Every day, our skin is damaged by UV rays, pollution, bad diet, and the stressful lifestyle of being a working mom (when was the last time you had a full night’s sleep?). When we were a teenager, the skin could magically erase the signs because it could quickly replace the damage cells. Not anymore. As we grow older:
The inner layer (the dermis) starts to thin and become more vulnerable to damage. It takes longer for the skin to produce new cells. Skin looks dull. Your oil glands atrophy, so your skin loses its protective water-lipid layer. It can’t retain moisture, and becomes dry and scaly. The elastin and collagen fibres that provide scaffolding for your surface skin starts to loosen and unravel. Skin loses its elasticity, and starts to sag and furrow, and develops the dreaded wrinkles. The skin starts to pigment, which is worsened by exposure to UV rays. This leads to “age spots” and discoloured skin. A working mom’s lifestyle doesn’t help. Air pollution depletes your skin’s Vitamin E. Crash diets lower the fat cells in your face, causing it to sag. Smoking increases the enzymes that are responsible for wrinkles. Throw in the inevitable like gravity (which causes jowls and dropping eyelids) and UV rays (which break down skin cycles) and you may even look older that you really are.
According to the recent study, using cream products that contains CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid) can help fix your skin from the genetic level because it works directly on the skin DNA to prolonged aging.
CLA is naturally occurring fatty acid found in red meat, milk and cheese, and butterfat (but you can’t get the same effects by ingesting it–unless you’re willing to eat your weight in cheddar).
CLA is said to be the world’s next new “wonder compound.” It’s been used to control weight (though it does prevent doesn’t shrink fat cells, it does prevent them from getting bigger), manage diabetes, and even stunt the growth of tumours.

Bell peppers come in a rainbow of rich colors and, while there’s no such thing as an unhealthy choice, some are nutrition standouts. Red peppers pack the most powerful antioxidant punch, but yellow and orange peppers are close behind, say researchers from Louisiana State University. Yellow peppers are also the vitamin C champs: Just one delivers 340 milligrams (mg) of the vitamin-more C than you’d get in three 8 ounce glasses of orange juice. Green peppers, which haven’t matured to their final color, also haven’t developed their full array of nutrients. Still, eating one will ensure that you meet your 60 mg vitamin C quota for the day.

The age of 6 months is a significant period in an infant’s life. This could be termed as the age of discovery as the infant is able to creep, crawl, stand with support and exhibit strong curiosity and exploration traits. Language skills are discovered, mental abilities initiated and social skills are exhibited. Literally, the world is at infant’s footstep.

With this exciting phase of your child’s life, it is important to equip him with the proper protection in this age of exploration. The latest recommendation of the Philippine Foundation for Vaccination, Philippine Pediatric Society, Philippine Infectious Desease Society, United States Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices and the American Center for Desease Control is to vaccinate infants against the flu from 6 months onwards.

Studies have shown that children less than 2 years old–even healthy children–are more likely than older children to end up in the hospital with serious complication if they get influenza. These complications can include pheumonia, dehydration, worsening of long-term medical problems like heart disease or asthma, encephalopathy, and other bacterial infections, including sinus and ear infections. In some cases, these complications can lead to death.

Extending this age of exploration, one would expect a more active child during the toddler age group. This would make him more prone to getting the flu. Rightfully so as clinical studies have also shown that children aged 24-59 months have more outpatient and emergency room visits primarily due to the flu than any other illness! A recent New England Journal of Medicine article by Poehling, et al., demonstrated that there is an under-recognized burden of influenza in young children, with outpatient visits 10 to 250 times as common as hospitalizations, with the highest rates in children 24 to 59 months of age. The New England Journal of Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society and is considered as one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the World.

Based on this and other evidences, the United States Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendation was expanded to endorse flu vaccination recommendations for children beginning at 6 months up to 5 years old. The ACIP consists of advisors to the Center for Desease Control and Prevention, selected by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, to provide advice and guidance on the most effective means to prevent diseases through nation-wide vaccination campaigns. ACIP recommendations serve as one of the references for local immunization practices which are endorsed by the Philippine Pediatric Society, Philippines Foundation for Vaccination and the Pediatric Infectious disease Society of the Philippines.

To protect their health, all children 6 to 59 months old should be Vaccinated against flu!

