Monday 25 November 2013

There is no cholesterol in vegetable oils

I happened to see the video of a class Dr. N Gopalakrishnan a scientist and Hon. Director of Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage, having M.Sc. (Pharm. Chem); M.Sc. (Appl. Chem); M.A. (Soc.); Ph.D (Bio); D.Lit
I thought it is very important for most of us to know this, so hear it is what he said : Remember there is no cholesterol in any vegetable oil. None of the vegetable products including palm oil does not have cholesterol. Cholesterol is there only in animal based products. It is there in butter, Ghee, egg, Meat, fish etc. Our body needs 950 mil cholesterol each day. Cholesterol is not a poisonous material. 950 mg cholesterol is required for our body, which our body produces. If one egg is consumed 60 mg of cholesterol is made in the body. Similarly, when chicken, mutton, beef, etc are consumed it increases with respect to it.
Specialty of cholesterol is that, our body knows how to make it but does not know how to decompose it. Remember, body know to produce cholesterol, body does not decompose cholesterol. Alternately it uses these cholesterol and convert it to lipo-protein to make skin and membrane, and that is the only thing body does.
In Denmark 1945-46, when heart of the war prisoners was opened the It was found that huge amount of cholesterol was there in the fat inside the heart. From that day, it made to think that that cholesterol is a reason for heart attack. Then there was so many changes later. You would have heard about HDL and LDL which is there inside this. I believe that you would have heard about it. Could be a misunderstanding, no worries.
Low density Lipo protein, LDL. 0.94 gram per cc. Very High density Lipo protein, VHDL 1.2 gram per cc. In between these you have High density Lipo protein HDL.
LDL is produced when cholesterol and fatty acids which has got 18 carbon join together and makes ester, this joins with protein and then goes through phosphate. Then LDL and HDL is produced.
In this if Saturated Fat is what has come, then density of lipo protein will be less. Melting point will be 40, 41, 42 degree for different fats.
What is the body temperature? 37.3 degree. So melting point of fat is 40-42 and body temperature is 37.3. What will be the state of the fat in the blood? Solid/ globule will be the state.
This will go somewhere and create a block. For this reason, gingili oil is the best oil for body. The whole of it is omega 3 poly unsaturated fatty acid and because it's melting point is less than 9 degree.
For that reason, 40 grams of fat with unsaturated fatty acid is required for our body each day.
We doctors frighten saying that you need to avoid fat, but yes should avoid chips sort of things. Reason being oil is heated up to 167 to 170 degree before frying. When this is mixed with water and salt, peroxides and hydro-peroxides. It is sure that this will make cancer. That is why, the thing which can have more probability of having peroxides and hydro-peroxides, have you heard of fried oil? What do you call the oil which is once used for frying? You use the same oil for frying for five days. Keep it for two days. Take two grams of it and feed a chicken. Within five minutes chicken will be dead. Reason peroxides. Peroxides and hydro-peroxides are what that would be there in this. So without knowing unsaturated and saturated fatty acid, we frighten patients many times.
Butter has got so much of cholesterol. Butter is not a vegetarian product. So do ghee has got so much of cholesterol. Because ghee is made out of butter.
The reason why I talk with this confidence is that my PhD is in lipid Chemistry. My doctorate is in Lipd Bio Chemistry. I worked inside and outside India in the same field.
I am telling you one more thing. 60% of the diseases can be cured only with hydro therapy. What is hydro therapy? Get up in the morning and drink 4 glass of water. That's it. Nothing more. The 6.25 liter of blood which is there inside our body is uncommonly polluted. Blood in the body is like stagnant water. Have you found any way to purify it? You could clean your outside body using different soaps. What to do inside? How will you clean inside? Drink enough water that is the solution.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

I came across Dr. Stephen R. Covey's business book, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. Please have a quick look on the 7 habits
 1.      Be Proactive: Take initiative, Manage change, Respond proactively, Keep commitments, Take responsibility and practice accountability, Create positive business results.
 2.      Begin With the End in Mind: Define vision and values, Create a mission statement, Set measurable team and personal goals, Start projects successfully, Align goals to priorities, Focus on desired outcomes.
 3.      Put First Things First: Execute strategy, Apply effective delegation skills, Focus on important activities, Apply effective planning and prioritization skills, Balance key priorities, Eliminate low priorities and time-wasters, Use planning tools effectively, Use effective time-management skills.
4.      Think Win-Win: Build high-trust relationships, Build effective teams, Apply successful negotiation skills, Use effective collaboration, Build productive business relationships.
5.      Seek First to Understand Then to Be Understood: Apply effective interpersonal communication, Overcome communication pitfalls, Apply effective listening skills, Understand others, Reach mutual understanding, Communicate viewpoints effectively, Apply productive input and feedback, Apply effective persuasion techniques.
6.      Synergize: Leverage diversity, Apply effective problem solving, Apply collaborative decision making, Value differences, Build on divergent strengths, Leverage creative collaboration, Embrace and leverage innovation.
7.      Sharpen the Saw: Achieve life balance, Apply continuous improvement, seek continuous learning.
These habits will certainly help you in achieving each of your objectives. I would recommend each of you to understand each of these and practice at work.

