Introducing... Rooibos!

last SG · 2005-10-22T18:52:05+00:00

Huh? So this Rooibos is THE SOD tea you've been telling me about?!

Rhonda SG

Hmm... I found this info about cholesterol in plants :

"Behrman and Gopalan (2005) suggest the following as an accurate account of the real sterol content of plants:

More than 250 steroids have been described in plants. Of these, perhaps sitosterol, which differs from cholesterol by an ethyl substituent at position 24, is the most common. But plants also contain cholesterol both free and esterified. Cholesterol occurs as a component of plant membranes and as part of the surface lipids of leaves where it is sometimes the major sterol. The quantity of cholesterol is generally small when expressed a percent of total lipid. While cholesterol averages perhaps 50 mg/kg total lipid in plants, it can be as high as 5 g/kg (or more) in animals."

Source :
http://bip.cnrs-mrs.fr/bip10/choles.htm

ilovemyrolex SG

ooops Embarassed

must have been mis-informed in my biochem class... but i'm still doubtful... let me check these guys out...

ilovemyrolex SG

i graduated in 1995... Sad no wonder...

laurence82 SG

Mabbe its me, i find singaporeans tend to get sick more often that others

Only when i come to sg, i know what is asthma, myopia and sinus. three very common thing among my frens, not forgetting the common flu...

Rhonda SG

Ah, it's alright. They're always making new discoveries and refuting older ones, until newer ones come up to refute the 'new' discoveries! Laughing

As a perfect illustration, look at the perpetual debate over caffeine - caffeine's good for you; caffeine's bad for you; ... good, bad, good, bad... and everytime, they'll manage to quote apparently reliable sources and researches to back up their claims. Rolling Eyes

Nowadays, it's virtually impossible to know everything about something. Laughing In fact, I won't be surprised if next year, some research will be quoted, claiming that the cholesterol content in plant sources are negligible or what-not!

Wanda SG

Does Rooibos really help to detox? I find it quite mild...no detox effect at all? Rolling Eyes Unless I'm toxic beyond detoxification. Laughing

the Bear SG

dunno about detoxing.. but i had those sticky things to stick on the foot which "removes toxins".. used them for 5 days straight on both feet...

every day, the things were black.. Razz

The man who was death SG

Xiang gang jiao Laughing orhh lu lu

the Bear SG

that too Twisted Evil

Wanda SG

Are there other explanations for those pads to turn black? Maybe there's a layer of apple juice on top to make them turn black after exposure to air? Will they turn black if you stick it to other parts of your body, or stick them to cat paws? Laughing Most importantly, do they make you feel better or was it placebo effect? I wonder.... Neutral

the Bear SG

hmmm... stick them to cats Twisted Evil

but i dunno.. supposed to be some kinda herbs, bark and dunno what else..

damned gross when i took them off Razz

Wanda SG

It's quite a funny sight...have tried it with plasters...wahahaha... Oh my...i love cats! Laughing

The man who was death SG

They will walk funny!! i have a clip abt a cat liddat!! Laughing

the Bear SG

and if anyone wants, i have a clip of a cat's misadventures with masking tape, courtesy of a deranged owner Laughing

Wanda SG

KIV those 2 funny clips...will ask for it sometime. Wink

the Bear SG

okay Wink

thinking about it, i do have 2..

one is a "planet's funniest animal" montage, and the other is a mad owner sticking tape on his cat Razz

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