According to Dr Sandra Cabot, who has published many books on healthy eating, including Raw Juices can Save Your Life!, citrus is one of the healthiest foods available.

“Oranges are one of the highest sources of natural vitamin C in the world,” Dr Cabot said. “Oranges have many health benefits including helping to prevent cancer and other diseases, reducing cold and flu and assisting in weight loss.”

Her view was supported by independent research from Australia’s CSIRO, which found citrus fruits contain an abundance of antioxidants and phytochemicals which are believed to play an important role in protecting the body against a range of illnesses. Oranges are also low on the glycaemic index which means they can help stabilize blood
sugar levels and reduce hunger pangs.

Valencia oranges, such as those grown in Australia, are “renowned for their superior juicing properties” says Dr. Cabot. But, fresh juice from this variety can be given extra zing by squeeze a lemon, lime or grapefruit into the juice to boost vitamin C levels and produce different taste sensations.

The following recipes were issued by Growcom Marketing on behalf of Horticulture Australia and Australian Citrus Growers. Australia is now harvesting Valencia oranges — but these recipes work great with any origin oranges.

Vitality juice

2 oranges, peeled

2 carrots

2 cm slice fresh pineapple

Wash, trim, chop and juice. Serve chilled with a twist of orange rind.

Antioxidant power juice

1 oranges, with some peel

2 carrots

2 stalks celery, with leaves removed

1 clove garli

3 florets broccoli

½ cup of strong green tea

Wash, trim, chop and juice. Dilute to taste with green tea. Serve with celery stalk as stirrer.

Citrus revitalise juice

1 Australian Valencia orange, with some peel

1 apple, with skin

2 sprigs fresh mint

2 stalks of celery, with leaves removed

Wash, trim, chop and juice. Serve chilled with a twist of orange rind.

Kick start juice

2 oranges, peeled

3 cm slice fresh pineapple

2 stalks celery, with leaves removed

½ beetroot

1 cm slice ginger root

Wash, trim, chop and juice.

Brian Clancey has a long standing interest in health and an active lifestyle. This was the inspiration behind creation of the http://www.thehealthyweb.com website, offering daily recipes and discussion of food and health issues.

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‘Hungarian nobleman leaves indelible mark’

Agoston Haraszthy made an impression wherever he went. After serving as a member of the Royal Hungarian Guards of Francis I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary in 1830, he was forced to flee Europe for fear of being branded a revolutionist.
In 1842, he returned to Hungary and convinced his father to liquidate their considerable holdings so the entire family could immigrate to America. When they arrived in Sauk City, Wisconsin, they were among the best-capitalized immigrants of the 19th century.
Along with his other entrepreneurial investments, Haraszthy began agricultural experiments and achieved considerable success in sheep raising and growing hops.
Even with his considerable success, he was still disappointed at not being able to establish the high quality vineyards of his native Hungary. The tug of the western frontier pulled at the Haraszthy family, and they headed, by wagon train, to California in 1848.
Agoston was the wagon master of the train, which included about sixty immigrants. Without serious incident, the wagon train arrived at Warner Hot Springs, in San Diego County.
Colonel Jonathan Warner, a former militiaman who established Warner Hot Springs in 1844, apprised Haraszthy about the agriculture and the politics in the San Diego area. A scant 650 people, mainly vaqueros, Yankee sailors who had jumped ship, and a few Mormon soldiers from the Mormon Battalion populated San Diego.

Haraszthy’s family now included his wife, six children, his father and stepmother, and Thomas W. Sutherland, former U.S. Attorney for Wisconsin Territory, who was now Haraszthy’s stepbrother.
The Polish immigrant purchased a plot of land adjacent to San Luis Rey Mission, and, with his sons, Attila and Arpad, first planted a large fruit orchard. He later bought 160 acres more in Mission Valley and planted peach and cherry trees sent to him from New York State.
Haraszthy never ceased his investment activity as well as his interest in community politics. With Don Juan Bandini, Haraszthy set up the first regularly scheduled omnibus transit system and established a livery stable. He established a very profitable butcher shop.
With other real estate speculators, he helped establish the subdivision of Middletown. Haraszthy Street existed there until the early 1960s when it was wiped from the map by the construction of Interstate 5.

