Make food with 2 C

I usually will not comment much on buying Real Food at organic shop, especially for those nuts, seeds and grains family because we hardly or totally don't find them at wet market or supermarket. Nuts, seeds and grains not only give us the vitamin and minerals, also the healthy fats and fibre! Particularly for vegetarians who barely receive healthy fats from fruits and vegetables.

Last weekend, I over heard some promotional sentences from an auntie who is selling Chia Seeds. She marketed her chia seed as excellent in lowering cholesterol, lowering body fat, making your tummy small, good in controlling sugar level and it's from Mexico, chia seeds' origin country. Also, you must only eat her chia seeds in this way: Soak it in your drinking water until it expands, becomes gelatinous, then drink it together with drinking water whole day. 

Chia Seed totally sounds like a super food from her mouth. My idea of super food is not one food, but a variety of food. And of course Chia Seed is one of the super food that is rich in Omega-3 fatty acids and fibre! And you know what? The famous "Chia Pet" that you always see in RM5 store, the hair that grew out from the ceramic head is actually grass that grew out from Chia Seed :p

Interesting huh. haha I just found out today!

Chia Seed which is rich in Omega-3 fatty acids no doubt can help you to control your cholesterol (I used the word "control" because I don't want anyone to mistaken it as can lower cholestrol, no matter how much cholesterol diet intake). However, reducing your tummy's fat? Sorry to say, Chia Seeds do not act specifically on your tummy's fat. Controlling sugar level? Perhaps yes due to the fibre content. But be watchful of the intake of Chia Seed because too much of fibre may cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Also, Chia Seed is a high protein seed, which may not be suitable for some patients. Please talk to your physician or dietitian first, before you start consuming. 

Oh ya! My title today is make food with 2 Cs - Colourful and Creative! Why la you want to eat this nutritious Chia Seeds only by letting it expand in drinking water? 

Please sprinkle it on your oats! Add it into your cookies dough! Enjoy it with your fruit smoothies! Incorporate it in your puddings! For more, visit WellnessMama. 

Real food can never ever be dull!

By the way, in real life, Chia Seed looks like this in pudding.

Picture from ifoodreal.com

After expanding, somehow looks like our biji sago, right? :)

Organic?

What is the definition of "ORGANIC"?

Do you really need to eat organic food?

How do you make sure the product is certified organic?

Picture adapted from internet

Quoted from the Year 2014 Chinese New Year movie <Golden Chickensss 金鸡2>, the moment the actor looked at the non-plastic surgery woman, he said: "So organic~" . I was laughing when I heard how he pronounced the word "Organic" in a sarcastic way.

Read an article from The Star last week about Organic Labels and Organic Certification. So, make sure you check out your product's certification before you decide to buy an overpriced brown rice, cereals, oats, muesli, fruits, vegetables and etc. 

Last two days, there was one almost 100 years old patient came in to see my boss for consultation advices on gastrointestinal. The patient is an educated businessman. Was asking if taking organic food is alright for him. When being asked the reason for taking organic food, he answered it is because...everyone says they are quite good. Then, he got a reply like this: Well, whether organic food is good or not, I am not too sure. But, generally they are overpriced. Whether you need to eat them or not, maybe you should ask yourself what have you been eating since 90+ years ago that keep you living until today? I just chuckled together with the patient after hearing this reply.

If a product is stated "100% Organic" (And of course, if it is 100% Organic, it cannot be a food product, it must be a real food aka single-ingredient-food). Talking about "100% Organic", here's a story to share with you all when I was at a volunteer diabetes discussion last Saturday. Heard a rather upsetting than shocking real incident from a participant whom has friend farming organic vegetables in [you-know-where-in-Malaysia]. He told us that his friend claimed that all his vegetables are organic with evidence of worm bites on edges of leaves. However, the truth is actually his friend rinsed off the pesticides on the vegetables, and then spread out some worms onto the vegetables on the night before the market starts. Alarming right, I always search for worm bites marks to ensure that there are less chemicals on vegetables.

Okay, it is not like I disagree with "Organic". It is just the trustworthy of farmers, good manufacturing practices of producers and prices of organic food, that make me think thrice before I buy. 

My advice is to take a few seeds and grow yourself some farms in the back yard of your house. hahaha.

What is a must-have in my dream house in the future? A "So organic~" Mini Farm  :p