Portion Control, Malaysian Style
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…
Radiation Panic
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.…
Pilates to Sexy Butts!
“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…
Why Should We Eat Whole Foods?
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…
Powerfoods: Pineapple
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…
Avene XeraCalm A.D Lipid-Replenishing Cleansing Oil Contest
Contest ends in: [wpcdt-countdown id=”101884″] Avene XeraCalm A.D Lipid-Replenishing Cleansing Oil is a gentle daily hygiene product to soothe and calm skin prone to atopic dermatitis (eczema), itching and very dry skin. I-Modulia, its patented biotechnological complex, calms itching sensations,…
Staying Motivated to Exercise
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…
Bee Warned!
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…
A Pesky Problem
Household Pests & Natural Ways to Contain Them Sooner or later, we’re all pestered by pests. Whether it’s ants in the kitchen or rats gnawing at night, pests can be annoying and bothersome. Some may bite, sting or transmit disease.…
Agonizing Over Acne
One of the major if not the number one cause of unhappiness and depression amongst teenagers today is acne. In the past it is often ‘pooh poohed’ as skin deep problem only. Words like “you will grow out of it”,…