Home Hacks Design

Home Hacks Design for the bathroom such as Simple Hacks To A Prettier Bathroom. Similarly, this also feature Toilet Shopping Tips.

Another Home Hacks Design are for kitchen like Cleaning Tips For Your Dirty Kitchen and cleaning products that is perfect for cleaning.

Kitchen Hacks You Wish You Should Have Known Before like the other great use of paper towels.

Creating an effective cleaning schedule; divide it into categories; daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly.

Cleaning schedule that you also need to consider are those that is done every 4 months such as air conditioner cleaning, pest control, and deep cleaning of windows.

Cleaning of roof and rain gutter are done every year. Cleaning/draining of the septic tank should be done every 3 years or 5 years.

Cost of home make over and DIY for cheaper make over ideas.

Bedroom decorations ideas and where to buy the cheapest bed lines.

Kitchen make over ideas and DIYs for cheaper make over ideas.

Tropical living room themed and where to buy cheap tropical plants.

Home make over ideas in the Philippines. Home interior ideas in the Philippines

Mommy Blog with home hacks topic in the Philippines.

Where to buy cheap wood furniture in the Philippines.

Price of Aluminum Screen Door in the Philippines. Price of the brown aluminum and silver aluminum.

Furniture stores in the Philippines. Abad Santos furniture store address.

Uratex foam custom cut online. Uratex foam price online.

Someone will scream in delight…

my little sister is coming for the long weekend.. and I am pretty sure she would scream in delight when she sees this:

My sigarilyas bearing fruit! It happened right after the flood.. I think my plants were threatened by the flood and started bearing fruit.. I have noticed that after Ondoy, the fruit bearing trees in the subdivision started to flower and bear fruit earlier.. ang galing di ba, they feel like their existence was threated kaya they bear fruit para di maubos ang lahi nila.. haay nature!

My sigarilyas has been flowering for what seems like forever..but because of plant worms, the flowers never made it..hahays..pero ngayon.. ay naloka ako ng bongga when I saw the fruit! Another gardening dream fulfilled!

Sadly, my sili did not survived the flood.. good thing, I already harvested some of its fruit a few days before the flood:

Oh well, I just have to pant another sili, this time I will plant it on a pot.. mother said, sili never really liked water, that’s why it died after the flood.

Lose More, Live More: The Wonders Of Fiber

It is a wake up call!

Obviously I need to change my diet and incude more fiber on it. I am now taking C-lium 2-3 times a day and saying NO to foods high in cholesterol and taking care of my body more.

Now, why do I need more fiber and what is it with C-lium that made it to my diet?

Fiber acts as sponge to bad cholesterol and according to C-lium website, fiber also promotes healthy digestion. Aside from regularizing bowel movements it also help redue the risk of digestive track related diseases. Fiber being a sponge to bad cholesterol, helps reduce the risk of heart disease.

So what happens if you do not take enough fiber and ends up having fiber deficiency?

Not good eh? but before you start chewing anything with fiber, you have to know that not all fiber acts that way. There are two types of fiber, insoluble and soluble and only the soluble fiber. Only the soluble can helps you lower your bad cholesterol. And soluble fiber can be found in fruits and vegetables.

One of the best source of soluble fiber is Psyllium, in fact, there is 71 grams of soluble fiber for every 100 grams of Psyllium. And you know what? C-lium is made from 100% natural Psyllium fiber, making it your 100% natural best fiber source.

So yes, that’s the main reason why I am taking C-lium2-3 times daily…if you have been following me, you know how much my bad cholesterol is doing and how high my triglycerides are. My goal is to lower it in a span of one month and by end of August we will see how much C-lium does to my body 🙂 and I have my faith on C-lium!

But you might be curious to know how I was during the flood, I mean health wise..well f course, I was not able to exercise during that time but I always made sure that I take C-lium and eat less. Oh by the way, I found an effective way to eat less.. that is eating in a small bowl like this one:

and yes, even during the flood, when all you can is eat.. I use this magic bowl 🙂

How about you? How was your journey so far?

