Everyone’s talking about eating a healthy diet these days, but what exact is one you may ask. There are just so many health perks and gurus on the internet talking about nutritions and you may wonder which of them is correct. Wait no more and in this blog we will talk about the basics of a healthy diet and in future weeks we will start diving into specific diets that people may get into.

宜家人人都話要食健康啲，上網又有咁多資訊， 其實點算叫得上係均衡飲食呢？所以今次我地會睇下醫生建議我地食幾多先啱。

Our 2023 summer holiday giveaway has ended! Congratulations to beloved customers who have won a juice, and there are many more chances to come for those who do not yet have. Thank you for the continued support towards the FOPODBOX community.

2023 夏日大抽獎已經完滿結束，多謝大家的熱烈參與。得獎者會以電郵形式收到一封得獎通知書，只要跟電郵上的指引即可。發送地址會以申請 Portal 的電郵地址作準，亦會分三次發放得獎名單，於分別 22/8，28/8 及 4/9 傳出，而得獎名單亦會於此文章下面以 Portal 用戶名稱公佈。

Once an untreatable disease in ancient times, until recent years a doctor finally discovered the cause and found a cure, the peptic ulcer disease, caused by bacterial infection. It is typically a condition in which ulcers develop in the lining of the stomach or the entry part of the small intestine.

胃潰瘍曾經係一款醫治不了的疾病，令到以往不小人胃痛問題解決不了。但近年因有醫生極力研究先有突破，亦成功研制到藥物醫治。但其實個話雖然叫做胃潰瘍，但其實落小小到一開始的十二指腸都有潰瘍的機會。

Have you ever experienced a burning sensation in your throat after a big meal before? Or when you’ve tasted or smelled something sour after lying down? They might very much be acid reflux.

胃酸倒流我諗大家都聽過，但唔知你又會唔會已經試過呢？當你食完餐飯之後喉嚨會有陣火燒的痛感，又或者當你訓低左之後感覺到喉嚨有一陣酸味上緊黎，依啲都係你好大機會有胃酸倒流的機會。

Biliary disease is a wildly huge topic including a bunch of organs and structures that is related to our bile. However, this term may not have been heard by most people before, and when an unfortunate victim falls ill with this disease, there will be dire consequences. Nonetheless, there is an easy solution to his disease!

相信應該比較小人會聽過咩叫膽囊疾病，因為佢所包含的疾病都比較多，所以最概括而言依種病係只要身體膽汁上出問題，就會歸入去依款病。講到佢咁恐怖，但其實有一種非常簡單的解決方法。

Eat more calcium, they say, when you’re young and thriving. It also grows your bones and teeth, it's very good for you. Well, they’re right, because there is osteoporosis in the middle age that you might worry about.

食多啲鈣呀，唔係生唔高！我諗好多人細個時候都會比屋企人咁話。咁其實佢地都講得好啱，因為開始老化之後會增加你患上骨質疏鬆的機會。

This week we have our final arthritis called rheumatoid arthritis, it is vastly different from our two previous arthritis. This is an autoimmune disease of which the cells guarding our bodies turned against ourselves and now attacking healthy cells. The healthy cells being within our joints mostly, but also among other cells.

過去一個星期我地提及到兩款唔到的關節炎，但今日的類風濕性關節炎係比之前更加特別，因為佢係一款自體免疫性疾病。當我地身體的免疫細胞喺不知明情況下開始攻擊自體細胞，而關節炎係因為佢地攻擊的細胞以闗節組織居多。

Last week we saw the first type of arthritis called gouty arthritis and it is mostly caused by the consumption of red meat, seafood, and alcohol. This week we have osteoarthritis, the most common arthritis of all. It is commonly called degenerative arthritis.

上星期的文章我們提及到因過量食用紅肉，海鮮及酒精導致的痛風。今次我們想介紹的是骨關節炎，又叫退化性關節炎，是最常見的關節炎。

I am sure you’ve heard of it, gouty arthritis affects a large part of the demographic who like drinking beer and eating red meat. However, to be exact, eating a lot of seafood, red meat, and alcoholic beverages are all exacerbating factors in this disease. Its cause is due to the accumulation of uric acid crystals in joints, especially big toes, causing pain from inflammation.

我諗香港有唔小人都聽過痛風，因為現代人多肉多酒的飲食習慣大幅增加了患病的風險。而咁的飲食習慣都會令到我地關節入面積左啲尿酸鹽結晶，導致我地關節發炎，引致痛楚。

Hypertension is a prevalent disease that is roaming our population over decades, and in the foreseeable future there is still not a definite cure. What is behind this disease and how did it become a silent killer among all other cancers? Let’s take a look.

