Start Your Kid’s Dental Health Care Early Your child’s first visit to the dentist should take place between one and two years of age. The dentist will monitor growth and development of the dentition and jaws. This would help in preventing, and/or intercepting any abnormal habits and plan for any correction of deviations from normal [...]
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 [...]
Introduction to Pilates - By Maripet L. Poso Holding on to straps and trying to squeeze a ring in between my knees, while lifting my back off the floor and working my abdominal muscles, I was hissing and sweating and wondering why on earth I agreed to be in this situation in the first place. It [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Exploring the anti-ageing benefits of alkaline ionized water By Maripet L. Poso We owe it to our body to drink enough water. It’s simple. Our body is made up of 70 percent water, and lack of water causes dehydration, which in turn takes a toll on our body, especially our skin. Notice how our skin tends [...]
The vein network in the lower limbs is composed of deep veins that enable blood draining between the deep tissues and the muscles, and superfi cial veins that enable blood draining between the skin and the subcutaneous tissues.
Today, neck, back and pelvic pain are among the top health issues in many countries and neuro-musculoskeletal disorders By Mr Andreas Marcel Rooker, on behalf of physiomed In 2001, 41.8% of the Belgium population experienced one or more days of low back pain (LBP) in six months. In the Netherlands, LBP is the most common [...]
Calcium absorption the way nature intended us to, is possible with organic milk By Sandra Generosa L Hernandez The importance of calcium as a nutrient to our body is undeniable. Calcium plays a big role in many body functions and development, such as to keep our muscles and nerves working properly, to assist in blood [...]
Weight lifting builds strong muscles, stomach crunches tone abs, and stretches bring greater fl exibility. We exercise regularly to keep our bodies in tip top condition. How can we keep our set of lungs in tip top condition? Sitting side by side the heart, near the backbone, our lungs play an important part in our [...]
