How to use Love My Honey in your daily life

HO n E Y is one of the most versatile foods in the world. You can use it in many ways to enhance your health and wellness. But not all honey is created equal. Many varieties in the market today are processed, diluted, or contaminated with harmful substances, compromising their quality and health benefits. That’s why it’s important to choose Love My honey—a 100 percent pure and natural premium honey proudly sourced and made in the Philippines.

The honey that stands out from the crowd Wh E n y ou browse the shelves of a local supermarket, you will see a variety of honey products—most of them imported from the United States, Europe, and Australia. Among these selections stands Love My h o ney, a 100 percent proudly f i lipino-made honey product.

What makes it different from other brands is that it is harvested from wild sunflowers in the remote areas of Talakag and Lantapan, situated along the majestic Mt. Kitanglad mountain range in Bukidnon. This location offers a unique advantage for bees to gather nectar from naturally organic and wild sources, giving Love My h o ney a distinct flavor and quality.

Love My honey is not your regular store-bought product. It is 100 percent raw and pure, meaning it is unheated, unfiltered, and unpasteurized. This preserves all the nutrients, enzymes, and medicinal compounds that honey is known for. Love My honey is also meticulously blended and tested for the absence of the most well-known antibiotics, pesticides, and herbicides that can contaminate honey and harm your health.

Love My h o ney has a light color that ranges from extra white to extra light amber. The color indicates the minerals and some other components that significantly affect the quality, especially the taste. Light to transparent honey has a soft, delicate taste while darker honey usually has a stronger flavor. Love My h o ney has a mild floral aroma and a smooth texture that melts in your mouth.

Beyond its deliciousness, Love My h o ney is also packed with essential nutrients, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and phytochemicals that offer numerous benefits for your body and mind. But how can you use Love My h o ney in your daily life? h e re with weight loss. i t ’s in tabletop sweeteners sold as e q ual, s u gar tw in and Nutra s w eet. are some creative tips and ideas:

Natural Sweetener: Add Love My h o ney to your coffee, tea, milk, juice, smoothies, or yogurt as a natural sweetener. Its subtle floral flavor will enhance the taste while providing a gentle energy boost.

Delectable Spread: Elevate your breakfast by spreading Love My h o ney on bread, toast, pancakes, waffles, or muffins. n o t only will it make your morning meal more satisfying, but it will also infuse it with added nutrition.

Flavorful Dressing: Use Love My h o ney as a dressing for your salads, fruits, or cheese. This will enrich the taste and texture of your ingredients while providing valuable antioxidants and enzymes.

Savory Marinade or Glaze: Experiment with Love My honey as a marinade or glaze for your meat, fish, or vegetable dishes. It will impart a delightful sweet and savory flavor, tenderize your food, and make your dishes truly memorable.

Baking and Cooking: Incorporate

What did the two groups say?

Antonio comes to the eye institute for checkups almost weekly and gets the drops once a month. During visits, Antonio must wear protective clothing covering his arms, hands, legs and feet. Like other kids with the condition— who are sometimes called “butterfly children”—his skin is so fragile that even a touch can wound him.

Skin gel

An T O n I O still uses the skin gel, which was approved by the f DA in May and can also be used off-label on eyes. It doesn’t modify Dn A , so it’s not a one-time treatment like many gene therapies.

Sabater, director of the Corneal Innovation Lab at the eye institute, said gene therapy eyedrops could potentially be used for other diseases by changing the gene delivered by the virus. fo r example, a different gene could be used to treat f u chs’ dystrophy, which affects 18 million people in the US and accounts for about half the nation’s corneal transplants.

The prospect of treating more conditions this way is “exciting,” said Dr. Aimee Payne, a dermatology professor at the University of Pennsylvania who isn’t involved in the research. The approach “delivers gene therapy that really addresses the root cause of disease.”

With his vision restored, Antonio has enjoyed a typical teen pastime he’s wanted to do for quite a while: playing video games with his friends. And he finally feels safe walking around.

Sabater said the two-year journey seeking government and hospital approvals “was worth it. Just for Antonio, it was worth it...but also because it opens the space to treat other patients in the future.” risk of diabetes, heart disease and early death in adults.

