Health Benefits of Fiber and Amway Nutrilite Nutri Fibre Blend

Health Benefits of Fiber and Amway Nutrilite Nutri Fibre Blend

Fibre is most commonly known to aid digestive problems. However, a fiber-rich diet has many health benefits beyond preventing constipation .

Many fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes consist of a dietary fiber that is needed for the body to remain healthy. Fiber consists of plant foods your body cannot absorb. It passes through your stomach to the small intestine, and then into your colon.

Fibre is classified into two groups.

Soluble fibre dissolves in liquid and forms a gelatin-like material. It slows the movement of food out of the stomach and increases the feeling of fullness. Found in many fruits and vegetable, it reduces levels of blood cholesterol and glucose.
Unlike soluble fiber, insoluble fiber does not break down or get absorbed into the bloodstream. Instead, it absorbs water as it passes through the digestive system, adding bulk to the stool, and keeping it soft to avoid constipations. Insoluble fiber promotes the movement of  waste through your digestive system and reduces constipation. It is found in whole-wheat foods , nuts and some vegetables.

There are several health benefit from a fiber-rich diet, fiber can help people with diabetes control their blood-sugar levels. Fibre can also lower blood-cholesterol levels and it is great for lowering the risk of heart disease.  Adding fiber to your diet can also help control weight gain.

Increase fiber intake slowly over a few weeks. Adding too much fiber to your diet too quickly can cause gas, bloating and cramping. The natural bacteria in your digestive system needs to adjust to the change. Fiber is most effective when it absorbs water.

The best sources of fiber include whole-grain products, fruit, vegetables, beans and nuts. High-fiber fruit include apples, oranges, pears and berries. Eat more fiber-rich snacks like whole-grain crackers, for breakfast, eat cereals made with bran.

Fiber intake requirements varying by sex and age. The average female needs 25 grams of fiber on a daily basis. The average male needs 38 grams of fiber. However, surveys indicate many people  only have about 10 grams daily, or less than a third of what is needed. Only 5% eat the necessary amount.

. Each tablet contains 1.7grams of dietary fibre from natural sources, such as apple, sugar cane, and oat etc.,
. Contribute to recommended daily allowance of fibre every day. Fibre includes 13 natural sources of soluble and insoluble fibers and FOS.
. Chewable and convenient
. No artificial colors and preservatives added
. Ingredients include Fructose , Acacia, Sugarcane Fibre, Oat Fibre (cereals containing Gluten),  Microcrystalline Cellulose, Acerola Pulp Powder, Wheat Fibre, Natural Flavor (Milk and Lactose), Lemon Fibre, Soy Fibre(Soy), Higher Fatty Acid, Opunia Cactus Fiber, Barley Bran, Apple Fiber, Pea Fiber, Carrot, Silicon Dioxide, Com Starch, Fructooligosaccharide.

What make Nutrilite Nutri Fiber Blend special  is the inclusive of prebiotic fibers i.e. FOS (Fructooligosaccharide ) which support intestinal health by helping the good Bacteria in the gut to flourish.

It is in a chewable form and it is suitable for adults and children above the age of 5 to fill the fiber gaps in their diet.

 Drink at least a full glass 8 oz (250ml) of liquid with each tablet.


Nutri Fiber Benefits:
Nutrilite Fruit and Vegetable Fiber helps you increase the fiber in your diet.
. It provides a natural source of dietary fiber,
. It gives you a blend of soluble and insoluble fiber
. It delivers fiber from multiple natural plant sources.

Nutrilite Fruit and Vegetable Fiber is for people interested in supplementing their diet with additional dietary fiber. Across the world, many people do not meet the recommended intake of finer. In fact, many consume less than a third of what is recommended.

Jasper Thumb-up !!

Jasper has been challenged to synchronize his act with his word, particularly, when we said 'very good', he has difficulty of showing his thumb-up !!

He showed his index finger instead of his thumb, and he was frustrated when he was challenged to show the right finger, but he always attempted a few times during our week-end gatherings.

