Medical Error, Third leading cause of death

Studies has show that, After Heart Diseases and Cancer, the third largest cause of death in US is Medical Error. 

A recent statistic published from British Medical Journal, it's even higher than accident, respiratory diseases or even diabetes.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-03/medical-errors-are-the-third-leading-cause-of-death-study-finds

Where does Medical error happens? The following are among the most widely reported errors, according to the FDA and American Hospital Association: 

• Wrong diagnosis
• Wrong medication 
• Missing or incomplete patient information 
• Wrong blood group transfusions
• Infections due to poor hygiene 
• Wrong organ surgery or removal 

Why does medical error happens?

Because doctors and nurses are human too

Some of the example of medical errors in Singapore: 

Example 1

SINGAPORE — A young doctor who administered a chemotherapy drug the wrong way, putting the patient at risk of “severe neurological damage”, has been fined S$2,000 by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC).

http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/doctor-fined-s2000-administering-chemo-drug-wrongly

Example 2

Woman’s eyelids stuck together after pharmacy mistake

A HOUSEWIFE was prescribed a gel to soothe an eye irritation – but ended up being given dental adhesive paste instead. The mix-up by the pharmacy at National University Hospital (NUH) caused Madam Pang Har Tin’s eyelids to stick together. The 63-year-old was rushed to the accident and emergency department to have her right eye flushed out. She has since made a full recovery.

 https://www.healthxchange.com.sg/News/Pages/Eye-medicine-turns-out-to-be-dental-paste.aspx

What can we do?

Prevention is the best option

Often, you may do a lot of research when you are purchasing a travel package, when you are purchasing a car, or even when you are buying a furniture, a house, etc. 

Why don't you do the same when it comes to your health care professional? 

If you don't understand what the doctors are saying, ask to explain. This can apply to diagnosis, medication. You deserve the right to know. 

Next time, dare to ask further and always educate yourself to be a wiser consumer, a mission of Nutritional Immunology. 

Cheers

To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear

Siew Choon

Nutritional Immunology Lifestyle Coach

90263064

Is Glucosamine Supplement Safe?

Many opt to take Glucosamine supplements whenever there is a joint pain or suffer from arthritis. 

For me, I won't go for that due to many reasons. 

This is one of the article from The Straits Times, which stated clearly on why Glucosamine and chondroitin don't work. 

"Compared with placebo,glucosamine, chondroitin and their combination DO NOT reduce joint pain or have an impact on narrowing of joint space."

"I tell my patients clearly that glucosamine sulphate is essentially a mild anti-inflammatory agent with minimal side effects compared to standard pain killer"

Learning how to read ingredient label is important, to be wiser consumer. 

2 Sources of Glucosamine Supplements

Animal made or man made (synthetically made)

What could be the potential side effects if we replacing the Glucosamine from external sources? Either from Animal or man-made?

Watch this youtube to understand more on where does ingredients of animal made Glucosamine comes from, and how it affects our body? (This video is in mandarin, it gives us clearer understanding on what's going on at the back of animal made Glucosamine)

How do we know if the Glucosamine that we are taking is animal made or man made? 

Have you looked at ingredient label before you buy any supplements? 

Let's learn to read label, it's a simple process. 

1. Guess where does this Glucosamine made from? 

Is it obvious that it's from Animal (crab, shrimp, lobster, crayfish) - It's replacement Glucosamine. 

2. How about this? Vegetarian Glucosamine

Naturally there is no Glucosamine exists in plant food, Glucosamine HCI (Hydrochloride) is usually made in lab and use corn as partial material, thus it's considered as man made Glucosamine. 

What are better solution for our joint? 

By taking the right food to let our body to produce Glusosamine naturally, we are able to safe guard and protect out joints without any side effects. 

Fruits and vegetables which are high in Glutamine are great in letting our body to self produce Glucosamine

Above are the variety of the fruits and vegetables which help to protect our joint. 

If you are looking for convenience and safe products, you can look for GART which is combining Cactus, Spinach, Parsley, Ginger, Alfalfa, Acelora Cherry, Brown Algae

Whatsapp me at +65-90263064 for more details. 

Cheers

To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear

Siew Choon

Nutritional Immunology Lifestyle Coach

90263064

What does big C words mean for Women and your loved one?

Many tries to avoid the big C (Cancer), as it always mean death sentences. 

