[Jackie07]

Thanks, Tanya and BJ.

I thought about the phytochemicals when I read the article and the online comments. Both of my parents are big vege eaters. One of our favorite dish is called 'Mixed vegetable combo' that has mushrooms, tree-ears (crispy 'fungi'), soy bean sprouts, celery, dried tofu noodles, some rice noodles, a little bit green onions, some bamboo shoots, and some red pepper plus some garlic.

My Dad (95 going 96 this summer)used to make very good 'Tofu meatball (Tofu+very tiny pork+minced ginger and tiny green onion) and Chinese cabbage soup'. Seems we always have some kind of vegetable soup on the dinner table. Many dishes are just fresh greens stir-fried with garlic.

Another thing came to mind - seems I've learned in my junior high health class that eating protein will stimulate our appetite. That is probably why there are always cold cut meat as appetizers at the beginning of a Chinese (wedding) banquet. Looks like it will be a torture for people to follow a high protein diet...