Showing posts with label sugar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sugar. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Sniffing Out a Low Blood Sugar
Researchers in Ireland and the UK are investigating whether dogs can detect a falling blood sugar in their diabetic owners. Anecdotal reports suggest they can.Dr. Deborah Wells from the School of Psychology at Queens University, Belfast (pictured), and Dr. Shaun Lawson from the University of Lincoln, UK, are looking for 100 type 1 diabetics to complete an online survey.
They are also seeking video footage of dogs reacting to their owners low blood sugar levels.
Anyone interested in partaking in the study may contact Dr. Deborah Wells at 028-9097-4386 or email d.wells@qub.ac.uk
Queens University press release:
Dogs Sniff Out Diabetes
BBC News summary:
Dogs To Sniff Out Owner Diabetes
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Torcettini di Saint Vincent Sugar Crusted Twisted Cookies We Knead To Bake 4
For our this months We knead to bake, a monthly baking event started by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen, she challenged us to make Torcettini di Saint Vincent aka sugar crusted twisted cookies.This sugar crusted twisted cookies are quite particular coz its neither a biscuit nor cookies, but they are yeasted and goes for a bread like dough,thats the reason these cute cookies are yeasted cookies.Torcettini are the smaller version of torcetti which means small twists, this cookies goes for a teardrop shaped twists made with dough of flour,yeast,butter which is shaped and then rolled in sugar before baking.
Its seems that the origin of these biscuits is believed that a grissini ( the famous Italian breadstick) baker had some leftover butter which he ended up in adding to the last batch of grissini dough and rolled them in sugar and finally he shaped them into loops, this is how torcetti was born. Torcettinis tastes fabulous when served along with coffee or tea, these cookies will be mild in sugar with a wonderful flavour.I prepared my torcettini with coffee powder and orange zest instead of plain one or with chocolate powder. I rolled my torcettini with brown sugar and they came out extremely fabulous and we couldnt stop ourselves munching these beauties.
Today we start our last week of blogging marathon,we have successfully finished three weeks already with three beautiful themes,for the fourth week its going to be crafts or miscellaneous theme.Since craft is not my cup of tea, am going to cover few food events during this whole week.Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#27.
(Adapted from A Bakers Tour by Nick Malgieri)
1+1/2cups All purpose flour
1tsp Instant yeast
1/2tsp Instant coffee powder
1tsp Orange zest
40grms Butter (unsalted,cold and cut into small pieces)
1/2cup Warm water
1/4tsp Salt
1/3cup Brown sugar for rolling the cookies
Take the flour,salt,coffee powder,orange zest in a food processor, pulse it for few minutes, add the butter pieces and pulse it again until the flour mixture looks powdery.
Add the yeast,water and pulse it again to form a ball.Dont over process the dough.
Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover it well and let the dough rise a bit.
The dough wont really double in volume,it will look puffy after an hour,when you pinch off a bit from the top you can see the interior of the dough looks like honeycomb.
Press the dough and deflate it, wrap it in a cling wrap and rigerate it for atleast one hour.
Take the dough out, lightly roll it out into a square, cut into four strips, then each strips as 6equal pieces.
Then cut them again to make a total of 24 pieces.
Roll each piece as pencil thick rope, sprinkle little brown sugar on your work surface,roll the rope in it, so the sugar crusts the dough uniformly.
Form the rope into a loop crossing it over before the ends.
Preheat the oven to 325F,place the rolled unbaked torcettini on a baking sheet lined over a baking tray,leaving enough space between them, leave it aside for 20minutes.
Bake them for 25minutes until they gets a nice golden brown crust.
Cool them completely and enjoy with your favourite drink.
Its seems that the origin of these biscuits is believed that a grissini ( the famous Italian breadstick) baker had some leftover butter which he ended up in adding to the last batch of grissini dough and rolled them in sugar and finally he shaped them into loops, this is how torcetti was born. Torcettinis tastes fabulous when served along with coffee or tea, these cookies will be mild in sugar with a wonderful flavour.I prepared my torcettini with coffee powder and orange zest instead of plain one or with chocolate powder. I rolled my torcettini with brown sugar and they came out extremely fabulous and we couldnt stop ourselves munching these beauties.
Today we start our last week of blogging marathon,we have successfully finished three weeks already with three beautiful themes,for the fourth week its going to be crafts or miscellaneous theme.Since craft is not my cup of tea, am going to cover few food events during this whole week.Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#27.
(Adapted from A Bakers Tour by Nick Malgieri)
1+1/2cups All purpose flour
1tsp Instant yeast
1/2tsp Instant coffee powder
1tsp Orange zest
40grms Butter (unsalted,cold and cut into small pieces)
1/2cup Warm water
1/4tsp Salt
1/3cup Brown sugar for rolling the cookies
Take the flour,salt,coffee powder,orange zest in a food processor, pulse it for few minutes, add the butter pieces and pulse it again until the flour mixture looks powdery.
