Written by: Bryan Alfred E. De Guia, RN
Acknowledgment: AB Michel Bacabac, RN
In ARCHEOLOGY: the oldest evidence of man’s existence dated 2.5 million years ago. They say the earliest man looks more like an ape who could hardly walk on two legs — or so they say, man evolved from apes. And as time came galloping century after century: allegedly, man gradually straightened up and starts to take the form of the modern man. Now they have the erected posture, and they can move on two legs just like us. But why do we still see apes in the wild? Does that mean that in the same specie, some would undergo evolution while some would not? That’s unreasonable, though. Why didn’t the rest of the apes evolve? Henceforth, they coined the term, “The Missing Link.”
In DIABETOLOGY: Man, long ago, thrives on whatever calorie nature can provide. From every fruit-bearing tree to the edible hunt available. But of course, you can’t find fruit in every tree; and hunting doesn’t always come back successful. Calorie intake is far below the level of physical activity. Well, at least on those times, you have to break a leg or run a mile just to have food and survive for the day. Farming needs a lot of muscles just to complete your task for an acre. Now you can have as much as you wanted! You can now have breakfast, AM snack, lunch, PM, snack, supper, and even midnight snack — big on appetite, big-time on the amount.
And take note: each meal comprises a scoop of appetizer; a handful of rice, plus extra rice; bountiful viand; side dish; and a creamy-rich dessert. In the foreign lands, breakfast would mean a medium-sized apple and a mug of coffee — and to consider, they have a large body frame. Filipinos have relatively small bodies but they eat a ‘dime.’
Paradox? Absolutely.
Where do Filipinos manage to stack all those stuff? I don’t know. Now changes took place on man’s primitive image — from the slender, dense musculature from long ago comes the blob with fancy flabs!
Just take a look at the ordinary household: in the past, they push large wheeled carts to get things going — now we have automobiles to paint the town red; in the past, they plant wheat, grind them finely, beat them into a fine dough, bake it in the oven, milk the cow, then serve the breakfast — now we have the instant procurements and you can have your meals in a flash; they go to places on foot just to find amusement — now we have the state-of-the-art television; before, they have the conventional television set and you have to push the button to tune in to your choice of show — now we have the remote control where you can just push the button then snap a popcorn in your mouth! They have the pony express to send mail and it would take days — now we have the SMS and email and you just have to wait for seconds or even minutes to get express feedback.
People nowadays go sedentary and feed uncontrollably, then they go frantic one day upon the diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus.
But it’s really less of a work if you are to start on the best health state in diabetes management. The best time to prepare for anything disastrous is when there is none. That’s the time nurses should go big-time on their health promoting side. It’s a lot easier to form a preemptive defense than to clean up the mess. Clients won’t often go to their physicians due to a lot of reasons: they would deny the condition and say, “this couldn’t be happening to me,” or due to the restrictive force of finances. I know it’s a lot of undertakings the moment diabetes is there. But why not reach into the general public link them back to the reality of health like a knock on the head saying, “you could be far better if you’ll do something better for yourself.” Indeed it sounds simple but it’s almost often missing. Why not be the so called:
“The Emerging L.I.N.K.” — Leader in Nurturing Knowledge
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Leyden V. Florido says:
May 25, 2009 at 6:07 pm (UTC 8)
Congratulation again Bryan for this article. I hope this will serve as an inspiration for those who are with us and “missing at the moment” to help our people through education. Keep up the good work.
Alex Sanders says:
May 27, 2009 at 12:34 am (UTC 8)
CONGRATULATIONS BRYAN ALFRED AND AB MICHEL! You did a good job! You made a good match. You might notice, though: I’m just a lay net spectator from the US. But when I saw your article, I realized how good Filipinos are at par with the CDE’s of the United States.
This article is very interesting and this made me think twice and even thrice… Hmmm… Well, that explains everything! Why didn’t I thimk of it!!!
Thanks for the information! The two of you are among THE FINEST FILIPINOS I’VE EVER ENCOUNTERED!
towie vasquez says:
May 27, 2009 at 1:05 am (UTC 8)
Good heavens! I’m gonna tell everybody I know about it!
Alex Sanders says:
May 27, 2009 at 1:08 am (UTC 8)
CONGRATULATIONS BRYAN ALFRED AND AB MICHEL! You did a good job! You made a good match. You might notice, though: I’m just a lay net spectator from the US. But when I saw your article, I realized how good Filipinos are at par with the CDE’s of the United States.
This article is very interesting and this made me think twice and even thrice… Hmmm… Well, that explains everything! Why didn’t I think of it!!!
Thanks for the information! The two of you are among THE FINEST FILIPINOS I’VE EVER ENCOUNTERED!
gelerz says:
June 3, 2009 at 6:06 pm (UTC 8)
Wow!!!I hope this will be a wake up call not only to Filipinos but also to all the people in the world. I hope they can realize that its not too late to start living right. I also hope that DNEs will act as the “LINK” and take part in helping people to start a healthy living.
Congratulations to B.A. and AB!!!! =)
Bryan Alfred (B.A.) says:
June 5, 2009 at 10:33 pm (UTC 8)
Thanks for your compliments, Mr. Sanders! I’ll try to come up with more posts to reorient people to the bare health reality as far as I can. If you have any other suggestion/s or adjunct info pertaining to my posts (even on the future posts) please send-in your inputs to me at bryan21@adnep.org or to michel at mike21@adnep.org
Thank you. God Bless you
Bryan and Michel