Remembering Dori

You know what I like about watching animation flicks? They are really more mature than what they appear to be. Most of the things I've learned in life, I learned from watching Disney films...not kidding!

And out of the many characters I have know and seen if I could be someone I would be Dory (Finding Nemo). I'm more like the Marlin type of person; always worrying that something bad is going to happen and very untrusting. I would like to be Dory with her blunders and short-term memory loss and all. She is just one happy fish.



Some of the things she said in the movie I can't forget:

Marlin: How do you know that nothing bad won't happen?
Dory: I don't.

Dory: Hey there, Mr. Grumpy Gills. When life gets you down do you wanna know what you've gotta do?
Marlin: No I don't wanna know.
Dory: [singing] Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim.
Marlin: Dory, no singing.
Dory: [continuing] Ha, ha, ha, ha, ho. I love to swim. When you want to swim you want to swim.
Marlin: Now I'm stuck with that song... Now it's in my head.
Dory: Sorry.


Marlin: I promised I'd never let anything happen to him.
Dory: Hmm. That's a funny thing to promise.
Marlin: What?
Dory: Well, you can't never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him. Not much fun for little Harpo.


Marlin: What did it say? What did the mask say?
Dory: P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.
[gasps]
Dory: I remembered what it said! I usually forget things, but I remembered it that time! P. Sherman, 4...
Marlin: Wait! What does that mean?
Dory: I don't know. But who cares! Ha ha! I remembered! P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. I remembered it again!


Marlin: [Dory and Marlin are in pitch darkness looking for the mask] Dory, do you see anything?
Dory: Ahh! Something's got me!
Marlin: That's just me. I'm sorry.
Dory: Who's that?
Marlin: [exasperated] Who's that? Who else would it be? It's me!
Dory: Are... are you my conscience?
Marlin: [sighs] Yes, I'm your conscience. We haven't spoken for a while. How are you?
Dory: Eh, can't complain.
Marlin: Good. Now, Dory, do you see anything?
Dory: [angler fish's light approaches] Yes, I see... a light. Hey, conscience, am I dead?
Marlin: No, I see it too.

Dory: [At the entrance to the trench] Come on, let's go.
Marlin: No, no, no! Bad trench, bad trench! Come on, we're swimming over this thing.
Dory: Whoa, partner. Little red flag going up. Something tells me we should go through it, not over it.
Marlin: Are you even looking at this thing? It's got death written all over it!
Dory: I'm sorry, but I really, really, really think we should go through it.
Marlin: And I'm really, really done talking about this. Over we go.
Dory: Come on, trust me on this one.
Marlin: Trust you?
Dory: Yes, trust. It's what friends do.

It's been too long i almost forgot my log in details

Sorry, sorry, sorry... can't say sorry enough for being too busy (I know that is not a good excuse)that i do not have enough time to blog. Or should i blame it on writer's block??? I'm just so out of my usual writer self so lately; so absorbed with something else. Anyway, just a few things I would like to share because I can not think of something else right now (see, writer's block?!). Here are excerpts from my two newest posts from my other blog.

just a piece of advice to anyone who needs it (like myself), always always think twice before saying something, because the tongue really is a killing machine. My mantra lately: Hold your tongue and keep your composure.

Live well guys!

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If I could have only one thing it would be…



If I could have only one thing in this life it would be happiness… The kind of bliss that gives you peace of mind. For years I have been blindly searching for that something or someone that would make me feel complete and contented. And this life, as I see it today, has been only been kind and generous. It has given me pieces of that something yet I fail to appreciate them all. If I am miserable there is no one else to blame except my self and my failure to see blessings at the tip of my nose. I hope I haven’t come to this realization late.

Happiness is a choice says someone I know. And I choose to be happy now; as happy as happiness is. Whatever happens…

Peyton Conway March:

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life — happiness, freedom, and peace of mind — are always attained by giving them to someone else.

Martha Washington:

The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.

Mohandas K. Gandhi:

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Nathaniel Hawthorne:

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Norman MacEwan:

Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Margaret Bonnano:

It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis.

Mark Twain:

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.

Mark Twain:

Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.

Leo Buscaglia:

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

Helen Keller:

Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.

Helen Keller:

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Helen Keller:

Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Henry David Thoreau:

That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.

H.H. the Dalai Lama:

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox:

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

Eric Hoffer:

You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.

