -- not to invest, not for a mortgage. He has gotten many heart-rendering letters from people who thought their borrowing was manageable but became overwhelmed by debt. His advice: Negotiate with creditors to pay what you can. Then, when you're debt-free, work on saving some money that you can use to invest.
7. Be Persistent:
With tenacity and ingenuity, you can win against a more established competitor. Warren Buffett acquired the Nebraska Furniture Mart in 1983 because he liked the way its founder, Rose Blumkin, did business. A Russian immigrant, she built the mart from a pawnshop into the largest furniture store in North America. Her strategy was to undersell the big shots, and she was a merciless negotiator. To Warren Buffett, Rose embodied the unwavering courage that makes a winner out of an underdog.
8. Know When To Quit:
Once, when Warren Buffett was a teen, he went to the racetrack. He bet on a race and lost. To recoup his funds, he bet on another race. He lost again, leaving him with close to nothing. He felt sick -- he had squandered nearly a week's earnings. Warren Buffett never repeated that mistake. Know when to walk away from a loss, and don't let anxiety fool you into trying again.
9. Assess The Risk:
In 1995, the employer of Warren Buffett's son, Howie, was accused by the FBI of price-fixing. Warren Buffett advised Howie to imagine the worst-and-bast-case scenarios if he stayed with the company. His son quickly realized that the risks of staying far outweighed any potential gains, and he quit the next day. Asking yourself "and then what?" can help you see all of the possible consequences when you're struggling to make a decision -- and can guide you to the smartest choice.
10. Know What Success Really Means:
Despite his wealth, Warren Buffett does not measure success by dollars. In 2006, he pledged to give away almost his entire fortune to charities, primarily the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He's adamant about not funding monuments to himself -- no Warren Buffett buildings or halls. "I know people who have a lot of money," he says, "and they get testimonial dinners and hospital wings named after them. But the truth is that nobody in the world loves them. When you get to my age, you'll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. That's the ultimate test of how you've lived your life."
With an estimated fortune of $62 billion, Warren Buffett is the richest man in the entire world. In 1962, when he began buying stock in Berkshire Hathaway, a share cost $7.50. Today, Warren Buffett, 78, is Berkshire's chairman and CEO, and one share of the company's class A stock worth close to $119,000. He credits his astonishing success to several key strategies, which he has shared with writer Alice Schroeder. She spend hundreds of hours interviewing the Sage of Omaha for the new authorized biography The Snowball. Here are some of Warren Buffett's money-making secrets -- and how they could work for you.
1. Reinvest Your Profits:
When you first make money, you may be tempted to spend it. Don't. Instead, reinvest the profits. Warren Buffett learned this early on. In high school, he and a pal bought a pinball machine to pun in a barbershop. With the money they earned, they bought more machines until they had eight in different shops. When the friends sold the venture, Warren Buffett used the proceeds to buy stocks and to start another small business. By age 26, he'd amassed $174,000 -- or $1.4 million in today's money. Even a small sum can turn into great wealth.
2. Be Willing To Be Different:
Don't base your decisions upon what everyone is saying or doing. When Warren Buffett began managing money in 1956 with $100,000 cobbled together from a handful of investors, he was dubbed an oddball. He worked in Omaha, not Wall Street, and he refused to tell his parents where he was putting their money. People predicted that he'd fail, but when he closed his partnership 14 years later, it was worth more than $100 million. Instead of following the crowd, he looked for undervalued investments and ended up vastly beating the market average every single year. To Warren Buffett, the average is just that -- what everybody else is doing. to be above average, you need to measure yourself by what he calls the Inner Scorecard, judging yourself by your own standards and not the world's.
3. Never Suck Your Thumb:
Gather in advance any information you need to make a decision, and ask a friend or relative to make sure that you stick to a deadline. Warren Buffett prides himself on swiftly making up his mind and acting on it. He calls any unnecessary sitting and thinking "thumb sucking." When people offer him a business or an investment, he says, "I won't talk unless they bring me a price." He gives them an answer on the spot.
4. Spell Out The Deal Before You Start:
Your bargaining leverage is always greatest before you begin a job -- that's when you have something to offer that the other party wants. Warren Buffett learned this lesson the hard way as a kid, when his grandfather Ernest hired him and a friend to dig out the family grocery store after a blizzard. The boys spent five hours shoveling until they could barely straighten their frozen hands. Afterward, his grandfather gave the pair less than 90 cents to split. Warren Buffett was horrified that he performed such backbreaking work only to earn pennies an hour. Always nail down the specifics of a deal in advance -- even with your friends and relatives.
5. Watch Small Expenses:
Warren Buffett invests in businesses run by managers who obsess over the tiniest costs. He one acquired a company whose owner counted the sheets in rolls of 500-sheet toilet paper to see if he was being cheated (he was). He also admired a friend who painted only on the side of his office building that faced the road. Exercising vigilance over every expense can make your profits -- and your paycheck -- go much further.
6. Limit What You Borrow:
Living on credit cards and loans won't make you rich. Warren Buffett has never borrowed a significant amount -- not to invest, not for a mortgage. He has gotten many heart-rendering letters from people who thought their borrowing was manageable but became overwhelmed by debt. His advice: Negotiate with creditors to pay what you can. Then, when you're debt-free, work on saving some money that you can use to invest.
7. Be Persistent:
With tenacity and ingenuity, you can win against a more established competitor. Warren Buffett acquired the Nebraska Furniture Mart in 1983 because he liked the way its founder, Rose Blumkin, did business. A Russian immigrant, she built the mart from a pawnshop into the largest furniture store in North America. Her strategy was to undersell the big shots, and she was a merciless negotiator. To Warren Buffett, Rose embodied the unwavering courage that makes a winner out of an underdog.
