Salt is the most commonly used food seasoning because it enhances the flavor of whatever you’re cooking. It is also an important additive in processed food (e.g. bacons) since salt is an effective food preservative as it prevents bacteria from growing into your food. Aside from food preparation, salt is also often use in aromatherapy world in the form of scrubs and bath...
Image Credit: Andrés Nieto Porras, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link The standard way of preparing brewed coffee at home is to use a simple coffee maker. However, in recent years, everything has changed when single-serve coffee machines (e.g. Nespresso and Dolce Gusto) are introduced to the world, to the delight of many coffee enthusiasts. These revolutionary coffee machines make it more convenient for coffee lovers to...
Image Credit: Organic Aside from eating organic food and using organic cosmetic products, people nowadays are also searching for more sustainable clothing. The most common fabric material used for garment manufacturing is cotton. Unfortunately, majority of consumers are not aware that most cotton clothing available in the market is not even made from pure cotton. In fact, most cotton clothing is mixed with...
Recently, I have been seeing lots of food establishments, cities and consumers who are joining the “ditch the plastic straw” movement and there is a huge reason behind it. Each day, millions of single-use plastic straws are being used and thrown into the oceans. Because of it, thousands of marine lives die each year due to ingestion of our plastic waste. In major...