When San Diego County was chartered in 1850, Haraszthy was elected the first City Marshall, while his father, Charles, was elected Magistrate and Land Commissioner. His stepbrother, Tom Sutherland, became San Diego’s first City Attorney.
In 1851, he was elected to the State Assembly and resigned his other offices. While in the legislature, then meeting in Vallejo, Haraszthy succeeded in getting funding for the expansion of San Diego Harbor and the county’s first public hospital.
He was the first legislator to introduce legislation to divide California into two states; North and South. Because of powerful political interest in Northern California, that bill died.
All the while, Haraszthy continued searching for land more suitable for agriculture than San Diego’s subtropical desert land offered. Early in 1852, he purchased 210 acres near San Francisco’s Mission Dolores. He moved the entire family there at the end of the Assembly Session.
Haraszthy’s noteworthy accomplishments didn’t stop. He introduced the “Zinfandel” red wine grape and the “Muscat of Alexandria” raisin grape to California.
He invented an efficient gold refining process, and was founding partner in the Eureka Gold and Silver Refining Company. The firm became one of the major contract refiners for the San Francisco Mint.

Because of his reputation for fairness and honesty, Haraszthy was appointed Assayer of the Mint in 1855.
He developed the first large, high-quality grape vineyard at Crystal Springs in San Mateo County. At this new ranch, Haraszthy designed and laid out a nursery and horticultural garden, which he named Los Flores.
With his son’s help, he planted fruit trees and shrubs imported from the east. At about this same time, he received a shipment of six choice rooted vines and 160 cuttings from Hungary.
In the shipment were two small bundles. One was the Muscat of Alexandria and the other was said to be the famous mystery grape, the Zinfandel. Today the Zinfandel is the most widely planted wine grape in California.
In 1857, while visiting General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo at the General’s Lachrima Montis estate, Haraszthy was introduced to the Sonoma Valley. This valley especially appealed to him because its weather, topography and soil were so similar to his Hungarian homeland’s high quality vineyards.
In Sonoma, he established the Szeptaj Estate (Buena Vista). That Buena Vista Winery is today a state park and historical site.

In 1861, He was appointed to a California commission to improve agricultural methods and to collect vines and fruit tree stocks in Europe. During a European tour with his son, Arpad, he purchased, with his own money, 100,000 grapevines representing 1,400 varieties, along with small selected lots of planting stock for olives, almonds, pomegranates, oranges, lemons and chestnuts.
When he returned, Harper & Brothers, of New York, published Haraszthy’s report, “Grape Culture, Wines and Wine Making upon Agriculture and Horticulture. It remained the winemaking classic authority in the English language until well into the 20th century.
The Haraszthy family planted vineyards for European immigrant friends and wine growers, including Charles Krug, Emile Dreser and Jacob Grundlach.
In 1863, Agoston’s sons Attila and Arpad Haraszthy were married in a double ceremony to the twin daughters of General Vallejo.
Later, after one of his wine cellars containing vintages of two years was destroyed by fire, Haraszthy traveled to Nicaragua where he bought a sugar plantation. There, he wife contacted yellow fever and died.
Agoston Haraszthy died July 6, 1869, near his estate, Hacienda San Antonio, at Corinto, Nicaragua, while trying to cross a crocodile infested rive.. His family believed that he fell into a river while attempting to cross and was dragged away by an alligator. His body was never found.

(Alton Pryor has been a writer for magazines, newspapers, and wire services. He worked for United Press International in their Sacramento Bureau, handling both printed press as well as radio news. He traveled the state as a field editor for California Farmer Magazine for 27 years. He is now the author of 10 books, primarily on California and western history. His books can be seen at http://www.stagecoachpublishing.com. Readers can email him at stagecoach@surewest.net.)

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True, the original story involves an apple, but the apple didn’t have anything to do with anything. Neither did the snake nor the fig leaves Adam and Eve eventually had to wear for clothing. No, this you see was Paradise. And in Paradise, snakes are nice and friendly creatures and clothing was optional in the universe’s first nudist colony.

So why were Adam and Eve kicked out of Paradise? We’ll it seems we have no one to blame but ourselves.

