Transform Yourself – Bootcamp Style
Build a great physique anytime and anywhere, with the world’s greatest home gym – your body! We’ll start off your first month with the basics, to get you used to the intensity and movement patterns of these basic exercises. In…
Myths on Cosmetics Safety
Environment Working Group (EWG), an American environmental organisation, wants to make sure you don’t fall prey to these nine common myths about the safety of cosmetics. Myth 1 If it’s for sale at a supermarket, drugstore, or department store cosmetics…
Are Malaysians Getting High On Sugar?
What is this weakness with sugar for Malaysians anyway? According to the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (MDTCC) Ministry, we exceeded the 50gm daily limit set by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This has placed us as the 8th largest…
12 Foods That Are Bad for the Planet… And What You Can Do About It!
The world’s population is increasing, further depleting Mother Earth of her already scarce resources. If the depletion of resources isn’t bad enough, we leave behind damage in the activities we do, including eating. We’ve never thought that some of the…
Going Out and Getting Active
Ways to Burn Calories Through Outdoor Sports With hundreds of outdoor sports out there to choose from, all you really need is a good sunblock, a wide open mind… and space. Exercising in the great outdoors doesn’t have to be…
Protect Yourself From Harmful Chemicals in Cosmetics
Beauty does have a price but it is not in terms of monetary value that we are talking about here. What you are paying for and applying tonnes of to your face and body could be a threat to your…
Women and Hair Loss
Hair loss has been a major aesthetic and cosmetic concern for women today. For women, a beautiful thick hair symbolises their own crowning glory. You will notice that the image of shiny silky hair represents in advertisement these days identifies…
Cutting Down on Fat
Good Fat, Bad Fat Being fat or obese or even overweight presents many apparent health problems besides the social stigma attached to it. There are many weight loss gadgets and pills that offer quick solutions, but do they work? Losing…
Detox Your Home: Grow Fresh Air with these Houseplants
Imagine the earth as a gigantic greenhouse. Plants and trees absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide as well as toxins from the atmosphere while releasing precious oxygen, thereby producing and maintaining clean air. Logically speaking, the concept should apply to…
Cancer Can Be Prevented
DID YOU KNOW THAT… Each year, over 12.7 million people receive a cancer diagnosis and 7.6 million people die from cancer? If no action is taken, the global cancer burden is expected to reach 26 million new cases and 17…
