By Ching M. Alano
With Christmas Day just a whisper away, meat eaters around must already be dreaming of pigging out on their favorite lechon or cochinillo (roast suckling pig) and other meat treats at the family table or buffet table in some restaurant. But hold your appetite for this fatty, cholesterol-raising indulgence. Stop, look, and [...]
As a natural antioxidant, alkaline ionized water protects cells from destructive free radicals before they cause the cell tissues to break down. This means that it can be effective in combating aging and other degenerative diseases like diabetes, asthma, cancer, and kidney diseases. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals, but when taken in ionized liquid form, they [...]
Eating or consuming antioxidant-rich foods can actually help delay signs of aging.
“Our cells use antioxidants to work against the effects of harmful environmental factors and free radicals that evade our body’s defenses and can cause internal breakdown and cellular aging,” says Dr. Miguel Ramos Jr., PhD, director of the Geriatric Center of St. Luke’s Medical [...]
Check your pulse while sitting down. Count the beats you feel for 10 seconds and multiply it by six to get your pulse rate. Got 70 and above? Most doctors will say that’s normal, but a recent study shows that a resting heart rate (measured while sitting or lying down) of 70 or more beats [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Vitamins C and E do nothing to prevent heart disease in men, one of the largest and longest studies of these supplements has found.
Vitamin E even appeared to raise the risk of bleeding strokes, a danger seen in at least one earlier study.
Besides questioning whether vitamins help, “we have to worry [...]
by DR. JOSE S. PUJALTE JR.
YOU’RE out of denial now. Yes, the hurt in the knees hasn’t really been going away even on a diet of pain pills. And yes, you’ve have just about enough of the incapacitation and the boredom.
In fact, you’ve been rightly proactive about the whole thing. Regular visits to the orthopedic [...]
by TAN EE LYN
HONG KONG — Hong Kong mother Shirley Lo stocked her refrigerator with soymilk and switched to buying imported chocolates for her son after melamine was found in baby formula and milk products in China.
But when eggs from China tested positive for melamine in Hong Kong late last month, she threw up her [...]
Buteyko Method, a clinically-acknowledged breathing retraining program, has been found to relieve symptoms of asthma and some 200 other conditions related to dysfunctional breathing. More, Buteyko provides long-term health benefits for asthmatics and those suffering from respiratory illnesses by safely reducing or even eliminating their reliance on medications.
After conducting workshops in Dubai last month, Australian [...]
by Tyrone M. Reyes, M.D.
Everyone has germs. Our bodies are covered with germs that help us to stay healthy. In addition to the germs that are usually present on our skin (resident germs), we also pick up germs from contact with other persons or objects in the environment. These types of germs, called transient germs, [...]
Ever since its discovery, sugar has been loved by people all over the world. It is like a special ingredient that adds magic to food. Every year, sugar consumption increases due to the rising demand for this commodity.
There is an environmental predisposition to sweet taste because sugar is one of the cheapest ingredients in food, [...]