All About Bread We Eat – By Dr Harold Gunatillake About Bread you purchase (Updated from the previous paper) Today, in the supermarkets and the local bakeries there are so many varieties of bread baked differently, in the more developed countries, and the choice is most confusing. There are two main methods of making bread: the Bulk Fermentation Process and the Chorleywood Bread Process. (The Chorleywood bread process (CBP) is a method of efficient dough production to make bread quickly, producing a soft, fluffy loaf, developed by a British baking Industries Research Association at Chorleywood in 1961). Compared to the older bulk fermentation process, the CBP can use lower protein wheat and produces bread in a shorter time. The other ways of bread making include: Activated Dough Development (ADD) Straight Dough Method. Delayed Salt Method. Sponge and Dough Process (S&D) Ferment Dough Process. Who introduced the Bread and baking industry ...

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Keeping your Kidneys Healthy – by Dr harold Gunatillake Transcript: Your kidneys get rid of waste in your body and help you hold on to the right amount of fluid. They also send out hormones that keep your blood pressure steady, and they play a role in making red blood cells. They even make a form of vitamin D that’s good for your bones. Just the way you check your blood cholesterol to keep the ticker working, you need to think of doing the right thing for your kidneys to keep them healthy. They are silent organs, makes no fuss, but you need to think of keeping them healthy with the right lifestyles and nutrition. You need to be aware that certain drugs, continuous usage harms your kidneys. Common examples are ibuprofen and naproxen taken for arthritic pains. They do damage your kidneys if taken too many times a day. ...

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