A Cup Of Coffee

What are the positive effects of coffee on our health?

Some say that the energy boosting effect of the morning coffee is only in your mind and you should sleep more. Let’s try to find out.

Proteins and nutrients from milk:

Soy milk is a very healthy alternative to regular dairy milk, soy milk is extracted from soy beans and we all know that coffee is made from soy beans.

Mental/Memory:

Caffeine, the main active chemical of coffee, it blocks adenosine, a chemical that makes you naturally drowsy, increasing concentration and reaction speed.

Caffeine seems to slow the dementia process rather than prevent it. Why caffeine has a slightly different effect on women than it does in men is still a puzzle. 

Because coffee is a stimulant, a boost in energy is often experienced after consumption and some people experience increased cognitive function. Persons participating in endurance activities may also have improved performance.

Nervous System:

Caffeine has been found also to protect against Parkinson's disease, type 2 diabetes, liver cancer, and depression, and this could be linked to its inhibiting effect on adenosine receptors. Depression is eased because caffeine increases dopamine, the "happy feeling" hormone, in your brain.

Digestive System:

Everybody knows the laxative effect of coffee. Brewed coffee also contains soluble cellulose fibers, which help the body absorb vital nutrients, keep a lid on cholesterol and fight constipation.

Cancer Antioxidant:

A new research has found that coffee could cut the risk of skin cancer. 6 cups of caffeinated coffee daily lowered the likelihood of developing skin cancer by 35 %, while 2-3 cups lowered it by 12 %. Caffeine is believed to impede cells dividing in the tumor, or to work as an antioxidant. One research found coffee and exercising fight against sun-induced skin cancer by 400 %. 

One study suggests that drinking coffee might protect smokers from bladder cancer. Coffee benefits related to the development of gallstones and colon cancer.

Other researches suggest that coffee could be beneficial also against breast cancer. 

Coffee fights gout symptoms! The beverage lowers uric acid levels on short term, easing the most common and excruciatingly painful inflammatory arthritis in adult males. Drinking 4-5 cups of coffee daily significantly decreases the risk of gout by 40 % and over 6 cups per day by 59 %. Tea (which contains caffeine) has no impact on gout incidence, thus other chemical than caffeine induces this effect; the main suspected being the phenol chlorogenic acid, a powerful antioxidant. 

Coffee was found to remove 78-90 % of the heavy metals dissolved in the tap water, like lead or copper, because the ground coffee has the molecules not electrically charged or negatively charged, attracting the heavy metals, which are positively charged. Stronger coffee removes a higher amount of the toxic heavy metals. Instead, tea removes just one third of the same amount of lead and has not effect on the copper. 

Pain reliever:

Two cups of coffee reduce significantly post-gym muscle pain. Caffeine consumed one-hour before going to the gym induces a 48 % decrease in pain; those who drink caffeine before the near-maximum force test have 26 % drop in soreness. Caffeine boosts endurance, and one study discovered caffeine to decrease pain during moderate-intensity cycling. By blocking the receptors for adenosine, released in response to inflammation and implied in pain sensation, coffee could have this effect. Caffeine seems to be more efficient than conventional pain and soreness reliever drugs, like naproxen (the active ingredient in Aleve), aspirin and ibuprofen. 

  

Induce libido and excitement:

Caffeine gets women in the mood for sex, especially in moderate amounts and when the women are not heavy drinkers. The chemical is also known to increase excitability in men.

Let's make coffee a part of our daily beverages...(but still drink moderately)

Ceres Liner

Negros Island king of the roads

VTI or mas kilala bilang Ceres Liner is the king of roads of Negros Island. King of the roads kasi ito ang pinakamalaking bus company sa buong isla ng Negros. And technically, Ceres ang pumapayagpag sa halos oras-oras sa kahabaan ng kalsada ng buong Negros.

Ceres Liner na yan ng kinamulatan na sa panahon namin, na kilala bilang “Villacar” noong kapanahonan ng mga parents namin. Ang Ceres Liner ay isa sa pinakamatandang bus company na hanggang ngayon eh pumapayagpag sa kalakasan at katibayan bilang isang napakalaking companya.

Ito ang bus company na pumapatay sa mga maliliit na transportation company sa isla ng Negros. Kasi talagang sinasabayan ang lahat ng trip scheduling ng mga maliliit na companya bilang isa sa mga estrateheya ng kumpanyang ito at sa hanggang bibilhin nila ang mga units nito.

