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Cebu City – Have you ever heard of an ingredient present and popular in many households that brings a lot of kick not just in flavor but also in nutrients? A long, skinny, crispy on the outside, and slimy on the inside vegetable that is very popular not just in the Philippines but all over the world especially Asian countries. These are called Spring Onions.
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Dumaguete City – Aside from losing someone special, eating too much processed food especially utra-processed food will break your heart. Consuming ultra-processed foods such as packaged snacks, sugary cereals and drinks, chicken nuggets, and instant soup may leave people more prone to heart disease and an early death. A study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that higher consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with an increased risk of heart disease or cardiovascular (CVD) incidence and death, with each additional daily serving found to further increase risk.
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Cebu City - The Philippines is on the move to eliminate the use of industrially produced trans fatty acid (TFA) in food chains to promote healthy diet and lifestyle to prevent serious health problems among Filipinos. Albay Representative Congressman Joey Salceda led the consolidation and incorporation of House Bill 9083 and four other related bills into one replacement bill.
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Cebu City - Off to the cardiologist. Off the pediatrician. Off to the dentist. What about the optometrist or the ophthalmologist? Vision health is just as important as any other kind of health that we know. Based on the 2018 Philippine National Blindness Survey and Disease Study, vision impairment and blindness rank among the major concerns in the country with current prevalence rate of 1.98 percent. The current prevalence rate represents 1.11 million Filipinos with cataract, 400,000 with uncorrected error of refraction, almost 300,000 with glaucoma and 200,000 with maculopathy. Cataract still remains to be the single most significant cause of remediable visual impairment or blindness.
Read more: This Nutrient that will Save our Eyes from Disease
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Cebu City - Gout is a disease of the joints that is caused by too much uric acid in the body. Uric acid is a metabolic waste product that is removed when we urinate. When there is too much uric acid our bodies, most of them remain in our blood. So, when the uric acid in our body becomes too concentrated, they no longer be dissolved and start to form needle-like crystals that attack our joints. The formation of these crystals leads to an inflammatory response which cause our white blood cells to attack the crystals resulting in joint pain and inflammation. This is now called acute gout attack.
When these acute gout attacks are left alone, the symptoms aggravate and the pain can get severe causing a person to be absent from work, cause anger issues, lead to depressive episodes, and reduce the overall quality of life. When the acute gout attack now becomes chronic gout, this could lead to kidney stones to kidney failure and joint erosion and deformities to lower leg amputations.
The risk of experiencing kidney failure and leg amputations increase at the presence of common comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, and peripheral vascular disease. Other studies have also concluded that amputation is associated with worse physical functioning, lower health-related quality of life, depression, and early death.
The best way to prevent gout is to manage it through a lifestyle change by exercising regularly and eating the right foods. Since uric acid is formed as purine is broken down, we must avoid foods rich in purine like red meat, organ meat, seafood, dairy products, alcohol, and sweetened beverages. Instead, let us replace them with low purine foods like lean meats, fish, legumes, vegetables, fruits, low fat or fat-free dairy products, and whole grains.
Be informed. Remember that awareness is the greatest agent for change. The better awareness, the better your choices. As you make better choices, you will see better results. // ND II Mary Carmeli C. Garrovillo, RND
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Cebu City – Almost everywhere in the world the First 1000 days is advertised as of utmost importance during pregnancy and in early childhood. The first 1000 days literally means the start of conception up until 2 years of a child’s growth, and that also is the window of opportunity to ensure complete nutrition. Ever wonder of its importance?
