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Healthy eating articles, news and features, with a millennial focus, including food, nutrition, diet, clean eating and health.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
Cinnamon sticks are taken from the inner bark of the cinnamon tree. Photo: Shutterstock
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?

Wellness

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

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.

Dried fruits were found to contain the highest mean concentration of sulphites at 240mg/kg. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

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.

Wellness

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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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.

Wellness

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.

Food and Drinks

Mouthing Off | Why does the US far right hate seed oils? Kennedy’s deep-fried logic

US politician Robert F Kennedy Jnr believes seed oils are bad and animal fats are good. Andrew Sun makes some lard choices.

Politician Robert F Kennedy Jnr, who is known for his outspoken views on vaccination and eating roadkill, is against the use of seed oils for cooking. Photo: TNS
Wellness

4 proven ways to get people to eat less meat and combat climate crisis

A plant-based diet can cut greenhouse gas emissions, but meat-eating habits are hard to change. Here are some strategies that are working.

Serving up tasty plant-based dishes such as pasta with broccolini, basil flowers and lemon zest will help propel diners to eat more plant-based meals. Photo: Instagram/@ciaindustryleadership
Wellness

How frailty and dementia are linked, and how to stave off both

Being frail raises the risk of cognitive decline as we age, studies show. Exercise and a healthy diet can help avoid it, researcher says.

Wellness

Beer drinkers less healthy than wine drinkers, research shows. Why?

A survey finds beer drinkers more likely to smoke, exercise less and eat worse than wine and liquor drinkers. Researchers propose a reason.

Wellness

Meet ‘Jay Chou of the fitness world’, Malaysian influencer Jordan Yeoh

The social media star and 2024 Hong Kong Fitness and Wellness Expo instructor talks about struggling with attention and his workout routine.

Jordan Yeoh is one of the featured experts at the 2024 Hong Kong Fitness and Wellness Expo. Photo: Jordan Yeoh
Wellness

She would drink until she passed out. Now she is a new woman

Corporate high-flier Julie Landau beat an alcohol addiction and in the process overcame her bulimia. Now she’s helping other women.

Having given up alcohol and broken free of bulimia’s grip, Julie Landau says she feels “lighter, freer and more like myself than ever before”. Now, instead of getting black-out drunk, she is into fitness and coaches women in power. Photo: Julie Landau
Wellness

How microplastics threaten humans and the US$149 test to see your levels

Experts say microplastics reduce fertility, lower sperm count and may increase cancer risk. Biohacker Bryan Johnson is trying to help.

Wellness

How to live longer? 3 tips from a Nobel Prize-winning scientist

Biohacking therapies or NAD supplements? Microbiologist Venki Ramakrishnan says there are far simpler and more proven ways to age well.

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Keto or high-carb? For endurance runners one is better than the other

One of these diets ‘is possibly bad for your bones’ says an expert, while the other ‘likely improves performance’.

A high-carb diet with sufficient protein is best for endurance runners, say experts. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

Fasting? Why skipping dinner might be better than not eating breakfast

A Chinese study has found that missing a morning meal can exacerbate the development of heart disease.

Wellness

What to eat during perimenopause, with dietary tips from 5 experts

Gwyneth Paltrow said entering menopause feels like ‘losing your mind’. Gut and brain health experts explain why, and the foods that can help.

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Is your ‘balanced’ diet really so? 5 expert tips for healthy eating

A balanced diet isn’t a mix of good and bad foods, as some think. Doctors describe how to make food that’s nutritious, affordable and fun.

Quinoa, bell pepper, cucumber, arugula, cherry tomatoes, and mozzarella. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

Why do people in Macau live longer than nearly anywhere else? We asked the locals

Only Hong Kong enjoys a longer life expectancy than Macau, so what’s the secret? Less oil, less salt and plenty of exercise, of course

Market vendor Kwan Wai-ming, who works in Macau’s Red Market, is among the locals who shared their healthy-eating tips with 100 Top Tables. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Wellness

How plant-based diets can help save the planet and keep you healthy

With International Day of Climate Action on October 24, learn how a vegan diet can fight climate change and is better for the planet and you.

Icons and Influencers

Meet ‘skinny influencer’ Liv Schmidt who was banned from TikTok

The New York creator came under fire for her ‘skinny’ content that mimics the pro-ana movement of the 90s; in real life, she’s battled anxiety, is into fashion, and is a corporate girlie.

Food and Drinks

88 Hong Kong dishes and snacks made vegan in new cookbook

Christine Wong talks about making vegan versions of traditional dishes and snacks in her new cookbook The Vibrant Hong Kong Table.

Vegan versions of fishballs and siu mai are among the snacks featured in Christine Wong’s new vegan cookbook, The Vibrant Hong Kong Table, which includes 88 traditional Hong Kong dishes and snacks. Photo: Christine Wong
Wellness

Singaporean beat breast cancer by mixing holistic and conventional medicine

Integrative cancer care helped Singaporean Isabel Galiano survive. Now a cancer coach, she is convinced it benefits the patients she helps.

Isabel Galiano is a cancer survivor who works as a cancer coach in Singapore. She talks about combining conventional and complementary treatments to help patients the way it helped her beat breast cancer. Photo: Isabel Galiano
Wellness

Want better mental health? How eating fruit and vegetables can help

On World Mental Health Day, experts explain the benefits of eating more fruit and vegetables and how this can reduce depression and anxiety.

Science

Why it may be time for scientists to focus on keeping people healthy for longer

A study concluded that lifespans will not be getting much longer – even in Hong Kong, which has the world’s longest-living population.

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