Hi all...
Very interesting issue currently boiling up in UK
Health Officials in UK are considering renaming OBESE as FAT....sounds funny! ha ha ...yeah mixed feelings i will expect for sure..
The argument is to motivate obese or fat people to lose weight by knowing that they are FAT, not nicely told as obese....
I pun dah FAT dah!...sekarang ni...ish..ish...:)
waiting for your reaction guys.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Fasting month is coming...Selamat Berpuasa
Health issue during fasting month
Selamat menyambut ramadhan for fellow Muslims friends and clients
I want to take this time to address a few issues during this coming fasting month
1. For those who are on medication, kindly visit your doctor to get some advice on specific issue regarding your health and medication that you are taking....Some medication may need to be adjusted especially if you are diabetics...Please do not adjust your self before you talk to your doctor OK..
2. For those who have gastritis problem...Perform the ibadah at your own pace...there are a few things you can do to improve the success of your puasa despite having gastric problem;
a. Do not missed your sahur
b. Avoid taking spicy, sour, strong coffee or acidic foods
c. Take regular medication if you are prescribed some by doctor
d. After heavy iftar or sahur, do not lie flat immediately...this is to prevent another type of gastric problem that is reflux of acid (oesophagitis)
3. Dehydration is an issue for some people with certain medical problem...so again talk to your doctor about water intake issue...and if you are advised to avoid dehydration...so kindly make sure you drink a lot of plain water, avoid condition or situation that involves excessive sweating if possible and consider yourself uzur for this time and replace the puasa later once you are well.
4. Niat puasa adalah sangat penting....Dengan berniat puasa keesokan harinya...we are somehow telling ourselves and preparing our body to ‘switch to puasa mode’...believe it or not....
Do not underestimate what your brain or mindset can do for you...By berniat or switching to puasa mode...your body will use or utilize the energy storage and water differently...meaning that you will burn more energy from fat, not the muscle....so you are getting rid of unwanted fat as the end product. Your metabolism will be improved and you’ll shed extra pounds healthily.
Maybe you can see the difference before...mungkin sebelum ini semasa berpuasa sunat, kita berniat puasa agak akhir mungkin sekitar 11 am selepas mengetahui kita belum makan apa apa lagi, dan pengalaman berpuasa pada hari tersebut sangat mencabar kan! Tidak semasa bulan puasa...terasa senang hingga ke akhir...
Have you ever wonder why after missing lunch in the afternoon, we felt so hungry and wanting to eat everything nice at dinner after that....but during fasting month it is much more easier to handle the hunger....(this may not apply to everybody...ha..ha...)
It is our normal defence mechanism of our body to crave heavily for food if we are not eating on time or missing meal, because the body always want to stay at the same level every day. This explains why obese people with food craving issue find it so hard to change something they are used to it for long time...so niat is the answer. Talk to your brain, tell them to regulate energy differently....sound easy ya! But I also quite puzzled of how easy it is to do that during fasting month...just by niat...think about it. God is Great.
Stay healthy...
For your info...I discover a trend that during fasting month....I see fewer patients in the clinic compared to other months....but during and after raya...the number of illness rise again and even to higher level....mmmmmm... Think about it.
Take care
Redduan.
Selamat menyambut ramadhan for fellow Muslims friends and clients
I want to take this time to address a few issues during this coming fasting month
1. For those who are on medication, kindly visit your doctor to get some advice on specific issue regarding your health and medication that you are taking....Some medication may need to be adjusted especially if you are diabetics...Please do not adjust your self before you talk to your doctor OK..
2. For those who have gastritis problem...Perform the ibadah at your own pace...there are a few things you can do to improve the success of your puasa despite having gastric problem;
a. Do not missed your sahur
b. Avoid taking spicy, sour, strong coffee or acidic foods
c. Take regular medication if you are prescribed some by doctor
d. After heavy iftar or sahur, do not lie flat immediately...this is to prevent another type of gastric problem that is reflux of acid (oesophagitis)
3. Dehydration is an issue for some people with certain medical problem...so again talk to your doctor about water intake issue...and if you are advised to avoid dehydration...so kindly make sure you drink a lot of plain water, avoid condition or situation that involves excessive sweating if possible and consider yourself uzur for this time and replace the puasa later once you are well.
4. Niat puasa adalah sangat penting....Dengan berniat puasa keesokan harinya...we are somehow telling ourselves and preparing our body to ‘switch to puasa mode’...believe it or not....
