Lai Cheng

Academics from King’s College London found that hearing birds, seeing them, and having ordinary encounters with birds improved the mood of people who have depression and of the broader population as well. The study followed about 1,300 people throughout their everyday encounters with birds last year using a smartphone app called Urban Mind. The people were in Britain, Europe, the US, Australia...

Should you eat a banana when it’s underripe, barely ripe, ripe, very ripe or overripe?  That depends on what your body needs and your state of health.  Here’s what a banana offers at different stages of ripeness.

Packed with essential nutrients, beets or beetroots are a great source of fibre, folate (vitamin B9), manganese, potassium, iron, and Vitamin C. Beetroots and beetroot juice have been associated with numerous health benefits, including improved blood flow, lower blood pressure, and increased exercise performance. Many of these benefits are due to their high content of inorganic nitrates. (Source:...

Diabetes has become a condition of epidemic proportion worldwide and it is a cause for concern, prompting World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) to declare November 14 as World Diabetes Day. In Malaysia, in spite of many campaigns against diabetes, its prevalence especially that of Type 2 has increased to epidemic proportions. At the current population of...

Chronic stress, which is constant and persists over an extended period of time, can be debilitating and overwhelming.  It can impact your overall health – affecting both your physical and psychological well-being by causing a variety of problems including anxiety, insomnia, muscle pain, high blood pressure, and a weakened immune system.