At isa sa mga nagsimulang makipagkompetensya dito sa lugar namin ay ang Victorias Liner. Na tinangkilik naman ng mga local. Di kagaya noong dati na pahirapan ang schedule patungong Bacolod City galing sa lugar namin. Kaya ang resulta noong pumasok ang Victorias Liner eh nagkaroon ng sapat na schedules ng galing Culipapa patungong Bacolod City araw-araw. Isa sa benepesyo sa pakikipagkumpetensya ng Victorias Liner sa Ceres Liner eh ang mababang pasahe.

Kaso nga kalaonan eh binili ng Ceres Liner ang mga units ng Victorias Liner kaya biglang taas ang pamasahe sa rotang Culipapa to Bacolod City. Kaya kahit papano eh sila pa rin ang namamayagpag sa kahabaan ng mga kalsada dito.

Ang Ceres Liner ay pinasok na rin ang land trip to Cebu City. Dumaguete to Cebu, Bacolod to Cebu, and vice-versa. At pinasok ang Mindanao, at now eh may roro na rin ang Ceres Liner from Manila to Ilo-ilo to Bacolod and vice-versa. Nasubukan ko nang sumakay from Bacolod to Cebu, and Dumaguete to Cebu, and vice-versa noong nag-aaral pa ako sa Cebu. Been tried also to ride Ceres Liner from Manila to Ilo-ilo which takes almost 24hours of travel. Huh! It’s so long journey but it’s good if you’re fun of travel and adventures.

 

Seeing Ceres Liner in other far away islands or in Manila, you will feel like you’re just in your place (Negros), and sometimes homesickness will instantly take-over your heart and mind for a split of seconds or minutes.

Thus, Ceres Liner is also symbolizing the pride of Negros Island.

Barongoy

Flying fish(Parexocoetus brachypterus). Any of various marine fishes of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged, winglike pectoral fins capable of sustaining them in brief, gliding flight over the water.

Flying fish, common name for members of the Exocoetidae, a family of carnivorous or herbivorous fish of warmer seas. Flying fishes usually swim in schools. They average 7 to 12 in. (17.5-30 cm) in length and have pectoral fins that compare in size with the wings of birds; in some species the pelvic fins also are enlarged. Of the latter type, best known in Atlantic waters are the four-winged flying fish and the bearded flying fish, named for the long barbels around the mouths of the young. The young of many species of flying fishes resemble blossoms of the plant Baringtonia and are thus protected from predators. The California flying fish (Cypselurus californicus), the largest (up to 18 in./45 cm) of the family, is common in the Pacific; the black-winged flying fish is found in both oceans. Flying fishes generally do not actually fly, but glide on their outstretched fins for distances of up to ¹/₄ mi (0.4 km). Their velocity (up to 30 mi/48 km per hour) builds as they approach the water's surface until they launch themselves into the air, vibrating their specially adapted tail fins in order to taxi along the surface. Flying fishes are excellent food; their aerial talents help them to avoid the tuna, mackerel, and dolphins that prey on them. Flying fishes are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Beloniformes, family Exocoetidae.

Sailfin flying fish "Barongoy". Flying fish family has 64 species grouped in seven to nine genera. Flying fish live in all of the oceans, particularly in tropical and warm subtropical waters. Their most striking feature is their pectoral fins, which are unusually large, and enable the fish to hide and escape from predators by leaping out of the water, taking short gliding flights through air just above the water's surface. Their glides are typically around 50 meters (160 ft).

To glide upward out of the water, a flying fish moves its tail up to 70 times per second. It then spreads its pectoral fins and tilts them slightly upward to provide lift. At the end of a glide, it folds its pectoral fins to reenter the sea, or drops its tail into the water to push against the water to lift itself for another glide, possibly changing direction. The curved profile of the "wing" is comparable to the aerodynamic shape of a bird wing. The fish is able to increase its time in the air by flying straight into or at an angle to the direction of updrafts created by a combination of air and ocean currents.

 

Flight measurements

The creature can spent 45 seconds in flight. Flying fish can use updrafts at the leading edge of waves to cover distances of at least 400 m (1,300 ft). They can travel at speeds of more than 70 kilometers per hour (43 mph). Maximum altitude is 6 m (20 ft) above the surface of the sea. Some accounts have them landing on ships' decks.

Sources: http://www.answers.com/topic/flyingfish#ixzz1XPfjp8JT
http://www.answers.com/topic/flyingfish#ixzz1XPewXXzu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_fish

FISH: ultimate brain food?

Why most Culipapanians proud to say “ang produkto sang barongoy maalam gid” (flying fish products are really brainy). Bakit nga ba? Anong connection ng barongoy sa quality ng brains meron tayo?