As the story goes, on the sixth day of creation, God created Man. Later that night, God took a rib from Adam’s side and made Woman. When Adam awoke the following morning, he found a beautiful woman, Eve, lying asleep beside him.

Now Man being a man, what do you suppose he had on his mind?

Wrong… it was food! Muffins and Jam actually, but we’ll get to that in a moment.

That same morning God spoke to Adam and Eve and told them, “All this Paradise is for you. Help yourself to anything you like. But never, ever, eat the food that’s in the box in the middle of the Garden. That particular food will addict you and will give you pleasures of a very sinful nature. The day you eat the food from the box, you can no longer live here.”

So one day, a few weeks later, Eve was out gathering berries (to make more Jam for the muffins Adam liked so much) when she heard a sexy male voice behind her.

“Has God told you that it’s now OK to eat the food from the box in the middle of the Garden?” the voice asked. Eve turned around to see a stunningly handsome red Gecko staring at her (it was the Devil in disguise)

“God told us we can eat anything we want except for what’s in that box” Eve told the muscular, six foot tall, red lizard.

“Oh come now, that’s silly! I hardly think one bite would do you any harm,” the Devil lied. “God just wants to keep the special food in the box all to Himself and doesn’t want to share it with you. That seems kind of selfish to me.”

So at the prodding of the seductively insistent Devil Gecko, Eve slowly opened the box, looked at the food inside and thought how tasty it looked. She also thought how wonderful it would be to be eating the food as God. She believed the Devil’s lie and ate one of God’s Forbidden Donuts!

Eve then felt a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach and in her loins. She fidgeted and wondered what was wrong with her. Suddenly she realized that she was feeling a guilty, yet pleasurable sensation — she had disobeyed God and knew she’d done something wrong, but it felt oh so good down there!

Eve hurriedly picked a few more donuts from the box and took them back to Adam. They ate the donuts together and sat in orgasmic bliss. But by the next day, a strange change came over Adam and Eve. They became insatiably hungry and just had to have more donuts.

Just then Adam and Eve heard God calling them. Without thinking, they dived into the bushes (which unknown to them were full of Poison Ivy), but God knew where they were. When God asked them if they had eaten from the box of Forbidden Donuts that He had told them not to touch, they blamed each other for their sins (the first argument between a Man and Woman) while covering themselves with Fig leaves to stop the itching from the Poison Ivy.

God was sad that Adam and Eve had disobeyed Him. He told them that they had to leave Paradise, “From now on you’ll have to have physical sex to reach orgasm”, He said. “You’ll need to make your own clothes to wear (no nudity allowed outside of Paradise) and you’ll have to find your own food. Nothing will come easily to you and one day, you will die from heart attacks.”

So Adam and Eve left Paradise and moved to what eventually became known as New Jersey. There they set up their new home and worked day and night to duplicate the recipe for the Forbidden Donuts God had told them not to eat.

Eventually they discovered the secret ingredient that made God’s Forbidden Donuts so sinfully delicious and they vowed to seduce everyone else in the world with them too. Thus the first Devil Donuts were created which are still addicting people to this day (get the recipe here)

So that’s the real story of how Man and Woman were created and how we were all excluded from a life in Paradise all because of the Devil and a box of donuts.

PS: God was so pissed that the Devil Gecko made Adam and Eve eat all His donuts that He remade all Geckos only six inches tall and they now all have to eat flies.

Donut lover John Weisenberger is fan of the sinfully delicious Devil Donuts. Check them out at http://www.Devil-Donuts.com

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Salads, curries, soup and fries are prepared from the variety of crabs, lobsters and jumbo pomphrets which is known throughout the world for its delectable taste. Rice, fish and coconut are the integral constituents of Goan food. Coconut milk, tamarind and kokum (a sour deep purple fruit) are the other important elements that provide distinct flavours and taste to Goan cuisine. Dishes of this place ranges from prawns to sausages, chicken to beef and numerous vegetarian dishes. Some of the appetizing culinary delicacies of Goa are:

Fish Curry:
This is other prominent menu of Goan cuisine. Ambot-Tik which means Sour-Spicy is the most popular fish curry of Goa. Petals of the ‘Kokum solam’ are used that provides sour taste to this curry. The red coloured ‘Kokum’ fruit is also known for medicinal value used in this menu. This is prepared from grounded coconut mixed with turmeric powder, ginger, red chillies, coriander seeds, peppercorns and cumin seeds. The mixture is cooked and dried. After that fish, mango and kokum are added in process and again cooked till it is ready to eat. It is known for its aromatic flavour and hot favourite dish among seafood lovers.

