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DAILY FORTUNE - SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

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DAILY FORTUNE - SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Is the youngest getting spoiled?

 Lauren isn’t happy after being told to “time out” by herself against the wall.  / Courtesy of Jane Han By Jane HanThe past couple of weeks have mostly been about my older two, leaving my youngest Lauren as a cool bystander, almost like a fifth wheel.With a colorful personality and adventurous spirit, Lauren is definitely not a subtle toddler.But thankfully, as agreed upon by her pediatrician and myself, little Lauren is growing up super well and healthy, pretty much on auto-pilot mode.Honestly, sometimes I feel a little guilty when I see other kids the same age as Lauren being given so much exclusive attention and are so well pampered.Even a small spill on the shirt would have moms changing them into a fresh outfit, and meals would be cut up into perfectly small bite-sized pieces.Meanwhile, Lauren here is wearing a shirt that’s beautifully stained with food of all colors, and stuffing her face with a huge chunk of watermelon that probably should have been cut up into at least five small cubes.But don’t get me wrong.It’s not that I&r

DAILY FORTUNE - SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Pastor Kim leads morning prayer for UN

Rev. Billy Jang-hwan KimBy Park Jin-hai  Rev. Kim Jang-hwan, chairman of the missionary radio station Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) Korea, led a prayer service for the United Nations in New York, Tuesday.At the annual international prayer breakfast, organized ahead of the U.N. General Assembly by the U.N. Foreign Service Fellowship, the prominent Korean Christian evangelist spoke “the power of one person” to 250 U.N. officials and diplomats including U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Oh Joon.Kim, also called Billy Kim in English, became the first Korean person to lead the prayer.Saying that “One person can make a great difference beyond culture, geography, race and society,” Kim shared his personal story, about his humble beginnings working as a houseboy for the U.S. military under Sgt. Carl Powers in Suwon during the Korean War (1950-1953), coming to America in 1951 and receiving an education with the sergeant’s help.“During the Korean War, he turned down five rotations to be sure this Korean houseboy

DAILY FORTUNE - SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

DAILY FORTUNE - SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Vitamin C effective in reducing oxidative stress: study

Suh Hyung-joo, sitting front, a food and nutrition professor at Korea University, poses with his research team on the university’s campus in Seoul, last month. The team has found that Vitamin C is effective in reducing oxidative stress.  / Courtesy of Kwangdong Pharmaceutical By Chung Hyun-chae Vitamin C has been found to be effective in reducing oxidative stress, according to a recent study.  A research team led by Suh Hyung-joo, a food and nutrition professor at Korea University, announced on Aug. 30 that vitamin C has an anti-oxidative stress effect and helps maintain stable biorhythm.The researchers conducted an experiment with fruit flies between September 2015 and last May to study the effects of vitamin C, caffeine and taurine on behavior and lifespan.According to the study, fruit flies taking caffeine or taurine were in an aroused state while those taking vitamin C were in stable condition.Also fruit flies that took vitamin C lived longer than those taking taurine or caffeine.“From the research, we concluded that vitamin C controls oxidati

Eat moderately to avoid weight gain on Chuseok holiday

By Lee Sung-hun This past summer has seen the longest streak of hot days, and it feels as though the heat will stay around for a while longer.Chuseok holiday season’s arrival is a welcoming sign as it will hopefully signal the arrival of autumn and cooler weather. The old Korean adage says that autumn is the season for the sky to be high, and horses to fatten.It is not just the horses but we humans as well that plump up during this season.In Oriental medicine, spring and summer are the seasons during which our body’s qi projects outward and grows while autumn is when the expanded qi is gathered and harvested. Hence, it is our natural tendency to gain a bit of weight during autumn. It is known that our appetite for food does increase during autumn.This seasonal rise of appetites is affected by sunlight exposure and hormones. As the days shorten and nights lengthen, serotonin (a hormone that directly affects our appetite) levels become lower in our bodies, and emotional states can go down while appetites go up.Also as the ambient temperature drops, we use more energy i