8. Know When To Quit:
Once, when Warren Buffett was a teen, he went to the racetrack. He bet on a race and lost. To recoup his funds, he bet on another race. He lost again, leaving him with close to nothing. He felt sick -- he had squandered nearly a week's earnings. Warren Buffett never repeated that mistake. Know when to walk away from a loss, and don't let anxiety fool you into trying again.
9. Assess The Risk:
In 1995, the employer of Warren Buffett's son, Howie, was accused by the FBI of price-fixing. Warren Buffett advised Howie to imagine the worst-and-bast-case scenarios if he stayed with the company. His son quickly realized that the risks of staying far outweighed any potential gains, and he quit the next day. Asking yourself "and then what?" can help you see all of the possible consequences when you're struggling to make a decision -- and can guide you to the smartest choice.
10. Know What Success Really Means:
Despite his wealth, Warren Buffett does not measure success by dollars. In 2006, he pledged to give away almost his entire fortune to charities, primarily the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He's adamant about not funding monuments to himself -- no Warren Buffett buildings or halls. "I know people who have a lot of money," he says, "and they get testimonial dinners and hospital wings named after them. But the truth is that nobody in the world loves them. When you get to my age, you'll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. That's the ultimate test of how you've lived your life."
Say Yes to Financial Freedom : Learning from Warren Buffett on Tips of Money Making
Warren Buffett, being one of the richest man in the world, is a role model not only on Money Making, but also his generosity of giving back the wealth back to the Community.
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There are 8 Money Making Tips from Warren Buffett that is a good reference for your personal financial management :
1. Rich Is A State Of Mind
"I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute." - Warren Buffett
The difference between being poor and being rich is really just a state of mind. Poor people think thoughs of poverty and lack, rich people think thoughts of abundance and prosperity. Your beliefs are going to determine the way you perceive wealth, the decisions you make and the way you act towards it.
2. Success Is More Than About Your Bank Balance
When asked by CNBC what is the secret to success, Buffett replied "If people get to my age and they have the people love them that they want to have love them, they're successful. It doesn't make any difference if they've got a thousand dollars in the bank or a billion dollars in the bank... Success is really doing what you love and doing it well. It's as simple as that. I've never met anyone doing that who doesn't feel like a success. And I've met plenty of people who have not achieved that and whose lives are miserable."
3. Spend Less Than You Earn
"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks." -Warren Buffett
It seems like common sense advice and you've no doubt heard financial experts preaching about it for years. You can't possibly get ahead financially if you're spending more than your paycheck. Buffett is famous for living a simple and frugal lifestyle. He is the only billionaire I know that still lives in the same house he bought back in 1958 for $31,500. He drove a 2001 Lincoln Town Car for years which he bought second hand. Buffett has a net worth in excess of $52 billion and yet lives off an annual salary of $100,000. The relative percentage of his spending based on his overall net worth is minuscule.
4. Avoid Consumer Debt
The sooner we realize that consumerism is a social plague that has been propagated by billion dollar marketing machines to keep you shackled to your job, the sooner we can stop spending money on useless stuff. It is a fool's game to spend today so that you can work tomorrow to pay it off. It is a losing proposition because one day your working days are going to be over but the debt is still going to be hanging over your head. Clever marketing has convinced our society that to be happy you have to have more, be more and do more. Buffett abhors consumer debt instead choosing to use debt wisely by leveraging it in investments.
5. You Are Who You Associate With
"It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction." -Warren Buffett
If you want to succeed financially you need to associate with people who are most conducive to encouraging and cheering on your financial journey. If the people you associate with see money as evil, object to capitalism and find wealth a foreign concept then your financial health and well being is going to be influenced by their views. Whether we like it or not we are all influenced to some extent by the people we spend our primary time with. If you aspire to achieve financial security then you need to find a mastermind of people in your life whom you can all encourage and help each other.
6. Gambling Is A Fools Game
"Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1." - Warren Buffett
While we are young and naive we choose to take risks with our money that are dumb and stupid. Trying to hit a home run with your money every time is a losing proposition with long term consequences. To chase investments that offer a high rate of return you must also assume that it also comes with a higher rate of risk. Bill Gates once quipped "Warren's and my betting has always been confined to $1 bets" when talking about them paying poker together. If two billionaires take risk management this seriously, it's time we average punters did the same thing.
7. Give Back To The Community
"Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars." - Warren Buffett
They say that to have more you need to give more. A contradiction in terms, maybe, but it's a simple truth that is as enduring as time. As the bible says "It is more blessed to give than to receive -Acts 20:35". Buffett has announced in 2006 that he was giving away over $30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation making it at the time of writing the largest charitable donation in history. He also contributes large sums to his children's charitable foundations.
8. Generosity and Abundance Goes Hand In Hand
"Even though Ben Graham [Buffett's mentor] had everything he needed in life, he still wanted to give something back by teaching, So just as we got it from somebody else, we don't want it to stop with us. We want to pass it along too." - Warren Buffett
A famous bible quote goes: "What benefit will it be to you if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?" - Mark 8:36. The path to wealth isn't a solo endeavor. How sad would life be if you come to the end of your life and there is no one to share it with. So as you journey on your path to financial abundance remember that there will be many people who generously helped you on your journey so it is only fitting to pay it forward when the opportunity arises. Generosity with your time, with your money, with your resources are great virtues to have. The greatest ally to building a strong friendship is to help others achieve what they want from life.
