How fast is society’s meat consumption evolving?

An Australian survey has revealed that although attitudes towards meat are changing, it could still be a long time before we ditch hamburgers for plant-based alternatives.

Carried out by food marketing expert Ellen Goddard at the University of Alberta, Canada, along with researchers from the University of Adelaide, Australia, the survey asked a nationally-representative sample of 287 Australian meat-eaters about their levels of willingness to make changes to their protein consumption.


In particular, participants were asked how willing they would be to reduce their meat consumption, to follow a meat-free diet most of the time, to avoid meat altogether, or to follow a strict plant-based with no animal products at all.

The findings, published in the journal Appetite, showed that participants had “varying levels of willingness to make changes to their protein consumption.”

More specifically, nearly half of those surveyed (46%) were unwilling to make changes to how much meat they eat, while 22% said they would be willing to reduce their meat consumption, but not go meat-free most of the time.

Only 15% said they would be willing to go meat-free, and the remaining 17% were undecided.


The findings come as plant-based protein alternatives like Beyond Meat hamburgers are surging in popularity, and popping up on the menus of big-name restaurants and fast food outlets. However, despite many people reducing their meat intake to benefit their health and the environment, the findings suggest that changing meat-eating habits could be a longer and slower process than first thought.


“The new products are not being developed for vegans or vegetarians, they are already convinced,” Goddard explained. “The products are important to encourage the rest of us to try, and perhaps like meat-free meals.”

“One of the things we found in our study was that committed meat-eaters often considered food choices in vegetarian or vegan diets to be inadequate and unpalatable, so these products might help change that perception.”

Goddard noted that the results, plus unpublished data that she has from a Canadian survey which shows similar findings, suggest that it could take years before the majority of us change our attitudes to meat.

Sven Anders, a University of Alberta food economist who was not involved in the study, commented that he is unsurprised by the findings.

“There is a very large body of economic and social science research that shows food choices are driven by habits established over our lifetime,” he explained. “What a person ate growing up will be one of the biggest determinants of an adult’s diet, and changing these habits takes time.” HM/NVG

source: technology.inquirer.net

Eating vegetables, fish during pregnancy may help reduce risk of high blood pressure

New European research has found that eating a diet rich in vegetables and fish during pregnancy could help lower the risk of developing high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia.

Carried out by researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Bristol, the new large-scale study looked at 55,138 women who took part in the Danish National Birth Cohort.


The women were asked to complete several telephone interviews, including two during pregnancy at 12 and 30 weeks and two interviews at six and 18 months after birth. They also completed a questionnaire on their dietary habits at week 25 of their pregnancy.

The findings, published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics, showed that eating a diet rich in vegetables and fish appeared to reduce the risk of developing gestational hypertension by 14 percent and pre-eclampsia by 21 percent.

On the other hand, following a Western diet, which is high in potatoes, meat, white bread and margarine, increased the risk of developing gestational hypertension by 18 percent and pre-eclampsia by 40 percent.

On average, women with high blood pressure or pre-eclampsia also had a higher body mass index (1.6-2.3 kg/m2 higher) than those without the conditions.

While the researchers point out that the study only shows an association between diet and the risk of high blood pressure during pregnancy, rather than a causal relationship, they add that the results do add to an existing body of evidence that supports following a healthy, well-balanced diet.

Author of the study Ms. Emmanuella Ikem also added that, “Our findings support the importance of eating a healthy and well-balanced diet in vegetables and fish and cutting out processed foods where possible. This will help to reduce a woman’s risk of developing high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia during pregnancy.”

“Current advice recommends eating at least five portions of different fruit and vegetables every day, instead of foods high in fat. And generally it is safe to consume fish during pregnancy, no more than two portions of oily fish, such as mackerel or salmon, a week, and no more than two fresh tuna steaks or four medium-sized cans of tuna a week. Women should avoid eating shark, swordfish or marlin.”

According to previous research, high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, affects around 1 in 10 pregnancies. Pre-eclampsia, a condition related to high blood pressure which can cause serious complications for mother and baby, affects 2 to 8 in every 100 women and develops from around 20 weeks of gestation. JB

source: lifestyle.inquirer.net

Could seniors boost their longevity with the Mediterranean diet?

New European research has found that following the popular Mediterranean-style diet as we age could help boost longevity by reducing the risk of death from all causes.

