Food and Drug Industry

[JoelVasquez]

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...0407_DNL_art_2


Let your food be your medicine and your medicine your food- from Hippocrates-the father of medicine; herbs developed by nature for our cure and maintenance. Hopefully as we identify more of these God given free medicine, we can start reproducing this specimen in our herbal garden, our home pharmacy. We hope to develop a separate thread of herbal garden cures propagated through aquaponics.


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[ysiih]

Try drinking Yeo's Juice drinks Those natural juices are very refreshing in every way!

[JoelVasquez]

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...0411_DNL_art_2

The advantage of being poor is not being able to afford all those vaccines they plug on American babies. Our street children have better immune systems that those rich pampered babies. Our street children have been protected by “poverty” and “natural processes”. Let's give them a chance on good healthy food.

For more info on health follow us in facebook link below.

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[JoelVasquez]

Perspiring is one way our body “detoxifies” itself-apart from cooling function. If we suppress this area of the body by “plugging” them with “deodorants” then we are indeed looking for problems with dire consequences.

The article below on “deodorants” and the chemicals used are being questioned. More seriously, if outside “chemicals” to suppress perspiration can get inside through the skin and have an effect, how much more dangerous is what we feed(our food quality) and goes inside(processed) our body. Then we need to DETOXIFY later when CANCER is forthcoming. Health and food quality is what we wish to promote at Philippine Aquaponics.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/24/parabens-on-risk-of-breast-cancer.aspx?e_cid=20120524_DNL_art_1

The use of deodorants is like treating the symptoms instead of treating the root cause of the problem. Smell and perspiration is a function of what you eat or what you do not eat.

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[amigo32]

ayaw ko namang mabuhay ng 200 years ng amoy kili-kili araw-araw

kung sa pag gamit ko ng deodorant mabuhay ako ng 90 years na mabango mapayapa na akong manahimik habambuhay este habampatay

[JoelVasquez]

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articl...-animal-health

Alternatives to anti-biotics, pro-biotics ?? Understanding how the bacteria-micro-organism work is critical to the function of Aquaponics System. I have inserted the topic here on anti-biotics for others to get a glimpse of the interaction of bacteria in our lives and almost everything we do. We can either make war with it or make peace. To “win” the war, we must know our enemy. Our “war” need not be violent-just as mankind has been, we just need to understand(intelligent war) and work with our “friends” and the “friends of our friends”.

The war with bacteria and micro-organisms as I observed is no different when we observe our relationship with our fellow men. Each has the right to exist and be respected regardless of their race, creed or religion. So are the bacteria-micro-organisms. Let us learn about them and respect them. We live in peace and harmony with our environment in both seen and unseen(bacteria-micro-organisms)

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[JoelVasquez]

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/06/02/can-sleeping-affect-immune-system.aspx?e_cid=20120602_DNL_art_1

Sleeping for your health, its FREE


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[JoelVasquez]

Lemmon grass can grow in an aquaponic environment. Grow lemmon grass and fight cancer the natural way. Start your aquaponics herbal garden, your private pharmacy at home. Check this site below.

http://israel21c.org/health/fresh-le...ncer-patients/

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[JoelVasquez]

http://ph.she.yahoo.com/apples-top-d...mt-container-b

In Aquaponics, we don’t need to use insecticides, pesticides, herbicides, etc., we use companion planting, bio-diversity and molasses as deterrents for insects. If the worms-insects eat your plant, you can feed the worms-insects to your fish, still free food for your fish. That is the cycle of life in its simplest form. Snails, eating your plants chop them up and feed them to the fish-tilapia.

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[OtAkAw]

Originally Posted by metrosuburban

I thought Manila is already saturated with convenience stores, but here comes another one in full force!!

well, good luck to this new brand and i expect more entrepreneurs to possibly get successful franchises, and unemployed youth to get jobs in the retail service sector.

It would be great if they bring in the "konbini" concept. I'd love that!

Ginormous assortment of choices and colorful packaging:

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Take-away Drinks in Asakusa, Tokyo by P F C 2, on Flickr

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IMG_8828.JPG by salvamesoto, on Flickr

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Pocky storefront! by Virtual Eric, on Flickr

Wide selection of fresh food so you won't be limited to choose between a McDo, Jollibee or the nearest carinderia:

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Kombini - FamilyMart by a-pix, on Flickr

Cute isn't it?

Complete with barely legal English grammar, adorbs!

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[namiton69]

Originally Posted by xednanx

Dapat turuan lahat ng nanay na magluto ng iba't ibang ulam na gulay

kasi masyado tayo mahilig sa Cabalen Food, puro meat, pero masarap

kami mga ilocan pati seaweed kinakain namin

pati mga parang bastos na gulay kinakain namin
tulad ng "kabaTITI" parang upo siya
tapos meron din kami ulam ang tawag "PUKI-PUKI" na gawa sa talong

this is nice!

[amigo32]

naku, aprodisyak yang mga pagkain na yan, sa pangalan pa lang titigasan ka na

[Parchie]

Originally Posted by amigo32

naku, aprodisyak yang mga pagkain na yan, sa pangalan pa lang titigasan ka na

Sakin naman, tatayo!!!!!








