The root of nature

Doing a little net surfing and come across a website that writes about breaking news and articles on natural health foods. I'm keen to have a look at the article posted, so I just picked one to read. To me, the article is nothing new, nothing very specific like a scientific paper nor very general as in a laymen could understand. 

Scrolling down to the very bottom.... Wow... quite a long list of comment. Every commenter held on their points and tried to convince other by mentioning their credentials. Of cause there is nothing wrong by showing qualification or hold on to what you believe. Just feel so pointless on those 'doctorates', I'm wondering how much do they really understand about a food? Let's say apple, exactly how many nutrients inside? What are all the nutrients in soil? We are still so young to the field of nutrition, just like in the medical field, there are still a lot of area not solved by science.  

People are getting more and more divert or perhaps taking advantage of topics like natural and supplement. A probe into dietary supplements published in the September 2012 edition of Consumer Reports. Headings in the article include 'None are proven to cure major diseases'. I am quite surprise to see the headings. Supplements are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, this is where this statement come from:

'These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.' 

Since when supplements are consumed for curing purpose? Seems like the editor gets confuse in differentiating drugs from supplements and not sending the right information out, no wonder so many consumers out there are not getting the right perception.  

Supplements are food, not drugs. If a product is making such claims then it is not a supplement.

A sip of coffee and cinnamon?

Cinnamon, a spice that is not so popular in the field of nutrition. Relatively few studies found occasionally on better blood sugar and probably anti-diabetes benefits. Anyways, adding some cinnamon in your coffee is not a bad idea though. Might even enhance the antioxidant effect of coffee bean! What do you think? Have a great weekend ahead!

Conditionally healing power 有条件的治愈力

Do you realize that body actually possesses amazing healing power? Is medication healing your sickness or just subsiding the symptoms? Our body is equipped with such sophisticated healing system where it will fix where ever and which ever 'errors' in our body. Of cause, the healing can only take place with the availability of necessary and sufficient nutrients.

你知道身体具有惊人的治愈力吗？药物真的能治疗疾病或只能减轻症状？我们身体的治愈力可以修复任何出现问题的部位，但然也要有必要和足够的营养才能进行修复。

Not long ago, there was this friend of mine told me that her mother was diagnosed with AMD (age-related macular degeneration) and would like to know what kind of food or supplements that will help to improve her condition. AMD is the major cause of blindness in the elderly populution (>50 years) and there is no effective treatment till date. I felt sorry for her, there are supplements to prevent the damage but there is nothing much to do once the damage started. You can hope to pro-long the progressive damage but there is no reversion. 

不久前，有个朋友告诉我，她的母亲被诊断出患有AMD（age-related macular degeneration，年龄相关性黄斑变性），AMD是老年人（> 50岁）失明的主要病因，直到目前还没有有效的治疗方法。她想知道有什么样的食物或保健品可以帮助或改善她的病情。我为她感到遗憾，在还没受到损坏前，是有帮助预防的保健品。一旦受到损坏就只能寄望延缓失明的限期。

The cause of AMD is due to damage in macular. Our eyes are expose to tremendous stress especially with the invention of computers, smart phones, TV and etc. You have increased 'work load' for your eyes but not getting more or enough eyes nutrients and rest. This is one of the increasing rate of 'modern' disease that we are not aware of. Remember, nutrients need to be replenished daily, do not wait until it is too late, because there is just simply nothing you can do to regain your health. Do pay more attention to the elder

AMD的原因是由于黄斑受到损害。我们的眼睛长期饱受氧化，特别是随着使用电脑，智能手机，电视等的增加， 大大的加重了眼睛的“工作”量，但又没给眼睛足够的保养够，补充眼睛所须的营养素和休息。这就是其中一种我们都没意识到的“现代”疾病。请记住，我们每天都需要补充重要的营养素，到了不可修复的时候就为时已晚了。多多留意你身边的长者！

Supplement safety

Have supplement safety ever cross your mind? Supplements adulteration have been dig out one after another, the latest being the steroid spiking case of Bodybuilding.com. It is scary to know that the supplements that you have been consuming is mixed with some sort of pharmaceutical drugs. Supplement is meant for good health, to help replenish and get you the nutrition that is not achievable from your normal diet. However, some manufacturers and retailers are risking our health out of profits, bringing negative effect to the industry.

We want you to enjoy the product with no fear in adulteration, therefore we take the initiative to send out our samples for medicine adulteration test which includes 270 chemicals for clinical use. Report and list of the 270 chemicals analyzed can be found on our Facebook photo album.