Embracing the life of a work at home mom
Beginning today (Sept. 1), plastic bags are no longer allowed in all Quezon City department stores, supermarkets and grocery shops. This means that business establishments will no longer use plastic bags in all their transactions. Quezon City residents will have to make do with non-plastic bags to shop. Bring your own eco bag or environment friendly or reusable bags whenever you leave your house. Good thing I have cloth bags here that I can use anywhere, including my stylish Sati bag. 🙂
And how a food supplement can help avoid it
WHAT do national artist Fernando Poe Jr., former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Reynaldo Wycoco and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have in common aside from being famous?
All three of them succumbed to stroke or brain attack, a health condition that causes three out of 10 deaths worldwide. This life-threatening illness is actually caused by blood clot or the coagulation or thickening of blood.
Stroke is the third leading cause of death worldwide and leading cause of disability in the Philippines; while death from heart disease ranks first as cause of death in the century, records from the Department of Health showed.
Experts noted that stroke and heart attack knows no social status – from poor to the ordinary to the rich and famous.
General Wycoco was a health buff, Poe appeared to be physically fit, and Sharon’s doctors could not find anything wrong except that the Palestinian President is overweight.
“Hindi namimili ang stroke at heart attack for as long as you have the risk factor. As long as you have unhealthy lifestyle you can be a victim. Kahit na mahirap ka o mayaman ka you can develop blood clot,” according to a health official.
A clot forms when clotting factors in the blood cause it to coagulate or become a solid, jelly-like mass.
When a blood clot forms inside a blood vessel (a thrombus), it can dislodge and travel through the blood stream, causing a heart attack or stroke.
Risk factor for blood clot
Blood clots may also be formed by or in association with atherosclerosis, heart attack, or stroke, valvular heart disease, heart failure, infection, cancer, autoimmune disorder (lupus or rheumatoid arthritis), bleeding disorders (hemophilia), inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease), history of varicose veins or other vascular conditions, pregnancy, high blood pressure (hypertension), thrombocythemia (in which greater numbers of platelets are produced), and atrial
fribillation.
Smoking, elevated levels of homocysteine, obesity, prolonged lack of exercise, use of oral contraceptives, advanced age, genetic factors, and sitting or standing in one position for a prolonged period of time, acquired trauma, pregnancy, and heart failure, are other risk factors of blood clot.
How Circulan works
Circulan is an FDA-approved food supplement that helps improve blood circulation. It helps fight against hypertension, stroke, heart problems, cholesterol control and cancer.
Circulan also serves as a natural stress reliever that helps to improve sleep and restfulness, enhances memory and concentration, boost resistance to infection, and maintain youthful vigor and vitality.
Circulan comes in a soft gel capsule that contains extracts from four (4) potent herbs that work synergistically for proper blood circulation.
a. Hawthorn Berry [for a healthy heart]
b. Ginkgo Biloba [for the arteries]
c. Garlic Oil [for blood]
d. Lemon Balm [for the nerves]
For 12 years, Circulan has helped countless families stay healthy together. Prominent personalities such as Robin Padilla and Gretchen Baretto and ordinary people can prove that Circulan continues to bring out the best in their abilities. Keeping their body strong, energetic and ready to pursue life’s passions.
Circulan and healthy lifestyle
With proper diet, exercise and doctor-approved food supplement we can all have the chance to give back the love and care that our family and friends also continuously give us.
Kapag tuloy-tuloy ang alaga, tuloy-tuloy ang healthy and happy life! Circulan, Nasadugolangyan!
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Striving for better health has been a long and arduous journey for me - one that is riddled with many trials. Although it was no walk in the park, I’m proud to say that I was able to finish the CrossFit challenge. I may have been catching my breath for the most part, but I look forward to doing it again. It has become part of my firm resolve to lose weight and adapt a healthy lifestyle.
C-Lium sponsored our CrossFit work out session at the Crossfit Bonifacio Global City in Taguig last Thursday. Adapting exercises from the C-Lium Lose More Live More website, we were faced with the challenge of doing the Workout of the Day (WOD). This included seven counts of wall balls, box jumps, push-ups and burpees – which we had to complete and repeat in all of 10 minutes.
The trainer first asked us to choose our partner for the Crossfit session, and then gave us a few minutes to stretch and warm up before the start of the “grueling” 10-minute activity.
The presence of Pinoy Biggest Loser finalists Art and Angela who exercised with us, worked to my advantage as that motivated me to do the challenge.
The stretching alone gave me a sore muscle so I wasn’t able to give my best in doing wall balls and burpees. Instead of throwing the 3-kilogram ball off the wall I was allowed to just lift it or hold it up while doing a squat. I also missed the push-ups portion of the burpees. But it was okay according to the trainer.
Fortunately, I was able to complete three sets of the WOD in between short rests to catch my breath. Again, we had to do some stretching after the workout.
Our group shot after the work out session
Diet and nutrition
After the CrossFit challenge, our group was treated to a nice lunch and then a motivational talk from Nutritionists Nadine Tengco and Pinoy Biggest Loser finalists Art and Angela.
Ms. Tengco shared some tricks of the trade and taught us about the proper way to diet and what not to eat while on a diet. She also mentioned the importance of fiber in our diet as it speeds up metabolism. She warned us, though, about the dangers of starving ourselves in order to lose weight. She explained that skipping meals is a no-no in dieting as this causes our body to store more fat instead of lose it.
She shared that fiber; C-Lium in particular, can be taken not only with our favorite juice drink or coffee, but can also be mixed with our favorite food and as a post workout snack. When cooking Chopsuey or other saucy food for instance, C-Lium fiber can be used to thicken the sauce.
For his part, Art advised us to stick to a healthy diet by eating more veggies. Instead of cooked rice, he suggested that we substitute it with root crops like camote. He encouraged us by claiming that we can lose more pounds by strictly adhering to a healthy diet and exercise. As for exercise, Art believes that although CrossFit works, walking is still the best.
Angela said there are several ways to do exercise. Despite her being busy at work she still finds time to do exercise everyday. Since most of us in the audience are work-at-home moms, she said sweeping the floor, as well as other household chores, is a good form of exercise.
“Kahit malinis na ‘yung sahig, walisin ninyo ulit hanggang sa kumintab,” she said in jest.
My motivation
Three days after CrossFit, my body still aches- especially the thigh part! But if you ask me if I’m going to do the work out again, the answer will be a resounding YES! The 10-minute work-out is definitely worth the aches and muscle pain I still feel right now.
And with the help of C-Lium Fibre, I can eat cheesy nachos (Clium recipe) for a snack without the guilt, even when I am on a diet! 😉