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The Danger of Bubble Tea

Bubble tea shops are popping up all over the place - in malls, on corners, and anywhere else thirsty teens tend to gather. Bubble tea, also called pearl milk tea or boba tea, originated in Taiwan and has become a worldwide sipping - and chewing - phenomenon.

But what is bubble tea anyway? Take a cup, plop in a handful of round, gelatinous pearls of tapioca, top it with brewed black or green tea, mix in some milk, sugar, flavouring, and ice. Then shake it all up, and you've got yourself a bubble tea.

Bubble tea brings a lot of sweet excitement to our taste buds but it is also very harmful to health.  Milk essence is the main ingredient in bubble tea. Ten cups of fresh milk cannot match the taste of a teaspoon of milk essence.The main ingredient of milk essence is hygrogenated vegetable oil, a type of transfat. Experts says that a glass of 500ml of bubble tea a day far exceed the allowable limit of transfat for any person(2grams a day). It will lead to heart and blood vessel diseases.

Milk essence gives the bubble tea the fragrance and make it tasty. The fragrance and tastiness derived from a type of chemical. This chemical has trace of arsenic, lead, copper and many harmful minerals.  Long term consumption can lead to heart and blood vessel disease, cancer, asthma and other health complications.
Consuming the black bubbles pearls is equivalent to consuming plastic. Normally these bubbles were made from casava (tapioca) powder, which could lead to cyanide poisoning. This alone does not give the rubbery texture. To make it more rubbery, millet protein is added. Some “greedy” businessmen felt that this is still not rubbery enough. So, an artificial plastic powder is added. This type of artificial plastic material will never be digested and absorbed into the body, and bear in mind, plastic is toxic to your body if consumed. It will remain in the body and cause havoc to our health. You can imagine what will happen to your health after prolonged consumption of transfat and plastic!!!!

FOR YOUR HEALTH SAKE, PLEASE ABSTAIN FROM BUBBLE TEA. Have it with caution !


Source:

(1) http://www.livestrong.com/article/418232-is-bubble-tea-healthy/

(2) http://www.chinapost.com.tw/health/heart/2008/05/16/156703/Bubble-tea.htm

(3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_tea#Controversy

(4) http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news20015.html

(5) http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2011/05/26/303776/Bubble-tea.htm

(6)http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine-archive/2010/july/food/protein-drinks/what-our-tests-found/index.htm

(7)http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/FatsAndOils/Fats101/Trans-Fats_UCM_301120_Article.jsp

(8)http://www.livestrong.com/article/488622-risks-of-eating-tapioca/

Chinese explanation for a wedding ring's finger

Why should the wedding ring be worn on the fourth finger? There is a beautiful and convincing explanation given by the Chinese ... 

The thumb represents your Parents.
The second (index) finger represents your Siblings.
The middle finger represents you.
The fourth (ring) finger represents your Life Partner.
The last (little) finger represents your children


First, open your palms (face to face),bend the middle fingers and hold them together,back to back.

Second, open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb - tip to tip. (As shown in the figure below): 

Now, try to separate your thumbs (representing the parents). They will open, because your parents are not destined to live with you lifelong, and have to leave you sooner or later.

Please join your thumbs as before and separate your Index fingers (representing siblings). They will also open, because your brothers and sisters will have their own families and will have to lead their separate lives.

Now rejoin the index fingers and separate your little fingers (representing your children). They will open too, because the children also will get married and settle down on their own some day.

Finally, rejoin your little fingers, and try to separate your ring fingers (representing your spouse). You'll be surprised to see that you just CANNOT, because husband & wife have to remain together all their lives - through thick and thin!!!

See how clever and smart are the CHINESE!!!