Roses For Health

Roses are most females favorite flower as it symbolized love from people they care. Girls always dream of getting roses from their partner/lover especially during important memorable dates. This is a phenomenon with no boundaries of age and countries.

Besides symbolized for love and care, little of us knows that roses pose beneficial effects to human as well. It has been traditionally used to ease anxiety, sooth sore throat and reduces fever. In modern days, processed rose petals are used for cosmetic purposed such as perfume, toner and etc.

Rose leaves and petals has cooling effect. These parts are later processed into tea; generally known as rose tea or rose petal tea. For people who have rashes or inflammations, taking rose tea helps to bring down fever/heat and clean toxins from the body. Rose tea/ direct application of rose water (a by-product from distillation) helps soothing the enlarge capillary beneath the skin, which help reduces redness when inflammation occurs.

Rose teas are believed to soothe mild sore throat by enhancing human immune system. It contains natural anti-inflammatory properties. It is helpful to relief sore throat, running nose, cough and cold. Take a cup of rose petal tea when you are having these conditions help relief from the symptoms.



Interesting and surprisingly there are people who used this as a laxative agent to enhance bile flow. This helps to stimulate and cleanse liver to soothe constipation.

For those who want to get away from their routine green tea for health reason, rose petal tea provides a good alternative. This is a caffeine-free anti-oxidant drink even suitable for people who is allergic/ resistant to caffeine.

Roses can be developed into aromatherapy oil or perfume due to its relieving scent. Perform aromatherapy with rose oil have uplifting effect on our nervous system and hence helps one to feel more relax. This also helps to improve insomnia.





*Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are entirely based on my personal point of view and some light readings. This shall not be treated as reference and recommendation. Nobody shall be liable for any discomforts or side effects caused by the act as discussed above.

Infants Food Allergic

Parenting is always not easy especially for first time daddy/mummy. Although babies pose some similarity in general, every baby poses different characters when comes to their preferences such as cleanliness, food, sleeping habits etc. Taking cares of babies hence need extra passion to understand their temper, nature and preferences. The same is true when come to introducing solid foods, especially if the baby is having food allergic.

For babies about 4-6 months old, parents can start introduce some light solid foods to their baby. However, this needs not be rushed as rushing may leads to food allergic if not handled properly. Since babies only take milk for the first three months, their intestinal tract is not fully developed. if they are exposed to too much solid foods, their intestinal tract cannot digest and handled it which in turn, caused food allergic.

There are some tips to prevent food allergic:

• Breastfeed
• As breast milk is free from contaminations and chemical, this is the best nutritional source for baby. Although there are baby allergic to breast milk, but the incidence is very low.
• Breast feeding mother should avoid peanuts, or any other trees’ nuts, fish, eggs in their own diet.
• Hypoallergenic infant formulation
• This formulation is specifically developed for babies who are allergic to milk. Mother can seek advice from their doctors on the suitable milk powder to prescribe
• Introduce solid food slowly
• Keep the same food for about 4-5 days. Observed whether symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting or rash developed. If yes, baby maybe allergic to this food and should be avoided.
• Do no add seasoning
• Sugar, salt or other additive should be avoided to solid food as baby taste-bud is very sensitive to these additives. It is tastier for adult but too much for babies.
• Baby's digestive system is not fully developed. Introducing additives may caused more works to their internal organ.
• Avoid caffeine, carbonated drinks, peanuts or peanuts butter
• Consult your doctor
• As doctor are professional and knowledgeable, they are able to give the most appropriate solution for food allergic in babies

*Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are entirely based on my personal point of view and some light reading. Nobody should be liable for any discomforts or side effects caused by the act as discussed above.

Apple Detoxification Diet

An apple a day, keeps the doctors away. Does this slogan sound very familiar? Have you ever think apples can do more than keep you away from doctor?

I accidentally discovered apple detoxification diet from one website, which I cannot recapture the website address now. It looks simple and easy to carry out when I read about it and I decided to give it a try.

It was one of the boring Saturday that I decided to keep myself out from food and people. I prepared two different types of apples for that day and take it from time to time as I felt hungry. I felt completely fine in the morning and I thought I might be the healthy few people that do not experience detoxification side effect…dizziness.

Come to late afternoon, the discomforts started and I felt lethargic and dizzy. So…I made myself “hibernated” from then onwards. Besides that, I do not have any other symptoms. In fact, I don’t feel hungry even though I only took apples the whole day. I was quite surprise on this as I always tempted to good foods and always have the desire to munch.

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The first experience is quite pleasant except for the dizziness. So I decided to continue on the following weekend. This time, I do not have symptoms of dizziness and tiredness as the previous time. I can even go shopping and watched movie on that day! And so….I continued this remedy for few weeks.

I started to notice the improvements from the forth week I started this diet. My complexion gets better. Not only with less breakouts, but also more radiance on my face! This is really rewarding as I always looking out for products that make my skin more radiant and even tone. Some of my friends asked me whether I changed my regular skin care products! I proudly told them no, I changed my diet.

Besides, the other improvement for me is my constipation problem. Although I used to take lots of fruits and vegetables everyday, I just do not have the habit of going toilet everyday. Now…I am doing my big business every morning smoothly.

Apple detoxification diet is very simple and easy to follow. You can skip if you are physically not fit or when you are busy. Just take a day rest at home and eat nothing but apples for 24 hours. You can take as mush as you want when you are hungry. You can take the raw apples to save the trouble of cooking or make into juices.

*Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are entirely based on my personal point of view and some light readings. This shall not be treated as reference and recommendation. Nobody shall be liable for any discomforts or side effects caused by the act as discussed above.

Lactose Intolerance

Milk has always been associated with healthy life as it contains high calcium, vitamins and essential minerals. Unfortunately, most adults can't digest a significant amount of lactose; a kind of sugar found in milk. Hence, this condition is called lactose intolerance.

Lactose intolerance is different from cow's milk intolerance although both conditions shared similar symptoms such as diarrhea, gas and cramp. Cow's milk intolerance is an allergic reaction triggered by immune system. Lactase is an enzyme produced in the cells lining the small intestine. It helps to break down (digest) lactose into glucose and galactose which is then absorbed into the bloodstream.



There are three types of lactose intolerance:

1. Primary lactose intolerance
   This is the most comment intolerance developed over time. As we grow, we consumed less milk then infant. Our body in turn produces less lactose. Some believed this starts as early as when we were two years old but most people do not noticed it until an old age.
2. Secondary lactose intolerance
   This is induced by the environment such as injury to the small intestine, exposure to intestinal parasites and others which disturb the cells producing lactase.
3. Congenital lactose deficiency
   This is a genetically inherited condition present at birth and can be diagnosed in early infancy.

Since it is an "acceptable" condition for most people, it takes minimal efforts to avoid or reduce its occurrences and symptoms.

• avoid lactose containing products such as milk, yogurt, cheese etc
• substitute with lactose-free milk or milk product
• lactase supplement

Lactose intolerance is a very common condition affecting 70% of the population. However, it is not a life threatening condition. With proper diet, we can obtain the same nutrition and yet not compromising on our quality of life with discomforts result from lactose intolerance.

*Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are entirely based on my personal point of view and some light readings. This shall not be treated as reference and recommendation. Nobody shall be liable for any discomforts or side effects caused by the act as discussed above.