Brand Street: House of Planners

Need a diary organiser that has the name or logo of your company? Well, look no further than House of Planners on Brand Street.

For those looking to offer corporate gifts, either that of your own company or that of your clients, Singaporean brand House of Planners is the perfect solution. It offers a range of diary organisers in different paper sizes that can be customized to include a company's logo or insignia. It makes for an elegant personalised gift to your clients, if you own a business. Some of House of Planner's diary organisers come with a calculator that runs on long-life battery. Need to crunch some numbers by your employees in the accounts department? Not to worry, they can do it on the go with House of Planner's diary organiser with calculator.

With prices ranging from RM RM49 to RM188, it gives you a wide choice as to which is the perfect corporate gift you want to customize. Let's Shop, Earn & Save with Dinasou.com.

Brand Street: Yakuno Black Soybean Barley Green Grass Powder Juice

Yakuno Black Soybean Barley Green Grass Powder Juice
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Yakuno is a Japanese brand and the black soybeans used in its product are harvested from only one region in Japan, which is the Tamba region of Kyoto in western Japan. 

What's so great about Yakuno Black Soybean Barley Green Grass Powder Juice, you may ask. Well, black soybean on its own has the following nutrients:

1) Linoleic Acid

2) Lecithin

3) Saponin

4) Isoflavone

5) Anthocyanin

6) Cyanidin

We suggest that you click the link above to know more about the benefits of these nutrients. Black soybeans combined with barley grass gives extra boost to your health. As outlined on organicfacts.net, the nutritional value of barley grass cannot be overestimated. It's loaded with the following vitamins:

- Vitamin A

- Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)

- Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

- Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

- Vitamin B6

- Folate (Also a Vitamin B)

- Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)

- Vitamin E (Alphatocopherol)

- Vitamin K (phylloquinone)

In addition to all these vitamins, barley grass also contains plenty of electrolytes, such as magnesium, potassium and phosphorus. On top of all these, the multi-nutrient rich super food has essential minerals that include calcium, iron and zinc. Beneficial enzymes, essential amino acids and strong anti-oxidants combine to make barley grass one of the best super food out there. It's no wonder then that with all these nutrients, barley grass can offer the following health benefits:

1) Effective in treating ulcerative colitis

2) Lowers the risk of cancer

3) Improves the body's immune system

4) Strengthens and detoxifies the liver

5) It can help in combating addiction to nicotine, alcohol and drugs

6) Helps to shield skin against harmful UV rays

7) Cuts down on excessive acidity in the body

8) Halts signs of aging

At RM120, Yakuno Black Soybean Barley Green Grass Powder Juice, with 30 sachets in one pack, is great value, considering its normal price is RM156. That's value for money, don't you think, with all the added goodness that this super drink can provide you. At Dinasou.com, we want to give you the best products at value prices. Let's Shop, Earn & Save!

Essence of Snakehead Fish: The Benefits

According to a paper published in the International Journal of Science and Technology in June 2012, it was shown that in Indonesia, patients with hypoalbuminaemia, a condition where blood levels of albumin are abnormally low, accounted for 45%-50% of post-operative patients. The administration of albumin in the form of Human Serum Albumin proved to be expensive. These patients were then administered with albumin derived from snakehead fish extract (channa striata), which was less expensive compared to  HSA, and exhibited significant levels of albumin to treat hypoalbuminaemia. The administration of albumin derived from snakehead fish extract also accelerated their post-operative wound healing. The paper also states that extract of snakehead fish contains an abundance of albumin accounting for 64.61% of protein. Patients with hypoalbuminaemia, post-surgical patients and growing children would benefit greatly from consuming snakehead fish extract due to its high content of albumin.

Some amino acids and fatty acids in snakehead fish extract play an important part in the synthesis of collagen fibers, which aid the wound healing process. Thus, the administration of snakehead fish extract for post-surgical patients expedites the process of tissue formation. Among others, albumin also functions as an anti-oxidant, which helps slow down the aging process.