Felix Adler:

The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also.

Brother David Steindl-Rast :

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more.

Buddha:

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.

Aristotle:

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

Anne Frank:

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

Anne Frank:

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.

Allan K. Chalmers:

The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Amy Lowell:

Happiness: We rarely feel it.
I would buy it, beg it, steal it,
Pay in coins of dripping blood
For this one transcendent good.

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In continuation of the previous post I have written, I know that there is no way for me to be truly happy but to change my perspectives and the way I see things in life…

I need to embrace change and have faith that at the end of it all I’ll be able to see life in all its precious colors. Life is still beautiful. Tough times never last…

in saying...

“Unless you are prepared to give up something valuable you will never be able to truly change at all, because you’ll be forever in the control of things you can’t give up.” - Andy Law, Creative Company

“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.”

— Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince (1532)

“There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it often a comfort to shift one’s position and be bruised in a new place.”

— Washington Irving
Tales of a Traveler (1824)

We would rather be ruined than changed,
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.

— W. H. Auden

“Change has a bad reputation in our society. But it isn’t all bad — not by any means. In fact, change is necessary in life — to keep us moving … to keep us growing … to keep us interested . … Imagine life without change. It would be static … boring … dull.”

— Dr. Dennis O’Grady
in Bottom Line - Personal

“Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes — it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm.”

— Peter Drucker
Management Challenges for the 21st Century (1999)

“When we see the need for deep change, we usually see it as something that needs to take place in someone else. In our roles of authority, such as parent, teacher, or boss, we are particularly quick to direct others to change. Such directives often fail, and we respond to the resistance by increasing our efforts. The power struggle that follows seldom results in change or brings about excellence. One of the most important insights about the need to bring about deep change in others has to do with where deep change actually starts.”

— Robert E. Quinn

“The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”

— Abraham Lincoln
December 1, 1862 in Message to Congress



I just love that line "... think anew, act anew."

Korean Girl Groups: Wonder Girls and 2NE1

First, there was the explosion of Koreanovelas this side of Asia (('m in the Philippines by the way), now it is their music dominating the airwaves here. Anyway, I like their songs and the fashion style - wow! Very upbeat and every dose as pop as these girls are. I am liking these two girl groups now. And I find my self well singing korean with the lyrics I searched from the web (okay, so I'm guilty of looking for English translations too, shoot me!).Next thing we'll know we will be speaking Koreans, instead of them learning to speak English here.hmmm... Enjoy!

2NE1 - I Don't Care


2NE1 - I Don't Care (unplugged)


Wonder Girls - Nobody (Off. Music Video-US release)


Wonder Girls - Nobody



Wonder Girls - Tell Me



© 2009 Elisha Gay C. Hidalgo. All Rights Reserved.

A Week of Resemblances

Fresh Scoop

Some of the week's most interesting news:















The Big Ben in straws! To celebrate London's most famous landmark's 150th year, a field in Cheshire England displays a straw replica of the Big Ben(right) in a field. Kind of looks like it huh? Minus the River Thames and The House of Parliament of course.





















The world's crookedest street(right), Lombard St., in San Francisco was turned into a real-life, gigantic version of the board game Candy Land.

















The emperor tamarin twin monkeys, Lara and Lucy, are orphaned in The Denver Zoo after their mother died of cancer. This species of primates was said to resemble German Emperor Wilhelm II (can you see?) hence the name. Mutual grooming is said to play an important role in their development that is why their care takers from the zoo are making sure they don't miss on it. See the picture here?













© 2009 Elisha Gay C. Hidalgo. All Rights Reserved.

Fall Fashion from Elle

The latest trend to wear for Fall is here:

Russian Inspired



How to wear the trend? Here's how.

Sixties Style



Sixties Style Tips.

80's





Fashion Tip from Marc Jacobs collection.

Modern Americana



Here's what Modern Americana is.

Lingerie-Inspired



Here's how to wear it and watch the slideshow here.

Slouchy Fashion



Read the article here.

Things I have learned so far...

Sorry blogger friendlies for being absent for some time. I attended a training, and I am in a new one again. But do not worry, I'll try to blog more often now and will be visiting your blogs too soon, which I missed a lot. For my first post, after quite some time, let me share with you the lessons in my life I have been contemplating so far. I hope that you will get a thing or two from my list. Have a good life y'all.















