Attack of TransFATS

I've been wanting to find out more about this Trans-Fatty Acid thing i've been told about for sometime... but as usual, thinking that i will do it later. Well, later finally came. And it is truely scarey how much of these we are consuming without us knowing it.

Simple summary, trans fats is something found in many of the things we eat today. French Fries, Cookies, Margarine and many fried food. Cos trans fats not only increases bad cholesterol (like saturated fats), it also decreases your GOOD cholesterols which helps protect you from heart diseases!

It is used in fast food restaurants to keep the vegi oil from changing colour after many times of use. So dont think that if they use vegi oil, it means its a good thing.

The stiffer and harder fats are, the more they clog up your arteries. Trans fats do the same thing in our bodies that bacon grease does to kitchen sinks. Over time, they can "clog the pipes" that feed the heart and brain, which can lead to heart attack or stroke risk.

Not scarey enough, let the experts tell u more.

Heres some paragraphs i quoted from a few of the many websites trying to bring awareness to the public about trans fats:

Trans fatty acids, also known as Trans Fats, is an artery-clogging fat that is formed when vegetable oils are hardened into margarine or shortening. It is found in many other foods besides margarine and shortening, however, including fried foods like french fries and fried chicken, doughnuts, cookies, pastries and crackers. In the United States, typical french fries have about 40 percent trans fatty acids and many popular cookies and crackers range from 30 percent to 50 percent trans fatty acids. Doughnuts have about 35 percent to 40 percent trans fatty acids.

Trans fat is known to increase blood levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol, while lowering levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL), known as "good" cholesterol. It can also cause major clogging of arteries, type 2 diabetes and other serious health problems, and was found to increase the risk of heart disease. Many food companies use trans fat instead of oil because it reduces cost, extends storage life of products and can improve flavor and texture.


An article from the U.S.
Food and Drugs Administration

Trans Fats 101
by Uniservisty of Maryland Medical Center

And from our very own Health Promotion Board

DUST-BUSTERS!!

If theres something strange.... in your neiughbourhood.. who r u gonna call?
DUSTBUSTERS!!!

Voom... Voooomm....*sucking up dust with vacuum....*
die DUST MITES!!! DIE!!!!

"FOR a DUST FREE ROOM!!!"
FREEDOM!!!!

After a week plus of lementing... i have finally dragged myself hand feet and torsol into tidying up my room.

a clean.... ok.. maybe just TIDY room is important :)
It really affects the mood of the person inhabiting it. You wake up in the morning.. and see the room amess.. it really sucks dont it. I mean we can always get defensive and says "Its not bad WHAT!!! a bit messy.. but i can find my things... " hahaa.. but we can find our things BETTER if there are tidy wont we? Of course, moms and dads helping to tidy our room without our supervision usually turns out in disaster! so any parents out there who stumbled into this unsuspecting blog site, pls dont go off thinking of venturing into volunteery dustbusting without ur children's athorization. It usually ends up in disaster.... i digresss... -_-

So here i am... after months of peruasion from the owners of this house... i have finally done it! or am doing it more like it.. starting small... doing corner by corner.. should have things up and tidy in no time... (translation... about 2-3 months) hahaha...nah.. can la... a few days.... maybe sunday afternoon can settle liao.

Voom VOoooomm!!!!
DIE MITES!!! DIE!!!
This is for my signus every morning!!!
DIE!!

Pool, tan, man, woman

I decided i must remain healthy.. thus... i went swimming today..

swam 40 laps non-stop!!! very proud of myself.... but it took me a long long time la.. ahahha.. about 1hr? hahaa but its the tot that counts... not the speed..:P

but a disturbing observation i have made today...
there were more MEN sun-tanning at the pool side..... corrections... ALL those sun-tanning at the pool side WERE MEN! the gals were all in the pool! what has the world become?!???

are men really turning into whimps?!

what does the future of mankind hold?!

foundation, blusher and mascara?
@_@

FREEDOM!!!!

YESH!!! finally... after 40 hours without sleep... i completed the frist draft of my THESIS!!!!!!!!

only to almost got returned back to me cos my supervisor said he might not have time to look at it till 3 weeks later.... but i used my OH SO VERY INTENSE LOOK @_@ . . . . . till he gave in.. and promised to TRY to look at it when he has time. Actually this happened late last week. I have been tryin to recover from all the 6 months worth of lifelessness... sigh... but doesnt matter! cos i am FREE NOW!!! FREEEEE!!!!! for a wk... then i will be back to work next week to write the 2 journal papers my sup wants me to write for him for publication... THEN! he will release my thesis (which is held as hostage) back to me for the amendments! and then! i will submit for graduation! ahhaa.. but that will be about 1 months time la... but its ok.. at least my first draft is finally done.


more about it later la.. need sleep...
Zzzz....