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Healthy eating articles, news and features, with a millennial focus, including food, nutrition, diet, clean eating and health.
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9 September, 2024
A dim sum shop in Mong Kok. Authorities say consumers should take less salt in their food. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong society

Less salty dim sum? Hong Kong food authority says reduced sodium to go unnoticed

Dim sum makers had raised concerns that consumers might shun less salty products.

Wellness

That morning coffee is doing wonders for your health, says new study

Wellness

Iodine deficiency has made a comeback. The risks, and how to get enough

Wellness

Explainer | What are functional foods and should you be having them?

Functional foods claiming to provide all kinds of health benefits are blowing up on social media, but few examples have scientific backing.

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Some functional foods and beverages can be good for you, a doctor says, including products that have been fortified or enriched with a specific ingredient, like drinks fortified with vitamin B, or foods for specific dietary needs, like gluten-free or lactose-free products. But many others do not live up to their marketing. Photo: Shutterstock
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How a Japanese electric spoon could help reduce the salt in your diet

The spoon uses an electric current to make food taste saltier, so you don’t feel the need to add more, and the risks of salt overconsumption.

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3 top wellness trends to make 2025 a better year

In the advent of artificial intelligence, cutting-edge wellness technology and a growing awareness of holistic health practices, there are now more ways than ever to get in, and stay in, tip-top shape.

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Food and Drinks

On the Menu | Eating for work is a dream job with health risks. How I’m finding balance

Dining out often is great, but can lead to various health issues. Here’s how I’ll rein it in 2025 without compromising too much.

A doctor gives a patient a check. Photo: Shutterstock
Food and Drinks

How MSG got its stigma, and those challenging ‘racist myths’

MSG has been demonised for decades. Now some in the food industry are repairing the flavouring’s reputation as part of a wider battle.

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Indonesia

Indonesia’s US$4 billion free meal scheme: feeding dreams or fuelling debt?

With plans to feed nearly 83 million people by 2029, critics warn the programme may push Indonesia’s budget deficit beyond its legal limits.

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Hong Kong society

Letters | Standardise sizes at eateries to make Hong Kong healthier

Readers discuss ways to optimise food portion sizes in Hong Kong, the city’s first breast milk bank, and the benefits of admitting we’re not perfect.

Customers line up at a two-dish rice counter in a shopping mall in Central district on November 22. Photo: Alexander Mak
Wellness

A pole dancer’s journey from meat-eating athlete to vegan pastry chef

This month is Veganuary, a good time to try a plant-based diet. A convert, and experts, describe its many health benefits.

Linda Vongdara was a competitive pole dancer and teacher before she gave it up upon the birth of her daughter. Photo: Linda Vongdara
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Mind-body interaction: a healthy body makes a healthy mind and vice versa

Our mindset, attitude and emotions affect our physical health, and having a healthy lifestyle improves our mental well-being.

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Why probiotic supplements don’t prevent hangovers, according to science

Taking a probiotic supplement before drinking alcohol won’t stop you becoming hungover, drug experts say. But it won’t harm you either.

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Health and wellness stories you read most in 2024, about star diets and more

We look back at some of the most popular health and wellness stories of 2024, including how a 58-year-old influencer looks half his age.

Anne Hathaway at a Valentino fashion show in Rome, Italy, in 2022. The actress has talked about how she lost weight for her various movie roles. Photo: Getty Images
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Headache? Bloating? Discomfort? Your body probably needs more carbs

Do you have brain fog, bloating, a craving for sugar? It could mean that your body needs more carbs. Here are 6 signs to look out for.

A lack of carbs, and the fibre they contain, can lead to bloating and discomfort. We examine this and five other signs your body needs more. Photo: Shutterstock
Asia travel

Potato Head’s Dome on Bali’s Seminyak coast offers a feast for body and soul

Drawing on Bali’s local bounty and Buckminster Fuller’s philosophy, the resort’s new restaurant Dome is nurturing mind, body and community.

Wellness

How easy is it to lower your biological age? 8-week plan shows big results

A study shows women needed two months to lower their biological ages by years – by eating and sleeping better and exercising. You could, too.

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Food and agriculture

Outside In | Eating simply is the best cure for our Christmas excesses

The holidays are an ideal time to revisit Michael Pollan’s rules for food and examine how we buy and consume what we eat every day.

A shopping cart filled with goods is pushed past shelves in a supermarket in Cologne, Germany on December 4. Photo: dpa
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, December 27-29

The AIA Carnival is back, a beloved cafe closes, you can learn about vegan cooking and there’s some Thai jewellery to shop – Lisa’s a fan.

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Food and Drinks

Why there’s more to cinnamon, the ‘Christmas spice’, than you may think

Cinnamon smells like Christmas, gives flavour to food without adding many calories, and may lower blood glucose and reduce inflammation.

Hong Kong

Can this new wave of Hong Kong farmers bring agriculture back to the city?

Netflix docu Kiss The Ground argues that sustainable regenerative farming practices are a potential solution to our climate crisis – meet the Hong Kong food producers getting down to earth.

Chunling Fong, director of Farmhouse Production in Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak
Wellness

Light to moderate wine drinking could be as good as statins for your heart

It’s often said light to moderate wine drinking is good for heart health – but how much wine is that? Scientists have put a number on it.

A bottle of wine a week could be as good as statins for heart health. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

Dried fruits have highest sulphite levels, Hong Kong survey finds

But researchers say health risks are low given the population’s low dietary intake of the food preservative.

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The Hong Kong yoga and farming couple making wellness less ‘culty’

She teaches yoga, he preaches permaculture. They’re holding an all-day event to pass on their skills that ends with a chat around a campfire.

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Explainer | As TCM is promoted in Hong Kong, a primer on the cultural ‘treasure’

A festival of traditional Chinese medicine and a dedicated hospital are ways TCM is being promoted in the city. Here’s what you need to know.

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Chinese herbal medicine is dispensed at a pharmacy in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
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Explainer | Why oats and oatmeal make a healthy breakfast, and ways to enjoy them

A dietitian shares how oats are good for heart and gut health, and weight management, and explains the various types and how to prepare them.

Eat oatmeal for a fibre-filled breakfast with benefits from weight management to good heart and gut health. Get creative to make oats tastier. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

Why eating dark chocolate could lower your diabetes risk

Christmas means lots of tempting chocolate. A study shows eating five small portions a week of the dark kind may have major health benefits.

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Beans, peas better than veggie burgers as alternatives to meat

Eating plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy lowers the chance of an early death. Scientists ranked the best foods to switch to.

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