The avocado (Persea gratissima or Persea americana) gets its name from the Latin American Nahuatl word ahuacatl meaning “testicle,” an obvious reference to the shape of the fruit. It was discovered in Mexico approximately 291 B.C. It is classified in…

Have you heard of pelvic floor exercises? You may have learnt about them from your aerobics instructor. Or perhaps your urologist was the one who ordered you to squeeze your butt cheeks together? Maybe your gynae was the one who…

Dr. Oz calls it “liquid gold,” touting raw honey’s many healing properties. Raw honey is honey in its purest form – it isn’t filtered, strained, or heated above natural hive temperatures (usually 46 degrees Celcius), a format used in commercially-processed…

Bitter Gourd or Bitter Melon; Momordica charantia, botanically belongs to the family of Cucurbitaceous, and is a member of the same family of squash, watermelon, cantaloupes, cucumber, etc. It is traditionally grown in tropical areas, including parts of the Amazon,…

The last two decades, healthy eating and organic foods have become nearly synonymous with consumers’ appetite for better health, and a chance to save the plane. The call has been growning increasingly voracious. But should you go organic? On one…

Have you recently been told by your doctor that your uric acid is high? Though sufferers are generally men as statistics have shown but women and sometimes children are not spared. High uric acid concentration in the blood serum or…

For so many women, there is no more dreaded disease than breast cancer. Breast cancer elicits fears related to loss of body image and sexuality, surgery, and death. As is the case for most cancers, the exact cause of breast…

In recent years, there has been a great deal of confusion and misconceptions about health and fitness. There is too much information floating around, conflicting opinions, and debates on what constitutes to be right and wrong. This could be a…

The last century has been marked by the triumph of prolonging life and we were satisfied with an increase of life expectancy, which increased by more than 50% in the last 100 years. The development of antibiotics, vaccines, safer water,…

Is it merely an urban legend? A controversial study by Singer and Grismaijer in 1995 made history when it was revealed that wearing bras can indeed cause breast cancer. These are their statistical findings: Women who wore bras 24 hours…