Carried out by researchers at the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention of the I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed, in Italy, the new study looked at 5,200 people over the age of 65 who were participating in the Moli-sani Study, a large-scale study which investigates the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and cancer, including the role of the Mediterranean diet.

The participants were given a diet score to assess their adherence to the Mediterranean diet before being followed for a period of eight years.

At the end of the study, the researchers found that following the Mediterranean diet is associated with a 25 percent reduction in the risk of death from all causes, including a reduced risk of death from coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease.

The researchers then carried out a further meta-analysis of seven studies, including their own, carried out across several countries with a total of 11,738 participants also over the age of 65.

They found that a one-point increase in the Mediterranean Diet Score was associated with 5 percent lower risk of death from all causes, and that the greater the adherence to the Mediterranean diet, the greater the reduction in risk of death.

“The novelty of our research is to have focused our attention on a population over 65 years old,” says Marialaura Bonaccio, first author of the study. “We already knew that the Mediterranean diet is able to reduce the risk of mortality in the general population, but we did not know whether it would be the same specifically for elderly people.”

A traditional Mediterranean-like diet is rich in fruit, vegetables, fish, pulses, olive oil and cereals, and low in meat and dairy products, with moderate wine consumption during meals.

The researchers also added that certain foods, when eaten as part of a Mediterranean-type diet, appear to offer greater protection, including a high consumption of monounsaturated fats, found in extra virgin olive oil and fish, and also a moderate consumption of alcohol, preferably during meals.

“Our research considers nutrition as a whole, but it is still interesting to understand which foods mainly contribute to the ‘driving’ effect of the Mediterranean diet,” explains Bonaccio. “Our data confirm what has already been observed in numerous epidemiological and metabolic studies, namely that a moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages, if inserted in a Mediterranean food context, is a protective factor for our health.”

The results can be found published online in the British Journal of Nutrition. JB

source: lifestyle.inquirer.net

Obesity on the rise as diets change

Gains in the fight against hunger in Asia-Pacific countries are slowing while obesity is on the rise as people in the world’s most populous region, including Filipinos, change their diet, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The FAO in its Regional Overview on Food Insecurity report said countries of Asia-Pacific must redouble their efforts if the Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger is to be met by 2030.

The Philippines is among Asia-Pacific countries that met the previous goal of reducing by half the incidence of hunger by 2015, as laid out in the 15-year Millennium Development Goals initiative.

According to the FAO, only 12 percent or 490 million of the region’s population remain undernourished.

“That 12 percent represents some of the poorest and hardest to reach people,” FAO regional representative Kundhavi Kadiresan said in a statement, “So the clock is ticking, but with political will and collective action we can reach our goal of zero hunger.”

The United Nations agency said it was possible to eradicate hunger, provided that a number of steps were followed, particularly by increasing investments in more efficient production methods and agricultural research.

“Most countries in this region are spending too little on agricultural research,” Kadiresan said, “So in order to meet both the zero hunger goal and ensure everyone is well nourished in Asia-Pacific by 2030, we will, collectively, need to put our money where our mouths are to ensure we can meet these twin challenges.”

Also, the FAO report takes into account other aspects of malnutrition arising from poor diets such as the rise in obesity and “hidden hunger” from micronutrient deficiency.

The agency said that while figures differ from country to country, the regional rate of obesity has been increasing by more than 3 percent yearly.

Based on data from the World Health Organization, the prevalence of overweight in the Philippines as of 2014 was close to 20 percent of the population and that of obesity by about 5 percent.

“In a study done in the Philippines, increasing urbanization with association to increasing Westernized food habits such as high fat diets, processed foods and consumption of refined carbohydrates; trade liberalization making available a wide variety of processed and fast foods; increased frequency of eating away from home; influence of mass media and sedentary lifestyles have been implicated in the rise of overweight and obesity,” the report said.

source: technology.inquirer.net

Turning up the heat on love handles

The last five to 10 pounds are always the hardest to lose. You can spend hours doing crunches and planks and alligator drags, but your midsection fat simply won’t go away.

American personal trainer and TV host Jillian Michaels has a simple explanation in her blog: the body, for survival purposes, will always struggle to hold on to the last bit of fat. Strict diet and exercise regimens do not work uniformly.

