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Kimchi brings health and beauty, enthusiasts say
AP via Breitbart ^ | Sept. 03, 2009 | N/A

Posted on 09/03/2009 8:13:25 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

Kimchi brings both health and beauty, according to devotees trying to promote South Korea's most famous food -- a pickled and fermented vegetable dish -- to the wider world.

"You know why there are so many beautiful women in Korea and Korean women have such smooth skin? It's because they have been grown on kimchi," claims Kim Sung-Hoon, who chairs an upcoming Gwangju Kimchi Festival.

"If you want to age gracefully and have beautiful skin, eat Korean kimchi," said Kim, a former agriculture minister.

Such assertions are not new given kimchi's iconic status -- it has its own museum in Seoul and was blasted into space with the country's first astronaut in 2008.

There have even been claims, unsupported by scientific evidence, that it can ward off bird flu and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.

But some experts agree that substances in the side dish, which is eaten with just about every meal, may delay skin ageing.

"I would like to say to foreigners: eat Korean kimchi a lot," said Professor Song Yeong-Ok of the Kimchi Research Institute at Busan National University.

Lactic acid bacteria and plant chemicals may help retard skin ageing and reduce cholesterol levels, she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: greatskin; kimchi; korea
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1 posted on 09/03/2009 8:13:26 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

I believe it.


2 posted on 09/03/2009 8:13:46 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

What about the *ahem* ‘carbon emissions’?


3 posted on 09/03/2009 8:14:17 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. ~ George Orwell)
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To: Jet Jaguar

I heart Kimchi ... It is a great diet food too. Yum!


4 posted on 09/03/2009 8:14:23 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Tamar1973

Ping


5 posted on 09/03/2009 8:15:28 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Jet Jaguar
>Kimchi brings both health and beauty

That ain't all it brings. When my ship (in US Navy) left Chinhae or Pusan, the stench aboard ship was unbearable for at least three days. When you went to use the head, you had to hold a towel over your mouth and nose, so you could breathe....

6 posted on 09/03/2009 8:17:02 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: Tamar1973

Kim Cheeping


7 posted on 09/03/2009 8:19:21 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Love it, but my wife can’t even be in the house when I eat it.


8 posted on 09/03/2009 8:21:19 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: mnehring

recent Kimchi convert here !!!!

Kimchi ping....


9 posted on 09/03/2009 8:28:16 PM PDT by ak267
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To: Jet Jaguar

Kimchi - yes, Creamed Spinach - no./Just Asking - seoul62......


10 posted on 09/03/2009 8:29:11 PM PDT by seoul62
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To: Jet Jaguar

Kimchi brings health and beauty, enthusiasts say - and did they also mention the pants-splitting godawful farts? What about the kimchi farts?


11 posted on 09/03/2009 8:29:17 PM PDT by Noumenon (Work that AQT - turn ammunition into skill. No tyrant can maintain a 300 yard perimeter forever.)
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To: Jet Jaguar
After it has been in your refrigerator for a day, everything in their will taste like it also...
12 posted on 09/03/2009 8:31:08 PM PDT by PushinTin (NEVER, argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience!!)
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To: NewJerseyJoe

Real kimchi does make you smell. You will have the stuff coming out of your pores for at least 8 hours.


13 posted on 09/03/2009 8:31:16 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: mnehring; NewJerseyJoe; Jet Jaguar
Kimchi is GREAT! LOVE IT!

Sure, it can be odiferous, and the results can be stinky, but if you REALLY want SERIOUS TOXIC (but insanely tasty!), try this:

STINKY TOFU

"...the odor of stinky tofu is said to resemble that of rotten garbage or manure, even by its enthusiasts..." -- and I will vouch for that. First time I smelled it I thought I'd stumbled into the back of a Philadelphia garbage truck in August... but it tastes great if you can get it past your nose.

Anyway, compared to that, Kimchi is MILD....

14 posted on 09/03/2009 8:32:18 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: NewJerseyJoe
" When you went to use the head, you had to hold a towel over your mouth and nose, so you could breathe.... "

Steer clear of West Virginia during ramp festival season.

15 posted on 09/03/2009 8:32:29 PM PDT by knarf
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To: seoul62

I don’t recall ever eating creamed spinach...


16 posted on 09/03/2009 8:33:16 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Noumenon

Kimchi keeps people so far away that you don’t catch any germs.


17 posted on 09/03/2009 8:34:13 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: dayglored; mnehring; NewJerseyJoe; Jet Jaguar
oops, hit "POST" too soon...

Anyway, I was gonna add that, to my knowledge, nobody claims the same health benefits for Stinky Tofu, as for Kimchi. I'm willing to believe the stories about Kimchi. If they claim similar benefits for Stinky Tofu, it would have to be filed under "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger". ;-)

18 posted on 09/03/2009 8:35:53 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: dayglored

LOL


19 posted on 09/03/2009 8:36:35 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

You know, folks, there is such a thing as Beano. It works for kimchi, not just beans. You can eat anything with social impunity. (Does not solve garlic breath, though.)


20 posted on 09/03/2009 8:36:51 PM PDT by ottbmare (Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Obama!)
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