Cooking a La gourmet
SHOGUN by La gourmet has engineered an exciting range of healthy cookware with alkaline benefits. The Shogun Taiyo Cookware series is special as it is reinforced with marble rock particles for durability and infused with Maifan stones for enhanced health benefits.
Ilag laboratory and Shogun made this breakthrough together and Malaysia is the first country to launch the range. It will be first available exclusively at Aeon on a PWP Redemption programme.
What is exciting is that – Ilag laboratory has tested and verified that Shogun Taiyo with Maifan stone has increased in pH value after cooking with water:
– pH value before cooking with water is 7.88 – pH value after cooking with water is 9.46 Maifan Stones or “bakuhanseki” ( Japanese) is a special mineral rock that contains micronutrient elements such as calcium, iron, zinc, magnesium, copper and selenium – all essential to a healthy human body. Infusing Maifan stone particles into the cookware will help food retain its original flavour, maintain trace elements and the liquid is more alkaline, which is healthy.
Renowned water filters like Berkey of Canada use Maifan stones in their water filters to turn them into alkaline water filters.
The pH of alkaline water for drinking is approximately eight to 10 on the pH- scale. PH value of water is seven, which is neutral.
Herbalists, natural medicine practitioners and organic health enthusiasts have made claims that alkaline water improves health by neutralising acids and flushing the body of dangerous toxins.
It is also claimed that alkaline water improves blood circulation and strengthen one’s immune system and can eliminate stored acidic fat.
Maifan stone is also used in Chinese medicine to treat skin diseases. It is also used in water for cooking rice and making tea as water filtered from Maifan stones enhances the micro nutrient density in the water and increases the effects on health.
Shogun Taiyo by La gourmet is a six- layer system with Tritanium Dura Non- Stick reinforced with marble rock particles and infused with Maifan stones on a specially designed cast aluminium body. This results in superior heat conductivity that saves up to 50% of energy and cooking time compared to normal cookware because more heat is conducted and retained. The series comes with high- quality tempered glass for easy viewing and stay cool bakelite handles.
Customers are in for a huge bargain as this Shogun Taiyo is brought in exclusively for Aeon customers on a PWP Redemption programme with huge savings.
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