But technology has turned the impossible dream into an attainable goal. Called Vanquish, it is, according to its manufacturer, the world’s first noncontact, noninvasive and hands-free treatment that uses selective radio frequency to zap away fat in the abdomen and love handles.

The patented device has been scientifically studied and clinically proven for the circumferential reduction of fat in the tummy and love handles, said Petra Kopecka, the Czech manager in Southeast Asia of BTL Aesthetics, the company that invented and manufactured Vanquish.

Targeting fat cells

“The skin, fat and muscles have different impedances. The impedance will depend on the water content. Fat cells have low water content and high impedance. With selective radio frequency, the machine automatically measures the impedance of the tissue layer and specifically targets just the fat cells. It kills the fat cells, or it reduces its size,” Kopecka said.

Vanquish treatment is offered exclusively at The Aivee Teo, MD, Anti-Aging Institute located at 2/F East Building, Forbestown Center, Burgos Circle, BGC (tel. nos. 4031982, 4033245, 5562533; e-mail info@aiveeaguilarteo.com).

After four to six sessions, scheduled seven to 10 days apart, people can shave up to three inches off their midsection. There is no downtime, no special diets or supplements, no side effects, no internal organs affected, and the whole process is painless, Kopecka said.

“We don’t ask patients to go on a diet. We just ask them not to gain weight,” she added. Unless the weight gain is 100 percent from muscle mass, people who gain weight normally increase their body fat percentage. Increasing body fat is counter-productive to the treatment.

Dr. Aivee Teo clarified a point: Vanquish is a body-sculpting device that contours the midsection. It is not a weight-loss machine.

“You want to kill the fat cells and decrease their volume, but you can’t kill them all. It’s not healthy. You still need fat. When you decrease the number of fat cells and reduce their volume, you won’t have a bulging tummy anymore. It will look aesthetically better,” Teo said.





Vanquish was first tested on a controlled group of Vietnamese swine, whose fat cells and tissues are very similar to humans, said Kopecka. The study, which concluded last year, showed that the swine lost up to 60 percent fat. People, however, can expect a reduction of about 20-25 percent.

Natural processes

“I would never promise 60-percent reduction to anyone. We don’t live in a controlled environment,” Kopecka said.

The machine works in accordance with the natural processes of the body. Its maker, BTL, is a European company known for producing medical devices for cardiology and pneumology the past 21 years. It ventured into medical aesthetics eight years ago, producing machines that also pass rigid medical standards and regulations, she said.

“As a medical company, we understand the body very well,” Kopecka said.

Vanquish stimulates apoptosis, or the natural death of fat cells. Each treatment is only 30 minutes long. The radio frequency has a thermal effect on the deep tissue while protecting the surrounding areas. That’s why even at its highest temperature of 45 degrees, when the induced apoptosis occurs, the skin and other tissues do not burn.

“Our body has its own lymphatic drainage. Any toxins in your body, after it has been metabolized, will be excreted through stool or urine or sweat. Our drainage system flushes the fat out of our body,” Teo said.

Kopecka cautioned, however, that patients must inform the nurse or doctor if their midsection begins to produce too much sweat during the treatment.

Vanquish is a very powerful machine, she said. An overproduction of sweat may cause the water droplets formed in the abdomen and love handles to start boiling. This in turn can cause blisters. Although this rarely occurs, it’s a situation that can be prevented.

Actress Judy Ann Santos, who had her first session of Vanquish a week ago, said all she felt was a warm sensation in her midsection—very tolerable and painless. And the 30-minute treatment is just perfect to squeeze into her tight schedule.

The once fleshy Santos now flaunts an hourglass figure. She swears by Teo’s services and treatments, and complements them by exercising six times a week.

This body-sculpting treatment is said to be closest to surgical results. Since treatments are evenly spaced out for weeks, allowing the body ample time to recover from the fat loss, there is less chance of the skin sagging.

Anyone between 18 and 65 years old can undergo the treatment. Each session costs P15,000. People with metals in the body, pacemakers, cancer, and pregnant and breastfeeding mothers should not undergo the treatment.

source: lifestyle.inquirer.net

How to lose weight

More than one-third of adults in the United States are obese. In fact, the furor over obesity, which some have termed an “epidemic,” has reached such proportions that one big-city mayor has gone about banning large-sized, sugary soft drinks and the First Lady has been on a crusade to control the dietary offerings in public schools.

