CULTURAL QA 10 -2021-30

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Q1                Whatis healthier, broccoli or cabbage?

A1                Lucia Garcia Worked at HospitalsOct 19

There is no doubt that broccoliis much more nutritious than cabbage. The Asian 
Vegetable Research Institutelists broccoli as the most nutritious vegetable.

The nutrients in broccoli are not only high in content, but also 
verycomprehensive, mainly including protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamin C, 
vitaminA, vitamin E, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, carotene, dietary fiber, as well 
as iron and potassium, Manganese, zinc, calcium, phosphorus and other minerals

The anti-cancer effectof broccoli is an important content of research by 
scientists in recent years.The American Association for Cancer Research lists 
broccoli as one of the bestanti-cancer vegetables.

The anti-cancer effect of broccoli is mainly attributed to theglucosinolate 
contained in it. Long-term consumption of broccoli cansignificantly reduce the 
incidence of cancer.

Broccoli contains a lot of vitamin C. 100 grams of broccoli contains 90mg of 
vitamin C, which is much higher than cabbage, tomato, and celery.

Broccoli contains 3.5 grams to 4.5 grams of protein, which is 3 timesthat of 
cabbage and cauliflower and 4 times that of tomatoes. 

Broccoli is rich in vitamins and minerals, which can supplement most ofthe 
nutrients the body needs, enhance immunity and resistance, and avoid therisk of 
various diseases.

Q2         What is anexample of a very unique fruit, exotic or strange?

A2         Victoria Ng Oct 12

One fruit that istruly an odd ball in the realm of fruit. It isn’t sweet or 
juicy, but ratherlike a carb. 

And you have to slice its rather hard flesh and deep fry it or cook itin order 
to eat it. This amazing fruit is full of substance and many eat itlike a 
literally bread. Thisfruit is called the bread fruit. This fruit is not only a 
starchyfiller, but its a super food that is powered with many nutrients. 
Unavailablewhere I live but in the hotter climate regions you will find these.

Breadfruit is unlike any other fruit you’ve eaten before. That’sbecause 
breadfruit does not have the look, feel or consistency of a typicalfruit, but 
like its name suggests, looks much like bread. When the breadfruitis ripe it is 
relatively soft and the inside has a yellow, cream colored fleshthat resembles 
bread. Theflesh of the breadfruit is somewhat sweet and has a nice fragrant 
smell.

Breadfruit are very rich in starch, which transforms to sugars whenvery ripe. 
Before being eaten, the fruits are roasted, baked, fried or boiled. When 
cooked, the taste is describedas potato-like, or similar to freshly baked bread.

Benefits

Health Benefits. Breadfruit is high in carbohydrates and a good sourceof 
antioxidants, calcium, carotenoids, copper, dietary fiber, energy, 
iron,magnesium, niacin, omega 3, omega 6, phosphorus, potassium, protein, 
thiamine,vitamin A and vitamin C, thiamin. It is rich in riboflavin, zinc, and 
selenium.

Q3          it healthyto take 20ml of honey daily?

A3         Lucia GarciaWorked at HospitalsOct 20

Honey is a natural tonic collected and brewed by bees. It contains veryrich 
nutrients and trace elements.

But honey is a kind ofhigh-calorie food, 100 grams of honey contains 300 
calories, eating toomuch honey is easy to be obese.

Generally, it isrecommended that adults consume 2 to 3 tablespoons of honey a 
day, about 20 ml(30 g).

Honey contains more than 60 kinds of nutrients such as glucose,fructose, 
vitamins, active enzymes, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, etc. whichthe body 
needs.

The energy of honey isabout 5 times higher than that of milk, which can 
replenish energy for the body in a shorttime. In particular, fructose and 
glucose can be directly absorbed by the bodywithout being digested.

Modern medicine provesthat regular consumption of honey is very beneficial to 
the digestivesystem, nervous system, and cardiovascular system.

Q4         Whichanimal has the hardest natural armour?

A4         Victoria NgUpdated Oct 13

Wow. Armadillos have bullet proof vests on! How does one try to killand eat an 
armadillos? Incredible!

Armadillos haveshells so hard they can deflect a bullet.

One poor Texan man learned this the hard way when he shot at anarmadillo only 
to have the bullet ricochet off the indestructible beast, and back at him into 
his jaw!The man was airlifted to hospital. Amazingly, the armadillo just walked 
off unscathed

Q5         Is having a pool at home convenient ordifficult to maintain?

