Category: Wellness and Complementary Therapies
Korean Cuisine to Burn Fat and Cholesterol
The search for a wonder drug that burns body fat and cholesterol leads to the Korean cuisine! Kochujang (KCJ), a fermented soybean-based red pepper paste, has been found to reduce body fat and improve blood lipid profile in overweight adults. […]
New Findings on Effective Pain Management
A novel study that found treatments for pain at the site of an injury may not always be good enough, could change conventional thinking about pain management. University of Maryland (UM) scientists reported the study March 20 in The Journal […]
Olive Oil Makes You Feel Full
Olive oil regulates the sensation of feeling full after eating, finds study. Work groups at Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM) under Prof. Peter Schieberle and at the University of Vienna under Prof. Veronika Somoza studied four different edible fats and oils: […]
Drink up the 5 big benefits of tea
A cup of tea wakes you up in the morning, rounds off an evening meal and, well, they do not call it teatime for nothing. Now, it has been further confirmed that tea leaves steeped in boiling water are good […]
Bitter Gourd Juice Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells
The juice of bitter gourd was found to kill pancreatic cancer cells, say researchers. A University of Colorado cancer study published this week in the journal Carcinogenesis shows that bitter gourd juice restricts the ability of pancreatic cancer cells to […]
How much sleep do children need?
If you are wondering how much sleep a child needs, get set to rub your eyes – in amazement. Those aged 12 and above need at least nine hours every day, says sleep specialist Daniel Goh of the National University […]
Fasting: Key to Weight Loss
Intermittent fasting could be the secret to losing weight and reducing risk of cancer, heart disease, say scientists. Fat loss pills and strenuous exercise could be a thing of the past, with a new diet claiming to improve your waistline, […]
Brisk Walking Benefits Stroke Patients
Stroke survivors can have a speedy recovery with regular brisk walks, suggest researchers. A three-month study found outdoor walking three times a week boosted endurance and resting heart rate, the BBC reported. Those taking part were able to walk independently […]
Take palm Vitamin E tocotrienols to protect your heart
It seems that humankind has been in search of cures for heart diseases for as long as medical science existed. The phenomenon was said to have first reared its ugly head in the 1920s and 1930s, when physicians across Britain […]
The youth hormone
This is the second article on hormones that are important for good health. In the first instalment (Hormones for health, Fit4life, Feb 17), I wrote about insulin, testosterone, oestrogen and progesterone. I also explained about bio-identical hormones. Today, I will […]
