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When some people hear the word “calorie”, it is often associated this with weight gain or weight loss. But do you really know and understand what calorie is? Understanding exactly what a calorie is, and why we count them, can help you make better dietary decisions! CALORIE DEFINED Calorie is a unit of measurement specifically defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. However, when "calorie" is used in reference to food, people are usually talking about the amount of kilocalories (kcal) a specific item has, which is what...

When some people hear the word “calorie”, it is often associated this with weight gain or weight loss. But do you really know and understand what calorie is? Understanding exactly what a calorie is, and why we count them, can help you make better dietary decisions! CALORIE DEFINED Calorie is a unit of measurement specifically defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. However, when "calorie" is used in reference to food, people are usually talking about the amount of kilocalories (kcal) a specific item has, which is what...

Are you on a diet or did you ever consider dieting? Then you know just how confusing it can be with all the conflicting advice. But it doesn’t have to be so complicated. We must understand that being on a diet takes discipline and some diet strategy may work better for you than them. So here is another interesting type of diet that might just work for you… What is really a KETO diet? KETO or KETOGENIC diet is an effective way to lose weight, lower risk factors for disease and has a lot of benefits to a variety of...

Are you on a diet or did you ever consider dieting? Then you know just how confusing it can be with all the conflicting advice. But it doesn’t have to be so complicated. We must understand that being on a diet takes discipline and some diet strategy may work better for you than them. So here is another interesting type of diet that might just work for you… What is really a KETO diet? KETO or KETOGENIC diet is an effective way to lose weight, lower risk factors for disease and has a lot of benefits to a variety of...

Did you know that urine is normally sterile? This means, it is completely free of bacteria and only has in it waste chemicals from all of the millions of chemical reactions that happen in your body all the time. But in some conditions chemicals that shouldn't normally be there get through the filtering systems in your kidneys and get into your urine. This is where the urine dipstick testing comes in. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT URINE DIPSTICK A urine reagent strip or dipstick is a firm plastic strip to which pads saturated with chemicals are affixed. The chemicals...

Did you know that urine is normally sterile? This means, it is completely free of bacteria and only has in it waste chemicals from all of the millions of chemical reactions that happen in your body all the time. But in some conditions chemicals that shouldn't normally be there get through the filtering systems in your kidneys and get into your urine. This is where the urine dipstick testing comes in. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT URINE DIPSTICK A urine reagent strip or dipstick is a firm plastic strip to which pads saturated with chemicals are affixed. The chemicals...

Kidneys are essential to having a healthy body. They impact on most of our body functions that if left untreated, can lead to death. So, what makes kidneys so important and how do they work? The major function of kidneys is the removal of wastes and extra fluid from the body. Kidneys also remove acid that is produced by the cells of the body and maintain a healthy balance of water, salts, and minerals—such as sodium, calcium, phosphorus, and potassium—in the blood. Without this balance, nerves, muscles, and other tissues in our body may not work normally. There are two kidneys, each about the...

Kidneys are essential to having a healthy body. They impact on most of our body functions that if left untreated, can lead to death. So, what makes kidneys so important and how do they work? The major function of kidneys is the removal of wastes and extra fluid from the body. Kidneys also remove acid that is produced by the cells of the body and maintain a healthy balance of water, salts, and minerals—such as sodium, calcium, phosphorus, and potassium—in the blood. Without this balance, nerves, muscles, and other tissues in our body may not work normally. There are two kidneys, each about the...

With today’s fast paced world, we might find ourselves caught up with busy schedules at work whether at home or in the office. Every so often, we may overlook our body’s need to exercise, eat the right meals or to even take a break. More often than not, we only notice things like these when our body finally demands us to go see a doctor. Some are fortunate enough to have detected their diseases at just the right moment to have it treated, but some may have discovered it a little too late. However, it doesn’t have to be that...