Even many adults who do not fit the clinic definition of obese are still overweight, and a large percentage are looking for the best ways to lose weight.

Shedding pounds largely comes down to the two-pronged factors of diet and exercise. Not modifying the first one enough, and not getting enough of the second one, ends up giving the individual a recipe for being overweight.

Conditions related to obesity include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Counseling someone to eat less and exercise more might be the simplest advice possible, but it’s also, partially, an oversimplification. When it comes to diet, no one needs to starve themselves in order to lose weight. It has more to do with the types of food you eat than how much you eat.

Reduce the amount of red meat in your diet. If you don’t want to eliminate red meat altogether, choose cuts of meat with less fat content. Limit your intake of salt and starches. If you’ve got to have potato chips alongside your sandwich at lunch, opt for the baked potato chips that are less greasy and contain less fat than the deep-fried chips. You might find you’re really not sacrificing that much in terms of taste.

A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, egg whites, skinless poultry, fish and nonfat dairy products will certainly aid in the mission of losing weight. Drink more water and less sugary drinks. If you have to have a soda, a diet soda is a better option, but seltzer is an even better choice than that.

In terms of exercise, it’s important—if not always easy—to make sure you get at least some physical activity each and every day. Cardio and strength training burn lots of calories. If your feet or your stamina level won’t allow for a regular jogging regimen, then make sure you take lots of walks. Next time you need to mail a letter, walk to the mailbox instead of driving. Try to work in a daily walk in your neighborhood. And if you intend on more rigorous, formal exercising at the gym or fitness center, be sure to pace yourself and don’t build up to an overly ambitious workout agenda too quickly.

There are thousands of diet fads among us.  However, sometimes the best advice is common sense.  Work towards a healthy diet and integrate regular exercise.  You would be surprised at the results small changes can make.

source: smarterlifestyles.com

Blast that mummy tummy away–without leaving your home

After I slaved away at the beginning of the year to get beach body-ready, all I want to do now is sleep, eat ramen and not work out. Having babies takes a toll on your body as it expands and changes, and getting older with each baby makes the slimming process all the more challenging.

Even after losing all that weight and then some, our skin quality is no longer the same as it was, and bits of fat just won’t move without some extra help.




For busy people

I heard about Slim At Home from an old colleague who told me that it was the latest venture of Happy Ongpauco-Tiu, a beautiful entrepreneur and mother I had met several years ago when she first opened the Boutique Hotel in Tagaytay.

After having children and running several businesses, Happy found herself in the predicament many career women find themselves in.

“I am in the food business, so that makes it difficult to go on a diet, especially with all the food development and the food tasting I have to do,” she says. “With all my businesses and personal obligations, I do not have the time to exercise regularly or enroll in a slimming clinic. Hence, I conceptualized this business to cater to busy people like me who, despite the lack of time, still care about staying slim and fit.”

Happy is so dedicated to her new business that customers can text her directly for any questions.


Slim At Home offers a holistic approach to slimming. Treatments need to be done in combination with a proper diet and exercise regimen. It offers personal training sessions in the comfort of your own home, where a trainer brings all the equipment and monitors your weight. That means no excuses now!

Noninvasive treatments

I tried some of the services such as the Lipocavitation. It works by using ultrasonic energy to heat the dermis and tighten the deeper layers of skin while helping initiate the production of collagen. It’s used to target fat cells in specific areas such as arms, inner and outer thighs, hips, calves, upper and lower abdomen pocket fats and cellulites.

“During exercise, the body burns fats,” explains Happy. “It is through ultrasonic technology that the hard fat eventually becomes soft fat, which in turn makes it easier to metabolize in time. It is the muscles that become firm through exercise and not the fat. After the treatment, it is normal that the fat cells are eliminated through body excretions such as urine.”


After the lipocavitation, the therapist did the Thermaslim Radio Frequency treatment on me, which she said would help dissolve fat further.

Another treatment, Cryo Therapy, is a noninvasive treatment that uses below-zero-degree temperature to tighten the skin, which is then infused with rejuvenating serums. It freezes fats in targeted areas, causing the fats to crystallize. About 20 to 25 percent of the fat cells in the treated area die in a natural way, eventually draining out from the body through metabolism.

Slim At Home also offers Cryo Facial to rejuvenate tired skin, as well as Theralift, which also uses radio frequency technology to stimulate the formation of collagen to tighten and renew skin.