The zinc content in snakehead fish extract is relatively higher compared to other sources, such as tuna, chicken egg and duck egg. The content of zinc in snakehead fish extract is 3.34mg/100gm. Comparatively, tuna only contains 1.6mg of zinc per 100gm, chicken egg 1.5gm of zinc per 100gm and duck egg 1.8gm of zinc per 100gm. Zinc plays an important role in protein synthesis and multiplication of cells, thus it accelerates the healing process of surgical wounds.

Combined with ginseng, ginger and sea cucumber, each with their own set of health properties, snakehead fish extract can be a potent source of traditional medicine.To find out more about its health benefits, read up on the following products under the brand Maspati, which are sold on Brand Street.

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Brand Street: Yanda

Dinasou.com wants you to Shop, Earn & Save while shopping on the site. We cannot emphasize this anymore as every week or so, new products come online on Brand Street. One such brand is Yanda, whose products include Premium Bird's Nest & Essence of Chicken with Cordyceps.

According to Yanda, its Premium Bird's Nest is harvested from natural mineral-rich mountain caves, among others. The normal price for Yanda's Premium Bird's Nest is RM205, but on Brand Street, it has been slashed to RM158, giving you a savings of 23%.

Then, there's the Essence of Chicken with Cordyceps. Among its benefits is that it helps you to recover from fatigue and illness. Priced at RM60, one box of this product, which contains 6 bottles, is now 50% off at RM30. To know more, check out the individual products.

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Brand Street: Kasumi Beauty

Aloe Vera Leaf Juice, Coconut Oil, Shea Butter, Macadamia Oil and Jojoba Oil. These are the natural active ingredients contained in Kasumi Beauty's Fresh Face Cream. Normal price: RM169. Now priced at RM130. Ladies, you now must be running some math in your head as to the comparatively low price of Kasumi Beauty's Fresh Face Cream against some other high-end beauty brand, such as Lancome and Dior. Kasumi Beauty products are also cheaper than some of the products sold by Kiehl's. AT RM130 and with all the goodness of natural ingredients, don't you think that Kasumi Beauty is a bargain? We at Dinasou.com would like to think so, and we offer such brands because we want you to SHOP, EARN & SAVE! Give Kasumi Beauty a try here.

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Brand Street: What sort of beauty products did the Nyonya use?

Are you tired of run-of-the-mill beauty and skin care products sold at the local pharmacy? Then maybe MADAME NYONYA is the answer for you. Madame Nyonya's line of body and skin care products goes deeper into Asian traditions. In particular, they are rooted in use by the Peranakan women, known as the "Nyonya", who embraced more classical and traditional rituals from the Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Thai and Malaysian cultures. As such, you will find that the ingredients used in Madame Nyonya's line of beauty items are those that are found in the South East Asian region itself, such as:

– Coconut Oil 

– Sandalwood

– Rice

– Gingko

– Ginseng

– Ginger

– Turmeric

– Cinnamon 

– and Cloves, among others.

Rest assured that because Madame Nyonya products use natural ingredients, they do not contain parabens – preservatives used in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. You're allowed a sigh of relief if you are an animal lover, as the people behind the production of Madame Nyonya are against animal testing.

So, go ahead, try 'em out. Madama Nyonya might just be the right kind of beauty products for you.

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Brand Street: Oloiya Dried Meats (Non-Halal)

Let's Shop, Earn & Save at Dinasou.com as we discover more products sold on Brand Street. One such brand is Oloiya Dried Meats, which is a local brand. There's Chicken Floss, Hakka Dried Beef & Savoury Minced Chicken, among others. Meat snacks for all occasions. Check it out here.

Brand Street: Make Rojak with MCM Rojak Sauce ... Easy Peasy!

The Malaysian Rojak

Ask anyone in Malaysia if they don't know rojak, and chances are you'd be scoff at. Everyone in Malaysia knows what rojak is, and the different types of rojak. There's the rojak buah, the Mamak rojak and the Penang rojak. To simplify things, here's one recipe we found on the Internet. But to make things even simpler, instead of making the rojak sauce from scratch, we can use MCM Rojak Sauce, which is sold on Brand Street. 

