Entries in the ‘Health’ Category:

Risk of Having High Cholesterol

Cholesterol is a waxy substance produced by our liver which is needed by the body. We can get cholesterol from the foods we eat. If your arteries are blocked by the bad cholesterol, then it will limit the flow of blood to our heart and brain thus causing a heart attack or stroke. You don’t [...]

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New Revelations on HIV

Here in the US , about 1.2 million people are living with HIV according to the data of Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Forty thousand new infections per year and about 15,000 Americans die of AIDS each year. Alarming? Here’s more: a new method of tracking HIV infections has revealed that about 40% more [...]

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Ban on Eating Seafoods

Fishing is the occupation of most of the people in Sibuyan Islands, Philippines, but then with the sinking of the “Princess of Stars” and the discovery that the boat carries “endosulfan” chemical, fishing is banned. The sinking happened barely a kilometer away from their shoreline. I pity the people for they are used to eating [...]

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Child’s Addiction to Fast Food

You must develop your child’s taste for healthy food early on. Because if he can appreciate health foods, he won’t be craving burgers and French fries. Do not use trips to fast-food joints or meals as rewards. Do more home cooking. A child will learn to appreciate the flavors of home-cooked meal. [...]

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Ginger

All I know about ginger is that it is a spice used in cooking and that it is also a herb. That it can promote circulation especially during cold season, helps ease joints as well as muscle and nerve pains. However there is something I have discovered. I have just read recently that ginger has [...]

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Flood Alerts

Flood alerts in the Philippines will soon be available through text messages for residents in an area who is possible to experience flashfloods and other calamities. According to the PAG-ASA, they will develop a system wherein they can send messages to people in an area where there is critical concentration of rainfall. Warnings would be [...]

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