Things I have learned so far...

The best things come to people who wait patiently and to those who take the initiative.
Surround yourself with happy people. Their energy is contagious.
Do something everyday that will make you proud of yourself.
It may take time for your affirmations to come true, but believe they will.
Do Not Give Up.
Start small, finish big.
Make eye contact.
Walk with your head held high.
Speak as if you want the whole world to listen to what you are saying.
Finish the Day and be done with it. Tomorrow is a new day.
Act confidently; even if you have to fake it before you make it.
Sit straight.
Meet new people.
Make friends. Do not descriminate and judge people.
Pick a role model and be one.
Banish self-consciousness.
Forget about pleasing others.
Be kind to yourself.
Say sorry.
Forgive. Let go of things that drain the life out of you.
Make the best out of yourself. It is the only thing you really have.
Remember: You are wonderful and one-of-a-kind.
Smile:)
Thank people for compliments and be generous in giving compliments.
Help. Ask for help.
Walk.
Go out and face new challenges.
Learn more about yourself.
Stay positive.
Be honest.
Read a good book.
Cultivate a sense of humor. Laugh more!
Do not beat yourself up.
Learn a new craft or hobby.
Sing.
Push yourself to the limits. Never settle for less.
Do not run away from what scares you.
Explore.
Listen to music.
Listen to what others say. Respect their opinion even if you do not agree with them.
Be responsible.
Pay your bills on time.
Eat well. Take your vitamins. Drink plenty of water.
Own your life.
Be open to change.
Keep in contact with your friends and loved ones.
Be creative.
Remember that problems have their solutions. Do not be anxious.
Pray. Have Faith.
Hope for good things to come.
Always TRY. Do not be afraid of failing.
Do not hurry all the time.
BREATHE.
Take time to enjoy the little things in life.
Count your blessings.
Relax. Have fun.
Believe that life is beautiful.
LOVE. Love passionately.
Shine!

© 2009 Elisha Gay C. Hidalgo. All Rights Reserved.

One more for all the mothers out there

To every woman who has the toughest and most rewarding job in the world: Happy Mother's Day!
Celebrate and Enjoy!
Yeah, hear us R-O-A-R!!!





"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."- Jewish Proverbs

"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden,fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." - Washington Irving

"A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror, that confidence of success that often induces real success."
-Sigmund Freud



















"Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life."
-Sophocles

"Womanliness means only motherhood;
All love begins and ends there."
-Robert Browning

"The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth."
-Goldie Hawn

"Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships."
-Jodie Foster

"Self-reliance is the greatest gift a parent can give a child."
-Author Unknown

"Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see."
-Pope Paul VI

Happy Mother's Day!

Mother Thoughts


"I affirm my profound belief that God's greatest creation is womanhood. I also believe that there is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation."
- James E. Faust, April 1993 General Conference

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see.
Pope Paul VI

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving


God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers. ~Jewish Proverb

Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries. ~T. DeWitt Talmage

Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, comrades and friends - but only one mother in the whole world. ~Kate Douglas Wiggin

Women do not have to sacrifice personhood if they are mothers. They do not have to sacrifice motherhood in order to be persons. Liberation was meant to expand women's opportunities, not to limit them. The self-esteem that has been found in new pursuits can also be found in mothering.~Elaine Heffner

At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.~Golda Meir

Happy Mother's Day to every woman who has the most gratifying job in the world!

Fresh Scoops

World's Cleanest Countries according to Forbes.com

Most of the countries included are from Europe (14 out of the 20 top environmental performance) with the US lagging behind.

Topping the list is Switzerland.












I found another article from Newsweek about one couple's cyber romance "A Geek Love Story". It talks about how cyberspace is changing people's view on love, relationship and lust.

Manny Paquiao Stuns Ricky Hatton (yeah,and well everyone else)

Okey, if you need the blow by blow account about today's fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton I suggest you read the news or watch it on you tube. I know everyone should be blogging about this right now but still, I just want to say I'm proud to be Pinoy (how many chances are we given to say that again and again right?!) after watching Manny Pacquio bring down Ricky Hatton on the 2nd round (Hatton literally ended up on his back)! As my brother said, "parang diretso na sa ataul nya" (like dropping dead straight to a coffin).