This week, he finally has his break-through, he did it right not only with his right thumb, he did them right on both thumbs ! Look at him proudly raised his right hand showing his thumb-up !

Jasper, we are proud of you ! Thumb-up!!

Quotation on Leadership

If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more,
you are a leader.

- John Quincy Adams
(2nd President of America)

Chinese Meat Spring Roll (春卷）

Chinese Meat Spring Roll (春卷）is one of the very popular home cooked dishes prepared for celebrating occasions like Chinese New Year or the village Wedding events, etc. This is a 'must-have' dinner selection serves at my family Chinese New Year Eve. 

Pork is commonly used for the fillings. For this recipe, I have replaced pork with chicken breast meat, so that Malaysia's Muslim friends can also enjoy this recipe.

Also, I personally do not enjoy the strong seasoning flavor of Chinese Five-Spice Powder and just use pepper, chicken stock and sugar. You can go for  seasoning variations based on your taste bud preference.

Chinese Chicken Spring Roll 雞肉春卷

Ingredients :

A: fillings
Chicken Breast 250g, cut to stripes. (or a Soup Bowl)
Onion, 1 piece, finely chopped
Garlic 1 glove,  finely chopped
Carrot 1/2 piece, finely chopped
Egg 1 piece

B: Bean Curb Skin Wrap

C: Seasoning -
Pepper a dash
Oyster sauce, 2 tsp Chicken stock, 1 tsp
Five Spice session 1/3 tsp
Corn flour. 1 tablespoon

Method- How to cook Chicken Meat Spring Roll

1. Chicken breast can be cut to stripes minced . I prefer stripes as the it is giving a better chewable texture. Placing in the mixing bowl
2. Add all seasoning, mix well, set for about half an hour.
3. Add egg and corn flour before wrap
4. Cut Bean Curb skin wrap into piece size of approx 10cm x 14cm,

5. Wrap the fillings into the shape of cylinder

If Using Wok for cookinga. Heat oil in the non-stick pan
b. Place the Spring Rolls into the heat oil, ensure both side of the spring roll are cooked when the spring rolls turn golden brown. Remove spring rolls from the pan, drain off excess oil, leave to cool,
c. Cut into bite-able size,  Ready to serve.

If Using Air Flyer
a. 200C , 12 to 13min
b. Leave to cool, cut into biteable size. Ready to serve. Have fun in your kitchen!

Deliciously Healthy Brown Rice Salad – Nasi Ulam Recipe

Let's try out this Deliciously Healthy Brown Rice Salad – Nasi Ulam Recipe.
Nasi Ulam is one of my favorite local recipe, it's delicious and a lot of naturally green which make it fibre rich that helps digestion, improve constipation. 

Nasi Ulam, also known as Nasi Kerabu, is a Malaysian local healthy tasty food, combination of rice and fresh, natural and raw herbs and vegetables. This dish is a feature of Malay cuisine with many variations.

I like to substitute the white rice with brown rice, which add nutritional value to the recipe. This recipe can also be a great vegetarian recipe with the right choices of ingredients.

Fresh aromatic herbs and vegetables commonly used are lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, ginger, fresh turmeric, turmeric leaves, curry leaves, shallots, onion, long beans, cucumber, pucuk gajus (cashew leaf shoots), Sometimes, Kerisik (roasted coconut, pounded) and shredded fried salted fish, or fried fish, fired dried prawns can also be added..

For the reason of health and simplification, I personally don't like to add oil, kerisik and salted fish to this recipe. It could be the Zero Oil Recipe if leave out dried salted fish and prawns.

Healthy Brown Rice Salad Nasi Ulam Recipe 1, is as follows :

Ingredients for Brown Rice Salad Recipe 1:

A. Cool Steamed / cooked brown rice, 300g

Cook Brown Rice by using slow cook double-boiled, with rice to water portion of 1:1.2 or 1:1.5.
or pre=soaked the brown rice for 20 minutes, and cook rice with rick cooker.