As I remember pag may mga competitions in sports and in academic especially sa district meet or area meet, most competitors would really say “hirap talunin pag taga-Culipapa ang kasangga mo”. Bakit gifted ba mga taga-culipapa at di nawawalan ng mga pambato sa anomang larangan ng competitions every year?

Tapos when you’ve grown up from Culipapa and had your primary and secondary school education thereon, and later on been to any colleges…most of us would really say ‘am proud to be Culipapanians and am lucky that I had my high school there’. Huh? Talaga? Anong meron ba sa Culipapa at sa CNHS at ganyan tayo pag lumayo tayo sa lugar natin?

Simple lang ang kasagutan ng lahat na yan…it’s because of one common thing that we have in our place…the barongoy. Oo, barongoy ang number one reason bakit matatalino mga taga-Culipapa. It means “you are what you eat” kumbaga.

Does fish improve intelligence? Yes, fish is brain food. There were lots of studies and claiming that fish is the best and ultimate brain food. It helps our brain cells not to be deteriorated or damage. Thus mental capacity and capability really improves as time goes by.

It’s been observed and studied that fish may be brain food for teenage boys. (Hehehehe…still on study why only boys at bakit no records studies for females…back to topic). Including fish on teenage boys’ diet would notice remarkably after 3 years that superior mental scores among adolescent.

Eating fish at least once a week would slows mental declination or protect against cognitive declination associated with aging, because fish consumption prevents brain infarcts. Thus eating fish keeps older people brainy. How much more to the people of Culipapa eh starting from our breakfast, to lunch, and to our supper or dinner eh puro isda ang nasa hapag kainan natin. We almost eat fish at most of our meals in the whole week. Kung nakakapagpatalino ang fish even having it at least once a week, eh anong talino pa meron tayo o ang maidadagdag sa atin kung isda lage kinakain natin?

Eat fatty fish to prevent dementia. Eating tuna and other fatty fish helps decrease the risk of stroke. Eating fatty fish is not like eating fatty meats like pork, chickens, beef, etc. Fatty fish or fish oils contains omega3 which is good for our heart and brain, and it reduce inflammation throughout the body. (Hmmm…sarap ng belly ng bangus…hahahaha)

Here are some benefits from fish:

* it improves memory and makes you smarter

* you’ll have healthy heart thus preventing from stroke

* prevent depression

* prevent from getting Alzheimer disease,

*prevent cancer

* good for pregnant woman because it has benefits on baby’s brain development

So back to our topic above…

Therefore, students are not only maintaining but further improving their mental status every now and then. And in connection, we are lucky and proud that we have brainy teacher that makes or made us more intelligent. Matalino na nga sila eh napapanatili pa talino at teaching skills nila throughout the years which made us more competitive inside and outside Culipapa.

Ngayon alam na natin bakit anong meron sa barongoy at matatalino mga taga-Culipapa

Congratulations Culipapanhons and thank you barongoy...

Barongoy (Laniw - Barongoy - Bangsi)

Sailfin flying fish. Is an english name of barongoy (to be exact) as known to all Cuipapanians and to its neighboring barrios, towns, and cities.

Culipapa is known to be a place of flying fish because one of the major sources of livelihood of Culipapanians is fishing. Thus, the shoreline of Culipapa is full of pump boats which are used in fishing flying fish. Wherefore, Culipapa is known also as one of the major source of fresh flying fish or dried fish “pinakas” delivered to nearby barrios, towns, cities, and even nearby islands like cebu city.

Flying fish in Culipapa has categorized into 3 kinds: 1. “laniw” 2. “barongoy” 3. “bangsi”. Laniw is a small kind of flying fish caught which has almost have no scales or have only few and small scales. Laniw is best for ceviche or “kinilaw”. Kinilaw is a prepared from a raw fish (or other seafood or meat) meets vinegar or other souring agent like citrus juice filled with sliced union as the main spice for the kinilaw. Others are optional depending on the availability of spices and preference of taste like having it with tomato, ginger, garlic, bell paper, salt, msg, soy sauce, peanut, onion leaves, pepper, coconut milk, milk, etc. Barongoy is the common term for the medium size of flying fish, however the general term used for laniw, barongoy, and bangsi is “barongoy”. The medium size of barongoy is used in most of all kinds of preparations like even ceviche “kinilaw”, grilled “sinugba”, vinegar stewed fish “paksiw”, soup “sinabawan”, fried “pinirito”, etc. Lastly, the “bangsi”; it is the biggest kind of flying fish which is the best for grilled “sinugba”.

flying fish (barongoy)