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Nutrient loss during cooking baby food, now that I’ve done some research?

Posted on May 17, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

I’m sorry if I’m driving everyone nuts with all of the questions, but now that I look around a bit I’m not sure what to think. Most of the answers I got to my last question said to never use the microwave to cook baby food, can anyone give me solid info on why? Here are some of the things I have found:

…any cooking that minimizes the time, temperature, and amount of water needed will help to preserve nutrients. Microwave cooking is one of the best ways to preserve nutrients because it needs minimal water, and the cooking time is very short.

http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/how-retain-nutrients-in-cooking.html

True or False? Microwave cooking sucks the nutrients out of food.

False. Microwave-cooked food may retain vitamins and minerals better than stove-top-cooked food because the microwave zaps food quickly and without much water. The longer you cook food in liquid, the more nutrients may seep out, which is fine for soups and stews, but it’s a problem if you discard the liquid before eating. One study found that spinach retained all of its folate when cooked in a microwave, compared with 77 percent when cooked on a stove.

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2007/11/microwave-cooki.html

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkJgYJk5fZHBCz1dpI1dUyTsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090501105909AA4H7Z0

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How long should you be able to hold your breath for?

Posted on April 28, 2012 by admin| 3 Comments

I tried holding my breath and was a bit dismayed that I couldn’t hold it longer (a little over a minute). I think that being able to hold your breath could be like a survival skill in certain situations.

So, I was just wondering what’s average for being able to hold your breath?

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In The Wild: What about diseases?

Posted on April 23, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

So, I’ve recently been thinking a bit about those tribes of people who you often see living in the wilderness of say, Africa, or in some rain forest secluded from civilization. Do they get diseases? Are they often life-threatening? Have the people grown a tolerance to the diseases, like animals, I guess? If I were to go there and live with them, would the symptoms of a disease specific to that general area be more severe in the case of my catching one? If they were to come here and catch a common cold, would the symptoms be life-threatening for them?

What about those people who wish to live in the wilderness, given they have the survival skills required so that they can live? How would they be able to avoid diseases? Would they just develop a tolerance to any disease around there? Is that possible? Do you think they could survive? I know there are TV shows about living in the wilderness. I haven’t watched many, yet, though and I probably should to get more of a feel for it. Maybe I should go camping.

I’ve always wanted to kind of escape society. The African Wilderness has always attracted me, or the wilderness in general. I really like the idea of a very natural life. I think we, in this society, are overly materialistic and so out of touch with our selves as humans; as animals. I just want to experience it, you know? But there are so many things that really prevent us from doing it. Like diseases. We’d probably die if we got one out there, right?

Maybe I should be one of those African Safari people who study the biodiversity/ecosystem of the wilderness and stuff, so I can get in touch with nature. God, I don’t know what I want to do.

But yeah, back to the question. What about diseases?

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strawberries, blueberries, apple, and bread for my rats?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

Okay, I ran out of rat food, so I am making some until we can get more. Healthier, really. Right now I am mashing up some strawberries and blueberries with some preserved apple (my dad put just a tiny bit of vinegar–not that much) and then I will put carrot and bread in there. Any suggestions? anything to change or add? I don’t really have a whole lot. We have cheerios, but only honey-nut and frosted. Should I put just a few in there? I know normally you wouldn’t but is it bad for them or just unhealthy? Would it be okay if i just sprinkled a few?
Oh, and I have rolled oats. I think i’ll put some in. I gave them some bread in olive oil last night.

Oh, and I want to thank the person who gave me the strawberries and blueberries for the rats. Thank you, frog luver!
Oh yeah, and this is for three rats, one a biggie and the other two small. They are males. The whole point of not having rat food is that I can’t go get more, so I can’t get any other ingredients either. I stopped feeding my rats nuts. They aren’t very good for them. Also I have some frozen broccoli. I am sure that is okay for rats but should I warm it u[p? i doubt they like frozen veggies.
Oh I added some pasta, uncooked. We have no grains as far as I know. Can I warm it up, not hot, just slightly warm?

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Book of Revelation coming true? Please help.?

Posted on April 13, 2012 by admin| 5 Comments

Is the Book of Revelation coming true? I don’t really believe in certain elements of the bible, but this bit seems to be happening.

“He forced everyone to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead so that no one shall be able to buy or sell unless he has the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name, and the number of the beast is 666″ This could be seen as a bard code as each one is split into 2 section by 3 long lines, each represented by the number 6. To eradicate credit card fraud, and do deliver a cash and cardless society they are already testing laser tattoo barcodes on US service men.

“When the third angel blows her trumpet, wormwood will fall from the sky wormwood will poison a third part of all the waters
and a third part of all the land, and many, many, many people will die”

The Russian translation of Wormwood is Chernobyl.

What do Christaina think, is the apocalypse a real thing and has the chain of event begun? What’s next?
Christaina = Christians – typo

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