Have you seen the candy bar commercial where a hungry, irritated person becoming normal again after eating the candy bar? It is commonly...

Autophagy (pronounced as aw-TAW-pha-gee), literally means eating oneself. When Yoshinori Ohsumi discovered the mechanism of autophagy in baker’s yeast and received a Nobel Prize in 2016, it started a wave of studies and research on autophagy in animals and ultimately human health(1). Autophagy allows cells to recycle their intracellular contents to “rejuvenate” or simply self cleanse. It is decluttering in the cellular level, getting rid of old, nonessential organelles to ma

Intermittent fasting has gained a lot of popularity recently. There are more and more research and data on the benefits of fasting...

I used to consider myself relatively healthy. As a physician, I kept myself fit and slim. I ate a balanced diet with lots of vegetables...

“Moderation!” - my mother’s favorite word Most people have experienced the sensation of tingling, pins and needles poking the skin, when...

Someone suggested me to write about the difference between prebiotics and probiotics, so here is my attempt to clarify it....

Brain aging is probably the most worrisome aspect of aging that most people would be interested in preventing. There are mountains of...

In the last blog of the 3 "highs" series, we discussed about how diet and exercise can prevent insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes....

Among the 3 diseases in our 3 "high" series, I would argue that type 2 diabetes is the most complicated disease but probably the most...

The next of the 3 "highs" that my cousin Charmain and I will be discussing is high cholesterol. High cholesterol is probably the most...

What is High Blood Pressure? Blood pressure is a measurement that is taken at every doctor's visit. There are 2 numbers to the blood...

"Diet and exercise" is a very common "prescription" for a lot of medical issues encountered at the doctor's office. It is the treatment...

A chance encounter with my cousin Charmain online, we came to realize that we both started blogging! So, we thought it would be a great...