Most of the time, cancer are due to Unhealthy Diet, Lifestyle or exposure to too much free radicals

When it's being diagnosed, it means that it was in our body for the past 10-20 years. 

Public getting more awareness to take care of their lifestyle, by avoiding processed food and add in more fruits and vegetables in diet. People are more health conscious, yet nutrition value may not be enough, why? 

1. Most fruits and vegetables nowadays are being plucked when they are not fully ripped, so they can be kept longer during transportation. Nutrition value may not be there yet. 

When is banana being harvested nowadays? Green or yellow? 

2. Fruits and vegetables that we eat, are they high in phytochemicals, and antioxidants - diseases fighting nutrients? 

All fruits and vegetables contain phytochemicals and antioxidants. Yet, are they high enough to fight against diseases? 

Simple comparison, 

Orange has 100+ types of phytochemicals

Aloe Vera has 300+ types of phytochemicals

Cactus has 10,000+ types of phytochemicals

Which will you choose? 

Phytochemicals help to cut away cancer formation pathway in our body for proper detoxification process. 

3. Safety of the fruits and vegetables to minimize the exposure of pesticides and herbicides 

Organic food may not be safe, why? Read up here

Definitely, beside diet, how we have stable emotion, proper sleep and rest is important too to ensure good health. 

For me, I choose to adopt NI lifestyle as part of prevention. 

I choose prevention over treatment. 

With treatment, it cause both financial and emotional burden. Some may have insurance to cover for their financial. Often, most frightening is the emotional stress than financial stress. 

- How are they going to recover?

- Can treatment guaranteed recovery? 

- What side effects they will suffered from? 

- What happen with the loved ones and family member, especially children. How it will impact them emotionally? 

- How the episodes affect their ability of work? Can they continue to provide for family? 

- etc

Only via proper prevention, we are able to safe guard our health without burdening our loved ones. 

For more details on NI Lifestyle, please contact me at +65-90263064

To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear

Siew Choon

Nutritional Immunology Lifestyle Coach

90263064

Coconut Oil is not a Superfood you think it is

Over the past few years, coconut oil has becoming new trend claiming to be able to aid to prevent heart diseases and cancer. 

From what I learnt from Nutritional Immunology from Dr Chen, I know it wasn't conclusive. 

However, a recent article published in Straits Time, "Coconut Oil not a Superfood you think it is"

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/food/coconut-oil-not-the-superfood-you-think-it-is-say-experts

"While coconut oil is a healthier alternative to butter or lard, it is not as good as unsaturated plant oils"

"There is also no conclusive evidence that coconut oil aids weight loss, according to experts. It might even be counterproductive to consume large quantities of coconut oil in hopes of losing weight, as the oil is high in calories"

"Bottom line, Coconut oil is not a miracle food"

For me, I won't choose oil recommended in article such as olive oil, canola oil. Why? 

There are 2 reasons which need to look at to select a healthy cooking oil

1. Smoke point

2. Omega 3: Omega 6 ration

Read here to understand how to select a healthy cooking oil. 

Isn't it important to learn to be wiser consumer, given that there are many misconceptions from TV, newspaper, magazines, or celebrities. 

Thanks to Nutritional Immunology, I learnt to equip myself with the right knowledge, and it's my mission to spread the gift of knowledge to public. 

Always equip yourself to be wise consumer

To learn more about what's Nutritional Immunology, we have upcoming Nutritional Immunology chapter 4 on 26th November by Dr Chen

Come join me for the session to learn more! PM to reserve the ticket to avoid disappointment. 

Cheers

To keep te body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear

Siew Choon

Nutritional Immunology Lifestyle Coach

90263064

My Healthy Breakfast

Recently I have added Soygreen as my healthy breakfast, It tastes yummy and healthy. 

Looking back, without understanding further on Nutritional Immunology (NI) earlier, my breakfast was always the bread with eggs, nasi lemak, fried beehun etc. 

My common breakfast earlier

Understanding more about NI, here are some of the criteria which is important to look at for healthy breakfast. 

These are the ingredients of Soygreen

Ingredients: 

Soy Bean, Psyllium Husk, An assortment of fruits and vegetables - Banana, Broccoli, Spinach, Snow Pea, Leaf Lettuce, Radish Leaf, Asparagus, Kale, Green Bell Pepper, Mustard Greens, Romaine Lettuce

Which is equivalent to a bowl of salad, which mix the lettuce, kale, bell pepper, radish, etc. 