B. Fresh Ulam and ingridients for mixing :
1. Duan Kaduk 100g,Wild Pepper Leaves, shredded
2.Wild Ginger Flower (bunga Kantan), thinly sliced,
3.10 Shallot, thinly sliced,

      4.Kaffir Lime Leaves

      5.Serai, 1 stalk, thinly sliced

      6.Lime Juice 4 tablespoon

      7.Sugar 3 tablespoon

      8.Roasted ground nut, 3 tablespoon
      9.Fresh Ginger, 2 cm, minced finely

    10.Sambal Belacan ( how to make & recipe )

C. Fried Shallot for garnishing

Method: How to prepare for the Malay Brown Rice Salad

     1. Cook the rice first, leave it cool 
2.Clean all herbs and vegetables thinly slice.

     3. Optionally, you can add dried salted fish and dried prawns, roasted or fried, and pounded. 
4. Combine the Sambal Belacan with shallots and lime juice in a large bowl,    

     5. Add all fresh ingredients (B), mixed well ,

     6. Add steamed brown rice, toss well until thoroughly mixed. 

     7.Add fried to garnish, ready to serve.

      Other variations is to leave out shallots, dried salted fish and dried prawns to make the Vegetarian Brown Rice Salad :-

Also, it's great to add other greens like long beans, various local salad leaves, and adding fresh tumeric which is an excellent anti-oxidant ingredient :

Have fun and joy of Cooking.......

Let's Keep Fit and Stay Slim - Breathing your abs flat

Breathing your abs flat

This is an exercise that is great for toxins out of your lungs and flatten your abs.

Sit cross-legged, or on your heels, whichever is more comfortable, and relax your belly with your hands on your knees, with your shoulder back and spins straight.

Blow out through the mouth as you draw your abs in, imagine you're blowing out a candle that won't go out.

Don't think of inhaling. Just Kee blowing that candle out, pulling in abs in the each time, very quickly, one after another . Do one set of 30, followed by another set, slight faster.

Feel the burn.

From 48 hours by Suzi Grant
illustration by janetwooi

Life is a choice, to be elegance till death, or lost in ordinary routine and conformity.

A choice between to shine or to rust.....

女人最可悲的不是年华老去，而是在婚姻和平淡生活中的自我迷失。女人可以衰老，但一定要优雅到死，不能让婚姻将女人消磨得失去光泽。——苏菲·玛索

“The most tragic for a woman is not to grow old, but in the marriage and the self lost in ordinary life. A woman can be aging, but it must be elegant to death, the marriage will not be allowed to kill a woman to lose their luster.” – Sophie Marceau, this not a happy marriage as long as 45-year-old woman said.

Shared in facebook by Kc Chia and 曾子曰'

Zero Oil Recipe Deliciously Healthy Malay Bean Sprouts Salad - Kerabu Taugeh

Malay Bean Sprout Salad Recipe : Kerabu  Taugeh, is a ZERO OIL Recipe that is delicious, simple and easy to make.

Kerabu is  Malay Salad that commonly used Sambal Belacan ( a spicy dried shrimp paste chili sauce)  as the dressing combine with a raw and/or steamed vegetables of your choice, example Kerabu Banana Shoot, Kerabu Wing bean, etc…

Ingredients for Malay Bean Sprouts Salad

1. 200g bean sprouts, washed well and drained.
2. 5 to 6 shallots, thinly sliced.
3. Sambal Belacan 1 tablespoon

Method to make Malay Bean Sprout Salad

1. Prepare bean sprouts
It is best to steam bean sprouts using Sharp Healsio Water Oven because this retain vegetables nutrient by preventing the nutrient loss using blanching.

So you can blanch the bean sprout using boiling water for about 3 minutes, or alternatively,
Place raw bean sprouts on the oven ware, Use Sharp Healsio water oven, select STEAM high function , 5min

2. Prepare the Malay Spicy Sauce : Sambal Belancan

Please refer to my Sambal Belacan post.

check out how to make sambal belacan :

http://janetwooiblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/janet-cooking-fun-how-to-make-sambal.html

3. Place bean sprouts, half a portion of sliced shallot and 1 tablespoon of Sambal Belacan in the mixing bowl, and mixed well.

