have a read... Add water when you fry Most of us cook with oil, but over heating can break down cooking oils, producing toxic chemicals called lipid peroxides. When eaten, they can react with proteins and DNA - your cells genetic blueprint - in ways that are believed to increase the risk of cancer and heart disease. Olive oil, particularly extra virgin oil, is best used as a salad dressing and not in cooking, because it starts to burn at a comparatively low temperature and therefore breaks down easily. When frying, a good tip is to emulate the Chinese and add a small amount of water to the wok or frying pan. This lower s the f r ying temperature of the oil to 100c and reduces the amount of oxidative damage to the fat which normally occurs Drink water to reduce back pain As many as 75 per cent of us may be chronically dehydrated, according to U.S. research. This not only affects our waistlines, but our backs, too. Preliminary research suggests that drinking eight to ten glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80 per cent of sufferers. This is because being dehydrated makes the blood and joint fluids thicker; it also causes crystals of uric acid (a bodily waste substance normally removed in urine) to form in the joints, which can cause gout-like pain. Drinking water is also a valuable and painless aid to weight loss. Even a mild state of dehydration will slow our metabolic rate by as much as 3 per cent and may play a role in weight gain. And every drop of water consumed involves calories being used as the kidneys work to remove the excess water from our bodies. Moreover, drinking water shortly before bedtime has been found to prevent midnight feelings of hunger for nearly 100 per cent of people who were tested, according to Washington University cardiologist, Dr Stephen Sinatra, in his book Optimum Health. Drinking five glasses of water daily can reduce our risk of colon cancer by 92 per cent, according to a study in the International Journal of Cancer in 1999. Good hydration lubricates our bowels and causes them to move faster. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2692057/Dont-eat-mash-dont-cook-olive-oil-DO-eat-unripe-bananas-Think-know-rules-healthy-eating-A-scientist-lots-surprises.html#ixzz37a6LoAyE Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 23:06:03 +0000