Food Can Affect Mood..

Hello everyone!

Previously, we have talked more on halal food, healthy diet and so on but today, we would like to talk a little bit about which food can change our mood and what are the effects on our mood whether it is a good mood (positive) or bad mood (negative).

Usually, eating food that we enjoy can change our mood to be happy and more relax. However, it is also can alter our mood to a more negative emotions such as guilty and regret. These usually happen to people who want to take a balance diet but have forgotten about it when they really enjoy eating their favourite food such as chocolates, sweets, ice-creams and cakes.

ICE-CREAM

SWEETS

Legal HALAL Logo.

Greetings,

 

How far do you know about the HALAL logo whether it is legal or not?

Do you know that before this, every states in Malaysia has its own code number on the HALAL logo?

But now, JAKIM has already standardize all the HALAL logo.

As you know, we have imported many food products from other countries.Therefore,some consumers are curious about the HALAL status of the imported food products. Other countries like Malaysia also have their own HALAL logo that have been declared by their ISLAM council.

 

The HALAL logo are updated occasionally depending on the ISLAM council of each countries.

Examples of  HALAL logo sign for some countries:

Adelaide (Australia)  HALAL logo

Canada HALAL logo

Indonesia HALAL logo

New Zealand HALAL logo

Singapore HALAL logo

Thailand HALAL logo

United States of America HALAL logo

Food Additives

Hello Guys....

How are you.?

Do you know what is food additive?

Food additives are substances that are added in food to serve as  specific technical purposes. The examples are stabilisers, thickeners, gelling agents, anti-caking agents, anti-foaming agents, glazing agents, packaging gases,bulking agents, sweeteners, and propellants.

Food additives are used to enhance flavour, texture, shelf-life and nutritional properties of the food that we eat. For example, they are used to give  colouration, to sweeten or to preserve food.

The chemical that are always used in food additives are acetic acid, citric acid, boric acid, lactic acid that acts as preservative and antioxidant.

On the other hand, more chemicals are used in food that we eat may affect our health. The examples are food allergies, food intolerances or dietary irritants. The good food is when we prepared it by ourselves at home and it comes from a source that is not altered by preservatives or chemicals.

Start the holidays with a healthier you!

Greetings,

 

Still confused about Halal?

Don’t worry, we will discuss about it later.

Now we would like to talk about holidays!

Mid term break is around the corner,and most of the Micet students will return to their hometowns and it is a time to eat their favourite homecook food.
Guys….."please remember your calorie intake!" Eventhough you are missing the homecook but you still need to be responsible to your body!

Don’t worry, we will help you and give some tips for your healthier holidays!

As you know we require energy for our physical activities, calorie is a measure of energy, but if we consume too much calories we will gain the weight. To balance the calories you consume each day is equivalent to the amount activities you do. Use the simple chart below to guide you to burn your excessive calories. Good luck!

E-code

Greetings,

Becomming a very cautious person right now?

Last entry we have discussed about HALAL. Now we would like to share with you about the E-Code.

Everytime you buy any food products, did you read the ingredients?

Did you see any number with alphabets or code?

Did you know what that is?

It is an E-code,

E codes are codes sometimes found on food labels in the European Union (GB, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, etc.) The code indicates an ingredient which is some type of food additive. The E indicates that it is a "European Union approved" food additive. Some people will be confused about this code, this is because they are not exposed by this code and because of this E-code,Muslims are hesitated to buy the product. Mostly, customers do not care about the number of E-code because they are sure by looking on the HALAL sign on the packaging.

Nowadays, the HALAL sign have been cheated. So, as an educated and intellectual person, we should be more cautious on the ingredients that have been use.

There are many numbers on E-code but we can differ it by refering to E-code book or by surfing on internet to know whether it is HALAL or HARAM. For example, the E-code that are HARAM:-

1. E 120: Cochineal (red color from insect) follows on Hanafi sect.

2. E 441: Gelatin, if the source from pig or other animal that HARAM

3. E 542: Edible Bone Phosphate if the source from pig.

So, after this we should more aware about the E-code present on the ingredients labeling. To be an educated consumer, we should know the source of the food we eat.

     Example E-code in Packaging

HALAL FOOD

Hello again…!!!

We have talked about some of food topics; today we would like to share with you about Halal, as a mentioned by our ex-Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysia as a hub of Halal product.

Did you read any information on the labeling??

Did you look any HALAL sign on the packaging…???

Did you know the HALAL sign that proved by JAKIM??

If you found it, it’s good. If not, it is better you to recheck or stop from eating the food until you confirm it is HALAL (for Muslims). Do you know what the HALAL sign means?? HALAL means lawful or legal while according to the Islamic law, HALAL is designating for any object or an action which is permissible to use or engage in.

When we talk about HALAL, usually people will think about the ingredient contained in the food such as pork, wine and so on. However, there is not only the factor that we need to examine to certify the HALAL food. The HALAL food can be certify by other factors too such as how food was prepared, slaughtering, processing, handling, storage, transportation, cleaning, disinfection and management practice. As a modern and knowledgeable people, we should examine the food by trying to gain the information about the food without jumping into the conclusion whenever we heard rumours. So, what we need to do is, we can search for the information such as the list of the companies that have been certified by JAKIM's website to have confirmation about the product:

JAKIM

Don’t worry for non-Muslims; you are encouraged to eat HALAL food because it safe and clean. Nowadays, people are educated and very particular in choosing any food products. So as a student, we are also encouraged to be careful with what we buy from outside, since taking HALAL food is good for our health and prevent us from any disease or food poisoning.

  Example of a HALAL Logo In Food Packaging