Healthy Life

Spices for wellness: How an Indian diet supports healthy aging

26/06/2023binomo

As we age, what we eat can impact our health, so it’s important to put some thought into what we eat and drink. By embracing your cultural dishes which are prepared locally and organically sourced foods, you can stay healthy as you age. Some key ingredients for healthy aging are:

Protein is essential at every age, whether you want to build muscle, retain strength or recover from surgery. One can find protein in meats, beans, dairy products, fish, nuts, seeds, and cottage cheese and can serve these in the form of various curry preparations.

Fiber-rich foods like fruits, vegetables, beans,

How to Increase Life Expectancy: 10 Simple Steps

20/06/2023binomo

Get Daily Exercise

Improvements in life expectancy are strongly linked to daily exercise. A comprehensive review of studies in the Journal of Aging Research showed that people who exercise regularly—even for as little as three hours a week—lived up to 6.9 years longer than those who didn’t.

Habit-building is the key to success. The easiest way to build a habit is to commit to daily workouts even if it’s just for 20 minutes. If you do, you may skip a day but are more likely to get back on track immediately.

If you exercise three days a week and miss

Ultimate Father’s Day gift: Son donates kidney to save his dad’s life

19/06/2023binomo

Some dads might get gift cards, steak dinners or new golf clubs for Father’s Day.

Yet Jose Calixto, 56, received something far more significant for the occasion this year.

A few weeks ago, Jonathan Calixto, 30, saved his father’s life by donating a healthy kidney.

“I never hesitated,” the son told Fox News Digital.

FATHERHOOD IS ‘HEROIC ROLE’ FOR MEN, SAYS FILMMAKER AND DEFENDER OF DADS JOHN PAPOLA

Ahead of Father’s Day weekend, father and son reveal how the operation changed their lives.

Easy decisions

Jose Calixto, a porter at a New York City building, learned he had kidney disease

Healthy Life: Montreal innovator wins award for unique product developed for women | HealthyLife

14/06/2023binomo

After having suffered from bad period cramps, Nanette Sene is on a mission to ensure no woman has to miss out on daily activities just because of her cycle.

Her work to develop a cutting-edge, wearable device that combines heat with microelectronics to quickly relieve muscle cramps and menstrual pain, has earned the Montrealer a prestigious award and $5,000 from Mitacs, a national innovation organization that fosters growth by solving business challenges with research solutions from academic institutions.

“Menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea) is a widespread problem affecting 80% of women globally, leading to lost productivity and absenteeism, and yet very few

The World Health Assembly adopts more Best Buys to tackle non-communicable diseases

08/06/2023binomo

The World Health Organization has expanded the list of ‘NCD best buys’. The updated list was approved at the 76th^th World Health Assembly, a move that will support governments to select life-saving interventions and policies for the world’s biggest killers, non-communicable diseases. This gives countries of every income a level of support to improve the health of their citizens.

Interventions offered include taxes and bans on advertising for tobacco and alcohol, reformulation of policies for healthier food and drinks and the promotion and support of optimal breastfeeding practices.

The new list also includes secondary prevention for rheumatic fever, acute

Over 40% of Singaporean workers will quit jobs for a better work-life balance

05/06/2023binomo

Work-life balance in focus: The survey shows 41% of respondents considering a career change for a healthier lifestyle. (PHOTO: Getty Images)

SINGAPORE— In today’s fast-paced and demanding world, achieving a harmonious work-life balance has become a burning desire for many Singaporean professionals.

In a recent survey conducted by Randstad Singapore, the results showed 41 percent of respondents were eagerly contemplating bidding farewell to their current jobs, all in pursuit of a healthier work-life balance.

The survey, known as the 2023 Employer Brand Research Singapore report, was conducted by Randstad, the world’s largest talent company.

This year’s research involved over 163,000

how social media shapes women’s health

02/06/2023binomo

Newswise — A new study led by researchers from the University of Sydney has found young women’s engagement with social media plays a major role in shaping how they think – and act – in relation to their health.

The research, published in the peer reviewed journal Health Marketing Quarterlystudied 30 women aged between 18 and 35 during the 2021 COVID-19 lockdowns to understand the factors influencing them to adopt diets and exercise messages on social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

Lead author of the study, PhD candidate Clare Davies from the Discipline of Media and Communications, said

From chewing gum to eating too much veg – 9 ‘healthy’ habits that could do MORE harm than good

22/05/2023binomo

THOUGHT you lived a relatively healthy life?

It turns out there are several habits many of us think are doing us the world of good, when in fact they could actually be getting in the way of you staying healthy.

Thought you were making a healthy choice? It can be tough discerning what is and isn't healthy — Thought you were making a healthy choice? It can be tough discerning what is and isn’t healthycredit: Getty

These experts share the common mistakes that many of us may be making…

1. Eating too many high-histamine foods

You may only know of the word ‘histamine’ from packets of antihistamines, often taken during allergy season.

Hannah Braye, Nutritionist at