The Curious Mom

Whether it’s just what the doctor told you to do after your last checkup or you simply want to get healthier, reducing your saturated fat intake is a good thing to get started with. Not only will you start losing weight, but you’ll be healthier in the long term because the high saturated fat intake is typically linked to developing elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or bad cholesterol. To help you get started, here are some ways to reduce your consumption of saturated fats.

Substitute dairy milk with plant-based milk products

There’s no denying that regular consumption of dairy milk gives us quite a handful of nutrients that are essential to our well-being, especially when it comes to helping us develop strong bones and teeth, thanks to its bountiful calcium content. However, whole dairy milk does come with saturated fats, a kind of fat that is linked to increased LDL levels, and as such can increase one’s risk for cardiovascular disease.

Working as a freelancer has many benefits, many people think that when you work as a freelancer who has no boss. Actually yes, kind of but the ''client'' you have is actually your boss is not for a long-term but by project basis, some projects last for months or if the client likes your works they might get you for another project or campaign. Unlike working in the office at eight full hours seeing your boss and giving you orders from time to time, Being a freelancer is way convenient for me as a full-time mom. In this post let us compare being a full-employee and a freelancer.

Time

You're not in a hurry waking up and worry being late, When you are working in the office you must go IN time to get your full-time working hours or else it'll be deducted in your salary. As a Freelancer, you set everything in time like doing the research or if you are a VA it may affect what is the client's job order or your client's country's time if different.

Benefits

When you are in a company working as an employee full-time, You get the benefits for employed people such as health benefits, insurance, sick leaves and even paid vacation and paid holidays. As for freelancer, you get all these by yourself your own money.

Freedom To Choose

Having a boss with you when you are full-time employee tells you and gives your order anytime and you can't say no. Being a freelancer I can decline project that I think it's hard or gives me a headache.

Socialization

As a freelancer, you don't have #TGIF life because you didn't get a chance to party or go out have some dinner with your co-worker after a long tiring week you had. While being a full-time employee you can be friends with your officemates and that is a good thing being an employee you can talk with others while break or after work.

Dress Code

You are required to wear your office's uniform while when you are a freelancer you can even do work while in your pajamas unless you are doing a meeting with your client and in with camera involve just put on your formal top and that's it your good.

Your Expenses

When going to the office if you are commuting it'll add up your monthly expenses plus your food allowance and some clothes to buy for you to be presentable. When you are a freelancer, Every gadget you'll be needing must come from your own money. Kind of investing.

The month of June marks another exciting season for the whole family as SM Supermalls invites everyone to have fun DAD-ventures on Dad's DAy with a host of awesome and fun-filled activities, deals, and treats in 70 SM malls nationwide.

''Over the years, SM Supermalls occasions such as Father's Day. The malls serve as a venue to share family-first moments and to thank dad for all the things he does for his family,'' said Jonjon San Agustin, SM Supermalls senior vice president for marketing. 

Kids and moms can give dad the coolest gift from the experience of spending Dad's Day at SM. Adventures include Dad-licious Dining deals, such as upsized meals, dining promos, and meal combos on June 13 to 24 at participating restaurants! Dad's passion for speed and motorbikes is indulged at Extreme Wheels, an exhibit of pimped-up cars and bikes from June 13 to 18 or June 19 to 24.

Many of us have the impression that storing our foods in the refrigerator will keep them fresh and safe. But, not having your appliance set at the right temperature can create a breeding ground for harmful bacteria to grow and flourish, which can result in an unsafe environment for food storage for you and your kids.

Improper food storage and sanitation can lead to a high risk of foodborne illnesses, especially this rainy season. Among these diseases is listeriosis, a serious infection caused by eating food with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.

Listeriosis can be dangerous to pregnant women, newborns, children, and elderly, and can result to fever, muscle aches, or even gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea or diarrhea.  

As such, refrigerating a food contaminated with Listeria can cause it to spread to other food products inside the refrigerator that may be making your child prone to sickness.

The good news, however, is that there are various ways we can do to reduce the risk of listeriosis at home by raising an awareness on proper refrigerator care to help improve the quality of food that you and your kids eat.

Consume Use-By Date food products immediately

Use-by date refers to the final day by which perishable goods should be consumed.  After the recommended date, food quality is likely to go down and the food safety is lessened.

Therefore, it is important to make sure that food products are eaten before their use by date and not after.

You may realize that use-by date products spoil easily. Thus, it is crucial for you to follow storage instructions. However, take note that you should follow the use by dates on unopened ready-to-eat food products and not store food packages after they have been opened. Storing opened food products in the refrigerator can increase the risk of Listeria to grow. 

Playing games together is an activity which not only adds fun to the life of a person who is playing but if played together they also play an important role in strengthening the bond as a family. Since the introduction of electronic devices and gadgets, the face to face communication has reduced a lot. Anywhere you go, you can see people busy looking at their phones chatting, using social media, watching videos and doing other similar tasks, however, there is hardly anyone who will talk to the person sitting next to them.

Even at the family gatherings, where people usually meet each other after a long time, everyone is usually busy using their phone to chat with people and to use social media. The trend of not talking, staying busy on the phone and staying quite has gone so beyond that a recent study showed that children nowadays find it truly difficult to talk and socialize since they spend most of their time using the gadgets and playing games on it. All this and several other major changes in the behavior are rising due to lack of communication and bonding between family members. As a result, there is a dire need to bring the trend of family gatherings and board games which can bring the families together again and the usage of smartphones and tablets could be avoided. Fun Attic is site which is sharing ideas to bring together the families and has shared many games ideas.