Or have you joined C-Lium Lose More Live More promo?

Lez gow na! Let’s Lose More and Live More!

ILO, UNICEF and WHO hail significant increase in breastfeeding rates

1 August 2012, Manila, Philippines. On the commemoration of Global Breastfeeding Week, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) congratulated the Government of the Philippines for the significant increase in exclusive breastfeeding rates in the country. Recent figures released by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI-DOST) showed that exclusive breastfeeding rates have risen from 36 per cent in 2008 to 47 per cent in 2011. The initiation of breastfeeding within one hour of delivery has increased from 32 per cent in 2008 to 52 per cent in 2011.

At the same time, there are still substantial disparities in exclusive breastfeeding rates within the Philippines. Data from the recent Family Health Survey (FHS) in 2011 showed that exclusive breastfeeding rates in some areas of the country are as low as 27 per cent. Further efforts will be needed to increase the exclusive breastfeeding to be truly at the universal level, which will have a significant impact on the nutritional status of children in the Philippines. Exclusive breastfeeding is the best way to provide babies with the nutrients they need during the first six months of life, and means giving the baby no additional liquids or solid food – not even water.

WHO Representative in the Philippines, Dr. Soe Nyunt-U commented:
“Breastfeeding can save the lives of both mothers and babies, this is one of the important interventions to reducing child mortality and improving maternal health. The increase in breastfeeding rates takes us that much closer to achieving the Millennium Development Goals in child health. We should continue to intensify the campaign to promote, protect and support breastfeeding in order to gain more grounds.”

The government is leading the initiatives on breastfeeding promotion across the country in collaboration with various partners. It is this concerted effort along with a strong, policy and legislative framework that is making a difference.

“We know that efforts to increase breastfeeding rates take the cooperation and commitment of many actors from different sectors. What we have seen in recent years is a coming together of many different partners from the government, political leaders, NGOs, other civil society organizations and media to support these efforts. This is the key to sustained improvements in breastfeeding and ultimately in physical and mental development of children in the Philippines,” Tomoo Hozumi, UNICEF Representative says.
One of the challenges for breastfeeding is the period when a mother returns to work. Many working women face difficulties with the risk of income loss after giving birth.
“Working women often feel the pressure of immediately reporting back to work and giving up breastfeeding for fear of losing their job or returning to work with lower pay or position,” said Director Lawrence Jeff Johnson of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Office for the Philippines.

The ILO has been working to encourage employers to support women’s rights to breastfeed during work hours.

“Workplaces which provide space and time for mothers to continue breastfeeding, profit in terms of increased productivity, reduced parental absence, lower healthcare costs, higher rate of return to work, increased staff loyalty and reduced training budget,” said Director Johnson.

Another important part of creating a supportive environment for breastfeeding is having a strong policy and legal framework that is in line with the globally agreed codes of conduct to regulate the marketing of breastmilk substitutes such as infant formula, and the global strategies on infant and young child feeding as endorsed by the World Health Assembly.

“The strong legislative and policy framework in the Philippines is being recognized as one of the best in the world, protecting every Filipino mother’s right to breastfeed. The Milk Code or Executive Order 51, signed by President Corazon Aquino back in 1986 ensures that breastfeeding is protected and women are given clear information on the benefits of breastfeeding without undue influence of infant formula companies. The very substantial improvement in the exclusive breastfeeding rate that we are seeing today is a dividend of such efforts made by leaders and people in the Philippines over the last two decades. These laws are something which the whole nation should be proud of and continue to uphold,” Hozumi added.

For more information, please contact:
ILO, Minette Rimando, rimando@ilo.org, Tel: +63 2 580.9905/9900 Mobile 09175353162
UNICEF, Marge Francia, mfrancia@unicef.org, Tel. +63 2 901.0173 Mobile 09178589447
WHO, Cora Acosta, who.phl@wpro.who.int, Tel + 63 2 338.7479

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