I leave you with this last quote "You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong." - Warren Buffett
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There are 8 Money Making Tips from Warren Buffett that is a good reference for your personal financial management :
1. Rich Is A State Of Mind
"I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute." - Warren Buffett
The difference between being poor and being rich is really just a state of mind. Poor people think thoughs of poverty and lack, rich people think thoughts of abundance and prosperity. Your beliefs are going to determine the way you perceive wealth, the decisions you make and the way you act towards it.
2. Success Is More Than About Your Bank Balance
When asked by CNBC what is the secret to success, Buffett replied "If people get to my age and they have the people love them that they want to have love them, they're successful. It doesn't make any difference if they've got a thousand dollars in the bank or a billion dollars in the bank... Success is really doing what you love and doing it well. It's as simple as that. I've never met anyone doing that who doesn't feel like a success. And I've met plenty of people who have not achieved that and whose lives are miserable."
3. Spend Less Than You Earn
"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks." -Warren Buffett
It seems like common sense advice and you've no doubt heard financial experts preaching about it for years. You can't possibly get ahead financially if you're spending more than your paycheck. Buffett is famous for living a simple and frugal lifestyle. He is the only billionaire I know that still lives in the same house he bought back in 1958 for $31,500. He drove a 2001 Lincoln Town Car for years which he bought second hand. Buffett has a net worth in excess of $52 billion and yet lives off an annual salary of $100,000. The relative percentage of his spending based on his overall net worth is minuscule.
4. Avoid Consumer Debt
The sooner we realize that consumerism is a social plague that has been propagated by billion dollar marketing machines to keep you shackled to your job, the sooner we can stop spending money on useless stuff. It is a fool's game to spend today so that you can work tomorrow to pay it off. It is a losing proposition because one day your working days are going to be over but the debt is still going to be hanging over your head. Clever marketing has convinced our society that to be happy you have to have more, be more and do more. Buffett abhors consumer debt instead choosing to use debt wisely by leveraging it in investments.
5. You Are Who You Associate With
"It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction." -Warren Buffett
If you want to succeed financially you need to associate with people who are most conducive to encouraging and cheering on your financial journey. If the people you associate with see money as evil, object to capitalism and find wealth a foreign concept then your financial health and well being is going to be influenced by their views. Whether we like it or not we are all influenced to some extent by the people we spend our primary time with. If you aspire to achieve financial security then you need to find a mastermind of people in your life whom you can all encourage and help each other.
6. Gambling Is A Fools Game
"Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1." - Warren Buffett
While we are young and naive we choose to take risks with our money that are dumb and stupid. Trying to hit a home run with your money every time is a losing proposition with long term consequences. To chase investments that offer a high rate of return you must also assume that it also comes with a higher rate of risk. Bill Gates once quipped "Warren's and my betting has always been confined to $1 bets" when talking about them paying poker together. If two billionaires take risk management this seriously, it's time we average punters did the same thing.
7. Give Back To The Community
"Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars." - Warren Buffett
They say that to have more you need to give more. A contradiction in terms, maybe, but it's a simple truth that is as enduring as time. As the bible says "It is more blessed to give than to receive -Acts 20:35". Buffett has announced in 2006 that he was giving away over $30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation making it at the time of writing the largest charitable donation in history. He also contributes large sums to his children's charitable foundations.
8. Generosity and Abundance Goes Hand In Hand
"Even though Ben Graham [Buffett's mentor] had everything he needed in life, he still wanted to give something back by teaching, So just as we got it from somebody else, we don't want it to stop with us. We want to pass it along too." - Warren Buffett
A famous bible quote goes: "What benefit will it be to you if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?" - Mark 8:36. The path to wealth isn't a solo endeavor. How sad would life be if you come to the end of your life and there is no one to share it with. So as you journey on your path to financial abundance remember that there will be many people who generously helped you on your journey so it is only fitting to pay it forward when the opportunity arises. Generosity with your time, with your money, with your resources are great virtues to have. The greatest ally to building a strong friendship is to help others achieve what they want from life.
I leave you with this last quote "You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong." - Warren Buffett
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Success Profile : Warren Buffett's Success and Quotes
ABOUT WARREN BUFFET's ......
Warren Edward Buffett was born on August 30, 1930 to his father Howard, a stockbroker-turned-Congressman. The only boy, he was the second of three children, and displayed an amazing aptitude for both money and business at a very early age. Acquaintances recount his uncanny ability to calculate columns of numbers off the top of his head - a feat Warren still amazes business colleagues with today.
At only six years old, Buffett purchased 6-packs of Coca Cola from his grandfather's grocery store for twenty five cents and resold each of the bottles for a nickel, pocketing a five cent profit. While other children his age were playing hopscotch and jacks, Warren was making money. Five years later, Buffett took his step into the world of high finance. At eleven years old, he purchased three shares of Cities Service Preferred at $38 per share for both himself and his older sister, Doris. Shortly after buying the stock, it fell to just over $27 per share. A frightened but resilient Warren held his shares until they rebounded to $40. He promptly sold them - a mistake he would soon come to regret. Cities Service shot up to $200. The experience taught him one of the basic lessons of investing: patience is a virtue.
Warren Buffett's Education
In 1947, a seventeen year old Warren Buffett graduated from High School. It was never his intention to go to college; he had already made $5,000 delivering newspapers (this is equal to $42,610.81 in 2000). His father had other plans, and urged his son to attend the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. Buffett stayed two years, complaining that he knew more than his professors. When Howard was defeated in the 1948 Congressional race, Warren returned home to Omaha and transferred to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Working full-time, he managed to graduate in only three years.
