Category: Health EN

Is chocolate milk truly beneficial as a post-workout drink? The sugar that makes the drink dangerously delicious plays an important role in recovery — but only for certain types of workouts.  

Walking – the simple activity that you've been doing since you were about a year old – has been touted as "the closest thing we have to a wonder drug", in the words of Dr Thomas Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US. Walking has a host of benefits. Here's a list of 5 that may surprise you: 1.  It counteracts the effects of weight-promoting...

Sleeping well makes us feel better, more alert, energetic, and better able to concentrate and perform our daily tasks. Getting enough sleep each day is one of the most important things you can do for your health and wellbeing and to reduce your risk for ill-health. Sleep is an important biological function essential for life. While we sleep many important functions take place that help the body...

Consumers, beware. A Thai-made facial cream has been found to be contaminated with mercury, the Philippines toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition reveals. The product, 4K Plus 5X Whitening Cream, was loaded with 3,058 parts per million (ppm) of mercury in violation of the trace amount limit of 1 ppm for mercury in such cosmetics under the ASEAN Cosmetic Directive. Mercury use in cosmetic...

Alcohol is a toxic and psychoactive substance with dependence-producing properties. Because alcoholic beverages are so commonly consumed, it is easy to overlook or discount the health and social damage caused or contributed to by drinking. Alcohol consumption contributes to 3 million deaths each year globally as well as to the disabilities and poor health of millions of people. Overall, harmful...