What comes after an individual gets diagnosed with the dreaded big C? A person diagnosed with cancer is reduced to being a patient. One who has to undergo a series of medical treatments from surgery to chemotherapy, radiation, and a cocktail of medications. Your world turns...
Heart diseases and cancer are the leading causes of death worldwide. Despite the existence of modern medicine, why do people still prematurely perish every day from these illnesses instead of dying of old age? With state-of-the-art medical procedures, expensive supplements, and drugs, we...
There’s a saying that exercise is medicine. In fact, Hippocrates, the father of scientific medicine was the first physician who prescribed exercise for patients with the disease of consumption—now known as tuberculosis, a communicable disease of the lungs. How can exercise heal?...
The intermittent fasting craze has thrown dieters all over the world into a frenzy. It’s so common for many years now that many versions have come up. Is it effective? Is it even safe? If so, then which type of intermittent fasting is recommended for you try? To make it...
You begin the year with so much determination. You have a list of resolutions and you have a good feeling that you will succeed this year. The first few days will go perfectly well until you reach your threshold of restraint and deprivation. You begin to spiral down and get back to your old...
And so it happened once again. No matter how determined you were, it was just close to impossible for you to perfectly adhere to your diet plan during the holiday season. Tell me you didn’t even take a bite of ham or lechon or dessert. You did, right? That isn’t so bad if all you had was...
The merriest time of the year for most people may also be the saddest one for some. It may be because of a mental illness or circumstances that could cause one to succumb to depression. The death of a loved one, a broken relationship, losing a job, losing a home, a business going bankrupt,...
Statistics have shown that globally, the holiday season and the period immediately after, show an increase in the incidence of fatal heart attacks and stroke, also known as, brain attack. What could be the culprit behind these? Is it really just the food we consume or are there any other...
Cholesterol is not fat. It is a fat-like substance that is a component of our cells and is essential for the body to make hormones and other body functions. It is not bad unless you have an excess of it that causes it to build up in the blood vessels. Thus, impeding proper blood circulation,...
It is both a delight and customary for us to give Christmas presents to our loved ones. But have you thought about giving someone special something special this Christmas? That someone is you. You deserve to have a treat too! After all, how can you give when you have not gotten anything in the...
Diabetes is so common that every household may have a family member or at least knows someone outside their home who is diabetic or prediabetic. When I was beginning my practice as a registered nutritionist dietitian over two decades ago, diabetes was thought to be genetic. However, this is not the...
We see a spike in cases of flu-like illnesses concurrent with the rainy season. Although the Department of Health has reportedly observed a decline in the number of cases compared to the same period last year, cases of flu are still ever-present and shouldn’t be ignored. All means of preventing...
