Oh yes!!
I am here to tell you guys about my evil twin!
The name is orangesoda!
She is bad bad bad LEO!!!
She has put on weight ever since she ... kekeke
PS ah don't say don't say, you know I know can liao.
She's always so lazy at work!
Say wanna go home early today to rest!
In the end online talk talk talk non-stop!
LIKE those techno non-stop hits!!!
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oh yea~ did i mention to you guys that i have a gan ma(god-mother)?
she recommend me to have barley and
sent me a mail on this, and now i'll share it with you
Godmom's quote:
Good for Diabetics as well as colon cleansing.....
SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS......
High in fibre, barley is also a kidney cleanser . Better yet, regular
intake of it helps prevent heart disease .
EU KHAW writes :-
BARLEY water was always a regular drink when we were still living at
home. Whenever we had to go for a medical exam that included a urine
test, my mum would make us drink barley water a day before it to make
sure we got a positive result!
My mother was a wise woman. I later found out from an Australian
naturopath that barley is known to be a kidney cleanser, and he happily
downed glasses of it at a meal we had in a coffeeshop here.
Barley is good for your intestinal health too. Try to eat the barley
grains you find in your drink or sweet broth with fu chook (beancurd
skin) and ginkgo nuts.
It's high in fibre which feeds the friendly bacteria in the colon and
helps speed up the transit of fecal matter in it. In this way it helps
prevent haemorrhoids and colon
cancer. The propionic acid and beta glucan from barley's insoluble fibre
also help lower cholesterol and prevent the formation of gallstones.
Eating barley regularly is a preventive step against heart disease as,
besides the fibre content, it is also high in niacin, a B vitamin good
for lowering cholesterol.
Diabetics should eat more barley as the fibre will prevent blood sugar
levels from rising too high. It also provides relief from constipation
or diarrhoea for those suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Barley is rich in selenium which prevents cancer and relieves symptoms
of asthma and arthritis. It is a good source of manganese, copper and
phosphorous. Malt sugar comes from sprouted barley which, when
fermented, is an ingredient in beer and other alcoholic beverages.
Barley, whose Latin name is Hordeum vulgare, has been cultivated for
more than 10,000 years. Since ancient times, barley has been used for
healing purposes and has been known to the Chinese, Egyptians, Greeks
and Romans. Athletes in Greece and Rome in those days were known to eat
barley bread to give them strength.
Besides the usual things we do with barley, I enjoy having it in a
western soup. The larger pearl barley is used and I love the sticky bite
of it.
Here's a recipe for barley soup:-
Barley soup with roasted garlic
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1 cup pearl barley
5 cloves whole garlic, roasted
2 litres chicken stock, steeped from 1 chicken breasts simmered in 3
litres water
2 tbsps vegetable oil
2 large onions, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
150g turkey ham, cut up
1 tsp ground white pepper
1 tsps sea salt or to taste
1 tbsp chopped parsley
Method
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1. Wash barley and soak it in a bowl of water for three hours. Drain.
2. Heat oil in pan & fry onions. Add carrots & celery, then the barley &
fry for 3 minutes.
3. Add chicken stock, pepper & roasted garlic, simmer over low heat for
at least 1 hour, or until barley is soft.
4. Add salt to taste and serve the soup garnished with chopped parsley.
Something2share:
Barley with lime is my favourite drink (No ice and no sugar).
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