Get ready for Christmas with a bottle of wine

This is been some years I have been making wine at home and share it with some of my friends. It is most of the years in month of Nov I start preparing so that I have it ready by Christmas. I thought it would be a nice idea to share the recipe in Mirage.
It is very simple only thing that you need to have is patience. You should be a little extra careful when you make wine, because wrong bacteria can make it vinegar. This has happened with me once. I had 25 litres of vine vinegar which I did not know what to do J
I will tell you how to make wine from one kilogram of grapes. You can make wine with any fruit, the process remain the same.
Ingredients.
  1. Black grapes 1 Kg
  2. Sugar 1 Kg
  3. Wheat : 50 g
  4. Yeast: 10 g
  5. Water: 2.5 litre
Accessories:
  1. A ceramic / plastic pot
  2. Wooden long handle spoon
  3. A filter
Boil 2.5 litres of water and keep it closed to cool
Clean the whole grain wheat and keep it to drip all water.
Clean grapes well and remove it from the stems. You can clean it three to four times to make sure that all the dirt is gone.
Boil some water for five minutes in a big vessel and drop all the grapes in to it and take it back immediately. This is to make sure that grapes is properly cleaned.
Take a pot which you wanted to make wine it. A ceramic pot is better. It is also fine if it is plastic. Metal pots are not advised.
Take the Yeast in a small vessel and pore some water in it. And keep it for some time.
Put all the grapes in to the pot and smash it with the wooden spoon. Need to just smash a little.
Pore the already cooled water, 2.5 litre in to the pot.
Pore the yeast water
Put half of the sugar 500 g
Put the wheat and stir it.
Close the pot and keep it in a cool dark place.

Next day same time open it and stir it with the wooden spoon. Make sure that you have cleaned the spoon well. Do not use detergents. Better sterilise it, by poring hot water on the spoon.
Keep it closed and keep it back in the same place.
Continue to do this process for the next 21 days.

On the 21st day open it and pore the whole thing out in to a clean dry vessel.
Clean the Ceramic pot with hot water and let it cool.
Filter the juice and pore it to the ceramic pot again.
Make sure that you use a gloves if you use your hand. Any wrong bacteria can make it to 4 litres of vine vinegar. J
Put the balance sugar 500 g and stir it .

Tightly close the pot and keep it closed for another 25 days. 25 days is the minimum. The more it is kept the better the wine. Is.
Pore it out and keep it in a glass bottle and use it when you want. Hey make sure you send me a small bottle to taste once you make it

Why do we have girls in Dad’s office?

The influence of media on the society is incredible. When I reach home in the evening there is a Tamil serial which will be playing in the television "Thirumathi Selvam". The story is about a mechanic turned in to a rich car dealer. The hero of the story was good to his wife when he was a mechanic. As he turns to a rich man, he also gets involved in an affair with a lady in his office.

A few days before I was browsing through comments in Facebook pictures and my child, Claire was leaning on me watching me browsing. I saw some of the pictures of celebrations in office. I called my wife to show her some of the interesting recent pictures. Suddenly Claire turned to my wife and asked, "Ma, why do we have girls in dad's office?" She continued, "We should ask them to come to your office".
We did not take it seriously. After a while when we were seeing the pictures of her school, I said, "See you have boys in your class, will ask them to go to your younger brothers class". To which she suddenly stated, "They are all small boys, there isn't any problem."
Both I and my wife were shocked to hear this from her. Then my wife asked her "Claire, what is the problem if there are girls in dad's office?" She said, "It is not good, that's all".
Being a member of the Great Parents Club (GPC) in Logica, I feel that this is something which is to be thought with great seriousness from the subject I just realised. At home we need to realise that the next generation is much faster than what we are. In our childhood, we had to search for information. We had to listen to some one speak, read books, read newspaper etc. First, we had to search for the source of information. And most of the time if we get an information, it was true. It was only important to make sure that the parents and teachers teach them morality. As these two were the main sources of authentic information. Now it is all around them. Information is around them and they automatically gets influenced to the way it is projected to them. And media plays a major role.
A nice generation if we want to present to the society, it is important that we talk to our children on all the subjects and clarify them in a very early stages.

