Jail and fine for failure to display JAKIM and JAIN halal cert

JAKIM/JAIN halal logo

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17, 2012): Entrepreneurs who fail to display the halal certificate and logo issued by the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) and the State Islamic Religious Departments (JAIN) will face a fine and imprisonment effective July 1.

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Daging kambing tak bahaya kepada kesihatan

PERSEPSI negatif terhadap daging kambing perlu diubah.

 – Gambar hiasan

Pensyarah Pemakanan dan Dietetik Universiti Perubatan Antarabangsa (IMU), Prof. Fatimah Arshad berkata, kandungan kolesterol dalam daging akan menjadi rendah setelah dibuang lemaknya.

Katanya, kandungan kolestrol dalam daging binatang terletak di dalam lemak dan sebab itu lemak yang terdapat pada daging perlu dibuang sebelum dimasak dan dimakan.

More: http://berita-harian-online.com/

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Gout

Gout

KIN SING memberitahu bahawa asid urik yang tidak dikumuhkan 

dengan baik boleh merosakkan buah pinggang.

Peningkatan asid urik dalam darah telah menyebabkan penyakit gout bertambah kronik. Ibu jari kakinya membengkak kemerah-merahan sehingga dia sukar bergerak. Sakitnya bukan kepalang seperti tapak kaki terpijak jarum.

Dia perlu mengelak makanan berasaskan kacang, hidupan laut dan daging merah. Setiap hari, dia mendisiplinkan diri menikmati sup sayur dan ikan.

Sumber: http://kosmo.com.my/

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Red meat increases risk of dying young, study shows

Red meat increases risk of dying young, study shows.

Regular consumption of red meat, 

especially processed meat, 

contributes substantially to premature death, 

says the study

WASHINGTON: Eating a portion of processed red meat (pic) daily can increase a person's risk of dying young by up to 20 per cent, said a long-running US study of more than 120,000 people released on Monday.

While the research by Harvard University experts offers more evidence that eating red meat increases the risk of heart disease and cancer, it also counsels that substituting fish and poultry may lower early death risk.

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