Powerfoods: Cherry
The cherry is one of the world’s oldest cultivated fruits, along with its cousin, the apricot. Cultivation dates back to 300 B.C. and its lineage dates back even farther. The common cherry tree, Prunus avium, is native to the temperate…
A Whole New You: Learn How to be More Positive
“The most influential person who will talk to you all day is you, so you should be very careful about what you say to you!” Zig Ziglar Make changes to create success, good relationships and happiness Self image is how…
Powerfoods: Alfalfa
The benefits of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) were first discovered thousands of years ago by the Arabs. They found that when horses ate alfalfa they were stronger and faster. Alfalfa is a plant which sends its roots down twenty to…
Organic Lifestyle Choices: Easy, Healthy, and Environmentally Friendly
Do you know what organic means, and how it applies to you? In the most basic sense, organic means grown or raised naturally. For crops, this means that no chemicals (e.g., pesticides), sewage sludge, radiation, or genetic engineering are used…
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…
