De Los Reyes Family & Lifestyle Medicine Clinic

06/01/2026

Colore**al cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for men and women combined, after lung cancer. So, if you don’t smoke, colon and re**al cancer may be your greatest cancer nemesis.

We can drop our risk of getting it by about a fifth with a single dietary tweak: Cut a serving of processed meat out of our daily diet. Not just colon and re**al cancers either. If you look at the science since the IARC decision was published, processed meat may also increase the risk of prostate cancer, breast cancer, and pancreatic cancer.

Watch the video “How Much Cancer Does Processed Meat Cause?” at https://bit.ly/3MbdgAG
Cancer guidelines: https://see.nf/3ZtyVd1

PMIDs: 29949327, 27780763, 31198660, 28450127, 20669524

06/01/2026

This 2026, let's be active!

For adults, muscle-strengthening activities done at least twice a week provide additional health benefits.

Every move counts.

03/01/2026

31/12/2025

🍀 Happy New Year 2026! 🌱

As we step into a new year, may this be the year we choose to start a healthier journey—with intention, kindness, and consistency.

Let 2026 remind us to prioritize health above all else. Goals, success, and dreams mean little without the strength to enjoy them. We only have one body, one mind, and one life—let’s care for them daily through nourishing food, movement, rest, and peace of mind.

Here’s to a year of better choices, small sustainable habits, and a healthier body and mind.
Because when health comes first, everything else follows.

Cheers to a healthier, stronger, and more mindful 2026!🎉🎉🎉

29/12/2025

The best food for cancer survival. What kind of diet should cancer patients eat? https://bit.ly/3TegVOS

29/12/2025

The Hidden Link Between What You Eat and How You Feel.

Did you know your food choices and lifestyle habits don’t just affect your body… but your mental health too? Recent insights show that:

Lifestyle diseases (like diabetes and heart disease) are closely connected to mental health issues such as depression and anxiety — and they often influence each other.

Ultra-processed foods high in sugar, salt, and additives may increase the risk of poor mental well-being — and misleading food labels can make unhealthy choices seem “better” than they are.

📍Tip: Learn to read beyond marketing claims — check the nutrition facts & ingredients so you truly know what’s in your food.

Your brain and body are connected — healthy eating supports both physical AND mental well-being.

Let’s choose wisely! 💪🥗

29/12/2025

Aim to eat at least a half cup of cooked beans daily! Beans reign supreme in blue zones. They’re the cornerstone of every longevity diet in the world: black beans in Nicoya; lentils, garbanzo, and white beans in the Mediterranean; and soybeans in Okinawa. People in the blue zones eat at least four times as many beans as Americans do on average.

The fact is, beans are the consummate superfood. On average, they are made up of 21% protein, 77% complex carbohydrates (the kind that deliver a slow and steady energy rather than the spike you get from refined carbohydrates like white flour), and only a few percent fat. They are also an excellent source of fiber. They’re cheap and versatile, come in a variety of textures, and are packed with more nutrients per gram than any other food on Earth. Beans are a meal staple in all five of the blue zones—with a dietary average of at least a half-cup per day, which provides most of the vitamins and minerals you need. And because beans are so hearty and satisfying, they’ll likely push less healthy foods out of your diet.

🫘 Comment below to tell us how you make beans tasty! 🫘

28/12/2025

𝓜 = 𝓜𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓵𝓸𝓰 𝓷𝓪𝓷𝓰 𝓚𝓾𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓸

7–8 oras na tulog = mas protektado ang puso.

27/12/2025

Too much salt in your diet can put extra pressure on your blood vessels and heart, primarily due to sodium — one of the two building blocks of salt. That’s why no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium is recommended per day for most adults. Working with your doctor to ensure that your salt intake isn’t raising your blood pressure and impacting your heart and kidneys can have a dramatic impact on your health and longevity.

27/12/2025

𝓞 = 𝓞𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓪𝔂 𝓘𝔀𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓷

Hindi kailangang pumayat sa Pasko.
Huwag lang sumobra.

27/12/2025

Sweet potatoes are among the healthiest common whole-food sources of potassium, which every cell in our body requires to function. In fact, they can be considered a superfood and are ranked as one of the healthiest foods on the entire planet. Eighty percent of the protein in sweet potatoes is a type of protease inhibitor that may have cancer-fighting properties.

When picking out varieties at the supermarket, remember that a sweet potato’s nutritional content is tied directly to the intensity of its color. The more yellow or orange its flesh, the healthier it may be, and purple sweet potatoes are even healthier.

The traditional diet in Okinawa, Japan, one of the longevity Blue Zones, was based on vegetables, beans, and other plants. Less than 1 percent of their diet was fish and less than 1 percent was other meat, and the same with dairy and eggs, so it was more than 96 percent plant-based. And, as they ate very few processed foods, it was more than 90 percent whole food plant-based. And, it wasn’t just whole food plant-based in general. Most of their diet was made up of vegetables with one in particular—the sweet potato. How delicious that the Okinawan diet was centered around purple and orange sweet potatoes!

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As always, all proceeds I receive from all of my books are donated to charity.

See the following resources on NutritionFacts.org to learn more.
Sweet Potato topic page at https://bit.ly/3BWvdxv
“Anticancer Potential of Sweet Potato Proteins” at https://bit.ly/3niNLR3
“The Okinawa Diet: Living to 100” at https://bit.ly/2or2Xyg

PMIDs: 26094264, 17425943, 22306516, 23745032, 23784800, 36139723, 20234038, 24316687

DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.07.008, DOI: 10.4236/fns.2015.61017

27/12/2025