by Penny Angeles-Tan | Jul 27, 2018 | Health and Wellness
Losing weight requires a lot of dedication and hard work and may involve physical and emotional costs. It is hardly surprising that many prefer the easy route by taking weight-loss supplements. While almost all weight-loss supplements are marketed as beneficial for the body, some may actually be harmful to one’s health.
Nutrition experts debunk certain claims about weight-loss supplements and reveal possible health risks.
Myth #1:
Weight-loss supplements are approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Truth: The US FDA does not have the authority to review dietary supplement products for safety and effectiveness before they are marketed. It only steps in when a “dietary supplement” is found to contain harmful substances.
Myth #2:
Weight-loss supplements alone are enough to lose pounds.
Truth: Weight-loss supplements cannot substitute for healthy eating and regular exercise. Many weight-loss supplements’ labels include a disclaimer that they do not guarantee a specific weight-loss benefit, that individual results may vary and, to get the most benefit, they must be combined with proper diet and exercise.
Myth #3:
Supplements like Hoodia, green tea and bitter orange aid in weight loss.
hoodia, green tea, and bitter orange
Truth: Green tea, bitter orange and the African herb hoodia have not been scientifically proven to burn fat. In fact, hoodia has not been studied in humans. It is also unclear if it curbs appetite. Green tea contains a fair amount of caffeine, which may result in some weight loss initially, but it will not burn fat. Too much caffeine can affect the heart rhythm and disturb sleep. Bitter orange has synephrine, an alkaloid found in plants, that can be dangerous to health as it increases heart rate and blood pressure.
Myth #4:
“Natural” is safe.
Truth: Some weight-loss supplements containing “natural” ingredients like herbs comfrey or kava may be harmful to the liver. Claims that “natural is safe” is not always true.
Safety depends on the supplement’s chemical makeup and what it does to the body, how it is prepared and the dosage used. Also, while an individual supplement may be safe, the combination of several products may be risky. If you are under medication, it is best to consult your doctor first before taking any weight-loss supplements as they may affect the efficacy of your medicines.
While some supplements may result in weight loss in the short term, they may have long-term adverse effects on the body, which may not be able to handle the stress of dramatic weight loss or process artificial food and supplements. They may be unsafe for those with existing medical conditions or those who need to lose a lot of weight.
If you feed your body the right kinds of food, avoid unhealthy snacks and adopt other healthy habits, you should be able to rebalance and reboot your metabolism naturally. Nothing beats fresh and good food to improve health and promote healthy weight loss.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Jul 18, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Lifestyle
Enjoy exclusive treats and interact with your favorite celebrities at the Unilever mid-year sale! Happening only in Lazada this July 18-25.
MANILA, JULY 2018 – Fans of Lazada and Unilever are definitely in for a mid-year treat! This July 18-25, Lazada and Unilever will be giving away heaps of surprises from the country’s iconic and favorite brands: Tresemme, Surf, St. Ives, Dove, Pond’s, Cream Silk, Pureit and a lot more!
Just visit https://pages.lazada.com.ph/wow/i/ph/PHCampaign/brand-of-the-week-unilever to see what’s in store for shoppers at this exclusive mid-year shopping spree:
Exciting deals!
- Destress your tresses with Tresemme: Enjoy runway ready hair with up to 30% OFF on Tresemme’s styling products & up to 50% OFF on Tresemme’s Platinum Strength range
- Get your glow on with treats from St. Ives, Pond’s & Dove.
- Feed your skin with our yummy St. Ives deals up to 40% OFF
- Get first dibs on limited edition Pond’s giftsets for as low as PHP 150 & up to 50% OFF on regular items
- Nourish your skin & hair with up to 30% OFF on Dove products
- Get ultimately beautiful hair with Cream Silk:
- Buy the NEW Cream Silk Triple Keratin Range –3x the keratin in one ultimate solution
- Celebrate what it means to be a REAL MOM with Baby Dove:
- Grab new, limited edition Baby Dove bundles with insulated lunchbox for as low as PHP 797
- Awesome deals from Surf, Breeze & Knorr
- Always have fresh & clean laundry with up to 30% OFF on Surf and Breeze products
- Get a chance to win a Whirlpool washing machine when you purchase any of the Home Care Packages
- Whip-up delicious meals with discounted Knorr & Lady’s Choice bundles- up to 25% OFF
- Always have clean & safe drinking water with Pureit. Get 20% on all Pureit Products.
