Category Archives: health

Healthy eating

Posted by jhanok on 01/18/2010 None comments

Healthy eating is not about staying unrealistically thin and depriving yourself from eating your favorite foods but it’s about having more energy, keeping yourself as healthy as possible and feeling great. This can be learning through some healthy eating pattern.

To achieve an overall healthy eating pattern:
• Choose an overall balanced diet with foods from all major food groups, emphasizing fruits, vegetables and grains.
• Consume a variety of fruits, vegetables and grain products.
• At least five daily servings of fruits and vegetables.
• At least six daily servings of grain products, including whole grains.
• Include fat free and low0fat dairy products, fish, legumes, poultry and lean meats.
• Eat at least two servings of fish per week.

Food for life

Posted by jhanok on 01/17/2010 None comments

Here is the American Heart Association (AHA)  Dietary guidelines for heart diseases and stroke.

These guidelines are based on an analysis of hundreds of studies emphasizing varied diets full of fruits, vegetables, grains and fish,]

* Fruits and vegetables are high in nutrients and fiber, and are relatively low in calories. Grain products provide complex carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and fiber.

*Dietary patterns high in grain products and fiber have been associated with decreased risk of cardiovascular disease.

*Eat foods high in starches (e.g., bread, pasta, cereal, potatoes) Sources of calories in the diet should come from foods that are sources of whole grains as well as nutrient-fortified and enriched starches ( such sas cereals).

*AHA recommends that individuals get their nutrients from foods, not from supplements.

Awareness on Hepa A

Posted by jhanok on 01/15/2010 None comments

Viral hepatititis A is acquired through ingestion of food and water contaminated with fecal material. One to two weeks later the patient may have low grade fever, upper abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting and tea colored urine.

Later, yellowish discoloration of the eyes and skin will be noted. The person recovers fully and develops long lasting immunity (hence protected from another episode of infection). An effective vaccine against hepatitis A.

At present, except for Hepatitis A, vaccines against water and food-borne infections do not provide long lasting protection and the efficacy could be overcome by ingesting large number of organism.

For this reason, the best way to protect against food and water-borne diseases is good sanitation and hygiene, clean water supply and proper handling of food and food products.