If you love cakes, then you’ll love the Coca Cola cake. What? A Coca Cola cake? Yes, it’s true. Coca Cola recently added cakes as part of their line of products. A sample Coca Cola cake recipe is given below. You see, the company not only sells beverages anymore but also cakes and other recipes. [...]
November 26th, 2008 | Posted in Society | 11 Comments
Chocolates contain high levels of antioxidants like coffee and tea (but not as much), it also makes you feel in love because it triggers the release of dopamine (a chemical released by the brain which is responsible for pleasure). Eating chocolates has many health benefits when consumed moderately. Everthing taken in excess is not healthy, [...]
November 21st, 2008 | Posted in Health and Wellness | 5 Comments
As an update to my previous article on the Typhoid Fever Outbreak in Real, Quezon (Philippines), I am posting here the latest statistics on typhoid fever in the area. As of this writing, there are already more than 100 confirmed cases of typhoid fever in the town and the river (which is the primary source [...]
November 18th, 2008 | Posted in Health and Wellness | 8 Comments
There is a cholera outbreak in Misamis Oriental, Philippines and a State of Calamity was declared in the province. According to news reports, there are already 960 suspected cases of cholera with two confirmed deaths.
The causative agent of cholera is Vibrio Cholerae. Just like the typhoid fever outbreak in Real, Quezon, the modes of transmission [...]
November 18th, 2008 | Posted in Health and Wellness | 3 Comments
Eye relaxation technique can include the following write-up: Studies show that you can actually give your eyes some rest or relaxation by looking at a running water or bodies of water like a creek, river, waterfall, or the sea. Eye strain or fatigue is common to people who work in front of computers for long hours. [...]
November 18th, 2008 | Posted in Nursing Research | 2 Comments
I’ve just seen on TV Patrol the news about a possible typhoid fever outbreak in Real, Quezon, Philippines. The number of suspected cases in of typhoid fever in Real, Quezon is 84 as of this writing. The suspected source of this outbreak is the spring in the place which is the people’s primary source of drinking [...]
November 17th, 2008 | Posted in Health and Wellness | 4 Comments
I recently received a text message convincing people not to drink Coke Zero and Pepsi Max. This is due to the chemical component of the two softdrinks called aspartame, which can also be found in other beverages. Aspartame is a chemical commonly substituted for sugar. Aspartame is an artificial sweetener which is also sold as [...]
November 4th, 2008 | Posted in Health and Wellness, Nursing Research | 11 Comments
I was out of the house the whole day today and shopped some items for the home which include a coffee maker for my stock brewed coffee here. I’m a coffee addict, I admit and I know that getting a new coffee maker could heighten my addiction to coffee. But who cares? Hehehe!
I have 8 [...]
October 25th, 2008 | Posted in Health and Wellness | 7 Comments
In our continuing effort to inform the public on the melamine scare, I would like everyone to know that the Department of Health (DOH) and Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) released on Monday a list of meat products (canned good) that are found safe from melamine contamination. The DOH-BFAD took the initiative to test [...]
October 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Health and Wellness, Nursing Research | 2 Comments
I am posting here today an updated list of milk products that are safe from melamine or melamine-free. You can now be assured (at least because DOH BFAD said so) that these food products can be safely consumed. Please read related articles about other products safe from melamine and those that are contaminated by this [...]
October 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Health and Wellness, Nursing Research | 3 Comments
The melamine scare isn’t over yet. This time two biscuits were tested and found positive for melamine content, DOH-BFAD reported. In my previous articles, I have provided lists of Milk and Milk products found positive and negative for melamine. As a follow-up, the public is being warned about two biscuits that were tested positive for [...]
October 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Health and Wellness, Nursing Research | 2 Comments
Water is one of nature’s most powerful forces. We have seen this power in recent times (kudos to typhoons visiting the Philippines especially Ilocos Norte). In the Visayas, thousands of homes in Iloilo were destroyed or damaged by water, along with everything in it - mud, garbage, stones, etc. Many appliances were damaged and lives [...]
October 14th, 2008 | Posted in Home Improvement | No Comments