30 days Fit and Fab

I love Lemon infused water and I have a habit to drink 3 glass of lemon infused water in the morning with empty stomach. It does a lot of goodness for my body. I am very seldom getting sick and even when I have mild cold, I just drink lemon infused water more than usual and it goes away without taking any medication.

To dive deeper about Micro-nutrients and its supplements, I recommend this book. They tell us in detail about each of the micro-nutrients benefits and how to calculate personal RDI

What are Food Supplements ? The idea of food supplements come when we are not getting enough nutrition from our food as main source. Their roles are to fill in the gaps not to replace the meals. Food supplements can be vitamins, minerals delivered in the form of pills, tablets, capsules etc. Who needs Food Supplements ? As mentioned that everyone should aim for well balance diet from the food. However, there are certain groups or individual may need advise about supplements even when they eat a healthy balance diet eg. pregnant women, growing up children, individuals on specific medications, or those in older age who have weak immune systems. However, in today's world, it's a fact that most people are not getting enough micro nutritions from the food, because of many factors that contribute into it . Therefore, it's advisable to know each of individual ODI (Optimum Daily Intake) and fill in which macro-nutritions we are lacking with Food supplements. W...

As we know, vitamins and minerals are essential to good health. But how do we know whether we are getting sufficient nutrients to ensure our well-being ? That's why RDI is established based on the research by Food and Nutrition Board - National Institutes of Health, USA. What is RDI (Recommended Daily Intake) for Vitamin and Minerals ? RDI is the recommended daily amount of vitamins and minerals you need to take in order to stay healthy and well nourished. Lacking of vitamins and minerals can cause problems, on the other hand, overdosed by these amounts may get us into another trouble too. Therefore, everyone needs to have personalised RDI based on their body, genetics, activities etc. This is a general guidelines for RDI How can we achieve the RDI ? By eating a well-balance diet every day. Meaning we should consume fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, whole grains, good fat, lean meat, dairy products in the recommended portion as food pyramid below. What are the ...

Back to Basic Health is one of the most valuable treasures that money can't buy. Once we are sick, we could lost everything. The good news is many people have already known about this, the bad news is only few people know the secret how to achieve the optimal health for long term benefit. From the google trends, we could see that people have high interest in weight loss than healthy lifestyle in the past 12 months. However, if we don't know how our body works, how much efforts we put or how much money we have spent, it won't give us sustainable results. So here's just a little bit background of how our body needs. Our body need both Macro and Micro Nutrients despite water. Macro Nutrients are Carbohidrate, Protein and Fat. They are called macro nutrients because our body need those to give us energy to get active. Micro nutrients are Vitamins and Minerals Most people are focusing more on Macro Nutrients and neglect the importance of Micro Nutr...