It’s not about doing something that’s too little, too late — prevention is much better than cure! — It’s common for us as humans to live life as if nothing were wrong — which somehow justifies us leading less than satisfactory lifestyles. Even when those aspects of our lifestyles that we do neglect will inevitably result in our health going awry as we age. In an episode of…

How does green tea consumption even help us to be healthy? — If you’re East Asian and haven’t heard of green tea, something’s up. Green tea is made from tea leaves that provide a greenish tint to the hot water that they’re steeped in. Many of the commonly known green tea types do contain Japanese names, such as sencha and matcha. Some…

What are the biochemical implications of being obese? — We tend to associate obesity with excess weight gain. Very true. That happens externally. We can see the buildup of the paunch. The fleshiness. The excess weight. That happens. Some of the key statistics of obesity, as indicated by the World Health Organisation, is presented below: In 2016, more than…

It never will be the case that sleep is only for the weak. — There lies this unfortunate vicious cycle between stress and sleep. When we’re stressed, our minds go into overdrive and we find it difficult to sleep. However, when we experience a reduced sleep quality, we’d end up getting stressed more easily. That, of course, leads to us making poorer decisions. But…

Much like what a corporate organisation does with the hiring and firing of personnel. — There are many types of systems that exist in today’s modern society. The definitions of a system on Dictionary.com include: 1. An assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole. 2. A coordinated body of methods or a scheme or plan of procedure; organizational scheme. …

It turns out that these two issues can be linked to the same enzyme. — Heart disease, as we know it, is and has been responsible for the deaths of many people on this planet. The data presented by the World Health Organisation indicate that: The world’s biggest killer is ischaemic heart disease, responsible for 16% of the world’s total deaths. Since 2000, the largest…

The word brings about doom and gloom — worse still when we don’t understand the fundamental mechanisms behind its operation! — Cholesterol is one of those words that people dread discussing as they grow older. Beyond the obvious implications of heart attacks or strokes, the whole issue behind that C word starts at the doctor’s office. All it needs is ONE blood test to show an elevated low density lipoprotein (LDL)…

These things can be explained and aren’t really facets of rocket science. How do we make sense of them, though? — Aging is unfortunately an inevitable problem that all of us humans will face. And when it comes to aging, multiple aspects of our lives can be affected. Physically, we won’t be able to do things at 60 that we could do at 20. Mentally, we may face cognitive declines. We…

They do so many things that we’d just go nuts just thinking about what they do! — Our intestines are long, and they contain a big load of live bacterial microorganisms — approximately 100 trillion of them at any one time. These microbes comprise a diverse array of strains and species. Collectively, we know it as our gut microbiota, microbiome or microflora. We have both our small…