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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Sua Ong Chua

Below is a picture of a Sua Ong Chua bottle:



I see this advertisement everywhere in my community. They talk about how effective this product is. They even have our celebrities to promote it. Here are what Sua Ong Chua can do for you:

1) Healthier skin, cure wrinkled skin, even freckles.
2) Cures sleeping disorder
3) Helps your hair grow fuller/thicker
4) Lowers your cholesterol level
5) Lowers your blood pressure
6) Helps your Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
7) Helps your body to become more flexible
8) Releases your stress
9) Healthier heart
10) Cures Anxiety
11) Cures Allergies
12) Cures Cancers
13) Reduces Headaches
14) Prevents aging
15) Helps to gain weight (ok. i guess thats' for me?)
16) Birth defects
17) Cures bladder infection
18) Cures diabetes
19) Works like viagra
and more...

"Cái tên “Sữa Ong Chúa” hay bị hiểu lầm bởi vì con ong chúa là một loài côn trùng không có vú. Mà không có vú thì làm sao mà có sữa. Mà cho dù có vú đi nữa thì một con ong chúa làm sao có thể sản xuất ra nhiều sữa như vậy. Thật ra, thay vì gọi “Sữa Ong Chúa”, chúng ta nên gọi là “Sữa Nuôi Ong Chúa” hoặc “Thức Ăn Nuôi Ong Chúa” mới đúng. Thức ăn đặc biệt này được sản xuất từ trong cơ thể các con ong thợ để nuôi ong chúa và tất cả các ong con mới nở từ trứng:"

Exact Translation: The name "Su Ong Chua" (Milk of the Queen Bee) is often being mistakened because Ong Chua doesn't have breast (in other words, no boobies). Without breasts, how can Ong Chua give milk (sua)? And even if Ong Chua has breasts, Ong Chua still can't produce that much milk all by itself. We should call it "Sua Nuoi Ong Chua" (Milk that nurtures the Queen Bee), or "Thuc An Nuoi Ong Chua," (Food which nurtures the Queen Bee) instead of "Sua Ong Chua." The reason is because this "food" is produced from the working bees to nurture the body of Ong Chua and the babies.

Researchers found the following vitamins in Sua Ong Chua: A, C, D, E, K, B1, B2, B3, B5 (Pantothenic Acid), B7 (Biotin), B9 (Folic Acid) and B12, Calcium, Chromium, Copper, Maganese, Magnesium, Potassium, Zinc, etc.

It sounds like a good product and that's some great Bee information they give us. I've only heard positive comments about this product. However, everytime I see their commercial I can't help but wonder about the true greatness of this product. Why is everyone so obssesed with it? One product that can cure almost everything. Is it too good to be true? If it is truely that great, then shouldn't it be all over the world by now...

Friday, March 14, 2008

Does Balsamic Vinegar contain lead?

I'm a huge fan of olive oil + balsamic vinegar + breads. After having some last night at Hidden it wasn't enough, so I went to the supermarket to get myself some more. I was thinking: "This time I can have it at home any time I want. yummmm..." And I almost drooled :)~

But as I was choosing among many different bottles of balsamic vinegar, I noticed the Proposition 65 label on some of the bottles: "This product contains lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm."

Balsamic vinegar is made from the grapes which have high sugar content, known as "must" (or mosto in italian). The lead gets into the grapes from soil since lead is a natural element that comes from earth . Some say that balsamic vinegar contains a very low amount of lead that even if you have the whole bottle it still wouldn't affect you. Some say the opposite thing. I'm only wondering about two things:

1) If lead gets into the grapes from soil, that means it'd get into many other fruits besides just grapes (??)
2) If there is lead in balsamic vinegar, then why some bottles have the Proposition 65 label on them and some don't? Shouldn't the gov label every bottle regardless the amount of lead? because after all... different amount affects each person differently. For instance, it takes me 1 shot to glow (yes i'm proud of my asian glow lol), 2 shots to see #9 upside down, and about 3 shots to have a good night sleep, while it takes others many shots before they can get drunk. Ok, bad example, but you got the gist.

Anywho, I'm so sad to learn that there's lead in balsamic vinegar. I love balsamic vinegar!