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Fruit juice: friend or foe?

Fruit juice: friend or foe? Grapefruit, orange and apple juices can harm the body's ability to absorb certain medications and make the drugs less effective, said a Canadian study released last week in the United States. The research showed that these juices can decrease the effectiveness of certain drugs used to treat heart disease, cancer, organ-transplant rejection and infection, "potentially wiping out their beneficial effects," it said. David Bailey, a professor of clinical...

Peking duck flies off plates of athletes

Peking duck flies off plates of athletes Beijing's most famous dish is proving to be a hit with athletes in the Olympic Village, who do not even have to step out of the area to enjoy the treat. "I like the Peking Duck," said Cyrille Gombrowicz, a badminton coach from France, in the village cafeteria last week. "It's very special." Dipped in sweet plum sauce and wrapped with spring onion in a thin pancake, the succulent slices of roast duck is now a must-have on most plates in the...

Study: Kids popular fast foods dangerous

Study: Kids' popular fast foods dangerous Letting kids eat at popular fast-food and chain restaurants can be downright dangerous because the servings are far too high in calories, said a report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) on Monday. The center, a U.S. consumer group, examined the menus at 13 popular restaurants that promote children's meals. It found in most chain restaurants more than 90 percent of the kid's menu meals packed way more than the...

Chef: Sorry for suggesting poison plant in salad

Chef: Sorry for suggesting poison plant in salad A British celebrity chef says he's sorry for mistakenly recommending a deadly plant as a tasty salad ingredient. Anthony Worrall Thompson says he meant to suggest using the weed fat hen, a member of the spinach family whose leaves are edible. He instead told Healthy and Organic Living magazine for its July edition that henbane could be used in salads. Henbane, whose name means "killer of hens," is a toxic plant that can cause hallucinations,...

Beijing Snacks

Beijing Snacks Beijing is renowned for the variety,long history,high qualituy ingredients and delicate production of its authentic local snacks.On sale in markets and temple fairs across the city,these snacks are known as "meeting food" among local people because they are such a commmon sight on the streets of Beijing.     Ai Wo Wo is a kind of Muslim food in Beijing, with a history back to the Ming Dynasty. It's made from sticky rice with a sweet filling. The fillings are made of...

Traditional Beijing delicacies in Wangfujing snack street

Traditional Beijing delicacies in Wangfujing snack street   Photo taken on July 29, 2008 shows the night view of Wangfujing snack street in Beijing, capital of China. In the past, the popular Beijing snacks used to be hawked at temple fairs or roadside bazaars. Along with the change of times, traditional Beijing snack bars have emerged in streets and lanes of the city. There are also some snack streets with business of traditional Beijing snacks and other flavor snacks from around...

Beijing bars offer a cocktail of new sounds

Beijing bars offer a cocktail of new sounds Dressed in tight tops and slinky black pants, the four members of the Chinese Britpop band Super VCon stage at Beijing's Yugong Yishan club performed their hit songs to a large crowd moving hands and bodies to the beat. The band threw theatrical rock-star poses and the audience -- mostly hip young Chinese in their 20s and a mixed crowd of seemingly more mature foreigners -- loved it. In the end, the vocalist took off his T-shirt and the girls in the...

Yang Jinbo obtains honorary certificate

Yang Jinbo obtains honorary certificate New China net Su Haiping absorbs (This article originates: New China net) ...

2009 county territory economy most has influence bank electing result grand making known (figure)

　　People.com Beijing, December 21 - 2009 county territory economy most had the influence bank electing result on December 19 to make known in Beijing grandly. Jiangsu Yixing rural cooperatives bank and Zhejiang Yiwu rural cooperatives bank and Jiangsu Wu Jiang rural commercial bank and Agriculture Bank of China Fujian Nan'an Sub-branch and Inner Mongolia Yijinhuoluoqi rural credit cooperation unites the society and Liaoning Jinzhou bank Linghai sub-branch and Agriculture...

Professionals: The majority stock next year or will not rise

In the near future the stock market bulk lots are under the deadlock, the platelet stock and undertaking board stock release are actually getting more and more lively, the release market profit creates new high repeatedly. The first batch of undertaking board stock issue market profit close 60 times, after going on the market , to continue to explode fries, when the second wholesale line naturally refers to the first batch of current price on market, the result release market profit...