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A new study provides insight on how individual fruits and vegetables could help us – or not – with weight management. ©Subbotina Anna/Shutterstock.com (Relaxnews) – Eating more fruits and non-starchy vegetables such as artichoke, avocado, asparagus and cucumber leads to weight loss, according to a massive new study analyzing the effect of each one. “The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that adults and children should eat a variety of fruits and vegetables to help them achieve and maintain a healthy weight,” writes study author Monica Bertoia of Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. “But are all fruits and vegetables equally good at controlling weight?” Vegetables that contain lots of fiber and low carbohydrates such as broccoli and Brussels sprouts led to greater weight loss, which Bertoia says is likely because they make you feel full. Starchy vegetables like corn, peas and potatoes seemed to cause weight gain, according to the study. Weight loss benefits that came with increasing your consumption applied more so to fruits than to vegetables, and were most notably seen with berries, apples and pears, tofu and soy, cauliflower and cruciferous and green, leafy vegetables. Working with 133,468 men and women living in the US, Bertoia, whose study was published in PLOS One, relied on self-reported data on eating and weight change. After adjusting for factors such as smoking that could affect the result, she observed that increasing consumption of fruits and non-starchy vegetables led to a significant weight change Read More …

Activists from women’s rights group Gabriela pose with placards to protest the killings of lumad leaders in Surigao del Sur on Thursday. Left-wing groups raised concern on the involvement of government militia in the killing at least 3 people in the region. (MNS photo) MANILA (Mabuhay) – An anti-crime group on Thursday filed plunder, graft and malversation charges against former Puerto Princesa City mayor Edward Hagedorn in connection with the alleged anomalous reimbursement from local government funds amounting to P60.567 million. In a 13-page complaint filed with the Office of the Ombudsman, Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) chairman Martin Diño and a private individual from Puerto Princesa City, Oscar Lapida Jr., alleged that Hagedorn and four other former city officials committed plunder as defined under Republic Act 7080 or the Anti-Plunder Law, violation of Section 3 (e) of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and malversation thru falsification of public documents. In their complaint, Diño and Lapida said that between 2011 to 2012, Hagedorn, in an alleged “conspiracy” with the four other respondents, reimbursed from the city government through a series of transactions a total of P60,567,071 with himself as the sole payee. The complainants said the reimbursements were done “despite the lack of official receipts, vouchers, or other documents to support and/or authorize payment of claim for reimbursable expense,” with Hagedorn claiming to have spent his own money for various  purposes that were supposedly part of the official business of the city government. “Hagedorn Read More …

By Abner Galino Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon of Pag-asa Municipality, Kalayaan Island Group, Palawan speaks before the members of the Fil-Am media and the community at the LA Rose Cafe against China’s bullying and island grabbing in the Spratleys. The forum in Los Angeles Wednesday was sponsored by LA US Pinoys for Good Governance led by Ms. Rocio Nuyda. Saying we will fight fire with fire would make for a good acoustic but really implementing it against a formidable foe as China is simply a fool’s errand. This, in a nutshell, is the opinion of Kalayaan mayor Eugenio Bito-onon who is in the US to promote the prospect of building an Eco-Tourism Zone in his municipality of six islets, two cays, two reefs and 288 residents. The municipal government has its seat at the 32-hectare island of Pag-asa, the largest of all the islands in its jurisdiction. It has a municipal hall, a health clinic, an elementary school and a dilapidated airstrip. It is part of the province of Palawan. Pag-asa, which means hope, may well be the country’s strongest fortress in the West Philippine Sea where islands, reefs and shoals are being disputed by Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam and China. In a presentation organized by the US Pinoys for Good Governance in a restaurant in downtown Los Angeles, Mayor Bito-onon disclosed that Pag-asa has been more besieged today than during the last three years. Pag-asa is just 13 miles away from a man-made island developed by China and it is Read More …

Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano MANILA  (Mabuhay) – Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is still hoping that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will run for president in 2016. “He has asked for more time, more soul searching. (It’s not easy to decide) to take a leap of faith for national office,” he told reporters at the sidelines of the World Teachers’ Day held at Cuneta Astrodome on Monday. Cayetano said he believed that Duterte will come up with the “right decision.” “Tingin ko, hindi niya mare-resist ang clamor ng mga tao (I think he won’t be able to resist the clamor of the people),” he said. “Hindi survey, hindi partido ang nagtutulak sa kanya kung hindi mga tao (The public will be the ones to persuade him, not any survey or party),” he added. Cayetano met with Duterte to reportedly convince him to run for president. Last week, the senator announced that he will run for vice president in the national elections next year. “It’s really his choice. All we can do is hope and pray he has the best partner. I said the partner is worth waiting for,” he said. Duterte is also reportedly also in talks with Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who is believed to be running for vice president and is looking for a presidential running mate. The Davao City mayor has earlier announced that he will not run for president but said he is reconsidering his decision. “I will not change my loyalty or change my Read More …

Kiray Celis (MNS Photo) Young actress Kiray Celis revealed that she is currently working with actor Derek Ramsay for an upcoming film. Celis, 19, admitted that she is excited to work with the sexy actor. “Nakakaloka kasi Derek Ramsay ‘yon, hindi mo ‘yon mala-lang. Isang Derek Ramsay ‘yon tsaka inano nga [sinabi] sa akin ng mga kaibigan ko na ‘Nakasama na niya si Anne Curtis, si Cristine Reyes, si Coleen, tsaka ikaw?’” the actress said. Since she is working with the 38-year-old actor, Celis was asked if she would do sexy scenes with Ramsay. “Pwede dahil sexy si Derek so hindi tayo puwede magpatalo pero ngayon hindi pa ready,” she said. Celis, however, revealed that viewers can expect a new “Kiray” in the film. “May mga scenes kami na bagong Kiray, sobrang bagong Kiray. First time kong magiging ganito,” she stated. The former child star also said she is now ready to accept more challenging roles. “Basta arte na kaya ko at pag binigay sa akin at tingin ko kaya ko at na-challenge ako why not? At least nakita ako na bago ulit,” she said. Prior to this film, Celis already worked with singer-actor Kean Cipriano in the upcoming romantic-comedy film “Love Is Blind.”(MNS)