Rochelle Rivera

Every now and then, I make sure to always check up on my friends and family if they’re doing well. This is a healthy approach to check on their mental health as we all experience rough days sometimes. But apart from mental health, one issue that I’d like to bring up is about how chronic diseases and diabetes take on most lives in the world. Some of us are unaware that at this very moment, we are manifesting symptoms of these lethal conditions but we choose to ignore it. Some are even aware that they have it but would not mindfully monitor because of different factors. And it’s the most selfish thing to do actually. To have yourself isolated from the case and not visit your doctor will put your family to more risks than what you think. By going unmedicated, you risk more complications in your life and sure who would suffer? Your whole family when you leave them in this lifetime.

There are so many causes raised to educate the people about medical conditions and introduce them to having a regular check-up with their doctors. There are drives that were launched to help our fellowmen detect early signs of these diseases. All are needed because we have a big gap with our lifestyle and healthcare that most of which are going neglected. These awareness campaigns have been possible because there are companies which extend their arms to the people by living up to their brands and advocacies. Just like how Sanofi, which is the Philippines’ trusted health partner in chronic diseases, launched campaigns and lectures to keep people aware and educated about how to prevent these chronic diseases, how to detect early signs of the complication, and how to treat it accordingly.

Keep in mind that the leading cause of death in the Philippines is due to cardiac arrest that is mostly triggered by how unhealthy our lifestyles are and numerous factors including high cholesterol level, obesity, lack of physical activity, and many more. Filipino families should acknowledge that in this season of fighting through chronic diseases, it is better to have early detection and a grasping partner like Sanofi to safeguard our health and our families’ welfare.

Sanofi takes into commitment that no one gets left behind with these complications. #PanataNgPamilya will always be enforced because Sanofi pledges to take full care and genuine love to every household to deliver good service and quality products that will help us through our medical situations. #PanatangSanofi will always encapsulate all their promises to provide a healthier life resulting to a healthier Philippines all in all. Your family will not be the only one looking after you when you experience diabetes or chronic diseases. You have Sanofi by your side, making sure you recover or manage the disease. They have lived up to their promises of best of the best services and will continue doing so in the following years.

This Holiday season, may we always be mindful of our health and have ourselves diagnosed with any other underlying conditions that may further harm us and our family. Go and prevent what can be prevented and treat what can still be treated. Don’t let the gap between our healthcare and your personal lifestyle be a hindrance to have yourself checked. It only takes a day to get diagnosed, but a lifetime to neglect the whole check up and suffer. Let’s lean on towards a #HealthierPhilippines and take Sanofi with us to ensure that our lives will no longer be at stake. #PanatangSanofi #PanataNgPamilya.

To know more about Sanofi’s programs, you may check out https://www.sanofi.ph/

Christmas is a special time of the year spent with family and friends. While Christmas might be different this year, you can still make it special by dining with your loved ones on some home-cooked family favorites.

If you’re looking for ideas for your Noche Buena feast, here are some easy-to-cook and delicious recipes that you can try. Level it up even further by using El Real.

1. Classic Chicken Alfredo

For a classic pasta dish that your family will surely love, try this Chicken Alfredo recipe:

What you’ll need:

· 900g El Real Spaghetti

· 1kg Chicken breast fillet strips

· 2 tbsp olive oil

· 2 tbsp butter

· 2 cups cream

· 1 cup milk

· ¾ cup water

· 1 large onion, chopped

· 6 cloves garlic, chopped

· 1 can button mushrooms

· 1 tbsp Italian seasoning

· ¾ cup grated cheddar cheese

· ¾ cup grated parmesan cheese

Procedure:

1. Cook El Real Spaghetti in lightly salted boiling water. Drain and set aside.

2. Heat olive oil in a pan. While heating oil, season chicken strips with salt and pepper.

3. Cook chicken strips in pan for 7-10 minutes per side.

4. Once cooked, removed chicken from pan. Do not turn off the heat.

5. Melt butter in the same pan used to cook chicken.

6. Sautee minced garlic and onions until soft and fragrant. Add in mushrooms and continue to sauté until fragrant.

7. Slowly pour in milk and cream, and mix. Add in water and boil until sauce thickens.

8. Slice cooked chicken strips into cubes and toss them in to boiling sauce.

9. Season sauce with Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.

10. Serve sauce with cooked El Real pasta and top with parmesan and cheddar cheese.

11. Enjoy!

2. Creamy Tuna pasta

Into red sauce more? Try this mouthwatering Creamy Tuna Pasta recipe:

What you’ll need:

· El Real Sarap Sweet Style bundle pack 1.7kg (800g Spaghetti and 900g sweet style spaghetti sauce)

· 2 cans tuna flakes

· 1 large can mushrooms

· 1 small onion, chopped

· 5 cloves garlic, chopped

· 3 tbsps butter

· ½ cup all-purpose cream

· ½ cup water

· 1 cup grated cheese

· Salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Cook El Real Party Pasta in lightly salted boiling water for 8 minutes. Drain and set aside.