Add the yeast,water and pulse it again to form a ball.Dont over process the dough.
Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover it well and let the dough rise a bit.
The dough wont really double in volume,it will look puffy after an hour,when you pinch off a bit from the top you can see the interior of the dough looks like honeycomb.
Press the dough and deflate it, wrap it in a cling wrap and rigerate it for atleast one hour.
Take the dough out, lightly roll it out into a square, cut into four strips, then each strips as 6equal pieces.
Then cut them again to make a total of 24 pieces.
Roll each piece as pencil thick rope, sprinkle little brown sugar on your work surface,roll the rope in it, so the sugar crusts the dough uniformly.
Form the rope into a loop crossing it over before the ends.
Preheat the oven to 325F,place the rolled unbaked torcettini on a baking sheet lined over a baking tray,leaving enough space between them, leave it aside for 20minutes.
Bake them for 25minutes until they gets a nice golden brown crust.
Cool them completely and enjoy with your favourite drink.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
10 Dangers of Sugar to health
10 Dangers of Sugar to health - Excessive sugar consumption can promote weight loss. It was indeed clear. But there are many other threats to the health of the bodys sugar. What is it? Check out more as reported by the Huffington Post following.
Heart
A recent study says that eating too much sugar is able to interfere with the mechanism of the heart in pumping blood. So if it is left unchecked, the sugar is the same as increasing the risk of heart failure.
Fat in the abdomen
Cases of obesity is increasing because many people live unhealthy lifestyles, one of which is excessive sugar consumption. Sugar was acting as one of the main causes of fat piled in waist circumference and abdominal.
Silent killer
Not just salt and high blood pressure that can kill silently, sugar is the same. Because when people are overweight due to sugar, most of them consider it reasonable. In fact, if left unchecked, there are many diseases that threaten.
Cancer
Consumption of high amounts of sugar equal to the chance of survival is relatively low for people with cancer, especially breast cancer and colon cancer.
Addiction
Properties of sugar so bad, about the same as alcohol can make a person addicted. When sugar left, addicts will continue to feel hungry and want to eat sugar again.
Heart
Another study last year also proved that sugar and alcohol have the same effects to the liver, which are toxic. Liver function is impaired and could even damage caused by excessive sugar consumption.
Brain
Another danger to the health of sugar the body can be seen from the condition of the brain. A study in 2009 also proved that excessive sugar consumption is closely related to the aging of cells in the brain.
Hidden
Some of the food does not have a sweet taste, like ketchup to bread. But apparently the sugar may be hiding in it. Theore, the consumption of food should always be considered.
Age
Approximately 180,000 deaths in the world due to the consumption of sweetened thought, according to new research. No wonder, because sugar is associated with the risk of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
Diabetes
This is the danger of sugar most often mentioned by experts, diabetes. Excess sugar disrupt insulin system, so that consumption is not controlled can improve type 2 diabetes.
That the dangers of sugar for a healthy body. Although sugar is needed, but not to eat excessively.
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Heart
A recent study says that eating too much sugar is able to interfere with the mechanism of the heart in pumping blood. So if it is left unchecked, the sugar is the same as increasing the risk of heart failure.
Fat in the abdomen
Cases of obesity is increasing because many people live unhealthy lifestyles, one of which is excessive sugar consumption. Sugar was acting as one of the main causes of fat piled in waist circumference and abdominal.
Silent killer
Not just salt and high blood pressure that can kill silently, sugar is the same. Because when people are overweight due to sugar, most of them consider it reasonable. In fact, if left unchecked, there are many diseases that threaten.
Cancer
Consumption of high amounts of sugar equal to the chance of survival is relatively low for people with cancer, especially breast cancer and colon cancer.
Addiction
Properties of sugar so bad, about the same as alcohol can make a person addicted. When sugar left, addicts will continue to feel hungry and want to eat sugar again.
Heart
Another study last year also proved that sugar and alcohol have the same effects to the liver, which are toxic. Liver function is impaired and could even damage caused by excessive sugar consumption.
Brain
Another danger to the health of sugar the body can be seen from the condition of the brain. A study in 2009 also proved that excessive sugar consumption is closely related to the aging of cells in the brain.
Hidden
Some of the food does not have a sweet taste, like ketchup to bread. But apparently the sugar may be hiding in it. Theore, the consumption of food should always be considered.
Age
Approximately 180,000 deaths in the world due to the consumption of sweetened thought, according to new research. No wonder, because sugar is associated with the risk of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
Diabetes
This is the danger of sugar most often mentioned by experts, diabetes. Excess sugar disrupt insulin system, so that consumption is not controlled can improve type 2 diabetes.
That the dangers of sugar for a healthy body. Although sugar is needed, but not to eat excessively.
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