A5           3 Answers Beauty    , Scs Health, University of 
Lagos(2019)Answered 2h ago

A pool is an impressive feature of a home, but it can also be the mostdifficult 
and expensive to maintain. When it comes time to decide between DIYpool care 
and using a professional pool cleaning service, consider such tasksas 
maintaining the filter, surface skimming and chemical testing Does a 
poolrequire a lot of maintenance?

In other words, a $20,000 inground pool would typically cost between$2,000 and 
$3,000 to maintain each year. ... On the maintenance side,above-ground pool 
owners can expect to spend within the ballpark of $1,000 and$1,200 on 
maintenance each year,

2NDANSWER- Kimberly Answered 2h ago

Convenient and not that difficult to maintain. (PH balance, muraticacid/ 
chlorine (unless it's bromine), filters, etc etc.. it's worth it)

3RDANSWER-Dylan, Business guy, scientist and fun lover.Answered 25m ago

We have an inground pool and love it. It is not difficult to maintain,but needs 
to be maintained regularly. It’s very helpful to have features thathelp with 
maintenance. Some helpful features are: auto-chlorinator, skimmer ateach end, 
pressure vac/sweep with a dedicated pump that can work the entirebottom, 
multi-port valve that makes backwashing, excess water draining andother chores 
easier, and a side port built-in to add water. Sometimes I wish wehad a pool 
cover to keep debris out, but covers are a hassle and look like crapafter a 
while. Probably missed a few, but these things make maintain it a loteasier.

Another importantthing is to understand pool water chemistry and keep your pool 
in balance.Letting it seesaw in and out of balance makes things more difficult. 
Gettingthe hang of this isn’t hard and there are great products to make it 
easier.

My note- In Kerala areas like Vaikkam and Cherhala stillhave open water pools. 
Many homes earier had 3-4 pools and not used after watertaps provided from well 
water. They  areall now closed. For name sake some homes have pools , now well 
protected andused only for misc works.

Q6         Why can'thigh blood pressure be cured?

A6         Lucia Garcia Worked at HospitalsOct 16

Hypertension isdivided into primary hypertension and secondary hypertension.

There are many pathogenic factors of primary hypertension, which areclosely 
related to heredity, bad living habits, environmental factors, etc.,accounting 
for about 90% of all hypertensive patients.

Primary hypertensioncannot be cured, it can only be controlled.

Secondary hypertension refers to high blood pressure caused by somediseases, 
accounting for only 5% of hypertensive patients. Diseases such askidneys, 
brain, blood vessels, and endocrine may cause blood pressure to rise.

For secondary hypertension, when the related diseases are cured, theproblem of 
hypertension will also be resolved.

Q7         Why don'tpigs eat onions?

A7         Geoffrey Brickley - PepperMeisterFormer Software Engineer 
(2001–2019)Oct 13

Because farmers deliberately avoid feeding it to them. Onions are toxic to some 
animals,however, pigs are as omnivorous as we are and can actually eat onions. 
It justisn’t nutritious to them. It can also lead to a rare anemia disorder if 
fed inquantity.

The main reason onionsare not fed to pigs is that it changes the taste of the 
meat.

Q8         Is it okayto use an air conditioner “fan setting” on a snowy winter 
day? Will thissetting recirculate the air in the room or bring in outside cold 
air? Will itdamage the unit to run it on a snowy day?

A8         Wicida Sarme, former ProAnswered Nov12, 2019

If your window type air conditioner has an available option to closeand/or open 
a small window opening called “vent”, then you may close it torecirculate the 
air in the room..

Leaving that small vent window opening will let some fresh cold air tocome into 
the room and at the same time let out some warm stale air from theroom to 
escape!

Letting the unit to run its fan on a snowy day should not harm nordamage the 
air conditioning unit..

2NDANSWER- Paul SmithAnswered Nov 12, 2019

Most window airconditioners don't have a vent. It's all recirculating. You'll 
only havethat if there is a vent /recirculation switch or lever. Most people 
shut thewindow units down for the winter as they are a big source of air leaks.

3RD ANSWER- DeanHough, former Electrical Engineer \ Computer ScienceAnswered 
Nov 12,2019

The way this is worded it sounds like you are in a home. In this case no air is 
circulatedfrom the outside, ever. Homes almost always have closed systems 
thatmerely circulate the air within the home and heat it or cool it, depending 
onthe temp setting. When you turn the fan switch to “on”, it simply turns on 
thefan to circulate air throughout the home without engaging the AC compressor 
orturning on the furnace heater. Sometimes it’s beneficial to circulate the 
airlike this because one room might have stale air, or smoke, or an oder, 
orwhatever.

