Corn

This is one of my mom’s favorite foods. Every time I see vendors selling corn I will always buy for her. This food brings out the child in her (LOL)

Just a little fact:

Corn fiber is also good for reducing LDL (low density lipoproteins) or commonly known as “bad cholesterol”. My colleagues, especially those who have high bad cholesterol, eat corn as substitute to rice. Our canteen, before the management changed, served corn for lunch, but I haven’t tried it (*_*).

Corn is also good for diabetics according to the Department of Science and Technology- Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DoST-FNRI).

White corn contains low glycemic index (GI), which is the rank of food based on blood glucose response. Food that can easily be digested and could rapidly increase glucose in the blood are ranked 55 and up in terms of GI.

Food that is lower than 55 in GI cannot be digested easily. Therefore, the increase of glucose level in blood is slow and minimal. (Mitch Arceo) (Source)

Beer for PMS?

I haven’t sleep well for three straight nights because of the sharp, intermittent, cramping pain in my lower abdomen - a sort of pre menstrual syndrome.

Base on my sister’s experience, beer can help taper the bleeding. Although my case was just a PMS, I still requested my mom to buy a beer for me. The beer quenches my thirst that one glass of it seems not enough (but hey I’m not a drinker… LOL). So I end up drinking three glasses of beer.

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But when I stand I felt like I was tipsy; I think I’m drunk! LOL…. What I want is just to lie down and sleep. But I tried hard to act normally. I don’t want them to notice the effect of liquor on me. My father would probably get angry. LOL… My mind set indeed helps me. I was even the last person who sleeps that evening.

But around 11:00 pm I was awaken with the familiar cramping in my lower abdomen. I think alcohol is not really that effective. To alleviate the pain I got a bottle of hot water and rolled in the part of my lower abdomen. It really eases the pain.

Headaches... Headaches...Headaches.....

I have observed some signs that the performance of my eyes are already declining; blurred vision, I am constantly having headaches and sometimes feeling nauseated. I have consulted this to an optometrist two years ago and found out that I have astigmatism and advised me to get a pair of eye glasses; but I ignored her because I felt that she’s not that reliable. (LOL… sorry doc!)

Actually I did not go to her clinic intentionally; I do not even know her. I was looking for a doctor at that time who can gave me medical certificate to support my absent from my work because I looked for another job that day. LOL… Luckily I found her small dusty clinic beside the road located in a subdivision where I stayed and decided to consult her with my constant headaches. Oopps!!! I honestly felt this sickness a long time ago. This is not an excuse. LOL… And so she concluded that I have astigmatism.

This time it’s not a joke anymore. My head is constantly aching, I think due to my too much exposure to the computer monitor’s radiation. Computer is part of my job; it has been my partner since I started working.

I think I need to see an optometrist. If there’s nothing wrong with my eyes then maybe I’ll use an eye wear that would at least protect me from computer radiation.