Warren Buffett approached graduate studies with the same resistance he displayed a few years earlier. He was finally persuaded to apply to Harvard Business School, which, in the worst admission decision in history, rejected him as "too young". Slighted, Warren applied to Columbia where famed investors Ben Graham and David Dodd taught - an experience that would forever change his life.
Warren Buffett Goes to Work for Ben Graham
The couple took a house in the suburbs of New York. Buffett spent his days analyzing S&P reports, searching for investment opportunities. It was during this time that the difference between the Graham and Buffett philosophies began to emerge. Warren became interested in how a company worked - what made it superior to competitors. Ben simply wanted numbers whereas Warren was predominately interested in a company's management as a major factor when deciding to invest, Graham looked only at the balance sheet and income statement; he could care less about corporate leadership. Between 1950 and 1956, Warren built his personal capital up to $140,000 from a mere $9,800. With this war chest, he set his sights back on Omaha and began planning his next move.
On May 1, 1956, Warren Buffett rounded up seven limited partners which included his Sister Doris and Aunt Alice, raising $105,000 in the process. He put in $100 himself, officially creating the Buffett Associates, Ltd. Before the end of the year, he was managing around $300,000 in capital. Small, to say the least, but he had much bigger plans for that pool of money. He purchased a house for $31,500, affectionately nicknamed "Buffett's Folly", and managed his partnerships originally from the bedroom, and later, a small office. By this time, his life had begun to take shape; he had three children, a beautiful wife, and a very successful business.
Over the course of the next five years, the Buffett partnerships racked up an impressive 251.0% profit, while the Dow was up only 74.3%. A somewhat-celebrity in his hometown, Warren never gave stock tips despite constant requests from friends and strangers alike. By 1962, the partnership had capital in excess of $7.2 million, of which a cool $1 million was Buffett's personal stake (he didn't charge a fee for the partnership - rather Warren was entitled to 1/4 of the profits above 4%). He also had more than 90 limited partners across the United States. In one decisive move, he melded the partnerships into a single entity called "Buffett Partnerships Ltd.", upped the minimum investment to $100,000, and opened an office in Kiewit Plaza on Farnam street.
Ben Graham - Buffett's Mentor
http://beginnersinvest.about.com/cs/warrenbuffett/a/aawarrenbio_5.htm
WARREN BUFFET's QUOTE
I NEVER ATTEMPT TO MAKE MONEY ON THE STOCK MARKET. I BUY ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY COULD CLOSE THE MARKET THE NEXT DAY AND NOT REOPEN IT FOR FIVE YEARS.
Translation: This is Warren Buffett at his best. Buffett is telling you to ignore trading, because trading is for gamblers. Buffett tries to imagine what the balance sheet of the company he is interested in, is going to look like in 10 years. If he can’t imagine it, he won’t invest. This is why he never touch Lehman Brothers as an investment. He could not understand the balance sheet, and if the master can’t read the balance sheet, he runs away from the investment. This is why he never ever buys a technology company as well. He can’t imagine what the balance sheet looks like years out. Buffett the investor would be leaving too much to chance. Buffett deals with probabilities he can understand.
Buffett has also publicly stated that an investor should never confuse short-term quotational losses with permanent erosion of capital. It is only in the stock market of publicly traded ideas that one can acquire a piece of a company for a price that one would never ever be able to negotiate in a private transaction.
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http://warren-buffett-words-of-wisdom.com/
WARREN BUFFET : MONEY PROVIDES FREEDOM
Did you know that a $10,000 investment in Berkshire Hathaway in 1965, the year Warren Buffett took control of it, would be worth over $40 million today? Berkshire Hathaway has sustained an average return of over 20% for the past 45 years. How does Buffett do it?
Buffett believes in value investing. Value investors look for securities that are unjustifiably low based on their intrinsic worth. Buffett holds stocks for decades, not for months. Here is the basic methodology used by value investors. For more detailed information, I highly recommend the book, The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham.
1.Has the company performed well? Look at return on investment (ROE) for the last five to ten years. ROE = net income/shareholder’s equity.
2.Has the company avoided excess debt? Large debt can result in volatile earnings and interest expenses.
3.Are profit margins high? Are they increasing? A high profit margin indicates the company is executing its business well.
4.How long has the company been public? Buffett usually considers companies that have been around for at least 10 years.
5.Economic moat? Does the company have a sustainable competitive advantage by having a well known brand name, pricing power, or a large portion of market demand?
6.Is the stock undervalued? Is the stock selling for at least 25% less than its intrinsic value?
Value investors are concerned with fundamentals such as earnings growth, dividends, cash flow, etc and this requires research and hard work. Value investors buy and hold for the long term, often for decades. Unless you are willing to do the research and understand business fundamentals, value investing is probably not for you. Buffett recommends buying low-cost index funds instead. “A very low cost-index fund is going to beat a majority of professionally managed funds,” says Buffett.
http://moneyprovidesfreedom.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/invest-like-warren-buffett/
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sharp Healsio Water Oven Cooking Chicken Recipe : Baked Chicken with Sharp Healsio Oven
HEALSIO WATER OVEN
I have recently bought one unit of Sharp Healsio Oven.
What attracted me is the oven offers 4 modes of cooking :
1. Supersteam Convection
2. Steam
3. Convection
4. Microwaves
It provides healthy ways of cooking and food cooked with Healsio preserving the original taste as well as moisture.
