How Does Food, Dietary Supplements and Physical Activities Associate with Our Health

Good morning friends, I would like to share what I’d learned from the health talk organized by National Cancer Centre Singapore, on 7^th January 2017, about “Impact of food, dietary supplements and physical activity on cancer management”, shared by Ms Chang.

Based on study, the total number of cancer cases in Singapore does not showing any sign of decreasing throughout the years.

Top three cancer cases for male are colorectal, lung and prostate cancer.

While for the female, the top three cancer cases are breast, colorectal and lung cancer.

150 minutes of exercise per week are recommended for everybody regardless of your health.

From the study, it is clearly that dietary and food choices are associated with our health.

The recommended daily diet composition are:

There are 52% of adults in the US are currently on supplements, however, there are no significant improvements in cancer treatments, and may actually increase mortality!

Alcohol intake is linked to the risk of some primary cancers:

Red meat such as beef, mutton, pork, duck, and processed food has been link to cancer risk, especially colorectal cancer:

While reduction of red meat and processed meat could reduce the rick of colorectal cancer by 70%:

So, what's in actually inside of the red meat that causes it so harmful to our health?

Plastic has been related to hormone disruption:

From the study, increasing in fruits and vegetables intake will reduce the risk of getting cancer:

For full resolution of these photos and more photos about fats, cooking oil, Omega-3 and Omega-6, trans-fatty acid, processed food, etc, please click on the link below:

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Do you know what there are cancerous cells inside each one of us, however, it is depends on our immune system to destroy these cancerous cells while it is still not life threatening! A healthy immune system is the key to a healthy life!

How can we keep our immune system healthy? Nutritional Immunologist has the answer for this question:

http://nisuperfood.blogspot.sg/2016/09/nutritional-immunology-by-dr-jau-fei.html

What is Nutritional Immunology?

http://nisuperfood.blogspot.sg/2016/09/what-is-nutritional-immunology.html

Understand your immune system:

http://nisuperfood.blogspot.sg/2016/09/understand-your-immune-system.html

If dietary supplements are able to help to cure diseases, why till today, mortality rate still climbing high?

http://nisuperfood.blogspot.sg/2016/10/if-dietary-supplements-are-able-to-help.html

How do I consume 28 types of fruits and veggies in my daily meal? 

http://nisuperfood.blogspot.sg/2016/11/synthetic-vs-wholesome-part-3.html

"Health is like MONEY, we never have a true idea of its value until we LOSE IT." John Billings

I wish all of you stay healthy and be cheerful, because, life is precious and beautiful.

Casper Teo

82183033

casperteo.ct@gmail.com

Synthetic Vs. Wholesome Part 3

How do I make sure I have sufficient vitamins and minerals intake without taking vitamin supplements?

How much fruits and vegetables do we need daily? Based on USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), for every meal, we must fill half of our plate with fruits and vegetables. 

More info please click here --> MyPlate 

Based on WHO (World Health Organization), we must consume at least 5 portions of fruits and vegetables a day. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassava and other starchy roots are not classified as fruits or vegetables. More info about healthy diet from WHO --> HealthyDiet

It is very clear that experts are aware that human should consume more plants than meats in order to be healthy. However, it is a challenge for us who living a fast paced lifestyle. We tend to eat our meals at irregular timing, consume less variety of fruits and vegetables, or loss of nutrients of vegetables due to overcook. 

As a conclusion, there are many benefits of eating more wholesome vegetables and fruits everyday. 

However, most people will choose to take vitamin supplements (or multivitamins) to secure their health. Reasons are:

• Convenience (take vitamin C as example, instead of peeling an orange and have to wash hands after eating, vitamin C pills/capsules are convenient way for replenish loss of vitamin C in body)
• Longer storage shelf life (vitamin supplements can keep in the bottle/packaging for longer period because it is synthetically produced, and chemicals is added as preservatives, while fresh fruits will get decomposed in short period of time)
• Cheaper (with lower price, multivitamin pills provides more vitamins and nutrients than fresh fruits and vegetables)
• Advertisements (Health benefits by taking vitamin supplements)
• etc etc.

In spite of everything, as I mentioned at earlier articles about synthetic vitamins (Click to read previous articles: Part 1 and Part 2) , thus, I choose to eat wholesome plants and fruits for my daily vitamin and mineral intake.

Due to frequent eating outside, although I did cook sometimes, it is very hard for me to eat enough of vegetables and fruits everyday. And that is why I choose to take VegeColor in helping me to take enough of vitamins and minerals! 

