My sister is tripped with face facing the street

Sharing the following testimonial from my sister.

She was tripped with face facing street and start cracking with blood.

Day 1 when reaching home: 2 packs of Oxyginberry

Day 2: 1 pack of Oxyginberry

Day 3: 1 pack of Oxyginberry

What is Oxyginberry?


It contains cactus that speed up wound healing!

Siew Choon



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Do you know that our body are constantly fighting against inflammation?

Saw the recent news article and get to know about this terms called Inflam-Aging.

This is right, in fact we are under-going silent inflammation on daily basis and free radicals are constantly attacking our own cells.

Some may develop into auto-immune disease and other diseases.

Message is clear, we need more wholesome fruits and vegetables which are high in antioxidant and phytochemicals that helps us to prevent the inflammation from getting chronic.

Oxyginberry provides a safe convenience if you are looking for convenience.

Read up How I stay young and stay healthy


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How to beat Superbug in our body?

Saw this article in newspaper, with big headline!

There are more and more invention in drugs and supplements, yet we are not getting any healthier. Judging at the statistic on number of people getting cancer. Why??

Misuse of drugs, especially antibiotic is one of the main root cause. Check out following article.

 

 

Again, it's very important to be a wise consumer. Antibiotic is man-made antibody. In fact, if our immune system is healthy, we can produce the necessary antibodies (B cell) without any side effect, and that can fight against viruses and bacteria!

 

 



 



It's very important to nourish our immune system on day to day basis!


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Do you still want to consume Probiotic after understanding it?

Let's understand about what is probiotic??

Probiotic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probiotic

Do you agree that we are living together with bacteria, being good one or bad one?

Majority of the bacteria in our body are good bacteria. Different bacteria have different functions.

E.g. Intestinal bacteria - help to digest food in our intestine.
For those who swallowing the food instead of chewing it before swallow, they miss the chance of letting the good bacteria within our mouth to digest it on first level.

Probiotic is the microorganisms similar to those found in the human digestive system. It's man-made.

In the market, there are only about 3-4 types of probiotics supplements - common one are Lactobacillus or acidophilus bacteria. It's claimed to have the similar function as those good bacteria in our intestine.

Is there an issue by taking the probiotic then?
In fact, our intestine are occupied by 500-1000 types of bacteria. However, if we supplement it with probiotic (which is only 3-4 types). Yes, those 3-4 types of good bacteria (with large amount) will be occupying the space in our intestine, and pushing the other types of good bacteria that's natural produced in the intestine away, since we only have so much space to go!

Thus, we lose the chance of letting other types of good bacteria to perform the digestion works that they suppose to perform.

Any risk of taking Probiotic?
Definitely there's limitation when it's coming to probiotic supplements:

1. Pancreas inflammation people can't take probiotics
2. children may develop allergy if consuming probiotic in long run
3. Those who are on corticosteroid, chemotheraphy, organ transplant, AIDS - do take note. Probiotic is not for you!
4. People with weak immune system are not suitable to use probiotics. It creates dependency in long run.

Relationship between intestinal bacteria and heart diseases: 

Good intestinal bacteria is also very much related to cardiovascular diseases. Why? 

Our intestinal bacteria (based on meat-rich diet) will produce TMAO compound which can cause cardiovascular diseases. Even a person with low cholesterol will get cardiovascular diseases if the TMAO compound is high in his body. However, if we are taking fruits and vegetables more, our intestinal bacteria will not produce TMAO. 

Hence, in this context, it proves again that changing your diet to more fruits and vegetables will help a person to prevent cardiovascular diseases. 

What is TMAO - called trimethylamine-N-oxide? Click below to understand more. http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20130424/gut-reaction-may-predict-cardiovascular-risk   

Note that the probiotics used in many probiotics drinks in the market - require milk /dairy products as a medium to grow. They will produce TMAO in our body when they are in our body. Relationship between intestinal bacteria and obesity: Obesity is related to the bacteria in our intestine also. Some intestinal bacteria can secrete certain compound to better absorb fat, therefore speed up putting on weight, and leads to obesity. 