2. Melt butter in hot saucepot

3. Sautee onions and garlic in melted butter

4. Right before garlic turns golden brown, toss in tuna flakes followed by mushrooms and continue to Sautee until mushrooms are tender.

5. Once mushrooms are tender (about 2 minutes), add in El Real Sweet Style Spaghetti Sauce and let boil for a few minutes.

6. Add in water and cream then season with salt and pepper. Continue boiling for 3-5 minutes.

7. Serve sauce with cooked El Real spaghetti and top with cheese.

8. Enjoy!

Made with durum wheat, this pasta can absorb and blend well with your sauces. It’s also a good source of iron, fiber and protein so you can be sure that you’re serving something nutritious for the family.

This season, have a Merry Christmas with your family by preparing a delicious Noche Buena feast using El Real. Grab this Sarap, Sustansya and Sulit El Real Pasta in groceries and supermarkets nationwide.

For more recipes, follow El Real on Facebook. El Real is a pasta brand from Universal Robina Corporation, makers of well-loved goodies such as C2, Chippy, Cloud 9, Magic Crackers and Maxx.

Whether you are planning to shop for your groceries at your go-to supermarket or from the safety of your home, PayMaya is making your Noche Buena shopping experience even more rewarding with the best sulit deals at the biggest supermarkets in the Philippines whenever you pay with the #BetterQR this holiday season.

Whenever you shop for your groceries and pay using PayMaya QR at Mercury Drugstore, WalterMart, Robinsons Supermarket, The Marketplace, AllDay Supermarkets, Super8 Grocery Warehouse, Shopwise, Amesco Drug, LCC Supermarket, Metro Retail Supermarket, Gaisano Brothers Supermarket, Gaisano Grand, Gaisano Capital, and other partner supermarkets, you can easily get up to P250 cashback for your purchases the entire month of December.

All you have to do is #ScanToPay a minimum purchase of P1,000 via PayMaya QR to get an instant P50 cashback. You can enjoy this offer up to five times this month to get a total of P250 as savings!

But that’s not all—by paying via PayMaya QR you can also enjoy 1%, 10%, or 100% cashback of up to P500 plus a chance to win up to P1,000,000 at the PayMayaguinaldo promo. With these stacked promos, PayMaya QR is truly the #BetterQR for shopping for your holiday feast.

If you are planning to do your grocery shopping from the safety of your home, you can also enjoy exclusive deals when you pay with PayMaya. PayMaya has partnered with WalterMart to offer you free delivery on your groceries-- just spend a minimum of P3,000 on WalterMart’s delivery app and website (http://waltermartdelivery.com.ph), pay with your physical or virtual PayMaya card, and use the code WMPAYMAYA on checkout until December 31!

“With Christmas just around the corner, we are offering our customers the best value for their money when they shop for their Noche Buena staples this December. We hope these sulit deals help make their shopping experience more enjoyable, and their family celebrations more meaningful,” said Mark Dee, Head of Growth and Marketing for PayMaya Philippines.

Getting PayMaya and paying for your purchases using the app is very easy. Just download the PayMaya app at https://official.paymaya.com/CAK1/425eb133 and register an account, to find out what it’s like to go cashless with the fastest, safest, and most rewarding way to pay for anything online and in stores!

PayMaya is the only end-to-end digital payments ecosystem enabler in the Philippines with platforms and services that cut across consumers, merchants, communities, and government. Through its enterprise business, it is the largest digital payments processor for key industries in the country including "everyday" merchants such as the largest retail, food, gas, and eCommerce merchants as well as government agencies and units.

Through its app and wallet, PayMaya provides over 27 million Filipinos with access to financial services. Customers can conveniently pay, add money, cash out or remit through its over 150,000 digital touchpoints nationwide.

Its Smart Padala by PayMaya network of over 33,000 partner agent touchpoints nationwide serves as last mile digital financial hubs in communities, providing the unbanked and underserved with access to digital services. To know more about PayMaya's products and services, visit www.PayMaya.com or follow @PayMayaOfficial on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

The Holiday season is all about bonding moments with those people you love and care about. Make this the happiest month of the year by spending quality time with your family enjoying the little things that count – such as watching your favorite shows on hayu.

