The New Wellness Revolution

One of the chronic disease that is affecting everybody regardless of socio-economic status is asthma. It is most common among children hence proper care and prevention should be on top of your list if you have an asthmatic child.Asthma (Az-muh) is a chronic disease that affects your airways by experiencing attacks of breathlessness and wheezing.

Some have acquired asthma and others through genetic composition.

Although causes of asthma attacks are not totally understood, some prevalent factors for asthma attacks comes from inhaled asthma triggers. These includes:

• indoor allergens (like house dust mites in bedding, carpets and stuffed furniture, pollution and pet dander)
• outdoor allergens (such as pollens and moulds)
• tobacco smoke
• chemical irritants in the workplace

Some other causes include cold air, extreme emotional arousal like anger or fear and physical exercise.

For children with asthma, it is very important that you choose a pediatrician who is specializing pulmonary infections or other related specialization. Work closely with your doctor and make sure you bring your child for a visit when symptoms occur. Diligently follow his/her medication.

Check the medications since some can trigger asthma attacks like aspirin and other non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs.

Taking care of your asthmatic child requires patience and follow through.Here are simple tips I could recommend:

1. Avoid exposing your child to asthma triggers.

2. Keep your house clean and ventilated.

3. Let him take enough sleep at night (minimum of 8 hours) and in between naps at day time to avoid stress.

4. When at the playground, bring lots of extra shirt and ensure that he has dry shirt on. Sweats that left unnoticed will dry eventually that may cause coughing and soon triggers asthma.

5. Avoid giving them chocolates, peanuts and other foods that might cause allergies.

6. At home, make sure there is enough zyrtec and ventolin nebule just in case. Make sure you buy yourself a nebulizer so you don’t have to rush to the hospital whenever your child has an asthma attack.

7. Let your child take supplements to ensure that he is healthy and has strong immune system. I recommend Herbalife N-R-G tablets and Vitamins and Minerals (Crushed and mixed with milk or juices , half tablet once daily).

With close to four years of taking care of two asthmatic children, I have noticed that letting you child eat the right kind of foods like vegetable and fruits helps so much in ensuring a healthy body hence lesser chance of getting sick.The Herbalife supplements have been very helpful in keeping them healthy and minimizing asthma attacks.

Medications can help only for short - term problems but is not advisable for longer use especially for children.

Every year, there are 529,00 women and 5.7 million newborns die, mostly from developing countries (WHO).

In the Philippines alone, 40% of women experience complications during pregnancy, childbirth, or after childbirth, and about 15% develop life threatening problems (DOH).

The mother’s poor health and poor childcare during pregnancy are the usual cause for the common problems encountered.

Ensuring a healthy diet is very important especially during pregnancy. Here’s some few tips to a healthy pregnancy diet:

1. Drink plenty of water. Minimum of 8 glasses and maximum of 12 glasses a day. Staying hydrated helps in avoidance of earlier labor and constipation.

2. Eat foods that are closest to its raw state. For example bananas are better than banana chips.

3. Protein is the building block of every cell in your body. Some studies have shown that adequate protein intake (75g a day or more) can protect you from experiencing problems such as eclampsia, pregnancy included hypertension, and other disorders.

4. Take the right amount of prenatal vitamins to ensure healthy growth of your baby.

5. Enjoy every minute of your time and stay focused on the positive thoughts.

Cell Complex includes a micro-nutrient blend with select botanicals to support cellular activity and enhance over all well-being.

One of its key ingredient is pycnogenol that is a very good anti-oxidant which is being studied as a treatment for many free-radical related disorders.

It contains 52mg of Dietary Fiber, 232mg Protein, 38mg Potassium, 18mg Magnesium and 11.7mg Calcium.

Take one to three capsules three times a day for dietary supplementation.

For best results combine with Shapeworks Formula 1, 2, 3: Nutitional Shake Mix, Vitamins and Mineral Tablet and Personalized Protein Powder.