Are Your Daily Meals Colorful Enough?
If you’re having a meal now, take a second to reflect upon the colors of the (plant) food on your plate. How many colors are you eating today? Did you know that each color has
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Category: Health
Home exercise equipment worth investing in
Get toned without leaving your home! Let’s not sit around moping about the gym being closed due to the pandemic, and instead, start looking around for ways to get fit and toned at home. We’ve
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Tasty tradition: Ulam
Venture into any Malay village in the country and you’ll not miss this for lunch: Ulam. It is a collective term for selected indigenous wild leaves, herbs, shoots and flowers, that are all served raw
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6 Medicinal Mushrooms You Should Get To Know About Today
Polysaccharide-rich medicinal mushrooms have been around forever, and are not a new phenomena, (although of late, they seem to be a buzz in the health and wellness scene). They have been an integral part of
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Life with Limes
Being Asians, it’s not possible to go more than a few days without limes, for they are relevant in our daily lives. They flavour food, are squeezed into tea, and even find their way into
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Scintillating, refreshing and useful Eucalyptus Oil
If you could choose just one plant oil that might serve you well in these current times, what would it be? Something fragrant like jasmine or ylang ylang? Or perhaps you’d go for something strong
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10 Myths About Diabetes to Be Aware Of
In Malaysia, the most recent National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019 has shown that 1 in 5 people in Malaysia had diabetes (approximately 3.9 million people). Unfortunately, about half of these people do not know
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Family Fun in the Sun
Just because we must stay at home during the pandemic, that doesn’t mean it needs to be indoors all the time. It’s important to get a little bit of sunshine every day – after all,
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LUNG DISEASES Causes and Risk Factors
Your lungs are part of a complex system, expanding and relaxing thousands of times each day to bring in oxygen and send out carbon dioxide. Lung diseases can happen when there are problems in any
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How To Boost Your Immune System With Good Nutrition
A strong immune system is the key to staying healthy and preventing illnesses. One of the best ways to improve your body’s immunity is a healthy diet that includes a variety of nutrient-dense foods.
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