Whey proteins are an excellent protein source for everyone - no matter what their age. From a nutritional perspective, whey proteins are hard to beat. Over 60 percent of their make-up is essential amino acids. Because the body is unable to make essential amino acids, they must be provided daily through diet. Read More

Almost three decades have passed since cholesterol has been touted as the main cause of almost all diseases such that, the American Heart Association Dietary Guidelines in 1968 limited the daily intake of dietary cholesterol to 300mg. And since eggs contain cholesterol of 213mg/egg on the average, they came up with a recommendation that individuals eat no more than 3 egg yolks per week. Because of this, there has been considerable debate whether eggs in the diet contribute to elevated plasma cholesterol levels and heart disease risk, or whether this is just a simple but exaggerated view of equating dietary cholesterol with plasma cholesterol. Read More

In the Philippines, our old folks usually prepare broth made of the bony portions of beef, commonly referred to as “bulalo”, especially for people who are sick, and their recovery is hastened. In some areas of the country, like in Laguna and Batangas, the old folks call “Bulalo” as “pagkaing pampabata” or “food that will make you young!” Read More

Levulose is a naturally occurring sugar in fruits, and is not isolated but bound to other naturally occurring sugars. Unlike man-made fructose which robs the body of many nutrients, levulose contains enzymes, vitamins, minerals, fibers, and fruit pectin. That is why levulose should not be interchanged with fructose because doing so would be like saying that margarine is butter. Read More

Salt (both sea salt and rock salt) were well known to the ancient Greeks who noted that eating salty food affects basic body functions such as digestion and excretion (urine and stools). This led to salt being used medically. Even the healing methods of Hippocrates (460 BC) is made of frequent use of salt.  The Greeks, 2000 years ago, had already discovered topical use of salt for skin lesions, drinking salty or mineralized waters for digestive troubles and inhaling salt for respiratory diseases! Read More