Healthy Recipe : BAKED CHICKEN with Sharp Healsio Water Oven
Baked Chicken cooked with Healsio Water Oven is extremely easy to cook, yet it is delicious while preserves moisture and flavour of the meat.
Ingredient :
1. Chicken – half a bird, about 0.5kg
2. Spicy Bake Mix, ½ packet
Healsio Chicken Recipe Cooking Steps :
1. Preheat Healsio Oven by selecting; ;; 2. Clean the chicken, pat dry
3. Rub the chicken with Spicy Bake Mix, ,both the skin and the inside, marinate for at last 10 minutes, or till pre-heat is ready. 4. Wrap the chicken with Aluminium Foil, place it into the Pre-heated oven, press start.
5. The chicken will be ready to set about 50 minutes.
6. Ready to serve, enjoy the dish.
This Chicken Recipe may be cooked with Microwaves mode as well, but the texture will be a bit dry.
I have recently bought one unit of Sharp Healsio Oven.
What attracted me is the oven offers 4 modes of cooking :
1. Supersteam Convection
2. Steam
3. Convection
4. Microwaves
It provides healthy ways of cooking and food cooked with Healsio preserving the original taste as well as moisture.
Healthy Recipe : BAKED CHICKEN with Sharp Healsio Water Oven
Baked Chicken cooked with Healsio Water Oven is extremely easy to cook, yet it is delicious while preserves moisture and flavour of the meat.
Ingredient :
1. Chicken – half a bird, about 0.5kg
2. Spicy Bake Mix, ½ packet
Healsio Chicken Recipe Cooking Steps :
1. Preheat Healsio Oven by selecting
Friday, September 23, 2011
A Beautiful Poem : You are who You are by Russell Kelfer
Russell Kelfer Poem : You are who you are
I would like to share with you a beautiful poem that may inspire you to look inward and discover a new you..... It's not implicate you are lesser, you may be happy with your current stage of life, however, you may yet to discover a stronger and a more beautiful you, that is all along YOU.......
You are who you are....by Russell Kelfer :
You are who you are for a reason.
You're part of an intricate plan.
You're a precious and perfect unique design,
Called God's special woman or man.
You look like you look for a reason.
Our God made no mistake.
He knit you together within the womb,
You're just what He wanted to make.
The parents you had were the ones he chose,
And no matter how you may feel,
They were custom-designed with God's plan in mind,
And they bear the Master's seal.
No, that trauma you faced was not easy.
And God wept that it hurt you so;
But it was allowed to shape your heart
So that into his likeness you'd grow.
You are who you are for a reason,
You've been formed by the Master's rod.
You are who you are, beloved,
Because there is a God!
by Russell Kelf
I would like to share with you a beautiful poem that may inspire you to look inward and discover a new you..... It's not implicate you are lesser, you may be happy with your current stage of life, however, you may yet to discover a stronger and a more beautiful you, that is all along YOU.......
You are who you are....by Russell Kelfer :
You are who you are for a reason.
You're part of an intricate plan.
You're a precious and perfect unique design,
Called God's special woman or man.
You look like you look for a reason.
Our God made no mistake.
He knit you together within the womb,
You're just what He wanted to make.
The parents you had were the ones he chose,
And no matter how you may feel,
They were custom-designed with God's plan in mind,
And they bear the Master's seal.
No, that trauma you faced was not easy.
And God wept that it hurt you so;
But it was allowed to shape your heart
So that into his likeness you'd grow.
You are who you are for a reason,
You've been formed by the Master's rod.
You are who you are, beloved,
Because there is a God!
by Russell Kelf
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Janet Fish Recipe : Assam Curry Fish, Delicious Tamarind Spicy Fish
This is one of my favourite recipe as it is delicious and appetising.
As I start venture deeper into the health value of food, and it is very pleased to note great nutritional values of fish and cooked tomato that could contribute to health.
So besides try this recipe, I would like to invite you to discovery the health benefits of eating fish, cooked tomato, and lady finger at the end of this post. You are what you eat.
Ingredients for Assam Curry Fish ( Tamarind Spicy Fish Recipe)
1, Fish, 400 grams
2. Dried Chilli Paste
3. Shallot, 8 pieces
4. Lemon Glass, 2 stalks
5. Ginger Flower, 1 piece
6. Tamarind juice, ½ bowl
7. Lemon Leaves, 2 pieces
8. Prawn Paste (Balacaan), 2 sq. cm. or a thumb size
8. Lady Figures, 300 grams
9. Tomato, 3 pieces
10. Cooking Oil. 4 tablespoons
How to Cook Assam Curry Fish
1. Clean fish, pat dry, season with salt
2. Wash Lady Figure, cut both ends of each piece
3. Wash Tomato, cut each tomato into 4 pieces, and wash other ingredients to clean as well
4. Pound shallot, add chilli paste and prawn paste, mix them well to form Chilli Mixture
5. Heat cooking oil in cooking pan, add blended chilli paste mixture, lemon glass, lemon leaves and ginger flower, stir fry till the mixture giving rise to nice fragrance. Add sugar, stir fry till thoroughly.
6. Prepare Tamarind juice, add to the mixture, bring to boil
7. Add in Lady Figure and Tomato, bringing them to boil, then turn down the heat, boiling slowly till the vegetables are cooked
In fact, if you are a vegeterian, you may serve the assam vegeterian curry at this stage, by not adding fish to the recipe.
9. The dish is ready to serve
Enjoy the dish and have Joy of Food.
