Lychee (Litchi chinensis) is a wonderful sweet fruit. The delicious
plus sweet taste is suitable to make juice, ice cream and desserts. The fruit
was originated from South China but today, it can be found in most countries but
the price is quite expensive. Nowadays, there are many lychee products that had
formed into cordial. It is too much sugar and causes lychee to less nutritious.
It is better to get lychee fruit and make your own juice.
Lychee
Saturday 23 May 2015
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Yakult as A Probiotic
One bottle of Yakult contains of
6.5 billion cells of good bacteria. These bacteria had been discovered by Dr
Shirota and this very genius scientist named the bacteria as Lactobacillus casei Shirota. These
bacteria have scientifically proven to reach our gut alive. By the way, I’m not
promoting Yakult. I would like to discuss about good and bad bacteria in our
intestines.
Nutrition for Elderly
The population has grown modestly
with people over 60 years old. This shows that the population ages are increasing and people seek for healthy lifestyle. Most study defines elderly as
more than 60 years old. Their physiologies are not similar to the younger age. Elderly might suffer with the different production or amount of hormones and changes in body
compositions.
Functional Foods (Metabolic Syndrome)
Nowadays, obesity is a
major public health problem, not only in Malaysia, but worldwide. Even more
alarming is the increasing numbers of childhood obesity. The presence of
obesity is highly associated with metabolic syndrome. When seeing any health
care providers, they will focus more and more on macronutrients including
carbohydrate, protein and fat intake as dietary management in preventing
complications of metabolic syndrome. However, there are some functional foods that have ability
to fight against metabolic syndrome (obesity, diabetes, hypertension and
dyslipidemia) and cardiovascular disease.
Warfarin and Vitamin K
Warfarin is a small anticoagulant drug that is used to
reduce the formation of blood clots. Most commonly, it is vitally used to
prevent heart attacks, strokes or any blood clots in arteries or veins. Warfarin
is a vitamin K antagonist. It inhibits the actions of clotting factors II, VII, IX and X in
blood. This causes depletion of vitamin K functions and slows down the rate of
blood clotting.
Skipping breakfast is harmful
Breakfast skipping occurs
regularly among workers in Malaysia. The reasons could be busy and have no time
to prepare breakfast. There are many definitions for ‘breakfast skipping’. It
includes; 1) skip breakfast at least one time per week 2) skip breakfast at
least six times per week 3) rarely or never eat breakfast, or eat breakfast
less or 2 days per week 4) usually skip breakfast, or never or almost never
eat breakfast 5) no breakfast on the day of the survey, dietary recall or food
record 6) not eating a morning meal at home.
Twelve Steps for Heart Healthy Eating
Tuesday 13 January 2015
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Even you are on medications, following heart healthy eating pattern help to further reduce the risk of heart diseases. Medication is not everything. What you have to do is have fun and enjoy your healthy meals.
1. Never miss three important meals;
breakfast, lunch and dinner.
2. Olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil
and avocado can reduce LDL cholesterol level.
3. Add cereals to your breakfast
drink and have some whole oatmeal before you start your day.
4. Choose low fat milk or low fat
milk products everyday.
5. Say no to chips, high fat crackers
and ice cream.
6. Rarely include deep fried food and
butter in your meal. Avoid cream and sour cream.
7. Drink plenty of water everyday and
avoid the intake of alcohol.
8. Fish and soy products are recommended to be eaten everyday.
9. Have variety of fruits and
vegetable everyday. Make them into special snacks or salads.
10. If possible, prepare meals at home
and no fast food anymore.
11. Use less sugar and less salt when
preparing meals.
12. When buying food products, read
the labels carefully. Choose foods with low sodium, saturated fat, trans-fat,
and sugar.
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