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Meal Planning

admin — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:45:24 +0000

I meet a lot of people who have a problem on there diet, they spent too much and eat much. One of the advice i gave is to have a meal planing. Meal planing is to provide balanced nutrition with consideration of the family and food budget. At first it find a time-consuming or boring. But the benefits are plenty and better health through good nutrition. Know your capacity and balance your expenses with inexpensive foods or dishes in a meal. Don’t plan a meal where all dishes are expensive. Consider foods in a season and don’t plan to baked potatoes when you’ve got no oven. Having a meal planing will help save a lot of money, time, food waste and away from obesity. There should be at least 5 hours interval between meal for digestion efficiency. A regular meal will digested in a 4 to 5 hours depending on its composition. Having at least a 5 hours in between meals it’s automatically discharges snacking. It is highly recommended that we should take our days last meal at least 3 hours before bedtime. Breakfast should be the heaviest meal and the supper the lightest. This because most of our activity are concentrated early in the day and we need more energy in the morning. This ensure we can be more restful sleep and better weight control. Also fruits are scheduled during breakfast and supper and vegetables, during lunch time. Thus the fruit we ate and vegetables will met by the end of the day.

If we could stay longer

admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:51:33 +0000

If we could lived in 100 years old, i could say that our quality in life is good. Over the years, many companies has been developing product that promotes good health and that’s include infants, children, and adults.

Now day’s there are many range of formulas offer a complete nourishment for the benefits of ourselves and also for individual people with ailments. Today our average of life expectancy is from 40 to 70 years old. We must look some certain choices that we can make our life more healthful and stay look younger. A healthy diet and a program of regular exercise will do. There are many healthy diet we can apply in our lifestyle, but it’s needs perseverance, and slow down in everything. Cutting back on fats is one of things we can do and as well we also cut down our calories intake. Regular exercise can help lower of risk of developing hearth attacks, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure and osteoporosis. Before starting any exercise regiment program consult first your doctor. We can not change ourselves to stay young and healthy forever, but if we slowdown everything we intake it is the right choice to stay and live a longer life.

Health

admin — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:04:06 +0000

Sometimes the problem in our society is that we are not concerned about health. We blame it to the foods we eat but the real story is we ourselves are creating the problem. We take so much food that have high in calories or carbohydrates. Great body and have great skin these are the things we want not being an obese. There are 10 foods declared by the World Health Organization are not good, if taken every meal. Seven are very much known and these are commonly found in the Philippines.

1. Chippy led: Large (2-3 tbsp of salt)
2. Ice cream / Doughnut
3. Burger
4. Sweetened pork (tocino, longanisa)
5. Instant canton: 1 pack needs 3 days before being detoxified by the liver
6. French fries: large (200 ml of oil)
7. Ice tea: ICF -dehydration

Recommended Calcium Intake

admin — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:18:36 +0000

All of us need calcium to make the structural framework of our body-the bones and teeth-stronger and more durable to the rigors of everyday life. Pregnant and breastfeeding women often require more as they also need to supply their babies with the necessary amount of calcium needed for growth and development. Women who are in this stage usually need about 1200 mg of calcium, or an equivalent of 4 cups of milk daily. There are people who don’t like the taste of milk. Some of them even experience lactose intolerance. In cases like these, what are they to do? There are lots of sources of calcium aside from milk. An excellent example of food that will help you load up on calcium is sardines or other fish with soft, edible bones. Green leafy vegetables and tofu also provide a considerable amount of calcium. It takes 2 cups of cooked broccoli or 5 cups of raw spinach to provide the same amount of calcium as a cup of milk. If you just don’t like milk and are not lactose intolerant, you can consume other dairy products like cheese, yogurt and ice cream. Calcium-enriched foods like breakfast cereals can help you reach your recommended calcium intake. If these don’t work, your doctor may prescribe a calcium supplement for you.

Loss of interest on Food

admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:05:13 +0000

I been observing my friend this few months, she lose weight. I asked her and share with me about the things she do. She skipping meal and dieting without proper consultation from dieticians. Diet is good, but without proper regiment it can lead complication. Lately, she complaining sleepless at night and worst of all lack of interest on food. I worried about her condition, some of her co-worker suspected that she’s on stage of anorexia nervosa. On my personal research this Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder marked by a fear of getting fat. This disorder attributed to affects of severe weight lost and mostly women are affected to it. This disorder is hard to treat and sometimes it leads to death if not recovered immediately or complications such as cardiac arrest.

These are some symptoms that a person has Anorexia Nervosa.

- Extreme weight loss
- Aversion on food (no appetite and food intake).
- Constipation, at times.
- Loss of normal body hair and nail problems.
- Irritability and irrational behavior, especially regarding food.
- Preoccupation with weighing. Anorexics tend to check their weight several times.
- Bulimia (gorging on food, then inducing vomiting or purging).

Complications.

- Severe illness because the body lack of nourishment.
- Organ damage or failure.
- Anemia or lack of vitamin and minerals.

If you think you are in this symptoms its better to consult immediately a doctor before it may get worse, or refer some dieticians. A therapy or psychologist it will help and to prevent this eat a balance diet. If you must tom loss weight, start a scientific weight-reduction program but only after consulting dieticians.

Iron

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:02:40 +0000

Did you know red meat is the richest source of iron? The livers particularly and there are also other meats have iron like the chicken, turkey, pork, fish and shellfish. While other resource like vegetables, nuts, and seeds are good in iron too. Increase your energy level by eating iron rich foods. They are sources of the air and strengthen our body to sustain our daily activity. The body can’t absorb the iron as easily as from animal’s sources. Now iron is added to some food we like to eat like for cereal, dread and pasta.

