January 11, 2021 Category :Healthy News 0
Siniguelas or Spanish plus is a small savory fruit which is a sweet sour taste when fully ripe and is eaten by Biting then sucking the juicy flesh or pulp of the fruit. Some people prefer eating it with salt or sugar. As a fruit, the Sineguelas is rich in vitamin C and ascorbic acid, which primarily helps in boosting body immune system and protect people from common illness cough, colds and fever. Moreover, the ascorbic acid also helps to be more energetic to allow one to do more things. Sineguelas is also a great antioxidants which helps flush toxins and wastes from the body. Vitamin C keeps skin looking healthy and glowing and therefore helps in maintaining a youthful look.
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January 10, 2021 Category :Health Watch 0
Lemonsito or calamansi is small citrus fruit that is commonly used as a condiment for adding sour taste to fish sauce, soy sauce and bagoong. Calamansi is also usually included in meal preparation to remove the stench of fish, beef, goat meat and other food that is stinky. Calamansi is also use to add sourness to pansit, goto and other food.
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January 9, 2021 Category :Fitness 0
The natural ways to flatten tummy or the abdominal muscles basically involves a change of lifestyle. And these natural ways principally pertains to switching a healthy lifestyle. When it comes to flattening the tummy, food intake is a crucial factor.
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abdominal muscles, food intake, high fiber diet, Martial Arts, sit ups, weight loss
January 8, 2021 Category :Healthy News 0
An angiogram is a diagnostic procedure particularly an X-ray test that utilizes a special dye and camera to take images of blood vessels i.e. artery or vein in the head, arms, legs, chest, back, or belly. More commonly, angiogram is used to look the arteries near the heart which is called coronary angiogram.
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January 7, 2021 Category :Health Watch 0
Prostate is a walnut-sized gland underneath the urinary bladder of males. An enlarged prostate (e.g. cancer) can place pressure at the urethra causing various urinary problems, especially among older men. In 2000, a study shows that diabetic men with Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) have even greater urinary problems than non diabetic men with BPH. However, the growth of prostate cancer is so slow that most men will die before it becomes a problem. This is similarly true for both diabetic and non diabetic men.
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diabetic men, insulin levels, metformin, obese patients, prostate cancer
January 6, 2021 Category :Healthy Recipes 0
Flattened rice or poha, is a simply rice which is beaten or pounded into flat light dry flakes. Because it is basically rice, poha is a primary source of carbohydrates, our major source of energy, which makes it an ideal breakfast meal.
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January 5, 2021 Category :General Wellness 1
Founded in 1984, the Makati Medical Center Diabetes Care Center or MMC Diabetes Care Center, is the first diabetes educational clinic in Asia to help people with diabetes live fuller lives.
The MMC Diabetes Care Center was conceptualized amidst the growing diabetic population in the Philippines. Inspired by Dr. Joslin’s principle that in diabetes “he who knows the most lives the longest” Dr. Augusto D. Litonjua, opened the first diabetes education clinic in coordination with Dr. Raul G. Fores who provided the home of the clinic in Makati Medical Center. The Diabetes Education Clinic Staff, Ms. Susan Trinidad R.N., Ms Victoria Santiago,R.N., and Ms. Imelda Cardino R.N.D., were the first diabetes educators in the Philippines which focused on diabetes foot and wound care, nutrition counselling, insulin pump installation, computerized glucose monitoring record, and ankle brachial index measurement. Through the years, the clinic expanded its program to provide not just education but total diabetes care providing access to diabetes care products.
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blood glucose monitoring, complications of diabetes, diabetes education, diabetes educators, insulin, makati medical center, medical nutrition therapy, prevention of diabetes, sugar substitute
January 4, 2021 Category :Health Watch 0
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder among women in which the woman develops several cysts on their ovaries, mainly due to irregular menstruation or amenorrhea (absence of menstrual cycles. Common symptoms included obesity/ weight gain, acne, hirsutism (increased growth of corporal hair), male pattern baldness (hair loss), insulin resistance, skin tags, high cholesterol and even a strong appetite for sex (promiscuity). If left untreated, this ailment can lead to serious health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and endometrial cancer.
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January 3, 2021 Category :Healthy Recipes 0
Root Crops serve as an ideal substitute for rice for Filipino diabetics because it is a safe source of carbohydrates compared to rice which can spike blood sugar vessels. Sweet potato, cassava, taro and yam locally known as kamote, kamoteng kahoy, gabi, and ube, are some of the starchy root crops found to have low glycemic index (GI).
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January 2, 2021 Category :Diabetes Research 0
Diabetics are generally advised not to wear dentures to prevent the possibility of getting oral candida or thrush, a fungal or yeast infection that is prevalent among diabetics wearing dentures. Diabetics who wear dentures often suffer from candida infection problems controlling your blood glucose levels can result to dry mouth and decreased saliva flow.
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blood sugar level, denture wearers, fungal infection, glucose level, salivary gland, yeast infection