Classify Reactions To Certain Foods

By Richard Foxx There has been a lot of debate about food allergies in recent years. In particular, medical professionals have been trying to classify reactions to certain foods by distinguishing between food allergy and food intolerance. The topic is usually broached with a little skepticism in the health news. After all, a food allergy is a lot more serious than a mere food intolerance -- or is it? Of course an anaphylactic response to a certain food is a very serious health problem. But food intolerances can also cause you a lot of suffering.
You can experience headaches, fatigue, stomach pains, breathing difficulties, achy joints and muscles -- you name it. Whatever your symptoms and health issues, a food intolerance could potentially be the trigger. While many doctors may consider a food intolerance as a psychosomatic problem -- more based in the mind than on any real physiological change in the body -- the concept has been around since the ancient Greeks. The Greeks recognized that some unpleasant symptoms could be specifically linked to the ingestion of certain foods. One of two things can happen to trigger these symptoms: either a message gets sent to your immune system to produce antibodies as a potential defense; or a much slower response takes place in the gastrointestinal system. The first is considered an allergy; the second, a food intolerance.
Another way to look at is that a food allergy is a toxic reaction, while a food intolerance is non-toxic. The bottom line here is that food intolerances are real. The good news is that the best alternative cure is simply to avoid the offending food. This should clear up any symptoms. You can investigate your own food intolerances by trying an elimination diet. If you find yourself suffering from uncomfortable symptoms and don't know the cause, try leaving out one food from your daily meals and see if anything improves. The challenge with food intolerances is that symptoms can appear hours and even days after a triggering food is eaten. It may take a little time to zero in on the one food that is causing symptoms to appear.

Delicious Snacks

Xi'an is hXi'an is honored as the "Capital of Delicacies". If you travel to Xi'an without trying out its local food. Maybe you will feel a bit regretful.Here you can get some information about famous snacks in Xi'an, China. The history of Xi'an is said to be as long as the national's civilization, retaining the table characteristics of the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties. In Xi'an, snacks play the vital role in the citizens' daily lives. A trip to Xi'an it's a nice choice to taste famous Xi'an specialties:

Dumpling Banquet: in the north China, dumping or Jiaozi in Chinese is very popular food. At the banquet, nearly 20 varieties of dumplings that are steamed and stuffed with different delicious fillings such as vegetables, meats and seafood are served, these dumplings are not only tasty, but also characteristic with their colors and fragrance, style and culture meanings, all these make this dinner unique.Tang Dynasty Banquet: Tang Dynasty Banquet is in the style of Tang cuisines, the dishes in the banquets are diverse and plentiful and with special flavor.  It is a perfect choice to taste some interesting food with full of cultures and legends with ancient styles.Beyond the above metioned, there are still many other Xi'an local snacks:

Guan Tang Baozi in Chinese: it means steamed buns filled with sauce. The choices of yours include mutton, beef, prawn, vegetable, or a combination thereof. Trying out this snack at Jia San Soup Parcel Restaurant on Muslim Snack Street is the best place to go.Rou Jia MO(Fan's pancake with stewed meat): It's also a favorite food for the local people. Fanji is the good restaurant where you will have a nice taste with a piece of good-quality (youzhi) bread and a bowl of mung bean flour soup.Buckwheat noodles: according to some research that this food has been in the Yuan Dynasty. It's the staple of the local people, and it's almost always filling and warming.

Yangroupo(steamed buns soaked in mutton soup): a bowl and one or two pieces of flat bread will be served, then you need to tear the hard bread into tiny chunks all by yourself and add them to the soup, after doing this, you can enjoy the delicious.Shannxi Liangpi(Cold Noodles): cold noodles are considered to be a seasoned snack, often offered in summer, but in cold winter, some vendors also offer it.Snacks in Xi'an are plentiful, want to know and try out them, welcome to Xi'an, here, you will eat delicious

Nutrition is Expensive

The medical media is telling the public that a healthy diet is expensive and could make it difficult for Americans to meet new U.S. nutritional guidelines, which tells people to eat more potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin D and calcium. The media and government officials though are leaving out other obvious and important nutrients like magnesium, iodine, bicarbonate, vitamin C and selenium.
The main point that the journal Health Affairs makes is that adding just the nutrients they point to above (potassium, fiber, vitamin D and calcium) would add hundreds more dollars to family's annual grocery bill. The study found introducing more potassium into a diet is likely to add $380 per year to the average consumer's food costs, said professor Pablo Monsivais from the Department of Epidemiology and the School of Public Health at the University of Washington.
Just as food prices are skyrocketing we see that at present consumption costs and patterns, Americans are malnourished and are up a creek without a paddle in terms of being able to afford better diets. Even without survival scenarios the situation is grim in terms of nutritional fitness and people's chances of standing up to the increasing toxic threats, which of course includes increasing levels of radiation due to Fukushima.
And if all that is not bad enough Byron Richards is alerting us to the fact the government actually wants to make nutrition more expensive. "The FDA and Senator Durbin's latest attack against the dietary supplement industry should leave consumers looking for natural health options at affordable prices up in arms. This attack will target some of the most popular and effective dietary supplements, removing them from the free market and placing them under control of large pharmaceutical companies. This move will drastically drive up the price of dietary supplements while severely limiting access to extremely safe and effective nutrients. For example, the GlaxoSmithKline prescription drug version of DHA fish oil (at a therapeutic dose) sells for $189 a month, whereas the equivalent, therapeutic amount of molecularly-distilled DHA sells for $35 a month in the dietary supplement marketplace. Proven to lower triglyceride levels at therapeutic amounts, it is not surprising that DHA is one of the first nutrients the FDA plans to go after."

Quick Korean Food at Home

Cafe Drake never prepares Korean food at home, mainly because it's a Herculean kitchen task to recreate the vast number of dishes typically served at a traditional meal (or at any Korean neighborhood restaurant). Like you we select favorite grill houses based on the largesse of the banchan (complimentary appetizers) selection!

A craving for super spicy tofu stew had to be sated recently however and Cafe D. didn't feel like braving the chilly, pouring rain for a trek to nearby (Korean restaurant enclave) Sunnyside, Queens. Soooo . . . as above, we made a fiery and satisfying tofu and yam stew - it's heat derived from Korean chili peppers and wedges of kimchi - along with brown rice and zucchini namul. Please see our recipe for the latter dish below.

ZUCCHINI NAMUL

Namul are rapidly prepared stir-fried vegetables; generally several varieties are served at the Korean dinner table.

1 T. vegetable oil
2 t. sesame oil
1/2 an onion, sliced thinly
2 medium zucchini, sliced into thin rounds
about 1/2 t. salt or more to taste
2 T. sesame seeds (toasted first in a dry skillet)
Black Pepper
Dried Chile Flakes

Heat the oils in a large frying pan over a medium-high flame. Add the onion and saute for 1 minute. Now add all the other ingredients and cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Adjust seasoning. A namul should be quite spicy so add as much chile as you can bear!

Transfer to a serving bowl and serve warm or at room temperature.