Here are some 2 ways to increase the level of iron in our body.

- Don’t drink coffee or tea because it contains polyphenol that can decrease the absorption of iron. Polyphenol tends to block in the iron and it makes more difficult to be absorb.
- Take foods with a high amount of vitamin c like orange because it keeps absorb the iron better.

Allergies

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:49:56 +0000

Many people have been misconception about allergies. First and fore most it is important to understand the fact about food sensitivities. On the other hand, true food allergy that many confuse with food tolerance is manifested through symptoms that quickly appear within minutes to an hour after eating the offending food. The symptoms associated with true food allergies are usually skin-related, such as hives, rashes and respiratory system and difficulty in breathing and asthma. A true food allergy may also cause one to experience the common food borne illness symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Food allergy symptoms may became systemic and cause anaphylaxis that sometimes leads to death. This is the reason why food allergies are serious.
Consumer may take the following step to reduce the risk of allergic reactions at home or in the workplace.

- At home have a list prominently posted in the kitchen for your household to take note of, just incase someone who does not know your family sensitivities brings you food.
- When grocery shopping, read product labels carefully about the ingredients used in the disk that you are about to order.
- If you suspected you have a food allergy, have a condition tested properly by a medical professional.
- After proper diagnose of the food allergy, educate every one in your home about the allergen. Teach them where the allergen may be found and what to do if an allergen reactions occurs.
- Remember to wash utensils thoroughly after every use. This is just basic safe food practice.

Smart Lifestyle

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:46:08 +0000

Losing weight is not a one-time activity but it is all about a series of small steps. That means cutting back of desserts and adding more time to exercise, plus a smart lifestyle change. Here are some ways to lose weight. Fiber- adds to your diet if you like to stay healthy. A high fiber diet can lower your caloric intake with out making you feel reprieved. That’s why some health expert promotes fiber to lose weight. A slow eating can help to lose weight because it requires more chewing, it speed the passage of food through the digestive tract. Make it sure that every meal have a fiber or eat more vegetables but for snacks it might be better to eat fruits rather than junk’s food. One large apple has a much fiber (five grams) as a cup of raw broccoli. Control TV viewing, the more you watch TV shows the more you likely to miss physical activities. Drink 8 glasses of water every day, water not only quenches your thirst it can also speed the body metabolism. Drinking 8 glasses of water consumptions may help to lose weight about eight ponds in a year. Get more sleep, a study conducted by University of Chicago found out that people deprived of sleep had a lower level of hormones that control appetite. It also says that enough of sleep is good to our health and help to lose weight.

Growing Method on Potato

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:13:31 +0000

If you can’t eat your burger without fries then you may have a serious potato addiction or a very healthy appreciation of these tuberous crops. And to those looking for a low labor method of growing potatoes, the no till way is the perfect choice.

What you need:
- A plot of land to plant your potatoes. (This may be a part of the yard if you want)
- Bales of straw or hay.
- 1 kilogram of potatoes seeds.

What will you do?
- Cut each potatoes seed to about one fourth of its size.
- On your plot of land, make rows on the ground about 1 meter part.
- Set a piece of potato about every 0.5 meter.
- Cover the rows with straw or hay, at least 0.3 m wide and 15 cm deep in the center.
- Wait for the taters to take root within a few days. When the leaves of the potato plant poke through the straw and add a few more bales of straw and keep adding as the potatoes keep growing.

Some reminders:

1. If the ground is very dry, give the straw a good soaking just until it is able to hold enough moisture to take care of the potato plants.
2. When bugs attack your potatoes, whip out your garden gloves and squish these creatures’ dead. You may also spray them with pesticide, but make sure you use the organic variety.

Kindey Stone Formation

admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:30:16 +0000

About 60% of all kidney stone calcium oxalate, 9 % contain calcium phosphate, while about 11% contain a combination of both. Less common stone are composed of uric acid, cystine, or magnesium ammonium phosphate. A stone that blocks the flow of urine or causes infection must be removed either surgically or by sound or shock waves to break up the stone into pieces that can be easily eliminated from the body. The person who has a kidney stone may experience recurrence but reports suggest that with proper treatment, a recurrence may be prevented.

Probable Causes

- Bowel disease (causing malabsorption)
- Cystinuria
- Glucocorticoid excess
- Gout
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Immobilization
- Osteoporosis
- Paget’s disease
- Recurrent urinary tract infections
- Renal tubular acidosis
- Vitamin D intoxication (overdose)

Probable symptoms

- Mild pain. This occurs when small pieces of the stone break off and travel down with the urine through the ureters. The pain usually starts in the back, just below the ribs and follows the path of the stone. Once the stone reaches the blade the pain normally subsides.
- Severe stabbing pain, the result if the large stone enters an ureters.

Helpful Dietary Management

- Eat a diet low in sodium and low to moderate in protein plus a high fluid intake.
- Drink enough water –about 8 ½ glasses (eight ouch glass) spread within the day at regular intervals to maintain a urine volume of 2 liters per day. Maintaining a large urine volume ensures that mineral concentrations in the urine will be diluted, therefore reducing the risk of stone formation.
- Eat fresh, natural foods instead of processed canned meats.
- Avoid commercial chips and crackers.
- Reduce sodium in the diet, gradually
- Avoid tea, coffee, alcoholic and carbonated beverages
- Read labels. Sodium can be found in food, water, medicines, toothpastes, and mouthwash.