Category: Wellness and Complementary Therapies
How to eat healthy while on a strict budget
1. Plan your meals When it comes to saving money at the grocery store, planning is essential. Use one day each week to plan your meals for the upcoming week. Then, make a grocery list of what you need. Also, […]
How to choose the right vitamins
The easy part is deciding that a daily multivitamin is right for you; the challenge is selecting one from among the hundreds that line the drugstore shelves. So before you buy, do a little comparison shopping. Bring along your reading […]
Some tips to remain healthy while travelling
While travelling can be fun, it can also be stressful, especially when one undergoes long commutes. Here are 5 quick tips on how to maintain your health while travelling: 1) Exercise: Get a hotel with a fitness center or purchase a temporary pass […]
How to be a healthy vegan
Vegan diets contain only plants, and therefore excludes food from animals such as milk and dairy. Eat at least five portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day. Base meals on potatoes, bread, rice, pasta or other starchy carbohydrates. […]
Investing in nutrition saves money on health care later on
Experts are advising the public to invest in healthy food choices so they may avoid costly medical care later on. Obesity, heart disease and type 2 diabetes are today’s epidemics and are tied to poor eating choices. However, eating healthy […]
Beat that fatigue
Most of us have probably experienced fatigue. Fatigue is unexplained extreme tiredness. It is usually caused by factors such as stress, unhealthy diet and not enough sleep. The following are some of the ways for you to combat fatigue: 1. […]
New meningitis test gives results in under an hour for speedy diagnosis
A new meningitis test could speed up the diagnosis of the disease and save lives as it gives results in just under 60 minutes. The new test will be implemented in an accident & emergency (A&E) department in a hospital […]
Brisk walking helps middle-aged people stay healthy
Middle-aged people, those between the ages 40 and 60, are being urged to start doing regular brisk walks to help them stay healthy and reduce the risk of early death. Even 10 minutes of brisk walking each day could have […]
Low-calorie diet helps maintain good metabolism, slow down aging
The body’s circadian rhythm, or biological clock, is directly linked to the process of aging and is also based on efficient metabolism of energy within cells. Paolo Sassone-Corsi, director of the Center for Epigenetics & Metabolism at the University of […]
Modified plastic films prevent contamination in food, biomedical industries
Plastic films that have been specially designed and integrated with “N-halamines”, special chemical groups, within the polymer matrix of the plastic can prevent bacterial contamination in the food and biomedical industries, according to a recently published research. The plastic films […]
