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by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — People who wolf down their food could lose weight simply by chewing longer and pausing between bites, study results suggested Tuesday. Research involving nearly 60,000 Japanese people showed a link between eating slower or faster, and losing or gaining weight. “Changes in eating speed can affect changes in obesity, BMI and waist circumference,” a research duo from Japan’s Kyushu University wrote in the journal […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s trade deficit in kimchi, its proud traditional side dish of fermented cabbage, reached an all-time high last year as low-priced Chinese imports flooded the market, statistics showed Wednesday. The spicy foodstuff is emblematic of Korean cuisine and accompanies almost every meal served in the country, whatever its culinary origins, with kimchi-making still an important annual ritual for many families. But the commercial market has been deluged by Chinese […]
Ni Rox Montallana Eagle News Correspondent PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Muling naglabas ng babala ang Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) na ang mga shellfish na nakuha mula sa Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa City ay nanatiling positibo sa paralytic shellfish poison. Ito ay base na rin sa latest laboratory results ng BFAR at Local Government Units (LGUs). Ang ilang bahagi ng Irong-Irong, Maqueda at Villareal Bays sa Western Samar; Matarinao Bay ng Eastern Samar; […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Four people were killed and 15 injured on Thursday in violence linked to food looting in Venezuela, according to members of the opposition and the local press. It brought to six the number of deaths tied to desperate food shortages in the oil-rich but crisis-riven country since December. In the town of Arapuey in the west of Venezuela, for several days now looters have targeted shops and stores and clashed with […]
(Eagle News) — Sa panahong ito na napakarami na ang mapagpipiliang klase ng timpla ng instant coffee, marami pa rin ang naghahanap ng tradisyunal na timpla ng kape. Sa Iloilo City, mayroon na silang mapupuntahan. Sinong mag-aakalang ang maliit na pwestong ito ni Romeo Dela Cruz ay dinarayo tuwing umaga ng mga kilalang tao sa lipunan para lamang magkape. Ang RJ’s Capehan ay sinimulan pa ng ama ni Dela Cruz noong 1954. Isa itong maliit na […]
by Natsuko Fukue Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo’s world-famous Tsukiji fish market held its last pre-dawn New Year’s auction on Friday before closing down for relocation, with the highest bidder paying more than $320,000 for a giant tuna. After more than 80 years in operation, the world’s biggest fish market, a popular tourist attraction in an area packed with restaurants and shops, will move to Toyosu, a former gas plant a bit […]
by Jung Ha-Won Agence France-Presse NAMYANGJU, South Korea (AFP) — Barking at their rescuers, labradors, beagles and mongrels desperately scrambled out of rusty cages in South Korea: saved from the dinner plate by a deal with dog-meat farmer Kim Young-Hwan. In the face of falling demand, Kim agreed to close his establishment in exchange for compensation from US-based Humane Society International (HSI). The dogs are bound for a new life in adoptive homes in the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Para maiwasang tumaba dahil sa masasarap na pagkaing ihahain ngayong holiday season, inilunsad ng Department of Health ang ‘Baywang watch’. Makatutulong daw ito para mahikayat ang ating mga kababayan na isama sa kanilang ihahanda ang masusustansyang pagkain at iwasang kumain ng mga pagkaing makakasama sa inyong puso, atay at baywang. Batay umano sa isang pag-aaral, ang timbang na nadagdag sa atin sa mga okasyon tuwing Disyembre ay siya na ring […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Eating one serving of leafy greens per day may stave off memory loss in old age and keep the brain more youthful, according to research published Wednesday. The difference found between elderly people who ate greens and those who did not was stunning: the equivalent of being 11 years younger in age, said the study in the journal Neurology. While the research was based on survey responses and therefore […]
By Hwang Sunghee in Seoul and Sebastien Berger in Pyongyang Agence France Presse PYONGYANG, North Korea (AFP) — North and South Korea are radically different societies, one ruled by the same family for decades and the other a freewheeling democracy and thrusting economy. But one thing unites them — their love of fermented cabbage. Kimchi, originally a means of preserving the vegetable during winter and which can vary from mild to fiery, has been a […]
(Eagle News) — Nananatiling positibo pa rin sa paralytic shellfish poison ang ilang probinsya sa bansa. Sa pinaka latest na shellfish bulletin ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) di bababa sa pitong probinsya sa bansa ang positibo pa rin sa red tide. Kabilang na rito ang mga baybayin ng Daram Island, Cambatutay, Irong-Irong, Maqueda, Villareal Bays sa Western Samar, Matarinao Bay sa Eastern Samar, Carigara Bay, Leyte, Lianga Bay sa Surigao Del Sur, […]
by Giovanna Girardi with Ella Ide in Rome Agence France-Presse TREVISO, Italy (AFP) — An Italian factory worker won the first ever Tiramisu World Cup on Sunday, beating 700 other amateurs to whip up the softest and creamiest version of Italy’s famous dessert. Hundreds of would-be pudding maestros descended on the city of Treviso armed with whisks and sieves to compete in the two-day challenge to make the best tiramisu, which means “pick-me-up” in Italian. […]
