Right Health Advice

Most people dread hearing the word diet because it's like willingly subjecting yourself to food torture. Think what you want, but dieting (or at least healthy eating) is ultimately for your own good.

The thing with some dieters is that they think they can immediately cut back on their food consumption on their first day. That isn't the case. A lifetime of eating fastfood will never be changed that fast. You have to do it slow and steady so the habit of eating right will stick. If you cannot do this then I think you need medical advice.

To help you get started on your diet, here are some tips to cut back on calories without overwhelming yourself:

• Poach your eggs instead of frying them.

• Pick on dried fruits instead of caramel cubes.

• Snack on fresh fruits instead of loads of chocolate bars.

• Steam your vegetables with flavor-infused water instead of sauteeing them in butter or oil.

• Trade your caramel-coated popcorn with the air-popped variant.

By following these simple eating habit changes, you can cut back on at least 100 calories a day. If you keep at it, you'll notice yourself get closer to your weight loss goals.

By: Abbey Grace Yap

These days, more and more products are claiming to be filled with health benefits. Two of such products are coffee and tea. The question is, which one is healthier?

Tea and coffee are both known as diuretics, they make you pee a lot. In a way, they help expel toxins quicker, but in the process, also make us lose excess water too.

Both coffee and tea are high in caffeine. This makes them both very effective stimulants. However, coffee drinkers have a tendency to manifest more anxiousness and jumpiness than tea drinkers because coffee contains a much higher concentration of caffeine.

Coffee and tea have both been noted for being rich in antioxidants. Only this time, tea takes the point because it has more antioxidants than coffee. It has been proven to help prevent cancer, lower blood pressure, and fight plaque formation on teeth, among many other health benefits.

Suffice to say, although both drinks have a relatively good effect on our health, tea appears to be healthier as it provides us with more health benefits than coffee.

So what are you waiting for? Let's get some tea brewing and drink up for your health.

By: Abbey Grace Yap

When you hear of someone talking about a broken penis, the natural reaction is to laugh. Is that some kind of joke? How can you break your penis when it doesn't even have bones?

How can you fracture your 'member', you might wonder? Penile fracture, priaprism to people in the medical community, happens when something causes the corpus spongiosum or the muscles surrounding the urethra to break and bleed out into surrounding tissues.

Priaprism happens when you miss your aim during intercourse. For example, you thrust and miss the vaginal opening, and instead hit the thigh with a certain amount of force. That force can burst the corpus spongiosum and cause it to bleed. Accidents, as well as sudden pending of “morning wood”, can also cause penile fracture.

The reason why it's called a fracture is because most often than not, you hear a loud cracking sound, similar to that of a bone breaking, when the corpus spongiosum bursts.

Surgery is the only treatment for penile fractures. There are blood clots and debris to remove. Leaving it untreated is out of the picture because it may significantly affect a man's ability to function in the romance department.

By: Abbey Grace Yap

Smoking is a menace to one's health. It's very addictive and quite hard to quit. I know because I've tried to stop smoking so many times before I succeeded.

You want to know what the best advice my doctor gave me about stopping smoking? He told me to think of my loved ones.

If you think about it, it's actually the soundest advice I've heard. Nothing wakes a smoker up to the realization that he should REALLY quit smoking than the fact that his habit is going to jeopardize his loved one's health. If you don't care for your own health, think about that of the people you live with.




Second-hand smokers actually feel the effects of smoking before the actual smokers do. They tend to develop respiratory tract-related diseases that they shouldn't even have. A good example of such conditions are emphysema, bronchitis, and asthma.

If you're like me and live in a house of non-smokers, you might want to stop and consider whether you want to be responsible for the health conditions they may develop from your smoking or not.

What do you think?

By: Abbey Grace Yap

We use oils for cooking – sautéing, frying, flavoring, etc. However, with more and more negative health effects being linked to different cooking oils, people are not more conscious about wanting to choose the healthiest oil to use for cooking.

So I ask, which cooking oils are healthy?

I searched the net to shed some light to this question and found the top three healthiest oil for cooking:

1. Canola oil. It's high in monounsaturated fat which is good for the body, and low in saturated fats which have been linked to various diseases. It also contains a certain omega-3 fatty acid which we don't usually have in our diets.