4. Place on the plate, garnish with another half of sliced shallot .Ready to serve.

This recipe is simple and deliciously healthy recipe.

Have fun in kitchen.

Janet Cooking Fun : How to make Sambal Belacan

Sambal belacan is one of the essential condiments for many delicious Malaysian recipes. It is commonly used for Kerabu and Ulam (Malaysian Salads).

Sambal Belacan is popularly served as the sauce for dips, it is an appetizer that goes well with fresh, raw and green vegetables and peas.

Ingredients for Sambal Belacan :

. 6 red chillies
. 1 piece of Belacan (dried shrimp paste)
. Lime, 2 tablespoon
. Sugar, 3 Tbsp or to taste

 How to make Sambal Belacan :

.Take off the stalk of chillies, take off the seeds, clean well with running water. Cut chillis into small segments.
  Transfer all chillis to a mortal, pounding with the pestle until fine.
. Use wok or non-stick pan, toast the Belacan on low heat until aromatic . Add the toasted Belacan to the chillis in the mortar, pounding until the compound is well blended.
.Add sugar and salt to taste. Blend well.
. Add fresh lime juice, blend well.
Transfer out to a bowl.
. With air tight container, you can keep the Sambal Belacan in the refrigerator upto a few days.

. Add fresh lime juice at the time of serving, this step is optional.

Sambal Belacan is an essential building block for many delicious Malaysian Recipes like Nasi Ulam, Sambal Asparagus , Sambal Water Spinach (Kangkung), etc....Delicious !

Heart Health : The China Study by Prof. Campbell revealed secret link of Cholesterol with Protein

Heart Health : The China Study by Prof. Campbell revealed secret of the link between Cholesterol and Protein      

The China Study by Professor T. Cilia Campbell PhD Respected nutrition and health researcher.  The China Study - a 2005 nutrition book that details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes and cancer - advocates eating whole foods for health. The China Study is a 20 year partnership of Cornell University, Oxford University and China Academy of Preventive Medicine that showed high consumption of animal based foods is associated with more chronic disease, while those who ate primarily a plant-based diet were the healthiest.

Dr Campbell has been experimentally investigating the relationship of food with health for over 50 years. He spent about 20years as a member of expert panels charged with the development of public policy and public education on food and health. Early in his career as a researcher with MIT and Virginia Tech, Dr Campbell worked to promote better health by eating more meat, milk and eggs - "high-quality animal protein". " I was happy to believe that the American diet was the best in the world ," he recalls. 

He later was a researcher on a project in the Philippines working with malnourished children. The project became an investigation for Dr Campbell, as to why so many Filipino children were being diagnosed with liver cancer, predominately an adult disease. The primary goal of the project was to ensure that children were getting as much protein as possible. "in this project, however, I uncovered a dark secret. Children who ate the highest protein diets were the ones most likely to get liver cancer..." He began to review other reports from around the world that reflected the findings of his research in the Philippines. He started an in-depth study into the role of nutrition , especially protein, in the cause of cancer. The project , 'the China Study', eventually produced more than 8,000 statistically significant associations between various dietary factors and disease. The findings ," People who are the most animal-based foods got the most chronic disease... People who ate the most plant-based foods were the healthiest and tended to avoid chronic disease. The results could not be ignored," said Dr Campbell. "The data from the China Project suggest that what we have come to consider as 'normal' illness of ageing are really not normal. "In fact, these findings indicate that the vast majority perhaps 80-90% of all cancers, cardiovascular diseases , and other forms of degenerative illness can be prevented, at least until very old age, simply by adopting a plant-based diet. "Dietary protein varies across China. When we compare people on diets that are virtually nil in animal protein with those for whom animal protein is upwards of 20-30% of the total protein intake, the cholesterol level go, on average, from around 9mg per 100 ml to about 170 mg per 100 ml. "Such an increase in cholesterol is associated with the emergence of the cancers and heart disease that increasingly plague the world's developed nations."

