Sunday, July 13, 2014

New Hikes in Saskatchewan

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Effective August 31, 2014, 82 per cent of Saskatchewan vehicle owners will see a rate hike, with the average annual increase totalling $44.

While the government didn’t raise your education property taxes, SaskEnergy has been raising rates, SGI has applied to raise rates and SaskTel has raised Internet rates by $5 per month increase. Those increases will contribute to profits that in turn make their way into government coffers. The insurance and Internet rate hike have outstriped any income gains experienced by Saskatchewan ratepayers during the past year.

Make no mistake, this is nothing new in Saskatchewan. The raiding of crown profits has gone on for years and happened under the NDP as well. Ideally, the government would look at reforming the crowns and get away from this practice.

Colin Craig at CTF has called for the Saskatchewan Party government to further open the province’s insurance sector to private companies in a bid to keep prices more affordable, as the best way to keep costs competitive is to have a competitive system
so crown companies like SGI don’t have the monopoly power, pushing them to be more and more efficient.

(Colin Craig: Saskatchewan Budget Highs and Lows, Ottawa Business Journal, March 24, 2014; Marco Vigliotti: Update: Saskatchewan Vehicle Insurance Rates Driven Higher, Metro Regina, June 27, 2014)

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Which Foods Cannot Be Eaten Together (哪些食物相克)?




In daily life, not all foods can be eaten at the same time. "Properly matched food can benefit the body, with that unproperly matched leading to an illness." In other words, food can also be "mutually restraining" sometimes.

Tannic acid and protein should not coexist. If you eat seafood while grapes, hawthorn, pomegranate, persimmon and other fruits, there will be vomiting, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. These fruits contain tannic acid. When tannic acid encounter seafood protein precipitation will solidify to form indigestible substances. So people should take those fruits more than 4 hours after eating seafood. It is for the same reason that you should not drink tea immediately after eating meat.

Cellulose, oxalic acid and iron are mutually restraining. Animal liver, egg yolk, soybeans are rich in iron, and they should not be eated together with the foor rich in fiber like celery, carrots, and sweet potatoes, nor with the foor rich in oxalic acid like ipomoea , amaranth, and spinach. This is because both cellulose and oxalic acid will affect the body's absorption of iron in these foods.

Protein and sugar are mutually restraining. The lysine in milk and sugar  react at high temperatures, leading to the destruction of amino acids. if is for the same reason that eggs and sugar cannot be boiled together. But tafter bringing the milk to a boil, and cooking the eggs, then adding sugar after they get cooler would not be a problem.

Carotene and acetate should not be together. It is a taboo to put in vinegar while frying carrots, because acetic acid will destroy carotene. Similarly, carotene-rich brassica juncea, spinach, and rape, should not be fried with vinegar.

Oxalic acid should not coexist with calcium and magnesium. Tofu should not be eaten together with spinach. Tofu contains such two substances like magnesium chloride and calcium sulfate, and spinach contains oxalic acid, and when two foods encounter each other, it is easy to generate magnesium oxalate and calcium oxalate. Both white precipitates can not be absorbed by the human body, not only affecting the calcium absorption, but also causing stones.

Some of the combinations which need to be specially noted are:

食物甲
食物乙
共食结果
Food A
Food B
Result after Taking Both
牛奶
巧克力
腹泻
Milk
Chocolate
Diahea
鲤鱼
咸菜
消化道癌
Carp
Pickles
Gastric Cancer
西红柿
白酒
胸闷
Tomatoes
Liquor
Chest Distress
猪肉
豆类
腹胀
Pork
Beans
Bloating
啤酒
烤肉
癌症,消化道疾病
Beer
BBQ Meat
Cancer, Gastric Diseases
豆腐
葱、菠菜
钙流失
Tofu
Green Onion, Spinach
Loss of Calcium


        在日常生活中,并非所有食物都可以同时食用。“搭配得宜能益体,搭配失宜则成疾”。换句话说,食物也有“相克”的时候。

  鞣酸与蛋白质相克。若在吃海鲜的同时吃葡萄、山楂、石榴、柿子等水果,就会出现呕吐、腹胀、腹痛、腹泻等症状。因为在这些水果中含有鞣酸,鞣酸遇到海鲜中的蛋白质,会凝固沉淀,形成不容易消化的物质。因此人们在吃海鲜后,应隔4小时以上再吃这类水果。吃完肉不要马上喝茶也是这个道理。

  纤维素、草酸与铁相克。动物肝类、蛋黄、大豆中均含有丰富的铁质,都不能与含纤维素多的芹菜、萝卜、甘薯同吃,也不宜与含草酸多的蕹菜、苋菜、菠菜同吃。因为纤维素与草酸均会影响人体对上述食物中铁的吸收。

  蛋白质与糖相克。牛奶中的赖氨酸与糖在高温下会产生反应,使氨基酸遭到破坏。鸡蛋与糖不宜同煮也是这个道理。但是把牛奶烧开、鸡蛋煮熟后,晾一会儿再放入糖就不会出现这个问题了。

  胡萝卜素与醋酸相克。炒胡萝卜忌放醋,是因为醋酸会破坏胡萝卜素。同样,富含胡萝卜素的雪里蕻、菠菜、油菜等也不要用醋炒。

  草酸与钙、镁相克。豆腐忌与菠菜同食。豆腐里含有氯化镁、硫酸钙这两种物质,菠菜中则含有草酸,两种食物遇到一起可生成草酸镁和草酸钙。这两种白色的沉淀物不能被人体吸收,不仅影响人体吸收钙质,还容易诱发结石症。

        需要特别注意的组合有:
 
食物甲
食物乙
共食结果
Food A
Food B
Result after Taking Both
牛奶
巧克力
腹泻
Milk
Chocolate
Diahea
鲤鱼
咸菜
消化道癌
Carp
Pickles
Gastric Cancer
西红柿
白酒
胸闷
Tomatoes
Liquor
Chest Distress
猪肉
豆类
腹胀
Pork
Beans
Bloating
啤酒
烤肉
癌症,消化道疾病
Beer
BBQ Meat
Cancer, Gastric Diseases
豆腐
葱、菠菜
钙流失
Tofu
Green Onion, Spinach
Loss of Calcium