I have attended several nutrition-related seminars and have shared some key points I picked up in my Facebook Page,
https://www.facebook.com/pingofhealth
That was some months ago. So I feel a compilation of the Bits and Bites I posted earlier may come in handy.
So, here you go..
GENERAL HEALTH
Common Ways Nutrients are Lost from our Food
- Storage and freezing
- Exposure to excessive heat, air and light (oxidation)
- Preparation methods e.g. peeling
- Cooking methods e.g. boil, steam, microwave
- Frying and cooking with oil
- Storage and freezing
- Exposure to excessive heat, air and light (oxidation)
- Preparation methods e.g. peeling
- Cooking methods e.g. boil, steam, microwave
- Frying and cooking with oil
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Ways to Enhance/Retain More Nutrients in Food
- Buy local / in-season vege and fruits
- Retain skin of foods
- Cook in low heat and reduce cooking time
- Cook with no water if possible or consume your nutrients in water
- Choose healthy cookware e.g. high quality stainless steel, glass, ceramic.
- Avoid using cookware with nonstick, aluminum coatings and lead.
- Buy local / in-season vege and fruits
- Retain skin of foods
- Cook in low heat and reduce cooking time
- Cook with no water if possible or consume your nutrients in water
- Choose healthy cookware e.g. high quality stainless steel, glass, ceramic.
- Avoid using cookware with nonstick, aluminum coatings and lead.
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Challenges to Eating a Healthy Diet
- Lifestyle – stress, traffic jam, long work hours.
- Food choice – fast food, fried oily food, sweets.
- Environmental pollution – dirty seawater, atmospheric depletion.
- Depletion of minerals in the soil.
- Confined fed life stock – cattle and chicken with hormones and injections.
Conclusion: Eating food alone is NOT enough to keep us healthy and disease-free.
Health supplements is Essential to help achieve a Healthy Body.
- Lifestyle – stress, traffic jam, long work hours.
- Food choice – fast food, fried oily food, sweets.
- Environmental pollution – dirty seawater, atmospheric depletion.
- Depletion of minerals in the soil.
- Confined fed life stock – cattle and chicken with hormones and injections.
Conclusion: Eating food alone is NOT enough to keep us healthy and disease-free.
Health supplements is Essential to help achieve a Healthy Body.
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Digestion
Here’s 1 reason why you have Bad Breathe or Acne – you have a Poor Digestive System. Hence your body has to push out the toxins from various other channels, i.e. through your mouth or your skin.
Recommendation: Yung Kien Bee Pollen is a very effective helper for people with Poor Digestive System.
Here’s 1 reason why you have Bad Breathe or Acne – you have a Poor Digestive System. Hence your body has to push out the toxins from various other channels, i.e. through your mouth or your skin.
Recommendation: Yung Kien Bee Pollen is a very effective helper for people with Poor Digestive System.
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The best foods are Natural (vs. Processed), Wholesome (vs. Refined) and Complete (vs. Selective).Yung Kien Bee Pollen satisfies all 3 criteria.
MACRO-NUTRIENT 1 - CARBOHYDRATES
Glycemic Index (GI) is a ranking of carbohydrates (0 to 100) according to the extent they raise blood sugar levels after eating.
Low GI foods = Good. Slower digestion and absorption, produce gradual rises in blood sugar and insulin levels ~ lower risk of diabetes, better concentration power and memory, higher energy level.
High GI foods = Bad. Rapidly digested and absorbed, marked fluctuations in blood sugar level ~ increase risk of diabetes, kidney disease and hardening of arteries.
High GI foods = Bad. Rapidly digested and absorbed, marked fluctuations in blood sugar level ~ increase risk of diabetes, kidney disease and hardening of arteries.
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Brown rice and White rice have similar amounts of carbohydrates and calories.
Difference:
1. Processing
Brown rice = only Husk removed
White rice = Husk, Bran and Germ removed
2. Nutritional Content
As a result, Brown rice have more vitamins, dietary minerals, fatty acids and fibre which are missing in white rice.
Brown rice is also said to be less constipating and allow better digestion.
Difference:
1. Processing
Brown rice = only Husk removed
White rice = Husk, Bran and Germ removed
2. Nutritional Content
As a result, Brown rice have more vitamins, dietary minerals, fatty acids and fibre which are missing in white rice.
Brown rice is also said to be less constipating and allow better digestion.
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Multigrain v. Wholegrain – Which is better?
Multigrain = just means the food contains more than 1 type of grain. But the grains most likely have gone through a Refining Process which strips most of the nutritional value (bran and germ) from the grains.
