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Health & Fitness
Reviews, tips and advice on how to stay on track to be the fittest, healthiest you.
Menstrual products from the Honey Pot. Photo: Handout
Wellness

What’s really in your menstrual products – and should you be worried?

TikTok exposed Always for chemicals and mould concerns, but newer brands like Rael and Thinx are proving the period aisle can do better.

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The designers turning fitness trackers into fine jewellery

Lessons from China's history

Reflections | Even Confucius was buff? How ancient China prized strength and fitness

Wellness

Their rock ‘n’ roll life led to anxiety, depression. How they beat the ‘devil’

Celebrity couple Candy Lo and Sammy So talk about hitting rock bottom, taking up running, and how they now do marathons across the globe.

Interview with the Cantopop musicians (left) Candy Lo Hau-yam and Sammy So Ho-choy at So’s studio in Kwai Fong. Hong Kong celebs turned avid runners, ageing healthily story. 17JUL26. SCMP / Jelly Tse
Get to Know

Meet Alex Rodriguez’s new fitness coach girlfriend, Meghan Hayden

The couple were first seen together at Michael Rubin’s White Party in early July, just months after A-Rod split from fitness guru Jaclyn Cordeiro.

Wellness

How Erling Haaland gets great sleep and its role in fighting ‘inflammaging’

Quality rest, diet and lifestyle are vital for the prevention of chronic, low-grade inflammation – which accelerates as our bodies age.

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Hong Kong’s rope skipping revolution: from school gyms to the Paris Olympics

No longer just a playground game, the sport is seeing a surge in school participation, with local athletes like Kaylie Wong securing global titles.

Kaylie Wong is a rising star in competitive rope skipping. Photo: Handout
Wellness

The key to better brain health and ‘super-ageing’ could lie in your bones

Our bones produce a hormone called osteocalcin, activated by exercise, that crosses into the brain to fight memory loss and anxiety.

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Wellness

Why ‘extreme fitness FOMO’ can do more harm than good for people 40 and up

Driven by status and events like Hyrox, many midlife Hongkongers are pushing themselves to the limit. But experts warn of the dangers.

Trending in China

Chinese weight-loss trend of mixing tea with enemas sends many to hospital

Extreme slimming method is claimed to help people shed weight in just two days, but doctor says it can seriously harm the digestive system.

A woman told media that the mixture tasted slightly sweet, but caused severe discomfort half an hour later. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

Fit after 50: How Indian influencer couple beat chronic pain with exercise

Tara and Sushila Thapa overcame chronic pain by getting fit in midlife. Now their Instagram page and running group encourage others.

Tara (left) and Sushila Thapa run a 10km race in their home city of Dehradun, India, in 2025. Both have overcome chronic pain since taking up running in middle age, and now inspire others to do the same. Photo: Tara Thapa
Trending in China

What is kombucha and why are Chinese youth obsessed with the fermentation trend?

Some youngsters are making their own fermented drinks at home and are surprised to find that their parents did the same in the 1980s.

Wellness

Explainer: How to train at a Shaolin kung fu centre, like Victor Wembanyama

The San Antonio Spurs star and YouTube sensation IShowSpeed have both travelled to China to experience Shaolin martial arts – here is how you can do it too.

Wellness

Love summer but hate frizzy hair? Experts share tips on beating the humidity

Humid summers can spell trouble for your hair – clamp down on frizz by paying close attention to hair health, starting with your products.

Pay close attention to the products you use to prevent your hair from going out of control in summer. Photo: Trunk Archive
Wellness

He’s 90 and still runs half-marathons. How this retired professor defies age

Meet Yul Kwon, a nonagenarian who maintains his endurance through daily exercise, a Mediterranean diet and a focus on sleep.

Yul Kwon, 90, runs in the BMO Vancouver Marathon half marathon race in May. Photo: Instagram/bmovanmarathon
Good Schools Guide

Hong Kong schools are using tech to reshape teen mental health support

Digital ‘third spaces’ are being tested to make mental health support feel more accessible for Gen Alpha – but what can and cannot be replaced by tech?

Wellness

Luxury anti-inflammation retreats are booming, but do the benefits last?

Private clubs and hotels are cashing in on US$4,000 retreats that claim to reduce inflammation, offering lymphatic drainage, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and more.

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Wellness

Manuka honey: New Zealand’s skincare, wellness and gut health elixir

Discover the benefits of New Zealand’s gold-standard honey, renowned for its antibacterial properties and gut health benefits.

Manuka honey, like this raw product by Manukora, boasts a reputation spanning wellness and skincare, and is backed by celebrity endorsements and medical-grade certifications. Photo: Handout
Wellness

How TCM helped a 71-year-old with Parkinson’s run 100 marathons in 100 days

American chiropractor and TCM practitioner Larry Grogin shares how Chinese herbs and acupuncture helped him as he made his way across the US.

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Wellness

Why losing weight involves more than counting calories

If you burn more calories than you consume, you lose weight. However, calorie uptake is affected by ripeness, processing and burn rate.

Wellness

8 surprising sleep facts and why shut-eye affects every aspect of our lives

From the science behind sleep paralysis to lucid dreams and memory making, experts help us understand little-known but vital aspects of sleep.

We all sleep, but most of us aren’t aware of how it benefits us physically, mentally and emotionally. Sleep experts help us understand eight lesser-known things about shut-eye. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong can be the Asia-Pacific’s longevity hub

City has unique conditions to be the premier regional hub for longevity research, clinical trials, regulatory approval and capital scaling.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
Wellness

Hong Kong start-ups are closing ‘glaring gap’ in women’s health technology

Meet the Hong Kong innovators who are addressing the needs for women-focused health solutions, from apps to fertility treatment centres.

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Who is Will Compton, the ex-NFL player snubbed by Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce?

The former linebacker played for the Washington Commanders, the Tennessee Titans and the Las Vegas Raiders – now he co-hosts the Bussin’ with the Boys podcast.

Wellness

She lost her infant son. Strength training helped her rebuild her life

After losing her son Joshua, diet and weightlifting helped Beatrice Caffrey build physical and emotional strength. Now she’s helping others.

After losing her 11-month-old son Joshua, German hotelier Beatrice Caffrey used a change in diet and strength training to become the “healthiest and strongest” version of herself. Now, through her fitness app and social media presence, she’s helping others do the same. Photo: Beatrice Caffrey
Wellness

50km ultra-marathon on ‘magical’ 5-day Easter Island holiday a race like no other

A five-day running and hiking tour of Rapa Nui left this writer in awe of the Pacific island’s landscape and spirituality, and slightly lost.

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Writer Lily Canter runs past 15 moai statues at Ahu Tongariki, the most famous point on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, during her five-day tour organised by Rat Race. Photo: Leo Francis/Rat Race
Trending in China

China gym refunds client, offers membership elsewhere after body odour complaints

Hangzhou man told that economic downturn and repeated comments from other users forced decision to revoke use of facility.

Wellness

Strength training helped a mum save her kids. Now she’s urging others to start

Jennifer Wannenmacher rescued her children from a risky sea incident. The 47-year-old shares how to build strength in middle age.

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