It won’t damage the unit to run the fan, ever. Snow, wind, rain, sun,drought, 
anything on earth, won’t hurt the unit to run the fan. It’s a closedsystem and 
it doesn’t care what’s going on outside.

Outside air is notcirculated into the home for 99.99% of all home AC systems. 
It’s possible that some high-end orexotic systems might support drawing in 
outside ambient air but this is veryunusual. 

On the other hand almost always offer this option. You can opt to drawin fresh 
air from the outside or circulate air within the car. Commercialbuildings will 
often have more sophisticated temperature control systems thatmight draw in 
outside air to be mixed with air within the building but this issomewhat 
unusual. What’s more common is for commercial systems to use “anoptimizer” 
which will utilize outside air for cooling if the outside ambienttemperature is 
lower than the indoor temperature. It’s much less expensive touse already cool 
air from the outside rather than turn the compressor to coolthe air.

Side note… runningyour home AC in fan mode only uses less electricity than 
running the compressorbut it’s still not cheap. 

A rough estimate is that running the fan only will use about 40% of 
theelectricity compared to running the compressor in normal auto mode. But 
thatfan can eat you up alive if you’re not careful. AC cooling systems 
runintermittently and might be running 30% of the time on a hot day. But if 
youturn the fan on it’s running 100% of the time because it’s permanently on. 
That means the fan only modeactually consumes more electricity than your AC 
would on a hot day. 

So use the fan modesparingly. Otherwise you will be in for a shock when you get 
a high electricbill even though you thought you were saving money in fan 
modealone.

My note-It is a newinformation to me

Q9         Why is the tulsi plant sacred?

A9         Devala Rees Hindu practitioner andscholar of Pagan religions Wed

The Tulsi plant is widely known for its medicinal values. It is thecore 
ingredient of many traditional healing methods. It also yields a 
valuableessential oil.

The plant isunderstood to be the earthly form of the Goddess Tulasi, a devoted 
worshipperof Lord Krishna and an avatar of Lakshmi.

 The plant is also closelyassociated with all other forms of Lord Vishnu and 
the Goddess Lakshmi, and isone of the main offerings to them in rituals. 

Ancient scripturescall the Tulsi plant a gateway between heaven and earth, and 
describe the plantas having Brahma the Creator dwelling in its upper branches, 
the Vedas in itslower branches, all other deities in its stem, and the Ganga 
running throughits roots.

Q10        Do we need bed frames? What’s wrong withhaving a mattress on the 
floor?

A10       Stranger Things Marcy Stehling Oct 19

Thank goodness for bed frames. In my younger days, when the in-laws visited,my 
husband and I gave up our beds in consideration of the in-laws, and we sleptin 
the living room on a plain mattress on the floor. It was hard to roll out ofbed 
and onto my feet even in my 30s.

I can’t imagine sleeping on a mattress on the floor at my age. I havesciatica 
and minor knee problems, and these days if I just sit down on the floor I have 
to besure to have something close by to grab, in order to heave myself back up.

I also normally have to get up in the night to use the restroom. I’mpositive I 
don’t want to try to get off the mattress and onto my feet in themiddle of the 
night, when I have to pee. Perish the thought.

Yep. Bed frames are for me. I hope I never have to sleep on a mattresson the 
floor again in my life.

Q11       Do horsesreally need horseshoes if they still get regular hoof 
cleanings?

A11       Claire Jordan Degree in biology andfolklore; programmer, shop owner, 
secretary on newspaper Oct 11

It’s not the cleaningthat’s the issue. It’s how much exercise they get and on 
what kind of terrain. If they’re livingon soft ground and not being ridden much 
their hooves will need to be trimmed,and if they’re beingridden on hard roads 
or packed earth their hooves will need to be protectedfrom wearing down too 
much. You can do without shoes if they’re gettingplenty of exercise on 
medium-consistency ground.

Q12       In theMiddle Ages and other times throughout history, if someone was 
too poor to buysalt, how did they survive?

A12       Ernest W. AdamsSchool taught me to hatehistory, but now I loveit.Oct 
12

You can getenough salt just through ordinary food to survive. You don't need to 
addit to anything; it just makes it taste better.

Medieval peoples used salt for preserving food through the winter, particularly 
cheese, but Idon't think they were entirely dependent on it. 

They could always dry or smoke meat and pickle vegetables, and theydidn't need 
to do anything to preserve wheat, barley, oats and rye. Bread madewithout salt 
is pretty bland, but it's still nutritious.

All the above QA are based on Quora digest to me on 29-10-2021. Quoraanswers 
need not be 100% correct answers 

Compiler- R. Gopala Krishnan, 78 dated 30 -10-2021

 

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