Category: Food EN

Do You Know: There are some elements in plant-based foods that are known to positively impact blood pressure. Here are 9 great foods to include in your diet to keep your blood pressure at a healthy level. Since they’re all plant-based, they’re also naturally good sources of fibre. Some are rich in potassium and/or magnesium, and some deliver healthy nitrates that your body can turn into...

Eat fruits and vegetables of different colours every day. A diet rich in colourful foods or simply fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. Red, orange, yellow, green, white, blue and purple – each of these colours has health benefits, including: improved vision; decreased inflammation; reduced risk of chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease and...

The Consumers Association of Penang calls on the Ministry of Health to prohibit the use of ethylene oxide as a fumigant by the food industry. The call is made in view of the latest report by Taipei's Department of Health which had found two types of instant noodles to contain ethylene oxide - a cancer-inducing substance. In a statement, the department had found that a batch of "Ah Lai White...

Almost all types of pufferfish contain tetrodotoxin. Eating improperly prepared pufferfish can lead to numbness and tingling sensation around the mouth, nausea, and vomiting and may lead to paralysis and respiratory failure and death. Pufferfish is eaten in some fishing communities in Malaysia. While Johor Fisheries Department director Zainudin Abdul Wahab told Malaysian media that pufferfish...