DISCOVER HEALTH

Assalamualaikum. Let's talk about sugar.  When I was younger, I thought sugar was only used in beverages - coffees & teas.  However, as time passed by I realized sugar was added not only in beverages but also in many of the on shelf products.  ( including canned food, instant meals, yoghurt drinks etc. Learn to read the ingredients, not all product are labelled honestly ) Then came another surprise, many people include sugar as an essential ingredient for a variety of cooking recipes. I am not talking about desserts, I'm talking about gravy, soups and curry. A hint of sugar is okay.  A lot of sugar is poison.  Here are 6 of the health problems that may be trigger from consuming too much sugar :- 1) Weight gain ( Obesity )  ~ Studies have shown, sugar is one of the major contributors to obesity.  ~ Fructose is linked to increased hunger, thus the desire to eat more.  2) Diabetes ( High blood sugar ) ~ Diabetes takes many years before symptoms a...

Assalamualaikum :)  Finally! Making a comeback after many years of hiatus.  Recently, I found out that constipation is a common occurrence among many of us including children.  However it is rarely discussed or given the attention it deserves. Today, let's talk about this.  Left untreated, constipation could be the root cause of many diseases.  How? When our bowels are slow, it delays the elimination of stool/faeces ( poop ) - this may lead to accumulation of faeces in out colon. As time goes by, the faeces dump will only gets bigger ( unless the issue has been addressed and solved ) Imagine having a huge pile of poop in our colon, understand that it doesn't just lay there being innocent not releasing any substances - it is not innocent and it releases health threatening stuff back into our system.  Trapped faeces does release toxins, next it encourages the growth of bad bacteria in our colon and trigger inflammation. It does not end there, this i...