Biriyani rice is quite suitable for Diabetics Written by Dr harold Gunatillake-health writer Any variety of white processed boiled rice when consumed gets digested and absorbed fast into the body. You tend to get hungry sooner than you expect. Unprocessed brown, red or wild rice when digested will be suitable for those having diabetes. Eating white boiled rice may cause sugar spikes in your blood, and may cause more insulin resistance among diabetes. ...
Read More → Home ⁄ Articles (page 1761)
Articles
Sri Lankan team of ‘96 to tour Australia Former World Cup champs reunion for their fans BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Cricket mad Sri Lankan fans are in for a rare treat thanks to popular Melburnians Ron Meerwald and former Sri Lanka World Cup hero Asanka Gurusinghe who have hatched a plan to reband the 1996 World Cup champion Sri Lanka team and fly them down to Australia. For cricket starved Sri Lankan supporters who crave any event to storm every venue where their heroes perform, it will be an added bonus to watch their former idols before the Australian summer tees off featuring South Africa, Pakistan and then a three match one-day series against Angelo Matthews Sri Lankans early next year. ...
Read More →How do cholesterol and Saturated fats affect your health? Written by Dr harold Gunatillake –Health writer Cholesterol is a fat and waxy to the touch. It participates in the cell structures of the body, and in many other functions like making hormones: cortisol, testosterone and oestradiol, vitamin D, bile acids: also prevalent in the liver, brain and other organs in high concentrations may be as stores. In the blood stream the larger cholesterol particles combined with a protein is called Very low Density Lipoproteins (VLDL): intermediate size particles are called Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL) and these are the culprits you need to watch in your blood stream. The smallest particles are beneficial-is called High Density Lipoproteins that protects your heart by carrying the bad cholesterol back into the liver and destroyed thus reducing the numbers in your blood stream. ...
Read More →Foundation Supporting A National Trauma Service In Sri Lanka Presentation at 5th Annual General Meeting The Vision To extend and enhance the National Trauma Service in Regional Sri Lanka Karapitiya Hospital(Southern Province, Galle District) completed under a joint venture between the Government of Victoria, Australia and the Government of Sri Lanka Batticaloa Teaching Hospital (Eastern Province) urgently needs and updated facility Other public hospitals in regional Sri Lanka, are to be provided A & E Trauma units following our call for the need to be fulfilled. ...
Read More →An evening filled with yarns and yawns and loud yells! Fun filled get together with some of my Sun/Weekend journalist pals during our recent visit to Sri Lanka By Chris Dharmakirti Apparently Trevine Rodrigo had hidden Shiranthi Perera’s hangbag at the SUN subdesk in 1984, and the poor thing had misplaced some vital possessions. In order to develop a bionic vision to spot her regularly disappearing handbag, she had quit the SUN paper and flown to Russia to study and become the Eye Surgeon she is today. So our guest of honor Trevine Rodrigo stood accused of not only putting this poor eye surgeon into distress in her first job, but also for leading poor Louis Benedict into puddles of water, on the pretext that he was assisting him to avoid the puddles given Louis’ poor eye sight. Louis recounted the mischief making Trevine’s antics and how he and others ...
Read More →High Fibre Foods Written by Dr harold Gunatillake – Health writer Fibre is essential for your gut movements. It is recommended that you aim for 38 grams of fibre per day, and women 25 grams per day. Dietary fibres are carbohydrates in the food you eat the humans haven’t got the enzymes to digest. They are found in all plant foods, like fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and grains. There are two varieties if dietary fibre- the soluble and the insoluble. The soluble ones do absorb water in the gut and forms gel-like paste which slows down the digestion of food. ...
Read More →
Oct 25, 2016
Posted by admin In
Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake
Tagged Dr. Harold Gunatillake
Comments 0
Royal retain Noel Fernando Trophy with huge win By Naushad Amit Royal College made a thorough clean-out to outsmart traditional rivals S. Thomas’ College by 50-2 and retain the T. Noel Fernando Memorial Trophy in the 43rd Royal-Thomian Regatta and 47th Boat Race on the waters of Beira Lake at the Colombo Rowing Club yesterday. Coming off with a decent record this season, the Royal rowing crew took the coveted plum for the 21st occasion after ending the Thomain dominance of five years last year. Last year Royal regained the title by comprehensively beating S. Thomas’ 48-4 and this year was even better. The eventual winners only conceded two points and two races in the event which included 11 races in total. They lost the two points to S. Thomas’ in the Junior Scull after Arjun Wickramanayake finished at 3 minutes and 28 seconds, well ahead of Royal’s Pasindu Peiris, ...
Read More →Tribute to Wally Bastiansz by “the Star of eLanka” Desmond Kelly Also known as “The Godfather of Baila” in Sri Lanka, or Ceylon, at the time I was first privileged to meet him in the famous Suburb of Moratuwa, was Ollington Mervin Bastiansz, aka Wally Bastiansz (1913-1985). As I remember it, Wally was a Police Sargeant, a young-looking 33 (with an old guitar), and me, myself,a much younger”wannabe”entertainer, around 10 years of age. We met at the birthday party of a Sinhala friend of mine, who, with me, was a student at St.Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa, at the time. I remember Wally quite well. He was already very well known as “The baila King”, the original one, (because there have been many of them, since), and I think he was thrilled with the fact that this”Lansi-kolla”had come to the party especially to see him perform. Watch / Listen to the song ...
Read More →Sri Lankan Recipes by Curry Mad – Stuffed Crab Shells Ingredients Bread Crumbs 4 Fresh Crabs 1 Egg 2 Large Potatoes, boiled & mashed 1/4 Lemon Rind Pepper & Salt to taste 1 Sheet Puff Pastry Method Clean Crab shell after removing the flesh. Mix the Crab flesh, Mashed Potatoes and Lemon Rind together and add Pepper and Salt to taste. Serve the mixture into the 4 Crab shells. Cover 2 with the Puff Pastry and brush with beaten Egg. Cover the other 2 with Bread Crumbs. Bake all for 30 minutes on medium heat. ...
Read More →
Oct 24, 2016
Posted by admin In
Articles, Sri Lankan Recipes By Curry Mad
Tagged Stuffed Crab Shells
Comments 0
Thaji Dias: “Best foot forward” by Ruwini JAYAWARDANA Source: Daily News An Interview with Thaji Her mission is not only to carry on the legacy of her grandparents, Sri Lanka’s illustrious dance duo, Chitrasena and Vajira , but to nurture young talent as well. The graceful and gifted Thaji Dias started learning Kandyan dancing at the tender age of seven years. She excelled in her passion and is the principal dancer of the Chitrasena Dance Company as well as a dance teacher. She was felicitated in the Silver category for her exceptional contribution and achievements in the field of Arts and Aesthetics at the Genre of Excellence Professional and Career Women Awards 2013-14 organized by the Women in Management. ...
Read More →