Region VII

Details: Category: Region 7; Published: 03 August 2022

Mental Health and Nutrition III

Cebu City - Treating mental illness with micronutrients may not only be a better option for the long-term results but it also is a more cost-effective treatment than the current conventional methods. A study done with a 10-year-old boy with psychosis had undergone an inpatient treatment with medications for 6 months which was proven unsuccessful. He was then put in micronutrient therapy. Not only did the micronutrients completely eliminate his hallucinations and delusions–these changes that were maintained 6 years later–but the cost of the micronutrient outpatient treatment was less than 2 percent (Rodway, et. al., BMJ case Reports, 2012).

Details: Category: Region 7; Published: 02 August 2022

Oslob NM nutri quiz bowl

Oslob, Cebu - The Municipal Nutrition Committee of Oslob culminated their 2022 Nutrition Month celebration with a Nutri-Quizbowl. The activity was held on 29 July 2022 at the Oslob Social Hall. Facilitated by the RHU staffs with the support of MHO, Dr. Maria Teresa Malazarte, and MNPC, Marichu Alfaro, the activity was participated by all 21 BNSs and paired with a BHW of their respective barangays.

The Nutri-Quiz bowl was the first in a long time that Oslob conducted as one of the Nutrition Month activities of this town popular for its friendly butandings (whale sharks). Each of the participants were given handouts to study which were the 2022 Nutrition Month talking points and the contents of the BNS handbook.

Details: Category: Region 7; Published: 01 August 2022

Fruits

Negros Province - Post meal is best. Do you agree? Is it a good idea to eat a dessert after meal? Frequent ingestion of sweets is harmful for your body. Habitual reaching for sweets may contribute to gaining excess weight or obesity. However, the desire to improve your mood by ingesting sugar can also be a factor. Sweet snacks increase our production of the so-called hormone of happiness.

When it comes to dieting, dessert is likely the first thing you ditch. But how will you satisfy your cravings without gaining weight? Chowing down on that chocolate cake can make you guilty. So, what’s the best dessert for happiness?

Details: Category: Region 7; Published: 02 August 2022

Malabuyoc malnutrition

Malabuyoc, Cebu – Health and nutrition personnel of this municipality conducts home visits to severely acute malnourished (SAM) and moderately acute malnourished (MAM) children enrolled in Philippine Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM) program. This is done regularly to supervise progress of treatment and an opportunity to mentor the Barangay Nutrition Scholars who are directly monitoring the children.

PIMAM is one of the core lifesaving interventions to address severe and moderate acute malnutrition. This is intended to be used in emergency, recovery and normal situations implemented by health and nutrition care providers (doctors, nurses, and program staff) working at all facility levels of health and nutrition service provision.

Details: Category: Region 7; Published: 01 August 2022

Mental Health and Nutrition

Cebu City - In 1847, Hungarian physician, Ignaz Semellweis advised all physicians to wash their hands before touching a pregnant woman. During that time, that idea was considered absurd and laughable. At the end of his lifetime, Semellweis was considered a lunatic and all his peers never took him seriously. Centuries later, his idea is the very reason why the birth mortality rate has dropped since then. Now, the idea of nutrition having big contributions to mental well-being is a radical notion like handwashing is to a doctor in the 19th Century.

Details: Category: Region 7; Published: 02 August 2022

Mental Health and Nutrition 2

Cebu City - It is, without doubt, that drug prescriptions are effective. The medications have undergone years of research, tested by scientists, approved by appropriate regulatory bodies, and have passed the hands of countless doctors. However, these prescriptions are mostly meant to treat symptoms of the presenting illness. Prescriptions are effective in the short term but not in the long term.

In the National Institute on Mental Health, a 3-year follow-up, multimodal treatment study on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was done on children with ADHD that were treated with stimulants. In this study, it was concluded that those who stay on their medications are less likely to recover from their illnesses compared to those who were asked to reduce dosage or complete elimination of their drugs.