Monthly Archives: April 2010

Valuable Benefits of Natural Medicines

There are large number of healing systems and cures available today for a large number of health disorders. More and more people are turning towards natural remedies due to the probable side effects of allopathic drugs. Natural medicines are one of the most useful ways of healing available in the current stressful world. Selecting a…

BALANCED SNACK DIETS FOR KIDS

Summer is a favorite season for young ones. They hang around the house with friends and cousins – lazy and typically, graze! This means endless snacks and meals. So instead of just three big meals, it is six to ten big snacks, which add up to lots of calories eaten. Parents have a hard time…

Plan a Healthy Snack

Snacking is not only for kids but its worst for adults because they have the means to buy their favorite snacks. Research has now confirmed that wanton and excessive snacking can lead to weight gain. A snack is a mini meal stopgap to overeating for the main meals. 1. Plan your snacks to be sure…

Spiritual Nourishment is a Must

Rationale for a plant-based diet Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, and nuts are high in fiber, high in phytochemicals, high in unsaturated fats, high in tocopherols, ascorbate, carotenoids, saponins, and flavonoids, high in antioxidants, moderate in indoles and isothiocyanates, which may decrease carcinogenesis, low in cholesterol, saturated fats, hydrocarbons, and hydrocyclic amines (carcinogens). Because of…

ABOUT SYPHILIS

This disease is almost always passed from one person to another person through direct contact with a syphilis sore, lesion or moist rash. It is almost always passed during sex. Moist kisses can transmit the disease if the infected person has a lesion on the lips or in the mouth. The first stage of syphilis…

Awareness to Sexually Transmitted Diseases

HERPES Herpes, which stays in one spot in the body and is spread by direct skin-to-skin contact, is usually spread during sex. The virus can also be passed whenever it is present on the skin, such as right before an outbreak. The first outbreak can last two to three weeks. Small red bumps appear near…

Awareness to HIV and Chlamydia

HIV The human immnunodeficiency virus can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, which has no cure. We must remember that prevention remains our best and most cost-effective tool for saving lives and bringing the epidemic under control. HIV is spread by sexual contact with an infected person, by sharing needles and/ or syringes (primarily…

Lumpiang Hubad (A Healthy Recipe)

Ingredients: 2 cloves garlic 200 grams carrots 200 grams ubod 200 grams shrimp 50 grams skinless peanuts 1 whole onion 200 grams sweet peas 200 grams firm tofu 150 grams assorted salad greens 1 tbsp brown sugar pepper and fish sauce to taste cooking oil for sauteing and deep-fat frying Preparation: Wash onions, garlic, carrots,…

Pasta Pilipino (A Healthy Recipe)

They say life without salt is lifeless, but this recipe beg to differ. This recipe uses the natural flavor of all the ingredients and you do not have to add table salt. The flavor was enhanced and infused by the natural salt water and cheese. The saltiness has been neutralized by the sweetness of the…

Proper Treatment to Conjunctivitis

Viral or bacterial conjunctivitis may respond to topical or oral antibiotics but acute conjunctivitis may not. That is why at the onset of sore eyes, an eye checkup is recommended instead of using over-the-counter eye drops. Antibiotic therapy is adjusted according to culture and sensitivity results or if the condition does not respond. A follow-up…