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29 September 2020, Cagayan de Oro City — Despite the threats of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region 10 continually conducts social preparation activities for the Early Childhood Care and Development-First 1000 Days (ECCD-F1K) Program, specifically on Barangay Nutrition Committee (BNC) Orientation to all the barangays of the eight (8) recipient Local Government Units (LGUs) of Bukidnon Province.
Ms. Stephanie C. Barrio, ECCD-F1K Program Provincial Nutrition Coordinator (PNC) for Bukidnon together with the Nutrition Action Officers of the recipient LGUs took the lead in conducting face-to-face orientations to the select BNC members composed of Barangay Chairpersons, Kagawad on Health, Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs), Barangay Health Workers (BHWs), Midwives, Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Chairpersons, and School Heads/Principals.
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18 September 2020, Cagayan de Oro City – The month of September is known as the Generics Awareness Month. This celebration aims to spread awareness about generic drugs that provide safe, effective, and low-cost quality medicine. The said celebration aims to promote and ensure the distribution, use, and acceptance of drugs and medicines identified by their generic name.
The Republic Act No. 6675 or the Generics Act of 1988, mandates to ensure that affordable and effective drugs are made available to all Filipinos. While this observance is seemingly for informational or awareness purposes only, the Cheaper Medicines Act of 2008 amended parts of the Generics Act and has now required pharmaceutical companies to produce, distribute, and make widely available generic drugs.
The law aims to supply and promote low-cost quality medicines as alternatives to the widely consumed but more expensive origin of branded drugs by requiring physicians to include in their prescription both the generic and brand names of the drug.
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The popularity of milk tea has soared undeniably. The obsession has invaded the hearts of Filipinos most especially, the Millennial and Z generations. And why is that? Is it only to be in with the milk tea trend and nothing else? If not, is it maybe because we’ve grown so health conscious and therefore took advantage of various nutritional benefits offered by the revolutionary drink? If it were neither, what other reason would it be?
If you are holding a cup of milk tea right now, make a pause as we spill the T, the “thing” you need to know about milk tea.
Drinking tea has been thought to provide various health benefits. Adding milk to this beverage not only makes it more flavorful but given that milk also contain health-promoting compounds and nutrients, combining tea with it will give you several benefits. Below are the possible benefits you can get in drinking milk tea:
It offers loads of antioxidants
Teas have potent antioxidants called catechins and epicatechins, which are powerful enough to neutralize excess free radicals before they wreak havoc in your cells and tissues. Thus, lowering one’s risk of having cardiovascular diseases and cancers.
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As people are becoming conscious of being healthy, it is inevitable that some people tend to instantly fall for countless nutrition misconceptions and myths or tips on a clickbait over the internet that says healthy living. As easy as how we can get valuable nutrition information, but the same thing goes with erroneous or fake nutrition information. All people wanted to live healthily or at least educate themselves whether the food that they indulged is beneficial for the body, especially during this time of pandemic.
Unfortunately, the plethora of nutrition information found over the internet is hard to distinguish from right or wrong. These all could lead to more confusion than veil the real context of nutrition and health principles.
Here are some nutrition myths and its evidence-based facts:
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Over the years, people have branded carbohydrates as nutritional villains for being the “culprit” of weight gain. For this reason, people watch their carbs intake—they either cut carbs or go low-carbs. But the question is, banishing carbohydrates the best plan of attack to slim down, tone up and feel your best?
For the benefit of the doubt, here is the truth about carbohydrates that won’t make you feel guilty about eating that piece of bread on your plate.
Carbohydrates is a macronutrient that plays a very vital role in your overall health and productivity. It is divided into two main types: simple and complex carbohydrates.
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It is a fact that the youth is an asset in the country, their initiatives, efforts and work will drive the country into pathway of success for business, agriculture, health, and even in modern technologies.
The World Health Organization classifies youth as those aged 15-24 years old while adolescent individuals range to 10-19 years old. Ages 10-19 years old have rapid human development needs. According to the WHO, natural development goes before psychosocial development. Pre-adulthood is the time of change among adolescence and adulthood. Youngsters who are entering puberty are experiencing numerous changes. The attributes of both the individual and the environment impact the progressions occurring during puberty. Growth spurt, primary sex characteristics (i.e. changes in the organ directly related to reproduction), and secondary sex characteristics (i.e. bodily signs of maturity) changes. These bodily changes demand for increased nutrient needs.
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