Two doses must be administered at least 28 days apart for children 8 years old and below who have been vaccinated against influenza before. Children previously vaccinated only need one dose yearly. The best time to give the flu vaccine is from February to June. This corresponds to the period just before the flu peak season especially in the Philippines.

So get rid of flu by having your kids vaccinated. It is a small investment to a wealth of protection.

This tag from Twinkletoe is supposed to be for my Everyday Life blog but I think my said blog is so much crowded with tag so I will make it here even though not related with the contents. So! What’s the matter with it. This is my blog. Hehe.

Copy this entire list of questions and change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then tag and pass it along to other blogging friends. Let’s see how well we can get to know one another!
1. What is your occupation?
- I’m an IT worker before but now I dedicate my life to my family. Full-time Mommy. Hubby will do the rest!
2. What color are your socks right now?
-Pink with white stripes. I am feeling cold with our aircon that’s why I always wear socks at home and especially during cold season. My feet easily get freeze.
3. What are you listening to right now?
- So you think you can dance theme song.
4. What was the last thing that you ate?
- Lasagna, Pizza and Spaghetti for dinner.
5. Can you drive a stick shift?
- Not yet!
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
- Lavender, Emerald and Pink
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone?
- My Falther in Law
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you?
- YES! absolutely!
9. Favorite drink?
- Ginger and Lemongrass tea
10. What is your favorite sport to watch?
- Cricket and Tennis
11. Have you ever dyed your hair?
- Never
- Dog named
-Messy, Carling and San Chai. They are all dead huhuhuh
13. Favorite food?
- Japanese and Thai foods
14. Last movie you watched?
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
15. Favorite Day of the year?
- My birthday.
16. What do you do to vent anger?
- Cry hard
17. What was your favorite toy as a child?
- Barbie dolls
18. What is your favorite, fall or spring?
- Spring, new flowers and green leaves on the trees.
19. Hugs or kisses?
- Lots of hugs.
20. What kind of pie?
- Egg Pie
21. Do you want your friends to email you back?
- Yup. That’s the first thing I doupon opening my lappy checking emails.
22. Who is most likely to respond?
- My bestest friends and Admirers lol!
23. Who is least likely to respond?
- hmmm….. I don’t count
24. Living arrangements?
- With hubby and kids
25. When was the last time you cried?
- The other day. I was so mad with my hubby.
26. What is on the floor of your closet?
- Luggages
27. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to?
- Julai and Madel
28. The friend you have known the shortest amount of time that you are sending this to?
-Jennie, Rea and Retchel
29. Favorite smell?
- Jlo Live, CK Euphoria blossom and Issey Miyaki
30. What inspires you?
- My loved ones.
31. What are you afraid of?
- Worms and snakes
32. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers?
- All of the above.
33. Favorite car?
- Volvo and Mercedez Benz
34. Favorite cat breed?
- Persian
35. Number of keys on your key ring?
- Many, many, many, many to mention.
36. How many years at your current job?
- as a mommy is 2 years
37. Favorite day of the week?
- Weekends
38. How many provinces have you lived in?
- 4
39. How many countries have you been to?
- 2

May I know you…
Jennie, Julai, Madel, Rea, and Retchel
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Unknown to many, cataract is the leading cause of blindness in the Philippines, with estimated half a million Filipinos unnecessarily suffering from the affliction. These days, some patients are hesitant to undergo cataract extraction because of some misconceptions like the length of surgery and recuperation period. Dr. Leonardo Mangubat, an associate professor in ophthalmology at the Asian Hospital and Medical Centre, warns that cataract cannot be treated with simple eye drops. He recommends the extraction of cataract or removal of the old lens altogether and the replacement of new lens to be able to see clearer images.
The good news for cataract patients is phalcoemulsification or phaco, an advanced procedure for cataract extraction that takes only 15 minutes and has been available at Asian Hospital since 2002.
What makes phaco the most preferred cataract extraction procedure today is the insertion of the foldable lenses through operation which need bigger incision. “Before, rigid lenses are being used for the operation which need bigger incision,” says Dr. Mangubat. In order to fully benefit from the advantages of the phaco procedure, Dr. Mangubat advises people who have cataract or those experiencing blurred vision to have an eye exam right away with an ophthalmologist.