Cholesterol and the protein link Earlier studies have provided impressive evidence that when a reduction in fat is compared to a reduction in protein, the protein effect on blood cholesterol is more significant than the effect of saturated fat, says Professor Campbell.  " Blood cholesterol levels can be reduced by reducing dietary animal protein. Some of the plant proteins, particularly soy, have an impressive ability to reduce blood cholesterol ."

- extract from Utusan Konsumer May-June 2012 : Plant-based Nutrition

What Heart Health Experts said about The Right Diet for Heart Health

Heart Health Experts Practicing what they preach : What Heart Health Experts said about the Right Diet

For Caldwell Esselstyn Jr MD, breakfast consists of rolled oats (not oat meal), grape nuts, raisins, banana, blueberries and oat milk with the sprinkling of flex seed meal. Lunch is lentil or pea or a vegetable soup. May be a veggie heaped sandwich, occasionally brown rice nori rolls or something reheated from the night before. The evening meal always has a heaping salad and a vegetable like green beans, Brissels sprouts,  broccoli , etc. often he has brown rice and beans topped with a variety of vegetables.

For Professor T. Colin Campbell : "My family and I have managed to change our diets substantially, I was raised on a diary farm and I 5 milked cows from the time I was  5 until I was 21. When I went away to school, I eventually got my PhD in animal nutrition at Cornell, where I worked on a project to produce animal protein more efficiency.  "We started changing our diet when our children came along, and we have been changing ever since. In a short run, people who are accustomed to a high salt, high-fat diet are not going to like healthier foods at first. But if you have a little patience, you will find  that after 2 or 3 months, perhaps longer, you will pick up new tastes.  Tastes do change. You will then discover that you are happier and more fit than ever before."

For John McDougall MD, besides eating a plant-based diet, exercise also is an important aspect of the family's health regimen. John loves windsurfing, and his wife Mary practices yoga, both do a lot of walking. Even if you don't exercise, you'll still regain a tremendous amount of health by just changing your diet, he saya, but" Exercise puts the finishing touches on a health Programme and makes you trim, active, more agile, and alert," "in large part, because of our health, our time is spent enjoying family, friends, and work. " Mc Dougall says. When his patients follow his advice, he may just lose them as patients. But that's Ok with him. "Sick people see doctors and take medications," he says. "Healthy people don't."

- extracted from Utusan Consumer May-June 2012 - " Plant-basedNutrition"

Deliciously Healthy Teo Chew Steamed Fish with Sharp Healsio Water Oven, or Traditional Steam Method

Fish is delicious and healthy. One of the popular recipes is Teo Chew Steamed Fish Chinese Style is my favorite dish, and steaming fish with Sharp Healsio Water Oven, or Traditional method, is extremely simple and easy.

Teochew Steamed Fish

Ingredients

1.  Grouper fish fillet, 300g

2. Sour pickled mustard 70g

3. Tomato, 1 piece

4. Block Tofu, 4 slices

5. Picked Plum, 1 piece

5. Ginger Shreds, 1 tbsp

6. Spring Onion, 1 stalk

7. Coriander, 1 stalk

8. Small Chili Padi, 2

Sauce
1. Sesame oil. 1 tablespoon
2. Chicken stock, 1/2 teaspoon
3. Water, 1 tablespoon


How to do the Teochew Steam Fish
1. Rinse sour pickled mustard to remove its saltiness, then slant cut into slices, soak in water.
. Cut mushroom into halve or bite-able size. Remove portion of stems if they are too hard, retain soft stems.
. Rinse spring onion
. Rinse and cut parsley into section, segregate stalk from leaves
.rinse chili, remove stalk, cut chili to halve
. Crush the pickled plums

2. Clean fish and rub well with salt.
Place spring onion on a steaming dish, put the fish on top of the spring onion


3. If Use Sharp Healso Oven
.Preheated Sharp Healsio to 180C.
.Select Steam High 25 minutes.
.Place fish into Healsio, start Steam high for 5 minutes, remove dish to drain away the liquid from the steamed fish as the liquid is normally 'fishy'.

