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.
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Lychee
Saturday, 23 May 2015
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Do We Need Supplement?
Sunday, 5 October 2014
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calcium,
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supplement,
vitamin A,
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Supplement
is defined as a thing that is added to something in order to make it complete
or enhance the functions. In dietary supplement, mostly it consists of vitamins
and minerals. Nowadays, there are many supplement products selling in the
market in forms of tablets, capsules, softgels and gelcaps. Do you think that
you are the one who really need supplement? Do you know supplements can cause
side effects and toxicity?
Hypertension and Sodium
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
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Hypertension
is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It is very
dangerous and very famous to be called as ‘silent killer’. The normal reading
of blood pressure is 120/80. If the reading is above 140/90, it is categorized
as hypertension. As reported by the Center of Disease Control, 67 million of
Americans suffer with high blood pressure. In Malaysia, as been reported by
Ministry of Health, 32.3% of Malaysians have hypertension. It should be treated
as soon as possible to prevent complications or even death.
Diet For Diabetes During Ramadan
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
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Ramadan,
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Fasting
during Ramadan is a must for all healthy Muslims. Sick people like diabetes are
exempted from the duty of fasting. However, many Muslim diabetic patients wish
to fast during Ramadan.
Diabetes and Ramadan
Monday, 14 July 2014
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During
Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food, drink, use oral medications and smoking
during daylight hours, before fajr (dawn) to sunset. Fasting during
Ramadan is obligatory upon every sane, healthy Muslim whose reached puberty and
is not traveling during the time of fasting. But how can Muslim diabetic
patients restrain from eating their drugs? What are the complications that they
may face during Ramadan?
Who Needs Bariatric Surgery?
Monday, 14 April 2014
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An increase number of people who are overweight and obese makes the clinicians to work harder to prevent the occurrence of obesity-related diseases. Bariatric surgery helps extremely obese people to lose weight. But, it is not a guarantee
of successful weight loss and maintenance. It is not cheap. The procedures need
expertise and specialists from many areas that need to be paid. Having bariatric
surgery is a serious decision and it should be decided wisely.
Don’t Give Up to Lose Weight
Thursday, 3 April 2014
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vegetables,
weight loss
Did you know, research
shows that it takes 12 weeks or average to form new habits? So, try not to give
up with your losing weight program. Just continue and believe that you will get
ideal body weight with less risk of getting any health problems. The end of the
3rd month, healthy eating and regular exercise will become habits which are the
key to losing weight and keeping it off.
Glycemic Index (GI) for Hyperglycemia
High blood sugar is much known as
hyperglycemia. It is a condition of too little insulin or inefficient use of
insulin in the body. The 3 most common symptoms of hyperglycemia are frequent
thirst (polydipsia), frequent
urination (polyuria) and hungry often
(polyphagia). Long term of
hyperglycemia can cause heart problems, blurred vision, blindness, nerves
damage and kidney problems. It should be treated as soon as possible before complications happen among people with diabetes.
Let’s make patients comply to diet intervention
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.
What is Protein?
Thursday, 14 November 2013
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Protein is the major
component of body tissues. It is the essential nutrient for growth. Protein is
made up of 20 amino acids and has three-dimensional structure. Protein is important
in making antibodies, enzymes, hormones, muscles and protein transporters. Examples
of food that contain all essential amino acids are meat, poultry, eggs and most
of dairy products. Nuts and legumes are high sources of plant protein.
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic cancer can be a silent killer. In United State, pancreatic
cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death. But, in Malaysia, it is a quite
rare type of cancer. According to the Malaysian Cancer Registry’s latest report
in 2006, there was a total of 253 cases of pancreatic cancer diagnosed in that
year. This is in comparison to the total of 21,773 cancer cases. Pancreatic
cancer is quite aggressive. Those who have metastasised pancreatic cancer only
have a few years to survive. In Malaysia, most patients who suffer with this
type of cancer are between 60-69 years old.
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