If not taking Probiotic then how?
Based on different diet and lifestyle, each of use do need different types of good bacteria to digest the food that we are taking. E.g Sichuan people's diet (spicy food mainly) is definitely different from an American (more protein). So do you think the good bacteria generated in their intestine are the same? If we are supplying all just with probiotic, it may not works!

Best way is to change our diet to more fruits and vegetables, in order to let our body to start growing our own good bacteria!

Check out why I take Nutritional Immunology food, as a convenient organic freeze dried food that allow my body to generate my own good bacteria!


Especially Oxyginberry, which is my favorite! Personally I can prepare it by myself, but with the busy schedule, I would prefer a convenient!

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How I stay young and stay healthy


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Attention to Parents: How (and Why) to Introduce Allergens to Your Infant

In the last decade, prevailing beliefs about timing the introduction of highly allergenic foods to babies have undergone a sea change.

For decades, parents were advised to delay introducing allergenic foods until 12 months (cow's milk dairy), 24 months (eggs) or even 36 months of age (fish, tree nuts, peanuts). Then, in 2008, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) retracted its previous guidelines on the matter, acknowledging that there was insufficient evidence to support delayed introduction of allergens as a strategy to reduce the risk of food allergy. But beyond that, the organization did not offer specifics as to whether there was an ideal window during infancy to introduce these foods, nor did it comment on whether delaying introduction of foods might actually increase risk of developing food allergies.
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As a result, pediatricians and parents have been in limbo since 2008, lacking clear guidelines as to whether early or delayed food introduction could help prevent babies from developing food allergies. As more observational research on solid food introduction and risk of food allergy became available, the body of evidence began to point in a relatively consistent direction: Early introduction of common food allergens seemed associated with a lower risk of developing food allergies compared to delayed introduction. Some pediatricians found these studies compelling enough to start advising parents to stop delaying the introduction of allergens past 12 months. But lacking sufficient evidence that met the "gold standard" of scientific research—randomized, controlled trials—other pediatricians continued to feel it was prudent to follow the delayed introduction approach until better evidence was available or official guidelines were issued.

This past January, however, the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology (AAAAI) released a new set of recommendations on infant feeding practices to help prevent food allergy. The recommendations are based on the available observational research to date, and are the first guidelines to state that delaying introduction of foods like wheat, cow's milk dairy, eggs, fish and nuts may actually result in an increased risk of food allergy or eczema.

The AAAAI recommendations state that once an infant over 4 months old has tolerated a few non-allergenic solid foods (think common early solids like rice cereal, oatmeal, sweet potatoes, carrots, bananas, apples or pears), parents can proceed with introducing other more allergenic foods without delay, ideally at home rather than in day care or a restaurant. As with introducing all new solids, only one new food should be introduced every three to five days to help isolate triggers of any allergic reaction.

Importantly, the guidelines also note that exclusive breast-feeding for at least four months may be protective against cow's milk allergy in infants. Lastly, they found no significant protective benefit against food allergy when mothers avoided allergenic foods like dairy, egg and peanuts during pregnancy or lactation.

Ultimately, how to introduce allergens is a personal decision you'll make in consultation with your pediatrician. If your infant already has eczema or signs of a food allergy—or if a sibling has a peanut allergy—your pediatrician may refer you to a pediatric allergist for testing and individualized guidance.

If you do decide to introduce allergens to your infant between the ages of about 5 to 12 months, I offer some texture-appropriate ideas for doing so—many of which I road-tested on my own two kids:

Check out following articles to learn more:
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2013/03/19/how-and-why-to-introduce-allergens-to-your-infant


Being a wise consumer is important!

I have learnt about this information also from Live with Dr Chen session. Photo from latest session on 13th April!

Siew Choon
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Nutritional Immunology Foods are Freeze Dried food

Lots of people ask how Nutritional Immunology foods are being processed then if we keep emphasizing that taking food is better?  How does it different from the natural fresh fruits and vegetables? Any chemical involved as safety is a big concern...