Ang buhok!

[InfinitiFX45]

Tea Lounge: Creating A Market

Da.u.de Tea Corporation brings a greater awareness and more refined appreciation of tea to the Filipino market with its highly customized couture tea blends

by TRICIA V. MORENTE, Manila Bulletin | Monday | August 13, 2012 | 7:17pm


Couture Tea Blender Renee Sebastian.

If you think tea is boring, then wait until you cross paths with Couture Tea Blender Renee Sebastian. The country’s first Certified Tea Master, Sebastian will prove your perceptions wrong—she’s the person most qualified to tell you how to steep, store and serve tea, as well as determine what type of food best complements a certain blend.

Apparently, tea goes beyond steeping a bag of Chamomile in a cup of hot water. This, among other things, is what you’ll learn after a visit to the newly opened Da.u.de Tea Lounge in Fort Bonifacio. Pronounced “da you deh,” the tea lounge showcases the many things one can do with tea. Ordering their High Tea Set-up gives one a crash course on Tea Appreciation 101—everything, from the jams served with biscuits to the Crispy Pork Banh Mi Sisig Sandwich, and the Macaron Duo and Chocolate and Tea Pudding, is tea-infused.

“Our biggest challenge right now is the current perception of what a tea lounge is,” shares Sebastian. “They think automatically that we don’t have food; that we are just one among the many bubble tea establishments in the metro. So the challenge is for us to get them in first,” she says.

Once customers are in, it’s a very easy sell. Sebastian has meticulously crafted a menu of tea-infused food and drink items that are “very relatable and easy to understand,” she explains. “Everybody knows what chocolate pudding is, what a macaron is, what a pork banh mi is, and we infused tea in them. Even in our spiked teas,” she says of their alcoholic tea drinks, “we have beer infused with tea. We call it the Blackened Beer and the Beer Berry. We have the Manila Moji-tea. People drink it and they’re surprised. As you can see, I’ve really worked hard to use the language you already know, and then surprise you with that extra kick, which is the tea.”

A Wellness Company At Its Core

A proudly Filipino company, Da.u.de evolved from being a fashion business selling ethnic apparel and natural body products in New York City into the tea company it is today. “I know it sounds kind of extreme, from fashion to tea,” acknowledges Sebastian, “but the way I think of it is Da.u.de is total wellness. We cater to both internal and external wellness. Internally, we have tea; and for external care, we have natural body products.”

Da.u.de used to service spas in the Philippines, but Sebastian made the decision to make tea her business’ primary focus. “I officially named the company Da.u.de Tea Corporation, but we can always infuse tea into the natural body care line later on. A lot of what I do, really, is to showcase what you can do with tea,” she says.

Evidently, Sebastian’s passion for tea is undeniable. “It all started in Morocco,” she shares. “It is the number one tea drinking society in the world,” she says, “and when I went there, I started to see what they do with tea. The different blends they make. They were mixing things, and it got me interested because it felt like another form of art expression. I’m an artist by nature, and that’s what got me interested, so I started and made my first blend, shared it with friends, and they loved it. It was very rudimentary, not even at the professional level, but that awakened my thoughts about it.”

Since then, Sebastian went into the tea trade, linked up with a network of tea professionals, and further enhanced her knowledge of the craft by taking up further studies. “I studied under a Chinese tea master, a Japanese tea master, and in America, I studied under a World Tea Champion Blender. Very recently I came back from apprenticing under a Korean tea master as well,” she says.

With that much knowledge of tea under her belt, Da.u.de customers are assured that each of the 55 blends currently available at the lounge are unique, premium, and possess ingredients that Sebastian personally picks from her travels around the world. “Everything I make is unique, but I carry some complex flavors. I have something called Hexie, which is a mixture of goji berry, apples, dragonfruit, nettle leaves, etc., and people have been saying that it’s good but they can’t pinpoint what the exact flavor is, so it’s complex that way,” she shares.

Those looking for an alternative for coffee would do well to try Da.u.de’s Coffee Alternatives, wherein Sebastian “uses the language of coffee, but substitutes espresso with tea. We have affogato, cappuccino and machiatto that has no coffee in it. There are also teas with coffee beans in them, but we don’t grind the coffee. We just steep the tea and get the aroma of coffee,” she shares. Other blends include the Aphriki Masala, Cacao Cimmaron, Idulgashinna Green, Papaya Kamille, Pistacia and the Seffarine, among many others. The Mangga Fruit Tea, Sebastian says, is the crowd favorite so far. “I can’t stock up enough,” she says. “Filipinos like it, and also strangely enough, Korean and Japanese. Unanimous, hands down, they love it. They come back over and over again for it.”

A Rising Tea Culture

Different cultures appreciate and apply tea differently, says Sebastian. The bubble tea market, for instance, is a very Taiwanese Culture. “If you go to Morocco, it’s the mixing of anything with green tea alone. If you go to India, it’s all about the spicy teas,” she explains, adding that different countries have different tea ceremonies as well.