If we are ordering the salad outside, it's normally cost $10-$15 dollar. For Soygreen, it's organic freeze dried food,  much cheaper yet the ingredients are safer, undergoing more than 2000 types of testing

Beside breakfast, you can take it as meal replacement too for weight management, in fact the very first meal replacement that I take. 

Compare to many meal replacements product in the market, definitely, its healthier as it's wholesome food

Especially if you are hungry late at night, Soygreen serves as great healthy supper :)

Contact me at +65-90263064 if you would like to find out more about Soygreen. 

To keep te body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear

Siew Choon

Nutritional Immunology Lifestyle Coach

90263064

Dietary Supplement links to Liver damage

Dear Friends, 

Are you taking vitamins supplements still? 

Another article which link dietary supplements to liver damage again

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/health/herbal-and-dietary-supplements-tied-to-liver-damage/3185894.html?cid=fbcna

This is inline with what I always shared, whereby taking synthetic/chemically made/extract lead to liver damage

What are side effects of taking vitamins and dietary supplements? 

What happen if overdosing of vitamins? 

Always be a wiser consumer, take wholesome food

PM to find out more

To keep te body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear

Siew Choon

Nutritional Immunology Lifestyle Coach

90263064

Protecting your brain,memories and nerves system

It's important to protect our memories to improve our concentration, preventing any health risk in our nerves system. Especially when dementia and Alzheimer is getting so common. 

Let's understand more

What is Nutritional Immunology?

What are the Superfood to help our nerves and neuron? 

This is in Ememories which I started to take recently :)

PM to find out more

To keep te body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear

Siew Choon

Nutritional Immunology Lifestyle Coach

90263064

Losing weight healthily

Obesity leads to many health issues, it's important for us to shred of the excessive fat to keep our body healthy

Obesity a time ticking bomb

If you want to have a healthy body weight, start counting your calories daily

How much calorie do we actually need a day? 

But how do we know how much calories that we have taken in already? 

One of a good app you can download to check for food's calorie is Healthy 365 

The app gives you good food database on all the calorie to give you a rough idea on how much calories that we taking in a day. 

Say for a lady who is age 31-50 at Singapore, with moderate activity, she needs approx 2000 calorie. 

Let's look at some example of the foods she takes

In the Healthy 365 app, you can find the calorie of those food easily

Example:

Losing weight can be simply by choosing a right food. 

Calorie of Chicken breast: 147

Calorie of deep fried chicken breast: 439

Do you see a big differences? 

Once a food is fried by oil, or go through oil the calorie will shoot up. One teaspoon of oil is 120 in calorie. 

Simply make a wise choice in our food, losing weight can be as simple. 

Let's look at calorie of some common foods

Weight management starts with making right choices with the food 

Here are some of the Superfood which is the best for losing weight healthily, without causing any side effects

Most importantly, we need to be a wise consumer to understand the ingredients, whereby some weight loss products lead to kidney failure. Read up more here

1. Soy bean

Protein from Soy simply convert the fats into muscle and speed up fat decomposition

2. American Ginseng

American Ginseng simply help to give energy while we are monitoring calorie intake, so we are less tired

3. Fibers

Fibers helps to give full filing and thus make us feel full longer. Overall, it gives us sufficient fibers to help to prevent constipation too. 

Of course, to lose weight, we must control our calorie intake too. 

If we are going to lose 1 kg a week, we must maintenance our calorie intake at 800 a day. So our body will convert the existing fats into calorie, thus clearing the storage. 

Similar to a house's storage. If our storage is full at the moment, we have to buy lesser stuff to put into the storage, and at the same time we use up the existing items in the storage to clear it all. 

4. Collagen 

Collagen is important too for weight loss. As when we loss weight, the muscle may becomes sagging. With the support of collagen, our skin and muscle will become more firm up

However, not all the collagen products can be taken safely. 

Letting our body to self produce collagen will not burden our body. 

Understand about Collagen, and how Cactus, Cactus fruits, Ginseng Berry, Seaweed, Rose, and Grape Seeds help to self produce collagen. 

As a convenience, I take 1-Shape/1-Shape lite and Oxyginberry as my high fibers, antioxidants and protein breakfast!

1-Shape and 1-Shape Lite is made of Soy Bean, Psyllium Husk and American Ginseng

As compare to many weight loss products which contains synthetic ingredients. Read up here

Oxyginberry is made of Cactus, Cactus Fruits, Ginseng Berry, Seaweed, Rose and Grape seed