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!

I got invited to witness the So Easy Life Camp sponsored by Easy-Phamax.  They are the same company making your healthy wheatgrass drinks.  I have been promoting the good life to everyone and that includes a lot of things like following your dreams, staying positive, being active in sports and being healthy and well!

I was with Cheryl at that time and we were greeted by these positive signs 🙂

“Moving the body and massaging the abdomen will improve bowel function.”
That’s a fitness and colon-cleansing tip from actress and health buff Jackielou Blanco.

This and other health guidelines on reducing the risk of getting cancer are among the topics discussed at the So Easy Life Camp on April 30 at Dusit Thani Manila in Makati City.  The attendance to the half-day Life Camp was free. 🙂

*Life Campers ready to battle toxic substances and flush them out of their system!

Jackielou and two other international experts on weight loss and colon cleansing gavefree fitness sessions and consultations on the proper colon cleansing program for maximum effect, losing weight in three days, controlling food cravings.

One of the speakers, US-registered nutritionist and weight management expert Cheshire Que shared how every Filipino can practice self-discipline by eating less than one’s usual food intake and eventually get used to the feeling and habit of healthy eating.

Malaysia-registered dietitian and nutritionist Penny Chong returned once more to Manila to talk about the importance of a regular colon-cleansing, how and why a dirty colon leads to other life-threatening diseases. Ms. Chong travels around the world for her advocacy on colon cleansing.

 

Registered nurses gave participants free wellness checks on their blood pressure, blood sugar, body fat, visceral (stomach) fat, metabolic age.

That’s my blood sugar level 😛 81 meaning normal *phew* relief!

and the other picture was of me and the nurse trying to prick my finger with a stapler-like looking device.

… and you know how scared I get when I am confronted with these things!

 

I wasn’t able to finish the seminar because I had to leave for a very important photo shoot and therefore missed the discussions.  If you want to know more, read through When In Manila’s detailed and illustrative blog post about what kind of toxins you flush down your toilet bowl.

 

The seminar was sponsored by Easy Pha-max Phils. Inc, the country’s leading distributor of wheatgrass-based health products, which includes So Easy Colon Cleanse – the only product that has oil palm fiber that lubricates the linings of the intestines and flushes out hardened body waste from the colon.

 

*If you are interested to join the So Easy Life Camp on their next camping session, just visit their official website to get the latest updates on schedules for this.  You can also buy the kit and do it on your own – but doing it with other campers and camp directors during any So Easy Life Camp will be better because you would be properly guided.

I’m sure you’ve heard of the many qualities and nutrients you can get from drinking Wheat Grass ^_^  Easy Pha-max has been the country’s leading distributor of wheatgrass-based health products.  Easy Phamax is unique among other Wheat Grass products because it’s the only one that also uses the roots of the wheat grass which has more nutrients that’s good for your body.

The first Lifestyle Center that gives Filipinos easy access to health resources in a relaxed setting opened just yesterday, January 20 2011 at the SM Mall of Asia.  Mall shoppers looking for other healthy lifestyle options will find their answer in the Lifestyle Center located at the 2nd level, south wing of SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

Easy Pha-max CEO Edward Ling said it is one-stop for the company’s wheatgrass-based health products that include Wheatgrass Pure, Wheatgrass with Honey, Bio Coffee, So Easy Colon Cleanse, Whea-gee (for kids), Bio Soy Milk, Skywheatgrass Plus, Insupro Forte (anti-diabetes), among others.  Other products like Wheatgrass ready-to-drink (in can) will retail soon.

What is Easy Pha-max Wheat Grass?

To those who still have no clue about the benefits wheat grass can give to your body, then allow me to explain.

Easy Pha-max is a subsidiary of INS Bioscience which is engaged in the scientific research and development and commercialization of herbal remedies and bioscience products in Malaysia.  Easy Pha-max is the only company that uses both the leaves and roots of the wheatgrass to get the maximum amount of proteins, minerals and chlorophyll that neutralize toxins and restores alkalinity to the blood.

Me and Vince enjoying our Wheat grass drink.

What’s in the Lifestyle Center?

You will be surprised – because I was!  This is when I say being healthy isn’t boring! Being healthy is cool!

Many things are going on in the Easy Pha-max Lifestyle center customers shopping at the mall can have their health check-ups from experience nurses and dietitians.

Some of the cool check-ups are:

• Live Blood Analysis (LBA) – identifies traces of cholesterol, uric acid and damaged cells in the blood
• Body Scan – it provides information on the body’s health condition and can tell you your “metabolic” age

My goodness – I bet my “metabolic” age is of a 40 year old.  But some healthy folks in the lifestyle center have a younger “metabolic” age than their real age O_o.  Unfortunately, I ran off to another meeting and wasn’t able to have my LBA and Body Scan tests.  But, I will do this soon and I will share my results even if I fail .  This will challenge me to achieve a more beautiful blood stream and healthier skin, hair and physique follows when your insides are healthy

Grand Launch of the Easy Pha-max Lifestyle Center in SM Mall of Asia

We were graced by Easy Pha-max endorser Dyan Castillejo.  Dyan is a sposrtscaster/athlete who has been endorsing Easy Pha-max for two years already.  She mentioned that she could talk about health and fitness for a long time and how Easy Pha-max has been a part of her daily diet.

Dyan Castillejo and Edward Ling of Easy Pha-max

“Where have you been all my life wheat grass?”

Stay healthy everyone – remember, health is wealth! ^_^

check out their website at http://www.easypha-max.ph/

xoxo,

I love Grass <3

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