Do not underestimate what your brain or mindset can do for you...By berniat or switching to puasa mode...your body will use or utilize the energy storage and water differently...meaning that you will burn more energy from fat, not the muscle....so you are getting rid of unwanted fat as the end product. Your metabolism will be improved and you’ll shed extra pounds healthily.
Maybe you can see the difference before...mungkin sebelum ini semasa berpuasa sunat, kita berniat puasa agak akhir mungkin sekitar 11 am selepas mengetahui kita belum makan apa apa lagi, dan pengalaman berpuasa pada hari tersebut sangat mencabar kan! Tidak semasa bulan puasa...terasa senang hingga ke akhir...
Have you ever wonder why after missing lunch in the afternoon, we felt so hungry and wanting to eat everything nice at dinner after that....but during fasting month it is much more easier to handle the hunger....(this may not apply to everybody...ha..ha...)
It is our normal defence mechanism of our body to crave heavily for food if we are not eating on time or missing meal, because the body always want to stay at the same level every day. This explains why obese people with food craving issue find it so hard to change something they are used to it for long time...so niat is the answer. Talk to your brain, tell them to regulate energy differently....sound easy ya! But I also quite puzzled of how easy it is to do that during fasting month...just by niat...think about it. God is Great.
Stay healthy...
For your info...I discover a trend that during fasting month....I see fewer patients in the clinic compared to other months....but during and after raya...the number of illness rise again and even to higher level....mmmmmm... Think about it.
Take care
Redduan.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Leave a comment and i will answer....Taking too much of Diabetic Medicine will destroy your kidney!!......mmmmmm...NOT TRUE PLEASE!!
Hi Guys....
It seems that this views is circulating fast and mind you....DANGEROUS....to allow it influences you before you talk to your doctor....Do not just believe what other people not from medical background tell you about medical issue...like this....
Feel free to comment...i want to see your reactions and comments...
cuba cara lain sikit ber blog this time....
It seems that this views is circulating fast and mind you....DANGEROUS....to allow it influences you before you talk to your doctor....Do not just believe what other people not from medical background tell you about medical issue...like this....
Feel free to comment...i want to see your reactions and comments...
cuba cara lain sikit ber blog this time....
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Why travelling makes us ill and see doctor after the trip
taking photo from the plane...bukan 'sakai'1. You are not eating your normal balanced and healthy diet
Yes...we like to try different food when we are away from hometown, the food that we are not used to take (too spicy, too salty etc)..and we eat food from stalls and streets (Hygienic?)...
Again, healthy eating is the least priority
And...while attending function or meetings...buffet and heavy meals in hotels are irresistable!!
Believe me...i don't thing we eat enough vegetables while travelling too. :)
2. You don't drink enough water
We walk, we carry bags, we go up staircase and even run for last minute things...so we require more that normal days of water intake...it is a simple truth...
We think we must drink just enough because we dont want to go to toilet too often...some people do and think like this
Most of our drinks are not plain water...am I right?
3. You don't take enough sleep and rest
Waking up early and do not want to close our eyes too early because there are too many things to see and to do....Friends will make you awake all night long...to mention a few reasons.
Always on the go and no time to rest..maybe rest when back home...why missed everything in this trip...mmmmmm...true!
4. Your body is not used to long distance & physically demanding activity
When you board a flight you have to carry heavy bags. You walk and walk because you don't travel with your favourite vehicle. You walk endlessly to shop... till you drop. Walking with your favourite shoes that mostly not comfortable...problem knees and back...huh..
5. You forget your medicine....
If you have medical problem...it is not wise to go medicine-free for a few days.
Diabetics with all the nice foods and canned drinks on top of not taking your usual medicine.
Hypertensive with all the salty fried fast food.
Asthmatics with all the unfamiliar weather and.... airconditioned as well as carperted hotel's room. ...just to mention a few situations.
6. You do not enjoy the travelling
Sometimes you will not enjoy your trip...instead, being so much stressed.
Go for a trip not to unwind and have a break but full with conflicts and must do things.
Visiting in laws is not fun...one of my client did say that to me...ha..ha..
>>>>
Yes...we like to try different food when we are away from hometown, the food that we are not used to take (too spicy, too salty etc)..and we eat food from stalls and streets (Hygienic?)...
Again, healthy eating is the least priority
And...while attending function or meetings...buffet and heavy meals in hotels are irresistable!!
Believe me...i don't thing we eat enough vegetables while travelling too. :)
2. You don't drink enough water
We walk, we carry bags, we go up staircase and even run for last minute things...so we require more that normal days of water intake...it is a simple truth...
We think we must drink just enough because we dont want to go to toilet too often...some people do and think like this
Most of our drinks are not plain water...am I right?
