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Cebu City - “SUTOKIL” is a short term for “Sugba, Tula or Tuwa, and Kilaw”. This is a Filipino cuisine that is common to people of the Visayas and Mindanao. “Kinilaw” is part of Filipino culture which started from the Hispanic era and is commonly enjoyed by Filipinos. “Kinilaw” is popular in carinderias and pungko2x but raw, fish-based dishes like sushi, sashimi are quite popular and gained prominence and now served in restaurants and fine dining gourmet as part of food/menu diversity.
The question is, is it safe? Ideally, NO! The Department of Health (DOH) warned that raw food, such as “kinilaw”, may cause death. The warning came after a study conducted by the DOH in collaboration with the University of the Philippine's College of Public Health (UP-CPH) found out that the cause of death of reported cases in Barangay Awao in Monkayo, Compostela Valley province in Mindanao was due to Capillariasis, an illness they got after consuming raw freshwater fish, or kinilaw style.
The disease has recently been uncovered in Santiago, Agusan del Norte and Pinan, Zamboanga del Sur. These areas are additions in the already known endemic areas of Capillariasis in the provinces of Ilocos Sur, La Union, Zambales, Cagayan and Pangasinan in Northern Luzon and Leyte in the Visayas.Capillariasis is considered a food-borne disease acquired through ingestion of the infective larvae from small fresh or brackish (somewhat salty) water fish which acts as an intermediate host.
Raw meat on the other hand contains harmful bacteria including salmonella. Symptoms of salmonella infections include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps that will last up to 12 to 72 hours after infection. Affected patients may also experience chills, headache, nausea, and vomiting that may lead to dehydration and can be life-threatening. Raw meats also contain listeria, campylobacter, and E. coli which can cause food poisoning, and gastroenteritis which can be lethal if not managed immediately and/or properly.
Based on the Department of Health (DOH) Region VII statistics in year 2017, gastroenteritis is tenth leading causes of mortality (death) among adults with 369 people affected at 4.8 prevalence rate. The disease was also the 5th leading cause of infant death in the region as recorded by DOH on the same year.
Since “Kilaw” is already part of our Filipino culture, we cannot totally exclude it from the menu. Health and nutrition experts recommend preparing raw seafood and meat carefully to make it safe for eating. Minimize eating raw or undercooked aquatic food products. Better to cook the food well to prevent food borne diseases. // NO I Armie D. Plando RN
Sources: https://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au ›
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Cebu City – Highlighting the urgent need to get back to business as the world adapts to the new normal, the National Nutrition Council Region VII (NNC 7) calls on partners and stakeholders for greater engagement in the 48th Nutrition Month (NM) Celebration. Hence, all nutrition stakeholders in the region are invited to a virtual activity dubbed “48th Nutrition Month Sales Conference” on 07 June 2022 at 8:30 AM via NNC 7 Facebook page at https://www.facebook.cm/nncrvii.
Organized annually to garner support and participation for the campaign for good nutrition, this year’s theme revolves around the theme “New Normal Na Nutrisyon, Sama-Samang Gawan Ng Solusyon!” where partners and stakeholders are not only urged to take part in just the nutrition month celebration but calls for strengthened nutrition interventions and solidarity towards nutrition improvement as the country shifts towards living with the COVID-19 virus.
Read more: NNC 7 calls on partners for greater engagement in this year’s NM celebration
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Cebu City - Nutrition experts suggest adding color in your meal to help reduce hypertension and other health threats. The common adage says “the more colorful your plate is the healthier it is”. Indeed, eating healthy is something a lot of people try to engage themselves with. Individuals realizing their unhealthy lifestyle partnered with a sedentary life just fuels some instinctive minds about how they can address to be healthier. And some of these individuals don’t even know that they already have hypertension, which is one of the leading causes of mortality in the country.
Read more: Add color to your meal to reduce hypertension threat
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Cebu City – Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a life-threatening condition that requires urgent treatment. It cannot be treated like other sick children. Correct identification of SAM can save a child’s life. Children with SAM are 9-12 times more likely to die than those who are well-nourished. Why is SAM treatment important? Simply because SAM can lead to death.
Severe acute malnutrition is when children suffer severe wasting. It occurs when infants and children do not have adequate energy, protein, and micronutrients in the diet combined with other health problems such as recurrent infections.
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Cebu City - Low carb intermittent fasting (LCIF) is one of the common trends nowadays for people who want to lose weight. This is their response of the increasing overweight obesity in the world.
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), globally, obesity affects 800 million individuals, placing them more at risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and some cancers. It has also emerged as a major risk factor for severe disease during the COVID-19 pandemic, making people living with obesity twice as likely to be hospitalized if tested positive for COVID-19. In the Philippines, around 27 million Filipinos are overweight and obese, based on the latest survey of the Department of Science and Technology's Food and Nutrition Research Institute. For the past two decades, overweight and obesity among adults in the country has almost doubled from 20.2% in 1998 to 36.6% in 2019.
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Valencia, Negros Oriental - Micronutrients, to put it simply, are essential nutrients. They include vitamins and minerals. Macronutrients, on the other hand, include proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Your body needs smaller amounts of micronutrients relative to macronutrients. That’s why they’re labeled “micro.” We cannot make most of these elements, so we have to take them in through food.
Vitamins are necessary for energy production, immune function, blood clotting, and other functions. Meanwhile, minerals play a vital role in growth, bone health, fluid balance, and other processes.
