August 27, 2020 Category :Healthy Recipes 0
More popularly known as velvet apple and Butter fruit and locally known as mabolo, the Diospyros blancoi fruit grows from a medium size tree normally called kamagong that reaches a high of 20 meteres and with leaves described as leathery, oblong shape and large. The fruit on the other hand is a round fleshy reddish brown covered with velvety fur with a taste similar to fruit cream cheese. It is quite noticeable however that the scent of fruit is not pleasant.
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August 21, 2020 Category :Healthy Recipes 0
Eating becomes problematic for denture wearers because there is always some concern that their false teeth will fall, crack or loosen, making it hard for them to bite and grind their food. Thus, many denture wearers feel like their happy days of eating comes to an end when they start wearing dentures. However, this is wrong as there are a wide variety of food menus or recipes that can definitely bring back the joy of eating for denture wearers.
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August 9, 2020 Category :Healthy Advocacy| Healthy Recipes 0
Food intake is a critical strategy in managing diabetes and eating small snacks frequently in between meals is one way to curb ones appetite and avoid eating heavy dinner especially during lunch and supper. For diabetics, it is important to avoid sugary foods for snacks or merienda. Thus, in eating snacks, it is important to eat anything that is sugar free whether is juice, ordinary mammon, cake, brownies, ensaymada or mousse cake. A choice of different sugarfree snacks can be bought from Goldilocks in most of its branches.
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August 8, 2020 Category :Healthy Recipes 0
Diabetes is a widespread disease in the Philippines. Because of these many restaurant entrepreneurs have come specialized in providing dishes for diabetic patients so that they can still enjoy eating out with their families. Most of the diabetic restaurants are not really diabetic restaurants but generally provides healthy food for people who are health conscious, figure conscious, vegetarians as well as those who have special nutritional needs such as diabetics.
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August 4, 2020 Category :Healthy Recipes 0
Also known as red mombin, Spanish plum, purple plum, java plum, red plum, purple mombin or wild plum, Sineguelas a tropical fruit that grows in shrub requiring little cultivation that is seasonally common during summer. The fruit is popular for its medicinal uses and health benefits. It is high in calcium, phosphorus, ascorbic acid and amino acids like lysine, methionine, threonine and tryptophan. The fruit is rich in in vitamin C for boosting immune system and serves as an antioxidant.
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August 3, 2020 Category :Healthy Recipes 0
Malunggay, also known as moringa leaves is named as the most nutritious green leafy vegetable in the Philippines for its remarkable amount of vitamins and minerals and health benefits. According to experts, malunggay has over 90 nutrients, many different antioxidants, packed with different vitamins and minerals especially iron and essential amino acids (e.g. methionine and cysteine) and is able to cure over 300 health related problems.
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August 1, 2020 Category :Healthy Recipes 0
As kids, it never stood a chance – compared to the bright, colorful cereal boxes adorned with smiling, friendly cartoon characters, the grey, slimy mush infamously known as “oatmeal-it’s-good-for-you” is almost always met with a “Yuck!” or “Ew!” from the younger eaters at the breakfast table.
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July 29, 2020 Category :Healthy Recipes 1
Sugar Free Ice Cream is a variant of the traditional sweet ice cream dessert designed for figure conscious individuals as well as diabetic patients. The sugar free ice cream essentially tastes equally delicious as the typical ice creams except that it utilizes sugar free mixtures to reduce carbs and fat.
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July 22, 2020 Category :Healthy Recipes 0
Pak Choy, Bok Choy, Chinese cabbage or pechay is a crunchy green leafy vegetable that is commonly added in many Asian cuisines. The sturdy fibrous leaves of pechay is usually added in soups and stews, whereas the tender inner leaves may be eaten raw. The Korean delicacy “kimchi” is especially popular dish made primarily of pechay. Incidentally, the pechay is ideally eaten raw because it tends to lose many of its nutritional value when cooked or heated.
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July 19, 2020 Category :Healthy Advocacy| Healthy Recipes 1
Lemonsito, Cotrofortunella mitis or more popularly known as calamansi is a citrus fruit that is grown in the Philippines in practically any type of soil and climate. The plant is shrub that usually starts to bear fruit after two years.
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