Taking Too Much Salt Can Make You High-blood

Trivia on Salts

Do you know taking too much salt can make a high-blood individual?

1.) Bodily requirement for salt is half teaspoon per day.

2.) Most Filipinos take 20 grams to 50 grams of salt daily in which very dangerous to kidney function.

3.) The higher salt in the body, the more water is retained, thus, resulting to high blood pressure.
 
4.) Processed meats like salami, bologna, & canned foods, soup products, pickles & bottled sauces have high content of salt.

5.) Salt acts as agent to hold water in our blood vessels.

6.)  Always look on the label of your foods bought in the grocery so as to be aware of over-dosage salt.

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Overly Intake of Sugar is Dangerous to your Health.

Trivia on Sugars

Do you know the best sugar substitutes are honey, fructose (fruit sugar) and stevia?

1.) Overly intake of sugar specifically the refined-white sugar is quite dangerous to health.

2.) A cancer patient who takes white sugar can accelerate the growth of the cancer cells.

3.) White sugar otherwise known as sucrose, glucose, dextrose, corn sweeteners, corn syrup, maltose, and high fructose corn syrup can generate cancer to our bodies.

4.)Sugar has empty calories and it has no value in our bodies. Moderate intake is best advised.

5.)Low-sugar diet should be practiced to avoid loss of good cholesterol. High dosage of sugar may increase insulin levels & triglycerides.

6.) The most dangerous foods are high in sugar such as donuts, pastries, candies, and sugar-coated foods.

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Too Much Fatty Foods are Dangerous to our Body

Trivia on Fatty Meal

Do you know that too much fatty foods are extremely dangerous to our body?


1.) Our body needs not more than 30 grams of fat everyday.

2.) To avoid the danger of heart disease (since this is one of leading killer diseases in the Philippines) always be conscious of fat content in your food.

3.) Let's see the fat content in some leading fastfood chains in the Philippines.

• Mc Donalds 

   

      Burger Big Mc = 32 grams fat

• Jollibee

                                         One Breast Chicken Joy = 35 grams fat

• Pizza Hut

  

                                                 2 Slices Pepperoni Pizza = 23 grams fat

• Wendy's Burger

  

                                                                          Big Classic with Cheese = 40 grams fat

• Burger King 

  

                       Whopper =36 grams fat

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Trivia on Required Nutrients

Do you know the two (2) nutrients-groups for proper bodily function?

1.) Macro Nutrients

• Protein
• Carbohydrates
• Fats
• Macro-Minerals (Calcium, Phosphorous, Sodium, Chloride, Potassium and Magnesium)

2.) Micro Nutrients

• 12 Vitamins
• Trace Minerals

Do you know that there are two basic types of vitamins?

1.) Fat Soluble Type

          Vitamin A, D, E and K

2.) Water Soluble Type

          Vitamins C, B1, B2, B6, B12, Niacin, Panthothenic Acid and biotin.

Do you know that taking vitamins will not give you "instant energy"?

1.) Vitamins comprise a vital process and working in the human body with carbohydrates, proteins and fats to supply or create energy.

2.) Only a small amount of vitamins are needed to sustain good health.

3.) About 12 vitamins needed to get this body going healthy which we get from foods and multi-vitamins supplement.

4.) We should add vitamins and minerals supplements because the food we eat may be lacking necessary nutrients for a day. This will prevent sickness and disease to come in.

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