Category Archives: Health & Medicine

Aquino Challenges Presidential Candidates To Undergo Psychological Testing, Citing Himself As Role Model

April 23, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

LIPA CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) -President Aquino challenged all presidential candidates yesterday to voluntarily undergo medical and psychological examinations to prove that they are fit to lead the nation for the next six years. He issued this challenge at the inauguration of the Lipa-Alaminos road in Batangas.

Aquino said that voters have the right to ask and know about the health conditions of the candidates as the job of a president entails a lot of stress and can be exhausting.

As a tip, he urged voters to elect someone who can survive the rigors of a six-year term and effect meaningful changes within that span of time.

At the same time, he told the candidates that they should not be afraid of undergoing tests. Having medical or psychological conditions do not necessarily make anyone unfit to become president.

“Look at me,” the president said, “I miraculously survived 6 years of being president despite consistently failing in my psychological tests.”

Take it from the pro!

Food, Government, Health & Medicine

USDA Reclassifies Wine As Fruit, Coffee And Chocolate As Vegetables

April 10, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – If you consume wine and coffee or eat chocolates on a regular basis, you no longer need to feel guilty about it.

In a stunning announcement today, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reclassified wine as fruit and coffee and chocolate as vegetables. This means that it will now be much easier for Americans to follow the government’s nutritional guide, MyPlate, released in June, 2011.

MyPlate is the current nutrition guide published by the USDA — a pie chart depicting a place setting with a plate and glass divided into five food groups. It replaced the USDA’s MyPyramid guide, ending 19 years of USDA food pyramid diagrams.

MyPlate is divided into sections of approximately 30 percent grains, 40 percent vegetables, 10 percent fruits and 20 percent protein, accompanied by a smaller circle representing dairy, such as a glass of milk or a yogurt cup.

MyPlate is supplemented with additional recommendations, such as “Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.”

USDA says that it just makes sense to classify wine as fruit since it comes from grapes, and to consider both coffee and chocolate as vegetables because they come from plants.

For many years now, consumers have been barraged with studies and news articles about the health benefits of wine, coffee and chocolate. The USDA announcement should not come as a surprise.

Here’s to a healthier, fun diet!

Health & Medicine, Science and Environment

Move Over, Low-Carb Diet, Here Comes The Low-Carbon Diet

March 29, 2016 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) – Danish researchers at the University of Copenhagen looking at the effects of global warming have uncovered a startling phenomenon involving diet and nutrition.

The researchers found that high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in humans causes weight gain, and sometimes, obesity.

Researcher Lars-Georg Hersoug stumbled on a weird anomaly while studying cardiovascular health and obsesity. Over a 22-year period, both thin and fat people put on weight, and the increase was proportionally the same.

CO2 appears to make our blood more acidic, which influences our brain to want to eat more. Hersoug surmised that excess CO2 in the atmosphere might be affecting hormones in the brain known as orexin neurons. Orexins stimulate eating, wakefulness and energy expenditure.

Danish researchers at the University of Copenhagen conducted further testing. Under controlled conditions, men with the greater amount of CO2 in their blood ate 6 percent more food than men in climate rooms with less CO2.

The Danish findings prompted Weight Watchers and other diet experts to throw out the popular low-carb diet and replace it with low-carbon diet.

The low-carbon diet does not involve any special food intake or avoidance of any food items or ingredients. Rather, it promotes the use of surgical face masks , 24 hours a day, to avoid exposure to excessive amounts of carbon dioxide, which ultimately will reduce food cravings.

Have scientists found the key to reducing both global warming and obesity?