For more information, visit www.slimathome.com.ph for the full range of treatments. For bookings, contact Aileen at the Slim At Home booking line at 0917-885SLIM (7546). Or call Happy Ongpauco-Tiu directly at 0917-8901225.

source: lifestyle.inquirer.net

Meditation, organic food keep Rafael Rosell fit and focused

Three years ago, model-actor Rafael Rosell found himself in a light-bulb moment after catching a wave in a hidden surf spot in Zambales. As the sun cast a golden-orange haze, he was suddenly immersed in some intangible energy. The awareness of his environment, including his body, melted away.

It lasted for a few seconds but felt like an eternity. As this mystical experience seethed through his consciousness, Rosell became aware of an unexplainable presence which was strangely familiar yet sublime. In this encounter, he perceived a soundless voice telling him that he should redirect his life. He could never forget the euphoria that flowed into his spirit.

Rosell pointed out that since that unforgettable moment in the sea, spiritual growth has been a priority in his life. What transformed him was this awakening of the spirit.

Ironically, if you Google Rafael Rosell, you’ll be inundated by his beefcake photos and raunchy write-ups. He was heavier and, in some photographs taken three years ago, his face looked puffy. But after changing the course of his life through diet, meditation and keeping the company of like-minded souls, Rosell lost 38 lbs to reveal his sculpted cheekbones and lean, muscular frame.

When he demonstrated flips and cartwheels for Inquirer Lifestyle, he moved with the grace of a cat and landed on the floor with featherweight lightness.






Although the new lifestyle and body change gave him more enthusiasm for living, it also helped that he got into a new work environment when he signed up with GMA 7 after being a talent in another station for nearly a decade. With his long list of TV and movie credentials, he has added “Maghihintay Pa Rin,” an afternoon drama series about OFWs on GMA 7.

Rosell maintained that he separates his professional career from his personal life. He admitted that in the past, he would get caught up in his dramas, sometimes believing the illusions in the entertainment industry.

“With meditation, I could discern what is reality,” he said.

In the showbiz world of artifice and ego, it is not common to find someone like Rosell who has made the exploration of the spirit the forefront of his life. Still, he prefers to keep quiet about it. “I don’t impose (principles) on people. I prefer to live by example,” he said.

Growing up in Norway

Born and raised in Stavanger, Norway, Rosell grew up speaking Norwegian, his first language. His Bicolana mother and Cebuano father spoke to their children in English.







He grew up enjoying sports such as soccer, basketball, handball, karate and ninjutsu, a martial art form derived from samurai skills.

“The kids are different now. They’re into iPads, iPhones, PlayStations and TV. They are so engulfed in the prison of their home. They don’t play anymore,” said Rosell. “When I was young, I would play cops and robbers, hide-and-seek and Ninja Turtles. I would look for a playground to do sit-ups, cartwheels and Ninja stuff.”

He was barely 10 years old when he was exposed to meditation through karate and ninjutsu. “I thought keeping the mind still was a Japanese art of praying,” he recalled. Martial arts taught him the importance of spiritual refinement and the mental discipline required in the art and avoidance of combat.

Likewise, at 9 years old, he was already reading up on the Silva Mind Control, a self-development program which improves the brain’s functions and develops the human potential.

One day, a talent scout met the teenaged Rosell in Norway which led to his showbiz career. In a family vacation to the Philippines, he went to an audition, took a six-month workshop, starred in a Close-Up commercial and a slew of television programs and films.

After doing the movie “Bikini Open,” Rosell met the late manager Douglas Quijano who introduced him to the Bench team. This led him to be one of the Bench Body models.

Back then Rosell was pumping iron, tackling Muay Thai and kickboxing, and guzzling protein shakes, creatine and supplements for bulk. “I don’t know if they are good for you. Today, I try to take everything organic, as much as possible. I don’t even touch paracetamol,” he declared.



Capoeira

He found fulfillment in capoeira, a Brazilian martial art. “The music, the dance, the spiritual side, the singing and the magic were all there,” said Rosell. “Physically, capoeira is a whole body workout. The ginga (basic rocking movements) works on your butt and thighs. The cartwheels and handstands give you an upper body workout. Even the neck gets exercised when you do the headstand,” he said.

