 Moringa Oleifera Lank Malunggay, known scientifically by its botanical name Moringan Oleifera Lank ( also called kamunggay by the Visayans and marunggay by Ilicanos in the Philippines), is a veritable miracle vegetable tree in the Philippines and in all countries in the tropics. It is so rich in nutrients that its image is used as the official logo of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) if the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Add Comment  Eating Outside Eating out is an important part of daily life in the world today and the trend (an expensive one) continues to grow unabated. According to the National Restaurant Association, each American, eight years and older, are an average of 4.3 commercially prepared meals per week in 1998, up from 3.9 meals just five years earlier. If going to a restaurant is the only way to coerce the family to eat together regularly, at least attempt to make the experience beneficial socially and nutritionally by following some simple suggestions from the American Heart Association:  Lactose intolerance is a condition which arises from a genetic inability of the intestine to digest lactose, the pre3dominant sugar in all dairy products. The National Dairy Council reports that as much as 90 percent of Asians suffer from lactose intolerance.
The intestinal enzyme called lactose breaks down lactose into simple sugar that the body can easily digest. Lactose intolerant people, however, have an inadequate amount of such enzyme. In about 30 minutes to two hours after eating lactose-containing foods, symptoms appear in varying degrees of severity, depending on the amount of lactose ingested and how much of lactose ingested and how much lactose is present in the individual.  Castor Oil Plant Not long ago, a Bulgarian political refugee in London died three days after a mysterious stranger jabbed him in the leg with a sharpened umbrella tip. Autopsy revealed a minute hollow pellet deep in his wound that, it was believed, contained a fatal poison.
From the nature of his slow death, it was determined that this substance was ricin, an intensely toxic substance (more poisonous than snake venom) present in the castor oil bean. It is not present in castor oil but remains in the bean "cake" after the oil has been extracted. The cake can be rendered safe for human parts of the world, including Mexico.  Coffee The belief expressed by many asthmatics that coffee drinking can help relieve their attacks has been given scientific support by a study that has just been reported in the Medical World News.
Theo-bromine, natural chemical of the coffee plant, affects the body in almost the same way as theophylline , one of the most common used drugs for asthma.  Woman Drinks Alcohol Most people who drink do not consider themselves "problem drinkers." However, according to the National Council on Alcoholism, it is only since the 1970s that may research has been focused on women and alcohol.
A women who wishes to make personal choices in terms of her physical and psychological well-being must inform herself and act in her own self interest. It is hoped that the information that follows will enable you to meet the challenges of substance abuse.Here are some of the facts that have been emerging:  Cholera Patient Cholera is a dreaded epidemic disease that causes such violent diarrhea that its victims may die from dehydration a few hours after they begin to feel unwell. Occurring mostly in tropical countries which have poor hygiene, cholera classically spreads from person to person in contaminated drinking water.
In the last few years, however, small cholera outbreaks have occurred in Europe in places where the hygiene is above reproach. Until recently, these little epidemic could not be explained, but now we may have the answer.  Cereal Muffin The trouble with most cholesterol-lowering diets, comments Postgraduate Medicine is that they involves far too many don'ts and only a few do's.
Most of us find it difficult to reduce our intake of animal fats by significant amounts. Another problem we have is that, by increasing our intake of roughage (dietary fiber), we can only lower the blood cholesterol by about 10 percent. When the blood cholesterol level is dangerously high, of course, one has to take a cholesterol-lowering drug, and a few unlucky people need to do so all the time. But what should the average person wishing to lower the blood cholesterol do without resorting to medication?  Meatless Food Who says you need meat for food? Muscular strength does not come the eating of flesh foods. And no less than the Divine Creator has prescribed that plant foods can best supply your needs for health, support, strength, and maintenance of your body. If you are planning to go meatless in your diet, know first the reasons on doing so. Care and skill are needed in planning this kind of diet. Consider a gradual shift from your usual meat-full to meatless diet, and the availability and cost of fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, and roots. So probably it's time to change diets. Actually it's not hard to go meatless.
 Blood Test On Hepatitis B One of the most contagious and most insidious of all the STDs, the hepatitis B virus can cause a debilitating liver disease that has no known cure or effective treatment. It is spread like the virus causes AIDS - through blood contact with body fluids that contain it - but is considered to be about 100 times as contagious because it may even be spread by contaminated acupuncture needles, dental equipment, and even manicuring tools, as well as by saliva exchanged in kissing. It is difficult to estimates the number of people who carry the infection because half of them may develop no symptoms. Of these, many remain contagious for a lifetime, spreading liver disease that makes its victims 200 times more likely to develop liver cancer than their non-infected counterparts. While there has been a decline in cases among homosexual men because of a change in there sexual habits, there has been a considerable increase among sexually active heterosexuals with many partners.
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