By Deni Rose M. Afinidad, Staff Writer
05/21/2012
he past century had been a celebration of cures. Now, the mantra prevention is better than cure has become so strong, this century has been rated PG (Prevention Generation).
If it is true that the digestive system is the culprit behind top Filipino killers heart disease, cancer, diabetes, hypertension and diarrhea, then prevention should start with what the old adage says makes you who you are: what you eat.
Now that summer break is almost over, it is now time to give a holiday to one of the busiest parts of the body your stomach. The recently held 4th HSBC Coffee Talk: Hot Summer, Hot Diets was a platform for people to meet eye to eye with the eye of todays wellness storm: diets.
Art Mendoza from The Biggest Loser; Rescina Bhagwani who lost 65 pounds on the Cohen diet; JL Martinez who lost 120 pounds on the HCG diet; Lala Agregado who credits her newly toned physique to CrossFit; and Kat Azanza, co-owner of Juju Cleanse, shared pound-per-pound pieces of advice for those thinking of tipping off the scale to get todays most sought-after Bora body.
Natural diet and CrossFit
In her childhood, Agregado used to be overweight. Her mother has a seemingly eternal hourglass figure, while every celebrity she watched on TV seemed to be always slim. These pressured her to try the extremes.
I have tried all the crazy diets and weight loss methods out there, she said. Bangkok pills, Xenical... you name it. You may lose a lot of weight in a short period of time but trust me, you will balloon back with a vengeance.
She, however, found the solution she had been looking for ever since she signed up for CrossFit.
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