Category: Health EN

Skin-whitening creams with mercury that promise you fair skin and anti-ageing effects have a hidden threat – kidney damage. Using such products can result in renal damage that may require costly medical treatment and hospitalization, cautions the Philippines Ecowaste Coalition in a recent press release. The group cited 2 examples of kidney-damaging mercury-added cosmetics: the Pakistan-made...

Tidying up can help you de-stress, gain a sense of control, and improve your state of mind in numerous ways. The process (and results) of putting things in their place can improve your mood and state of mind. If it puts you at ease, it can be an important part of self-care. Decluttering (the process of putting the miscellaneous physical things around you away where they belong) not only makes it...

“A great doctor is more interested in trying to get you off medications than on them. He or she wants to make you healthier overall, not just cure you of whatever problem brought you into the office that day. If doctors would focus on getting patients to eat healthy foods, exercise and quit smoking, it would have a more dramatic effect than all the pills and procedures combined.” – Robert...

A review of 4 decades of data – which looked at 30 trials since 1982 and involved nearly 2,400 people from around the world – shows vegetarian and vegan diets cut bad cholesterol by 10%, total cholesterol by 7%, and apolipoprotein B (the main protein in bad cholesterol) by 14%. High levels of bad cholesterol lead to fatty deposits building up in blood vessels, which can eventually cause...

Your gut – i.e. your digestive system or your gastrointestinal (GI) system – plays an important role in your health. Gut health affects more than just digestion, it can have tangible effects on your mood, immune system and more. Do you know: We have brain cells in our large intestines. Your gut is your second brain. Chemicals implicated in depression and happiness such as serotonin, are...

Repainting your house? Mind the content of that paint remover you’re using. It might have toxic methylene chloride (also known as dichloromethane), the most commonly used chemical in paint strippers. Dozens of people have died in the US due to acute exposure to methylene chloride in paint removers, which can cause dizziness, headache, unconsciousness and death due to central nervous system...

Kale is a nutrition superstar due to the amounts of Vitamins A, B6, C, K, folate, fibre, carotenoids and manganese it contains. One cup of raw kale has just 20 calories. Kale is a member of the cruciferous vegetable family, along with cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, broccoli, collard greens, kohlrabi, rutabaga, turnips and bok choy. These vegetables offer health benefits, including...

Blueberries have many health benefits, from anti-ageing to killing cancer cells and reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s, heart disease and diabetes. The rich source of phytochemicals in blueberries are called polyphenols and many studies including the one by researchers at the University of Maine published in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, shows that having wild...

The  Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urged the government to keep its promise by presenting in the parliament the Smoking Product Control Bill (RUU) along with the Generational Endgame (GEG) provisions. This bill with GEG provisions needs to be presented and approved immediately to overcome the issue of the lack of legal control over electronic cigarettes or vape products after the...

Chain Store Voluntarily Removed the Product in the Philippines Parents, beware. Plastic baby bibs may harbour toxic chemicals that are hazardous to your baby’s health. In the Philippines, white polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic sheet of the MR. D.I.Y. Plastic Baby Bib was found in a lab analysis to contain di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) at 86,700 parts per million (ppm). The finding was made...