* You are what you eat *
knowing the health benefits of eating fish, cooked tomatoes, and lady finger.
Health Benefits of Tomato
Tomato offers enormous health benefits, especially “cooked” tomatoes. Tomato is high in vitamins C, A and K. It also contains high levels of potassium and manganese. Tomato is also a good source of fiber, which helps keep the digestive tract healthy by increasing stool bulk and preventing constipation t
Beneficial components in the tomato is not limiting to its vitamins or minerals, but the phytochemical lycopene. This compound, which gives tomato its distinctive red color, acts as an antioxidant in the body. Consuming high levels of lycopene can lower cholesterol levels, reduce the risk of heart disease and certain types of cancer. Recent research has focused on specific phytochemicals such as lycopene, found that it is at higher levels in cooked tomatoes than in any other food. Also levels of beta-carotene, a compound that boosts eye health, are also higher in cooked tomato es than in raw ones.
Health Benefits of Lady Finger (also known as Okra)
Lady Finger is a highly alkaline food and it is a great storehouse of many vitamins such as Vitamin A, B6, B9, C, Fiber and Folic Acid, also it is a great source of minerals such as potassium, magnesium and calcium.
High content of Vitamin A and C of Lady Finger are powerful antioxidants which can effectively restrain the development of asthma symptoms. Also, Vitamin C can strengthen the structure of blood capillaries.
The high soluble and insoluble fiber found in Lady Finger stabilizes blood sugar, binds cholesterol and bile acid responsible for toxins elimination by liver. Insoluble fiber in Lady Finger works to absorb water and improves constipation for easy passage of waste hence keeps the intestinal track healthy.
Health Benefits of Eating Fish
Eating fish once or twice a week may reduce the risk of diseases ranging from childhood asthma to prostate cancer. Fish is an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids. Fish is low in fat and high in protein.
An Australia’s leading health research body, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), suggests that Australians should eat more fish. This is because fish is low in fat, high in protein and an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids. Researchers worldwide have discovered that eating fish regularly – one or two serves weekly – may reduce the risk of diseases ranging from childhood asthma to prostate cancer. Healthy ways to enjoy fish include baked, poached, grilled and steamed.
(Source :http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Fish)
• Asthma – children who eat fish may be less likely to develop asthma.
• Brain and eyes – fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids can contribute to the health of brain tissue and the retina (the back of the eye).
• Cardiovascular disease – eating fish every week reduces the risk of heart disease and stroke by reducing blood clots and inflammation, improving blood vessel elasticity, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood fats and boosting ‘good’ cholesterol.
• Dementia – elderly people who eat fish or seafood at least once a week may have a lower risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.
• Depression – people who regularly eat fish have a lower incidence of depression (depression is linked to low levels of omega-3 fatty acids in the brain).
• Diabetes – fish may help people with diabetes manage their blood sugar levels.
• Eyesight – breastfed babies of mothers who eat fish have better eyesight, perhaps due to the omega-3 fatty acids transmitted in breast milk.
• Inflammatory conditions – regular fish consumption may relieve the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and autoimmune disease.
• Prematurity – eating fish during pregnancy may help reduce the risk of delivering a premature baby.
Raisin Cookies Recipe
Ingredients for Cookies :
(tip: every 250g Plain Flour add 1 teaspoon of Baking Powder)
2. Corn flour 25g
3. Brown Sugar, 50g
4. Butter, 125g
5. Mixed Fruit or Rasin, 100g
6. 1 egg yolk
7. Vanilla Essence
B. How to make Raisin Cookies:
Step 1- prepare Mixture 1:
Step 2- Prepare Mixture 2 :
Dry Ingredients
Plain Flour, sieve
Corn Flour, sieve
Add baking powder
Add Ra1sin
Step 3-Add Mixture B to Mixture A, portion by portion, lightly rub to blend.
Step 4-get the blended mixture into small dough, place on baking tray, use fork to press the dough to flatter and thinner shape.
Step 5- set oven to 180*, bake for approx. 10 min.
Ready to serve
The Cookies are crunchy and delicious
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Janet Cooking Fun Chicken Recipe : How to cook Chicken Nuggets
I like Chicken Nuggets as it is boneless, an easy to eat convenient figure food.
Last week I found a Chicken Nugget Recipe from youtube which seems easy, so decided to try it this week-end. This is from my Kitchen, my family like them, it's a thumb up recipe ! This can be a good selection for home gathering, especially kid party.
Ingredients for Chicken Nuggets :
1. Chicken Breast, debone, 1 piece, about 300g
season with chicken stock power, 1 teaspoon and dashes of pepper
2. Plan Flour, add salt 1/2 teaspoon, chicken stock powder 1/2 teaspoon, and dashes of pepper
3. Egg 1 piece, beaten well
4. Potato Chips, break into small pieces
How to cook Chicken Nuggets
1.Cut the Chicken Breast into bitable sizes
2. Wash and clean the chicken, pat dry with kitchen paper tower
3. The Chicken to apply Flour, then dip into Egg, then apply the Potato Chips mixture
4. Heat the cooking oil
5. cook Chicken Nuggets till colour turn brown, place on serving plate. Serve.
It is a extremely easy recipe, try it !
Its is Delicous, and suitable for both children and adult.
Happy Cooking, Have Fun.
from the kitchen of JanetWooi.
Kitchen, the place where the love is
Kitchen, the place where the love is
2011, Aug 21
Friday, July 29, 2011
JW Energy Juicing : Spinach Juice is an effective Detox Juice, a Great Colon Cleanser and Blood Purifier.