Everyday Surprizes!
The first daily 100 shoppers to use the code “ULMIDYR20” will automatically get a prize from Lazada*! Which of these freebies will shoppers go crazy over?
- Tresemme Split Repair Shampoo 340ml
- Breeze Rose Gold Perfume 650g
- Simple Micellar Water 400ml
- Ives Face Scrub Blackhead Clearing Green Tea 6oz
- Baby Dove Sampling Kit
- Manifesto Box with Axe, Pond’s Men, Clear, Dove Men + Care, Master freebies
- Surf Cherry Blossom 2.2 kg
- Simple Hydrating Moisturizer 125ml
*Winners to be announced and selected by Lazada
Interact with your favorite celebrities on FB live!
July 19 | 12:00 noon –FB Live with Dimples Romana for Pureit. If you’re lucky, you can win 1 of the 3 Pureit Excella units up for a raffle! Each unit is worth PHP 4,998 !
July 20 | 3:00 PM –FB Live with Jessica Wilson for Tresemme. Lucky fans will receive a special surprise Tresemme and Jess herself!
But wait, there’s more!
Shoppers can get an additional 20% OFF on their basket* by simply using the voucher code ULMIDYR20
*Minimum purchase of PHP 1,000 worth of participating Unilever items. Valid for one-time use only
All roads lead to the #ULMidYrSale #LAZxULMidYrSale! Remember to visit this page from Jul 18-25: https://pages.lazada.com.ph/wow/i/ph/PHCampaign/brand-of-the-week-unilever
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Jun 22, 2018 | Health and Wellness
SM Supermalls is ending the month of June with a bang as everyone is invited to visit their favorite SM mall to experience another weekend of exciting deals and discounts on men’s wear and gift items from June 22 to 24.
“SM has always been the Filipino’s go-to for finding fun and exciting deals. This coming weekend, bring your family and friends to SM for an extended celebration of Dad’s Day as we offer big discounts on men’s fashion and collectibles,” said Jonjon San Agustin, SM Supermalls senior vice president for marketing.
Mallgoers can avail of SM’s #AweSM deals and thrills as SM celebrates 60 #AweSM years in its malls with exciting promos that laud the number 60, such as pay 60% off, pay only P60, pay P60 less, or pay only 60%.
Awesm discounts
The 60-themed discounts are part of SM’s 60th anniversary celebration. The celebration continues until October with weekends of #AweSM experiences and sale events for SM shoppers.
For more info about SM’s #AweSM 60 years, visit SM Supermalls Facebook page or check out www.smsupermalls.com.
For exclusive news about SM Supermalls, visit www.smsupermalls.com or follow SM’s official social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram; and get an insider access to all the fun happenings at SM Supermalls nationwide through SM’s Viber Public Chat. Tweet your thoughts, upload and share your AweSM moments at SM, then use the 60th anniversary’s official hashtag #AweSMoment.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | May 26, 2018 | Health and Wellness
You’ve prepared the ideal summer get-up – heat-proof clothes, light makeup, and lots of sunscreen. Now all you need is a fresh scent to complete the perfect ensemble.
The Flora Collection of Blackwater, Ever Bilena Cosmetics’ personal grooming line, is perfect to put in this hot season. Smell good all day with this collection as these summer scents are crafted to swap out those heavy scents for something fruity, lighter and sweeter.
Daiana Menezes for Blackwater Fragrances of Ever Bilena
During this extremely hot season, Brazilian head-turner and Blackwater Woman ambassador Daiana Menezes uses only the coolest fragrance to seize the summer days with a fresh smell.
The Blackwater Woman Flora Collection is a new, casual fragrance, a collection of delicately blended scents. Women have four expertly-crafted scents to choose from for everyday use: Calm Heart, Love Blues, Pearl Beauty and Tender Smile.
For a light, fresh scent, Calm Heart is a scent that lures a space in your summer fragrance arsenal. This on-point fragrance blends mandarin blossoms with pink pepper and ginger for a sexy hint of spice that reminds of a playful summer.
Tender Smile gives an interesting scent that has a powdery baby smell and keeps the smell of perspiration away, ideal for a carefree day walk at the beach.