Wholegrain = All the grain is used (bran, germ and endosperm). It contains more nutrients (fibre, B vitamins, minerals) and is therefore a healthier choice.
So don’t be misled by the marketing gimmick of the word "multi".
MACRO-NUTRIENT 2 - FATS
But Dietary Fats are good for us because:
- It provides the greatest Energy source per gram of food.
- It improves the taste, aroma and texture of the food and helps in Digestion.
- It plays a vital role in maintaining healthy skin and hair.
- It protects internal organs from shock and injury.
- It is an essential source of Fatty Acids. Human body does not manufacture these.
- Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat-soluble vitamins, meaning they can only be digested, absorbed and transported in conjunction with fats. In absence of fats, our body cannot access these vitamins from the food we eat.
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Myth: All Fats are Equal - and equally bad for you.
Truth: Saturated fats and Trans fats are bad for you. They raise your cholesterol and increase your risk for heart disease.
Monounsaturated and Polyunsaturated fats are good for you. They can keep you slim, make your skin smooth, reverse fatty liver and even inhibit cancer.
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Myth: All body fat is the same.
Truth: What's more important is where you carry the fat. Fat around abdomen area pose greater health risk (as compared to around hips and thighs).
Because belly fat is stored deep below the skin surrounding the abdominal organs and liver - closely linked to insulin resistance and diabetes.
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What are BAD Fats?
Saturated fat – Milk, butter, cheese, lard, palm and coconut oil, chicken with skin, high-fat cuts of meat.
Trans fat - Packaged snack food (chips, crackers), hydrogenated fat (pastries, cookies, muffins, cakes, pizza), margarine, fried food, vegetable shortening.
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What are GOOD Fats?
Mono-unsaturated fat – Avocados, oils (olive, sesame, canola, sunflower, peanut), nuts (almond, macadamia, pecan, hazel, cashew, peanut).
Poly-unsaturated fat – Oil (soybean, corn, safflower), walnuts, seeds (pumpkin, flaxseed, sesame), fatty fish (tuna, salmon, mackerel, herring, trout, sardine), tofu, soymilk.
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Saturated
- Animal fats are solid in room temperature. Travel in sticky globs, cling to wall of blood vessels, clog arteries.
- Butter and cream melt at body temperature and can be absorbed without much digestive work.
Monounsaturated
- Liquid at room temperature.
- Good for cardiovascular disease and protection from cancer.
Polyunsaturated
- Best fat to consume. But very unstable and sensitive to heat, light and air.
- Contains 2 Essential Fatty Acids – Omega-6 and Omega-3.
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Essential Fatty Acids
We need Omega-3 and Omega-6 to survive, but have to outsource as our body cannot manufacture.
Omega-3 source = flaxseed oil, salmon, tuna, trout, green leafy vege.
Omega-6 source = oils (safflower, sunflower, corn, sesame), almond, avocado, walnut, pumpkin seeds.
Should be stored in dark bottles, refrigerated and the label says “Unrefined” (Not natural, light, pure, cold-pressed etc).
MICRO-NUTRIENTS - VITAMINS/MINERALS
Deficiency – happens when you have diarrhea, vomiting or excessive sweating. A shortage may lead to nausea, dizziness, poor concentration and muscle weakness.
Excess – causes high blood pressure. Excessive long-term use of sodium may cause a loss of Calcium from your body.
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Do you know that you need a combination of vitamins, minerals and enzymes Working Together for your body to Digest, Absorb and Utilize what you eat? If you just take Vitamin C (or any “single” vitamin/mineral), your body can’t properly utilize it.
Instead, you end up burdening your body and defeating your objective of taking that vitamin/mineral.
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How to choose Quality Natural Supplements?
They must be:
- Safe (doesn’t cause side effects)
- Effective (works successfully to manage disease/ symptoms)
- Convenient (easy to consume anywhere, anytime)
Solution? Yung Kien Bee Pollen
ENZYMES
Functions of Enzymes
- Digests food and converts food particles into usable nutrients for building body cells.
- Breaks down fats into fatty acids and protein into amino acids.
- Helps eliminate carbon dioxide from lungs and toxins from body.
- Supports immune system.
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Categories of Enzymes
Metabolic Enzymes
- Turn food into tissues
- Repair tissue damage
- Help the functions of organs
Digestive Enzymes
- Lipase : breaks down fat
- Protease : breaks down protein
- Amylase : breaks down carbo and sugar
- Lactase : breaks down lactose
(Source: Extracted from Pingofhealth Facebook Page October 2012)
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