Ingredients:

1) Fritters

    - 300ml water

    - 1 large (Grade A) egg

    - 80gm tapioca flour

    - 80gm rice flour

    - 1 tablespoon of fennel seeds

    - salt to taste

    - oil for deep frying

2) Sambal

    - 6 red chilies, sliced

    - 3-4 bird's eye chilies

    - 20gm belacan, roasted and crushed

3) Sauce

    We'll save you the bother of making the rojak sauce from scratch by introducing MCM Rojak Sauce, a brand of Kum Thin Food Industries Sdn Bhd. How much do you need? As much as it takes to mix the rojak well.

MCM Rojak Sauce

4) Basic Rojak    
    - 200gm yambean (sengkuang), cut into wedges

    - 200gm cucumber, cut into wedges

    - 200gm pineapple, cut into wedges

    - 200gm green mango, cut into wedges

Below are optional ingredients to add to the rojak:

    - guava (jambu batu), cut into wedges

    - rose apples (jambu air), cut into wedges

    - amberella (kedondong), cut into wedges

    - water spinach (kangkung), cut into lengths and scalded

    - beansprouts, scalded

    - hard beancurd (taukwa), cubed

    - Chinese cruller (yutiao, yau char kwai or chakoi)

    - soaked dried cuttlefish, scalded and sliced

    - deep fried fish skin

    - wild ginger flower (bunga kantan), split and sliced finely

5) Toppings

    - 150gm peanuts, roasted and crushed

    - 60gm white sesame seeds, toasted

To prepare fritters:

Combine the flours, egg and water in a mixing bowl. Before adding salt and fennel seeds, make sure the mixture is mixed well and then strained.

Using a wok, heat enough oil for deep frying over medium heat. When the oil is hot enough, but not so much that smoke is rising from it, scoop up a small size mixed batter and let it slide down the sides of the wok. The batter will fan out as it hits the hot oil to form a fritter. Repeat this until all the batter is turning to fritters in the hot oil.

Fry them until they are golden brown on both sides. Scoop up the fritters from the hot oil with a metal strainer and make sure that you hold the strainer over the hot oil until the last drop of oil falls. To further dtrain the oil from the fritters, put them into a paper towel and leave to cool before putting them in an airtight container until needed.

To prepare sambal:

Pound the chilies and the belacan together to a fine paste.

To prepare the rojak:

Take a mixing bowl and toss the cut fruits and vegetables together with the rojak sauce. Make sure that the rojak sauce is mixed well together with the fruits and vegetables. Then add the optional ingredients, if you like, and mix them well. Then add the crunchy ingredients such as the Chinese cruller and fritters. You can break the fritters into pieces before adding them into the rojak mix. Finally, sprinkle crushed peanuts and and sesame seeds generously before serving.

Voila! You have made your very own rojak. This particular recipe is a combination of the fruit rojak and the Penang rojak, but you have a choice of adding all the optional ingredients, or choosing only some of them such as the Chinese cruller and guava, but not the bean sprouts, deep fried fish skin and wild ginger flower. The choice is up to you as our aim is to make the simplest rojak as possible. Bon appetit!

Brand Street: Foldable bikes ... Trendy or just a fad?

At Dinasou.com, we sell a line of foldable bicycles under the brands Oyama and Comp. They are sold by a local distributor called YTX. Prices range from RM788 to RM1738. YTX also sells a range of accessories to accompany such bicycles, ranging from hiking bags, helmets and gloves to water bottles and bicycle pumps.

Now, you must wonder, why are we talking about foldable bicycles. Well, just look at the question we posed: Are foldable bikes a trend, or a fad? To answer this question may not seem as easy as it seems. For one, why does one need a bicycle that can be folded. And the only answer to that question is that a foldable bike allows the cyclist to carry it around when not needed. In other words, it's PORTABLE.

In Kuala Lumpur, there's the Car Free Morning on the first and third Sunday of every month that starts from 7.00am to 9.00am. Many activities are planned, including cycling. So, if you had an option of taking a normal bicycle or a foldable one into your car and on to one of the designated parking spots in KL for the Car Free Morning event, which do you think would fit your Perodua Myvi, for example? Plus, you can take your foldable bike on the train, so you don't have to worry about parking at all.