CGI Weds Logica

As the shareholders, management, and customers gear up for the all-cash acquisition of Logica by CGI, it's crucial for us employees to also prepare ourselves. There's an overwhelming sense of excitement within each one of us. Recently, while contemplating this situation, I drew a beautiful parallel between the process and arranged marriages in India.

Weddings, whether in India, America, England, or anywhere else, mark a significant milestone in a person's life—a transition from singlehood to sharing everything with a partner. However, the manner in which weddings are conducted varies across these different places. In India, specifically, it is a grand affair and holds immense significance for the bride. It goes beyond the union of the bride and groom; it signifies the coming together of two families.

In the context of arranged marriages in India, the bride and groom, who are initially strangers to each other, are proposed by their respective families. The families, despite their cultural differences, find common ground that facilitates the proposal. People who are familiar with both parties play a crucial role in these discussions. Elders from both families engage in conversations, seeking advice from advisors and friends to gather more information about each other. Horoscopes are matched, and ultimately, the best match is chosen. Once the match is finalized, an engagement ceremony takes place.

Following the wedding, the groom's relatives become the bride's relatives, and vice versa. The families begin to trust and establish good relationships with one another. This union brings together two families and even entire villages.

For the bride, there is much to prepare. She is entering an entirely new world, and her last name changes to that of her husband. From that moment on, she is identified as a member of the new family. Her interests align with those of her new family, and she enjoys the rights and privileges within it. She must understand and embrace the culture and traditions of her new family while also bringing her own positive values to enhance their collective experience. As a significant member of the family, she commands respect and reciprocates it.

Likewise, as Logica employees transitioning to CGI, we must prepare ourselves to become part of the new company. Tomorrow, CGI will be our company, surrounded by new faces, management, rules, culture, and more. We must carry forward the valuable qualities we have developed here to elevate our new company to greater heights. Like the relatives of the bride and groom, our clients will become acquainted with each other through our interactions. Let's ready ourselves and ensure that our "sasural" (the family we marry into) is filled with happiness, with our contributions driving the new company's success.

Similar to how the bride prepares herself to give her best in her new home, let us all prepare ourselves and take pride in being part of the new company. Let us strive to give our utmost and contribute to its remarkable success.

Kojomojo Kaakipil 2nd place in Master Chef



This post was published to M I R A G E,  Joe's Blog at 4:06:00 PM 7/24/2012
Kojomojo Kaakipil 2nd place in Master Chef


It was a fun full event cooking in Logica. Our team "Spicy Sauna" got second place. Thanks to Syntillations.
The team was Raju, Rajesh, Nagi, Sreenivasulu and Me. Though this was the team registered there were many others who helped us.
We got vessels from Tharangini, we got tissues from Sudheer Bhusani, and all our team mates were there encouraging us all the time.
One of the three dishes was a salad "Kojomojo-Kaakipil". We decorated and kept half of the prepared dish for the judges to judge and the other we kept it for people to taste. Many of our friends and colleagues tasted it and gave nice comment. Then I thought that I should publish the recipe. And there it is.
Recipe:
Sweet Potato - 50 gms
Apple - 1
Corn - 50 gms
Pineapple - 2 slice
Fresh cream - 100 ml
Mayonnaise- 100 gms
White pepper - one teaspoon
Lemon juice – 2 medium lemon
Salt
Preparation:
Peel Sweet potato and make it to round slices. Make small square pieces.
Peel pineapple and carve away the dry sports from the peeled pineapple. Slice it in round pieces and then make triangular pieces out of it.
Cut apple in to two half slice them to make rectangular pieces.
Pluck out corn seeds.
Squice lemon and keep the juice separately.
Cooking:
Take the sweet potato pieces in to a bowl add some water and salt. Microwave it for 4 minutes.
Pour off extra water and keep it in a separate bowl.
Take Apple, Pineapple and Corn in a Microwave safe Bowl, add some water and salt and microwave it for 3.5 minutes. Drain the water and shift it to a bowl
Add fresh cream add white pepper, salt, lemon juice and mayonnaise and mix it slowly without meshing the fruits.
And serve.
I will get the recipe of Raju's Chicken Signature and Rajesh's Bread Dessert which were the other two dishes which made the team to rank 2 in the competition and post it soon.
A great congratulations to all the people who participated.