高血壓喺現代人生活中已經看似成為一個無法避免的事實，也沒有一個完全治療方法。但其實有啲咩因素令到佢被稱為都市人的隱形殺手？我地黎睇睇。

As a made in Hong Kong brand, FOODBOX has always tried to help and source local delicacies to better our menus. Our recent Okra salad has been a successful fusion sourced from a local farm. Not to mention that the farm is entirely organic, therefore, there is little pesticide and fertilizer used to grow them!

身為一個香港制造的品牌，所以我地一直喺唔同農場揾一啲啱用而又新鮮的蔬果翻黎整沙律。而近期的秋葵沙律成為夏天第一款當做產品，更為特別是它的耕作過程是全有機，食的時候令你更加安心。

Shrimp is like an essential seafood nowadays, it can be steamed, fried, served raw, etc. Its miracle of being the best and most readily available seafood is known to everyone, especially under hot summer days when it can be eaten raw and cool. However, is there anything bad eating it?

蝦宜家都算係最多人食的海鮮之一，佢唔單止咩煮法都好食，仲要可以生食，令到唔同地區飲食文化都會見到。宜家香港仲要係夏天，其實有唔小地方都會有生冷蝦食，但食其實對食體又有冇影響呢？

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is viewed more and more heavily in every aspect of our lives, food, cosmetics, health, and we would like to add that concept to our salads. What’s better than incorporating it into our summer menus, we all simply think that eating cooler would be better, but it is not merely the truth.

近期中醫學開始喺唔同領域都有人研究點樣可以改善以西醫為基礎的產品，食物，化妝品，健康產品等等。而我地都想引入傳統中醫學入去我地沙律的餐單中。

What’s worse than having to walk out of the glass door from your office building on a sunny day? Yes, nothing. The immediate feeling of choking from the heat makes everyone sweaty in summer. But here’s some good news! FOODBOX would like to give away cool, refreshing juices! For each purchase made under the stamp system, you’ve automatically joined the giveaway with one token, the token being stackable for multiple purchases.

夏日炎炎最重要就係飲夠水，一放lunch break就會迎面被啲熱風焗到透唔到氣，更何況仲要企喺巴士部隔離等個姐姐裝飯。依個時候的你有好大機會會中暑，不停流汗會同時令你失去水份同埋電解質，所以FOODBOX今個暑假想同大家送大禮。凡只使用 stamp system 購買一個FOODBOX，你就會自動參與左我地個抽獎，而每次購買都會加一次機會！

After the previous blog, we now have another condition we would like to introduce to you. Hyperlipidemia is quite similar to hypercholesterolemia, the only difference is the level of lipoproteins. Commonly when we talk about hypercholesterolemia, it is the raised level of low-density lipoprotein, but in the case of hyperlipidemia, all lipid levels are raised.

上一篇文章提及到高膽固醇，而今日的主題係高血脂。其實兩者非常相似，而後者中膽固醇的血含都是過高的。

I know you’ve all heard of hypercholesterolemia somewhere before. However, is it well understood by people? Do you know what’s the difference between the aforementioned with its close relative hyperlipidemia? Fundamentally, they have something in common, and in the coming blog posts, we will discuss more with them.

三高其中一樣就係高膽固醇，但係唔知你又有冇聽過高血脂，其實佢地兩者有啲咩分別？我地今日會探討膽固醇先，而下一篇文章我地會繼續睇多小小關於血脂的資訊。

Lowering carbon emissions is becoming hotter and hotter ever, and literally the same to our global temperature. However, in this day and age, how much do you know about climate change and the effects it has on our lives? Does switching to vegetarianism or not having pets have a more substantial impact on our carbon footprint? Let’s find out more with our blog below!

減碳排發已經係一個非常普遍的話題，而全球暖化亦順利成章地日益嚴重。但其實喺電視或者社交媒體上面睇到的你又記得幾多呢？或者大部份人忽略提及的方面唔知你又知幾多呢。下面會有幾個有趣的小知識，睇下你又有冇聽過喎！

Summer is here again with its heat and humidity making everything clammy and warm, so what’s better than having some summer salads to cool off the heat! We FOODBOX would like to recommend some menus for it!

香港夏天最出名就係又濕又熱，所以食野方面最好就係清淡涼爽為主。所以 FOODBOX 今日都為你地準備左幾個最合適嘅沙律！

After the previous article mentioning Type II Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), we would like to further address a close relative of the disease – Type I Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM). The difference between them being an autoimmune disease and not.

我們上一篇的文章簡單提及到二型糖尿病是什麼，有那些風險等。但其實除了二型之外，也有一型糖尿病的存在。而一型的特別在於它是一款遺傳性疾病。