“He who has health has hope; and hewho has hope, has everything.”

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FOOD TRIVIA

Actually, it’s a dessert beverageFalooda is actually a dessert bever-

age. Now, what’s that? It’s some-thing that you cannot just sip away

at; you have to spoon the edibleingredients as well such as falooda

sev, jelly and nuts. Varieties of faloodaversions are available today with different flavours of sugar syrups andfaloodas served as milkshakes.

HEALTH

Researchers identified nearly400 common medical practicesthat were contradicted by rigorous studies. Here aresome notable findings

At one point, the notion that fish fats preventedheart trouble did seem logical. Peoplewhose diets contain a lot of fatty fishseem to have a lower incidence of

heart disease. Fatty fish containsomega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 sup-plements lower levels of triglyc-erides, and high levels of triglyc-

erides are linked to an increasedrisk of heart disease. Plus omega-3fatty acids reduce inflammation, akey feature of heart attacks. But in a

trial involving 12,500 people at risk for hearttrouble, daily omega-3 supplements did not

protect against heart disease.

FISH OIL REDUCES THE RISKOF HEART DISEASE5Y ou might assume that standard medical advice was sup-

ported by mounds of scientific research. But researchersrecently discovered that nearly 400 routine practices wereflatly contradicted by studies published in leading jour-nals. Of more than 3,000 studies published from 2003

through 2017 in ‘JAMA’ and ‘The Lancet’, and from 2011 through2017 in the ‘New England Journal of Medicine’, more than one in10 amounted to a “medical reversal”: A conclusion opposite of whathad been conventional wisdom among doctors. Here are some find-ings that contradict what were once widely held theories...

Paediatricians have counselled parents to keep babiesaway from these nuts for the first three years of life. As itturns out, children exposed to these protein-rich nutsbefore they were even a year old have no greater risk ofpeanut allergies than those who have not had peanuts.

PEANUT ALLERGIES OCCUR WHEN A CHILD ISEXPOSED TO PEANUTS BEFORE AGE THREE1

Snacking in between meals is good, but teensshould not have food all-day-long. Also, snackingmeans healthy snacking. So when teens socialisethey should not eat much potato chips, deep-friedfoods and colas. Junk food is bad for the body,young or old. It’s not that one can go overboardwith such foods in growing up years.

TEENS NEED SNACKS ALL THE TIMEBECAUSE OF GROWING AGE 4

FITNESS AND CALORIE TRACKERSLEAD TO WEIGHT LOSS2In fact, the reverse is true. Among 470dieters — followed for two years — thosewho wore devices tracking the steps theytook and calories they burned actually lostless weight than those who just followedstandard advice.

The advice from leading medical groups has been to rid your home ofthese pests if you have asthma. The theory was that allergic reactionsto mites can trigger asthma attacks. However, it has been found thatintensive pest management in homes with children sensitised tomouse allergens did nothing to reduce the frequency of their asthmaattacks. Quite a revelation, isn’t it?

TO PROTECT AGAINST ASTHMA ATTACKS, IT HELPSTO KEEP YOUR HOUSE FREE OF DUST MITES3

T he creamy, sweet and refreshing Indian delicacy ‘falooda’, is a layered summer dessertdrink made with vermicelli noodles, rose

syrup, sabja seeds, milk and ice cream. Dependingon the recipe, you might see some almonds and pis-tachios as topping. But are you aware of falooda’s story? Is it a beverage or a dessert? Let’s find out

M aking a delicious falooda at home is easy. Most ofthe ingredients are readily available in the super-

market. Here’s the recipe: Buy falooda sev, a packet of sabja seeds, dry fruits,

rose syrup, milk and ice cream. Sabja seeds are to bepre-soaked in a bowl of water a day before.

Then sweeten some hot milk (with white/brownsugar) and let it cool down later in the fridge.

Once chilled, pour the milk, soaked sabja seeds,boiled falooda sev and rose syrup in a tall glass.

Top it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and garnishwith almonds and pistachios. Serve fresh. TNN

Sabja seeds is a superfoodSabja seeds, an ingredi-ent of falooda, alsoknown as basilseeds contain solu-ble fibre, whichpromotes good guthealth and controlsappetite too. It’s greatfor those trying to managetheir weight as once soaked the seedsbecome gelatinous that helps keep youfeeling full for a long time.

Where was falooda born? Originally, falooda was part of Persian cuisine

where it was known as ‘faloodeh.’ But soon it travelled to several South Asian countries includingIndia, Pakistan and Bangladesh with Persian merchants and rulers who invaded the region.

Introduced by Mughals in India, falooda was initiallya rich jelly-like drink made with strainings of boiledwheat which was mixed with fruit juices andcreams in a bowl.

Jahangir — Emperor Akbar’s son — was fond offalooda and so the dish was served only in royalfamilies during that period. Later, falooda travelledthroughout the world and transformed into a cooldessert drink that it is today.

How to make ‘falooda’ at home

IS FALOODAA DRINK ORDESSERT?

The atoll’s ecosytem is so rich thatHenderson was included on the UN WorldHeritage List in 1988, with the body hail-ing it as an untouched paradise. Butthree decades later, the gyre (any largesystem of circulating ocean currents)has become a marine conveyor belt

dumpingendless wavesof plastic detritusonto Henderson’scoast, making it the hub of what hasbecome known as the South PacificGarbage Patch

ASingaporean engineering company has built a robotthat can serve up a piping hot bowl of laksa, one ofthe city-state’s most well-known dishes, in just 45

seconds. The robot will let chefs cut down on repetitivetasks and focus on understanding customers’ needs, saidTan Tun Lim, the assistant sales director for Orange Clove.Tan said the company chose to make a robot that servedlaksa as it was one of their most popular live station dish-es, but they are working on adapting the design to serve alocal stir fried dish and prawn noodle soup.

The electric sous-chef,dubbed Sophie by its cre-ators, can blanch noodles,add pre-cooked prawns and ladle spicy coconut soup— all with minimum spillage,at the rate of around 80bowls an hour

This ROBOTdishes out a

piping hot bowl of

noodles in just 45 SECONDS

PLASTIC JUNK CREATES DESERT ISLAND DISASTER IN PACIFIC

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