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Health: Tips + Tricks On How To Keep A Healthy Diet

05.02.2017 by mumwrites // 14 Comments

Keeping a healthy diet and a healthy eating habit is crucial in maintaining our over-all health and wellness. The easiest step you can take is to start consuming foods derived from plants like vegetables, whole grains, peas, beans, fruits, etc. You must also restrict yourself from consuming food with high fats.

That being said, you can never start a healthy diet if you lack the proper knowledge on how to lead a healthy lifestyle. For those who would like to jump-start a healthy eating habit, find tutors who can guide you in learning all about healthy diet.

Here are a few tips and tricks that can start you off with your journey to a healthy diet:

Take Variety Of Foods

Make sure that food you eat should have multiple variations. Excess of everything is not good. If your body gets exceeded with a single type of nutrients, it will cause great amount of trouble. Every nutrient has its unique characteristics and have unique tendency to fight with diseases. A private tutor of health can elaborate well of the variety of good , healthy food that a person can take. [Read more…]

4 Ways To Jump-start Our Healthy Journey This Year

01.31.2016 by mumwrites // 19 Comments

My desire to lead a healthier life is not only fueled by my intention to live longer for my little man, but also by the fact that he looks up to me as his role model and would most probably imitate the way I lead my life on a daily basis. That is why each year I make an intention to choose healthier alternatives and live a healthier life in the hopes that my little man will be inspired to do the same and carry this throughout his adult life. Of course, I would also love for Jared’s dad to be inspired to be on his toes and stay in good shape and be healthier.

I must admit, opting to live healthier is rather tricky especially when it is easier to succumb to fixing myself a cup of coffee in the morning instead of sitting down to have a proper meal. It is also never easy to choose between a considerable amount of zzzz over pressing work deadlines. That is why I am making a conscious effort to lead a healthier life this year, not only for myself but more so for my family.

Here are a few ways on how I plan to jump-start our healthy journey this year: [Read more…]

How To Take Care Of Your Eyes

01.14.2016 by mumwrites // 17 Comments

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Eyesight is one of the most important aspects of your overall well-being, and most people can’t even imagine life without it. Taking the health of your eyes for granted is something that should never happen. Make sure that you’re doing all that you can to protect yourself from potential harm by following these helpful tips:

Make Dietary Changes

Did you know that what’s on your plate can affect what’s in your field of vision? By eating foods rich in nutrients that are great for eyesight, such as omega 3 fatty acids, zinc, vitamin C, vitamin E and lutein, you can ward off vision problems that tend to plague us as we slowly creep toward old age, or for some sooner than the others. Remember to consume plenty of leafy greens, oily fish, proteins and citrus juices, which all help to keep cataracts and macular degeneration at bay.

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How Safe Is The Water You Drink At Home?

08.22.2015 by mumwrites // Leave a Comment

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For the longest time, I have been giving the little man distilled water for his milk and drinking water. I was a bit squeamish about letting him drink the water we get from a local water refilling station thinking it might not be as safe as the water brand we get for him from the local grocers that passed strict water-bottling standards. It was only until he was about 5 that I finally decided to let him drink the same water we drink at home.

I guess you cannot blame me, my OC-ness is on overdrive when it comes to what the little man eats and drinks as I would like to keep him safe and as far away from water-born diseases that might just be lurking in his drinking cup unbeknownst to us. It does not help that Jared got a water-related illness over the summer by drinking the free water offered at a local noodle house we visited to order ramen for takeaway. I always stash his drinking bottle in my bag whenever we are out and I never let him drink free water in restaurants whenever we eat out, thinking the water might be dirty and he might get sick. This is the only occasion he did and true enough, he got sick! To make matters worse, his pedia was out of town at the time and I cannot bring him to the clinic to be examined. Good thing we can keep in touch with our doctor through SMS or Viber and thanks to the little one’s strong immune system, he was able to fight off the infection without serious medical procedure or medication. [Read more…]