That was the best the fighter the West can give? Come on! (I do pity the white guy though, he was struck dumb. Did you see how his eyes rolled before he got conscious again?) That's boxing, I guess.



















Anyway, wave your flags everyone, with three stars and a sun!

A Lesson on Assertiveness

A former teacher, who also happened to be one of the most accomplished woman I know, taught us that assertiveness is something women should have more of. I guess she is right. So as I was browsing the net a while ago and found this article I thought it might be good to share this article with you. Anyway, we can practice being more self-confident and self-assured especially at rough times like this when aggressiveness will take you a long way. So, am I saying goodbye to my shy old self? Hmm...it may take time but I'll do it a step at a time.

Would you benefit from assertiveness training? Take this mini-test…
Complete the following statements by answering with: (A) Always (B) Frequently (C) Sometimes (D) Rarely (E) Never
1) I stand up for my own needs.
2) I feel I deserve to be heard.
3) I believe I have a right to my own feelings and opinions.
4) I share those feelings and opinions with others.
5) I ask for what I want and need.
6) I am able to say “no” when I do not want to do something.
7) I am afraid it will seem selfish if I express my feelings or opinions.

If you answered C, D, or E to most of questions 1-6, and/or answered A or B to question 7, read on – because you’ll likely benefit from assertiveness training.

9 Tips for Improving Your Communication Skills

Here are some useful strategies for increasing assertive communication. You may want to practice with a trusted friend to build your confidence.

1. Use assertive language. Use “I” statements so that others know what you are thinking and feeling. For example, instead of saying, “You are ignoring me!” you could say, “I feel hurt when you watch television when I’m trying to speak to you.”

2. Be clear in asking for what you want. For example, if you are going to the movies and picking up a friend who has a reputation for being late, you could say, “I really want to get there for the previews, so please be ready to go at 7 o’clock.”

3. Speak up if you are overlooked. For example, if you are waiting in line at the grocery store and someone steps in front of you, it is okay to say, “Excuse me, I’m not sure if you saw me, but I was in line ahead of you.”

4. Do not apologize for your feelings. Do not apologize when you have not done anything wrong.

5. Do not take responsibility for someone else’s behavior.

6. Repeat your request, if you are not satisfied that you have been heard.

7. Express yourself calmly, taking deep breaths if you need to. Avoid insults and accusations. For example, instead of saying, “You are so stubborn, you never listen to me!” you could say, “I feel frustrated when you interrupt me, so please just listen for a moment.”

8. Listen to others’ points of viewl-but remember that you do not have to agree with their opinion or do what they are asking.

9. Offer to compromise, when appropriate.

Being assertive takes time and practice. Your skill and ease will increase over time, so be patient with yourself! If you follow the steps above, you are well on your way to developing assertive communication.

Link to the Original Article here.

Solar City

Fresh Scoops
It is possible that small cities of the future are powered by solar energy. In Babcock Ranch Florida, USA, they are making this possibility a reality. It is a community conceptualize to run from solar panels and be entirely free from fossil fuel use. The city plan looks beautiful and it helps the environment it becomes even more commendable. I wish to live in one of cities like this in the future. Maybe the energy bill wouldn't cost as much as they do today. Let us all hope so.

Color Coordinate Your Wardrobe

Do you want to dress effortlessly without the hassle of being a color-overload? Well, the first thing I found out I need to know about dressing up is how to color coordinate. Here's a few tips I want to share:

Color Matching Combinations for Clothing

• Baby pink: browns, tan, mint green, olive green, gray, turquoise
• Dark pink (fuschia): gray, tan, yellows, lime green, mint green, browns
• Tomato red: baby blue, mint green, creamy white, gray
• Cherry red: blues, gray, pale orange, pale yellow
• Light brown: pale yellow, creamy white, blues, greens, purples, reds
• Dark brown: lemon yellow, baby blue, mint green, baby purple, lime green
• Tan: baby pink, dark brown, blues, greens, purples
• Pale orange: gray, browns, forest green
• Dark orange: pale yellow, forest green, browns, cherry red
• Lemon yellow: cherry red, browns, blues, gray
• Pale yellow: fuschia, gray, browns, tan, reds, blues, purples
• Golden yellow: gray, browns, blues, reds, black
• Lime green: tan, browns, pinks, dark orange, navy blue, gray
• Forrest green: oranges, light brown, tan
• Olive green: tan, browns, grays, creamy white, black,
• Mint green: brown, gray, navy blue, reds, gray, tan
• Turquoise: fuschia, cherry red, tan, browns, creamy white, dark purple
• Electric blue: golden yellow, tan, light brown, gray or silver
• Baby blue: reds, gray, browns, dark orange
• Navy blue: baby purple, tan, brown, gray, yellows, oranges, greens, reds, pale colors
• Baby purple: dark orange, dark purple, olive green
• Dark purple: tan, pale yellow, gray, turquoise, mint green, pale orange