. Add sour salted vegetable slices. tomato slices , sour plum, tofu slices, mushroom, chili, continue to steam for another 10 minutes, add ginger shreds and parsley stalk, steam high for another 10 minutes.
Garnish with parsley leaves, ready to serve.

4. Alternatively, traditional steaming method :
. Place steam rack on kuali, bring water to boil. place seasoned fish on the plate, add on sour salted vegetable slices. tomato slices , sour plum, tofu slices, mushroom, chili, steam for 8 minute. Remove dish from rack.
Garnish with parsley leaves, ready to serve

Tips:
1. How to know the fish is cooked?
To test whether the fish is cooked, use a skewer to poke into the flesh, it is cooked when the skewer goes through the flesh easily.
. If the whole fish, the fish is cooked when the eyes have popped out and the mouth is slightly opened.

2. Fish suitable for Teochew steam are White Pomfret, Grouper, threadfin , or sea bass.

Heart Health : Heart Disease can be reversed with Right Diet

PLANT-based nutrition can treat, prevent, reverse, and even abolish heart disease. 

This revolutionary , scientifically proven, nutrition-based cure - along with lifestyle measures like exercise and stress management - for the world's Number 1 killer has long been advocated by several renowned heart health experts around the world.

Dr Bimal Chhajer, a well-known cardiologist and a pioneer in non-invasive cardiology in India, is an authority on heart health. He is a pioneering cardiologist who has developed the revolutionary SAAOI (The Science and Art of Living) Heart Program, one of the most popular non-invasive heart care and treatment Programmes in India, which has officially existed since 1995. According to his book, Reversal of Heart Disease in 5 Easy Steps, the SAA Programme- where treatment mode includes yoga, diet (strictly vegetarian with zero oil) and stress management - has helped thousands of patients with heart decease without them undergoing bypass surgery and angioplasty. Heart disease, according to him, is a disease of ignorance, misinformation and lack of proper knowledge. Reversing this common and dreadful disease I'd absolutely possible, he says. "Factors aggravating the blockages are- excessive stress, lack of exercise, smoking, high blood pressure and high blood sugar. Almost all of them are related to related to our lifestyle....if we do not remove the causes of blockage, the disease and deposit grow.' " the irony is that the modern medical science has not tried to remove the causes of the disease" but have instead "taught people to postpone the problem with the use of continuous medication". Calling angioplasty and bypass surgery " temporary techniques ". Cardiologists, he says , "intervene the blockage by invasive procedures which are lucrative to them, without caring to cure the disease from the root".

 Dr Caldwell Esselstyn Jr, ex-heart surgeon from the US, espouses a non-invasive cure from heart disease.  according to him, heart disease doesn't need to exist in the first place. And if it does, it can be reversed. "We are on the cusp of what could be an absolute revolution in health- not dependent on pills , procedures or dependent on pills, procedures or operations, but on lifestyle."
Essclstyn says. Coronary artery disease is leading killer of people in Western civilization , and more than half a mllion people die of it every year in the US, but after learning that certain cultures around the world don't suffer from hear disease, Dr Esselstyn's career took a dramatic turn, going from surgeon to nutritionist. The remedy for coronary heart disease is a plant-based diet, he says. Learn to live with no meat   No fish, no diary or oils of any kind, and making yourself 'heart attack proof", he advises.He now runs the cardiovascular prevention and reversal Programme at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. Every forkful of fat, he says, causes an immediate biochemical assault on the endothelium , the lining of arteries. White blood cells collect there, gobbling up bad cholesterol and creating fatty deposits over time. For many people, especially those who smoke or have other risk factors, accumulation of plaque is a time bomb for coronary event. Esselstyn says his diet works because it keeps the lining of blood vessels free of the dangerous blisters or bubbles or cholesterol -laden plaque that causes heart attacks.  Former US President Bill Clinton, who had 2 heart procedures since leaving office following ongoing heart problems, credit Esselstyn's heart-health diet Programme for his current weight loss and improved heart function which has now set him on the path to health. Esselstyn's explanation :"it's a food -borne illness, and we're never going to end the epidemic with by-passes or drugs, because none of it is treating causation of the illness," Dr Esselstyn told CNN.