3. You don't take enough sleep and rest
Waking up early and do not want to close our eyes too early because there are too many things to see and to do....Friends will make you awake all night long...to mention a few reasons.
Always on the go and no time to rest..maybe rest when back home...why missed everything in this trip...mmmmmm...true!
4. Your body is not used to long distance & physically demanding activity
When you board a flight you have to carry heavy bags. You walk and walk because you don't travel with your favourite vehicle. You walk endlessly to shop... till you drop. Walking with your favourite shoes that mostly not comfortable...problem knees and back...huh..
5. You forget your medicine....
If you have medical problem...it is not wise to go medicine-free for a few days.
Diabetics with all the nice foods and canned drinks on top of not taking your usual medicine.
Hypertensive with all the salty fried fast food.
Asthmatics with all the unfamiliar weather and.... airconditioned as well as carperted hotel's room. ...just to mention a few situations.
6. You do not enjoy the travelling
Sometimes you will not enjoy your trip...instead, being so much stressed.
Go for a trip not to unwind and have a break but full with conflicts and must do things.
Visiting in laws is not fun...one of my client did say that to me...ha..ha..
>>>>
So guys and girls...all mentioned points above will weakened your immune systems and become a test for your unfit body and stressful mind
One of the island in Sabah Tunku Abdul Rahman ParkSo during this coming school holiday...i hope i can prepare you all for the coming relaxing vacation or taking a break trip to the destination that you are looking forward to...
Enjoy your holiday...and to all friends and followers who celebrate Gawai Festival
Selamat Hari Gawai...
oh ya...feel free to ask and give comments...i will answer all.
.
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Sunset in Kota Kinabalu Harbour
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
10 things you must do to prevent your sinus problem from getting worse
1. Avoid having pets with fur at home. Cat's saliva is well known to carry the allergerns or germs that make you allergic to it.
2. Stay away from carpets. Your bedroom MUST not have carpets....please! Carpets, though you vacuum them everyday, is still the best friends for the allergens. (Allergens are the things that cause you had a very bad allergic condition, that includes sinus problem, asthma or eczema)
3. Try your best to take bath with non cold water ( to avoid vasomotor or cold environment related rhinitis) especially the early morning bath.
4. Vacumm your room regularly. Do not sweep or blow on dusty surface. It will only make the dust more available at your nose level in the air.
5. Try to use non-fur blankets (selimut), pillows or clothing as they can accumulate dust as well.
6. Your airconds air direction or fan direction must not be direct to your face.
7. Watchout for environment hazards outside your house compounds. If there is construction works in progress, please wear breathing protection (eg mask) or close all windows during the busy hours of the construction time.
8. Make sure you have enough sleep,........no excess of unnecessary stress, eat balanced healthy diet and exercise regularly....drink plenty of water
9. Follow your doctor's advice on your sinus problem medication...apply the nasal spray with correct techniques...and seek expert specialist in ENT to have a further check ...you may need simple and safe surgery to your nose to clear everything...you may be surprised!
10. God is Great.
Feel free to ask anything...i will further explain...ok..
2. Stay away from carpets. Your bedroom MUST not have carpets....please! Carpets, though you vacuum them everyday, is still the best friends for the allergens. (Allergens are the things that cause you had a very bad allergic condition, that includes sinus problem, asthma or eczema)
3. Try your best to take bath with non cold water ( to avoid vasomotor or cold environment related rhinitis) especially the early morning bath.
4. Vacumm your room regularly. Do not sweep or blow on dusty surface. It will only make the dust more available at your nose level in the air.
5. Try to use non-fur blankets (selimut), pillows or clothing as they can accumulate dust as well.
6. Your airconds air direction or fan direction must not be direct to your face.
7. Watchout for environment hazards outside your house compounds. If there is construction works in progress, please wear breathing protection (eg mask) or close all windows during the busy hours of the construction time.
8. Make sure you have enough sleep,........no excess of unnecessary stress, eat balanced healthy diet and exercise regularly....drink plenty of water
9. Follow your doctor's advice on your sinus problem medication...apply the nasal spray with correct techniques...and seek expert specialist in ENT to have a further check ...you may need simple and safe surgery to your nose to clear everything...you may be surprised!
10. God is Great.
Feel free to ask anything...i will further explain...ok..
Sunday, October 18, 2009
My Illness and How I deal with it: Allergic Rhinitis
Assalamualaikum and good day semua,
I have been thinking of sharing few illnesses that i myself suffered which we can share ideas of controling or managing them....the first illness that i want to expose ...ha...ha...macam rahsia pulak....is my Allergic Rhinitis.