A lot. As natures perfect baby food, breast milk is the nuritional basis of formula.or artificial baby milk. But since breastmilk is specifically designed by nature for babies, the composition of its nutrients, in the right proportions, remains unmatched.

Species-specific milk
All mammals species produce milk, but the composition of their milk is species-specific. The milk of each mammal species is intended to supply its offspring with appropriate requirements for its optimal growth, development and survival.
Some species milk, like those of elephants and pigs, are high in fat to effectively coat their bodies with a thick layer of fat. Others, like those of rats and seals, have high protein content for rapid growth and maturation. For species, like humans, that readily need available resources of sugar for their rapidly growing brains, milk is high in carbohydrates.
Since humans are the slowest growing and maturing mammals, but with the most advanced brain, human milk has relatively low protein content and high level of carbohydrates.

Breast milk composition
Human breast milk has unique components that offer optimal absorption of nutrients and minerals, protection from harmful bacteria, and assistance in the digestion of fats. It also has special growth factors and hormones that comtribute to the child’s optimal development. And since breastmilk is a living biological fluid, its composition changes as the baby grows to meet the child’s changing nutritional needs.
Some of its components that are absent of deficient in pasteurized cow’s milk are:
. Maternal antibodies to protect against infection
. Fat – and water- soluble vitamins
. Minerals like calcium, phosporus and zinc
. Lactose that aids in calcium absorption
. Bile Salt Stimulated Lipase that aids in digestion of fats
. Cystine that is essential in (preventing) immune dysfunction
. Taurine as a dietary essential nutrient
. Secretory Immunoglubin A
. Lactoferrin with antibacterial and antiviral properties
. Lysozyme that breaks cell walls of bacteria in the gastro intestinal tract
. Bifidus factor that inhibits growth of harmful bacteria
. Why protein
. Polysaturated fatty acids
. Essential fatty acids like linolenic, linolenic and arachadonic

Research shows that the unique composition of breast milk provides protection against illnesses, increases a child’s I.Q., reduces risk of obesity, improves the effectiveness of immunization, and enhances emotional security.
Studies shows that babies who do not receive breast milk have higher rates of pneumonia, childhood diabetes and cancers, SIDS and gastroenteritis.

‘Human milk are for babies as cow’s milk are for…’
Breast milk advocates declare that cow’s milk are not intended for babies because they are unfit for infant consumption. There is substantial evidence that these “lactivists” speak the truth.
Most, if not all, milk formulas are made from cow’s milk.
Whole cow’s milk also contain sufficient vitamin E, iron, sodium and potassium that may put a strain on the infant’s immature kidneys. Moreover, the protein and fat in whole cow’s milk are more difficult for infant to digest and absorb than breast milk’s. This is the reason why most formula-fed babies experience intestinal irritation and anemia.
Although some milk companies have added some of the breast milk components to their milk formulas, the special composition of human milk remains to be vastly superior. Antibodies found in breast milk just cannot be added to formulas.
Breast milk is truly a unique and special substance that gives a healthy start in life.

So if you have not started yet, you better go for human milk for the best of your precious. I myself do used breast milk for my babies but only until one month. It is better than nothing because it is really proven to be the best nutritious milk than any other.

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY (TRY THE KEY WORD) AND ELIMINATE CANCER BUT THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY .

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime.

3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented-from multiplying and forming tumors.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

CANCER CELLS FEED ON:

a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal,Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg’s aminos or sea salt.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastrointestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soya milk cancer cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains,seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts)and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body’s killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Florescence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body’s own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body’s normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.

16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.

CANCER UPDATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL

1. No plastic containers in micro.

2. No water bottles in freezer.

3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies.

Don’t freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.

This especially applies to foods that contain fat. The combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning

Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else.

Paper isn’t bad but you don’t know what is in the paper. It’s just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper.

The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.

Plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.

Snag a derm appointment fast if you spot a suspicious mark, you need to be seen by an MD as soon as possible not weeks later, when it could be more serious.

Try a dermatologist you’ve gone to before. New patients need more time for an initial appointment and are more difficult to fit in at a moment’s notice.

When you first speak to the receptionist, use phrases like “Im really worried. I think it might be urgent.” She’s more likely to make you a priority if you sound truly concerned.

Describe the mark in the detail, and be specific. Don’t just say it looks weird; tell her that it’s bleeding or is multicolored. These are signs that it could be lethal.