While I got addicted to Muesli and am planning an entire menu on that, I also got addicted to… Tofu. Fried tofu, to be exact.

In these parts, fried tofu is served with pork pieces. I scrapped the pork, soaked the tofu in the soy sauce+vinegar+sugar sauce that the fried tofu comes with, and ate it like junk food. My rationale behind this food habit is that instead of going for empty calories in junk food, I might as well go for the goodness of soy protein in fried tofu.

One day, I was actually able to consume four servings of fried tofu in one sitting! I love the crunchy outside with the spongy inside of the fried tofu so much, no doubt.

I think that it was the tofu that helped bring on my period, too. Being irregular, I sometimes get periods twice a month, or three months apart. When I drastically lost weight from 178lbs to 156lbs, it was around five or six months before I had my period again.

My recent period, two weeks ago, seemed to be mere trickles, so I wondered when I would have a full flow. This week, coinciding with my fried tofu kick, I miraculously got my period again, and it is at its normal flow. I’m actually wondering if my drinking an entire liter of Soy Milk also accelerated the hormonal changes in me.

But the point is, soy might have hormonal influences on a woman, but my musings are not conclusive. All I know is that fried tofu is a great corn or potato chip alternative, and is more filling too. Soy milk is also an unparalleled milk alternative, and so many people have hailed how good it is for one’s health.

My verdict, while the taste may be addictive, I would still take in soy products with caution, and I am minimizing my milk intake itself. I had come across notmilk.com, and it scared me out of my milk habit.

The bottom line? Everything should be done in moderation, especially food. You’ll never know what it’ll do to you!

Boy do women just lurve shopping, right?

Ask a girl who will need to have a ring inserted through her nose then dragged like a cow to slaughter before she would see a therapist, on how she copes with a bad breakup, and she will exclaim, “SHOPPING!”
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I just recently decided to go all-natural when it comes to beauty and wellness. I had realized that I really don’t like lotions, but I like using oil before or after taking a bath, and that my face breaks out when I use moisturizer, but flakes up when I don’t. So because of my beauty problems, I thought up this beauty regimen that I hoped would solve these.

Before I take a bath nowadays, I would slather on oil, then scrub my skin. Or else, after scrubbing, I would slather on some oil then just soap and rinse off the excess oil when I find that my skin is too oily. After a couple of days, I noticed that my skin is softer, more even, and even smoother.

As for my face, since it is too sensitive for the usual facial creams, I decided to go back to oatmeal paste. Oatmeal, you see, eases allergies and other itchies. What I would do is that I would put oil and raw oatmeal mixed with a bit of water, then massage it onto my face. After a few massage strokes, I would get my small loofah scrub and then scrub my face with Dove soap, the kind for extra-sensitive skin. After I rinse, I would make another raw oatmeal and water paste, then leave it on my face for around five minutes.

All this while, I am treating my hair with do-it-yourself hot oil cream and two other conditioners: one for damage control, and the other for hair fall control. When the five minutes are up, I rinse both my hair and my face. I come out of the entire process thoroughly refreshed and feeling pampered!

Because of what I do with myself, I realize that I don’t need to go to a spa, after all. 🙂

And yes, my hair is more vibrant nowadays, and my skin, which usually breaks out when I have my period, hasn’t had major acne this entire week. So does this mean my regimen works? I sure hope so!

Do you realize that healthy food could be addictive, after all?

I just recently became addicted to Muesli, of all things. I had always wanted to grab a pack off the grocery shelves, but the price seemed to be too prohibitive for me before. Last week, I threw caution to the wind and bought me Muesli. My only regret is the fact that I am now addicted to it. Aside from that, the only thing I realize is that Muesli inspired me to eat more healthily.

I had recently discovered that I could not tolerate large amounts of fast-burning carbohydrates, as are found in white rice. When I’ve overdosed on white rice, I would become intolerably sleepy and consequently unproductive. Because of that, I would avoid eating white rice and would just go for either meat or vegetables. The result was that though I was less sleepy, my bowel movement suffered. And so, I was racking my brain for a solution.

When I got hooked on Muesli, I realized that that had solved my dilemma. It helped regulate my bowel movements, while also giving me the energy to go through the night and early into the mornings, without slowing me down because of sugar metabolism.

Because of that, I resolved that my diet would become: Muesli + broiled/steamed/least fat possible meats + veggies stir-fried in healthy oils.

I make a mean veggie stir-fry, if I say so myself, and I’m looking forward to getting my own stove. Or else, maybe I could just go for salads, because my room is too cramped for frying. I think I’ll be getting oil on everything if I stir-fried here. But the general plan is that: eat healthily, with veggies and healthy meats, plus whole, slow-release-glucose grains.

In this age when one’s health is of the utmost priority, it helps that healthy food is addictive. 🙂

If your boyfriend has a bedroom voice (deep and soulful), then he’ll give you lots of kids if you decide to hook up with him.

Justin Timberlake: His high-pitched voice may be captivating lots of girls but whether he could really “satisfy” them is another matter. 

But if your boyfriend has a high-pitched voice like that of Justin Timberlake, don’t expect to build a family football team, or even a basketball team. Chances are you’ll only be playing solitaire with him.

Previous studies conducted by David Feinberg of McMaster University in Canada have shown that women are more attracted to men with deeper voices, judging them to be older, healthier and more masculine than their higher-pitched rivals.

Men, on the other hand, go for women with higher pitched voices because they find them more attractive, subordinate, feminine, healthier and younger-sounding.

In the new study, detailed in a recent issue of the journal “Biology Letters,” Feinberg set out to see how that attraction to deeper-voiced men affected reproduction and the survival of offspring.

“While we find in this new study that voice pitch is not related to offspring mortality rates,” Feinberg said, “we find that men with low voice pitch have higher reproductive success and more children born to them.”

To look for any relationship between voice pitch and birth rates, the researchers studied the Hadza tribe of Tanzania, one of the last true hunter-gatherer cultures. Because the Hadza have no modern birth control, the researchers were able to compare birth rates without any outside influencing factors.

They found that Hadza men with deeper voices had more children than those with higher voices.

This relationship could give insight into the evolution of the human voices as well as how we choose our mates.

“If our ancestors went through a similar process,” Feinberg said, “this could be one reason why men’s and women’s voices sound different.”

The only problem here is that both men and women can change the way their voice sounds. So after reading this article, guys wanting to impress their girlfriends could pick up the phone and talk to their girlfriends in a voice several notches below the normal pitch.

Of course the fake bedroom-voice guys could easily be uncovered. You could surprise them by throwing them a real-looking plastic mouse or lizard or spider. If they shriek to high heavens, you can bet their sperm doesn’t have it!

While we’re at this subject, here are 10 interesting facts about human sexuality:

1. The sex lives of our prehistoric ancestors’ were similar to the promiscuous, no-commitment bonobo chimpanzees.

2. Women in ancient Egypt prevented pregnancy by putting plugs made of crocodile droppings on their “you know what.”

3. Proportionally and compared to other primates, human males have massive genitalia.

4. Based on artifacts and cave paintings, Ice Age women were likely to enjoy sex as much as their male mates.

5. In 2005, the average first time for US girls occurred at the age of 17.

6. Known aphrodisiacs of the food world include chocolate, oysters and spicy foods.

7. That females have a weaker sex drive than men is a cultural misconception.

8. The most common sexual problem among men is premature ejaculation.

9. It is a common misconception that pregnancy can’t occur without male orgasm.

10. Whether put to use or not, males produce about 300 million sperms every day! (That’s 300 million babies every day if they all hit their targets!)