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Bahasa kita orang Malaysia ialah Resdung...but it is always misdefined.
Okay..let us accept the fact that Resdung means problematic nose, or sensitive nose or smells from breath due to nose discharge, or greenish persistent discharge (hingus) from nose, or to some people means penyakit yang menyebabkan tumbuh jerawat batu di sekitar hidung....yang bila dirawat secara tradisional akan keluar 'ulat-ulat' kecil dari kulit muka....yang dipercayai ulat penyebab resdung.
Then medically, we divide so called Resdung into... basically 2 types; Allergic Rhinitis & Sinusitis.
Sinusitis is probably the best description for Resdung.
If you have Allergic Rhinitis or sensitive nose (for simple explanation...banyak lagi jenis rhinitis ni sebenarnya) you will experienced these....
Morning symptoms (tanda) that dissapear towards afternoon. Ini termasuk, bersin, hidung gatal, selesema (running nose), berhingus berlebihan (increase in discharge, it can be clear to greenish)
Symptoms can reappear if exposed in large amount with dust, cold weather or environment for example in cold aircond room, pollen (debunga) in 4 season countries.
You will not have signs of infection like fever or cough and generalized body pain. Or in other words you are not sick.
Sinusitis pula;
Stuffy nose or hidung sumbat dengan hingus/mucus yang hijau atau kekuningan dan pekat
Facial bone pain atau sakit bila ditekan tulang pipi
Headache or facial bone pain when stooping down or tunduk kepala sakit tulang pipi
with or without fever....can cause bad breath
My Experience;
I am troubled with chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis (vasomotor type) since i were schooling in secondary school. Every day i have to bring 1 box of tissue with me and every morning after taking bath until 12 noon, i will be accompanied by my good friends;
sneezing every 20 minutes, running nose, greenish mucos discharge and red ithcy eyes.
Malu and low self esteem semua ada, nak concentrate in class also difficult. Apa lagi bad breath..
So my father bring me to see ENT specialist after failing many types of medication that only control the flu like symptoms.
My nose and its deep cavity explored and cleaned during visits that i have to follow every 3 months. No surgery involved. I was asked to get this nasal spray medication every day and i use them faithfully every day and night....
Only after 6 months later i got some relieve and near total cured after 1 year...Alhamdullilah.
Now my allergic rhinitis comes and goes but not that severe and controlled with medication.
This is what you should do and practice if you have these problem...
to be continued....
I have been thinking of sharing few illnesses that i myself suffered which we can share ideas of controling or managing them....the first illness that i want to expose ...ha...ha...macam rahsia pulak....is my Allergic Rhinitis.
Image from;http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020ncOttKeicAyy.jzbkF/SIG=12m9jfbtv/EXP=1255967836/**http%3A//www.natural-health.com.my/content.php%3Fcat=51%26pageid=121
Bahasa kita orang Malaysia ialah Resdung...but it is always misdefined.
Okay..let us accept the fact that Resdung means problematic nose, or sensitive nose or smells from breath due to nose discharge, or greenish persistent discharge (hingus) from nose, or to some people means penyakit yang menyebabkan tumbuh jerawat batu di sekitar hidung....yang bila dirawat secara tradisional akan keluar 'ulat-ulat' kecil dari kulit muka....yang dipercayai ulat penyebab resdung.
Then medically, we divide so called Resdung into... basically 2 types; Allergic Rhinitis & Sinusitis.
Sinusitis is probably the best description for Resdung.
If you have Allergic Rhinitis or sensitive nose (for simple explanation...banyak lagi jenis rhinitis ni sebenarnya) you will experienced these....
Morning symptoms (tanda) that dissapear towards afternoon. Ini termasuk, bersin, hidung gatal, selesema (running nose), berhingus berlebihan (increase in discharge, it can be clear to greenish)
Symptoms can reappear if exposed in large amount with dust, cold weather or environment for example in cold aircond room, pollen (debunga) in 4 season countries.
You will not have signs of infection like fever or cough and generalized body pain. Or in other words you are not sick.
Sinusitis pula;
Stuffy nose or hidung sumbat dengan hingus/mucus yang hijau atau kekuningan dan pekat
Facial bone pain atau sakit bila ditekan tulang pipi
Headache or facial bone pain when stooping down or tunduk kepala sakit tulang pipi
with or without fever....can cause bad breath
My Experience;
I am troubled with chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis (vasomotor type) since i were schooling in secondary school. Every day i have to bring 1 box of tissue with me and every morning after taking bath until 12 noon, i will be accompanied by my good friends;
sneezing every 20 minutes, running nose, greenish mucos discharge and red ithcy eyes.
