Home How to Spot Contaminated Food in Your Child’s Canteen? May 8, 2022   Return WORDS JENNIFER F. NETTO Every parent desires to have the entire day planned,

Home The Cheat Sheet for Post-Raya Damage Control May 8, 2022   Return WORDS JORDAN LAI To all my Muslim friends, I know the last month has been

Home Warning: It’s Going to Get Corny May 8, 2022   Return WORDS HANNAH MAY-LEE WONG Lim Yuanshuang Podiatrist   Longing for smooth, baby-soft feet? Can’t seem to

Home A Cuppa Joe, Anyone? May 8, 2022   Return WORDS ABRAHAM MATHEW SAJI Coffee, one of the most widely consumed drinks in the world, is derived from

Home Make Peace With Food May 8, 2022   Return Georgen Thye BSc. (Hons) Nutrition and Dietetics, IMU Dietitian, Holmusk Council Member, Malaysian Dietitians’ Association (MDA) Founder

Home When Life Gives You Lemons May 8, 2022   Return WORDS PANK JIT SIN Ahhh! Lemon! The fruit that’s synonymous with health and ironically, a hard life. As

Home Banananana… May 8, 2022   Return WORDS PANK JIT SIN The banana is a fruit almost everybody enjoys. It’s nowhere quite as divisive as durian or pineapple

Home GO GRILL! May 8, 2022   Return WORDS LIM TECK CHOON Nothing wrecks a diet as effectively as a meal at a fast food joint. A burger,

Home MUSSELS May 8, 2022   Return WORDS RACHEL SOON In New Zealand, the green-lipped mussel (scientifically named Perna canaliculus) has been regularly eaten by indigenous Maori people for

Home THE ROLE OF NUTRITION IN ADDRESSING NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN MALAYSIA May 8, 2022   Return WORDS LIM TECK CHOON In light of the data presented in the

Home 3 EFFECTIVE TIPS TO EAT HEALTHILY IN THE NEW NORMAL May 8, 2022   Return AUTHORS: PRAMILA MANI MARAN AND DR NURUL HUDA RAZALLI   With the

Home THINK YOU KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT SOY? THINK AGAIN… May 8, 2022   Return   When you hear the word “protein”, what is the first thing that

Home Overeating at Festivals May 8, 2022   Return Question: I have high cholesterol levels, and I tend to eat a lot especially during the festive season.

Home It Is Really Good, I Fig You Not May 8, 2022   Return WORDS PANK JIT SIN How It Started Figs are a general term for over

Home Noodles, Noodles In The Bowl… Which Is The Healthiest Of Them All? May 8, 2022   Return Edna Loh Accredited Practising Dietitian (Aus) Unicare Pharmacy (Petaling

Home HEALTHIER OPTIONS FOR TAKEOUT FOOD May 8, 2022   Return WORDS HANNAH MAY-LEE WONG   Food delivery services are now more efficient than ever. With the tap

Home Baby’s Best Brain Food? May 7, 2022   Return WORDS LIM TECK CHOON   Dr Catherine Limperopoulous, Ph.D. Director of MRI Research of the Developing Brain Children’s

Home Why Meatless Mondays? May 7, 2022   Return Previous Next Believe it or not, there’s a way that you can minimise global warming, stop killing animals

Home Parboiled or basmati, madam? May 7, 2022   Return Dr. Chee Huei Phing   Assistant Professor & Clinical Dietitian, Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Malaysians just love rice

Home Breakfast Is Important! May 7, 2022   Return The MyBreakfast Study of School Children is the first nationwide breakfast study of its kind. It was first

Home Start Your Kids’ Day Right May 7, 2022   Return Dr Tee E Siong   President, Nutrition Society of Malaysia Simple can be healthy. Always rushing in the morning?

Home Happy Tummies in an Auspicious Time May 7, 2022   Return It is hard to avoid food during the Chinese New Year, not that many of

Home Fab or Fad? May 1, 2022   Return To think that just several decades ago, juicing was quite a novelty. Back then, juicing was something only

Home It’s Still Healthy to Go Local May 1, 2022   Return Previous Next Malaysian food is the best! We frequently appreciate that when we are abroad,

Home Are instant noodles all that bad? May 1, 2022   Return Previous Next Dr Chee Huei Phing   Assistant Professor & Clinical Dietitian, Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

Home Herbs, Spices & Cancer Prevention May 1, 2022   Return Previous Next Dr. Chee Huei Phing   Assistant Professor & Clinical Dietitian, Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

Home The Delicious Taste of Umami May 1, 2022   Return Dr. Chee Huei Phing   Assistant Professor & Clinical Dietitian, Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman How many tastes

Home Making Sense of Palm Oil May 1, 2022   Return Dr Jean Graille   Lipid Technology Consultant, Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), France Palm oil is one of Malaysia’s most

Home The Miracle of Garlic May 1, 2022   Return Vivi Noryati Ahmad   Lecturer, Centre of Preclinical Science Studies, Faculty of Dentistry, Sg. Buloh Campus, Universiti Teknologi MARA “Let food be

Home A Matter of Fats May 1, 2022   Return Mary Easaw   Chief Dietitian, Institut Jantung Negara Are fats really bad? Not really. Dietitian Mary Easaw points out that

Home The Other Side of the Story May 1, 2022   Return Dr Jean Graille   Lipid Technology Consultant, Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), France Palm oil is the most popular

Home An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away… May 1, 2022   Return Dr. Chee Huei Phing   Assistant Professor & Clinical Dietitian, Faculty of Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

Home Foods Can Be Deceiving May 1, 2022   Return Previous Next Like fashion trends, dieting fads come and go. What was once hailed as the super

Home An Oil with Many Possibilities May 2, 2022   Return Professor Dr Ammu K Radhakrishnan   Professor of Pathology (Immunology), International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur Plants contain unique substances, called

