As I embark on more physical activities for my coming physical proficiency test, I tend to consume greater supplement of vitamins and of course not forgetting the life-saving isotonic drinks. But again mostly during period of intense physical activities where the chances of depleting essential is logically higher. Right?
Ok, firstly why vitamins? This [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Why I take (certain) vitamins and isotonic drinks
Posted in Health, tagged cramps, drowning, Health, isotonic, potassium, RDA, Singapore youth olympics, tropical sickness, vitamins on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vicious myopic prescriptions worsen your kids’ and national visions
Posted in Eye Care, tagged far-sightedness, myopia, singapore eye hospital, Vivian Balakrishnan on February 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When my wife told me that my kid now in primary 4 (10 yrs old) had his myopic degree upped to 600+ by the optician, I was angry. I did not fell off my chair like most writers did. Not because it was any body’s fault but rather because it was simply a myopic [...]
Cut Salt to keep children thin? (Not for our tropical climate)
Posted in Health, tagged cramps, drowning, isotonic, salt, Singapore youth olympics, tropical sickness on February 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I read with alarm about an article on Straits Times (21 Feb) – ” Cut salt to keep children thin“. Remember! We are living in a tropical environment and kids (i mean real kids) who goes out to play and sweat in the field, playground and often are not aware of the [...]
Too much water can burst your brains out and constant severe headaches
Posted in Health, tagged brain edema, sudden death, vasopressin, water intoxication on February 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hi again. I was watching TV the other day (or rather a few months) back and this famous local artiste, Fann Wong was advising TV audience to drink plenty of water to flush out toxins in our body. This conventional wisdom drilled in to many by both beauticians and doctors alike is [...]
Drink isotonic drink, save your kid from heat stroke and fatal cramps!!!!
Posted in Health, tagged brain edema, cramps, drowning, Health, isotonic, potassium, RDA, Singapore youth olympics, tropical sickness, vitamins, water intoxication, water safety on February 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dear Parents and Instructors,
1. I read with much sadness the recent spate of deaths attributed to the generic term “heat stroke”. This came in the form of sudden death while exercising or even drowning due to onset of cramps and kids with no prior experience in cramps would have difficulties staying afloat. [...]