Malu and low self esteem semua ada, nak concentrate in class also difficult. Apa lagi bad breath..
So my father bring me to see ENT specialist after failing many types of medication that only control the flu like symptoms.
My nose and its deep cavity explored and cleaned during visits that i have to follow every 3 months. No surgery involved. I was asked to get this nasal spray medication every day and i use them faithfully every day and night....
Only after 6 months later i got some relieve and near total cured after 1 year...Alhamdullilah.
Now my allergic rhinitis comes and goes but not that severe and controlled with medication.
This is what you should do and practice if you have these problem...
to be continued....
Monday, September 21, 2009
Raya Tips
Assalammualaikum and selamat beraya semua
Some tips to remember during visiting raya open house..ha..ha...of course it is all about eating
1. Please remember that you will easily gain back your weight or put extra pounds during this festive season. (to create awareness)
2. Please ask for non carbonated drinks if you think it can be done...for example maybe just a plain water. Or, ask the owner of the house not to serve full glass of drink, instead, maybe one third or 'sikit' only. (if carbonated or sweet drinks is unavoidable)
3. Take only small bite of your 'favourite cake' or maybe share them with your friend. (moderation)
4. Go for 'biskut raya' rather than calorie rich cake
5. Healthy option; nuts...and ....thats all i can think of...ha..ha..
6. Interact, talk more when you are in the house...to distract you from eating a feast...(not all can do that, I understand)...remember the reason we visit friends and relatives
7. You can skip your ordinary meal like lunch and dinner...but not the breakfast. Please take your breakfast before visiting so that you wont be feeling that hungry and do the uncontrolled things.
8. If you have this medicine called 'Xenical', you can take it before you feast on heavy sets of meal...the rendang, ayam masak merah, daging kurma or masak hitam...to name a few...(talk and ask your doctor first before taking it)
9. Be active...i know you will burn calorie less than what you take during raya visits...but still better than nothing...for example...park you car at the roadside and walk, walk and walk. If possible stationed your car at one site and cover all the houses in vicinity by just walking, carrying your child et cetera.
10. oh ya...you can use medical reason for excuse not to eat or drink unhealthy thing..for example...my doctor said i should control my eating because i have diabetes, if not i have to go for injection...ha..ha...everybody are scared of 'injection'...so as the house owner...believe me they will understand you..or you can create other medical excuse...'bohong sunat'...
okay guys...enjoy your holiday and hope this raya will bring more meaning to us spiritually and physically...
Maaf Zahir Batin.
Dr Redduan.
Some tips to remember during visiting raya open house..ha..ha...of course it is all about eating
1. Please remember that you will easily gain back your weight or put extra pounds during this festive season. (to create awareness)
2. Please ask for non carbonated drinks if you think it can be done...for example maybe just a plain water. Or, ask the owner of the house not to serve full glass of drink, instead, maybe one third or 'sikit' only. (if carbonated or sweet drinks is unavoidable)
3. Take only small bite of your 'favourite cake' or maybe share them with your friend. (moderation)
4. Go for 'biskut raya' rather than calorie rich cake
5. Healthy option; nuts...and ....thats all i can think of...ha..ha..
6. Interact, talk more when you are in the house...to distract you from eating a feast...(not all can do that, I understand)...remember the reason we visit friends and relatives
7. You can skip your ordinary meal like lunch and dinner...but not the breakfast. Please take your breakfast before visiting so that you wont be feeling that hungry and do the uncontrolled things.
8. If you have this medicine called 'Xenical', you can take it before you feast on heavy sets of meal...the rendang, ayam masak merah, daging kurma or masak hitam...to name a few...(talk and ask your doctor first before taking it)
9. Be active...i know you will burn calorie less than what you take during raya visits...but still better than nothing...for example...park you car at the roadside and walk, walk and walk. If possible stationed your car at one site and cover all the houses in vicinity by just walking, carrying your child et cetera.
10. oh ya...you can use medical reason for excuse not to eat or drink unhealthy thing..for example...my doctor said i should control my eating because i have diabetes, if not i have to go for injection...ha..ha...everybody are scared of 'injection'...so as the house owner...believe me they will understand you..or you can create other medical excuse...'bohong sunat'...
okay guys...enjoy your holiday and hope this raya will bring more meaning to us spiritually and physically...
Maaf Zahir Batin.
Dr Redduan.
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