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May 3, 2014
Summer health tips to beat the heat
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ealth practitioners suggest several measures which are easy to follow in order to handle the onslaught of heat that summer brings. These measures will also ensure that the body is as cool as it possibly can. Eat light, small, frequent meals. Start the morning with a sweet, juicy fruit at breakfast. Ripe summer fruits peaches, plums, melons and pears, are exactly what your skin craves for in the hot season. Citrus fruits are also very cooling. Eat whole or extract their juice, store in the refrigerator and sip often throughout the day. Include salads in the diet. Consuming leafy lettuce and summer greens, corn on cob and cucumbers, in salads are delicious ways to stay cool. These foods contain a significant amount of water and can actually thin the blood, which has a cooling effect. Onions too are great in the summer, because of their ability to beat the
heat and provide relief from summer ailments. So, throw in some washed onion slices onto a sandwich, or in the salad. If one is a non-vegetarian, limit red meat and instead go for fish and oysters. If one gets burnt (sun stroke or heat stroke), seek relief by sipping on green tea or take a spoon of onion juice. They are potent antioxidants that can neutralize cellular damage caused by the sun’s rays. Avoid extreme cold foods and drinks - most of us normally pick these and they are actually known to interfere with digestion and sweating, thereby interfering with the body’s natural cooling mechanisms. So, however tempting it may be to sit on your porch licking an ice cream cone or sipping a cool glass of tea, try a wedge of watermelon instead. To cool the body through sweating, add small amounts of hot
spices to food while cooking. Hot peppers, fresh ginger, and black pepper are all great spices to make it really hot and then to cool one down. Hydrate the body by drinking at least 8-10 glasses of water a day. Water is the best drink as it doesn’t contain any sugars that can add up to unnecessary calories. For a change, a lemon and honey drink can also instantly replenish the body’s lost fluids and work as an energizer. Drink fluids even if one is not yet thirsty. Once one has the feeling of being thirsty, this means he or she is already dehydrated. Wear loose, full-sleeved cotton clothes to protect the body from the sun and to aid evaporation of sweat. When going out, use a hat to protect the head from the sun. Stay indoors. Restrict outdoor activities to the cooler parts of the day, early mornings before 10.30am or late evenings after 530pm. (PIA 8)
DOLE CHIEF...FROM PAGE 1 devastated areas in the Province and other parts of region 8. This was conveyed by the Secretary to the Leytenos in her message during the celebration of the Labor Day on May 1 which was read by DOLE Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunzad III. Baldoz said, she was impressed the way Leytenos are moving on considering the huge impact of the super typhoon to the people’s lives, properties and even their livelihood. This only shows the good traits of the Filipinos especially the Warays. “Indeed tayong mga Pilipino ay kinikilala bilang sikat na manggagawa lalo na an mga Waray. You are known to be flexible, masipag, matalino. Kahit saan kayo magpunta you are able to adapt to the new environment thereby making you, easy to deal with and in a way you become competitive then,” Baldoz said. “As we celebrate Labor Day we made it a point that delivery of services when most needed is assured,” Baldoz
added. Hence, job fairs were conducted all over the country. Yesterday’s jobs fair in Palo and Ormoc City was the 5th jobs fair since Yolanda wrought havoc in the region. The first was held in Ormoc City on December 14, 2013 barely over a month after the disaster with the support of May Bukas Pa Foundation headed by its President Ms. Marcia G. Sadicon and Manager of M and M Placement International Incorporated, an international agency. The second was done in Tacloban City on January 22, 2014 at Leyte Normal University and the third was at DOLE Regional Office, this city last February 22, 2014. Driven by the desire to facilitate employment opportunities in Yolanda affected areas, DOLE has also led another jobs fair at Guiuan Eastern Samar on April 2, 2014. Aside from this, just three weeks
after the typhoon the Department of Labor and Employment has initiated the emergency employment program in Yolanda-stricken areas where the immediate needs of displaced workers were responded. It was learned that the Department rolled out a total of P98 million including the International Labor Organization’s P8 million which benefitted 28, 000 workers for the said program. In said occasion, Secretary Baldoz also recognized the efforts made by the local government executives, the DOLE attached agencies headed by Region 8 Director Exequiel Sarcauga, other national government agencies, the employers, international organizations, industries, local groups, and the jobseekers who join the Labor Day celebration to be meaningful and who in one way, or another, help in their goal to make life a better one, if not the best that one could be proud of. (PIA-8)