So, going back to the question of whether foldable bikes are a trend or just a fad, it should be a trend, simply because it's practical to carry a bike that is foldable and lighter, than lugging a normal bike, don't you think so?

White Day Promo: 2 Sets of Foldable Bikes for RM1314 & RM3399

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White Day is specifically celebrated in Japan on 14 March. You can say that it's another version of Valentine's Day, which is celebrated exactly a month before. In other parts of the world, men and women exchange gifts, and go out on a special date that involves dinner, for example, to celebrate Valentine's Day. But in Japan, Valentine's Day is when the women would give a special gift to the men in celebration of their love etc. White Day is the opposite of that, where it's the men who would give the women a special gift. This tradition goes way back to 1978, when Japan's National Confectionery Industry Association decided that there should be a day when the men would have to "repay" the special gift given to them by the women. This White Day tradition has also spread to South Korea, Taiwan and China.

What sort of special gifts are we thinking of when it comes to the Japanese when celebrating Valentine's Day, or White Day for that matter? Normally, it's chocolate from the women, and also chocolate from the men. But now, men can also give non-edible gifts that have a sentimental value, jewellery for example.

In commemoration of White Day, Dinasou.com has extended its two foldable bicycles promotion. Now you and your loved one can enjoy riding two very convenient foldable bicyles together at a discounted price. RM1314 for two 1607 Eco-Park Comp bicycles, which at a normal price cost RM1798, and RM3399 for two Oyama Dazzle M500 bicycles, which at a normal price cost RM3798. The numbers 1314 & 3399 have special meaning in Chinese, which is "Forever & Ever" when translated to English.

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Brand Street: HiBIS Herbal Sanitary Napkins

HiBIS Mix Value Pack—Save 23.7% off (Before: RM36.70, Now: RM28.00)

That time of the month for you ladies out there is not something enjoyable, right? More often than not, it only brings discomfort and sometimes a feeling of ickiness, too. We at Dinasou.com empathize with your problem, ladies, so we've decided to sell a product that can somewhat ease that feeling of discomfort.

Called Hibis, it's a line of herbal sanitary napkins sold on Brand Street. The five main features of these sanitary pads are:

1) They can alleviate women's common menstrual problems as they are lined with herbal extracts.

2) Your skin will be kept cool, soft and comfortable with Hibis' natural herbal fragrance liner (an iteration of No. 1)

3) Your skin will be kept clean as Hibis' new design of anti-leakage top-sheet can allow for a high level of absorption.

4) Your skin will be kept fresh and unusual smells eliminated with the fragrance used in Hibis sanitary pads.

5) Hibis sanitary pads can help alleviate issues associated with dysmenorrhea, leukorrhea and menses.

To know more about the company that distributes HiBIS, click here.

Brand Street: Pure Natural Enzyme – Tomato & Beetroot Enzymes

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On Brand Street, we sell a health product that uses tomato and beetroot enzymes as its main ingredients. Called Pure Natural Enzyme, the tomatoes used in the manufacturing of this product are harvested from Cameron Highlands, Malaysia's most prestigious and largest plateau resort. 

The conditions of the farm where these tomatoes are harvested are ideal for the production of the best tomatoes - fresh and cold air as well as fertile land. To produce the finest and purest quality of natural enzymes, the tomatoes are hand-picked through the most stringent quality control process. The farm where these tomatoes are harvested has more than 40 years of experience and also the technology to ensure that only the best tomatoes are hand-picked. The combination of tomato enzymes and beetroot enzymes, together with fruit enzymes, have properties that can reduce the chances of cancer. In addition, these enzymes work together for other effects such as slimming the body, reducing fatigue, improving protein digestion and lessening bloating after eating. They also improve appetite.  

To know more about Pure Natural Enzyme, click here.

