Lose Weight Holistically with Chinese Medicine
Today, overweight and obesity are serious health issues. World Health Organization (WHO) reported that worldwide, obesity has more than doubled since 1980. Statistics have also shown that in 2008, about 1.5 billion adults of age 20 and older, were overweight…
Strategies for Staying on a Healthy Track
Tips from the popular TV show, The Doctors Staying healthy is very challenging for most people. It is not easy to push yourself and do a workout after a long day at work; it is definitely much easier to just…
Green Your Exercise Routine
Due to the generous spread of delicious delicacies available throughout the year and especially during the festive season, gaining weight after the festivities becomes a common grouse. The New York Times verifies this fact, in which it reported that, a…
The Tencel Tale: A Great Story About A Great Clothing Material
In my previous article I wrote about the fact that what is natural may not always be good. I also suggested that what is unnatural can be good. This smacks of hubris. Are humans smarter than Mother Nature? I’m not…
Staying Motivated to Exercise
Well, we’re already almost done with this year. How close are you in achieving your New Year’s resolutions that you set at the beginning of the year? If you’re like many, your resolutions would have been given a rest by…
Secrets to Healthy Grocery Shopping
A celebrated chef shares her experience in choosing healthier food choices at Jaya Grocer While it might not be possible to have a nutritionist on hand at every trip to the market, additional information and knowledgeable staff could help shoppers…
The Hypno Band – Does it really work?
Take a look around you. Fast food chains, fried food vendors and junk food stalls are everywhere. It’s no wonder that so many people are becoming ‘conveniently’ obese. These all lead to the rise of a new pandemic, obesity. It…
Extreme Sports for Adrenaline Junkies
Think of extreme sports, and images of daredevils performing risky manoeuvre and death defying stunts often comes to mind. But with extreme sports becoming more accessible and mainstream, you don’t have to be a daredevil to give one a try.If…
Save the Earth: Wasteful things you can live without (Part 2)
Electric pencil sharpeners A task performed since generations ago now ‘needs’ technology to do. Pencils are now being sharpened the ‘modern’ way with an electric pencil sharpener that runs on batteries. What happens when these batteries are discarded? The lead…
Is Natural Always Good?
I am in the sustainable clothing business. And over the past couple of years, a number of customers have approached me with this question: “Do you have products that are dyed with natural dyes?” My initial response would invariably be…
