Dr. Jau-Fei Chen, E. Excel International’s founder, was recently interviewed by the Taiwanese station UFO Radio. In the interview, broadcast on 4 September 2017, Dr. Chen discussed health-related topics with reference to her latest book, “Nutrition • Immunity • Longevity.”
Content from the interview is available on the radio host’s personal blog, at https://goo.gl/pVg2wD
Click on the link below to listen to the interview online:
As a consumer, how should we choose a healthy cooking oil?
The biggest concern now is, most oil are high in Omega 6, causing inflammation. Which leads to most diseases
So How to choose a healthy cooking oil?
Main Criteria to look at
1. Omega 6: Omega 3 ratio
2. Smoke Point
What are some misconception that we need to take note for selecting a healthy cooking oil?
Let's listen from Dr Chen in her sharing
I have made a summaries on misconception from her sharing, you can look at the snapshot here. You can listen to the video to understand more!
1. Some oil are being labelled that it has went through refinery process to increase the smoke point
Is it really true?
2. Can we reuse the cooking oil?
Most food that we are taking outside are mostly cooked with re-used cooking oil to save cost.
3. When you are deep frying chicken with cooking oil at home, you see bubble in the oil after a while.
Why the cooking oil in fast food chain never get bubbled although they deep frying food all day long?
4. Why the chicken/food that you fried at home turned brown very soon, yet the french fries/chicken at restaurant never get golden brown when leaving there?
Sodium acid pyrophosphate is being added
5. Will oil spoil? Especially when we fried chicken (any meat)
6. Why the fast food oil can be used for more than few days to 1 week and the oil never spoilt?
This preservatives is being added, a component in the lighter!!
Side effects of TBHQ?
Although the amount is lesser than the regulated amount. However, because of the re-using of the oil, it gets concentrated.
Additional tip to Choosing cooking oil
What about Coconut oil?
Let's look at the Straits Times article published earlier.
The best oil in the market is made from Macademia, and Perilla with the criteria on smoke point and omega ratio.
For me I choose the E.Excel Blended cooking oil, with the mix of Macademia and Perilla seed for best convenience, with no preservatives and chemically added.
Irregardless of which oil, as long as they are oil they are high in calorie. Any teaspoon of any types of oil contains 120 calorie!
Check out more about the promotion on the cooking oil
Always be a wiser consumer
You are what you eat
To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear
Dr Chen was being featured in Business Time, CEO Conversation
"As Dr Chen explains, the company's health food products are made from wholesome plant foods readily available in the supermarket. "What we provide is convenience for people too busy to prepare a wide variety of fruits and vegetables daily," she says.
"E. Excel's nutritional immunology advocates prevention over cure. By improving our diet with a wide variety of health-boosting fruits and vegetables found in the supermarket, and adopting a healthy lifestyle, we can strengthen our immune system and reduce the risk of disease," Dr Chen says."
But the initial going was tough. At that time, people were more receptive towards man-made supplements instead of natural foods. "People wanted secret, ancient formulas. And they thought anything chemical was better, preferring to take a vitamin C pill instead of eating an orange."
Not giving in to popular sentiment, she stuck to her original philosophy that whole foods are the way to go. "We know whole foods are good for people, and that gave us the strength to continue," she says.
Last Friday a friend shared with me about Chinese medicine, which is usually claimed to be safer and lesser side effects.
This Chinese medicine is very commonly recommended when a person is having flu, fever and fever.
Thankfully equipping with the Nutritional Immunology, instead of looking at the function of the medicine, first thing that I look at is the labels.
Some of you probably seen this before as it's available at over the counter.
First thing that I saw in the label is Ephedrae.
Often we thought since it's plant food, it must be safe.
However, Natural isn't Always Safe
For example, Ephedrae.
Ephedrae is a common plant exists in weight loss products. FDA actually banns the use of the Ephedrae in dietary supplement.
However, why it appears in medicine for flu, cough and fever?
It turns out that it's being used in medicine because of it's ability to induce sweating!
In Harvard Health,
"In 2003, FDA announced it was banning the sale of products containing ephedra."
"It claims for promoting weight loss as well as for increasing energy and alertness"
"Side effects of herb include heart palpitations, nausea, and vomiting. More than 800 dangerous reactions have been reported, among them, heart attacks, strokes, seizures, and sudden death"
"According to Annals of Internal Medicine, ephedra products make up only 1% of herbal supplement sales in US, but they are responsible for 62% of herbal related reports to poison control centers"
Natural is not always safe.
If it's safe, it should be able to be consumed on daily basis.
The question that I will always ask is that, is pregnant lady, kids or infant, elder safe to consumer the products?
In the Nutritional Immunology, we know We have best doctor within us, which is our Immune System
Among TCM, Western Medicine and Food, which do you think will nourish our Immune System the most?
It can be very irritating to have chapped lips or dry lips, especially we are at indoor aircond room most of the time. Things may be worst if we travel to winter country with dry air.
I traveled to Korea during winter early this year, thankfully I have the Liprotect Gel to protect my lips.
Besides, it helps with those who has chapped lips too.
The lip protect gel is not for sales, only comes as a free gift :)
Currently, Lip Protect Gel is available as free gift.
With purchase of either of the moisturizer, you get 2 free Lip Protect Gel!!
Rose Pearl Hydrating cream is my favorite moisturizer, it's very moisturizing and make the skin supple :)
PM to know more
Cheers
To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear
For healthy hair, prevent premature aging is one of important factors. Other than this, we need to look into Biotin, if we are lacking of biotin in our body
Let's look at What can Biotin do for my body?
Without Biotin, it will cause many issues, which also contributing to hair loss.
Where can you find Biotin?
There are many products out there in the market promoting Biotin. As a consumer, how do you know if it's safe?
Let's look at the ingredient label, to know if it's made from Synthetic chemical or Wholesome food
Comparing the both labels highlighted, which one is safer and healthier?