Brand Street: Taijun Vinegars

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Dinasou.com sells a number of health products, That is a fact. We want you to earn, shop & save at Dinasou.com as you browse through our health products on Brand Street. Why is this important for you to know. Because we care for your health, and one of the many health products we sell is Taijun Vinegars.

The most important things you must know about Taijun Vinegars are:

1) They are a natural anti-septic
2) They are also anti-fungal
3) They improve digestion
4) They relieve allergies
5) They soothe sore throats

To know more about Taijun Vinegars and their benefits, click here.

Brand Street: Nakamura – Your Locking Solution

We hear in the news every so often of home invasions (break-ins when the residents are in the house) and burglaries. We want to ensure that our personal possessions are kept safe, but most importantly, we want security for our loved ones (in the case of home invasions).

Why not then invest in a line of locks that are guaranteed to offer you the solution to the issues mentioned above? Dinasou.com introduces NAKAMURA. Sold at a range of RM28 – RM199, Nakamura's locking clamps, lock protectors and padlocks are designed for consumers who need protection against drilling, picking, cutting and other forms of physical assault. They are also designed with unwanted key duplication in mind. With a price range that is wide, you can be sure that you will find the perfect Nakamura product for the security of your home and loved ones.

Brand Street: Ruyi Tea — Green tea with 4 flavours & added benefits

Dinasou.com sells a line of traditional green tea infusions on Brand Street under the brand Ruyi Tea. But their speciality is actually the Guava Leaf Tea which originates from Taiwan. Previously, Dinasou.com has mentioned that we sell ready-to-drink (RTD) Chinese herbal drinks by a Hong Kong brand, Hung Fook Tong. Now, we want you to have a look at Ruyi Tea, distributed by a Malaysian company and imported from China. They offer four green tea infusions — Ruyi Rose Green Tea, Ruyi Peppermint Green Tea, Ruyi Osmanthus Green Tea and Ruyi Jasmine Green Tea. Now you have the option of drinking RTD Chinese herbal teas, or opt for the traditional green tea that has long list of health benefits. The choice is yours, and at Dinasou.com, we want to offer you a wide variety of choices.

Brand Street: 1607 Eco-Park Comp Folding Bike ... Convenient, and you can win one!

1607 Eco-Park Comp Folding Bike, distributed by YTX Sdn Bhd

Oh dear ... The thought of exercise just makes you feel like you just want to stay in bed and not do anything, right? But the adage that says exercise is good for the body and mind holds true, people ... And one way of exercising is cycling ... All you have to do is Google it and the all powerful Google will tell you that the health benefits of regular cycling include increased cardiovascular fitness, increased muscle strength and flexibility, and improved joint mobility, among others.

Why cycling, of all exercises? Why ever not? This is because at Dinasou.com, we are holding a Refer & Win contest with a 1607 Eco-Park Comp Folding Bike as the grand prize. A folding bike that is convenient, light and easy to maintain. Click here to join the contest.

Check out other bikes offered by YTX Sdn Bhd here.

Tips on losing weight with Honey!

Firstly, you must bear in mind that honey is a natural sweetener, unlike high processed table sugar, high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners. So, it is better to use honey as replacement for the sugar or artificial sweetener you use in your drinks and foods. So, now you might be thinking: "How much honey can I consume on a daily basis?". Before we answer that, we want you to know that one basic principle of weight gain is this:

Anything excessive is not good, even honey. When you take in more than what your body needs, whether it's sugar, fat or honey, the extra calories are stored as fat.

Okay, back to answering that question. Honey is basically sugar, which is a form of carbohydrate or energy-giving food. Nevertheless, it is natural and contains goodness that high processed table sugar or white sugar doesn't have. If you didn't know it already, table sugar or white sugar only contain empty calories, compared to honey.

Fact #1: One tablespoon of honey has 64 calories, and one tablespoon of sugar has 46 calories. But we only need 1 tablespoon of honey to make something sweet as compared to processed sugar, where you need 2 tablespoons of it to make your drink/food sweet. So, you do the math. How much calories are you consuming when you take honey and how much if you use sugar. It's just that simple.