Delectable fruity summer scents are always a good choice for summer as it doesn’t leave you feeling sticky. A tropical scent, Pearl Beauty is perfect for a warm day stroll that contains a mix of honeyed oranges and wild berries while Love Blues is a sweet and delicate blend of violet florals with a refreshing fruity twist, best for attracting a vibrant feeling this season.
Blackwater Women’s offers collections that are carefully crafted for every Filipino woman to smell good and fresh in order to seize the summer days!
For more information, visit Blackwater’s official website http://blackwater.com.ph/ and on their Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/blackwaterwomen/.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | May 25, 2018 | Health and Wellness
Coach Jim and Coach Toni Saret
The simplest guideline for all of us would have to be, “Sit less and move more,” according to close to 2,000-member Philippine Heart Association (PHA) and the husband and wife tandem of fitness gurus, Jim and Toni Saret.
Yes, there’s a direct relationship between time spent sitting and your risk of early mortality of any cause. As your total sitting time increases, so will your risk of an early death.
Sitting for around eight hours a day at the workplace increases the risk of contracting heart disease, cancer, and diabetes by 40%. Actually, it can cause killer legs, too.
Majority of the world population is in the working age-group. This group is always on the computer. Glued to their seats for eight hours, they lead sedentary lifestyles, while facing different kinds of stress which leads to unhealthy eating (stress eating) and lifestyle. Most of them are unable to engage in appropriate physical activities for their physical and mental well-being. And in worse cases, some do not have the means to cope with stress and maintain mental health.
Coach Jim and Coach Toni Saret
Eating healthy, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy weight, and avoiding vices like alcohol and cigarettes are ways of preventing major lifestyle diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancers as well as other risk factors such as raise blood pressure, raise blood sugar level and obesity. However, awareness and practices of these health benefits are still low among the working population.
The Philippine Heart Association (PHA), a non-stock, non-profit organization of 1,780 Filipino cardiologists is committed to foster exceptional cardiovascular education and primary care for everyone.
Living up to its mission, the PHA aims to do its share on the awareness on preventive and management of heart diseases. The initiative encourages employees to improve their physical and mental well-being, and effectively address sedentary lifestyles by launching a campaign called “Sneakers Friday.”
Sneakers Friday
photo credit to quora.com
“Sneakers Friday” capitalizes on promoting physical activity. It is meant to promote workplace health and wellness where personnel is encouraged to wear sneakers, casual top and pants every Friday as a “dress down day.”
The PHA’s “Sneakers Friday” campaign builds on the perspective that individuals have the ability to adopt healthy lifestyles when supported by a conducive work environment that promotes “healthy eating, healthy habits and physical and mental fitness.”
In order to obtain a healthy lifestyle, it is important to incorporate wellness in all aspects of one’s life, including the workplace. Corporate wellness generates many positive outcomes for their employees as well as the company itself.
Even a simple activity such as walking (or brisk walking, with 100 steps per minute) has so many powerful health benefits. When done correctly and regularly, it can be the key to losing weight, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, and boosting your memory as well as reducing your risk for developing heart disease, diabetes, cancer and more.
Walking could be done effortlessly without interrupting corporate work. One can also choose to take the stairs rather than ride the elevator or when one parks the car, choose the farthest end so you’d have more time to walk.
The “Sneakers Friday” initial campaign got off the ground spearheaded by medical professionals and cardiovascular experts themselves in November of 2017 with the Makati Medical Center as its launching site, followed by The Medical City where every last weekday was officially declared as “Sneakers Friday.”
Last May 22, 2018, The “Sneakers Friday” campaign was officially launched. This ultimate goal of this campaign is to encourage the corporate sector to integrate more physical activity into their hectic pace and to make them aware that the corporate sector is the paragon of good health.
The benefits of incorporating a wellness program like “Sneakers Friday” in your workplace:
- it relieves employee stress. Setting time aside for employees to exercise can help reduce stress and overall sitting time.
- it promotes employee camaraderie
- it releases endorphis (the happy hormones) and in the process creating happier and more energized employees.
With a better mood and more energy comes more productivity!
Incorporating the Sneakers Friday campaign is great for promoting employee fitness and health. Partaking in physical fitness activities is proven to lower one’s chances of getting sick, which in return will ultimately lower health care costs for employees and the company. In addition, there’s an increase in productivity as employees take fewer sick days too.
Employees get to know fellow employees outside of work. With a great group activity that allows co-workers to get to know each other better, employees will get the benefits of physical activity and the socialization that comes along with the group exercise.