Spinanch Juice is rich in Nutrients and High in Iron Content
Spinach Juice is an effective Detox Juice especially excellent for Colon Cleanser and a great blood purifier.
it is concentrated in health-promoting phytonutrients such as carotenoids and flavonoids to provide body with powerful antioxidant protection. Its high content of iron is useful for removing anaemia, constipation, nervous disorders, neuralgic pains, sterility, fatigue. It tones up and rejuvenates nervous system.
Spinach Juice is delicious and smooth to drink when it is blended with Apple. Spinach Apple Juice is a good Nutrient Juice. No sugar or honey is needed since Apple serves as a good Juice base that further enrich nutrients to the Spinach.
How to Juice Spinach Juice :
3. Ice Tube 5 pieces (Optional)
JW Energy Juicing Steps for Juicing Spinach Apple Juice :
1. Prepare Spinach Leaves, wash and rinse thoroughly. Then add Spinach Leaves to the Juicer
2. Wash Apple, cut into 4 pieced, remove seeds. Then add to the Juicer
3. Add water, about 150ml and ice tube
4. Turn the Juicer power on, blend well
5. Ready to serve
Health Benefits of Spinach Juice
Spinach Juice has high Chlorophyll content and is a great blood purifier and effective Colon Cleanser
Chlorophyll in Spinach helps promote the natural blood-cleansing functions of the body. It promotes strong immune response, an excellent Digestive Tract Detoxifier, and Supports Intestinal as well as Circulatory Health.
One cup of spinach has nearly 20% of the RDA of dietary fiber, which aids in digestion, prevents constipation, maintains low blood sugar, and curbs overeating.
Spinach is known to be an effective colon cleanser as well as an intestinal healer. Optimal health is not possible without a clean colon.
Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Cancer Benefits from Spinach Phytonutrients
The vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, manganese, zinc and selenium present in spinach all serve as powerful antioxidants that combat the onset of osteoporosis, atherosclerosis and high blood pressure.
It is a very strong alkalizing food which is important for keeping a proper pH in the body. Spinach has been shown, in many studies, to have strong anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties.
Researchers have identified more than a dozen different flavonoid compounds in spinach that function as anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer agents. These spinach extracts have been shown to slow down cell division in human stomach cancer cells and in studies on laboratory animals, to reduce skin cancers. A study on adult women living in New England in the late 1980s also showed intake of spinach to be inversely related to incidence of breast cancer.
Excessive inflammation typically emerges as a risk factor for increased cancer risk. That's why many anti-inflammatory nutrients can also be shown to have anti-cancer properties. But even when unrelated to cancer, excessive inflammation has been shown to be less likely following consumption of spinach. Particularly in the digestive tract, reduced inflammation has been associated not only with the flavonoids found in spinach, but also with its carotenoids.
Spinach Juice helps maintains Density of Bones
Spinach Juiuce enhances Vision Health
Both antioxidants Luntein and zeaxanthin are especially plentiful in spinach and protect the eye from cataracts and age-related Macular Degeneration
Some Negative Concerns to note when consume Spinach :
Spinach and Oxalates
Spinach is among a small number of foods that contain measurable amounts of oxalates, naturally occurring substances found in plants, animals, and human beings. When oxalates become too concentrated in body fluids, they can crystallize and cause health problems. For this reason, individuals with already existing and untreated kidney or gallbladder problems may want to avoid eating spinach. Laboratory studies have also shown that oxalates may interfere with absorption of calcium from the body.
Spinach and Purines
Spinach contain naturally occurring substances called purines. Purines are commonly found in plants, animals, and humans. In some individuals who are susceptible to purine-related problems, excessive intake of these substances can cause health problems. Since purines can be broken down to form uric acid, excess accumulation of purines in the body can lead to excess accumulation of uric acid. The health condition called "gout" and the formation of kidney stones from uric acid are two examples of uric acid-related problems.
To know about Health Benefits of Apple :
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
JanetCookingFun Salmon Recipe : Pan Fried Salmon with Balsamic Dressing Mixture Sauce
Janet Cooking Fun Fish Recipe : Pan Fried Salmon with Balsamic Dressing Mixture Sauce
Salmon is an immensely popular fish due to it is high in essential omega-3 fatty acids.
Health Benefits of Eating Salmon
The numerous health benefits of this essential fatty acid contain in Salmon fish include the reduction in the risk for fatal heart arrhythmia. It also helps lower triglycerides which are linked to cardiac diseases while boosting HDL cholesterol, the good cholesterol. Eating salmon has also helps to prevent high blood pressure. Moreover, due it being an anticoagulant for blood, t
hese fatty acids help in the prevention of strokes. Salmon also has numerous benefits pertaining to heart functionality and blood flow.Besides, Salmon is rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, which known to support brain function by increasing the memory, relax the brain and prevent age related decline in brain function which induced Alzheim er’s desease.
Ingredients for Pan-Fried Salmon :
Salmon Fish - 180 to 200g
Season with salt and Chicken Stock Powder
B. Garnishing Ingredients
French Bean
Carrot
Balsamic Dressing - Rice Bran Oil Dressing (Brand Alfa One) - 4 Tsp
Soy Sauce – 1 Tablespoon
Honey – 1 Tablespoon
Chicken Stock Powder – 1 teaspoon
Sugar – 1 teaspoon
Pepper – ¼ teaspoon
How to Cook a Pan-Fried Salmon Fish in Balsamic Dressing Sauce
1. Clean and pat dry Salmon. Slices the skin of salmon, marinate with salt and chicken stock powder.
2. Add oil to frying pan, heat the oil.
3. Place the salmon with skinned side down. Once Skin turns brown, turn the salmon over to another side, fry till cooked. The fried Salmon is put aside ready to serve.