Fact #2: Raw honey, a natural sweetener, is not subject to heating or any form of processing. Comparatively, sugar that is derived from the sugar cane plant is highly processed, and during such processes, all naturally occurring trace minerals are removed from the sugar cane plant. The end result is processed sugar that is devoid of nutrition such as vitamins, minerals and important enzymes. All that is left after all that processing are empty calories. Whereas commercial pasturized honey only has one step of processing that will prevent crystallization and yeast fermentation during storage. That process is just heating.

Generally, 3 to 5 tablespoons of honey per day is sufficient.

But now you're going to ask, "How exactly does consuming honey make me lose weight?". There are at least a couple of tips we can share with you.

Tip #1: Mix honey with cinnamon.

- Put half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder and a teaspoon of honey in a cup and mix into a paste.

- Pour a cup of boiling water into the mixture and let it sit for half an hour. Don't forget to cover the cup.

- Stir and filter, using a coffee filter for example, to remove any particles.

- Take this in the morning with an empty stomach at least half an hour before breakfast.

Although it is not widely proven, some people have found that taking cinnamon with honey can help with weight loss as it improves metabolism and regulates sugar level, resulting in weight loss.

Tip #2: Take honey with lemon.

Taking honey with lemon as part of a detoxification process can aid in losing weight. Fasting on honey and lemon juice, an alkaline food, is highly beneficial in helping obese people lose weight, at the same time maintaining energy and appetite.

- Mix one teaspoon of raw honey (unheated) with the juice of two teaspoons of lime or lemon juice in a glass of warm water. Make sure that it is not boiling hot water.

- Drink this concoction once in the morning on an empty stomach.

- This concoction not only works as a detox tonic, it also works as a digestive tonic, so you can take it after a big and oily meal.

However, we want you to bear in mind that depending solely on these tips to lose weight is not enough. You need to have a balanced diet, and a well-regulated exercise regime would also help a lot in your aim to lose weight.

Introducing Leven Virgin Forest Honey. 100% Pure Raw Honey from the primitive forests of Borneo. No artificial flavours or additives added. The brand has entered a fairtrade agreement with the indigenous people of the Borneo forests to ensure that the honey can be harvested, at the same time preserving the habitat of the plants and animal species such as the giant honey bees of the Borneo forests. Read More.

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The benefits of Chinese herbal drinks

Let's focus on Chinese herbs and their benefits to your overall health and well-being. First is the Canton Love-pes Vine. Its benefits are as follows:

– Can remove heat that is toxic to the body

– Induce urination

– Enhance liver function 

– Eliminate stasis

– Relieves fatigue, gastric distension and pain

– Lifts up low spirits

– May help prevent hepatitis and urinary stones

The second Chinese herb is the Selfheal Fruit Spike (Spica Prunellae). It is used as a tonic in China. Its benefits include:

– The treatment of fevers and rheumatism

– In China, if there is an outbreak of an infectious disease, the selfheal fruit spike herb can help keep people well.

– Helps liver function, resulting in clear and bright eyes

– Alleviates swollen lymph glands and lumps in the neck

– Helps boost immunity

– For women who are having that time of the month, this herb can help ease bloating or indigestion, urinary problems or heavy bleeding

Lucky for you, we sell these herbs in the form of ready-to-drink herbal tea drinks, sold by the Hung Fook Tong Group. To know more about the company, read here.

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The Benefits of Black Soybean Tea

Black Soybeans

Hey, do you want to know the secret of maintaining your weight, at the same time ensuring that you remain healthy? The answer is Black Soybean Tea, or 'kuromame' tea. What makes drinking black soybean tea any different than, say, green tea? To be perfectly honest, green tea has been said to be the healthiest beverage in the world and its health benefits outweigh that of black soybean tea. Having said that, it's not that black soybean tea does not have any health benefits at all. In fact, some of them are similar to those of green tea, such as maintaining or losing weight, for example. Here are some of the benefits of black soybean tea.

Black soybean tea has long been used in Chinese medicine to clear toxins from the body and encourage urination. It has been linked to effective weight loss, at the same time providing a healthy diet.

