A healthy lifestyle involves proper exercise and a well-balanced diet composed of foods low in fat and sugar and rich in fiber such as fruits and vegetables.

Fiber-rich products soon invade the market and attract not just the health-conscious people but also those who want to push for healthy living. People who want to lose weight also take interest in foods that have high fiber content.

Weight Loss

One of the reasons why fiber is popular is because of its ability to reduce weight.

There are three reasons why it is effective in losing weight.

1.  First, it delays digestion of food in the intestines that’s why a person feels full for a longer time.

2.  Second, since fibrous foods require longer chewing time, the brain sends signals to its appetite center that food supply is enough. In addition, the production of additional saliva and stomach juices due to prolonged chewing also help fill the stomach.

3.  Lastly, fiber promotes regular waste elimination.

More benefits of Fiber

1. trip to the toilet made easy! 😛

Fiber prevents bowel movement disorders like constipation, hemorrhoids, divecticulosis, diverticulitis, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) from occurring. Fiber absorbs water from the bowels and eventually softens and increases the bulk of stools. A bulky and soft stool is easier to eliminate thereby preventing the build-up of fecal wastes in the body.

2. Improves over-all health condition

Not many people may be aware of this, but fiber improves one’s over-all health condition. Soluble fiber found in oats and beans is found to lower the bad cholesterol level of the body and slows down the absorption of sugar in the body. This way, the body maintains its normal glucose level and the risk of diabetes is reduced. A diet rich in fiber also reduces blood pressure and controls inflammation, preventing heart diseases.

3. Prevent diseases

Aside from heart ailments, several studies proved that fiber-rich foods also prevent the occurrence of certain diseases like diabetes and cancer.

Experts believe that fiber plays an important role in preventing certain kinds of cancer like colon, ovarian, and breast cancer. For instance, colon cancer can be avoided if one’s diet is rich in fiber because it nourishes healthy bacteria in the colon to prevent toxic substances and carcinogens from attacking the intestines. Fiber produces a certain fatty acid called butyrate that helps prevent colon cancer.

High-fiber diet is also the simplest way to fight diabetes. Fiber regulates the glucose level in the body since it slowly absorbs the sugar. A regular glucose level is important to reduce the risk of getting diabetes.

Where I get my rich source of fiber 🙂

I must admit, I am not a veggie fan but I am slowly introducing it more and more to my daily diet because I know that my body needs it.  But there’s one fiber source I love to take and it gives me more than just fiber!

Give your body the right amount of fiber and nutrients it needs by including Easy Pha-max wheatgrass in your daily diet. Every sachet of this all-natural product contains the essential elements—carbohydrates, proteins, fatty acids, 17 amino acids, 13 vitamins, 10 minerals, more than 100 types of enzymes, chlorophyll, and fiber— needed by the body to keep it strong and healthy.

It’s also available in can and you can buy it in 7/11 stores! Lucky we have 7/11 by our pole dance venue!  There are times where I’m hungry but couldn’t eat an hour before pole class, so I just drink this instead 😀  I personally love the honey flavor!  It tastes like a cool cereal drink or horlicks 😀 I’m sure you’ll love it too!

You can buy the products – pure and honeyed flavor – in affordable value packs in leading drugstores like Mercury, Watsons, Rose Pharmacy, Manson, Med Express, Curamed Pharmacy and at Easy Pha-max kiosks located at SM, Robinsons, Landmark, Shopwise, S&R, Cherry Foodarama, Market! Market!, Gaisano, Boracay Budgetmart. More info can be read on www.wheatgrasscan.com or you can call them at 890-1111.

Two contests for the young — ahem, that’s me —- and the not-so-very-young are ongoing on Facebook. Really, there are so many contests there, but these two got my attention.

For one, I’m into healthy lifestyle. Or I try my damned best to be. 

Two, these contests are encouraging us to channel our creative juices to be funny, quirky, amusing, nutty but with good intentions.  Whoa!!!

Anyway, if you’re all of the above…. Me, I’m batty all the time but lovable nevertheless — visit the Easy Pha-max Wheatgrass CAN fan page. Like that page before you send your entry.

The mechanics of the two contests are also found there.

1.       “Shake the Grass” video contest  –

3 winners will be announced on August 19.

How do you win?  3 categories such as Best Video, Most Liked and Most viewed.

Cool cool prizes for each category:
a.   Samsung Galaxy Tab for the Most Liked video
b.   Most number of views -   P3,000 cash and this elegant Wheatgrass ready-to-drink shirt
c.  An Apple iPod Touch 4th Gen 8gb  –  for the best video which will be determined on originality (50%), creativity (40%) and quality of the video (10%).

2.        “I can change for the good” foto contest

Prize at stake is dinner with Alodia and Ashley, plus a special Easy Pha-max gift pack. 

Top 3 winners will be based on the most number of likes of their fotos, the best foto, and the best “I change for the good” pledge.

So guys, I’m sure before the 57 days countdown, you would have had the time to create a video,  take a good foto of yourself and thought of a good promise you know you can keep.Winners will be announced on August 19.

How I shake Wheatgrass CAN

*disclaimer: the photos are edited and photoshopped.  I believe you can’t do this when  you join the contest.  For illustration purposes only 😛

cross ankle inverted shake!

cross knee inverted shake!

under the sea shake shake!

The ultimate surfing shake!

Do you already have a summer destination in mind where you’ve always wanted to frolic on the beach and get that sun-kissed complexion that your friends will envy?

Easy Pha-max Philippines, the country’s leading distributor of Wheatgras-based health products has launched a summer getaway promo that you can’t ignore.
Called the Easy Pha-max Boracay Getaway, the summer promo offers you the chance to win a Boracay vacation for you and three of  your friends for three days and two nights, all expenses paid!  Topping this generous offer is a PhP5,000 pocket money for the lucky group.

How to join?  Just “LIKE” the Wheatgrass CAN Facebook page to qualify for the instant barkada summer vacation promo which ends on April 30. Only one raffle entry  per account is allowed. The electronic raffle will be held on May 2.

Visit http://www.facebook.com/#!/EPPIwheatgrass to know more about the promo.

That’s me in Boracay, staying in shape with healthy Wheatgrass now in CAN!  Stay healthy, live fully – enjoy summer everyone!