Mango is said to have been cultivated for over 6,000 years at the foothills of the Himalayas of India and Burma. The English singular form mango comes from the Latin Mangifera indica meaning mango-bearing plant from India. The mango is…

Celery: Stick of Hope Celery (Apium graveolens) is a member of the Apiaceae (Parsley) family and a relative of dill and carrots, and said to have originated from the Mediterranean. Celery is one of the oldest vegetables ever used in…

When you go to an all-you-can eat buffet, do you settle for one helping only? When it is durian season, do you have a durian feast and stop only when you are sick? Here in Malaysia, our favourite past time…

The SMSes on radiation at the collapse of Japanese atomic reactors quite recently seemed to have spread faster than the radiation itself. Some people refrained from coming out of home fearing radiated particles settling on the skin or breathed in.…

“The great thing about pilates is that just about everyone – from couch potatoes to fitness buffs – can do it” Pilates (pronounced: puh-lah-teez) is a body conditioning routine that seeks to build flexibility, strength, endurance, and coordination without adding…

For many years I have been teaching that it is a good idea to consume whole foods for our health and well-being. The reasons seemed obvious. Whole foods are those that nature provides, with all their edible parts. Whole foods…

Pineapple: Pine of the Indies Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering the pineapple on the island of Guadeloupe in 1493 – although the fruit had long been grown in South America. He called it piña de Indes meaning “Pine of…

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Exercise is always a do-it-yourself venture. No other person or machine can do it for you. Hence, it is important to have those motivating factors so that a person who is into exercise in order to lose weight will hang…

Over the past couple of years, nearly one-third of all honeybee colonies have disappeared. No bees, no pollination, no mankind. Some people think that bees are only important for honey they produce. Do you know that over one-third of our…