Love My h o ney into your baking and cooking recipes. It adds moisture and sweetness to cakes, cookies, pies, muffins, granola bars, oatmeal, or porridge, making them even more delectable.

Natural r e medy: h a rness the healing properties of Love My h o ney by using it to soothe a sore throat, cough, cold, flu, allergy symptoms, or wounds. Its anti-inflammatory and infectionfighting properties can speed up the healing process.

Beauty Applications: Embrace Love My h o ney as a natural beauty product to enhance your skin, hair, and nails. It moisturizes, cleanses, exfoliates, and heals your skin; conditions, nourishes, and adds shine to your hair; and strengthens and protects your nails.

Love My h o ney is more than a honey brand—it’s a lifestyle choice that shows your love for yourself and others. Made by Ph I LUSA Corporation, a trusted company since 1957, and Miel De Oro, a local honey producer from Bukidnon, Love My h o ney gives you a premium honey experience that you can enjoy every day.

You can find Love My h o ney in all Mercury drugstores nationwide and select supermarkets and grocery stores.

By Roderick L. Abad Contributor

MA r K I n G the n u tri - tion Month this July, n estlé Philippines Inc. debuted its fa mily Wellness fe stival aimed at educating f i lipino households about good nutrition to achieve a healthier, happier life.

As a headstart, the food and beverage ( f & B) giant partnered with the local government unit (LGU) of Quezon City for the festivity’s launch attended by around 4,000 local residents and those from nearby cities who pre-registered online at Barangaynestle.com.ph.

“We at n estlé Philippines believe that good nutrition starts at home. We are bringing the fa mily Wellness fe stival closer to communities as we strive to provide citizens with the right information and tips that can help them improve their health and wellness,” n estlé

Philippines Senior Vice President and he ad of Corporate Affairs Joey Uy III said during the kick off ceremony held at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City last July 15.

This initiative complements the ongoing nutrition programs of Quezon City led by Mayor Joy Belmonte.

“We strive to provide our QCitizens all the support they need to have a healthy mind and body to make them productive, free from ailments and able to live longer. It’s the right of every citizen to have a good health. But the local government cannot do it alone. We need the support of the private sector to augment our efforts,” she emphasized.

Nutrition status

PIVOTAL to health and development, nutrition is the process of taking food of living organisms and converting it into energy and other important nutrients so as to grow, maintain themselves, and reproduce.

Unfortunately in the Philippines, f i lipinos have been constantly confronted by nutritional issues since time immemorial, according to experts who graced the event.

They continue to carry the triple burden of malnutrition—undernutrition among kids, over-nutrition or obesity for adults, and micronutrient deficiency, n estlé Philippines nutrition advocacy executive Edelwise “Ivy” Sicat told reporters on the sidelines of the event.

Such conditions are shown in the typical Pinggang Pinoy. She said: “It’s our go, grow, glow platebased guide for f i lipinos on the proper amounts and kinds of food we eat per meal.”

Citing the study of the Department of Science and Technologyfo od and n u trition r e search Institute (DOST- f nr I ), she described the Pinggang Pinoy as half full of rice and the other half would have a little fish and some vegetables.

J. f r ane. “[So] we use data from our research to draft policy recommendations. We’re focusing on the deficiencies in our diet, like there’s a high deficiency of vitamin A in infants, its natural sources coming mostly from yellow foods, vegetables, and milk.”

Healthy food for all

T r U E to this year’s n u trition Month theme, “ h e althy diet gawing affordable for all,” n estlé Philippines keeps its promise to make good nutrition accessible with nutrient-packed and budget-friendly f & B products that are enriched with essential vitamins and minerals for each family member. “ n estlé is working on that so we’ve fortified our products with the key nutrients that are deficient in the f i lipino diet, such as vitamins A and C, zinc, calcium, iron. We’ve also reduced some of the sensitive ingredients, like sugar, fat, salt, in n estlé products,” Sicat explained in reference to some of their well-loved brands such as Milo, Bear Brand, Maggi, Chuckie, Koko Krunch, n e scafe, n estea and Boost.

“We’re locally sourcing some of our ingredients to reduce the cost. We also have different SKUs [stock keeping units] to cater to different families’ buying capacities. But when we say affordable, it should also be sulit [value for money]. That means consumers are getting a product that’s affordable, nutritious and delicious, and contains all the nutrients they need,” she added.