Rosell enjoyed the camaraderie in the roda or circle where capoeiristas start to sing, play instruments and dance. Then pairs enter the circle, play against each other by showing their skills.









“It looks like a dance but it’s a game of trickery. You have to trick your opponent to make him fall,” he explained. Rosell enjoyed his focus on the movements, the music and the partner.

“It makes you forget about everything, including your baggage. For me, to experience it was a total freedom; I could just be and not think about anything else.”

In the different capoeira schools, he was given a nickname which was also his attribute. His first moniker was Mansinho which means the “Gentle One” in Portuguese. Then another teacher named him Zorba, after the Greek god. Rosell added that, when his mentor saw him modeling underwear on a billboard, he associated Rosell with Zorba, an underwear brand in Brazil.

No longer affiliated with any capoeira academy, Rosell has no ranking. However, he continues his training through the Internet.

In 2009, Rosell underwent depression after a publicized breakup with his girlfriend from showbiz. It led him to binge-eating and drinking to buffer the pain of losing a loved one.

“I got so big that I became sluggish. I was into the whole club scene, partying, drinking every weekend, having steaks. It wasn’t until that surfing experience in Zambales that I realized it wasn’t the right thing to do. I needed to change. It was a calling,” he said.

Organic food

Rosell shunned meat, pork and chicken, and favored organic produce. In six months, the 5’9” actor dropped from 188 to 150 lbs without feeling deprived.

“There was no effort nor frustration, just a change in lifestyle,” said the actor.

He could eat a Filipino breakfast of egg, fish and rice or an American breakfast of cereal with hemp or hazelnut milk. He has gotten into raw foods such as eating pasta made from zucchini.

“When you eat organic food, you don’t only feel full, you feel fulfilled. That feeling is so euphoric. Instead of being sluggish, you are so energized that you want to go on with the day and conquer the world,” he said.

His favorite restaurant is Corner Tree Café for its tasty vegan meals. In New York, he enjoyed the freshness of the French salads, baguettes and sandwiches in Pret a Manger (meaning “ready to eat”).

“I am not addicted to rice that I will miss it in my travels. In Norway, I grew up with sandwiches. I love sandwiches, just a simple combination of yeast, fish or vegetables and cheese. I also love romaine lettuce,” he said.

Rosell wondered if Filipino farmers and food manufacturers would put GMO (genetically modified organisms) labels on their products so that consumers would be given choices. When he was in Singapore, he saw chips with a GMO label and thought of posting it on Instagram.

His diet, which is largely plant-based, enables him to meditate. Previously, the meat and chicken made him feel heavy and difficult to focus.



Self-awareness

Since that turning point, Rosell has been experiencing blessings—either moving experiences of the seascape (check out his Instagram photos of his surfing trips) or random encounters with inspiring people. He meets energy movers, people who are into alternative lifestyles or on the path to enlightenment.

“They say when the student is ready, the teacher appears. Each time I have a question, there’s always someone who comes up and I learn something new,” he said.

Upon arriving from New York, Rosell chanced on a friend, who was an energy mover-turned yoga and meditation teacher, at the airport baggage claim. He was eager to learn that she was teaching theta brainwaves meditation which is associated with creativity, self-programming and spiritual experiences.

With his work schedule, Rosell meditates thrice a day to recharge himself. He also applies the Silva Method to keep him alert especially on long taping hours.

Instead of hanging out in clubs, he prefers to study new things on the Internet, be it guitar-playing, meditation or reading up predictions on the future.

“If there is anything I would love to do, it’s learning and spreading positivity. But it has to start from within. I’m not going to tell people to behave like me. I hope that, someday, they would see the change and say, ‘Alright, let’s try that.’”

source: lifestyle.inquirer.net

The Sexy Chef delivers Cohen diet food

MANILA, Philippines - The Cohen Diet is a doctor-prescribed diet plan based on an individual’s blood work where the prescribed foods are recommended in certain combinations and quantities. With this diet, it will take a lot of effort to adhere to the food “prescriptions” that are chiefly a combination of recommended lean proteins and vegetables that have to be carefully weighed and calculated.

The Sexy Chef has made it more convenient for dieters to stick to the Cohen diet by preparing all the personalized, preservative-free meals and delivering them right at their doorstep. Now, Cohen clients can simply submit their diet plans and The Sexy Chef team can do the math for them — and deliver healthy and flavorful food.