Seafood:
Goa is among the best place where can have the best varieties of seafood. According to the taste one can demand seafood here. Though the main diet of this place is fish curry and rice yet one can choose its varieties from Goan menu. Kingfish is the most common seafood item but shark, mackerel, pomfret, tuna and doumer are favourite among tourists. Here one can also enjoy the fine taste of shellfish like lobster, crabs, tiger prawns and prawns. Among the seafood one can also taste squid and mussels. The varieties of seafood menu and their distinctive tastes are the centre of attractions for tourists who visit this place.

Goa is the hub of non-vegetarian because it cater the appetizing need that ranges from meat, seafood and varieties of chicken menu. Some of the other popular menus are Prawn Balchao, Chicken Cafreal, Fish Recheado, Pork, Pork Vindaloo and many more.

Goa Tour is known throughout the world for its fabulous flora and fauna, turquoise beaches, silvery sand and delectable cuisine. Tastes of Goa Food and Cuisine can satisfy one appetite but not taste. This place is haven for the bon viveur. The amalgamation of natural beauty, gourmet food and adventures sports make this place a perfect holiday destination in India.

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As the party host, be creative with your presentation of your Christmas party food and make it easy for your guests to pick up and eat. Create an interactive buffet station by using skewers for your vegetables at the crudites station. Make a vegetable garden presentation using skewered vegetables “planted” in wheat grass.

At the dessert station, build your own fondue station. Again using skewers, offer strawberries, bananas, rice crispy treats, Oreos, marshmallows, to name a few easy finger foods your guests can choose from. If you are trying to watch your weight, select the fruit over the cookies and walk away from the dessert station before you dip into the chocolate!

Christmas party food has a tendency to be very rich and abundant in calories so if you are trying to watch your weight, select the low-calorie alternatives. Party appetizer ideas to watch your weight include selecting the fresh vegetable crudites versus the macaroni cheese bites. Even though the spinach and artichoke and cheese dips are more delicious, dip your veggies into the salsas or various flavored humus dips if offered.

As a host, serving crudites, dips and small bites is an effective use of budget catering. To stretch your dollars further offer easy finger foods such as an anti-pasta station with sliced meats, cheeses and skewered tortellini.

Other party appetizer ideas to help keep your costs low include tray-passing heartier items such as beef or turkey sliders, pigs in blankets, shrimp cocktail and shot glasses filled with soups. You can serve either hot soups such as the classic favorite tomato soup or a cold gazpacho or cucumber soup. By tray-passing these items, you are able to control the portions and timing of the food.

To help maintain a low-cost budget catering menu at the bar, feature a holiday special drink such as a punch with cranberry, Sprite or 7-up, orange juice or pineapple juice and mint leaves. Maybe serve a special alcoholic beverage like a peppermint martini garnished on the rim with crushed peppermint.

I hope you found these party appetizer ideas helpful for your Christmas party food. You can keep costs at a minimum with budget catering by controlling the portions via tray-passing some easy finger foods. Until next time, remember the Budget Bash mantra: make it simple, delicious, stylish, fun & economical to all!

Andrea Wyn is owner of A Wynning Event http://www.awynningevent.com, a Los Angeles wedding and special event management company. She has over 15 years of event planning experience and for the past ten years, she has been the event planner for the Screen Actors Guild Awards(R). She has taken her knowledge and special event experience and written an easy-to-read book called Budget Bash http://www.budgetbashbook.com where you can find more ideas and helpful tips on event planning including menus, decor, budgets, timelines, florals and more.

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The original Medipens are manufactured completely out of metal with smooth lines which makes it easy for them to be sterilized using standard sterile wipes. Anyone working with food or in hospitals will know how important it is that they keep their work areas as sterile as possible. This pen will help them to do so.

