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Newsweek
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Heartbreaking Reason Woman Has Kept Homemade Sauce in Fridge for 4 Years
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A woman explaining why she has saved a homemade sauce for four years has gone viral on TikTok, gathering 2.5 million views. Hanna Kim (@becominghanna) shared a video of herself holding an almost empty jar of gochujang—a Korean condiment—on June 28. She explained, "this is what grief looks like." During the clip, Kim, 36, explained it was the last batch her mom Kyung, 72, made before she passed away and added that she has no plans to consume it but will continue to smell it every once in a while. Kim, who lives in Maryland, told Newsweek: "I initially kept the jar from her fridge because I knew gochujang isn't something that spoils quickly and she had made it recently. But I became more protective of it when I remembered how proud she was the day she told me she'd made it." Two screenshots from the viral video showing Kim holding the almost empty jar of sauce. Two screenshots from the viral video showing Kim holding the almost empty jar of sauce. TikTok/@becominghanna Approximately 30.8 percent of people in the United States have lost their biological mother, according to the United States Census Bureau. Slightly more (39.8%) have lost their biological father. When Kyung passed away on April 19, 2021, from lung disease and heart failure, Kim "regretfully" gave away and donated many of her belongings. Kim recalled: "lung disease had left my mom feeling so weak by then that even simple tasks like cooking were major accomplishments. "My husband and I used the gochujang for a while, but last year I realized I was reaching the bottom of the jar. I couldn't bring myself to finish it. It felt like the last meal my mom ever made for me." During the clip, Kim jokes "will I fight anyone that tries to throw it away? Yes." She told Newsweek: "I moved into my current home after my mom passed so seeing the jar in the fridge is a way of bringing my mom with me. "Over time, it's come to represent more than just something she made, it feels like a symbol of her love and strength. It reminds me of her unconditional care, how even when it was hard for her to take care of herself, she still wanted to feed and nurture me. It feels like her way of loving me one last time." Kim and her mom smiling for the camera, both wearing pink items of clothing. Kim and her mom smiling for the camera, both wearing pink items of clothing. Hanna Kim Kim describes her mom as "beautiful and strong," she said: "Life dealt her more than her fair share of challenges, but she still moved through the world with grace and gratitude. "She taught me to lead with kindness and love, even when life felt impossibly hard. I wish more people knew just how loving and generous she was. "Her absence is a loss not just for me, but for everyone who never got the chance to know her." Kim's video has resonated widely, racking up over 456,000 likes. "I think your grief is beautiful," said one comment with more than 25,000 likes. Other users have shared their stories. One said: "I have one perfectly folded t-shirt left that my mom folded for me. It's been sitting in my closet untouched for a decade." "My mom rolled her hair with rollers every night of her adult life until cancer took her. I still have them in a little cloth bag, and sometimes I open it [because] they still smell like her hair," said another.
South China Morning Post
27-03-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Cinnamon could provide relief from chronic migraine symptoms, Korean study suggests
Cinnamon, one of the world's major spices, may help relieve symptoms of chronic migraines, headaches that persist and worsen over time, a new study suggests. Advertisement Researchers at Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital's stroke and neurological disorders centre in Seoul say they have confirmed the positive effects of cinnamon on hard-to-treat migraine symptoms. They recently treated a 73-year-old man with migraine who had experienced no improvement despite taking migraine medication for three years following his diagnosis. They gave him herbal medicine containing cinnamon , and assessed his symptoms using the 10-point Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) for pain. A 73-year-old Korean man with chronic migraines was recently successfully treated with herbal medicine containing cinnamon. Photo: Shutterstock His pain score and headache frequency – initially four times a week – gradually decreased. Advertisement By day 42 of taking the medicine, his pain score had dropped to five, and the frequency to once a week – enough for him to discontinue his previous migraine medication.