Dean Ornish, MD Chhajer's and Esselstyn's Breakthrough approach to heart disease is inspired by earlier works by cardiologist Dean Ornish, MD, director of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausaliyo, California , whose research shows that a vegetarian diet in which only 10% of calories are derived from fat actually reversed artery blockages in more than 80% of patients studied.  The Ornish diet program emphasizes the consumption of whole grains, fruits and vegetables , and severely restricts the consumption of animal products, dietary fat, and refined carbohydrate.  In addition to these dietary recommendations, the Ornish Program involves comprehensive lifestyle changes including moderate aerobic exercise, stress reduction techniques, peer support, smoking cessation, and nutritional supplementation. The Programme has been shown to be beneficial for individuals with heart disease. Ornish conducted a research on the dietary and lifestyle factors that lead to heart disease and to design clinical research trials that would allow him to study the effectiveness of dietary and lifestyle changes as a treatment for heart disease.  The results of his first clinical trial, the Lifestyle Heart Trial, were published in 1990. In this study, Ornish heart patients got healthier simply by adopting new dietary and lifestyle habits. The results of this study were considered revolutionary since, until that point, it was believed that it was impossible to stop the progression of heart disease. Dr Ornish's dietary and lifestyle recommendations have earned widespread popularity among patients and physicians as a way to prevent and reverse cardiovascular disease. His first book, Dr Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease, published in 1990, has been a long-standing New York Times bestseller. 

 John McDougall, MD Another medical doctor who has been spreading the world about health benefits of a low-fat, vegan diet for decades is John McDougall, MD, founder and director of McDougall Program at St. Helena Hospital in Napa, California . He prescribes diet and lifestyle changes to treat health concerns. His diet Programme and books have helped thousands of of people reverse serious health conditions. John and his wife. Mary, a nurse, have been speaking, writing, cooking , and teaching about the powerful health benefits of a plant-based diet for more than 35 years. Their books, which pair John's medical and nutritional advice with Mary's recipes, have sold more than 1.5million copies. At Dr McDougall's Health and Medical Centre in Santa Rosa, California, the couple helps patients transform their health through diet and lifestyle changes. But it wasn't always like that. Before he could help others, McDougall first had to heal himself. Growing up on a diet filled with meat, pizza, and butter, McDougall was overweight. At age 18, he suffered a massive stroke, leaving him with a limp he still carries today. He didn't , however, change his eating patterns. And he didn't change his eating patterns at age 22, when he learned his cholesterol was 338 mg/dL. After college, he enrolled in medical school at Michigan State University , where his medical education trained him to believe that his weight was genetic, so he still made changes. It wasn't until he moved to Hawaii to practice medicine that he began to think otherwise . He noticed that the  first-generation Japanese , Chinese, and Filipino workers who ate a traditional plant-based diet were healthier than their children who ate more fast food, meats, and cheeses. Convinced that the modern diet was the root of most illness, McDougall crafted a low-fat, starch-based diet and eventually opened McDougall's Health and Medical Centre in Santa Rosa, California , to help people lose weight, slow and reverse such ailments as heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, arthritis, serious bowel problems, and multiple sclerosis .  He advocates an eating plan of vegetables, whole grains, and fruits, with beans and starches at the centre. Those who come to the centre get a medical checkup and participate in an intensive 10-day programme of nutrition Counselling , education, and exercise suggestions. "I'm the luckiest doctor in the world, because my patients get well," he says. "other doctors give people bills, I 'm the doctor who takes them off drugs." He and Mary also decided to adopt a plant-based diet. It didn't take long for McDougall to lose 60 pounds and drop his cholesterol to a healthy 150mg/dL. The couple continues to eat this way. They get protein from beans, rice, and other plant foods. "All plant foods contain abundant amounts of protein and essential amino acids in perfect balance," McDougall says."The truth is, deficiency is impossible on a vegetarian diet based on starches, such as rice, corn, potatoes, and wheat."