4. With the pan that cooked the Salmon, place the bean into the pan, stir fry till 80% cook, place them on the serving plate. Garnish the plate with Bean and Carrot.
5. Prepare Balsamic Dressing Mixture Sauce by combining
all sauce ingredients in a big bowl, stir well until sugar is dissolved.
6. Pour the Mixture Sauce onto the base of the serving plate, and place the fried salmon on top of the Balsamic Dressing Mixture Sauce.
Fried Salmon in home-made Balsamic Dressing Mixture Sauce is ready to serve.
Tell me if you like it. Enjoy the Salmon Recipe !
Cooking is Fun!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
You're What You Eat : Healthy Meals that help in Weight Loss, Stablizes Your Blood Sugar, and Boost Your Energy
Meals That Can Boost Your Metabolism, Help You to Lose Weight and Stay Slim, and Improve Your Immune System
You are What You Eat !
Eating the right food at the right time will increase your energy, help you to manage your weight and ward off major illness. Study after study has demonstrate that people who lose as little as 4kg reap all these rewards.
Eating the right food at the right time will increase your energy, help you to manage your weight and ward off major illness. Study after study has demonstrate that people who lose as little as 4kg reap all these rewards.
The meals that follow come courtesy of an exclusive weight-loss plan from Reader's Digest. Derive from the latest research, these meals deliver specific nutrients to help you fight disease and shed pounds. Not weight conscious ? You can still benefit from this plan; just allow yourself more generous portions .
1. Protein Power
One good idea emerged from all the controversy surrounding high-protein diets : Researchers have found that eating a meal with plenty of protein leaves you feeling more satisfied for longer when compared to a meal loaded with the low quality protein, leading to a gradual increase of blood sugar. Believe in Protein Power.
2. Disease-fighting at Lunch
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| Rainbow Salad with Tuna Sauce |
Many foods contain antioxidants, but fruits and vegetables may be the richest source. Behaving like chemical warriors. Antioxidants neutralize molecules known as free radicals before arteries and other cells can be harmed. This protect you from heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and diabetes, which is why antioxidant foods figure so prominently in recent studies.
Forget pills : Antioxidants work best when consumed in foods. In fact, the National Cancer Institute has been recommending more fruits and vegetables for men - up to nine daily servings. A serving equals a piece of fruit, a half-cup of cut vegetables, a cup of lettuce, or a small glass of juice. The typical salad delivers two to three servings. This lunch dishes up at least four antioxidant-rich servings of vegetables.
3. Fat-Burning at Dinner
The mineral calcium is a powerful weight-loss star, and weight-loss plans can capitalize on it. Scientists stumbled on calcium's magic by accident. In a Tennessee study of blood pressure in obese African Americans, people who added two cups of yoghurt a days to their diet lost an average of 5 kg of body fat in 1 year, even though they didn't eat less. A follow-up study found that people on high-calcium diet, the equivalent of over three daily servings of dairy, lost more weight and fat than dud people on a low-calcium diet- and again, both groups ate the same calories.
Researchers believe calcium works by encouraging fat-cells to stop getting fatter. Instead, the cells burn extra fat without your having to go anywhere near the treadmill. This dinner features tofu; it's calcium-rich and it helps lower blood cholesterol . More fat burners : milk, yoghurt , cheese, canned fish, calcium-fortified juice.4. Mediterranean Snack
The traditional Mediterranean diet offers an abundance of fruits and vegetables, legumes, cheese, wine , and healthy fats from nuts, olives and olive oil. The fish and nuts provide filling, healthy protein; the produce delivers loads if antioxidants. Researchers studying thousands of Greek adults found that those who most closely ate a Mediterranean diet were least likely to die from heart disease and cancer .
5. Eat More, Lose Weight : High Fibre Food
Yes, you can and no, this isn't a scam. Just pick foods rich in fibre. High-fibre foods have what's officially called low-energy density ; that translates to few calories relative to weight, which means you can pile your plate high with these foods without fear of calorie overload.
Fibre also aids weight loss because it's filling. Most high-fibre foods take a lot of chewing, triggering your body's fullness sensors. Plus, you absorb the food more slowly so you feel full longer and are less susceptible to hunger-inducing quick rise and fall of blood sugar.
6. Hot Tomato
Here's a finding any man could love : Harvard scientists discovered that eating plenty of pizza seems to lower the risk of prostate cancer. The protective ingredient is tomato sauce or ,more specifically, the plant pigment lycopene in tomato sauce. The substance is most concentrated in cooked tomato products like sauce, ketchup and tomato soup ; cooking also makes it easier for the body to absorb.
Preliminary research on women suggests a diet rich in lycopene and tomato sauce may lower a woman's risk for breast and other cancer, as well as heart disease.More Lycopene-rich food:
Pink grapefruit; watermelon
7. Smart Food : Fish
Studies abound on the health benefits of eating fish : lower risk of stroke in men eating fish at least once a month; reduced risk of Alzheimer's among people eating fish at least once a week; and heart health from two weekly servings of fatty fish (salmon, tuna, sardines). Though there are concerns about mercury levels in fish, only a few are worrisome. Most people can safely eat a few servings a week.
More Good Fatty Fish Options : Trout, sea bass, bluefish, catfish
extract from Reader Digest - Dec 2010
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