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.
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I got pinged by both of you! LOL!
If you ask my FIL, he’ll tell you the secret to my red hair is gochujang and kimchi. He hasn’t figured out why Koreans have black hair though. ; )
So, do Koreans have a longer life span than other culture/racial groups?
If not, the kimchi theory doesn’t impress me.
Beats pictures of Kimchi — thanks...
LOL!
I had Korean food for lunch today with extra kimchi as usual. Great stuff along with some bulgogi and sake.
It’s always A Good Thing.
Ref: Martha Stewart
The worst part of Kimchi breath is not smelling it on other people but still being able to taste last week’s kimchi on Thursday night. Love Korean food, just the kimchi that trips me up.
I wasn’t referring to its smell as prepared — I was referring to the smell when it comes out the other end. Horrid beyond description.
Man! That’s some good-looking kimchi there!!
There's these nifty items these days to deal with that. Perhaps your lady friends can do a little research into 'soap' and 'water'.
Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!
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