With the “Sneakers Friday” campaign, coupled with healthy habits and lifestyle, the PHA looks forward to seeing happier and heart healthier Filipinos.
by Penny Angeles-Tan | Mar 20, 2018 | Health and Wellness
Women today are empowered … they are more than just “Susie Homemakers” who spend all day cleaning, cooking, and taking care of her family.
Women, in general, are no longer oppressed by a male chauvinistic society where men dictate what a woman would say, think, or do.
Women are free to be who they want to be and do what they want to do — police officers, fire fighters, managers in companies, lawyers, accountants, models, chefs, photographers, writers, musicians … and the list just goes on!
Women are superheroes!
Women have very hectic (and active!) schedules everyday. Oftentimes they are both queen of the household and boardroom rockstar (for example). Imagine, if you will, how much strength women must have to deal with the stress and pressure of the daily grind fulfilling all the things they are expected to accomplish and still have enough energy to prepare dinner, tutor the kids, etc. before she could lie down at the end of the day and sleep.
Even fictional female superheroes like Wonder Woman and Darna would get tired from doing their jobs as superheroes and their jobs as ordinary humans. At the end of the day, they took a breather, too, from being super.
March is International Women’s Month. It is, thus, the best time to celebrate a woman’s power and influence with the gift of beauty and wellness that they truly deserve. What better way to start than with bouncy, shiny hair.
Hair care
Our mane, our luscious locks, our crowning glory … this is the first thing a person often sees (or focuses on). Because of this most people make a conscious effort to make sure they don’t leave the house with bad hair. In case of a bad hair day, what do most women do? Wear a hat or scarf? Tie their hair up in a messy bun?
Solution 1: Regular/commercial hair products
The quick and easy solution for most people — commercial bottled shampoo and conditioner plus treatment. More often than not these products cause more harm than good. Using harsh/harmful chemicals on our hair causes breakage and makes our hair strands weak and elastic. For some, these chemicals cause an allergic reaction and scalp irritation. This needs immediate attention and an urgent solution and may need medical attention.
Solution 2: Get pampered at a hair salon
We’ve tried everything on our own but it is time to go to the salon and get pampered. Then before going home we might opt to avail of their formulated solution hair products for upkeep. For optimum results it is best to combine it with NOVUHAIR 3-in-1 pack to promote robust locks and scalp.
NOVUHAIR: The best solution
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natural vs. chemical
NOVUHAIR is the only hair growth product in the market that contains 19 natural herbs, essential oils, and co-factor nutrients that work in synergy to help in remedying hair problems such as hair loss or slow hair growth.
- It deeply penetrates to help rejuvenate, nourish, maintain moisture in the scalp and hair, and improve the overall appearance of your hair.
- Lastly, it’s an effective and safe solution to arrest hair loss.
So come and celebrate womanhood with a hair spa or treatment at your favorite salon anytime this month with your sisters, your friends, or fly solo. Give your hair the pampering it deserves.
To feel even more empowered, order NOVUHAIR 3-in-1 pack online and get one (1) box of NOVUSKIN LIFT with 30 anti-aging tablets worth P2,970 for FREE at Lazada.com.ph. Click on the ad or the link to be brought directly to the product page.
For further inquiries, call 413-6570 or 0922-8830575, visit NOVUHAIR Facebook Page (Novuhair Official) or website at www.novuhair.com.
“Natural” is safe.
Majority of the world population is in the working age-group. This group is always on the computer. Glued to their seats for eight hours, they lead sedentary lifestyles, while facing different kinds of stress which leads to unhealthy eating (stress eating) and lifestyle. Most of them are unable to engage in appropriate physical activities for their physical and mental well-being. And in worse cases, some do not have the means to cope with stress and maintain mental health.
Women today are empowered … they are more than just “Susie Homemakers” who spend all day cleaning, cooking, and taking care of her family.
Even fictional female superheroes like Wonder Woman and Darna would get tired from doing their jobs as superheroes and their jobs as ordinary humans. At the end of the day, they took a breather, too, from being super.
We’ve tried everything on our own but it is time to go to the salon and get pampered. Then before going home we might opt to avail of their formulated solution hair products for upkeep. For optimum results it is best to combine it with NOVUHAIR 3-in-1 pack to promote robust locks and scalp.
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