2. Olive oil. Preferably the extra virgin variant. Aside from being high in monounsaturated fats, olive oil also has phytochemicals that protect against cancer and lower bad cholesterol level.

3. Macadamia nut oil. Yet another oil rich in monounsaturated fat, macadamia nut oil possesses a distinct nutty flavor that works well with fish and chicken.

Keep in mind, though, that even if these oils are healthy, they still contain fat and should be used in moderation. Always remember that even the healthiest things, when used excessively, can be bad for the health.

By: Abbey Grace Yap

There is evil lurking in our grocery aisles. Believe me, a lot of the snack items we usually pick up during grocery runs are actually the worst snack choices possible. All we need is to eat healthy snacks for our future. Or even get online health consultation for us.

Which common foods am I talking about? I'm going to name the top three most evil snacks:

1. Sodas. For every 12 ounces of cola you chug down, you drink 150 empty calories, 10 teaspoons of sugar, corn syrup, and other artificial sweeteners. These are all chemicals and not a lot of helpful nutrients that we're sucking in.

2. Sour cream & onion potato chips. Every time you munch on chips, you ingest empty calories, fat (saturated, transfats), sodium, and MSG. That sounds like a little number that would eventually do your heart in the long haul.

3. Mass-produced chocolate chip cookies. I'd bet you didn't know that one small cookie piece has 80 calories, 4.5 grams of fats, and a whole lot of sugar. Not only is this bad for your teeth, but the transfat in commercially produced pastries isn't good for the heart too.

If you want to find out more about these evil snack foods, visit the original article here.

By: Abbey Grace Yap

Obesity is a global problem that needs to be addressed. Admit it or not, one of the reasons why it's grown to that scale is because we all have a problem controlling the way we eat. People tend to overeat without having ample physical exercise to work it off.

excess food consumption + no exercise = weight gain = obesity

But I've come across some helpful tips on how to avoid overeating. Let's me share a few of them with you:

Wait 10 minutes before heading back for seconds. Your stomach may not be aware that it's full just yet, so give it a few minutes to, well, digest.

When given a big serving, eat a healthy portion and have what's leftover wrapped to go. You don't have to force yourself to finish the food if it's too big.

If you have the habit of eating out of the bag, kick that habit. Put an adequate amount in a bowl or plate and put the bag aside. There's a tendency to keep eating when you see that there's still lots to munch on.

By: Abbey Grace Yap

It's funny how the best health advice was given to me by someone who isn't in the medical profession. Want to know what that advice was? It was so simple that I didn't even think about it myself.

I was told to stop sweating the small stuff.

It's actually good advice, if you think about it. Stress actually appears as a trigger for health conditions like insomnia and fatigue. And being a constant worrier, I often find myself stressing about any and every little thing under the sun. In turn, I'm always feeling tired and have difficulty sleeping.

I can't say that I've completely let go of my nasty worrying habit, but I'm learning to start to let little things slide.

You think money and time are big issues? What if your health starts to suffer? You'll have that on top of money and time constraints. That's not good.

If you don't stress over minor problems, your mind stays clear and sharp enough to find ways to deal with your concerns. Aside from that, you pretty much save yourself from stress-induced diseases too.

By: Abbey Grace Yap

I think everybody would like to live long enough to see our grandchildren have lives of their own, don't you agree? However, taking our lifestyle habits into consideration, living that long seems like an impossible dream. Or is it?

According to an article that I've read here, there are simply lifestyle changes we can make to help extend our lifespan. Here are some of them:

Break down meals to five small portions a day. Instead of stuffing yourself during breakfast, lunch, and dinner, why not divide it into five evenly spaced, equally portioned meals just enough to provide you with energy throughout the day.

Drink lots of water. Healthcare professionals recommend 8-10 glasses of water daily, and it's for good reason. Water will help flush out toxins in the body.

Ditch the elevator and use the stairs instead. With most jobs done over the computer, we'll need all the physical exercise we can get. Climbing stairs is as good as any exercise.

Of course it'd take some practice before you get the hang of such lifestyle changes. The key to it is to have the will to want to change these habits to be healthier and live longer.

By: Abbey Grace Yap