“We’ve received many calls asking if we can prepare the meals for those who are on Cohen but cannot cook or do not have the time to do this themselves. The Sexy Chef can now take this food prescription, and prepare meals based on the individual’s requirements for a certain period of time, from our 14-day program or longer,” announces chef Barni Alejandro.

One of the Cohen clients who have enjoyed this latest service is beauty titlist and showbiz celebrity Ruffa Gutierrez. As one of the most sought-after TV hosts and actresses who have numerous product endorsements, Ruffa knows how important it is to always keep her figure in perfect shape. Service was so good that her brother, celebrity TV host Raymond Gutierrez, is also enjoying it. On the path to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, Raymond also benefits from this very practical option, where The Sexy Chef efficiently prepares three meals per day based on his food prescriptions, with the standard free delivery service the day before consumption.

The Sexy Chef, a pioneering healthy diet delivery and catering company, can personalize any party menu to suit special needs and tastes, with a wide variety of food choices from appetizers to desserts that include vegetarian and vegan options. The Sexy Chef guarantees that each dish, whether for a specialized diet or simply for a healthy meal, is low in fat and calories, but big on taste.

The Sexy Chef is an OBC 5Star company, a family-owned corporation headed by managing director chef Myrna DeMauro with daughters Rachel Alejandro, VP for marketing, and chef Barni Alejandro, VP for product development.

The Sexy Chef also offers an affordable health bar and a vegetarian menu and the Dine Lite 350 Calorie Meals for healthy meals at the office or at home. For corporate gatherings and other special events, The Sexy Chef can design special menus with its Healthy Catering Services to suit every taste and budget. Call 721-SEXY(7399)/721-8881/0917-SXYCHEF(799-2433)/0917-894-8881,visit www.thesexychef.ph, e-mail info@thesexyhcef.ph or like The Sexy Chef on Facebook.

source: philstar.com

Jack Tips, ‘naturopathic’ doctor, wants to help the body heal itself

I don’t want to work with conventional medicine, pharmacological drugs and insurance companies,” said Jack Tips, a naturopathic doctor. “They have an agenda to keep people on drugs and dictate to doctors what treatments are supposedly right for the individual.”

Tips is known for his work in the natural health field through his private consultations, lectures and books.

“From the natural health perspective, each person is biochemically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually individual; and must be treated accordingly,” he said. “This is why natural health is a creative engagement with the individual’s vitality, rather than a standardized process.”

Tips advocates methods of health restoration by using the body’s own capacity to express optimal health. He does this through a combination of homeopathy, nutritional and herbal supplements and diet guidelines.

Eyes

Based in Austin, Texas, Tips recently visited Manila to give a talk on approaches to natural healing.

His lecture was organized by the Comprehensive Iridology Practitioners Association of the Philippines (Cipap), the members of whom include graduates of the advanced course on Comprehensive Iridology of the International Iridology Practitioners Association based in the US.

A sclerologist himself, Tips explained that both sclerology and iridology are methods of diagnosing a person’s health by looking at patterns and colors of the sclera (white part of the eye) and iris (colored part of the eye).

Cells need energy

Tips’ talk featured the topic of cellular healing and how to restore and improve health by addressing the causes (instead of just symptoms) on the cellular level.

Cells use ATP (adenosinetriphosphate), which is produced by the body, to transport chemical energy for metabolism. “Poor health is the result of diminished ATP production within the cells. The goal is to restore energy to the cells so the cells can perform optimally.”

“When the cells have energy to spare, they repair their own genetic code and thus tissue function can improve dramatically.

“There are many supplements that help people daily—ionic minerals, omega-three fatty acids, vitamin D, ubiquinol. Supplementation is done to apply nutrients to address the key ‘points of leverage’ that interfere with the body’s desire to restore its health to the most optimal expression.

“In health, energy is everything, not vitamins, minerals, enzyme, anti-oxidants, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, or any other nutritional commodity, and certainly not any drug that causes side effects,” said Tips.

Homeopathy

Tips was sickly as a child. His mother brought him to homeopaths who helped cure his ailments. He started studying “the tools and principles of natural health including vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes and herbs.”

He took formal studies with different experts in the fields of diet, naturopathy, tissue-mineral ratios, kinesiology, among others. He is a certified clinical nutritionist and has doctorates in clinical nutrition and naturopathy.