For the month of December, hayu has lined up an exciting list of programs that will surely keep you engaged.

Get ready for a jaw-dropping new season when the Real Housewives of Atlanta returns - available to stream same day as the U.S. on hayu. With her wedding quickly approaching, Cynthia Bailey is elated to be marrying the man of her dreams, even as they face wedding planning obstacles set in place by COVID-19. Kenya Moore’s fairytale romance continues to be on the rocks after a difficult year, but she remains determined as ever to live her life on her own terms. Less than a year after welcoming baby Blaze, Kandi Burruss’s life shows no signs of slowing down. Porsha Williams steps into her family legacy, tirelessly lending her voice and efforts to the Black Lives Matter movement. Actress and singer Drew Sidora joins the group as the newest housewife, ready to make some waves and spice things up.

Want more of the Housewives? hayu has got you covered!

Make sure to watch The Real Housewives of Orange County Seasons 1-15. Past secrets emerge and newfound happiness is questioned as the ladies of the OC try to find out the truth. The impact of coronavirus takes its toll on the women as they try to adjust to their new reality.

There’s also The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 1. Delving into the undiscovered world of an exclusive social circle made up of six successful women. Follow the unconventional lives of these elites as they navigate a society fueled by religion, beauty, wealth and perfection.

Equally engaging is The Real Housewives of Potomac Seasons 1-5. A new housewife is in town with some brains and sass, and she’s making sure the ladies put some respect on her name. Another season of drama and second chances!

To complete your RH fix, catch The Real Housewives of Cheshire Season 1-12. Take a peek into the glitzy and champagne-fueled lives of six ladies who run Cheshire’s most exclusive social circle.

Catch-up on ALL and COMPLETE seasons with the latest episodes of your favorite reality TV family - Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Start from the beginning of season 1 to keep up with Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kris, Kylie, Kendall and Scott all the way through season 19, only on hayu.

Sail away with the Below Deck crew to amazing places while dealing with their drama at sea. Below Deck chronicles the lives of the crew members who work and reside aboard a superyacht during charter season. It shows the crew as they deal with their personal issues in order to make their professional careers work. Catch Seasons 1-8 on hayu.

Satisfy your cravings with this culinary cook-off competition. Top Chef features chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode. Find out who can take the heat in the kitchen.

For that long December break, you can also stay in and binge on these recommended hayu must- watchlist:

hayu has tons more with over 300 shows such as Watch What Happens Live; Asia’s Most Extraordinary Weddings; Don’t Be Tardy; Southern Charm; and their True Crime shelf featuring docuseries such as Buried in the Backyard, Killer Siblings and The Case Died with Her if you’re into murder mysteries.

You will never run out of shows to catch up on this month with hayu. Access unlimited shows with a subscription or prepaid pass now! Sign-up via hayu.com to a weekly plan for only Php49 or a monthly plan of Php149 with a FREE TRIAL. Or get a hayu prepaid pass and save on your weekly, monthly or quarterly pass.

The holiday season of 2020 is so different from past years. Christmas parties and gatherings would be turned into online celebrations and gifts are now bought from online stores. So much has changed but one thing remains the same -- the love for family.

There is still so much to celebrate and be thankful for, even at home. If you want the entire family to join the fun, Welch’s has a line of Sparkling Juices that are fizzy but guilt-free.

Welch’s Sparkling Juices --Sparkling Red Grape, Sparkling White Grape and its newest addition this year, the Sparkling Rosè -- are bubbly and 100% alcohol-free, making it perfect for both kids and adults, even expecting mommies, too!

“Even though we couldn’t still go out and have parties or join large gatherings, Welch’s is inviting everyone to have their own celebrations at home,” says Erika Rodriguez, VP for Marketing of GEMCo, the Philippine marketing agent of Welch’s International.

The Welch’s Sparkling Red Grape and Sparkling White Grape are both heart-healthy and delicious. Pressed from the freshest Concord and Niagara grapes across America by farmer-families, this 150-year tradition of “Real Grape Goodness” has made Welch’s one of the most loved beverages in the world, especially by Filipino families.

On the other hand, Welch’s Sparkling Rosè has a light, refreshing taste, and the sweetness of a ripe summer fruit. Pretty in its pink bottle, it looks great in any online party you may host at home.

All three Welch’s Sparkling Juices are easy to mix with other beverages, so you could concoct a variety of unique bubbly mocktails to impress your family. Add a splash of your favorite juices and discover the goodness in each sip.

