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GREEN FOODS FOR BRAIN HEALTH

Lai Cheng January 3, 2025 0 Comments
Fruits and vegetables play an important role in protecting the ageing brain. Try filling your meals with a rainbow of colours to nourish your brain. Each colour brings unique benefits – and that goes for green foods too. A recurring benefit of plant-based green foods is their richness in lutein and zeaxanthin. These powerful antioxidants don’t just support brain health – they also protect...
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BIRDSONG WISDOM

Lai Cheng January 3, 2025 0 Comments
The earth has music for those who listen. Tune in to the birds. The sound of birdsong is a soothing balm to the soul. Listen to the birds singing, and let their melody lift your spirits. Birds’ cheerful songs are a gift, a reminder to appreciate the simple beauty of each day. No matter what yesterday was like, birds always start the new day with a song. When you hear the birds singing their...
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CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Protect Consumers from Implications of Mandatory EPR

Lai Cheng January 3, 2025 0 Comments
Malaysia has a longstanding issue of ballooning amounts of plastic waste. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) – making polluters responsible – is a key policy approach in the Circular Economy Policy Framework for the manufacturing sector launched by the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti) in September 2024. A circular economy blueprint for the waste sector, advocating zero...
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35 SKIN LIGHTENING PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED TO HAVE TOXIC MERCURY

Lai Cheng January 2, 2025 0 Comments
Philippines toxics watchdog group Ecowaste Coalition is again cautioning consumers seeking a lighter skin tone from using products containing high levels of mercury, a chemical poison that poses toxic effects on the nervous, digestive and endocrine systems, and on the kidneys, lungs, and the skin itself. The group has released a list of skin lightening products that it had purchased and screened...
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HOW TO BE HAPPY

Lai Cheng December 31, 2024 0 Comments
Ever wondered why people who live simple lives are happier? They spend more time out in nature and appreciate the little things in life. They make more intentional choices about their well-being and have less stress and anxiety. Research shows that 40% of happiness is due to intentional activity. Make being happy a habit. Happiness is an enduring state of mind that can be achieved through a...
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‘Godfather of AI’ Demands Strict Regulations to Stop Technology From Wiping Out Humanity

Lai Cheng December 31, 2024 0 Comments
“The only thing that can force those big companies to do more research on safety is government regulation.” Warning that the pace of development of artificial intelligence is "much faster" than he anticipated and is taking place in the absence of far-reaching regulations, the computer scientist often called the “Godfather of AI” on Friday said he believes chances are growing that AI...
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PLASTIC REMAINS FOR CENTURIES

Lai Cheng December 31, 2024 0 Comments
Many plastic items can take hundreds of years to degrade in the ocean. Depending on how thirsty you are, it might take you less than 5 minutes to swig back the contents of a plastic bottle. But it takes the ocean at least 450 years to break down the plastic and many plastics could take 1,000 years to fully degrade. Source: Sustainability  
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Start Your New Year Growing Vegetables

Lai Cheng December 31, 2024 0 Comments
The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) advised Malaysians to start 2025 with growing their own vegetables. CAP believes that 2025 will be more challenging to consumers in terms of rising cost of living including price of food. To reduce the burden of vegetable price increase, CAP urges consumers to grow any type of vegetables and herbal plants, beginning of the new year. Teachers can play an...
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GOOD ADVICE ON HOW TO LIVE

Lai Cheng December 30, 2024 0 Comments
There’s timeless wisdom and practical life lessons in this old poem written in 1895. It teaches us to navigate life with integrity, resilience, and humility. It illustrates how balance, self-belief, and grace under pressure are essential for personal growth and success. It offers good advice on how to deal with life’s uncertainties and challenges: > Stay calm under pressure, trust...
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