ST just asked ‘how old are you biologically’ — the layer underneath is the protein your skin, joints and bones lose ~1% per year after 25
If you’ve ever glanced at a “how old are you biologically?” quiz and wondered which layer the questions miss — you’re asking exactly the question The Straits Times’ 5 September 2026 piece, “How old are you biologically, and what are...CNA just decoded the best dinner time for weight loss — but the timing only works if your body still has the fat-burning hormones left to fire on cue
If you’ve ever finished dinner at 9pm and wondered whether the timing actually matters for your weight or your blood sugar — you’re asking exactly the question CNA Lifestyle just decoded. A 16 September 2026 piece, “What’s the best time to eat...Sea buckthorn vs fish oil vs flaxseed vs evening primrose vs olive oil: which one actually delivers a full omega profile?
If you have ever stood in front of the omega-3 shelf at a pharmacy and felt the decision fatigue creeping in, you are not alone. Fish oil. Flaxseed oil. Evening primrose oil. Olive oil. And — sitting somewhere between “superfood” and “mythical...Exercising while pregnant cuts neurodevelopmental risk in the baby — but 1 in 5 MY/SG moms will develop a UTI first. Here’s how exercise + cranberry PACs + probiotics change the math
There’s a quiet parallel story running alongside the prenatal-exercise coverage in The Star1: the urinary tract problem that 10-20% of pregnant women in Malaysia and Singapore develop before they ever hold their baby. The exercise-and-neurodevelopment headline...The longevity term nobody’s measuring — but your 60s will thank you for tracking
There’s a single word quietly reshaping how researchers and geriatricians measure healthy aging — and you’ve probably never heard it. The WHO coined it more than five years ago, and the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing has been pushing it ever since, but...The Ingestible-Beauty Gold Rush: What ‘Beauty-From-Within’ Actually Delivers
Move over, face serum. Across Malaysia and Singapore, ingestible beauty — the idea that what you swallow can transform your skin, hair and nails as much as what you smooth on top — has crossed firmly out of the beauty aisle and into pharmacy shelves, supplement...Antrodia Cinnamomea for Liver Health: What the Taiwanese Clinical Evidence Actually Supports
Antrodia cinnamomea — the wood-decay mushroom known as niu chang chih — has a small but convergent base of Taiwanese hepatology trials showing liver-enzyme benefits. Here’s what the evidence actually supports, what doesn’t, and how to tell the clinically-studied material from the marketing.
Why fasting blood sugar looks normal but your HbA1c still creeps up
Your fasting glucose is 92 and your HbA1c is 5.6 — and yet you spike to 174 after lunch. The standard blood panel is built for the average, but the biology most of us in this region have is spike-driven. Here is what fructosamine and a two-week CGM catch that HbA1c averages out, and the three mechanism-level interventions that actually move the needle.
