Trail Running Takes Running to New Heights - by Maripet L. Poso Why do some people love to run? Let us count the ways. Running makes us happy. It is good for the heart, lungs, bones, muscles. In short, it’s good for our health. Running is an instant pick-me-upper and can take a week’s worth of [...]
From Down Under to the Big Apple, Elizabeth Lazan Stays as Singaporean as her favourite Char Kway Teow By Maripet L. Poso Elizabeth Tan has come a long way from a doe-eyed seven-year-old girl doing ballet recitals at the Singapore Dance Theater or monologues with the Act 3 Theater Company. Aside from being a household [...]
Dr Elias Tam Shares the Beauty of his Profession - By Maripet L. Poso “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”- Confucius Dr Elias Tam, one of Singapore’s pioneers in aesthetic practice, must have taken Confucius’ saying to heart by the way he works and treats his [...]
Resistance Not Futile - By Dr Daniel Wai Our body uses sugar as fuel, and insulin is the hormone that brings sugar and fat from the blood into the cells, or the smallest units of function, in our body. If our body is a car, and sugar and fat are like petrol, insulin is like the [...]
Be Healthy and Earth-friendly the Organic Vegan Way! While we are having more advanced medical technologies these days, deadly diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer are also on the rise, even among our younger generations. Inevitably, our medical costs follow. Studies have shown that vegans have much lower cholesterol levels than meat eaters, and [...]
Smart eating can help slow down the ageing process and stave off age-related diseases By Maripet L. Poso In the fight against ageing, some women are more than willing to try just about anything to stay young looking – from injections and surgery, to hormone intake and inversion therapy. But for others who believe it [...]
From ghetto to Princeton, Dr Richard DeAndre tells it all - By Cheryl Koh Growing up was not easy for Dr DeAndre. He was brought up in the streets of the poorest, most violent areas in United States – Hell’s Kitchen, New York City – known for its Mafia, druggies and high crime rates. Having grown [...]
Singapore Cancer Society celebrates World Cancer Day The Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) celebrated World Cancer Day on 4 February with the message that “Cancer can be prevented” and a reminder to the public to go for regular cancer screening. The logo for SCS’s World Cancer Day participation featured a lilac-coloured ribbon which represents all cancers [...]
Healthy lifestyle and supplements to help you look and feel young Ageing is a natural process and cannot be reversed, but there are things that we can do to prevent premature and more aggressive ageing effects to our bodies. A healthy, balanced diet is absolutely essential to staying young. However, supplements can be used to top up nutrient intake if our diet [...]
Collagen for beauty From creams to injections, collagen offers options to combat ageing By Maripet L. Poso We’ve heard about this beauty wonder too often. Some drink it, others inject it, and many apply it. But what is collagen really, and how does it suddenly become a byword for beauty fix? Way before it became [...]
