Korean pickled white radish

Main Ingredients

• 5 Cups Korean Radish (About 1½ lb)
• ⅓ Cup White Vinegar
• ⅓ Cup Water
• ⅓ Cup White Sugar
• 1 tsp Salt

Directions

 

Peel the Korean radish.

 

Slice the radish into ½ inch slices.

 

Cut the radish into ½ inch cubes.

 

Mix ⅓ cup of white vinegar, ⅓ cup of water, and ⅓ cup of white sugar, and 1 tsp of salt in a mixing bowl until the sugar dissolves. It is important to use white vinegar. Flavored vinegar will change the taste. You can add more sugar or vinegar; however, with my experimentation, a 1:1:1 ratio for the vinegar, water, and sugar tastes the most delicious.

 

Mix in the radish.

 

Put it in wide bottomed container and leave it at room temperature overnight. Then place it in the refrigerator for about 2 to 3 days before serving.

 

It not only tastes good with Korean fried chicken, but it tastes great with other greasy food as well. I will post the Korean fried chicken recipe soon.  Enjoy! Tonight for supper, we ate KFC popcorn chicken with this pickled radish. It was delicious.  If you feel lazy to make fried chicken, eat this with KFC chicken instead. 😉 You will love it. hehe

Where does cancer spread?

The most common sites of cancer metastasis are, in alphabetical order, the bone, liver, and lung. Although most cancers have the ability to spread to many different parts of the body, they usually spread to one site more often than others. The following table shows the most common sites of metastasis, excluding the lymph nodes, for several types of cancer:
 

Cancer type	Main sites of metastasis*
Bladder	Bone, liver, lung
Breast	Bone, brain, liver, lung
Colorectal	Liver, lung, peritoneum
Kidney	Adrenal gland, bone, brain, liver, lung
Lung	Adrenal gland, bone, brain, liver, other lung
Melanoma	Bone, brain, liver, lung, skin/muscle
Ovary	Liver, lung, peritoneum
Pancreas	Liver, lung, peritoneum
Prostate	Adrenal gland, bone, liver, lung
Stomach	Liver, lung, peritoneum
Thyroid	Bone, liver, lung
Uterus	Bone, liver, lung, peritoneum, vagina

*In alphabetical order. Brain includes the neural tissue of the brain (parenchyma) and the leptomeninges (the two innermost membranes—arachnoid mater and pia mater—of the three membranes known as the meninges that surround the brain and spinal cord; the space between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater contains cerebrospinal fluid). Lung includes the main part of the lung (parenchyma) as well as the pleura (the membrane that covers the lungs and lines the chest cavity).

Type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks its own insulin-producing pancreatic cells.

 Most patients must be treated with insulin for their entire lives to prevent the blood sugar glucose from reaching levels that damage tissues and threaten life. 

Although Type 1 diabetes accounts for only 5 per cent to 10 per cent of all diabetes cases, it usually affects many more years of patients’ lives than the Type 2 variety.

Long called juvenile diabetes because the majority of cases are diagnosed in children and teenagers, Type 1 diabetes can also start in adulthood, prompting the name change to Type 1.

Unlike the more gradual onset of Type 2 diabetes, the signs and symptoms of Type 1 diabetes often develop rather quickly. 

They can include increased thirst, frequent urination and bed-wetting in children who previously did not do that. 

Other signs include extreme hunger, unintentional weight loss, irritability, fatigue, weakness, blurred vision, and in women and girls, vaginal yeast infection.

The disease is diagnosed by blood tests for glucose and a substance called A1C, which indicates blood glucose levels over time. 

It is true that a high level of psychological stress in families has been associated with an increased risk of obesity, which can raise insulin resistance and a greater demand for the hormone. 

But the new study, published in the journal Diabetologia, took body mass index into account, suggesting that being overweight did not influence a child’s risk of developing Type 1 diabetes.

Keeping blood glucose levels as near to normal as possible through injections of insulin or use of an insulin pump, along with controlled diet and exercise, is the surest way to prevent or delay complications of Type 1 diabetes. 

The NEW YORK TIMES

Extra virgin olive oil is good for cooking

The only olive oil I recommend is extra virgin olive oil.

It is derived from the first pressing of the olives and contains numerous bioactive substances, including powerful antioxidants and Vitamin E.

Vitamin E's main purpose is functioning as an antioxidant within the body. There, it helps fight free radicals that can cause damaging chain reactions in our cell membranes.

Because olive oil is high in antioxidants and Vitamin E, it has quite a bit of natural protection from oxidative damage.

Bottom Line: Olive oil contains Vitamin E and many powerful antioxidants. These substances protect the oil from damage during high heat cooking.

