In the food processing industry, most manufacturers manage to sneak in less natural ingredients and more chemically modified items to either increase production or to enhance flavouring and taste. This chemically modified ingredients may sound normal (who puts harmful ingredients names in packets anyway) disguised in highfalutin, scientific sounding names but reality is, it has… Continue reading 10 Toxic Food Ingredients You May be Ingesting Everyday
Author: Jenny
MERS Virus
Identified as a life threatening virus, MERS Corona have left the world struggling as to how it can be quarantined and be stopped from spreading. First identified in the year 2012, MERS corona virus or the Middle Eastern Respiratory Corona virus causes acute respiratory illness, severe kidney failure and shortness of breath among the persons… Continue reading MERS Virus
Beating Summer Temp, Surviving Heat Stroke
The sun used to be a getaway from usual school, work and home routine. It put summer as the most anticipated season for vacations. But due to some climate changes, summer sun isn’t up for a half day lounge in the beach nor a sand castle play for kids, at times, it presents threat to… Continue reading Beating Summer Temp, Surviving Heat Stroke
Black Market Shots: Risks of Unqualified Surgery
Every year, countless surgeries go awry due to some different unprecedented reasons. For practiced and skilled cosmetic surgeons, these problems might be minor or can be solved by revision surgeries. For legal invasive and non-invasive surgeries, hope for revisions are available, but how about illegal silicone shots, surgeries done in beauty parlors, massage spas or… Continue reading Black Market Shots: Risks of Unqualified Surgery
SPF and Skin Health
There are over 3.5 million skin cancers occurring in over two million people annually in the US. Since it is the most common form of cancer in the States, it has become the another major health concern of the government. Sun and the Skin The sun with all its glory can wreak havoc in the… Continue reading SPF and Skin Health
Disease Fighting Superfoods
Every year, an estimated 50 million and more people die from diseases worldwide. These according to the data of the World Health Organization can be blamed with cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic lung diseases. Of which cardiovascular diseases that has been a result of s many other factors has topped them all resulting to… Continue reading Disease Fighting Superfoods
Introduction to Superfoods
The word Superfood has been coined in the 1990’s and has taken a whole new look since then. It became a haven of true health benefits while becoming an escape of commercialized products to sell, creating unfounded fad and craze. So, what is it, really? Superfoods have been coined to categorize certain foods in the… Continue reading Introduction to Superfoods
Cardiometabolic Risk: Intro, Evaluation and Management
The world today is diagnosed with epidemic of obesity. It affects kids and adults alike. This epidemic has resulted into far troubling health dilemma—the cardiometabolic risk. Cardiometabolic risk is defined as the collective impact of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity and other risks put together. These common risk factors have been singled out by a… Continue reading Cardiometabolic Risk: Intro, Evaluation and Management
Omega-3 for Treatment of Crohn’s Disease
Alternative and complementary treatments have always been a choice by many to treat Crohn’s disease. Of which omega-3 fatty acids, a polyunsaturated fat, have topped these alternatives, but will it suffice together with all other medications? The answer would be yes, according to studies. Omega-3 Omega-3 fatty acids are long chained fatty acids that can’t… Continue reading Omega-3 for Treatment of Crohn’s Disease
Crohn’s Disease
Your gut can be the set of thousands of bacteria. Good, bad, the needed and the unneeded. And more often, the gut becomes the center of conditions that may affect your day to day living from simple constipation to diarrhea to irritable bowel to food intolerance. These digestive conditions are often ranging from mild condition… Continue reading Crohn’s Disease