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A 2010 study found that the UAE had the second highest rate of diabetes across the globe. Two years on, we’ve fallen to the eight position. While this calls for a round of appreciation to the government bodies in successful education and disease control, there remains a lot more to be done. In this article we as healthcare providers share guidelines to help you eat healthy and keep a check on diabetes.

Diabetes Diet and Food Tips

Diabetes is still on the rise, yet most cases are preventable with healthy lifestyle changes. Some can even be reversed. Taking steps to prevent and control diabetes doesn’t mean living in deprivation. While eating right is important, you don’t have to give up sweets entirely or resign yourself to a lifetime of bland “health food”. With these tips, you can still enjoy your favorite foods and take pleasure from your meals without feeling hungry or deprived.

Taking control of diabetes

Have you recently been diagnosed with diabetes or prediabetes? Or has your doctor warned you that you’re at risk? It can be scary to hear that your health’s on the line, especially if you feel helpless to do anything about it.

Here’s a scenario that may sound familiar: your doctor’s telling you how important it is to lose weight and transform your eating habits, but you’re already discouraged. After all, you’ve tried dieting in the past without success. And counting calories, measuring portion sizes, and following complicated food charts sounds like way too much work.

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Your diet - what you eat and drink - has a real effect on your heart and blood pressure. The more healthy your eating habits are, the lower your blood pressure will be.

If you have high blood pressure, it is even more important to make healthy changes to your diet. If you take medicines for your blood pressure, then a healthy blood pressure diet can reduce the number you may need. For a few people, following blood pressure friendly eating habits may help them to avoid medicines altogether.

What is DASH?

DASH is an eating plan that can help lower your blood pressure. DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. Hypertension is high blood pressure.

The DASH eating plan focuses on foods that are high in calcium, potassium, and magnesium. These nutrients can lower blood pressure. The foods that are highest in these nutrients are fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products, nuts, seeds, and beans. Taking calcium, potassium, and magnesium supplements instead of eating these foods does not have the same effect.

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This guide is to help educate patients about hypertension, commonly known as blood pressure. A 2011 study by HAAD concluded that 17% of Emirati’s and 35% of all expatriates have hypertension in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.

What Causes High Blood Pressure?

While the cause of high blood pressure in most people remains unclear, a variety of conditions, such as getting little or no exercise, poor diet, obesity, older age, and genetics can contribute to the development of hypertension.

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