“The Japanese has a very intricate matcha green tea ceremony, while the Koreans have a very nice and meaningful tea ceremony. The Philippines, too, has a tea culture. We just don’t realize it, but our tea culture is embedded in herbal teas. We all have that lola or mom who says when we’re sick, to drink herbs like salabat, pito pito, tanglad and all those other leaves. We have it, we just don’t think of it like the British tea culture of tea time and afternoon tea. Every culture has their own take on tea, and that’s what makes it so complex and interesting,” she says.

With so many countries exhibiting a stronger tea culture, Sebastian still chose to expand her thriving business in New York to the Philippines. “I saw that the bubble tea culture is here, but it’s still not the complete thing. I respect that tea culture, I love it to some degree, but it’s a very small portion of what tea can offer. This is why I created my personal trademark as a couture tea blender, to blend tea in an artisan way. There is a great open market here right now, and there is an opportunity for me to create that market. The tea trend is rising and surging, and it’s nice to be at the front of the pack right now,” she says.

Da.u.de Tea Lounge is located at G/F Net Lima Bldg., 26th St. cor 4th Ave., Fort Bonifacio Global City.

Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/369470...ating-a-market

[CarltonHill]

Philippines bans import of Korean noodles

The Philippines' Bureau of Customs (BOC) will not allow new shipments of Nongshim noodles from South Korea to enter the country through any ports nationwide.

"No food items that could endanger the lives and well-being of Filipinos should be allowed to enter the country," BOC Commissioner Ruffy Biazon said Wednesday.

Biazon has directed all Customs ports to "closely monitor shipments of several brands of South Korean noodles manufactured by Nongshim Co. Ltd."

These include Nongshim Neoguri (Hot), Nongshim Neugori (Mild Hot), Nongshim Neoguri (Multi Hot), Neongshim Big Bowl Shrimp, Nongshim Saengsaeng Udon Bowl, and Nongshim Saengsaeng Udon, among others.

"After getting reports from South Korea that said noodle brands have been recalled by their Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for containing the cancer-causing substance benzopyrene, I immediately ordered all our port officials to monitor the importation of these noodle brands and to subject them to testing by our FDA," he said.

[seabeeman]

Originally Posted by xednanx

pati mga parang bastos na gulay kinakain namin
tulad ng "kabaTITI" parang upo siya

Upo talaga ang kabatiti.

[hakz2007]

Good news!

Pili Nut Poised to Conquer World Market

ilipino-Americans are familiar with the Pili -- an edible nut that has been commonly sold as mazapan de pili, or roasted plain or coated with a thin, caramel-like glaze (pili nut candy), or used as an ingredient in tarts and other sweet delicacies.

Soon, that will change. The Pili will become known to a wider network of food connoisseurs. That is largely due to the work of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Region V, which has embarked on a program to promote the Pili in the domestic and international markets.

As recently as January of this year, the Department of Trade and Industry, through its local office the Philippine Trade and Investment Center-Silicon Valley, showcased the Pili nut in a booth at the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco where product manufacturers from all over the globe put their wares on display and where foodies were able to sample various flavors of the Pili nut. Products from a few Philippine firms (Albay Pilinut, C.O.P Pili Sweets and Pastries, J. Emmanuel Pastries, and Tia Berning Pili Candies and Handicraft) were on display at the booth.

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[hakz2007]

J. CO opens first 24/7 branch

There is excitement among everyone,” Lesley Chan, marketing assistant for Contemporain Foods, Inc. (CFI) told reporters recently. CFI holds the master franchise of J. CO donuts in the Philippines. “Everybody wanted to try J. CO donuts,” she said.

Considered the fastest growing doughnut and coffee chain in Southeast Asia, J. CO traces its roots to Indonesia where founder Johnny Andrean opened a cozy shop in Kawaci in 2005. It was said that Mr. Andrean was inspired by the popularity of doughnut and coffee in the US, and decided to adapt the concert for Asia.

J. CO has since expanded to more than a 100 stores in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Shanghai.

The first J. CO outlet opened in the Philippines last March, with people lining up for doughnuts at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong.

More stores quickly followed, with J. CO branches opening at the SM Mall of Asia, Greenbelt, SM Fairview, Trinoma, and Alabang Town Center.

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[hakz2007]

Halal food products have untapped export potential: PhilExport

Halal foods—or foods that Muslims may eat under Islamic dietary guidelines—have a lot of potential for export, the Philippine Exporters’ Confederation (PhilExport) said over the weekend.

“Halal’s increasing global popularity stems from strict cultural and religious adherence to its quality standards that make it synonymous to health and hygiene. Thus, Halal is a major component of the International Food Exhibition Philippines [IFEX],” said Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) executive director Rosvi C. Gaetos.

IFEX will be held from May 16 to 19.

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[hakz2007]

Milk production grows 12 pct in 2012

MANILA - Philippine milk production grew 12 percent in 2012, the National Dairy Authority (NDA) said on Monday.

In a statement, NDA administrator Grace Cenas said local milk production reached 18.45 million liters last year, up 12 percent from the 16.45 million in 2011.

The country's dairy animal stock reached 40,696 last year.

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