Olive Oil is Resistant to Oxidative Damage

Healthy meals for a day

一日三餐该吃什么？

萧医师为大家提供一天三餐应该吃怎么吃的建议（本文附上食谱）：

★ 早餐：番薯粥 + 煮鸡蛋 + 培根两片

早上醒来，一碗暖暖的番薯粥可以宽肠胃、通便秘，益气生津；全熟的白水煮蛋，因为其蛋白质含量可以很好地被吸收；培根在口感上协调了清淡的主食，开胃消食，能补充足够的热量。

★ 午餐：糙米饭 + 冬瓜薏米排骨汤 + 酸奶水果沙拉

吃糙米饭可以避免摄入过多的热量，又增加饱腹感；冬瓜薏米排骨汤能清热解暑，健脾祛湿；酸奶水果沙拉可以促进肠胃蠕动，促进消化，清热解油腻。

★ 晚餐：番茄蘑菇意大利面 + 菊花枸杞红枣茶

晚餐尽量不吃煎炸爆炒或肉类等不消化的食物，而番茄和蘑菇都是热量低又营养，配上意大利面，酸甜可口，促进消化；菊花枸杞红枣茶，菊花可以清热祛风，预防感冒头痛，枸杞可以滋补肝肾，红枣可以补血安神，帮助睡眠。

Fresh cabbage kimchi

Ingredients for 10+ servings

(Prep time:1 hour 10 mins incl. soaking time, Cooking time: Less than 5 mins)

Main ingredients

• 820g Napa cabbage (Chinese cabbage) – About ½ of medium to large size cabbage
• 240g White radish (Daikon radish) – About ⅓ of large size radish
• 50g Brown onion – About ½ medium sized onion
• 40g Spring onion
• 2/3 cup Rock salt
• 1 cup Water

For sauce (mix these in a small bowl)

• ¼ cup Korean chilli powder (Gochugaru)
• 1 Tbsp Minced garlic
• ½ tsp Minced ginger
• ½ Tbsp Soy sauce
• ½ Tbsp Fish sauce – (I used Korean salted shrimp sauce/ you could also use Korean anchovy sauceinstead)
• 1½ Tbsp Sugar (I used raw sugar)
• 1 Tbsp Sesame seeds

Steps

1. Prepare the main ingredients.

• Rinse the outer layer of the Napa cabbage in running water. Cut the stem off. Tear the leaves into long shapes (using hands and/or knife). Alternatively you could cut the leaves into 4-5 vertical sections.
• Rinse the radish, peel the skin and thinly slice it (Julienned).
• Peel the onion skin, rinse then thinly slice it.
• Rinse the spring onion and cut each stalk into 3-5 sections.

2. Put the torn/cut Napa cabbage in a big bowl. Add the salt and the water into the bowl and mix well with the cabbage. Put something heavy on top of the cabbage to assist saltiness getting into the cabbage. (Osmosis process) – I used a big sauce pan and water to put pressure on the cabbage. Leave the cabbage like this for about 1 hour. During this time, mix the cabbage every 20 mins so that salt water gets into the leaves evenly.

3. After 1 hour, drain the water off. Rinse the cabbage in running water several times and shake off the salt (if any). Tightly squeeze the cabbage to remove the water.

4. Put the cabbage and other prepared vegetables into a big clean bowl. Add the sauce and mix them well together.

5. Serve it on a plate & enjoy!

Words from a great man

他曾说：“人活着一定要运动，我每天用餐之后都做运动。即使是现在（晚年），我还是在饭后做12分钟的跑步机运动，每天做三次。不过，到了90岁，我的消化力没有以前那么强，所以我吃的是容易消化的食物。我吃比较清淡的，好像粥啦。现在红肉我不吃了，白肉就可以吃。我也吃鱼，好像鳕鱼啦。我一路来喜欢甜食，还是吃的，但是不会太多，吃少一点。当然，到了90岁，我没有从前那么充沛的精力，所以我要调整，适可而止。我每天照常上班，照旧做我应该做的事情，也有很多文件要看。一个人在退休之后，不能把自己关在屋子里。这样下去，就会走向灭亡。我们对生活要有热忱，好像明天要做什么啦，要见谁啦。我们对明天要有期待，这样生命力才能保持下去。”

李光耀说：“我听耳鼻喉科医生说，如果你喝冷水，就会降低鼻腔和喉咙的温度，使你对咳嗽和感冒的抵抗力下降。所以我喝温开水，为了不让沸腾的热开水烫伤自己，我避免喝热开水。”

他说：“人生就是要不断根据身体状况来作出调整，尽量把剩余的生命过得充实。如果你不断顾影自怜，抱怨为什么不能回到过去，那你就是在给自己制造痛苦。”

“我的忠告是如果你想在婚后改变他，那就不要与这个人结婚。你必须准备接受他的一切，对两人的任何分歧采取包容和迁就的态度。如果你幸运的话，你会找到一个和你想法相同的人。”

Mr Lee and his wife. They were a loving couple.

When they were young.

Their favorite spot in Cambridge university.

They were in Italy. 

They were always together as a couple.

They celebrated Mr Lee 80th birthday together.

They shared sad moments together.

They shared happy moments together.

Mr Lee loving farewell kiss for his wife. This photo speaks a thousand words.

The moving of Mr Lee to Parliament House was a sad moment. It was telecast live on TV on 25 March 2015 at 9am.