The Medipen is clipless but it can be purchased with a purpose made metal lapel pocket clip that can be removed and sterilised in boiling water. As the pen is manufactured in metal, it is recommended that your logo and details be laser engraved onto the pen instead of being printed.

What’s more, the Medipen is supplied in an easily cleaned plastic tube which looks excellent when presenting this unique pen to your customers. The Medipen is available from most UK promotional gift suppliers. It is worth inquiring about recent additions to the range as new models are expected to be on the marker soon. You promotional gift supplier of choice should be happy to supply you a sample of this outstanding to product.

Dan Toombs is the Managing Director of CompuGift Limited, the UK’s first internet based promotional gift supplier. The company was established in 1997 and is a leading supplier of promotional business gifts to businesses in the UK and Europe. CompuGift’s website http://www.compugift.co.uk features hundreds of promotional gifts that can be purchased online.

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Now, what constitutes a healthy diet?

You may agree or disagree, but it is proven that diet dominated mainly by fresh, all-natural vegetables and fruits are the healthiest.

Of late, more and more people have switched to vegetarian meals – as scientific research has shown the adverse effects of animal meat.

For example, it is proven that the most common cause of death in US is heart attack, and the risk of death from heart attack by average American is 50%, while the risk of death from heart attack by average American vegetarian is 15%; and only 4% recorded for an average American pure vegetarian.

This is because, as nutritionist explained, the high amount of animal fat present in meat, dairy and other animal products may be probable factors leading to increase of diabetes mellitus, obesity, colorectal cancer, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease, which are some how linked to heart diseases.

What the meat, dairy and egg industries don’t tell us is, besides these diseases, the following are also commonly prevented, consistently improved, and sometimes, even cured by low-fat vegetarian diet:

1. Strokes and heart disease

2. Stomach and colon cancer

3. Gallstones

4. Hypertension

5. Endometrial cancer

6. Kidney disease & stones

7. Breast cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, cervical cancer and ovarian cancer.

8. Hypoglycemia

9. Peptic ulcers

10. Constipation

11. Hiatal hernias

12. Diverticulosis

13. Salmonellosis

14. Trichinosis

15. Osteoporosis

16. Hemorrhoids

17. Asthma

18. Irritable colon syndrome

(Sources: The Shocking Truth And Statistic About Your Food!)

Therefore, if you want to avoid these diseases, follow as what nutritionist have long supported the health benefits of high intake of fruits and vegetables.

You maybe concern that vegetarian diet is insufficient in meeting the daily nutritional requirements.

This is not quite true…

Take for example, milk producers’ original ad campaign slogan is “Everybody needs milk” which was rebutted by the Federal Trade Commission as “False, misleading and deceptive!” The milk producer had to revise their campaign slogan to “Milk has something for everybody.”

Another case, males in US are conditioned to think food made from animal products as “manly”. Unfortunately, comparing men who eat meats, cheese, eggs and milk everyday, to men who eat these food sparingly or none at all, their risk in contracting prostate cancer is 3.6 times higher!

What else does the food industry keep hidden from you?

According to Who Health Organization, the recommended percentage of daily calories to be derived from protein is 4.5%; while the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Board and National Research Council recommended 6% and 8% respectively.

Guess what?

The percentage of calories as protein in wheat, broccoli and rice are 17%, 45% and 8% respectively. So, do you think that vegetarian diet does not give you enough of to meet the daily nutritional requirement?

If nutritional requirement is a concern, you can plan your meals to obtain the essential nutrients in replacing those gained from meat, fish and poultry. For example, you can consume diets consist mainly of fruits, vegetables, cereals and grains. In order to replace meat products, you can use nuts, lentils, eggs, peanut butter, dry beans, and peas.

If needed to, you may take vitamin and mineral supplements to ensure adequate intakes of nutrients that may only be obtained from food made from animal products.

So, for your own health, and better living – stop believing what the food industries has lied to you. And eat more vegetables, fruits, cereals and grains today!

Janice Hoo has been doing extensive research on vegetarian diet and practices. She’s now sharing her discovery in her latest e-report, “The Shocking Truth And Statistics About Your Food” which she’s currently giving away for FREE at her site: http://www.VegetarianRecipeGuide.com.

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