Living a Sugar Free Sweet Life

Get the chance to win 5 tickets to Manila Ocean Park plus a Binalot Party Package for 5 people. Four more days to go to submit your funny faced family photo entries!

Here's how to join:

• Magpose ng makulit kasama ang pamilya habang kumakain! Wacky family picture while eating! 
• I-email ang makulit at nakakatawang litrato sa binalotpromo@gmail.com. 
• Pipili ang Binalot ng litrato bawat araw para ilagay sa aming Facebook fan page. Ipapaalam namin sa inyo via email kung napili ang litrato ninyo. 
• Kung ang iyong litrato ang may pinakamaraming "likes", mananalo ka ng 5 free TICKETS to MANILA OCEAN PARK at BINALOT PARTY PACK! 
• Last day of submission will be on 11:59 p.m. of July 31. 
• Voting closes on August 6, 11:59 p.m.

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Tuesday night turned out to be out of the ordinary. The howling winds and the strong rains brought about by Typhoon Basyang (international name: Conson) made me pray for the safety of our town again. It's almost ten months since Ondoy devastated Cainta that's why it's quite understandable why a lot of us here are still traumatized.

We felt the strongest winds around 11 pm that night. After a few minutes, the lights went out and it was only after 24 hours that our electricity was restored. I still wasn't able to work on the list of North Carolina health insurance companies I was compiling because my SmartBro antenna was also brought down by the strong winds that night. I will have to wait for the technicians to come over tomorrow before my internet connection is restored at home. Right now, I'm in a coffee shop competing with the others whom I assume have the same internet troubles as mine.

Then again, I still thank God that He kept us safe through the night. The country's dams needed the rains anyway. I hope you are all safe too. How did Basyang affect your place, by the way?

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Have you seen the Sangobion TV ad? I feel like I'm one of the mommies being described there as inattentive and always tired. I've been having a hard time sleeping early these past few nights and I have so much work to do. I think I should switch to Sangobion now.

But before I do that, I did a little research. You know, Sangobion was one of the prenatal vitamins I took when I was pregnant so I was kind of surprised when I saw it being marketed as a vitamin product for women. Upon reading some reviews, I discovered that Sangobion is often prescribed to ladies suffering from anemia and lack of energy. I hope my doctor approves of it. I guess, he'll have to check my blood pressure first.

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Yes, it's possible! Laughing can help you lose the weight and keep it off. At the European Congress on Obesity in Athens in June 2005, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Maciej Buchowski, Ph.D.,explained the "trivial" study that he made on his 45 pairs of respondents. The study found that laughing increases heart rate at 10 to 20% and 10-15 minutes of laughter burns 10-40 calories a day. That's around 4 pounds lost a year.

The burned calories may be seen as small amount compared to what is burned when you perform a complete workout. Then again, let us remember that even the best weight loss pills cannot give the other healthy effects of laughing. Laughing can put you in a good mood that makes you stay away from emotional food binges. It also helps give your brain its much needed oxygen. Not only that, being a happy person generates positive vibes that can make you and the people around you feel better.

Laughter is the best medicine, so they say. Just make sure not to look insane while you're laughing your heart out, haha!


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While at the ladies room in Sm Megamall the other night, I noticed small and long patches at the base of my neck. I'm not sure if it's an-an (tinea flava) or another fungal skin infection but I know deep inside that it's not just a normal case of skin discoloration. The patches are not itchy though. An-an or not, I'm treating it now with an over the counter anti-fungal cream just to be sure.

It's humiliating, I know. I'd prefer to have adult acne over an-an, if you ask me. I think the sponge I use for applying foundation may be the culprit. I wash it with soap and water after every use but there was a time when I washed it at night and I dried the sponge inside the bathroom with the windows closed. A perfect breeding ground for fungi, I know. I hope the patches go away soon.

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This is what I have been putting on my face after washing and toning it at night. I noticed that my skin is more supple and smoother to the touch in the morning upon using it. I believe it's because of it's royal jelly and aloe vera content. Recently, I also discovered that I cannot only use it as a facial night cream but also a a special moisturizer for my feet! Yup, it does the same wonders just as putting petroleum jelly and wearing socks at night for smoother soles. I didn't even wear socks and my feet were smoother than usual the next day.