Meaningful, fun-filled event

T h E i nitial staging of the fa mily Wellness fe stival was both insightful and enjoyable for attendees. Invited experts shared health and wellness learnings and tips that they can apply and practice at home. fo r instance, the Department of Agriculture gave pointers on how to start a vegetable garden based on its fo od Always in the h o me or fA IT h program. This was followed by a cooking demonstration to promote “sarapsustansya” meals for the family. r e gistered nutritionists-dietitians were available to give free personalized nutrition consultations to participants.

f e stivalgoers joined the fun games and exciting activities, courtesy of different n estlé brands. Aside from promos and discounts, its products and special prizes were raffled off throughout the day.

They also received freebies by exchanging empty sachets and tetra packs of products manufactured by the multinational. This is in line with the company’s 3 r s advocacy to engage more f i lipinos to “ r e use, r e duce and r e cycle” plastic wastes and become part of the movement for environmental sustainability.

Continued from C1 h e re’s a look at the announcement:

What is aspartame?

As P A r t A m e is a low-calorie artificial s weetener that is about 200 times sweeter than sugar. i t i s a white, odorless powder and the world’s most widely used artificial sweetener.

Aspartame is authorized as a food additive in e u rope and the U s and is used in numerous foods, drinks such as d i et Coke, desserts, chewing gum, medications including cough drops and foods intended to help

Aspartame was approved in 1974 by the U. s f o od and d r ug Administration w ith an acceptable daily intake of 50 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. According to the fd A , a person weighing 132 pounds (60 kilograms) would need to consume about 75 aspartame packets to reach that level.

UN experts evaluated the safety of aspartame in 1981 and set the safe daily limit slightly lower, at 40 milligrams of aspartame per kilogram. d avid s p iegelhalter, an emeritus statistics professor at Cambridge University, said the guidance means that “average people are safe to drink up to 14 cans of diet drink a day…and even this ‘acceptable daily limit’ has a large built-in safety factor.” in a separate evaluation, experts assembled by W ho and the food agency updated their risk assessment, including reviewing the acceptable daily intake. t h ey concluded there was “no convincing evidence” at the currently consumed levels that aspartame is dangerous; their guidelines regarding acceptable levels of consumption were unchanged. t h e move comes weeks after the W ho s aid that non-sugar sweeteners don’t help with weight loss and could lead to increased t h e fdA s aid scientific evidence continues to support the agency’s conclusion that aspartame is “safe for the general population,” when used within limits. t h e dose makes the poison,” said Klurfeld, who previously served on an i A r C p anel. “ e v en essential nutrients like vitamin A, iron and water will kill you within hours if too much is consumed.” AP

W ho ’s cancer agency, i A r C convened its expert group in June to assess the potential of aspartame to cause cancer. i t b ased its conclusion that aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic” on studies in humans and animals that found “limited” evidence that the compound may be linked to liver cancer.

Should I be concerned about getting too much?

Not as long as you don’t exceed the guidelines.

Almost any substance can be dangerous in excessive amounts, said d avid Klurfeld, a nutrition expert at the i ndiana University s c hool of Public h eal th-Bloomington.

“If you have so much rice, your meal is not balanced and if you continue with this diet for a long time, you will have a problem,” Sicat pointed out. “[Or when] you’re just eating a cup of rice, but your viand is very high in fat and you’re not eating any vegetable, that’s certainly not a good combination [too].” fo od insecurity is a problem, f i lipinos have no access to food,” f nr u by

Apart from economic and inflationary pressures, what’s contributing to the nutritional deficiency of f i lipinos today is the shortage of supply.

Making the event “greener”, a representative from nonprofit organization Pure Oceans gave a talk, together with a representative from GMA Sparkle, about environment protection and its positive impact in the wellness of the planet.

As the Kasambuhay for Good and family wellness partner of f i lipinos, n estlé Philippines will bring the fa mily Wellness fe stival to Makati City and Caloocan City in August. Pre-registration for the next events is now open via Barangaynestle.com.ph.

“We’re very optimistic that 10 years from now, we will see a healthier Philippines,” n estle Philippines Vice President for Corporate Communications Michelle Pador stressed.