“The principle involved in homeopathy is ‘like cures like,’” he says. “The law of similars states that a remedy can cure a disease if it produces in a healthy person symptoms similar to those of the disease.

“Symptoms that we experience are what our bodies do to overcome perceived threats to its integrity. Thus it uses fever, diarrhea, coughs, vomiting, headaches, discharges, eruptions, etc. to help restore health.

“No one knows better than the body how to heal itself. Homeopathy elicits a pathway for the body’s own adaptive resources to correct its expressions of discomfort.

“The classical homeopath never ‘treats a disease’ but only helps the person’s innate vitality to correct the cause, and thus the effects, of any discomfort; the homeopath is a specialist in how the body’s ‘vital force’ struggles to adapt and survive.”

Cipap organizes talks on iridology and other natural health topics that are open to the public. E-mail admin@cipap.org; tel. 0920-9073075; visit www.cipap.org.

source: http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/32935/jack-tips-naturopathic-doctor-wants-to-help-the-body-heal-itself

HCG Diet - Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

HCG -(Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) is usually hormone produced during pregnancy. HCG diet was invented by Dr. Simeons, a British Doctor who spent years on trying to find out the reason or real cause of obesity.

HCG is a disciplinary diet of only 500 calories per day and can help you lose weight, burn fat and replace fat in the buttocks and stomach. It's safe, easy and effective and it enables you to maximize your results.


The hormone is taken 3 times every day through HCG drops. Expect not to have excessive hunger throughout the program as well as drop off the excess weight because the oral HCG diet drops taken plus a low calorie diet limit the urge to eat and will improve your metabolic action. It's a diet plan with dieting tips accessible at pharmacies, over the counter drugstores and online with no doctor's prescription. You can purchase it online and understand it's usage and direction.

Experience Permanent Weight Loss

A lot of people want to lose weight but most of them do not know the best way to lose weight. A lot of people eat foods that are recommended by dieticians and yet only a few succeed.

To start seeing differences, you have to make some changes in your habits and lifestyle and for you to experience permanent weight loss you have to follow and acquire good habits that allow you to lose body fat.

Proper diet begins with the elimination of foods which are not beneficial to the body because we are what we eat. In order to be slim, we have to pay attention to what we eat. Practice having smaller meals all throughout the day, this is much better than getting three heavy meals. As you eat more often, your body will always have something to digest and you won't feel the starvation.

Make a diet plan. A diet plan is often composed of a low-fat, high fiber foods, or foods low in carbohydrates and low in calories. Food diet and appetite control is really a part of the successful weight loss programs.

Water is also an important factor. Increase your water intake. Water circulates through the body and cleanses from the inside. As it flows, it flushes toxins, and expels them through urine, sweating and promotes organ efficiency. Therefore, the more water that flows the body, the faster it will cleanse itself, allowing the weight loss process to begin. You should drink enough water during and after exercises, It helps the body remove all the by-products produced when the body is dedicated to exercise and keeps your body active and in shape.

Anyone can lose weight by having a proper diet, increased water intake, (Water Therapy) and exercise.

Right Way To Build Muscles

Exercise and work out on a regular basis is the right way to build muscles. You can increase your confidence when you have a routine of working out each day. There are guaranteed muscle building foods and supplements that can help you build your muscle fast and easy. Proteins are the building blocks of muscles that's why you need to get a lot of right proteins and a lot of needs to take place so that this transformation of protein into muscle happen.

Proteins play an important role in building muscles. provides nutrition required for muscle growth. As with any food, there are some proteins that are better than others. According to experienced bodybuilders and trainers, the best foods for building muscle diets are skinless chicken breasts, egg whites, soy, and "casein" - cottage cheese, a cheese curd product with a mild flavor and is composed of casein protein. It's a good source of protein and calcium. Including calories, you need to take complete full calories for energy. If you're working out and training to build muscle, you need extra calories around 40 to 50 calories/kg of body weight per day.



Taking supplements containing chemical derivatives are standard nowadays. It is a part of every gym goer. Gym trainers advice a gym goer to buy energy supplements if they want quick results. Most of them take it before workout, during or after workout. A lot of Bodybuilding Supplement Companies include scientific data and claims of its promotions to enhance the effectiveness of their products. For sure some will attest natural supplements but it should be noted however that these works on a long term, and to expect to build muscle quick and fast using this way is impossible.