Janet Energy Juicing : Celery promotes Heart Health and helps heal hypertension

Celery' is very hydrating, and its ability to reduce high blood pressure has long been recognized. Studies show that drinking celery juice every day for 1 week can significantly help in lowering blood pressure. In view of its strong alkalising Celery Juice can also equalize the body’s PH to sustain optimal health.

Celery Juice is one of my favourite juice, it is delicious and nutritious, There are a wide variations to this base Celery Juice recipe by adding bitter gourd, broccoli, or lemon.

How to Juice Celery Juice :

Ingredients :

1. Fresh Celery, 2 stalks
2. Green Apple – 1 piece
3. Ice Tube 3 to 5 pieces (Optional)
4. Water, 150 ml

JW Energy Juicing Steps for Juicing Celery Juice :

1. Wash and rinse Celery thoroughly. Cut into biteable pieces, add to the Juicer,
     Nutrix is preferred for the smoother texture of juicing.
2. Wash Apple, cut into 4 pieced, remove seeds. Then add to the Juicer
3. Add water, about 150ml and ice tube (optional)
4. Turn the Juicer power on, blend till smooth
5. Ready to serve


Nutritional and Health Benefits of Celery Juice

Celery Juice rich in Vitamin C strengthens Immune System

Celery is rich in vitamin C, a vitamin that helps to support the immune system. Celery Juice helps reduce cold symptoms and improves flu recovery. Vitamin C also prevents the free radical damage that triggers the inflammatory cascade, and is therefore also associated with reduced severity of inflammatory conditions, such as asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Celery Juice has Cholesterol-lowering Benefits

Laboratory studies indicated that a chemical in celery may help reducing LDL (bad) cholesterol. According to researchers at the University of Chicago, celery reduces cholesterol levels by as much as 7 points with as little as 2 stalks a day. Celery also aids in increasing bile acid secretion which helps to remove cholesterol from the body.

Celery amazingly doesn't lower blood pressure once the the pressure is at the normal level.

Celery promotes the Heart Health and support healing of Hypertension

Celery contains a unique phytochemical , phthalide, that promotes the relaxing of the muscles that surround the arteries. This helps the arteries to expand more, allowing more blood flow and therefore reducing blood pressure. Added to that, this chemical also helps to reduce the production of stress hormones that can cause arteries to constrict which may result in increase blood pressure. There are strong evidences that phthalides in Celery helps heal hypertension.

Celery aids Digestion

Celery is rich in Fiber which aids digestion and aid bowel movements. This makes celery a natural laxative that helps to relieve constipation.

Celery Juice improves Diuretic Activity and regulating fluid balance

Celery Juice is rich in both potassium and sodium which are the minerals most important for regulating fluid balance, stimulates urine production, thus helping to rid the body of excess fluid.

Celery Juice reliefs inflammation and preventing free radical from demaging cells

The polyacetylene in celery is an amazing relief for all inflammation including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, asthma and bronchitis.

Celery also contains compounds called coumarins that help prevent free radicals from damaging cells. Coumarins also enhance the activity of certain white blood cells, immune defenders that target and eliminate potentially harmful cells, including cancer cells. In addition, compounds in celery called acetylenics have been shown to stop the growth of tumor cells.

Celery Juice calms nervous system hence ease Insomnia

The minerals and essential oils in celery juice have a calming effect on the nervous system, making it beneficial for insomniacs. Its high magnesium levels help people to relax into a soothing and restful sleep.

Celery Juice helps elimination and prevention of stones

Celery juice is an amazing eliminator of toxins from the body, which aids in the breaking and elimination of urinary and gall bladder stones.