{"id":76910,"date":"2016-06-05T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=76910"},"modified":"2016-06-05T08:40:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T12:40:00","slug":"doh-discourages-use-food-supplements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/06\/05\/doh-discourages-use-food-supplements\/","title":{"rendered":"DOH discourages use of food supplements"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BAGUIO CITY \u2013 Nephrologist Virginia B. Mangati has strongly discouraged the use of food supplements, saying that the \u201cAlternative medicine lacks research and therefore not recommended\u201d.<\/p>\n

Another reason Mangati cited was that the food supplements carried the \u201cno approved therapeutic claims\u201d and therefore should not be considered for medications.<\/p>\n

Mangati also cautioned on the intake of energy drinks as these could contribute to kidney failure due to its high creatinine content.<\/p>\n

\u201cCheck your kidneys before taking energy drinks\u201d, Mangati maintained.<\/p>\n

Based on a health research conducted in Northern Luzon by the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) in 2006-2010, it has been noted that non-communicable or degenerative diseases such as kidney diseases, peptic ulcer and diabetes outnumber infectious diseases as the leading causes of mortality in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cost of treatment is also expensive,\u201d Mangati said, \u201cbecause it takes a minimum of five years of dialysis to restore a patient\u2019s health due to damaged kidneys.<\/p>\n

Some even take as long as 20 years of dialysis.<\/p>\n

Healthy lifestyle, proper nutrition, and health education are still the best prevention and maintenance for healthy kidneys\u201d, she added.<\/p>\n

Mangati announced the National Kidney and Transplant Institute\u2019s celebration of National Kidney Month this June with the theme \u201cMalusog na Bato, Yaman at Buhay Ko.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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