You may ask, what are the nutrients in black soybean that help promote these benefits. For one, it contains polyphenols, which are compounds known for their anti-aging properties. A specific polyphenol contained in black soybean is anthocyanin, which has been shown to help promote lipid metabolism, lower cholesterol, act against aging and prevent cancer. A study of a group of mice that has been published in the Journal of Medicinal Food has indicated that anthocyanin inhibited fat absorption in the mice. Compared to the control group, the group of mice which had anthocyanin introduced into their diet had a higher amount of fat in their diet. There was no additional weight gain recorded for that group of mice after anthocyanin was introduced into their diet.

Another polyphenol found in black soybeans are isoflavones, which are a type of anti-oxidant. Isoflavones has been indicated to help fight certain types of cancer, such as breast cancer. They also promote lipid metabolism, a critical process in which your body fat is mobilized to be used as energy. Isoflavones also help control circulatory blood fats.

Introducing Yakuno Black Soybean Tea. The rare soybeans are grown in the Tamba region of Kyoto. To know more about their other benefits, read here.

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What must you know about liver & gallbladder damage?

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Most of us take for granted the importance of vital organs such as the liver, but do you know what the liver does? Its No. 1 function is to filter the blood coming from the digestive tract, after which the blood will be passed to the rest of the body. The chemicals that we consume can turn into toxins, therefore it is the liver's job to detoxify. Apart from metabolizing drugs, the liver also makes proteins that are important for the clotting of blood. These are just the main tasks of the liver, so can you imagine the worst things that can happen to your liver?

- Hepatitis: Inflammation of the liver, usually caused by viruses like Hepatitis A, B & C. Hepatitis can have non-infectious causes, too, including drugs, heavy drinking, obesity or allergic reactions.

- Cirrhosis: is a permanent scarring of the liver that is caused by long-term damage to liver, thus rendering it not to function as well as it could. 

- Liver cancer: Almost always after cirrhosis is present, the most common type of liver cancer can occur as well.

- Liver failure: Excessive alcohol, genetic diseases and infection are some of the causes of liver failure.

- Ascites: Fluid (ascites) can be leaked from the liver into the belly, causing it to become distended and heavy. The reason for such leakage is due to cirrhosis.

- Hemochromatosis: The liver can be damaged due to this condition where it allows for iron to be deposited in the liver and in other parts of the body, causing multiple other health problems. 

- Primary sclerosing cholangitis: This causes inflammation and scarring of the liver's bile ducts. but this is a rare disease with unknown causes. 

- Primary biliary cirrhosis: In this rare disorder, the liver's bile ducts are slowly destroyed but the process of the destruction is yet unclear. Eventually cirrhosis develops as a result. 

And what about the gallbladder? If the gallbladder is removed from an otherwise healthy individual, there is no observable problems with health or digestion, but there is a small risk of diarrhea and fat malabsorption. The gallbladder's main function is to store bile produced by the liver. The bile is removed from the body through ducts that are connected from the gallbladder to the small intestines. The function of bile is to digest fats, but otherwise the gallbladder is not essential, giving rise to the above situation. Nevertheless, there are worst case scenarios involving the gallbladder.

- Gallstones: are formed in the gallbladder when substances in bile crystallize. The reason for such crystallization is yet unclear. Gallstones can cause pain, nausea and inflammation, but otherwise they are common and usually harmless. As mentioned, a gallstone in the gallbladder can lead to inflammation and this condition is known as:

- Cholecystitis: This condition causes severe pain and fever, and can require surgery when inflammation continues or recurs. 

- Gallbladder cancer: The gallbladder can be affected by cancer, though such an occurrence is rare. Symptoms, which may only be detected in the late stages, resemble those of gallstones.

- Gallstone pancreatitis: The ducts that drain the pancreas can be blocked by an impacted gallstone, resulting in an inflammation of the pancreas. 

Introducing: OXYClean – liver & gallbladder rejuvenation formula. For a more detailed description of how the liver and gallbladder function, and how OXYClean can help to maintain them healthy, READ HERE.

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