Friday, June 1, 2012

Fight against fast-ageing, starting with your brain


There is no stopping ageing. It is inevitable that in time, our once soft and supple skin would wrinkle, hair gone gray or lost, bones become brittle.

Though it can’t be stopped, ageing can be delayed in countless ways. The use of supplements to keep skin looking radiant is one. When it comes to giving bones that much-needed calcium boost, milk supplements can do the trick.

The brain is another important part of our body that is also in danger of fast ageing. Like the body, the brain will also deteriorate as we become older. And many people are not aware that brain ageing starts from mid twenties onwards, much earlier than most people imagine. Based on a survey done in 8 countries such as China, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan, around 73% of respondents believe that the brain is one of the key organs that need to be protected from aging.

There are ways to fight causes of brain ageing, though. Just like preventing other signs of ageing, our brain may be saved through supplements that provide enough brain food to keep it healthy. Coupled with regular exercise, a healthy and balanced diet, including those rich in omega-3 and plenty of restful sleep, brain ageing will definitely have to wait.

BRAND'S® Essence of Chicken is one such food supplement. Made from fine quality chicken extract but without any additives, fats and cholesterol, BRAND'S® Essence of Chicken contains ProBeptigen™, an amazing peptide that helps boost the brain’s level of serotonin, which is known to fight stress, fatigue, and helps improve motivation to learn. It also has carnosine, a dipeptide that helps protect the brain and slows down the effects of brain aging.

It is also important to note that common reasons such as stress and depression may prove to be more potent than other causes of brain ageing and memory loss. Depression can imitate the signs of memory loss and the effects in our brain functions may be irreversible when prolonged.

And when our body is stressed, it releases cortisol, popularly known as a “stress hormone,” that gives us a burst of energy in response to stress. Though it is a very normal reaction of the body, because of a highly stressful lifestyle, prolonged stay of this hormone in the body may result to adverse effects. It also works up the neurons to its limits which lead to its fast deterioration.

Keeping a healthy brain with proper diet, rest, regular exercise, together with food supplements like BRAND'S® Essence of Chicken, can definitely improve your brain functions and help prevent brain ageing. But living a stress-free lifestyle by managing it properly to lessen the worries, and staying actively social, meeting family and friends, can also help in improving brain health. A bottle a day of BRAND'S® Essence of Chicken will definitely help you fight worries on ageing. As some would say, “ageing is just in the brain.”

Available in 42-gram and 70-gram bottles, with suggested retail prices of P68 and P108, respectively, BRAND’S®Essence of Chicken is sold at Mercury Drug stores in Metro Manila. For more details, visit www.brandsworld.com.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Vote for the last two finalists of the Promil Pre-School i-Shine Talent Camp


Who will complete this year’s Promil Pre-School’s i-Shine Talent Camp Top 12? The top 10 has already been selected and you have the power to decide who will become the last two finalists through your votes!

Twenty more talented hopefuls await your vote at ishine.abs-cbn.com. Watch their impressive talent videos and support your favorite! Only 1 vote per video per day is allowed. Voting period is from May 28 to June 3.

In partnership with ABS-CBN, the Promil Pre-School i-Shine Talent Camp is a TV reality show that aims to encourage parents to develop and support their child’s talent. Among the prizes that await the winner is a talent contract from Star Magic and Promil Pre-School, plus Php 500,000 in cash. 

So vote for your favorite now and give him the chance to shine on-stage at the Promil Pre-School i-Shine Talent Camp. Who knows, he could be the country’s next big talent! 

Promil Pre-School is a nutritious powdered milk drink for children 4-7 years old which contains Nutrissentials – a unique combination of essential nutrients that help optimize a child’s full potential.

For more details on Promil Pre-School i-Shine Talent Camp, visit http://ishine.abs-cbn.com, contact the Wyeth Careline at 81-WYETH (99384) or the provincial toll-free number 1-800-10-884-2222. You may also visit Promil Pre-School’s Facebook Fan Page at www.facebook.com/promilpreschool. 

Monday, May 28, 2012

Cortal SQR Sponsors Fun Run to Benefit Scholars


Cortal SQR, the pain reliever from Pharma-Rex Inc. that gives the safest and quickest relief from body pain through its advanced formulation of Ibuprofen and Paracetamol, recently held its running event, “Cortal SQR Run and Fly Away from Pain”.

In support of the scholars of AMY Foundation, the participants were challenged to a 5k, 10k and 15k long trail along Roxas Boulevard which stretched the cities of Manila and Pasay. Aside from helping the student beneficiaries of AMY Foundation, the runners also got to chance to win two roundtrip tickets from Zest Air, one of the event partners, to prime destinations in the Philippines- Cebu, Puerto Princesa and Boracay via a raffle. Top finishers of the race per category also received cash and other prizes from Cortal SQR and its other event partners.

The AMY Foundation is a non-stock, non-profit organization founded by Ambassador Alfredo Yao of the Zest-O Group of Companies. The Foundation aims to implement and sustain socio-economic programs in support of the development and advancement of the less privileged and less fortunate youth sectors of the society.

Image credit: www.amyfoundationph.com
 “We acknowledge the help of Cortal SQR through this fun run to support our various academic programs for the youth.” said Ambassador Alfredo Yao. “With the support of companies such as Cortal SQR, we would be able to reach our goal of supporting our scholars and help them reach their goals and finish their studies.” Ambassador Yao adds.

For more information about Cortal SQR, visit www.cortal.com.ph/ or like their page at www.facebook.com/cortalsqr