How well do you know Cauliflower?

How well do you know Cauliflower?

Cauliflower is the new soya and a versatile vegetable that can be made into rice, dough, mashed potatoes and even cookies and pudding.

The American Institute of Cancer Research has placed cauliflower in the list of vegetables that fight cancer.

A cruciferous vegetable, it is said to be an excellent source of Vitamins B,C,K, manganese, potassium, foliate and also omega 3 and chlorine.
You could replace carbohydrates like rice, potatoes and wheat with cauliflower.

At the same time Cauliflower is not good to patients of hypothyroidism, those on blood thinners and lactating mothers and they must avoid over eating cauliflower in any form.

Cauliflower is universally known as a gas producing vegetable and is not recommended to thyroid patients as it interferes with iodine absorption. Those on blood thinners and lactating moms are also advised to exercise caution while eating cauliflower.

Complex carbohydrates in cauliflower cause gas, hence those suffering from this trouble should be careful. Lactating mothers, those on blood thinners and patients of hypothyroidism should consult their doctor before eating cauliflower.

How To Best Match Your Oils To Foods?

How To Best Match Your Oils To Foods?

One of the most important things to keep in mind is that oil behaves differently when heated – it changes texture, colour, taste and nutritional properties.

When the oil reaches its smoking point, a lot of the nutrients are destroyed and it can sometimes form harmful compounds.

It is beneficial to consume a mix of oils to maintain a balance between the three fatty acids. The only way to ensure that you consume healthy oil is by switching between two-three of them.

For instance, by using groundnut oil one month and then using sunflower oil/mustard oil in another. Any single oil alone is not preferred.

Blending oils is another option, whereby you take equal proportions of different oils in one container and then use it.

This way you do not get prolonged exposure to the side effects of one type of oil and also get the benefits of different oils.

You could also have two or more different kinds of oils in your kitchen which you could use for different purposes. For example, you could use olive oil for salads, groundnut oil for frying, and mustard/soybean oil for other cooking purposes.

This will let you avail the health benefits offered by each oil brand.

India Post does not having any obligation or liability if India Post misplaces or loses your parcel

India Post does not having any obligation or liability if India Post misplaces or loses your parcel

If you are under the notion that posts or parcels sent through registered India Post are highly safe and secured, then you are wrong.

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), India’s top consumer court, has ruled that India Post cannot be prosecuted for lost parcels.

                    

The ruling stated that India Post cannot be seen as a provider of commercial postal

Services. But it is an arm of the government.

As the government could not be hauled to consumer courts, the postal department also could not be made to pay for misplacing registered posts.

“Services rendered by the Post Office are merely statutory and there is no contractual liability,”

“By establishing the Post Offices and running the postal service, the central government performs a governmental function and the government does not engage in commercial transaction with the sender of the article through post,” the order noted.

Therefore if you are sending any very important parcel through registered India Post then, be cautioned. India Post does not having any obligation or liability if India Post misplaces or loses your parcel.

Do you think drinking raw milk is healthier?

Do you think drinking raw milk is healthier?

Drinking raw milk is not at all healthy. It does not prevent or cure any diseases, such as asthma, allergies, heart disease.

There are no any health benefits from drinking raw milk (milk that has not been pasteurized to kill harmful germs). But pasteurized milk is healthy as it is free of disease-causing bacteria.

Pasteurization is the process of heating milk to a high-enough temperature for a long-enough time to kill illness-causing bacteria contained in the milk.

There were times when millions of people became sick and died of diseases like tuberculosis, scarlet fever, typhoid fever and other infections that were transmitted through raw milk.

Raw milk contains bacteria, and some of them can be harmful. So, if you’re thinking about consuming raw milk because you believe that it is a good source of beneficial bacteria, you need to know that it is not. You may instead get sick from the harmful bacteria.

So never drink raw milk but drink milk boiled on moderate temperature. 

Boiling of Milk

       Boiling of Milk

If you believe boiling of milk at high temperature keeps the nutrients in milk intact, then you are probably wrong.

As per a study published in The Journal of American Science, boiling of milk is

recommended as follows:

Milk boiling for two minutes provides the required safety. However, continuous stirring is essential, particularly at boiling temperature, to make sure that the formed foam is exposed to boiling temperature.

A large number of people heat and re-heat the same milk again and again, and that too at a high temperature for a long time, thus killing the nutrients.

According to experts, milk subjected to less heating retains its nutrient value. Experts say milk should ideally be boiled not more than twice and not for more than 2 to 3 minutes.

How to buy pure honey from the adulterated ones

How to buy pure honey from the adulterated ones

Here are a few simple tests you can do at home to check if your honey is pure or impure:

Read the label

The first thing you should do before buying a jar of honey is read the label and check that the ingredient list doesn’t contain ‘high-fructose corn syrup’ or commercial glucose. These two additives that are frequently used to ‘stretch’ the honey and keep it from solidifying.

Solidification of the honey

All honey is liquid, but with time they tend to solidify, or ‘crystallize’ into a substance resembling grains of sugar. If you buy a jar of honey that is already crystallized, it is pure. If your honey is liquid, you can wait a few days to see if it solidifies or throw it in the fridge to accelerate the process. If the honey never crystallizes, there is a high probability that it is adulterated honey.

Jewellery Hallmark

Jewellery Hallmark

               What Sign One Should Check Before Purchasing Gold Jewellery?

               One must check hallmark before purchasing gold jewellery.                                          Hallmark consists of  five components, they are:

1.     BIS Standard Mark

2.     Purity Grade:

Gold Purity grade shows how pure the gold is:

Pure gold has 999 – 24 carat purity grade.

3.  Mark of Hallmarking Centre:

One must check for logo of hallmarking centre where the jewellery has been hallmarked.

4.     Year of Marking:

Alphabets represent the year of hallmarking of jewellery and are decided by BIS, for e.g. letter A denotes year 2000, similarly J for 2008, N for 2010, M for 2011, and N for 2012 etc.

5.     Jewelers Identification Mark:

Many jewelers keep their own identification mark as BIS certified jeweler.

Please ensure you look for jewellery showrooms selling BIS Hallmark jewelery.

Buy Hallmark Jewellery only. It assures the mark of purity.

Ask for cash memo or invoice which will help BIS to resolve complaints if any.