What is so special about VegeColor?

• Each packet of VegeColor contains 28 types of fruits and vegetables! (Yes, is 28 types of different colors of fruits and vegetables!). With one packet of VegeColor, you can easily take 28 types of fruits and vegetables each meal!) Take a look at the ingredients of VegeColor:

and this amount of fruits and vegetables are equivalent to

• No washing, no cutting, and no cooking is needed! All you have to do is just sprinkle on your food and stir it, then eat it. ^^

• It has passed through various of strict safety inspections, such as micro-organism, heavy metal, 1822 types of poison, and micro-lens tests.

• It was manufactured with high-end technology techniques, which is freeze-drying, that is why it is able to fit all 28 types of fruits and vegetables in to small, convenient packet, and still retain its nutrients!

• It is chemical free, pesticide free and preservatives free!

• It is wholesome!

• It is suitable for vegan / vegetarian. 

Below is the video showing how my friends and I incorporate VegeColor in our daily diet, and how easy it is!

Enjoy watching the video!!

PM to find out more

Cheers
Casper Teo

82183033

Synthetic Vs. Wholesome Part 2

Q1: What is vitamin?
A1: Vitamin, is a class of substances that is crucial not only in maintain human life activities but also an important active substances that maintain human health. Although the amount of vitamin in our body is very very small, however, it plays an important role in human growth, metabolism, and also development process.

Q2: Can folic acid reduce cancer risk?
A2: Folic acid, closely related to folate, is a B vitamin. It may be found in many vegetables, soy, fruits, and whole grains. Lack of folic acid is said to increase the risk for colorectal and breast cancer. Scientists recommend taking folic acid from plant food sources to reduce cancer risk.

Q3: Can vitamin C reduce cancer risk?
A3: Vitamin C is found in many fruits and vegetables and many studies have linked such fruits and vegetables with cancer prevention. However, studies on Vitamin C pills could not be linked with reduced cancer risk.

Q4: What is the difference between a wholesome plant food and vitamin pills?
A4: Vitamin pills are nutrient which artificial extracted and are not diseases-preventable. They contain only part of the plant nutrients, and can not be compared with the wholesome nutrition, thus overdose will bring side effects. Wholesome plant food, however, will not have any side effects. Inside the wholesome plant food, there are rich in phytochemicals, antioxidants, polysaccharides and other nutrients, all these are important substances which can be used to enhance the body's immune function.

Q5: Can vitamin pills replace a well-balanced diet?
A5: No, the best sources of vitamin intake is through a wholesome plant based diet. Replacing a balanced diet with vitamin pills can lead to a body's dependence on vitamin pills, and overdose can also lead to poisoning.

Q6: Can vitamin pills reduce cancer risk?
A6: Thus far, no evidence shows that vitamin pills can reduce cancer risk. Results of clinical tests linking vitamin pills and cancer prevention have been disappointing. Some studies have shown that vitamin pills reduce stomach cancer risk for the severely malnourished people of China and South America. However, when high dose of some nutrients were administered, results showed no benefits and even harm in some cases. Many experts maintain that whole foods are the best source of nutrients. They say that a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and other plant foods may reduce the risk of cancer as these foods may reduce the risk of cancer as these foods contain many healthy compounds such as antioxidants, phytochemicals, and polysaccharides, which are not found in a vitamin bottle. In many cases, scientists have not been able to isolate the exact compounds that give this beneficial effect.

Q7: What are the possible side effects of taking too much vitamin pills?

A7: Excessive amounts of vitamin A may lead to osteoporosis, fatigue, liver damage; excessive vitamin B may cause paralysis, depression; excessive vitamin C may lead to heart and liver disease; excessive vitamin D may lead to kidney disease; excessive vitamin E may slow down Immune function, leading to fatigue and so on.

Q8: Why excessing of eating plant food does not cause side effects like vitamin pill?

A8: Vitamins found inside plant are exist in the form of natural molecular structure, it is easily digested and absorbed by the body, thus there is no side effects. Once the vitamin is separated from the plant and is process to the form of pills, it is no longer a complete food, because the original balance has been destroyed, which turns it into a chemical, and it is possible to cause side effects. When the vitamin is present in an orange, it is an antioxidant; and after separation, it is no longer an antioxidant, on the contrary, it will create hundreds of millions of free radicals, which is extremely harmful to the human body.