Let’s make patients comply to diet intervention

Tuesday 31 December 2013 0 comments
Dietitians always have difficulty in making changes on patients' eating habits. If the prescribed diets are not applied by patients, there will be more problems to occur such as the symptoms of the diseases become more severe and complications from the diseases will exist. 
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Obesity, What Are The Reasons?

Thursday 26 December 2013 0 comments
Obesity is defined as excessive fat accumulation that can increase risk of health problems including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. A person with a BMI more than 30kg/m² is considered obese. The main reason can be due to taking more calories than burning it.
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Iron Food/Supplement for Anemia

Wednesday 25 December 2013 0 comments
Anemia is a condition in which blood has a lower than normal number of red blood cells. The signs of iron deficiency anemia include decreased immune system, difficult in maintaining body temperature, slow cognitive development, feeling tired and inflamed tongue. The reasons of low iron are low intake of iron rich food, pregnancy, large blood loss due to menstruation, blood or bone marrow donation, surgery or other related diseases. 

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Carbohydrate and Diabetes

Monday 23 December 2013 0 comments
People with diabetes always feel that they have a very limited choices for food especially carbohydrate food. Stop worrying it. It does not have to mean feeling restricted. Let’s learn more about carbohydrate food.

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Let Diet Treats Food Poisoning

Tuesday 10 December 2013 0 comments
Food poisoning can be a reason of eating food or drinking beverage that has been contaminated with harmful substances including bacteria, viruses, parasites or others. Vomiting, diarrhea, nausea and abdominal pain are the most common symptoms of food poisoning. Usually, nausea and vomiting within six hours are caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus. Abdominal cramp and diarrhea within 8-16 hours are caused by Clostridium perfringens and Bacillus cereus.
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What Are The Effects of Calcium On Health?

Saturday 7 December 2013 0 comments


Calcium is an essential chemical element for our body. The chemical symbol for calcium is Ca and it is found in many food. Calcium involves in controlling muscle contraction including heartbeat. It also plays a role in production of hormones and enzymes.
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Food For Stomach Cancer

Wednesday 4 December 2013 0 comments

Stomach cancer is the eighth out of ten most frequent cancer in Peninsular Malaysia 2006 (Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2006). But, it is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world, accounting for more than 700,000 deaths each year (Stump S. E., 2012). Stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, is a class of diseases characterized by out-of-control cell growth that starts in the stomach.
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Fat and Colorectal Cancers

Monday 2 December 2013 0 comments

Colorectal cancer is the combination of the colon cancer and rectal cancer and it starts in either the colon or rectum. The National Cancer Registry of Malaysia stated that colorectal is the first among male and the second among female in Peninsular Malaysia in 2006. 
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