Posted on April 14, 2009 by gleechoo
The hygiene rating for local food centers is questionable.
Previously under the HDB, complaints lodged that the food centers were not as clean and rats found visiting certain areas at dark but there was no case of death reported.
However, recently two elderly died after eating rojak (a local salad) and many had food poisoning at Geylang Serai food center. [...]
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Posted on October 26, 2008 by gleechoo
Milk, an essential for babies and now cup noodles, the popular fast food for adults especially the elderly who found this convenient to prepare.
All one needs is to pour hot water into the cup and wait for several minutes…voila, the food is ready for eating! Mind you, the price for a cup noodle is not that cheap…but [...]
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Posted on August 20, 2008 by gleechoo
I found this videoclip at International Herald Tribune on the risks of desert farming.
Israel is a country that makes the most of every drop of water there is to produce food…Naturally the cost of producing food this way is costly and there is no way that man can control the weather. Will man die of starvation when there is massive [...]
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Posted on July 17, 2008 by gleechoo
I hear that farmers in some parts of England are using human wastes as fertilizers for their crops.
Today, are farmers in developed countries resort to using human faeces or wastes to fertilize? By using such, they are producing organic foods.
In many Asian less developed countries, farmers used human faeces in producing vegetables for consumption. Vegetables taste sweeter and give better [...]
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Posted on July 15, 2008 by gleechoo
Why are there foods categorised into good foods and bad foods?
Is food bad for one’s health as a result of over-consumption?
Food glorious food! Take in moderation, food is good and nourishing the body.
However when one enters 60 years of age, one’s metabolism slows down markedly. Intake of foods are less likely to digest properly resulting in accumulated [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2008 by gleechoo
Will there be fewer obese kids around now that the food prices soared especially in the more affluent countries?
The only sad situation is the really poor suffer for want of basics.
It seems the world leaders were making concerted effort to eradicate poverty only to find food prices soar — the days for cheap food is gone — poverty remains. Indeed the [...]
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