Home The Awesome Power of Whole Grains May 2, 2022   Return Whole grain refers to the entire grain that contains the bran, endosperm and germ. They

Home Good Salt? Bad Salt? May 2, 2022   Return Most of us use salt to spice up cooking and make dishes tastier. There are various types

Home Get Your ‘O’ Game On! May 2, 2022   Return The list of benefits of omega-3 fatty acids seems to get longer with time as more

Home More Than Carrots May 2, 2022   Return Previous Next When I was a child, my mother would often say to me, “You should really eat

Home 8 Sensible Tips for Eating Out May 2, 2022   Return Professor Winnie Chee   Dietitian & Professor, Division of Nutrition & Dietetics, International Medical University We are all aware

Home The Tiny Powerhouse May 2, 2022   Return There is a famous saying which goes like this: “Good things come in small packages.” This is most

Home Great Snacks for Working Off Post-Workout Blues May 2, 2022   Return That piece of cake looks tempting isn’t it? And, how about that plate of

Home Bitter’s Good! May 2, 2022   Return Rapeseed (Brassica napus, also referred to as oilseed rape or canola), is a plant that grows to about 5

Home Bitter’s Good! May 1, 2022   Return Professor Gerard Bodeker   Chairman, Global Initiative for Traditional Systems of Health, Oxford Project Southeast Asia, University of Oxford Malaysians may know it

Home A Man of Good Nutrition May 1, 2022   Return Tee, President of the Nutrition Society of Malaysia, at the official opening of the 9th Asia

Home For Healthy Heart & Bones May 1, 2022   Return Mr Greg Mapp   Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, Griffith University, Australia Complementary medicine today is no

Home On Ginseng and Gingko May 1, 2022   Return Sarah Culverhouse   Naturopath, Blackmores Institute Health Educator & Trainer The ginseng from Korea Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng) is

Home Fats – Do we need them? May 1, 2022   Return Most of us recognize that we should be cutting down on fats. However, do we

Home Welcome to the “Ivy” League May 1, 2022   Return Have you heard of Hedera helix? That’s the scientific name for the plant which you may

Home A Tête-à-tête with Dr Tee May 1, 2022   Return Dr Tee E Siong may not be a household name in Malaysia, but to those on

Home A Heavy Concern May 1, 2022   Return Overly thin individuals may be the envy of those who struggle to shed extra pounds. While being underweight

Home Go Ginkgo May 1, 2022   Return The origins of Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba, also known as the Maidenhair tree, Kew tree or Japanese Silver Apricot tree,

Home Garlic-ky Goodness May 1, 2022   Return Let’s play a little game. The item is a herb that is commonly used in cooking. It is white,bulb-like

Home Of Sugar and Substitutes May 1, 2022   Return Sugar is an inseparable ingredient in the food we consume. However, too much sugar is not ideal

Home Your Mom is Right. Eat Your Broccoli! May 1, 2022   Return Words Lim Teck Choon   Edna Loh Accredited Practising Dietitian (Aus)Unicare Pharmacy (Petaling Jaya) Broccoli, cauliflower,

Home 5 Foods Your Cardiologist Wants You To Stop Eating May 1, 2022   Return WORDS DR RAMASAMI NANDAKUMAR Consultant Interventional Cardiologist   Did you know that heart

Home The Many Evidence-Based Uses of Ginseng April 29, 2022   Return WORDS PANK JIT SIN Dr Chang Yuan-Shiun Professor of Pharmacognosy China Medical University of Taiwan  

Home It’s Stinky. It’s Spiny. It’s Like Manna From Heaven … For Some Of Us April 29, 2022   Return WORDS PANK JIT SIN Hello, folks! It’s your

Home Are You Sweet Enough? April 29, 2022   Return Georgen Thye BSc. (Hons) Nutrition and Dietetics, IMU Dietitian, Holmusk Council Member, Malaysian Dietitians’ Association (MDA) Founder

Home Quenching Dry Hair April 29, 2022   Return We’ve all experienced a bad hair day at some point in our lives – we’re only human, after

Home Bone-ing Pains April 28, 2022   Return People with chronic bone and joint problems, such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, often experience pain and aches especially

Home Food for Your Throat! April 29, 2022   Return Don’t you wish you had a way to scratch that itch in your throat? A sore throat

Home Natural Immunity Boost April 29, 2022   Return Ammu K Radhakrishnan   Professor of Pathology (Immunology), International Medical University Malaysia Vitamin E has long been known as an antioxidant,

Home Your Liver is What You Eat April 28, 2022   Return We often hear people talking about medical conditions such as heart failure, lung disease and

Home Fancy a Date? Heck, Why Not 10?  April 27, 2022   Return WORDS PANK JIT SIN Who could forget the famous sultry whisper of “Yusuf Taiyoob” come

Home The Demons in My Mind  April 25, 2022   Return INTERVIEW HANNAH WONG MAY-LEE WORDS LIM TECK CHOON Cathie Wu MA Coun Psy (CAN, USA) Director and Counselling

Home A Porky Problem? African Swine Fever and You  April 25, 2022   Return WORDS Rachel Soon With the approach of the 2020 Lunar New Year, Chinese  families

Home Luscious Lips For The Holidays  April 25, 2022   Return WORDS PANK JIT SIN So, how did you like my rhyme in the title? Was it as

Home Can’t Motivate Yourself To Exercise? It’s Time To Eat Like A … Mouse!  April 25, 2022   Return WORDS LIM TECK CHOON A research team in Japan

Home I Have A Pine. I Have An Apple. I Have A Pineapple! March 13, 2020   Return WORDS PANK JIT SIN Pineapples (Ananas comosus) are as