Each bottle makes for an excellent and convenient Christmas gift, so you can have it delivered to the homes of your friends, relatives, and co-workers. Lift up your family’s spirits with a sparkling drink that’s all about celebrating life and special moments.

A Product of the USA, Welch’s products are available in retail stores. To learn more about Welch’s Sparkling Juices and recipes, visit www.welchs.com or follow Welch's PH in FB and IG. You may also have Welch’s Sparkling Juices and other Welch’s juices delivered at your doorstep by visiting https://acefoodservice.com. Or place your order in the following online groceries: metromart.com, Lazmart, and waltermartdelivery.com.ph.

Philips AVENT, one of the world’s leading mother and childcare brands, organized a virtual meetup, actively supporting us through our journey. Philips AVENT believes that together, families can embrace motherhood through its highs and lows, especially given the observation that more moms are turning to each other for guidance and emotional support.

During the virtual meet up, moms agreed that parenting during the global pandemic has been extra challenging. We expressed having days where things are great and they look forward to spending more time with our families. However, we’ve also had days where we rather get in our car and drive very, very far away.

Working and ‘just’ parenting

Raising a child has never been more difficult – staying home as the hours pass by can feel mentally, emotionally, and physically draining. During the virtual discussion, mommy participants realized that there is no right way to homeschool your kids in the middle of a pandemic, and that isn’t something to beat themselves up over.

“There's no perfect way to get all your work done, keep everyone fed, and be a great spouse and parent. Some days will be good, and others will be horrible. I hope there are more of the former, but that you give yourself some understanding during the latter,” said Divine Lee, a mom influencer and user of Philips AVENT.

“As you navigate parenthood during these very weird, uncertain times – tapping in and out of work and juggling the demands of children who are equally bewildered – remember that it can get tough to manage, and all you can do is try your best. On some days, your parenthood struggles may translate into productivity, happiness, and academic achievements. Other days, simply trying to be a good parent may result in lots of frustration. But that’s okay. Let the kids watch a little extra TV while you drink your eighth cup of coffee and scroll through Instagram. We all have ups and downs and manage in different ways,” she added.

Reliable and trustworthy partner for today’s modern parent

As we face an unfamiliar situation head-on, it’s always good to cover all the bases. While we wait for a COVID-19 vaccine to be created, it’s advisable for parents to continue staying on top of their children’s health, as well as ensure they are protected head-to-toe with other available, healthy solutions. Being proactive is every mom’s priority when it comes to keeping their kids healthy and strong, and Philips AVENT has been listening, learning, and innovating in partnership with parents – all with the mission to help give babies the best start in life.

To fit parents and babies' unique needs, Philips AVENT shared a few innovations that can empower moms to step #UpForTheChallenge of motherhood:

· Anti-Colic Bottle [SC810/27]: Formerly the Philips AVENT Classic+ Bottle, the newly named Anti-Colic bottle solves parents' colic concerns with a built-in valve to vent air away from the baby's tummy. Clinically proven to reduce colic and discomfort, the Philips AVENT Anti-colic bottle results in 60% less fussing.

· Philips AVENT 3-in-1 electric steam sterilizer [SCF284/02] which uses natural steam to sterilize baby bottles and other products, killing 99.9%[1] of harmful germs without using chemicals, ensuring your baby bottles are sterile. It efficiently sterilizes your bottles and accessories by putting teats, caps, and soothers in the included small basket. The sterilizer also has a slender design that won't take up much space.

· Reduce pain when pumping milk with the Philips AVENT Natural Twin Pump [SCF303/01], after all, your milk flows easily when you’re comfortable and relaxed. Soothe the pain with the Philips AVENT Breast pads, which absorb moisture away from the skin, making it a bit more comfortable after breastfeeding.

“Being a mom myself, I know how difficult it is to juggle work and motherhood. That’s why it’s important to find a partner we can trust and rely on when it comes to making sure we are giving our kids a healthy start. I’m so proud to say that Philips AVENT combines scientific knowledge and product innovation to develop feeding solutions that address the challenges of today’s modern parents,” said Maite Uy, business development manager, Philips Philippines.

“We are thankful for these moms who participated in the conversation. We hope that we were able to be a source of comfort and care for moms everywhere dealing with this new normal as we move to 2021. We hope that our Filipino moms are now ready and always #UpForTheChallenge of motherhood. Rest assured that we, Philips AVENT, will always be guiding moms through every step of their motherhood journey – making it easier and more enjoyable,” Uy added.

The Philips AVENT products are available in all leading baby stores nationwide and the Philips AVENT Official Shopee Store. For more information about Philips AVENT, click here: https://www.philips.com.ph/

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