Tropical Goodness

Diabetes is one of the major health problem faced by the world. According to World Health Organization (WHO) 8.5% among adults over 18 years old are diabetic. (1) It shows an increase of 4.7%  compared to 1980. 1.6 million death in 2016 was estimated caused by diabetes. (1) It is one of the top 10 causes of death in 2016.  High blood triglyceride (fat) level, high fat and carbohydrate diet, high alcohol intake and obesity are some of the causes of diabetes. (2) Obesity and inactive lifestyle is said to be the main causes of diabetes. (2) Hence what we can do to prevent or manage diabetes? One of the effort we can do is to change our diet into a healthier diet. It is by consuming more healthy food and follow the food pyramid. This means we have to eat more vegetables especially green vegetables and also fruits. And eat them in moderation. Below are some of the food that is good for diabetic people. Bitter Gourd Avicenna in his Canon wrote that bitter gourd can b...

I have been nurturing this for few years now. The beauty and radiance never fail to impress me. That is my butterfly pea plants. There are two of them, living in flower pots. Prior to growing this plant, I don't know why people like to plant butterfly pea, but after reading some articles about the benefits of the plants I think it is wise if I grow one. And my other aunt happened to give me some seed from her garden that time. Hence I grew it.  My multi-layered butterfly pea flower. Planting butterfly pea is not difficult, especially when you grow them on the ground. In the pot, they just need more care, enough water and nutrients. And when it flowers it is so lovely. Striking blue flowers and mine is multiple layers flower. Oh I almost forgot, one think that you cannot do when growing this plant is not to grow chives nearby. Both plants' growth will slow down and plant might get sick.  Butterfly peas... I read in articles that the whole plant is edible bu...

Scrub is an essential beauty product in our beauty routine. Exfoliation is one of the important process for people who care for their skin. The process exfoliate dead skin cells and sometimes add nutrients to the skin. Thus the skin may become smooth, clean and healthy.  There are abundance of ready made body scrub in the market. Herbs, fruits, rice and milk are some of the ingredients contained in body scrub. And the price of these scrubs range from cheap, affordable to expensive.  But many of us also loves to make homemade scrub. Why. Because it is not only cheaper, but also fresh and flexible. It is flexible as we can control the ingredients used to make our body scrub. And making scrub is also take not much of our time.  There are many ingredients can be used to make homemade scrub. And they range from long lasting scrub to easily expire one. Dry ingredients such as rice, coffee ground and dried ingredients are usually last longer than wet ingredients...