Next thing we should do is sort out our clothes and group them according to colors. We can paste the list we have above on our closet to help us better pair our clothes next time, fast and simple!

Things to remember:

Color Wheel:

The color wheel shows how colors are related. The color wheel includes the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Color wheels help artists remember how to mix and think about colors

Complementary colors: On a standard color wheel, they are the colors opposite each other (red/green, yellow/blue). They look good together and compliment each other.















Analogous Colors: Colors located next to each other on the color wheel such as red, orange and yellow or red violet, red, and red orange.

Warm and Cool Colors

There are certain colors that compliment your skin tone: such as warm colors match warm skin tone (with yellow undertones) and cool colors (with bluish undertone) complement cool skin tone.

To find out what your skin tone is:

Look at the veins in the underside of your wrist. If they appear green your skin tone is warm. If they are bluish, you have a cool skin tone.

Some have natural or balanced skin tone which looks good in almost any color.

Warm colors consist of red, orange, yellow, and anything in between.

• They are called warm because they remind you of a sun or fire
• Warm colors seem to come out at you in space

Cool colors consist of blue, green, purple and anything in between.

• They are called cool because they remind you of cool earth or a cold creek.
• Cool colors seem to recede from you in space

Neutral Colors:Black and White and shades in between (gray). Monochromatic neutrals have a brownish color to them (khaki).

Try this online site which provides a color wheel you can use to personally color coordinate www.colorschemedesigner.com or try the elements of art website.

Lego statue, marshmallow hat, pay for housewifes,and becoming

Since I am moving all my blogs here, my post format will almost always look like this one.
Hope you'll like it!

Fresh Scoops
WHERE THE SUM IS GREATER THAN ITS PARTS, they prove it!

This statue of Jesus Christ which stands at a church in Sweden is made out of Lego bricks totaling to 30,000 pieces and was constructed after more than a year. Cool!

A hat made out of marshmallow at the Easter Parade in New York. Yummy!

















Mother Thoughts

"Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family. But here again, because there is nothing to sell, there is a very general disposition to regard a married woman's work as no work at all, and to take it as a matter of course that she should not be paid for it."
- George Bernard Shaw


I wonder, when will the state ever pay us, stay-at-home moms? Okey, let's not call it pay but benefits (because when we started getting paid for raising our kids, it'll rub off the glory of motherhood right?) But then again, the government shouldn't forget our contribution to the economy and should otherwise give more benefits to stay at home mothers so we can better support our children. Did I hear anyone say yea?!

Writing Prompts

Creative Writing Exercise: Use your dictionary to find a new word to be use as your writing prompt.

My dictionary writing prompt today would be becoming.

becoming: adjective,

1. Appropriate, suitable, or proper.
2. Pleasing or attractive to the eye.
   

Read how to do this exercise from From eHow.com

Here is the result of my exercise:

Becoming

At the end of the cold stony road,
the human spirit mingles with joy.
As struggles breathe life to the living,
pain and death wakes us to existence.
When people grab fear and let go,
that's when men finally understood
that the reason we are here
is for our own becoming.

© 2009 Elisha Gay C. Hidalgo. All Rights Reserved.

Genes that can turn Carbohydrates to Fat

A team of researchers discovered a gene in the liver called DNA-PK which regulates the conversion of carbohydrates into fats.

In an experiment using mice, which has the same genetic make-up as humans, scientists disabled this type of gene. As it turned out, the mice became leaner even if the same amount of carbohydrates were given them.

"We hope that this research will one day help people eat bread, pasta and rice and not worry about getting fat," Roger Wong, a graduate student who worked on the study, said in a statement.

The team of scientists hope that the research will contribute to the fight against obesity.