Other than its huge moisturizing benefits, what urged me to buy this product (and other Human Nature products for that matter) is the advocacy behind it. All of the company's beauty products use all-natural ingredients grown by Filipino farmers and are later on packed by underprivileged residents of Gawad Kalinga sites. In doing so, I do not only keep myself pretty but I also help create jobs for fellow Filipinos.

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Yesterday, I envisioned this day to be one of those days when I can get things done. Unfortunately, it's almost noon and I haven't accomplished anything yet. I'm typing away using my son's netbook because my laptop is wonky. Six shutdowns in an hour, m golly! What could be happening? I decided to have a full system scan and defrag my hard disk after. I am hyperventilating and I feel like crying. And "Jesus Take The Wheel" is playing on my mind. Gosh, I can't afford computer trouble especially when I have tons of write-ups to do!

This is one of the things I hate about freelance writing for a living. I need to be the one to take care of my tools. Sometimes, I wish I'm in the corporate world like my husband who has a tech support staff waiting should things in his computer go wrong. You really can't have all the good in the world, huh?

Oh well, back to the fast weight loss tips articles I am reading. I have to produce another health article by tomorrow. Ugh, I hope my laptop will be up and running by then. Wish me luck!

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Remember the time I wrote about my ugly and annoying skin asthma rashes? Well, I just found an effective remedy for that! I used wheatgrass pulp! That's what remains of the wheatgrass after I extracted the juice from it. I'm not even sure of a scientific explanation about this great discovery except that chlorophyll is antibacterial. The rashes, especially the ones that I scratched, are still on my skin but some of them have already faded.

Aside from being an effective allergy relief medication, I also think that the wheatgrass pulp I placed on the roots of my orchids helped revive them. You should see how healthy my orchids are right now!

I'll keep you posted on my latest wheatgrass benefit discoveries. In the meantime, I hope you can try having a shot of wheatgrass juice for your own health.


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The reason I am asking this is because I have finally convinced my husband to watch the movie with me and my son later this afternoon. It's the hub's birthday, by the way. My blogger friends are raving about it and even the guys said that the movie made them cry.

Is it even possible that an animated movie about toys can make adult moviegoers cry? It makes me the more excited to see the movie! Will post an update and my own review about it soon.

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Anyone who has ever played golf south of the Mason-Dixon line has probably walked on Bermuda grass. This perennial grass thrives in tropical and sub-tropical climates. It is used extensively for golf courses, sports fields, parks, and lawns. It grows not only in the southern U.S. but in countries around the world with relatively warm year-round temperatures.

Bermuda grass originated in Africa and arrived in the Americas as early as the 1500s. It may have gotten its name from one of the first locations where it was planted in the northern hemisphere. It actually may have travelled to the New World as a stowaway, its seeds being mixed in with hay kept for explorers' horses. Its presence in the U.S. dates back at least to the early 1800s. It is also called devigrass or wiregrass.

Like the more cold-tolerant Zoysia grass, Bermuda grass is hearty but can be invasive. It is sometimes badmouthed as a "weed" for its tendency to overtake flowerbeds and neighboring yards. In fact, advice abounds on how to get rid of Bermuda grass. Its powerful, wire-like root system make this a challenge. Pulling it out does not get rid of it since it "creeps" to other areas. There are various chemical treatments on the market designed to eliminate it.

Proponents of the grass, on the other hand, tout its fast growth and tolerance to heavy traffic. It can also handle salty or sandy conditions, and maintenance is not terribly demanding. Some residents of the southern U.S. proudly describe Bermuda grass as an emblem of the South. The area from eastern Alabama to the Florida Panhandle is sometimes called the Wiregrass Region, for the ubiquitous plant.

The familiar form of Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon turns brown at the first drop in temperature below its tropical preference. Varieties have been developed to tolerate colder weather however.

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