Category: Health and Nutrition

I mean the spice not the band. Reseachers found that people who ate spicy food one or two days a week resulted in a 10 percent reduced overall risk for death. Consuming spicy food six to seven times a week reduced the risk by 14 percent. Eating spicy food...

SOS Rehydrate is an advanced hydration drink for athletes is now in the Philippines. SOS is engineered with the purpose of helping athletes solve dehydration problem in order to improve overall athletic performance. It is designed to help the body absorb water up to 3 times faster than water alone. SOS provides the optimum amount...

I like pick-me-ups especially on days when my only rest is in between writing and events. Here’s a 5-ingredient recipe of a quick, energizing snack for you to try. It only takes about 5 minutes or less to make! This can also be a good post-run snack especially if...

Juicing isn’t the only method to detoxify and cleanse your gut. Here are 3 ways to detox that’s surely inexpensive and easy to do.  You don’t even have to buy a juicer. 1. Sweat. One of the best ways to detoxify is to sweat it out. When you sweat, the body...

Exercising regularly is a sign of a healthy lifestyle. But there would be days that I just feel tired and would rather stay in bed.  Aren’t I supposed to be full of life since I make it a point to keep my body active? But exercise is just one aspect of...

Blisters bring in the heat. A small blister can’t kill you but it really hurts a lot. Blisters happen when your shoe or your socks rub against your skin and causes friction. As a response to the friction, the body produces fluids beneath the skin where the rubbing occurs....

Runner’s knee is not a fun way to describe a runner. In fact, it makes every runner cringe. Runner’s knee is actually any injury in and around the front of the knees. This is also called the patellofemoral area thus also called patellafemoral pain syndrome. This injury is usually...

How long should you wait to run after eating? I get scolded for this when I was young. I am often told not to run or play after a meal. I would ask why and I get various reason depending on the age of the adult.  They say I...

I often get shin splints when I overtrain.  Most especially when I increase my mileage too much too soon.  Shin splints are easy to detect and they are easy to avoid as well.  Below are some tips on how to avoid shin splits and the common treatments in case...

Plantar Fasciitis may be hard to pronounce (it’s read as “fashee-EYE-tiss”), but it is actually harder to bear. For runners with this problem, intense pain could be felt at the undersides of your feet first thing in the morning or after running. The pain could worsen throughout the day....