HEALTHY LYF: Centrum Nutri Coach FAQs

ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CENTRUM NUTRI COACH WEBSITE

What is the Centrum Nutri Coach?

The Centrum Nutri Coach is an on-line tool that will allow Filipinos to keep track of the nutrients they get from what they eat . 

How is it the first of its kind? How is it specifically made for Filipinos?

The Centrum Nutri Coach is the first on-line nutrition tool in the Philippines that takes the Filipino diet into consideration. So in the menu of food choices, you will see halo-halo, inihaw na liempo, kare-kare and other Filipino favorites.  It is the only nutrition assessment tool that is based on the Food Composition Table of the Food and Nutrition Table of FNRI (Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Philippines).   The Centrum Nutrition Coach will show you how near / far you are from the daily recommended daily intake of each nutrient.

How does it work?

You will be asked to input factors like your age, weight and level of physical activity into the Nutri Coach website. These factors are important in gauging how much you [word missing: is this vitamins and minerals?] need. 

HEALTHY LYF: Make Health Planning Easy With Centrum Nutri Coach

In life dilemmas we have life coaches to pull ourselves together and make changes in our lives. But not everyone can have one. Health is also an important component of life which enable us to live and feel good longer for us to enjoy life.

But this time health can also be  brought to the right direction with a special virtual coach that will help one plan and achieve goas in keeping oneself and their family healthy. Then Pfizer, one of the largest manufacturer of pharmaceutical medicine had developed something new in their website called the CENTRUM NUTRI COACH!

CENTRUM NUTRI COACH: THE FIRST ON-LINE NUTRITION TRACKER 

FIT FOR THE FILIPINO DIET

Pfizer launched last September 26 the Centrum Nutri Coach, an easily accessible on-line tool that will allow Filipinos to keep track of the nutrients they get from what they eat on a daily basis. 

The Centrum Nutri Coach is the first on-line nutrition tracker of its kind tailor-fit to the Filipino lifestyle and diet. 

“Good health and nutrition is really all about eating a variety of food in the right amounts, as prescribed in the Food Pyramid. We usually count calories and fat, but we also need to consider vitamins and minerals, too,’’ said Joy Ong, Pfizer Brand Manager for Centrum. 

Achieving good nutrition with everyday Filipino meals

GOOD HEALTH IS A CHOICE. We can choose 

foods rich in micronutrients—these are 

usually fruits and vegetables. Even a

 sandwich can be a healthy snack if it

 has vegetables in it. Take Centrum 

vitamins and minerals supplement along

 with a healthy diet to make sure you 

get complete nutrition.

OUR HEALTH depends on the nutrition and energy we get from the meals we eat. The question is: Are we really getting enough nutrients from the foods we consume every day?

If we want to perform at our peak level at work, in sports, in school, or even when having fun with relatives and friends, we need to make sure that we are getting complete nutrition on a daily basis.

However, our busy lifestyles often require us to eat what’s most conveniently available at the time. Many times, we don’t get to choose the most nutritious food possible. As a result, we have gaps in our daily nutrition intake.

According to Rommel Tinio, M.D., who specializes in occupational and nutritional medicine, most people nowadays are sorely lacking in vitamins and minerals. Dr. Tinio is a biochemist and a medical doctor. He operates his own clinic, Health Asia Medical Clinic in Makati, where he treats patients using nutrition therapies and coaching on how they can use the proper diet to maintain their health