Freeze-drying and Spray-drying are the main technologies used by E.Excel. Which is similar as original fruits and vegetables with a difference in 5%.

Freeze-drying
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeze-drying
How the freeze dried food looks like! Freeze dried honey dew, strawberry and cucumber that we get as gift earlier :)

 Advantages:

- It can effectively retains the freshness, nutrients and quality of foods. Fried drying virtually retain most of the nutrition contents

- Retain original flavor, shape, color, nutrients and texture

- More concentrated products

- No preservatives and additives are required due to the pure and natural processing method

- It's an advancement from refrigeration, thus able to keep the foods for longer shelf life

- Safer - as no preservatives are required

How does it different from dehydrated food and canned food?

Dehydrated and canned foods are shelf-stable, BUT high-temperature processing can degrade flavour, texture and nutritional content

So, Why E.Excel food products are wholesome plant foods products - although appear in sachet forms?

Because they are FREEZE-DRIED food, hence can be kept longer without adding any preservatives and yet the wholesomeness, and nutritional values are maintained as that in original plant foods. Once the food is freeze dried, it will be grinded into powder for better storage purposes.

Let's look at how freeze dried works!

Step 1: Wash, Filter and Concentrate
This is the pretreatment stage for freeze-drying. First the plant foods are washed thoroughly. If necessary,  They are filtered and concentrated.

Step 2: Freeze

Prefreezing the plant foods is necessary during the freeze-drying process.

Technical challenges

• Strict control of Prefreezing temperatures (Usually from -50 celcious to - 80 celcious). If the prefreezing temperature is not low enough, the plant foods will not be frozen completely and this  will compromise the subsequent process. If the prefreezing temperature is too low, it may damage the plant food causing unnecessary waste.

• Ability to rapidly lower temperature to the required temperature. The a home refrigerator for example. The temperature of plant foods placed in its freezer compartment drops gradually during the freezing process. Water in the plant foods forms crystals that burst the plant cells, causing the plant foods to become translucent and mushy. Hence it is vital to rapidly lower the temperature to protect the plant cells.

Hence, during the freeze-drying process, engineers meticulously calculate and control the duration and temperature required for freezing each kind of plant food to ensure accuracy.

Step 3: Dry

In a vacuum chamber with a fixed temperature, the ice in the frozen plant foods is converted directly to vapor to remove moisture.

Technical Challenges

It is vital to ensure that the freeze-drying chamber is under vacuum and maintain the desired pressure and temperature. The slightest variation may cause an air leak and consequently damage the plant foods, resulting in an air-dried appearance: Shriveled, collapsed and dark.

Read up more details in the following articles 

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Siew Choon

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Popping Placenta Pill - Are you one of them?

Lately, I have been hearing different stories about placenta, being Sheep Placenta, Deer Placenta, mainly coming from animal sources. It's a new wave coming up for those we wanted to stay young (as it claimed)!

I'm not sure what's your view on this, as per my expertise in Nutritional Immunology, it may create more harm than good in the long run.

Firstly, looking at the placenta, I can't imagine myself popping something made from this!

Secondly, it's due to the animal hormone in placenta. Placenta itself is high in animal hormone, it's needed so that nutrients can be provided to the fetus before it's delivered. However, the animal hormone is needed by the baby of the animal, not we as human. Often, animal hormone is the one that easily mutate our human cells. Indeed, we need hormone in our body, but we don't need the hormone coming from other mammals! It may be effective due to the high concentration of the hormone, but it may not be safe!

Thirdly, what about the virus or bacteria infection? Company can perform the necessary check to ensure that no bacteria or viruses exist in the placenta, but not to forget the UNKNOWN viruses or bacteria? Also those are undergoing mutation?

It's important to be a wise consumer. Look at this, baby or kid doesn't require placenta or replacement hormone, yet their skin is healthy and smooth! Why? because their cells are younger, so how to make our cells young enough and yet do not relying on supplement?

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Siew Choon
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