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Thursday, May 23

Healthy grocery choices for weight loss  

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I'm back from our 3-day vacation in Singapore. As usual, food trips will not be missed in vacations like this one. With so many hawker centers around, it was so hard to resist the urge to grab a bite every time we had the chance. But our holiday is over and now it's payback time. I started not eating rice again at dinner to make up for all the Chicken Rice I devoured in SG, haha! I will also revamp our weekly menu to include healthy food that is perfect for one who's trying to lose weight.


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Friday, May 3

Boost your immunity by strengthening your white blood cells  

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Deadlines, piled up tasks, and never-ending stress. That's the life of a freelancer like me. Oftentimes, I wish that I had more than 24 hours in a day just so I could finish everything I need to do. It would be normal for me to sleep at 12 midnight and wake up at 4:30 am to help the boys prepare for work and school. I try not to get sick because it would be surely chaos here at home when I do so I supplement with Vitamin C. Lately, taking Vitamin C is not enough to boost my immunity.

I learned that to really be immune from diseases, I should also strengthen my white blood cells. Why? Watch the video below:



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Saturday, April 27

Walking at Ever Gotesco Ortigas  

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4 rounds of this 725 meter path . Not bad.
My doctor's check-up last Friday revealed that I'm having an episode of slight hypertension again. My blood pressure reading that day was 140/100 and it was done three times that morning. I somehow had a feeling that it was high even before they took my blood pressure. Oh you know, my sister-in-law came home from Britain and it was a grand homecoming with a lot of eating as usual. Plus, we went to Caramoan for a vacation that really had me forget my daily fiber and fitness routines. Bad, I know. The only good news I heard from the nurse that Friday was that I did not gain extra pounds from the vacay.


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Friday, April 26

Support World Hemophilia Month by becoming a Blood Brother  

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Are you familiar with the medical condition known as hemophilia? People who suffer from hemophilia have blood that do not clot properly. It is rare, hereditary, and occurs most often in males than in females. Moreover, it could affect the young as much as the elderly. April is World Hemophilia Month, and Blood Brothers Aid Inc., a non-profit organization based in the Philippines, aims to raise awareness about hemophilia in the country and to get more Filipinos to recognize the problem and help through blood or monetary donations.

Queen Victoria passed hemophilia
to some of her descendants.
Image source: Wikipedia.org

The blood of patients with hemophilia lack protein which is important in clotting. Therefore, wounds from injuries take a lot of time to heal. Usual symptoms of this condition include deep bruising, joint pain and swelling caused by internal bleeding, spontaneous bleeding (e.g. nosebleeds), or prolonged bleeding from cuts, after surgery, or even after a tooth extraction. Diagnosis is made through a blood test that measures the level of clotting factor activity in the blood.

Clotting factor concentrates, however, are not readily available in the Philippines. International groups or volunteers ship medicine in from other countries, though supplies are minimal. In the absence of these drugs, a person in need of replacement therapy would require blood or plasma transfusions, and are at the mercy of the limited supply of blood available in hospitals. There are reported incidents of deaths among hemophiliacs due to the long wait for blood donations.

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Thursday, April 18

Smartphone App Aims to Lower Blood Sugar, Fight Diabetes with Exercise  

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Smartphone and tablet applications are starting to play a significant role in diabetes care, and Power 20 recently launched with that in mind.

“It’s no surprise that doctors and patients are looking to smartphones to help fight diabetes,” said Arshad Chowdhury, founder of Power 20. “Today, 46 percent of Americans own smartphones, and one in 10 Americans has diabetes. The number of diabetics will more than double in the next 25 years so tools like Power 20, which can help control blood sugar levels through guided exercises, are arriving just in time.”




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Monday, April 1

Spring Fashion – Embracing Color and Polka Dots  

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With each season that passes by there is a new opportunity to embrace new and fun trends. Sometimes trends are must-embrace fashion trends, where as others you may choose to ignore. Whether you’re opinionated about coming and going trends is up to you, but it’s always worth to look into what is popular in the fashion world. This season’s trends are all about patterns, color, and polka dots. Whether you choose to enjoy them is entirely up to you, but women’s wear is fiercer than ever. So instead of rolling your eyes at new trends that may not be your favorite, have fun with the trends you do like and enjoy them while you can. You can always continue to wear trends after they fade too – be a trend setter!

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Wednesday, March 13

30-minute resistance band exercise workout  

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I've been exercising for months now through MetaFIT and dancing Zumba. I noticed that, after I lost 10 pounds during and a few months after our C-Lium Fibre challenge, I only manage to keep the weight off these days. I hit the plateau, so to speak, so I need to put my training into the next level and this I will accomplish with the help of the resistance band.

The first time I used a resistance band was during the Body Vive session I had at Fitness First. I bought my own band as I find it very convenient to use and keep. Aside from using it in our Aero-Sculpt sessions, I also use the resistance band in these resistance band exercises I found from Greatist.com.

Read the original article at http://greatist.com/fitness/resistance-band-exercises.

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