Japs are crazily good

Gundam becomes a reality!!!
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These Japanese never cease to amaze me.
Life-size Gundam so nice
Who wants to be the pilot?!
This can be further enhanced as a war weapon??! xD

More Pictures here : http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/06/gundam-night-pics/

link from : http://www.ebuzzcafe.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22235

Continuation from the previous post , BBC's food series :

The truth about food : Idea to test - every job needs a different diet , what you need to eat to bring out the best in your job.

Question 1 : Are Vegetarians weaker then meat eaters ?
Vegetarians and meat eaters swap diets , with a vegetarians control group.
before they change diet for 2 months , they were tested for their capacity in whatever sports they were in.

the vegetarians were initially repulsed by the idea , the smell , the looks of various meats like pork and duck
question is : will the micro nutrients like creatine iron etc , found in meat improve their performance

For the vegeterian group , no significant improvement in their results.
For the meat eater , did 50 push up as compared to 55 before the test.

Question 2 : Will Omega 3 reduce your stress levels ? (found mainly in fish , like mackeral salmno , tuna , sardines , etc. medium rare tuna steaks.
Test subjects : 10 taxi drivers , fed omega 3 fatty acids 4 times a week.
measure their cortisol(stress) , dhea (anti stress) hormone level in their saliva. and E.c.g to monitor their heart rate.

They plant cameras and used a test subject to see how they react.
intially , then 3 months after their new diet. Stress hormones went down 22 % of the cortisol , Increase in 12 % of the dhea , complemented by their heartrate.

Omega 3 may help you deal better with your stress

Question 3 : Are three meals a day or snacking better for your working day ?
2 groups of fireman
1st group : hearty meal in an hour , meal eaters
2nd group : snackers / grazers , eat a little every 90 minutes.
same amount of calories for both diet.

Less blood rushes to the digestive system for the snackers , so they have more energy. snackers have 25 % higher performance
Snacking an make you productive then eating larger meals , if you snack on healthy food of course.

Question 4 : Why does a high carb diet , keep you going for longer ?
they used sets of twins , subject them to different long endurance sports , one twin to consume low carb(e.g. bacon and eggs) , another to consume high carb .(e.g. cereal bread etc)

1st long endurance bike race , after 2 hours , the low carb team had problem . After 5 hours the high carb team was way ahead of the other team.
after the bike race , they competed for a 3km log race. Once behind , the low carb diet team's gap just widens. The high carb team exhibit a consistent amount of energy throughout the day.

A high carb diet is better for long endurance activities.

Question 5 : Does caffeine give you the mental edge.
tested radio dejays with coffees , one given decaff , another given caff.
Testing their alertness , reaction time , and hand steadiness before and after a week of test.
The guy is expected to experience caffeine withdrawal and recover after a week.

one of the effects of caffeine is to restrict the amount of blood into the brain , so without it initially , a throbbing effect would be felt.
given time , we would function just as well without caffeine.

Caffeine vs decaf , mental edge? no it makes no difference.

eat right , stay healthy

Review of BBC , truth about food 4 : dieting tips , nutritional advice(About not getting fat , healthily )

Question 1:
Is it my metabolism?
Metabolism is the energy a person burns , just by being alive
the show monitored 2 participants
the fatter you are , the higher your metabolic rate.
what they found out was that if you are fat , you take in more calories then you use.
if your fat , you just eat too much
Top tip : so eat less lor

Question 2:
What's the most filling ? Fat carbo or protein ?
They got 3 buddies , starve them for 12 hours , then feed 1st :
plain pasta and tomatoes (high carb)
more chicken then pasta (high protein)
rich creamy sauce covers pasta (high fat)
two hours later , they fed them a plate of pizza each.
the high fat meal ate almost the whole pizza , the high carbo ate a bit , the high protein meal barely touched the pizza.
top tip : eat high protein (like lean meat , tofu , skinless chicken , beans , fish) to sustaintiate yourself longer

Question 3:
Can Diary help you absorb less fat ?
they compared 2 sets of testers by making them eat 2 different diet each week. both week's fat content is the same , 1st week came from diary fat , 2nd week comes from normal fat eaten.
then they analyse their waste product.
a 100 % more fat was excreted while on the high calcium dairy diet compared
to the low calcium diet
top tip : eat dairy to excrete more fat , like low fat milk, diet youghurt etc.

Question 4:
Does portion size affect how much we eat ?
the scientist took a cinema of trial movie go-ers and shoved buckets of popcorns to them.
1/2 a group got medium tub of popcorn , the other got large tub (twice the size) and half of each group got stale popcorns.
after the movie was over , the uneaten pop corn was measured.
the more popcorn they were given , the more they ate. same was true.
the larger the portion the more you will eat
toptip : use smaller plates and portion to limit your portion sizes ,

Question 5 :
can keeping track of what we eat make a difference?
they used 30 battle actors , distributed them equally among two different tables and fed them with chickens ( when you eat the chicken , you can see the bones) 1st group got their chicken piled up , 2nd group got their bones removed as they eat. the 2nd group ate 10 % more chicken
top tip : watch what you eat , keep a food diary. it reminds you of what you eat

Question 6 :
can water help fill you up?
fed two teams of drivers driving across a long stretch of desert.
they used distance to illustrate their findings.
they first fed the teams before they filling up a questionaire measuring their hunger levels.
1st group had their solid food + water
2nd group had their solid food + water mashed up into a soup
the 1st group had a higher level of hunger after 90 minutes.
the 2nd group reached the same level of hunger 60 minutes after the 1st.
an Mir scan revealed that the 2nd group's stomach was stretched longer then the 1st
top tip : eat soup it will fill you up for longer. but only when its enriched with food.

Summary + pratical application:
You will look good , feel good , and live longer if you apply the tips

eat less lor
eat high protein (like lean meat , tofu , skinless chicken , beans , fish) to sustaintiate yourself longer
eat dairy to excrete more fat , like low fat milk, diet youghurt etc.
use smaller plates and portion to limit your portion sizes , watch what you eat , keep a food diary. it reminds you of what you eat
eat soup it will fill you up for longer. but only when its enriched with food