Drinking Up

Thanks God  "Labuyo" was gone away. "Labuyo" is the 12th typhoon that struck the Phililippines this year and the weather news said 'it was the strongest typhoon so far for this year'.
Left some provinces under state of calamity. Ripped countless roofs by it's strong wind, some houses swept by landslides and floods. Farms or plantations were destroyed, lot of trees and electrical poles knocked down ( more or less it will take 2 months to restore the electricity).
It's good that the gov't officials are ready for this kind of disaster. And people knows where to run to and protect themselves.Helps from some NGO's too come faster.

I always thankful to God that we're on the safer place, but because of the weather i've got sore throat and I don't want it to worsen. I have to do something and I thought of "Salabat" would be better than taking any medicine.

"Salabat" is hot ginger tea. It's so simple to prepare.

Peel, slice and pound the ginger and add water . Boil the concoction for several minutes, then add lemon slices and some honey or sugar, depending on your tastes.

Love the smell of ginger's spicy, minty aroma, and I feel a slight of relief when the warm drink slide down my throat.

Instant ginger powder are available in groceries too, but I like the fresh boiling crushed ginger concoction more.

Health Benefit of Ginger:

Relieve Menstrual Cramp

Treat Cold and Flu

Treat Morning Sickness

Reduce Pain and Inflammation

Treat Heartburn

Treat Motion Sickness

Prevent Diabetic Nephropathy (Ginger can also be used to prevent kidney damage as a result of diabetes).

Treat Ovarian Cancer

Prevent Colon Cancer

Me, suffering Anemia

Hmm......What is Anemia.  Anemia is characterized as lack of Iron. Without enough iron in the body, it cannot produce hemoglobin properly. And Hemoglobin is a substance in our red blood cell that carries oxygen to our body tissue.

Anemic is a person diagnosed that does not have enough iron in their blood. And I'm one.. because of enduring over work and lack of sleep.

And being Anemic I eat some Iron rich foods that can be found easily in Phil. market. Though no food in itself contains enough iron to treat iron deficiency Anemia. However, foods can help maintain our health and aid supplementation.

Iron rich foods have two types, the Heme and non-Heme.

Heme iron can be found mostly in animal sources and is easily absorbed.

Ex: Pork Liver , Chicken Liver , Beef , Sardines , Shrimp , Oysters , Mussels, Clams

While the non-Heme is found mostly in vegetables and harder to digest .

Like Enriched pastas , Oatmeal , Peanut butter , Green leafy veggies  , Broccoli , Potatoes ,Tomatoes , Asparagus , Ampalaya , Carrots , Watermelon , Bananas , Lemons , Grapes , Apples , Honey

 (4 pcs. of photos in my collage lifted in Google—thanks for sharing)

But if you take non-heme iron foods with vitamin c rich foods at the same time the absorption increases.

Non-heme iron food  is dramatically increased too when combined with heme iron sources in the same meal.

But some foods slow the absorption rate of iron in our system.  So avoid taking this foods  too much…

Soft drinks , Coffee , Tea , Dairy product , Ice cream , candy bars  , Soy  , Red Wine or beer.

Coffee contains polyphenols and tea contains tannins, both of which render any iron found in food unusable.

Now I'm recovering and gaining weight again (the part that I don't like much :))  Double job no more.